Li Rizhi closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then he opened his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and began to prepare for the answer.

Li Rizhi decided that it was better to tell the truth, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty has increased, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, this is a fact, in this fact, Queen Wu has indeed played a great role, which no one can deny!

Well, let's be honest, there's no need to exaggerate or anything!

Some time ago, when Li Rizhi was learning to deal with the disputes of the people, he gained some experience and knew what the people thought, so he started from the people to write, from the bottom to the top, and finally extended to the height of Mount Tai Feng Zen.

Li Rizhi writes very slowly, there is no time to write, there is no need to write quickly, and he doesn't want to submit the paper in advance, he doesn't want to be in the limelight, and there is no need to go out!

The scholars are answering the questions, and the examiners above are observing them, there are several examiners this time, not only the officials of the ministry, but also the officials of other ministries, the exams that the scholars are taking now are called the provincial examination in this era, the examination presided over by Shangshu Province, so as long as it is an official of Shangshu Province, as long as the rank is comparable, it is theoretically qualified to be an examiner, but it cannot be the chief examiner.

The chief examiner can only be served by the examiner of the Ministry of Officials, and after Emperor Tang Minghuang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites was the chief examiner, but that was decades later, and now it is still the examiner of the Ministry of Officials Wailang as the chief examiner, and the big boss of the examiner is the waiter of the Ministry of Officials.

Ma Zhiyuan, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, was in the Guozi Prison at this time, but he did not come to be an examiner, he just came to "pass by", after all, the re-examination of the scientific examination is not a trivial matter, and the rank of the examiner is too low, and sometimes he may not be able to suppress some scholars, so he came.

It's nothing to offend the examiner, it's a big deal not to take the test, but if you offend the servant of the ministry, it's very something, and the consequences are quite serious, and it will even affect the family.

Ma Zhiyuan is over sixty years old, with his age and experience, basically he can still boil the current official book to the old man to return to his hometown, the current official department is a few years older than him, he will be seventy soon, and it is time to return to his hometown, as long as the official department returns to his hometown, then he can go up.

Ma Zhiyuan knows very well that he has no hope in his life to be the prime minister, but the possibility of becoming a celestial official in the Ministry of Officials is still very great, of course, others are also aware of this, so almost no one dares to offend him, Ma Zhiyuan is quite effective in speaking in the Ministry of Officials, and he is an absolute real power.

Ma Zhiyuan, the word Zhiyuan is taken from Zhuge Liang's "Book of Commandments", non-indifferent and unambitious, non-quiet and far-reaching, so Ma Zhiyuan is usually relatively quiet and doesn't like to talk much, but indifference is for him, don't look at his age, but the heart of promotion is hot.

The scholars were answering questions in the lobby, and Ma Zhiyuan walked to the door gently, standing beside a thick red pillar, and looked into the lobby.

This time there is a scholar named Li Rizhi, Ma Zhiyuan knew after reading the list, he received a letter from home a few days ago, his grandson Ma Shaoji was killed, he was quite sad, the case was solved by a scholar named Li Rizhi, which can be regarded as a consolation of his grandson's spirit in the sky, so Ma Zhiyuan is still very grateful to Li Rizhi.

Ma Zhiyuan is actually not angry that Li Rizhi did not come to see him after entering Beijing, he will not think that Li Rizhi will not give him face, and he will not come to meet his elders after entering Beijing, he has been an official for many years, but he will not have this kind of thought, on the contrary, he is quite happy that Li Rizhi did not come to the door, thinking that this is a manifestation of Li Rizhi's being very sensible.

If Li Rizhi came to the door and even threw the scroll to Ma Zhiyuan, Ma Zhiyuan would be quite embarrassed, because he wanted to repay Li Rizhi's favor, so he must help, and he must help, but how can this favor be so easy to help!

There are only about 20 jinshi in one subject, and there are a lot of tough scholars in the background, and whoever squeezes them out will offend people, unless Li Rizhi's level of making a fuss is good, how difficult it is for this gang to help!

If he can't help, it doesn't matter if Li Rizhi complains, but Ma Zhiyuan will not be happy in his heart, if he doesn't pay back the favors he owes, how can he owe favors to others casually.

But if Li Rizhi doesn't come to the door, things will be easy to do, Ma Zhiyuan will definitely help if he can, if the situation does not allow, he can't help, then he won't lose face, and when Li Rizhi comes to the door in the future, then talk about other helps, isn't it good!

Ma Zhiyuan stood next to the pillar, looked at the scholars one by one, and saw that they were all older, he shook his head, and his eyes fell directly on Li Rizhi, he had read the roster, and knew that among the people who participated in the re-examination, only two were around twenty years old.

The one above twenty years old is called Zhao Jian, for some reason he didn't come to take the retest, the list shows that he didn't enter the door, that is definitely going to be brushed off, and the other one is under the age of twenty, it is Li Rizhi.

Seeing that the big boss was coming, the examiner Wai Lang hurriedly came out lightly, came to Ma Zhiyuan's side, and said in a low voice: "Lord Shilang, you are here!" ”

Ma Zhiyuan nodded slightly, and said softly: "The young man in the field is graceful and unhurried, although he is the youngest, he seems to behave and behave the most decently!" ”

This is purely a hint, what Ma Zhiyuan said sounded completely irresponsible, he didn't say how this young man's article was, nor did he say that he wanted to win him, he just said a sentence of good manners, but there was not a word that asked the examiner to take care of it!

But in fact, Ma Zhiyuan was clearly hinting to the examiner Wailang that this young man wanted to win!

As soon as the examiner Wai Lang heard this, he immediately understood that even if he gave this young man the last place, he had to win!

