The next day, the sky was clear, the spring was bright and beautiful, and the gate of the Gongyuan was opened. Candidates who had participated in the examination and the students, officials and children of various colleges poured in.
Yesterday, everyone who read the examination papers of Master Wen admired the five bodies that Master Wen admired, especially the policy theory written by Master Wen was amazing and full of praise. This confrontation between Master Wen and the great scholars is such a good learning opportunity , Of course they will not miss it.
Ruan Xi was sitting in a carriage with no mark of sincerity, looking at the crowd of people pouring into the Gongyuan from the opposite side through the curtain of the car, and sighed slightly.
It's a pity that the woman can't enter the Gongyuan, otherwise she wants to pay tribute to Wen Tingzhou's clash with the great Confucians.
"Miss, Master Wen should be here soon," Suyu asked in a low voice.
"It should be soon." Ruan Xi glanced at his eldest brother Ruan Yuwen who was not far from the carriage. Thinking of what the uncle's father said to her, Ruan Xi hooked his mouth.
Wen Shangshu and Mrs. Wen did not irritate the sincere mansion. This was in Ruan Xi's expectation. He just listened to the uncle's meaning, Ruan Sanniang was afraid that he would suffer.
Ruan Xi is happy to see this.
Ruan Sanniang always acted so recklessly, afraid that she would have forgotten the painful lessons of the previous life, and it is time for her to feel the royal majesty.
"Wen's carriage is coming." Someone in the crowd yelled, and the crowd surging instantly, quite consciously giving way to a wide road.
Ruan Xi immediately retracted his thoughts and turned his attention to the carriage in Wen's House.
Wen's carriage slowly drove to the gate of Gongyuan, and everyone's eyes fell on the tall and slender figure that had just got out of the carriage.
Today's Wen Tingzhou wears a black brocade robe, a white jade crown with hair, a vermilion white jade belt around his waist, and an exquisite white jade waist wear, which is noble and elegant, beautiful and suave.
Ruan Xi's eyes flashed with surprise.
Under all eyes, Wen Tingzhou did not immediately step into the gate of Gongyuan, standing tall and upright. At this moment, a guard stepped forward and said a few words in a low voice beside Wen Tingzhou. The corner of Wen Tingzhou's mouth twitched slightly, and his eyes suddenly looked towards the opposite Ruanxi carriage. .
Ruan Xi's heartbeat in the carriage suddenly missed a beat, Wen Tingzhou wouldn't know that she was also here.
It turns out that Wen Tingzhou did know that Ruan Xi was in the carriage opposite.
While it was still early, Wen Tingzhou's lips curled slightly, and he decided to talk to Ruan Ruan, so he didn't hesitate to take a step toward Ruan Xi's carriage.
Ruan Xi: "..."
Suyu Suzhu was very excited.
"Miss, Master Wen seems to know you are here."
"It's not like, it's ok."
After a while, Young Master Wen had already walked to the window of the carriage. He glanced at Ruan Yuwen who blinked at him not far away, surely, raised his hand and tapped the window.
"Ruan Ruan, don't hide, I know you are in the carriage."
Ruan Xi heard Wen Tingzhou's clear and moist voice, raised a corner of the curtain with a speechless expression, half-exposed delicate eyebrows, and asked in a low voice.
"Big Brother Tingzhou, why are you here suddenly." Still with so many people staring.
"It's still early, Ruan Ruan, I will accept the assessment of the great Confucian scholars later, won't you give me some verbal encouragement and support?" Wen Tingzhou's eyes focused on Ruan Xi, eyes full of hope.
Ruan Xi: "..."
"Big Brother Tingzhou, I believe you, no matter what the outcome is, you are the best in my heart!"
Ruan Xi met his eyes and said every word in a serious and sincere tone.
Wen Tingzhou showed a happy smile, his eyebrows flying.
"With Ruan Ruan's words, I am more confident now."
Ruan Xi pursed his lips and smiled. The two said something. Wen Tingzhou kindly told Ruan Xi his parents' attitude so that she didn't have to worry about their marriage.
Ruan Xi's heart was warm.
