"Those who are obviously virtuous in the world will rule the country first; Those who want to rule their country must first gather their families; Those who want to gather their families must first cultivate their bodies; Those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts; Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere; If you want to be sincere, you should know it first; Enlightenment is in Gewu. After Ge Wu knows to, after knowing the sincerity, after the sincerity of the heart, after the heart is right, after the body is cultivated, after the body is cultivated, after the Qi family, after the Qi family, after the country, after the country is peaceful......"

Looking at the emperor's personal policy, Zheng Xunrui had no expression on his face, but his heart was ecstatic, of course, he was not the only one who benefited this time, but also Yang Tingshu, the two had analyzed, even argued, and finally unified their views, thinking that the emperor would not raise questions on how to govern, but he would not leave the big plate of the government, and in the end he could only use the human side to make a fuss, and the palace examination was originally to select talents, and it was normal to consider it from this aspect.

Zheng Xunrui did not hesitate, read the question carefully three times, and began to write.

“…… Scholars think that employment and administration have been compared since ancient times, and there is probably a way to transfer, a method of cultivation, and a method of investigation, and these three cannot be abolished ......"

"The way of transfer is the way of jurisdiction, or followed by leniency, or salvation by words, or by calmness...... Among the holy talents who follow the rules and standards, there is no one who dares to be intelligent and self-proud, and there are many defenders, and those who are promising, gradually feel that they are few, and they are cautious with fear and gentleness...... Stealing that there are four common problems of talents, one is to retreat, push each other in case of trouble, refuse to complain, ask for instructions at every turn, and refuse to take the blame; Second, it is said that it is trivial, and it is good to analyze the baht, regardless of the general situation, and observe the details, and do not see the salary; Three said perfunctory, pretending to cover the face, but counting the present, stripping the flesh and mending the sores, not asking the bright moon, the fourth said that the skull, the outside is complete, the middle has festered, the chapter is whitewashed, the language has no home, there is a time four, the habit is along, but there is no fault for seeking Gou'an, not seeking to cheer up, the future is arduous, the country will have a lack of talent...... If you want to make useful talents out of the scope, if you want them to engage in academics, you need to learn, and you need to learn, and if you want talents to know and learn, you must set an example from above......"

"The so-called cultivation method, where the talent is not equal, regardless of the talent, such as the cabinet, the six ministries, the Hanlin is the most concentrated place, thousands of talents, can not be known a week, the right to cultivate, has to be entrusted to the court officials. The so-called cultivators have about a few ends: teaching, screening, protection, and promotion. The official is called the secretary, and if he praises him with a word, he will feel the merit, and if he punishes him with a few words, he will change it in fear, and this teaching cannot be delayed. If the thorns are not removed, then Lan Hui will have both color, and if the horse does not go, Qi Ji will be short of breath. This screening cannot be delayed...... Cover the taste, the talent is like the crops, the teachings of the officials, like planting and cultivating, screening is to go to the good and the bad, and the guarantee is like irrigation, and the promotion is super-promoted, such as the sweet rain when it falls, and the seedlings are flourishing......"

"The so-called method of investigation, the ancients inquired about things, examined words, and paid equal attention to both, many matters, the small ones followed the rules, the big ones were broken, and there was no talent to see, so if they were to test the words, call the right words, the heavens were close at hand, and it was not appropriate to chatter, then it was better to play the test...... And there is never a word about the longing of virtue, the fault of the minister of the May 1st fold, how can the monarch be the king of Yao Shun, and the ministers are all ministers of the society, and there are people who do not understand the reason for the momentary atmosphere...... The size of the inside and outside, the group of words go hand in hand, that is, the floating hypocrisy, can not but be mixed out of it, but there is no original word, its technique can be sold, and can not be tried again, the mirror hangs high, how can it finally escape......"

Zheng Xunrui almost did it in one go, without any pause, whether it was the county test, the government test, the township test or the meeting test, he was probably like this, once the whole article was formed in his mind, there would be no delay, and there would be no hesitation, and he would write wherever he thought, and he would never let his thinking be interrupted.

Zheng Xunrui wouldn't know that at this moment in the Jianji Palace, many cabinet ministers looked at him, and their eyes were a little complicated.

Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren have completely different feelings.

Although it is said that Zheng Xunrui will try to take the exam, but that is also a special situation, after all, he will try to save the matter of copying the test papers, and the examiner is two people, and the number of examiners is more, the article is reviewed by everyone, and finally decided by the examiner, in this process, Zhou Yanru still needs to pay attention to something.

But the palace examination is different, there is no matter of transcribing articles, after many tributes have completed the articles, they will immediately hand them in, and the examiners composed of the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy will select the best articles from them, and then present them to the emperor, who does not have so much energy to read the four hundred articles.

Therefore, there are some places that can be controlled in the palace test.

