The next day, the sky was clear and the spring was bright, the gate of the Gongyuan was opened, candidates who had participated in the general examination and students from various academies, officials and eunuchs poured in.
Everyone who read Mr. Wen’s examination papers yesterday all admired Mr. Wen’s five-body attitude, especially the policy theory written by Mr. Wen is amazing and full of praise. This time Mr. Wen’s confrontation with the great Confucians is such a good learning opportunity , they certainly won't miss it.
Ruan Xi sat in the carriage without the mark of the Sincerity House, looked through the curtain of the carriage at the crowd pouring into the tribute courtyard, and let out a sigh of relief.
It's a pity that the woman can't enter the Gongyuan, otherwise she would want to admire the demeanor of Wen Tingzhou's confrontation with the great Confucians.
"Miss, Mr. Wen should be here soon." Suyu asked in a low voice.
"It should be soon." Ruan Xi glanced at his elder brother Ruan Yuwen not far from the carriage, thinking of what Uncle Daddy said to her, Ruan Xi frowned.
Wen Shangshu and Mrs. Wen didn't turn their anger on Uncle Chengyi's house, which was expected by Ruan Xi, but Ruan Sanniang was afraid that Ruan Sanniang would suffer.
Ruan Xi is happy to see this.
Ruan Sanniang always acts recklessly like this, and she is afraid that she has forgotten all the painful lessons of her previous life. It is time for her to experience the majesty of the royal family.
"The carriage from Wen's residence is here." Someone in the crowd shouted, and the crowd surged in an instant, and they consciously gave way to a wide road.
Ruan Xi immediately withdrew her thoughts and turned her attention to the carriage in the Wen residence.
The Wen Manor's carriage drove slowly to the gate of the Gongyuan, and everyone's eyes fell on the tall and slender figure who had just stepped out of the carriage.
Today's Wen Tingzhou is wearing a black brocade robe, a white jade crown with hair on his head, a red and white jade belt around his waist, and an exquisite white jade waist pendant.
A flash of surprise flashed in Ruan Xi's eyes.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wen Tingzhou did not immediately step into the gate of the Gongyuan, and stood upright. At this time, a guard stepped forward and whispered a few words beside Wen Tingzhou. .
Ruan Xi's heart skipped a beat in the carriage, Wen Tingzhou wouldn't know that she was here too.
It turned out that Wen Tingzhou did know that Ruan Xi was in the opposite carriage.
While it was still early, the corners of Wen Tingzhou's lips curled up slightly, and he decided to have a conversation with Ruan Ruan, so he walked towards Ruan Xi's carriage without hesitation.
Ruan Xi: "..."
Su Yu Su Zhu was very excited.
"Miss, Mr. Wen seems to know that you are here."
"It's not like, it's sure."
After a while, Mr. Wen had already walked to the window of the carriage. He glanced at Ruan Yuwen who was blinking at him not far away, and felt sure, so he raised his hand and tapped on the window.
"Ruan Ruan, don't hide, I know you are in the carriage."
Hearing Wen Tingzhou's clear voice, Ruan Xi raised a corner of the curtain of the car with a speechless face, half revealing her delicate eyebrows, and asked in a low voice.
"Brother Tingzhou, why did you come here suddenly?" It was still under the circumstance of so many people staring at him.
"It's still early, Ruan Ruan, I'm going to accept the assessment of the Confucianists later, don't you give me some words of encouragement and support?" Wen Tingzhou focused on Ruan Xi, his eyes full of hope.
Ruan Xi: "..."
"Brother Tingzhou, I believe in you, no matter what the result is, you are the best in my heart!"
Ruan Xi met his eyes, and said every word, with a serious and sincere tone.
Wen Tingzhou showed a cheerful smile, and his brows were full of spirits.
"With Ruan Ruan's words, I am more confident now."
Ruan Xi pursed his lips and smiled, and the two talked. Wen Tingzhou thoughtfully told Ruan Xi about his parents' attitude, and told her not to worry, their marriage would not change.
Ruan Xi felt warm in his heart.
"Ruan Ruan, the assessment is over, see you at the Auspicious Restaurant." Seeing the great Confucians coming soon, Wen Tingzhou said one last sentence, Ruan Xi smiled and nodded in response: "Well, see you at the Auspicious Restaurant."
