For or against?

Regarding this question, Zhuge Liang has a vague judgment in his heart.

He didn't dare to say that this was absolutely correct, but he had some small guesses about the criteria for the Son of Heaven.

It is indeed a good thing to expand the territory, but it will indeed cost a lot of money and a lot of financial expenditure, which will have a certain impact on the development of domestic production and will also kill many people.

Therefore, in the previous selection of the current policy of the imperial court, Zhuge Liang expressed the meaning that it is definitely a good thing to expand the territory, but it is necessary to do what you can, and you must not blindly expand the territory, otherwise you will be harmed by blind war.

He quoted the ancient concept of "although the country is big, the belligerent will perish", and expressed his concern about the overexpansion of military scale, and he believed that the expansion of the territory should be beneficial, and such benefits can compensate for the cost of the expansion itself, otherwise, it will not be sustainable and will collapse sooner or later.

Rather than singing the praises of virtue, he expressed his concerns about the policy from the perspective of a state official, and then gave some thoughts of his own.

At the time, he thought he was taking a little risk, but he did it anyway and got a perfect score at the end.

And this also means that Zhuge Liang's composition has been recognized by the imperial court.

This made Zhuge Liang realize that in this era of great development, great expansion, and even the rebuilding of the country's superstructure are closely related to foreign expansion, the imperial court, or the Son of Heaven himself, is experiencing some subtle fluctuations.

When today's son started by relying on Confucian classics, relying on military wars and foreign development to lay prestige and foundation, he is a rare talent with both civil and military skills, and in order to reach the top as the emperor, his thoughts and thoughts must be different from ordinary people.

The previous article was recognized as a perfect score, which is enough to prove that the Son of Heaven is not a war maniac who is obsessed with war, and the Son of Heaven recognizes his own thinking.

Zhuge Liang felt as if he had touched something.

Previously, in his hometown of Xuzhou, in fact, there has been a gradual rise of the wave of going south to Jiaozhou by boat to do business, many people are preparing to go south to Jiaozhou to do business, as for what kind of business to do, Zhuge Liang doesn't care.

He only knew that there were indeed people who made a lot of money by this business, and they returned to their hometowns to show off, and a large group of people who showed off had red eyes, and they all rushed to meet and take a boat to do business.

Is this a good thing?

A good thing, of course.

But in a way, that's probably not a good thing either.

Everyone is looking to make a lot of money and make a fortune, and gradually his hometown has the concept that as long as he makes money and earns more, it is absolutely correct, excellent and successful.

In the past, only those who studied and became officials could be regarded as excellent and successful people, but now, with the standardized management and further restraint of officials by the imperial court, as well as the gradual implementation of foreign expansion policies, this trend is gradually changing.

For a while, Zhuge Liang couldn't see what this change would bring to the country, maybe it was a good thing, or maybe it was bad.

But overall, he feels that he should be worried, and he can't just look at the country's thriving state and feel that everything is fine and everything is fine.

Therefore, in the face of Zhuge Jun and Sun Zhong's doubts, Zhuge Liang's answer was relatively clear.

"First of all, it is absolutely correct to expand the territory, which cannot be questioned, otherwise it is likely that you will not be able to pass the jun examination, or be thrown to the corner of the place and no one cares, and it is difficult to be promoted, and secondly, we must also make it clear that the series of changes brought about by the expansion of the territory are not all beneficial to the country, and there will be some worries."

Zhuge Jun and Sun Zhong looked at Zhuge Liang's eyes and became more and more confused and puzzled.

Maybe for them, they don't know that much.

Sun Zhong said that he did not have the conditions to study, and his knowledge was relatively narrow, but Zhuge Jun was purely interested in learning.

So Zhuge Liang rebuked Zhuge Jun.

"On weekdays, you are asked to read more, but you don't read, you always go out hunting and playing with three or five friends, and you don't pay attention to reading, what is the result? When the book is used, it is less hated! You should have understood these truths, but now you want me as a brother to make up for your evil, don't you feel ashamed? Even, you have to reflect on it! ”

For Sun Zhong, Zhuge Liang had a gentle attitude.

"Zi'an, you didn't have the conditions to read those books in the past, so you don't know much about current politics and the situation in the world, this is a big flaw for you, but it doesn't matter, some things can be mastered and studied slowly after the exam, you only need to know that the major policies of the imperial court are correct now, but there are problems with some details."

Zhuge Jun hung his head and didn't dare to say anything.

Sun Zhong sighed, lamenting that he was too far behind many of his classmates.

"Just spelling the knowledge in the books, I am confident that I can defeat many people, but as you said, Kong Ming, my lack of composition strategy is really a bit big, I think, this time the exam results are not satisfactory, perhaps because the composition is not done well."

Zhuge Liang patted Sun Zhong on the shoulder and comforted him.

"With the conditions of your family, you can come to this point, it is already the result of your very hard work, no one can criticize you on this kind of issue, and the understanding and judgment of the general trend of the world is not congenital, it can be made up for by the efforts of the day after tomorrow, I think, with your efforts, you will definitely be able to catch up."

Sun Zhong's eyes when he looked at Zhuge Liang were suddenly full of gratitude.

"Kong Ming, thank you."

"It doesn't matter."

