There are ten test papers selected by the marking officer, and after discussion, four of the test papers are proposed, that is, four articles, which belong to Chen Yutai, Yixing County, Yangzhou, Nanzhili, Wu Fanhui, Mizhi County, Yan'an, Shaanxi, Wu Weiye, Kunshan County, Suzhou, and Xia Yuehu, Huai'an, Xiangshui County, Nanzhili. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is no doubt that the champions, Bangyan, Tanhua, and the first place in the second class will be produced from these four people, as for the final ranking, it is the emperor's handpick.

There is no dispute between the north and the south in the palace examination, the students in the south obviously occupy an advantage, since the Wanli period, the north has not yet produced a champion, and the champions in the south and Zhejiang are the most, look at the four top students in the rankings this time, only one in the north of Shaanxi, and the remaining three are all in the south of the country, which shows the gap between the south and the north.

The emperors of previous dynasties also understood this, except for the township examination and the meeting examination, which insisted on the north-south list, reflecting fairness, and the palace examination was still determined according to their respective talents.

It took the emperor less than an hour to read all ten articles.

Next is the cabinet first assistant Zhou Yanru on behalf of all the marking officers, the introduction of the marking situation, this is a consensus reached by the comprehensive understanding of the public, Zhou Yanru mainly introduced the top four articles, analyzed their characteristics, Zhou Yanru is most admired or Chen Yutai's article, to its evaluation is stable atmosphere, there is something to say.

As for the ranking of the remaining articles, Zhou Yanru means that the second is Wu Weiye, the third is Xia Yuehu, and the fourth is Wu Fanhui.

When Zhou Yanru was detailing the situation, there was no expression on the emperor's face.

This scene was keenly discovered by Wen Tiren, the minister of the cabinet and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

The emperor trusts Zhou Yanru very much, it can be said that he has been endowed with great power, Zhou Yanru looks like a talent, and he is the champion of the palace examination and the winner of the examination, knowledge is needless to say, and he also has the means to deal with things, and has been appreciated by the emperor.

Zhou Yanru is a native of Yixing County, to which Yangzhou Mansion belongs to Nanzhili, and Chen Yutai is the same township, and the top three selected by the palace examination are all from Nanzhili, does Zhou Yanru not know how to avoid it, or be modest.

Chen Yutai, Wu Weiye and Xia Yuehu's articles are indeed well written, but you must know that Wu Fanhui of Shaanxi Mizhi, who is a small Sanyuan in Shaanxi, is a small Sanyuan in Shaanxi, and the ability is needless to say, and won the first place in the examination, defeated many southern students, and became the pride of northern students, and even the emperor paid special attention to it.

Zhou Yanru actually determined Wu Fanhui to be the fourth place because of the prejudice in the region, ranking last among the four, but he was the first in the second class.

There is a big difference between this and the second grade, the champion of the first class, the eye of the list and the flowers, the first and the first, the first and the first, after the ceremony, it is necessary to seal the official immediately, the champion is the Hanlin Academy from the six products of the revision, the list of eyes and the tanhua is the compilation of the seven products of the Hanlin Academy, as for the second class of the tribute, the third class of the tribute, the third class of the tribute, the same Jinshi origin, the second and third of the Jinshi, to the Jianji Hall again, accept the assessment of the Ministry of Officials, and then will be the official, the first place of the second class is passed on, and the other assessment after the second class nine Jinshi, Generally, they enter the Hanlin Academy as a Shujishi, and there is no rank for the time being, which is the so-called Dianhanlin.

It's not that the future of Hanlin Shuji is not as good as Hanlin Shujishi, many cabinet ministers in the DPRK and China are all from Hanlin Shujishi, and the identity of Hanlin Shuji is also very noble, and no one dares to underestimate it.

Wen Tiren sensed the opportunity, he had to open his mouth to add, Wu Fanhui's ranking must be advanced, no matter what, he can't become the fourth, and Wen Tiren's reason is also sufficient.

After Zhou Yanru finished speaking, the emperor finally looked at Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren spoke without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, Lord Zhou's evaluation of many articles is the common opinion of many examiners, and the minister does not have much to add, but the minister has some objections to Lord Zhou's suggestion of the first and second grades."

Zhou Yanru looked at Wen Tiren, the four test papers selected were agreed by many examiners, but in terms of determining the final ranking, there was no discussion, as the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru has full power to suggest, generally speaking, the emperor will also adopt his suggestion, I didn't expect Wen Tiren to raise objections at this time.

The emperor didn't speak, obviously letting Wen Tiren continue, which made Zhou Yanru muttered a little in his heart, he probably realized that when he made a suggestion, he considered it a little too simple, but he still had confidence in his heart to make such a suggestion, at least he could fully explain the reason.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that he would try to meet Yuan, Wu Fanhui of Mizhi County, Shaanxi, his article has a lot of merits, this palace test, the emperor wants to recruit talents, so he raised a lot of questions, looking forward to participating in the palace test, can do his best to make suggestions, but this time the palace test, most of the tributes have not been able to understand the emperor's intentions, and Wu Fanhui is to understand the emperor's intentions, in the article put forward his own suggestions. . . ."

