For two days in a row, the four books and five classics were examined first, then miscellaneous studies were examined, and the third day was the current policy theory.

If the first two levels can rely on rote memorization, there is no standard answer to the third level.

On the third day, after two days of torture, many candidates were depressed, and even if the written papers were put aside, they couldn't help but want to look through one or two, for fear that they would not write well or write wrongly.

Wang Xu ate and slept well, and didn't pay attention to the exams of the first two days at all, knowing that the real difficulty lies in the strategy.

There is no standard answer to the policy theory, how to write, cover the surface with points, say the main meaning, or analyze it step by step, each has its own way of writing.

In the same way, the character of the examiner is also one thing, some people like to be straightforward, and you talk to him about him and he doesn't like it.

On the other hand, some people like to be in the clouds, half-concealed, and write explicitly, saying that you have no literary talent.

There are also people who have a simple style, don't like flowers, and think that too flashy articles think you are flashy.

There are also people who like to be gorgeous, and they don't look down on you when they write plainly, what do you say?

Wang Xu is still somewhat sure of the policy theory, because the current policy theory is to discuss things and clarify the pros and cons, for example, when Yan Song first implemented the new policy, the Jinshi test was how the new policy was.

At that time, in terms of policy and theory, those who supported the New Deal and opposed the Old Deal were in good probability and boarded the fast ship of reform.

Wang Xu is not worried that he will not be able to win, the only thing he is worried about is whether he can win the championship, and there is also a ranking in the lifting test, and the first place in the state test is called Xie Yuan.

If you can get the first place in the examination, according to the practice of the scientific examination, when participating in the Jinshi examination, Xie Yuan cannot be deposed, and the worst is also the second-class Jinshi, which is the consensus in the imperial examination, and it is also the face of the Beijing examination to the locality.

After all, the lifting test is held in a state, and the first place in the lifting test is the first place in a state.

When it was time for the Jinshi examination, the people from various states went to the city to rush to the examination to compete for the qualification of 3,000 Jinshi.

If you can't even rank first in a state, you can't be rated as a jinshi, isn't this a slap in the face?

Do you think, our Xie Yuan in Yangzhou can't even get a jinshi in the capital, is it us who have no eyes, or do you have an opinion about us?

Officialdom is a big cake, most of the time you want hello, me, everyone, this is really good, no one will offend people for no reason.

Therefore, as long as Xie Yuan is admitted to the exam, he must be a second-class jinshi when he enters Beijing to catch the exam, if Wang Xu can win the championship, next year's jinshi test will be stable, even if someone wants to press him.

Even if it is the emperor, he has to pinch his nose and admit it, whoever wants to break this unspoken rule is to be the enemy of Shilin and the Xie Yuan of the past dynasties.

"Yangzhou Zhizhou, named Yang Qinian, this person is over fifty years old, cautious, and pursues the rule of inaction. This man is a conservative who opposes any reforms, and sat on the cold bench in the Hanlin Yuan for eight years when the Han Party was in power. Yang Qinian, who lost power in the Han Party and opposed the New Deal, immediately rose to prominence, and soon became a university scholar, and then transferred to Yangzhou Zhizhou.

There is such an examiner, who is ambitious, denounces the policies of the imperial court, and points to the pros and cons of the article, it is estimated that he will be thrown aside if he doesn't read it.

If you want to win his favor, you must think from the perspective of the Conservative Party, otherwise it is good not to be deposed, let alone winning the championship. ”

Wang Xu thought about the three examiners in his mind and found that these three people have their own characteristics, among which Yang Qi, the governor of the state, is old and serious, Zhang Yucai, a scholar and politician, likes calligraphy, and Zhu Xuanfeng, the imperial historian, is jealous and hateful.

No matter what is tested in today's current policy theory, first of all, we must not mention reform, otherwise we will not be able to pass the hurdle of Yang Qinian.

In addition, you can show off calligraphy, Zhang Yucai likes calligraphy, not to mention whether the content of the strategy is good or bad, calligraphy is good, and he can get three points of vision first.

As for the last Zhu Xuanfeng, this person hates corrupt officials the most, and he is a person who is dedicated to the public.

He should be a relatively easy person to get along with, and there is content and new ideas in the strategy, not empty rhetoric, and it should not be difficult to pass this hurdle.

In addition, his teacher Xue Mushan, who used to be the imperial history of Zuodu, is a giant in the Inspectorate, and is likely to be Zhu Xuanfeng's old superior.

