Many of the admonishment letters written by these censors and other civil servants are based on the eight-part essay, making words on behalf of the sages, and even making words on behalf of the ancestors of the Zhu family. People imagine that they are sages, or even the ancestors of the Zhu family, and then criticize or criticize the emperor astrays. They are all reasonable and well-founded. You can't point out that he is a pervert and can't make sense. This made Chongzhen sulk. Although he had already expected that his playing style would definitely attract a lot of advice, he was still quite unhappy after he really came. He thought to himself, you must admire Li Shimin's mind. Wei Zheng was so arrogant that Wei Zheng did not give any face to the leader, but Li Shimin could bear such a bird's breath. Alas! The wise master is not that easy to do!

You see, these people are talking around, and using the names of sages and ancestors, they criticized some of the emperor's bad behaviors in a perfect way. Chongzhen couldn't figure out why these criticism articles were so varied. I think the few fashionable sentences of criticism that those days were: "Call xx criticism and criticize it with one foot, so that he will never turn over." So. However, the Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty would never need such straightforward and unexplained words. The Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty was very particular about writing advice. The truth was slowly said, after a while, there was a wonderful truth of "sneak into the night with the wind, moistening things silently", which seemed to regard the uncontrollable emperor as the target of education and rescue. The counsel of the subordinates was like a good medicine for bitter taste. After reading it, the emperor could be lost and retraceable.

I cannot help but admire these masters of articles. They wrote the articles criticized by education. There were no dirty words in the whole article. The articles were flowers and thorns. The articles looked like flowers were clustered, but in fact they were thorns everywhere, which made Chongzhen feel guilty and asthma, and all kinds of symptoms were all there. Chongzhen slapped the table and sat down dejectedly, feeling hatred in his heart, but he couldn't help but admire the talented man in the Ming Dynasty who was so smart about writing articles.

The college entrance examination essays in later generations have changed all kinds of ways, but to be fair, it is far less difficult than the question of the eight-part essay in the Ming Dynasty, and it is not the same order of magnitude at all. Chongzhen was angry and wondered if he had a super difficult question to test the candidates of this class of spring exams. Thinking about it again, he was really not sure that the talents who were stumped by the Ming Dynasty.

I don’t know how to find a question that no one can think of anymore. For example, if you ask a question, just the word “turtle”. If this can also be related to the sages, then that would be so fucking talented!

Let’s wait! Let’s wait! It’s not difficult for talented people to come up with this question. If someone solves the question like this:

The king is called Zhu Chongba, who has the aura of kings and domineering spirit, and inherits the way of sages and tribes, and wants to open up peace for all ages!－－－－

If the candidates solve the problem like this and use Zhu Yuanzhang’s nickname Zhu Chongba to talk about it, then wouldn’t it be a essay? You really don’t want him to be a charge of blasphemy of Taizu and kill him!

Chongzhen was covered in black lines, so he had to stack up the admonishment chapters and asked Liu Jiyun to read them first, pick a few representative admonishment chapters for himself to read them carefully, and the others simply threw them aside. He sighed and gave him a pity to the old version of Chongzhen. The old version of Chongzhen was famous for his diligence. He had to read each memorial carefully. Maybe after reading the twists and turns, he was still unaware of the key points. Emperor Chongzhen, who was very high in self-esteem and under great pressure, was so stupid that he was wrong again and again?

OK! Play with me! I'm going to play a new way of playing, so you can't understand it!

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As soon as the spring exam was over, a group of wolves-like candidates were released. Before the exam, these people seemed to be facing a great enemy. After the exam, these candidates who had been tense were ashamed of amnesty, and all of them relaxed for a while. So the teahouse and the restaurants and the Qinhuai River were active.

Xiang Wenjun invited a few fellow villagers from Jiangxi to come to Zuixianlou. Naturally, Xiang Wenjun was the host and invited scholars from fellow villagers to drink.

Zeng Rencheng is the most talkative candidate among Ji'an candidates. He is not very scheming and cheerful, and he starts to yell at the time of the table:

"Today, I treat you to you, haha, congratulations to you, Brother Xiang, the emperor is a special Jinshi, which is a great honor! Today, I will accompany Brother Xiang to have a few drinks. Brother Xiang, hey, everyone, I have been taking the exam for three days with my head down. I must drink it today, so don't let Brother Xiang down!"

Ouyang Fu is the most talented among these candidates, gentle and elegant, and smiled:

"We're going to bother Brother Xiang! I'm talking about my talent and uniqueness. I'm using the crankshaft connecting rod system on the navy's clutch. I heard that my system is simple, cheap, simple, and quick to modify. Haha! It's said that the Ming Navy relied on the clutch of the Ming Dynasty to repel the Japanese pirates' iron ship in one fell swoop. When I heard about this, I had a bright face! I'm a brilliant person in Ji'an, and my brother Xiang is the pride of our Ji'an. Today I'll have a happy time with my brother Xiang."

Xiang Wenjun quickly said modestly:

"I'm just lucky! I was wrongly loved by the emperor and was specially awarded the same Jinshi. This Jinshi is too far from being a Jinshi who was admitted to the real sword and gun, and it's not worth mentioning. Brother Ouyang is extraordinary, and I think he will definitely win this time. There are Brother Lei, Brother Wu, Brother Mao, Brother Yi, and Brother Zeng, who are all great talents and will definitely be able to get a title on the list. After high school, don't forget that brothers are."

Yi Guyan bowed and said:

"Tell me, Ji'an, once had a record of winning the top three, and this time the information is not much worse. However, I heard rumors everywhere that the exam questions were leaked. If this is true, wouldn't we suffer a loss if others cheated!"

