At the same time as Emperor Hongzhi was thinking.

At this time, Ren Taixu was in no mood to think about anything else.

Whether it was a party dispute in the court or a matter that seemed to be the eldest princess Yongle, Ren Taixu put it aside for the time being.

Now he is concentrating on preparing for the exam.

This is his best pedal, and he values the starting point the most!

I can't help but pay attention to it!

……

It's months in the blink of an eye!

At this time, in a small courtyard in the south of Bianliang City, Ren Taixu was watching his scholar pack up the items he needed for the exam!

Months have passed, and Ren Taixu has concentrated on preparation, and he is already confident.

At this time, it was already time for the examination to begin.

The sky was only slightly bright, and Ren Taixu was ready to leave!

Before leaving, Li Huayuan had a smile on his somewhat pale face: "Don't worry, son!" Good luck! ”

When Ren Taixu saw Li Huayuan like this, he knew that Li Huayuan must have spent a lot of energy to make calculations for himself to participate in the meeting!

The examination is far from being comparable to the township examination, and the examination is held in Bianliang City, the spring is approaching, and the dragon qi is recovering.

At this time, everything about the scientific expedition is deeply protected by the dragon qi of the beam, how can it be easily calculated?

Even if he calculated a little, the backlash of the dragon qi and the great beam qi luck was far more than usual.

Although he only barely got a good result, Li Huayuan must have hurt his vitality and suffered backlash.

Ren Taixu also patted Li Huayuan's shoulder lightly and said, "You have worked hard!" ”

Li Huayuan didn't dare to take credit, but just said: "How dare you!" ”

Looking at Li Huayuan's appearance, Ren Taixu also nodded with satisfaction.

Counting it up, Li Huayuan has also been with him for nearly two years, although because of Li Huayuan's background, Ren Taixu does not dare to fully trust him.

But Ren Taixu has to say that Li Huayuan is a rare smart person who can know how to advance and retreat, never do anything to add to the snake, play smart, and do things other than Ren Taixu's orders, and at the same time he is reliable and does not drag the mud and water.

If it weren't for his background, Ren Taixu knew that this person was difficult to accept, and I am afraid that he would have regarded this person as a confidant a long time ago.

But even if it can't be completely subdued, it's good to just drive this person to do things, and with such a person, Ren Taixu is very relieved.

It is beneficial for each other to have this person maintain their connection with the Cangsheng Sect.

After speaking, Ren Taixu boarded the ox cart and headed towards the Gongyuan.

The examination room of the Liang will be located in the Gongyuan, which has been the most important place for the imperial court to pick up talents, in order to prevent collusion between inside and outside in private, there is also a high wall, enter along the right road, three archways on the left, middle and right, go in along the three-story archway and then enter, a road leads directly to the open space of the collection.

In front of the archway, Ren Taixu and others got off the ox cart one after another, and let the soldiers in front of the Gongyuan check whether there is entrainment on the whole body.

It's still a little chilly in the early morning, and you can see the starry sky when you look up to the sky.

Because I was able to take the examination, I have gone through the first few levels of the scientific examination, and I am already familiar with the process of the examination.

Therefore, from the time Ren Taixu was inspected to the time he went in, there was no incident where the problem was found and intercepted.

Of course, the cheating is another matter.

These lifters wore a few thick single clothes, and in the baskets they carried, there were only pen and ink.

Starting from Daliang Taizu, there are some preferential treatments for those who come to participate in the examination.

There is no need to bring your own food and water, and there is only one test, one three days.

As long as it's not too weak and the body is strong, it's not too difficult to try it after boiling.

However, when Ren Taixu's eyes swept over some gray-haired half-hundred people in the crowd, he knew that with the physical condition of these people, after the exam, they could come out smoothly, and I was afraid that half of them would be good.

However, it is not easy to get to this point, and Ren Taixu only sighed a little.

The next step is to gather towards the place where you can leap into the dragon gate.

Heroes of the world, who can win the championship in the text, just look at this will try.

After entering the number field and feeling the surrounding environment, Ren Taixu sighed slightly: "The county examination is difficult, the government examination is especially difficult, the test is easy, and the palace test is especially easy." ”

This may not have been the case in the previous dynasty, but the current dynasty emerged from the chaos of war decades later.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, there was a lot of waste to be revived, and the same was true in the literary world.

