Xiao Wan's policy essay had already been reviewed by the examiners during the provincial examination, so there was no need to review it again.

After all, Xiao Wan was just a scholar, with no experience in politics and limited knowledge. As the saying goes, what you learn on paper is only shallow, so the articles he wrote were superficial and had no depth at all, let alone hit the point.

.The summary of the whole article is: light taxes, light corvee, and implement benevolent government.

These are all clichés and nothing new at all, but Xiao Wan’s article also has something outstanding, that is, it has gorgeous vocabulary and is catchy to read, so it received an “above average” rating.

About half an hour later, Xu Jin's article was finished. The people around him all had strange expressions. When Liu Hanlin, the examiner, took a look at Xu Jin's article, he immediately frowned.

It turns out that Xu Jin’s article is written like this: If we want to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, we must do the following things, the first is how to do it, the second is how to do it...

Xu Jin's way of answering questions was too plain and uncharacteristic of a scholar, which made Liu Hanlin a little uncomfortable. However, when Liu Hanlin read patiently, his expression became more and more cheerful, and finally he even tapped the table.

, blurted out: "Wonderful, hit the nail on the head!"

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Wan's expression suddenly changed. He was still full of confidence, because just now he joined in the fun and came up to read the beginning of Xu Jin's article. When he saw the extremely white way to answer the question, he almost gave up.

I laughed out loud and was too lazy to continue reading the content.

At this time, Liu Hanlin stood up and solemnly presented Xu Jin's article to Wang Shouren, saying: "It is better for the governor to comment on Xu Ziqian's article."

Wang Shouren took the article curiously, and was also slightly stunned. However, he was quickly attracted by the content, sometimes frowning in thought, sometimes stroking his beard and nodding.

Although Xu Jin’s article is answered in vernacular, it is clearly organized and understandable at a glance. The most important thing is that Xu Jin, as a time traveler, also knows the historical trend of the Ming Dynasty and the root causes of the Ming Dynasty’s final demise.

Very detailed. Therefore, the issues pointed out in the article are all to the point, and the strong strategies proposed are also very targeted.

The more Wang Shouren read, the more shocked he became, because judging from this article, Xu Jin seemed to have a deeper understanding of the existing shortcomings and hidden dangers of the Ming Dynasty than he did. The other party was obviously just a teenage scholar with no sense of governance.

With his political experience, he could see the problems existing in the Ming Dynasty so thoroughly, which is simply unbelievable.

"The wisdom of young people will make the country wise, the richness of young people will make the country rich, and the strength of young people will make the country strong... How strong, I am a young man of the Ming Dynasty, and my country has no boundaries. It is well said and wonderful. I think this article is very good and I can give it a high rating."

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At the end of Xu Jin's article, he quoted a sentence from Liang Qichao's article "Strong Youth Makes China Strong". Wang Shouren couldn't help but praise it after reading it. He immediately ordered someone to copy it and circulate it to all the officials and gentry present.

As soon as Wang Shouren said these words, Xiao Wan's face turned completely gray. He cupped his hands in front of Xu Jin and said, "Brother Xu is a talented person, Xiao Wan has learned a lesson!"

The officials and gentry present had different expressions. As a result, Xu Jin defeated the two top ten candidates in the provincial examination in both poetry and articles. Who in the future would dare to say that he, the provincial examination's Jieyuan, was unjust and unjust?

"Congratulations to Xu Jieyuan for your well-deserved honor!"

"Xu Jieyuan is a great talent. He deserves to be ranked first in the Provincial Examination. It is gratifying."

Those who were on good terms with Xu Jin all present expressed their congratulations.

Xu Jin smiled and bowed in return, feeling inexplicably relaxed. This time he came to the Luming Banquet with the purpose of rectifying his name as the person who had been selected for the provincial examination. Now his goal has been initially achieved.

Xu Jin's eyes finally fell on Gong Xiang, who stood up bravely, and it was not his turn to back down when things came to pass.

"Xu Jieyuan is a talented person, and I admire you very much. However, Gong is not talented, so I still want to ask Xu Jieyuan for advice." Gong Xiang solemnly bowed his hands in salute, obviously without the previous momentum.

Xu Jin calmly said: "What does Brother Gong want to discuss?"

"I want to compete with Brother Xu in eloquence!" Gong Xiang was good at painting, and he wanted to compete with Xu Jin in painting, but this was obviously not in line with the imperial examination, and he really didn't have the confidence to surpass Xu Jin's sketching skills.

Xu Jin almost wanted to laugh. In fact, his strongest point was not poetry (Wen Chao Gong), but his verbal skills. As an experienced veteran in the business world, how could he get along in the circle if his eloquence was not good?

Xu Jin nodded and said, "You can do anything you want!"

Everyone in the audience was impressed by Xu Jin's demeanor of not rejecting anyone who came. Sure enough, a skilled artist is bold. What is confidence? Look, Xu Ziqian has such confidence. He dares to accept any move no matter what!

