When the scholars wrote down their strategies for governing the country on paper and submitted them one by one, Ran Min read the papers one by one.

However, the scholars' statecraft are all those, one on the left and one on the right.

Ran Min suddenly saw the contents of a paper, and his eyes lit up, but after seeing the name of the respondent, the expression on his face changed for a while.

After a while, Ran Min handed the exam papers to Qin Mu, Wang Meng, and Cui Hao, the three minister-level ministers next to him, to read, and after reading the exam papers, the expressions of the three were quite complicated.

The palace examination is to select the top three of the jinshi, that is, the champion, the list of eyes and the flower.

After muttering for a while, the three ministers marked their scores one after another, and then presented them to Ran Min for reading.

These three guys are really more honest than the other, and they are virtuous and avoid relatives and hatred!

Ran Min shook his head slightly, but the other party's talent is too human, and he is not good at operating in the dark, in case he is telling the truth.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the list of the top three is out. The unsuccessful scholars need not be upset, because they only won at the starting line, and it is unknown how high their achievements will be in the future! ”

Ran Min said lightly: "Now I announce that the third place in this imperial examination, Tanhua - Wang Xuan!" ”

"Bangyan-Qin asked!"

Finally, Ran Min glanced at the young man who had been standing on the main hall and seemed to have a low sense of existence, and said loudly: "Champion - Sima Xu!" ”

Hearing this, not only was the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty in an uproar, but even the scholars who participated in the palace examination were very surprised.

This Wang Xuan and Qin Wen can be on the list, and it is not surprising that Jinshi and No. 1 are on the list. Because Wang Xuan, Qin Wen and Cui Hong were already famous in their early years, they were quick to think, and they basically inherited the wisdom and wisdom of their fathers, and they were famous.

These three people are all the sons of the prime minister, and the examiner next to them is their father. However, in front of the public and in full view, they would never dare to engage in favoritism, let alone in front of His Majesty the Emperor?

However, the results of this temple test were still unexpected.

Wang Xuan, Cui Hong and Qin Wen all thought that they would be the favorites to win the championship, and the champions, Bangyan and Tanhua would all be produced between the three of them, and the scholars would just accompany them through a passing scene.

But I never expected that the high-profile Cui Hong fell off the list, and Sima Xu, who had been obscure, overwhelmed Qin Wen and Wang Xuan to win the throne of champions!

And what is even more unexpected is that Ran Min is so meritocyan, he is not taboo about Sima Xu's background at all, and named him to be the champion!

You must know that Sima Xu's father is Sima Yu, the king of Huiji in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and this is a descendant of the Jin family. For the Wei Empire, this is the remnants of the previous dynasty!

Ran Min was able to let go of the Sima clan's people, not purge his people, and let the deposed emperor Sima Dan be the marquis, which is already a great tolerance. Who knew that he would still be able to allow Sima's people to come out now?

Seeing the scholars and hundreds of officials whispering below, Ran Min didn't care, so he asked Liu Zhi to read out the scrolls handed by all the scholars.

And Ran Min read out the scroll of the three and first Jinshi by himself, and when he arrived at Sima Xu's scroll, Ran Min smiled faintly and said: "Your scrolls are full of words, and the general meaning is almost the same, but the scroll of our new champion is completely different." That's to put it simply! ”

"Sima Xu mainly put forward ten political propositions."

"First, implement benevolent governance and abolish harsh punishments. Second, the truce of the army and the rest of the army, do not seek side merit. Third, the law is close to the law and the law is enforced fairly. Fourth, eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics. Fifth, refuse to contribute outside the lease. Sixth, relatives of the emperor and the state are not allowed to serve as officials of Taiwan Province. Seventh, treat courtiers. Eighth, humble acceptance. Nine, no more Taoist temples and Buddhist temples will be built. Ten, take the dictatorship of the two Han relatives as a warning! ”

Putting down the scroll in his hand, Ran Min said with emotion: "The ten political propositions put forward by Sima Xu are very much in line with my heart, and they are also generally suitable for the current national conditions of my Great Wei. Husband, the prime minister's talent is also! ”

Sima Xu's ability to put forward these ten political propositions does show his ability, and it is not wrong to have the talent of a prime minister. But now is not a troubled era, but a peaceful and prosperous era, and there is no shortage of officials in the imperial court, so it is impossible to promote Sima Xu to the prime minister at once.

Ran Min consulted with the ministers, and finally decided to appoint all the Jinshi one by one according to the talents they showed.

The original secretary Lang Xu Wei has already been released to replace Wang Yan, who has returned to his hometown, as the secretary of the household department. Therefore, Ran Min appointed the champion Sima Xu as the secretary.

