Great Wei scholar

Xu Qingxiao didn't want to deal with people like Zhou Renming at all. He didn't even have a seventh rank, so he was clamoring here.

If he was not the chief examiner, Zhou Renming would end up miserable.

But I am the chief examiner, so follow the rules.

"Xu Qingxiao, you are so rebellious that you slandered the saint so much."

"You expel me, I, Zhou Renming, will not take the exam today."

"People like you disrespect saints and elders. There is no pardonable sin."

Zhou Renming yelled again and again. He didn't care about being expelled. He didn't think about the imperial examination when he wrote that kind of article yesterday.

Right now, he just wants to scold, scold Xu Qingxiao, and speak out all the words in his heart.

"Come on."

"Detain Zhou Renming, the candidate, in prison, despise the imperial examination, disrespect the Confucianism, and add to the crime. At noon today, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple will verify his real body and behead him for public display."

Xu Qingxiao spoke calmly.

Since the other party wanted to die, Xu Qingxiao didn't give it a chance.

"Xu Qingxiao, do you dare?"

"I am a scholar of the Great Wei Dynasty. I have a good reputation and have not committed any serious crimes. According to the laws of the Great Wei Dynasty, you cannot kill me."

Hearing this, Zhou Renming's eyes clearly showed panic, but he still said so with his neck held high.

It's just that the guards in the Gong Yuan had already come and detained him directly without any mercy.

And in the eyes of these guards, what is a mere candidate?Xu Qingxiao even dared to kill the world's great scholars, this person really has something wrong with his mind.

"Okay, your reputation is gone, Mr. Wang, please ask someone to go to the Ministry of Officials, and have this person's reputation removed."

Xu Qingxiao spoke with an extremely calm tone.

After saying this, Zhou Renming wanted to yell something, but the guards who came to detain him were not stupid.

A direct slap on Zhou Renming's face made him shut up instantly.

The next moment, Zhou Renming was detained.

The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, even the scholars who came with Zhou Renming were inexplicably afraid at this moment.

"If you feel that there are problems with the test questions, you can put down your pen and it will be regarded as an abandonment of the test."

"This is your right."

"Also, no matter how loud it is, it will be treated equally."

Xu Qingxiao's voice was slightly indifferent.

He didn't make a move yesterday because he didn't want to pay attention to this kind of thing. He barked a few words, so there was no need to provoke him.

But when he made a move today, the dog had already bit him, so Xu Qingxiao didn't believe in the theory that he would bite back.

Xu Qingxiao won't bite back, just kill it.

But after Xu Qingxiao finished speaking, all the scholars looked at me and I looked at you. Most of the scholars still took the imperial examination honestly.

Although they read the books of sages, the problem is that they care more about their official careers.

But there were also a group of scholars who got up and left, but they didn't commit suicide like Zhou Renming.

This group of people are really successful scholars who have been brainwashed.

Xu Qingxiao didn't care about these people, and still waited quietly.

After a few hours.

It was Yu Yi who finished the exam paper first, and Xu Qingxiao watched it carefully.

In the article, Yu Yi's thoughts coincided with his own once again. He believed that the harm of the Wen Palace is that scholars are no longer scholars, but people who pursue status and power.

Reading is not for the common people in the world, but for self-interest.

The article is sharp, and every word is clear. If this article is shown to the Great Wei Wengong, it is estimated that the Wengong Confucianism will be blown up.

Looking away, Xu Qingxiao looked at Yu Yi.

The latter felt Xu Qingxiao's gaze, raised his head immediately, and then cupped his hands towards Xu Qingxiao. He couldn't stand up. This was a rule, but when facing Xu Qingxiao, he respected him, but this respect was not the kind of flattery and fawning.

Just respect.

"This son, a great talent."

Xu Qingxiao wrote excellent on the exam paper.

Excellent is an evaluation that exceeds A. Only the chief examiner can write excellent, and the rest of the examiners can only classify A, B, C, and D.

After a few hours.

Someone came, looking for Wang Xinzhi.

After a while, Wang Xinzhi walked in frowning, and came in front of him, feeling hesitant to speak.

Xu Qingxiao roughly guessed what was going on.

"Master Wang, is there someone looking for you to ask you to intercede with me and bypass Zhou Renming?"

Xu Qingxiao asked.

"Well, but the old man refused."

Wang Xinzhi answered without hiding anything.

