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For Li Chunchen, whose name is somewhat similar to himself, although Zhao Junchen has only seen him once, he is quite impressed. In this palace examination, Zhao Junchen also attaches the most importance to him!

Originally, before the announcement of the apricot list, Li Chunchen was just an unknown person, but after the announcement of the apricot list, this person became a blockbuster and ranked fourth on the apricot list, second only to Zhou Suwen, Zhao Shancai, and Zeng Wei.

If you take into account that Zeng Wei took refuge in Zhao Junchen, he had already obtained the exam questions in advance before the start of the exam, so he was well prepared; And Zhou Suwen is the grandson of the first assistant Zhou Shangjing, and he was taken care of a lot when he was reviewing the papers, this Li Chunchen's real knowledge and talent are probably second only to Zhao Shancai among the undergraduate candidates, even if Zhou Suwen, who is known as a "prodigy", may not be able to overpower him.

However, Zhao Junchen was deeply impressed by Li Chunchen, not because of his academic talent, but because of his ambition and the merits that were enough to realize his ambition!

On that day, the apricot list had just been announced, and this Li Chunchen was just a tribute student who had just become famous, and he actually found Xiao Wenxuan who was on the list for the first time, and wanted to take Xiao Wenxuan as a staff member when Xiao Wenxuan was in a low mood! Such an act, in addition to showing that this person is far-sighted and unwilling to lie dormant, he can see Xiao Wenxuan's ability potential at that time, which is enough to show that this person's vision is extraordinary-it can be said that if it were not for Zhao Junchen's timely appearance. Xiao Wenxuan is now afraid that he has been subdued by Li Chunchen for his own use - this is one of Li Chunchen's advantages!

Later, when Li Chunchen was talking with Xiao Wenxuan. also showed insights and visions that were different from ordinary people, and after Zhao Junchen appeared. Just a few trivial details have discovered Zhao Junchen's true identity, which can prove that this person has an excellent mind and strong insight - this is the second advantage of Li Chunchen!

A person like this has been unknown all the time before the exam, and it is obvious that he is deliberately reining in his edge, which is enough to show that this person's city government and forbearance - this is the third advantage of Li Chunchen!

All of the above are rare advantages, and Zhao Junchen has only seen Li Chunchen once, and he has found them all in Li Chunchen. It is enough to show that Li Chunchen's excellence is extraordinary.

Such a rare talent, Zhao Junchen appreciated, and naturally planned to recruit under his own door, but unfortunately like Zhao Shancai, Li Chunchen looked respectful of Zhao Junchen's solicitation, but unlike Zhao Shancai, Zhao Shancai refused Zhao Junchen's solicitation because he wanted to assist the crown prince Zhu Heyu, and Li Chunchen's rejection of Zhao Junchen's solicitation seemed to be because he didn't want to brand himself with a certain faction.

However. In officialdom, there is the most right and wrong, and there is no faction behind him as a backer, not only can he not stay away from factional fighting. On the contrary, it will be regarded as a soft persimmon by the major factions and suppressed at the first time, and it is impossible for a smart person like Li Chunchen not to know this. And he still did this, which only shows that he has a way to stand out from the major factions in the court in the shortest possible time!

But what exactly is Li Chunchen's method? Although Zhao Junchen had a rough guess in his heart, what was the specific. But I can't be sure.

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"If it is not bad as expected, today's palace test is the time for Li Chunchen to show his edge in the plan, right? Only like I did at the beginning, I made a splash in the palace examination and won the favor of Emperor Deqing, and from then on, I could stand out from the major factions in the court in the shortest possible time......" Thinking like this, Zhao Junchen looked at Li Chunchen thoughtfully, and thought secretly: "The answer to a qiē should be in today's question." ”

At this time, according to the process of the palace examination, Emperor Deqing is giving a lecture to the candidates, the content is nothing more than to educate the candidates to be loyal and patriotic, not arrogant and impatient, etc., although most of them are nonsense, but at this time they must be said.

And Li Chunchen, who was kneeling to listen to the instructions, was originally quite low-key, but under Zhao Junchen's gaze, he seemed to be aware of it, so he secretly raised his head and glanced at Zhao Junchen's position - now although Zhao Junchen is not considered to be in power, he is also one of the few powerful ministers in the court, but Li Chunchen looked at Zhao Junchen's eyes, but did not see the slightest awe, just nodded to Zhao Junchen to express his goodwill, and then lowered his head and continued to listen to the training.

Seeing Li Chunchen like this, Zhao Junchen smiled slightly, and didn't care, just turned his head and looked at the other palace examination candidates.

Kneeling at the forefront of all the candidates are Zhou Suwen and Zhao Shancai.

At this time, Zhou Suwen's posture was extremely low, his expression was full of humility, and he looked like he was listening carefully, although he was the most beloved grandson of Shoufu Zhou Shangjing, and he was the first in the undergraduate examination, but at this time, there was not the slightest arrogance, and this appearance fell into Zhao Junchen's eyes, so that Zhao Junchen couldn't help nodding secretly, only feeling that Zhou Shangjing had a successor.