Seeing Wen Tingzhou talking with a gentle and elegant smile to the person in the opposite carriage without a family mark, the surrounding crowd couldn't help whispering.
"Does anyone know who was in that carriage?"
"Didn't you see Young Master Ruan standing not far from the carriage? Who else is in the carriage besides Mr. Wen's fiancée?"
"It should be Miss Ruan Si, that's right."
"It seems that Mr. Wen really likes Miss Ruan Si very much. I thought that after this incident, the Wen family would withdraw the engagement like the Marquis of Huaiyang. I am so happy."
"You're thinking too much, Miss Ruan San caused trouble, what's wrong with Miss Ruan?"
"..."
People in the crowd whispered, and the noble ladies in the surrounding carriages all showed disappointment.
Before Wen Tingzhou entered the tribute courtyard, he specially called Ruan Yuwen to join him. Seeing this, everyone had delicate eyes.
Mu Qingling in one of the carriages had an extremely ugly face, and she cursed bitterly.
"Miss, it's time for us to go back, or Madam will talk about you again."
Since the young lady was dismissed by the Wen family, her temper has become worse and worse. It is common for them to beat and scold these servants.
"I'll go back later, I don't want to see Mu Qingci's hateful face."
After Ruan Xi saw Wen Tingzhou leave, most of the people looked at her carriage, some even sent maids over, Ruan Xi immediately told the driver to go to Jixiang Restaurant.
While Ruan Xi was waiting at the Lucky Restaurant, Wen Tingzhou's public assessment began.
Sitting on the high platform were ten well-known Confucian scholars, as well as the invigilators of the original examination. The scholars below were excited and excited when they saw this lineup, wishing for such good things to happen more times.
"Wen Tingzhou, I'll wait to see your answer to the test paper. The poems and essays are excellent, and the classics, meanings and strategies are also good. Let's write questions from these aspects."
"Students respectfully invite all great Confucians to submit questions." Wen Tingzhou said respectfully.
The crowd below held their breath.
The three great Confucians in a row wrote poems with different titles, as long as they didn't digress, but Wen Tingzhou was able to calm down and compose good poems in a very short time, which won everyone's applause.
"Young people are terrifying."
The two or three candidates who will take the exam sighed one after another. They have been studying the way of writing for at least ten years, but they dare not say that they can export it well, better than Mr. Wen.
After the fluent recitation, Wen Tingzhou also responded to the interpretation of the scriptures, such as Liu Liu's insights and unique ideas, which won the praises of the great Confucians, and the comments were extremely exciting, and the readers below were fascinated and excited.
At this time, they were already impressed by Wen Tingzhou's talent and demeanor.
Those with ulterior motives sighed, Mr. Wen's sharpness was unstoppable.
After today, Mr. Wen will be famous all over the world.
"Okay, the next step is the policy discussion." The great Confucians had a bit of a smile on their faces, and they were very satisfied with Wen Tingzhou's previous assessment.
Policy theory is the main event, and the imperial examination is used to select talents who can govern the country and stabilize the country, so the emperor and the examiners who mark the papers attach great importance to the candidates' policy theory.
Many scholars have studied hard for decades, are indifferent to state affairs, and most of their policies and opinions are very vague and unrealistic.
Wen Tingzhou has been abroad to study for more than two years, and the strategies and arguments he made have something to say, which shows his true talent and real learning.
After discussing together, ten great Confucians decided on the content of the topic.
Everyone below is waiting for the topic of the great Confucianists' policy discussions.
At the time of a cup of tea, the most respected and respected Confucianism presented the question as a representative.
"Wen Tingzhou, the people of our court suffer from various natural disasters almost every year. Please tell us your good strategy for disaster relief."
As soon as this question came up, everyone below was startled. There are new strategies every year for this good strategy for disaster prevention. It is not easy to explain why. Everyone wants to hear Mr. Wen's idea.
Wen Tingzhou spoke after pondering for a moment.
"With regard to good disaster management strategies, everyone must be very familiar with various effective disaster relief methods. Here I will talk about some of my humble opinions."
The officials who came to watch sat up straight one after another.
"Natural disasters are inevitable, but we can artificially mitigate them. My solution strategy starts from two directions. One is pre-disaster prevention, and the other is post-disaster relief."
Everyone was not surprised when they heard this answer, they were just a little disappointed, but thinking about Mr. Wen's age, they felt that it should be taken for granted.
