When the words fell, the whole house was shocked.

Last year, there was a case of fraud in the imperial examination by the son of the head of the household department, and although he tried his best to calm the anger of the people in the world, the prestige of the imperial examination was greatly impacted.

This year, there were twists and turns in the imperial examination, and all kinds of rumors spread even more, and some people had already gathered outside the imperial city to ask for a re-examination.

In order to appease the hearts of the world, and to maintain the prestige of the court in the hearts of the people of the world, retaking the exam is indeed the simplest and most effective way.

It's just that Liu Chenxing is the first place in the provincial exam, and she actually took the initiative to ask for a retake......

This is indeed the best way to fight back against her doubts, but can she be so sure that she will definitely win the first ...... of the gold list again?

However, looking at the girl with a long body and a jade body in the hall, she was full of energy and vitality, thinking of all the things she had been detained for the past few days, everyone suddenly thought that as long as she read the papers fairly, Liu Chenxing was afraid that she would be able to win the gold list again......

Sensing the thoughts that came to him subconsciously, Zhang Boshan, the secretary of Dali Temple, shook his head, only thought about Liu Chenxing's suggestion, considered one or two, and said: "This matter is very important, and it will be presented to the sage together with this case, and it will be decided by the sage." ”

Daming Palace, Zichen Palace.

The living room is written in front of the emperor, splashing ink, remembering: At three o'clock on February 19 of the tenth year of the Holy Dragon, the right of Zhongshu Province picked up the relics of Liu Wensu and advised the imperial examination.

The historian stood aside, saw that the book written by the living room was correct, and bowed his head slightly.

At this time, Liu Wensu presented the recital of the admonition, and the living man was busy and dipped in ink, and then remembered: The upper chapter is presented, and the emperor reads it.

The last stroke fell, and the sound of the pen rustling on the rice paper was gone, and there was silence all around.

As the minutes passed, the empress was still sitting in front of the imperial case, her eyes falling on the recital presented on the imperial case.

Liu Wensu stood in front of the emperor, and his heart was calm when he thought of the solution proposed by his little niece last year on the case of fraud in the imperial examination of the son of the head of the household department.

After a long time, the empress finally finished reading the chapter, raised her head and said: "Liu Shizhi, do you know that what you said in the chapter will commit too many taboos of ministers?" It's not good for your career. ”

Liu Wensu crossed his hand and saluted: "The micro-minister's job is to pick up the legacy, the job is to advise, the one who advises, and the gentleman is also." When the imperial examination system is incomplete, the country is misguided and hinders the virtuous, and the monarch is appointed, and the micro-ministers are blamed. ”

Hearing Liu Wensu's conscientious words, the empress smiled faintly, and might as well pick the words away: "Liu Shiyi, you propose to increase the opening of the palace examination and formalize the palace trial, which can be said to have greatly improved the status of the imperial examination, but you must know that the most important way to enter the court now is still the door shade." ”

Liu Wensu said: "The imperial examination was held in the previous dynasty in order to select real talents, and the right to select talents and appoint talents was returned to the imperial power from the hands of the gate lord family. ”

Before he finished speaking, Julang suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Wensu in shock.

However, the position of the living lang records the remarks of the monarchs and ministers of the court, does not hide good, does not hide evil, and good and evil must be written.

He took a deep breath, distracted, and continued to read quickly.

Liu Wensu didn't seem to be aware of anything, and only said: "Nowadays, nine out of ten of the people who are named on the gold list of the imperial examination are well-dressed children, although there are many talented people among them, but many of them are only on the list because of their significant family background, so they can be on the list, what is the difference between this and Menyin?" ”

After a pause, he said: "Of course, since King Wei criticized the unhealthy trend of the imperial examination last year, this year's imperial examination can clearly see the increase in the number of scholars from poor families. But now the remarks questioning the injustice of the imperial examination are still getting more and more intense, the imperial examination is the only way for the people of the world to change their fate, but the people now only see the injustice of the imperial examination! In the long run, it will only chill the hearts of the poor people in the world, and also the hearts of the people in the world. ”

"Wechen knows that it is indeed not easy to implement the new policy, but now is an excellent opportunity."

In order to maintain the prestige of the imperial court among the people in the world, in line with the wishes of the sons who still gathered outside the imperial city at this time to ask for a re-examination, re-examination is the simplest and most effective solution. However, it is obviously not trivial for more than 1,000 people to re-examine, so only the advanced scholars on this year's gold list are used as the candidates for the examination, and the temple examination is increased, and the sage himself will take the exam, which can not only reassure the people, but also let the people and the people in the world know that there are saints and fairness. ”

At the same time, the sage can logically propose to formalize the trial system of the temple, after all, the main examination of the Gonggong Examination has lost its credibility, and only the sage as the last checkpoint can calm the hearts of the people and effectively put an end to the fraud of the imperial examination. Of course, the jinshi personally selected by the saints can still be regarded as protégés of the Son of Heaven to a certain extent, and with this honor, they will be grateful for the grace of the king and loyal to the saints, rather than grateful for the ministers who promoted them, so as to prevent them from forming parties for personal gain in the future. ”

Speaking of which, everything that should be said has been said, and the two major benefits of the opening of the temple test have been exhausted.

First, the palace examination can ensure the fairness and impartiality of the imperial examination.

Second, the palace test can strengthen the emperor's autocratic centralized power.

Listening to Liu Wensu's heart-wrenching remarks, especially the last admonition to the "protégé of the Son of Heaven", the empress finally smiled with satisfaction: "Liu Qing, I have also tried to raise children myself, but I really have no time to scruple about the test papers of thousands of lifters, and finally I only showed one side and gave up. At that time, why didn't I think of opening the temple examination after the provincial examination? ”

Speaking of Longyan Dayue, he couldn't help laughing loudly, and then looked at Liu Wensu, who was respectfully serving in front of the emperor, and his heart of protection was even stronger, so he said: "Liu Qing's advice is meritorious, and he should be promoted to the right to fill the que." ”

The word "Liu Qing" was in his ears, Liu Wensu knew that the empress was satisfied with her words, but she didn't expect the empress to promote herself to make up for the lack from the seventh grade, after all, she had only been promoted to the eighth grade for less than a month.

In addition to the surprise, Liu Wensu was not overjoyed, and immediately understood the meaning of the empress's move.

The addition of the palace test not only harmed the interests of the clan lords, but also harmed the interests of the powerful ministers in the court, and the empress promoted him to the next level, which was to tell everyone that he had the protection of the emperor's grace.

Liu Wensu saluted again at the moment, and hurriedly thanked him: "Weichen thanks the saint for protecting each other." ”

Listening to Liu Wensu not say Xie Zhengsheng's grace, but thanked her for protecting her, he knew that Liu Wensu understood her intentions, the empress nodded slightly, and said: "Buque is also an official, I hope Liu Qing is not afraid of power, as you yourself said, the job is to admonish, the admonitor, the admonition." ”

Opening the palace test is already a must-do policy for her, but there are some things that still need to be thought about carefully, so the empress said: "Liu Qing, I will consider the matter of the palace test again, if you have nothing else, just retreat." ”

Hearing this, Liu Wensu was silent, crossed his hands and saluted: "Weichen still has something to say, in fact, it is the idea of Liu Chenxing, Weichen's niece, to open the palace test. ”

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