This does not mean that discipline is lax, but that environmental treatment is much stronger.

Unlike the local examination, they can participate in the Gongyuan examination, but if they pass the examination, they are all future colleagues of the DPRK and China officials.

Although the literati were inferior to each other, they were prone to harm each other in certain matters, and they would try to reform the scholars, but they did not encounter obstacles at the beginning.

Although with the passage of time, there were gradually more and more readers, and some voices appeared in the court, hoping to try to return to the previous dynasty, but they were all ignored by the emperor.

Today's emperors, as they get older, become more and more arbitrary.

The meeting was originally scheduled for February, but considering that since he ascended the throne, there would be snow every February, and it was really cold in spring, so he changed the order to March.

Now the weather is much better, and in the unobstructed room in front of him, Ren Taixu does not feel cold.

As far as the eye could see, most of the candidates who sat down had their expressions as usual, and they did not tremble.

Today's weather is good, the sun has not risen at this time, but in the Gongyuan, looking up at the sky in front of you, you can vaguely see the clear sky.

"It looks like good weather, it's a good sign." In the examination room, Ren Taixu was in a good mood at this time.

Sit and wait for the hair roll, and the appearance of the exam card.

But the soldier who appeared later, holding something in his hand, was beyond Ren Taixu's expectations.

"It's not an exam card?"

Seeing that someone was handing out mulberry roll bags one by one, Ren Taixu took the roll bag, opened it, and understood.

"One person sends a set of exam papers, and the exam questions have been printed directly on it."

"Thousands of people's examination papers, the ink is still new, this is a temporary printing volume, this is a big project, and we have to guard against someone leaking questions in the process."

"That is, the examiner who will take the exam, can have such courage."

"However, it may just be the emperor's request." Ren Taixu thought about it casually, and focused on the exam questions.

When it came to the exam, there were no more questions, a total of seven papers, seven questions.

In this bag, in addition to the answer papers, the rest is scratch paper.

The scratch paper is enough, a dozen sheets, but this cannot be taken out, and when the roll is rewinded, it must be taken away and sealed.

Therefore, when answering questions in the exam, it is on the scratch paper, and the candidates do not dare to write at will, and they have to think deeply before writing again.

"The last four questions are relatively small."

After Ren Taixu browsed it, he already knew it in his heart: "The first three questions are relatively important, and the most important thing is the first question." ”

"It's only difficult, how can you test it?"

Looking at it contemplatingly, Ren Taixu couldn't help but change color, this question makes people look at it, and timid people are afraid that cold sweat will fall directly.

This topic is so big that there is no edge.

"What is heaven, heaven is heaven, but it is impossible for the imperial court to let candidates figure out the will of heaven, this is a big taboo, whoever judges the question to this point will definitely be finished."

"So the sky can only be the emperor or the court, no, it's better not to be the emperor, because it is also taboo to figure out the holy will, and this day is the best to be the court!"

"It can be said that the imperial court has passed through Taizu to the present, more than 60 years, the people's livelihood has recovered, and it has gradually flourished.

"This has hit the theme, but when I think about it privately, this so-called prosperous era is currently being watched by Temur in the north outside, and there are remnants of the previous Zhou Dynasty in the south, coupled with natural disasters and man-made disasters in various places, and the party strife within the imperial court, it is really not a prosperous era!"

"Could it be that this is a deliberate change today?"

Ren Taixu was silent.

Even if someone thought of this, how many would dare to answer like this?

No matter how reckless and afraid you are, you don't dare,

Those of you here are all the future pillars of the imperial court, not ordinary street people, and their knowledge far exceeds that of ordinary people, so they naturally understand what it means to change the law?

This is not only a change of interests, an innovation of status, but also an alternation of power!

Or even a change of class!

It can be said that changing the law is always accompanied by bloodshed, and changing the law is never a trivial matter!

Even if it is the six books, several scholars in the cabinet and even the prime minister do not dare to talk about it without permission.

What's more, what about their actions?

