"Mao Xiang!"

"Mao Xiang? Haha, this guy is such a passionate young man. Dong Xiaowan didn't accept it after causing trouble. Now he is fond of Jieyi again, and he really feels good about himself." Zhu Youlang smiled disdainfully.

"That's right, Jieyi didn't give him a good look. She really threw out his famous post." Yang Ai said.

"It seems that although Jieyi and others are already officials, they still despise her in the eyes of the so-called famous scholars such as Mao Xiang. Do you think that even if you want to marry her as a concubine, you will give Jieyi a grace?"

"Yes, I think what I said is that in their hearts, they probably still claim to be a romantic and famous scholar, and women in the world will chase them."

"Women have a long way to go if they want to turn over." Zhu Youlang sighed.

"Oh, yes, the road is long." Yang Ai thought about Jieyi, Li Xiangjun, and sighed.

...

On the eighth day of the seventh month, palace examination.

Dear tribute students, sit in the Hall of Supreme Harmony according to their designated locations, and the examiner distributes the test questions. When they open them, they are a problem.

"I have heard of reviewing the past and learning the new.

Emperor Gaozu established the foundation and Emperor Chengzu followed him. He was powerful and virtuous. He was obeyed by guests from all directions. He received his orders and paid tribute to him. He lost all over the country. He was far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and was extremely prosperous!

However, the two sects of the Imperial God and Xi have declined, and natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued. The Ming Dynasty is almost as good as paper.

Since I inherited the great throne, I know people and responsibilities, and have a clear understanding of the six divisions, and the dust in the south of the Yangtze River has been clear. Although I have occupied half of the country, I always think about the difficulties of governing the country. All industries are ready to be developed and all demerits are needed, and wise people need help.

My Ming Dynasty was prosperous and declined, so why? What should I do when I used troops in Jiangbei and had four orders of virtue? I hope that all the talents would express their opinions to benefit me."

When everyone saw this topic, they felt relieved: "It's not difficult. I have always remembered the old wise men and women's wise men. Now the context of the emperor's governance is revealed in their eyes. It's nothing more than analyzing and distinguishing history and finding a basis for today's governance."

Of course, this is the idea of ​​most tribute students, and several people have fallen into long-term exams when facing this question.

Qu Zhengbo is one of them.

He was thinking about the Emperor's real intention of this strategy.

"The Ming Dynasty has been prosperous and decline, and many reasons can be found. The military is abandoned, the party struggles are fierce, the financial lack and even the morality of the emperor can write a colorful article. However, since the emperor inherited the throne, he did not fully follow the laws of the ancestors, and implemented the new land policy, women's liberation, and science. These have greatly destroyed the laws of the ancestors. However, with thousands of weak soldiers repeatedly defeated the strong enemy, in just a few years, he has occupied half of the south of the Yangtze River with a small land in Zhaoqing. Why?

The emperor's behavior seems to be wild and imaginative, but it is not without traces. Mr. Wang once talked about the philosophy of "matter determines consciousness", saying that this is highly praised by the emperor, and his governance strategy also reflects this philosophical thought.

However, this kind of philosophical thought was first created by the emperor and could not gain experience from the prosperity and decline of the Ming Dynasty.

Obviously, the emperor did not seek the need to implement the new policy from historical experience, nor did he want all tribute students to sing praises to the new policy.

However, what is the real meaning of the Emperor's question?”

Qu Zhengbo thought for a long time, and after half an hour passed, the other tribute students were already drafting, but he had not started writing for a long time.

Unable to figure out what the emperor meant, Qu Zhengbo simply stopped thinking and began to think according to the idea specified.

The title clearly mentioned the prosperity of Emperor Gaozu, Chengzu, and also mentioned the decline of Emperor Shenzong and Emperor Xizong. So high, what was the difference between the two ancestors of Cheng and Emperor Shen and Emperor Xi?

"What's the difference? What's the difference?" Qu Zhengbo recited a few words in his mind and suddenly realized: "Yes, Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Chengzu were extremely powerful, and the Emperor Shen and Xi were at the time of the imperial power decline. From this we can see that when the imperial power was strong, there was no risk of restraint. When the imperial power was weak, internal struggles would be endless, and government would be difficult to start and end well. Just as now, all major military and national affairs are arbitrary, and the ministers only have the power of counselors, but no power to make decisions. For this reason, the bad policies of the ministers who use small control of the big were also abolished, and the rules that concubines and eunuchs in the harem were not allowed to interfere in politics, and the sermons in the harem were completely abolished. All of these were strengthening the imperial power."

"My father once said, 'The emperor is the emperor of all ages, and his knowledge is the best in history. The hope of the revival of the Ming Dynasty depends on the emperor.' His admiration for the emperor is beyond words. But now, the emperor has suspended his military service to Jiangbei because of the lack of talent in the new policy, which shows his desire for talent with one heart and one virtue."

"In this way, the ultimate goal of this strategy is to consolidate the imperial power and see if we tribute students can help the new policy. If anyone speaks the argument of "ruling down and governing", he will be immediately neglected by the emperor, and it is not impossible to depose him."

Thinking of this, Qu Zhengbo felt enlightened.

He used to be a reporter in the Daming Weekly. Unlike scholars who only know how to search for chapters and sentences, he has seen the people's support for the new policy, his sincere love for the emperor, and his understanding of the new policy, so he has long been convinced of the emperor.

Therefore, once he clarified his ideas, Qu Zhengbo wrote very quickly. In less than an hour, he wrote a "On the Strong Country". His main point was to extract the argument that "a strong country must strengthen the imperial power" from the comparison between the prosperity of the two ancestors, the prosperity of the two ancestors, and the decline of the two sects of Xi.

Qu Zhengbo is smart, and no one else is a fool.

Zhang Yongqi, the second place in the imperial examination, also thought about Zhu Youlang's intention, but he thought more deeply: "If the imperial power is too strong, Jun Ming will be fine, and if Jun Meng is confused, he will definitely ruin the country."

The words imply that the gods and the two sects of Xi are unethical.

His view is: Strengthening imperial power is not the fundamental way for the world to be strong. The fundamental way lies in the fact that the emperor should strengthen his own practice, practice moral governance, be close to the wise, and stay away from villains. Then, "civilians and military fight, the king and ministers have nothing to do, they can enjoy the joy of wandering, raise the longevity of pine and horses, and hang the harp, and transform without saying anything. Why bother to think hard, take charge of the subordinates, and serve the clever ears and ears, and lose the great way of inaction!"

It means that as long as the emperor delegates power to the wise ministers, you can play, exercise, play the piano, and listen to music. Why bother to think hard and do what your subordinates do?

The difference between Qu Zhengbo and Zhang Yongqi is that Qu Zhengbo only explains the benefits of strengthening imperial power under the premise of the current emperor's reign, while Zhang Yongqi broadened the imperial power and divided the monarch into two situations: wise and stupid.

To be honest, Qu Zhengbo is still smart.

He understood that the emperor was not willing to listen to you about the principle of being close to wise ministers and staying away from villains. What he didn't understand? The key point was that he wanted to see if these people were in the same heart and virtue as him.

Zhang Yongqi was more honest and explained the truth to the emperor.

As a result, the nine ministers of reading the papers, Qu Zhengbo got nine circles of articles, while Zhang Yongqi got nothing in one circle.

One full score, one zero score.
Chapter completed!