Reincarnation Guest of All Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms

Chapter 288 Huiyuan
Zhigongtang—the place where Daliang's examination papers are graded.

In the Zhigong Hall, there are lanterns at this time, the examiners of the 200th room, as well as the officials sent by the Ministry of Rites and the Inner Palace, there are always [-] people standing on the side of the hall. .

They were all silent, tense and solemn.

An elderly eunuch, with a calm expression and a guard with a knife, came in quietly. Although he didn't make a sound, he had a strong sense of presence. Some examiners couldn't help but took a look, but the guards immediately spotted him and swept him coldly. Come, let the examiner avoid it.

This is Eunuch Zhang, the head eunuch who has some face in front of Emperor Hongzhi.

Immediately afterwards, hearing the shout of "Oath of Encouragement", the three chief examiners led the eighteen room examiners, lined up to wash their hands in the copper basin, and then offered the dragon plaque of "Long live, long live, long live" and "Dacheng Zhizhi". Kneel three times and kowtow nine times respectfully on the memorial tablet of "Sage and First Master".

Make an oath to join the incense alliance: "We will recruit scholars for the sake of the country and society, and we will not favoritism, accept entrustment, or accept bribes-if you have this heart, the gods will die together"

This is an unchanging rule for hundreds of years. Everyone is familiar with it, but everyone is serious. Without it, there are really ghosts and gods in this world.

After the oath of alliance is over, the examinee papers will be brought in continuously by high-ranking civil servants.

When all the papers were placed in the spacious hall one by one, the 21 people sat solemnly. The candidates who participated in the general examination were fish or dragons, and their fate was basically decided in the hands of these people.

The two doors were closed, waiting for the examiner to speak. Lin Huayu, the examiner, nodded slightly, glanced away, and said in a deep voice.

"Everyone, although this is a cliché, I still want to say that the emperor attaches great importance to this imperial examination. The person sent here is Eunuch Zhang. I believe everyone knows him."

The civil servants did not dare to move a little bit, but everyone nodded their heads, who came, the three principal and deputy chief examiners, and the eighteenth room examiner, none of them didn't know each other.

He came over, which was obviously an inspection and supervision.

Although Emperor Hongzhi also paid attention to the exams in the past, but this time even Eunuch Zhang was sent to lead guards to inspect and supervise, obviously paying more attention than usual.

How can we not let them not be more careful?
"Everyone in Yili is a master, so I won't say much, I just want to say one thing - everyone is lucky to be an examiner, no matter who you choose, when I meet you in the future, I will give you the gift of a half-master."

"Therefore, is it worthwhile for you to conspire for personal gain? Not only will your personal fame and wealth go to waste, but your family will also suffer."

"The scoring has not yet started, think about your wife and son."

After the examiner finished speaking, he turned to Eunuch Zhang: "Eunuch, do you have anything to say?"

Eunuch Zhang restrained his surprise, and said: "Master Lin is very thorough. Our family has always wondered why there are examiners cheating?"

Eunuch Zhang's words resounded in the hall, with the sound of gold and stone. Everyone looked at each other and listened and said: "Although the court has rules, the chief examiner is only elected for one term, and there is no reason for re-election."

"Even if you take 300 scholars for one term, they will all be court officials in the future. You will have to salute when you see you. I don't need to say more about the benefits of this. Why do people still think about cheating for some money?"

Eunuch Zhang was very surprised, and he really couldn't figure it out.

It is impossible for the selected students not to disobey the orders of their teachers for life, but the relationship between teachers and students cannot be avoided. Even if each of the three hundred future officials contributes a little, how lucky is it?

You have already obtained the greatest benefits, and you still need some money?

Deputy chief examiner Gai Jingsheng bowed his head solemnly after hearing this, and Zhuang Rong said: "So we wait, how dare we live up to the high expectations of the Holy Majesty? We must restrain ourselves and be cautious, and select real talents for the country!"

Eunuch Zhang laughed sharply after hearing this: "Okay, our family is waiting to see the real talents you select!"

