"The destruction of the Six Kingdoms is disadvantageous to non-soldiers, the war is not good, and the disadvantage lies in bribing Qin. ……

…… In addition to the Qin to conquer, the small ones will get the city, and the big one will get the city. Compared with Qin's gains, and those who have won by victory, they are actually a hundred times; The death of the princes and the death of the defeated are actually a hundred times. The great desires of Qin, and the great troubles of the princes, are not in the war.

…… However, the land of the princes is limited, and the desire of the tyrannical Qin is insatiable, and the worship is complicated, and the invasion is more urgent. Therefore, without a fight, the victory or defeat of the strong or weak has been decided. As for subversion, it makes sense. The ancients said: "To do things with the land, it is still necessary to fight the fire with a salary, and the salary is not exhausted, and the fire is not extinguished." That's right.

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Alack! To bribe the land of Qin, seal the world's advisers, with the heart of Qin, the genius of the world, and the force to the west, I am afraid that the Qin people will not be able to swallow it. Sad husband! There is such a trend, and it is robbed by the prestige of the Qin people, and the day and the moon are cut, so as to tend to die. Those who are for the country have no envoy to be robbed by prestige!

The six kingdoms of Fu and Qin are all princes, and their strength is weaker than that of Qin, and they still have the potential to win without bribery. The story of the destruction of the Six Kingdoms is the story of the destruction of the Six Kingdoms with the greatness of the world. ”

The article is not long, but only a few hundred words. It's also a quick read. Solemn and calm, silent and calm, happy and angry. However, at this moment, everyone around them obviously felt that Yan Zhengsu's voice was trembling slightly. It was an excited voice, and Yan Zhengsu was shocked by the policy article of "The Theory of the Six Kingdoms".

Not only was he shocked, but the surrounding ministers were also stunned and speechless. This is a wonderful-written essay. Whether it is the words, the opinions, or the logic of the article, it is extremely rigorous and impeccable. The language of the previous essay is gorgeous and majestic, but the style of this essay is concise and powerful, plain and easy to understand, and the language is vivid. These are two completely different styles, but they have the same goal, and they have written two strange essays on different themes. It's hard to imagine that this is an article written by the same person, and people have to be sincerely admired.

Of course, Yan Zhengsu knew that Lin Jue was capable, although at the beginning, this Lin Jue was just a young man with outstanding literary talent in Yan Zhengsu's mind. As a disciple of Fang Dunru, he must have attainments in literary talent, this is for sure. But in Yan Zhengsu's heart, literary talent is not the only criterion for measuring a talent.

Yan Zhengsu is a pragmatic person, and the talent in his mind is not only to write beautiful poetry and articles, but also to have the strategy and courage to do things. The change in Yan Zhengsu's perception of Lin Jue actually began after Lin Jue offered a plan to suppress the bandits. That one scheming and meritorious work eradicated Yan Zhengsu's henchmen. Lin Jue's performance in it also conquered Yan Zhengsu. Since then, although Yan Zhengsu has been the same on the surface, he has appreciated Lin Jue in his heart.

Yan Zhengsu's standards for talents are very high, and the success of a strange plot does show courage and strategy, but it cannot be said that this person meets the absolute standard of talents in his mind. In Yan Zhengsu's view, real talents must take the overall situation into account and look at the world. The so-called talents who help the world must know the past and learn from the present, and keep the overall situation in mind. For example, in the matter of exterminating sea bandits, you can come up with a strange plan to suppress the bandits, or you may be a good general, but you may not be a good person. It is necessary to solve the root cause of the existence of banditry, to come up with a way to solve the root cause of banditry from the root, and to put forward a strategy for curing the root cause and tracing the source. Therefore, although he appreciates Lin Jue, he only thinks that he is a rare talent and beauty, and he will become a great weapon in time.

However, today, when he read this article on the strategy of the "Theory of the Six Kingdoms," Yan Zhengsu was truly excited. He couldn't imagine that the language of this article was so old and spicy, the insight was far-reaching, the arguments were incisive and thorough, and the logical structure was meticulous, all of which were breathtaking, and he had to be impressed.

Yan Zhengsu finished reading the whole article, his fingers trembled slightly, and the rattling of the answer sheet in his hand seemed to be too heavy, making him a little unable to grasp it.

The ministers were also stunned and silent, and everyone was in a sense of unreality. Their eyes looked at the young man in front of them with a childish look on his face, and it was hard to imagine that this young man had written such an old-fashioned article. This is completely inconsistent with his image.

Some of them even had suspicions, this Lin Jue's article was not plagiarized, could it be the work of his teacher Fang Dunru? That makes sense. Whether it is the essay or this strategy, the wind and bones in the text seem to be the feeling that only a weathered person can write, how can this young man do it?

However, they also all know that it is a bit ridiculous for Fang Dunru to write the manuscript for the students beforehand. Not to mention that Fang Dunru couldn't do this at all, he wasn't such a person at all. Even if Fang Dunru was willing to help his students, he didn't know about the test questions at all.

You must know that the principle of the Spring Exam is that every year, from the saint to the state and county officials, each person must write a question for the Ministry of Rites and summarize it to the Ministry of Rites. After that, a screening process is carried out to remove some questions that are obviously not suitable. Finally, more than 300 questions can be used every year to form a question bank. The imperial examination is held every three years, and thousands of available questions will be summarized in three years, which is the source of the question bank for the final imperial examination.