As for Zhao Shancai next to Zhou Suwen, his demeanor was full of indifference of displeasure and worry, and he had just the right amount of respect, obviously the fact that Zhou Suwen took the top spot in the test this time did not affect his mentality.

As for Zeng Wei, who was kneeling behind the two of them, his expression was slightly excited, as if he was excited to see Emperor Deqing, and he looked like a loyal monarch, and this kind of appearance fell into the eyes of Emperor Deqing, I was afraid that he would have a lot of good feelings towards him, but Zhao Junchen observed carefully, but found that Zeng Wei's eyes were still calm and calm at this time, obviously the excitement in his expression was just a disguise, a strategy to win the favor of Emperor Deqing.

Now Zeng Wei has taken refuge in Zhao Junchen, and since then he has been Zhao Junchen's disciple, so seeing Zeng Wei's appearance, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be secretly satisfied, quite pleased, although he failed to recruit Zhao Shancai and Li Chunchen, but in this imperial examination, he finally found a talent who can be reused.

As for Li Chunchen beside Zeng Wei, except for a sneaky glance at Zhao Junchen just now, he was as low-key and restrained as ever.

But. Except for the four candidates who knelt at the forefront, most of the other candidates were a little unbearable. Including Liu Zimin, they may have met Emperor Deqing for the first time. Or because of the surrounding ministers, or because they were worried about the next palace test, they all looked trembling, and many of them were already soaked in sweat.

And just between Zhao Junchen's contemplation and observation, Emperor Deqing's instructions finally ended.

Then, according to the process of the palace examination, the eunuch Zhang De raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty has a purpose, and the minister who reads the paper has announced the question!" ”

With Zhang De's shouting, the first assistant Zhou Shangjing came out. After saluting Emperor Deqing, he stood in front of the imperial steps, faced the candidates of the palace examination, pulled out the examination questions circled by Emperor Deqing from his sleeve, and announced in a loud voice: "The emperor said: I am the only king, and I am the lord of the order of heaven to unify billions of trillions, and I want to extend the dynasty for eternity, and then create the rule of Renxuan and the prosperity of filial piety, but it is not easy to govern the country. It is necessary to first secure the stability of the temple and the integrity of the officials, so that I and the ministers can work together to make a difference...... However, this is not the past. People's minds change, and among the hundreds of officials, there are sometimes evil and corrupt. Don't think about being loyal to the monarch for the people, I will try to think. What can be cured? …… Today, we should know what Chen Er and others have seen. It is written in the article, I read it in person, and do not hide it. ”

Hearing the question announced by Shoufu Zhou Shangjing, while all the candidates knelt down to answer the exam questions, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but smile, and sighed secretly in his heart: "That's really the case." ”

In all dynasties, the strategies and questions of the palace test always faithfully reflected the governing thoughts and political concepts of the emperors of the past dynasties, and also reflected the important issues that the emperors paid attention to in different periods.

Recently, there has been constant party strife between the DPRK and China, and from time to time there have been unexpected events that have occurred in the Deqing Emperor, so that the Deqing Emperor will inevitably have the worry that the situation between the DPRK and China will gradually get out of his control.

In this way, Emperor Deqing will naturally take the opportunity of the palace examination to express his attitude to all parties in the court and the opposition, knock on the various forces in the court, and brainstorm to see if he can find any good ideas from the candidates.

Emperor Deqing's exam question, if you go to the bottom of it, put aside those high-sounding words, and summarize it into a vernacular, that is, "The current situation in the court is a little unstable, I am a little troubled, you people help me come up with ideas, how to make the officials in the court and China no longer have different intentions, obediently become my puppets, and do things according to my orders?" ”

This question, it is not difficult to say, as long as you quote the scriptures and write some ancient sage governing the country, you can fool the past, if the writing is better, the handwriting is also neat and beautiful, maybe you can mix a good result. But if you want to really say something and write something that makes people scream, it is even more difficult, after all, there have been countless articles of this kind from ancient times to the present, and all kinds of ideas and opinions have been expounded countless times by ancient and modern people.

Therefore, after hearing this question, most of the candidates were embarrassed, frowned, and did not know how to write.

However, the candidates who took refuge in Zhao Junchen were all excited at this time.

Because, for this exam question, they have already prepared!

It's not that Zhao Junchen knew the exam questions in advance, in fact, even Zhou Shangjing, who announced the question, just knew, but Zhao Junchen knew too much about Emperor Deqing's methods and style, so he had some guesses about the scope of Emperor Deqing's questions this time, and then informed those candidates who took refuge in his palace examination of his own guesses, and the result was that Emperor Deqing's questions this time were really not unexpected by Zhao Junchen.

"Although I didn't tell them how to answer this exam question specifically, but I knew the exam questions several days in advance, and there was so much preparation time, if I didn't answer well, it could only mean that I was incompetent, and I didn't focus on cultivating in the future, so I deserved it, so I can't blame me."

