Chapter 341 How to win the top scorer

Comment on Taizu and Taizong who is right and who is wrong? Are you still alive? Didn’t you send the wrong paper?

Seeing this kind of test question, the tribute students' sweat came down with a sound of sweat. This is not an exam, it is a rack to roast us on the fire!

When he saw the question, he frowned slightly, but what he thought was another matter... Yesterday, Zhang Juzheng told him that in view of the situation, Shaoxing prefect Tang Shunzhi and others submitted memorials to reopen the three markets in Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong. This memorial immediately caused an uproar. The ministers in the court were divided into two clear-cut factions. One faction believed that if we imitate Taizong's laws and reopened the maritime ban, the other faction insisted on the rules set by Taizu, and the pieces would not go into the sea. In the past, the two factions quarreled every day, debated every day, from the court to the home, from the cabinet to the six ministries. Unexpectedly, this debate turned out to be the test questions of this palace examination, allowing the tribute students to express their opinions on this.

In fact, it is not just him. Most of the candidates are well-informed and clear-headed. Seeing that the previous exam question was "There is a great way to make money", now there is a "whether the ban should be opened?", the meaning behind it is self-evident-

Everyone has been taking the exam for decades and knows that if you want to be the leader in the palace exam, a policy that conforms to the will of the saint is very important. If the emperor is satisfied after reading it, the title of top scholar will be almost certain. Therefore, although "taking the upper mind" is illegal, it is essential.

For example, Huang You, a tribute tribute from the Xinchou Department of the Southern Song Dynasty, thought about the holy intentions and accurately grasped the lofty emperor of Emperor Xiaozong, who was determined to avenge his shame but suffered a tragic failure, urgently needed spiritual comfort. He used the argument that "there is no difficult thing in the world, and the ruler must be persevering." He wrote a strategy. He immediately moved Emperor Xiaozong to tears, thinking that this person made the right argument and lofty ambitions, especially the word "persistence" to comfort my heart. He immediately opened the test paper and sealed it. Only then did he know that Huang You, the son of Wu County, immediately pointed it as the top scholar.

There are many people like Huang You who have achieved good results, such as Lian Zining in the 18th year of Hongwu; Hu Guang in the 2nd year of Jianwen; Luo Lun in the 2nd year of Chenghua, etc. It can be seen that writing an article that caters to the best of others is the king!

Therefore, the tribute students all fantasized about being able to understand the emperor's thoughts like Senior Huang, but Huang You and others were concerned about national affairs, and knew the temper, character, ambitions and ambitions of Emperor Xiaozong. And these juniors who were "only reading the books of sages and turning a blind eye to the outside world" might not even be able to tell which provinces were affected by Japanese attacks, whether Altan was Tatar or Oirat, let alone understand the most mysterious Emperor Jiajing in history.

Fortunately, Cheng Wen of Chen Huiyuan's test was there. Everyone has carefully speculated that they were impressed by the benefits of promoting the reopening of the Maritime Bureau in the article, so they all copied and made generous statements, and tried to describe the advantages of opening the maritime bureau. They did not want to turn all the coastal cities of the Ming Dynasty into Maritime Bureau...

But is Emperor Jiajing really the idea?

Chen Si didn't think so. Before entering the examination room, he reminded the six brothers of Qionglin Club to remember the "Zeng Xian's defeat"!

In fact, it is not just before the exam. In the past few years, this guy has been repeatedly mentioned in silence as a negative textbook for knowing Emperor Jiajing. His experience is roughly as follows:

Zeng Xian was the Minister of War at the time of the Three Counties, and his position was high and his power was even greater than that of the current Grand Marshal Yang Bo. During the long-term fight against northern Mongolia, he found that the reason why the Mongols robbed and left as much as they wanted was that the court lost the important strategic buffer of the Hetao region. Therefore, Zeng Butang wrote the manifesto that vowed to restore Hetao with full enthusiasm for serving the country, "This once-and-for-all strategy is the reliance of the country for generations!"

It should be said that this is the best strategy for the whole world and is completely feasible. It is not a irrelevant bang. If the court follows the rules, Zeng Xian, who has a high prestige in the three sides, still has hope of achieving this goal.

But what about the subsequent development? At first, Emperor Jiajing was also excited for the first time. He immediately agreed and was so excited that he could not practice. He took the initiative to convene the cabinet to discuss that tomorrow we will go to cut off Altan and take back Hetao!

However, the final result was that Zeng Xian beheaded and his wife was exiled for two thousand miles; Xia Yan, the chief assistant of the cabinet who strongly supported him, was even more miserable, and abandoned the market, his wife was exiled to Guangxi, and was demoted to his son and grandson to serve as the people.

