Soon after the Lantern Festival, Murong Fu once again wore a single coat and carried a basket with Qin Guan to the Ministry of Rites to participate in the provincial examination of the eighth year of Yuanfeng. In this provincial test, there was another small incident. On the first night of the provincial examination, a candidate kicked over an oil lamp in his sleep, causing a fire. Fortunately, Murong Fu had always been a shallow sleeper in his martial arts practice, and he had already woken up before the fire intensified, and hurriedly shouted loudly. In the end, only the unlucky candidate had to change the examination room and rewrite the exam papers on the first day, and there was no other loss. Here, the wheels of history turn a little bit. Many candidates who were originally killed by the fire were able to escape, but Jiao Ji, the champion of the undergraduate, could only wait three years to fight again because he missed the examination period. A month after the end of the provincial test, the storm went to Xuande Building to watch the list for Murong Fu and Qin Guan instead of Bao Wei.

In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, a total of more than 10,000 people came to Bianjing to participate in the provincial examination, and a total of 485 people were promoted to the first rank of Jinshi. In the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination was divided into three lists, and there were three people in the first list, which were "champions", "bangyan", and "tanhua", called "jinshi and first"; There are a total of 300 people on the second list, called "Jinshi Origin"; The number of people on the third list is not limited, and it is called "born with Jinshi".

In the Song Dynasty, Chongwen suppressed martial arts, "The dynasty is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is the Tianzi Hall." "It has been the standard of success recommended by the people of the time. In this case, being able to fight his way out of the encirclement and be admitted to the Jinshi from many people across the country is already very remarkable for the smoke of the ancestral tomb, and as for being selected for the top three, it is even more unstoppable that the ancestral tomb is spitting fire. However, no matter how high the ranking of the imperial examination is, it only represents past achievements, and there are other unspoken rules in officialdom. Although the champions, lists, and tanhua are infinitely beautiful, if they want to go straight to the central government to the ruler, they have to depend on their own ability. But if he was born in the same jinshi, it is already a lucky star to be able to retire with an official position of four or five grades in this life, and as for the power of the official to the prime minister, it is simply a fool's dream!

The turmoil is aware of the unspoken rules of officialdom, and he has even heard Bao Wei mention how Murong Fu came to be. He was ordered to look at the list, and he never had hope for the first list of 100 people, and when he got to the second list of 100 people, the first thing he saw was Qin Guan's name. Qin Guan has gone to Beijing for the third time for scientific research, and this time he is finally on the list, ranking more than 100. However, after the turmoil and evil finished reading all the second list, Murong Fu's name was still not seen. Rao is evil body has a unique art and has been mentally prepared for a long time, and he has experienced life and death without being shocked, but at this time, his face is still pale and his hands are cold sweat. I only said to myself: If there is no son on the next list, even if he is admitted, he will only be a fellow jinshi! Tongjinshi, Ru Madame, what hope can there be?

Fortunately, Murong Fu's character exploded.

In the third third of the list, the storm finally saw Murong Fu's name. A total of more than 400 people were admitted, and the prince was ranked in more than 200, although the ranking was not high, but he couldn't run away from the Jinshi background, right? The storm suddenly let out a long sigh of relief.

As soon as the horse hurried home to report the news, Qin Guan no longer cared about his reputation as a merry and talented man, and rushed back to the bedroom with a scream all the way, and the bed was made into the exhibition and cried beautifully. Azhu Abi was diametrically opposed to Qin Guan's appearance, the two girls smiled from ear to ear, pulling Murong Fu's robe and screaming and jumping, and busily directing the servants in the family to set off firecrackers to celebrate. Only Murong Fu was as indifferent as ever.

Seeing that Murong Fu had a few difficulties to save his robes from the hands of the two girls, and was about to go out for a walk to seek peace, he hurriedly caught up with two steps and sincerely persuaded: "Son, there will be a palace test in ten days, are you ......" He was embarrassed to continue, and only looked at Murong Fu with blank eyes, hoping that he could understand his bitter words. Although the palace test is only a ranking match rather than a knockout match, Murong Fu's ranking is not dominant after all, and it is not impossible to be overturned and fall into the ranks of fellow jinshi!

Murong Fu was a smart man, and he quickly understood the unfinished meaning of the turmoil. He was stunned for a long time, and his strange and inexplicable thoughts finally came down to a long sigh, and he turned his head and walked towards the study.

Ten days later, the last imperial examination was held in the Jiying Hall in the imperial palace. This time, the lifters on the list have a uniform attire, dressed in white. Although they have been enrolled, they have not yet been ordained, and they are still white. Arranging more than 400 people to take the examination in the Jiying Hall is obviously a huge project, because Murong Fu and Qin Guan and a group of fellow examinees stood outside the Jiying Hall when the sky was unknown, but they waited until the sun rose and still stood stupidly, and they were never allowed to enter the Jiying Palace.

