On the tenth day of the first month of March, the emperor list was announced.

the first place in the first class, that is, the champion Fang Zhongyong; the second place in the first class, that is, Gong Dingchen, the leader of the list; The third place in the first class, that is, Wen Yanruo, the flower explorer...... The hundredth place in the top three, Zeng Gong...... A total of 499 people were on the list.

A careful watchman found out, no! How did Gong Dingchen's ranking change, and he and Wen Yanruo fell apart?

But it was because Zhao Zhen pondered a little after roughly deciding on the candidate for Sandingjia: Gong Dingchen's name is good! This is the important minister of Zhao Song Jiuding, who is the champion. Well, Fang Zhongyong's first place is not easy to change! Yes, give him an example, it's not in vain that he took such an auspicious name. As for Wen Yanruo, his brother Wen Yanbo is only a first-class jinshi and the first in the fifth year of the Heavenly Sage, and giving him a tanhua is not an insult to him. So, the result changed.

An official said, is this emperor so capricious? Still make a little sense? Brother Ren, the entrance examination is for the royal selection of talents, of course the emperor has to pick the one that is pleasing to the eye. Besides, it's not.

So how did Yang Ning's champion come about? History: Chongzheng Palace Test, Renzong Linxuan Kaifeng, seeing the name of the joy of color, said to the auxiliary ministers: "Yang Ningye". Then he was promoted to the first, and the ministers congratulated each other, thinking that they had won people. Where's the high, you ask me? To be honest, I don't know, how did "Yang Ning" get to the point?

There is a singing sentence in Huangmei Opera "The Female Horse": "I have also been to the Qionglin banquet, and I have also beaten the horse in front of the street", which can probably explain the treatment of the ancient champion.

After becoming the champion (including the first and second class jinshi and the first), the emperor is to shout his name on the Donghua Gate, the so-called "roll call outside the Donghua Gate". Entering from the Donghua Gate, the only person who is allowed to ride a horse in the palace is the Sanding Armor. The remainder may be recorded in the official register, and are represented by the word "et al" on important occasions.

As for the "Qionglin Banquet", it is a "promotion banquet" held for the new science and technology scholars to announce their official positions.

The imperial examination system founded by the Sui Dynasty was officially established by Taizu Zhao Kuangyin in the Song Dynasty and personally presided over the announcement of the ranking of the new scientific scholars, and gave a banquet in the Imperial Garden Qionglin Garden.

"Qionglin Banquet" is equivalent to the level of the state banquet, even the performance of singing and dancing is the palace band, the Jinshi not only drink the imperial wine with the emperor, but also visit the garden together to enjoy the scenery, for many people, the Qionglin Banquet is the only opportunity in this life to get close to the emperor, say that it is a matter of glory to the ancestors, the supreme glory!

At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang was also very excited after the high school champion in the fourth year of Baoyou (1256), and when he participated in the Qionglin banquet, he also specially wrote a poem to express the joy in his heart: Feng Zhao newly bounced into the crown, and returned to Xuan Majesty to look at the sky. The clouds are covered with five-color rune flags, revealing thousands of officials and miscellaneous rings.

Speaking of the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty, I have to talk about Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Guangyi is a key figure in the history of the imperial examination, he greatly improved the treatment of Jinshi, Jinshi and the first "set their merits and disadvantages as the third class", the first and second class are Jinshi and the first, and the third class is the same Jinshi background, no need to take the examination, according to the rank of direct award:

The first and second class jinshi are awarded "will be a supervisor (from the sixth grade) and Dali Judge (Zheng eight grades)", these are the nominal "official positions", that is, the Jilu official, and the "general judgment of the states" is the actual "sending" position.

The same as the Jinshi and the various departments, the superior should be the "judge of the secretary" (ranging from the eighth rank to the ninth grade, referring to the state judge, the secretary to join the army, the manager to join the army, the county master book, the county order and other "shogunate state and county officials").

The first jinshi not only has a high starting point, but also the speed of promotion is amazing.

In the second year of the Taiping Rejuvenation (977), the first champion Lu Mengzheng and dozens of Zhang Qixian were in power after 6 years, serving as the governor and signing the Privy Council respectively, and the two served as prime ministers 12 and 14 years after the entrance examination. From a clerk to the prime minister in more than ten years, this is the speed of Rocket 101, which is faster than the speed of entering the Hanlin Academy and then entering the cabinet in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In other words, if Fang Zhongyong's performance is outstanding and his political performance is superior, it is very likely that he will reach the level of Yan Shu in more than ten years. At that time, Fang Zhongyong was probably less than thirty years old. Such a high-quality potential stock, set up not Yan Shu's prestige, and the officials of the Song Dynasty who were popular to "catch sons-in-law under the list" had to tear Fang Zhongyong apart.

Of course, there are also people who want to tear apart Fang Zhongyong, such as Zhang Tangqing, who should have been the champion and the first.

It was only because Tang Qing instigated Yang Cha, who had a tendon, to attack Fang Zhongyong in the palace test, intending to kill two birds with one stone to get rid of Fang Zhongyong and Yang Cha, who posed the greatest threat to him. I didn't want to be too shallow, and I was recognized by a group of old foxes who had cultivated for thousands of years, so that it was self-defeating, and I only got the first place in the second class.

Although it is also a jinshi and the first, but the first day of the first day is known, the official family said that it is not necessary to build the champion archway. As for the first in the second grade, who are you? Is there something wrong?

No, as soon as he saw Fang Zhongyong stepping into Qionglin Garden, Zhang Tangqing teamed up with a group of people to "congratulate" Fang Zhongyong.