Between thoughts, Zhao Junchen subconsciously looked at Li Chunchen.

What is the temperament of Emperor Deqing, it is not a secret, in recent days, the court has been troubled, it is also not a secret, the two combined, guessing the scope of Emperor Deqing's problem, in fact, is not difficult.

And since Li Chunchen wanted to take the opportunity of this palace exam to make a splash, I think he also guessed this exam question, and had some kind of answer in his heart, and this answer can easily please Emperor Deqing, and be reused by Emperor Deqing.

"Just let me see what your answer is."

Watching Li Chunchen kneel unhurriedly to answer the exam questions, and then sit down and write, Zhao Junchen thought with interest.

However. Although Zhao Junchen already attaches great importance to this Li Chunchen, what he didn't expect is. Li Chunchen's final answer still scared Zhao Junchen fiercely!

In fact. Not only Zhao Junchen? With Li Chunchen's answer at this moment, the entire officialdom shook!

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The palace examination will be held for a whole day, and Emperor Deqing and the hundreds of officials in the court have countless important things to do, so it is naturally impossible to accompany the candidates all day.

In fact, after the candidates began to answer the questions, Emperor Deqing only stayed for a while and left.

Then, in addition to the ministers who read the papers, the officials also left one after another.

There is no benefit for Zhao Junchen to stay here. Naturally, he also left.

Then, Zhao Junchen went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs to deal with some official business, and made an appointment with Zuo Lanshan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, to talk about some things, and saw that it was getting late, so he returned to the house.

After returning to the house, Zhao Junchen had dinner and continued to read the unfinished "Yangzhou Travelogue" in the study.

However, Zhao Junchen had just turned two pages when he saw Xu Qingyan push the door in. reported to Zhao Junchen: "Young Master, Zhang Xiu, the eunuch of the Heart Cultivation Palace, asks to see you." ”

Zhang Xiu is the apprentice of Zhang De, the great eunuch next to Emperor Deqing, and it seems that there is something important to see Zhao Junchen at this time. But Zhao Junchen was not surprised, just nodded and said, "Let him come in." ”

A moment later, Zhang Xiu followed Xu Qingyan to the study. Xiang Zhao Junchen flattered and smiled: "Our family has seen Lord Zhao, Lord Zhao Wan'an." ”

Zhao Junchen smiled: "Father-in-law Zhang Xiu." We're all our own people, and we're familiar with each other. You're welcome. ”

After Zhang Xiu smiled and nodded, he took out a roll of paper from his sleeve, which was densely filled with words, handed it to Xu Qingyan on the side, and said to Zhao Junchen: "Lord Zhao, according to your instructions, our master has already found a way to copy a copy of the palace examination answer sheet named Li Chunchen, and sent our family to give it to your lord." ”

Zhao Junchen took the scroll from Xu Qingyan's hand, and while reading it carefully, he nodded and smiled: "There are two fathers-in-law." ”

It turned out that Zhao Junchen always had an inexplicable concern in his heart about Li Chunchen's answer, so he asked the chief eunuch Zhang De to copy a copy for himself to see in advance.

And after the palace examination, the examination paper is still on the second day, before that, the candidates' answer sheets will be kept in the palace for one night, for Zhang De, the great eunuch, it is not a big deal to take the opportunity to copy a copy, so it is also done very neatly, such as today, it has been sent to Zhao Junchen's hands.

However, Zhao Junchen had just glanced at the paper scroll in his hand a few times, and his face changed slightly, as if the content on the paper scroll made him extremely shocked.

Then, Zhao Junchen's expression quickly returned to normal, and after chatting with Zhang Xiu for a few words, he gave Zhang Xiu some benefits, and sent Xu Qingyan to send Zhang Xiu away.

When Zhang Xiu left, Zhao Junchen's expression gradually became solemn, and his brows were furrowed.

When Xu Qingyan sent Zhang Xiu away, he returned to the study, and when he saw Zhao Junchen's appearance, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and asked, "Young Master, what happened?" ”

Zhao Junchen didn't answer, in fact, with Xu Qingyan's knowledge, he couldn't tell him clearly, but after pondering for a while, he handed the paper scroll sent by Zhang Xiu to Xu Qingyan and ordered: "You send someone to secretly send this answer sheet to Shoufu Zhou Shangjing!" ”

For Zhou Shangjing?

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but wonder, Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing are the leaders of the two major factions in the DPRK and China, and they are hostile from time to time.

Curious, Xu Qingyan took the answer sheet and subconsciously glanced at it.

only to see that the answer sheet reads, "...... His Majesty wants to control the words and deeds of hundreds of officials and rectify the rule of officials, only the secret folding system is feasible! ……”

As Zhao Junchen said, Xu Qingyan couldn't understand this batch of answer sheets, and he didn't know what the so-called "secret folding system" was, let alone what it meant, but after agreeing, he did what Zhao Junchen told him.

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