The top four examination papers of the palace examination can only judge Lun Wenxu's, his article is relatively the most ordinary among the top four, and the remaining three are none other than Shen Xi, Sun Xu and Feng Xi.

Shen Xi, Sun Xu and Feng Xi all have shortcomings outside the article, but Lun Wenxu, the article is written in a stable manner, the person is even more dignified, and has the reputation of Confucianism, from the perspective of the imperial court, it is natural to push Lun Wenxu out as the champion, which is the most appropriate.

But if this is the case, it is equivalent to the emperor taking 14 palace examination examiners to engage in fraud for personal gain, violating the basic principle of fair selection of candidates in the imperial examination.

At such times, the emperor's meaning is the most crucial.

The emperor politely discussed with you, and said that the ranking of the top four was determined by everyone's consultation, but the ranking of the palace examination was originally the responsibility and privilege of the Son of Heaven, and the minister must be conscious and not offend Tianyan.

Just when everyone was silent, the crown prince Shaobao and the left capital of the Imperial Court Shi Mingui walked out and saluted: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the answer of the four tributes is stable and moderate, and the writing is outstanding. ”

Min Gyu's statement is basically the meaning of the ministers present, because this problem is a bit difficult to handle, and when it comes to the top four of the palace examination, it is actually difficult to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of the article, and it is said that Lun Wenxu's article is not good, but also because he writes too steadily, and the proposal he puts forward is not successful.

On the contrary, the other three have a certain insight in their own articles.

Zhu Youzhu spread out the four exam papers again and looked at them carefully. If he could break the seal and know who wrote it, it would have been easy for him to decide. Li Dongyang's side still knows which article was written by Lun Wen, but Zhu Youzhi knows who the four articles in front of him came from, and in order to ensure fairness and justice, Zhu Youzhi does not want to break the rules.

"I think this article is good."

The Son of Heaven suddenly picked up a scroll and looked up at the people present, "What do you think?" ”

The officials present all looked at each other, this paper had been discussed several times yesterday, and its Chinese chapter was not as old as those old Hanlin. The proposal was very much in line with the interests and ideas of the king, and it was simply tailored to the emperor's people.

Generally speaking, the emperor is the courtier who likes this kind of "sensitive" and can "share worries and solve problems" for the emperor.

Jealous ministers will inevitably think: "The article is not a sycophant, but everything is said to be in line with the truth." This kind of person will definitely become a great enemy when he comes to the imperial court in the future, even if he can't be hindered from entering the top four, he can't be ranked among the top three and enter the Hanlin Academy. ”

Wang Shi, the secretary of Dali Temple, came out and saluted: "The minister thinks that this article is too flashy. The things mentioned...... It's all quite difficult, I'm afraid it's not a person who does practical things! ”

Whether it's good or not, give him a big hat first.

Didn't the emperor think this article was good? I'll start by saying that he is unrealistic, this kind of person is a disguised slap on the horse, I have to expose him, let the emperor know this person's face.

But Wang Shi's words are not accepted by most people.

In fact, when the emperor issued the edict, the palace examination examiners present were thinking about a question, if they put themselves in the position of the palace examination candidates, what kind of article should they use to answer?

Especially the last question. When it comes to the content of the rule of ritual music in the Ming Dynasty, how can we share the worries of the emperor, so that the emperor does not have to feel sorry for the rule of ritual music in the Ming Dynasty that is not as good as the three generations of Yao Shunyu?

Including Liu Jian, the first assistant to the cabinet, after careful consideration, they all realized a problem, this kind of article is easy to talk about, but it is unrealistic to really say some practical ways to share the emperor's worries.

The rule of etiquette is a problem left over from history, and we all know that it takes severe laws to make the subjects dare not make any changes.

But in this palace examination, some people can put forward some relatively good suggestions, and the "old and spicy" article is even more so. This kind of article can be said to be empty. But it is better to say that people are really thinking about the emperor and racking their brains to make suggestions.

When Zhu Youzhu heard Wang Shi's words, he re-examined the article in his hand, and even the emperor himself did not feel that the content was empty. Wang Shi's accusation is obviously a bit biased.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but look up at Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, the two of them were the first assistant and the other secondary, Li Dongyang was still the chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites, and he would have some suggestions for him.

But in this matter, these two ministers, who are good at sharing the emperor's worries, chose to remain silent. Because in the hearts of Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, they also admit that this article is indeed well written. But thinking that this person was Shen Xi, Sun Xu, and Feng Xizhong, they didn't want to recommend the emperor to select this person as the champion.

Li Dongyang thought to himself: "Even if Shen Xi is keen and has the ability to never forget, but with his age and knowledge, he should not be able to write such articles, then this person is Feng Xi or Sun Xu, with Feng Xi as the champion, it is okay, but it is not as good as Lun Wenxu." ”

Li Dongyang's ranking in his heart is the champion Lun Wenxu, the list eye Fengxi, Tanhua Sun Xu, and the first in the second class is Shen Xi. This should be a better result, which not only saves the face of the imperial court, but also makes the scholar feel the emperor's grace, but after thinking about it carefully, he feels that it is more appropriate to let Sun Xu and Shen Xi fall one by one.

