The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 577 Questions
Seeing that Min Feng's complexion was not good, the emperor narrowed his eyes slightly.Then he looked at Gu Chengyu again, and pointed to Gu Chengyu to answer.

"Returning to the emperor, I have been thinking about the "Dayan Law" for a while. All officers and soldiers who commit crimes, who should be exiled under the law, each have a hundred sticks, five disciples, etc., will be sent to the army for two thousand miles. The third class, according to the distance in the field, sends each guard to serve as an army. Those who should be dispatched to serve as troops in remote areas will be dispatched according to the law, and tattoos will not be exempted. If the army officials and school lieutenants commit crimes, all soldiers will be judged and exempted. Tattoos in vain."

Gu Chengyu answered fluently, without any pause in the middle, the emperor is still clear about the penalty of the Ministry of Punishment.What Gu Chengyu said was exact, and there was nothing wrong with it.

The emperor nodded in satisfaction, "It seems that you have studied the law a lot, and this can't be done overnight."

Min Feng couldn't help frowning when he heard this, the emperor's meaning was already obvious.He said before that Gu Chengyu came to him to discuss the Huidian, but now he was slapped in the face by his own words.

What the emperor meant was that Gu Chengyu had studied these books for a long time, and it was just a preface, so why did he come to Min Feng?
"Min Bianxiu, let me ask you, how can you be convicted if you lose time and don't repair the embankment?" The emperor suddenly clicked on Min Feng, and asked about the law of work.

When Min Feng heard it, his heart sank. Of course he had read the law.During the previous imperial examinations, he devoted all his attention to the Four Books and Five Classics, and spent some spare time on poetry and prose. He only flipped through "Dayan Law" a few times.Some time ago, he entered the Hanlin Academy, because he had to compile the canon, so he picked it up and read it carefully.

But he didn't read the work carefully, because there were too many books, and he naturally didn't have time to read each of them carefully.I only saw it once in a hurry, how can I still remember it?Min Feng tried hard to recall, the fine sweat on his forehead turned into beads of sweat.

Min Feng went out, and after a long while, he bowed to the emperor and replied: "Back to the emperor, although I have read the law books before, I have read too many books, and my qualifications are still a bit weak after all. I forgot .”

He really tried his best to recall, but there was nothing in his mind.The more flustered he was, the more he couldn't figure it out, and his face burned involuntarily.

A few days ago, the teacher selected some of the most important books for him, including the law, and told him that he only needed to read the other books roughly, but the law had to be memorized.

It's just that he had just entered the Hanlin Academy not long ago, and he had a lot of work during the day, so he had to go back and watch it at the party, which inevitably delayed him.I didn't expect that the emperor would test him today, this is really a bad time.The most troublesome thing is that Gu Chengyu answered it, but he couldn't answer it. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was lying.

Min Feng could only bite the bullet and go back to the emperor, saying that he forgot.If other questions were asked, he might be able to answer them all. There were very few law-related questions in the imperial examinations, and even if candidates failed to answer them, it would only affect their rankings.

Dayan emphasized literature over martial arts, and the most important thing in the imperial examination was policy theory, so naturally he didn't pay too much attention to the law candidates.

As soon as these words came out, Gu Chengyu felt that the atmosphere in the imperial study suddenly cooled down.The emperor snorted coldly, this Tanhua Lang was also on the same level as that Xia Qingnai, but Xia Qing still had a bit of real talent, and his talent was impeccable.This Min Feng didn't have Xia Qing's ability, but he learned Xia Qing's methods by ten percent.

"Gu Aiqing, tell me." After the emperor snorted coldly, looking at the three trembling people standing in the imperial study, he clicked Gu Chengyu to answer.

Gu Chengyu took a step forward, and replied respectfully: "Return to the emperor, according to the "Dayan Law", anyone who does not repair the river defense, or repairs and loses time, will be promoted and transferred to the officials, each with fifty lashes. Those who destroy other people’s homes and lose their property will receive sixty rods. Those who injure people’s lives as a result will receive eighty rods.”

In the middle of the speech, he paused, seeing that the emperor's expression was a little more relaxed than that of the general, and then said: "If you don't repair the polder bank, and if you lose time when you repair it, you will be whipped thirty. Those who drown the fields and grains will be whipped five times." [-]. It does not matter if it is caused by continuous rainstorm, damage to embankment, or not caused by manpower."

Gu Chengyu answered with confidence, his tone was coherent, and he did it in one go!The more Gu Chengyu said, the more ugly Min Feng's expression became.

When the emperor asked two questions, Gu Chengyu answered without mistakes, even Zhang Hai couldn't help but nodded secretly. He knew that Gu Chengyu was very talented, so he naturally appreciated it.It's a pity that he took a wrong step today, I'm afraid Gu Chengyu is already dissatisfied with him.

"Could it be that Gu Aiqing has memorized all the books of the law?" The emperor was a little surprised, seeing Gu Chengyu's appearance, it seemed that no matter what he asked, he could answer it.

"My Majesty, I have carefully read most of the books related to the canon before, so I am very impressed with the question you asked. I also made a more detailed preface, and I invite the Emperor to read it. .”

Gu Chengyu took out the booklet from his sleeve, and handed it up respectfully.

"Oh? De'an!" In fact, if the emperor still doesn't understand, then he is a fool.

Gu Chengyu is still Min Feng's Shangfeng, but Min Feng's credit goes to Shangfeng, isn't it because he is Xia Qing's disciple?The emperor glanced back and forth between Min Feng and Gu Chengyu, and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

He wanted to see how Xia Qing would have the face to apply for an official position after teaching such a disciple.

De'an stepped forward to take the brochure, and took a deep look at Gu Chengyu.He also saw that Mingtang was coming. It seemed that Master Gu and Master Min's joint discussions were false, and it was true that Master Min wanted to take credit for Master Gu.

Zhang Hai also knew that he had revealed his secrets at this moment. Although he was apprehensive, when he started talking, after all, he kept his hand.There will definitely be punishment, but it is impossible to say that it is impossible to take off the black hat.

However, this Min Feng is not stupid, he just said that Gu Chengyu did it.Therefore, although everyone present knew it well, no one could hold him accountable.

The emperor took the booklet, opened it, and saw that it was a more detailed preface.The general content of each yamen is briefly described, and even the book it comes from is clearly written. This booklet is much thicker than the previous one.

It can be seen that the book was excerpted from this book.The emperor flipped through it roughly, and the writing was very small, like a commentary in a book.

"Your booklet can be used as a reference for those compiling officials. It is very detailed. With these, the progress of compiling the canon will be faster."

The emperor is very satisfied with this booklet. The officials of the Imperial Academy procrastinated in their work. According to their usual speed, they would definitely not be able to complete it in half a year.The canon is no more than the actual record, and the compilation speed is much faster than the actual record.But those people are used to procrastinating, and they always need him to beat and beat to speed up.

Now with this booklet, those officials have saved a lot of trouble, and it is always much faster to search in the books purposefully than before.

(End of this chapter)