When Wu Decao was talking to Xu Peng at home, it was like seeing Xu He leisurely coming in from outside.

"Liangsheng, you, why are you coming back?"

"No, no, why are you back?"

"The palace exam is over?"

Xu Peng was also surprised: "Liangsheng, what's going on?" Is something wrong? I'm going to find Uncle now! ”

Xu He waved his hand and said, "Tell your subordinates to boil some water, I want to bathe!" ”

After speaking, he continued: "It's okay, I'll come out after the exam." ”

Wu Decao followed behind Xu He and asked, "Aren't you going to take the exam until the evening?" You finished answering so early? ”

After speaking, he said heartbrokenly: "Liang sonar, I didn't say you, it's not easy for us to come all the way, it's almost the last trembling, you give me a bed and explain, what do you make people who have deep expectations for you think?" What do you make me think? ”

"you!" A scumbag, I'm embarrassed to talk to me about this.

Also, what nonsense are you talking about? It's insulting!

But what Xu He didn't expect was that Wu De's words were rough, he had just finished taking a shower, and Xu Peng said outside: "Liangsheng, uncle is here!" ”

Xu He held his forehead and said that he wanted to sleep well, yes, there was no play.

When Xu He walked into the front yard, he found that not only Xu Song was sitting in the hall, but Xie Daozhi and Xie Kun were also drinking tea in the hall.

"Bright voice, what's going on? That's it? "Xie Daozhi is more anxious than Xu Song?

"How's it going? What about your cousin? Did he come out? ”

After Xu He bowed to everyone, he smiled and said, "My cousin is still taking the exam, I'll come out first!" ”

"How are you doing?" This time, Xie Kun couldn't wait to ask.

"It's okay!"

I'm going to die.

As everyone knows, parents are the most annoying candidate to ask him how he did after the exam? The examinee replied - it's okay, it's okay, it's not bad, or something like that.

Is that good or bad?

Can you give me a letter?

In the end, Xu Song said directly: "We already know Your Majesty's policy. ”

"Recite to us what you have written."

Xie Kun nodded again and again when he heard this, and then he remembered that his nephew almost never forgot to read books.

Although it is impossible to memorize it word for word, the approximate full text can still be memorized.

Xu He had no choice but to recite his own policy in front of the three of them, like a primary school student.

"Well, this sentence of the family's discipline, the edict of the ministers, the destruction of the machine service, the banquet of the palace, in a word, is not the subtlety of the mind! Wonderful! Well done! Xie Daozhi recited a sentence from Xu Hece's article and nodded again and again.

Xie Kun was pleasantly surprised: "You have even read the edict of Emperor Yingzong?" Yes, boy! ”

It turned out that Xu Hece's article quoted a sentence from Yingzong's edict: "The rule of the emperor is a Tao!" (Well, there is [Yu] in the middle!) ）

The full text of this sentence is that the rule of the emperor is a book in the Tao, and the Tao of the Six Classics is clear, then the heart of the saints of heaven and earth can be seen, and the success of the rule can be achieved.

Xu He wrote later: "Although I Taizu and Yingzong set the world with martial arts, the essence is profound, Yinghua is radiant, and those who cannot study their righteousness in the poor years of the scholars are declared by the mouth, that is, the law." ”

Then he picked up the passage that Xie Daozhi had just recited.

All in all, in short, Xu He's sycophant is an all-round sycophant, from Taizu to Emperor Zhizheng's sycophant.

When several people heard this, their hearts were already settled.

Although there are also many words of exhortation against the emperor in Xu He's text, most of them are words of praise for virtue.

The emperor is not the kind of stingy ghost, but he can still hear it.

Of course, if you want to "persuade" like the "Ten Sins" given to Jiajing by Shanghai Rui in history, then no one can save you, right?

In the palace exam, as long as the essay is not bad, it actually has little impact on the results.

The considerations for the emperor and his ministers to choose the final ranking are multifaceted, and the article is only one.

For example, are you handsome or not!

That's a big deal.

Of course, no one will directly say that if you are ugly, then you can't be the champion.

Zhong Kui knows it, just because he is ugly, he missed the champion.

Although this is acting, it can also reflect a problem from the side.

That is, in history, appearance is also a criterion for judging champions.

Not only champions, but even Jinshi are also very particular about appearance.

For example, Huang Chao, it is said that he looks like gold paper, with one horizontal eyebrow and two teeth...... The appearance was ugly, Tang Xizong saw it very disliked, and finally Huang Chao fell off the list, so he wrote "The mighty bullfight, Ban Chao threw his pen to seal the marquis." The horse had 3,000 pawns and dared to seize the 400 states of the Tang Dynasty", and eventually became the number one murderer in Chinese history.

Another one, Ma Wu, one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai under Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty Liu Xiu.

In the last years of Xinmang, he fell into the grass and joined the Green Forest Army.

It is said that after Wang Mang usurped the throne, he opened a martial arts field to select the world's generals.

Ma Wu happily went and showed his might in the field.

He slashed four generals, fought six masters, and won all ten battles, and he was already a sure martial champion.

At this time, the later student Cen Peng suddenly appeared, and he also won all the five masters. The later scene was that Ma Wu and Cen Peng faced each other and competed for the champion of martial arts.

The two were equal in martial arts, but Ma Wudao was heavy and once had an advantage.

However, the chief examiner (Cen Peng's cousin) did not want Ma Wu to win, so he shot an arrow to interrupt the contest and brought the two to Wang Mang to listen to the seal.

Wang Mang judged people by their appearance, and pointed Cen Peng as the champion of martial arts, but Ma Wu was not convinced and questioned him face to face. Wang Mang was also speechless, and even came up with a sentence "He is more beautiful than you".

Ma Wu was furious and shouted: "Emperor, are you choosing a general or a lady!" ”。

Then he made a big fuss in the martial arts field, went out of the capital, joined Liu Xiu's side, and later became the second of Liu Xiu's four founding generals.

Of course, this is not history, just a romance story.

But it can also be seen from it that in ancient times, whether it was a civil and military jinshi or a first-class champion list, there were requirements for grooming.

This is the consensus of society.

In addition, the name of the champion is also very important.

For example, the Ming Dynasty in another time and space.

In the 22nd year of Yongle, Zhu Di held the imperial examination, and the original first name was "Sun Rigong", but Zhu Di said, "This person can't be the champion, his name is Sun Storm", the emperor is the most taboo for others to think that he is a tyrant, on the contrary, Xing Kuan's name is good: "Xing" and "wide" politics will definitely win the hearts of the emperor. Therefore, Sun Yuegong's champion position was replaced by Xing Kuan and became the third place.

During the Jiajing period, there was a candidate named Wu Qing, who took the exam four times and finally got the top prize, but when Emperor Jiajing read the papers, he found that the first place was called "ruthless", and Emperor Jiajing was disgusted, and removed Wu Qing's champion and demoted him to the third place to explore flowers!

In fact, Wu Qing's original name was Wu Ruwei, and he changed his name privately! If Wu Qing knew at the time, it was because of the bad name, and the intestines would be repentant!

Appearance and name are not much of a problem for Xu He.

After all, there is a handsome little guy, and the crane in his name is still a well-known bird.

Therefore, whether Xu He can win the champion or not, the most important thing is Emperor Zhizheng's need for a balanced balance of court politics and the battle of Hefei thousands of miles away.