The official in charge of guiding the new jinshi in the Ministry of Rites did not expect such an unconforming "etiquette" move, glanced at He Zhizhang deeply, and then deliberately slowed down and whispered something to the new jinshi behind him.

Immediately, I saw that the array of the new jinshi team had been slightly fine-tuned.

Xiao Huatian, who ranked second in Jinshike, was on the top line, and He Zhizhang, who was originally in the first place, was changed to second.

Kankan and the other new recruits finished saluting Su Wei, whose face was stiff and blushing.

Then a tall eunuch walked in with a long black and shiny whip as thick as a pigeon's egg.

The whip cracked through the air with a crisp popping sound.

After the nine times the whip of the Jingdian Temple sounded, suddenly there was a great joy of Dan Majesty, during which the new scholars quickly returned to their seats, and Li Xingzhou got up with the magnates in the hall.

In the sound of the great music of His Majesty, the Holy Goddess Empress Wu Zetian stepped out from the left side of the back of the hall, and ascended the throne on the nine steps under the support of the ministers of the political affairs hall.

Waiting for the edict to be the official Wan'er is like a shadow, standing behind the side of the throne, waiting for the call at any time.

This was followed by a series of cumbersome rituals, and Li Xingzhou and others visited the Son of Heaven. The official of the Ministry of Rites also led all the new jinshi to bow to the Son of Heaven again, and chanted the name of the new jinshi loudly, reaching the emperor's hearing.

The holy queen had to say a few words of encouragement to the new jinshi, and then gave the new jinshi three imperial wines.

After the new entry Shiman drank, he bowed to the emperor again.

The whole process is down, and the new recruits return to their seats.

After the government hall led everyone to offer wine to the three emperors, today's feast officially began.

At this point, the atmosphere in the water hall was completely relaxed and lively, and Wu Zetian would occasionally give wine or invite someone in the hall to drink.

There was also a staggering mix of ideas among the participants.

After three rounds of wine, I saw that it was time to dance and music, and when the banquet entered the **, I heard the cloud board on the throne ring three times, and the water hall suddenly quieted down.

Under the gaze of everyone in the hall, Wu Zetian stood up from the throne with the Nine Dragons Golden Bottle in his hand, "

The selection of talents in scientific examination is a national talent selection ceremony, and it cannot be ignored. I heard that as soon as the emperor list came out this time, Shishu was salty, and it had the reputation of 'Dragon and Tiger List'. Hearing the words, I am very relieved, punish the merit, punish the merit, and the merit will be rewarded, the two examiners of this subject will come forward"

Hearing this, Li Xingzhou put down the wine bottle in his hand and got up calmly from the rank, slightly adjusted the Qingjin Confucian clothes, straightened the Shizi crown on his head, took a deep breath and walked all the way to the bottom of the throne, and stood still half a step behind Su Wei.

The last time in the palace hall, although Li Xingzhou came to Wu Zetian, because of the curtain, he had never met, let alone a word.

At this moment, although he was curious to death, this occasion was really wrong, and Li Xingzhou could only stand honestly with his head down.

Wu Zetian's voice is not very bright and crisp, but it is low and a little hoarse, if this kind of timbre is placed on the glamorous young women of later generations, it is typical sexy.

But in this generation of empresses, the special identity and this rare timbre make her words more dignified and coercive.

Li Xingzhou had just stood up, and a low and hoarse voice sounded, "Raise your head"

Because of the terrain, after Li Xingzhou raised his head and looked at it, he only saw the steps in front of him and half of Wu Zetian's body.

But it is extremely unwise to make such a move on such an occasion, not to mention whether Wu Zetian will feel offended.

Li Xingzhou really wanted to do this, and the palace attendant Yushi standing on one side alone would definitely not let him go.

When the Son of Heaven is in the court, the Imperial History Observatory will definitely send the palace attendants to the imperial history to correct the discipline of the hundred officials.

Judging from the lower half of the body, Wu Zetian is quite tall, and he completely supported the bright yellow Nine Dragons Imperial Robe with a long swing, and his body moved slightly, and between the yellow robes, the fine embroidered dragon on it was as if it came to life.

