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Zheng Xunrui's analysis is very accurate, but he is not the only one who can make such an analysis.

Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren also made an accurate analysis, and they basically guessed the emperor's thoughts.

The examination questions are racked by the Ministry of Rites to prepare, a total of ten sets of exam questions, of which the first topic of each set of exam questions is the most critical, and it is also the most important thing to determine the direction of the exam, once the emperor circles one of the ten sets of exam questions, then the chief examiner and the same examiner must begin to familiarize themselves with the exam questions, and then they will quickly read the papers, this time is generally on the sixth day of February, the chief examiner and the same examiner will enter the Gongyuan on the seventh day of February, and then they will know the exam questions and begin to make corresponding preparations.

Entering the Tribute Academy, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren were surprised when they knew the exam questions, because this was not an exam question issued by the Ministry of Rites, but an exam question directly issued by the emperor.

As the first assistant of the cabinet and the auxiliary minister of the cabinet, if you can't know the emperor's thoughts, many times you can't cater to the emperor, and follow the emperor's train of thought to think and deal with problems, then don't think about how long you can be in the position of cabinet minister, and will soon be replaced by others, although Zhou Yanru has not been the first assistant of the cabinet for a long time, but he can fully guess the emperor's mind and be trusted by the emperor. is even more able to guess the emperor's thoughts.

The examiner and the deputy examiner quickly discussed and reached a consensus in the shortest possible time.

They know very well that the emperor needs talents, from the first year of Chongzhen to the present, the ministers of the DPRK, especially the cabinet ministers, have been adjusted like a marquee, which shows the anxiety of the emperor's heart, and is dissatisfied with the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and urgently needs more capable talents, but unfortunately the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, most of them are left over from the Apocalypse, and have experienced a lot of turmoil, such as the struggle between the eunuch party and the Donglin party, and the struggle between the Donglin party and the Zhejiang party, those cruel struggles and suppression, so that many ministers have lost their fighting spirit, All I thought about was to protect my life.

The emperor knows the pros and cons, and knows that it is difficult to rely on many ministers, so it is normal to find talents from the imperial examination.

Yuan Chonghuan's incident, so that the emperor's view of the ministers of the court is even more bad, when Yuan Chonghuan was reused, the emperor is absolutely trustworthy and obedient, although the court is difficult, but Yuan Chonghuan needs all the silver to meet, Yuan Chonghuan said that five years to completely eradicate the Houjin Tartars, the emperor fully believed, and even Yuan Chonghuan killed a military attache Mao Wenlong without authorization, without asking for instructions, the emperor also endured, but the situation in Liaodong not only did not improve, but after Mao Wenlong was killed, the Houjin Tartars lost their worries and entered the customs raid, Thousands of miles of attack, directly threatening the capital, the guide zhì Beijing division martial law, the army from all over the country into the king of Qin.

The consequences of such a strict zhòng were unbearable for the emperor, and the emperor's accumulated dissatisfaction broke out completely, and finally led to the ending of Yuan Chonghuan, whose family property was confiscated, and his family was distributed for 3,000 li, and the ministers in the court were also implicated, and the cabinet minister Qian Longxi was dismissed and imprisoned.

Under such circumstances, it is expected that the emperor revised the exam questions.

Figuring out the pros and cons, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren also quickly reached a consensus on the admission of tributes, that is, it must be based on whether the candidates' articles can be combined with reality and put forward novel concepts of governance.

At the beginning of the marking, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren convened many fellow examiners, emphasizing the requirements for marking, although their requirements are simple, but the foothold is clear, all can put forward a novel concept of governance, or analyze the government and politics, the people's suffering, and the problems faced by the court, and the articles with excellent writing are the articles that can be admitted.

The clear requirements have been absorbed by many fellow examiners, which has also accelerated the progress of the marking work.

In five days, all the more than 2,500 articles in the first round of examinations were read, and 500 of them were selected, and 400 tributes will be produced among these 500 articles.

Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren were not idle, all the selected articles, when they read them for the first time, they preliminarily divided them into three categories, one is an exceptionally excellent article, there are not many such articles, less than twenty, and the second category is a medium-level article, the number of this category is relatively large, there are nearly four hundred articles, in addition to the low-level articles, these articles are basically the fate of being eliminated.

The second time I read it carefully, it was time to determine the list of admitted personnel, and after reading it this time, the four hundred people who were admitted were basically determined, unless there were special circumstances, there would be no changes, and the four hundred articles, with the examiner and the examiner, all had to be endorsed, and then archived for future inquiries.

