The officials of the Ministry of Rites guided in front, and the candidates for the examination and the candidates for Enke were divided into two teams, entering the Jinshui Bridge from the noon gate, and walking to the front of the Fengtian Palace, to participate in today's palace examination.

In the open space in front of the main hall, the seats have already been arranged, and every two battles, there is a Han general, with a sword and a sword, proudly guarding.

Everyone who took the exam lowered their eyebrows and did not dare to make a mistake at all.

Someone has a ten-year cold window, just look at this time. Some people have suffered for most of their lives, so they rely on today to turn over.

High morale, soaring into the sky, breaking through the sky.

Song Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and announced the start of the exam in a loud voice...... Then someone sent the test paper with the exam questions written in front of everyone.

The moment they got the exam questions, some people were happy, some people were dignified, and some people were cold in their hearts...... These people perfectly interpret what it means to have mixed tastes, bittersweet joys and sorrows, all of which are different.

Xu Jingchang is also one of today's paper readers, he sat in his position, looking down at the audience, with a seemingly absent smile on the corner of his mouth.

It was not for nothing that he bet his treasure on the temple test.

Theoretically, as the highest level of examination, the palace examination is not complicated, there is only one question, and it only takes one day, there is no need to be confused, and after the exam, the results can be obtained immediately.

And this question is not an eight-strand essay, but a policy theory. That is, the emperor asks the outstanding students for advice, and then the big guy makes suggestions with his own knowledge.

After the emperor reads the papers, according to his preferences, the rankings are ranked, and the world is announced, and the palace examination is completed.

Seeing no, the so-called eight-share taker can only be reflected before the examination...... For example, in recent years, there have been floods and droughts, and the topic of the palace examination may be to prepare for famine; if it is a foreign use of soldiers, ask about military affairs and money, and if there is a big case of corruption and ink, ask how to rectify the rule of officials.

There are not a few knowledgeable people who have insight into these practical problems, but I'm sorry, you are not qualified to participate in the temple examination at all.

The previous rounds of exams have been screened...... This is equivalent to giving you three sets of plans, two of which are basically the same, and one of which is completely unacceptable...... How can you choose?

No matter how you choose, they are all disciples of Confucius and Mencius, and they are all protégés of Zhuzi.

No matter what the topic of the policy is, it is also the Confucian set of benevolent government and royal way, recuperate, love the people, and govern the country with virtue......

I want to hear something else, I'm sorry, I can't do it.

Because the essence of the imperial examination is to speak on behalf of the saints...... You don't need to have any ideas, just explain the way of the saints...... But the sage said so much, how to understand it?

At this time, it is time to invite the old master Zhu Xi, and he has explained the words of the sage, so you can just play according to Zhu Xi's commentary.

Speaking of which, the more the imperial examination develops, the more it is a dojo in a snail shell.

The situation at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty may have been better, but in the later period, the imperial examination was completely out of touch with practice.

The competition in the imperial examination is not a real ability, but a pure examination skill...... Of course, it is not excluded that there are some powerful characters who can not only take the imperial examination, but also have real skills.

But after all, this kind of person is a small number of rare people, and most of them are still scholars who are divorced from practice, and they are simply unable to take on the heavy responsibility of governing the country.

The biggest difference in this palace examination is that there are many people with practical experience who have passed Enke and entered the palace examination, and they can compete with those masters of the imperial examination who have been killed all the way.

In the end, who is smarter depends on this competition.

Zhu Di's topic is also very simple, he said a bunch of backgrounds earlier, and in the final analysis, there are only four words: the way to manage money.

Zhu Di, who has inherited the Great Unification for more than a year, is still troubled by finances.

The trauma of the Battle of Jingjing was far less than healed so quickly.

The Son of Heaven needs to ask Ji Qunxian, how to enrich the country?

Zhu Di's eyes swept over all the examiners, and said lightly: "Today, under the gaze of me and all the Qing families, the palace examination must be fair and selfless?" ”

The ministers nodded one after another, who dared to talk nonsense.

Zhu Di said: "Today's talent acquisition must be real talent and real learning, which can give useful suggestions to the country, rather than general empty talk!" ”

The ministers hesitated slightly, and bowed their heads again.

This can't be refuted, but people such as Jian Yi have already surged into strong uneasiness.

The palace exam progressed quickly, and by the afternoon, the candidates had stopped writing.

Zhu Di gave an order, collected the test papers, and then sent the students out, and the monarch and ministers immediately read the papers.

"Without further ado, let's take a look."

In front of Xu Jingchang, he also got a stack...... He picked up the top one, glanced at the scroll, and felt pleasing to the eye.

The handwriting on it is more neat than what was printed, and every word is impeccable. Reading this kind of paper is not a judgment, but a kind of enjoyment.

It's like looking at a work of art.

"Good, that's good!"

He admired from the bottom of his heart, just with this handwriting, it was also worth a tripod armor.

Then Xu Jingchang looked at what he wrote, and suddenly Xu Jingchang frowned, this person believes that the core of financial management is to enrich the treasury, and to enrich the treasury, there are few people who live and those who eat...... In short, it is to open up sources and reduce expenditures.

Further down, his suggestions include cutting spending, cutting redundant staff, avoiding large-scale construction projects, not repairing marginal skills, resting with the people, and lightly paying less...... The standard couldn't be more standard.

