Chapter 2616

Zhu Zian did not answer Bai Letong's question immediately. Instead, he turned to look at Shi Diwen. Seeing that he had no expression, he responded: "The imperial examination is a system for selecting talents for the country. I have the desire to serve the country."

Only with your heart in mind will you sign up to take the provincial examination. Your question, are you doubting your sincerity in taking the imperial examination?"

Bai Letong shook his head and said: "It's not that I doubt your sincerity, but everyone knows that culture and education in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are prosperous, and talents emerge in large numbers. The competition in the imperial examinations here has always been the most fierce. In previous years, thousands of students competed for hundreds of admission places.

In comparison, if you take the provincial examination in the north, your chances of being admitted should be much greater, as you may know. Moreover, taking part nearby can save you the trouble of traveling and traveling all the way to Hangzhou.

In addition to your desire to serve the country, there must be other reasons for your move, right?"

Bai Letong can certainly think that the main reason why Zhu Zian came to Hangzhou to take the exam was to get Shi Diwen's promise that he would give him special care during the imperial examination to ensure that he could be named on the gold list and successfully enter the Haihan officialdom in the future. The official will also

Using him as a positive example, we will hype Haihan's orthodox status in the future and attract more talents to actively join Haihan. In this way, both parties can benefit, and in the long run it will indeed benefit the country and the people.

This arrangement may not be legal, but it is in the national interest. Bai Letong naturally has no way to object. After thinking about the stakes, he admires Shi Diwen's methods. Therefore, although he later showed no regard for the work of the rural pilot

He was less active, but he didn't try to challenge Shi Diwen's arrangement.

But the question he raised to Zhu Zian at this time was actually not malicious. Clear-minded local officials must be happy to use Zhu Zian's special status to achieve political achievements for themselves. The conditions Shi Diwen can provide to Zhu Zian, Chen Yixin from the north

It should be possible. Moreover, King De's former vassal territory is within Chen Yixin's current jurisdiction. It should be that those closest to the water should come first, first come first. Is it possible that Shi Diwen secretly poached Chen Yixin?

Bai Letong really wanted to know, if he could get a chance to stand out in the northern imperial examination, why did Zhu Zian go far away and come to Hangzhou to take the exam?

"It's up to me to answer this question."

The speaker was Shi Diwen. He seemed to be aware of Zhu Zian's uneasiness when responding to Bai Letong, so he took the initiative to take over the conversation: "Letong, I know what you are thinking, but it is not what you think.

Like that. I can tell you frankly that the person who originally planned this matter was not me, but Chen Yixin. It was also his suggestion to arrange for Zian to go to Hangzhou to take the exam."

When Bai Letong heard this, he already understood why Zhu Zian's response was evasive and untrue. This matter involved Chen Yixin and Shi Diwen, two powerful officials, and Zhu Zian himself was probably just a pawn in it.

How could he dare to reveal the inside story to outsiders at will?

But Bai Letong really didn't expect that it was Chen Yixin who took the initiative to arrange Zhu Zian to take the exam in Shi Diwen's jurisdiction. Since he knew that he could make a lot of articles about Zhu Zian, why would he give up such a good thing?

Give in?

Then Shi Diwen continued: "You may think that there will be complicated interests involved, but the actual situation is very simple. The reason why Chen Yixin did this is just that he didn't want to put all his eggs in one basket. If it were me

Similar arrangements will be made to deal with this matter."

Everyone suddenly realized that this matter was neither Shi Diwen's poaching nor Chen Yixin's kindness. It was just a cooperation between two senior officials. And Zhu Zian was not the scarce resource they thought, at least Chen Yixin still had it.

Other children of the Zhu family also participated in this year's imperial examination.

As for why Chen Yixin wanted to share Zhu Zian with Shi Diwen, to put it simply, it is risk sharing and benefit sharing. If the subsequent hype can achieve positive results, both the Northern Region and the Donghai Region will benefit from it, and because both places

By holding the imperial examination simultaneously, the publicity effects achieved can be superimposed on each other and exert influence in a larger area. If the effect is not satisfactory, or the executive committee believes that this is contrary to Haihan's principle of holding the imperial examination, then

At least we can end up in a situation where the law is not punishable by the public.

Of course, judging from the current situation, as long as the follow-up publicity work can keep up, their plan is very likely to achieve positive benefits, and maybe the executive committee will also express its public support.

Shi Diwen continued: "Letong, I know you have always had some opinions on this matter, so I specially called Zian here today. Maybe you will think that I am just using Zian's identity, but have you ever thought about how we could

Will you take the risk of pushing a mediocre person to the stage as a role model? I chose Zhong Zian, not only because of his identity, but also because he is quite talented. He has studied the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and is proficient in poetry, lyrics, and songs. Taking the provincial examination is just a small test.

That's all. If you don't believe it, you can give him a test right now to see if he has real ability."

Zhu Zian also straightened his back at this time and looked directly at Bai Letong, showing that he was quite confident in this.

In fact, Bai Letong had thought about it more than once, looking for an opportunity to try out the real abilities of the characters who received special treatment in the provincial examination, and see if Shi Diwen had found an idiot nobleman as a prop, but he really didn't care about this moment.

When it came, he no longer had such desire.

Since Shi Diwen has frankly told the inside story, he believes that the other party does not need to brag about Zhu Zian's knowledge at this time. Of course, another reason is that Bai Letong himself does not have many study books on the Four Books and Five Classics.

, poetry, lyrics, and poetry are not your strong points. If you force yourself to come up with the topic, not only will it be ineffective, but it will make the other party see through your own shortcomings.

But if you ask questions based on what you have learned, it is clearly bullying the other party. After all, the courses that the second generation has learned are extremely special, and many of the contents have far exceeded the academic level of this era. If you randomly pick out a question related to mathematics, physics and chemistry, this Zhu Zi

An probably doesn't even understand what he's saying, so there's no point in trying to stump the other person.

Bai Letong hesitated for a moment and was about to decline the proposal. Tao Hongfang, who was next to him, seemed to see through his mind and spoke before him: "How about I come up with a question and ask Brother Zian to answer it?"

Zhu Zian nodded without fear and said, "Please give me a question."

Tao Hongfang said: "I am not talented. I have only learned some ancient poems. I am absolutely incapable of creating my own. I have no ability to evaluate other people's works. So I would like to ask Brother Zian to choose an ancient poem to express his participation in this event."

It would be better if the idea of ​​the rural examination could be written directly."

Tao Hongfang's method of formulating the topic is quite clever, which not only avoids the risk of making a fool of himself, but also does not hurt his harmony. Limiting the use of ancient poems to express his ambitions can test Zhu Zian's knowledge. Even if his poetry is not good, as long as he

Being able to produce decent ancient works can be regarded as passing the test. Then refer to the calligraphy level of the person, and you can roughly judge whether the person has real talent and learning, or whether he is a loser on the outside and a loser on the outside.
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