“The six kingdoms were destroyed not only because of the disadvantages of the army, but also because of poor fighting skills and the disadvantage of bribing Qin. . . .
... Qin's conquests included towns, small ones, and cities. Compared with what Qin gained from victory, it was actually a hundred times as much as those from victory; the deaths of princes were actually a hundred times as much as those from defeat. So what Qin gained
Great desire, the great trouble of the princes, does not come from fighting.
...However, the land of the princes is limited, and the desire to violently attack the Qin is insatiable. The more they serve, the more urgent the invasion. Therefore, the victory of the strong and the weak without a fight has been determined. As for subversion, it is reasonable. The ancients said: "With the land
To serve the Qin Dynasty, it is still like holding firewood to put out a fire. If the firewood is not exhausted, the fire will never be extinguished." This is what he said.
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Woohoo! By bribing the land of Qin, making the world's advisers, serving Qin's heart, paying homage to the world's talents, and striving to the west, I fear that the people of Qin will not be able to eat it. Sad man! With such power, and
The people of Qin are robbed by their prestige, and the sun and moon are cutting them off, so that they are destined to perish. Those who serve the country will not be robbed by their prestige!
The Six Kingdoms and Qin were both vassals, and their power was weaker than that of Qin, but they still had the power to win without bribery. The story of Gou thinking that the world was so big, and then falling from the Six Kingdoms, was under the Six Kingdoms again.
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The article is not long, only a few hundred words, and it reads quickly. Yan Zhengsu is usually silent and calm, with no emotion or anger. However, at this moment, everyone around him could clearly feel the slight trembling in Yan Zhengsu's voice. That was
With excited voices, Yan Zheng was shocked by this policy article on "The Theory of Six Kingdoms".
Not only was he shocked, but all the ministers around him were also stunned and speechless. This policy essay was so wonderfully written. Whether it was words, ideas, or the logic of the article, it was extremely rigorous and impeccable. The language of the previous essay was gorgeous.
It is majestic, but the style of this policy essay is concise and powerful, plain and easy to understand, and the language is vivid. These are two completely different styles, but they reach the same goal by different paths, and they have written two wonderful articles with different themes. It is difficult to imagine that this
It is an article written by the same person, which makes people sincerely admire it.
Of course Yan Zhengsun knew that Lin Jue was capable, although in the beginning this Lin Jue was just a young man with outstanding literary talents. As a disciple of Fang Dunru, he must have attainments in literary talents, this is for sure.
But in Yan Zhengsu's heart, literary talent is not the only criterion for measuring a talent.
Yan Zhengsu is a pragmatic person. The talent in his mind is not only to write beautiful poems and articles, but also to have the strategy and courage to do things. The change in Yan Zhengsu's perception of Lin Jue actually started when Lin Jue proposed a plan to suppress the pirates.
After that, that clever plot and successful achievement eradicated Yan Zhengsheng's serious trouble. Lin Jue's performance in it also conquered Yan Zhengshen. Since then, although Yan Zhengshen looked the same on the outside, he had grown to appreciate Lin Jue in his heart.
Yan Zhengsu has very high standards for talents. The success of a strange plot indeed shows courage and strategy, but it cannot be said that this person meets the absolute standards of talents in his mind. In Yan Zhengsu's view, the real talent
Talents must take the overall situation and look at the world. The so-called talents who help the world must know the past and learn from the present, and have the overall situation in mind. For example, if you can suppress the pirates, you may be a good general, but not necessarily a good prime minister.
Talent. To solve the root causes of banditry, to find ways to solve the root causes of banditry, and to propose strategies to cure the root cause, that is the real talent. Therefore, although I admire Lin Jue, I only think that he is a rare person.
Talents and good qualities will make great achievements over time.
However, today, when he read this policy article on "The Theory of Six Kingdoms", Yan Zhengsheng was really excited. He could not imagine how sophisticated the language of this article was, how far-reaching the insights were, how penetrating the arguments, and how logical the structure was.
The meticulousness is breathtaking and one cannot help but be impressed by it.
Yan Zhengzheng read the whole article, his fingers trembled slightly, and the answer sheet clattered in his hand. It seemed too heavy for him to hold it.
The ministers were also stunned and silent, and everyone was in an unreal feeling. They looked at the young man with a childish face in front of them, and it was hard to imagine that this young man actually wrote
He wrote such a sophisticated article. It is completely inconsistent with his image.
Some of them even had doubts about whether Lin Jue's article was plagiarized. Could it be that it was written by his teacher Fang Dunru? That would make sense. Both that article and this article were plagiarized.
The policy theory and the character of the article seem to be written by a person who has experienced many hardships and hardships. How can this young man do it?
However, they all know that it is a bit ridiculous that Fang Dunru wrote the manuscript for the students in advance. Not to mention that it is impossible for Fang Dunru to do this, he is not such a person at all. Even if Fang Dunru is willing to do it for
With the help of his own students, he had no idea about the test questions in this spring.
You should know that the principle of selecting questions for the Spring Examination is that everyone from the top to the saints and down to the state and county officials must choose a question for the Ministry of Rites every year and summarize it to the Ministry of Rites. After that, screening will be carried out to eliminate some obviously unsuitable questions.
Finally, more than 300 usable questions were obtained every year to form a question bank. The imperial examination was held every three years, and in three years, thousands of usable questions were collected. This was the source of the question bank for the final imperial examination.
