Wang Yu's move can be considered very good. No one except Li Xian participated in this plan, which has minimized the risk of exposure.
However, if people don't know it, they have to do it themselves. Wen Yanbo, who is far away in Luoyang, is still not hidden. At first, Chen Ke thought it was Wen Yanbo who was beside Wang Yu.
Let the people around you know about this. And it is impossible for Wen Yanbo to lay an informant around a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old.
The eyeliner should still be by the emperor's side.
And what Wen Yanbo would do, I'm afraid Han Qi would also do. Therefore, since Wen Yanbo can detect it, there is no reason for Han Xianggong not to know...
When Chen Ke told Wang Yu about this, he was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time.
Chen Ke didn't say nonsense like "I advised you at the beginning that this wouldn't work." Instead, he said calmly: "Fortunately, you don't have anything to do and fall into their hands, so you don't have to worry about them gossiping in front of the officials.
So we won this game, and we won it completely."
"Well..." Wang Yu nodded slowly and sighed: "But Mr. Han knows..."
"We have reached this point, and we are not afraid if they find out. Could it be that just because we behave ourselves, they will also behave themselves towards us?"
"That's right. The center came in and came out twice. They must have been stunned." Wang Yu's expression improved, and he nodded and said: "Once he calms down, he will definitely fight back fiercely."
"Yes." Chen Ke said with a solemn expression: "The official family promised that the prince will be selected this year. The next step will be to fight to the death."
"Who is afraid of whom?" Wang Yu said with his usual arrogance on his face: "Now we are no longer Wu Xia Amen!"
"Haha..." Chen Ke also laughed, but his mood was by no means relaxed. He really didn't know whether this motley army united by the New School Party, the opposition faction and Jiayou Society could fight against Zhao Zongshi's regular army.
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I don't know when the fierce struggle will begin, but the secret palace exam is imminent.
The Six Essays of the Secret Pavilion Examination is the most critical part of the examination. It is related to whether you can participate in the final Chongzhengdian Royal Examination, and it is also the most difficult part of the Examination. First of all, the scope of questions in the Six Essays of the Secret Pavilion Examination is extremely wide.
.Mainly composed of the Nine Classics, the Concurrent Classics, and the Official History, with the Seven Books of the Martial Classics, Guoyu, and various scholars on the side. In addition to the main text, the group of classics also include annotations.
This not only requires the examinee to have an extremely broad range of knowledge, but also to be thoroughly familiar with this knowledge; it also requires the examinee to be excellent in arts and sciences to pass the test. Therefore, people at that time regarded the Six Secret Pavilion Essays as the most difficult, and called the examination
It is called "Guo Ge". The trouble and difficulty of the Ge exam are the reasons why Chinese style practitioners are so rare.
In order to cope with this tedious cabinet examination, which had no scope and asked questions about everything, the Su Shi brothers would not attend the appointment and concentrate on preparations.
The day before the exam
i, each of the six examiners will ask one question. Although Chen Ke is the same examiner, for an exam of this level, the lineup of examiners is terrifying, and it is not his turn to ask the question.
The thesis written by Ouyang Xiu, who was involved in political affairs, was entitled "The king does not govern the barbarians". It comes from "Chun Qiu Gongyang Zhuan" He Xiu's annotation;
The thesis written by Wang Gui, who participated in political affairs, is titled "Being Drunk and Preparing for Ten Thousand Blessings", which comes from Zheng Xuan's Notes in "The Book of Songs. Daya. Shengmin";
The title of the thesis written by Wu Kui, deputy envoy to the Privy Council, is "Rituals, Righteousness and Faith Are Sufficient to Become Virtuous", which comes from Bao Xian's annotation in "The Analects of Confucius. Zilu Chapter";
Yang Wei, a direct scholar of Longtuge, wrote a thesis entitled "The situation is not as good as virtue", which comes from "Historical Records. Biography of Wu Qi";
Quan Yushi Zhongcheng Wangchou. The title of his thesis is "Rituals are based on nourishing people", which comes from "Book of Han. Rites and Music";
The title of the thesis written by Wang Anshi, who knew the imperial edict, was "Which of Liu Kai and Ding Hong is worthy", which comes from "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Ding Hong" and "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Liu Kai".
Among the six questions, there are three classics, three histories, three main texts and three annotations. The requirements are extremely strict. Candidates must point out the source of the topic and cite all the context of the topic. Only in this way can they be called 'Tong'. Those who do not know the source of the topic are not allowed to be 'Tong'. '; Those who know the source but do not fully quote the context will not be rated as 'tong', but can only be rated as 'rough'. The six essays written by the candidates must all be more than 3,000 words, so at least 18,000 words, and must be completed in one day Completed in one night.
Although the fifty candidates were able to complete the test in the end, many of them were quick and careless.
The papers were collected, the scribes transcribed them, and then transferred them to Chen Ke... Because he was the first examiner, all the papers had to go through his hands, and those with more than six essays and four passes were selected and presented to the six examiners. That's it. Then six examiners will evaluate the grades, and those with four or more grades will be divided into five grades. The fourth grade will be divided into upper and lower grades. According to the convention, there will be no first and second grade. The third grade will be excellent, and the fourth grade will be excellent and above. Qualified to participate in the Royal Examination.
Ordinarily, Chen Ke has little power, because the words "tong", "rough" and "unreasonable" are all obvious. If he makes a mistake, it will be a minor impeachment by the censor, and the image of a great Confucian who has worked so hard to build will be ruined. Once it happens, there is no room for any mistakes.