After saying that, he backed out, and the chief examiner Lin Huayu said in a deep voice, "Check the papers!"

There are [-] papers, and [-] of them must be selected. This is the candidate for Gongshi.

According to the rules of the Daliang Examination, more than half of the three principal and deputy chief examiners and the eighteenth room examiner passed the circle, and no one thought it was wrong, so they were considered to have passed the preliminary examination.

The examinees for these papers are Gongshi. If there is no accident, at least they can get the name of a top three Jinshi in the palace examination.

And if all 21 examiners pass, they can enter the next round and compete for membership. In this way, there are often only [-] or [-] papers in each exam.

But this year, it seems that there are more than previous years.

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

Already dazzled by the unanimously passed papers, a room examiner was surprised and applauded.

His reaction immediately attracted the attention of other examiners.

Today is different from the past, with the chief eunuch present to supervise, but still unable to bear the gaffe, how good is this paper?
An examiner then took the paper, and after reading only a few lines, he couldn't restrain his admiration.

"Iron Blood History, I am really a scholar! I didn't expect that I would come across such articles in the examination. I am ashamed, ashamed to be the examiner!"

The three chief and deputy chief examiners were all attracted, and they also came to read the paper one after another.

"This..." Although Lin Huayu had read the content, she felt that it was almost invulnerable. Even such a person who has been immersed in literature for many years can't change a word.

However, I feel that the content written by the candidates is quite excessive. It is not wrong to say that it is too much.

Lin Huayu hesitated for a moment, and asked Zhang Xiu, the deputy examiner, "What do you think?"

Yu Guang frowned: "This article is full of talent, but it is too aggressive. It seems that he is a young man, and he may incur the wrath of heaven in the future. If not, he may be a good looker."

Yuan Yuyuan also commented: "That's true. When you read his articles, you always feel that he is too sharp. This is the reason why he is too talented. You have to temper your temper..."

Saying that, the three of them looked at each other, and couldn't help but smile wryly.

And several examiners have already circled the paper.

Seeing that everyone had different expressions, but none of them objected, Lin Huayu, the chief examiner, also thought to himself: "I have a different opinion from everyone, and I am interested in talents, but this article is really good. If I block it, I'm afraid I will end up with a jealous person." Notoriety, that’s all, I agree, why don’t I follow suit? It’s just that this article is still too bright and sharp!”

"However, even His Majesty will not just ignore talent and learning just because of what he says from the bottom of his heart."

Thinking of this, Lin Huayu also picked up a pen and drew a circle on the paper.

Suddenly thinking of the factional struggle in the city, he couldn't help sighing: "I don't know whether he was promoted or killed."

"After the preliminary examination, we passed the 230 three examination papers together." After two days and two nights of hard work and careful screening, they were finally included in the list of tribute scholars, a total of 230 three people.

"Take a break for two hours before proceeding to the second trial." With the food and hot water brought in, the examiners, who were locked inside and could not go out for the final result, entered the temporary berth and fell asleep snoring.

Eunuch Zhang ordered someone to move a chair, and sat at the door with his eyes closed.

In two hours, the examiners washed their faces and hands with clean water, and went to the second trial again.

This time, it will be much easier than the first trial.

But the pressure is not small.

After all, choosing more than 200 out of thousands of exam papers is related to the fate of many people, and it is also a dilemma to choose the ranking among the 230 three exam papers.

Some examiners even got angry because of different opinions, even if there were eunuchs present, and they almost rolled up their sleeves.

"Eunuch, the second trial is over. There are 33 examination papers together." Eunuch Zhang was still a little interested in watching the civil servants arguing and arguing. After watching for a long time, he became sleepy. Just woke up.

"The trial is over?" Eunuch Zhang took a look. Sure enough, although some examiners looked unhappy, they really stopped arguing.

These civil servants are really... irritating.

"The one you ordered to watch is also in the 33 copies." The little eunuch whispered.

"Okay!" This time, he could go to the business. He knew that Emperor Hongzhi was not too important to this matter, so he just said casually, asking him to pay attention to young people who could have contact with Princess Yongle.

