Xu Qixun is a precocious teenager, although he is only one year older than Feng Ziying, but at the age of sixteen, he has some consciousness for a person who has been polishing outside for a few years and has been exposed to and even deliberately instilled by Feng Ziying.

If Xu Qixun passed the exam, it would be more helpful to himself, but he didn't expect it to be an unexpected Fang Youdu, Feng Ziying had no regrets, but he couldn't do anything about this kind of thing.

However, he believes that Xu Qixun's next subject should not be a big problem.

The competition in the scientific examination on the side of Nanzhili is much greater than that of Beizhili, and Fang Youdu can pass and Xu Qixun can't, to some extent, it also shows that the uncertainty factor of this exam is relatively large, unless you are absolutely sure, so you have taken the test in Beizhili, as Fan Jingwen said, it is indeed taking some advantage.

Feng Ziying has shown her great ambition from the first day she entered the academy, which is naturally the most clear to Xu Qixun, who has the closest relationship with Feng Ziying, and after becoming more and more familiar with Xu Qixun, and even after making friends, Feng Ziying did not shy away from saying that her future goal is to be in and out of the prime minister, well, to be precise, it is like the first assistant of the cabinet.

In fact, many scholars have this ambition in their hearts, but Feng Ziying dared to put it forward when he hadn't even passed the exam, or even a prisoner, which had to make people admire his ambition.

But what makes Xu Qixun even more admired is that Feng Ziying is not ashamed, and in the past two years, he has used his own words and deeds to help himself and the academy achieve his goals.

Every move, every step, is very predictable and purposeful, and the various rhythms and drums inside and outside the court are stepped on extremely accurately, coupled with the potential behind Feng Ziying's performance, such as Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia's favor, these combined are the main reasons why Xu Qixun is willing to follow Feng Ziying with all his heart.

Pure personal feelings are not enough to make a Nan Zhili student like him who came from an ordinary wealthy family bow down, he needs to comprehensively evaluate and judge what following Feng Ziying may bring, after all, he also has a family behind him, even a family.

In contrast, although Fang Youdu is more utilitarian, it is also easier to be intimidated by Feng Ziying's performance.

"Huchen, it doesn't matter, we are still young, the scientific examination is actually only the first step for us, even if we have passed the Jinshi examination, we are still facing decades of career bumps." Feng Ziying smiled, "I never thought that Qiu Yu and Chun Fu were the end, well, the real test should be after the Chun Yu Chinese style." ”

"Ziying, I'm afraid that only you can boast about this, but I always feel that this should be the tone of Jian You, Jun Yu and Zixun, the senior brothers of the West Garden, you are only one hundred and forty-nine in Shuntian Qiuqiu, are you so sure that you can survive the Spring Festival?" Xu Qixun couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "I see that although Yuxuan and Uncle Fang have passed the Autumn Festival, they don't have much confidence in the Spring Festival, Yuxuan is better, Uncle Fang seems to be a little satisfied with the status quo, and he doesn't seem to think that he can pass the Spring Festival in one fell swoop." ”

Seeing that Feng Ziying is listening to his opinions very seriously, Xu Qixun is also very happy, Feng Ziying has such advantages, many times you will feel that he has a big tone, long-term vision, and foresight, often this situation will become too ambitious when it is implemented, and he will be high-minded and low-handed, but Feng Ziying will say that he pays more attention to the specifics, and even bows to everything.

Like last year and this year, when these manuscripts were submitted to the imperial court, he proposed them, and the direction was also determined by him and then approved by the mountain chief and the head of the court, but in terms of specific operations, he dared to let go of the big guys, Xu Qixun was a little disappointed, and felt that Feng Ziying was too lenient and impetuous, and was superficial.

But unexpectedly, at the last moment, Feng Ziying concentrated all the manuscript suggestions that had been formed, organized a group of people to screen and approve them one by one, and finally determined the final draft to be submitted to the imperial court.

Especially in the article "Epidemic Prevention Preparations" submitted in July this year, Feng Ziying personally drew up the guidelines, and then decomposed them to each participating student, one by one the professors gave them where to start, where to write, where to summarize, and then to draw opinions and conclusions, so that Xu Qixun was also convinced.

Sometimes Xu Qixun wondered if this guy had not worked in a certain experience division or a certain state capital in the six ministries before, how could he be familiar with such a court rule, although there would be some mistakes, but the general direction had never been missed.

The problem is that this guy is less than fifteen years old, and he was only twelve years old when he entered the academy, even if he followed his father to participate in military affairs and government affairs in Datong since he was a child, but this age is too exaggerated, is this guy really six or seven years old to assist his father in military and political affairs? That's really a prodigy.

This question is actually from Qiao Yingjia to Qi Yongtai, from Guan Yingzhen to Zhou Yongchun, and even many students in the academy, and even including Zhang Jin, Chen Jingxuan, Li Sancai and some people at a higher level.

