The high-ranking officials in the inner hall muttered to themselves, Hong Li, Li Hong, Li Hong, Li Hong...... Li Hong?

Which Li Hong?

Could it be that Li Hong!

Just now I shouted that cheating must be severely punished, and the high-ranking officials who want to severely punish Hong Li almost fainted collectively, and now they owe it and say the wrong thing!

A few high-ranking officials have already turned their eyes to the big pillar in the hall, their current thoughts are similar to the ideas of the examiners just now, why don't you try it with your head against the big pillar, maybe it's fun!

There should be many people in the world who call Li Hong, but there is only one Li Hong who may be able to call Tong Guinu, that is, Li Hong, the current prince of the Tang Dynasty, His Royal Highness the Prince born to Empress Wu!

Li Hong is only thirteen years old this year, and even if he tries to say that he has a big birthday and pulls his age forward, he is only fourteen years old.

However, don't underestimate Li Hong's age, this Tang prince is not only known for his benevolence, but also has quite good knowledge, almost all the ministers praise him, in the eyes of the world, this Tang prince is not very good except for frequent illness, the rest is all good, no shortcomings, very perfect.

A few years ago, he ordered Xu Jingzong, Xu Yushi, Shangguanyi, Yang Sijian and others to collect ancient and modern anthologies, and selected 500 articles to compile into "Yaoshan Yucai", for which he was also rewarded by today's son, rewarding him with 30,000 pieces of silk silk.

Now Li Hong is an adolescent boy, and as a prince, he is naturally high-spirited, and it is not unusual to do something anonymous to participate in the scientific examination, but he is too young after all, in the future era, whether there is such a teenager to take the Jinshi examination, don't care about it first, there is no such thing in this era, it is too attention-grabbing.

But it doesn't matter, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to try his article level, what position he ranks among the scholars in the world, then he doesn't need to come to the examination room in person, anyway, as long as he finishes the exam questions within the specified time.

Since someone will arrange everything for Li Hong, such as Tong Guinu!

There are very few people who know that Hong Li is Li Hong, and of course a six-grade petty official like Wai Lang, a merit examiner, will not know, and the high-ranking officials here don't know either, but now they need to be let know.

The reason is very simple, the prince of the Tang Dynasty can be regarded as participating in the scientific examination, so his article must be selected, and it must be the first, which not only makes Li Hong happy, but also makes the emperor and Empress Wu happy.

Examiner Wai Lang suddenly screamed, he found that he was shocked just now, and then he bit his tongue, he said: "Manager Tong, you said Li ...... Li Shizi, yes, yes, yes......"

He stammered and couldn't speak clearly, and he didn't dare to say Li Hong's name.

Tong Guinu didn't even glance at the examiner Wailang, he just said to the high-ranking officials: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will participate in the scientific examination and try the level of the article, no one of you will think that there is anything wrong with this, right?" ”

"No, no, no!" The high-ranking officials shook their heads like wavy drums one by one, what could be wrong with this, the prince has a positive heart in reading, this should be praised!

Tong Guinu took out a small cylinder from his arms, opened the cylinder, took out a volume from it, and said to the examiner Wailang: "This is the volume made by His Royal Highness the Prince, you can take a look, can you take it?" ”

The examiner Wai Lang took the paper, opened it and looked at it, and the two deputies next to him also came over to watch it, and the high-ranking officials also came over to read the article written by Li Hong together!

After a while, the article was finished, and everyone raised their heads together, all with happy expressions on their faces, as if they had seen the best article in the world and had grown a lot of knowledge, so they were very happy!

Which is more important, knowledge and posture, this is not to be taught by others, you must rejoice!

The examiner Wai Lang didn't want to be disciplined at this time, he held the roll in his hand, tears flowed down, excited, he said: "Xia Guan has studied the words of the saint, and he heard that he can die at night, but he couldn't really understand when he was studying, and now Xia Guan finally understands, and now he sees this article of His Royal Highness the Prince, Xia Guan feels that it is better to read ten years of books, even if Xia Guan is dead now, he will die without regrets!" ”

The examiner said so, and the two deputy examiners had to hurry up to express their position, but the examiner said it all, and they couldn't think of any new words between them, so they had to deepen the degree, and the examiner said that it was better to read for ten years, then the two of them would be better than reading for twenty years!

Ma Zhiyuan touched his beard and sighed: "After reading this article about His Royal Highness the Prince, this official feels that the books in this life have been read in vain, and this article is the best article this official has ever read in his life!" ”

Twenty years is nothing, Ma Shilang has put his whole life into it!

Other high-ranking officials also expressed their stance that His Royal Highness the Prince's article is the best, even if all the other scholars' articles are added together, it is not as good as His Royal Highness the Prince's little dingding!

Tong Guinu couldn't help laughing, and scolded in his heart: "Sluts, a group of sluts!" ”

Thinking so in his heart, but he couldn't say so, Tong Guinu nodded and said: "After reading this article by His Royal Highness the Prince, this eunuch was very anxious in his heart, so much so that he stayed up all night last night!" ”

Everyone wondered together: "Why is this? ”

It should be so happy that you haven't slept all night, right, how can it be that you haven't slept with anxiety, the head of Tong Da can't speak, if you don't know how to pat yourself in the palace, you won't be an official for long!

Tong Guinu said unhurriedly: "Because after reading such a good article, I am afraid that it will take several days to read His Royal Highness the Prince's article again, how can I survive these days, so I am so anxious!" ”

Everyone scolded together in their hearts: "Slut, it's rare to be so shameless to shoot a sycophant!" ”

They nodded together, it turned out that this was the reason why they were anxious, and a senior official couldn't wait to say: "Actually, this official is also starting to be anxious now......"

