Guo Zhiyuan waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter if you insult me and Dongfan's honor, but you must not let the people poke your backbone in the back!" For one term as an official, for the benefit of one party, only when the people live and work in peace and contentment, can the country be prosperous! Not only that, but you also have to spread the spirit of self-improvement to more people, so that more people can wake up, especially the younger generation, so that our country and our nation can have hope! ……”

Hong Chengchou nodded heavily and said, "Students must remember the teachings of the mountain chief!" The students dare not say that they will create another Dongfan, but the students will definitely let the people in the area under the jurisdiction of the students be able to live and work in peace and contentment and strive for self-improvement like the people of Dongfan! ……”

There were other Dongfan scholars outside the door waiting for Guo Zhiyuan to receive him, so Hong Chengchou didn't want to stay too long, and said respectfully: "The mountain chief has all the opportunities, the students will not bother, and they will come to the mountain chief again in the next day to ask ......for peace."

Guo Zhiyuan nodded, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly stopped Hong Chengchou and said: "There are a lot of displaced people in Shaanxi, and it will become a big disaster, if you meet a leader of the displaced people named Li Zicheng, you must pay special attention to ......"

Hong Chengchou asked curiously: "Who is this Li Zicheng?" Can the mountain chief pay so much attention? ……”

Guo Zhiyuan slapped his forehead, he was also confused, Li Zicheng was only in his teens at this time, and most of them were still herding sheep for the landlord in the countryside, history stirred up this little butterfly for himself, can Li Zicheng become the leader of the peasant rebel army that ended the Ming Dynasty in the original historical time and space in the future, so he waved his hand and said: "You can pay attention to it a little, don't take it too seriously......

Hong Chengchou left in a daze, and when other Dongfan students visited Guo Zhiyuan, Guo Zhiyuan also instructed them to do the same, so that they did not have to go back to Dongfan to be officials after participating in the conference examination and the palace examination, and they could take the initiative to ask to serve in a remote province.

On the surface, it seems more advantageous to keep these Dongfan students in Dongfan, but Guo Zhiyuan sees further, he treats these thirty Dongfan students as tinder, and spreads these fires throughout the country, which will definitely bring him greater surprises in the future!

Hong Chengchou and the others soon set off for the capital to participate in the examination, which was the central examination in the ancient Chinese imperial examination system, also known as Chunqiu. The candidates are the people of the provinces, and the admitteds are called "Gongshi", and the so-called candidates will be in one place to compete in science and art. Conducted by the Ministry of Rites, the examination was held in the capital. The examination is generally held in the spring, so it is also called Chunqiu, Fujian is far away from the capital, Hong Chengchou they must start early to catch up, so they can only go on the road in advance.

As Guo Zhiyuan expected, Hong Chengchou and them once again shined in the examination, and all thirty Dongfan scholars became "Gongshi", and Hong Chengchou also became the first place in the examination again, and the high school "Huiyuan"!

After the examination, it is the palace examination, the palace examination can be said to be the highest level of examination in this era, the emperors of all dynasties attach great importance to it, generally presided over by the emperor himself, and the final list is also hand-picked by the emperor, so the one who can pass the palace examination is the "Jinshi", that is, the "protégé of the Son of Heaven", and the future is naturally immeasurable!

However, Wanli, the laziest emperor of the Ming Dynasty, didn't even want to go to the last dynasty, so he naturally didn't have the heart to preside over the palace examination, and directly threw it to a few cabinet scholars to preside.

This time, thirty Dongfan scholars sprung up, all of them entered the palace test, which surprised the Donglin Party and others, especially Hong Chengchou's dazzling performance made the Donglin Party people have pink eye, although they were very jealous of Guo Zhiyuan, but thinking that Dongfan is just an overseas desert island, no matter how big Guo Zhiyuan's ability is, he can't toss any fame, especially Guo Zhiyuan's Dongfan Academy, which is considered by them to be Dongshi Xiaofeng, and wants to imitate their Donglin Academy, which once became the laughing stock of the Donglin Party.

Unexpectedly, the performance of Dongfan scholars in the examination was so eye-catching, and all of them entered the palace examination, which made the Donglin Party have to face up to the existence of Dongfan Academy, and if it continues like this, it will not be long before the reputation of Dongfan Academy will surpass that of Donglin Academy, and what makes them even more afraid is that Guo Zhiyuan has Dongfan Academy, and he will continue to cultivate talents loyal to him, and then it will threaten the status of Donglin Party in the court.

Therefore, the Donglin Party people naturally tried their best to suppress the Dongfan scholars in this palace test, and tried to find a way to pick the thorns, such as calligraphy is not good and so on, and they were stunned to brush off ten Dongfan scholars, especially Hong Chengchou, originally his policy article was first-class, and he deserved to be the champion in the point, and the Donglin Party people really couldn't find out the thorns, so they took his appearance as an example, saying that Hong Chengchou had dark skin and short stature, and if he was in the first grade, he would humiliate the face of the court, and he should be classified as the second or third grade. (Note: The top three in the palace examination are the first class, that is, the champion, the list eye, and the tanhua, and the first three people are called "Jinshi and the first", also known as the "three tripod armor".) A number of people in the second grade, accounting for one-third of the admitted, are called "Jinshi origin", and a number of people in the third grade, accounting for two-thirds of the admitted. ）

The strange reason that you can't be the champion because of your bad looks seems a bit funny to us modern people, but in ancient times, there were really many people who couldn't win the champion because they were too ugly, and the fate of many people also changed because of such reasons, such as the two celebrities we are familiar with--- Zhong Kui and Huang Chao!

Most people may think that Zhong Kui is a mythical character, but in fact, there are really people in history, Zhong Kui was born in the early Tang Dynasty during the Wude period, legend has it that he met a strange person when he was young, the strange man saw that he looked like a leopard with a head and eyes, an iron face and a beard, and a strange appearance, so he was accepted as a disciple and taught him to be a talent full of economy, and later Zhong Kui participated in the imperial examination, the chief examiner at that time was Han Yu, Han Yu looked at Zhong Kui's examination papers and even called the wizard, and listed him as the head of the tribute scholars, and when he participated in the palace examination, But because his appearance was too ugly and he was defeated, Zhong Kui had a strong temperament, and in a fit of anger, he was killed in court in the main hall!

Later, Tang Xuanzong was besieged by heavy soldiers, and always had nightmares, until a person who was extremely ugly appeared in the dream, arrested all the evil ghosts in the dream, and told him that he was Zhong Kui, who was killed in court because he was too ugly to lose the champion, Tang Xuanzong woke up from the dream and immediately found a painter to draw a "Zhong Kui ghost hunting picture", and since then Zhong Kui has become the ghost hunting god in the hearts of the people!