If it weren't for Liu Yu's sudden downfall, this subject exam would have been attended by Liu Yu's son Liu Ren. But the father has fallen, and when the son still has time to take the exam, he naturally has to give up. Therefore, among the officials who read the examination papers in the palace, in addition to Li Dongyang, the first assistant young master of the cabinet and the secretary of the prince and the prince, the scholar of the Huagai Palace, there are also the head of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court of the prince and the prince and the imperial history of the left capital Zhang Fuhua, the prince and the young security secretary of the department Zhang Cai, the prince and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites Xie Duo, the secretary of the military department Han Fu and other scholars, as well as the general political envoy and the Dali temple secretary, etc., there are a total of ten people.

Although their task was lighter than the previous examination papers, which amounted to more than 200 papers, because this rank was very likely to determine the life of the Jinshi, everyone was extremely careful. And Zhang Cai, who is the main examiner of the current science examination and has become a paper reader again in the palace examination, has an extra heart when he first divides the papers because he recognizes Xu Jing's handwriting. Because Liu Jin was dead, although most of the officials outside were attached to him, and even the henchmen in the palace were kind to him, so it was not easy for him to put Xu Jing's scroll under his name. However, when he began to study this current policy carefully, he was even more surprised than when he had read the three questions and four books before, and at last he suddenly remembered something, and then smiled thoughtfully.

Since there are 10 book readers, the top 10 papers are naturally selected by each person, and then presented to the Holy Reading for the Holy Judge. However, in the past, it was not necessarily such a rule, but each person took out two or three volumes, weighed and evaluated each other, and the top ten were discussed. But Li Dongyang was extremely uninterested in Zhang Caiqi and others, Zhang Fuhua and Xie Duo were also stubborn, and in the end, they were sent separately, and the ten rolls were neatly arranged on a boxwood strip plate, and when they were sent to Zhu Houzhao, Li Dongyang even coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, all the strategies tried by Kegongshi today are quite precise, and it is difficult for the ministers to judge the order, so the ranking respectfully asks for the Holy Judge." ”

Zhu Houzhao has also heard of the rules of the palace examination. In the past, the emperor only sentenced the top three. Today, the top ten have to be judged by himself, and he is suddenly full of interest. After all, this was the first palace examination he presided over after he ascended the throne. So, in front of the ten book readers, he opened a volume and read it seriously. But after only a moment, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

The handwriting is good, and the comment of the reader below is that the scriptures are quoted and the scriptures are solid, but he doesn't know which sentence to quote, which is a bit of a headache. Thereupon. He could only swallow the dates and take a general look, and roughly understood that his attitude was to imitate the law that was praised by the people, and the people called the method of convenience, and the law of abandoning the inconvenience of the people, and the facts and reasoning were quite informative, so he finally nodded and put it aside. If so, after another four or five volumes, although he can see that it is indeed a very good article with his eyes, but because he has not seen what he wants. I couldn't help but show a little disappointment on my face. Until the hand unfolds a scroll again. When he casually swept the middle sentence, he suddenly lifted his spirits.

"Those who are in charge of the law today are not the principles of heaven, not the will of the people, and the situation of the times!"

This sentence immediately aroused his interest, and he immediately looked carefully from beginning to end, and after skipping the initial generalizations, he saw what he really wanted to see: "Taizu started a business." The kings built vassals, and each led elite soldiers to prepare for the Tartars; Taizong changed the law, and the kings of the feudal kingdoms moved inside, and the guards led by them were all cut and half cut, and the actual leaders were few. And after Xuande. The vassal was not allowed to enter the court unless he was edicted. In the eighth year of Hongzhi, the queen mother thought of Chongwang, filial piety temple benevolence and filial piety, and specially summoned him. However, the ministers admonished, and the prince entered the dynasty, although there is a story, since Xuande came, it has rarely been held. Yingzong was restored, and King Xiang came to the dynasty with an edict, although he was full of grace, he was suspicious, and it was not a story. However, during the Hongwu Yongle period, it was not uncommon for the pro-vassal to enter the court, the old law did not work, and the new law became a precedent! ”

"Taizu has been descending for 140 years, and today's people who are under the clan, tens of thousands of people, have inherent friendship, but Zhu Ningjiao and Zhu Chenhao have rebelled one after another, and the people have been repeatedly poisoned and the government cannot govern it, so it is time to change the patriarchal law."

After this paragraph was clear and easy to understand, Zhu Hou looked at the next small summary, and after reading a few other examples, he thoughtfully tapped his fingers on the armrest, and then moved his eyes to continue to look down.

"Therefore, it is feasible to rule one township under the rule of law, but it may not be feasible to govern one county; What works today may not be feasible in a hundred years. Therefore, the law of the Qin and Han dynasties, the Tang and Song dynasties did not; The law of the Tang and Song dynasties, I can't do it; And the law of the early Tang Dynasty and the early Song Dynasty was also wiped out at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the end of the Song Dynasty! There are no unchanging people in the world, why is there an unchanging law in the world? Those who say that their ancestors are immutable are not respectful to the ancestors of the law, and they are really self-contained! ”

Seeing what he wanted to see, Zhu Houzhao had no intention of reading the last few paragraphs of summary statements. Although this was already the easiest to understand and understandable of all the articles he had seen, it was still difficult to look at after all, so he squeezed the volume in his hand without thinking and said, "This is it, this volume is the first!" ”

The eunuch next to him carefully picked up the scrolls he had picked out, and tied them up with a piece of red silk, he flipped through the remaining scrolls, picked out one of them and pointed it as the second, and then picked out the third one from the previous ones. After this is the case, the examiners will have to determine the first rank and other rankings among the remaining seven volumes. For the rolls selected by themselves did not enter the first class, several bigwigs had some revelations on their faces. When he found that the top three rolls were recommended by Zhang Cai, Han Fu and Xie Duo respectively, Li Dongyang took a breath quietly.

