After Wu Bei left, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, firstly, because they were afraid of a big fight, and secondly, they were afraid that they would lose face if they were not good at learning, especially if they were embarrassed in front of the prince of Chongwang and Liu Ruyi, and they basically did not need to raise their heads among the scholars of Jinling City in the future.

Everyone is still somewhat self-aware of themselves, and the talent is very reluctant, and it is very difficult to be among the best in the township examination attended by thousands of candidates, and it is even more difficult to think in one or two exams, and many people are also ready to learn and take the old exam.

Zhao Yuanqi naturally sat down, looked around at the people present, and said, "Maybe it was the arrival of this son that disturbed your friends in writing." You don't have to worry too much, please talk about the previous content, is Miss Liu also in the discussion? ”

Zhao Yuanqi looked at Liu Ruis with interest.

Liu Ru hurriedly avoided his gaze, bowed and said: "A few sons were discussing the autumn test article before, and the slave family is only shallow in learning, so they can't be elegant." ”

"Miss Liu is too humble, it's because I can't learn it." Han Yu stepped forward and said with a smile, took the article between Jiang Cheng, and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, this is an article by Jiang Gongzi, and it is the article on the third question of the fourth book of this year's Township Examination, 'The country has no way to die, and it is tolerable or unbearable', and I also ask His Royal Highness the Prince to judge." ”

Zhao Yuanqi immediately came up to his senses, with a smile on his face, he took the article and said: "After the township examination started, this Shizi got the exam questions of the four books and texts of this township examination, and the third question of the four books and texts under the public view is also the most difficult question in this world, but I want to see the high opinions of the students......

Jiang Cheng had a flattered look on his face, and saluted: "Your Highness lifts, please also ask Your Highness to straighten up." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Yuanqi nodded, his spirit was completely on the article in his hand, he originally had very high expectations, but after reading the article, the smile on his face naturally weakened, and in the end he put down the article and smiled, "Although this article is wonderful, it is too cautious in terms of solving the problem and citing scriptures, so that there are not too many bright spots!" ”

Jiang Cheng also had great expectations, hoping that Zhao Yuanqi would appreciate his article, but when he heard this, he was very disappointed.

There are already people next to him who are secretly snickering, you Jiang Cheng is competitive, but unfortunately your literary skills are not outstanding, this is fortunately, the prince of Chongwang criticized you euphemistically, if you want to change someone else, you still don't fight with others? It seems that what the arrogant Wu Bei said is right, if the literary talent is not good, it is not good, and if you don't admit it, you will die and suffer the crime.

Jiang Cheng said: "His Royal Highness reminds him that after going back, he must work hard and strive to make an article as soon as possible." ”

"Eh, that's not right, to make an article, the most important thing is to be out of your heart, to be heroic and upright, so that it is a good article that is not born in the world. If it is simply for the pursuit of the heavens and the earth, but it is constrained, and there is nothing flashy in an article, it is a flashy article. Zhao Yuanqi said eloquently.

Everyone present nodded, thinking in their hearts, the son of the world is the son of the world, and the gentlemen in the Chongwang Mansion are at least from Jinshi, and many of them should be from the Temple of Literature, or the Hanlin in the court, they are all great Confucians, and the sons of the world who are taught are not ordinary people can have knowledge, cultivation and conversation.

Everyone expressed their opinions on Jiang Cheng's article, and they did not deliberately belittle Jiang Cheng, but they all summarized that Jiang Cheng's article was too stable.

Later, others also wrote their own articles, and let Zhao Yuanqi judge, they will be a little biased in terms of discussion, too focused on discussing "the country has no way to die", and selectively downplayed the second half of the interception question, "is it tolerable or unbearable", some mentioned it slightly, and some expressed that it was unbearable for those rebellious ministers and thieves.

Zhao Yuanqi suddenly looked at Ji Ning and said: "Yongning's poetry has always been outstanding, but I don't know how this article is written?" ”

Everyone looked at Ji Ning, who had been speaking less, and even Liu Ru was looking at him over there, although Ji Ning's attainments in poetry and sacrificial texts have always been not shallow, but in this township test, he is not a big hit for Xie Yuan, mainly because Ji Ning participated in the township test for the first time, the so-called difficulty at the beginning of everything, plus he is a shady Xiucai background, in the eyes of outsiders, it is still those who have been from a poor family for decades of hard work, and the possibility of Xie Yuan in the Xiucai who has passed the children's examination and the student examination is greater, or those famous children of the prestigious family, is not a famous descendant like Ji Ning.

"In the following article, the work is very average, not worth mentioning. After listening to your articles, I feel that my articles are a bit biased. Ji Ning's face was a little embarrassed.

When others heard Ji Ning's words, they didn't feel that Ji Ning was being modest.

Candidates who take the township examination for the first time will have a common problem, that is, they are too sloppy in reviewing questions and making articles, so that they are blinded at that time, and it is not until they get out of the examination room that they realize that many of their questions have been wrong, and they can't detect it at that time.

Since Ji Ning refuses to say his own article, others are really not doing well when they only treat Ji Ning, so they don't want to force him to take out his own article to "show ugliness".

In this kind of gathering of friends, everyone meets friends with texts, and people say that their articles are not good, and you still have to ask people to write down the articles for you to read, which is a bit sincere to see the meaning of people's jokes, and you can't even make friends in the future.

Even Zhao Yuanqi nodded and accepted Ji Ning's statement, but he was still very enthusiastic and said: "Brother Yongning, this son of the world is not sincere in wanting to know how your article is doing, but in this township test, there is a question that has to be asked to you, that is, the second question 'Is it because of the people of the hills that he is the son of heaven, because the son of heaven is the prince, and because the princes are the doctors', I don't know what your opinion is?" ”

Zhao Yuanqi's initial impression of Ji Ning was that Ji Ning had high attainments in Jiangshan Sheji, and to put it bluntly, he had his own views on governing the country.

When Zhao Yuanqi saw the title of the second question of the four books, he realized that this was a topic that discussed the way to govern the country, and when he himself tried to write this article, he was examining and conjecturing, if Ji Ning was asked to write this article, which direction would he discuss from which direction, what kind of arguments would he lead, and what kind of article would he make? When he came to see Ji Ning this time, he mainly wanted to compare the essay he tried to make on the second question with Ji Ning's exam article.

When it comes to this question, many people have a confident smile on their faces.

What I just discussed is the most difficult third truncation question, so my own article is not well written, or I feel good about myself and is not approved by the prince of Chongwang. But if it is this second question, it seems to many people that it is very simple, since ancient times, articles on the way of governing the country abound, and articles on the direction of this topic in the Cheng essays and model essays that everyone has memorized when preparing for the exam abound.

They couldn't help but say their arguments in exchange for the appreciation of the prince.