By the third game, Zhang Yue was completely exhausted.
Zhang Yue's fatigue was due to the stress of the exam and overthinking, as well as the torment of being outdoors in the wind and snow.
It was fine after the snow a few days ago, but now it is sunny and the snow melts but it becomes even colder.
In the third test, there were three subjects: current affairs policy and economic and historical policy.
Each of these difficulties is not as difficult as the discussion in the second game, but there is only one discussion, while the strategy requires three.
Cewen is the way the emperor and his ministers ask and answer questions.
In ancient times, it was the superiors who consulted officials on state affairs, but now it is regarded as the examination of talents by the superiors.
It's definitely not possible to be like Wang Anshi, who said, "A child has its own friends". This was the tone of the Duke of Zhou to the King of Zhou.
Therefore, no one is too stupid to tell the emperor what to do now.
When he was about to take the exam, Zhang Yue rubbed his brows and thought about why most people were reluctant to enter the examination room again. It turned out that they couldn't stand the torture.
In addition to feeling nervous and anxious, I felt awkward and uncomfortable everywhere.
I saw the policy question on the roll.
Zhang Yue remembered that generally speaking, there can be three paragraphs of substitution. The first paragraph is to answer the policy question, the second paragraph is to praise the prosperous age, and the last paragraph is to praise the emperor.
There is nothing wrong with this answer, but the problem is that the current situation in the Song Dynasty is nothing to brag about.
Although there is no final conclusion among the officials today, his benevolence can be ranked among the top in various dynasties.
But benevolence cannot be eaten. Now the world is not far away from the people's livelihood. Moreover, the national treasury is empty, the military equipment is exhausted, and the Liao Kingdom, Xixia stands on the head of the Song Dynasty and dominates. You have to admit that this is a fact even if you close your eyes. .
Zhang Yue really wants to write a book to praise him, but he really can't bear it in his conscience.
Is Ce Wen going to point out the current ills directly?
However, there are many scholars who have taken risks to become famous.
Just as Zhang Yue advised Fu Bi at the beginning, the officials and several prime ministers were not unaware of the current malpractice of the Song Dynasty, but if they initiated reforms, their reputation would be harmed and their political situation would worsen. This was Fu Bi's consideration.
As for the officials, they must be watching...
Why did Song Renzong clearly appreciate and support Fan Zhongyan, but why didn't he support his reform to the end?
Opinions vary.
However, Zhang Yue could see that Song Renzong still wanted to reform the country, otherwise he would not have allowed Han Qi and Fu Bi to serve as prime ministers, and Ouyang Xiu as privy councilors. They all supported Fan Zhongyan at the beginning.
At present, there is an article in the current affairs policy in which the emperor asked Nong Sang.
The topic is like this: how to make local officials, supervising officials, and instructing in many ways, so that lazy peasants can work hard and turn all the open fields into fertile soil? What can be done?
Zhang Yue was furious when he saw this topic, lazy farmer?
Is this the reason why people are unwilling to do it?
This is a problem with the distribution mechanism!
Private land sales and mergers were serious, and the cadastre was disordered. The rich's land assets were increasing day by day, but their land taxes did not increase accordingly. The poor's land assets were decreasing, but their land taxes did not decrease accordingly.
Song history records that only three-tenths of the people in the world paid taxes on farmland, and even those with private fields of 100 acres only paid taxes on four acres.
Then you blame the 'lazy farmers' and try to find ways to motivate officials and how to persuade farmers to teach them?
Many knowledgeable people have noticed it, but can they say it in the examination article?
But it’s a cookie-cutter answer, even if you don’t answer.
What Zhang Yue thought about was the thousands of people making trouble in front of Sansi Gate.
Last year, Ouyang Xiu published his "Notes on Fangtian Equalization Taxation" and suggested that the imperial court "set up a special tax equalization department" and send officials to Hebei and Shaanxi to supervise the affairs.
The purpose is to support Hebei and Shaanxi pilot Qingzhang.
As a result, more than a thousand people who claimed to be from Daming Prefecture in Hebei Province and came to complain surrounded the Third Division, causing trouble everywhere in the capital like gangsters, endangering public order, and decided to use this method to threaten the court not to advance the tax equalization law.
Even officials who "didn't know the truth" interceded on behalf of these people, believing that the court's reforms had caused their lack of food and clothing. This caused Ouyang Xiu to be under great pressure in the court, and the officialdom suddenly disliked him as a troublemaker.
It is clearly a "square field tax law" that benefits the country and the people, but why has everyone been shouting about it?
The more Zhang thought about this, his pen was shaking. He was really angry.
Therefore, Zhang Yue saw this question again and planned to write it.
This is very risky. The fear is not to offend the emperor, but to offend the officials.
But it's not a big problem, because the provincial examination is about poetry, prose, essays, and policy essays. So as long as you take the essay, the essays will be written poorly, but the ranking will be worse.
Therefore, when Zhang Yue wrote this policy question, he still used the method of "Nine Odes and One Remonstrance". He still supported the Fangtian Equalization Tax Law from the bottom of his heart. Although Ouyang Xiu had no way to do anything about it, it was resisted and left unsolved in history, but Wang Anshi After conquering the country, this law was still implemented.
Although Wang Anshi doesn't appreciate me, it doesn't matter, but I still want to support your political ideas. The so-called "dog licking" is nothing more than that.
Zhang Yue wrote in the opening chapter, "Gai Haotian teaches people with time, sages teach heaven with scriptures, and heaven, time, people and events are the latitude and longitude of each other..."
First of all, officials must pay attention to the farming season. At this time, they should not send labor labor indiscriminately to stimulate the people's strength...
I talked about it from a broad perspective. Although these are all correct nonsense, if officials can implement them, they will be considered good officials.