"Everyone knows about the preventive measures before the disaster. I will add my humble opinion on this basis. For example, the construction of warehouse grain has always been taxed grain. I think the imperial court can also issue some money or issue an edict. We ordered wealthy households from the local gentry to donate, built Changping warehouses in various villages, towns, prefectures and prefectures, produced Chen Yixin in good years, and relieved the victims in disaster years through flat selling or scattered donations.”
Changping warehouse... It is beneficial and practical.
The faces of the officials present were slightly condensed. This is indeed a practical and good way.
The candidates in the crowd couldn't help but give a big praise. Among them, many of them came from humble backgrounds, thinking that when a natural disaster occurred, the food provided by the granaries in various places was not enough, or the food distributed was old or moldy. I think this method is good.
It can not only ensure sufficient relief food, but also prevent the common people from eating moldy food.
"For pre-disaster prevention, I put forward a suggestion of building a permanent warehouse. Now I want to talk about post-disaster relief. Everyone knows that the post-disaster relief strategy can be said to be quite complete. It can be summarized as exemption, relief, millet adjustment, borrowing, and disaster elimination. , Anji, pensions, etc.”
Everyone nodded in agreement, indeed.
Wen Tingzhou smiled slightly.
"My age and experience are here, and I will not make random suggestions. The only suggestion is to use work for relief."
Wen Tingzhou explained the implementation details of the work-for-relief in public, and everyone was very excited. This idea is good, and it can kill two birds with one stone. Why has no one proposed it before.
At this time, everyone had already convinced Wen Tingzhou.
What doubts will test the shady, and the rumors that Mr. Wen cheated are simply nonsense.
"But—" Wen Tingzhou changed the topic, and everyone became quiet again.
"Everyone knows that no matter how perfect the disaster relief strategy is, there will be various problems, such as starvation of victims or riots. I have a solution for this, but this method has serious implications."
Wen Tingzhou paused, and did not continue. The Confucian officials on the stage and the crowd below were very eager to ask Wen Tingzhou to come up with his solution.
Seeing this, the corners of Wen Tingzhou's mouth curled up slightly, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.
"In fact, there will be victims of starvation or riots. The main reason is that the local officials below exploit the loopholes to exploit the people and enrich their own pockets. My solution is to vigorously rectify the government before the disaster relief, and let the people monitor it. Officials with more than a hundred taels of food can be tied up and sent to Beijing for punishment, and those who dare to obstruct will be executed immediately."
officers:"… "
How cruel!
The Confucians laughed.
On weekdays, the holy magistrate would turn a blind eye to corruption and accept bribes. During natural disasters, he would still want to make disaster fortunes to arouse public anger. How can he not be severely punished.
The people below all applauded, as it should be, it would be even better if the majesty would write this suggestion of Mr. Wen into the law.
…
After Wen Tingzhou's public assessment was over, an examination turmoil sparked by Ms. Ruan San from Chengyi's residence finally came to an end.
Wen Tingzhou became famous in one fell swoop.
The Changping Warehouse he mentioned was used as a substitute for work for relief, and the method of rectifying officials during natural disasters quickly spread throughout the capital.
The sage Long Yan was very happy, and everyone praised Wen Tingzhou as the number one scholar.
The top pick is booked.
Of course, the chief culprit who caused this turmoil was guided by someone with a heart, and the officials of Wen's faction demanded severe punishment, killing chickens to make an example to monkeys, otherwise everyone would dare to empty their teeth and question the unfairness of the imperial examinations in the future.
Uncle Chengyi was terrified, for fear that the Holy Majesty would anger the uncle's house, his back was already wet with sweat.
The Holy Majesty nodded in agreement, and on the grounds that Miss Ruan San of Chengyi's Mansion is a girl who has not left the court, major crimes can be avoided, but minor crimes cannot be escaped, and she will be imprisoned in the sky prison for one month.
Uncle Chengyi heaved a sigh of relief secretly, and thanked the Holy One for his great kindness.
Although the daughter of the prostitute has a bad reputation in prison and cannot marry a good family, Uncle Chengyi has been completely disappointed with Ruan Sanniang, wishing he could not have this daughter, so he doesn't care.
As soon as the holy words came out, the Forbidden Army immediately went to sincere uncles to take him to prison.