A certain day in March of the third year of Song Yuanfu

March is the season when the ice and snow melt, everything recovers, and spring returns to the earth, when the spring flowers are blooming, the people of Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo are either running around for a living, or bringing their families and servants to the suburbs to go to spring, or calling friends to gather together to drink tea and drink, discuss the current political situation, interesting anecdotes, a busy and lively scene.

The sons and daughters of Spring City went on a spring outing, drunk and leaned on the floor and laughed upstairs. How much does it mean to be full of falling flowers, if there is no solution to spring sorrow.

After being "locked" into the Ministry of Rites and Tribute Yuan officials after being busy for more than two months, the matter finally had a result, the list of famous Jinshi in the provincial trial has been preliminarily drawn up, waiting for the chief examiners to be approved, and then sent to Shangshu Province for consideration, and finally by the new emperor Zhao Ji to make a decision, to determine the list of famous Jinshi and the ranking of Jinshi in the imperial court.

Song Zhigong is divided into three steps, that is, for the release test, the provincial test, the palace test, the previous provincial test decided the name of the Jinshi, and then the palace test decided the ranking of the Jinshi, because it is currently the mourning period of the first emperor Zhao Xu, so the palace test was canceled according to the system, the provincial test immediately decided the list of the famous Jinshi and its ranking, and at the same time according to the ranking of the Jinshi awarded different official positions.

"Xu Shilang, what do you think? Can it be submitted? "The new living lang, Quan Tongzhi Gongju Wu Boju asked, and the Ministry of Rites and Quan Zhigongju, who had been looking at the list of new science and technology scholars for a long time, said Xu Duo.

A total of more than 300 jinshi were admitted to the provincial examination, and the long list of new jinshi made people dizzy.

Quan Zhigongju Xu Duo is nearly fifty years old this year, and he is almost at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, but his eyes are not flowery, he is still deaf and clear-sighted, and what makes Xu Duo feel dizzy is the name of a new science and technology scholar on the list, that is, Li Sanjian, the son of Lingnan.

Shaosheng's four-year tribute, Xu Duo was as a fellow tribute to review the test papers, at that time Li Sanjian's article almost caused an uproar in the imperial court, how could Xu Duo not be impressed? It's simply unforgettable, and the later prime minister Zhang Dian deposed him, and Zhang Dian not only deposed Li Sanjian, but also expelled the chief examiner Lin Xi from the imperial court and relegated him to the state of millizhou to play as a governor. . .

At this time, Li Sanjian's name appeared on the list of new science and technology scholars, and he was still ranked first on the list of jinshi, which made Xu Duo, who was the chief examiner of the Gengchen Provincial Examination, dizzy, and didn't know what to do, he was simply at a loss.

If Zhao Xu is not dead and Zhang Dian continues to govern, then of course Xu Duo will continue to depose Li Sanjian without hesitation and without blinking.

But what is the pattern of the imperial court now? Now that the new emperor Zhao Xu has succeeded to the throne, although Zhang Dian is still the prime minister, he is already in the waning days, and he is about to be cleaned up by Zhao Ji, Zeng Bu and others...

Zhang Dian strongly opposed Zhao Ji's accession to the throne, and this matter had been known to many court ministers, and Xu Duo, who was the chamberlain of the Ministry of Rites, had already known about it.

In this case, what will happen to Zhangdun in this way? If you don't die, you have to shed your skin.

The so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, once Zhang Dian falls, of course, there will be a new prime minister, and at present, it seems that the possibility of Zeng Bu, who has the ability to make a decision, to take over is very large, and the pattern of the court will also change drastically.

At this time, does Xu Duo dare to continue to depose Li Sanjian?

Not to mention that Li Sanjian's article is impeccable, the topic of "Bian Ce Ask" makes it top of the list of Jinshi.

The most important thing is that Li Sanjian is a guest of Duanwang's Mansion and an old man in Zhao Ji's palace, Xu Duo still understands this, since this is the case, how dare Xu Duo make a mistake? It's too late to tie the knot.

At this time, the court is about to change, and it is the critical moment for Xu Duo and others to change the court, and if they are not careful, they will follow Zhang Dan, and it will be a bad thing.

Xu Duo thought about it for a long time, drew a circle on Li Sanjian's name, and commented on it.

"Learn to be rich and have five cars, and you can reach the champion." Xu Duo annotated these eight small characters.

"Follow Xu Shilang's order, and the lower officials will go to Shangshu Province." Qi Lang, Quan Tongzhi Gongju Wu Boju respectfully took the list of Jinshi who had been approved by Xu Duo and said.

What is the official position of the living room? He is a close minister of the emperor, who is in charge of the emperor's daily behavior and major events in the court. All the court orders forgiveness, etiquette and music, profit and loss, rewards and punishments, ministers and ministers, civil and military ministers and sacrificial feasts, and fortunate introductions, etc., are all the duties of the living lang.

The most important thing is that the living room can talk directly to the emperor.

After Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he was about to promote Wu Boju to the living room, so how could Wu Boju not know what the new emperor Zhao Ji thought? How can you not know what you want? If you don't understand, you don't need to be an official.

Therefore, Wu Boju of course thinks that Li Sanjian should be the top of the list.

"Wait!" Another Quan Tongzhi Gongju, Zhao Mingcheng's father, Li Qingzhao's father-in-law Zhao Tingzhi grabbed the list and looked at it, and said to Xu Duo in a strange manner: "Learn to be rich in five cars, can you reach the champion?" Xu Shilang also thinks too highly of this person, right? This official thinks that this person's articles are commonplace, and doing two small articles also has failures, how can he be the top of the list? ”

Of course, Zhao Tingzhi also understands the situation in the court at this time, but he is angry that Li Sanjian is actually about to become the new champion?

