Ma Mingfeng shook his head secretly after hearing the man's words, feeling a little dissatisfied.

If there are problems in the provincial examination, he still recognizes it, because there are indeed darkness in the officialdom. If you are listed as a tribute student on the deputy list, it is likely that you will be the result of complaints about the current problems. Because the provincial examination is the chief examiner, if you offend the examiner, it would be great to be able to be listed on the deputy list.

However, the imperial examination is not as good as the provincial examination, because the real examiner of this subject is Cai Guoyong, who has always been upright. Under his strict supervision, few people will make unfair judgments on that person. If this person fails to pass the exam, it is likely that the answering skills or answering standards are insufficient.

At this point, Ma Mingfeng, who has experienced the college entrance examination in later generations, has a deep understanding of it. Sometimes your ability is indeed very strong, but some subjects have answering skills and answering standards. If you don’t follow the regulations, it will be difficult to achieve if you want to get a high score.

It is precisely because of this that Ma Mingfeng pays great attention to the answer format of the eight-legged essay. Sometimes, in order to pass the exam, he would rather write half of the piece against his conscience than violate the format.

A true master can not only express his own opinions, but also take care of the format, which requires extremely high writing skills, and even Ma Mingfeng himself finds it difficult to do this completely.

However, Ma Mingfeng also knew that since this person could express his feelings during the provincial examination, it would be difficult to write strictly in the format. It would be normal for him to fail the exam in this case.

But in this case, Ma Mingfeng could not just tell the other party about his own tricks. Even if he really told him, he felt that the other party would not believe it. If he knew that he had passed the exam, he would not believe it.

So Ma Mingfeng said: "Those corrupt officials are really hateful. It is precisely because of them that the people's confidence in the court is getting less and less. These are all worms of the country. Although the crime is unforgivable, this brother, you are talking about what I am in the Ming Dynasty. Is this a bit too much? After all, in addition to corrupt officials, I also have many loyal and filial sons, good generals of the times, and many people are loyal and unyielding in the face of the invasion of the Qing people and the rampant bandits. Therefore, I feel that the corrupt officials cannot be completely involved with the ultimate fate of the Ming Dynasty. What ultimately determines the fate of the Ming Dynasty is the loyal ministers, filial sons, good generals and capable ministers, and corrupt officials are destined to not make many waves in the long river of history. Even if they are left with a stigma for thousands of years, they can be remembered for thousands of years. On the contrary, those loyal ministers, filial sons, good generals and capable ministers can be remembered forever."

After hearing this, the man thought for a moment and said with a smile: "This brother is right. It's my mistake. However, I have indeed lost confidence in the imperial examination. I will go back to my hometown and serve my sick father. Today I am farewell, I really don't know if I will meet again in the future? However, after listening to the high arguments of my brother, I really benefited a lot. I don't know the name of my brother, and Yu Chenglong received some advice from me. He can't even know the name of my brother."

"In Ma Luan, Guiyang Prefecture, Guizhou, the name is Mingfeng, you...what did you say your name just now?"

"I'm at the bottom of Jackie Chan, from Yongning Prefecture, Shanxi." The other party was stunned when he heard this. I wonder why Ma Mingfeng was surprised after hearing his name?

However, Ma Mingfeng knew why, and couldn't help but be shocked: "Damn, I didn't expect that this person was Yu Chenglong, the world's number one honest official!"

However, when Ma Mingfeng thought that the other party was the most honest official in the Qing Dynasty, he felt a little bitter. This person could become a model for the honest official, which made many Han people let go of their dissatisfaction and hatred for the Manchus?

However, after the Liu Zhaoqi incident, Ma Mingfeng gradually understood many problems. In fact, there are three types of people in the world in terms of loyalty. Some of them are loyal ministers and martyrs with distinct attitudes. No matter what price you use, a person like this cannot erase his loyalty to the original owner. This is also the most respected person.

Another type is a typical shameless person. Such a person is forgetting his righteousness when he sees profit and can sell you in a blink of an eye. Such a person is called a traitor and a traitor in later generations, so naturally everyone hates him.

In addition to these two types of people, there is actually another type of person, that is, whoever treats me well will be good to me. This type of person can be loyal ministers and generals, or traitors. The key is to see which type of person they receive?

In fact, many such people are often respected in history. For example, Yu Rang, a retainer of Zhibo in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, sacrificed his life to assassinate Zhao Jianzi because of his kindness to him. After Zhao Jianzi released him, he assassinated many times. Finally, he knew that he could not avenge him, so he asked Zhao Jianzi to take off his clothes and let him stab him as a revenge. Yu Rang committed suicide after stabbing his clothes. At that time, the entire Zhao State did not cry.

For example, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Dingbian, a powerful general who was loyal to Chen Youliang, was still respected.

People like Yu Chenglong can also be considered as the third category. Although he did not stop serving in the Ming Dynasty for his entire life, he was not an official for fame and fortune, but was considering the people in a real way and strictly demanding himself. Therefore, he could not just beat him to death. If he made good use of it, he could also contribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Sometimes the loyalty of talents cannot be completely matched with their abilities. Although some people are loyal, their abilities are mediocre. Although such people do great things, there is no danger of surrender, they may often fail big things, and in some cases they are even more harmful than the treacherous ministers.

Of course, those with super abilities and loyalty problems are naturally more harmful. For example, Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui and others, the harm caused by their surrender to the Qing Dynasty is simply disastrous.

However, some of the loyalties are swaying and those with outstanding abilities need to find ways to control and utilize them. For example, Wei Yan in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as long as he makes good use of them, he will also be a powerful general in the court.

Ma Mingfeng knew deeply that it was far from enough to deal with the Qing people and the thieves. He had to find ways to use and unite all the power that could be used and united. Those generals who surrendered to the Qing people in the future, if it was not for their own personality problem of forgetting their righteousness when they saw profit, he felt that if they could fight for it, they should try their best to fight for it.

So after a brief hesitation, Ma Mingfeng became enthusiastic about Jackie Chan and gave him 200 taels of silver to take good care of his father after he returned home, and told him that if he was in trouble, he could come to him at any time. If he couldn't find him, he would go to Bazhou to find his uncle Yue Qijie. As long as his name was mentioned, Yue Qijie would definitely take good care of him.
Chapter completed!