On April 26, the rankings for the temple examination were announced.

Fu Lin'an and a group of newly promoted tributes entered the palace early, the weather was fine, a warm spring breeze brought up his robe, Fu Lin'an couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the sky.

The clear sky is like a piece of jasper with a good and flawless texture.

He pursed his thin lips slightly, remembering that after the previous palace test, he silently showed Xie Tian the answer to the strategy, and Xie Tian's expression at that time was a little subtle.

Fu Lin'an actually regretted it on the way back.

In the end, his paper was still a bit out of place, he summarized the history of the dynasty, and from the current people's livelihood, boldly put forward suggestions and measures for governing the country and security, and these suggestions and measures may have offended the majesty of the emperor.

He sighed in his heart, just that, if he really angered the emperor, it was not something he could control.

What's more, he wrote out everything in his heart.

If the emperor is dissatisfied, he can only nest in a remote border as a county governor for the rest of his life.

Fu Lin'an thought about it, even if he is only a county governor in one place for the rest of his life, there is nothing wrong with it, at least he can really do practical things for the people, but I am afraid that the remote border will be wronged.

At this time, the newly promoted tributes were arranged in two columns according to the ranking of the examination.

Behind Fu Lin'an is Hao Yu, the second place in the current examination, he is a Cantonese and is now over forty years old.

Interestingly, Hao Yu is not very good at speaking official language, so when they walked in from outside the palace gate before, almost no one could understand Hao Yu's words.

In the Taihe Palace, Emperor Yuan Jia stood with his hands in his hands and pondered for a moment: "Since all the secretaries have no objections, let the top ten come in." ”

The eunuch came out of the hall and entered the temple chanting and announcing ten names.

The tributes present looked sideways, and many of them already knew that the top ten in the palace examination were the ones who entered the hall at this moment.

As soon as Fu Linan and the others entered the Taihe Palace, they knelt down and saluted.

Emperor Yuan Jia smiled: "Everyone, Aiqing is flat. ”

After they stood up, Emperor Yuan Jia smiled and asked them questions one by one.

Fu Lin'an thought that Emperor Yuan Jia would ask questions in the order of their positions, but he didn't expect Emperor Yuan Jia to skip him and ask Hao Yu directly.

"Where is Hao Yu?" Emperor Yuan Jia looked down at the file on the case and asked unhurriedly.

Hao Yu hurriedly stepped forward: "Back to Your Majesty, the student is here." ”

They are still only tributes, not jinshi, and they have not been awarded official positions, and after the palace examination, all of them are protégés of the Son of Heaven, so they can only call themselves students now.

As soon as Hao Yu's words came out, the expressions of the ministers in the palace became a little subtle.

Fu Lin'an Yuguang caught a glimpse of this situation, and was a little surprised in his heart, could it be that Hao Yu was appointed as the champion?

Emperor Yuan Jia was stunned for a moment, and then smiled kindly: "Your official words are not very authentic!" ”

Hao Yu's face turned red: "Yes, students must step up their studies when they go back." ”

Emperor Yuan Jia shook his head with a smile, and lowered his head again.

Fu Lin'an later learned from the mouths of others that Hao Yu was originally designated as the first in the second class, and the people and rankings in the second and third grades needed to be listed, that is, to report the people and rankings of the second and third grades.

However, due to Hao Yu's non-standard official words, Emperor Yuan Jia could only promote the original second place in the second class to be a passenger.

It's quite embarrassing to say, but this is a later story, so I won't mention it here.

Emperor Yuan Jia asked a few more questions in a row, and there was a person named Shao Liangbi in the middle, Emperor Yuan Jia heard that he wrote a poem in seven steps, so he was very interested in letting Shao Liangbi write a poem on the spot.

Shao Liangbi came out of the ranks, bowed his head and muttered, and within a moment, a gorgeous poem was recited by him.

Emperor Yuan Jia laughed loudly and said three good words in a row.

Fu Lin said secretly in peace of mind, I'm afraid that this benevolent brother named Shao Liangbi is going to win the champion.

After asking Shao Liangbi, Emperor Yuan Jia asked Chen Yuanqing a few more questions.

Among them, there was a question that made Fu Lin'an slightly surprised, "I heard that your family is poor and you come from a poor family, can you know about farming?" ”

Chen Yuanqing was neither humble nor arrogant to tell his thoughts, and finally even mentioned a few suggestions about the current imperial court's measures in agriculture.

Emperor Yuan Jia nodded frequently, and he could see that he was very satisfied with Chen Yuanqing's answer.

Fu Linan lowered his head and said in his heart, he was another champion seedling.

Left and right have nothing to do with him.

He was the first person in the examination of the current department, but when he was announced into the palace, Emperor Yuan Jia turned a blind eye to him, and I am afraid that he was already dissatisfied with him.

Just when he was too empty, Emperor Yuan Jia suddenly called his name.

"Where is Fu Lin'an?"

Fu Linan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The student is here." ”

"Those who are difficult to build and easy to destroy, this real government is also; Those who are difficult to and easy to give up, this solid is also. It is necessary to be cautious of a few slight, and to be cautious of secrecy. This is a word in the test paper of your palace, and I would like to hear you talk about it specifically. The look on Emperor Yuan Jia's face suddenly became serious.

Fu Linxin tightened his heart, the hand hidden under his sleeve clenched into a fist, forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and said slowly: "Distinguish merit and demerit, and reward and punishment are clear." The dismissal or demotion of incompetent officials can serve as a warning to other officials; Rewarding meritorious officials can set an example for other officials. The students thought that as long as the rewards and punishments were clear, they would be able to order and prohibit, which would be comparable to Tang Yao and Yu Shun. ”

Speaking of this, Fu Lin paused for a moment, and then said: "Officials, big and small, must consciously implement and maintain solid government. Just as the student mentions in the paper that it is difficult to build and easy to destroy, this practical government is also; Those who are difficult to and easy to give up, this solid is also. Students think that no matter the legal system advocated by Legalists or the benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith advocated by Confucianism, as long as it is conducive to governing the country and the country, they should be used for our own use. As the so-called establishment of a law, it is said that I am the system of heavenly guards, and do not discuss the revolution privately; The cashier of a penny, the day is the heaven and the wealth, not the selfish for the profit and contraction. The establishment of an official is said to be virtuous for the mandate of heaven; A hoe of adultery, I will seek guilt for the heavens. ”

The hall was silent, and Fu Lin'an's thoughts were somewhat aggressive.

After all, this dynasty has always respected Confucianism, but he advocated governing the country according to law, but he did not respect Legalism, only that whether it is Legalism or Confucianism, it should be used by me.

Fu Lin'an pondered for a moment and concluded: "The students don't know the taboos, they are strict, and they are trembling. ”

After he said this, Emperor Yuanjia did not say anything, and seemed to ponder in his words.

After a long time, Fu Lin'an heard Emperor Yuan Jia's voice and laughed: "Okay! Well said! ”

A big stone in Fu Lin's peace of mind finally let go after hearing Emperor Yuan Jia's words.

Emperor Yuan Jia got up and said loudly: "I announced the first-class ranking of the new science and technology jinshi in the year of Jiachen, the champion is Fu Lin'an, Shao Liangbi is the leader, and Cao Xiuming is the flower. ”