"Um."

Chen Jue said lightly "Hmm" and took it.

With just one glance at the roll of paper, Chen Jue had to praise Liu Yi for his "good calligraphy"!

Liu Yi did not use scrap paper throughout the whole process and wrote it on the same roll of paper in one go.

I originally thought that the test paper that came like this would have some graffiti, or the handwriting was messy and unclear.

After all, Chen Jue is also someone who has experienced the exam. Generally, candidates will make an outline on a draft paper when writing a Chinese composition.

Even if you don't list it, the handwriting won't look good - you're in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jue was shocked when he got the test paper written by Liu Yi.

Not only is the handwriting not messy, it is also very beautiful, um, artistic.

His calligraphy looks free, elegant, and flowing.

Tsk tsk tsk!

Could this be the legendary academic master?

Chen Jue suppressed his inner admiration and continued reading.

There is no fixed answer to the first question "good official". It depends on what the superiors think about it.

It is easy to be an upright official if you follow the Way, but difficult to be a good official, especially a good official who is dedicated to serving the people, the king, and the court.

Liu Yi mentioned here: "One loyalty, two people, three filial piety, and four prudence."

These four correspond to loyalty, self-cultivation, filial piety, caution in conduct, caution in speech, caution in independence, caution in desires, caution in power, and caution in consistency."

It is often said in books that if you want to bring peace to the world, you must first cultivate your moral integrity, harmonize your family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. Chen Jue thought about it and felt that this was true.

The same is true for being an official, and even more so for being a good official.

"There is no honor in gaining an official position, and there is no disgrace in losing an official position. Don't say that an official position is useless. The whole place depends on one official. Wear the clothes of the people and eat the food of the people. Don't think that the people can be deceived. You are also a common people."

The second test question "People's Livelihood" and "Good Official" have similar meanings.

Chen Jue took a look and saw that Liu Yi's article was written closely to the exam questions. It was all about how to serve the people...

Now that I have written it in such detail, will Liu Yike still remember today’s article on his way to becoming an official? Will the road go astray?

Of course, this is not an issue that Chen Jue has to consider.

The first and second questions didn't make Chen Jue read much, but when he saw the third test paper, Chen Jue couldn't help but sit up straight and read it carefully.

The third question is about a real case in Yuezhou Prefecture that Chen Jue heard from Wang Yuanqi, a female concubine of the Wang family, when he was entering and exiting Taifu's residence recently.

How did a noble lady from Luojing know about a case far away in Yuezhou Prefecture? This was because there was a stewardess who was a relative of the merchant girl.

There was no contact with such relatives for a long time, until a letter asking for help came from Yuezhou Prefecture a few days ago.

The letter said that the scholar had colluded with the officials of Yuezhou Prefecture, and it was ruled that all this was done by servants, and that the scholar was not guilty.

As for the scholar's wife, she was devoted to her husband and cried all day long.

The merchant was furious and decisively severed ties with his daughter.

Six months later, the merchant's daughter's father had an accident and was unable to walk. The scholar's son-in-law, who had married into his wife, successfully took over the merchant's daughter's property.

The outsiders even came to the door and forced the merchant girls to come down.

The merchant girl's mother was furious, but had nothing to do with the scholar, so she thought of her relatives far away in Luojing City.

After hearing this, Chen Jue asked Wang's daughter, "Whose fault do you think this is?"

"In my opinion, the fault lies with the merchant girl's parents."

Wang's daughter directly pointed out, "Although that family is not rich, it still has a small amount of assets. If the parents of that family let their daughter read and read, they would not teach her to be naive, and she would not be able to recognize people clearly."

"She won't be like a dodder (tù) silk flower who depends on her husband for everything. Our court law does not state that married women cannot divorce. On the contrary, we also allow widowed women to remarry."

"Even if they don't get along, she should stand up as the main wife she married back with three letters and six etiquette, not to mention that the husband is just a son-in-law."

Listening to what she said so plausibly, Chen Jue now wanted to know what she would choose if she were a merchant girl.

Divorce or move on?

Thinking so, he asked.

I still remember her arrogant expression at that time and she said, "Without ifs, my daughter Wang would never have become such a lunatic person!"

Thinking about it now, Chen Jue still wanted to laugh, but after laughing, she felt that what she said was right.

Wang's daughter will not become that person, just because she is clear-headed enough.

Chen Jue took this case as an exam question because he wanted to make reforms in education.

And Liu Yi’s article is exactly what he meant.

Although the article did not mention education reform, it said everywhere that women should read and read like men.

It is not necessary for women to take any imperial examinations, but they will not be able to read a word, cannot recognize people clearly, and are too naive.

Of course, in the end, Liu Yi asked for orders to severely punish Yuezhou Prefecture and the scholar.

Of course, there must be punishment. As early as the moment before the palace examination, Chen Jue issued three decrees to Yuezhou Mansion.

If nothing unexpected happens, if we hurry up, the Yuezhou Prefecture's magistrate and the scholar should be in prison three days later.

After the palace examination was over, Chen Jue looked at the test papers of several other people and felt that they all wrote well. It can be seen that these people have good humanities and literacy.

At least he didn't plead for the imperial edict or the scholar, nor did he say that it wasn't the scholar's fault and that this person would be severely punished.

But after reading Liu Yi's test paper, Chen Jue always felt that something was missing. Maybe Liu Yi's test paper caught his eye first!

That's all I can think of.

On that day, Chen Jue retained Liu Xun, the Minister of Rites, Tao Yuan, the Minister of Punishments, Cui Zhongli, the Minister of War, and Wang Yuanqi, the Grand Tutor.

After reading it, I gave the test papers of these ten people to several people and said, "Who do you think has the best answer? Pick one, two or three."

Chen Jue sat on the chair, leaned back lazily, and leaned back on the chair very leisurely.

His whole expression was lazy, completely different from the way he sat upright and looked majestic during the palace examination.

Several people looked at it, and Wang Yuanqi was the first to answer, "Your Majesty, I think this person's answer to the question is good, so he will be ranked first, and this one will be ranked second."

Wang Yuanqi took out the test papers that he thought were acceptable and placed them on Chen Jue's table.

Chen Jue glanced at it with his peripheral vision. Wang Yuanqi chose Liu Yi as the top pick and Qian Wencheng as the second pick.

These two people were thinking the same thing as Chen Jue.

Then several other ministers were selected and placed in front of Chen Jue. He took a quick look and found that the first and second place picks were basically the same two people.

As for the third person, there is some controversy.

Controversies came and went, and in the end, Gu Xuanqing was chosen. Like Liu Yi, he was a student from a poor family.

After finishing the rankings, Chen Jue put down his pen and handed the ten test papers to Liu Xun, and announced the results early the next morning.

In addition to announcing the top three, this announcement also told everyone that those who failed the examination would come back three years later, and the imperial examination was held once every three years.

Next to this announcement was a discussion at this morning's meeting about the time for the upcoming imperial examinations and how to take the exams.

It clearly states that the imperial examination is held every three years and is divided into six levels: county examination, government examination, hospital examination, township examination, general examination and palace examination.
Chapter completed!