Prime Minister

Chapter 258 The Truth
By the third game, Zhang Yue was already exhausted.

Zhang Yue's fatigue was due to the tension of the exam schedule and overthinking, and the fact that he was really suffering in the open air in the snowy weather.

It was okay after snowing a few days ago, but now it is sunny, it will become colder when the snow melts.

The third test was three current affairs policies and economics and history policies.

The difficulty of each of these is not lower than the theory of the second session, but there is only one theory, but three strategies are needed.

Policy questioning is the way the emperor and ministers ask and answer.

In ancient times, it was the superiors who consulted state affairs with officials, but now it is regarded as a test for talents by the superiors.

Like Wang Anshi, "a child like a friend" must not work. This is the tone of the Duke of Zhou to the King of Zhou.

Therefore, now that Ce asked, no one would be so stupid as to tell the emperor what to do.

When it was time for the exam, Zhang Yue rubbed his brows, and then he thought why most people were reluctant to enter the examination room again, it turned out that they couldn't stand the torment.

In addition to being nervous and anxious, I felt awkward and uncomfortable everywhere.

See Policy Questions on volume.

Zhang Yue remembers that generally speaking, there are three paragraphs to be substituted, the first paragraph is to answer policy questions, the second paragraph is to praise the prosperous age, and the last paragraph is to praise the emperor.

No matter how you answer this way, you will not be wrong, but the problem is that the situation in the Song Dynasty is nothing to brag about.

Although today's officials have not made a final conclusion, his benevolence can be ranked among the top few dynasties.

But benevolence and morality cannot be eaten. Nowadays, the world is not far from the people, and the treasury is empty, the military equipment is weak, and the Liao Kingdom, Xixia is standing on the head of the Song Dynasty and domineering. Even if you close your eyes, you have to admit that this is the truth .

Zhang Yue really wants to write a pen to flatter, but he really can't bear it on his conscience.

Does the policy question point directly at the disadvantages of the times?

On the contrary, there are quite a few scholars who have become famous for their travel insurance.

Just like how Zhang Yue persuaded Fu Bi at the beginning, the officials and several ministers of the Song Dynasty were not ignorant of the current malaise of the Song Dynasty, but if reforms were made, their reputation would suffer and their political situation would deteriorate. 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?
There are different opinions.

But Zhang Yue could see that Song Renzong still wanted to reform the country, otherwise he would not have Han Qi, Fu Bi as prime minister, and Ouyang Xiu as privy secretary. They all supported Fan Zhongyan at the beginning.

At present, there is an article in the Current Affairs Policy that Tianzi Ce asked Nong Sang.

The topic is so, how to make local officials, supervisors and officials, persuade them in many ways, so that lazy farmers can do their best to work, and the open land will be turned into fertile soil, what can be done?
When Zhang Yue looked at the topic, he was out of breath, lazy farmer?
Is this why the common people refuse to do it?

This is a problem with the distribution mechanism!

Private land sales and mergers are serious, and the cadastre is disordered. The land property of the rich is increasing day by day but the land tax does not increase accordingly, and the land property of the poor is decreasing day by day but the land tax does not decrease accordingly.

Song history records that only three out of ten farmland taxpayers in the world pay taxes on only four acres of private land.

Then you blame 'lazy farmers', how to encourage officials to persuade farmers and mulberry?
Many people of insight have seen it, but can it be said in the article in the examination room?
But the same answer, no answer worth mentioning.

What Zhang Yue thought of was the thousands of people making trouble in front of Sansi's gate.

Last year, Ouyang Xiu published "On Fangtian Average Taxation Note", suggesting 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 1000 people who claimed to be the Daming Mansion in Hebei who came to sue the imperial court surrounded the Third Division and made troubles in the capital like rogues, endangering public order. They decided to use this method to threaten the court not to advance the tax equalization law.

Even the officials who didn't know the truth interceded for these people, thinking that the court's reforms caused them to have no food and clothing.

Why is the "Fang Tian Equal Tax Law" that is beneficial to the country and the people, but everyone shouts and beats it?
The more Zhang thought of this, the pen was shaking, and he was really angry.

Therefore, Zhang Yue saw this question again, so he planned to write.

This is very risky, and 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 for poetry and prose theory to stay and stay, and the policy theory is determined, so as long as the endowment is taken, the policy theory is not well written, but the ranking is not good.

Therefore, when Zhang Yue wrote this policy question, he still used the method of "nine odes and one remonstrance". He still supported Fang Tian's tax law from the bottom of his heart. After the country was ruled, this law was still implemented.

It doesn't matter if you, Wang Anshi, don't appreciate me, but I still support your political views. The so-called "dog licking" is nothing more than that.

Zhang Yue wrote at the beginning that "Gai Haotian teaches people with the time, the saints use the scriptures to law the sky, and the time and personnel are the latitude and longitude of each other..."

First of all, officials should pay attention to the farming season. At this time, labor labor should not be sent indiscriminately to motivate the people...

I talked about it from a wide range. Although these are correct nonsense, officials can be regarded as good officials if they can implement them.

Then there is praise, and finally I said a few words in the part of Fang Tian's average tax law. Even though the space in the whole article is not much, the meaning is already reached.

