Zhao Zhen has been very busy recently, this is not about to be tested, as the king of a country, he has to understand the situation.

Zhao Zhen summoned the chief examiner Ouyang Xiu and the deputy examiners Wang Qi and Fan Zhen, and sat with them to talk about the situation of the current scholar.

A total of more than 300 people were admitted to the provincial examination this year, of which a few roads from the north accounted for a fraction, and the rest were from the south.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, Jinshi was generally more in the north and less in the south.

Now the southerners occupy most of the country, mainly because of the continuous wars in the north, and the border is threatened by the Liao State and Western Xia!

Not to mention studying, there is no one to plough the land, Han Qi was demoted to the northern line a few years ago, and he hummed nearly 10,000 acres of land to make political achievements, which shows the desolation of the north.

Zhao Zhen was not in a good mood when he saw this situation.

In fact, Emperor Taizu once set up a sealed pile warehouse outside the national treasury, and was ready to use the money from the sealed pile library to redeem the sixteen states of Yanyun, but nearly a hundred years have passed, and few people still remember this incident. Not only have the 16 states of Yanyun never been recovered, but the border has been repeatedly harassed, retreated again and again, and the people at the border have no livelihood.

On the surface, they gave the year of tribute, spent money to buy peace, and opened a market with Liao, but the origin of the candidates in this provincial examination speaks for all-

Whitewashing peace is not peace after all.

The lives of the people in the north are still miserable, and they are far from the comfortable and wealthy south.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was in a bad mood, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Jue, and Fan Zhen glanced at each other, and was about to say something to ease up, but heard someone come to report that Han Jiang asked to see him.

Zhao Zhen was slightly surprised and asked someone to bring Han Jiang in.

Han Jiang saw that Ouyang Xiu and the others were there, so he guessed that they were talking about the provincial test. He stepped forward to salute Zhao Zhen, and then explained his intention to Zhao Zhen directly.

After listening to Han Jiang, Zhao Zhen thought of the child who was not yet ten years old, and said curiously: "Take it and show it to me." ”

Han Jiang presented Su Zhen's project proposal to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen is still looking at this kind of writing for the first time, and after reading it carefully, he only feels refreshing. He carefully read the entire project proposal and handed him to Ouyang Xiu to read.

Ouyang Xiu is a cultural person, when he saw the words on it, he frowned at first, and when he read the content, he felt that this son was really unusual.

Not to mention a half-grown child, even many people who have been reading for a few years can't write such a coherent plan.

After Ouyang Xiu finished reading it, he passed the project proposal to Fan Zhen, and said to Zhao Zhen: "This kid, Jingren is familiar with him." ”

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows and turned his gaze to Fan Zhen: "Oh? Fan Qing has seen this child? ”

Fan Zhen replied with a smile: "I saw it in the letter." He was not in a hurry to see, first told Zhao Zhen about his nephew Fan Baifu and Su Zhen's dealings, and then picked Su Zhen's affairs in Chengdu Mansion to tell Zhao Zhen, praising that although the child is young, he is very reliable, not to mention anything else, now he proposed to rebuild Du Fu's thatched cottage has now been far away, and many people who have studied in Shu will go there to pay homage to the poetry and saint's heritage.

Zhao Zhen naturally knew about Zhang Fangping's rebuilding of Du Fu's thatched cottage, but when he heard Fan Zhen talk about the details, he liked Su Zhen even more.

Several people took turns to read Su Lu's project proposal, and only understood the theory involved, but they understood the experimental plan behind.

The whole experiment process is not troublesome, just find a few pea seeds and arrange a few veterans who are familiar with farming to follow it. If you don't consider the land use issue, the whole plan won't even cost a few times!

The reason why it was presented to Zhao Zhen was purely because Su Zhen mentioned that if he wanted to produce results as soon as possible, he had to borrow a greenhouse and try to plant two crops a year. After all, if you only plant it at the normal time, I'm afraid it will take three or five years!

Zhao Zhen asked, "What do you think?" ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "The minister thought he could give it a try. If you can figure out the reason, it will be of great benefit to agricultural affairs. ”

Naturally, the others nodded in agreement.

Zhao Zhen smiled: "It's not a big deal, I'll order it in a while." However, this kid has a lot of ideas, and it just so happens that he is in Zishantang now, so it is better to call him over and ask how he came up with such a thought. ”

After that, Zhao Zhen asked someone to go to Zishantang to spread the word.

Su Yan was sharing snacks with Zhao Zhongyun and them, but he didn't expect Han Jiang to be so expected, and someone really came over and called him to face the saint. He glanced at Zhao Zhongjun and Wang Yan, who were eating happily, and couldn't help but say, "Don't go too far, leave me some, I will have to take such a long class in a while!" ”

Zhao Zhongjun and Wang Yan nodded, indicating that they knew, and asked him not to delay and hurry up.

Su Zhen was not very relieved, so he simply brought a plate of snacks to meet Zhao Zhen, so as not to see only an empty plate when he came back!

