Reincarnation Guest of All Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms

Chapter 287 Chapter 260
Just as Emperor Hongzhi was thinking.

Right now Ren Taixu is not in the mood to think about other things.

Whether it was the party dispute in the court or meeting the eldest princess Yongle, Ren Taixu put it aside for the time being.

Now he is concentrating on preparing for the test.

This is his best pedal, the starting point he values ​​most!

Can't help but he doesn't pay attention!
……

In the blink of an eye, it was several months!

At this time, in a small courtyard in the south of Bianliang City, Ren Taixu was watching his school boy pack up the things he needed for the exam!
Several months passed, Ren Taixu concentrated on his preparations, and he was already confident.

But at this time, it was time for the trial to begin.

The sky was only slightly brighter, Ren Taixu was about to leave!
Before leaving, Li Huayuan had a smile on his pale face: "Don't worry, my lord! Good luck!"

As soon as Ren Taixu saw Li Huayuan's appearance, he knew that Li Huayuan must have spent a lot of vitality to do calculations for himself to participate in the trial!

The general examination is far from comparable to the rural examination, and the general examination is held in Bianliang City, and the spring is approaching, and the dragon spirit is revived.

At this time, everything about the scientific research is deeply protected by the dragon spirit of the beam, how can it be easily calculated?

Even with a little calculation, the backlash from the dragon's energy and the beam's luck is far more than usual.

Although he barely got a lucky result, Li Huayuan must have hurt his vitality and suffered backlash.

Ren Taixu also patted Li Huayuan's shoulder lightly, and said, "You've worked hard!"

Li Huayuan didn't dare to claim credit, he just said, "How dare you!"

Seeing Li Huayuan's appearance, Ren Taixu nodded in satisfaction.

Calculated, Li Huayuan has been with him for nearly two years, although it is because of Li Huayuan's background, Ren Taixu dare not trust him completely.

But Ren Taixu has to say, Li Huayuan is one of the few smart people who can know how to advance and retreat, he never adds to the superfluity, plays tricks, and does things that are not ordered by Ren Taixu, and at the same time, he handles things reliably and does not procrastinate.

If it wasn't for his background, Ren Taixu knew that this person would be difficult to subdue, probably he would have regarded this person as his confidant long ago.

However, even if it cannot be completely subdued, it is good to just drive this person to do things. Ren Taixu is very relieved to use such a person.

It is good for both of them to have this person to maintain their connection with Cangsheng Sect.

After finishing speaking, Ren Taixu boarded the bullock cart and headed towards the Gongyuan.

The Lianghui Examination Room is located in the Gongyuan, which has been the most important place for the imperial court's talent ceremony. In order to prevent private and internal collusion, there is a high wall. Enter along the main road. There are three archways on the left, middle and right, and then enter along the three-story archway. A road leads directly to the open space of the assembly.

And in front of the archway, when Ren Taixu and others arrived at Juzi, they all got out of the bullock cart one after another, and let the soldiers in front of the gate of the Gongyuan check whether there was any entrainment on their bodies.

It was still a bit chilly in the early morning, and I could see a sky full of stars when I looked up at the sky.

Because they were able to take part in the general examination, they all passed the previous scientific examinations and were already familiar with the examination process.

So from when Ren Taixu was checked to when he went in, there was no case where he found any problem and was intercepted.

Of course cheating is another matter.

These Juren wore a few thick single clothes, and there were only pens and ink in the baskets they carried.

Starting from Taizu of Liang Dynasty, there are some preferential treatment for those who come to take part in the examination.

There is no need to bring your own food and water for the general exam, and there is only one exam, which lasts for three days.

As long as it is not too empty and the body is strong, it is not too difficult to pass the test.

However, when Ren Taixu glanced at some of the gray-haired half-hundred students in the crowd, he knew that with the physical condition of these people, if they can pass a test and walk out smoothly, maybe half of them will be good.

But it is not easy to get to this step, Ren Taixu only sighed a little.

Immediately afterwards, they gathered towards the place where they could fish and jump over the dragon gate.

Heroes in the world, who can win the first prize in the article, just wait and see.

After entering the hall, feeling the surrounding environment, Ren Taixu sighed slightly again: "The county exam is difficult, the government exam is especially difficult, the general exam is easy, and the palace exam is especially easy."

