Adhering to the positioning of taking the four book exams and completing the entire general exam, Xie Shen began to carefully dip his pen into ink after thinking about it for half an hour. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xie Shen answered the questions in order, and first began to write the four-book test essay.

The title of the Analects is "Zi said: 'Clever words make you beautiful, fresh and benevolent!'" ’”

The title of "Mencius" is "The trouble of man is to be a good teacher." ”

The title of "The Mean" is "A gentleman walks in his position, and does not want to be outside of it." ”

There is nothing surprising about the question, because it is a test, so there is no interception question, it is a sentence directly drawn from the four books, and the literal meaning is easy to understand.

It took Xie Shen half an hour to finish writing one article, and another hour and a half to finish the remaining two.

With a sigh of relief, Xie Shen lay on the desk and rested for a while.

Next are the four questions of the Pentateuch.

Compared with the four-book test, the scripture test is not so difficult.

After all, everything comes from a single scripture, and it is difficult to have new ideas.

Xie Shen spent another two hours composing the four essays on the Book of Songs, and finally completed the first exam of the general examination.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, although compared to the township examination, the examination environment of the general examination is much better. But in fact, Xie Shen didn't think it was a significant improvement in the exam status.

The proportion of brushes who will take the test is not as terrifying as the township test, but it is by no means a formality, otherwise with Wang Yangming's level, why would he be on the list after three tests?

People still need to be pressurized from the outside world sometimes.

Born in sorrow, died in peace.

Yasheng's words, honesty is not deceiving.

After leaving the Gongyuan, Xie Shen asked Xie Pi and Wang Shouwen to go to the restaurant near the Gongyuan for dinner.

After the three of them sat down, they each ordered some food and drinks, and then chatted about the exam topics.

Wang Shouwen feels that the topic is easy to get started with, and it is not very possible to open up the gap, depending on the preferences of the housing teacher.

Xie Shen believes that good articles will definitely stand out and will not be buried.

The three of them chatted and chatted about the examiners Xie Qian and Wang Wei this time.

Xie Pi was obviously still ashamed of his father's avoidance of Xie Shen, and said with a sneer: "Brother Shen, you must not take the matter of that day to heart. My father is also trying to avoid suspicion. ”

Xie Shen didn't expect Xie Pi to apologize to him for this matter, and said with a faint smile: "Brother Pi Xian doesn't have to feel guilty. The examiner is not allowed to meet the candidates privately before the exam, which is a regulation of the imperial court. Ling Zun didn't see me, and I did it to save my reputation. ”

Xie Qian and Wang Wei were both famous ministers, and the former seemed to have more influence. It is absolutely impossible to find any fault with these two people as the chief examiner of the examination, if you insist on finding a mistake, you can only say that there are too many famous ministers in the Hongzhi Dynasty, and you can be qualified for the position of the chief examiner if you pick some of them.

For example, Li Dongyang, the chief examiner of Hongzhi for six years, and Liu Jian, the old fritter in the cabinet. Another example is Ma Wensheng, one of the three gentlemen of Hongzhi.

"After the first exam, the rest of the exam just needs to be written casually."

Wang Shouwen was obviously in a good mood, and he was already very satisfied with being able to come to Beijing to participate in the examination.

Looking at his father's surprised and surprised gaze, Wang Shouwen rarely straightened his chest and raised his head, although the consequence of such a tail cocking was that he was locked up by Wang Hua, but Wang Shouwen was still very proud.

He relied on his own strength to get the test, and he didn't use the shadow of any of his fathers, isn't this something to be proud of?

If he can be on the list, it will be the best, even if he can't be on the list, he can already shout that my generation is not a Penghao person.

"Have you heard? The former Inspectorate Zuodu Yushi, the prince Shaobao Tu Tu Tu was promoted to the secretary of the ministry. ”

A gentleman in the neighboring private room said jokingly, causing a sigh.

"The secretary of the ministry? Really? ”

"Brother Ruan, what you said, can I still lie to you? My uncle is a member of the Ministry of Officials, and he just got the news the day before yesterday. ”

"Hey, that's a big deal. Lord Tu is an orthodox five-year person, right? If you calculate carefully, it is already six out of fifty, and it is no regret to be able to boil it into a secretary of the ministry. ”

"Who says it's not, how many people have survived in the officialdom all their lives, that is, they are mixed with a four-grade scarlet robe, and it is difficult to climb up again."

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart.

Xie Shen's heart couldn't help but sink when he heard this.

The name Tu Yun is not like Li Dongyang, Liu Jian, and Xie Qian. If you are not a person who specializes in the history of the Ming Dynasty, you will hardly know about it. But Xie Shen is from a professional class, so he naturally has some impressions of this person.

Tu Tu is a native of Yin County, eastern Zhejiang, and a jinshi in the second year of Chenghua.

If you look at his old man's resume, you will be surprised to find many positions in the imperial history.

Supervising the imperial history, the right imperial history, the right imperial history, and the left imperial history, Master Tu almost had something to do with the imperial history......

Fortunately, his old man's daughter-in-law for many years became a mother-in-law, and she became a secretary in one step.

The Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments, and the Ministry of Officials is the head of the hundred officials, which is called the heavenly official!

Even if the cabinet slowly replaced the foreign dynasty as the center of power, the official department was still a powerful force that could not be ignored, and there was a tendency to fight against the cabinet.

Of course, this is largely because the Son of Heaven wants to divide the power of the cabinet, so he will allow the official secretary to "compete" with the cabinet as the head of the hundred officials.

The "more and more energetic" between the official secretary and the cabinet leader, the more comfortable the Son of Heaven became.

In the final analysis, this is also a manifestation of the emperor's mental tricks, and the voting and approval mechanisms of the celebrant and the cabinet are also the same.

The Ming Dynasty's speech officials are a very special group, Xie Shen was very interested in this part when he ruled the history of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, first, because the power of the Imperial Procuratorate is very great, and secondly, the speech officials do not have to be responsible for impeachment.

In other words, if it is verified that the matter of the Goshi is involved, then the Goshi who played the performance will be rewarded, and if it is found that his performance is wrong, the Goshi himself will not be punished in any way.

Naturally, everyone wants to do the business of making sure that they don't lose money, and the officials will naturally write one after another on the "Needle Times", and gradually they will deviate from the original intention of the Son of Heaven and even begin to spray with the Son of Heaven. Xie Shen could imagine the scene where the imperial historians rolled up their sleeves and spat at the stars splashed on the face of the Son of Heaven.

That is to say, the Son of Heaven Hongzhi is a good man who can endure it, if Jiajing is changed, which courtier dares to fight against him, no matter how virtuous and respectful, he will be dragged out of the noon gate court staff.

You don't see how many loyal backbones were broken by that famous Great Gift Meeting.

In Xie Shen's opinion, this Tu Shangshu obviously has the ability to talk about the house.

Xie Shen didn't have much impression of this Tu Da, but the overall impression was positive.

It is naturally a good thing for such an old-timer to serve as a heavenly official.

But......

Xie Shen had the impression that this Tu Shangshu seemed to belong to the type of uprightness, simply put, he would not bend when doing things.

......

...... (To be continued.) )