Chapter 148: Rankings and Rankings

If it is said that the Ming Dynasty in later generations is the cabinet vote and the celebrant approves the red, then the Ming Cabinet, which has only been established for more than ten years, is far from reaching that height. Although Yongle Emperor Zhu Di is not as diligent as Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, although he has set up a cabinet for auxiliary government, but the cabinet courtiers only have the right to praise Xiang and have no decision-making power.

On this day, after Yang Rong led the paper readers and others to send the first three papers and the remaining seven good papers, and asked people to carry all the examination papers of the second and third grades, he only skimmed and read those articles, and then ordered the chamberlain to take more than a dozen papers from the second and third grades.

"Everyone should rule the Tao with morality, but there is no way to be impossible. In the past, there was a royal history...... Greedy and rape, this royal history? What about this incorruptible? Who is this fame? …… If you are promoted, you will be arrogant; If the migration is slow, the people will suffer. It is a big mistake to take the hundred officials to perceive the holy will first, and to appease the people's hearts second. Everyone should rule the Tao with benevolence and righteousness, what is great benevolence, what is righteousness......"

Zhu Di looked at the volume in his hand, and felt a sharp breath, and smiled slightly when he read this sentence. Although he is not a person with a very good tolerance for people's hearts, since it is a palace test, it is really boring to read too many articles in China and Pingzheng. Seeing that the eyebrow criticism of the scroll was the last of the top three, he couldn't help frowning, and personally approved the third in the imperial pen, and asked Yang Rong and others: "It's a good thing for the scholar to ridicule the current politics, if it is placed in the top three, others will think that I have no room for people." Although this article is not a strange text, and the penmanship is still a little immature, it can be regarded as commendable. Shaji...... Well, there's something interesting about the name. ”

When Yang Rong heard this, he realized that the one who had won the emperor's fate this time was actually the youngest tribute in Jinke. Other examiners didn't dare to say much, he was both the chief examiner and the minister, but he had to be reminded.

"What the emperor said is extremely true. This son has just turned fifteen now, and this naturally has the spirit of a young man, and the following pen is very sharp, and the minister was next to him to see him move the pen like flying, and the article was really well written. ”

"Fifteen?"

Zhu Di was surprised at this time. He thought that Zhang Yue should be the youngest undergraduate, but he didn't want to have a younger scholar. At this time, he read the article again, he pondered for a while, and picked up the red pen several times to change the ranking. Eventually, I put down my pen. Since he personally pulled it out, he is young, if this son really can't help him, then he himself has no talent and has the name of a young prodigy.

With such a volume in front, he hastily read a few copies later, or from the second to the third, or from the third to the second. The unfinished scroll of the Wanshijie was also put into the second class by him. After deciding on the top three seats, he suddenly remembered Zhang Yue, and ordered to find out the volume. After unfolding and looking at the first one, he nodded slightly, and waited to finish reading the second one. His brow furrowed, and then his brow stretched and furrowed, and his right index finger couldn't help but tap lightly on the countertop.

"People take the world with swords, and rule the world with benevolence and righteousness. This is the truth of the past and the present. However, the Central Plains often suffered from barbarianism, and the successive dynasties treated them with benevolence and righteousness, and were mostly affected by them; Treat it with an axe, and rarely be able to keep a lifetime peaceful. Therefore, with the size of the Central Plains, he has been repeatedly humiliated by Yidi, benevolence and righteousness have not been repaid, and the axe has not been peaceful, why not...... The male lord is both gracious and powerful. However, the three generations passed on the swords and soldiers into the warehouse, and the army generals disarmed, so the power of the Han and Tang dynasties to sweep the world was inevitably defeated...... The rule of law is always based on etiquette, and the etiquette law focuses on education, but there is no one in the world to disrupt the people? No stolen officials? There is no rebellion ......"

Although the world of the Ming Dynasty was not brought back by Zhu Di, he swept the world with Jing Nan and ascended the throne as the emperor in one fell swoop. The most proud is his great martial arts. In the past, when he faced the army of Emperor Wen of Shangjian. Although he has suffered repeated defeats, if he is defeated and retreats, he will personally lead his troops to break the rear. So the sergeant returned to his heart, so the word male lord can be said to have scratched his itch. Thinking that Qiu Fu's northern expedition was defeated, although he could have sent another stable general to the expedition, he did not hesitate to throw the world to the prince himself to personally lead the army to the north, and finally returned with a great victory.

Although he has been taught by famous teachers since childhood, his nephews can make land, and he actually doesn't think much of the words of the sages, but they are just used to envelop the scholars, but he has always paid attention to the words of those historical books. Thinking that the Qin Emperor and Han Wu in the past were also great martial arts, and the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty also used to be heroes in the world, but in the end, the male soldiers were still turned into dust, and I inevitably thought of a deeper level in my heart.

In the past, his father, Emperor Hongwu, in order to prevent Emperor Jianwen from sitting on the throne when he was young, so he killed the heroes, but what was the result? Although he is now heavy on martial arts, the crown prince has lost his weakness, and the imperial grandson Zhu Zhanji is not as keen on martial arts as he is, so ...... in the future

"However, if there are too many soldiers, the treasury will be exhausted, and the people will suffer because of heavy taxes. Therefore, in the past, the Han Dynasty used soldiers to escape from the Huns for many years, and the people did not suffer from the Huns but worked hard for military service and taxes. People do not know the big things and do not look at the long-term, but if there is no benefit, there is no gratitude to the common people, what is the benefit in the long run? The country's taxes have been heavily ......"

