At night, He Zhizhang rode a horse and played lanterns, looking at the starry sky, and his mood was extremely comfortable. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This imperial examination is different from the past, the task of the previous imperial examination is very light, almost the end of the imperial examination, the quota of the top three has already come out.

Because the previous imperial examination adopted the elimination system, the three examinations, the first one who failed the history was directly out, and the qualification for the second and third examinations was deprived, and the second poetry and literature were also unqualified as the first, and the third examination was disqualified. For some reason, after the two exams, most of the candidates have been out, and the rest are almost unqualified except for the policy questioning. Choosing the top three from a small number of people is not a heavy task.

This imperial examination is different, it adopts a new name system, and the comprehensive results of all candidates are taken. According to the custom of later years, although the date of the imperial examination is not fixed, it must be before March 3.

Because March 3 is the Shangsi Festival, it is a festival to commemorate the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and it is also a day for drinking and feasting by the water and visiting the suburbs in spring.

In the Shenlong year, in order to comfort the students who failed in the imperial examination, the imperial court held a banquet with Qujiang on the third day of March, and allowed the first child to stay in Chang'an, spend the night in the temple, devote himself to studying poetry and literature, and prepare for the examination again. But by the time of Tang Zhongzong, the object of the banquet changed, from the first person to the new Jinshi Dengke, and the Qujiang banquet was also very prosperous.

The development of Qujiang banquet is no longer a simple Jinshi Dengke celebration banquet, but a day for all the people of Chang'an to gather and play. At that time, the Qujiang River was lined up in the market, and Chang'an was almost in the air, which showed the grandeur of the banquet.

He Zhizhang began to ignore this, and it was not until the end of the scientific expedition and when he was preparing to read the papers that he found that the task of Zhigongju was nearly ten times more than that of the previous Zhigongju, and March 3 was close at hand, and it was too late in time according to the progress of his later years.

He Zhizhang was also the champion back then, and he knew the weight of the Qujiang banquet in Shilin. In order not to be infamous for his Zhigongju, he spent half a month in the Ministry of Rites, eating and living day and night at the place where he worked, just to be able to release the list earlier and catch up with the time.

Finally, his efforts were not in vain, at the end of February, before March, all the examination papers were reviewed, and under the witness of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, the real paper was opened to compare the content of the copying papers, and the top three of this subject were determined.

His little brother Pei Min lived up to expectations and won the top spot.

This little half a month has not been stained with wine, and the wine worm in He Zhizhang's stomach has already crawled to his head, even if it is early in the morning, he also decided to rush back to the mansion, wake up Pei Min and Zhang Xu, and come to a celebration banquet in advance: Anyway, the list will be released tomorrow, and it is not a crime to tell me the ownership of the champion in private.

In the early hours of the morning, Chang'an had already closed the gate and imposed a curfew, except for Wuhou and Fangding, who were in charge of patrolling the night, the whole Chang'an was silent.

He Zhizhang had the right to walk at night and order Wuhou to open the door, and the curfew did not bring him any trouble.

When he was about to arrive at He's Mansion, He Zhizhang unexpectedly found that the street in front of him was full of flames, and a group of people were rushing forward.

He Zhizhang frowned, stepped forward more than ten steps, and said in a loud voice: "Who is making noise in front, during the curfew, it is forbidden to move around at will!" How dare you flout the laws of the land? ”

"Which Tian Shehan dares to meddle with the affairs of the master?" Surrounded by the firelight, a red-faced, drunken young man stepped forward, and his dissatisfied eyes fell on He Zhizhang, who was Chang Hao, who was on the list. In order to celebrate his high school, he was already half drunk, and suddenly learned that his name was Sun Shan. And Lu Ze and Feng Zhi, who were supposed to be below him, won the title of Jinshi and No. 1 as they wished, and the imbalance in their hearts was extreme. I also learned that Pei Min, who robbed him of the champion, had a close relationship with He Zhizhang, and lived in He Mansion for nearly three months, and the wine was strong, and subjectively judged that He Zhizhang was favoritism, and gave his champion to Pei Min......

At this moment, Chang Hao's drunken view was blurry, and he couldn't tell that the "Cheng Biting Jin" not far in front of him was the He Zhizhang he was looking for.

He Zhizhang was extremely literate, but he frowned. The lights on the opposite side were brightly lit and Chang Hao's ugly face was clearly visible, and He Zhizhang sneered: "It turned out to be the third son of General Chang Da, and he was really majestic, but I don't know where he was going to show off his might in the middle of the night?" ”

Chang Hao's brain was paralyzed by alcoholic anger, and he couldn't hear He Zhizhang's ridicule, and said triumphantly: "I know that if you don't get out, the master doesn't have time to take care of you." The master is going to find He Zhizhang, the Tian Shenu, and ask him why the master will fall off the list? ”

He Zhizhang laughed angrily on the spot, raised his head and laughed, and said sharply: "I worked hard to find the exam questions and let people make the papers, but they didn't get on the list, are you embarrassed and angry?" ”

When He Zhizhang was marking the papers, he hesitated for a long time in the position of champion, because two people got high marks in the three exams.

One was Pei Min, and the other He Zhizhang didn't see the name at that time, so he didn't know who it was.

The reason why I recognized Pei Min was not because I saw Pei Min's name, but because I saw Pei Min's shadow from his font and the style of scripture and history, not to mention that Pei Min was the first to propose the military system of the government, which was easy to identify.

Another candidate's answer to the subject of scripture and history was impeccable, and He Zhizhang found that the level of the other party's scripture and history not only surpassed Pei Min, but even he was a little ashamed. In the subject of economics and history, although Pei Min scored the same first score, the strength shown by the other party was overwhelming. Next, the poem "This love can be recalled, but it was already stunned at that time" in Pei Min's poem, Pei Min was far better than the other party in this game. There was a tie with each other, and the key third science and technology asked: Pei Min's military reform, he has already heard about it, and has been recognized by Li Longji and Zhang Jiuling. However, although the other volume is not as innovative as Pei Min, it can be word by word, word by word, word by word, and the analysis of water treatment and side problems is well organized, and it also has his three tastes.

Weighing left and right, He Zhizhang finally chose Pei Min as the champion, and at the moment of making his choice, even he didn't know whether his choice was because of Pei Min's poetry or because of his institutional innovation, or even the relationship......

And the one that is almost the same as Pei Min's level is rated as a leader......

Then when the book was opened, the man carelessly did not fill in his name and household registration on the exam paper, and compared the handwriting and the other two exam papers to know that the other party's name was Chang Hao......

He Zhizhang would never believe that a gentleman who had a bad track record of crippling his enlightenment teacher would have such profound knowledge of scripture and history, and could write a way of governing the world in every word.

Therefore, he directly revoked Chang Hao's qualifications on the grounds that he did not fill in his name and surname.