In the imperial study, the two ministers arrived, and the two ministers on duty today were Prime Minister Zeng Yu and Auxiliary Minister Shen Zheng.

I can't guess what the emperor called them.

The two looked at each other, did not communicate, and sat quietly and waited.

After a while, the emperor came in, the two got up to salute, and the emperor put the test paper in front of the table and said: "The few copies you handed over yesterday, there are several contents that need to be discussed with you on how to deal with them. ”

The two ministers were very curious.

This township exam should have just ended, and today should be the day of the release of the list, why does a Jiangnan Township test paper appear in the palace, is there a problem with the Jiangnan Township test.

Zeng Yu's slender eyes were half-closed, and he glanced at the emperor slightly, and many thoughts were born in his heart. Figuring out the holy will is the biggest lesson for them as close ministers.

This Jiangnan Township test was presided over by Xie Mingtang, Xie Mingtang is a bachelor of Hanlin, and he is the champion appointed by the emperor, and he has always been very important.

And there is no discord between Xie Mingtang and himself, unlike Shen Zheng opposite, who is his sworn enemy in politics.

Just a momentary thought, Zeng Yu knew what to do.

The little eunuch handed the exam paper to the two of them to watch, and after getting the test paper, everyone's first feeling was that the candidate's words were really good, and the answers were also very neat, and there were no mistakes or omissions.

After reading it, Zeng Yu put down the test paper and said: "I think this test paper is very good, and it should not be a big problem to take the top few, especially the candidate's fu, which is written with a flying style and profound meaning, and the sentence "There are things mixed" is excerpted from the twenty-fifth chapter of "Lao Tzu" "There are things mixed together, and they are born congenitally...... It can be the mother of the world's clever words, words and beauty, which is a rare masterpiece. ”

"Especially the last two sentences. ' Now I will master the Dao pivot, restore the heavenly discipline, exhaust the reason, and think about the past and start again. "Towering, holding the elephant and supporting the city, reaching the profound purpose of the wonderful" is simply too apt, and the minister thinks so. ”

Zeng Yu's words, quoting scriptures, just read it once and memorized the original text, which shows how powerful this person is.

What's even more powerful is his work on the back.

What is the meaning of the last two sentences of this poem, which is to say, in today's words, I am the saint who holds the key to the development of things, expands the way of nature, the ethics of mankind, exhausts the mysteries of all things, and investigates all the temperaments of living beings, so as to return to the beautiful ancient society.

O sublime! You are in charge of the "Dao", which is indispensable for all things, and you are raising all the people in this realm, and this great cause will have an extremely profound and mysterious meaning.

At the end of this, it is completely a sycophant to praise virtue and virtue, and the kung fu is as high as the sky, and the words of later generations are weak.

This is the most advanced and high-grade sycophant, no wonder the emperor will be overjoyed after seeing it.

When Zeng Yu said this, the smile on the emperor's face became even stronger.

At this moment, Shen Zheng frowned slightly and said, "In this paper, why is there a question that the examiner did not take?" ”

The emperor knew that they would ask this, and handed Xie Mingtang's recital to them, and after reading it, the two suddenly realized that it was because of this.

Shen Zheng said: "If this kind of plagiarism of the predecessors' answers is judged to be a violation, the candidate's qualification should be cancelled, if it is not a violation, Xie Mingtang is a little unfair to take the last place of this candidate, this test paper can at least rank in the top few, and can even compete for the first place in Xie Yuan, the official family, and the minister feel that this matter of Bachelor Xie is a little vague." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "I think that Master Xie has handled this matter very properly, my court law has always been 'no law is not excessive', since this kind of thing has not been stipulated before, it cannot be convicted." Even if the candidate wrote a candidate's answer three years ago, the scripture question is supposed to explain its meaning. ”

"I have been established for more than 100 years, dozens of imperial examinations, the answer sheets are vast, and some overlapping test questions are not a big deal, and Bachelor Xie also proposed a solution, I think the proposal to set up a list of scientific examination questions is good."

Shen Zheng looked at the emperor, the emperor didn't look like he was ready to investigate, he thought about it and didn't say anything more.

At this time, Zeng Yu said: "Speaking of this candidate, I have some impressions, if the minister is not mistaken, this candidate named Qin Guan has written a few poems, and now they have been widely circulated in the Great Zhao Kingdom, and he has also been named 'Little Poetry Immortal'." ”

The emperor was interested, and he liked the autumn poem in the Qin Guan test paper very much, and said, "Let's hear it." ”

Zeng Yu's brain is easy to use, and he immediately memorized several poems such as "Different Red", "Green Apricot Small", "West Lake", and "Queqiao Immortal".

The emperor also liked it very much, and said: "I like these poems very much, it seems that this student is indeed quite spiritually attained in poetry and songs." ”

Then he said with a smile: "But he was lazy in Jingyi, he could have taken a Xie Yuan, but now he has been rated last, which can be regarded as a lesson, I think this matter is better to deal with it like this." ”

"I didn't expect Qin Zhang's son to have such a talent."

Hearing the emperor say this, Zeng Yu and Shen Zheng were stunned together, and Shen Zheng asked: "Guanjia, this Qin Guan, is it the son of Qin Zhang in that household?" ”

"The person below has just found out that it is the second son of Qin Zhang, who is in the middle of the household department."

As soon as the emperor said this, the faces of the two ministers sitting below suddenly became very exciting, Zeng Xianggong only felt a sullen knot in his chest, very uncomfortable, but in front of the emperor, he didn't dare to say anything, and he was very uncomfortable.

Shen Zheng glanced at Zeng Yu with a smile on his face.

This smile in Zeng Yu's eyes made him even more uncomfortable.

Zeng Yu and Shen Zheng are the same prime ministers, but the two have political discord, and there are many attacks in the court, but Qin Zhang is Shen Zheng's person, just in front of the emperor, Zeng Yu tried his best to defend Qin Guan, and also said Qin Guan's poems, and praised him in front of the emperor.

I only knew the name of this Qin Guan before, but I didn't know that it was the son of Qin Zhang, a political enemy, how could he not be depressed.

In the end, the emperor instructed: "As for the matter of formulating the list of questions for the imperial examination, you will go back and tell you to avoid such problems." ”

"Yes" Zeng Yu and Shen Zheng responded together.

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After finishing the affairs of the court, Zeng Yu returned home and ate two bites of food, then lost his appetite, and when he returned to the study, his face became gloomy.

spread out the rice paper on the table, and wrote a "mixed fu", if you have a heart, you will find that the glyph of this fu is exactly the same as the words on Qin Guan's exam paper.

Zeng Yu looked at this word and said coldly: "I will preside over the spring test this year, as long as the test paper is like this, I will not take it." ”

When Shen Zheng returned home, he instructed his subordinates, "Go to Qin Zhang's mansion and say that I asked him to come over and have something to say." ”