But he can achieve this position by keeping every word of Emperor Hongzhi firmly in his heart!
Personal servant, must be careful!
Eunuch Zhang got up straight away, and laughed sharply: "Now that we have come out, our family will enter the palace with the three adults."

"Let's go, three adults."

The three chief and deputy chief examiners who were taking the papers to see Emperor Hongzhi, although they didn't like the eunuch, dared not speak out, nodded, and walked out in one step.

Eunuch Zhang followed directly with his people.

It's as if he came here just to supervise and review, and he can go to work with the results.

The remaining [-] room examiners looked at each other, not to mention what was going on in their hearts, they tried to keep calm on their faces.

Eunuch Zhang and the three principal and deputy chief examiners, the Gongyuan was not far from the imperial palace, and they were accompanied by guards on the way, calm down, giving people the feeling that they will arrive in a blink of an eye.

"Eunuch Zhang, the emperor is taking a nap, and wait for me to report?" An eunuch hurriedly whispered when he saw Eunuch Zhang come back.

Eunuch Zhang nodded: "You go, our family is here with the three adults."

Generally speaking, Daliang treated his courtiers preferentially. In the side hall, the three adults drank hot tea served by the eunuch, and chatted casually with Eunuch Zhang instead of kneeling.

"The emperor is here—" After the second round of drinking, following the eunuch's voice, all four people present hurriedly got up.

"I'll wait to meet your Majesty."

"The servant pays homage to His Majesty."

"Let's all get flat." Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand, telling them to stand up, and he sat on a chair.

Eunuch Zhang went straight to the emperor's side, bent slightly, and stood to serve, which is the duty of a house slave.

Lin Huayu took a step forward and told Emperor Hongzhi about the situation of the examination: "The ministers and others selected a total of 230 three examination papers for the first trial, and the emperor will decide."

This is the rule of Daliang Calendar. After ordering Huiyuan, 230 three tributes including Huiyuan will participate in the subsequent palace examination, from which they will be divided into first-class, second-class, and third-class.

"Present it." Emperor Hongzhi said.

Without eunuchs coming over, Zhang Xiu personally held the scrolls and sent them to Emperor Hongzhi, a total of 33 copies.

From the first copy, Emperor Hongzhi didn't show any special expression on the first two copies, but when he saw the third volume, Eunuch Zhang suddenly coughed.

Emperor Hongzhi first glanced at the eunuch next to him suspiciously, then suddenly remembered something, and nodded slightly!

With a pause, he unfolded the third volume, looked at the characters, and nodded slightly. To Emperor Hongzhi, the calligraphy was superior, but in his capacity, everyone had never seen any kind of calligraphy.

It is not bad that Ren Taixu's calligraphy can get a first-class evaluation.

After seeing the beginning, I was stunned.

"The king is eager to change the law, and he has no regard for the opinions of the world. Moreover, those who have the practice of superior people will always see that they are defeated by the world; those who have concerns about independent knowledge will definitely see that they are arrogant to the people."

This is to say that the emperor should be firm in his determination to reform the law and have the tendency to be a lonely minister. I beg the emperor's sacred heart to be arbitrary and not be disturbed by other people. The people who interfere are those who cannot see the current situation clearly, but those who can see the situation clearly Naturally, he would understand the emperor.

"This man is bold!"

This is the emperor's first impression, the reform is a major national event, even the prime minister dare not mention it without permission, let alone small juren?

But thinking about it, the emperor was a little puzzled. It stands to reason that such a crazy student, even if he could be named on the gold list, would not be recommended to him.

Could it be that this person is really talented and unstoppable?
Even if there are arrogant words, can it be recognized by the rest of the examiners?
After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi continued to read the following article.

Looking at it further, the general idea is that although the sky is difficult, as long as the emperor and ministers work hard, clean up the filth, and reset the government, they will be able to make strides forward.

This is actually Ren Taixu's flickering, the frightening aspect of the Law of Rise and Decline cannot be resisted by a famous ruler and famous minister.