Most of them were weak scholars, who had stood in the cold wind of early spring for a long time, and were already cold and hungry. Qin Guan also couldn't support it, but fortunately there was Murong Fu.

At this time, the benefits of martial arts are revealed. Even though Qin Guan relied on him as a pillar and pressed almost all the weight of his whole body on him, Murong Fu was still calm and relaxed, standing outstanding.

"This is not the way of the state!" A cold wind blew, Qin Guan shivered, and couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

Murong Fu lowered his eyebrows, silently wiped away a trace of almost indifferent sarcasm from his eyes, and replied softly: "Efficiency!" Crashing efficiency! ”

Finally, the officials of the Ministry of Rites arranged all the work before Murong Fu completely went berserk, and ordered all the sons to enter the hall to take the exam. More than 400 people breathed a sigh at the same time, and the whole bunch of clothes entered the Jiying Palace. When it was Murong Fu's turn to enter the palace, he suddenly involuntarily stopped and looked up at the majestic palace. The sunlight happened to fall on the plaque above the palace, and I saw the word "Jiying" on the plaque brilliantly, which made people unable to force their eyes. Murong Fu couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, sighed softly, lifted his robe, and stepped into the hall accompanied by the rising sun.

Song Shenzong was already sitting upright in the hall, and when he saw Murong Fu dressed in white coming slowly, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. I saw that the person who came came with black hair and sword eyebrows, deep rhinoplasty eyes, skin like condensation, and the facial contours that blended into the morning sun were white and almost transparent, but the eyelashes were as black as crow's wings. Song Shenzong immediately leaned sideways and whispered two words to the attendant beside him, and the attendant immediately nodded lightly, walked down the steps and invited Murong Fu out of the team alone, leading him to the position of the head of another row in the hall. In the original history, Song Shenzong vomited blood due to the defeat of the Five Roads Expedition, and his health deteriorated, and he died of illness in March of the eighth year of Yuanfeng. And now, although the Five Roads Expedition to Xia still failed, after all, the 200,000 soldiers who should have been defeated or captured in the first battle of Yongle City were mostly preserved by the seeds, and although Emperor Shenzong was still hit, he could still hold on to his breath without dying.

Song Shenzong made this move, and the officials and juzi in the palace immediately understood that Murong Fu had entered the eyes of the official family. It is a matter of the future, even the literati who read the books of sages and sages can't help but be jealous and hateful, but everyone sees that Murong Fu has a leisurely and calm temperament along the way, and he is tall and broad-shouldered and long-legged, and the bundle around his waist seems to be not in his hand.

Murong Fu himself didn't care about this special treatment, he saw him walk to the seat and generously bow to the Song Shenzong Elder who was sitting in front of him, and then sat down, and there was nothing else to say.

The reason why Song Shenzong made Murong Fu sit in the first row was originally just to see his appearance clearly, but now he saw that he was not only born as if he was a jade tree Qiongzhi, but also responded to it in front of the emperor even more brightly, especially his eyes were extremely fixed and quiet, and he did not flicker timidly, so he added a little joy, and only secretly said in his heart: If he is really good, he is a rare son-in-law.

The so-called good at the top will be followed by the following. Song Shenzong was so miraculous that the officials of the Ministry of Rites naturally understood how to act. After the palace examination, Murong Fu's examination paper was placed on the first one on Song Shenzong's desk. When it came to the palace examination, the emperor personally served as the examiner, and naturally there was no more rules for vague names, Song Shenzong had seen Murong Fu's examination papers, and knew that he was not a false appearance, and the big stone in his heart fell to the ground. Just about to praise the sentence "words are good and good strategies", his eyes fell on his last signature. "Murong Fu, the word Mingshi ......" Facts have proved that anyone who is an emperor must at least have a good memory, if he can't even remember all the officials under him, there is no way to talk about governing the country." But in the three years of Yuanfeng, he deliberately chased Murong Fu who went to Huangzhou to worship Su Zizhan as his teacher? Song Shenzong asked casually, and several marks had already appeared between his eyebrows.

The chamberlain beside him immediately smiled when he heard this, and echoed in his voice: "The official family clearly sees that it is that Murong Fu!" ”

Song Shenzong smiled lightly and said meaningfully: "Respect for the teacher, rare, rare!" Having said that, he put the exam paper aside in his hand. Song Shenzong was determined to change the law, but Su Shi was convicted for opposing the new law, and now although the change has stopped, Song Shenzong's resentment against him has obviously not completely disappeared.