The room was quiet for a while, and the sound of the candidates next door turning over the papers, as well as the sighs of the candidates not far away, could be heard clearly.

Everyone knows that this question is not easy to answer.

"Heaven refers to the imperial court or the emperor, but with the addition of a step word, it is not just the emperor personally, but the development of the entire imperial court."

"The governance of the imperial court is to climb the mountain, start to climb, no matter where you go, it is an uphill road, at most the process is more twists and turns, and once you reach the top of the mountain, and then go, no matter how painstaking and hard work, it is all going downhill, which is clearly proved by ancient and modern dynasties."

"Or rather, it's the law of rise and fall."

"It's just that the ancients called qi the destiny of heaven, and the cycle repeatedly, which is actually the same thing."

"Prosperity and decline, the sky can't be crossed."

"So this day is difficult, in fact, the emperor has a sense of the rise and fall, and has not really reached the peak of the world, but he is worried about the prosperity and decline, the full moon and eclipses, and the profit and loss?"

"This is really very far-sighted, but to tell the truth, every dynasty, Ming monarchs and ministers always feel that they can transcend the law of rise and fall, but history proves that this is something that no one has done since ancient times."

"His heart is lamentable, his ambition is stupid, just as a party, he has to do his best, and if he extends the national honor a little more, he will prove the value of his existence."

The examination was cleared, but it was not until the sun rose high that a gust of wind blew the paper loudly.

Ren Taixu made a move.

He raised his hand to the highest, slowly fell, and when he reached the head, he secretly shook his head, even if he suppressed it, he still had to die if he wrote like this.

His hands pressed down on his chest, he shook his head again, and asked himself: "Why is the minister of the DPRK and China virtuous?" The position of most people and ministers lies in obeying the king's orders and receiving their roots! ”

This is the words of a famous minister of the former dynasty, which means that the duty of the courtier is not anything else, but only to listen to the king's orders and do his own job well.

"Since ancient times, the suspicion has been so deep, it is as good as a monarch and a minister, and the text can be twelve points, and only two or three points are enough!"

So know how to hide it!

Just thinking like this, Ren Taixu suddenly felt that he was too sophisticated.

pressed to his waist again, Ren Taixuan thought about it and shook his head again: "Pressed to such an extent, maybe the talent is not so sharp, right?" But being too clumsy is different from his plan, this is a springboard, what Ren Taixu needs for the time being is not to hide clumsy, but to try to express himself, so that he can have a higher starting point with this springboard! ”

"Besides, with his age, if he is really decent, he writes some articles about accidents, but it is even more fearful, thinking that this person is deep in the city. On the contrary, some arrogant words, even if they are spoken, as long as they are remembered to their age, they are more acceptable, and at the same time, they are less afraid of themselves. ”

Being able to be a bold young talent makes people less vigilant is also an advantage!

With the advantage of age, Ren Taixu naturally uses it!

Ren Taixu smiled, then he put his hand away, picked up the pen, and waved it on the scratch paper.

"The foundation of the people and the ministers, loyalty to the king and love the people! There are disadvantages in the country, and since the book is to seek change, it is enough for the country to live and die, *******"

As soon as Ren Taixu suddenly set the theme - change! Innovation!

Next, Ren Taixu began to state the shortcomings accumulated in the 60 years since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, from the military statements in the north to the floods in the south, explaining the shortcomings and how to improve them.

Of course, Ren Taixu is not a stunned young man in his bones, although it is written impassionedly, but it has deep meaning!

If someone really carefully reads Ren Taixu's article, they will be able to find that although all these shortcomings in Ren Taixu's article seem to be discussed from the whole of the Liang, they are actually the main contradiction in the center directly pointing at the founding elite group!

Why did Northern Xinjiang fail?

There are many reasons, logistics, or generals, or even the strength of the enemy, but in Ren Taixu's article, although he does not oppose the previous point of view, he faintly says that this is the entire Xungui group's negligence in the discipline of the soldiers in Northern Xinjiang, and even alludes to the dissatisfaction of the Governor of Northern Xinjiang who is born in the world, and all of them are dragging their backs!

The flood in the south, the remnants of the previous dynasty are in turmoil!