Li Xingzhou is low and high, and he can't see Wu Zetian's face. But Wu Zetian was condescending and saw Li Xingzhou clearly.

After a while, Wu Zetian spoke again, this time talking about the reward.

The first thing to be mentioned was naturally Su Wei, in addition to some material rewards, the biggest benefit of this ambiguous hand was to enter the Fengge Chamberlain.

As soon as Wu Zetian's reward for Su Wei was announced, there was a coaxing whisper in the water hall.

The so-called Fengge Squire is actually another name for the Squire of the Ministry of Rites, that is, the key official position that Cui Yin has just vacated.

Among the three provinces with a six-ministry system, Zhongshu Province is in charge of implementation and has great power.

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites is also the second minister of Zhongshu in the province after Zhongshu Ling, and he is really a good position that makes countless people's eyes hot! What's more, this seat is almost only one step away from the political affairs hall, counting from the time of Gaozong in the previous dynasty, Cui Yin is the only one who has been a waiter in the Ministry of Rites in the past 20 years but has never entered the political affairs hall.

Cui Yin just vacated this seat less than five days ago, and was given Su Wei by the Holy Queen, what does this mean?

Stumped in the heart of the Holy Queen, Su Wei is already a preparing prime minister?

Zhou Chengli system, the implementation of the political hall more prime minister system, today's political hall is led by the left minister Wu Chenghei who is still in the White Horse Temple, and he sees that there should be one more minister in this political hall.

Let a well-known "ambiguous hand" who has never done anything get such a good position, and it is inevitable that many powerful people in the water hall who are aspiring to this position will be unbalanced in their hearts.

But there are also wise people who perceive the mystery from this appointment.

The reason why Su Wei was able to get such a big jackpot was precisely because he didn't do anything, so he was easy to control.

This is clearly the Holy Queen's need to strengthen her control over Zhongshu Province, and Su Wei is just a disguise.

Thinking of today's Zhongshu Ling is the left minister Wu Chenghe, and then thinking of the experience of Wu Chenghei first becoming the king, then out of the palm of Zhongshu Province, and then worshipping the prime minister and becoming the prime minister......

These clever magnates resolutely stopped thinking about it.

After rewarding Su Wei, there were then those newly added Liunei rank officials in the Tribute Academy.

Like Su, the reward for them is also very generous. Seeing this posture, the eyes of the magnates looking at Li Xingzhou suddenly changed.

These magnates are all people who know Wu Zetian well, and they know that this holy queen has always been spicy, and this spiciness is not only manifested in punishing the upper and lower, but also daring to poison the hand; It is also manifested in the reward of merit, and is willing to give a heavy hand.

Once someone really does something well and enters her eyes, it is really a reward for high-ranking officials and thousands of acres of gold. The weight of the reward often makes the recipient feel sincere and fearful, and then the heart of the reward is broken.

The punishment must be severe, and the reward must be heavy.

This is not only in line with Wu Zetian's open-mindedness, but also the necessary means of power for her to exercise the authority of the world as a woman.

Knowing her temperament, and with Su Wei and the precedent of the rank and rank officials in the Gongyuan Liu, the Holy Queen will definitely not favor one over the other, so the reward for Li Xingzhou ...... Is it still light?

Thinking of this, all the magnates in the water hall frowned, and then they returned each other's eyes.

After appreciating Su Wei and the rank officials of the Gongyuan, it was time to go to Li Xingzhou, a white-bodied man.

Without waiting for the holy queen on the throne to open her mouth to proclaim the reward, she saw a person walking out of the left side of the temple and singing loudly.

"Your Majesty wants to reward Li Xingzhou's merits, you might as well have a thick coin, but you can't confer an official."

When everyone saw it, it was the Yinqing Guanglu doctor and the secretary and supervisor Zheng Ziyi who came out to do the work.

This person was born in the Zheng family of Xingyang, and is one of the four great families known as Qinghe Cui and Fan Yanglu.

Hearing this, Wu Zetian frowned slightly, but she didn't speak immediately. At this time, Di Renjie, who was at the front of the right side of the Water Temple, stood up.

