The room is five feet wide and eight feet long (the latest chapter in the struggle of the little man who was born again). In the middle is a low table with a futon behind it. And in the corner, a bed of coarse cloth quilt was thrown. It's new, but it's covered in dirt. Next to the quilt was a wooden barrel, dirty. Song Zheng knew that this was the toilet. For the next three days and two nights, Song Zheng will spend time here.

The walls of the whole house were made of stone, and all around it were tightly built, and there was a small window at a height of more than a man, and the sunlight came through it, so that the room could barely see clearly. It's just that the room is full of dust, and the smell is pungent, and it smells dark and damp.

Song Zheng said secretly, this is still the side of the rising sun, I don't know what the yin side will become, wouldn't it be more offensive? Damn, I knew this earlier, sir, I would rather not be admitted to the Jinshi than come here to suffer this sin.

After scolding a few words, Song Zheng tore open the quilt, took out some cotton, wiped the table and the like, and finally cleaned it almost enough, and then sat down and sat on the futon to breathe.

At noon, the small window on the door opened, and the officials began to distribute the examination papers.

The Great Qi Imperial Examination is divided into four levels. The first level is the assessment of the local literary colleges, and the admission is proportional, and the candidates in the examination are talented. The second level is the examination held in the capitals of various roads, that is, the "township examination" in the Ming and Qing dynasties of the later generations, and the person who wins the examination is the lifter. The third level is the examination, which is held in Jiangning City, and those who pass the examination are Gongshi. The last level is the palace examination, which is held in the Miyagi Taiji Palace, that is, the assessment of all the tributes, and the one who wins the examination is the Jinshi.

The palace examination generally does not depose the tribute, that is to say, if you pass the tribute, it is equivalent to becoming a jinshi. And the palace test is just a ranking competition for the tributes. After the temple examination, all the jinshi are divided into three classes. There are only three first-class names, that is, the champions, the list eyes and the tanhua, which are often called "Jinshi and the first". Thirty second-class students were given as "Jinshi Origin"; The rest are of the third class and are given the title of "Tongjinshi origin". Regardless of whether it is the first, second or third class, they are collectively referred to as Jinshi.

The procedure of the examination and the examination is the same, that is, it is divided into four subjects, the examination, the historical theory, the policy theory and the poetry, and the way of judging the paper is also according to the four grades of A, B, C, D, and each grade is divided into three grades.

The most important thing is to demonstrate the chapters and verses of the Six Classics from the perspective of Neo-Confucianism. When grading, the first-class test papers in the examination are selected first, and then the historical theory test papers are compared, and then the policy is compared. Until the final candidate for tribute is determined.

In order to prevent cheating, there is an important difference between the examination and the examination, and the examination paper needs to be re-copied before grading.

Song Zheng unfolded the test paper, and there were two questions on it. The title of the first sutra is from the "Spring and Autumn Period", that is, "In the first year of the Yin Dynasty, summer, May, Zheng Boke Duan Yu Yan." ”

Song Zheng couldn't help but gasp when he saw this question. The story of "Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan" can be regarded as an extremely famous conspiracy in the history of pre-Qin China. Zheng Bo, the monarch of Zheng State, Zheng Zhuang, deliberately resorted to indulgence in order to kill his younger brother Gongshu Duan. Let his younger brother continue to make mistakes and illegally build the city of the fief where he is located, and Zheng Bo himself, while waiting for the opportunity, also constantly rewards Gongshu Duan. In the end, Gongshu Duan wanted to rebel, but was easily killed by Zheng Bo.

A famous saying in later generations, "If you do many acts of injustice, you will kill yourself", came from here. Historically, Confucius had a negative attitude towards Gongshu Duan, but more importantly, he belittled Zheng Zhuang and thought that he was so immoral.

Song Zheng was surprised because the question was too delicate. It is rumored among the people of Great Qi that the death of Qi Gaozong was killed by his younger brother Xiao Hui. Now, taking out the question of "Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan" is very insinuating.

The Ministry of Rites came up with such a question, it was impossible for Huang Yuandu not to know, and even Huang Yuandu came up with this question. What was his intention? Is it to provoke the juniper? Or is it an indication of some kind of attitude?

Song Zheng shook his head and turned his eyes to look at the second question, but he was even more surprised.

