Chapter 359 Interesting Facts
Fifteen days is a kind of torture for the candidates, but it is not the same for the officials participating in the imperial examination. In theory, they will mark the papers after the candidates have finished the exam, but in fact, some people started handing in their papers from the first day. Let's start. Invigilation is the responsibility of the Imperial Army, and they will not be responsible for invigilating the exam.
"This includes the copying time, but someone started handing in the papers in just half a day?" Lu Bu looked at the three-point dossier that was sent up. One was written about the rich country, the other was about the Last Stand, and the last one was about commercial use. How much was it? Somewhat amazed.
People who dare to hand in papers so quickly are somewhat confident and capable, and the facts are just as Lu Bu thought. These three answer papers are quite good in terms of their opinions and directions, but what he is more interested in is the last one. One article.
There are no other files to compare with, and Lu Bu doesn't know if everyone has this idea, but he has a deep understanding of the benefits and disadvantages of business. He does not just criticize the development of business and harm the country, especially in the final suppression of wealthy businessmen. , small businessmen and hawkers are encouraged, but wealthy merchants from all over the country must be strictly restricted, and wealthy merchants must not be allowed to get involved in politics. This view coincides with Lu Bu's.
Promoting business can rejuvenate a country, but if business governs a country, the country will perish prematurely!
This person has never seen things like business affairs begin to backfire on the court when he was old in the Wei Dynasty. This person's vision is really good.
Lu Bu looked at the number, 94, and silently remembered it in his heart. He handed the file to Cai Yong aside and said with a smile, "Brother Bozhe, take a look at this. What do you think?"
Cai Yong couldn't put it down because of the article "Fu Guo". Hearing this, he handed it to Lu Bu and said, "The captain should also read this article."
Lu Bu took it and read it. The views of Fuguo's article were quite correct, and it was somewhat reminiscent of the renaissance of the family. However, the position was quite fair. It also pointed out the impact of too much power, and it was somewhat in line with Lu Bu's policies. The meaning is there, but it's very obscure. He is a talented person, but he must also be a tolerant person. Such people are rare.
"This businessman is quite familiar to the Taiwei. What this person said is quite alarming. I think that the Taiwei also needs to be careful." After reading the article, Cai Yong couldn't help but nodded in agreement. He was not too familiar with business affairs. I understand, but Lu Bu's promotion of business has indeed brought about the current prosperity of Guanzhong. Cai Yong also feels that it may be inappropriate for business to continue to develop like this, but he cannot explain it as thoroughly as in this article. Now after reading this article, Quite a sense of enlightenment.
Lu Bu nodded. Cai Yong was good at learning, but relatively slow in politics. This article requires a strong foresight and it is not easy to understand it. This imperial examination has really attracted a lot of talents.
Another back-and-forth battle is quite feasible. Of course, looking forward, knowing Han Xin's deployment, it is not difficult to defeat this back-and-forth battle. However, this person's method of defeating the enemy is quite eye-catching. , this person has great attainments in the art of war!
After all, not many people turned in papers on the first day, but starting from the second day, all the candidates began to turn in their first articles one after another, and the entire scientific examination became busy.
There are nine questions in this scientific examination, covering several aspects such as designing national policies, people's livelihood, and military tactics. It is impossible for most people to answer all of them. The evaluation criteria are also evaluated and screened by a group of officials, including Lu Bu, Cai Yong, Zhong Yao, Only two of the eight people, Yang Biao, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Li Ru and Xun You, must agree to officially pass the test.
As long as one article is approved, it can be regarded as passing the preliminary examination. If nothing unexpected happens, as long as you pass the preliminary examination, you can be arranged according to the direction of the content of the answer.
There are voices of exclamation from time to time, but there are not many that can make Lu Bu's eyes shine like the first three articles, especially the later outstanding articles are mostly written by these three people, which also makes Lu Bu pay more attention to these three people. A bit of anticipation.
But on the third day, Lu Bu suddenly frowned and called Dian Wei to say: "Go and call the Imperial Army over there at No. 95 to come here."
"Here!" Dian Wei agreed and bowed to leave. Lu Bu asked others to continue reviewing and went to the side room to rest.
After a while, Dian Wei came over with a member of the imperial army. When he saw Lu Bu, he quickly bowed and said, "See you, Taiwei."
"No need to be polite." Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "How come the person in the examination room you are guarding hasn't turned in a paper in the past three days?"
"Lieutenant Mingjian, this room has been handed over twice." The imperial guard thought that Lu Bu doubted him, so he quickly yelled.
"Two articles?" Lu Bu nodded, pointed at Dian Wei and said, "Every time he submits an article from now on, you will inform Dian Wei and you are not allowed to mention this matter to anyone. Do you understand?"
"Here!" The imperial army didn't know why, but since Lu Bu had spoken, how could he dare to refuse, so he immediately responded and bowed to leave.
"My lord, who is this room number 95?" Dian Wei looked at Lu Bu doubtfully, could room number 95 be the young master? But the young master is not yet young.
"Your Majesty." Lu Bu didn't hide anything. Now it seems that Liu Xie's article failed to attract people's attention.
