Chapter 59 There are countless righteous people in the Tribute Court
Chapter 59 This is the Gongyuan, and there are countless righteous people...
During his journey just now, he also saw the test papers of several candidates, and some of them also touched on this issue.
However, you only need to glance at it twice to know that it is either just talk on paper or just rhetoric, with no real substance at all.
And the policy question written by the young man in front of me, who has beautiful writing skills and a thin golden body, is like an extremely sharp dagger.
He directly got to the core of the problem and wrote out a step-by-step solution to the problem.
Wu Zhizhong believed that if the imperial court could implement this policy, it would certainly be able to solve the current chronic problem of the Song Dynasty's weak military preparations.
If this policy question were to be graded based on its writing, it would simply be graded as a lower grade, which is completely below the standard.
But if the grading was based on the core of policy questions, Wu Zhizhong felt that even if he directly gave him a superior grade, no examiner would have anything to say.
In the end, what Wu Zhizhong couldn't understand was that the font used for such a policy question was actually a thin gold style that was originally created by the official family.
Before, Wu Shangshu had only heard about it a little bit, that is, before entering the Gongyuan, the official rewarded him with a Thousand-Character Classic written in thin gold.
It was precisely because he had been admiring Guan Jia's handwriting repeatedly in the past few days that he was even more shocked when he recognized it at first sight.
After a long time, Wu Shangshu finally controlled the turmoil in his heart and once again cast his scrutinizing gaze on Gao Zhang.
"Are you Gao Zhang, the son of Captain Gao?"
Gao Zhang nodded and bowed respectfully to the other party. "He is just a student. I haven't asked the senior officials for advice yet..."
Seeing that Gao Zhang was well-behaved and courteous even though he was young, Wu Shangshu nodded in courtesy.
"I am the chief examiner of this provincial examination, Wu Zhizhong, the Minister of Rites."
"I would like to ask you, why do you write so straightforwardly?"
The Minister of Rites, in charge of the exam, Ouch, Gao Zhang was secretly happy, he didn’t expect Master Hunjun’s extravagant tricks to be so good.
But since the other party had a business-like face, Gao Zhang would naturally not show any flaws.
He showed a shy and slightly shy expression towards Wu Shangshu, who could not see any change in his expression.
"The student was educated under the guidance of Jia Yan when he was eight years old. He had only learned the Thousand-Character Classic before, so he started reading The Analects of Confucius more than a month ago.
In addition, I didn’t have any guidance from a teacher, so I didn’t know how to write the essay.
So, just use your own tone to answer the question. Isn’t that against the rules?”
"...Are you really only eleven years old?" Wu Shangshu stared blankly at this handsome boy with red lips and handsome teeth.
After a few breaths, Wu Shangshu asked in disbelief.
"Then who taught you this policy question?"
Not far away, there are already examiners heading this way.
The candidates in the surrounding small single rooms also looked over in confusion.
Faced with the extravagant moves sent by Master Hunjun, Gao Zhang must continue to cooperate with the opponent in front of others.
He answered with a matter-of-fact expression, neither humble nor arrogant. "I thought about it myself."
"...Stop talking nonsense!" Wu Shangshu's expression changed, his eyebrows raised, and he scolded with a dark face.
After a pause, Wu Shangshu's expression became gentle again, and he spoke softly with a kind and concerned expression.
"I see that you are young and a son of an official, so I am giving you a warning."
"This kind of article involves the country's military affairs. If you, a child, can check it out, how can you get to the root of the problem?"
"If you tell me who made this policy, then I will pretend that nothing happened..."
Gao Zhang's face darkened as he looked at Wu Zhizhong, the Minister of Rites, who was as angry as a book in front of him.
I originally thought it was an off-the-chart move, but it turned out to be a really off-the-chart move. You want to deceive me? Haha...
Chen Shilang, who was walking this way, suddenly heard Wu Shangshu's scolding and was stunned.
Xuanji walked quickly towards this side and saw that Gao Zhang was not frightened.
Instead, he raised his face and said unhappily.
"Wu Shangshu felt that the students were suspected of cheating, and asked Wu Shangshu to check to see if the students had any cheat sheets."
"Wu Shangshu, what's going on?"
At this moment, Chen Shilang had arrived quickly and asked in confusion.
"Shilang Chen, you are here at the right time. Please take a look at this policy first..."
As soon as Chen Shilang took the policy question from Wu Shangshu, he only glanced at it and took a deep breath.
He had looked at the "Thousand-Character Classic" written by an official that Wu Shangshu brought to the Gongyuan several times, so he naturally knew who this unique font belonged to.
Seeing Chen Shilang and wanting to ask, Wu Shangshu whispered.
"Please take a look at this policy first."
Chen Shilang suppressed the fluctuations in his heart and looked at the policy question. Soon, the look of disbelief on his face became stronger and stronger.
He glanced at Wu Shangshu in disbelief, then glanced at Gao Zhang, and then his attention returned to the policy question that was so wonderful that he couldn't put it down.
Seeing Gao Zhang's expression that seemed aggrieved and unhappy, there was no trace of fear or guilt at all.
This made Wu Shangshu, who had been in official circles for a long time and read countless people, really unable to stay calm.
Could it be that he really created it himself, but the problem is that he is only eleven years old and has only been enlightened for three years.
Wu Shangshu controlled his emotions and asked Gao Zhang again in a pleasant manner.
"Okay, I have one last question. Since you said you wrote it yourself, how did you come up with the method in the policy question..."
"Of course it's accumulated from the little things in daily life, what else could it be?"
Gao Zhang answered directly without hesitation, and the reason was very good. His biological father was a high official in the imperial court.
He was the big boss in charge of the Sanya Imperial Guards, so of course he knew very well about the armaments of the Imperial Guards of the Song Dynasty.
As a biological son, at any rate, he would be able to see and hear the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty's military preparations.
As for how I came up with it, it's even simpler.
"...Everything will definitely have a solution, it just depends on whether you are willing to work hard and think about it."
"..." Looking at the eloquent young man in front of them, both Wu Shangshu and Chen Shilang felt a little uncomfortable.
As a minister of the Song Dynasty who cared about the country and the people, how could they not care about and think about such important national affairs.
But the problem is, they racked their brains and couldn't think of a solution.
As a result, this eleven-year-old child actually told them that the solution was to use their brains more and they would be able to figure it out.
Gao Zhang pursed his lips without saying anything, and saw that the two leaders of the Ministry of Etiquette remained silent.
His eyes were staring straight at him, and no matter how he looked at them, he felt that the eyes of these two adults were very unkind.
"Two high-ranking officials, what do you want to do? This is the Gongyuan, and there are countless righteous people..."
Gao Zhang cautiously retreated half way into the single room, preparing to howl if he disagreed. There were many people here anyway.
I guess everyone can't bear to see two adults beating up a cute and delicate child.
