Misty rain and heavy flowers accompany the king's return

The exams here are similar to those in the previous life. There are three exams, and each exam lasts for three days.

On the day of the exam, there was a crowd at the gate of the Gong Yuan, and there was a special examination room inside the Gong Yuan.

Escorted by Qingchen and Xiaoshi, Shen Luo hurried over.

"Let Uncle Fu wait for me here at night." Shen Luo said.

"Okay, I'll make a delicious supper for you, and wait for you to come back." Qing Chen said, handing him the box.

Inside is a day's food, the four treasures of the study, and a cushion.

Shen Luo looked at the wooden box brought out from Huzhou, and was a little amazed in his heart. Things have changed with time, and he didn't want to go through the motions here.

At the entrance of the examination room, many family members of high-ranking officials and dignitaries are asking to see him off.

Shen Luo waved to Qing Chen, signaling him to go back.

Today he accidentally tied a long scholar's belt, which was a decision he made after calling the Zhiwen Bookstore to sort out the teacher's essay.

Many people in this world are looking for the best master, but I have one. Although it seems like a past life, I can only see the past life in a dream, but this person's professor is more powerful than the teacher who teaches by words and deeds.

Case by case told Shen Luo that if he had lived in the previous life, he would have ended up dead without a place to bury him.

So he has to learn to change, learn to live his life from a new perspective, whether it is Shenbai or sinking, his destiny should be in his own hands.

Long scholar belt, carrying an ordinary wooden box, such a candidate should be looked down upon in the examination room, but he is wearing a black fox fur.The golden phoenix token symbolizing the highest power center of the dynasty was tied around his waist, so the candidates who saw him unconsciously nodded and saluted him, and many of them were sons of high officials and dignitaries.

"My lord, please put down your things and accept the inspection." The guarding soldier said respectfully, with a modest attitude.

Shen Luo watched them inspect everything, his things were pitifully small, it was really easy to inspect.

Walking into the examination room, many students were looking for their seats in twos and threes. Yun Mo saw him and waved to him.

"Our positions are adjacent, right here, Brother Shen, follow me." Yun Mo said.

Shen Luo followed. The small room with three walls was not big, but it had already been cleaned. Unlike many people around, the first thing they did when they came was to clean the cobwebs in the room.

"We have already arranged it, and someone cleaned it for us in advance, how about it!" Baili Songran looked at him with crossed hands, and said triumphantly.

"Thank you, Brother Baili, can you bring hot water?" Shen Luo didn't ask Qingchen to prepare, but knowing his seat, the two masters naturally wouldn't wrong him for his own way, so he was happy to share.

"Of course!" Baili Songran took out a thermos.

Shen Luo took out the teacup from the wooden box and made a cup of camellia. He just likes to drink the camellia from his hometown, and he even asked someone to bring it once.

"What kind of tea is this? It looks ordinary but smells so good?" Yun Mo asked curiously.

"The camellia from my hometown has a strong fragrance and is suitable for staying up late." Shen Luo looked at them and asked if he wanted it.

Baili Songran and Yun Mo also made a cup and smelled the fragrance.

"That's right, I'm still worried that I won't be able to bear it!" Baili Songran said, "I can't go back until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!"

"Then I'll give you all this small pot of tea later, I'll go out tonight!" Shen Luo handed him the tea pot.

"Ah?" Baili Songran took it and looked at him: "Why do you go out at night and only hand out papers in the middle of the night?"

"One hour is enough to answer the paper." Shen Luo said.

This time it wasn't Baili and Yunmo who looked at him in surprise, even the students nearby looked at him in surprise, as if they were looking at a monster.

Although there are soldiers patrolling, they will not be too harsh on these tribute students. After all, it is still early. In the evening, Shen Luo asked the patrolling soldiers for a small carbon stove for boiling water. When the soldiers saw that it was him, they even Not all money is willing to ask.

Take out a small casserole, pour out the boiled beef brisket from another warming cup, and spread the spicy taste, then take out the boiled white radish and tofu from another warming cup.

After closing his eyes and resting his mind, Baili Song suddenly jumped out: "Who is seducing the young master?"

Then he turned his head to see that it was Shen Luo, smiled eagerly and hurried back to take out his small silver bowl and chopsticks, as well as Yun Mo.

The two took out the food prepared at home, and squatted with him outside the examination room, drinking warm radish and beef brisket soup.

"You're smart, you've figured it out." Yun Mo said with admiration as he looked at the warming cup containing the ingredients.

"What did you bring?"

"Luckily, two big food boxes were brought in." Baili said calmly.

"Eat something spicy, and you will be energetic at night. Do you answer the test at night?" Shen Luo asked them.

