Chapter 1,062: Finishing the affairs of the king and winning the reputation both in life and in life
Chapter 1071: Finish the affairs of the king and win the reputation in life and death
Jiying Palace guides all the heroes.
The official family of this subject also relaxed the admission of scholars, allowing candidates who failed to pass the exam or who were old and failed to participate in the palace examination.
Therefore, there were six to seven hundred people attending this palace examination, which can be called a great event.
The emperor also issued an edict to increase the number of Taixue students to eighty, with thirty people in each group. All academic qualifications came from the imperial court, and Taixue was at its peak.
Scholars from all over the world praised the Emperor for his sage.
The emperor's intention is also very obvious. After Wang Anshi and Han Jiang took charge of Xining, he changed the Yuan Dynasty to Yuan Feng and used a new style to show the emperor's determination to forge ahead after Yuan Feng. Finally, he sent troops to the Xia Kingdom in one fell swoop, thus establishing the tripod!
On March 21, the second year of Yuanfeng, the official family gathered in the Ying Palace to personally guide all the virtuous people in the world!
The official walked down the hall with steady steps, looked up and down at all the sentient beings, took in everything before his eyes, and then opened a sealed policy question from the imperial desk and showed it to all the sentient beings.
The title is "The prosperity of talents in ancient times is nothing like that of the Tang and Yu Dynasties. If you think that the sky is empty, the water will be flat, and if you think that the rice is there, hundreds of grains will grow... There is always an excess of things in the world, but there is always a shortage of talents. Use the insufficient talents to manage the things that have an excess.
Then what kind of success can be achieved by those sage kings? Although their talents are not as good as those of Tang, Yu, Cheng and Zhou...]
The topic is to seek talents, and my heart is also to seek talents. There are enough things in the world, but there are not enough talents. What is talent...
The servants on the side whispered to the officials, so when the officials passed by Chen Guan, Chao Buzhi, and Li Kui, they all stopped.
It was Zhang Yue's strategy to build up all the feudal lords but lack their strength.
The Emperor used it to reform the Military Supervision, and after pacifying the Qing and Tang Dynasties, he granted various titles to the kings and made them equal to Dong Felt.
Nowadays, the same is true for the talents recommended by Zhang Yue, such as Shen Kuo, Xu Xi, and Cai Jing. All those appointed by the emperor find them useful.
Today Zhang Yue presents three more talents.
They are Chen Guan, Chao Buzhi, and Li Kui. Officials pay special attention to them. They are not ordinary talents who can get into the imperial court. They seem to be better than Wang Anshi in cultivating talents.
Therefore, the officials used the method of "building many feudal lords with less effort" and continued to dig into corners.
The official was particularly satisfied with Chen Guan. He had read the newly revised "Mencius' Justice", which was co-authored by Su Che and Chen Guan. He admired Mencius' justice very much and always had it at hand to read.
Officials admired Mencius's ideas of benefiting the people, but they could talk about them, but they would not use them.
After Yuanfeng changed to Yuan Dynasty, the officials still mainly used the "Shenhan Technique" to sharpen a hole, which is the emperor's magic.
This did not prevent him from admiring Chen Guan.
It's just that the talents in the field are different from the talents after the palace examination. It is impossible for officials to seek talents from the people. Even for ordinary officials in the court, officials cannot "kiss Jane" without any reasonable reasons.
Only after passing the palace examination can talents officially enter the eyes of the emperor.
A promising king attaches great importance to his authority. The power of employing people is not inferior to that of the prime minister.
After reading Chen Guan's article, the official went to Zhang Gen's desk.
The most important thing in Legalism is that the emperor's will should not be underestimated, and it is a common practice among officials to see Zhang Gen's writing skills.
Unlike other scholars who were aware of his actions in detail and reacted in advance, he was not aware of his arrival at all.
The official walked to Zhang Gen and stopped beside him. Behind him, the three prime ministers Wang Gui, Yuan Jiang and Feng Jing also stopped.
Stopping at the official's house, the three of them glanced at the names on the table and were stunned, and then noticed the emperor's expression.
There were rumors that Zhang Yue actually took a nap in the palace during the palace examination, and Emperor Renzong saw it. Emperor Renzong did not feel dissatisfied at all, and even covered Zhang Yue with clothes, for fear that he would catch a cold.