"Ruan Ruan, the assessment is over. See you at Jixiang Restaurant." Seeing the big Confucians are coming, Wen Tingzhou said one last word. Ruan Xi smiled and nodded and said, "Well, see you at Jixiang Restaurant."
The surrounding crowd could not help whispering when they saw Wen Tingzhou with a gentle and elegant smile talking to the person in the opposite carriage with no family mark.
"Does anyone know who the person in that carriage is?"
"Don't you see Master Ruan who is standing not far from the carriage? Who else is in the carriage besides Master Wen's fiancé?"
"It should be Miss Ruan Si."
"It seems that Young Master Wen really likes Miss Ruan Si very much. I thought that after this incident, the Wen family would divorce like the Huaiyang Houfu, and I was so happy."
"You think too much, Miss Ruan San is to blame, Miss Ruan Si, what is it?"
"..."
The people in the crowd were whispering, and the ladies in the carriages around showed disappointment.
Wen Tingzhou specially called Ruan Yuwen together before entering the Gongyuan. Everyone had subtle eyes when they saw it.
Mu Qingling's face in one of the carriages was extremely ugly, and she cursed bitterly.
"Miss, we should go back, or the lady will talk about you again."
Since the young lady was retired by the Wen family, her temper has become worse and worse. It is commonplace to beat and scold them as servants.
"I will go back later, I don't want to see Mu Qingci's nasty face."
After Ruan Xi saw Wen Tingzhou leaving, most people looked at her carriage. Some even sent a maid over. Ruan Xi immediately ordered the coachman to go to Jixiang Restaurant.
While Ruan Xi was waiting at the Jixiang Restaurant, Wen Tingzhou's public assessment began.
Sitting on the high platform were ten famous Confucian scholars, as well as the invigilating officials who had the examination. The scholars below were excited and excited when seeing this lineup, and they wished that such good things would come and go.
"Wen Tingzhou, I will wait for your test paper response, excellent poems and essays, and good philosophical theory, so let's ask questions from these aspects."
"Students respectfully invite all the great scholars to ask questions." Wen Tingzhou said respectfully.
The crowd below held their breath.
The three great scholars in a row produced different poem titles, as long as they didn't digress, but Wen Tingzhou was able to calm down and write a good poem in a very short time, which won everyone's applause.
"The posterity is terrifying."
The two or three people who participated in the test sighed. They have studied the art of the article for at least ten years, and they dare not say that they can export into a chapter, better than Master Wen.
After fluent recitation, Wen Tingzhou also responded to Ruliu's unique and innovative ideas for the interpretation of the meaning of the scriptures. The great scholars were full of praise, and the comments were wonderful. The scholars below were even more fascinated and excited.
At this time they were already impressed by Wen Tingzhou's talent and demeanor.
Those people with ulterior motives sighed, and Master Wen's edge was unstoppable.
After today, Master Wen will be famous all over the world.
"Okay, the next step is the policy discussion." The big Confucians showed a little smile on their faces, and they are very satisfied with Wen Tingzhou's previous assessment.
Policy theory is the main event. The imperial examination is used to select talents who govern the country and the country. Therefore, the sage and the examiners who read the papers highly value the candidate's policy theory.
Many scholars have studied hard for dozens of years, are indifferent to state affairs, and most of the policy theories they make are very vague and unrealistic.
Wen Tingzhou went abroad to study for more than two years, and the policy and arguments he made are full of things, showing his true talents.
After ten great scholars got together and discussed, they decided on the content of the question.
The people below are waiting for the topic of the Confucianism.
In the time of a cup of tea, the most respected Confucian scholar has asked the question as a representative.
"Wen Tingzhou, the people of our country suffer from various natural disasters almost every year. Please tell me your good strategy for disaster management."
As soon as this question came out, everyone below was shocked. This good disaster management strategy has new strategies every year. It is not easy to say why. Everyone wants to hear Master Wen's method.
Wen Tingzhou pondered for a moment and then spoke.
"As for the good disaster prevention measures, everyone must be familiar with various effective disaster relief methods. Here I will talk about some of my opinions."
The officials who came to watch all sat up straight.
"Natural disasters are inevitable, but we can artificially reduce disasters. My solution strategy starts from two general directions, one is pre-disaster prevention, and the other is post-disaster relief."
