Bao Zheng, when Li Zhang saw this name, he couldn't believe it for a while, and when he finally found out that this Bao Zheng was the Bao Zheng in history, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression, he didn't expect Han Qi and Bao Zheng to be Jinshi in the same department.

"If these lifters pass the exam, will they fail in the palace exam?" Li Zhang looked at the names of Bao Zheng and Han Qi, and then asked Zhao Zhen next to him.

"Under normal circumstances, no, although the main purpose of the palace examination is to prevent people from favoritism, so that people who do not have real talent and real learning can pass the test in confusion, but except for the time when Emperor Taizu passed the examination at once, and failed in the palace examination, the other times the palace examination is actually only to determine the ranking of the scholars, mainly to select the champions, the list of eyes, and the flowers." Zhao Zhen thought for a while and replied.

Li Zhang couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard this, he didn't point out the names of Han Qi and Bao Zheng, so as not to affect Zhao Zhen's judgment during the palace test, but he had already decided at this time that after the palace test, he must ask these two people to come, after all, they were short of firearms supervisors, so they couldn't let them go no matter what this time.

When Li Zhang returned home, he happened to meet Han Qi who was anxious, after all, waiting for the result was the most torturous time, even if it was such a stable person as Han Qi, he lost his square inch at this time, and Li Zhang couldn't help but smile when he saw him: "Brother Han, do you know a man named Bao Zheng?" ”

"Bao Zheng? I've met once, but I haven't spoken much, why did you ask about this person, Brother Li? Han Qi heard Li Zhang ask about Bao Zheng, and he couldn't help but flash the image of a young man with a serious expression in his mind, he once met Bao Zheng at a party, but there were a lot of people at the party at that time, most of them met for the first time, and they just exchanged names, if it wasn't for Han Qi's amazing memory, I'm afraid I don't remember Bao Zheng at all.

"Nothing, just heard about this person elsewhere." Li Zhang didn't tell the truth, and then asked with a very interested expression, "Brother Han, since you have seen Bao Zheng, is he very dark and has a crescent-shaped scar on his forehead?" ”

"No, Bao Zheng looks quite white, why do you ask that, Brother Li?" Han Qi asked even more strangely at this time, Li Zhang just asked about Bao Zheng for no reason, why was he still so interested in his appearance?

Li Zhang couldn't help but show a disappointed expression when he heard this, it seems that the TV series of later generations really can't be believed, of course, there are folk legends, but Li Zhang also has some regrets, after all, he has always thought that Bao Zheng is the kind of black charcoal head in the TV series since he was a child, but he didn't expect that he was a white-faced scholar.

"Brother Han, when you take the palace exam, don't forget to make friends with this Bao Zheng at that time, this person's future is limitless!" Li Zhang didn't answer Han Qi's words, but patted him on the shoulder and said, then turned around and left.

"The palace test?" Han Qi was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Zhang's words, and then reacted, and immediately showed an ecstatic expression, although he had a lot of confidence in this imperial examination, but before the result came down, no one dared to say that he was ten percent sure of being admitted, but now Li Zhang said that he was going to take the palace examination, didn't he say that he would pass the examination?

If someone else said this kind of thing, Han Qi might just take it as a compliment from others, but Li Zhang is different, he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he can usually have access to some secrets that others can't touch, and calculate the time, the results of the test should also come out, plus Li Zhang entered the palace again today, so since he dared to say such a thing, there must be some basis, and he may have even seen the list of Jinshi in advance.

Thinking of the above, Han Qi almost wanted to shout a few times excitedly, and the previous anxiety was also swept away. In fact, Li Zhang told Han Qi in advance that he had violated the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, and if people knew, he and Han Qi would be unlucky, but he believed that Han Qi was a smart person, and he would never talk nonsense even if he rotted this matter in his stomach.

A few days later, it was finally time to release the list, the list of the Great Song Dynasty was different from other dynasties, in addition to posting the list, the officials who released the list also called out the names of the Jinshi one by one, and the place of the list was in the Donghua Gate in the east of the imperial city, which was also very close to the Guozijian, and the so-called "Donghua Gate Roll Call" came from this.

There is a proverb in the capital called "the Donghua Gate roll call is a good man", although this sentence is too biased, but it also shows that the Great Song Dynasty attaches great importance to the imperial examination, for the vast majority of the people, the Donghua Gate roll call is the highest ideal in their lives, even if they are illiterate, they will also imagine in their dreams that they can also be Donghua Gate roll call when the scene.

Li Zhang happened to be fine that day, and he was also very interested in Bao Zheng, so he changed into civilian clothes and took a carriage with Han Qi to Donghua Gate, speaking of which, this is also the first time Li Zhang participated in the Donghua Gate roll call, before he only heard that the list was very lively, and it could even be called the two major events in the capital with the Shangyuan Festival, but he was not interested in the imperial examination before, and he never paid attention to this aspect of the situation.

When Li Zhang's carriage came to Gaotou Street, that is, the street next to the city wall on the east side of the imperial city, he found that the carriage could not move at all, this street with a width of hundreds of steps was blocked tightly, and in desperation, Li Zhang and Han Qi could only get out of the car, and then squeeze away from pedestrians to walk, at this time Li Zhang also secretly regretted that he should have called the wild dog if he knew that he should have called the wild dog, his strength was great, and it was the most suitable way to open the road, but unfortunately he went out early and returned late during this time, and he didn't know what he was doing?

"Brother Zhigui, this way!" Just when Li Zhang and the others walked forward not far, they suddenly heard someone shouting Han Qi's name, and the two of them heard the reputation, but found a group of people standing on the side of the road, looking at their shirts, they should all be scholars who participated in the imperial examination this year.

"Uncle Yong, you are also here, why don't you go forward?" Han Qi immediately smiled when he saw the person led by the other party, and when Li Zhang heard the title of "Uncle Yong", he immediately looked at the other party, because he knew that Uncle Yong was Ouyang Xiu's character.

I saw that Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi were of the same age, and their long body was chic, it is said that Ouyang Xiu was an unruly figure when he was young, and it was really the case today, but it is a pity that Li Zhang did not see Ouyang Xiu's name on the Jinshi list before, and it should be unexpected.

"Don't mention it, so many people are all blocked on the road, and we didn't squeeze through it for a long time." I saw that Ouyang Xiu also sighed at this time, and then saw Li Zhang beside Han Qi, and couldn't help but ask, "......Who is this?"