Chapter 147: The Palace Exam

The palace examination, also known as the court examination, is always held after the general examination, which is always March. Hongwu opened the imperial examination at the beginning of the third year, set the palace examination day as the third day of the first month of March, and then stopped opening the imperial examination for more than ten years, and waited until the eighteenth year of Hongwu to open the imperial examination again, and set the March New Day as the palace examination day. That being said, there are times when there are exceptions. In the seventh year of Yongle, because of the northern tour of Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, the palace examination that should have been held was postponed for two years, and it was not held until the ninth year of Yongle. Today's examination was also postponed for more than ten days, and finally set for March 18.

The palace test was personally inquired by the Son of Heaven, which was naturally an extraordinary solemn situation. Unlike the examination, which only examines the history of the scriptures, the trial strategy of this temple not only examines the scriptures, but also examines current politics. When the policy was announced, the more than 200 tributes in the hall were all concentrated, and Zhang Yue was no exception.

"There must be a way for the emperor to rule the world. The saints of the past hung their clothes and ruled the world, and Tang Yu's world ruled clearly, and his orders were written in the book...... Zhou Li, what Zhou Gong did, if it is annoying, compared to Tang Yu's inaction, there is a difference. However, its law and discipline are extremely precise and feasible in the world, so why did the future generations go to Qin and abolish it? Han Cheng Qin cheats, not far from Zhou, can be retro, why because it is still the old, and can not be changed with the Tang ...... The way of man's constant words lies in a morality and customs, today's wide, the multiplicity of livestock, the limits of this territory and the difference in the trend of food, what is the reason for morality, and what is the reason for a custom? And the sons of the same son are born in the history of the current affairs of the familiar, where there is a benefit to the way of governance, its details, do not hide, I will personally see it. ”

When he understood that the current science system was about governing the Tao, Zhang Yue suddenly gave birth to countless Chens in his heart, and he pondered for a long time before he started writing.

Compared with the courtyard test and the township test, the palace test does not need to squeeze the small room in the tribute courtyard like the township test, and there is no need to search the body to check the entrainment when entering the house. Although they are all tributes, after all, the top three rankings are extremely important. If it is attached to the end of the list, it is naturally not a glorious thing. Even Zhang Yue forgot his grandmother's instructions before, after all, how could he decide whether it would be first, second or third in the end?

Those who can serve as the chief examiner of the palace examination have always been the most favored ministers before the Son of Heaven drove, such as Xie Jin in the second year of Yongle, Hu Guang in the fifth year of Yongle, Yang Shiqi in the ninth year of Yongle, and now Yang Rong, a bachelor of Hanlin, is the chief examiner in the sixteenth year of Yongle. Compared to a few pulsatillas fifty miles away in the court jinshi. Forty miles away, he looks extremely energetic, with a few long beards on his chin, which makes him even more elegant. Several examiners older than him sat there, looking more and more like foils.

At this time, the emperor had already retreated, and Yang Rong's gaze swept among the scholars, and he couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhang Yue. Zhu Di's trust in the Zhang family is unshakable, and because of the relationship between the British public and Zhang Fu, Zhang Yue can be among the tributes despite his young age. But the skills of this article have to be honed over time. Therefore, even if Zhang Yue becomes a jinshi this year, it is not easy to ask for this ranking. But presumably Zhu Di doesn't care about his place name, what he cares about is whether he can win.

Having said that, even if I love Zhang Yue today. The close relatives of the first Xuanli military ministers should never be allowed to enter the cabinet.

Zhang Yue had no time to look at others at this time. Although there are official examination papers and scratch paper for this palace examination, he only has one day, and it is too late to make a decision if he makes a draft and then transcribes it. So. He glanced at the draft and simply got to work.

The weather in March in the north was still cold, but he wrote three scrolls in one breath, and when he estimated that there were a thousand words, his forehead was already covered with fine beads of sweat. At this time, he glanced at the people around him, and found that everyone was engrossed in sweating on his forehead, so he stopped looking left and right. Write along the lines. He gradually discovered the benefits of practicing calligraphy diligently, at least, this dignified Xiaokai flowed out of the pen without much effort, and it was pleasing to the eye.

I think that when he counted nine cold winters and practiced calligraphy, Du Zhen thought of this moment.

Like those modern invigilators, the examiner of this temple examination is naturally not sitting there without moving. After sitting for more than an hour, Yang Rong began to walk along the candidate's seat, and even picked up the paper that had been partially copied and took a look. Hundreds of volumes. The time for the reading of the paper was only three days. Naturally, it is impossible to judge all the papers completely impartially and impartially, but to do their best to present the good papers to the Imperial Examination. As the main exam. Today, all the students are his protégés, and he naturally hopes to have a few more talents, and there will be light in the future.

He flipped through a number of papers along the way, and memorized several students who were extremely good at strategy and theory in his heart, and felt more and more satisfied. Looking at this situation, Jinke at least didn't worry about the good papers being presented, and he could finally let go of the biggest concern. When he arrived in front of Zhang Yue, he picked up the exam paper casually and looked at it, and saw that it was still the extremely spiritual upright Xiaokai, and he couldn't help but nodded.

Looking at the article carefully, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise, seeing that Zhang Yue was engrossed and didn't notice himself, he stood thoughtfully for a moment and put down the scroll. Then he walked around, and by the way, he also read Zhang Zuo's article, and when he saw that it was decent, he put his hand away, and instead stayed at the youngest Xia Ji's table for a while.

