As Zhang Shou expected, even though the first young man who came in seemed to be one or two years older than him in terms of his appearance, the unprepared confusion was written on his face. Especially when the person gave a stiff salute and the emperor asked the first question, he found that the young man was stunned.

"Since it's your first time seeing me, let's report yourself to your home and tell me what your own strengths and weaknesses are."

This seems to be a bit like the self-introduction in the interview...

When Zhang Shou was thinking this way, the emperor smiled and said, "I think when Emperor Taizu recruited heroes from all over the world, it was said that whenever he saw someone, he was like me now, and he made people tell himself. Oh, at that time, the world was in chaos, and he had to be good at martial arts. Unfortunately, the imperial examinations became more and more sound, and those who were the king had fewer opportunities to ask the ministers about these simplest questions in person."

As the emperor said that, he narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling a little emotional. In the past, those who could walk to him were officials who had a place in the court. Everyone's resume was clearly placed in front of him, but everyone's temperament was not known. For example, the little details that cannot be fully explored, such as the love of temperament and character, are dependent on the little tricks of his father, the late Ruizong.

His father entrusted such a place to someone else to see him as the surrendered minister, who was also well managed. He still remembered what his father said when he was entrusting him to death.

"I ruled the world from the external vassal states. There are many officials and people in the world who are convinced and dissatisfied. We have to use evil ways to explore the nature of officials, people and scholars. In the future, you will work hard to govern and the world is prosperous, remember not to use such a path again."

The father did not expect to explore the secrets of the ministers. However, when people are extremely relaxed, they often reveal their true nature. A person's true nature will affect the decisions and choices made by a person. Now that he has been in the throne for twenty-six years, he has already planned to completely release that place, but what surprised him was that Zhang Shou actually contributed an interesting idea to Tingyu Xiaozhu!

At this time, the emperor had these irrelevant thoughts in his mind. Until he saw the first candidate who was trembling when introducing himself, and the words were not fulfilling, he couldn't help frowning, and then looked at Zhang Shou. Both of them were about the same age and had a big difference in family background. Why was the difference between the two so big?

Zhang Shou was also a little troubled by the incoherence of the second son of a doctor in the Ministry of Works. Seeing the emperor looking at him, he didn't care about what the emperor meant. He coughed gently and said in a gentle tone: "What the emperor wants to hear is very simple. For example, what people in your family are, what books you like to read on weekdays, what interests and hobbies you have, and what ambitions you have in the future."

Hearing someone talking, Xu Fan, the second son of the Ministry of Works, subconsciously looked in the voice. When he saw the emperor sitting in his right lower hand, a young man with clear eyebrows and eyes as bright as a star, his appearance was so handsome that all his peers he had seen were overshadowed, his original seven-point nervousness suddenly turned into ten, and his heart was full of messy problems.

Who is that? That is also one of the examiners today? No, it is not the imperial examination, where did the examiners come from...

When Xu Fan left Qianqing Palace in a daze, he suddenly woke up. What did I say just now? What were I doing just now? The rare opportunity to meet the saint, the emperor asked me to introduce myself, but I actually messed up all of them!

Xu Fan, who was so upset that he wanted to die, smashed his forehead hard until a cough came from the side. He woke up like a dream and looked at the side in panic, but saw Lu Chan, the Sili Supervisory Officer who had brought him before, smiled kindly at him.

"Young Master Xu, you are the first one. If there is any mistake, don't worry too much. The emperor just said that you can practice your courage in the future." If it weren't for today's matter, there was no need for Lu Chan to take responsibility himself. He comforted him as Chu Kuan's secret order. Seeing that Xu Fan's face obviously improved a lot, he smiled and said, "Okay, you go out of the palace first!"

Xu Fan heard that he didn't need to go back to the corridor, but left the palace directly. While regretting it, he was a little gloating. In this way, the people behind may not know what happened before, and his shamelessness would not be known to everyone. It would be best that everyone would be as nervous as him, so that he could be more psychologically balanced.

Perhaps Xu Fan's prayer from the bottom of his heart had its effect, and the second person's performance was not much better than him. He was stuttering and stumbling. In Zhang Shou's opinion, it was almost equivalent to writing a topic essay about some members of my family in front of the emperor. But when he talked about his interests and hobbies, he blurted out that he loved to watch the Spring and Autumn Period, but after the emperor asked about the Spring and Autumn Annals, he was speechless.