The second question is from "The Analects of Ji": "Zi said: "Lu Zhi went to the office for the fifth generation, and the government was arrested for the fourth generation of the doctor, so the descendants of the husband Sanhuan were micro." ”

The literal translation of this sentence is: "Confucius said: It has been five generations since the state power of the Lu State has been lost, and the power has been in the hands of doctors for four generations, so the descendants of Sanhuan have also declined." ”

Sanhuan refers to the descendants of Lu Huan, Mengsun, Uncle Sun, and Ji Sun. The background of Confucius's remark is that the power of the Lu State is on the sidelines, and the Three Huans are in control of the country (the latest chapter of the famous generals of the Han Dynasty). This sentence of Confucius expresses his dissatisfaction with the status quo of the world without Tao and the monarchy.

This insinuation is even more obvious, clearly referring to the fact that the current emperor has no power, and the power has fallen to Xiao Hui, Huang Yuandu and others.

Song Zheng frowned, how could there be such a question in the test? Didn't Huang Yuandu know that this would cause trouble?

However, this matter is also very strange, now the relationship between Huang Yuandu and Xiao Hui is gradually easing, although they are still antagonistic from time to time, but they both have an attitude to solve the country's difficulties, and they need to cooperate. For example, the problem of redundant troops, the problem of the return of the dark eagle, and the problem of everyone in Jiangnan need to be solved together. Can't you do something like this? Didn't Huang Yuandu trap himself in?

Didn't Huang Yuandu come up with these two questions? Quite possibly! With Huang Yuandu's political wisdom, he would never make such a move.

Who's going to do that? It's naturally impossible, is it a little emperor? In order to examine the attitude of the world's masters? But Song Zheng knows the little emperor's ability, first, the little emperor himself is the most annoying and harsh dogma, and it is impossible to come up with such a method. The second is that even if someone pries on the little emperor, the little emperor should not be so eager to make a move. What's more, he has not yet been in power, and even if he seizes power, he should not use this method.

This method is really too vicious, and the upper and lower questions are linked, clearly trying to split the imperial power and the vassal power and provoke confrontation. From the test paper, Song Zheng clearly smelled the smell of "conspiracy".

At this time, Song Zheng also heard the surprised sounds of other candidates in the examination room next to him, and the loud ones were also reprimanded by the officials outside.

Song Zheng thought for a while, then calmed down, now is not the time to explore these questions, it is the right thing to answer the exam questions first. Thinking of this, Song Zheng closed his eyes and thought about the views and content that could be used in Song Jue's "Science and Justice".

He typed the draft repeatedly. In this era, there are no eight-strand texts, but there are also customizations, that is, breaking the topic, undertaking the topic, arguing the topic, and concluding the topic. Each sutra question needs about 2,000 words. These two questions are equivalent to two philosophical papers. The quality of the article depends on whether the views are clear, whether the logic is rigorous, and whether the conclusion is powerful, just like the essays of later generations, tiger head, pig belly and leopard tail, but it is more difficult (the latest chapter of Super Servant).

Whether the exam question is aimed at the reality of Daqi, Song Zheng doesn't care about it, the most important thing is to have a clear attitude towards the article, and discuss it in accordance with the theory of monarchy.

It wasn't until the evening that Song Zheng typed the manuscript several times, and the sentences were revised many times in his mind, before transcribing them on the test paper.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Huang Yuandu sat in the hall with a pale face, his fists clenched tightly. Huang Song stood to the side, his face solemn.

"Father, is the one up there to make a move?"

"Does he have that much ability?" Huang Yuandu snorted coldly, "Besides, it's still unknown whether he knows this kind of topic or not." ”

"It's not him, who of those guys in the Ministry of Rites dares to have such guts?"

"That's not for sure, I don't know who's behind it."

"Father, the person in charge of this year's test is Guo Xingjia, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, you can just call him over and ask if he can't."

"Confused!" Huang Yuandu scolded angrily, "I have already made it clear that I will not interfere in the examination this year, and the Ministry of Rites will arrange it by itself." If you take care of it now, won't you be stained? Besides, these two questions are from the Six Classics and are not out of line, so how can I ask them? ”

"That's right. Previously, the government and the opposition discussed that his father ruled the law with power and blocked the mouths of the world's scholars, which was why his father let go. I originally thought that for so many years, the Ministry of Rites should have known my father's mind a long time ago, and would check according to science when grading the papers, who knew that they actually made articles on the scriptures. ”

Huang Yuandu nodded, "This is the master, they may not say anything in science, but the core of this kind of topic is directly aimed at me and Xiao Jun, it is a naked hard knife." ”

"Then Guo Xingjia can be regarded as your promotion, how could he do such a thing?"