Interestingly, Chen Yutai, the twenty-third tribute in the examination, and Zhou Yanru are related by marriage, as the chief examiner of the examination and the minister of the most important review of articles in the palace examination, he wants to make Chen Yutai the champion of the palace examination, and Chen Yutai's knowledge is indeed good, it should be said that the top 50 tributes in the examination will not have much gap in knowledge.

But the scene at the beginning of the palace test can be said to dispel his thoughts, thinking about making Chen Yutai the top student in high school, the possibility is almost gone, without him, the emperor asked Zheng Xunrui, the head of the examination, to compose a poem in the Jianji Palace, this Zheng Xunrui is really good, he recited a poem in the shortest possible time, I dare not say that this poem is very good, but at least it is in line with the emperor's wishes, all these years, the emperor has been looking for talents, and he, the head of the cabinet, is boldly enabled by the emperor.

This sudden change made Zhou Yanru a little discouraged, and also made him understand the emperor's thoughts.

Wen Tiren is another idea, he is very happy, for Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, although he is flattering on the surface, he is not convinced in his heart, no matter how highly educated Zhou Yanru is, but after all, he is young, and in the first year of Chongzhen, Zhou Yanru was also not able to be recommended to the cabinet minister.

Besides, Zhou Yanru does things, there is still a bit of a domineering taste, with his support for the last place in the cabinet, he doesn't pay special attention to the construction of Xu Guangqi, the second assistant of the cabinet, you must know that the emperor trusts Xu Guangqi very much, Xu Guangqi is already seventy years old, and he has pleaded with him many times, but the emperor did not agree, if it were not for Xu Guangqi's age, Zhou Yanru would not have thought that he could become the first assistant of the cabinet.

From these aspects, Wen Tiren is not so optimistic about Zhou Yanru.

He himself is about to reach the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he also wants to become the first assistant of the cabinet, of course, he still has a lot of difficulties ahead, if he can't operate well, it is estimated that it is impossible to become the first assistant of the cabinet.

This time in the palace test, some of Zhou Yanru's ideas, Wen Tiren is very clear, and he is also very anxious, if Chen Yutai really becomes the champion of this palace test, it means that Zhou Yanru's power in the court is even stronger, which is a situation that Wen Tiren never wants to see, but he, a cabinet assistant, is not qualified to put forward objections, and he does not dare to directly raise objections.

But at this juncture, there was a change.

The emperor's hand-picked examination meeting Yuan Zheng Xunrui wrote poems, which almost means that the candidates for the palace examination are determined.

Although it has been five years since the emperor ascended the throne, he has always been committed to discovering and boldly enabling talents, especially after winning Wei Zhongxian in one fell swoop, he deposed a large number of cabinet ministers, all because these cabinet ministers were Wei Zhongxian's lackeys.

In this palace examination, the emperor's attitude shows that he still attaches great importance to talents.

The emperor's sudden appearance of this move greatly messed up Zhou Yanru's deployment, and it can be regarded as a setback for Zhou Yanru.

Wen Tiren couldn't be happy, but he wouldn't show it.

As for the other cabinet ministers, including Xu Guangqi, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, they also noticed Zheng Xunrui, and they couldn't imagine that this young man who was a little too much would be able to test Huiyuan, and in the face of the emperor's direct inquiry, he actually showed that he was neither arrogant nor humble, this calm temperament is really rare, and from this point of view, he is indeed a good talent.

Where would Zheng Xunrui think of these things, just like several exams, just after noon, he has completed the entire article, of course, at this time, he still needs to restrain his own feelings, and he can't hand in the paper too early, especially if the emperor has asked him to write poems before, if he submits the paper too early, it will seem to be a little floating, as if his own literary talent is really outstanding.

After writing the article, Zheng Xunrui has not put down the brush in his hand, he is carefully looking at the article just written, although it is only more than 2,000 words, but figuring out the meaning, I feel that this article is indeed good.

The method of employing people, the past dynasties are the emperor and the court are particularly concerned about things, he proposed the three methods of employing people, in essence, is in line with the requirements of the emperor and the court, although these statements, there is a cliché flavor, but the summary of the ability to show talents, as well as the need to pay attention to the training and promotion of talents, there are still a lot of new ideas, can get the emperor's attention.

According to the summary of history, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is a typical tragedy, achievements and shortcomings are particularly obvious, even the Qing Emperor Taiji and Dolgon and others who finally overthrew him, Zhu Youzhen and others are respectful, such a situation is rare in history, and Zhu Youzhen is the only one facing great difficulties, unwilling to have the slightest surrender to the emperor, would rather commit suicide in the coal mountain, than leave the slightest infamy, give up the peace of the Houjin, give up the submission to Li Zicheng, He was even reluctant to leave the capital to take refuge in Nanjing for a while, which is really incomprehensible.

In the face of such an emperor, Zheng Xunrui, who has crossed over, needs a multi-faceted understanding.