Tong Guinu said to the examiner: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't come here in person to ask and answer with you, if you have anything you want to ask, you can be relayed to the prince by this prison, and after the prince answers, this prison will reply to you." ”

The examiner Wailang hurriedly said: "No need, the general manager of Tong Da is serious, His Royal Highness the prince is dignified, benevolent and fraternal, everyone knows it, where is there any need to answer it, what the general manager of Tong said is really ashamed of the lower officials!" ”

Tong Guinu nodded, thinking, "It's good that you know!" ”

Tong Guinu said again: "So who do you think is the first place in this scientific expedition?" ”

"Naturally, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" The examiner said without hesitation.

Tong Guinu said: "It's Shizi Hongli, who should be the first in the first class of this department!" ”

"Yes, yes, it's Shizi Hongli, who is the first place in the first class of the current department!" The examiner Wailang immediately corrected his mistakes, and anyway, whatever Tong Guinu said, he followed.

The surrounding high-ranking officials also nodded together, and the expressions on everyone's faces were, fortunately, you are a six-grade petty official, if you dare not let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince become the first in this department, then we will not be finished with you, this scientific examination must uphold the principle of fairness and justice, and there can be no personal fraud!

Tong Guinu saw that everyone was unanimous, and of course it was impossible not to be unified, so he said: "You must not know how to say this, so this prison will teach you." You have to say that there is a person who has a very outstanding score in this scientific examination, although he did not participate in the answer, but he has already won the first place just by virtue of the article, and this literary knowledge is very knowledgeable, and no one can match it......"

Everyone nodded together, it is true, everyone can testify to this, whoever dares to say that it is not so, then we are not finished with him!

Tong Guinu then said: "However, you don't know who this Hongli is, so you can't name him as the first place, at this time, the eunuch will say to the emperor and the queen that this Hongli is the pseudonym of His Royal Highness the Prince, to surprise the emperor and the queen, and then the matter will be done by the eunuch." This prison only asks you now, I don't know what to do! ”

The examiner Wai Lang nodded hurriedly, of course he understood, if he didn't understand this, then even if he didn't retire, he should return to his hometown!

After saying this, Tong Guinu looked at Ma Zhiyuan, and then looked at the examiner Wailang, and said, "Then which scholar do you think should be the second place in the first class?" ”

The examiner Wai Lang hesitated slightly, and thought: "Hong Li didn't come in person, but it turned out to be the prince, so the other one who didn't come was Zhao Jian, I don't know who he is?" ”

So, he said cautiously: "Perhaps, it should be Zhao Jian?" ”

"Who is Zhao Jian? The one who didn't come to the test? Tong Guinu's eyebrows stood up, and he scolded: "He didn't come to the exam, how can he get it, is this scientific examination fair and just, how did you become the chief examiner, and there is no discipline!" ”

When he said this, he was simply righteous and stern, and he was completely unaware of how big the language problem was!

The examiner Wailang almost cried, this is forcing me to hit the big pillar with my head!

Immediately straightened his attitude, and the examiner said: "If you judge by the results of the article and the question and answer, the best one should be Xingyang Shizi, Li Rizhi!" ”

This is according to the results of the exam, Li Rizhi's article level is of course very good, strictly speaking, it is much stronger than the article of the prince Li Hong, and when answering the question, he answered "Tang Law Shuyi", which has reached the most difficult, so he has absolutely no problem becoming second!

Ma Zhiyuan immediately nodded and said, "If Li Rizhi wins the first and second place, it is indeed well deserved, and the official is very much in favor of it!" ”

Tong Guinu also said: "This prison also thinks so, the queen mother has already discovered that he is a talent!" ”

As he spoke, Tong Guinu stood up and said: "The rest of the matter, you discuss it, who should be taken, who should not be taken, you must follow the principle of fairness and justice, do not slack off, this is for the country, not child's play, you need to be cautious!" ”

"Dare to disobey!" The examiner Wailang hurriedly agreed.

Tong Guinu left the national prison and went back to the palace.

As soon as the big eunuch left, the high-ranking officials gave suggestions one after another, I think this scholar is good, I think that scholar is good, I am only responsible for giving some suggestions, it is your examiner's business whether you win or not, but no matter what, you must uphold the principle of fairness and justice......

In an instant, the examiner Wailang had the idea of hitting the big pillar with his head again!

How difficult it is for the examiner Wailang, that is all his business, after all, he is the official he should be, and after Li Rizhi returned to the Chen family, he slept fullly, and after getting up the next morning, he called Fu Guibao and a few of them.

Li Ri knew: "Yesterday's re-examination, for some reason, Zhao Jian didn't go to take the exam, everyone worked hard from Zhengzhou to Chang'an, he had passed the Ministry of Rites exam, but he didn't go to the re-exam, this is too strange, maybe he had an accident, I think we should go to the Taoist Academy to see, ask about the situation!" ”

Fu Guibao said: "Will they have already left?" It's right to go home immediately after falling off the list, after all, even if you live in the temple, you still have to have expenses every day, but you don't know if you can go or not. ”

Li Ri knew: "Let's go and see, no matter whether Zhao Jian is here or not, we have to go and have a look, and we can fulfill the friendship of fellow villagers!" ”

They had breakfast, and then they had the servants prepare a large box of wine and food, and they rode out of the city with the big food box, and together they went to the temple of Dedao.

After arriving at the Daoist Academy, I found that most of the scholars had left, after all, they had fallen off the list, and there was no point in staying here any longer, but there were still a few people who stayed, and Quan Shuwen was one of them, and he didn't leave.