This one said that Brother Wenyuan was a good poet, that said that Fang Zhuangyuan was not shallow, this said that Lord Fang would take care of him more in the future, and that said that Xuandelang was lucky. There are all kinds of sour words, and there is no one who sincerely congratulates you. The so-called "literati are despised by each other, and it has been the same since ancient times". Everyone is a jinshi, and the level is about the same, why can you be the first? Am I worse than you?

Fang Zhong is never good at dealing with this scene of "group of female porridge", if he throws his hands away, he will inevitably end up with a "domineering" evaluation, so he can only deal with it reluctantly. Besides, although the future of the champion is great, it is only a higher starting point, and the real promotion speed is not necessarily much faster than others. It is impossible to say that there are many people among these people who are good at drilling camps, and it is unknown whether the official position will be above them in the future.

Such as Wen Yanruo, although his reputation is not obvious, but his brother Wen Yanbo is a cow! Li Shiren, Ying, Shen, Zhe four dynasties, recommended among the two mansions, seven for the festival, out of the general for 50 years. In terms of means, let's talk about Fang Zhongyong, that is, Fang Zhongyong's brother-in-law may not be able to get over the rich man who has been in power for many years.

Another example is that Lu Xuan, whose name is difficult to recognize, and his ranking is not high. But his two-year-old son is very powerful, uh no, he will be very powerful in the future, that is Lu Huiqing.

Lu Huiqing is the No. 2 person in Wang Anshi's reform, and he relied on Wang Anshi's support all the way to get into the position of participating in political affairs. But after Wang Anshi left office, he tried his best to hit Wang Anshi, and even took out a private message with Anshi to slander him.

is based on this extremely poor evaluation in the history books, Sima Guang said: "Huiqing is not a good man, so that An Shi slandered people at home and abroad." ”

Su Zhe said: "Hui Qing has Zhang Tang's deceit, Lu Qi's treachery, treacherous, and dares to do wrong. ”

Song Shenzong's evaluation is the most interesting: "Hui Qingjin is discerning and discerning, and he is also like a beautiful talent." ”

Although their relatives are very good at playing, we also have Zeng Gong, and our younger brother Zeng Bu is very powerful! Who's afraid of whom? What about Zeng Gong? Didn't they just get together? This unreliable guy dropped the chain at a critical moment!

At this time, one of the most unexpected people for Fang Zhongyong, Yang Cha, stepped forward and said righteously: "Why do you say those sour words? Brother Wen Yuan's poems, Hugh said that we are waiting, that is, Yan participates in politics, and Bachelor Song is afraid that he will sigh to himself.

As for the strategy, you all saw the exam papers next to the emperor's list, right? Although it was transcribed by a scribe, the content should be the same. Brother Wen Yuan elaborated on the pros and cons of our dynasty and Ma Zheng in his policy theory, and the details of his figures and the accuracy of his calculations really embarrassed us bookworms who only know how to find chapters and excerpts.

What's even better is that Wen Yuan also talked about the method of buying war horses from Qingtang, domesticating hybrids, and breeding good breeds in the policy theory. Won the first place, it is well deserved!

Such a bright and upright behavior, how can it be compared to the person who only knows how to hide on the sidelines and fan the flames and drum up his tongue? ”

Everyone was speechless, and Zhang Tangqing also took advantage of the unpreparedness to quietly hide in the darkness.

Fang Zhongyong, who had been paying attention to Zhang Tangqing's actions, looked at him coldly as "invisible", and hesitated in his heart: Such a thing, it jumps out from time to time to disgust you. Or else, looking for an opportunity to end up with him?

As soon as this thought came out, Fang Zhongyong startled himself. When did I become so cold-blooded? If you don't agree with each other, you want to take someone's life, isn't it a gentleman's doing? Besides, if the history is correct, Zhang Tangqing will only have four years to live, and he can't do it! Spare his life!

Coming back to his senses, Fang Zhongyong thanked Yang Cha, who had helped: "Brother Duomeng Yinfu is very grateful for his help!" ”

Yang Cha also saluted: "Brother Wenyuan is serious. was deceived by the villain below, and made a big mistake on the golden palace, thinking that there would be no step forward in this life. Fortunately, the official family is merciful and does not mean to be rebellious, so that he has the glory of today. ”

Fang Zhongyong was very embarrassed to rob other people's rankings, and said: "With the talent of Brother Yinfu, the title of this champion should actually belong to Brother Yinfu or that Tang Qing." In fact, Yu Zanhua is not proficient in strategy, and some tricks are tricky. ”

Yang Cha asked casually, "What's so clever about this?" ”

Fang Zhongyong smiled secretly, these people really don't have a fuel-efficient lamp, and said: "When I went down to Beijing, I met a person who was proficient in horse politics and good at strategy. Instead of talking for a few days, I benefited a lot because I was able to say something in my strategy. Otherwise, the following insights are not enough to make this eloquent writing. ”

Inspector Yang sighed and said, "Time, luck, and life!" "The heart of competing with Fang Zhongyong has completely faded.

When he was young, Zhao Zhen came.

Enjoy singing and dancing, taste imperial food, and all new science and technology scholars present poems.

After some fancy work, the main event came.

The official family conferred the official on the spot to the new science and technology jinshi:

Fang Zhongyong, the first place in the first class, was awarded the title of prisoner, sentenced to Taizhou, and entered the court.

Gong Dingchen, the second place in the first class, was awarded the Dali Appraisal and the General Judgment Huaizhou.

Wen Yanruo, the third place in the first class, was awarded the Dali Appraisal and appointed as the official of the Fengning Military Festival.

Yang Cha, the fourth place in the first class, was awarded Dali to evaluate affairs and supervise the imperial history.

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