It is obviously the impact of natural disasters, but Ren Taixu is more focused on the training of the local military in the entire south, and at the same time failed to suppress the rebellion in time, which is to directly define the rebellion in the south directly to the local military system in the south.

Therefore, the changes in Ren Taixu's article are more dominant changes in military and political affairs!

When he wrote this article, he naturally had Ren Taixu's thoughts.

What is Politics?

There are many friends, but there are few enemies!

He was born in a poor family, and after all, he is a literati, and he is born to deal with the Xungui Group!

The grass on the wall doesn't care about the tail, so it's not pleasing to both sides!

At this time, the DPRK and China are party disputes, and he naturally wants to take the initiative to move closer to the Wenchen group, and this article is his signal!

Moreover, most of the examiners are the bigwigs of the Wenchen Group, and in this critical situation of party contention, his article must be appreciated by the examiners!

Besides, when Ren Taixu was thinking about the party struggle between the DPRK and China before, he was always thinking about the position of Emperor Hongzhi? Objective?

Although it seems that the Xungui group is currently powerful, it has suppressed the Wenchen group.

But standing in the position of an emperor, Ren Taixu knew that the emperor at this time was definitely very jealous of the Xungui Group!

The power is not terrible, the literati are powerful, as long as they do not have the strength in their hands, they are virtual, and even if they borrow the power of the emperor, the emperor's letter can be disintegrated.

But the terrible group like Xungui is not only a big group, but also has real strength and military power in his hands.

It is definitely feared by the emperor!

Ren Taixu believes that this article of his own must be able to tickle the emperor's itch!

An article can be recognized by the emperor and the examiner at the same time, for Ren Taixu, it can almost be said to be stable!

This question, after writing it, the sun has risen high, the belly is gurgling, and there is the sound of bangzi not far away, which is to deliver food and water.

Ren Taixu was in a trance, and it was already noon.

Put the rolls in a roll bag and hang them aside so they don't get dirty.

He got up again and walked slowly in the room, moving the joints of his limbs so as not to be sore and uncomfortable.

In less than a moment, food was delivered to him.

Food and water are distributed by the Gongyuan here, but if there is a problem in this regard, whether it is fraud or poisoning, the person in charge can be directly found.

The personnel involved, in order to keep their lives alive, will also be doubly careful.

Two soldiers put the boiled water in a wooden kettle, still steaming, put it on the wooden board horizontal table, and there is a basket of cooked food, all of which are easy-to-store cakes, with five kinds of grains, which is an auspicious meaning.

The reason why I am in the place and can cook by myself in the number room, but when I get to the test here, it is all distributed by the Gongyuan according to the meal, one is sympathetic to the candidates, and the other is afraid of accidents.

In the third year of Hongyang, there was a restoration party of the previous dynasty, which mixed into the tribute courtyard and tried to set fire to the tragedy.

Although it was unsuccessful, from then on, during the examination, not only did there be several more water tanks to extinguish the fire at any time, but also directly extinguished the possibility of fire caused by personal mistakes and no longer let the candidates cook by themselves.

Ren Taixu agrees with this very much, thousands of candidates, but if one accidentally catches fire, the Gongyuan is antique, and the wooden buildings are everywhere, once the fire starts, it is more difficult to rescue than the local examination room.

He didn't want to take the test once, and he had to be frightened.

Ren Taixu washed his hands slightly with a little cool water, then pinched a piece of cake and ate it.

After eating, I took a short nap at noon, woke up in the afternoon, first solved the physiological problems in my room, and then pinched my nose and wrote two of the first three questions.

When I put pen to paper, I found that it was already dark.

Tribute Courtyard here gave everyone a candle, a total of three, Ren Taixu put away the roll, borrowed the light of the candle, ate dinner and went to sleep.

At the end of the first day, there was more or less some urine smell in each room, although it was March, not hot, but the smell was also a little nastic.

Ren Taixu was secretly glad that he had written the three most difficult questions on the first day, and the next four questions must be completed today, and he could check it again tomorrow and submit the paper.

In such an environment, it is inevitable that it will affect the thinking of the writing and affect the play.

