Chapter 1545 Off Topic

A few days later, the palace examination ended.

Yun Zheng asked Chen Bu to participate in the marking and review of the papers.

There were nearly two hundred people taking the imperial examination.

But because this was a special examination held by the imperial court, the quality of the candidates would definitely be slightly lower than that of the normal imperial examination.

Therefore, nearly half of the people will be eliminated.

Three people will be selected from the first class.

Thirty-two people are selected from the second class.

Sixty-four people were selected as the top three.

Add up to ninety-nine people, and you can also take the extreme number of ninety-nine.

After three days of marking the papers, the answer sheets of the top ten candidates in the palace examination were presented to Yun Zheng.

As for how the top ten will be ranked, that is not something Wu Dao and the others can decide. It needs to be decided by Yun Zheng.

"There is another special answer sheet here. I was originally planning to discard it, but Lord Chen thinks that this answer sheet is a little special. Maybe it can be handed over to Your Highness for a review before making a decision."

As he spoke, Wu Dao submitted another answer sheet.

"special?"

Yun Zheng became interested, "I want to see what the special method is!"

After taking the answer sheet presented by Wu Dao, Yun Zheng didn't even look at the other ten answer sheets, but started looking at this one first.

He knew in his heart that any answer that would allow Chen Bu to make a fortune must have something good in it.

Looking at the contents on the answer sheet, Yun Zheng suddenly realized.

No wonder Wu Dao and the others wanted to eliminate this person!

The content of this answer sheet is seriously off topic.

At the beginning, the answer was about the strategy of population migration.

Its population migration strategy cannot be said to be very good, it can only be said to be average.

After three or four hundred words, it starts to go off topic.

Most of the content is still criticizing the current situation and pointing out the shortcomings of Yun Zheng's governance strategies. In the end, Yun Zheng's warmongering is even more harshly criticized in words.

This person's handwriting was quite conventional at the beginning, but gradually became wild and free-flowing later on.

The palace examination usually only requires answers of about a thousand words, but this person wrote too much.

A rough calculation shows that it should be more than two thousand words.

"interesting!"

After Yun Zheng finished reading, he gave the answer sheet to Shen Luoyan and Ye Zi, and then asked Wu Dao: "What do you think of this answer sheet, Elder Wu?"

Wu Dao answered without hesitation: "If we don't consider the topic of the palace examination, this answer sheet should be excellent!"

"However, since His Highness has asked the question, he should answer it according to the question!"

“While there is some truth to the shortcomings he pointed out, it is somewhat opportunistic.”

"I still think that it should be brushed off and the trend of taking shortcuts should not be encouraged!"

Wu Dao did not completely deny the content of this answer sheet.

On the contrary, he still admired this person.

Given Yun Zheng's achievements and power, it is indeed rare that this person dares to openly criticize Yun Zheng's shortcomings.

But, the palace examination is the palace examination!

If no one answers the questions according to the palace examination, what is the point of having the examination?

"Is it?"

Yun Zheng looked at Wu Dao with a smile on his face and said, "Then Elder Wu wanted to remove this person before. Do you have any intention of protecting this person?"

These rejected answer sheets will not be included.

If Chen Bu had not insisted, Yun Zheng would definitely not have been able to see this answer sheet after it was rejected.

Without seeing these critical contents, he had no chance to punish the madman.

"no!"

Wu Dao shook his head and said, "Although I still do not completely agree with the prince's policy, I have never doubted the prince's mind! Although the prince is not a person who is happy to hear criticism, he will not punish this person for his wild words!"

He was not trying to flatter Yun Zheng.

He had also criticized Yun Zheng, but Yun Zheng did not do anything to him and even entrusted him with important tasks.

If Yun Zheng did something to this madman just because of his criticism, it would mean that Yun Zheng had changed after coming to power.

Honest advice is unpleasant to the ears, it has always been like this since ancient times.

"Well, although the problem pointed out by this person is a bit one-sided, it is also reasonable and well-founded."

Yun Zheng smiled, "However, what Elder Wu said does make sense! It is not the right answer to the question. It is definitely impossible to be in the top three! I think we can temporarily include it in the top ten. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, what you said makes sense."

Wu Dao nodded in agreement.

Yun Zheng smiled and said, "Then, Elder Wu, please go back first! I will review the other ten answers before we discuss this."

"I'm resigning!"

Wu Dao bowed and retreated.

After Wu Dao left, Yun Zheng asked Ye Zi and Shen Luoyan about their opinions.

"If it was two or three years ago, I would have applauded."

Shen Luoyan smiled.

"now what?"

Yun Zheng asked.

"Didn't you say it all? The problem this person pointed out is too one-sided."

Shen Luoyan smiled: "But this is understandable. With this person's position, he certainly can't see the whole picture! His vision is limited to the present, and he can't see things that will happen a few years or even more than ten years later."

When she was still in Shuobei, she followed Ye Zi to learn how to handle government affairs.

After two or three years, she has learned a lot.

The issues pointed out by this person are indeed reasonable and well-founded.

But many of the issues he pointed out had actually been discussed in the court long ago.

Between the short term and the long term, the court chose the long term.

As for Yun Zheng's warmongering, there is nothing much to say.

This question has been raised tactfully by both them and Chen Bu and others.

But in the end, Yun Zheng still insisted on fighting when necessary, and then cleaning up all the stalls after the fight.

It’s hard to say who is right or wrong about this, we can only say that everyone sees things differently.

"Luoyan is right."

Ye Zi also nodded and smiled, "However, there is one thing we still have to be careful of!"

"Which point?"

Yun Zheng asked with a smile.

"We have to consider whether this person is concerned about the country and the people, or is he just taking advantage of the situation."

Ye Zi replied: "People who know you should know that you can't kill this person just for an answer sheet. If he knows this, then he is indeed taking advantage of the situation!"

"Well, that makes sense."

Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, "After I finish reading the other ten answer sheets and seal them, I can send someone to check this person's background!"

Now, the names and hometowns of these people are all sealed, and no one knows their identities.

After he has sorted out the rankings, he can remove the seal.

Ye Zi smiled and said, "Then you take your time to watch. Luo Yan and I will get busy first!"

"Ah."

Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "By the way, call Qi Yan to my study."

"it is good."

The two girls agreed, got up and left, and Yun Zheng also got up and went to the study.

Soon, Qi Yan came to the study.

"Meet uncle."

Qi Yan was about to salute but was stopped by Yun Zheng.

"Okay, there's no outsider here, no need to be polite."

Yun Zheng raised his hand to stop Qi Yan, and pointed to the answer sheet on the desk, "I'm too lazy to read it, you read it to uncle."