"No answer, I want to talk about it tonight." Baili said calmly.

"I don't answer either, I feel better during the day." Yun Mo said.

After the drumbeat of the second watch in the evening, the examiner will come from the main road with a sealed box, followed by a large number of assistant examiners and soldiers everywhere, and this is the beginning of the issuance of papers.

Shen Luo took a look, Guowei walked in the middle of the line with a cold expression, the yellow sealed box in his hand was unusually conspicuous.

When the drums of the third watch sounded, the people who distributed the papers came.

The name has been written on each answer sheet, and they will be handed out one by one. This avoids the embarrassment of the candidates who have finished writing and forgets to write their names. It is also doomed that there is only one answer sheet.

Many people do not write at night because they are afraid that the answer sheet will be affected by the torch.

When Shen Luo received the answer sheet, a soldier replaced him with an oil lamp with a lampshade: "The examiner ordered it." The soldier whispered, obviously Guowei guessed that Shen Luo might leave after writing.

After taking the test paper, I saw the four words "The people are the sky."

Shen Luo was a little surprised by such a topic. The provincial test was "Heaven, Earth and Man", which used the metaphor of heaven and earth as a metaphor, and also used the metaphor of heaven, earth and birth.

But this question overturns all arguments, the people are the sky, such a proposition the emperor is of course qualified to do so, but it is extremely difficult for students to answer.

I didn't know this topic before sinking. Emperor Qianyuan was a cautious person. If he wanted you to know, you would know it. If he didn't want you to know it, you wouldn't know it.

Shen Luo felt a sense of contradiction. If he hadn't cooperated with Zhiwen Bookstore, his statement today would be, "Heaven nourishes all people in his arms, and the people are the reproduction of the sky.If the people have disobedience, the heavens will punish them; if the king is not virtuous, the people will take it.It is for the endless life of the Dao of Heaven. '

But right now he wants to publish his article to the world. If he writes like this, then he will be regarded as a public enemy by all officials and pedantic students, and it will be difficult for the world to tolerate him.

Through his contact with Emperor Qianyuan these days, he has already understood the extraordinaryness of this emperor, that is, he does not believe in the rhetoric of "wealth depends on heaven, poverty depends on fate".

It is even said that the people in the emperor's heart are higher than the class of scholars and merchants.

This is the blessing of all people, and it is also the reason why Emperor Qianyuan did not hesitate to promote the reform of the tax system and grain payment.

"Heaven nurtures the people with good fortune, and the people live to transform the situation." The article written with this argument has more than [-] words, just like what Guowei said. Petty lower case letters are all unrestrained and calm, with excellent character.

It took exactly an hour to finish writing an article.

He beckoned to the invigilating soldiers, who ran over: "My lord?"

"Hand in the paper." Shen Luo said.

"Hand in the paper?" The soldier was taken aback, "I'll call someone right away."

The deputy examiner came over, looked at him, and then at the papers on the table, unable to hide his surprise.

Shen Luo packed up his things and went out under the leadership of the soldiers.

Baili on the side poked his head out and smiled at him, and Shen Luo smiled back.

Uncle Fu's car was parked outside, and several groups of soldiers had already come over to ask questions, thinking that he was the driver of the invigilator.

Shen Luo was the first to come out, it was still in the middle of the night, so he didn't attract much attention.

Back home, Qingchen cooked the porridge, and added seafood to cook with it.

Even Nie Xingfeng and Xiao Shitou didn't sleep, they sat here and waited for him.

"If you don't cheat, you will be admitted to the first prize, which shows that you are really a literary star." Nie Xingfeng said.

There is no theory of Wenquxing here, but there is a theory of Wenquxing.

Moreover, the people here don't have "zi" when they reach eighteen, and only a few prominent families in the former dynasty will call their children "zi".

Eat full at home and sleep contentedly.

Qingchen lying beside her was a little nervous.

"What's the matter, still not sleeping?" Shen Luo looked at him, thinking of the private relationship between 'that self' and Zihuan, and he had no conflicting thoughts about these things in his heart.

And the Long Qingchen in front of him is also virtuous, gentle and kind, staying with him is like enjoying the spring breeze, comfortable and comfortable.

Thinking of this, the arms holding him couldn't help being a little tight.

"Abai?" Qingchen asked curiously.

"We'll consummate the house once the list is announced!" Shen Luo said.

Qingchen was stunned: "Aren't you going to get married?"

"En!" Shen Luo smelled him, "It's okay, as long as you want."

"I still don't know what my father and the others think." Qingchen said.

"It won't be a problem." Shen Luo thought for a while and said.