What is the reason for a good thing that both the number two in the Ming Dynasty supported, but it turned out to be this result?

In fact, it is still in Emperor Jiajing - not every emperor dreams of making achievements and expanding territory. At least in the view of Emperor Jiajing who is dedicated to practicing, making achievements is too far away, and being plain is the truth...

So excited... or rather, after impulse, Emperor Jiajing began to fight Xiaojiujiu... Recovering Hetao is a good thing for the descendants, but what if it is not going well? Who will clean up the mess? And even if it goes well, the country will mobilize wars, collect food, dispatch soldiers and generals, and plan for strategy. If you don’t feel tired, you will be upset. You will not live like this!

So he quickly relied on his words and issued an edict saying: "Is the army famous for traits now? Is the army famous for eating more fruits? Is it necessary to succeed? What is the meaning of "a siege"? Is it good to have a reorganization? But there are still many problems that cannot be solved, such as if the soldiers are not in a reasonable name, and there are not enough food and grass for soldiers. Just relying on Zeng Xin's words, if they are defeated, the people will suffer.

Of course, these are all so-called excuses, and the hidden meaning behind it is - don’t cause trouble for me!

It is said that "the country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change." Especially the stubborn Emperor Jiajing, who is already in his forties and fifty years, cannot change his nature overnight and become a hero who works hard to revive!

The controversy is so loud now, and the actual situation is that once the sea ban is opened up, no one can estimate or predict the impact on the southeast coast and even the entire Ming Dynasty... Shen Mo dares to bet that after three minutes of passionate blood, Emperor Jiajing should start to get angry.

Therefore, the reason why Emperor Jiajing brought out the two ancestors was not that he really wanted someone to divide them into different levels, but that it showed his inner conflict... In fact, Emperor Jiajing had never thought about changing anything at all, but that he was just crazy about being poor and wanted to spend money. Now that there is such a big controversy, it must be a big violation of the emperor's original intention. If the situation continues, it is probably another "Zeng Milling and Repair Cluster"!

To understand this, Shen Mo finally sweated and suddenly found that his situation was extremely awkward. If he supported the ban and could not be done well, he would repeat Zeng Xian's mistake. If he turned around and opposed the ban, his conscience would fall second. More importantly, he would leave the emperor and ministers with a bad impression of "staying in the morning and without principles". From then on, he was weakened by the Shilin and would be on the bench for the rest of his life.

This is really hard to advance or retreat. Shen Mo was so worried that he grabbed his hair and wanted to hand in his blank paper. At worst, he could take the exam again in three years.

Just as the endless entanglement was over, an hour passed without realizing it. The sedentary invigilators felt soreness in their backs and began to move their hands and feet, and also looked through the candidates' papers... For bigwigs like Zhang Zhi and Li Mo, there are inevitably their disciples below. They just took this opportunity to write the opening chapters in their hearts one by one to take care of. The palace examination is loose, which is almost a custom.

Zhao Zhenji was also walking around, but his purpose was different from the two bigwigs who wanted to favor personal gain. He wanted to remember the papers of some people and dismiss them. For example, silence, and the accomplice Xu Wei. In the eyes of Lord Zhao, this was not a personal grudge, but a fight against traitors for the country! How can such villains who help the evil and abuse be allowed to gain a foothold in the court?

In fact, he had seen the two people a long time ago, but they couldn't do it too obviously. So after walking around for a long time, he arrived behind Xu Wei. He pretended to pick up the paper casually and took a look. He couldn't help but breathe in a burst of air. It was such a good article and good handwriting! If he was better than Wang and Tang, I'm afraid that only Xie Jin and Yang Shen could compete with him in the entire Ming Dynasty!

‘If such a talented man is inferior, I, the examiner, will be ridiculed by the world and history books.’ Mr. Zhao sighed inwardly, put down the article, walked to the back of silence in depression, and when he saw it, he couldn’t help but be happy... Halfway through the exam, the paper was still empty!

‘Haha, it seems that this kid’s previous article must have been written by a gunman. Now that he has arrived at the palace examination, he has completely revealed it.’ This is really unhappy! Mr. Zhao wanted to laugh three times to vent his joy in his heart.

The examiners also noticed his strange expression. Zhao Zhenji quickly turned his face and walked away with his hands behind his back... Just like that, killing one and leaving one, just so that it was just enough to make people have nothing to say. Master Zhao thought.

After gritting his teeth and thinking for nearly two hours, the silence suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he thought of a solution of both worlds. At that moment, his thoughts were like a spring, and he had come up with a countermeasure, but looking at the hourglass on the high platform, there was less than an hour left... If he made a draft and copied it, it might be too late, so he simply put aside the paper, calmed down, and started writing directly.
Chapter completed!