It's time to answer the questions.

For others, this topic is the first time he has seen it, but for Zhang Zhou, this topic has been deduced countless times in his heart.

Even some of the sample essays of this year's palace examination are from the articles of Zhuangyuan Lun Wenxu and Wang Shouren, and he knows it well, but he does not need to use the arguments and rhetoric of these people to add color to his articles.

This kind of article is actually the last thing Zhang Zhou wants to write.

Because from the perspective of social progress, the "rule of etiquette and music" is a false and empty proposition, which is almost like the people having to feed themselves, and the ruler requires that the people not break the etiquette even if they starve to death.

The requirements of the rulers exceed the needs of the survival of the people, and everything is no longer to serve the stability and progress of the society, but only to serve the "control of the people", which will lead to the conflict between what the rulers think the people want and what the people really want.

The ruler saw the prosperity of the rule of etiquette when he was in peace, and how cruel he saw the collapse of etiquette and happiness in times of turmoil.

The repercussions brought about by the suppression of human nature are a difficult problem that any ruler must face.

Zhang Zhou suddenly felt that he seemed to be a "Lu duo", and he had become an outlier in the eyes of Confucian scholars who admired feudal etiquette.

This brings us to the question of whether it is "based on the collective good" or "people-oriented".

The rule of etiquette and music is obviously to suppress individual needs to achieve a balance between collective interests, which is a kind of regression from the perspective of social progress. Only by taking individual interests as the foundation and satisfying the needs of individual interests before talking about collective interests can we make progress in society.

This is probably the same as what Guan Zi said, "Cangli knows etiquette and knows etiquette when he has enough food and clothing".

Zhang Zhou's exposition must have the shadow of the progress of the times, and also cover the interests of the rulers.

Your Majesty, didn't you say that you didn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time?

Let me tell you now that etiquette is not made out of thin air, and that restraint alone will not achieve the purpose of etiquette, and that only after you have enough food and clothing, will your people observe etiquette.

If you want to get it, you have to pay first.

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The weather was still good that day.

It's just that at noon, the wind starts to blow, and the wind is not strong, and the test papers for the exam are all pressed with at least five or six layers of rice paper, which is very thick.

But scratch paper is a bit thin.

Zhang Zhou pressed the paper on his table with a paperweight several times, but the emperor didn't leave that day, and kept sitting there invigilating, probably he also wanted to know what kind of state Zhang Zhou, who usually talked eloquently in front of him and was almost able to understand ghosts and gods, in the science field.

It seems that just watching Zhang Zhou write articles is a kind of enjoyment.

"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner." Dai Yi thought that the emperor would return to the Qianqing Palace early, but when he arrived at the Qianqing Palace and saw no one, he knew that the emperor was still invigilating.

When he came, he found that the emperor was still looking at Zhang Zhou with interest.

The emperor would occasionally look at others, but most of the time he swept around, and his gaze fell back.

"There's no hurry." Zhu Youzhu said, "I want to sit here more today. ”

"Your Majesty, the queen mother still asks you to come over ......," Dai Yi added.

Zhu Youzhu was unmoved, and said coldly: "I want to personally try all the tributes in the world, is it important for the state or the family?" ”

Dai Yi could only stand aside with his head down, but he also peeked at Zhang Zhou.

saw Zhang Zhou also raised his head and was looking at him.

"Huh?"

Dai Yi was a little surprised.

Although the distance is a bit far, this will be candidates should not be busy answering the questions, and have the heart to look up?

Zhu Youzhu pointed and said, "Is Bingkuan's article finished?" ”

Dai Yi couldn't answer.

He had just arrived, and he had no idea what was going on.

Dai Yi asked, "Do you want to ask the inspector?" ”

"No, he'll pay it when he's done." Zhu Youzhu smiled back at Zhang Zhou.

Dai Yi was embarrassed.

The heart said that the two of you are taking the exam and invigilating? The look of eyebrows, I don't know, I think you are colluding with the exam questions.

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Zhang Zhou did write the article at noon.

But the palace examination cannot be handed in in in a hurry.

People come together, and when they go, they have to go together, basically until dark.

Zhu Youzhu waited for a while, and made sure that Zhang Zhou's article was indeed finished, and he seemed to be relieved, so he asked Dai Yi on the side: "Can the prince study hard today?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the Hanlin Academy will not talk about it today, and the prince will need to review it on his own for the past two days."

When the palace examination is being made, some of the lecturers in the East Palace also need to be the officials of the palace examination, such as Li Jie, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and Bachelor of Hanlin Academy, Jiao Fang, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and Bachelor of Hanlin Academy, and Wang Wei, Shao Zhan Shi and Bachelor of Zhan Shifu, the three of them are considered to have both ability and political integrity among the lecturers of the East Palace, and they may soon choose a new Hanlin Scholar from among them to fill the vacancy left by Cheng Minzheng.

The lecturer has to deal with the reading papers of the temple examination, and the student Zhu Houzhao can rest for three days.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Let's go, go and see!" ”

Zhu Youzhu watched the most awesome 300 people in the Ming Dynasty, and naturally thought of his son's studies.

This Zhang Zhou has completed the exam and is just waiting to hand in the papers, so he can rest assured to go to see his son and want to catch his son's homework.

Before leaving, he also nodded to Zhang Zhou, which means that I will leave first, and we will talk later.

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It wasn't until sunset that the winding and sealing were officially carried out.

