Although Zheng Guang's examination papers and answers are extremely good, however, the strong people in this examination are like clouds and masters, and the examiner and the deputy chief examiner are divided into three factions, each with their own opinions, one faction holds a paper and strongly recommends it, no matter what, they can't convince each other, Sun Chengen has some concerns, and he didn't dare to say it too much, and it is true that these three test papers are extremely good, and it is indeed very difficult for him to make a choice, so Sun Chengen finally decided to return the decision to the emperor to determine the order of the top three. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Emperor Jiajing is lazy, he still maintains a considerable degree of attention to such a big event as the examination, this time, he ordered Sun Chengen to bring the top 20 examination papers they determined, and let him carefully check to see if these examiners are impartial judgments, whether they have selfishness or the like, in short, they don't trust their courtiers much, but it is no wonder that some gossip has broken out in the examinations over the years, but there is no evidence, and it will be over.

When Sun Chengen arrived at Xiyuan Wanshou Palace with the top twenty test papers, it was already ten minutes after sunset, Emperor Jiajing had completed a day's cultivation, was resting, and was preparing for dinner, and when he learned that someone outside conveyed that Sun Chengen came to ask for instructions with the top twenty of the imperial examination papers, he hurriedly announced that Sun Chengen had entered the hall, this time, although he greeted Sun Chengen openly and secretly, but whether this old-fashioned old man would do it according to his heart, I really dare not guarantee.

On the other hand, whether Zheng Guang has real talent and whether he can stand the real test remains to be discussed, so he is worried that Zheng Guang will not be able to enter the top ten, so he deliberately will watch the top 20 exam papers, if the top 20 Zheng Guang can't get in, the emperor will personally ask them to bring Zheng Guang's exam papers and re-check them.

Sun Chengen entered the hall with the examination papers, and when he saw the emperor sitting on the top, he saluted and said: "Minister Sun Chengen greets Your Majesty, long live my emperor." ”

Emperor Jiajing was a little anxious, stretched out his hand and said: "Sun Qingping, have you brought the top twenty exam papers?" ”

Sun Chengen nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, this is the top twenty examination papers, however, regarding the evaluation of the top three, the examiners are divided into three factions and argue, it seems that it is difficult to choose, and it is inconvenient for the ministers to make judgments on this, so I will also bring the three points of the examination papers that we have been arguing about, and ask Your Majesty to rule in person." ”

Emperor Jiajing was a little surprised and said, "Oh? How could there be such a thing? Even you examiners have a hard time choosing? What kind of article will it be, what kind of political discourse? You show me these three copies first. ”

Sun Chengen handed the three exam papers that could not determine the ranking to Huang Jin, who came up, Huang Jin held these three exam papers and handed them to Emperor Jiajing, who took the three exam papers and looked at them carefully.

This first exam paper, for the question of the world that he personally came out of, is from the Analects itself to annotate the answer, this is a very orthodox way to answer, and the whole article is the words of the sage, for the sage to set up a life, although there is nothing new, but the wording is very exquisite, the beginning and the end of the connection is extremely rigorous, at a glance you can see the author of the article profound knowledge of the scriptures, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help nodding again and again: "Yes, yes, this article is better than the article of Huiyuan in the previous subject, and the person who wrote this article has a deep foundation, Solid, a malleable talent, well, I'm very satisfied, it's just that it's a little too old-fashioned, Huang Jin, take the cutter, I want to see whose article this is. ”

Huang Jin immediately put the knife with the golden handle against it, Emperor Jiajing picked up the knife, picked up the paste, looked at it, and said: "No wonder, Li Chunfang, a native of Yangzhou, Chinese New Year's Eve Qi, no wonder, no wonder, thirty-seven years old, about the same age as me." ”

After speaking, Emperor Jiajing put this volume again, Sun Chengen looked at it, and felt that although this article was very well written, but maybe the idea in it was not appreciated by the emperor, and it was not written in the emperor's heart, although it was a little regrettable, but he was also Tanhualang at worst, and he was destined to be on duty in the Hanlin Academy, and it was not a waste of his decades of hard work.

