Since the third year of Tianqi, a rumor began to spread in the Ming Dynasty that because of the chaos and the border was in urgent need, the court began to pay attention to military generals. The evidence was that the Wenju Palace Examination, and the emperor gave the banquet three dishes and one soup and a few white flour steamed buns. In the Wuju Palace Examination, the emperor gave the banquet four dishes and one soup, and the rice was enough. Moreover, the Wenju soup was green vegetables and egg flower soup, while the Wuju soup was Xiangru stewed chicken soup.

In fact, this is a misunderstanding. It is because someone in the imperial examination was the treasure of Emperor Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian, who secretly ordered the imperial kitchen to improve the quality of food. However, Zhu Youcheng felt that the rumors were beneficial or not, so he did not send anyone to clarify. A healthy dynasty should be both civil and military, and should be vicious on the outside and be kind on the inside.

As usual, there were eight dishes and two soups on Zhu Youcheng's table, but no one dared to come over to make Qiufeng, because first, they didn't think their heads were much harder than clay pots. Second, next to Zhu Youcheng's table was a boy in a python robe, which seemed very difficult to mess with.

King Xin climbed over the guardrail and the guards guarding the examination room were just about to ask, but Wei Zhongxian stopped him. He was Zhu Youcheng's friend and the younger brother of Emperor Tianqi. Not to mention climbing over the guardrail, even if he poked a hole out of the sky, Wei Zhongxian would be responsible for filling the hole.

The audience is not lucky enough to enjoy the emperor's gift, but they can enter and exit freely with their tickets. Some viewers go out to eat some food randomly through a short halftime break; some viewers come in with dry steamed buns or cakes, swallow it in cold boiled water and continue to wait for the start of the next game.

Because Wei Zhongxian wanted to end the game within one day, the competition started again after only half an hour of rest at noon.

Zhu Youcheng looked at the results of the competition and found that so far, his speed was the fastest. It took almost three quarters of an hour to pass the entire process; it was a little faster and he would be much slower than himself. It seemed that the top scorer had basically obtained it. It was really hard work and rewarding.

When he was idle, Zhu Youcheng calculated the competition time. If each candidate had the same speed as himself and had 10 sets of examination tools in the examination room, then he could only complete the maximum of 80 exams per hour. There would take seven or eight hours for the 600 candidates on the scene to complete the test, and he would have to leave some time to announce the ranking. Moreover, the martial arts and literary performances are different. When the martial arts are outdoors, it is very difficult to lighting. In other words, if you seize the time in one day, you can't finish the competition no matter how hard it is.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youcheng hurriedly found Wei Zhongxian and reported the results of his calculation to Eunuch Wei.

Wei Zhongxian was also a little uneasy because it was the turn of more than 100 candidates now. It seemed that it was a bit difficult to end the palace examination in one day. However, he did not know how to calculate, but just judged based on experience. The education of the Ming Dynasty was mainly literary education, and computing ability was not an educational goal.

When Wei Zhongxian heard Zhu Youcheng's calculation results, his face changed. Now he was in trouble and had to ask Emperor Tianqi for instructions. He was afraid that he would not be able to explain clearly, so he took Zhu Youcheng to meet Emperor Tianqi together.

Emperor Apocalypse did not realize the time issue at all. He watched the game with great affection, wishing that the game would continue.

After listening to Wei Zhongxian's report, Emperor Tianqi's face also became gloomy. The imperial examination was related to the fate of the country. How to explain the mistakes to the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Zhongxian was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and Emperor Tianqi was restless, only Zhu Youcheng seemed to be ill.

Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but ask: "Brother Cheng, why are you not in a hurry at all if something big happened?"

"What's there to worry about? The sky fell, and there was a tall one who stood up."

Emperor Tianqi knew that this matter had nothing to do with Zhu Youcheng, but he knew that he could make a good decision, so he picked him up and put it on a stool, saying, "Okay, now you are the highest, you can hold on."

Zhu Youcheng weighs only eighty kilograms, and Emperor Tianqi likes to be a carpenter. He has great power and has no pressure to pick up Zhu Youcheng.

Wei Zhongxian also laughed and scolded: "You little monkey, it's not worry-free at all. Seeing that we are sweating, you haven't helped us solve our problems, but instead say sarcastic words."

"I really don't understand what you are having a headache. Since you can't compare it in one day, you can compare it in two days. If you can't compare it in two days, you can compare it in three days. Such a simple truth, even I, a child, understands it."

Emperor Tianqi frowned and said, "The palace examination is only one day, how can I compare two or three days?"