For Li Sanjian, Zhao Tingzhi is also impressed, and Zhao Tingzhi also understands the matter of Shaosheng's four years, Zhao Tingzhi not long ago, when he and Li Gefei discussed marriage, he also said that Li Sanjian has no hope in this life, and there is no future at all, but today Li Sanjian is about to become the new champion, didn't he give Zhao Tingyi a resounding slap? In this way, Zhao Tingzhi was as disgusting as eating a fly.

The entanglement between Li Sanjian, Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng is also understood by Zhao Tingzhi. Zilang literature

In front of Zhao's mansion, Li Sanjian played "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" angrily, and Zhao Tingzhi was also present at the time, but Li Sanjian did congratulate Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao on the surface of their newlyweds, so Zhao Tingzhi did not come forward to drive Li Sanjian away, but he was very evil in his heart.

What is the champion? The first preface of the solution test, the first predicate of the provincial test, and the first precept of the palace test.

The title of champion is popular in the land of China, and thousands of scholars are chasing this crown, which is simply a dream and a rush! The people of the world also regard the champion as a Wenqu star, and as soon as the champion comes out, the whole world will be shaken, which is synonymous with glory and prominence.

In this way, how can Zhao Ting be willing in his heart, how can he be happy?

You must know that Zhao Tingzhi's family counts up to eighteen generations, and there has never been a champion...

"The west and Zhurong, the south Fu Yiyue, the outside is better than Liao, and the elite troops are stationed in the northwest, disturbing its strategy. Internally revise politics and increase national strength. When there is a change in the world, that is, a strong army, west out of Hengshan, and all efforts to fight with it, this is the battle of destroying the country, it is a battle of life and death... At this moment, He Zhizhong, another person who knew the tribute, took Li Sanjian's article and read it.

After Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, he temporarily appointed He Zhizhong as the chief examiner of the provincial examination, responsible for reviewing the test papers of the lifters.

Such a major event as the imperial examination is the time to show the grace of the new emperor, and of course let his henchmen and ministers participate in this matter.

"Is this "Bian Ce Question" commonplace?" After He Zhizhong finished reading, he asked Zhao Tingzhi rhetorically: "There are also failures?" It's just nonsense, according to the old man, this son is so young, but he has made such a shocking work, he is really a young man, and he should be the champion. We are waiting for the country to raise talents, and we will not avoid hatred when we move outside, and we will not avoid our children when we move internally. The virtuous do not avoid relatives and enemies, and they are done by our subordinates. ”

Li Sanjian and He Zhizhong are comrades-in-arms in the same "trench", and at the same time, He Zhizhong admires Li Sanjian very much.

He Zhizhong secretly ridiculed Zhao Tingzhi's small belly and chicken intestines, which made Zhao Ting's heart angry, so he said angrily: "Shocking? Ignorant children, how dare they talk about national politics? ”

As soon as Zhao Tingzhi said this, he immediately secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and he tried out the topic of "Bian Ce Question", of course, it was to let the lifters express their own views, so is it a vain discussion of national politics? Zhao Tingzhi's words are really nonsense...

Are you confused? Zhao Tingzhi regretted saying this sentence in his heart at this time.

Sure enough, Xu Duo, He Zhizhong, and Wu Boju, the three chief examiners, all laughed when they heard this.

"Xu Shilang, the lower officials also agree to submit the list of Jinshi immediately." He Zhizhong didn't bother to argue with Zhao Tingzhi, so he said to Xu Duo.

"Well, it's been a hard trip." Xu Duo nodded and said to Wu Boju.

Three of the four chief examiners agreed with the immediate submission, and Zhao Tingzhi's objection was useless.

"Wu Zuo envoy, you can go straight to the sky." Xu Duo paused for a moment and said to Wu Boju.

At this time, the position of Prime Minister Zhang Dian was already in danger, so there was no need for him to review it again, and after Shangshu had passed a book, it could be sent to Zhao Ji's imperial review.

"The subordinate officer takes the order." Wu Boju nodded and took the list of jinshi, glanced at Zhao Tingzhi, and walked out of the room quickly, leaving the tribute courtyard and going straight to the palace.

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The vertical arch hall of the Song Imperial Palace

Zhao Ji wears a crown of heaven, wears a silk robe, a square heart curved collar, a gauze skirt and a knee cover is also crimson, the waist is tied with a gold and jade belt, the feet wear white socks and black scarves, and another ribbon is hung, sitting in the palace of the vertical arch hall, Zhao Ji hangs a bead curtain behind the side, and the queen mother Xiang sits behind the bead curtain.

Zhao Ji was very depressed, but he had to put on a smiling face and listen to the ministers.

Zhao Ji sat on the throne of the emperor and became the world's ninety-five, it stands to reason that at this time, Zhao Ji is in the world, he can do whatever he wants, he can accept the beauties of the world, and enjoy the blessings of the world, but Zhao Ji is watching the groups of beautiful women in the harem at this time, but he can't start.

At this time, it was the mourning period of the first emperor Zhao Xu, at this time, Zhao Ji was required to abstain from sex, and it was not feasible to be lucky, at least it was not possible to accept a new concubine or a large-scale happiness, so Zhao Ji looked at the beautiful women in the harem, and his saliva was about to flow down, but he couldn't put his mouth down.

It's been twenty-seven months, how should I survive this day? Zhao Ji thought depressedly.

What made Zhao Ji most uncomfortable was that Zhao Ji had asked the Queen Mother to "listen to the government" at this time to show his filial piety.

Generally speaking, the act of "hanging the curtain to listen to the government" was only done when the emperor was young, but although Zhao Ji was an adult, he had to respectfully ask the queen mother to "listen to the government" at this time.

On the surface, he had to pretend to be happy, which made Zhao Ji extremely depressed in his heart.