Chapter 204: The Palace Examination
The palace test came soon, on the third day of the first month of April, the bells and drums in the Lin'an Palace rang in unison, and the music was high. Outside the main gate of Li, 329 new Jinshi were dressed in brand-new Jinshi uniforms given by the imperial court, with flat-topped black gauze hats on their heads, and holding Huaimu Chaowat in their hands. Together, under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the fish penetrated into the main gate of the Lizheng Gate, walked through the wide and straight imperial road, passed through the Nangong Gate and the Daqing Gate, and arrived at the front steps of the Daqing Palace.
"The emperor has a decree to announce that the Jinshi of the Kedeng List will enter the palace and make the right policy." An attendant stood on a high staircase and preached loudly.
Everyone shouted long live, walked up the long white jade steps, and entered the spacious Daqing Hall one after another. In the Daqing Palace, all the three hundred and twenty-nine tables have been neatly arranged, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones are all ready. The people found their places according to their names and stood with their heads bowed. More than a dozen important ministers of the court also walked in, and the person who was the leader was Qin Hui.
"I respectfully invite the emperor to go to the palace and preside over the palace examination." A minister bowed and shouted.
The chamberlain went to the side hall to report to Zhao Gou, and soon the curtain opened, and Zhao Gou walked into the main hall under the support of the chamberlain and the forbidden army in front of the palace, and suddenly hundreds of people in the hall knelt on the ground and bowed in unison. Zhao Gou smiled and stepped briskly on the throne.
"Zhongqing is flat. Get up. ”
"Your Majesty, Emperor. Hooray, hooray"
Officials and new recruits stood up one after another. Zhao Gou glanced at the audience and sat down with a smile.
"Chen Wan, Wan Qiao, Tang Si, and Shi Hao, the two main exams, started to play to the emperor. In today's big examination, all 329 people in the Jinshi Department are listed, and the emperor is invited to admonish and encourage. The examiner's representative Wan Qian came forward and said.
Zhao Gou smiled and said, "Okay, a few Aiqing have worked hard, selected talents for the country, and worked hard." The big exam went smoothly, and several Aiqing contributed a lot. I'll have another compliment. ”
"Ministers don't dare, this is the duty of ministers." Wan Qiao, Shi Hao and the other three were busy.
Zhao Gou nodded, glanced at all the people in the hall, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, if all the ministers can gather here today, it can be seen that they are all knowledgeable people." I have great expectations for you. You will inherit the handle of your predecessors, take responsibility for the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, have a heavy responsibility, and the road is long, and you should do your best to live up to expectations. I don't have much to say, in today's palace exam, I personally drafted the questions, and I will also read and comment in person. I will give you a reassuring pill first, when my Great Song Dynasty is now employing people, you are all the pillars of the country, and today's palace test is only ranked, and no one will be dethroned, unless someone talks nonsense, despises me and the court, confuses the public, and slanders and slanders. ”
Everyone said in unison: "Thank you, Emperor Longen." ”
In fact, Zhao Gou didn't say it, it was already a sure thing that the palace test would not be dethroned and he would be on the list. The previous palace examination was actually not easy, and many people were dethroned in the spring but were dethroned in the palace examination, and their success fell short. But since an incident happened in the Renzong Dynasty, a Juzi palace test was deposed and angry, and turned to the Western Xia, and then plotted for the Western Xia, bringing great disturbances and losses to the border towns of the Great Song Dynasty, deteriorating the relationship between the two countries, and causing serious consequences. After this incident, the Great Song Dynasty court had a custom, and the palace test did not lose any moves, only the high ranking
Low only. Of course, if you try to misconduct and misconduct in the temple, you will still be punished.
Zhao Gou smiled and nodded, and said in a deep voice, "My exam questions are here, please Qin Aiqing read out the exam questions, and the palace exam will start immediately." ”
Qin Hui arched his hand and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”
Qin Hui took the palace test question paper from the hand of the inner attendant, which was actually a holy decree. After unfolding, he read out loudly, "Fengtian carrier, since the emperor said Jianyan, my Great Song Dynasty has experienced disasters, and the society is in danger. The Jin people invaded the country, their arrogance was fierce, the world was ruined, and the people were displaced. I have meager assets, and it is difficult for the community to be shaky, inherit the great cause, and bear heavy burdens. Since I ascended to the throne, more than 30 years, with the worries of my parents and brothers, thinking of the difficulties of the common people, I will repent of the disaster to appease the difficulties, and I will soothe the people to the sky. Nowadays, the government is clear, the people's livelihood is healthy, and the people at home and abroad are listed in the domain of Renshou. Up and down bustling, professional cultivation, Leli Fengheng, Mao Dengli, how prosperous. I took advantage of the fortune of Zhongxing, took the responsibility of setting up chaos, tried my best, and finally did something. However, inside and outside the court, the words of the people in the world, especially those who think that I have nothing to do, think about it again and again, thinking that morality is insufficient, etiquette is indeed lost, and the people have no sense of awe and gratitude. I want to be wise, but I can't"
When the first half of the question was read, Fang Zi'an thought that this was another question to solicit the national policy of Zhongxing, and he was quite surprised. Emperor Gaozong was so open-minded, and he had to ask such practical questions in the palace exam, but as soon as the question in the second half came out, Fang Zi'an was disappointed. In fact, the whole topic is no longer talking about the actual national policy, but it seems that Zhao Gou is complaining to vent his dissatisfaction. To put it simply, Zhao Gou complained that the people of the Great Song Dynasty were not grateful to him, and it was he who stabilized the situation and prevented the destruction of the country when the Great Song Dynasty was about to fall. It was he who rescued the society from the turmoil, rescued the people from the upheaval, and completed the revival of the national strength in this short period of twenty or thirty years. Unexpectedly, the people of the Great Song Dynasty still have opinions, and they still have no sense of gratitude and awe, and they still talk and accuse one after another. This annoyed him. So he came to the conclusion that although the society is prosperous, the people's education is lacking, the etiquette does not exist, and the people's wisdom is regressing, so it is natural to think that a baptism of people's hearts is needed. Flourishing science and winning people's hearts. He didn't want to hear any doubts about the world of Zhongxing, he just wanted to know how to reinvigorate science and close people's hearts and plug people's mouths, so that the Great Song Dynasty would shut up and accuse. The question he had to ask was whether he could do that.
