There were about 400 tributes who participated in the palace examination, and as the Son of Heaven, theoretically speaking, these papers needed to be reviewed by the emperor himself.

But it takes two days to read 400 articles and select the good and bad, this task is still very heavy, so since the Ming Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties have organized the officials below to read the papers, and they only look at the top ten papers that have been selected.

The minister who read the file this time, the first assistant Li Dongyang did not participate, he was old after all, and Emperor Hongzhi did not let him participate in this kind of mind-consuming thing.

Therefore, the second assistant Yang Tinghe became the main person in charge of this marking, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials were the deputies, and the rest of the examiners were composed of scholars from Hanlin, Guozi Priest Wine, Dr. Taichang and other knowledgeable people.

The officials scored the papers very quickly, and it took just over a day to basically complete the review, and after writing their names and comments in each paper, they began to judge the merits, and finally selected some excellent examination papers to recommend to the chief examiner Yang Tinghe, and finally he selected the top ten and sent them to Emperor Hongzhi for reading.

On the eve of the start of the ceremony, Yang Tinghe and others finished the ranking of the test papers of the four hundred candidates, and they only needed the emperor to review it before they could fill in the rankings and wait for the list to be released tomorrow.

In the imperial study, Emperor Hongzhi was reading the top ten articles sent by Yang Tinghe and others, and beside him, the crown prince Zhu Houzhao sat honestly on the side, although he was active, but now there are courtiers watching below, so he will not cause trouble to his father at such a moment.

Hongzhi carefully read the top ten articles, his expression did not change much, he could become a tribute, especially the top ten selected by Yang Tinghe, his writing and language organization skills are naturally very strong, Hongzhi just floated by at a glance, and he could take a general look at the views in the article.

"Zhao'er, if you are asked to answer, how do you think you should pacify the southwest?"

While looking at the exam papers, Hongji turned his head slightly, wanting to hear the opinion of his only son.

"Father, give your son 100,000 troops, and your son is willing to personally lead the troops to fight, and it won't take half a year to completely solve the hidden dangers in the southwest!"

Zhu Houzhao was very excited, in fact, as long as it involved military matters, he was very interested, in his opinion, being an emperor was far less interesting than being a general who led the troops to fight.

Seeing this, Hongji couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what kind of character his son is, he naturally knows it very well, this kind of character, after ascending the throne in the future, it is easy to stand on the opposite side of the ministers.

"It seems that before Zhao'er ascends the throne, I need to help him find a capable minister who can shelter him from the wind and rain!"

Looking at the cliché articles with some absent-mindedness, Emperor Hongzhi began to wonder in his heart who in the court could become the minister of the humerus of his future son.

"Li Dongyang? This person is also quite upright, capable, and does not form a party, but it's a pity that he is too old, and it is estimated that Zhao'er should be a priest after he ascends the throne. ”

"Yang Tinghe, it is the prime of life, and his ability is still above Li Dongyang, but it's a pity that this person's mental skills are a little too miscellaneous, and Zhao'er may not be able to suppress him in the future!"

"Huh?"

At this moment, when Hongji picked up the tenth-place exam paper, the contents of the paper attracted him instantly.

"The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister!"

"The three strategies of the upper, middle and lower are to raze and conquer, push grace, and change the land and return to the stream...... Okay, what a change of land!"

The first two strategies are quite decent, and in the few articles that Emperor Hongzhi read, there are also candidates who mention these two points, but the method of changing the land and returning to the stream is really amazing to Hongzhi.

It's not that he and the ministers can't think of it, but this is a blind spot, and no one will think about it at all, because they will subconsciously ignore it, and they don't think that the liuguan system can replace the native official system of the southwest.

And now, in Lin Nuo's examination papers, this method was clearly proposed for the first time, and it was described in great detail how to implement this system, which made Emperor Hongzhi's eyes shine, and he had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

After the implementation of this system, the southwest region was basically completely stabilized, and there were few rebellions, so it can be said that it was a method to cure the root cause.

"Your Majesty, the ministers were also shocked by the method proposed by this candidate to change the land and return to the stream, but the old minister and others couldn't make up their minds for a while, although the candidate gave detailed implementation measures, but after all, it has not been really tested, and it is not ruled out that it is just a wild talk, so after the ministers discussed, it was set to be tenth!"

Seeing that Hongzhi was surprised after seeing the tenth place exam paper, Yang Tinghe hurriedly stepped forward to explain.

"Well, it's not unreasonable for you to think about it, after all, if you directly change the land and return it to the stream, it may cause a backlash of the toast in the entire southwest region, and I am afraid that the entire southwest region will cause chaos!"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded thoughtfully, "But no matter what, the method given by this candidate is a good strategy, although it is very troublesome to implement, but you must also know that if you can really change the land and return to the stream, there will be no hidden dangers in the southwest region, right?"

"The imperial court wants this kind of person who can put forward good policies, and he dares to put forward good policies, according to me, this person should be the champion!"

As Emperor Hongzhi spoke, he completely unfolded this volume, and he wanted to see who this capable man who had clear thinking and was not confined to ordinary people was.

"Jiangxi, Lin Nuo?"

After seeing the name, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help frowning, first glanced at the prince without a trace, and then put down the scroll thoughtfully.

"Your Majesty, in the records of the Ministry of Rites, this Jiangxi student Lin Nuo is handsome and knowledgeable, and he will turn nineteen years old this year!" Yang Tinghe said loudly.

"It's not necessarily a good thing to be young and ambitious!" Hongji muttered softly, and then found Lin Nuo's second poem, and his eyes suddenly couldn't pull it out.

"Such a majestic and imposing poem was really written by a teenager under the age of twenty?"

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Hongzhi shook his head, "It's a good thing to be young, but this Lin Nuo is even a little crazy, if he is named the champion, it may not be a good thing for his future career!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Yang Tinghe nodded in agreement, "A champion who is less than twenty years old is too easy to attract jealousy, the so-called too rigid and easy to break, become famous at a young age, and be prone to trouble!"

"But father, Lin Nuo, whether it is an article or a poem, is indeed extremely good, you can't let him rank low just because he is young, right?"

Zhu Houzhao was anxious, originally he worshiped Lin Nuo as a teacher just a temporary expedient measure, but now after seeing the other party's poem, he suddenly felt full of pride, and he couldn't wait to pick up a gun and go on the battlefield to fight.

At this moment, whether it was Lin Nuo's martial arts or talent, it completely made Zhu Houzhao admire, at this time, he really planned to treat Lin Nuo as a master!

"Haha, don't be in a hurry! Didn't the Ministry of Rites record say that this Lin Nuo is handsome and extraordinary? Talent is comparable to the champion, and his appearance is even more handsome, this Tanhualang's fame seems to belong to him!"

Emperor Hongzhi laughed, since ancient times, Tanhualang has selected the best-looking one among the best candidates, and it just so happens that he also wants to press Lin Nuo a little, so in Hongzhi's opinion, this Tanhualang's ranking is really suitable for Lin Nuo!