Zhu Youcheng jumped off the stool and said, "The Ming Dynasty Law does not specify the number of days for the palace examination. The emperor said that the palace examination will be a few days. Who dares to say what? Wen Ju once every three years, and the palace examination time is inconvenient to change; but the martial arts examination has not been held for many years, so it is easy to set a time at will, so no one can say anything. Fortunately, the emperor did not publicly say that the palace examination will end within one day. I will ask Eunuch Wei to announce the competition in a few days later."

Zhu Youcheng's words were like piercing a layer of window paper. Emperor Tianqi suddenly realized and nodded, "It makes sense. It seems that next time I will ask you, I must put you on a stool, otherwise I will be taller and shorter. Let me tell you that all the Ming Dynasty will count your tallest."

Wei Zhongxian said: "What should the audience do?"

"That's up to you. If you don't have enough money, let them watch it for a few more days. If you still want to make money, sell the tickets again. Anyway, I see that it's hard to get off-site tickets, so it doesn't matter if you sell the tickets again."

Wei Zhongxian asked with a salivating face: "Of course, the more money the inner treasury, the better. Only when the emperor has money can he do things."

Zhu Youcheng said casually, and when he heard Wei Zhongxian's words, he thought for a while, perfected the details, and then said: "I see so many candidates, and it takes more than three days to have enough time. Let's make a tentative decision on the Martial Palace Examination for three days. Your Majesty, do you think it's okay?"

Emperor Tianqi nodded, and Zhu Youcheng continued: "The ticket price remains unchanged, but the audience in the examination room cannot go out to buy tickets, which is a bit unfair to them, so they have to give them some discounts. I suggest selling tickets on the venue first. If the audience wants to continue watching the second game, they will spend two taels of silver; if they want to watch the second and third games, add one taels of more than one taels. As for the tickets, it is easy to handle. Quick horses go to the Children's Theater, where they often print tickets, and they are all veterans. There is no problem printing four or five thousand tickets in one hour. But you have to take the King of Xin, because except for me and King of Xin, they will not listen to other people's orders."

Wei Zhongxian adopted Zhu Youcheng's suggestion and asked Li Yongzhen to take Xinwang to the Children's Theater to print tickets. Xinwang originally did not agree to leave the school venue, but after Zhu Youcheng told him the truth, he left reluctantly.

The afternoon game was still exciting, and the sudden situation in the field made the audience laugh from time to time.

When Shen and You meet, the 215th candidate finally completed the entire process. Wei Zhongxian said: "The Wu Palace Examination is held in three days. Today's exam is over and the candidates leave. The candidates who have not finished the exam are replenishing their energy and fight again tomorrow. Please wait, the important thing will be announced."

More than ten Han generals repeated Wei Zhongxian's words loudly, and the audience could hear them clearly.

Wei Zhongxian announced the ticketing arrangements for the competition and announced the on-site ticket sales. However, Wei Zhongxian was old at government affairs, so he asked the audience who did not want to buy tickets to leave first, while the audience who wanted to continue watching the game stayed to buy tickets, so that the number of people was reduced and it was easier to control the situation.

After hearing the message from the general of the Han Dynasty, the audience quit halfway. Some were satisfied with watching the show, some had something important to do tomorrow, and some did not bring money to go out.

Because the Ming Dynasty now stipulated that scattered silver could not be circulated, and only copper plates, silver dollars or gold coins could be used, which were easy to do and calculate, the ticket sales business went very smoothly.

After dealing with the ticket purchase problem of the audience in the venue, Li Yongzhen took the remaining tickets to the off-site sale, which made the enthusiastic people who were staying outside cheer.

Listening to the cheers of the audience outside the venue, Zhu Youcheng felt aroused in his heart and whispered to Wei Zhongxian: "Grandpa, who belongs to this East School Field?"

"What do you want to do among the three major camps? "

"Grandpa might as well buy it, open it to the people after the exam, and charge tickets. This is a considerable income."

"The goal is too big, so I'm not greedy for this money. However, I can report to the emperor as a fixed source of income for the inner treasury."

"Okay, Cheng'er also found a way out for his grandfather. After the exam, I will find some time to discuss with my grandfather."

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The three-day game passed in a blink of an eye and it was soon the day to release the results.

However, the Ming Dynasty was really fierce everywhere. Although Zhu Youcheng kept the top scorer, he narrowly won. A Guangdong candidate missed the championship with a one-minute gap and won the second place. Wu Xiang was not lucky and only won the 24th place and squeezed into the second place.

Those who fear high altitude sickness were not deposed. They were placed in the third class and were awarded the title of Jinshi.

Wei Zhongxian was afraid that Wu Jinshi would say that he valued literature and over military affairs, so he had a simple golden palace built in the schoolyard, and a giant turtle and other divine beasts were painted on the ground.

Zhu Youcheng stood alone on the giant solemn head, looking at himself, but he didn't expect there was still trouble waiting for him behind him.
Chapter completed!