When Wen Tiren said this, Zhou Yanru couldn't help but speak.

"Lord Zhou, I paid special attention to his article because I considered Wu Fanhui to be the Yuan of the examination, although Wu Fanhui understood the meaning of the emperor, the suggestions that could be put forward were too naïve, and they were not feasible at all.

"Wu Fanhui proposed that the imperial court use money to solve the problem of money and grain, isn't this ridiculous and generous, how can the government deal with businessmen, the world is all the emperor's, it is difficult to find businessmen to borrow money, our dynasty established the identity of Shinong industry and commerce, agriculture is the foundation, business is the end, how can the court do things upside down, if according to my opinion, this Wu Fanhui is not even qualified for the first place in the second class."

Zhou Yanru said so, Wen Tiren did not back down.

"The minister does not agree with Lord Zhou's understanding."

"The tributes who participated in the palace examination have never entered the imperial court as officials, and they don't even know the hard work of farming, so they encounter many practical problems, most of them are general, and there is no suggestion at all, the top three Chen Yutai, Wu Weiye and Xia Yuehu suggested by Lord Zhou, which one is not to analyze the questions raised by the emperor with the help of the Four Books and Five Classics, if the ranking is determined according to such standards, the palace examination can be the same as the examination, and also the essay and the four books and five classics."

"Second, no matter whether Wu Fanhui's suggestion is feasible or not, at least he understands the emperor's worries, and can share the worries of the emperor and the court.

"Third, Wu Fanhui's articles in the township examination and the meeting examination, all of them have shown new views, and the same is true for this palace examination, which can not help but be refreshing, what the emperor needs is to be able to vigorously develop talents, not conservative people, if the world's scholars can be like Wu Fanhui, always consider the affairs of the court, always take into account the suffering of the people, the emperor does not have countless talents."

Wen Tiren's words were reasonable and well-founded, which made Zhou Yanru stunned, and he couldn't think of any reason to refute for a while.

Zhou Yanru had already made sufficient preparations, just waiting for the opportunity to speak, although this refutation, although he did not name Zhou Yanru's mistakes, but also faintly pointed out that Zhou Yanru favored the candidates of the southern Zhili and despised the northern candidates.

This is the most important point, because you must know that this kind of regional prejudice and gateway view is the source of the emergence of party contention.

Wen Tiren believed that the emperor would be able to understand his words.

Of course, with such an attack, it is impossible to shake Zhou Yanru's position in the emperor's mind, but it adds up, as long as he slowly instills these understandings in the emperor, one day Zhou Yanru will not be able to bear it.

Zhou Yanru is bold and bold, which is an advantage, but in the officialdom game, this is also a disadvantage.

Sure enough, before Zhou Yanru could speak again, the emperor spoke.

"Zhou Aiqing and Wen Aiqing's words are all reasonable, I asked many tributes this time, but also to see if the scholars really care about the affairs of the court and the locality, among the ten articles just now, only Wu Fanhui's article has made serious thoughts and answers to the questions I raised, and most of the rest are with the help of the words of the sage."

Speaking of this, the emperor looked at Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, and spoke meaningfully.

"Someone in the court has put forward a lot of suggestions to me, these suggestions, I think they are very pertinent and very good, but what I think of is the lack of money and food, the soldiers need money and food for the expedition, and the relief of the people needs money and food, how to solve these problems is the matter that I am anxious about, if the Manchu civil and military can think of more ways in this regard, I am most pleased."

"The personal character of the tribute, don't jump to conclusions, after all, he has not entered the court, he is not an official of the court, he will know when he enters the court and the middle of the court."

Zhou Yanru bowed his head slightly, of course he knew what the emperor meant, Yin Liu Zongzhou of the original Shuntian Mansion, as well as Huang Daozhou and others, including many imperial histories of the Imperial Inspectorate, are often speaking, especially Liu Zongzhou's words, but these words, even Zhou Yanru felt the smell of scratching his boots, and it was clear that the Golden Tartars had attacked the capital, and he said not to be anxious for quick success, and said that he should be cautious and so on, even Zhou Yanru was impatient when he heard these words, Not to mention the emperor who wants to solve the problem.

As for the latter paragraph, the meaning is even clearer.

It seems that Zhou Yanru was a little careless when he was marking the papers in this palace examination, he originally understood the emperor's thoughts, but in the process of marking the papers, there were gradually some changes, and what was even more unexpected was that Wen Tiren would seize such an opportunity.

Zhou Yanru thought of Chen Yuting's reminder from Chen Yuting, the imperial history of Zuodu, Wen Tiren's performance today is indeed worth recalling, why didn't these words be said in the official office of the Ministry of Rites, but they had to be said in front of the emperor.