Listening to the sigh from nearby, Ren Taixu cleaned his hands again, ate the bread sent by the soldiers, drank some hot water, and then cleaned up, checked the three questions written on the draft yesterday, polished them, and carefully copied them on the volume.

After checking it twice and finding that there was no mistake at all, I carefully received the roll bag when the ink was dry.

Next, prepare to write the following four questions.

These four questions are nothing more than strategies and assignments, and in less than a day, I hurriedly wrote three questions on the draft.

Although he miscalculated the time and didn't write all the questions the next day, compared to others, Ren Taixu's time was still abundant.

This is still written in a very leisurely state, and it is not tied to time.

It's still eating bread and sleeping as usual.

On the third day, Ren Taixu had eaten in the morning, cleaned his hands again, and then slowly transcribed the three questions.

But I don't know if it's cold, on this day, not only him, but also many of the candidates in the nearby number are coughing and in poor condition.

Although Ren Taixu was not sick to the point of illness, he also felt a little itchy in his throat when he heard the coughing sounds one after another nearby.

Some candidates didn't write much in the previous two days, and this day was a little anxious, and at noon, after taking a nap, they were awakened by a burst of crying.

Then there was the sound of footsteps, and the invigilator dragged him out mercilessly, and he wanted to howl, but he was gagged and dragged out with a whimper, which frightened the surrounding candidates in the room.

"Another crash."

Ren Taixu listened attentively, sighed, continued to write the last question, and after writing, directly copied the content that had been written onto the volume.

Then, I looked at all the papers.

There are many tricks in the imperial examination, first of all, the imperial court law is relatively stable, and you can learn this to get the mainstream, and the anti-timed writing is difficult to conform to the times, and no matter how good the writing is, it is useless.

Of course, if you blindly conform to the current style, you will not be able to attract the attention of the examiner, so the examination must be new and surprising, so the law is right, peaceful, and elegant, and it will not fall into the fashion, but there must be a new distinction to attract the attention of the examiner.

Ren Taixu's writing is not only a novelty, but also in terms of "literature", which is vividly displayed, making people feel bloated with one more word and too thin with one less word.

Even Ren Taixu himself has the feeling that Mo Wu has not been repaired and deleted.

This article is already the limit that the current Ren Taixu can reach, and the state is also the best he can perform.

……

Time gradually passed, and it was inevitable that there were a few crazy people in the examination room, but it did not affect Ren Taixu in the slightest.

With a loud bang!

"Is it time?" Ren Taixu looked up and found that the sky outside was a little gray.

Although it was three days of the test, in fact, it was three days and two nights, and on the third night, with the sound of bangzi, the time for the test was over.

"That's the end of the exam." Ren Taixu couldn't help but be stunned for a while, listening to the footsteps not far away, and put the rolls that he had put away before, along with the drafts, on the table.

After a while, there were examiners with the soldiers, and they were in the room to collect the papers, but if they had not finished answering, they were allowed to finish lighting the candles.

After the order, it was dark and faint, and I couldn't read the words, and the examiner wouldn't give any more time.

When he walked to Ren Taixu's place, someone's eyes lit up, but they were silent.

Ren Taixu, like the candidates in front of him, handed over the papers, saw that they were put away, and left, so he tidied up his wrinkled clothes with a little smell, packed up his pen and ink, and walked outside.

Less than half a mile outside the Gongyuan, there is a waiting pavilion, in fact, there is a vacant lot here, at this time there are many ox carts, sedan chairs, all to pick up candidates.

When Ren Taixu walked over, the rain was falling, and there was a vast sky between heaven and earth, looking at Li Huayuan, who was walking towards him with an umbrella in the distance, he couldn't help but smile.

"Childe, how is the examination room?"

"If I don't win again, who will? Unless it is really the imperial court examination is dark, and there is no place for the cold to stand. ”

When Li Huayuan heard this, he also smiled, he had been with Ren Taixu for nearly two years, he naturally knew that Ren Taixu was not a bragging temperament, since it should be true!

However, I don't know why he always feels that his son-in-law is a little more energetic than usual, but he is not like the stable son-in-law in the past!

Naturally, he didn't know that Ren Taixu planned to paste an uninhibited and arrogant appearance on his surface in the future as his protective color!