"If Mr. Wang begs for mercy, I can let him go."

Xu Qingxiao didn't want to hurt Wang Xinzhi's face. He spoke like this. After all, Zhou Renming was just a pawn. He was foolish.

"No."

Wang Xinzhi shook his head, and then said: "If you don't kill one Zhou Renming, there will be tens of thousands of Zhou Renming in the future. Such a person, death is not a pity."

Wang Xinzhi said indifferently.

If it's just some trivial matter, he will indeed intercede, and if he dares to do this in the imperial examination room, then there is nothing to discuss.

Hearing Wang Xinzhi's answer, Xu Qingxiao didn't say anything.

In this way, the imperial examination is over.

Xu Qingxiao is like yesterday.

However, late at night, after Xu Qingxiao had finished approving all the examination papers, Wang Xinzhi came.

"Shouren."

When they met in private, Wang Xinzhi didn't call Xu Qingxiao an adult anymore.

"Master Wang."

Xu Qingxiao was more polite.

"Tomorrow's imperial examination, after the end, what do you plan to do?"

Wang Xinzhi was straightforward and asked.

"Go back and study."

Xu Qingxiao replied.

"Shouren, after the imperial examinations are over tomorrow, go to the Weiwen Palace. You must read the twelve volumes of Zhu Sheng carefully."

"It will definitely help you."

Wang Xinzhi stated his purpose of coming to find Xu Qingxiao.

He knew what Xu Qingxiao was thinking recently, so he came here to remind him.

After saying this, Xu Qingxiao nodded, and understood what Wang Xinzhi was looking for.

"it is good."

Xu Qingxiao nodded.

And Wang Xinzhi continued to speak.

"Is there any talent you can look for in this imperial examination?"

Wang Xinzhi asked Xu Qingxiao.

"There are a few, but not many."

"I don't know how it compares to the past?"

Xu Qingxiao answered and asked curiously at the same time.

After all, Wang Xinzhi presided over more imperial examinations than himself.

"The first imperial examination in the new dynasty is not very good. Compared with the past, it is much worse."

"To be precise, it's getting worse and worse. This year's Yu Yi is extremely good. His articles are sharp, and he has a shadow of you, but it's not good to be too sharp. Without your ability, if you are so sharp, you will be in great trouble."

Wang Xinzhi answered.

Then, he continued to speak.

"After reading Yu Yi's article, the old man also understands why you asked this question."

"Yeah, since the death of Zhu Sheng, the Wen Palace has been getting worse and worse. It was fine a few hundred years ago, but today, the Wen Palace has put aside preaching and learning, and all the thoughts are thinking about how to stabilize the Wen Palace. .”

"They didn't do this when the saint was there, and they were afraid that their status would not be stable when the saint was not there."

"Scholars don't look like scholars, this is the current environment."

"Shouren, the old man respects Zhu Sheng, not Wen Gong. The old man hopes that you will become a saint as soon as possible, and that the scholar will have a bright future."

"If there is something that needs to be done by the old man, just ask."

"In a few years, the old man will retire and return to his hometown."

Wang Xinzhi said with emotion.

He was also aware of the changes in the Great Wei Palace over the years, so he couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

"My lord Wang is serious. You are still in good health, and you will not be a problem for another 20 years."

Xu Qingxiao said so.

But Wang Xinzhi shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"At this position, no one is willing to step down, but Dawei needs new people, and one generation will do what a generation does."

"The Great Wei Dynasty experienced the Northern Expedition, the country was shaken, and the dynasty was in the wind and rain. What we have done is to stabilize the country."

"The rest is what you young people should do."

"It may be a bad thing, or it may be a good thing after the Wen Palace left. After these two years, Da Wei will be completely stable, and we will leave one after another."

"Great Wei Dynasty, leave it to you young people."

Wang Xinzhi did not accept Xu Qingxiao's comfort, but explained the facts very seriously.

Xu Qingxiao didn't say anything after hearing this.

After a while, Wang Xinzhi left.

Looking at Wang Xinzhi who was leaving.

For a while, Xu Qingxiao was even more silent.

Time passed slowly.

Day three.

Xu Qingxiao was still the examiner.

And the exam questions on the third day.

【The way of being an official】

Xu Qingxiao's test questions were not about scriptures and essays, but to bring out the current disadvantages of Wei Wei and let the candidates play their best.

What is tested is not knowledge, but thinking.

Day three.