At that time, Cixi came to power, continued to use the traditional imperial examination system, and selected some talents to be under her command. On her seventieth birthday, it was not enough for her to misappropriate the navy's 30 thousand military expenses, but also to hand-pick a top scholar Lang to gamble for herself. The champion named by Lang Qin is. In fact, he was chosen as the second place by the examiner, and the first place should be Zhu Ruzhen from Guangdong. Because when I showed it to Cixi at that time, she was very upset when she saw that the first place was Cantonese. After all, what did she think? Traitors and thieves? Sun Yat-sen, Hong Xiuquan and Kang Youwei are all Cantonese. Moreover, there is a word Zhen in this person's name, which reminds her of the daughter-in-law Zhen Fei who personally ordered the execution.
On the other hand, Liu Chunlin, who was ranked second at that time, was a native of Zhili. Chunlin? These two words have the meaning of spring rain shower, plus Zhili is located in two capitals. Cixi felt that if Liu Chunlin won the top prize, it would be like a spring rain for the Qing Dynasty, but it was really a sign of good luck, so Cixi appointed Liu Chunlin as the top prize.
Although the top scholar in Liu Chunlin has such a view, we can't deny that the talent of the last top scholar in Qing Dynasty really deserves its reputation. His handwriting is particularly good, and his original test paper has been perfectly preserved to this day. His paper is 19% off, each fold is 14 cm, and the full text is more than 2,000 words. His calligraphy is highly respected by the world and his language is fluent. There is no typo, and the modified word does not exist. The whole test paper is just like printing.