It was not until the emperor patiently saw the fifth boy who submitted the election that he introduced himself calmly. Unlike other trembling boys, he noticed Zhang Shou at the first time. After staring at the person for a long time, he was calm and calm before he saluted the emperor. When he introduced himself, he not only reported his resumes from his ancestors for three generations, but also emphasized their merits.

"Although my grandfather only passed the imperial examination at that time, he was not remote after being an instructor. He served as a county magistrate in Yunnan and Fujian. He was diligent and loved the people. He was highly praised when he left office. His father passed the imperial examination and first visited the Ministry of Personnel, later served as the chief officer, Yuanwailang. Now he is a lie in the examination department of the Ministry of Personnel, and has worked diligently and has never made any mistakes. I have been influenced by them since I was a child..."

He talked calmly about what books he had read, and had already stood out in the college examination and passed the fifth scholar. Zhang Shou couldn't help but say in his heart that he looked like a scholar who was devoted to the imperial examination. I guess he was either trying to take this opportunity to show himself or think that marrying a princess would be beneficial to his future.

As for whether you really want to marry a princess, it depends on what kind of predictions you have about your future. Whether you are a magistrate is satisfied with the rank of the border, or you are willing to join the cabinet and become the prime minister before you can stop.

He did a good job, so of course he didn't need to remind him anymore, and he wouldn't ask casually. Instead, he sat quietly aside and looked at the young man who seemed very good from all aspects with great interest. After he finished speaking, he felt that he had nothing to do when he suddenly heard the emperor ask, "Zhang Qing, what do you think of this Xiao Lang?"

Zhang Shou was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "Luoluo and talkative, he can be regarded as a talented person."

Xiao Yun was affectionately called Xiao Lang by the emperor. Although he tried to suppress the joy, he still couldn't help but reveal a little on his face. Although he had never seen Zhang Shou, he knew who the person was when he looked at the person's appearance and heard the emperor's name Zhang Qing. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel even more proud when he heard Zhang Shou's comment.

Even if Zhang Shou was appointed by the emperor as a doctor of the Imperial College, and was promoted to the Hanlin Seminary School and Zuo Zanshan, and was about to be the son-in-law of the Duke of Zhao's Mansion, so what? Can you still tell lies with your eyes open and say that he is not outstanding enough?

When the emperor heard Zhang Shou's comment, he suddenly asked with a smile: "How do Zhang Qing thinks he is better than you?"

When the emperor suddenly asked himself what he thought about, Zhang Shou had a premonition that he was going to have something wrong. Seeing that this was true, he said calmly: "My grandfather was a commoner and a scholar. My family background was not as good as Mr. Xiao. I have only been studying for a few years since I was a student, but not as good as Mr. Xiao. I have lived in the countryside for many years and have few knowledges. I am not as good as Mr. Xiao in the capital and have extensive knowledge."

"I have always stopped studying at night, for fear of hurting my eyes. It is worse than Mr. Xiao to stop reading the book and study hard day and night. Therefore, I have never been to the imperial examination and have no fame. I am not as young as Mr. Xiao, who is already a student."

He paused, and saw that Xiao Yun was so proud that he could not even hide his conceit, so he continued to say slowly: "There are only two things that I am better than him. One is that I have gained something from the capital, so I have a little knowledge of teaching and educating people. The other is that I have some experience in teaching and educating people, and by chance I can make a few prodigal sons turn back, and finally I live up to the emperor's entrustedness."

"Zhang Qing is honest, no, it should be said to be humble." The emperor laughed suddenly. Seeing Xiao Yun standing there showing gloomy face, his eyes couldn't help but glance at Zhang Shou, he knocked on the armrest and said, "But you are right, it is really rare for Xiao Lang to study hard with a good background. By the way, what else is Xiao Lang good at besides poetry and songs?"

Xiao Yun was secretly glanced at Zhang Shou, thinking that the series of things that people just said were worse than that. Is this open and secret criticism... or secret criticism? When he heard the emperor ask him what he was good at, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then he said loudly: "I used to have some talent for playing the piano when I was a child, but my father taught me that I was distracted from playing things. Instead of wasting time on these, it would be better to embark on the official career as soon as possible and exhaust all my knowledge to appease the people. So I later put down my piano skills and am now unfamiliar."

"Oh." The emperor nodded slightly, and did not say good or bad. He just smiled and said, "Come on, I'll give you a new book printed by the Xiaolang Jing Factory, so you can leave."

