In the morning of the next day, Lan Congxi went out to perform an incident and impeached the imperial historian Chen Cisheng, Gong Fu, Chen Shixi, Chen Yu and others for vainly talking about military affairs, blinding the saints and delaying the military situation.

Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was still a little ashamed of this matter, but when he saw that his courtiers had already found a scapegoat, he immediately got off the donkey and belittled the above four people to Qiongzhou as petty officials.

Yang Lin came up with the idea of this matter, but he did not regret it, these four civil officials were so absurd that they instructed the emperor to issue an edict to interfere with the front-line generals for the sake of power struggle. What's even more infuriating is that their reason is that Taiyi Palace is on fire, which is ridiculous.

In their eyes, the party is stronger than everything else, and for this reason, they do not hesitate to sacrifice the front-line soldiers and the foreign war situation.

This means that the Great Song Dynasty was too merciful to the scholars, and they would have been killed in other dynasties.

Cai Jing took the opportunity to come out and said loudly: "Shenzong created the law and established the system, the first emperor inherited it, the two were changed, and the national plan has not yet been determined. The official family should inherit the will of his father and brother, and start a new law, and the ministers are willing to serve the death force to assist our emperor. ”

Cai Jing said that these words were not without purpose, he had long heard from the chamberlains that the emperor wanted to restore the new policy, so he did what he liked.

Sure enough, Zhao Ji was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately promoted Cai Jingguan to the Taishi, who was already a very human minister.

Bianliang, Changle Building.

The three-legged gilt beast head incense burner placed on the red sandalwood table emitted curling green smoke, and bursts of soothing incense filled the private room upstairs.

Yang Lin, who began to participate in these political affairs before entering the court, was carefully preparing for the exam in Changle Building at this time, and invited three old Taoist priests upstairs today to discuss "Easy Numbers" with Xinke Shengyuan.

What is Easy Counting? To put it bluntly, it is a method of divination through "Zhou Yi", and more bluntly, it is fortune telling.

Yang Lin listened a lot, said very little, and kept nodding.

Zhou Yi has its own mysteries, of course, there are also obscure places, fortunately, Yang Lin just focused on the problem of easy counting, as long as the three veterans were slightly off-topic and said other things, they would be pulled back by Yang Lin immediately.

The three old Taoists didn't know Xinke Shengyuan, why didn't they study the scriptures and prepare for the palace test, but they were so interested in these divinations. But it was obviously a good thing for them, so they explained it even harder.

"Whoever occupies a still life is like a river, a mountain and a stone, and it is not allowed to take a hexagram." The old Taoist priest shook his head, and Yang Lin secretly remembered it by heart.

"When occupying the sky, do not use it separately, look at the hexagrams, and push the five elements in detail."

"Dao Chief, what do you mean by this? Please don't hesitate to give me advice. ”

When the old Taoist priest heard that this provincial Yuan Lang was so humble and asked for advice, he suddenly burst with pride, and his eyebrows pinched his snow-white beard and explained.

After a burst of footsteps, the dark fragrance floated, and Ning Er entered the room with a tea tray, and a trace of worry appeared on her pretty face.

It's going to be a palace test soon, and Da Lang is still here to talk to people, isn't it not doing his job.

I want to persuade hard, but I'm afraid that the taste of the rattan is not good, don't look at Da Lang's young age, but his temper is surprisingly poor, and he loves to change his methods to practice people. Yesterday, I just said one more sentence, and I was punished for bending over and bending my knees and hips to make a drum, and I was filmed by Da Lang with a general order, and I forced myself to sing the lyrics, and the tip of my hips is still faintly painful.

The little beauty's heart moved, she came up with an idea, put down the tea tray and said softly: "Da Lang, it's not early, the three Taoist leaders have to go back to the mountain, don't delay the Taoist leader's trip." ”

This place is Changle Building, although the three Taoist chiefs are outsiders, they have also heard the reputation of Ning'er Oiran who was crowned the first talented woman in Bianliang, and they have expressed their gratitude.

This is Wei Wei to save Zhao and drive away the three old ways, and I am afraid that you will not review the scriptures and Shi Ziyi, and Ning Er felt a little proud in her heart.

