Chen Xuance immediately understood what he meant and said, "Of course, you want to be transferred to the Northwest region, right?"
Although he and the other party were both from Guanzhong, they were fellow townsmen and classmates.
But in fact, Ouyang Ji's ancestral home is in the northwest region of Wei.
It is different from Guanzhong and even the Jiangnan area.
The northwest region of the Great Wei Dynasty was economically depressed and had strong conditions. The prosperity of the Central Plains could not reach that place at all.
This has led to a situation where people in the same country live completely different lives.
In other words, simply put.
The Northwest region and the Jiangnan area are completely two different worlds.
Chen Xuance knew very well that although his good friend Ouyang Ji had always been born in the Guanzhong area, his greatest ideal was to bring the prosperity of the Jiangnan area to the northwest region.
Let the people in the northwest also enjoy a prosperous life.
So after hearing what the other party said.
At this time.
"You still understand me." Ouyang Ji immediately smiled and continued, "What about you, Brother Xuan Ce?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xuance was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to start.
Because even I haven't thought about what to do after the palace examination.
You can go to either the Hanlin Academy or the Censorate.
But he felt.
Maybe there is a place that suits you better.
So Chen Xuance shook his head at this moment and just said: "I don't know either. Let's wait and see the results of this palace examination!"
Ouyang Ji didn't say much. Now that the palace examination was over, it was time for the final review.
And your Majesty, which three people will you choose as the top three?
at the same time.
In Chengtian Hall.
The cabinet ministers were already arguing with each other.
The list of the top three has actually been almost finalized just now.
What has been confirmed now is that there are ten people in the second class, which means that all ten examination papers must be submitted to His Majesty for personal review.
It was just about these ten people that the ministers had their disagreements. Each of them held the examination papers of the candidates and kept praising how well written the essays they liked were.
After several rounds of arguments, nine people were finally ranked second.
Ouyang Ji, who is favored by many people, is naturally among them.
Those who can become cabinet ministers are basically well-read.
Even Song Gongwen came from a family of scholars.
Therefore, the second-class list they selected is unlikely to have any major problems.
However, there were ten people in the second class, and now there are nine, and the last person has not been decided yet.
"My dear colleagues, I believe that this article is also qualified to be in the top ten." At this time, Song Gongwen took a piece of article and presented it to several other cabinet ministers.
And what he held in his hand was Chen Xuance's article.
This is different from others who list incompetent rulers and judge them.
Almost two-thirds of this examination paper is devoted to praising the current emperor.
In Song Gongwen's eyes, the current emperor is a true sage monarch throughout the ages. Now that there is such a person who holds the same ideas as himself, he will naturally look up to him.
Of course, more importantly, this person's articles are well written and his various viewpoints are very unique.
At this time, several other cabinet ministers frowned after reading this article.
Wang Lun, the Minister of Rites, could not help but say, "Sir Song, this candidate's essay is indeed well-written, but the language is too flowery and a bit exaggerated. It is indeed good enough to be in the top three, but it is a bit of a stretch to be in the second place."
Minister of War Lin Yuansong, although he had some military experience before, was also a successful candidate in the imperial examinations and had once placed in the second class. Therefore, after reading Chen Xuance's essay, he paused and said, "I agree with Lord Wang. His writing is well-chosen, but it's a bit too flattering. Lord Song, should we take another look at it?"
The Minister of Works shared the same opinion, thinking that Chen Xuance was talented, but not good enough to enter the second class.
They were all born into the family of imperial scholars, and scholars have their own character.
If Chen Xuance hadn’t added those words praising Wei Yunyi.
Maybe I'll consider it.
But now two-thirds of the entire article is about Your Majesty, which is really too flattering.
Several cabinet ministers did have some contempt for such people.
But Song Gongwen shook his head at this time and continued, "Since his writing is good, we should judge it fairly. Do you think there is something wrong with his writing, or that he made a mistake somewhere?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the three cabinet ministers present suddenly froze.
Indeed, they felt that there was something wrong with the article, but could they say such a thing out loud?
If I were to speak directly and say that Chen Xuance's article was somewhat unrealistic, would that mean that I thought there was something wrong with the current emperor?
It's fine for people to just think about this kind of thing in their hearts, but if they say it out loud, aren't they afraid of displeasing the current emperor?
Of course, we cannot say that as long as an article praises Your Majesty, we cannot make any comments.
But the problem is that Chen Xuance's writing is indeed good.
This is also true in many places.
Several university scholars didn't know what to do.
Helplessly, they had to turn around and look at the Prime Minister.
Zhang Zhengming's weight is naturally extremely important, but this time, he did not participate too much in the marking of the examination papers. He just let the other four university scholars decide. This was also done to ensure fairness.
Now, Song Gongwen and others have a disagreement over a test paper, and no one can convince anyone else.
In this case, we have no choice but to let the Grand Tutor make the decision.
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