"The difference between Supervisor Zheng's words, Qinghe Li Xingzhou has made great contributions to the scientific examination of the reopening of the imperial court, and it also proves that his talent can be of great use, it seems that these people should be awarded official positions to make the best use of their talents, how can they let go of the grass to hurt the wisdom of the Holy Son of Heaven?"

After Wu Chengsi was grounded in the White Horse Temple by Wu Zetian, today's political affairs hall is respected by Di Renjie.

However, even if he opened his mouth, Zheng Ziyi still had no intention of backing down.

"Li Xingzhou has meritorious, but his merit is not hidden. In the previous scientific expedition, it made a big fuss and shook the world. Of course, this is related to the malpractice of the two main exams of Yue and Song at that time, but Li Xingzhou did not complain to Yousi, and his behavior of bewitching Gongsheng to riot without Yousi clearly distinguishing between right and wrong is really crazy! Now, if the imperial court confers on its beautiful officials again, what will the world's scholars think? ”

As soon as Zheng Ziyi said this, Di Renjie also frowned slightly, what he valued most in his many years of residence was the law of the court, but Li Xingzhou's behavior last time was really against the law of the court.

has been wronged, but without a complaint and a clear judgment.

If this is the case, what is the use of Dali Temple and officials at all levels?

If everyone imitates such an act, it will inevitably cause chaos in the world, and what is the use of "Da Li Law"?

Seeing that Zheng Ziyi accurately hit Li Xingzhou's vital point as soon as he played, it was difficult for Di Renjie to answer.

All the magnates in the water hall responded one after another, and in a short period of time, as many as seven or eight people stood up, all of whom said that Li Xingzhou could reward his merits, but he could not be awarded an official.

In addition to these seven or eight people, more powerful people are eager to try. Just wait for the person in front of me to finish speaking, and immediately get up to make up for it.

All of a sudden, the entire water hall was filled with voices opposing Li Xingzhou's award.

At such a moment, Li Xingzhou, who is a party and a white person, has no room to interject, he can only wait for the final result.

Compared with the strength of the opponents' camp, there are few supporters of Li Xingzhou's award. Di Renjie, the only one who stood up, was also blocked by Zheng Ziyi because of his importance to the law.

Wu Zetian on the throne was just like the performance in the small hall that day, when the courtiers spoke and argued, she didn't mean to speak at all, just listened quietly.

Finally, when the ninth magnate stood up to oppose it, but no one supported Li Xingzhou, Wu Zetian, who had been listening quietly for a long time, spoke.

Wu Zetian, who had returned to the throne, raised his hand and suppressed it, stopping the tenth magnate who wanted to come out to oppose the conferral of officials for Li Xingzhou.

"I already know what I mean, don't say more! The merit is not hidden, and this is very good."

As soon as Wu Zetian said this, Li Xingzhou, who was under the throne, was stunned, and the hands covered by the Confucian sleeves suddenly clenched together, because they were too hard, the knuckles at the front end were faintly white.

When the powerful people of the palace heard this, their faces were happy.

At this moment, I listened to Wu Zetian again.

"However, Li Xingzhou, a scholar, does have some talent, and it would be a pity if he let it go. After all, it is because young people can't read and don't read well. In this case, I asked him not to be awarded an official from the minister's office, and let him enter the Chongwen Hall to study! In this way, it not only lives up to the court's meritorious service, but also restores the court's intention of valuing talents and cherishing talents. ”

As soon as this conclusion came out, the joyful look on the faces of the magnates suddenly disappeared cleanly.

Li Zhi's Chongfu Pavilion was located in Miyagi, which was one of the earliest institutions established by Emperor Taizong, and its original purpose was to house those well-known literati who spoke to the prince's attendants. Later, it gradually became the highest-level aristocratic school in the Li Dynasty.

Li system stipulated: "Chongwen Pavilion has 20 students, with the royal family of the family and above, the queen mother, the queen of great merit and above, the prime minister and the scattered officials of the first grade, the body of the seal, the Beijing official ministry from the three products of the book Huangmen Shilang son for it" In addition, the Chongfu Museum is also the place where the secret books in the palace are schooled, and it is a large royal library.

Not to mention how rare and rare the student places in Chongwenguan are, and how difficult it is to study in them.