When Yang Lin heard Xing's head, he was interrupted by her, and frowned: "I and the three Taoist leaders hit it off at first sight, go and let the back kitchen prepare a table of wine and food, and then let them open three upper rooms, and don't go back tonight." ”

Ning Erfang's heart was bitter, could it be that Da Lang was really the same as he said in his poem, and his fame was like a cloud of smoke? Fortunately, she knew that the palace examination was the second ranking, and anyway, with the status of a jinshi, she could enter the court as an official. The rest of his life is tied to him, and he can only float with him, of course, I hope that Yang Lin can steadily enter the official career.

It wasn't until the beginning of the lantern that Yang Lin finished eating, and then he said: "Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years, thank you for your teaching, but unfortunately you will have to take the palace test tomorrow, so I won't talk to you about the Tao with candles, let's talk about it another day." ”

"Hurry up and go to sleep, the palace test is the top priority, and we can talk about it another day."

Yang Lin smiled, and secretly said in his heart, if it weren't for Yang Jian, the eunuch, who would have thought of this easy way to count this time, it would be the topic of the palace exam.

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The Great Song Palace test is to enter the temple at three o'clock, which is converted into the time of the next generation, which is about half past six in the morning.

In the early spring, before the sky was bright, the forbidden army used the carriage of the imperial court to bring the scholars of this section into the Xuande Gate.

Yang Lin looked around left and right, and did not see a few familiar figures, Yangzhou is not as good as Suzhou and Hangzhou, and it has never been an important place for the imperial examination.

The scholars around him were all a little nervous, only Yang Lin was relaxed and happy, and he was confident when he came here to report the news; Second, he came from later generations, and he did not have the reverence for monarchy in this era.

Seeing him so calm, a middle-aged man couldn't help but be impressed, hugged his fists and said: "Hello brother, I'm Zhao Bin from Hangzhou." ”

Yang Lin paused for a moment, and then smiled: "Yangzhou, Yang Lin." ”

"It turned out to be a provincial yuanlang, disrespectful and disrespectful."

"Where, where."

The Ministry of Rites official glared at them dissatisfiedly when he heard the conversation behind them, and the two of them laughed together and stopped talking.

Halfway through, the carriage stopped in front of a row of tall palaces, Yang Lin jumped out of the carriage with the scholars, and an official of the Ministry of Rites shouted: "Everyone, please line up, follow me to bathe and change clothes!" ”

After a busy circle, I finally came to the examination room, which is the Daqing Hall, the center of power in the world.

Outside the hall, an official of the Ministry of Rites, with a solemn face, an extraordinary appearance, a neat crown robe, sang loudly: "The hour has come, and the candidates will enter the hall." ”

The test papers and examination tables in the hall had already been prepared, Yang Lin glanced at them and said in a low voice, "Why don't you have chairs?" ”

Zhao Bin stared at him and said slightly: "This is the tradition of our Great Song Palace, standing for the written test. ”

Standing and writing calligraphy, the wrist strength requirements are quite high, if the scholar is weak and sickly, and some people are inevitably nervous, I am afraid that most of the day of the exam will not be able to support.

Fortunately, even if you quit halfway, it won't have too much serious impact, at most the score is fifth, and in the end, it is still Citong Jinshi's background, which does not involve moral faults, and the Great Song Dynasty is still relatively tolerant of scholars.

In the end, the results of the palace examination and the provincial examination were combined and rated as fifth.

Among them, the first-class and second-class scholars in the examination, and ranked in the top 20, will have the opportunity to be interviewed by the Son of Heaven in person, and the champion, Bangyan and Tanhua will be among them.

The champion, the list eye and the tanhua are on the Jinshi A list, which is called the Jinshi and the first. Even if the top 20 scholars did not get the top three, they could still be on the top two list and be given a jinshi background.

If the score is third-class, of course, there will be no opportunity for an interview, and the top three list is also a given-jinshi background, but in the future, when competing with colleagues, the ranking is not as good as the second class, and the status is slightly lower.

If the score is the fourth and fifth class, it will be on the second list and given the same Jinshi background.

After the test questions were sent, the Daqing Palace, which was originally quiet, suddenly erupted into an exclamation.

Cai Jing and other prime ministers, as invigilators, of course knew the reason for their exclamation, Cai Jing took a step forward, pressed his hand, and said dissatisfiedly: "Quiet, all quiet, answer the question with peace of mind!" ”

Zhao Ji was on the dragon chair on a high place, watching everyone's reactions, feeling worried.

The people in the hall didn't know where to write, only one person was calm, the pen walked the dragon and snake, Zhao Ji gathered his eyes and looked, and it turned out to be Yang Lin, who had a one-sided relationship and proposed the Keju League.

A smile appeared on the emperor's face...