This may or may not have been the case in the previous dynasty, but this dynasty emerged from decades of wars.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a lot of waste was waiting to be rejuvenated, and so was the literary world. There were not many candidates who could make it to the test. Therefore, these candidates were often treated more leniently.

This does not mean that the discipline is looser, but that the environmental treatment is much stronger.

Different from the local examinations, one can take the Tribute Court Examination, and all those who pass the examination will be the future colleagues of the officials of the DPRK and China.

Although the literati look down on each other, they are easy to hurt each other in certain things, and they will try to reform with scholars, and they did not encounter obstacles at the beginning.

Although with the passage of time, the number of scholars gradually increased, and there were some voices in the court, hoping that the imperial court would return to the previous court, but they were all ignored by the emperor.

As the current emperor grows older, the Sacred Heart becomes more assertive.

The examination was originally scheduled for February, but considering that since he ascended the throne, there will often be snow falling in February, and the spring is really cold, so he decreed to change it to March.

The weather is much better now, Ren Taixu doesn't feel cold in the room with a clear view ahead.

As far as the eyes can see, most of the candidates who sat down also had normal expressions, and they did not appear to be trembling.

Today's weather is fine, the sun has not yet risen yet, but in the Gongyuan, if you look up and look in the middle of the sky, you can vaguely see the clear sky.

"It seems to be a good weather, which is a good sign." In the examination room, Ren Taixu was in a good mood at this moment.

Sit and wait for the rolls to be issued and the test cards to appear.

But the soldiers who appeared afterward, holding something in their hands, were beyond Ren Taixu's expectation.

"It's not a card test?"

Seeing someone handing out mulberry roll bags from room to room, Ren Taixu took the roll bags, opened them, and understood.

"One set of exam papers will be issued to each person, and the exam questions will be printed directly on it."

"Thousands of people's examination papers, the ink is still fresh, this is a temporary printed paper, this is a big project, and we have to guard against someone leaking the questions during the process."

"That is to say, the chief examiner of the examination can have such courage."

"However, it might just be the emperor's request." Ren Taixu just thought about it casually, and then focused on the exam questions.

When it came to the exam, there were no small questions, a total of seven papers and seven questions.

In this roll bag, except for the answer paper, the rest is draft paper.

There are enough draft papers, more than a dozen sheets, but these cannot be taken out. When the scrolls are collected, they must be taken away together and sealed.

Therefore, when answering questions in the general examination, it is on the draft paper. Candidates dare not write at will. They have to think about it before writing.

"The next four questions are relatively small questions."

After browsing through it, Ren Taixu knew it well: "The first three questions are relatively important, and the most important is the first question."

"The steps of the sky are difficult, how can we test them?"

After looking at it intently, Ren Taixu couldn't help but change his face. This question makes people look at it, and the timid people will probably break out in cold sweat.

This topic is simply too big.

"What is the sky, the sky is the sky, but it is impossible for the imperial court to let the candidates try to figure out the will of the heavens. This is a big taboo. Whoever examines the questions for this purpose will definitely be finished."

"So the sky can only be the emperor or the court. No, it's better not to be the emperor, because it is taboo to try to figure out the holy will. This day is the best day to be the court!"

"It can be said that the imperial court has been in power since the Taizu's reign, and people's livelihood has been restored for more than sixty years. It has gradually reached its peak. If there is no accident, it will be a prosperous era, and the prosperity of life and business will gradually reach its peak."

"This has already hit the theme, but in private, this so-called prosperous age is currently being watched by the Timur in the north, and the remnants of the previous week in the south, plus natural and man-made disasters in various places, and party struggles within the court. Not in the prosperous world!"

"Could it be that this is an intentional change today?"

Ren Taixu was silent.

Even if someone thought of this matter, how many dare to answer like this?

No matter how reckless I am, I dare not dare,

All of you here are the future pillars of the imperial court, not ordinary street people. Their knowledge is far beyond that of ordinary people. Naturally, they understand what the reform means?
This is not only a change of interests, a change of status, but also an alternation of power!
Even class changes!

It can be said that reforms are always accompanied by bloodshed, and reforms are never a trivial matter!
Even the six ministers, several senior scholars in the cabinet and even the prime minister dare not talk about it without authorization.