I'm afraid that I will make a mistake, in case Ma Shilang recognizes the wrong person, wouldn't it be bad, so this name must be determined, and the examiner Wailang whispered: "That young man's name is Li Rizhi, he is a person from Xingyang, Zhengzhou, and he is ranked thirtieth in the Ministry of Rites Examination. ”

Ma Zhiyuan nodded, didn't speak again, stood by the pillar for a while, and then left, going to the backyard to drink tea.

It wasn't until noon that the exam came to an end, followed by an interview Q&A, which was in a very simple format, mainly to check whether the scholar was stammering, what his accent was, and his appearance, teeth, and so on.

Now there is no palace test, only the prototype, the form has also changed, there is no customization, until Wu Zetian time the palace test will gradually become a system.

In fact, this kind of interview Q&A is the easiest to do in the dark, as long as the examiner is given a hint of who to win, then ask some simple questions, and if you want to embarrass someone, then ask a difficult question.

At this moment, the scholars must be nervous, if the problem is a little difficult, then it is inevitable that they will stumble, a stumble, then it will be fine, let's come again!

So this kind of exam method will soon be eliminated by other methods, but Li Rizhi is very lucky, now he can still brush his face, and it is guaranteed to be a must!

The number of people in the re-examination is not large, and the examiner Wailang personally presides, and the scholars follow the order, from the back to the front of the Ministry of Rites Examination, and go forward by roll call, and go to the examiner Wailang to conduct interviews and answers.

Because there is no specific process, and it has not yet been customized, there is a lot of room for the examiner to play, basically the style of each examiner is different, so the questions and ways of asking each subject are also different, but this time this examiner is still relatively decent.

Li Rizhi waited nervously for his name to be called, and he found that after the scholars who were called in for questions and answers came out, they were all relieved, and there were even smiles on their faces, it seemed that they had done well in the exam!

However, they all did very well in the exam, so this one won't be enough, it's impossible to get them all right!

After waiting for a while, Li Rizhi finally called, Li Rizhi stood up and slowly walked into the inner hall, and saw three officials sitting in the hall, all wearing dark green official uniforms, which showed that they were all six-grade officials, and their grades were not high.

But there is a huge screen behind these three people, and it is obvious that there are still people sitting in the back, but how many officials, what kind of officials, this one can't be seen.

Before the three of them, there were three more people wearing light cyan official uniforms, which showed that they were nine-rank officials, basically the lowest-ranking officials, and there were bookcases in front of them, with pen, ink, paper, and inkstones on them, and it was obvious that they were responsible for recording.

The grade of the examiner is not high, and as the scientific examination is more and more valued, it is actually no longer appropriate for the six-grade official to preside over the scientific examination, but this is the case now.

In front of the three examiners, there was a red lacquer carved wooden pier, and the examiner Wailang stretched out his hand at Li Rizhiyi and said, "Sit!" ”

Li Rizhi saluted, and only then sat on the wooden pier with half of his buttocks, but he heard the examiner Wailang say: "Report your name and place of origin!" ”

Li Rizhi had no choice but to stand up again, arched his head, bent down slightly, and said, "Student Li Rizhi, Xingyang people." ”

The examiner Wai Lang was silent for a moment, and then said, "Have you been reading books lately?" ”

This is nonsense, but this sentence can make people relax a little and not be too nervous, this is because Ma Zhiyuan said hello, so the examiner Wai Lang specially asked this kind of extremely unnutritious words, which can be regarded as taking care of Li Rizhi.

Li Ri knew: "Students have been reading books! ”

The examiner wai lang hummed and said, "What kind of book are you reading?" ”

Li Rizhi replied: "The book that students read the most is "Tang Law Shuyi", and I am slightly proficient!" ”

Hearing Li Rizhi say the title of the book, the faces of the three examiners were not good-looking, they glanced at each other, and thought in their hearts: "A teenager is a teenager, I don't understand such an obvious hint, I really have no hair on my lips, and I can't do things well!" ”

As long as Li Rizhi answers a simple book, then of course he only needs to answer simple questions, and the results of this question and answer will of course be very good!

The three examiners agreed that if someone had pointed out Li Rizhi before the exam, then Li Rizhi would definitely not answer like this, and Li Rizhi answered so, which means that he did not invest well in the bank and did not have any strong backers.

But just now, Ma Zhiyuan, the servant of the ministry, came to say hello, what's going on? Could it be that Li Rizhi's backer is not Ma Shilang?

The examiner Wai Lang was angry in his heart, this Li Rizhi was too ignorant, of course, no matter how bad Li Rizhi was, he didn't dare to do anything to Li Rizhi, after all, he didn't dare to offend his boss, but it was difficult for Li Rizhi, and then Li Rizhi was the penultimate first, he could still do this.

In the era when there was no stipulation on which book must be used for the question, the most difficult book was probably the law book, and "Tang Law Shuyi" was the most difficult of the difficult, which can be called the first difficult book of this era!

One is that "Tang Law Shuyi" is a newly compiled book, the founding of the Tang Dynasty has not been many years old, this is of course a new book, and the person who presided over the compilation of the book is the eldest grandson Wuji, this is the earliest and most complete legal code in China, from the completion of the compilation to the promulgation, it has only been more than ten years, and it is absolutely new and new.

If you are not a person who specializes in the study of the law, such as the three examiners in the hall, then it is very likely that you have not read this book, and even if you do, you can only read some of its articles!

Li Rizhi actually said that he was proficient in "Tang Law Shuyi", what did he mean, is the examiner examining him now, or is he examining the examiner?