Zheng Xunrui looked at the first test question, full of emotion, he needs to thank the history major he studied, the ancients did not deceive me, those historical materials are basically correct.

"It's easy to be a gentleman, but it's hard to say. I can't say it, I don't say it. and its making people also, instrumental things. The official of the heart thinks, thinks about it, and gets it, and if you don't think about it, you can't. Virtue is a saint, respected as the Son of Heaven, rich in the four seas. ”

The general meaning of the topic is that it is very easy to serve a gentleman, but it is very difficult to please a gentleman, if you don't use the right way to please a gentleman, a gentleman will not like it, and a gentleman always uses people only by quantity. The function of the mind is to think, and if you think, you will gain something, and if you don't think, you won't get anything. Emperor Shun of the Three Emperors is a saint in terms of virtue, a noble son of heaven in status, and his wealth owns the whole world.

Such a topic, if it were not for Zhu Youzhen himself, the Ministry of Rites would never provide it.

Zheng Xunrui thought for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and began to write.

"Reading history books, I appreciate one or two, and I know that the monarch is light on the people, and the society is secondary......"

“…… Since his travels, he has been aware of the people's feelings and knows that the people have three hardships......"

"The price of silver is too expensive, and it is difficult to pay for money and food...... The price of silver is too high, the money is not bound, not only the government and the people are in difficulty, but the country also suffers from it, and the more the people resist the delay, the poorer and embarrassed the officials become, causing too many interceptions, too much loss of points, and there is no way to resume the posterity, then the officials cannot be self-sufficient...... The more expensive the silver, the more bitter the people's satisfaction becomes, and the cooler the officials' chasing...... It's really a bit of a day......"

"The second is that there are too many thieves, and the good people are difficult to be safe, and now there are Tartars in Liaodong, and there are rogues in Shaanxi and Shanxi...... And in Shaanxi, or among the ten families, three families are thieves, and the good people are forced to deal with them, and they know what is wrong, and they can't help it...... And in Liaodong, there are relatives near and far, the big ones are bankrupt, the whole family has no property, and the small ones are planted, and it is difficult to protect their bodies......"

"Three disasters are frequent, the people are difficult to live, eavesdropping on the disasters of the land, the grain floats and decreases, until the grain is not harvested, the Fuzhou County is clumsy, and the money is reduced, and the gentry are still urging the levy to move forward after the big reduction, and the people are inevitably this, and it is not a long-term way...... The so-called people's livelihood is based on agriculture, and the national economy is based on the harvest year......"

"When we hear that the country is poor and the people are discouraged, it is a great trouble. Since ancient times, Mo was rich in the season of Sui Wen, and suddenly the chaos died, and the people's hearts went to it, and Mo was poor at the beginning of the Han and Zhao dynasties, and gradually became peaceful, and it was ...... to be able to soothe the people."

"The courage of life, the fear of those who dare not speak, the selfishness of the ministers who are greedy for position, and those who do not do their own things but talk about the end in vain, will also learn from the future generations...... However, if you don't do the most difficult things in the world, it is not enough to save the momentum of the world's accumulation, and the great benefits are not ...... if you are afraid of difficulties with small obstacles."

"Born without its performance, or ignorant of its secrets, stealing that the country's major policies, such as governing the country and cooking small fresh, gradually regain vitality, born rashly said, the initial rules are not good, can not be detailed and thoughtful, but think that the national polity, should hold its big end should not be frequent and reckless, cover people's faults...... The world is ...... after the completion of things"......

In the sprinkling article, Zheng Xunrui condensed some classic words of ancient and modern times, including them, which is also the result of his careful preparation, since he is a traverser, since he has absorbed the principles of ancient and modern governance, it must be completely revealed in such a four-book article.

There are more than 2,500 people who will take the test, and the test paper is also more than 7,000 copies, that is, more than 7,000 articles. It doesn't take much time at all.

What's more critical is that Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren are both very capable of figuring out the emperor's thoughts, otherwise they would not have been able to win in the struggle of the first year of Chongzhen.

After writing this article, when Zheng Xunrui looked up, he found that it was past noon, this is his longest article, after all, it is an article that combines the real situation, the effort can be imagined, and there can be no radical words in the article, and those complaints of the angry youth can never be written, otherwise the whole article will be scrapped.

After careful inspection, Zheng Xunrui nodded with relief, he was almost eighty percent sure, there is no problem with passing the test this time, this key first exam is accurate, as for the next two exams, there is no need to spend so much effort, as long as the article is passable.

This is also the trick, if the three articles are shocking, it will cause the examiner to question, after all, knowledge is unlimited, no one dares to say that their knowledge has reached the highest level, people need to learn in this life.

February 15, Deuteronomy.

