At this time, Wei Zaode bowed and said, "Students thought that the fundamental reason for the internal and external strife in the Ming Dynasty was the injustice of the official atmosphere. No matter the civil and military officials, they did not know what kind of etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame are? Therefore, if you want to solve these problems, the most fundamental thing is to torture the civil and military ministers, so that they can know what shame is and what loyalty and filial piety is. As long as you have these qualities, righteousness, integrity and shame, the talents of civil and military officials will naturally be born. Are you still worried about their achievements at this time? For example, learning

I was born three years ago in Shangcheng, Tongzhou. The student encountered a thief invasion. The student was also very scared at the time, but the student knew that the student was a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. The student read the saints since he was a child. Behind the student was my Daming people, the princes and fathers. In this case, the student could only inspire the courage given by the saints and fathers, and fight to the death with the thiefs. Fortunately, the saints and fathers were blessed. The student finally repelled the thiefs. Since then, the student has more understanding that as long as he has faith in his heart, no matter what the problem is, it is not a problem."

"Oh? The one who defeated the thief army in Tongzhou three years ago was actually my dear?" Chongzhen was moved when he heard this. He saw that every word Wei Zaode said was touching his heart. He also saw that Wei Zaode was over thirty years old, with a generous manner, a straight and erect voice, and a loud voice. Although Ma Mingfeng spoke well, he was too handsome and was a little young, less than 20 years old. The most important thing was that after listening to Wei Zaode's words, he felt that Wei Zaode was more practical, while Ma Mingfeng was a little boasting, so he immediately decided to choose Wei Zaode as the top scorer in the undergraduate degree. After all, Ma Mingfeng still had some gaps, but seeing that he had some talents and needed experience, he was ranked second in the first place, which was the second place.

Ma Mingfeng hurriedly thanked him. Although he successfully won the second place this time, his heart was completely disappointed. What Wei Zaode said was simply nonsense. He talked about ideals and beliefs to these corrupt officials who had no morals and no lower limits, which was simply playing the piano for a cow. However, Chongzhen, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, actually believed it. Such a ridiculous thing was simply a mess of the world. It seemed that he had really spent some time in vain. It seemed that the Ming Dynasty was really unsuccessful.

In fact, when he first heard Wei Zaode's words, Ma Mingfeng suddenly remembered the remarks of a famous diehard in later history: "The way to establish a country has been made up for comprehensiveness, and the fundamental picture is in people's hearts, not in skills." "Taking loyalty as armor, and etiquette as the oars", he thought this idea was extremely ridiculous. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen had been in power for more than ten years, how could he see the difference between the two? However, he was just an emotional person.

"I originally wanted to do my last effort to save the Ming Dynasty, but now it seems that there is no need."

Because Ma Mingfeng knew that with Wei Zaode being named the top scholar, the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was worse than that of the next generation, Xue Guoguan was doing a little bit of work, and Zhou Yanru was much worse. When Wei Zaode was the chief minister of the cabinet, the Ming Dynasty had no achievements at all and was waiting for destruction.

So, what he had to do next was to try his best to leave the capital, a place of right and wrong as soon as possible, and then try to get some benefits for himself. In this way, he would appear to be more qualified and appealing when the Southern Ming Dynasty was established.

Not long after, the emperor issued an edict, with Wei Zaode, Ma Luan and Ge Shizhen ranked first and awarded the title of Jinshi; Gao Eryan, Cai Gongming and other 57 others were awarded the title of Jinshi; Feng Shiye, Yang Qiongfang and other 236 others were awarded the title of Jinshi, and thus, the palace examination for this subject finally came to an end.

After receiving the news, many students congratulated Ma Mingfeng, but Ma Mingfeng felt bitter and sad. His opinions were not accepted. The Ming Dynasty could not save them. All living beings in the world were in trouble. Even if he got the second place, what else should I be happy about?

Immediately afterwards, in order to show the great grace of the emperor, Chongzhen also awarded the top scholar Wei Zaode as editor of the Hanlin Academy, the second-level Ma Mingfeng and Tanhua Ge Shizhen as editor of the Hanlin Academy. At the same time, he specially awarded the four Jinshi Yao Zongheng as a reviewer, Huang Yunshi and five others as the clerk, Feng Yuandeng and five others as the supervisor, Yan Hun and two others as the chief officers of the Ministry of Personnel, and Zhang Chaoyan and seven others as the chief officers of the Ministry of War to show their favor.

Among them, there was a Jinshi named Zhang Linran who performed well in the exam. However, because he had a blue face, Chongzhen saw that he was strange in appearance and did not serve.

Zhang Linran was indignant when he heard about this, and later he defected to Li Zicheng.

After hearing about this, Ma Mingfeng felt even more sad and disappointed with Chongzhen. Now he was called Hanlin and became the object of envy, but he kept thinking about how to escape from here.

There was nothing else, because he knew that with the current practices of the Chongzhen ruler and ministers, Li Zicheng's army could not be stopped, and this place would become a dead place in four years.

However, at this moment, Ma Ming waited for news that Huang Daozhou was arrested.

It turned out that Jiangxi Governor Jie Xuelong recommended Huang Daozhou to Chongzhen on the grounds of "loyalty and filial piety", thinking that Huang Daozhou was the leader of Taoism and could serve as the prime minister. Chongzhen immediately remembered that Huang Daozhou strongly opposed the peace talks with the Qing people. He was furious and immediately ordered Huang Daozhou and Jie Xuelong to arrest him together, and punished him heavily for the crime of "pseudo-learning to deceive the world". As a result, under the pleading of Cai Guoyong and others, he changed to a court stick of 80 and permanently served in Guangxi.

Ma Mingfeng was shocked when he heard the news. He tried his best to bribe the guards and went to prison to visit Huang Daozhou. However, he had just shouted "teacher", but Huang Daozhou cursed at him: "Which is your teacher? I have said a long time ago, we two are different and do not plan for each other. You destroy Taoism and are not worthy of being my disciple. Hehe, I think you are here to see my joke, right? But if you think too much, even if I die, I will be strong and will never let you see my embarrassment."

Ma Mingfeng was shocked when he heard this. Although Huang Daozhou was no longer a master and apprentice with him, he was only two people. Now Huang Daozhou is in trouble and goes to visit him by himself. This is also in front of the prison guard, which is equivalent to being in front of others. Why did the teacher get such a big temper?

Thinking that the person he respected and closest besides his parents treated him like this, Ma Mingfeng was in a state of confusion and burst into tears. However, Huang Daozhou was unmoved and asked him to get out quickly.

"Teacher..." Ma Mingfeng's face was bitter and covered his face and cried, so he had to leave helplessly.
Chapter completed!