The sun is rising, the glow shines on the Daqing Palace, which is located on the central axis of the palace, it seems that it is more splendid, and the one hundred and fifty students who were admitted walked into the hall with solemn and reverent steps under the leadership of Song Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The civil and military officials on both sides are already standing on the side of the wide pillars on both sides, and in any case, these students will become future colleagues, and as seniors, they should leave a sense of solemnity to the younger generations.

The large palace has been placed in a neat small table and cushions, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on each table are all transferred from the Liushang Bureau, and Sancai is a little distressed, after all, these are expensive for the royal use, but the official family must use the best.

Golden autumn October is not only the harvest season for students, but also the harvest season for Zhao Zhen, the official of the Great Song Dynasty, watching the team of more than 100 people slowly walk in and worship in the main hall, Zhao Zhen is too happy to care, how can he care about these things such as pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Raised his hand slightly, he said: "You and others are all people who stand out in this imperial examination, needless to say, knowledge, but if you want to gain a foothold in the court and be reused, you not only need to learn, but also need to serve the country and the people's conscience, as well as the pattern and wisdom of superiority, I value not only the four books and five classics in your stomach, but also the talent."

If you just memorize the scriptures well and understand them thoroughly, it is better to teach and educate people, what I need is the talent to manage the country!

Now the exam questions in front of you are not any of the four books and five classics, but from Dali Temple, Kaifeng Mansion, and even Zhongshu Province, the three divisions, and the Privy Council. Sancai, give a feast! ”

Zhao Zhen's actions moved many students slightly, as an official family, they could take care of everyone's stomachs before the palace exam, which was a treatment they had never enjoyed, who else was so considerate except for the benevolent official family?

Many of the candidates swallowed the porridge with tears in their eyes, which was sparse and ordinary in the eyes of the officials, and they had already eaten mutton soup and white flour steamed buns in the courtyard of the hospital, but in the eyes of the students, it was different, many of them were children of poor families, and it was good to be able to live in an inn in Tokyo City every day, not to mention being able to eat warm porridge and Hu Cake with meat.

From the way these students eat, Zhao Zhen can tell their origins, and those who hold them in their hands for fear of falling a grain of cake must be a child of a poor family, and those who hold a cake in one hand and eat porridge in the other must be a child of a rich family.

Yan Shu's careful appearance of eating cakes made Zhao Zhen suspect that he was a little pretentious, but he was relieved to remember that he had been to the disaster place, this kid had seen hungry people eating, and he also knew that every grain was hard.

In Zhao Zhen's eyes, these students have no family, no businessman, no poor family, and they all have only one title of protégé of the Son of Heaven! He wants to turn these candidates into his protégés, so that in the long run, there will be no family in the court.

When the candidates answered the questions, Zhao Zhen was also looking at the test papers on his imperial case, the topic of Dali Temple was a case of extermination, and the topic of Kaifeng Mansion was how to manage the traffic of Tokyo City, the two questions were incompatible, and what made the candidates even more embarrassed was the topic of Shangshu Province, the advantages and disadvantages of Kaifeng Mansion and the three divisions, as well as the budget allocation of the three divisions next year and the northwest policy of the Privy Council.

The exam questions range from simple to complex, progressing from small to large, not to mention these candidates who deal with the Four Books and Five Classics all day long, and even the ministers of the two prefectures and the judges of the nine temples are a bit big.

Zhao Zhen looked at the people in the hall with a smile who were biting the pen, in fact, this palace exam was a test for selecting officials.

Who is qualified for what kind of official position, and what aspects are suitable for development and key training, it is clear through the examination questions.

Time flies, many courtiers are a little tired from standing, after all, three hours is not good to stand, Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Zhun who was a little swaying and waited for a group of old ministers to wave their hands to Sancai, and Sancai tiptoed with a brocade stool for the courtiers to sit down.

At this time, no one dared to make a sound to disturb the students of the exam, Kou Zhun Ding Wei and the others sat down gently, looked at the students who were trying to answer the paper and smiled, once upon a time they also came over like this, but they didn't bother so much during the exam.

Like the officials, they are looking forward to the answer sheet of this palace examination.