Before the two-level examination of autumn and spring, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty would send someone to draw three sets of exam questions in the question warehouse of the Ministry of Rites. At a specified time before the big exam, these selected topics were lying in the emperor's Wenbao Pavilion, and they were closely guarded. It was not until the last moment that the emperor randomly selected one of the questions and handed them over to the Ministry of Rites to deliver them to the examination rooms in various places. The imperial examination has always been the top priority of the imperial court, which can be seen from this. The reason why three sets of questions are drawn for each big exam is also to prevent the leakage of test questions. In the event of a leak of test questions, there are two other sets to spare.

Therefore, under this series of strict measures, it is absolutely impossible to know the test questions in advance. Even if all the officials who came up with the questions made their own questions public, it would be a free combination of thousands of questions. If you want to prepare in advance, you have to answer thousands of questions, write thousands of essays and thousands of poems, and memorize them well. This is absolutely impossible.

What's more, in some years, the emperor will personally make a temporary proposition or temporarily assign a minister's proposition, and discard the question bank questions. Then there is no possibility of cheating in advance. For example, the topic of the big exam in the autumn of last year was the topic of the Shang Dynasty reform proposed by Guo Chong himself. It is not until an hour before the start of the examination that the examiner has the right to open the sealed bag and add the last question to the examination paper.

Fang Dunru did not even participate in any preparations for the Spring Festival Entrance Examination this year, nor did he take any related work. In order to avoid suspicion, he had already done it to the extreme, so the idea of suspecting Fang Dunru of cheating for the students only rolled in everyone's minds a few times, and then disappeared. The only explanation is that this Lin Jue did indeed write these articles by himself, there is no doubt about it.

In the silence, Guo Chong smiled and said, "Yan Aiqing, Zhu Aiqing, what do you think of Lin Jue's policy article?" I think he can get the top prize in the undergraduate, do you have any objections now? ”

"Congratulations to the Holy One, congratulations to the Holy One. My Great Zhou Dynasty is prosperous, and with this talent, I will be a pillar of the court in the future. The saint asked this person to be the champion, and the old minister thought it was very suitable. Lu Zhongtian said loudly.

"Yes, yes, what Lu Xiang said is very true, the ministers congratulate the saint, the Great Zhou has the talent of the pillars, it is gratifying." The ministers said one after another.

Wu Chunlai felt very uncomfortable, he originally thought that Lin Jue's answer sheet was a mess, and the emperor wanted to read his answer sheet, and he would not be able to make up for it. Now I know that Lin Jue didn't give up Chunqiu, he was too talented, and he got the answer sheet overnight, and he was simply worried about himself. But on the other hand, Lin Jue didn't rely on his own strength, so after he was in high school, he would have one less means to blackmail him. Judging by his previous performance, he may not be willing to cooperate. I'm afraid I'll have to spend more effort on him after that.

In addition, Wu Chunlai still has a little jealousy in his heart. He firmly believes that Lin Jue's article must be under the guidance of Fang Dunru, and perhaps Fang Dunru has speculated on the direction of this year's exam questions through some channel. Even if this is not the case, Lin Jue's amazing talent must be the result of the teacher's teaching. From this point of view, the teacher had reservations about himself back then, and if Fang Dunru favored one over the other, and if he was biased, then the last trace of guilt left in his heart after betraying him back then should also disappear.

"Yan Zhengsu, do you have anything else to say?" Guo Chong asked with a smile.

Of course, Yan Zhengsu had nothing to say, after seeing this "Theory of the Six Kingdoms", Yan Zhengsu himself would not hesitate to point him out as the first if he was the chief examiner. But he couldn't show it, he was excited, but he was able to restrain himself.

"Your Majesty. The minister was very satisfied with Lin Jue's answer and dispelled his doubts. However, the minister suggested that the emperor should still act in accordance with the regulations of the big examination. Before the big exam was over, the emperor named the champion, which was unfair to other candidates. Besides, who can know that among the more than 3,000 candidates, there is no article that surpasses Lin Jue? Therefore, the minister thought that it was better to follow the normal procedures, so as not to cause unnecessary entanglements, destroy the rules of the imperial examination, and disturb the mood of the candidates. Yan Zheng said solemnly.

"What Lord Yan said is reasonable, I just said that, everything is still in accordance with the rules. However, I feel that there is no one who can surpass Lin Jue. Guo Chong laughed.

"The Emperor Shengming!" The ministers said in unison.

Guo Chong looked at Lin Jue with a smile and said, "Lin Jue, your article is very well written, I like it very much." I had called you here to give you a few words of admonition, but now I don't think it's necessary. I fully understand that you can be proud of your talents. You can go. ”

Lin Jue promised in a deep voice and bowed and retired. Guo Chong was in a good mood, laughing and laughing, and left surrounded by the ministers. Everyone understands that the title of this candidate Lin Jue's gold list is no longer a suspense. The Holy Chrysostom, coupled with the fact that this person is indeed amazing, all of this is already a sure thing.

Lin Jue stood silently in front of the house, feeling complicated in his heart. Judging from the evaluation of the emperor and the ministers, it should not be difficult for him to go to Chunfu High School this time. That means you're about to enter a career. But Lin Jue also felt a little guilty in his heart, this was actually a kind of cheating, after all, he had stolen other people's articles, and the joy in his heart was still discounted. It's like deceiving everyone in exchange for honor, and self-blame is inevitable.

However, Lin Jue quickly reminded himself that the pedantic thoughts of the previous life must no longer be there, everything he did in this life was only to reverse his fate, and as for the means and process, in fact, he didn't have to be entangled.