Fang Zi'an understood this meaning, and couldn't help but feel ridiculous in his heart. If I can't solve the problem, I'll solve the person who raised the problem. Killing cannot be killed, so a set of scientific ideas is needed to brainwash, which is the implicit meaning of this question. On this topic, Fang Zi'an really has nowhere to start.
"The temple examination begins, and it begins at this moment, and there is no noise, and there is no room to leave the table. Seal the volume at dusk without delay. Eight examiners are invited to invigilate the examination. Please rest in the Emperor's Palace. Qin Hui announced loudly.
Zhao Gou stood up and stepped off the throne and strode away, and the ministers and the sons knelt down to see each other off, and then sat down one after another, and Yan Mo began to answer the question.
Fang Zi'an's brain was swollen, he really didn't know how to write this policy topic. He sat there stunned for half an hour
There was no movement either. When he looked up, he inadvertently saw a beam of eyes looking at him, it was Shi Hao, he was one of the eight paper readers, and he was present to invigilate.
Shi Hao's gaze was thorough and earnest, he seemed to understand Fang Zi'an's distress, but his gaze was full of encouragement. He bowed slightly at Fang Zi'an, glanced at the golden hall, shook the official uniform on his body and turned his head. Fang Zi'an thought about it and understood what Shi Hao meant. Shi Hao wants to tell himself that it is the top priority to enter the company smoothly. Standing on the court is the goal. So don't dwell on anything else. Even if this policy topic is really biased and ridiculous, it is the emperor's policy topic, and he must write articles seriously and answer them seriously.
Fang Zi'an sighed, he understood that Shi Hao was right, and at this time, he must not act rashly. In any case, it is necessary to conceive well and write well. You don't need to think too much about it, the change is not today, but later. After stabilizing his mood, Fang Zi'an began to lay paper and polish ink, recalling some relevant articles he had read in his mind, piecing together excerpts and selections, and quickly and smoothly wrote.
In a corner of the main hall, a lifter also scratched his ears and cheeks and didn't know how to put down the pen, an hour passed, and there was not a word on his answer sheet. He is Qin Tan. There is no doubt that Qin Tan also successfully passed the Chunqiu exam this time, because he already knew the topic, so even if Shi Hao reviewed his answer sheet, he didn't have any doubts, he could only let him pass. But today's question was personally asked by the emperor, and no one knew what the question was before, even his grandfather Qin Hui didn't dare to ask the emperor what question he wanted, so how could Qin Tan answer it.
Several times in a row, he turned his attention to his grandfather and Wan Qiao, Tang Sihui, Liang Shidao and others for help, but these people seemed to be indifferent. Qin Tan didn't know what to do, he thought, I'm afraid I'm going to smash the pot today. So he sat on his seat like pins and needles, and he was very tormented.
At the entrance of the main hall, a figure shook. Wan Qian saw it clearly, he walked towards Qin Hui, bowed down and said, "Qin Xiang, go down to relieve yourself." ”
Qin Hui said in a deep voice, "Go and go back quickly, without delay." ”
Wan Qiyu nodded and whispered in response, and walked out of the hall. After descending the steps, a person behind the railing walked out slowly, handed a folded piece of paper to Wan Qiao's hand, and walked away quickly without saying a word. Wan Qian grabbed the note in his palm and walked back quickly, Qin Hui cast his gaze, he nodded slightly in response, and then pretended to inspect the examination room and slowly paced between the table cases of the lifters. Walking to Qin Tan's side, he used his body to block the gaze of others, quickly stuffed the note into Qin Tan's hand, and slowly paced it away.
Not long after, Qin Tan suddenly began to write like a spring of thought. Soon after the topic was opened, Liang Shidao brought out the topic under the excuse of Gonggong. In the public room of the political hall outside the gate of Nangong not far away, several talented people were already waiting, and after getting the topic, they began to discuss and write, and they wrote this policy article in more than an hour, and then sent it to hand over, and then to Qin Tan's hands. Qin Tan only had to carefully transcribe the answer sheet.
In the early afternoon, all the movers had already written their strategies, and the palace examination was officially over. Everyone went out of the palace in turn, and each went back to wait for the final news. At this point, the undergraduate imperial examination has officially ended.
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