The fire and the sun expelled the last trace of cold in the early morning, under the illumination of the sun, the hall flashed with a faint luster, adding a bit of majesty and gorgeousness, three quarters of the hour, although there was no Ming and Qing Dynasty when the sky was not bright and the five watches of the court regulations, it was the officials of the court and the middle of the country who had entered the palace city, and each performed his duties to deal with yesterday's or today's political affairs.

During the Song Dynasty, the emperor did not have to go to the court every day, as long as the officials were instructed to play the chapters, the officials did not need to see the emperor himself, and there were no major state affairs recently, so Zhao Zhen could sleep with the beauties of the harem until he woke up naturally, and then enjoyed breakfast comfortably under the service of the inner servant Huangmen, and recovered the energy consumed by fatigue last night.

In fact, the emperor is also very easy to do, as long as the appointed person abides by his own work, there is no need for the emperor to do everything himself, Zhao Zhen seems to understand this truth very well, and turned around in the political affairs hall, and found that the political affairs have been handled properly by several governors and governors, and directly gave a few words in the report of the report, and instructed the officials to handle it according to this, and it did not take much time, Zhao Zhen was relaxed.

Generally at this time, the emperor can do many things, inspect the various official offices under the guidance, find a few ministers to chat about the political affairs of the DPRK and China, listen to their work reports, or go back to the palace directly, talk and laugh with the beauties of the harem, and have some deeper exchanges, there are too many choices, but Zhao Zhen hesitates, and before Zhao Zhen finally makes up his mind, a small yellow door has hurriedly come in to report: "Your Majesty, Master Zhao of the Hanlin Academy asks to see you." ”

"Zhao Qing? Well, the palace exam papers should also be finished. Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, and motioned for Xiao Huangmen to announce Zhao Yi to come in.

"I've seen Your Majesty." Zhao Yi walked in lightly, saluted respectfully, and without waiting for Zhao Zhen to ask, he said directly: "The palace examination papers have been approved, and the ministers have drawn up a list of lists, please Your Majesty to take a look at the holy judgment."

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"It's hard work Zhao Qing." Zhao Zhen and Yan Yuese said, although the palace examination is nominally presided over by the emperor himself, it stands to reason that the examination papers are naturally reviewed by the emperor himself, but there is often a gap between the ideal and the facts, and it is the officials of the Tribute Academy who really read the papers.

The list drawn up by the Tribute Academy, has roughly participated in the palace examination of the good ranks, can only be seen by the emperor, after agreeing to the list can be publicized, of course, the officials of the Tribute Academy are not stupid, naturally clear the emperor's thoughts, in the list, there is no selection of who is the champion of the new department, the list of eyes, Tanhua, and even the name of the first list of Jinshi and the first is not listed, only vaguely put the names of the scholars with excellent grades in front, waiting for Zhao Zhen's ruling.

"Zhao Qing, how many scholars have been admitted to this palace examination?" After receiving the famous strategy presented by Xiaohuangmen, Zhao Zhen browsed carefully.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are a total of four hundred and eighteen people, including three hundred and twenty-one in the Jinshi Branch and one hundred and seventy-seven in the Zhuke Branch." Zhao Xuan said that the ancient imperial examination was not only a subject of Jinshi, but also other so-called regular miscellaneous subjects, such as the Ming Law and the Ming Scriptures, although not as expensive as Jinshi, but there are still people who apply for the examination, and if nothing else, these people will be the first candidates for the middle and lower officials of the imperial court in the future, and they are destined not to become important ministers in the court and take charge of the center.

"Zhao Qing, the volume can be brought." Zhao Zhen smiled, meaning something.

"The minister is ready, please read it to Your Majesty." Zhao Ji did not hurry to take out the examination paper from the wide sleeve, judging from the thickness of the examination paper, there should only be a dozen copies, definitely not as many as four hundred and eighteen copies, this is the list of the first class jinshi recommended by the officials of the Gongyuan to the emperor, if nothing else, the champion of the current branch is among them.

After taking the paper, Zhao Zhen did not look at the name and household registration information on the frontispiece, but carefully read the content of the examination paper, and showed a satisfied smile from time to time.

After reading a few copies at random, Zhao Zhen asked in a harmonious voice: "Zhao Qing, among the many sons, who is the champion in your heart?" ”

"As far as the beauty of the writing is concerned, it should be Shen Di." Zhao Ji hesitated, smiled and said: "If the article is magnificent, Qian Gong should be the first, and if the policy is right, Feng Jingdi should be used." ”

"Zhao Qing is really offended by anyone." Zhao Zhen chuckled, then took out the examination papers of these three people and looked at them carefully, after a long time, he made a decision in his heart, picked up the red pen and sketched a few times on the three papers, gently put it aside, and picked up the famous strategy to browse roughly, randomly selected a few names, and asked the little yellow door around him to go to the Gongyuan to get his examination papers, which is to check whether the officials of the Gongyuan have made any omissions in the selection of talents, and prevent the officials below from fooling themselves.