If Zhang Yue gave him a lot of surprise, then this young man who was just fifteen years old gave him even more surprise. The article was not mellow, but it exuded a rushing sharpness, which was very different from the carelessness of this person. He was only thirty-one years old when he entered the cabinet, and he could be regarded as a young man, but now when he looks back at the young man, he has an inexplicable melancholy.

Although the position is high, the person is old, and it is difficult to buy a young man, which is really a wise saying.

At the end of the temple examination on this day, the examiner even collected the exam papers and drafts together, but some candidates still failed to complete the transcription, and inevitably beat their chests and feet. However, when Yang Rong said something to him with a smile, he immediately frowned, and it wasn't until Zhang Yue asked curiously after leaving the palace that he smiled.

"Although it is an unfinished volume, Master Xiao Yang said that I have done a good job in this 10,000-character strategy, and I will definitely submit it to the imperial review together with the draft. I naturally don't want to do this one, but if I can get a second class with 'unfinished volume', I will be satisfied! After he finished speaking, he suddenly grabbed Zhang Yue next to him, and asked with a smile, "I peeked at you in my busy schedule, but you didn't write a draft when you wrote the article?" ”

Zhang Zuo himself is old. I don't have any requirements for rankings. Thinking that when he was still ranked before Zhang Yue in the previous examination, it was most likely that the examiner moved him in front of his son in the name of his son not covering his father, and he felt a little sorry in his heart. So at this time, after listening to Wanshijie's question, he couldn't help but feel surprised when he saw that Zhang Yue was not annoyed.

"Because the essay is not grassy, you are not afraid that the examiner will criticize you for having an empty draft and breaking the rules?"

"One of the examiners did question me, but I replied that I had to submit a draft. It's just to prevent substitution, and now everyone in front of the palace is watching, how to do it, how to avoid it? Bachelor Xiao Yang came over and naturally let me go. Zhang Yue smiled, and when he saw that Wan Shijie was surprised, he said angrily, "You also know my words." If I can't finish copying the draft, I will write a strategy of more than 3,000 words today, which is almost 10,000 words like you. ”

At this time, Xia Ji also chased after him from behind, and shouted at Wan Shijie familiarly. I said hello to Zhang Yue again. Knowing that Zhang Zuo was Zhang Yuedi's father, he was shocked and immediately gave a thumbs up.

"They all say that it is the father and the son of the father and the son of the father, but I have never heard of the same Kede Zhongdi. You and your dad are amazing! ”

Zhang Zhuo had already heard Zhang Yue talk about this youngest tribute, and he didn't feel embarrassed to hear him say this at this time. Thereupon. The four of them walked all the way and laughed all the way, and the combination of this age difference attracted frequent sideways glances from others. Wan Shijie used to go to Yang Shiqi a lot, and he was a little famous among the southern scholars, and there were many people here who knew him, and they all came up to say hello. Naturally, those scholars had to let Wanshijie introduce other people around them.

"Others don't know, but I recognize Zhang Yue and Zhang Yuanjie!"

A voice suddenly appeared in the oblique, and Zhang Yue followed the voice. But he vaguely remembered this person's face, as if he was one of the scholars who went to Yang Shiqi's mansion for the first time and met the emperor and the emperor's grandson. At this moment, although the man had a smile on his face, there was a thick sour air in his tone.

"He is now the high foot of Master Du, the political envoy of Shandong, and this expression is also from Da Yang, and he has also seen the emperor and the emperor's grandson. Not only that, but he was also the cousin of the British duke, and at the end of last year, when the British duke was seriously ill. He rushed from Nanjing to Beijing to serve the sick. is more filial than his own son, and the emperor was overjoyed to give him a fame. In the end, he is a son of the Zhu family. Where can we compare with those of us who are from humble families! ”

Since the opening of the scientific expedition in the Hongwu period, the conflict between the north and the south has never been broken, and the most famous place is the north-south list of the thirty years of Hongwu. Because almost all of the 51 Jinshi admitted at that time were southerners, and the northern scholars collectively made trouble, so Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang not only severely punished the main examiner of the subject, but also the champion of the subject, Chen, was also executed, and in June, the list was reopened, and almost all of them were northerners. This vigorous Hongwu 30-year north-south list incident has also made the north-south literary circles never align.

So, being teased like this, a group of southern scholars looked at Zhang Yuedi with a slightly different look. After all, this place is still close to the West Palace, and everyone is the same year, so naturally it is impossible to really make a fuss, but there are few people who speak in a weird way.

"If I can have such relatives and teachers, not to mention that I am less than sixteen years old, I am afraid that even the champion will also be successful."

Zhang Yue is a human being in two lives, and he doesn't care about such cynicism, let alone get caught up in a meaningless battle of will. However, he didn't answer, but someone next to him couldn't help but sneer: "I'm younger than Yuan Jie, I don't have any noble relatives!" If you are ambitious, you are not old, but you can't get into the department as soon as possible, what does it mean to scold Huai? ”

The man who spoke was a middle-aged man with a pointed chin forty miles away, and when he heard this, his face was immediately full of anger. Zhang Yue didn't expect Xia Ji to take the initiative to take care of the matter for himself, at this time he frowned, but it was no longer good to watch, and he reminded in a deep voice before the man spoke: "Don't forget, our master Xiao Yang used to be a twenty-nine-year-old junior in the past, and entered the cabinet at the age of thirty-one. ”

After a while, there was silence all around, and although several southern scholars were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to say anything after all, and they all walked away in a huff. It wasn't until they left that Wan Shijie had no choice but to spread his hands to Zhang Yue.

"It's all the trouble I caused today, I'm really sorry for you! These people are all stubbornly holding on to a reason, what they think is right is right, what they think is wrong is wrong, and it is the most difficult! ”