Looking at his brother whose face was shining with the brilliance of a sage, Zhuge Jun suddenly felt sour.

"Brother Zhong, who is your younger brother?"

"You are."

Zhuge Liang looked back at Zhuge Jun solemnly, and said sharply: "But I hope that ten years and twenty years later, others will mention you because of you, not because you are my younger brother, you must be clear about this." ”

Zhuge Jun was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and sighed, having nothing to say.

In the next two days, Zhuge Liang's dormitory was closed and did not socialize with anyone.

Zhuge Liang seized the time to tutor Sun Zhong and Zhuge Jun with some of the current policies of the imperial court and some of the contents of the "Jiade Tongyi", and tried to let them know more, so that they could get a relatively good score in the Jun Examination.

Zhuge Liang knew very well that although the imperial court would grant every candidate who passed the imperial examination the position of a Jiupin official, and let them start from the grassroots level together, the attention received between the first and last place, the tilt of resources and the speed of promotion could never be the same specification.

If this is the case, if it is absolutely fair, then the ranking of the imperial examination is meaningless.

If the first place on the mainland list and the last place on the border list can get the same standard of promotion treatment, then why did the imperial court go to great lengths to make a ranking list?

And why is it necessary to set up a special name for the best people in the exam?

Champion, Bangyan, Tanhua, and the top three in the imperial examination, the things involved behind these three special names are by no means the things that the lucky person who flew by at low altitude at the last place in the imperial examination can get.

Therefore, no matter what, we must strive for the top, and the better the results, the higher the ranking, then in the future promotion competition, we must be able to occupy an advantage, which is inevitable.

The retreat in the dormitory had a great impact on the students in the other dormitories.

They feel that they have even studied the gods in retreat, so how can they, who are far inferior to the gods, leave the dormitory to go out and play in these days?

So in the past few days, none of the students in the entire candidate dormitory went out to play or relax, and all stayed in the candidate dormitory to make final preparations for the upcoming Jun Exam.

Rolled up, all rolled up.

The entire candidate's dormitory was rolled into a twist.

So on the day of the Jun examination, the wind was beautiful and the sun was shining, and the three thousand candidates, under the guidance of the examiner and the guard of the forbidden army, accepted the body search, took their respective examination materials, lined up in three long queues, and entered the Imperial City of Luoyang together.

They will take the most important exam of their lives in the main hall of the Imperial City of Luoyang, and this exam will be personally procted by His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Empire, the Emperor of the Great Han Empire.

Everyone knew that this was a battle in which they had to give it their all, a big gamble that they were going to gamble with their lives.

Face-to-face exams.

How many people have never been able to meet the monarch in their lifetime, even if they are court officials, most of them have never seen the face of the person they should be loyal to in their lives, but as a group of candidates without official status, they can meet the monarch of this country at this time.

Many test takers did not feel nervous at first, only feeling excited and excited, but when they came to their own seats and sat down to prepare for the exam, they gradually realized the nervousness in their hearts.

This is the imperial palace, it is the door of the main hall of the palace where the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty deal with major affairs on a daily basis, on weekdays, this is the place where the civil and military officials of Luoyang walk and stand, and at the central gate of the hall as far as they can see, there is a desk and an umbrella cover erected.

Obviously, that position belongs to the emperor.

The emperor has not yet appeared, but it is known that the emperor will appear and will appear soon.

And so the emperor really appeared.

Surrounded by a group of guards and officials, the emperor appeared.

Zhuge Liang, Lu Yi, Pang Tong and other top-ranked candidates were arranged in the position directly in front of the main square, facing the Chongde Hall of the main hall of the palace, here, they could see the emperor as soon as they looked up, and the emperor could see them as soon as he lowered his head, and if his eyesight was slightly better, he could even look at each other.

Of course, they don't dare to look at this kind of thing, which is disrespectful.

But when the emperor sat down, they couldn't help but secretly raise their heads and take a slight look at the legendary emperor at the top.

It's a pity that they can't really see it, because there are too many people around them who are blocking, and they can only see Liu Bei's side, or they can only see the top of one head.

Only Zhuge Liang, who was sitting directly opposite, could see the emperor's face and the emperor's eyes, but it was only for a moment, when Zhuge Liang found that the emperor was also looking at him, he hurriedly lowered his head and did not dare to raise it again.

Liu Bei, who was sitting at the top, became happy, leaned his body to Guo Jia who was standing beside him, and asked with a smile: "That person is Zhuge Liang, right?" ”

Guo Jia, who returned to Luoyang from the end of his term in Yangzhou, nodded.

"Yes, that person is Zhuge Liang, the state exam, the selection exam, both times are full marks, such a thing is rare, I heard a lot of people in the school say, that is, the first time, in the future, if you want to appear such a talent, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"I have read all his test papers, the basic skills are very solid, and the ability in all aspects is also very comprehensive, and I should be very familiar with "Jiade Tongyi", and I understand it very thoroughly, which is not simple."

Liu Bei smiled: "He is nineteen years old this year, Fengxiao, I won't tell you, I saw a little bit of the shadow of me when I was nineteen years old from him, speaking of which, I really miss it, at the beginning, I was also nineteen years old to Luoyang, in a blink of an eye, more than 20 years." ”

(End of chapter)