011 imperial exam questions

The palace at night.

At this time, a man was sitting in the imperial study with a book and reading carefully.

He suddenly stared at the shadow of the lamp and then shook his head; suddenly he read it urgently, and then picked up the pen and wanted to write something on the paper, but he sighed and put down the imperial pen; suddenly he opened his eyes again, as if he was playing with something, but frowned to show his dissatisfaction; suddenly he stood up in the study. Start back and forth...

This person who is restless in the imperial study is today's emperor - Han Mingyue.

He took a long sigh, and then turned back to the front of the dragon bookcase, picked up the tea cup, but found that the tea inside was completely cold.

When he was about to get angry and asked the eunuch maid waiting outside to change tea, suddenly he heard a concubine standing outside and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zuo has arrived."

"Biography." Han Mingyue said loudly, and then turned back to the chair behind the desk and sat down.

Only heard a "squeak" sound, and the door of the imperial study had been pushed open. Prime Minister Zuo Junzhong lowered his head and walked in respectfully. The eunuchs took the opportunity to change their tea, then quickly exited the study and closed the door as quietly as possible.

Today, these eunuch maids are particularly careful. Looking at the emperor's frown, it's hard to say that if they do something badly, they will suddenly lose their lives! Even if you change tea, no one dares to rush in today.

Zuo Junzhong walked to the outer main hall of the study and saw the emperor sitting behind the bookcase, straightened his clothes and crown, and then said hi to the emperor.

"I want to see the emperor." With that, Zuo Junzhong wanted to kneel down to salute.

"Exit. There are no outsiders." Han Mingyue saw that Zuo Junzhong was ready to salute and said so.

Han Mingyue said, stood up, left the bookcase, sat down at the Eight Immortals table outside, and then said to Zuo Junzhong, "Sit down and talk, too."

"Yes. That Weichen pleaded guilty. Zuo Junzhong bowed to Han Mingyue, then set up a little edge on the lower round stool and sat down. Then he asked in a low voice, "I don't know what is the emperor's intention to summon Weichen to the palace at this time?"

"There is no intention or anything. However, there is still less than half a month left, which is a big comparison. But this topic... I don't have a clue after thinking about it, so I came to you to discuss it with you.

"It turns out that the emperor is worried about this matter. It was Weichen who lost his duty and failed to share his majesty's worries.

Han Ming waved his hand and then said, "You are the main exam this time. I think you have also spent a lot of time thinking about the topic recently. If you think of something, you might as well talk about it.

"Yes. Back to the emperor, I have also read these books back and forth every day for the test questions. I also took the test papers of this subject to study for a few days.

"Oh? What's the gain?"

Zuo Junzhong smiled and then said, "Your Majesty, I have recently read the test questions of nearby provinces and found that except for the Beijing machine, the questions in other provinces are too tricky. Moreover, I also heard that those tricky test papers made some candidates complain.

Hearing this, Han Ming laughed more and more. After laughing, he stroked his beard and said, "These four books have been tested for hundreds of years, and every sentence is familiar. I have also heard that there are even people who pick out questions from the annotations.

"Yes. I thought that the issuer wanted to take advantage of this to avoid plagiarism and so on. However, in this way, it is also biased and unfavorable to the election of talents.

"I have thought about two or three hours since the afternoon, but I still have no clue now."

At this time, outside the imperial study, a lady and entourage came to the door.

"I just thanked the left noble concubine."

The leading eunuch standing outside the study with sharp eyes and saw the lady from afar. He hurriedly trotled a few steps, came to the front and knelt down, lowered his voice and said to her.

"Get up. Emperor, haven't you rested yet?" Zuo Guifei looked at the bright lights in the imperial study and heard the eunuch deliberately suppressing her voice to talk to her, so she asked.

"Yes. The emperor had just summoned Prime Minister Zuo to the palace, and the two were discussing at this time.

Hearing this, Zuo Guifei nodded. Over the years, the emperor's reliance on his brother has been well known, and it is not a matter of entering the palace late at night.

"Do you want me to give it back?"

"Don't be alarmed. I'll go to the side hall and wait. Now I want you to repay, don't you want to go in and be shameless!" Zuo Guifei said with a smile.

"Your concubine, you are really considerate of the miscellaneous family. This way, please." The eunuch smiled and personally led the left noble concubine to a side hall on the left.

At this time, I saw a medical officer dressed as a man with his servants outside the imperial study.

"Father, please stay. I'll send medicine to the emperor." Seeing the eunuch, the medical officer hurriedly said something.