Before the autumn, spring and spring exams, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty would send special personnel to select three sets of examination questions from the question bank of the Ministry of Rites. At the specified time before the big examination, these selected questions would be laid in the emperor's Wenbao Pavilion, under strict guard by special personnel.
Until the last moment, the emperor randomly selected one set of questions and handed it to the Ministry of Rites to deliver to the examination centers in various places. The imperial examination has always been the top priority of the imperial court, which can be seen from this. The reason why three sets of questions are selected for each major examination is because
Prevent the leakage of test questions. Once the test questions are leaked, there are two other sets as backup.
Therefore, under this series of strict measures, it is impossible to know the test questions in advance. Even if all the officials who set the questions make their questions public, there are thousands of sets of questions that can be freely combined. You want to know in advance
To be prepared, it means answering thousands of questions, writing thousands of articles and poems, and memorizing them by heart. This is absolutely impossible.
What's more, in some years, the emperor would personally make temporary propositions or temporarily assign certain ministers to give propositions, and the questions in the question bank would not be used. Then there would be no possibility of cheating in advance. For example, the policy question in last autumn's exam was Guo Chong's question.
The topic about Shang Yang's Reform was personally proposed. The examiner did not have the right to open the sealed bag of tips until the hour before the exam started in each place, and add the last strategy question to the examination paper.
Fang Dunru didn't even participate in any preparations for the Spring Examination this year, nor did he hold any relevant job. In order to avoid suspicion, he had gone to the extreme, so the idea of suspecting Fang Dunru of cheating on behalf of his students was just in everyone's mind.
After a few clicks, it disappeared. The only explanation is that Lin Jue really wrote these articles himself, there is no doubt.
In the silence, Guo Chong smiled and said: "Yan Aiqing, all Aiqings, what do you think of Lin Jue's policy essay? I think he can be the top scholar in the undergraduate program. Do you have any objections now?"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. Our country is prospering in the Great Zhou Dynasty. With this talented person, he will definitely become a pillar of the imperial court in the future. Your Majesty wants this person to be the number one scholar. I think it is very suitable." Lu Zhongtian said loudly.
"Yes, yes, what Prime Minister Lu said is true. I congratulate you, Your Majesty. You are so happy and congratulated that you have a pillar of talent in the Great Zhou Dynasty." All the ministers said one after another.
Wu Chunlai felt very uncomfortable. He originally thought that Lin Jue's answer sheet was a mess. If the emperor wanted to see his answer sheet, he would not be able to make up for it. Now he realized that Lin Jue had not given up on Chunwei. He was too talented. He got the answer sheet in one go.
I was worrying blindly. But on the other hand, Lin Jue did not rely on his own strength, so after he was in high school, he had one less way to blackmail him. Judging from his previous performance, he might not be willing to cooperate. After that
I'm afraid I need to spend more time on him.
In addition, Wu Chunlai still felt a little jealous. He firmly believed that Lin Jue's article must have been guided by Fang Dunru. Perhaps Fang Dunru guessed the direction of this year's examination questions through some channels.
. Even if this were not the case, Lin Jue’s amazing talents must be the result of his teacher’s teachings. From this point of view, the teacher had reservations about him back then. If Fang Dunru favored one over the other and was partial to this, then he had betrayed him back then.
The last trace of guilt that remained in his heart should be gone.
"Yan Zhengsheng, do you have anything else to say?" Guo Chong asked with a smile.
Of course Yan Zhengsu had nothing to say. After reading this article "On the Six Kingdoms", Yan Zhengsu himself would have ranked him first without hesitation if he were the examiner. But he could not show it. He was excited.
But I can still restrain myself.
"Your Majesty, I am very satisfied with Lin Jue's answer sheet, which dispels my doubts. However, I suggest that the Emperor should still act in accordance with the rules of the exam. The exam has not yet ended, and the Emperor ordered the number one winner, which is unfair to other candidates.
.Besides, who knows that among the more than 3,000 candidates, there is no one who has written better than Lin Jue? Therefore, I think it is best to follow normal procedures to avoid unnecessary entanglements, destroy the rules of the imperial examination, and disturb the mood of the candidates.
." He said in a solemn voice.
"What Mr. Yan said is reasonable. I just said that. Everything should be carried out according to the rules. But I feel that there is no one who can surpass Lin Jue." Guo Chong laughed.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" the ministers shouted in unison.
Guo Chong looked at Lin Jue with a smile and said: "Lin Jue, your article is very well written and I like it very much. I originally asked you to come here because I wanted to give you a few words of admonishment, but now I don't think it is necessary. You can rely on your talents.
Aowu, I completely understand. You can go."
Lin Jue solemnly agreed, kowtowed and left. Guo Chong was in a good mood, and left surrounded by the ministers amid laughter and joy. Everyone understood that it was no longer a matter of suspense for this candidate Lin Jue to be named on the gold medal list. The Holy Spirit's golden words, plus this
The man's literary talent is truly amazing, and everything is already a done deal.
Lin Jue stood silently in front of his dormitory, with mixed feelings in his heart. Judging from the evaluations of the emperor and ministers, it should not be difficult for him to go to Chunwei High School this time. That meant that he was about to enter an official career. But Lin Jue also had some feelings in his heart.
Guilt, this is actually a kind of cheating. After all, the joy in my heart is reduced by stealing other people's articles. Just like the honor I got by deceiving everyone, it is inevitable to blame myself.
However, Lin Jue quickly reminded himself that he must not have the pedantic thoughts of the previous life again. Everything he did in this life was just to change his destiny. As for the means and process, he didn't need to worry about it.