This scene is like the examiner who fell asleep in the college entrance examination examination hall in later generations and couldn't bear to wake him up, but also thoughtfully covered the candidate with a quilt.
Although it is a folk joke.
But everyone knows that when Zhang Yue was young, he had the habit of "beating the manuscript" like Bai Juyi. He didn't write the article at the beginning, and after a while he went back to bed and took a nap, and then a great article was published.
Is Zhang Gen's attitude equal to Zhang Yue's? Are there any differences between the emperor and his ministers in their understanding of the pursuit of merit?
Everyone stared at the official's expression.
In the eyes of officials, his writing is like the vast sea and his pen is like a dragon.
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It’s roll call today!
His Majesty's gentlemen all held their breaths in silence.
Previously, the Ministry of Rites had learned that the tribute examination would be announced to the generals, and he read the list.
"The first person in the first grade of Jinshi in the second year of Yuanfeng..."
"...Kaifeng Mansion Shiyan!"
All of His Highness's scholars turned their attention to an unattractive-looking man.
"The second person in the first grade of Jinshi in the second year of Yuanfeng..."
"...Nanjianzhou Chen Guan!"
Chen Guan thought to himself that the monk had truly fulfilled his prophecy and always won the first prize, but the second place was not good either.
"The third person in the first grade of Jinshi in the second year of Yuanfeng..."
"...Jianzhou Zhanggen!"
Chen Guan, who was going up to the hall to tell his birthplace and name, couldn't help but glance at Zhang Gen.
But seeing Zhang Gen follow him calmly, he looked at the imperial guards holding golden bone buds on the two corridors and looking straight ahead. A white jade staircase led straight to the main hall like a road of green clouds.
Who hasn’t lived in a small room while studying, with his heart longing for the heavens?
Zhang Gen thought to himself that his father had also been here when he was the first Jinshi, and he had been here all the way.
No wonder my father once said, "I am a farmer in the morning, and I ascend to the emperor's palace in the evening." I wonder if my father's mood at that time was the same as mine.
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The two second-placed candidates, one is Zhang Yue's disciple and the other is Zhang Yue's son, the ministers in the palace secretly marveled.
But I couldn't say anything. Although Zhang Yue was the prime minister, he didn't even participate in the examination. He had been staying at home for half a year because of his illness.
Then the two second-place candidates are where the emperor's heart lies. After all, the top picks are not given randomly, they belong to the real "poor families".
The musicians on the two corridors of the main hall were beating the chimes, and the sound sounded like a leaping dragon and a tiger. People couldn't help but feel their hearts beating happily with the music. The scholars who came up from the white marble steps one by one seemed to have finished this journey.
Completed like a carp leaping over a dragon's gate.
The path of life is different from now on, completely different from the past.
Chen Guan slowed down his pace and arrived at the main hall almost immediately after Zhang Gen.
Countless bowl lanterns on the top of the main hall gathered together like a sea, and the small flames on the wicks danced happily, as if thousands of miles of waves were gently rolling.
The musicians beat the bells and drums, and the sound of the drums spread throughout the country.
Under the bright sea of lanterns, the emperor sat high in the Mingtang. Hundreds of officials in purple and red robes watched, and the first ten Jinshi entered the hall one by one.
Zhang Gen once again realized what it means to be a farmhouse minister in the morning and ascend to the emperor's hall in the evening. The other Jinshi only dared to stare at the ground, but he dared to take a look at Tianyan from the palace.
In fact, in the past, the seventeenth mother of the first lunar month would take Zhang Gen with her, and Zhang Cheng had met with the officials when he entered the imperial city to attend the banquet held by the empress dowagers of the two palaces.
During the Lantern Festival, I watched lanterns and saw the sky from a distance.
Only now did Zhang Gen realize that his parents' vision and status had smoothed things over a lot for him and saved him a lot of detours.
He has seen many scholars from poor families live cautiously and compromise, for fear that they will be criticized by others if they show a little talent or tell the truth.
He also once wondered why his father had so many concerns and did not seek merit but no fault in doing things.
Now he understands that his father never had his own conditions. Many Han family members may have nodded proudly and said a few words that were a little too much while growing up, and then they would be trampled down like weeds on the roadside, or they would be trampled down like weeds on the roadside.