But to a certain extent, even if each generation is a Mingjun Mingchen, the country will eventually decline and die, and it can only be postponed!
Take the human body as an example. If there is a person who takes scientific maintenance and exercises everywhere, will he not be old?
Certainly not, and the court is the same.

But for the vast majority of people, this reason is sufficient. Indeed, as long as the emperor works hard to rule, all the evils will be wiped out!
To wipe out all pests, all invincible.

You will surely be able to make endless strides - the meaning is very sufficient.

This is why the examiner gave high marks.

After reading it, Emperor Hongzhi immediately understood why this article was recommended.

The first is the article itself, although it is impassioned, it seems to be quite vigorous, and it seems to have arrogant words.

But as far as the article itself is concerned, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't find the slightest fault at all.

Not a single word can be substituted!

It seems to have reached the state where one word can be changed into a thousand pieces of gold, just like Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period.

After seeing the content at the same time, the emperor understood why such an article was highly recommended!
Although this article is all about reforms and sweeping away filth and malpractice.

But the filth and malpractice in this article is meant to be—Xungui Group!
At this time, the party struggle between the DPRK and China, the examination was originally the hinterland of the Wenchen Group, and such an article that stated the harm of the nobles and clearly supported the Wenchen Group with reason and evidence, would naturally be valued by the examiner!

Not only did the examiner think so, but Emperor Hongzhi was also scratched by Ren Taixu's article at this time.

In fact, many of what is said in this article are his worries and doubts.

The reform of the military system in various places mentioned in the article, thereby reducing the military power of the nobles, made Emperor Hongzhi even more excited!
He is most worried about the soldiers in the hands of the nobles and the influence stationed in the place.

If it is true what Ren Taixu said, reform the military system, everything will be solved easily!

To be honest, although in the past he had the idea of ​​promoting poor scholars in the court to balance the nobles and aristocratic families, but he has never had any ideas about reform.

But after reading Ren Taixu's article, Emperor Hongzhi's impression of the reform became more and more profound!
If it is really the reform as mentioned in Ren Taixu's article, reducing the local influence of nobles and gathering military power at the same time, there will be a lot of benefits!
Thinking of something again, Emperor Hongzhi shook his head again!

Although the reform is good, but now is really not a suitable time.

Regardless of whether it is a war between the north and the south, the nobles need to contribute. At this time, the reduction of military power may cause the rebound of the nobles!
At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi deeply remembered the words "Ren Taixu"!
It was a surprise!
Not only does he come from a poor family, but he also has the heart of being a lonely minister. He dares to talk about the taboos of the world without authorization, and he is justified. In addition, this person has a brilliant literary talent, he is really a good minister!
If he really wants to reform in the future, this person might still be the sharpest knife in his hand, Emperor Hongzhi thought!
Although there were a lot of thoughts in his heart, Emperor Hongzhi didn't reveal anything on his face!

This is the palace of the emperor!
"There is no God above the Lord, but there is a cause below"

The monarch can't be mysterious, and the ministers will have the opportunity to take advantage of it, so the emperor's mind must not be easily revealed!

"The way is invisible, but it is not known!" It shows that the emperor's ruling technique lies in concealment, so that his subjects cannot guess, and the technique is unpredictable, so that his subjects cannot understand.

Everyone couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking.

It took a while before I heard the emperor say: "Although there are many arrogant words, the scholar is vigorous, and the literary spirit is too strong, but this volume is very good, so let's call it Huiyuan."

"Your majesty is wise!" The three chief and deputy chief examiners were all overjoyed.

Before the emperor showed his attitude to the Xungui Group, and reused the veterans again, which made them a little embarrassed.

At the same time, it also made them a little puzzled, wondering what the emperor thought?

But turning around, the emperor just ordered a Huiyuan who advocated reform and reduced military power. They couldn't help being displeased. After all, the emperor was on his side!

It was just due to the situation before!

On the contrary, Eunuch Zhang on the side had served the emperor for many years, but he thought a little deeper than them, knowing that it was just a balance!

He sighed slightly in his heart: "It's the thunder, the rain, the dew, it's all the grace of the king!"

(End of this chapter)