They were whispering in the room at night, and the invigilator of the Tribute Academy was already discussing the place where the invigilators had tea. On the first day, someone handed in the papers, but the person who handed in the papers surprised them.

After reading his paper, Guowei put it away.

"My lord, do you want to show Master Shen's papers to all of us?" Qi Heng asked.

"Let's talk about it after the emperor has finished reading it." Guowei kept them thousands of miles away with one sentence.

Early the next morning, Shen Luo didn't delay going to the small study in Wutong Hall because of the exam.

Guowei was proctoring the exam, and Shen Luo sat at the side and silently read yesterday's paper, and then helped to read the memorial.

"The prefect of Nanhai County announced that due to the typhoon and continuous heavy rain, more than half of the farmland in the county was affected by the disaster. Some people saw that the clouds were flying thousands of miles in the daytime. It was a celestial phenomenon of Qinglong wagging its tail. The god of water, to breathe the power of heaven. '

Shen Luo frowned after reading it: "A faint official."

Emperor Qianyuan who walked to the small gate was taken aback when he heard his voice.

"There are thousands of phenomena in the sky, and there are occasional visions, which are not enough for the Tao. It is normal to be eroded by typhoons in spring. However, you are uneasy about the hearts of the people, do not save the people in distress, do not ask for disaster relief, and talk about the celestial phenomena and the power of the sky. Is there It shows that the Son of Heaven is not benevolent, and the prestige of Heaven is the meaning of warning. As a member of one party, he has no sympathy for the people, does not investigate the sufferings of the people, does not understand the changes of the four seasons, does not know the power of the heaven and the earth, and dares to talk about the way of heaven. His heart is stupid. Why are you an official?" After Shen Luo finished writing, he found that Emperor Qianyuan was standing aside, watching what he wrote verbatim.

"Well, good scolding! It suits my heart, scolding happily!" Emperor Qianyuan said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Shen Luo stood up.

Emperor Qianyuan pressed him to sit down: "Why did you come today and not take the exam at the Gong Yuan?"

"I already answered the paper last night." Shen Luo replied.

Emperor Qianyuan was startled and didn't speak. The first thought in his heart was that Shen Luo didn't care at all because he knew about his fame?

Just as he was thinking, he saw the paper written by Shen Luomo.

"What is this?" Emperor Qianyuan asked.

"Chen Mo wrote the answer sheet last night." Shen Luo returned.

Emperor Qianyuan took it and read it while sitting on the golden phoenix chair, admiring his article very much.

"You have reviewed all the memorials according to the requirements of the lord of the country, and you will present them to me later." Emperor Qianyuan said.

"Yes!" Shen Luo returned, and continued to review, with an attitude of silence and humility, which even Emperor Qianyuan admired a little.

After Shen Luo reviewed the memorial, he handed it to Emperor Qianyuan. Emperor Qianyuan spent an hour reading and reviewing the memorial, and then signed it.

"You are so young, you speak vulgarly, and between the lines, you have the style of a superior. Why is that?" Emperor Qianyuan asked.

While copying, Shen Luo said: "I was born in poverty, and I know the hardships of the people, but I hate the pedantic and ineffective bureaucrats, and I appreciate the hard-working and experienced officials who care about the well-being of the people."

"What do you think of my question?" Emperor Qianyuan asked.

Shen Luo put down his pen: "I originally wanted to write 'Heaven nourishes all the people in its arms, and the people are the reproduction of the sky. Take it. It is for the sake of the heaven.'”

"Oh? This content is interesting, quite refreshing." Emperor Qianyuan praised: "Why don't you write it?"

"I don't want to be the target of public criticism, and I don't want to lose my livelihood."

"How do you say it?" Emperor Qianyuan said quickly, "The explanation in the latter sentence will do."

Shen Luo smiled, it really was amazing, he knew what he was saying with just a few words, so he told about the Zhiwen Bookstore.

"Hahaha!" Emperor Qianyuan couldn't help laughing: "Your monthly salary is 80 taels, which is the standard for a fourth-rank official, but is it too little?"

"I don't think so, but a gentleman who loves money in a proper way is better than a greedy official by a hundred times." Shen Luo replied.

Emperor Qianyuan looked at him with bright eyes: "It's a pity that you are not the number one scholar."

"Your majesty, don't say any more, or I will lift my robe and kneel down, thanking the Lord for your kindness." Shen Luo replied jokingly.

"Hmph!" Emperor Qianyuan nodded, "You are a good boy. After the exam is over, I will return you a favor."

As far as he said, there was no second half of the sentence, and Shen Luo didn't ask any questions, just waited for the good news.

"In the future, you will assist the lord of the country to review half of the memorials alone." When Shen Luo left, Emperor Qianyuan said leisurely, his words were full of expectations.