Seeing this, the chamberlain couldn't help but twitch slightly, and bowed down and said with a smile: "The official family is right, respecting teachers is indeed rare. It's ridiculous that although Su Zizhan is famous all over the world, he is far inferior to the official family. ”

Song Shenzong was silent for a while, then suddenly put down the work in his hand and asked casually: "But what did you hear about it, and you came to show off in front of me?" ”

The chamberlain smiled shyly, his back bent more and more, and he whispered with great admiration: "I really can't hide anything from the official family!" The old slave heard that this Murong Fu was born as a merchant, and Su Zizhan was not pleased. In this imperial examination, Su Zizhan specially wrote a letter of recommendation to Jing Guogong for his disciple Qin Guan, saying that he was 'willing to borrow less teeth and teeth to gain weight in the world'. But he is also a disciple, this Murong Fu, but he didn't mention a word. Speaking of this, the waiter suddenly smiled and shook his head. According to the old slave, there are countless talented readers in the world. Can he Qin Guan stand out, isn't it just a thought of the official family? But in this world, how many filial students can give money and things to themselves year after year? Even if the knowledge is almost a treasure, then Su Zizhan is really confused! ”

When Song Shenzong heard this, he said, "Is the knowledge poor? But not really! In fact, Murong Fu's strategy was eloquent and eloquent, which won his heart very much. What is even more rare is that his handwriting is upright and elegant, and he has clearly created a new school of calligraphy.

Seeing that Song Shenzong's attitude was relaxed, as expected by Wang Xianggong, the inner servant greatly admired Wang Xianggong in his heart, and on the other hand, he lamented that the official family was impatient and frivolous, and was at the mercy of others without knowing it. The chamberlain was originally a close confidant of Song Shenzong, and it was unbearable for him to calculate like this. It's just that since last winter, the health of the official family has deteriorated, and Wang Xianggong has asked the prince to appoint, and he, as a slave, naturally wants to find a way back for himself. Thinking of this, the chamberlain forced his spirit, and said with a look of disbelief according to the script: "The old slave heard that this Murong Fu Provincial Examination ranked outside the top two hundred, and he is not a great talent. ”

Unexpectedly, Song Shenzong was even more suspicious when he heard it, and the imperial examination was held every three years, and there were not a few examination papers he had seen since he ascended to the pole. In all fairness, even if Murong Fu's policy is not inferior to previous candidates, how can he rank so low? Shenzong pondered for a moment, and suddenly ordered the attendant: "Go and get the examination papers of Murong Fu's provincial examination." After reading Murong Fu's examination papers, his face became more and more cold, and he turned out Qin Guan's two test papers, and after looking at them for a long time, Fang Ning said in a deep voice: "The Ministry of Rites is vain about the holy will, thinking that I am narrow-minded and cannot tolerate people?" Song Shenzong didn't like Su Shi and didn't want to see Su Shi's disciples enter the court, but if his "sacred heart" was seen through, he felt offended and very annoyed.

The saint was angry, and the hall was immediately silent, and all the palace maids held their breath, but they didn't dare to take a mouthful.

After a while, the waiter timidly persuaded: "The official family is angry. It is common for the courtiers to speculate on the holy will, but the saint Cong*, after all, will not be deceived. ”

The waiter's words were really pleasant, Song Shenzong couldn't help nodding slightly, and said softly: "In my opinion, Murong Fu's article is excellent, and what is even more rare is that he has filial piety, and his talent is worthy of the elegance of Tanhua." As for Qin Guan, Jing Guogong is a talent for the country, and I can't help his mind......" Song Shenzong was about to give a good ranking and couldn't help but think of Su Shi, and after all, he was unhappy in his heart, so he shook his head and didn't mention it again, only turned his head to look at the attendant next to him and asked casually, "You are so kind to Murong Fu, who can you receive?" ”

When the inner servant heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground with a "poof", and cried loudly: "Emperor Tai/Zu has long had a rule, and the inner servant is not allowed to make friends with foreign ministers, how dare the old slave?" The old slave is fiercely loyal to the official family, and the official family knows ......"

"Alright, get up!" In fact, Song Shenzong didn't believe that this chamberlain would accept anyone's benefits. Su Shi himself is difficult to protect, who will stand up for his disciples? Only the teacher is open-minded, but unfortunately the change cannot be continued after all.

The waiter hurriedly put away his crying, stood up with tears in his eyes, and said aggrievedly: "If the old slave is selfish, it is also for the sake of the official family. Princess Shushou is in the flowering period, and she lacks nothing, so there is one less wishful husband! Yesterday, when the old slave saw that Murong re-enter the palace, he was really shocked, and then he knew his heart by looking at how he served Su Zizhan. When they become relatives, no matter how close this master is, they will not be as good as their daughter-in-law, and when the princess is happy, won't the official family be even happier? "Wang Qi has long been at odds with Su Shi, so he naturally doesn't want to see his disciples come forward. Yesterday, the official family looked at Murong Fu, and Wang Jue knew that he could no longer suppress his ranking. is to simply do the opposite, and praise him as a princess. According to the rules of the Song Dynasty, horses are not allowed to participate in politics. At that time, no matter how talented Murong Fu is, no matter how good his articles are, he will be just another Wang Xu!

Although Song Shenzong said that he was seen through the "Sacred Heart" again, this time he was not angry, but scolded with a smile: "You old man! ”