What's more, what about their actions?
The room was quiet for a while, and the sound of the candidates next door flipping the papers and the sighs of the candidates not far away could be heard clearly.

Everyone knows that this question is not easy to answer.

"Heaven refers to the imperial court or the emperor, but adding the word "bu" means not only the emperor himself, but the development of the entire imperial court."

"Imperial governance is climbing a mountain. When you start climbing, no matter where you go, you will go uphill. At most, the process will be more twists and turns. Once you reach the top of the mountain, you will go downhill no matter how hard you work. This has been proven throughout the ages.”

"Or, this is the law of rise and fall."

"It's just that the ancients said that Qi counts the destiny, and it goes back and forth. It's actually the same thing."

"When the prosperity declines, the sky cannot be crossed."

"So this day is difficult. In fact, the emperor is aware of the rise and fall. He has not yet reached the peak of prosperity, but he is worried about the decline of prosperity, the eclipse of the full moon, and the loss of wealth?"

"This is really far-sighted, but to be honest, every dynasty, Mingjun and famous ministers always feel that they can transcend the law of rise and fall, but history has proved that this is something that no one has ever done since ancient times."

"His heart is lamentable, his ambition is insane. Just as a party, he has to do his best. If he prolongs the country, he proves the value of his existence."

The examination questions are cleared, but until the sun rises high, a gust of wind blows and the papers are rattled.

Only then did Ren Taixu move.

He raised his hand to the highest point, slowly lowered it, and when he reached the head, he shook his head secretly, even if he suppressed it a bit, he still had to die if he wrote like this.

Putting his hands on his chest, he shook his head again, and asked himself: "What is the virtue of a minister in the court? Mostly, the duty of a minister is to follow the emperor's order and accept the foundation!"

This is the words of a famous minister in the former court, which means that the duty of a courtier does not lie in other things, but only obeys the order of the king and does his job well.

"Since ancient times, no one has been more suspicious than monarchs and ministers. The text can be divided into twelve points, and only two or three points are enough!"

So you must know how to hide your clumsiness!

Just thinking this way, Ren Taixu suddenly felt that he was too sophisticated.

It was pressed down to the waist again, Ren Taixu thought for a while and then shook his head: "Pressed to such a degree, maybe the talent is not so sharp? But being too clumsy is inconsistent with my plan, this is a springboard, What Ren Taixu needs for the time being is not to hide his clumsiness, but to express himself as much as possible, so that he can use this springboard to have a higher starting point!"

"Besides, at my age, if I'm really well-behaved, it's even more embarrassing to write some articles by accident. I think that this person is rich in the city. On the contrary, it's some arrogant words, even if they are spoken, as long as they think about myself It is easier for people to accept their age, and at the same time, they are less afraid of themselves."

It is also an advantage to be a bold young talent and make people less vigilant!
With the advantage of age, Ren Taixu naturally used it!
Ren Taixu smiled, then stopped, picked up the pen, and scribbled on the draft paper.

"The foundation of being a minister is to be loyal to the emperor and love the people! If there are any disadvantages in the country, you should write a letter to seek correction, which is enough for the life and death of the country, *******"

Ren Taixu immediately set the theme - change!innovation!
Next, Ren Taixu began to report on the shortcomings accumulated in Daliang over the 60 years since the founding of the country. From the military statement in the northern border to the flood in the south, he explained the shortcomings and how to improve them.

Of course, Ren Taixu is not a stunned young man in his heart, although the writing is impassioned, but there is a deep meaning in it!

If someone really reads this article by Ren Taixu carefully, they will be able to find that although all the disadvantages in Ren Taixu's article seem to be all over the place, they are discussed from the perspective of Daliang as a whole, but in fact But the main contradiction in the center is directly pointed at the founding Xungui Group!
Why was Northern Xinjiang defeated?
There are many reasons, such as logistics, or military generals, and even the strength of the enemy, but in Ren Taixu's article, although he does not object to the previous point of view, he vaguely said that this is due to the negligence of the entire honorable group against the North. The discipline of Xinjiang officers and soldiers even alluded to the dissatisfaction with the governor of Northern Xinjiang, who was born in the literati, and everything was behind him!