"Your Majesty?" Dian Wei looked at Lu Bu blankly. The emperor didn't want to wait in the palace, so he ran out to suffer this crime. Is he mentally ill? What? Want to serve as an official for your lord?
"Don't mention it to others!" Lu Bu glared at him and said.
"Don't worry, my lord, the last general will be tight-lipped." Dian Wei assured him, patting his chest.
Lu Bu nodded, got up and returned to the reviewing area. Although he wanted to read the emperor's article, it was not easy to directly ask someone for it, as that would easily arouse suspicion.
In the next few days, there were more and more files, and Lu Bu put this matter aside for the time being.
However, he did send a few seed files here directly when people saw them. It was the files of the three people 94, 888, and 1049. Although it was unknown who they were, the numbers of these three people had been spread among the officials. , not only Lu Bu, Cai Yong and others were also very interested in the files of these three people, so naturally no one questioned them.
Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and candidates began to leave one after another after handing in their last essays, but the entire examination room was still busy.
"Sir, from now on until the day when the results are released, the imperial court will be responsible for all your food and lodging expenses in Chang'an. If you can be selected, this will be the case before the final imperial examination." The Imperial Guard dutifully sent Xu Shu away. After arriving at the post house where he and Pang Tong lived, he saluted Xu Shu and said, "During this period, I will be responsible for escorting the young master. If the young master is humiliated or unfairly treated in Chang'an, you can report it to the humble post. The humble post will be responsible for handling everything for the young master."
"Thank you." Xu Shu nodded to the imperial guards. This time, the imperial court paid extraordinary attention to the imperial examinations. There were even imperial guards responsible for security.
After going upstairs, he saw Pang Tong drinking tea boredly. He smiled and said, "Shi Yuan, when will you come out?"
"Yesterday." Pang Tong looked at Xu Shu and smiled: "It seems that Yuan Zhi is quite confident in himself."
"It's okay, the questions in this scientific examination are quite interesting." Xu Shu sat down and said.
"The Taiwei also has a good attitude towards talents." Pang Tong nodded. Every question in this scientific examination was directly related to practical work, not just empty talk. Almost all of them related to the national economy and people's livelihood.
"How do you think the court will judge the situation?" Xu Shu asked.
The people making reference this time come from all over the world, and some of them are under the rule of other princes. Will the court be biased?
"The Taiwei has to convince the people of the world, so he can't be partial to the children of Guanzhong. Don't worry Yuan Zhi." Pang Tong smiled and said, if he is really partial, it only means that Lu Bu can't see how powerful he is. Such a person is now If the situation is strong, it doesn't matter.
Among the nine questions, only one has a correct answer, and the others are relatively idealistic. It is actually difficult to judge, and he is also curious about how the court will judge.
Xu Shu nodded and ignored the matter. The two chatted about the topic and argued their respective opinions. Two days later, many candidates came out. Pang Tong and Xu Shu were drinking tea or walking around as usual. , after half a month, the last batch of candidates also came out. Pang Tong and Xu Shu were drinking tea and listening to these people arguing. They also found it interesting. At this moment, they saw someone come in and saluted Pang Tong: " Are you the candidate No. 94?"
"Exactly." Pang Tong nodded: "Master, what do you have to say?"
"Don't take it as a lesson." The young man shook his head, sat down and said, "This is No. 95, right next to you. These days, I see that you seem to have handed in all the exam papers on the eighth day?"
Pang Tong didn't know what he was going to do, so he could only nod.
"So, you must be very knowledgeable. I wonder if you can review some of my articles for me?" The visitor was naturally Liu Xie. He had watched Pang Tong send out files almost every day for the past half month, and left on the eighth day. This man was quite curious. Although he was not very good-looking, he must be very knowledgeable. He couldn't help but want him to take a look at his files.
The original manuscript is kept by me, and I can check it if there are any mistakes.
Looking at the manuscript that the other party took out, Pang Tong and Xu Shu looked at each other, looked at him a little strangely and said: "The results will be released in one month. We will know the results by then. We are not the officials responsible for reviewing. Young Master. What's the use of waiting?"
"I will definitely be on the list, but some people may be dissatisfied, so I want to find some people who share the same ideas to take a look. I don't want to win without force." Liu Xie said confidently.
Wow, what a loud tone.
When Pang Tong and Xu Shu heard this, they immediately became interested. Naturally, they couldn't just read other people's articles, but also showed their own articles to each other.
but……
After watching for a long time, Pang Tong couldn't stand it any longer. He looked up at Liu Xie who was enjoying himself and could only continue to look down...
"How is it?" After a while, Liu Xie asked quickly when he saw that Pang Tong had put down three files.
"The rhetoric is gorgeous, I have only seen it in my life, but the words are a little lacking..." Looking at the expectant eyes of the other party, Pang Tong sighed, shook his head and said: "In short, in terms of writing, it is good, better than me. ”
"Your article is not bad, it just lacks some polish. I think you left it too hastily." Liu Xie said with a satisfied smile.
"Yeah~" Pang Tong nodded and didn't argue any more...