When I got closer, I saw that Zuo Guifei was also here. She knelt down quickly and said, "I say "Zhou Qiming, please say hi to the Empress."

"Exit's free." Zuo Guifei said.

"It's really inconvenient to go in and disturb you now. The emperor has ordered that it will not be transmitted inside and will never be allowed to enter." The eunuch said.

"But this medicine..."

"If Dr. Zhou trusts the mourning family, why don't you put it here and send it in person later?"

"Then there will be a noble concubine."

With that, Zuo Guifei ordered her servants to take the medicine. After coming to the side hall, she said to the eunuch, "After a while, when the emperor is ready to rest, please come and tell your family."

"Of course. Please don't be dry." With that, the eunuch turned around and left the side hall.

About an hour later, a little eunuch ran in.

"Your Majesty, the master sent me to report that the emperor sent tea, and it seems that the discussion has been completed. The master asked me to ask the noble concubine to tell me if I want to report it for you.

"Good. Go and check it out." With that, Zuo Guifei stood up and came to the imperial study with the little eunuch.

Coincidentally, the leading eunuch had just left the study. As soon as he saw the noble concubine, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please."

Zuo Guifei smiled and walked into the study.

"Your Majesty..." As she said, Zuo Guifei was ready to salute, but she was stopped by Han Mingyue and said, "My concubine, please forgive me."

"Please give my peace to the noble concubine." With that, Zuo Junzhong was also ready to carry his luggage to the left noble concubine.

"Brother." Zuo Guifei quickly grabbed Zuo Junzhong.

"Why did the beloved concubine come here?" Han Mingyue asked.

"Your Majesty, you have forgotten the time again because of the discussion. My concubine just prepared snacks for you. When I came to the study, I met a doctor who sent you medicine. I have been asked to warm you across the water. As the imperial doctor said, this doctor can never be broken. Zuo Guifei smiled, took the medicine from the maid behind her and handed it to Han Mingyue.

"Look. I went to court and had to listen to the left. Back to the palace, I have to listen to my beloved concubine..."

Han Mingyue was originally a joke, but the brother and sister knelt down together.

"The emperor is forgiving." The two brothers and sisters said in unison.

"You guys... a joke, it's not worth it. No, I won't drink it."

The two Zuo brothers and sisters were angry with Han Mingyue's words and couldn't laugh. From ancient times to the present, the harem politics and foreign relatives had exclusive power. After these two sentences, they must be charged not far from death. But now the emperor has no idea of these.

The brother and sister stood up and waited for Han Mingyue

It's getting late. I also quit." Zuo Junzhong looked at Han Mingyue after taking the medicine before saying.

"It's good. Go back and have an early rest."

Hearing this, Zuo Junzhong saluted the emperor and the noble concubine, and then withdrew from the imperial study.

"Let's go back and have a rest. Come on, let's go."

"Your Majesty!" After listening to Han Mingyue's words, the noble concubine Zuo suddenly knelt down.

"What's going on? Do you have anything to say?

"Your Majesty, your favor is a blessing for my concubine. However, the concubine begged the emperor to go to the young concubine's palace more. The concubine is old and unable to open branches and leaves for the royal family, but the emperor has no heir, which is not a blessing in any case. My concubine dared to say a disrespectful word. I understand the emperor's heart, but Sister Xinrui has passed away for a long time, and she must also hope that the emperor can take care of herself..."

"Stop talking." Although Han Mingyue's voice was not loud, it was majestic.

The imperial concubine Zuo was also knowledgeable and no longer continued.

Han Mingyue sighed for a long time and said, "I like to go to your place. The Lord feels comfortable because I went to your place. Presumably, the first half of today's words should come from the emperor's sister-in-law. Listen to what she said, just accept it. If you talk about the rule-abiding concubine in the palace, you may not be able to find a second one. Let's go. If you have anything to say, let's go back.

With that, Han Mingyue helped up the left noble concubine and left the imperial study with her.

Just after the eunuchs removed the candles, a dark shadow turned over from the window on one side and entered the imperial study...

Here, I want to interrupt a few words.

The imperial sister-in-law mentioned by Han Mingyue just now is today's empress dowager.

For some reason, this royal Han's heir is not prosperous. In Han Mingyue's generation, there are only him and his brother Han Mingzhuo. Shortly after Han Mingzhuo ascended the throne, he contracted smallpox. Because the situation was very aggressive and the diagnosis was a little late, he died less than a year after his accession to the throne.