Everyone was not surprised at all when they heard this answer, they were just a little disappointed, but thinking about Master Wen's age, they felt it should be.
"Everyone also knows about the pre-disaster preventive measures. I added my simple opinions on this basis. For example, to build storage grains, the grains that have been used for taxation have always been used. I think the imperial court can also pay part of the money or issue edicts. The rich households from all over the country are ordered to donate money, to build permanent warehouses in various villages, towns, capitals and prefectures, and Chen Yixin will be sent out in good harvests, and in disaster years, they will be relieved by means of flattening or scattered aid.
Often closing positions... It is beneficial and practical.
The expressions of the officials present condensed slightly, which is indeed a practical and good method.
The people in the crowd couldn't help but give a good praise. Many of them came from unfavorable backgrounds. They thought that when the catastrophe, the food provided by the granaries in various places was not enough or the food distributed was old accumulated or moldy food. I think this method is good.
It can ensure sufficient relief food without letting the people eat moldy food.
"Pre-disaster prevention I will put forward a proposal to build a permanent position. Now I am talking 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 harm elimination. , Anji, Compassion, etc."
Everyone nodded in agreement, indeed.
Wen Tingzhou smiled slightly.
"My age and experience are here, and I will not make random suggestions. I only say that one suggestion is to pay for work."
Wen Tingzhou explained to the public the detailed rules for the implementation of food-for-work. Everyone was very excited. This is a good way. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone. No one proposed it before.
At this time everyone was convinced of Wen Tingzhou.
What question will try to be shady, the rumors of Young Master Wen cheating are simply nonsense.
"But—" Wen Tingzhou's conversation turned, and everyone was quiet again.
"Everyone knows that no matter how perfect the disaster relief strategy is, there will be various problems. For example, disaster victims starve to death or riots often occur. I have a solution to this, but this method is very involved."
Wen Tingzhou paused and did not continue. The big Confucian officials on the stage and the crowd below were very anxious for Wen Tingzhou to tell his solution.
Wen Tingzhou saw the corner of his mouth slightly twitched, and a dim light flashed under his eyes.
"Actually, the victims will starve to death or riots. The main reason is that the local officials below illegally exploited the loopholes and exploited the people and filled their private pockets. My solution is to vigorously rectify the officials before the disaster relief, and let the people supervise them. Officials with more than a hundred taels of food in the disaster can be tied up and sent to Beijing for punishment, and those who dare to obstruct will be executed immediately.
officers:"……"
Really ruthless!
The big scholars laughed.
On weekdays, the sage of corruption and bribery would still close his eyes. During natural disasters, he would want to make a fortune to arouse people's anger. What can he do without heavy punishment?
Everyone below applauded, that should be the case, it would be even better if the advice of Master Wen was written into the law.
...
After Wen Tingzhou's public assessment was over, a trial event organized by Miss Ruan San from the sincerity Bofu finally came to an end.
Wen Tingzhou became famous in one fell swoop.
What he mentioned was that he used work for relief, and the method of rectifying officials during natural disasters spread quickly throughout the capital.
Sage Longyan Joy, publicly praised Wen Tingzhou for being a champion.
The top champion was booked.
Of course, the chief culprit of this turmoil was guided by someone with a heart, and officials from the Wen family demanded severe punishments, or they would dare to question the unfair imperial examinations in the future.
Uncle Sincerity was frightened, for fear that his back would have been wet with sweat when the sage moved to anger the Bo's house.
The saint nodded in agreement, and on the grounds that Miss Ruan San from the prefecture was sincerely a girl who did not leave the pavilion, major crimes could be avoided, but minor crimes could not escape, and she was imprisoned in Tianji for a month.
Uncle Sincerity secretly breathed a sigh of relief, repeatedly thanking the Lord for his great grace.
Although the prostitute has a bad reputation in prison and cannot marry a good family, Uncle Sincerity was completely disappointed and chilled at Ruan Sanniang, and wished to have this daughter, so she didn't care.
As soon as the saint's golden mouth and jade words came out, the forbidden army immediately went to sincerely take people down to prison.