When it is time to hold the lamp, all the candidates reassemble and put all the things used in the exam in the examination basket, which is different from the strict queue when entering the field.

Zhang Zhou saw Tang Yin in the crowd.

When Tang Yin saw him, his face was complicated, and he bowed his hand to him.

I don't have much to say, even if I want to say a few words, I have to wait for the palace gate first.

Under the guidance of the deacon, the group slowly walked out of the left gate, and walked out of the last palace gate along the left gate of Chang'an.

After coming out, everyone can finally say a few words and prepare to leave.

"Brother Zhang." Lin Ting was the first to come over to greet Zhang Zhou.

Before the exam, in fact, he wanted to get close to Zhang Zhou, before Zhang Zhouzhong would be yuan, he waited for news with Zhang Zhou, but he sent Zhang Zhou away without waiting, this time of course he wanted to congratulate him.

Zhang Zhou smiled and bowed to him.

"This is Zhang Bingkuan, right? I have admired the daimyo for a long time. "Another man came over, young and enthusiastic.

The other party also reported to himself: "Shanxi Xiangyuan, Liu Long." ”

Liu Longnian is only in his early twenties, and he is a tanhua in the twelfth year of Hongzhi in history, and he seems to be very talkative, and because he is a military member, there are some common languages among young people.

Many people are also gathering here for Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou can be roughly understood as...... Now that the palace test has just ended, there is no need for the big guy to climb any friendship of the same year, because I don't know who will rank high and who will be low in the future, but if you want to climb the relationship, it is better to come to Zhang Zhou here and say hello to him first......

Not for anything else.

It is now that everyone knows that the emperor trusts Zhang Zhou, and the tribute students of this department are based on Zhang Zhou.

Come and say hello to Huiyuan, is there anything wrong?

Another person passed by Zhang Zhou, who ranked second in the examination, and was the top undergraduate scholar in history.

"Guangdong, surnamed Lun, the word Bochou."

"Courteous."

Zhang Zhou returned the salute.

Lun Wenxu came from a humble background, but from Lun Wenxu, the Lun family began to develop, Lun Wenxu's three sons, the eldest son Lun Yixun is the 12th year of Zhengde, the second son Lun Yiliang is the 16th year of Zhengde, and the third son Lun Yixu is the 17th year of Jiajing...... The Guangdong faction is headed by Chen Xianzhang, and the current Guangdong faction in the DPRK also has Chen Xianzhang's disciple, Liang Chu, a cabinet minister from Zhengde to the early years of Jiajing, Lun Wenxu had a good relationship with Liang Chu after entering the court, and Lun Wenxu's daughter also married Liang Chu's grandson.

Someone didn't want to come over to say hello.

But seeing that there were already a few people here, there were more people approaching.

"In the lower Fengxi. Courteous. ”

"Courteous."

is a celebrity again, Zhang Zhou thought to himself, this "rich cripple" is also worthy of his name.

In history, Feng Xi was the leader of the undergraduate list, and there were rumors that his article had been selected as the champion, but he was demoted to the list because of his lameness, leaving the champion to the majestic Lun Wenxu.

Feng Xi became a bachelor of Hanlin in the early years of Jiajing, and as a vanguard in the climax of the Great Rites Debate, he was sent by Emperor Jiajing to serve Haiwei, Fujian Town, and failed to return to his hometown until his death.

"In Xia Lu Dong, polite."

"Sun Xu, everyone, take your leave."

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There were a lot of people who came to say hello, some of them were those that Zhang Zhou didn't want to see, but they came to mix their faces with familiar faces.

Some people don't want to have a relationship with anyone at all, and their own relationship network is relatively thick.

For example, among the same Kegong students, there are Xie Qian's younger brother Xie Di, Yang Tinghe's younger brother Yang Tingyi, Wang Hua's son Wang Shouren, etc., Zhang Zhou also found that in fact, the Jinshi of this section in the twelfth year of Hongzhi looks inconspicuous, and there is no first auxiliary minister, mainly related to the lack of selection of Shu Jishi, but there is still hard power.

Zhang Zhou greeted a group of people.

Tang Yin finally approached after a long time and respectfully bowed to Zhang Zhou.

"Brother Tang, why are you so polite?" Zhang Zhou said with a smile.

Tang Yin said: "I thank you for your kindness. ”

Everyone else almost got into their own carriages, Tang Yin came over to thank him at this time, and probably knew that it would not be easy to see Zhang Zhou in the future.

"The same is the end of the world, you and I have been attacked and said to be involved in the problem, helping you is also helping myself." Zhang Zhou explained with a smile.

Tang Yin's face was less arrogant and arrogant than before, and he said politely: "If Your Excellency has anything to drive, please make it clear that you will never give up when you make up your mind." ”

After saying that, I have to leave.

This time only an old servant came to pick him up, not even a carriage.

It seems that Tang Yin's living conditions in the capital will immediately become difficult after losing Xu Jing, the big financier.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Brother Tang, do we still count our previous bets?" ”

"Huh?"

Tang Yin turned around and looked at Zhang Zhou, puzzled.

Your division is so strong, you actually want to pull me into your division? Are you sure it's not playing me?

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "I still remember the bet, I hope that you will have a higher score in the palace examination than me, otherwise, you may have to receive experience in my master's sect, and I will accept apprentices on behalf of my teacher, which will be very strict." ”

Tang Yin didn't answer, and after giving his hand again, he turned around and left.

(End of chapter)