Because Yunrong was pregnant and her pregnancy was not yet stable, Consort Rong, Consort An, and Consort Duan assisted in organizing this selection process.
Because the imperial concubine selection was in July, preparations began as soon as he returned to the palace. Yinzhen also had to start arranging this year's imperial examinations. The metropolitan examination, held once every three years, was to select talented individuals, and it was indeed no small matter.
Emperor Yinzhen valued talent highly, so he took this very seriously. In order to prevent cheating in the imperial examinations, he would announce the lineup of examiners very late, and these officials would be well taken care of in the royal villas during the period from setting the questions to announcing the results.
They try their best to satisfy all requests, but they absolutely cannot let the news out.
This system was established by Yinzhen based on what Yunrong said about the college entrance examination system in her time. Naturally, some people objected at first, saying that the emperor's doing so showed a lack of trust in the chief examiners.
Yinzhen retorted directly, "I trust all my ministers, but it's inevitable that some will try to take shortcuts. There are always plenty of people who want to scheme and plot. If, by some accident, someone leaks the exam questions, who will take responsibility?"
No one was willing to take responsibility, so no one spoke up, and that's how the matter was settled.
Yinzhen was recently thinking about who to use as examiners. First, they couldn't be people with strong personal preferences, as that would easily bury talent. They also couldn't be too slick, as that would easily be led by others and unable to select the people he wanted. And... Yinzhen eliminated a whole bunch of people and finally selected a few satisfactory candidates.
Yunrong followed the procedures basically, and the people around her had all become more experienced over the years, allowing Yunrong to focus on her pregnancy.
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