The provincial examination is a very annoying thing. You have to take the exam three times. Each time you have to enter the venue one day early, then take the exam one day, and then appear one day after the exam.

In other words, although there are only exams on the ninth day of the eighth month, eighth month 12th day, and eighth month 15th day, candidates will have to go to the tribute school from the eighth month 18th day. They can come out for a full meal and have a good night's sleep. They have to go to the examination room on the 11th day and wait for the 12th day to continue the exam.

So after these three exams, Hu Ye felt that he was almost dead and was exhausted. He never thought that he could be so tiring in the exam, even if he went to move bricks, it would be the case.

When Hu Ye left the examination room on August 16th, there were no more people who came out, because many candidates could not stand the life inside and quit halfway.

Hu Ye didn't despise them because people's health is really not very good these days, especially those of scholars. They read the books of sages all day long and don't have much time to go out for exercise. In addition, this year is another year of disaster, and most children of other people's children find it difficult to eat good food, and their bodies can't keep up. It's not uncommon to not be able to persevere.

Yin Changlong did not disappoint Hu Ye after all, so he persisted, otherwise Hu Ye would doubt the authenticity of the history he knew.

"Brother Yin, how did you do in the exam?" Hu Ye asked Yin Changlong with a smile.

Although Yin Changlong looked very haggard, he could still see that kind of confidence in his eyes. He must have done a good job in the exam.

"Hehe, it's not bad. I dare not say the top three, but there should be no problem with the juren." Yin Changlong smiled at Hu Ye, and then said confidently.

Hu Ye smiled and said, "Just kidding, if you fail even the Juren exam, you will not lose to death."

"By the way, I think this year's policy discussion is a bit strange. It's actually about the current affairs of the court. Yesterday I thought hard for a whole day and started writing an hour before handing in the paper. The current affairs of the court are not easy to write." Yin Changlong's face changed a little.

It turns out that on August 15th, the provincial examination was a policy test, allowing individual candidates to discuss the questions they gave. The policy discussions in previous years were nothing more than major events in the world. For all the people, the candidates could only express their views on these things on behalf of the saints.

This year was a major disaster year, and many candidates thought that this year's policy was about this drought.

So almost half of the candidates put the policy theory on drought, memorizing the discourse on disasters in the Four Books and Five Classics, hoping to stand out from the policy theory.

But what surprised many candidates was that this year's policy discussion did not actually involve the year of great disasters, but rather the current affairs of the court.

However, there are still many candidates who are quick to learn to be wise and link the disaster with those corrupt officials, barely meeting the question. It is not difficult to pass the test, but it is difficult to stand out.

"What? Brother Yin thinks this policy is difficult this year?" Hu Ye asked Yin Changlong curiously.

"It's not that difficult, but the conspiracy hidden behind it." Yin Changlong said with a frown.

Hu Ye looked around and found that there were too many people talking, so he quickly pulled Yin Changlong out of the tribute courtyard.

At this time, Lao Qian had been waiting outside in a carriage, so Hu Ye pulled Yin Changlong into the carriage. As he walked, Lao Qian said to Yin Changlong in the carriage, "Brother Yin, have you seen the conspiracy behind this provincial examination?"

"Actually, there is no conspiracy. It's just that this is a kind of wind in the court." Yin Changlong said in a low voice, obviously not wanting what he said to be heard by others.

"The direction of the wind?" Hu Ye looked at Yin Changlong curiously. He didn't understand that a poor scholar was not even full of his stomach. Where did he get the mind to pay attention to the imperial court officialdom?

"That's right, does Brother Hu still remember the topic of Ce Theory?" Yin Changlong nodded affirmatively, and then repeated the topic of Ce Theory Theory without waiting for Hu Ye to answer. "Wan Zhang said: "Shun Liu Gong was in Youzhou, released Huanbao in Chongshan, killed San Miao in Sanwei, and killed Gun in Yushan. The four crimes were all the people in the world, and punished unkind. The most unkind example was that he was conferred a title. Why did a person with a title be punished? Is this the kind of person who has a title be punished? If he is benevolent, he will punish him, and if he is in his brother, he will be conferred a title." Mencius said: "A benevolent person should not hide his anger and not be resentful, and he will be loved. If he is in his relatives, he will be rich."

"Then we will discuss our views on the current affairs of the court in recent years with this topic." Yin Changlong said slowly.

"Isn't this a very ordinary strategy? Why does it feel like conspiracy in Brother Yin's mouth?" Hu Ye pretended to be amazed and asked Yin Changlong.

"Don't Brother Hu think that the current affairs of the court are too wide? I have also asked such questions in the past, but there are also specific directions. For example, there are specific questions about tax issues, Japanese pirates, or corruption issues. But this time the scope is very wide, and I think the court wants a major change." Yin Changlong answered.

Hu Ye looked at Yin Changlong in surprise. He didn't understand how this poor scholar could see so many things from a single sentence, but it sounded very reasonable.