The third time is intensive reading, that is, the dozen or so most outstanding articles are selected, and the best articles are determined through guò comparison with each other, and the best articles that can be determined are basically the test of the yuan.

After the preliminary determination of the candidate, the examiner should also find out the second and third articles of the person, and the examiner will review them to see if there are any problems, and if there are no problems, then it will be finalized.

The time to mark the papers and determine the ranking, a total of nine days, the remaining three days, need to write the list, ready to publish the list, more importantly, the chief examiner and deputy chief examiner to meet the emperor, present the Huiyuan and the top ten tributes of the article, by the emperor to review, if the emperor has objections, the ranking may change.

Under normal circumstances, there will be no changes to the top 10 tributes and huiyuan determined by the chief examiner and deputy examiner.

The outstanding talents who will be tested are remembered by the emperor at this time, and the emperor will ask about the relevant situation, so that when the palace exam, special attention will be paid to these people.

After being busy and dizzy, all the fame and admission of the tributes were decided.

Zhou Yanru rubbed his head and spoke with a smile.

"Lord Wen, I finally live up to the emperor's trust, but this candidate for Huiyuan is a little too young."

"Xiaguan thinks there is no problem, the year of the weak crown of the adult, even the middle of the Yuan, the champion, is the pride of the Ming Dynasty, although the Huiyuan of the examination is young, but the article is indeed good, the adults and the lower officials have reviewed it many times, the examination of the Yuan is so young, it means that the adult's knowledge has been inherited, this is a Ming event."

was slapped by Wen Tiren without a trace, Zhou Yanru was very happy, his examination and palace examination were extremely beautiful, and at the age of twenty, he was even in two yuan, which caused a lot of exclamations, and today's Huiyuan is similar to his situation back then, and the basic situation of this Huiyuan, they have also read it, and it can indeed be regarded as a talent.

There is a lot of cooperation with Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru feels very comfortable, Wen Tiren can always follow his train of thought to make explanations or decisions, even if it is sometimes, things that seem difficult to explain, Wen Tiren can also say the reason, let the cabinet go along with the pass, there is such an assistant, who is not happy.

This time, the cooperation between the two can be said to have reached the point of comprehension, even the analysis of the article, is much the same, which is basically impossible in the past, in the first year of Chongzhen, the cabinet chief assistant and the cabinet deputy assistant at that time, when determining the candidate for the yuan, there was a big disagreement, and the emperor finally decided.

"Master Wen is very knowledgeable, and this official still has a lot to learn."

"Your Excellency is polite, the lower official is to follow the adult to learn, just say that this will be the candidate for the test of Huiyuan, the lower official is difficult to determine for a while, if it is not for the combination of the political construction of the adult, the people's suffering, and the hidden worries of the court, the lower official does not know how to determine."

"Don't be polite, Lord Wen is just in terms of age, Lord Wen is steady and has a unique vision, which is indeed worth learning from this official."

"Don't dare, don't dare, when the lower official is an adult, he is still ignorant and ignorant, if he wants to participate in such a big thing, he really doesn't know how to deal with it."

Zhou Yanru raised his head and laughed, Wen Tiren is like this, every truth he says, Wen Tiren can always find a reason to explain, and attribute all the credit to him, which is too rare.

Thousands of wears, sycophants don't wear, although Zhou Yanru knows this truth, but when he really reaches that status, he still has to ignore it, he may not have thought that Wen Tiren's intelligence will eventually be directly aimed at him, after all, everyone wants to become the first assistant of the cabinet.

"Lord Wen, no matter what, the emperor has worked hard for the Ming Dynasty, which is worth learning from you and me, the examination questions of this examination, the official did not expect that the emperor attaches so much importance to talents, you and I should be careful to comprehend and select qualified talents for the emperor."

"What the lord said is, in fact, the lord understands that the lord works hard for the country and shares the worries of the emperor, with his rich knowledge and infinite wisdom, he has subdued the court and won the trust of the emperor, and the lower officials will continue to work hard to share the worries of the adults."

"What Lord Wen said is not right, you and I are worried about the emperor, there are too many things in this court, the emperor is thinking hard every day, from the first year of Chongzhen to the present, which day is not walking on thin ice, the official really doesn't know how to say it."

Wen Tiren nodded, did not speak, in fact, this time there will be a test, there is also a little cat, of course, he will not say these things, just remember it, maybe at the critical moment in the future, it can play a role.

After cleaning up, the two got up and prepared to report to the emperor, of course, the point is that Zhou Yanru said directly, if there is anything missing, Wen Tiren added.

When the two of them walked towards the palace, they kept whispering and discussing, looking particularly intimate and harmonious.