I have a role in the heavens

Yang Gan walked into the main examination room, where sat several examiners wearing official uniforms and black gauze hats. One of them, sitting in the hall with a serious face, about forty years old, was presiding this time. The chief examiner of the rural examination, Li Shenguang, was a famous official in the dynasty and the Minister of Rites.

Although this is a provincial examination for scholars to be promoted, not a joint examination for scholars to be promoted, but because it is a scientific examination in Yujing City, it is not trivial. In addition, the court attaches great importance to scientific examinations, and the qualification of scholars to be promoted is related to the gentry. Due to the exemption from taxation, high officials from the imperial court were dispatched as examiners of scientific examinations.

When everyone saw Yang Qian arriving, they all stood up and saluted and paid homage to Yang Qian.

"See Prince Jade!"

Yang Qian didn't play the same trick as Corporal Li Xian did. He nodded directly, sat down where Li Shenguang was just now, and then spoke.

"Everyone, please get up. My father ordered me to inspect the scientific examination, and I need your help!"

Everyone stood up and took their seats.

Li Shenguang looked at Yang Qian, who was sitting in the main seat, and frowned slightly. Although Yang Qian was the prince, this was the examination room after all. He was the examiner and should sit on the main seat. However, Yang Qian had already taken his seat. It's not hard to say anything else, but I have a somewhat bad impression of Yang Qian in my heart.

Yang Qian himself saw Li Shenguang's frown, but he did not comfort him at all. He just pretended that he could not see him. Instead, he sat quietly with his head raised, closing his eyes to rest, not paying attention to other movements. He just waited for the scientific examination to end and dealt with it completely. Errands.

In less than two hours, when it was just noon and the scholars around were still biting their pens and thinking hard, some people started to hand in their papers, packed up their things and left the examination room.

After nearly two hours, all the candidates handed in their papers one after another, and this was the end of the scientific examination.

Yang Qian finally opened his eyes and quietly waited for the final results of the examiners' marking.

"Huh? Do the examiners from all sides recommend any papers?"

Li Shenguang sat under Yang Qian and estimated that the examiners in each room had almost read all the examination papers before he asked.

"Each room has completed the examination and sent in the excellent examination papers."

Several deputy examiners hurriedly ran in, picked up the papers in their hands, tore off the seals, and spread them on the table for Li Shenguang to look at.

"Huh? This article talks about benevolence, righteousness and etiquette. It seems to be upright and denounces Fang Qiu, but the fortitude is close to benevolence. It is full of great principles. In fact, it is the likes of hypocrites."

Li Shenguang read a few articles, shook his head, and put them aside.

The deputy examiner next to him also came over to take a look, shook his head, and judged these as failures.

Yang Qian looked at where Li Shenguang was commenting on the exam papers. In fact, the papers Li Shenguang commented on were not bad. It was just because they were based on Neo-Confucian theory that they were not recognized by Li Shenguang, a disciple of psychology.

Yang Gan had to object when he saw this.

"Master Li, as the chief examiner of the scientific examination, please treat all candidates' examination papers fairly. Although these articles are not flowery, they are also written in an old-fashioned style and there is nothing inappropriate. You are just because they are It would be too much to dismiss Neo-Confucian students!"

Li Shenguang was stunned when he heard this, his face turned livid, he turned to look at Yang Qian who was sitting upright, and retorted angrily.

"Prince Jade, I am the examiner this time. Although you have been appointed by His Majesty to inspect the examination hall, you have no right to interfere with the grading of the examination. I have my own judgment standards. If you have different opinions, you can leave the Gongyuan. If you read my book, you don’t need to worry about the rest!"

Everyone looked at Li Shenguang and Yang Qian who were arguing. They were so frightened that they did not dare to express their anger. They could only stand in silence and wait for the outcome of their argument.

Yang Qian took a deep look at Li Shenguang, who was rebutting him, and smiled slightly. He didn't care at all about the other party's bad attitude and didn't say anything more. What Li Shenguang said was correct. He did not have the right to interfere with the marking, so there was no need to argue and he turned around. It's enough to report the matter according to the facts. Why argue with him? To him, these are just trivial matters.

When Li Shenguang saw that Yang Qian was not refuting him, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. After all, the other party was a prince. Although he could argue against his opinions with reason, if the other party really used his power to overwhelm others, he would inevitably suffer. of.

Li Shenguang also accepted it as soon as it was good and continued to grade the papers, but he was not as strict as at the beginning. He no longer blindly dismissed the papers of Neo-Confucian students, which somewhat gave Yang Qian some face.

Although Li Shenguang read a lot of test papers, most of them were not very satisfactory. Just when he was lamenting that there were not many worthy talents in this scientific test, his eyes suddenly lit up and he let out a sound of surprise.

"Huh? Good word!"

Li Shenguang looked at this article, his handwriting was as agile as flying, and he nodded immediately.

The topic of this scientific examination is "Panzhi lives in the mountains". Panai was the ancient holy emperor. It is said that in ancient times, this emperor's saintly virtues spread all over the world, and scholars all praised this emperor in their classics.

Li Shenguang looked at the title of the article again, "The heart of the Holy Emperor can only be understood through the imaginary." After this sentence, he lightly patted the table, "Okay, a good one can only understand through the imaginary. When we study, we must first Sincerity, sincerity and selflessness, natural etiquette and law, and the unity of all things.”

Yang Gan stood up after hearing this and walked to Li Shenguang's side. He was also curious about what article and good words it was that made Li Shenguang, the Minister of Rites, admire it.

Yang Qian looked at the handwriting on the paper. It was indeed as agile as flying, strong and soft, and full of vitality. However, there seemed to be a trace of Buddha's light in the handwriting. It was obvious that the candidate was influenced by Buddhist teachings. He looked at the test paper again. The above content is eloquent and eloquent, talking about the knowledge of the Li-style school of getting rid of the body, being unintentional and selfless, and all things in the world being one.

This view is exactly the meaning of the classics of Li Shi school. Li Shi school also emphasizes that sincerity leads to expressive ideas, which is also called "Xin Xue". However, it is different from Hong Xuanji's Neo-Confucianism, which pays attention to principles and strict etiquette.

This candidate obviously figured out the examiner's thoughts and knew that Li Shenguang was a disciple of mind science, so he wrote this article, which can be regarded as a very thoughtful one.

Yang Qian frowned slightly, not liking how calculating this person was, but his literary talent was indeed outstanding, and he was a step above the others. He didn't say anything else, and returned to his seat to sit upright.

"Master Li is the most strict. He rarely writes articles that are full of praise."

"I'm afraid the first place in this scientific examination has been determined."

When the deputy examiners around him saw Li Shenguang looking like this, they all whispered to each other and came over to watch. When they saw the handwriting, they all applauded.

"Who is this candidate? Submit your resume."

Seeing what he was proud of, Li Shenguang asked quickly.