Chapter 568: The Temple Test (1)
On the other hand, the current crown prince Zhao Huan is a little miserable, although he also has a good reputation for diligence and thrift and corporal Lixian, but Zhao Ji just likes art, how can he like Corporal Diligent and Thrifty and Lixian.
When many kings were divided into mansions, Zhao Kai was the largest, and it was also the mansion before Zhao Ji became the emperor. In addition, Zhao Kai's mother, Yisu Guifei Wang, was under Zhao Ji's favor, and Zhao Huan's mother, Empress Xiangong, had died many years ago.
Many aspects add up, in front of Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan seems to be inferior to Zhao Kai except for the identity of a prince.
There was already information coming from the Nanxing Division, saying that there were rumors in Bianliang Market that Zhao Ji wanted to replace Zhao Huan and make Zhao Kai the prince. Moreover, the information of the Nanxing Division is very detailed, and it is found that the person who released this rumor is Zhao Kai.
Sima Zhao's heart is known to passers-by, this Zhao Kai is definitely not a good offender. Even if Tian Shiyi beats Zhao Kai in the palace test, there will be one more powerful enemy in the future, and Liang Shicheng's plan is really quite vicious.
The Great Song Dynasty did not stipulate that the princes were not allowed to take the examination of the examination, the provincial examination and the palace examination, but the princes were all born with a golden spoon, and who was willing to suffer that burden. But Zhao Kai didn't know which tendon was in the wrong position, so he secretly participated in the understanding test and the provincial test.
Originally, Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, didn't want to go to the palace exam, because he would meet his father. Although Zhao Ji likes Zhao Kai, the bastard emperor's temperament is too bastard, and Zhao Kai can't figure out when his emperor Lao Tzu is happy and when he is unhappy, in case it is self-defeating, it will be more than worth the loss.
Liang Shicheng said that Zhao Kai participated in the palace examination and calculated the blood cost, not only told Zhao Kaichen about the various benefits of winning the examination, but also promised to help King Yun ascend to the crown prince.
Zhao Kai naturally couldn't let go of such a moving condition, so he came, with a heart that was extremely fanatical about the crown prince.
I have to say that Liang Shicheng's methods are very clever and fully in line with the rules of officialdom. Although Zhao Ji knew it, he couldn't say anything, after all, it was about his favorite son, and what could he say when he was a father.
After carefully reading the information about Zhao Kai, Tian Shiyi couldn't help but be taken aback, because Zhao Kai had passed the provincial examination of Kaifeng Mansion completely with his real skills, and he was on par with Ouyang Che in the provincial examination. Later, Zhao Ji was worried that Zhao Kai would become Huiyuan and be gossiped about by others, and he had already promised Tian Shiyi the position of Huiyuan, so he designated Zhao Kai as the second place in the provincial examination.
At this time, there were already many rumors circulating on the streets of Bianliang, saying that the position of Huiyuan was given to Yu Tian by King Yun. In the rumors, he didn't dare to say that Tian Shiyi was looking for someone to take the exam, only that Yun Wang Zhao Kai and Tian Shiyi were on par in terms of literary talent, and finally Yun Wang was generous, which gave Yuan to Tian Shiyi.
The common people have always been extremely bored, and such a fun story involving the big names in the court will soon be known.
Tian Shiyi touched his nose and didn't care what others said about him. Let the fools say whatever they say, but if all the people under the earth become wise, how can they show the wisdom of the wise? It's just a bunch of fools, and they don't care what they do.
That being said, Tian Shiyi was still a little unhappy. Not because he was gossiped about, but because Zhao Kai used the name of the eleventh brother to elevate his status in the eyes of the people.
Whoever wants to be the prince should go, and the eleventh brother won't care. It's not impossible to use Brother Eleven's fame to promote one's identity, but you have to pay, it's not okay to use it for nothing, Brother Eleven is very resentful. What's more, Zhao Kai still wants to grab the title of champion, which is even more unbearable.
At noon, the rumors suddenly escalated, saying that His Majesty the current emperor had secretly promised Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, that as long as His Royal Highness the king of Yun could be the champion, he would abolish the crown prince.
For a while, rumors were flying all over the sky, and even the old woman who was too old to walk knew that the official family wanted to change the prince.
In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Kai entered the palace tremblingly and went to Genyue to meet the emperor's father. Within an hour, Zhao Kai went to the prince's mansion to meet the prince, and it is said that he knelt down to the prince Zhao Huan to ask for punishment. Then the two brothers hugged their heads and cried, staging a good show of brotherly love.
Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, hugged the prince and promised that he had never had the idea of peeking at the position of the prince, and made it clear that he would never go to the palace examination.
According to the two brothers, there was a good story, and then Zhao Kai left the prince's mansion, sat in the carriage and gritted his teeth and secretly hated Tian Shiyi.
The crown prince Zhao Huan was in a good mood, and asked people to prepare a generous gift and send it to Tian Shiyi's house.
Eunuch's Mansion...... That, in Liang Shicheng's mansion, there was a "pop", and the best tea bowl was smashed. Liang Tailin pointed to Wang Hao, who bowed down and pleaded guilty, and scolded him.
Wang Huang, who served the eunuch Liang with his father's courtesy, pretended to be sincerely afraid, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to plead guilty, saying that he did not dare to promise to help Tian Shiyi in private.
Liang Shicheng is not a generous person, Wang Hao knows this very well, so he immediately betrayed Tian Shiyi, saying that the topic of the palace examination must not be poetry, and he will definitely not let Tian Shiyi be the champion of high school.
Wang Hao did this out of helplessness, he really didn't dare to offend Liang Shicheng, because it was equivalent to cutting off his future. Even Shaozai's position was climbed up with the help of Eunuch Liang, which shows that Liang Shicheng's energy is great. Second, he still has a fluke mentality, Tian Shiyi has already handed over the roster, and after the palace test, as long as he spends a lot of money to apologize to Tian Shiyi, I believe that Tian Shiyi, who wants to gain a foothold in the court, will definitely push the boat down the river and hand over the Changguo Water Division.
After listening to Wang Hao's assurances and seeing Wang Hao's humility again, Liang Chengshi's anger disappeared a little. It's just that when I thought that Zhao Kai's road to the prince seemed to be farther away, my heart was blocked again.
It's a pity that the two of them forgot that there was a person who had promised to let Tian Shiyi and the first, and that person was Zhao Kai's father, Zhao Ji.
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Wende Hall was the place of the early dynasty, and the civil and military officials would gather here during the great court meeting, but that was before. Today's Zhao Ji is exempt from the early dynasty, as long as it does not involve major events such as the death of the country, the Zhao official family will not get up early to listen to a group of big men say boring things.
Today, however, the Wende Hall welcomes many young and old students who have come to participate in the temple examination.
Tian Shiyi was also a little surprised to see the students who participated in the palace examination, there were only more than 100 people. A hundred people is a lot, but it depends on where it is, there are only so many people in the examination of a country, how did so many redundant officials in the Great Song Dynasty come out?
It's right to think about it, if you want to be an official these days, you don't necessarily have to study and take scientific examinations. You look at Liang Shicheng and Zhu Mian, and then look at Gao Yu, Tan Zhi and Tong Guan, which one was tested?