Jiang Mian's resignation was finally handed over, obviously the old man's face was not thick enough, of course, the backlash of the protégé and the old official did knock out his last bit of confidence, at this time, if he didn't retreat bravely, and delayed again, the situation would only get worse.

Jiang Mian, who was disheartened, obviously no longer had any hope.

After the resignation entered the palace, it was neither approved nor rejected, but remained in the middle and was not issued.

That's kind of interesting. Generally, the resignation of the cabinet minister should be approved or rejected, and if the bachelor is determined, he will go up again, and the palace will still reject it, and so on, until the patience in the palace is smoothed out, and it will naturally be approved.

But staying in the middle of the house does not mean that it is even more profound, it is clear that the palace already has a proposition, and what is still being weighed.

This kind of induced and unprovoked situation can be regarded as a deterrent, at least to tell some people that the palace is no longer in a hurry, and has begun to gain a firm foothold, and it is no longer led by the nose of the bull.

Naturally, in addition to criticizing Jiang Mian, the palace test is naturally also a matter of concern, and the time for the palace test has also been released, set for April 19, counting on the fingers, it seems that the time is running out.

The new tributes have begun to study hard, after all, the tribute is a tribute student, although he has obtained the qualification to be an official, but what is the future of the future, but they are all entrusted to this palace examination, if you are lucky enough to be in the first class, the future will be indispensable to pay homage to the marquis, but if it is the top three, mixed with the same Jinshi background, then in this life, the future is also limited.

After all, people have to look at Shu, and when they can try, they only think about mixing up with their official bodies, and after they can try, they can't help but be enthusiastic about the future.

The test questions of the palace examination are mainly policy theory, and policy theory is different from the eight shares, in fact, to put it bluntly. It is a political topic, which often has high requirements for vision and thinking, and does not have too many requirements for your decision.

Therefore, no matter how good the level of Bagu is, people may not be able to write good policies, which is why the candidates are entangled, which is like the primary and secondary schools in later generations can only enter the school by taking the language test, but when it comes to the university exam, they only take the chemistry test. The person who scolds his mother in his heart, I'm afraid that there are a lot of people.

For most candidates, the most important thing is to be an official, at least to pass the township examination and the general examination, so that they can mix up a person or an official body. So most of the energy of many people is actually put on the eight shares, after all, the palace test is too far away, and people's energy is also limited.

And so it goes. For almost all candidates, strategy is their weakness, and it is inevitable to make up for it.

Xu Qian is also making up for evil now, he stays at home every day. And Gui Zhi'er is responsible for being the examiner and giving Xu Qian questions, but in fact, there are not many exam questions for policy theory, which is nothing more than in case of floods. How should it be? Or maybe it's the frequent attacks of Tatars and thorns, when what. Or maybe there are too many redundant people in the world. How to purge is appropriate.

Gui Zhi'er got up early every morning, and gave Xu Qian a question, so that Xu Qian wrote according to the format of the strategy, and after writing, then reviewed, after all, there were two Jinshi in her family, now one is a bachelor, and the other has been a scholar, scholarly, and has a lot of knowledge about the palace test, so it is inevitable to warn Xu Qian about some knowledge.

Although the palace examination is a palace examination, there are two levels in the palace examination, the first of which is to deal with eight paper readers, these eight paper readers are drawn by the Hanlin, the General Administration, the Ministry of Rites, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other yamen, that is to say, if you can't even pass the first level, the emperor is impossible to see your strategy, and you will naturally be beaten down, if you are lucky to mix a second class, if you are unlucky, you can only wander around in the top three.

Of course, Xu Qian did well in the exam because he could take the exam, so even if he was beaten down, the possibility of becoming the top three is not great, after all, the main examiner of the exam is Yang Tinghe, and the advantage of Yang Tinghe is that everyone has to give Yang Tinghe a little face, if the Huiyuan circled by others is too bad in the palace exam, doesn't it mean that you Yang Tinghe is cheating for personal gain?

Gui Zhi'er taught Xu Qian some tricks of strategy, these tips were naturally heard from Gui Xiang, Gui Zhi'er said: "Xianggong's strategy often goes sideways, deviates from the avenue, just like the question done yesterday, how to resist the invasion of tile thorns, Xianggong replied that there should be a permanent guerrilla, update firearms, set up 30 guerrilla generals, take turns to intrude on the tile, and use rangers to ride to brake. I won't say whether this measure is effective for the time being, but such an answer is given to the paper readers, and they must be beaten down, and the paper readers are all Dr. Hongru, and they must be satisfied with their appetite in order to pass the test. If the concubine comes to answer, it must answer the question in this way, and the vigilance of the border town should be strengthened, and at the same time, the people should be educated, so that the army and the people are united in their hearts and hatred of the enemy. Here, it doesn't matter how to resist the enemy, the important thing is to educate, only in this way, the reader will be satisfied, as for the repair of military armor and the like, it is just a trivial matter, and it is enough to bring it to the past, and if you talk too much, it will be annoying. Xianggong should remember not to go wrong. ”