When they arrived at the place where Zhao Zhen and them were discussing, Su Zhen found that there were not only Zhao Zhen and Han Jiang, but also several ministers!

He had seen Zhao Zhen, Han Jiang, and Wang Qi, but he didn't quite recognize the other two.

Su Lu quickly counted the people in the hall, and quickly counted the snacks on the plate.

One, two, three, four, five!

There are five people!

There are only five pieces of dim sum!

I miscalculated this time!

The end was served, and Su Zhen couldn't hide the dim sum in place, so he had to take it in, put the dim sum down first, and then saluted Zhao Zhen and the others. When he turned to Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhen, there was obviously a little hesitation on his face.

Han Jiang introduced him: "This is Ouyang Zhi and Fan Zhiyi. After speaking, Han Jiang smiled and quipped, "They have all seen you in the letter." ”

Su Lu only felt in a fog when he heard the name of the official, and it was not until he heard Han Jiang's joke that he connected the two people in front of him with Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhen, who had heard of the famous names for a long time.

Zhang Fangping wrote a letter to Ouyang Xiu to introduce his cousin, and Fan Baifu wrote a letter to Fan Zhen to mention him, isn't it just in the letter?

It's good, at this moment he is standing in front of the living "The Story of the Drunkard Pavilion"!

Su Lu quietly looked at the two bigwigs from the DPRK and China.

Ouyang Xiu's body was thin and small, not much different from Su Zhen's imagination, but his hair was darker and thicker than Fan Zhen next to him.

Fan Zhen's white hair, it is said that he chased Zhao Zhen and begged him to make his head white overnight last year, and he was only in his early fifties, and his hair was already silvery, and he looked like a little old man.

Regarding the fact that Kaifeng City is full of bigwigs, Su Lu has long been used to it. He saluted Ouyang Xiu and them solemnly, his small waist was very straight, and the angle of his hand was also very standard, looking like a little scholar.

Ouyang Xiu and the others were also looking at Su Yan, only to feel that this child was very unusual, he was already able to face the sky at a young age, I am afraid that even Yan Xianggong did not have this opportunity back then!

Zhao Zhen was more interested in the dim sum brought by Su Zhen.

Zhao Zhen asked, "This is what you brought from home?" ”

Su Lu nodded, and he had no stage fright in the face of such a group of bigwigs, and the good words still came out of his mouth: "I remember that last time you said that the food cooked at my home was very delicious, and this time I was summoned by you, so I brought this plate of pastries to borrow flowers and offer Buddha!" ”

Zhao Zhen remembered the food he had tasted in Sansi last time, and he was really a little greedy. He reached out and took a piece, and beckoned Ouyang Xiu for them to taste it too, saying that the food of the Su Lu family was better than that of Bai Jinlou.

Alum House is the largest and best restaurant in Kaifeng, and occasionally Zhao Zhen is tired of eating food in the palace, so he will also order a takeaway from Alum House to try it. Hearing Zhao Zhen's praise, Ouyang Xiu and the others were not polite, and they shared a piece to taste it.

Su Lu watched them finish dividing up the dim sum on their plates, and didn't even ask him, the youngest poor child, if he wanted to eat it.

Miserable, miserable.

I knew that I would leave it in Zishantang, Zhao Zhongjun was such an honest child, and he would definitely leave at least one piece for him. Now that he has taken his own this, the rest of Zhao Zhongyan and Wang Yan are absolutely divided!

Su Lu stared at the plate and mourned for a while, Ouyang Xiu and the others had already finished the dim sum, and they all complimented him politely, what is sweet and soft and glutinous is far better than Alum Lou, anyway, it is to take turns to stab a knife in Su Lu's heart.

These cultural people are too ruthless!

Eat it, eat it, and praise him, the person who hasn't eaten, non-stop!

Zhao Zhen also used dim sum before remembering the reason for calling Su Zhen over, and couldn't help but ask how Su Zhen thought of this pea experiment.

When Su Lu heard it, this question is too simple, it is simply a score question!

Su Zhen explained the standard answer of "why choose peas for experiments" to Zhao Zhen, and then pulled from flowers and trees to birds and animals, and laid out various common animal and plant traits to provide strong proof for genetic theory.

Zhao Zhen and the others were originally skeptical, but when they heard Su Zhen's examples close to life, they couldn't help but believe a little.

The opportunity was rare, and Su Lu took the opportunity to instigate him again, saying that it was limited to observe alone, so it was better to let the students of Taixue and Guozijian take action and engage in several topics to study and study.

Only if the sample size is large enough can a more accurate conclusion be drawn!

The students of Taixue and Guozijian read and read those books every day, how boring is it? If you are tired of liberal arts, you can do science projects to change your brain!

If he can't think of a topic, he can draw a few directions and let them play freely!

Not to mention Ouyang Xiu and they were dumbfounded, it was the first time that Zhao Zhen had met such a child who dared to say and think, and he was really not restrained at all. Zhao Zhen smiled: "You are reasonable, I will talk to the country about it when I go back." ”