The day after the incident, the second exam began again.

The admission process is the same as before, except that there are fewer candidates, the speed is much faster, and the inspection seems to be less strict than before, and the attitude of the yacha is also friendly.

The content of this exam is essays, and the test center is a fixed form of diction, which is actually prepared for serving as a scribe or official.

The exam questions will give you a case, and then let you write according to a fixed pattern, with strict requirements in terms of style, content, language, etc., much like modern expository writing.

One of the cases is quite interesting: in Yongxin County, the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a strong son Long Yu, who lured Zhou Quan, a young man from his fellow village, to drink and gamble, and secretly set up a game, causing Zhou Cheng to lose a lot of money. Long Yu forced Zhou Cheng to repay his gambling debts, and wrote all the good fields of Zhou's entire family into a deed of sale, which was counted as the property of the Long family. Later, Zhou Cheng's mother found that the family's land was encroached upon by Long Yu and went to the county to complain. When the county magistrate heard the case, Long Yu took out the contract as evidence, and the county magistrate found that the contract had Zhou Quan's mother's palm print, so he determined that the contract was legal and valid, and dismissed the lawsuit. Zhou Quan's mother appealed to the state, the imperial court envoys, and even the drums, but she could not win the lawsuit. Later, a new county official came to Yongxin County, named Yuan Jiang. Zhou Cheng's mother came to sue again, and Yuan Jiang carefully examined the contract and found that the date, month and date written on the contract were on the palm print, so he concluded that Long Yu had stolen the paper printed with Zhou Cheng's mother's palm print and rewrote it as a deed of sale. Long Yu had no choice but to return the field on the same day.

Lin Haoran quickly sorted out the case according to the format in his memory.

On the afternoon of the third day after the end of the exam, the shortlist of candidates for the third exam will be announced.

The condemnation of Maoming students for preferential treatment has become more and more intense, and this incident seems to have found the best outlet for the students who failed to make the list, and the team has grown stronger and stronger. And this turmoil seems to have had some effect, and several Maoming students who circled around Zheng Shijie were brushed down, and the proportion of Maoming students dropped sharply.

It's just that Gu Qingfeng and the others are deeply worried, and Fuzun has made such a big concession, I am afraid that he wants to keep the seat of the head of the Maoming case.

Also the day after the case was announced, the last exam began.

After these two battles, the number of candidates has dropped to one hundred and thirty, and most of the people here will pass the government examination and become a child in the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Haoran was arranged in the first row this time, and when he looked up, he could see the prefect.

Gaozhou prefect's surname is Tang Fengyuan, in his forties, slightly fat, white and beardless, and his vocal cords appear slightly pointed, if it weren't for the official uniform, I am afraid that people would mistakenly think that he was a palace eunuch.

Sitting in the center of the first row is Zheng Shijie, looking proud, and his eyes can't hide his pride. I'm afraid that some kind of promise has been obtained, and there is no doubt that the head of the government trial case must belong to him.

This last test is about policy theory, and the test is about political views and current affairs. Similar to the essay on the civil service examination, the essay is an essay that discusses current political issues and offers advice to the imperial court.

Specifically, the theory of policy and theory is actually separate.

"Strategy" is to pick out a current political issue and let you come up with an idea. For example, to deal with the floods of the Yellow River, you have to list several methods, and elaborate on the advantages and disadvantages, so as to show your ability to govern the country and secure the country.

"Comment" is to ask you to discuss or evaluate a certain event or person. For example, should the overlord of Chu kill himself in Wujiang, or evaluate Qin Hui.

The three policy questions issued by the Tang prefect did not have much new ideas, and two of them were common policy theories, one of which raised the question of the Japanese as many candidates guessed.

In fact, the problem of the Japanese invaders began in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was already very serious during the Yuan Dynasty, so the Yuan Dynasty sent troops to Japan twice.

By the time of the Ming Dynasty, the problem of the Japanese Invaders persisted. Now, with the political turmoil in Japan, the Japanese have the support of the daimyo, and their power has never been stronger.

Of course, the biggest cause of the problem is the internal cause, mainly the corruption of the Jiajing court and the abandonment of coastal defense.

Jiajing indulged in monasticism, and continued to build halls, temples, altars, inscriptions and other projects, consuming a lot of silver. Wen Ren, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Shang Shuzhi Chen, "spent 6,347,000 taels of silver in two or three years, and now more than 30 places have not been completed, but the contents have long been exhausted......

From the beginning of the tenth year of Jiajing, it is now the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, and it is Emperor Jiajing's dedication to the cause of monasticism in these twenty-six years that the treasury has already been squandered.

Under the premise that military spending is seriously insufficient, it is not uncommon for officers under the command to be greedy for ink, and it is not uncommon for them to deduct from their monthly rations, resulting in a large number of soldiers in coastal guard posts fleeing, a large number of vacancies in guard posts, and the defense facilities are also not repaired in a timely manner, and not even a single warship can be found to go out to sea.

Although under the iron fist of Hu Zongxian, the army was reorganized and resources were mobilized from all over the country to strengthen Zhejiang's coastal defense. From Guangdong alone, 180 ships were transferred from Wuwei and Hengjiang, effectively striking a blow at the arrogance of the Japanese invaders.

However, this kind of defensive war is destined to fail to produce profits and will inevitably increase the financial burden. Therefore, in order to thoroughly solve the problem of the Japanese pirates, it is necessary to have a healthy financial and sufficient military expenditure, and to build up a coastal defense force full of combat effectiveness.

However, Lin Haoran did not dare to express his thoughts and thoughts in the strategy, if he really pointed the finger at Jiajing or Yan Hao, I am afraid that the Tang Governor would have to kill him first.

Therefore, like the orthodox literati, he greatly downplayed the superiority of China and despised the shameful acts of the Japanese invaders, and then, as Hu Zongxian did, reorganized the army and wiped out the Japanese at sea.

With a full sense of superiority, an article with a bit of obscenity is completed.

After writing it, although Lin Haoran felt that the article was disgusting, he focused on his words and nodded with satisfaction. To outsiders, he was completely intoxicated by the articles he had created.

Unlike the previous two exams, this exam provided lunch, which was a small benefit for the last of the government exam.

At the end of the first time, Lin Haoran took the lead in handing in the papers.

The Tang prefect asked people to take Lin Haoran's test paper, and looking at the handwriting on it, he couldn't help but bow his head slightly, very satisfied with this good handwriting. After reading the three articles, he sighed heavily.

The topics covered this time involve a wide range of current affairs, agricultural affairs, and folk customs, but there is nothing to be faulty about this answer sheet, not only the format is perfect, but the suggestions put forward are also commendable.

"Be second!" Governor Tang put the scroll on the table and set a ranking for him very satisfied.

It's just that as soon as this remark came out, the whole hall was shocked, but many students looked at each other. The students in Maoming were naturally overjoyed, especially the corners of Zheng Shijie's mouth were cracked to the root of his ears, but the students from other counties sighed.