There is this relationship, don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, the teacher is from the Inspectorate, and he is a disciple, he can also be regarded as half of the Inspectorate.

Wang Xu didn't ask Zhu Xuanfeng to give him the green light, he just begged him not to embarrass himself, which was not too much.

Not to talk about reform, the article is gorgeous, and there is something to say, Wang Xu has set three standards for himself.

The rest of the time is just waiting for the exam questions to be released.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, a soldier rang the gong and sent the exam questions from outside.

The question is: Change and Change.

Seeing this exam question, Wang Xu knew that it was Yang Qinian, and he was the only one who accounted for the changing and unchanged questions.

This topic is very broad, neither saying anything that has changed, nor saying anything that has not changed, and candidates can play freely around this topic.

People who value love and righteousness can write about the changes in love and righteousness, see the big from the small, and write about the various states in the world.

People who value interests can write about the changes of businessmen, word by word, and talk about the floating slaughter of the world.

If you are not afraid of death, you can also write about the changes in the government and the law, and talk about the new policy and the change of the law.

Of course, in terms of Yang Qinian's character, the better you write, the more he will respond to you, talking to the Conservative Party about the importance of reform and law change, just like talking to your girlfriend about the dangers of cosmetics, if you can listen to it, even if I lose.

It is true that Yang Qinian is a scholar, but you have to know your identity, and if you are a Hongru, you may be able to talk to him about these issues.

But you are a candidate, eating under Yang Qinian's hands, and disagreeing with the examiner, do you want to be confused.

When Wang Xu heard this topic, he knew that this year's Han Party and those who supported reform were in difficulty.

No, Yang Qinian, who is a conservative party, was transferred to Jiangnan to govern, and he gave such an exam question, which is not like an unintentional action.

Wang Xu was shocked, could it be that the Zhu Party boss in the court sensed the Han Party's desire to restore, and sent Yang Qinian to cut leeks.

What the Han Party can rely on to govern is half of the support of the current saints, and half of it is the scholars who came from poor backgrounds and thought that the people would ask for their lives.

The more such people are stifled and weighted, the fewer people will have the right to support reform, and the more potential reform supporters will be suppressed, and countless opposition will be reduced in the next decade.

Thinking of this, Wang Xu's eyes lit up and he found the problem, and the topic of this policy was found.

"The loyalty of ink lies in abiding by the rules, and the loyalty of business lies in the code..."

Wang Xu picked up the pen and wrote, taking the conformism and the business code as the starting point, and writing a beginning for the same.

If the ink changes, the ink is not ink.

If a merchant changes, he becomes a profiteer.

The greatness of the Mo family lies in the fact that he abides by the rules and never transgresses, so the Mo family can become the most trusted person in the world.

The greatness of the merchant lies in the fact that he protects his own system, only in this way can prices be stable and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

So, sometimes it's not necessarily good to change, and it's not necessarily bad to stay the same.

Wang Xu took the Mohists and merchants as examples to write the unchanging truth and effect, and took Han Chao's "On Guisu Shu" as an example to write the mistake of changing the order of the dynasty.

Governing a big country is like cooking small fresh, and the most important thing to pay attention to is the heat, which is too fierce and mushy.

Wang Xu also took the farmland water conservancy law of the new deal as an example, and bluntly said that the farmland water conservancy law has not been implemented, and it will be harmful to the whole world.

In the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the idea of raising funds to build water conservancy is good, but it is not appropriate.

For example, the Farmland Water Conservancy Law states that if local river embankments, reservoirs, waterwheels, and canals fall into disrepair, the local government will bear 50 percent of the repair costs according to the gap between the rich and the poor of each household, and the government will bear 50 percent.

Some local businesses do not rely on water conservancy for food, but because they are wealthy, they have to pay out the silver, which causes prices to rise, and the lost part of the money will eventually be evenly distributed among the people.

Similarly, water conservancy projects in some places can be used even though they are in disrepair, and their use is not affected.

For the sake of political performance, for the sake of good looks, for the sake of corruption, the government also forced maintenance, which caused oppression to the people's livelihood in vain and made the people miserable.

In the world, no change is perfect.

Since Yang Qinian doesn't want to change, Wang Xu must conform to his point of view and criticize the mistakes and unchanging benefits of the change.

Position determines the head, and in the face of an examiner who doesn't like to change the law, he can't write about the benefits of changing the law, so he didn't do that.