Emperor Jiajing began to read the second exam paper, looked at it, and showed a satisfied smile on his face: "Well, this one is better, it has something to say, and it has a solid foundation." After speaking, Emperor Jiajing turned to the back again, to see his strategy, after a look, he frowned again, and then sighed: "Alas, it is still the same old and has become a lot, I always feel that I dare not speak, I can't speak, how can I do great things?" It's good to be cautious, but it's not good to be cautious! ”

Emperor Jiajing picked up the knife, picked out the name post, looked at it, and said: "As expected, Hu Zhengmeng, a native of Zhejiang, is thirty-five years old, but two years younger than Li Chunfang, but it is also not young, there is no young people's passion, I still remember, in the early years, those champions are in their twenties, young, passionate, even if they grind in the Hanlin Academy for three years, six years and nine years, they are still young and strong. I'm almost fifty years old, and I don't know if I can make it to the point of great use. ”

Sun Chengen was not flustered: "Your Majesty, this exam paper is vague, it is impossible for us to know what the age of the candidates is, we are just in accordance with Your Majesty's requirements, in accordance with the words of the sage, to select outstanding lifters, the older the year, the older the study, the more solid the knowledge, to be selected, beyond those young lifters, in fact, it is a very normal thing." ”

Emperor Jiajing could only nod helplessly, and said: "This, I also understand, it's just that these top three are destined to enter the Hanlin Academy to become the Hanlin Academy, and the Hanlin Academy is also six years of hard work, I need talents with sufficient energy to govern the country, not a group of old people who are dull and depressed, and when the time comes, they occupy such a good place in vain, but they can't live when the court needs them to do things, then it is not good for the court!" ”

Speaking, Emperor Jiajing picked up the last test paper and looked at it, looked at it, felt that something was wrong, the article of this test paper, it seems that there is not such a strong conservative meaning, on the contrary, although the article is good, compact, experienced, but the text reveals an upward high-spirited atmosphere, Emperor Jiajing saw this, and quickly opened the last policy test questions, slowly looked up, and then his eyes lit up, smiled, picked up the knife to pick up the famous post, and at a glance, he couldn't help laughing.

"Hahahaha! Sure enough, sure enough! Sun Qing, you can be said to be discerning! Zheng Guang, a native of Suzhou, is eighteen years old, oh, eighteen? February 11th birthday? Doesn't that mean that this kid celebrated his birthday in the exam room? Hahaha, interesting, interesting, Sun Qing, look at the difference between these three volumes, young people are more energetic than these dull old decays, what I need is such a talent, even if I have been honing in the Hanlin Academy for ten years, when I come out, I am still young and full of vitality! ”

When Sun Chengen heard this, he knew that he had guessed correctly, isn't that what the emperor meant? Wouldn't it be best to choose a young person who has the ability to do things and can do things directly without much training?

Of course, Sun Chengen didn't know that what Emperor Jiajing valued about Zheng Guang was definitely not only his ability to pacify the troubles, but also one point, there were very few people in the court who knew about it, basically except for Lu Bing, no one paid attention, Zheng Guang not only made great contributions to pacifying the troubles, but what was more worthy of Emperor Jiajing's attention was that in the process of recruiting troops in Yiwu, he quelled the clan fighting that Yiwu could not quell for a hundred years, and guided them to peace!

Yiwu has always been regarded as a place where the poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, but Zheng Guang went, Yiwu immediately changed greatly, took out Yiwu ham and Wenhao stinky bean curd, these two kinds of excellent food, contacted the southeast merchants to Yiwu to investigate, invest in the workshop, Yiwu locals contributed manpower and material resources, southeast merchants contributed money, everyone was divided into things together, the whole Yiwu was revitalized, and the initiator of the greatest contribution was Zheng Guang, he went, within a month, he did everything that every Yiwu county can not do.

This is enough to prove that Zheng Guang already has the ability to become the magistrate of a county, after all, there are few officials who can deal with the matter of clan fighting that involves internal disputes among the people, most of them are blind to it, do not participate or help, let them fight by themselves, as long as they pay taxes on time, nothing else, the government does not care, more is better than less, in case of a bad trouble, not only is it difficult to protect a small life, even if a small life is saved, the future is gone.

And Zheng Guang found another way, in order to guide the Yiwu locals to unite and get rich means, the hatred of the clan fighting channeled, now according to Lu Bing's report, in previous years because of land disputes and more than the Yiwu people, has not had a fighting incident for half a year, are working hard, ******** to earn money to support the family, in previous years the situation of not having enough to eat in Yiwu has been greatly alleviated, the money earned from the southeast, has made Yiwu a big change.

This administrative and financial management ability is the reason why Emperor Jiajing did not hesitate to greet the examiner and ensure that Zheng Guang could pass the exam.