Rise From the Humble

The rice paper is snow-white, finely mounted on seven layers, and slowly unfolds. The fragrance of ink mixed with a touch of sandalwood is refreshing, and the exquisite and neat fonts like printing catch Zhu Pingan's eyes:

I obey the destiny of Heaven and succeed the emperor, unify the eight wastelands and control the ten thousand poles, shepherd billions of people, and protect the world. I will ensure that they have a living land and have the industry of raising them, and then I will fulfill the responsibilities of the herdsmen in the rear, and serve as a herdsman. No shame.

To ensure that the people are safe, they must have land for farming, land for sericulture, food, and clothing, so that they will not suffer from cold and exhaustion. In addition, if the land is safe and free from dangers, with no thieves, thieves, or bandits, and no harm from weapons or weapons, then we can avoid the pain of displacement.

If there are no people to farm, how can we eat? How can we clothe ourselves without sericulture? How can one live in a state of insecurity? These three are also those who are worried about what I think about. However, today, there are few people in the cultivated land but many people to eat; few people to feed sericulture but many people to wear them; few people to live in the country, but many people in chaos! Floods occurred one after another, severe droughts were not uncommon, banditry continued within the territory, barbarians in the north harassed the border areas, and Japanese pirate intrusions in the southeast area became more and more complex, starting from Shandong in the north, to Fujian in the south and back to Jiaozhi, with constant plundering and Japanese invasion. Increasingly prosperous.

I lament the hardships of the people's livelihood and lament the worries of the country. I am definitely not the master of the world. I am not able to tower over heaven and create opportunities, and I am not able to secure and govern the country below, and I cannot work hard and sleep well at night. To this day, the only thing that can be done is to adapt to changes, find good strategies, and govern the country in a stable manner. The people have fields and clothes, and the world is at peace. How can there be no principle of following the Tao and returning to transformation?

I am not an ignorant person, but I have all the tribute scholars who are knowledgeable about principles, knowledgeable about current affairs, and have read a lot of books. I hope that I will be able to support you. I will be your marquis for a long time now. You can state what you see and know directly, and report it in a scroll. I will read it personally, and do not be afraid or hide it.

The full text has a total of more than 400 words, and this is the entire content of the questions in this palace examination.

Zhu Ping'an rubbed his forehead slightly. Yesterday's banquet at the Zhuangyuan Tower and staying up all night had consumed too much energy. He was slightly energetic when he first entered Xiyuan, but his energy seemed to have been exhausted when he met Emperor Jiajing. At this moment, his forehead was bulging. Jumping, feeling tired and dizzy in my head.

Zhu Pingan rubbed his forehead, closed his eyes for a moment, and read the test questions again.

This test question from Emperor Jiajing is translated as follows:

I, Jiajing, inherited the throne of the Ming Dynasty according to my destiny, and became the master of the billions of people in these eight wastelands. To protect the whole world, I must let the people of the world have land to cultivate and jobs to support their families, so that I can Only by fulfilling my responsibility to comply with the destiny and protect the people can I feel clear in my heart.

If you want to stabilize the people, you must provide them with land for farming, mulberry fields for raising silkworms, food for their meals, and clothing for their daily lives, so that they will not suffer from hunger or cold. In addition, the whole world must be pacified, and the world must be at peace. No thieves can invade the people, and they must not be exposed to the danger of war. Only in this way can they live in peace without worrying about being displaced.

If people don’t have land, how can they grow food, and what will we eat? Without mulberry fields to raise silkworms, what would we wear? Without stability in the world, how can we live a stable life? These three points are of great concern to me, Jiajing. But now, there are fewer and fewer fields, but more and more people are eating, fewer and fewer people are raising silkworms and weaving, and more and more people are wearing clothes. The country and the country are not stable. There are floods and droughts, there are still rebellions in the kingdom, and thieves emerge in endlessly. The Hulu in the north are also restless and often harass our Ming Dynasty. The Japanese pirates on the southeast coast are also restless. From Shandong to Jiaozhi, they will not stop. It's getting more serious.

My heart is bitter. I know that I, Jiajing, am not the master of the world. I cannot participate in the secrets of heaven and govern the country. I often stay awake in the middle of the night worrying about the country. I think now we have to work through contingency measures, and I have to find a good way to govern the country. If the people had food, clothing and shelter, and the entire Ming Dynasty was at peace, how could there be any bandit rebellion?

I am not an ignorant person. You tributes are all well-versed in principles and current affairs. Aren't you just trying to help me, Jiajing, by reading so many books? I have been waiting for you for a long time. So, you all directly tell me what you know and think about, and write it down on the paper. I will read it myself. Don’t be afraid at all, let alone hide it.

The Lord of ZTE took the initiative to accept advice. It seemed that Emperor Jiajing was working hard to govern. This was Zhu Pingan's first reaction after reading the test questions.

There were more than 400 words in the hall exam, and I finished reading it quickly. Soon there was a burst of noise in the hall, mostly excitement, excitement, and only a little consideration and surprise.

The purpose of this current affairs policy is to propose good policies for governing the country to Emperor Jiajing! You can put forward your own opinions and strategies to govern the country and the people, eliminate Japanese pirates and barbarians, control floods, droughts, and natural disasters, etc.

The scholar is angry and scolds Fang Qiu. Isn't this what all scholars are good at!

Isn't this what all scholars dream of, being able to study in literature and martial arts and become a member of an imperial family?

How not to be excited! During the Enke Palace Examination, the Holy Emperor took the initiative to accept advice and worked hard to govern. This is what a famous emperor would do through the ages. Long live my emperor! I have a lot of money and plans in my heart!

Most of the tributes in the hall were excited, almost furious with Emperor Jiajing, and all of them tried hard to come up with a good plan for governing the country.

"Quiet, no noise!"

An official from the Ministry of Rites gave a timely reprimand. After being reprimanded, all the tributes sat upright and looked excited but did not dare to make any more noise. The hall became quiet again.

Soon, officials from the Ministry of Etiquette also handed out answer sheets. The answer sheets for the palace examination were also made of snow-white rice paper. The written test questions were much larger. This was octavo rice paper. It was a long sheet and could be folded into Eight pages. There are horizontal lines drawn with ink on each rice paper. No, they are vertical lines. There are 12 vertical lines in total.

This is the answer sheet for the imperial examination. All the candidates touched the answer sheet excitedly and nervously, unable to control themselves for a long time. This roll of paper carried their official career, but it was to be submitted to the imperial examination!

Restraining their excitement, all the tribute scholars began to write and write, not to answer the questions, but to write their name, age, appearance, hometown and other personal resume information on the answer sheet according to the requirements of the palace examination.

After writing their resumes, the tributes put down their pens and concentrated on sketching out their strategies for governing the country.

After Zhu Pingan finished writing his resume, he couldn't help but rubbed his forehead again. He was so exhausted that his eyelids were fighting. If it was a place for the palace examination, Zhu Pingan would want to lie down for a while before answering, but this is the palace examination, so lie down and rest Being too disrespectful to the Holy One would be disrespectful if others pointed it out, so Zhu Pingan could only hold on to his spirit.

How to answer, what good strategies and suggestions to give, from which aspect, how to be the best, the number one scholar is not something that can be achieved easily. Extremely exhausted and confused, Zhu Pingan shook his head vigorously, but his brain was still a mess and he didn't know where to start.

Sitting first on the west side of the hall, Ouyang Zishi was full of energy and confident. Looking at Zhu Pingan who was sitting far away from him without energy, he couldn't help but smile with a certain chance of winning.