When Chen Fusheng made an impassioned speech on the carriage, there was also a conversation in the courtroom.

"There are a lot of talents this time, and I hope that all adults will carefully review it, and there will be no regrets about the pearl's secret investment. The examiner, Wang Jiefu, set the tone.

"Then Lord Lao will show the prepared article and then announce the request for selection. Zhang Wei, who had already obtained his own test paper, got up from his seat and saluted Wang Jiefu, and said with his hand.

"That's nature. Wang Jiefu and Shen Yun, who was much quieter, glanced at each other, and each distributed the prepared article.

The examiners skimmed through it, and the two sample essays were discussed from the two aspects of "changing the law" and "abiding by the system".

"It seems that Your Majesty still doesn't plan to plunge the court into turmoil!"

Everyone, regardless of their official position, has been in the officialdom for more than ten or twenty years, and these things can still be seen.

"The grace of God is vast, Your Majesty has a word, as long as it fits these two articles, you can be selected. Wang Jiefu didn't see any expression on his face, but he bowed to the north and reminded everyone.

The examiners followed the process, marking the papers day after day, and after nearly half a month, it was the end of February in a blink of an eye. The 300 jinshi to be admitted were successfully selected and ranked.

Of course, the top ten are to be ranked by Wang Jiefu, who is the president and has the highest official position.

The ten test papers in front of Wang Jiefu's case were artificially separated, a pile of nine copies, and the remaining one was listed separately, and the silver-white paper plate was extremely conspicuous.

Obviously, no one else can make up their minds about this last one, so they can only submit it to him for decision.

With a smile, Wang Jiefu was not busy reading the article that he had already read, but reached out to pick up a copy and read it slowly.

All the examiners are some people, four of the nine are in the system, five are preaching the new law, plus the last one, it happens to be a one-to-one tie.

Putting down the test paper, Wang Jiefu closed his eyes for a long time before he slowly opened them and said with a smile: "Your Excellency really has a good eye, these ten articles are indeed worthy of being called a pearl of words." Worthy of the top ten, he quickly read the bottom eight, but stopped in the top two.

Everyone heard it one by one, and among the eight people, it was obvious that they still supported the change of the law and had a slightly higher score. Among the remaining two, one insisted on abiding by the system, and the other advocated the new law.

But the most important thing is who will spend the yuan.

And the five kui of the township test, the first and third champions of the palace test, the list eye, the tanhua and the first of the second class have a name, and in addition to the extreme scenery, the inside of the test is the exclusive scenery of the yuan.

And the most important thing is that you can also see how the new party headed by Wang Jiefu will act in the next court.

After a moment of silence, Wang Jiefu finally made a choice.

"This one is second. ”

It happened to be the silver-white paper that was referring to it.

Seeing this, the faces of the old party examiners led by Shen Yun finally improved, although they were a little worse in the overall ranking, but one huiyuan was enough to level these points.

The two sides reached an agreement quietly, and these ten best test papers were naturally quickly sent to the palace by Wang Jiefu and Shen Yun.

At this time, Xiao Zhang, the young son of heaven, was already looking forward to it.

At a glance, he saw the extremely conspicuous article from the test paper, and pulled it out, Xiao Zhang looked at the ranking, and he was a little disliked.

"Two Aiqing, I heard that someone wrote an article that triggered the celestial phenomena in this exam, and I think it's this one, why can this article only rank second, isn't the article recognized by heaven and earth good enough?"

Shen Yun didn't speak, and quietly moved his eyes to Wang Jiefu, the sky was falling and there was a tall man on top of it, and it was not his turn to intervene.

Wang Jiefu looked calm, bowed to the emperor and then slowly spoke.

"Wechen is like this, there are reasons for Weichen, and I hope Your Majesty has read the article carefully. ”

Xiao Zhang was slightly stunned, he ordered not to disturb the examiner when he arranged for the old eunuch to listen to the news that day, so he really didn't know what was written in this article.

Put away the thunder anger for the time being, and take a closer look.

"Don't be afraid of the sky!

The ancestors are not enough!

Words are not enough!"

These fifteen words are decisive, like a Kun knife cutting jade, as if a sharp sword comes and goes.

The tone was even louder to the sky.

Xiao Zhang shook the test paper, looked puzzled, and asked.

"Wang Xiang, the widow has also heard that the gentleman is afraid, why this article said, 'The sky is not enough to be afraid, the sect is not enough to be afraid, and the words of people are not enough to be compassionate!' but it can be recognized by heaven and earth. ”

Wang Jiefu was not surprised, and said calmly: "The ancients thought that natural disasters and earthquakes were all symbols of God's wrath, and linked these disasters with the actions of the monarch, and the ministers really did not think so. ”

Seeing that Xiao Zhang's face changed slightly, Wang Jiefu shook his head, knowing that although the other party approved, he didn't want to hear this, after all, the emperor was known as the Son of Heaven, and if he talked about heaven and man, the other party might not like it, so he passed it off.

"The way of heaven and earth is unfathomable, so don't talk about it. However, it is not easy to be afraid of popular sayings. Vulgar people do not learn and have no skills, they only start from themselves when they look at problems, and they cannot look at the overall situation and see the long-term, so they will have a variety of views on one thing. Those who do great things, recognize one thing, they must hold their own opinions, and when things are done, success or failure can be revealed. If you listen to everyone's words and waver from side to side, you will never succeed in that day. As for the lack of observance of the laws of the ancestors, it should be so. Just as it was said in the examination paper, Emperor Renzong claimed to be a master of success, and he reigned for 40 years, and he also repeatedly revised the law, not to mention a king like Your Majesty who has made great achievements? If you blindly abide by the system, will you still have to act in accordance with the rules and regulations of the previous three generations in handling major affairs of the court?"

"In that case, then why did Prime Minister Wang downgrade this test paper from Huiyuan to Yayuan, this is an article recognized by heaven and earth?"

Xiao Zhang was slightly relieved, but even more puzzled.

"Your Majesty, with your open-mindedness, you can't help but be surprised to see the breaking words of this article, what do you think other people will think?"

Wang Jiefu shook his head and asked rhetorically.

"Presumably it will be regarded as a flood beast, right?" Xiao Zhang said thoughtfully.

"That's exactly the reason!" Wang Jiefu took a step forward, clasped his hands together, and said: "After all, most of this kind of heavenly vision is a chisel and a meeting, and outsiders have not witnessed it with their own eyes, so it is inevitable that they will not believe it." If the point is Huiyuan, it will inevitably be attacked and accused by people with intentions, and lowering one place is the greatest protection for this candidate. ”

"What's more," the voice changed, "this candidate's talent is naturally extraordinary, but it is like a sword without a scabbard, it is too sharp, it is better to sharpen it well, and only then can it truly achieve great things." ”

Xiao Zhang was obviously persuaded by this sentence, nodded a little, and muttered: "Wang Xiang can reduce this to Yayuan without relying on political opinions, it is indeed an old man who holds the country, no worse than Wen Lao Xiangguo! ”