With the adjustment of the dormitory of the college, the students who entered the West Garden began to prepare for the competition more intensely.

The Great Zhou Dynasty still follows the Ming system, and the number of Chinese places in the examination is basically determined according to the number of subjects and the number of people participating in the examination, as well as the number of officials who are currently missing in the imperial court.

The previous subject is relatively large because it is the "first subject of Longfei", but it is not obvious, and it is said that this subject is the second subject of Emperor Yonglong's accession to the throne, and the number of Chinese places may decline.

However, there were some rumors from the imperial court that the emperor intended to expand the enrollment quota in the current department in order to prepare for the shortage of materials in the remote areas and the needs of the state capital, so the current department may even have more enrollment places than the previous department, which also made the students who participated in the spring of this department excited.

In fact, Feng Ziying also got the news, this is also Qi Yongtai, Qiao Yingjia and others wrote to the cabinet and Emperor Yonglong, thinking that the current six departments of the imperial court and the local state capital are very old and infirm, and the ***** is full, hoping to replace these people who are mixed in various departments and localities by adding some new jinshi in the spring of the third or fourth department in the next ten years.

This opinion was blocked in the cabinet for a time, and the first assistant Shen had always been reluctant to make such an example, but the second assistant and the other two cabinet ministers agreed, and they also received strong support from the emperor, so it was determined.

"Ziying, your scriptures are almost the same now, it is difficult to improve greatly in the short term, the only thing you need to grasp is that you still need to be fine in the choice of words, but the time to try is enough for you, you can refine it, don't rush to put pen to paper,......"

When the university repeatedly covered the roof of Qingtan Academy, it was the lunar month of the year.

Zhou Chaozong was very satisfied with this disciple who was not a disciple, although he did not admit that the other party was his disciple, because he was just helping him make up for his shortcomings in Jingyi, in terms of current policy theory, this guy could even be his own teacher, and some exquisite views even Guan Yingzhen and Zhou Yongchun were amazed.

But Feng Ziying behaved very well, and still served her as a teacher, even after being promoted in the exam, she was not arrogant or impatient, and quickly entered the state after returning to the academy.

"Disciple remember."

"Well, there is also the fact that you write more slowly, your pen is not bad, if you do it slowly, it can highlight your handwriting intentions, although there is a transcription system, but once the Chinese style, the important ministers prefer to read this volume, if this advantage is used well, then sometimes it can be further ,......"

This is a heartfelt statement, there is a transcription system, the handwriting is negligible, but once Chinese, and your scriptures and articles may be like the eyes of the ministers or even the emperor, this first impression is also very important, and the experience is often obtained from countless painful lessons.

"Disciple understands, thank you Master Zhou." Feng Ziying thanked her sincerely.

"Well, the rest, I don't have any more professors to you, in my opinion, this section may be your best opportunity, the imperial court intends to increase the number of places, and the emperor has a new intention, your policy article may as well be bolder, sharper, even if it angers some people, it doesn't matter, the key is to be Chinese." Zhou Chaozong put his hands behind his back and muttered, "I'm afraid that the mountain chief and the head of the courtyard won't tell you these words, after all, this is also related to your future Chinese affairs,......"

Feng Ziying's eyebrows moved slightly, this suggestion can be described as bold, that is, to let herself be grandiosed and attract attention, but I have to say that this should be the most suitable for herself.

Compared with these people, such as Lian Guoshi, Han Jing, and Xu Ji, there is a huge gap in the scriptures, that is, Fan Jingwen and these people can also crush themselves repeatedly, and the only advantage is in the current policy theory.

However, those who can be shortlisted will definitely not be too far behind in terms of current policy, so if you want to fight for a way, or even go directly to the position, you must have something that attracts people's attention.

According to the practice of the Great Zhou, the main examination will be a cabinet member other than the first assistant, and the deputy chief examiner will be served by the chamberlain of the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Officials, which is the key.

The general practice, the same examination determines whether it is Chinese, and the main examination determines the level, that is to say, whether you can be shortlisted in the examination is generally optimistic about the same examiner, then you can be shortlisted, but you will be ranked in the same way, it is basically the main examiner, but this is not a decision, the main examiner and the deputy examiner will take a look at some of the papers that are determined to be excellent or unsuccessful in case of omissions.

If it is too prominent, it may be directly deposed, and if it is slightly restricted, the disadvantage of one's own scripture and writing skills may be more obvious, making it difficult for them to attract attention, according to the current subject as many as 4,800 people, the Chinese admission may be about 380 people, such a huge elite group, is this going to fight for a handful of eyeballs to be directly dethroned, or to be hidden?

Therefore, the advice given by Zhou Chaozong may be a double-edged sword.