The Imperial Examinations were still ongoing. The students who had to take the examinations for two days ate as much as they could during dinner.
Compared to the cold weather outside, the examination hall had floor heating, as well as brand new bedding and pillows.
The examination room was relatively large, and it was not as harsh as the Ming Dynasty. Lying down was uncomfortable, sitting was uncomfortable, and standing was difficult.
Nowadays, the treatment in the examination room was very good. They could lie down casually, and they could even flip over. If they flipped over again, they would fall to the ground.
If the examinees were willing to answer the questions at night, there would be a diesel lamp. If they did not answer the questions, they would have to tell the patrolling officer to turn off the lights and wait.
There was a fixed invigilator at the side who would take turns to keep an eye on them to prevent anyone from cheating.
There were also mobile invigilators who might come over at any time.
Dinner was chicken stuffed buns, cucumber and egg drop soup, and a plate of mustard and pickled vegetables.
Otherwise, if he ate too much salt, he would be thirsty at night. If he drank too much water, he would have diarrhea.
The invigilators were more tired. They were responsible for touching the candidates.
Some examinees snored, and as long as they snored, they would touch each other.
Li Longji and his family returned to Xingqing Palace. He came out by himself and went to the examination hall to check on the candidates.
In the past, he did not care about it. It was not like the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, where the Palace Examination was directly managed by the Ministry of Personnel.
In history, after the Kaiyuan Period, the Ministry of Appointments did not care about the imperial examinations and became the Ministry of Rites.
Now, Li Longji wanted to take a look. He knew that the imperial examination candidates in recent years would have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Tang dynasty.
"Your Majesty!"
"Shh!" Someone greeted him. Li Longji put his finger in front of his mouth and shushed him.
He wore casual clothes and walked in front of each examination room with a backpack. He did not look at the papers or ask any questions.
There were only two people beside him. One was Guo Ziyi, and the other was Hao Lingquan.
Hao Lingquan became a general, but not a great general. She was only of the Secondary Class, Third Rank. She had been learning the art of war and military management from Guo Ziyi.
His combat strength was very high, otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to go to an area controlled by the enemy to instigate a rebellion.
With the two of them and Li Longji's combat strength, the students didn't have the ability to hurt Li Longji.
Li Longji was walking when he suddenly found a person eating there.
After taking a small bite, he stopped eating and continued writing.
Li Longji stood to the side and watched. He was writing a current affairs policy.
There were five questions in this year's Current Affairs Policy, and they were all about Jinshi.
The first was Tubo military policy, the second was Tujue new policy, the third was Khitan trade policy, the fourth was Bohai exchange policy, and the fifth was Guangzhou policy.
Many people didn't know about the Khitans, Bohai Sea, and city ships.
This examinee was writing a policy on foreign trade, and his brows were tightly knitted together.
Even when Li Longji was standing in front of him, he didn't feel anything. He was completely immersed in it.
He wrote, 'The profit of sea trade depends on the rare; the need of sea trade depends on mutual cooperation; only the common fish of the Tang dynasty can be exchanged for the fish of other strange places.' Therefore, the Heavenly Dao is not complete, but the Human Dao is abundant. There was no need to worry about adding or subtracting.
As he wrote, he stopped. He didn't know what to write.
Li Longji was intrigued. He said in a low voice, "Change the surplus goods and replenish the missing ones. Most of them were barbarians. If there is profit in every market, it will surely accumulate. "
"Yes, yes, that's right. You're amazing, my dear friend." The person felt that he had spoken his mind and hurriedly wrote it down.
After he finished writing, he abruptly raised his head, only to realize that something was amiss.
Damn, there are people assisting in the imperial examinations?
"Continue writing. Don't look at me. While you have the feeling, hurry up." Li Longji urged. Don't listen. If you stop, you will lose your train of thought.
"Oh, oh. I'll write now." The person lowered his head and wrote again. He had found the feeling. Who is this? Too amazing. Thank you!
Suddenly, he had the feeling. The person's pen was like a god. He wrote a current affairs policy that made him feel conflicted.
"Not bad, not bad." Li Longji looked at it and felt that it was very good. Even when writing about sea trade, he had written a few sentences.
"Yes, yes. I am also quite satisfied. Now I can eat in peace and have a good sleep. This dear friend … why are you outside?"
The person who was about to eat a big meal and have a good night's sleep realized that this was not the usual poetry exchange. This was the examination hall.
"What is your surname?" Li Longji felt that it was interesting.
"My surname is Xu from the East." The person reported his surname and first name.
"If one duck is not warm, two ducks will keep out the cold?" Li Longji said two lines of a poem.
"Dear friend, you also know of my humble works?" Wang Xu felt that he had met a confidant.
"Yes! Very good. There are no poems and essays this year. If you answer well, you should be able to pass. "Li Longji nodded. After he finished speaking, he strode away.
He really could not understand. Why was a person who was good at writing current affairs policy like this when he was writing poems?
"Do you want to cancel all the essays in the future to prevent wasting talent?" Li Longji asked Guo Ziyi.
Guo Ziyi whispered, "Your Majesty, I think he has no problem writing essays. It's just that his poems … are too magical."
Guo Ziyi's literary talent was not bad. He had seen Wang Xu's earlier essays. They were all well-matched. There were even five-word and seven-word couplets.
There was definitely no problem writing essays. However, writing poems should not be a problem either. Why …
"It's probably because his true feelings are revealed when he is writing poems. It's more elegant." Hao Lingquan also realized. He had heard of Brother Donglai's two poems.
When it came to poetry, this person was useless. When it came to writing current affairs policy, he had the potential to be a pillar.
Li Longji shook his head. He was also puzzled. He suddenly looked at Hao Lingquan and asked, "You also know poetry?"
"Yes. When I was on a diplomatic mission, they admired the poetry of the Tang dynasty. They didn't know how to pretend to be … like that."
Hao Lingquan lowered his head. He did know poetry, and it was not bad. It was used to show off.
Li Longji patted Hao Lingquan on the shoulder and said, "You are indeed my good general. Learn more in Zhuangzi. I count on you to help me and the Tang dynasty stabilize the country."
"I will do anything!" Hao Lingquan's eyes instantly turned red.
At this moment, if you gave him a pack of explosives, he would be able to hold a lighter in one hand and the pack of explosives on his shoulder with the other.
He would run out in front of the enemy general and ignite the explosives as if he was delivering takeout.
"If Brother Yi were to take the exam today, what would the situation be like?" Li Longji suddenly thought of Li Yi.
Li Yi was very unpredictable. No one knew when his literary talent was outstanding, and no one knew when he would throw out words. He was simply a mystery.
"He should be the same as me, an anomaly." Guo Ziyi was certain. He felt that Li Yi's imperial examination was not necessarily about who would take the exam.
Li Longji shook his head and said, "Brother Yi won't be able to take the exam in this lifetime. Isn't it funny? Haha! "
Hao Lingquan and Guo Ziyi did not laugh. They really could not laugh.
The two looked at the students taking the exam again and suddenly felt that it was meaningless.
Some people risked their lives for a chance to take the exam and hoped that the examiners would be merciful.
Some people could not take the exam, or else the examiners would be merciful.
If Li Dongzhu took the exam, the Ministry of Personnel would have to readjust the correct answer.
Otherwise, if Li Dongzhu's answer was different from the one the Ministry of Personnel had thought of, the Ministry of Personnel would be finished.
Yes, the policy must be based on Li Dongzhu's answer. He was the most correct one.
What he said was the policy of the Tang dynasty. Would the Ministry of Personnel dare to disagree? This meant that the Ministry of Personnel had a problem.
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