This is also the case when the alliance with Mongolia to attack the Jin State, and at that time, who dared to forget the shame of Jingkang? Of course, at that time, the Southern Song Dynasty was not so much taking the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition, but rather a purely helpless move, the Mongolian people were too strong, and the Jin State was already doomed.

The destruction of Jin by Lianmeng can not only satisfy the people's hatred of Jin because of the shame of Jingkang, but also temporarily ease the tension with Mongolia, but it is just the lesser of two evils.

As for some of the arguments that "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold", it is too ridiculous, according to records, as soon as the Jin State was beaten by the Mongols, he turned to the Southern Song Dynasty to vent his anger in order to obtain losses to the Mongols in land, finance, and other aspects.

In the north, the Mongols destroyed the Western Xia and continued to march high. In the south, Song and Jin fell into a tug-of-war between the city and the city, and the population casualties made the hatred of the Southern Song Dynasty and the opposition towards Jin heat up sharply.

Shen Kan wrote his views in a more euphemistic way, and pondered for a while, this topic must have been inspired by the recent situation.

Isn't the topic a little difficult? Without much thought, he finally pointed out that war is not just a military victory, but also a reaction to comprehensive national strength and national policy.

The combat power of the army of the Song Dynasty was not as low as rumored, on the contrary, it could maintain a long-term general peace with the Liao State, which could not be bought with annual supplies alone, and the military gap between the two sides was not very large, otherwise it would have been annexed by the Liao people.

The evidence is that the Jin people of more than 10,000 people quickly destroyed the Liao, and the ******Southern Song Dynasty, which was only half of the country and crossed the river in a hurry, had no way to do it, and Wan Yanliang could only look at the river and sigh. And with the fierce plagiarism of the Mongol army sweeping across the world, it has been attacking for more than 40 years in the face of the Southern Song Dynasty, which is enough to show the combat strength of our Han army, in addition to the Ming army under the command of Emperor Taizu......

When he wrote this, Shen Kan didn't write it, because if he continued to write, the spearhead could only be pointed at the ruling class of the Song Dynasty, and they were also beaten year after year, wouldn't it be suspected of insinuating the incompetence of the current imperial court.

The second discussion was entitled "The Way of the Whole Army of the Nation." ”

Shen Kan confirmed that there is no doubt that the imperial court has the determination to cheer up, yes! At present, the situation is already very dangerous, the Tatars are arrogant, they are about to hit the capital, and the Japanese have reached the point where they can no longer bear it......

In the third session, the topic returned to normal: "The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at the highest goodness and righteousness."

In terms of the Four Books and Five Classics, Shen Kan always thought that he was not good, no matter how hard he worked, his way of thinking was already fixed, and he couldn't compare to the ancients.

But how profound are the Four Books and Five Classics, and only modern people find it difficult, in fact, people in the past are the same, even if they read the Four Books and Five Classics for a lifetime, there are still very few people who can really understand, just take these children of all ages now, I am afraid that they are not much better than Shen Kan, not to mention that in terms of comprehensiveness, Shen Kan has his own advantages.

From morning to sunset, a whole day passed.

There is no need to seal the papers for this exam, it is all decided by Zhou Xuezheng, and the candidates finish answering and go up to hand in the papers themselves.

An old boy in his fifties stepped forward to hand in the papers, Zhou Xuezheng looked at the papers, flipped through the roster, and asked, "Your name is Wei Ming?"

The old boy replied: "Yes, Tong Sheng is."

Zhou Xuezheng looked at him and asked, "How old are you this year?"

Lao Tongsheng explained: "The children's book says that they are thirty years old, and Tongsheng is fifty-two years old this year."

"How many times did you take the test?"

"I took the exam at the age of 20 and have taken the exam more than 20 times so far."

"Then why don't you go to school?"

"Probably because of the absurdity of children's writing, you adults don't appreciate it." The old boy smiled bitterly.

Zhou Xuezheng smiled and said, "You have self-knowledge, go down."

Many children have handed in papers one after another, and almost none of them can be seen by Zhou Xuezheng, among them, there is a young man whose poems are good, but the strategy is confused.

Zhou Xuezheng asked: "Your words are not right, don't you usually care about current affairs?"

"Back to the teacher." The young man looked disdainful, "The Han and Tang dynasties are rich in poetry and songs, and the students are also intoxicated by this." ”

"Bastard!" Zhou Xuezheng's face changed, "Now that the saint is pragmatic, who will talk to you about poetry and songs?" As a child, should you care about current affairs articles, poetry and songs? This official has come here to discuss poetry with you? If you are not pragmatic and waste all your real knowledge, the official is too lazy to talk to you. Someone, get him out!"

Although the young man was expelled, Zhou Xuezheng still carefully read his article again, and felt that this person was still worthy of cultivation, so he said: "Give him the lowest rank and let him go to school."

At this time, Shen Kan walked over with a roll.

Zhou Xuezheng didn't recognize him, and he didn't look at the name and place of origin on the paper, he probably glanced at it, and couldn't help but be surprised, and read the whole article seriously, and groaned for a while, and then went to see the candidate's name, suddenly.

"Are you Shen Kan?"

"Yes."

"Why isn't your name on the books?" Zhou Xuezheng flipped through the roster and felt very strange.

Shen Kan said: "I was still young and my knowledge was not good, so I never took the exam."

Zhou Xuezheng sighed in his heart, there are too many talents in the Shen family's generation, right? Such children are not even called to the examination room.

Waving his hand to call Shen Kan down, the officials on the left and right saw him look at the scroll again, and this time, it was half an hour, and suddenly sighed: "I can't understand this kind of text after reading it three times, and after the fifth time, I know these words and truths, which are really wonderful."

Pick up the pen, circle these unheard of words on the roll, and immediately wave the pen, first place!

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Shen Kan didn't expect that he would be able to take the first place in the exam, and when he released the list, he still felt incredible, and he breathed a sigh of relief in the face of everyone's envy, jealousy and hatred, and said in his heart that he finally did not disgrace the Shen family's scholarly fragrance.

His first place is well deserved, it turns out that there are too many students who come to the exam today, and most of them are like Shen Kan, who did not pass the township examination and government examination, with the purpose of trying their luck.

The number of places in the county is limited, and the same is true for the prefecture, so Zhou Xuezheng came up with seven questions, five of which are about current affairs, one is about four books and five classics, and one is about poetry, just to make it difficult for these candidates.

Sure enough, most of the candidates couldn't even finish the article, but Shen Kan not only completed all seven articles, but also the articles were reasonable, and the vocabulary was novel, and the articles were clear and clear, unlike other people, who also had a lot of words, and did not make a clear statement.

Even if he is a short general, Shen Kan should win the first place. If it is placed in the middle of a group of talents, it may not be.

In short, Shen Kan successfully passed the additional test and can enter the county school, with his ranking and age advantages, he can be regarded as a supernumerary talent. In other words, the current Shen Kan is already qualified to be called "Xianggong".

As a result, he suddenly became famous in Shilin, and after the four brothers of the Shen family, he was another rising star of the Shen family.

However, the villagers described him as an allusion that if he didn't make a sound, he would have become a blockbuster.

In the face of everyone's praise, Shen Kan has become more low-key, he knows that the higher he holds, the heavier he falls, now is far from the time to be proud, in order to prove his strength, he must redouble his efforts.

For this reason, he decided to go to the county as soon as possible to study, avoiding the environment that could make him flutter. (To be continued.) )