Don't look at the official position of the secretary Lang is very small, and there are not many people, but it belongs to the existence of the Son of Heaven's close ministers, once he is released, it is the existence of a feudal official, and once he enters the court, he is also the big man in the three provinces and six departments!

Qin Wen was appointed as the left attendant of the military department, Wang Xuan was appointed as the right attendant of the household department, Cui Hong was appointed as the left attendant of the ministry, and the rest of the jinshi were all appointed, most of them were assigned to serve as local county commanders, and some of them were also left in the court to serve as the heads of the six departments.

After the court meeting, Ran Min summoned Qin Mu alone.

When they had nothing to do, the two of them played against each other in a leisurely manner, playing Go.

Holding a sunspot in his hand, Ran Min frowned lightly and said, "Qin Mu, what do you think of Sima Xu?" ”

Ran Min is the sacrificial wine of the Jixia School Palace, the head of the school palace, but he is basically just famous, and the one who really fulfills the duty of sacrificial wine (principal) is still the fake sacrificial wine Qin Mu. And Sima Xu is from the Jixia School Palace, Ran Min wants to find out who he is, and asking Qin Mu is the best choice.

After Qin Mu heard Ran Min's inquiry, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Sima Dewen can be called a young talent. ”

"There is talent, otherwise I wouldn't be able to become the champion of this imperial examination. But that's not what I'm asking. Sima Xu, how is he a person? ”

"Does Your Majesty want to hear the truth or listen to lies?"

"Nature is the truth."

"Sima Xu is a person, smart and strategic, erudite and knowledgeable, and subdued Confucianism. What is even more commendable is that this person is very humble, like a heavy sword without a blade, a great skill, there are not many people like him who are young and talented, and who know how to retreat. ”

Hearing this, Ran Min said in a deep voice: "I look at it, Sima Xu and his people have the appearance of wolves. ”

The wolf looks like a wolf, that is, the body does not move, and the head can be completely turned to the back. It is said that people with this strange trait are dangerous in their hearts, and there is a saying that this "wolf looks good" means that there is a wolf's ambition and cunning.

According to the biography of Su Qin in the "Historical Records", when he lobbied the king of Qi, he said that the Qin State did not dare to attack the Qi State because of Zhao Wei Han.

By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wolf Gu was already a bit derogatory, but it was generally like saying that the Qin State was going to annex the world and worry about the rear, to describe people having worries.

Biography of the Book of Jin. Emperor Xuan" recorded that Cao Cao asked the second prince to verify whether Sima Yi had a wolf appearance: "Emperor Wei Wucha has heroic ambitions, and he hears that there is a wolf appearance. I want to prove it. It is a call to go forward, to turn back, to face backward and not move. I also tasted the dream of three horses eating the same trough, which was very evil. Because the crown prince said: Sima Yi is not a human minister, and he will predict your family affairs. ”

Another explanation of "wolf care" is: wolf eyes, bowing his head and looking back, frowning, more black and less white, poisonous and jealous, greedy and lewd.

"This ...... Your Majesty is saying that this Sima Xu will be the same as his ancestor Sima Yi, with a heart of disobedience and ambition to usurp Wei? Qin Mu couldn't help but change color.

Ran Min nodded and said, "I don't rule out this possibility." ”

In fact, Ran Min's heart is as clear as Spiegel. There is no such person as Sima Xu in history, this is the butterfly effect brought about by Ran Min's crossing!

Since Sima Yan, there don't seem to be any outstanding figures, but most of them are imbeciles. Some people say that Sima Yi is too smart and uses half of the IQ of his descendants, resulting in the IQ arrears of Sima's descendants.

But Ran Min disagrees with this statement, because in the era of the Two Jin Dynasty, the family gate valve was too powerful, maybe the descendants of the Sima clan who were really talented and intelligent had been eliminated when they were young, or this Sima Xu was cultivated by the scholar clan and wanted to use him to deal with the Ran Wei Dynasty.

"Since Your Majesty thinks that Sima Xu has the appearance of a wolf, and he has great talents, he is afraid that it will be a disaster, why not kill him?"

"You can't kill, you can't kill. At least if he didn't show disobedience or do anything bad for the Empire, I didn't have any reason to put him to death. ”

The Son of Heaven broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people.

Ran Min can't casually put the monarch's power above the law of the country, which will make the people of the country not pay attention to the law, which will lead to some bad effects. Killing Sima Xu can make Ran Min feel at ease, but these are just his guesses.

Hearing this, Qin Mu bowed his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Sima Xu may harbor evil intentions like Sima Yi, but I can't see it yet." What's more, even if he Sima Xu is Sima Yi, the empire is not Cao Wei, His Majesty and the future monarchs of the empire, let alone those short-lived Cao Wei emperors. ”

"yes. Sima Xu's presence made me very uneasy, but if he could become a pillar of the empire, I might not be able to reuse him. ”