Huang Yuandu shook his head, "The difficulty of the human heart (the latest chapter of the journey of exchange)." This guy is Wei Buzhou's student, and when I wanted to win Wei Buzhou, this guy worked very hard and didn't hesitate to sing praises to science. At that time, this guy was just edited by the Hanlin Academy, and I saw that it was available, so I got him to the Ministry of Rites as an adjutant. Over the years, he has never said a word about science, and he is also respectful, so he is tired of being a waiter in the Ministry of Rites. Originally, I thought that he would preside over this meeting and release him as a feudal official, but I didn't expect him to suddenly stab me. ”

"Is he pretending to take refuge in his father? In fact, I don't agree with science, but still believe in Wei Buzhou's set? ”

Huang Yuandu pondered for a while and said, "Now it's not a question of whether or not he believes in science, even if he doesn't believe in science, the lifters will still answer the questions according to the point of view of science." After so many years of arrangement, the entire Daqi Academy of Arts teaches students with science, how can there be any other way to answer questions? This time, it's the title itself. ”

"What my father said makes sense, I will arrange more people to stare at the surname Guo. What a bad thing this thief is! Huang Song also looked indignant.

"Just keep an eye on him and see who he's associating with. In the short term, though, nothing may be found. Huang Yuandu sighed.

"Then the juniper over there......" Huang Song asked cautiously.

Huang Yuandu pursed his lips and said, "I haven't seen the prince for a long time, I heard that he is not in good health, I should probably take some wine to see him." ”

"You're going in person?" Huang Song's face was shocked. As far as he knew, over the years, Huang Yuandu and Xiao Hui often met in the court, but rarely went to the prince's mansion. After all, when he arrived at Huang Yuandu's position, there were countless pairs of eyes watching his every move. In Huang Song's memory, it seems that Huang Yuandu has only been to the palace once, and that was when Gaozong was in power.

"Hey, why is it only one hundred and seventeen pounds and four taels? Isn't it one hundred and twenty pounds? In the Dachang salt shop not far from the Guogong Mansion, a man in a green robe in his fifties said suspiciously.

"Uncle Cousin, it's not much worse. Besides, you can give as much as you want! A chubby man laughed.

"That's fine, but you go back and tell that blue eunuch, I didn't deduct his salt (read the full text of the super infinite clone of the online game)."

"That's, that's, I saw it with my own eyes. When I loaded it into the car this morning, there was some leftover. ”

"Oh, I see." The green-robed man replied and said, "Actually, I really don't want to do your business. This trip is not only troublesome, but also risky. Out of Louzi, don't say that you can't do the miscellaneous work in the forbidden military camp, and you have to lose your head. On my side, if I am discovered by the people of the Ji family, it will not be comfortable. ”

"Hehe, isn't everyone rich. This is first-class salt, white as snow, don't you like it? ”

"Stuff is good. It's not easy to sell. Ordinary people, how can they eat such good salt? Only sold to large households. The green-robed man shook his head and said.

"Big families have money, so they sell for a higher price, right?"

"Nonsense, which of these big families in Jiangning City can we provoke?" The green-robed man glared, "Don't say anything else, it's the Guogong Mansion next to you, do you dare to raise the price so high?" ”

The fat man smiled, "Uncle Cousin, you are blinding me again." I know that your salt is sold to the Guogong Mansion for three hundred and twenty wen. ”

"You know a!" The man in the green robe said angrily, "It's true that it sells three hundred and twenty wen, but the errand manager in the Guogong Mansion can't take some points?" Otherwise, why do people buy salt from us? ”

Seeing that the face of the man in the green robe was not good-looking, the fat man hurriedly smiled and said, "Uncle Cousin, I don't understand the Tao inside, don't be angry." ”

The green-robed man snorted, ignored him, but grabbed a handful of salt and pinched it, "This salt is really good, it seems to be whiter than the last few times." ”

"That's, the salt eaten in the forbidden area, can it be bad?" The fat man was a little smug again. ~

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