Xiao Qi was sitting far away from this side, and Zhao Ruxi couldn't hear his conversation with Duan Chen.

However, not long after, Duan Chen came back, everyone secretly looked at him, and saw that his face was as usual, and he didn't seem to be particularly happy or depressed, only the slightly rudder face than usual showed that he was both excited and nervous.

Seeing this, everyone felt that the emperor didn't seem so terrible, and their mood was much more relaxed.

Zhao Ruxi had seen Xiao Qi, and she had heard Kang Shilin talk a lot about his mischief when he was a child, but she didn't feel nervous.

When Duan Chen came back, it was her turn.

Follow the little eunuch over, salute, get up, and then wait for the emperor's questioning.

However, Zhao Ruxi stood for a while, and Xiao Qi didn't speak.

She didn't know why, but she still didn't look up according to the rules, and stood there honestly and quietly.

After a while, I heard Xiao Qi's gentle voice coming from the other side: "Zhao Zhiwei, I have read your article three times." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, as if considering the wording: "You said in the article that the existence of the family is inevitable. Even if the original family gradually declines, there will still be a new family rising, and after three generations of the poor family, it will become a family. So what the royal family has to do is not how to eliminate the big family, but how to check and balance. ”

Zhao Ruxi's article did not directly raise this issue, but said it very vaguely, and there was not much content on this issue. After all, this is a very sensitive issue. The emperor felt a headache, and the family was panicked, but everyone would not talk about it in the open.

As a noble woman, it is not a good thing for Zhao Ruxi to involve a minefield in the palace examination article. So she clicked on it in the article.

She knows that the top ten in the examination will face the saint, and as the second place in the examination, she will also get more time to face than the people in the lower ranking. If the emperor is interested in this issue, he will definitely ask in-depth questions on this issue at this time to determine whether this is her own idea and what solution she has.

She said, "Back to the emperor, yes." ”

"So, what do you think can be done to check and balance?"

"The Shiqing Shilu system, the tax and service system, and the criminal law reward and punishment system, the emperors of all dynasties have made certain restrictions on the family in these aspects. If the scale is relaxed, the land annexation will be serious, the rights of the family will be expanded, and the interests of the imperial court will be encroached upon; If the scale is too strict, it will cause dissatisfaction among the family, which will lead to political instability. Whether it is lenient or strict depends on the degree of control of those in power over the political situation. In other words, this is the question of you retreating and I advancing, and you advancing and I retreating. ”

Originally, Xiao Qi asked this, just to see if the ideas in the article were really Zhao Ruxi's thoughts, or if Peng Guoan and the others specially taught Zhao Ruxi to write like this. How can a fifteen-year-old girl have a deep understanding and ideas about governing the country?

He didn't expect Zhao Ruxi to answer like this.

Shocked, he fell into deep thought.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Gonggong Xie next to him looked at the clock in the room and called: "Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Qi woke up at this time.

There are eight more people in the back, and although the last few can pass by hastily, it will also take time. Seeing that the time for the ceremony is coming soon, you can't afford to rub it off.

He put aside this question and asked himself what he was most interested in: "Zhao Zhiwei, who is your calligraphy teacher from?" "He didn't hear that Qin Zhe had accepted another apprentice.

Zhao Ruxi shook his head: "The student didn't apprentice, he was just copying Mr. Mingcang's calligraphy, but then the lord of Qingyang County mentioned it once, and suddenly he had an epiphany, and the words changed." ”

Jinshi is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, so before the new Jinshi is not an official, he can call himself a student in front of the emperor.

"Haha, it's really a smart girl. Your master will be proud of you again. Xiao Qi smiled.

As he spoke, he said, "Okay, you can go first." I have time to write a piece of writing for me, and I treasure it in the Great Interior. ”

Zhao Ruxi showed a look of surprise and said: "It is the honor of the student that the student's words can enter the eyes of the emperor. With that, she bowed and withdrew.

Next, Xiao Qi finished asking the remaining eight people, and the ten people were led out by Master Mo.

Until this time, everyone did not know their ranking.

Not long after retreating outside the palace gate, the hour came, the princes and ministers all entered the hall, the musicians of the music workshop played music, and the fourth place in the examination who was called at some point became the official and began to shout: "Champion, Zhao Ruxi." ”

Zhao Ruxi was taken aback, and Duan Chen was also stunned, both of them felt that they had heard it wrong.

This ceremony is the busiest time for the officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, lest something go wrong. At this time, the Lord Mo who arranged for people to enter the venue had already obtained the final list, so there was no need to doubt it at all, Master Mo stepped forward and said, "Zhao Zhiwei, hurry in, you are the champion." ”

All the new jinshi were shocked. Duan Chen's face was even more surprised.

Zhao Ruxi did not hesitate any longer, immediately stepped forward, followed the officials of Honglu Temple into the main hall, and stood in the first row of a certain column.

Because there were officials all the way, Zhao Ruxi's name as the champion was not only heard by the Jinshi outside, but also heard by the officials who were arranged in different classes in the hall, and everyone looked at Zhao Ruxi standing in the first row, their expressions were the same, and they were all shocked and inexplicable.

Zhao Ruxi suddenly felt a burning gaze.

"Bangyan Duan Chen." Immediately after that, the legend continued to register.

The next ranking has not changed much from the examination, but the original sixth place was named by the emperor because he was a middle-aged uncle with a dignified appearance and a voice like a bell.

The triennial ceremony has its own set of perfect processes. After everyone entered the main hall, the emperor came out of it, sat on the dragon chair, and said some words of encouragement, and the new jinshi was led by the officials of the Ministry of Rites and withdrew.

At this time, it is the early stage of the dynasty.

Xiao Qi looked around and said bluntly: "Everyone may mumble in their hearts, thinking that I am mediocre, and I have named a woman as the champion, which is why the world's men are embarrassed." I want to ask, is a man's dignity and face obtained by a woman's concession? What about your heart? What about your bearing? ”

Seeing that the hall was silent, and the ministers were silent, he continued: "Zhao Zhiwei, the articles and calligraphy are all amazing, and the point is the leader, and it is well deserved. If the dignified Jin and the great country can't tolerate a stunning woman, the self-proclaimed fair and impartial imperial examination must give up the principle on the woman, and I will grieve for the Great Jin, for myself, and for the people! ”

There was deathly silence in the main hall again.

At this time, Qi Xugu stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "The saint is wise, and the country is lucky." ”