Zhang Cai this person...... Liu Jin's death is even more difficult to control! Liu Yu and Cao Yuan are finished, but those waiters who served Liu Jin in the past, and even Han Fu, who is known for his harshness, are willing to follow suit!

When Zhu Houzhao ascended to the throne in the Huagai Palace, opened the seal of the name after the official salute, and read the first place for a while, these bigwigs were suddenly shaken.

"First place Jiangyin Xu Jing!"

Noticing the commotion below, Zhu Houzhao suddenly wondered, but the familiar feeling was a little lingering. It wasn't until Rayson next to him reminded him in a low voice that he suddenly realized that it was easy to hold back the feeling of his eyebrows flying. When I re-entered the Imperial Fengtian Palace, I saw the three Jinshi of Yijia introduced them one by one outside the hall, and looked at the protégés of the Son of Heaven who were selected by themselves, because of the case of the murder of the clan, and the depression of cleaning up the previous rebellion of King Ning's party was suddenly swept away. Not only that, but he also remembered Tang Taizong's classic conceited words.

"The heroes of the world, all in my world!"

However, when the lengthy ceremony was over and Yijia was sent out to cross the horse and parade the streets, Zhu Houzhao pulled Ruisheng, who had just raised his throat, out of the palace, but this time he followed the people all the way with great interest to watch the excitement, watching those big girls and little daughters-in-law watching the three of them. However, although Xu Jing is dignified, and Bangyan and Tanhua are also personable, the youngest Xu Jing among the three is already nearly forty people, and the other two are forty years away, so if he wants to grab the son-in-law of the scholar, he can only sigh. Especially when I saw that Xu Jing, who was wearing red and flowers, was sent to an inn, and there were many guards in front of the inn, and when I inquired and learned that it was the Marquis of Pingbei who was waiting for Xu Jing, I don't know how many people smashed their mouths with envy.

Zhu Houzhao went in and out of the Xu family a lot, and in front of the guards led by him, he slipped into the inn with Ruisheng and a few followers. Seeing that everyone got up to salute, he waved his hand angrily, but he looked at Xu Jing with a smile and said, "Xu Jing, that article is well done, is Xu Xun giving you the sound of the wind?" ”

Now unlike the Golden Palace, Xu Jing had seen the Son of Heaven before, and he was less timid. In the face of this major question of right and wrong, he immediately said without hesitation: "Back to the emperor, the Marquis of Pingbei did remind the ministers of one sentence, that is, the text is simpler, and the rare allusions and words are used sparingly, and the truth is easy to understand." ”

Poof-

Zhu Houzhao, who was holding the tea and drinking it in his hand, immediately sprayed it, and the tea splashed all over the ground. And others are okay, but the hem of Xu Jing's dress is unlucky. Seeing Xu Xun looking at him with an innocent face, the little emperor suddenly shouted angrily: "Xu Xun, you, are you mocking me for not learning and not knowing?" ”

"Your Majesty, how dare the ministers mock you, you have at least studied under the famous teachers of the East Palace since childhood, and the ministers are really unlearned, although they are lucky to be loved by the four gentlemen of the Southern Capital, but now they don't even remember the four books and five classics. Merely...... can be simple but not profound, this kind of thing of selling words, the emperor is the most hateful, the minister just taught Heng's father how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and vote for the emperor's favor. ”

"Humph!" After all, Zhu Houzhao snorted from his nose to express his dissatisfaction, but after thinking about it, he still calmed down, and said to Xu Jing at the moment, "Your previous current policy of more than 1,000 words seems to have not been fully developed, and now I am in front of you, you can tell me a good story." ”

Xu Xun glanced at Tang Yin, and the two quietly came to the backyard. Hearing Xu Jing's voice faintly coming from in front of him, Xu Xun looked at Tang Yin and said with a smile: "What's the matter, after seeing the scenery of Heng's father today, do you regret it, Bohu?" ”

"I'm only glad that there is another champion under the command of Hou Ye, as for myself, hehe, writing dramas, painting and painting beauties, and chanting poems for Pili Yangqiu, it is easier than messing around in officialdom." Tang Yin smiled and unfolded the folding fan in his hand, and then said complacently, "What's more, as an official, where can I have my back against the big tree to enjoy the cool and relax?" He waited for Jiuniang to give birth to a son in the future, if he refused to go to work, I don't want to force it! ”

Speaking of this, a sneer appeared on Tang Yin's face: "The most glamorous person in the world is a scholar; The dirtiest thing in the world is still a reader! Therefore, how can this officialdom not be dirty, how can it not be corrupt? When I was in Jiangnan, there were people who had been wronged by lawsuits and threatened on the streets of the downtown area, saying that half of the officials in the world were killed, and there must be fish that slipped through the net; And if they are all killed, there may be an innocent person, so it can be seen. Even if Father Heng was appreciated by the emperor, he was too prominent this time, and he was afraid that he would be jealous. ”

"It's mediocre not to be envied."

Xu Xun smiled faintly, and then said casually: "Besides, I suffered such a big loss before, if Father Heng still doesn't know how to survive in the court, then he will also waste all these years of grinding!" Although he relied on me to get his fame back, he was Zhang Xilu's protégé! ”