After the third pillar of incense was burned, the time was just three hours later, and the third gently knocked on the jasper chime under the imperial steps, and the crisp sound of the special chime seemed to be transmitted from the ear hole to the bottom of the heart.

No matter how the students of the palace examination answered, they gently put down the brush in their hands, and only a few of them were still struggling to write, completely forgetting the rules.

Lu Zongdao scolded softly: "Yan Shu! How can you, as a court official, not know etiquette? Don't give up the pen yet! What does Ouyang Xiuru want? ”

Zhao Zhen didn't speak, and watched as Lu Zongdao stepped forward and snatched their brushes before he spoke: "Tell me why you refuse to give up the pen?" Didn't you hear the sound of the chime? ”

Yan Shu and Ouyang Xiu stood up and bowed down again: "I have heard it from the Qiqi official family, but if it is in the yamen, should we abandon state affairs because of the sound of the drums on duty?" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled suddenly: "You are teaching the courtiers a lesson in front of me?" ”

Lu Zongdao said angrily: "Strong words, don't ask the official family for guilt!" ”

The courtiers looked at each other and smiled, everyone could see it clearly but still smiled and said nothing, where is this Lu Zongdao reprimanding them, it is clear that he is protecting the two of them, after all, these two fledgling boys are polite and polite.

Zeng Gongliang turned his head and looked at Ouyang Xiu worriedly, he didn't want his friend to be punished by the official family like this.

"Forget it! I plan to reduce talents without sticking to one pattern, and look at their answers first, if I am a mess, I will be punished for two crimes! ”

After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he asked Sancai to take the answer sheets of the two first.

At this time, everyone in the court was staring at Zhao Zhen, and the subtle changes in his expression touched everyone's hearts, these were the first two answer sheets of the official palace examination, and they were also made by the famous talents Ouyang Xiu and Yan Shu.

Lu Zongdao was most optimistic about the two of them, and looked forward to it on tiptoe with his mouth open, until Zhao Zhen put down the answer sheet and looked up and smiled.

"It seems that the two of you have escaped two crimes and punished this time!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yan Shu and Ouyang Xiu saluted again.

Zhao Zhen waved his hand: "No need to thank me, this is what you can win by yourself, my rules are very simple, if you make a mistake, you will be punished, and if you have merit, you will be rewarded!" But your ranking is not necessarily in the front, there are other students who have not read the test papers, and the three talents have all been submitted, I want to take a good look at the answer sheets of my Great Song talents! ”

The answer sheet was presented in turn, Zhao Zhen kept nodding, many of the candidates in this subject were extremely talented, especially when he saw a white-faced candidate answering the sheet, he was even more shocked.

The candidate's answer sheet about the Dali Temple extermination case has a good reasoning and verdict, which can't help but be refreshing, looking at the name, I can't help laughing: "Bao Zheng come out!" ”

The sudden shouting of the official family made the people in the hall tremble, and also made Bao Zheng, who was originally packing up his things, knock over the inkstone and watch the clothes on his body dirty.

Bao Zheng stood up helplessly and bowed down: "Bao Zheng lost his honor in front of the palace, please forgive your majesty!" ”

Looking at the black ink on his face, Zhao Zhen smiled: "I just want to see you, what are you panicking about?" Sancai washed him, and he looked like he was about to turn black. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Zhen strolled down the steps, carefully surrounding this legendary Bao Qingtian, this young man in his early twenties had white skin and a slightly weak appearance, not at all like the black charcoal that later generations said, and there was no crescent moon on his forehead......

"I read your answer sheet, the reasoning about the Dali Temple case is very good, your own judgment is no problem, the most important thing is to take into account the legal principles and human feelings, I appointed you as a direct bachelor of Zhaowen Pavilion, and I know the evaluation of Dali Temple!"

Zhao Zhen's words have just been exported to the full court in an uproar, although the direct bachelor of Zhaowen Pavilion is a petty official from the sixth grade, and the Dali Temple judge is sent from the eighth grade, but this is a real power dispatch!

And Bao Zheng, who had just participated in the palace examination, was directly named an official from the sixth grade to send Lu Guan, which is not suitable, and it is obviously a high level.