Zhu Di looked down a little, he was always thoughtful, and when he saw the article on enriching the people with soldiers at the end, he was even more dumbfounded, thinking that he was really young, and he took it for granted when he got here. However, those in front of him did touch his mind, and he was in a very good mood at this time, so he didn't care about anything else, and he didn't look down anymore, and when he saw that the examination papers were marked with the second grade, he no longer moved his rank, and motioned to the eunuch next to him to put away the examination papers on the table and take them down.

"Although the 250 undergraduate scholars are fewer than in previous years, they are full of talents, and I am very gratified. Tomorrow, you will arrange it, and you must not make mistakes. ”

The emperor here set the ranking, and after Yang Rong and the others withdrew, they had to talk about the scene of the evaluation of the ranking after the emperor personally read the papers, all of which said that the current scholar has a unique law and so on. Yang Rong followed the crowd and said a few words, and when everyone began to arrange the matter of the rumor, he mentioned it slightly, and most of the time he sat aside and pondered.

Zhang Yuehui's article was like a cluster of flowers, but it was stable, who knew that such an article would be concocted this time. If he hadn't made it clear to a reader and personally selected the comments, he would have had a mixed reputation if others saw them. It is a pity that this can neither be said to be a direct admonition, nor can it be said to be deviant, and I don't know which category to belong to.

That is, Du Zhen's freak. will teach such a freak student!

The palace test list has always used the yellow list, so the middle scholar has always been called the title of the gold list. Although as long as you can pass the test, a jinshi will be able to start safely, but people care about the ranking after all. On the day of the list, Zhang Yue was also a little apprehensive because he had handed in such an article before, so he went to Chengtianmen with his father early in the morning to watch the list.

In the crowd, Zhang Zhuo couldn't help but feel strange when he saw Zhang Yue looking at the palace gate. Although the temple examination is extremely important. But compared to the previous Yuelongmen exam, it is still much more lenient, Zhang Yue finished the exam last time as if he was fine, why is he so nervous? Thinking that on the way home that day, Zhang Yue refused to say what he had written, and he was a little uneasy.

"Yue'er, could it be that you wrote something that shouldn't be written when you answered the questionnaire, or did you forget to avoid it?"

Zhang Yue was just inspired when he saw the exam questions, and at this time, he dared to tell his father what he had written. Quickly diverted the topic in a few words. After a while, there was a commotion in the crowd, but it was a team of guards guarding a Chinese scholar who came to post the list. As the huge yellow list was pasted on the wall little by little, the eyes of countless people searched for the list, and those who made a living by announcing the good news swept the entire list with a fast gaze.

"The fourteenth place in the second class......"

He muttered to himself. Zhang Zhuo was immediately distracted. Seeing such an unexpected result, he couldn't believe his eyes. Although the second class is not better than the first class, all of them can enter the Hanlin Academy, but after all, there is still great hope. Although the eldest brother Zhang Xin raised Xie Yuan, he immediately entered the official career after that. If it is based on the imperial examination. For the first time in his life, he overshadowed his eldest brother.

Zhang Yue was standing with Wan Shijie at this time, and they also found their names in Erjia. Wanshijie is the twenty-second place in the second class, and Zhang Yue is the twenty-fourth place in the second class. After reading the list, the two glanced at each other, and they unexpectedly stretched out their palms and slapped them, their faces full of joy that they couldn't hide. However, when they looked back at Natsugi, they saw someone standing there in a daze, like a clay sculpture.

"Third place...... I turned out to be the third ......"

Hearing Natsugi's words. Zhang Yue and Wan Shijie were both stunned, and then remembered that the top three were posted separately, and they didn't pay attention to it when they just looked at the list. When they saw the eye-catching name of the third place in the first class, they couldn't help but look at each other, and then shouted in unison: "Congratulations to Tanhualang!" ”

A sound of Tanhualang not only woke up Xia Ji, but also woke up those tribute scholars who were hurriedly looking for their names on the yellow list. When a group of people saw that the person called Tanhualang was actually a teenager who couldn't even be called a weak crown, they were in an uproar. In the face of this much-anticipated scene, Zhang Yue hurriedly pulled up Xia Ji, who was still a little ignorant. called his father Zhang Zhuo and hurriedly squeezed outside. It's easy to get out of that crowded place. He realized that his soft hat didn't know where he was squeezed, and when he looked at Wan Shijie, he almost even lost the turban that tied his hair. Even his father Zhang Zuo was wrinkled and unspeakably embarrassed.

"I turned out to be Tanhua ......" Xia Ji seemed to have just come to his senses at this time, and waved his fist at the sky, suddenly revealing an unconcealed excitement, "I reprimanded the disadvantages of the times in the volume, not only saying that the employment should not be too hasty or too slow, but also said that the official was only seeking fame for himself, and he was domineering and domineering...... I thought this one was not good, and the brocade guard took me to prison! ”

Zhang Yue thought that his article was already a little bold, who knew that there was a newborn calf here who was not afraid of tigers, and suddenly couldn't help laughing. After another conversation, the four of them did not dare to delay any longer because they wanted to go back immediately to prepare for the herald and the annunciation of the good news from the Ministry of Rites, so they each rushed to their homes separately, and their hearts were filled with indescribable joy.

Among the four people, one Tanhua and three second-class are a great achievement!