Xu Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Speaking of it, it's edification, so what's the difference between this and doing the eight-strand question?" ”

Gui Zhi'er had a straight face, like a strict teacher, and said: "The eight strands are heavy chapters, the strategy is coherent, and the eight-strand pattern is the most deadly, so how to make the chapters bloom in this limited space, and can secretly fit the sage's truth, this is success." The most important thing in the strategy is to establish the main idea first, and then start the narrative around this main idea, and the coherence must be clear. Therefore, it is much easier to discuss the policy than the eight shares, but most of the scholars in the world are heavy eight shares, but there are not many hunting and policy theories, but every time they take the scholars, there are countless good chapters of the eight shares, and the refreshing policy is good and lacking. ”

Xu Qian shook his head, I really don't know what to say, but no matter what, for Xu Qian, the process is the process after all, and this process is no matter what, but once the process affects the result, then he can only do his best to make this process go well, in order to pursue a better result, so he took it in his heart and rewrote a policy according to Gui Zhi'er's explanation.

After reading it, Gui Zhi'er said: "This time it is better than the previous one, it has a clear eye, and I am well versed in the psychology of the officials who read the papers, but Xianggong, there are countless such strategies in the palace examination, but anyone who guides them can make such a strategy, and it is difficult to stand out without new ideas." ”

Xu Qian couldn't help but be angry, and said: "You just said that you can't ask for novelty, you must have the appetite of the paper reader, and now you teach me to seek novelty, isn't this teasing me?" ”

Gui Zhi'er immediately straightened her face, and was even more angry than Xu Qian: "What are you angry about, it's not for you, the concubine is now the examiner, you are a candidate, you are talking to the examiner in such a tone?" What did you promise your concubine last night? It's only been a few hours, and you've forgotten? ”

Xu Qian immediately shrank shamefully, and said with a wry smile: "The lady forgives her sins, it's me who is not good." ”

Gui Zhi'er pursed her lips triumphantly, and then regained her Yan sù, and said: "What you said just now is the difficulty of the strategy, not only to the appetite of the reader of the papers, but also to ask for new, there is a degree here, we must grasp it well, if it is too new, it will inevitably make people feel deviant, but if it is old, and I feel that there is no novelty, it is difficult to make people's eyes light up." The severity and difficulties here, the husband must be treated with the spirit of 120,000 points, and the concubine will make an analogy, such as the strategy of resisting the enemy outside, the husband naturally has to make a theory first, and naturally has to write around education, but how to educate it? The husband must come up with some new ideas, not only can not deviate from the theory, but also be brilliant, think about what others can't think, does the husband understand now? ”

Xu Qian stroked his forehead and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

Gui Zhi'er said confidently: "If the concubine is said early, how can the husband remember it deeply, it is not terrible to delay the effort, I am afraid that the husband is not attentive enough." ”

Xu Qian couldn't refute what she said, so he had to smile awkwardly and said, "Okay, I'll try again." ”

In fact, with such a strict teacher, Xu Qian quickly got started with the theory of countermeasures, which is also his advantage and strength, after all, he is a human being in two lives, he sees the problem more profoundly, stands taller than others, and sees far, but it is those candidates from poor families, Bagu is quite easy for them, as long as there are a few books, they can ponder it at home behind closed doors every day, as long as they are talented, have good qualifications, and are willing to work hard, it is not difficult to write the flowery Bagu Chapter. But after all, you can't write a strategy without listening to the things outside the window and just reading the books of the sages, and they have no one to advise, I'm afraid that many problems are difficult to avoid, and this group of people will definitely be difficult to stand out.

And Xu Qian's opponents are mainly those children of official eunuch families, these people often have deep backgrounds, elders in the family to guide them, and their vision is naturally not comparable to the children of poor families, and the advantages are obvious.

Xu Qian calmed down and wrote a few more, and Gui Zhi'er was slightly satisfied, but he frowned lightly, but said: "Although it is good, but the concubine's ability is limited after all, you might as well do this, tomorrow I will ask my brother to take a day off and make a special trip to teach you, your strategy can be further refined." ”

Xu Qian nodded and said, "If my brother is willing to come, it will be even better." ”

As he was talking, the newly invited disciple came to report, saying that someone was visiting outside, and he took over the famous thorn, Xu Qian glanced at it, and suddenly said: "My senior brother is here, he usually doesn't have much contact with me, and at this time, he personally visited, it must be for the palace test, I will go to meet him." ”

Gui Zhi'er chuckled: "But Xie Bian? It seems that your teacher, although he is in Hangzhou, is very concerned about you. ”

Xu Qian suddenly felt that he had enough face, and said in his heart, you have a Hanlin bachelor as a brother, but Xianggong is not an idle cloud and a wild woodcutter, and I also have a mentor who is a cabinet scholar, so his confidence suddenly came up, and said: "Of course, teachers and students are like father and son." ”