Xiao Yun didn't know what the emperor felt about his views, but he didn't dare to delay. After someone gave him a letter, he hurriedly thanked him and bowed. When he left the door, he happened to hear Zhang Shou talking to the emperor: "If it weren't for the limited time today, the young man with such a family background, diligent study and great ambition, he would rather ask for advice."

"There are more than thirty people behind. If you delay any further, you will probably not be able to see you today."

As the thick curtain fell, Xiao Yun felt relieved and his steps suddenly became much lighter. When he went down the steps, his mood had completely calmed down. What Zhang Shou said before was just a statement of facts, without any slightest touch, and he had done his best to express it. As for the rest, it would be better to leave it to fate!

It is naturally the best to marry the princess. If he can't marry, he at least left a pretty good impression on the emperor!

After confirming that the person had left a long way, the emperor sighed and said, "If you were to choose a local official, a person like Xiao Yun would be good, but even playing the piano would give up because of studying. This shows that he is a relatively old-fashioned person. Such a man is afraid that my daughter and nieces will be too rigid and boring."

Zhang Shou couldn't help coughing, and then said seriously: "Your Majesty, I don't know how to play music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Even riding a horse is just a beginner. In fact, he is a very rigid and boring person at heart."

"Yes, yes, I can say that the beauty who dances in a place like Yu Xiaozhu is Qu Xiang Xiang Tiange. If you didn't meet Yingying and you are such a rigid and boring person, what would you do in your life?" The emperor joked at Zhang Shou with anger. Seeing that the person's innocent face, he looked at the handsome face and suddenly felt that he had exaggerated himself.

Men love beauty, but women also like beautiful men? Don’t say that Zhang Shou is not really boring, even if he is really boring, I’m afraid there are girls who are willing to fly into the fire... Cough cough, no, it’s not moths to the fire, it’s just a trap!

After Xiao Yun passed, it was gradually the turn of some of the prison students with ordinary family backgrounds in Banshan Hall. Because some people had known that Zhang Shou would accompany him to the election for a long time, they would pretend to be shocked, and then suddenly realized that they bowed respectfully to Zhang Shou, and specifically expressed their respect for their teachers and politely in front of the emperor. Of course, they secretly hoped that Zhang Shou would say good things to him.

The emperor knew about such a intention, but when he saw Zhang Shou's helpless face, he was too lazy to expose it. However, what surprised him was that several guys who had never had a good reputation after being officials were quite calm when facing his questions, at least they were not frightened.

Some people confess that they were not good at studying at a young age, which wasted great time. When he asked about his interest again, they immediately said that they were obsessed with strange flowers and plants, and talked about a lot of flowers and plants in front of him. Finally, they woke up and said a lot of nonsense, and then apologized.

Some people confess that they have limited qualifications to study and forget them before and behind them, but they like to collect calligraphy works from previous generations. At home, they have even hidden hundreds of famous calligraphy works with no names. However, the words are still written ugly, which makes the emperor laugh.

Some people also choked and said that after marrying a wife, they would do their best to be kind to her, and would never take concubines and keep maids. Even if the lion roar in Hedong was happy, they would be happy. As a result, Zhang Shou said, "If she punished you to kneel on the washboard," and unfortunately choked to death. After a while, he replied in disappointment that it was a kiss or a love, and was laughed and scolded by the emperor.

The emperor originally thought that most of the people who met this time would be like Xiao Yun, and the people below were as arrogant as they met Dabin. In the end, the more people saw it, it became boring. However, more than 20 people came to see it. Although he only made up for lunch with refreshments, he felt more and more interesting when he saw it. When Zhang Wu came in, he heard that his family was the fifth son of the Marquis of Nanyang, and he couldn't help laughing jokingly.

"Zhang Wu, I heard Yingying talk about you. I heard that you are ranked fifth, so your father named you with the word Wu. Have you ever hated that his father is so lazy and casual, and he doesn't care about your son at all?"

"My dear..." Zhang Wu was completely confused. What is this problem? How could the emperor be so tricky?

However, when he saw Zhang Shou sitting on the side with a relaxed face, he suddenly calmed down. It was simple to deny it, and it was also simple to describe himself as a filial son. However, since Zhang Shou had such an expression and had said before, he might as well be frank and honest, so he made up his mind and immediately lowered his head.

"Reporting to the emperor, I am not a sage, so I have naturally had resentment." He took a deep breath, then boldly looked up at the sage, and then said word by word, "But later I saw Dr. Zhang and lived in Rongshui Village for so many days, and I figured it out. No matter how many fathers and sons there were, I was a little ignored in the past, but at least I had never suffered from hunger and cold!"
Chapter completed!