"I wonder what Brother Yin thinks about this." Hu Ye asked modestly.

"I believe Brother Hu also knows in his heart that the emperor today doesn't have much time to live." Yin Changlong said in a low voice.

Hu Ye was shocked when he heard this. He could not say anything nonsense. Although he had said it countless times in Peking, he was in Nanjing and was heard by others, which would be a loss of mind.

"Brother Yin, don't say this nonsense. Even if it is an obvious thing, we can only bury it in our hearts." Hu Ye replied in a low voice.

"Brother Hu, don't worry, you are a magician, I believe you know more clearly than I do." Yin Changlong seemed to have changed his personalities like before, and his words were much more powerful than before. "Since I can see the people like me, there is no reason why the ministers in the court can't see it."

"Brother Hu knows who came up with the test papers in this provincial examination?" Yin Changlong asked again.

"Aren't you the examiner?" Hu Ye asked curiously. If the examiner hadn't set the questions, he wouldn't have met so many scholars when he visited Wang Wei a few days ago.

"Maybe the examiner used to give questions, but this time I think the examiner might just give suggestions. The person who gave questions must be much larger than the examiner." Yin Changlong analyzed.

"How can I see it?"

"The reason is very simple. If you don't have the courage to come up with such a broad question, you will definitely be opposed by a group of major scholars. So I dare to conclude that the questions given in this provincial examination must be the questions given by a group of major scholars."

"Their meaning of giving such a wide range of questions is very obvious, just to find unconventional talents. If they were given the previous targeted questions, the candidates' answers were very limited and they could not see their talents at all." Yin Changlong said.

"An unconventional talent? Brother Yin is saying..." Hu Ye looked at Yin Changlong curiously.

"Yes, I think the officials in the court are already starting to select talents for the next emperor." Yin Changlong guessed confidently.

Hu Ye was directly shocked by Yin Changlong. This guy really dared to say anything. Zhu Yuanzhang was still in power, and he would almost catch up with his courage if he dared to say such rebellious words. What's important is that this guy said this in Nanjing, he really deserves his life.

"Brother Yin, it's just a topic of strategy, how can there be so many things?" Hu Ye knew that Yin Changlong had guessed very accurately. There were indeed many talents in this imperial examination, which had a lot to do with the deliberate deliberation of the officials in the court.

But Hu Ye still wants to see what this poor scholar knows, because although Yin Changlong passed the second place in history, he didn't do much. If Yin Changlong really had such knowledge in history, he would never be so unknown.

"What's the matter? It's not that the previous dynasty has appeared. Brother Hu must have heard of the emperor and the ministers of the emperor. Once Emperor Hongwu dies, whether it's the crown prince ascends the throne or a certain vassal king returns to the capital to usurp the throne, the ministers in the court will definitely have to change it."

"However, these ministers cannot be unknown. They must cultivate their own power. The candidates become the easiest targets they can win over, so they have proposed such a wide range of policy proposals, and they can select candidates who agree with their own interests to cultivate them. In this way, when they become officials in the future, they will become their allies, and even if they retire, they can watch every move in the court."

"So there are a lot of hidden things in this policy theory, so I thought about it for a day and started writing when I was about to hand in the paper." Yin Changlong replied.

Hu Ye looked at Yin Changlong in shock. This was definitely not something that a person who had been down and out since childhood should have had. Even the disciples of the aristocratic family might not have seen the affairs in the court so thoroughly, and even he did not have the knowledge of the court.

"How did Brother Yin answer? Is your answer in accordance with the interests of which minister in the court?"

"Haha, Brother Hu was joking. The current situation is not obvious now. Since the Grand Secretary has made such a wide range of policy arguments, it means that they are still unclear about future changes, so how can we easily take sides?"

"So I just made an analysis of the surface of Mencius's words, that is, the word "Ren" is an incisive analysis. I do not praise the current emperor, do not flatter the emperor, do not cater to the ministers in the court, and do not praise the vassal kings in other places. This is the essence of the mean." Yin Changlong seemed to have become a different person, completely different from the previous Yin Changlong who was often hungry.

If it weren't for seeing Yin Changlong often these days, Hu Ye would have thought that the one in front of him would be Yin Changlong's twin brothers.

"By the way, Brother Hu, what are your strategies and arguments? I believe that with Brother Hu's knowledge, the answers must be very distinctive." Yin Changlong finished talking about his understanding and asked Hu Ye curiously.

Because after observations these days, he believed that Hu Ye was the only person he could not see through in the past few years, but he was not wary of Hu Ye at all.

"There is nothing special, it's just a bit of a normal opinion." Hu Ye shook his hand awkwardly, but he didn't expect that he had misunderstood the truth. Yin Changlong was actually hidden.

However, he was also somewhat confident in his policy theory. It should not be difficult to win the exam, at least he didn't have to be Ruan An's apprentice, which is still worthy of gratitude. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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