When Xiao Huangmen went to pick up the exam papers, Zhao Zhen found a familiar name at the end of the famous strategy, his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "Zhao Qing, I heard that the disciples accepted by Master He some time ago also participated in the palace examination, I don't know what he is learning?" Have you ever been on the list? ”

"Your Majesty is talking about Chu Qian, the son and nephew of the Master of Guanwen Palace." Zhao is very

said with a smile: "This talent is extraordinary, but it's a pity that he is young and young, but he has knowledge, and his strategy is quite impressive, so it's okay to be born as a fellow jinshi." ”

"When you are young, you naturally lack knowledge, and since you are talented, you can't bury it at will." Zhao Zhen said with a smile, and ordered Xiao Huangmen to retrieve the exam papers and lie down in the Gongyuan Courtyard and take Chu Qian's papers.

"Your Majesty clearly sees that the minister is not thoughtful." Zhao Yi hurriedly said, sensing that the emperor seemed to be interested in promoting Chu Qian, in addition to joy in his heart, he also had a trace of worry, not knowing whether Chu Qian's answer could satisfy the emperor.

After a while, the panting Xiao Huangmen hurried back, presented Chu Zhen's test paper to Zhao Zhen, and then retreated to the side to rest quietly, obeying the emperor's orders at any time.

"That's ......." After taking Chu Qian's scroll, Zhao Zhen was immediately surprised, and said with a smile: "I have the demeanor of everyone, I think that in a few years, there will be more calligraphers in the court who can be compared with Cai Junmo. ”

"Your Majesty's insight, I heard that when ~ the reason why Master He accepted Chu Zhen as a disciple was also to take a fancy to his potential and train a calligrapher." Zhao Yi said with a smile.

"Master He is happy to see the hunt, and he chose a bargain." Zhao Zhen said with a chuckle, and then his attention shifted to the body of the exam paper, and the first sentence of the ancestral law of opening the book and breaking the question suddenly came into view, and after paying attention to it a little, it felt a little strange that He She's disciple actually didn't praise it.

However, Zhao Zhen didn't care too much, after all, when he first decided on this test question, he had already considered that the answers to the exam papers must be the same and different, and at this time, the imperial court did not have the kind of atmosphere of the same party after Shenzong, and the imperial examination was only based on the merits of the article, not to see whether its political views were in line with it.

In a few minutes, Zhao Zhen finished reading Chu Zhen's answer sheet, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Zhao Qing, aside from the wording of the text, for some reason, I look at this volume very pleasing to the eye. ”

"Your Majesty has also found out." When Zhao Jian heard this, he made a lot of decisions in his heart, and the reason why he ranked Chu Zhen's name behind was that he felt that his wording was not gorgeous enough, and he rashly took care of it, which was easy to cause criticism, considering that Chu Zhen was still young, and it was already a young thing to be famous on the palace examination list, so he hesitated again and again, and simply decided like this.

"Maybe it's because of the beautiful handwriting.

For a while, Zhao Zhen couldn't understand why he felt like this, so he found a reason at random.

"And that's not all." Zhao Yi smiled and said: "Or the knowledge is not yet profound, the whole article of Chu Zhen is concise and concise, easy to understand, and the words and sentences are quite straightforward, which makes people feel uncomfortable reading it." ”

"That's true, and when the meaning of the sentence is exhausted, there is always a blank space, so that I don't have to think about breaking the sentence." Picking up Chu Zhen's scroll and looking at it repeatedly, Zhao Zhen found something different again.

"Your Majesty really has a clear eye, but the minister here has not paid attention." Zhao Yi chuckled, flattery is so natural, you can't do it without a little skill.

Zhao Zhen was used in his heart, and smiled happily: "Maybe it's because I often fly to the white body, and I always pay special attention to the blank space." ”

Such an opportunity, of course, Zhao Yi could not miss it, and hurriedly praised Zhao Zhen's flying white characters becoming more and more exquisite, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that sooner or later he will surpass his predecessors and become a master of calligraphy.

Zhao Zhen smiled when he heard this, and he was humble again and again, and after half a sound, he suddenly laughed and said, "Zhao Qing, do you think Chu's words are appropriate?" ”

After a while, Zhao Yi said softly: "This theory is sprinkled with thousands of words, in fact, it is nothing more than to clarify two points, one is that the law set by the ancestors cannot be easily reformed, and the other is that if it is really necessary to change, do not learn to learn business, you should moisten things silently, if you are eager to do it, I am afraid that the day of failure is not far away." ”

"Although there are a thousand words in the pen, it is a pity that it is only a brushstroke, which does not explain why it cannot be easily reformed, nor why it cannot learn from business martingale, nor does it point out why the revolution will fail in a hurry." Zhao Zhen commented indifferently: "It's just a scholar's ear, and he can only talk about it." ”

"Your Majesty......." Zhao Yi's heart tightened, and he was ready to say a few words for Chu Qian.

"But thinking that he is only ten years old, at this age, it is natural that he lacks knowledge." Yu Feng suddenly changed, and Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "I have a little talent, if I sharpen it, I may become a pillar of the court in the future." ”

"Your Majesty." Zhao Xuan hurriedly said, and his hanging heart fell again.

"At such a young age, it's not necessarily a good thing to have a sudden setback." After groaning, Zhao Zhen crossed out Chu Zhen's name at the end of the famous strategy with a red pen, and wrote the word Chu Zhen at the front, and said with a chuckle at the end: "And let him be proud for a while." ”

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