Zheng Xunrui was the first to come out of the Tribute Courtyard, he was still pale, he walked a little shaky, eight days, trapped in the bird cage, it is indeed not a human life, fortunately, this qiē has passed, the palace test is carried out in the imperial city, that is, a day's time, there is no zài to suffer like this.

Zheng Jinhong, Hong Xintao, Hong Xingui and Hong Xinyu and others had been waiting outside the Gongyuan for a long time, and when they saw Zheng Xunrui coming out, everyone hurriedly greeted them, Zheng Xunrui looked at everyone, smiled and nodded, and didn't say anything.

Back at the restaurant, Zheng Xunrui didn't even eat, and fell asleep.

When I woke up, it was already the next day.

Pulling open the door, Zheng Xunrui saw Yang Tingshu hovering in the corridor at a glance.

"Qingyang, you are really relieved, as calm as you, I can't do it, yesterday's exam ended, when I came out, I heard people around me talking, all talking about the exam questions, many people felt a headache, I didn't expect the exam to be such an exam question, those candidates who were bored to read, this time they were extremely frustrated."

"It's nothing, if you can pass the guò test, then you have to directly participate in the palace exam, a Jinshi's qualification is stable, that means to enter the court as an official, I don't know anything about the people's suffering, it's just a belly of knowledge, such a scholar, I'm afraid the court can't look down on it."

"Or you are amazing, when I saw the exam questions, I thought of the situation I saw along the way, you and I have discussed these things, when I saw the exam questions, I was also secretly happy, this is really intentionally planting flowers, unintentionally planting willows and willows."

Zheng Xunrui looked at Yang Tingshu, smiled, and did not speak.

"Qingyang, the next time, how to arrange, the trial release list is still on the first day of the first month of March, and in the past ten days, I always have to find something to do."

"That's not simple, we came to the capital, that is, the fifteenth day of the first month went out to the light market, the rest of the place did not go, the test is over, there is no need to think so much, just go to the capital to walk around, finally came to the capital, if you are not familiar with the surrounding situation, it is a joke to say it."

The number of examiners who will take the examination is more than double that of the township examination, and the maximum can reach about 20 people, starting from February 17 to the first day of March, there are only 12 days of time during this period, there are many things that need to be done, and there can be no delay in the slightest, after all, March 15 is the time of the palace examination, before the palace examination, the Ministry of Rites will also teach the relevant etiquette of the admitted tributes, and the Honglu Temple will also train the relevant etiquette, so as not to lose the ugliness when the tributes enter the Forbidden City.

Of course, in this process, there is also a procedure, according to the rules of the Ming imperial examination, anyone with physical disabilities will be eliminated before the palace examination, which is the regulation of the imperial examination in all dynasties, and the Ming is no exception.

This also means that the more than 2,500 people who participated in the examination need to wait in the capital for at least more than ten days, and during this time, the candidates will basically not have much contact with each other.

Zheng Xunrui has some impressions of Beijing City, but these impressions are from the previous life, basically not much effect, the Beijing City in the previous life, and the present is completely different, the test has ended, if he can pass guò, then he has been in Beijing for a period of time, at least it is impossible to leave in a short time, according to the rules of the imperial court, unless it is a third-class jinshi, will be directly sent to Fuzhou County to serve, and this time is not short, you need to wait for the notice of the Ministry of Officials, the first and second class Jinshi, basically stay in the capital, enter Hallym Temple.

Entering the Hanlin Academy is actually another learning process, whether it is revision, compilation and repair, or Shu Jishi, the first thing is to read a lot of twists and turns, these twists and turns, as well as the emperor's approval and the cabinet proposed to build yì, once you are familiar with these twists and turns, you are basically familiar with most of the situation of the imperial court.

On February 17, Zheng Xunrui, who was full of spirits, and Yang Tingshu wandered around the capital together.

It's very easy to hang out, you don't have to think about any questions, after every big exam, candidates are thinking about being able to relax, this kind of taste and relaxation after the college entrance examination is a truth, it should be said that Zheng Xunrui has a personal experience, before the college entrance examination in his previous life, life is worse than death, his parents are nagging on the side, and he has to study in the dark, but once the college entrance examination is over, his parents will just ask about learning, and begin to care about the results of the college entrance examination. even urged him to go out and play.

The difference now is that the parents are not around, and after the entrance examination, they will immediately take the temple examination, but they have the same path, and the reason is the same.

In these days of wandering, Zheng Xunrui has a rare relaxation, he knows very well that once the palace examination is over, he may not be able to have such a relaxed time, he doesn't have to think about anything, he doesn't have to do anything.

Yang Tingshu felt strange, he couldn't imagine that Zheng Xunrui would be so relaxed.