Because the first place in the second class of this session of the examination could not enter the Hanlin Academy, Li Dongyang had a love for Shen Xi, but he did not appreciate the arrogant Sun Xu very much.

But in the hearts of other examiners, Li Dongyang's initial order was the most appropriate and secure, a thirteen-year-old boy, just taking the exam for a huiyuan, had already caused an uproar among the scholars in the capital, and they accused him of being involved in the case.

The problem now is, I don't know which article Shen Xi is, if he accidentally really gets into the top three and becomes the champion, wouldn't it be ridiculous and generous?

Zhu Youzhu was a little undecided, now Liu Jian and Li Dongyang are obviously avoiding questions, and the cabinet scholars have always been in the same spirit, and it is inconvenient for Xie Qian to ask each other, and among the remaining palace examination papers, the most senior should be Tu Yun, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, but this kind of question is inconvenient to ask Ma Wensheng, who is the head of the soldiers.

So Zhu Youzhu looked at Tu Tu and said, "What does Mr. Tu think? ”

Tu Tu is not only a secretary of the ministry, but also the prince and the prince, as long as it is not a big court meeting, Zhu Youzhu will not be called Tu Tu by name, but call him "sir", this is the performance of the long favor, Zhu Youzhu is the kind of emperor who is very good at winning people's hearts, he seems extremely close when he says this, and his eyes are full of encouragement.

Tu Tu saw the emperor in front of the officials who tried to read the papers in the palace. Calling myself "sir" is a little touched in my heart...... Since you cabinet scholars refuse to share your Majesty's worries, then you want me to say a few fair words here, who called me a secretary of the ministry?

Tu Tu saluted respectfully and said, "Return to Your Majesty." The minister thought that the answer for this volume was decent, and he was the best among the four volumes, and he should be promoted to the rank of Wen Kui, and he was an example for the scholars of the world! ”

Tu Yun's words are very much in line with Zhu Youji's intentions. Because Emperor Hongzhi consulted these four volumes for most of the night, he read them twice today, and no matter how he looked at them, he felt that only this volume was the most in line with his mind.

The reason why Emperor Hongzhi didn't decide was because he didn't know who this volume was from and whether it was wrong to be promoted to the champion, so he wanted to get answers from Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, but the two chose to avoid it, which is also an uncommon thing in the questionnaire of the Son of Heaven after the previous palace examinations.

Zhu Youzhu nodded slightly, still noncommittal. Looking at the others again, his gaze shifted from the three Hanlin scholars, to Ma Wensheng, and then to Liuqing, and finally fell on Yuan Shouzhi, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites and Rites: "What does Yuan Shilang think?" ”

If you put it on others, you may get different answers, but Zhu Youzhu didn't ask those senior courtiers, and asked Yuan Shouzhi directly, and his intentions were self-evident.

Yuan Shouzhi is not even Qiqing, and Tu Yun, the head of Qiqing, said that this article is good. Could he have objected?

Yuan Shouzhi said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this son has the talent of the champion." ”

Zhu Youzhu was very satisfied with Yuan Shouzhi's answer, and nodded: "Okay." I named this person as the champion, can everyone object? ”

Li Dongyang wanted to stand up and say a sentence or two, but he was afraid of being blinded by the emperor...... I asked you just now, I want him to be the champion. You're going against me, and you really want to get along with me, don't you?

Zhu Youzhu saw that no one objected, and the matter was settled, and before the list and the flower scroll were determined, the champion scroll was set one step ahead.

Now the question is the order of two to four.

Li Dongyang saw that he couldn't speak anymore, and he had already won the champion, but unfortunately he didn't even know who the champion was until now, but he could expect that this champion was not Lun Wenxu and Shen Xi, so he took advantage of Zhu Youji's further questioning before he saluted and said: "The minister thinks that the three volumes are acceptable, and they can be pointed out as the list." ”

Zhu Youzhu didn't expect Li Dongyang to avoid the issue of champions, but he mentioned the matter so bluntly on the issue of the list of eyes, without a negotiable tone.

"Oh?"

Zhu Youzhu picked up the third volume and looked at it, and was immediately relieved, this third volume was actually the most decent of the four articles.

In fact, it was written by Lun Wen.

Now Li Dongyang's idea is that the champion has been set as Feng Xi or Sun Xu, and it is best to keep the position of Lun Wenxu and Shen Xi's list and Tanhua, but now I don't know which one is Shen Xi's article, so I can only give up Shen Xi first, Baolun Wenxu, and let Lun Wenxu be the leader.

Zhu Youzhu carefully read Lun Wenxu's article and nodded.

In fact, in addition to the champion volume just now, which is considered outstanding, the remaining three volumes cannot be said to be particularly excellent, and it is not impossible to set this decent volume as the list eye volume, not to mention that this volume was personally proposed by Li Dongyang, judging from the fact that Liu Jian and Xie Qian did not object, this should be the intention of the three ministers of the cabinet.

Zhu Youzhu obviously wouldn't refute Li Dongyang's face, but in order to show that he didn't listen to preferences, he still asked the opinions of those present.

In the end, no one raised any objections, so Lun Wenxu sat firmly on the list.

Now that the champion scroll and the list eye scroll have been decided, there are only two volumes left to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages, which is also a headache for the emperor and the palace test judges.

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