: Thinking about the Holy Will

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After everyone was kneeling down, Yan Shiqi said loudly: "My tribute scholars, this palace examination has a total of five hours. The exam starts at Chen time, the papers are closed at the end of Wu time, Your Majesty gives you a banquet, and you continue to answer questions in the afternoon and the papers must be handed in the second hour of You time. The exam questions are current affairs, limited to one thousand words. There are also those who write on the answer sheet to cheat and cancel all fame and fortune."

All the tribute scholars knew what Yan Shiqi said, but they all listened with a stern expression. Yan Shiqi is a legend among scholars. When Emperor Shunde was still the crown prince, he had already won three yuan in a row, which was a legend in the Shilin. In front of such a senior, no one dared to make a rash.

Yan Shiqi was very satisfied with the performance of Qin Zhichu and others. He waved his hand and said, "Everyone gets up. It's time for Chen Shi. Everyone returns to their own positions and prepare for answering the questions."

Qin Zhichu and others quickly stood up and sat down. Yan Shiqi glanced at Zhang Zongchang, the Minister of Rites. Zhang Zongchang understood it and immediately ordered the Minister of Rites to take someone to distribute the test questions to the candidates.

The test questions were drafted by Emperor Shunde himself. Even Yan Shiqi didn't know what it was. After the test questions were posted, Yan Shiqi opened the Kaifeng test paper that Emperor Shunde gave him, and took a look and frowned.

The questions in this year's palace examination were very strange. There were two questions, and candidates could choose one of the two questions to answer.

The first question is very simple, but also very big, just two words "On agriculture".

The second question is very long. The central meaning is that Emperor Shunde had an imperial farm, which mainly farms, but is located in a remote place and neglects management. Emperor Shunde was willing to govern, but he was too invested and worried about competing for profit with the people. Emperor Shunde asked if he wanted to give up this imperial farm. Why give up? How can he bring the imperial farm back to life if he didn't give up?

Yan Shiqi has been an old official in the officialdom for many years. After reading two test questions, he began to figure out the intention of Emperor Shunde.

The so-called imperial farm is a farmland directly run by the royal family. The income is not managed by the Ministry of Revenue and is controlled by the court itself. The voices of opposition to the existence of the imperial farm have never been stopped. However, due to the actual needs of the royal family, the imperial farm always exists, but the scale is large and small. The emperor is wise, so he sets fewer points, and the emperor is stupid, so he circles more points.

Emperor Shunde could have been a foolish person who could steadily rule the Great Zhou Dynasty for fifty-six years. On the contrary, among court officials, there was always a reputation as a saint. How could such an emperor take out the imperial village as a test question for the imperial examination in such a solemn occasion? There must be something to say here.

Yan Shiqi closed his eyes slightly and wandered in Taixu. He secretly counted the farmlands belonging to the royal family. Suddenly, his heart moved, and he thought of which imperial farm was the one that Emperor Shunde had not clearly stated. If it were there, Emperor Shunde took out this question and was more suitable for the palace examination questions than "On the Farmers".

After Qin Zhichu got the test questions, he was happy first, and then hesitated.

What I was happy about was that Han Qingshi spent a huge price. He found the teacher who bet the question and slapped ten test questions, one of which was very consistent with "On the Farmers". He also spent a lot of time yesterday to sort out the context. If he wrote according to the ideas he sorted out yesterday, he would definitely be able to write a good article.

What hesitated was that the topic of "discussion of agriculture" was too easy. It was not that the problem of "agricultural" was easy to solve, but that the imperial examinations had been selected for thousands of years. The dynasty alone had been three thousand years. There were not a hundred times on agriculture, but there were fifty, sixty, seventy or eighty times.

Every time, a large number of excellent articles can emerge, which are widely circulated throughout the world, and almost every scholar who is determined to be a scholar in the imperial examination is familiar with it. It is difficult to write new ideas based on the predecessors.

In addition, Qin Zhichu became more careful. Why did the emperor make a unique choice and choose one of two when he asked the questions this time? If the emperor's original intention was to consider the candidates with "agricultural" as a way to consider them, why should he do this in one go? This is clearly a scammer.

Thinking deeper, agriculture is the foundation of the country, and the theme of "discussing agriculture" represents public intention. In contrast, the imperial village has no relationship with the foundation of the country in any case, but it seems to represent the emperor's selfishness.

This time, when I went to Beijing to take the exam, what I saw and heard along the way made Qin Zhichu realize that many places in the Great Zhou Dynasty were places that the emperor could not control, either out of reach, or were too willing but not enough, or ignored it. The reasons were different.

But in the final analysis, it can only prove that the emperor has selfish intentions, just like the bandits and bandits in Xiangwu Mountain. If Emperor Shunde really wanted to encircle and suppress them, Xiangwu Mountain would have long become a bright world, and there would be as chaotic as it is now.

The reality is that Xiangwu Mountain, which is less than a thousand miles away from the capital, has been in trouble for decades, and Emperor Shunde has not made any noise yet. No matter what the reason is, Emperor Shunde cannot be separated, but Emperor Shunde has his own small abacus, and this small abacus is afraid that it has nothing to do with the country and the people.

Suddenly, Qin Zhichu was shocked. He didn't know why these disrespectful thoughts of Emperor Shunde emerged in his mind. This was absolutely impossible in the past. Could it be because he successfully built the foundation and became a cultivator of the spiral period?

Qin Zhichu quickly shook his head and threw this idea out. He was only a small first level of the Spinning Photo Period. The emperor sent a team of imperial guards to destroy him. There was nothing to be proud of, so he should answer the questions carefully.

After some calculations and repeated speculations on the intentions of Emperor Shunde, Qin Zhichu decided to give up the first question and instead choose the second question, "studying" the holy intentions and cater to the emperor's selfish wishes.

However, such articles are not easy to write. If you just cater to the emperor and only please the emperor and cannot convince the public, you will not be able to pass the level of the cabinet chief Yan Shiqi and others. The answer sheet is unlikely to be submitted to the emperor, and you will not be able to become the top scholar. On the other hand, if you pass the level of Yan Shiqi and others, you will not be satisfied with the emperor, and the top scholar will still be out of the way.

If you can't be the top scholar, you will have to grow wings and fly. Just thinking about it, it hurts so much.

After thinking for a long time, Qin Zhichu picked up his pen and started writing drafts. While writing, he was thinking about how to make words and sentences.

In a blink of an eye, noon had passed, and Yan Shiqi asked the candidates to reverse the test paper and put it on the test table. Then, the emperor's banquet was sent over. Each candidate had an extra red lacquer food box, which contained two meat, two vegetables and one soup. The imperial chef's craftsmanship was full of color, fragrance and taste, but the portion was a little small, which was barely enough for the candidates to be full.

At the moment of the time, the officials of Honglu Temple stepped forward to collect the food box. At the moment of the time, the palace examination continued.

Qin Zhichu read the draft twice again and confirmed that he corrected all the typos and inconsistent sentences. Then he picked up his pen and copied the article on the special answer sheet.

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Chapter completed!