Gong Xiang was secretly delighted. He pointed at the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the courtyard that was full of yellow flowers and asked, "May I ask Xu Jieyuan, what is that?"

Xu Jin replied: "Osmanthus!"

Gong Xiang laughed and said: "No, no, there is nothing there!"

Xu Jin couldn't help but was speechless. Didn't this dear friend want to follow him in the same trick of "opening your eyes and blooming, closing your eyes and closing them"? So he calmly said: "What's the explanation?"

Gong Xiang shook his head and chanted: "My heart is the universe, and the universe is my heart. There is no reason outside my heart, nothing outside my heart, and nothing outside my heart. If I don't have this osmanthus in my heart, this osmanthus will naturally not exist."

If modern people hear this sentence, they will definitely be angry. Isn't this lying with your eyes open? Can you just turn a blind eye and pretend that the sweet-scented osmanthus does not exist? This is obviously a typical idealism.

But everyone must understand that this is the Ming Dynasty, and the Nth generation of Marx and Engels’ ancestors are probably still single-celled, and there is no materialist philosophical theory at all. On the contrary, idealism like Gong Xiang’s emphasis on the primacy of consciousness

But it is very popular, sounds mysterious and mysterious, and the style is high enough, so it is naturally very popular!

"My heart is the universe, and the universe is my heart!" This theory was first proposed by Lu Jiuyuan, a Neo-Confucian scholar in the Song Dynasty. Wang Shouren inherited Lu Jiuyuan's point of view and further proposed the theory that "there is no reason outside the heart, nothing outside the heart, and nothing outside the heart".

, this is the famous Lu Wang Xin Xue.

Of course, Lu Wang's Xinxue was not so superficial. He broke through the limitations of the Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and played a great role in promoting social development. His contribution cannot be ignored. Until modern times, the "unity of knowledge and action" proposed by Wang Shouren is still regarded as

recognized by modern philosophy.

However, some of the views of Lu Wang's mind science are undesirable in the eyes of modern people. For example, there is nothing outside the mind.

Now is the fourteenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty. Wang Shouren's views on the mind have not reached the peak of popularity. However, this year, Lao Wang put down the rebellion of King Ning, and his personal reputation has jumped to a new level. Therefore, those who study "Yangming's Mind"

There are more and more scholars, and Gong Xiang is one of the followers of "Yangming Xin Xue".

At this time, everyone present turned their attention to Xu Jin to see how he would refute Gong Xiang. Since it was a debate, one side was naturally the positive side and the other side was the negative side. Xu Jin was now the negative side. And Wang Shouren's point of view of "nothing outside the heart" was

If Xu Jin wants to refute Gong Xiang, it would be equivalent to refuting Wang Shouren, which would be very stressful!

Gong Xiang thought he had made a trick and looked at Xu Jin with a smug look on his face: "Xu Jieyuan, are you right?"

Xu Jin couldn't help but feel a little funny. He picked up the brush on the desk and asked, "Brother Gong, do I have a brush in my hand?"

Gong Xiang rolled his eyes and said with a faint smile: "No. I don't have this pen in my heart, so naturally this pen will no longer exist."

As soon as Gong Xiang finished speaking, Xu Jin made a bold "X" on the former's face with a stroke of his pen!

Huo...

The entire audience was shocked. Gong Xiang was stunned. He stretched out his hand and touched it, and his palm was immediately covered with ink. He couldn't help but said in shock and anger: "How can it be unreasonable to take action when you can't argue? It's really insulting to gentlemen!"

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Xu Jin smiled and said: "No, no, didn't Brother Gong say that this pen does not exist? How can it leave ink marks on your face!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was silent, and then burst into laughter. Xu Jin did this trick and used his spear to attack his shield. Haha, Gong Xiang could either continue to "have nothing in his heart" and pretend that the ink was not there.

To exist is to admit defeat and admit the existence of the pen in Xu Jin's hand.

Gong Xiang's face turned red. Seeing that Xu Jin was about to raise his pen again, he hurriedly took a step back and exclaimed: "Brother Xu, please be merciful!"

Xu Jin put down his pen and said with a smile: "In this world, matter is first, and mind (consciousness) is only second. Matter exists objectively, and it will not exist just because you turn a blind eye. If you hold it in your hand,

It's the knife that arrived. Does Brother Gong still care about his life?

Just like a frog at the bottom of a well, when it raises its head it can only see the sky above the wellhead. In its perception, the world is the wellhead. Is the world really only as big as the wellhead?"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was completely silent again. Some people fell into deep thought, while others seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Gong Xiang's face was flushed, but now he was looking at Xu Jin with gloating, haha, Xu is a little complacent, you must know that the theory of "nothing outside the heart" was proposed by the governor, what you said next

If you don't say it's okay, then wouldn't it be calling the governor a "frog in the well"?
Chapter completed!