Then comes the praise, and finally a few words about the Fangtian Equalization Tax Law. Even though it does not take up much space in the entire article, the meaning is already there.
This is also a gamble that if you meet an official who appreciates you, you will be promoted. If you meet an official who does not appreciate you, you will...
It's not good for the examiner to know who this article is for.
After writing the three policy questions, Zhang Yue stood up, handed in the papers, and then walked out of Gongyuan.
The emotions of all the candidates who left this time are different. The most important thing is that the first three exams have been completed. The last exam is just a reference to the scriptures. As long as the exam is not too bad in this subject, it will not affect the final ranking. big.
However, Zhang Yue still looked serious. Firstly, he was tired, and secondly, his mood was ups and downs because of his somewhat "willful" policy question.
But there is no need to think too much at this moment, the paper has been handed over to the capital hall, and it is impossible to get it back.
When Zhang Yue walked out of the dragon gate, he felt as if his whole body was falling apart. This time he saw his brother and Zhang Qiu standing there.
As soon as Zhang Qiu saw Zhang Yue, he stepped forward and carried the test box for him. When Zhang Shi saw Zhang Yue, he said, "Sister-in-law cooked a table of delicious dishes for you."
Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Wait for Senior Brother Guo and An Zhong!"
Zhang Shi said: "Okay."
Zhang Yue saw Zhang Shi holding back his words and smiled: "Brother, just tell me what you have to say."
Zhang Shi said: "Okay, there's only one last game left, so I'm asking, is Third Brother going to be successful this time?"
Zhang Yue thought about it. Based on the first two games, he could say that he was 70% confident, but now it is hard to say. Zhang Yue said: "Brother, there is no guarantee about this examination room."
Zhang Shi sighed when he saw it: "Brother, I've been worried about sleeping and eating these past few days. Why don't you give me an accurate answer?"
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "I didn't correct the paper, so what's the use of me getting it right for you? If you want to ask, brother, you need to ask the examiner."
Zhang Shi said: "I know the examiner, and I have gone to ask him a long time ago. I just listened to people chatting in the teahouse, talking about how to write papers, and how to get to know the examiner. It would be fine if I were in Pucheng, but in such a big capital, I can't see anything. Now. Aren’t I anxious?”
"Before, I heard Mr. Guan from the Zhang family say that he knew someone from Prince Pu's family..."
Zhang Yue interrupted quickly: "Brother, what do you want to know about Prince Pu's Mansion?"
Zhang Shi said: "How about using some money..."
Zhang Yue said: "Brother, stop it. You can still save some money. I'm not afraid of anything. I'm afraid that you will be defrauded of your money. Besides, if there is such a way, with the friendship between our family and the old capital manager, it will take turns." Get us?"
Zhang Shi said: "I'll just ask. After all, they all belong to our Zhang family, so they won't cheat us no matter what."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that his brother still had some mistrust of his fellow clan members. Even Ouyang Xiu and Wu Chong couldn't find a relationship with his son. How could his brother find a way to find a way to the capital? Even if you want to help yourself, you are not helping me like this.
Soon I saw Huang Lu coming out of the dragon gate, and Zhang Shi asked him what he had said before.
Huang Lu said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang Dalang, I don't know how Sanlang did in the exam, but I can comfort you with one thing, that is, there are quite a lot of people in our Imperial College."
"I remember that in the fourth year of Jiayou's reign, there were 118 people in the Imperial College who were awarded or exempted from the imperial examination (excluding students from Guangwen Hall), and 22 people were successful, which is almost one out of five people."
"One of the five talents?" Zhang Shi was a little disappointed.
Huang Lu said with a smile: "That's quite a lot. For example, there are 157 Jinshi people in Jingdong Road who have been cleared and exempted. There are only five people who have passed the exam. That's thirty people who can get one. Then there are those who have been cleared and exempted from Hedong Road." There are forty-four Xie Jinshis in total, but no one has come close."
Zhang Shi frowned when he heard this and said, "That's hard to say, hard to say."
Although Zhang Zhen said this, he was finally relieved. Huang Lu didn't say anything. Usually Zhang Yue was excellent in poetry and classics in Taixue, so he should be among the twenty people.
At this time Guo Lin also came out of the dragon gate.
At this moment, the prosecutor Niu was sitting behind the case looking at the questionnaire.
The cattle inspection officer's eyes were bloodshot, and he had been grading papers for three days. As an inspection officer, he was even more exhausted than the examinees.
Now that he saw the familiar "Jiashen Bingyin" paper, Inspector Niu opened the paper with a complicated mood.
He first read the candidate's first strategy, and half way through he felt sincerely emotional. It was the same strategy, the same question, and the hundreds of strategies written out were almost the same.
After all, with the foundation of civil servants, everyone will not be too far behind.
But it just so happened that this boy was able to significantly surpass his peers.
The cattle inspector thought to himself, "There is no problem in this case. I wonder who this guy is?" This time it is rumored that Wang Kui is particularly outstanding in this move. Could it be him?
Yes, there was Zhang Yue in Taixue, who was also quite talented, but he seemed not as talented as Wang Kui.
It seems that this person is probably Wang Kui.
The cattle inspector couldn't help but feel relieved when he thought of this. Why should he be stingy with words of praise?
If, for the sake of balance, I mistakenly criticize a few words in the Shang Shang Volume and spread it to the ears of outsiders in the future, I am afraid that I will also become famous as a blind person.
When the cattle inspector thought of this, he had already thought of an excellent comment.
After finishing reading these three strategies, unexpectedly when the cattle inspector saw the second strategy, the pen in his hand fell to the ground.
This is... this is...
The inspector rubbed his eyes. How dare this candidate write this?