Floods in the south, the remnants of the previous dynasty caused chaos!
It is obviously affected by natural disasters, but Ren Taixu is more focused on the lack of training of the local army in the whole south, and at the same time failed to suppress the rebellion in time. This is to directly define the rebellion in the south as the local army in the south. system issue.

Therefore, the changes in Ren Taixu's article are more dominant in military and political changes!
When he wrote this article, he naturally had Ren Taixu's thoughts.

What is politics?

Many friends, few enemies!
He was born in a poor family, he is considered a literati after all, and he was born to be at odds with the Xungui Group!
The grass on the wall cares about the head and ignores the tail, this is not pleasing to both sides!
At this time, there is another party struggle between the court and the central government. Naturally, he wants to take the initiative to move closer to the Wenchen Group. This article is his signal!
Besides, most of the examiners are big bosses of Wenchen Group. In this critical situation of party struggle, his article must be appreciated by the examiners!
Besides, when Ren Taixu was thinking about the party struggle in the court, he was always thinking about the position of Emperor Hongzhi?Purpose?

Although it seems that the Xungui Group is currently powerful and has suppressed the Wenchen Group.

But from the standpoint of an emperor, Ren Taixu knew that the emperor at this time was absolutely afraid of the Xungui Group!

Power is not to be feared, literati have power, as long as they don't have the strength in their hands, they are vain, even borrowing the power of the emperor, a letter from the emperor can be disintegrated.

But what is scary is that the Xungui Group is not only powerful and united, but also has real strength and military power in its hands.

Absolutely feared by the emperor!

Ren Taixu believed that his article would definitely tickle the emperor's itch!
An article can be recognized by the emperor and the chief examiner at the same time, for Ren Taixu, it can almost be said to be stable!

After writing this question, the sun has risen high, there is a rumbling sound in the abdomen, and there is the sound of clappers not far away. This means that food and water are coming.

Ren Taixu was in a daze, and it was already noon.

Put the roll into the roll bag well and hang it aside, so as not to get dirty in a while.

He got up again, and walked slowly in the number room, moving his limbs and joints to avoid soreness and discomfort.

In less than a while, food was delivered to him.

Here, food and water are uniformly distributed by the Tribute Court. Whenever there is a problem in this regard, whether it is fraud or poisoning, the person in charge can be found directly.

Relevant personnel, for their own survival, will also be more careful.

One of the two soldiers put the boiled water in a wooden pot, which was still steaming, and put it on the wooden board horizontally on the table. There was also a basket of cooked food, all of which were easy-to-storage pancakes. There were five kinds of them, and they contained five grains. .

The reason why they can cook in the No. room when they are in the local area, but when they come to the exam, they are all distributed by the Gongyuan on a uniform basis. One is to show compassion for the candidates, and the other is to fear accidents.

In the third year of Hongyang, there was a restoration party of the previous dynasty who mixed into the Gongyuan, tried to start a fire, and caused a tragedy.

Although it was not successful, since then, during the examination, not only have several more water tanks, which can be used to put out the fire at any time, but also directly extinguished the possibility of fire caused by personal mistakes and no longer let the candidates cook by themselves.

Ren Taixu agrees very much with this, thousands of examinees, if one of them accidentally catches fire, the tribute courtyard is quaint and full of wooden buildings, once a fire breaks out, it will be harder to rescue than local examination halls.

He didn't want to take the test once and be frightened.

Ren Taixu washed his hands with some cold water, then picked up a piece of cake and ate it.

After eating, he took another nap at noon, woke up in the afternoon, and solved his physical problems in his own room first, then pinched his nose and wrote down two of the first three questions.

When I wrote, I found that the sky was already dark.

The Gong Yuan distributed candles to everyone here, a total of three, Ren Taixu put away the papers, borrowed the light of the candles, went to bed after dinner.

After the first day, there was more or less a urine smell in each number room. Although it was March and it was not hot, the smell was also a bit offensive.

Ren Taixu secretly rejoiced that he had written the three most difficult questions on the first day, and the next four questions must be finished today, and he can check it again tomorrow before handing in the paper.

In such an environment, it is inevitable that it will affect the thinking of writing and affect the performance.