Xu Jingchang looked down all the way...... There is only one thought left, what a good handwriting, it is really a vain ability.

He is looking at the name, this person's name is Zeng Di, and then looking at his hometown, as expected, he is from Jiangxi.

Xu Jingchang hesitated again and again, wanting to fall down, but the other party's roll was so good that even if it was a cliché, he was reluctant to throw it away.

Ay!

Did you hear it, during the exam, the handwriting was better, and it really worked.

Xu Jingchang still showed mercy to his subordinates.

Then he continued to look down...... The hall test marking, take the mobile marking, each person is assigned to some time, according to their own preferences, put the good article on it, and then transfer it to the next person, if the big guys are optimistic, put it in the front, send it to Zhu Di to make the final decision.

If there is a controversy and you can't make up your mind, you can also hand it over to Zhu Di.

In this way, when the big guy saw the palm lamp, a very controversial article finally appeared, and Song Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, directly threw it aside.

"This person is not right, if it weren't for the fact that the palace exam did not defeat the candidate, this person would definitely not be able to win."

At this moment, Xie Jin, who was not far from Song Li, glanced at the article, and couldn't help but reach out and take it and put it in front of him to look at it.

There is no doubt that his handwriting is far less pleasing to the eye than Zeng Di, and his writing is also very clumsy, and he belongs to the kind of people who make people frown when they look at it.

The first impression is not good.

But taking a closer look at his content, Xie Jin's eyes lit up, this method is good!

This candidate advocated that the allowance of the imperial court and the effectiveness of the work of hundreds of officials should be put together...... At present, almost all Beijing officials have allowances, and as a result, no matter whether they are good or bad, they can receive so much extra every month.

More work, less work, it's all the same.

How does this work?

The court cannot spend money without moderation, it must be used on the blade.

Allowances are linked to work...... Xie Jin's eyes lit up.

"Song Shangshu, the servant thinks that the suggestion of this article is quite meritorious, what do you think?"

Song Li snorted: "Xie Tongzheng, Your Majesty is asking about the way of financial management, this person is talking about the rule of officials, the opposite is far from the right, the topic is thousands of miles, and the error is ridiculous, how can there be any merits?" ”

Xie Jin smiled, "Song Shangshu, Your Majesty asked about financial management, and this person is also talking about ways to spend money, and if you have to digress, it is not true." ”

The two of them argued, and the big guys all came over, including Xu Jingchang, who glanced at this person's article and suddenly understood.

That kind of strong pragmatic taste of the old official can't be hidden.

He proposed to link the allowance with the performance of hundreds of officials, and receive more if they do a good job, and receive less if they do not do well, or even not pay ...... And later, he also proposed that the number of things to be done should be set for hundreds of officials to facilitate assessment.

Exam Method!

Xu Jingchang saw it in his eyes, and suddenly smiled: "Bachelor Xie, I remember that there was a note from the General Administration Department to announce the work of various departments, are those notes still there?" ”

This sentence made Xie Jin's old face blush, "Dingguo Gong, I have been busy with government affairs recently, and I didn't have time to co-ordinate, so I stopped." ”

Xu Jingchang had a smile on his face, and everything was silent.

is also a political envoy, but it is also a world away...... Xu Jingchang is in power, he can hold the six ministries hostage, and he also has the power to preside over the ten ministries, so he can set standards for the six ministries.

But when it comes to Xie Jin, he can't do it.

No one listened to him at all, and the so-called monitoring of performance existed in name only.

"I think you two should stop arguing, let Your Majesty talk about it."

The ball was kicked in front of Zhu Di.

Zhu Di faced this article, it was nothing at first glance, and after reading it again, he was overjoyed.

"Good, it's really good, clean and neat, to the point, this person proposes to set up rules for inspecting hundreds of officials, and issue allowances according to the merits of the inspection...... It's very agreeable, it's very agreeable! ”

Zhu Di laughed and praised: "From my point of view, this person should be the champion of today's department...... That's the kind of talent I'm looking for. ”

The Son of Heaven said this, which made Song Li's face extremely ugly.

He reluctantly said: "Your Majesty, this person's words are clumsy, and between his words, there seems to be a suspicion of digression, but I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" ”

Zhu Di smiled, "Song Shangshu, it depends on my intention to hold the palace examination, I want to select talents for the country, if I only stick to the exam, I will lose my original intention." ”

After a pause, Zhu Di suddenly said: "Song Shangshu, you said that in the previous palace examination, you couldn't select suitable talents, is this kind of talent all dethroned under the excuse of digression?" ”

Song Li was shocked and hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, the minister never dares to have the idea of suppressing talents, and I hope Your Majesty will see it!" ”

Zhu Di smiled, "Don't worry, maybe I thought wrong about this matter, this kind of suggestion, where will I try it!" I'm afraid that I won't even be able to pass the boy's test. ”

Song Li's face was even more ugly, and he knelt on the ground, not daring to get up.

Zhu Di looked at the others again and said with a smile: "What do you say? ”

After a little groaning, Jian Yi said: "The palace test is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and everything is naturally in the hands of His Majesty." ”

Zhu Di smiled: "Let me be the master?" Very good, since this is the case, then Enke must do it often, not just this time, such a talent, a steady stream of good. ”

That's right, this person is from Enko......