Mao Zhigang said:

"I heard that the test questions in the exam are a question in Ming Pao, but I don't know if the rumors are true. I think this may be someone deliberately spreading rumors to disrupt the situation of other candidates."

Seeing that the wine and food were all served, Wu Jiusen quickly raised his glass toast, and then said:

"I heard that this year's topic will have a deviant topic. Today's Ming Pao is here. I don't know if you are paying attention to an article?"

When everyone heard about the test questions, it seemed that Wu Jiusen had found out about the test questions. At the moment, they were all paying attention to Wu Jiusen, and Lei Songting couldn't wait to ask:

"What article? Could it be that Brother Wu found out what news, why not disclose it?"

Wu Jiusen was very proud and pointed to Ming Pao and said:

"Dear brothers, I don't know if you have read this article "On the Unification of China in the Well Field System". I will read it below. Maybe the exam questions in the final exam will fall on this article."

Zeng Rencheng laughed:

"I have read this article, haha, after reading it, I can't believe that there are still such pedantic people in the world. It is a dream to implement the well-field system. In the past, Confucius wanted to restore the well-field system, but it was not feasible. Wang Mang also implemented the well-field system and lost very badly in the end. Fang Xiaoru of this dynasty also advocated the implementation of the well-field system. Haha, if Emperor Jianwen had firmly settled in the country that day, he might have really developed a well-field system. There were several acres of thin land in his family. I will not hide it from you. In the past, I really seriously considered how to implement the well-field system. Later, my housekeeper said that it was a few acres of thin land in my family.

After a while, I realized that the well-field system was absolutely not feasible. Haha, I had been foolish in the lower house, but I didn’t expect that there was anything more foolish than the lower house. I was really stupid! Li Zicheng mentioned the ‘equal field’, and Liang Wenyuan forced to elevate the ‘equal field’ to the well-field system. The article talked about the well-field system as the ideal of the ancient sage. If the well-field system was implemented, it would be possible to unify China. What is the first priority for implementing the well-field system? This person is obviously stupid in reading, not digging in the past, and he is self-righteous. I didn’t expect that the Ming Pao would also publish such an article!”

When Wu Jiusen heard this, he was dissatisfied and said in a chorus:

"Brother Zeng, don't underestimate this article. I'll hear a brother from the Jinyiwei say that the emperor has greatly appreciated this article after reading it. The emperor is also preparing to meet Liang Wenyuan in person!"

Mao Zhigang's family was poor and the family was still supported by the rich family, so he was able to take the Beijing exam. Mao Zhigang's ancestors also had a small amount of land, but unexpectedly they were defeated by his father's hands and the land was annexed. Therefore, Mao's juren hated land annexed, and although he felt that the well-field system was too ideal, he really agreed with the well-field system. Therefore, he refuted:

"I think that if the well-field system is implemented, those who plough the land have their own fields, and those who are not allowed to sell them, the biggest advantage is to avoid the disadvantages of land annexation. For more than two hundred years, it is because of land annexation that many people have lost their land and become extremely poor. The rich and noble annexed a large amount of land, but they do not have to bear taxes and labor service with their privileges. As a result, the rich are richer and the poor are poorer. The wealth in the world is gathered in a few wealthy families. In turn, the country's use is insufficient, and the people's livelihood is declining, and finally bandits rise up everywhere, shaking the foundation of the country. Therefore, I think that although the well-field system is not easy to implement, it is not difficult to work in this direction. Just imagine that the wisdom of the previous sages also advocates the well-field system. As far as I see, it is unknown whether the well-field system will eventually become popular in the world one day."

Simply put, the land owned by the well-field system is state-owned. The so-called well-field is divided into nine pieces, the middle is used as public land, and the eight pieces on the edge are distributed to the common people for use, and the eight families are cultivated separately. The middle public land is cultivated by eight families, and the public land is handed over to the state. Of course, it is not so rigid. It is nothing more than the state-owned land. Common people have the right to use but no ownership. Public land can be understood as the state collecting one-ninth of taxes, which is just that. Speaking of the well-field system, it can be said that it is a true equal field system, and it cannot be transferred. The land cannot be transferred, and the sale of land is a bit like socialist.

Xiang Wenjun had a look of disdain, and he blew up and said:

"If you believe this article in Ming Pao, you will be fooled. Ming Pao wishes that there will be extreme articles like this every day. The more controversial the more, the more readers of Ming Pao. Please read it. Ming Pao not only published this article, but also published articles against the well-field system. Brother Mao might as well take a look. You said this well-field system, and I believe it would be fair at the beginning, but what about ten or twenty years later? Fifty or one hundred years later? For example, one family reproduces into a huge family, and another family has a single lineage. How can the well-field system solve this problem! This is just a simple example, let alone the changes in the world, the complexity of the world, and the sinister nature of people. It is definitely not a well-field system that can solve the problem."

Ouyang Fu picked up the wine glass and praised:

"Brother Xiang not only has a good shipbuilding, but also has a good sense of reasoning! Come and drink! Brother Xiang is worthy of being a Jinshi specially appointed by the emperor, and his level is very high! I also think that the well-field system is the flower in the mirror and the moon in the water, just like the beauty in the painting, which can only be appreciated and not touched. Think about it, if there is an eternal recipe for saving the world, the court may not have to open a vocational examination and select scholars. All governance requires obeying the rules, so how can I wait for any chance! Haha, but Brother Wu reminds that the test questions really involve the well-field system, so we can prepare more for this. If we really take this question, the other one will have to invite Brother Wu to drink!"

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Chapter completed!