Hearing the sighing sound from nearby, Ren Taixu cleaned his hands again, finished eating the cakes brought by the soldiers, drank some hot water, and then cleaned up, and checked the three questions written yesterday on the draft , polished, and carefully transcribed on the paper.

After checking twice more and finding that there was no mistake or stain, I carefully received the roll bag after the ink was dry.

Next is to prepare to write the following four questions.

These four questions are nothing more than policy theory, essay writing and so on. In less than a day, I hurriedly wrote three questions on the draft.

Although he miscalculated the time and didn't finish all the questions the next day, compared to others, Ren Taixu still had plenty of time.

This is still written in a very leisurely state, not in a hurry.

Still eating pancakes and sleeping step by step.

On the third day, after eating in the morning, Ren Taixu washed his hands again, and then slowly copied the three questions.

But I don't know if he caught the cold. On this day, not only him, but many candidates in the nearby cells were coughing and in poor condition.

Although Ren Taixu was not sick enough, he felt his throat a little itchy when he heard the coughing sound from nearby.

Some candidates hadn't written much in the past two days, and they were a little anxious this day. At noon, after taking a nap for a while, they were awakened by a burst of crying.

Then there was the sound of footsteps, and the supervisor dragged him out mercilessly. He wanted to howl, but he was gagged and dragged out whimpering, scaring the candidates in room No. [-] around him to tremble.

"Another crash."

Ren Taixu listened attentively, sighed, and continued to write the last question. After finishing writing, he directly copied the written content onto the paper.

Then, I looked at all the papers.

There are many tricks in the imperial examination. First of all, the imperial court’s laws are relatively stable. If you learn this, you can get the mainstream. Students, themselves the mainstream, take advantage of a lot.

Of course, if you blindly conform to the trend of the times, you will disappear from the crowd and cannot attract the examiner's attention. Therefore, the text of the examination must be novel and surprising. Therefore, the law is upright, peaceful, and elegant. to attract the examiner's attention.

Ren Taixu's prose is not only very novel, but also vividly displayed in terms of "literature", which makes people feel that one more word is bloated, and one less word is too thin.

Even Ren Taixu himself has the feeling that Mo has nothing to edit or delete.

This article is already the limit that the current Ren Taixu can achieve, and his state is also the best he can show.

……

As time passed, it was inevitable that some of the candidates in the examination room went crazy, but it didn't affect Ren Taixu in the slightest.

With the sound of a loud tripod came!

"It's time?" Ren Taixu looked up and found that the sky outside was a bit gray.

Although the exam lasted for three days, in fact, it was three days and two nights. On the third night, with the sound of clappers, the exam time was over.

"This means the exam is over." Ren Taixu couldn't help being stunned for a while, listening to the sound of footsteps approaching not far away, arranged the papers that had been collected before, and put them on the table together with the drafts.

After a while, the examiner led the soldiers to collect the papers one by one. However, if you haven't finished answering, you are allowed to finish lighting the candles.

After clicking, it was dark, and the words could not be read, and the examiner would not give him any more time.

When they came to Ren Taixu's place, someone's eyes lit up, but they didn't make a sound.

Ren Taixu, like the previous examinees, handed over the papers, saw that they were put away, and left. Then he tidied up his crumpled and smelly clothes, packed his pen and ink, and walked outside.

Less than half a mile outside the tribute courtyard, there is a waiting pavilion. In fact, there is an open space here. At this time, there are many ox carts and sedan chairs parked here to pick up candidates.

When Ren Taixu walked over, it was raining, and the sky and the earth were vast, looking at Li Huayuan who was walking towards him with an umbrella in the distance, he couldn't help smiling.

"Young master, how is the examination room?"

"If I don't get in again, who will get in? Unless it's really dark in the imperial court's imperial examination, there is no place for a poor family to stand up."

Li Huayuan also smiled when he heard the words, having stayed with Ren Taixu for nearly two years, he naturally knew that Ren Taixu was not a bragging personality, so what he said should be true!
However, for some reason, he always felt that his young master was more energetic than usual, but he was not quite like the stable young master in the past!
He naturally didn't know that Ren Taixu planned to put a layer of unrestrained and unrestrained appearance on his surface in the future, as his protective color!
(End of this chapter)