This is also a gamble that officials who appreciate it will be promoted, and officials who do not appreciate it will...

Not good, the examiner will know who this article is complaining about.

After finishing the three policy questions, Zhang Yue got up to hand in the paper, and then stepped out of the Gongyuan.

The emotions of the examinees who left this time are different. The most important thing is that the first three exams have already been completed, and the last exam is just Tie Jing Moyi. As long as the exam is not too bad, it will not affect the final ranking. big.

But Zhang Yue still looked serious, firstly because he was tired, and secondly because his mood was fluctuating because of his somewhat 'willful' policy question.

But now there is no need to think too much, the paper has already been handed in to Du Tang, and it is impossible to get it back.

When Zhang Yue walked out of the dragon gate, he felt like he 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 to carry the test box for him, and when Zhang Shi saw Zhang Yue, he said: "Sister-in-law cooked you a table of delicious food."

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Wait for Brother Guo and Anzhong!"

Zhang Shi said: "Okay."

Seeing that Zhang Shi was hesitating to speak, Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Brother, just say what you want."

Zhang Shi said: "Alright, there is only the last game left, so I asked, will the third brother succeed this time?"

The more Zhang thought about it, he could say [-]% based on the first two games, but now it's hard to say.Zhang Yue said: "Brother, there is no certainty about the examination room."

Zhang Shi saw it and sighed: "Brother, I have been worrying about sleeping and eating for the past few days, so it's hard for you to make a correct statement?"

Zhang Yue laughed and said: "I didn't correct the paper, so what's the use of me giving you an accurate answer? Brother, if you want to ask, you need to ask the examiner."

Zhang Shi said: "I know the examiner, I have already asked. I just listened to people chatting in the teahouse, what are the test papers, how to get to know the examiner, if it is in Pucheng, it would be fine, but the capital is so big, my eyes are smeared." Yes. Am I in a hurry?"

"Before I heard that the elders of Zhang's mansion said that he knew Prince Pu's mansion..."

Zhang Yue hurriedly interrupted: "Brother, what do you want to know about Prince Pu's residence?"

Zhang Shi said: "Why don't you use some money..."

Zhang Yue said: "Brother, stop, you can save some money. I'm not afraid of anything, but I'm afraid that you will be cheated out of your money. Besides, there really is such a network. Based on the friendship between our family and the old man, we 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 in his heart, his elder brother still had some doubts about the same clan, even Ouyang Xiu and Wu Chong couldn't find a relationship with his son, so could his elder brother find a way when he came to Beijing?If you want to help yourself, it's not like that.

Not long after seeing Huang Lu coming out of Longmen, Zhang Shi asked again 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 there is one thing I can comfort you, that is, there are really many people in our Imperial College."

"I remember that in the fourth year of Jiayou's reign, there were 110 Imperial Scholars (excluding Guangwenguan students) in the Imperial College, and 22 were awarded the prize. Almost one of the five was selected."

"One out of five people?" Zhang Shi was a little disappointed.

Huang Lu said with a smile: "That's quite a lot. It seems that there are 150 and 30 Jinshi in Jingdong Road, and there are only five people who get the first place. That's one person from 44 people. Then there are [-] Jinshi in the East Road. people, but no one has reached the top yet.”

Zhang Shi frowned and said, "That's hard to say, hard to say."

Even though Zhang told the truth, he was relieved at last.Huang Lu didn't say anything else. On weekdays, Zhang Yue was excellent in both poems and scriptures in Taixue, so he should be among the more than 20 people.

At this time, Guo Lin also left Longmen.

At this moment, Niudian prosecutor sat behind the case and looked at the policy questionnaire.

The cattle spot inspector's eyes were bloodshot, and after three days of reviewing the papers, as a spot inspector, he was more exhausted than the examinee.

Now that he saw the familiar 'Jiashen Bingyin' paper, Prosecutor Niu Dian opened the paper in a complicated mood.

He first looked at the examinee's first move, and half of what he saw was his sincere emotion. It was the same move, the same topic, and the hundreds of moves written were almost the same.

After all, there is a foundation in Juren, and everyone will not be too far behind.

But it happened that this son was able to clearly surpass his peers.

The Niu Dian prosecutor thought, there is no problem in this case, but who is this son?This time it was rumored that Wang Kui was particularly outstanding among the candidates. Could it be him?
Yes, there is Zhang Yue in Taixue, who is also quite talented, but it seems that there are not as many as Wang Kui.

It seems that this person is probably Wang Kui.

Niu Dian Prosecutor couldn't help but feel relieved when he thought of this, so why should he be stingy with words of praise?
If for the sake of balance, I mistakenly refuted a few sentences in the above volume, and it spread to the ears of outsiders in the future, I am afraid that I will also have the reputation of being blind.

When Niu Dian prosecutor thought of this, he had already thought of an excellent comment.

After reading these three strategies, who would have thought that when the Niu point prosecutor saw the second strategy, the pen in his hand fell to the ground.

This is... this is...

Niu Dian prosecutor rubbed his eyes, how dare this candidate write such a thing?

(End of this chapter)