Chapter 347 Palace Examination (2)
The rice paper is snow-white, finely mounted with 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: < br>
I follow the destiny of Heaven and succeed the emperor, unify the eight wastelands and control all the ends of the world, shepherd billions of people, and protect the world. I will give them a place to live, regain the industry of nourishment, and then serve the heaven. It is a worthy duty to be a herdsman.
If you want to secure the people, you must have a land for farming, a land for sericulture, food to eat, and clothing to wear, so that they will not be in danger of freezing or dying. In addition, if the land is safe and free from dangers, without thieves, thieves, bandits, and weapons, only then can we avoid the pain of displacement.
How can we eat if we don’t have people to farm? 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 eat them; there are few people raising sericulture but many people wear them; there are few people in the country and there are 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. I am a disciple of all the tributes. I understand the principles, know the current affairs, and have read a lot of books. I hope that I will be worthy of my support. I will be my marquis for a long time. 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 more than 400 words in total. This is the entire content of the questions in this palace examination.
Zhu Ping'an rubbed his forehead slightly. Yesterday's Zhuangyuan Tower banquet and staying up all night were really exhausting. He was slightly energetic when he first entered Xiyuan, but his energy seemed to be exhausted when he met Emperor Jiajing. It's over, now my head is pounding, and my head is feeling tired and dizzy.
Zhu Pingan rubbed his forehead, closed his eyes for a moment, and read the test questions again.
This question from Emperor Jiajing is translated as follows:
I, Jiajing, have inherited the throne of Ming Dynasty according to the destiny of heaven, and become the master of hundreds of millions of people in these eight wastelands. To protect the whole world, I must let People all over the world have land to cultivate and jobs to support their families. Only in this way can I fulfill my responsibility to protect the people in accordance with the destiny of heaven, and 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 disturb 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 will 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 barbarians 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 never 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 I cannot govern the country in peace. 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 are more than 400 words in the palace examination questions, and I read them quickly. Soon there was a burst of noise in the hall, mostly excitement, excitement, and only a little consideration and surprise.
This The purpose of this chapter is to propose good strategies 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 for Emperor Jiajing, and they all tried hard to come up with a good plan for governing the country.
“Quiet, don’t make any noise!”
An official from the Ministry of Rites gave a timely reprimand. After being reprimanded, all the tributes sat upright with excited faces but did not dare to make any more noise. , the hall returned to silence 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 palace examination. The candidates touched the answer sheet excitedly and nervously, unable to control themselves for a long time. This roll of paper carries their official career, and it must be presented to the emperor!
Suppressing their excitement, the tributes began to pick up their pens, study ink, and write. Instead of answering questions, they first wrote their names, age, appearance, place of origin and other personal resume information on the answer sheet in accordance with 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 rub his forehead again. He was so sleepy that his eyelids were fighting. If the palace examination was held, Zhu Pingan would have wanted to lie down for a while before answering, but this time It was a palace examination. Lying down to rest was too disrespectful to the Holy One. It would be disrespectful to be pointed 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.
Ouyang Zishi sat in the first place on the west side of the hall, full of energy and confidence. Looking at Zhu Pingan, who was sitting far away and without energy, his lips couldn't help but reveal a smile of victory. (End of this chapter)