It broke people's backs.
It was only after he left home that he realized the evil in people's hearts and the dangers of the world.
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The first three kings of Jinshi will give you the right pair.
Shi Yan and Chen Guan talked eloquently in front of the emperor.
It was Zhang Gen's turn. Unlike Shi Yan and Chen Guan, the official asked with a smile on his face: "Where does the second place come from?"
Zhang Gen knew exactly what his father had done before the emperor in the palace, and immediately said: "Reporting to your majesty, my ancestor was a descendant of Qi Taigong and was granted the title of Yu Zhang. When he went to the city, he became the Zhang family... My grandfather forgave me and was not willing to make progress, so I followed him.
Invite your in-laws several times...poems and books will be passed down from generation to generation, ending with the title of Heavenly Lord."
"My father, Zhang Yue, was the first Jinshi scholar in the sixth year of Jiayou. He was awarded the title of Chuzhou Signing. Later, he was promoted to the third level and awarded the Chongzheng Palace Storytelling... Now he is a bachelor of the Zizheng Palace, the founding Duke of Jian'an County, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites.
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After hearing this, the officials smiled and said to Wang Gui and Feng Jing: "It turns out that the second best person is Zhang Shenzheng's son!"
All the ministers acted as if they just knew it, nodded frequently and praised each other.
Wang Gui made the first comment: "Your Majesty, the article ranked second in the ranking is no less than that of his father! It is true that a tiger father has no dog sons."
Wang Gui is the head of Zhang Yue's Ministry of Rites, so he is absolutely qualified to say this.
Feng Jing then spoke out: "Your Majesty, the dynasty is bursting with talents, just like the image of King Wen of Zhou when the river came out of Luotu. The Zhang family in Pucheng has been loyal and loyal for generations. There are 25 Jinshis who have served in the dynasty, and there are many people in the country of Xi.
Sir, the Duke of Jian'an County is such a good minister of the country! Now he has paid tribute to the country."
Wang Gui, Feng Jing and Zhang Yue have worked together for many years, so it is inevitable that they have some differences, but at this time they all have good things to say.
The official laughed heartily when he heard this, and he looked at his highness Zhang Dun, who was appointed as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and signed the signatures of Zhang and Kai from the Privy Council.
The official asked with a smile: "How about the training in the Jian'an court for the second place winner?"
Zhang Gen said: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Jian'an is based on Confucianism. When you enter, you will ask about the benefits of your business, and when you leave, you will consider the profits and losses of your friends. The Duke always talks to the people, wealth is given by heaven, but people should be diligent and frugal and not extravagant.
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After a pause, Zhang Gen said: "I often see the Duke of Jian'an County standing up in his clothes at night, talking to himself, settling the affairs of the king and the world, and winning fame both before and after his death!"
"It's a good job to settle the affairs of the king and the world, and win the reputation both in life and in life!"
The officials couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard Zhang Yue's words. No matter what Zhang Yue did, he still cared about me and my important matters in his heart.
Wang Gui's ministers heard Zhang Yue's words and thought they were good.
What's even better is that Zhang Gen said it just right in the palace. This is ten times better than Zhang Yue saying it himself.
The father is in trouble, and the son is in trouble.
The official said: "I commend Zhang Qing for his strong talents and extensive knowledge. He is in a good position and can persevere when things are impossible."
"In human nature, loyal ministers and good ministers must come from the gate of loyalty and filial piety, that's how it is."
Zhang Gen was overjoyed and said: "Your Majesty's golden words, I will remember them carefully."
All the officials felt that the government intended to re-employ Zhang Yue. The monarch and his ministers were not at odds with each other. Those who were gloating about the misfortune before, let's see how Zhang Yue will deal with you when he comes out again.
There are three questions for the No. 1 candidate and two questions for the No. 2 candidate.
If you get the correct memorial in the Golden Palace, you will become a disciple of the Emperor, and your name as the proud son of Heaven will be heard all over the world.
The official was overjoyed and said: "I have won a scholar today, and I will pass on the decree to give tens of millions of dollars to new scholars!"
Hearing this, everyone in the palace shouted, "Long live, long live, long live!"