But this does not mean that he cannot influence admissions. In fact, Chen Ke adopted a clever tactic that ultimately allowed everyone he wanted to protect to pass smoothly.
What Chen Ke wanted to protect was naturally those who were in the same year of his Jiayou Academy. He was also very familiar with these people's articles, so although he didn't understand them clearly, he could still recognize several papers from the same year.
Among them, Er Su and Zeng Gong were not worried. If the articles of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties could not pass the cabinet, it would be really ridiculous.
The ones he wanted to protect were Shiro, Lin Xi and Lu Huiqing.
He adopted a roundabout tactic, first putting the papers of Er Su and Zeng Gong at the end. He put a few papers with "sloppy articles" on the top, then placed Shiro's papers in the middle, and put a few more "careless papers" at the bottom. 'The test papers. In this way, the six examiners first eliminated the previous test papers one by one. After seeing Shiro's neater article, I felt that the writing was pretty good, because a lot of them had been eliminated, and the later ones seemed unsightly. , Shiro’s chance of being chosen naturally increases greatly.
Lin Xi and Lu Huiqing also followed the same method. Because the excellent papers, such as Er Su and Zeng Gong, were ranked last, the three people highlighted by Chen Ke all passed the cabinet without any accident. Wait. When they saw the last few papers, even though the examiners sighed at the high level of these individuals, they would not change the original results.
Because this is a joint review by six people, whoever wants to overturn the previous results is tantamount to denying the vision of the other five people. Not even Wang Anshi would do such an offending thing.
The final result came out. There were a total of fifteen people who passed the cabinet, including Shi Lang, Lin Xi and Lu Huiqing. Naturally, Ersu and Zeng Gong would not be buried. In addition to the six of them, there was also Deng Wan. Half of the people who passed the cabinet They all came from the Jiayou Academy. Since then, the name of the Jiayou Academy has once again resounded throughout the government and the public.
Every other
i is the imperial examination of the Chongzheng Palace. Early that morning, the official personally presided over and gave a question. Zhao Zhen seemed to want to say something this time. One question used several hundred words. Most of them The entire page is filled with his observations on the shortcomings of this country:
'Since I succeeded to the throne... my virtues have not been perfected, my teachings have not been improved, there are still many political problems, and there is still little harmony. Although the fields have been opened up, the people are too boring. Although the borders are safe, the troops cannot withdraw. The benefits have been dredged.
Expenses are vast. The army is redundant but not trained, and the officials are redundant but not qualified. There is a lack of etiquette and music. There are few customs for households to be granted titles, and there is no custom for officials to be subordinated... Those who are in power do not care about education.
, those who govern the people mostly rely on grammar and laws. There are many prohibitions and precautions, and the people do not know how to avoid them. The laws are lax and liberal, and the officials do not know to be afraid. There are many people who are tired of it, and many people are sad. Since the beginning of the year, disasters have occurred..."
I have almost mentioned all the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty. If I wrote it in another situation, it would be a self-incriminating edict.
Then he asked, "Master, please tell me your thoughts carefully, and don't do any harm later."
This is simply self-abuse.
Sima Guang, the official who was responsible for recording the proposal, was sweating profusely when he heard it. After recording it, he did not dare to accept the order and said: "Your Majesty, think twice. After this proposal is released, it will definitely cause an uproar in the world!"
"Is there any problem?" Zhao Zhen asked with a half-smile.
"There is an obstacle." Sima Guang was much more relaxed than when he first accompanied the emperor, and said in a deep voice: "The sage said that there are no bad parents in the world, and by extension, there is no bad king. Qiancuo
All mistakes are the fault of the minister. Your Majesty is the king of the Song Dynasty, and the king cannot make mistakes, otherwise the people's hearts will be unstable and evil thoughts will arise!"
"Jun Shi, you are too bookish." The relationship between Zhao Zhen and Sima Guang was obviously getting closer and closer, and they actually said in a friendly manner: "The shortcomings of these worlds are there. Even if no one can say it, how can it be that I, the Fourth
How can the emperor of ten years get away with anything? If I don't take this opportunity to say something, the world will think that I, Zhao Zhen, am hiding my ears and stealing the bell, and I am stupid..."
He said with a faint smile and said: "Didn't you hear the saying that 'the strong wind knows the strong grass, and the swing of the boat knows the hero'? I have to blow the strong wind and swing the plank of the boat to find a few strong grass for me, the Great Song Dynasty, and know the heroes."
Meet some heroes!"
"Your Majesty, since you know everything, why don't you strengthen your power and take pains to rectify it?" Sima Guang had deeply realized that this seemingly weak and weak emperor was actually very wise.
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a long time, then he lowered his head and sighed: "I have narrowly escaped death twice, but my body is no longer as good as before. When I went to court to listen to the ministers' speech, it took a little longer, and I became dizzy, my hands trembled, and I couldn't see well. If I were
Take matters into your own hands... If your body changes during the process, it will be difficult for even the new king to take over in the future. What I can do is to lay a good foundation for the new king and clear away the obstacles. Do you understand, Jun?"
These words were heartbreaking and heartbreaking. Sima Guang couldn't help but burst into tears and sobbed: "I understand, I understand everything..."
"So I have to let the heroes think, otherwise they will hide it, how can I take action?" Zhao Zhen's eyes, which have always been soft, showed a rare cold light at this moment: "You see after this imperial examination, I still don't know if there are any
How much fun is going on!"
Although it was already April, Sima Guang still felt a deep chill...
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