Three days later, the temple test.

Early in the morning, under the leadership of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Xia Xiang and others dressed up and learned how to salute and many precautions, and only under the guidance of the inner servants, they lined up in two columns and entered the palace to meet them.

Xia Xiang was at the end of the line, and in front of him were Teng Zhengyuan and Wu Yongwang. The two of them were solemn, and when they saw Xia Xiang, they just nodded slightly, as if they didn't know each other.

Zhang Hou and Shen Bao were in front, and the two also nodded and did not speak.

The initial capital of Great Xia was Tokyo, and after going north, the capital was set in Beijing. As a result, the Imperial Palace in Tokyo was left unused. Compared with the Tokyo Imperial Palace, the Shangjing Imperial Palace is much more magnificent in terms of scale and structure.

The Shangjing Imperial Palace is built along the middle line of Shangjing, there are more than 70 large and small palaces, more than 9,000 houses, divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer dynasty is the Taihe Palace, the Zhonghe Palace, and the Baohe Palace, collectively referred to as the three major halls, which are the places where the big ceremonies are held. The center of the inner court is the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace, and the Kunning Palace, collectively known as the Hou Three Palaces, which are the main palaces where the emperor and empress live.

The place where the emperor's palace is tested is the martial arts hall.

A total of 110 students were admitted to this subject.

Xia Xiang stepped into the palace for the first time, although he was full of curiosity, he didn't dare to look around, and only peeked a few times. I saw that each roof was covered with various colored glazed tiles, solemn and solemn. The main hall is mainly yellow, and there are also green secondary halls, and blue, purple, black, emerald, peacock green, sapphire blue and other colorful glaze are mostly used in gardens or glazed walls.

The morning sun rises, reflecting the whole palace group is splendid, with red walls and blue bricks, stacked like mountains, and it is a prosperous atmosphere.

I walked into the palace from the main gate, walked for about half an hour, and came to the lecture hall.

After Xia Xiang followed the examinees in, he saw a gauze curtain in the middle of the hall, and there was a person sitting behind the curtain.

A majestic voice came from behind the curtain: "Flat." ”

If others listened, they might not think much about it, Xia Xiang knew medical skills, but his heart jumped when he heard it. If the person behind the curtain is really the saint of the present, judging from the voice of his voice, the middle qi is slightly insufficient, and it is obvious that he has not been cured.

Thinking about it again, he laughed secretly, how could he have such a strange thought, who could he be if he was not a saint today? If it were someone else, wouldn't he be guilty of great treason? Moreover, they are separated by a gauze curtain and do not show their original faces, it should be that the emperor is not in good health, and he doesn't want Kaozi to see the emperor's serious illness.

Xia Xiang sat down on his seat - the seats had been arranged on both sides of the main hall, and the examinees who had been ordered in advance were seated in an orderly manner. Except for Zhang Hou, the rest of the people were seeing Shengyan for the first time, and they all hugged three points of excitement and seven points of awe.

Zhang Hou's seat was quite forward, and he happened to sit opposite Shen Bao. There is a person sitting on the right side of Shen Bao, about 20 years old, white and beardless, thin face and shallow eyebrows, small nose and small eyes, high cheeks with bones, thin lips without flesh, and indifferent eyes, revealing a mean appearance.

When Shen Bao was looking for Xia Xiang, he didn't mean to meet the eyes of the person on the right, he smiled indifferently and nodded. The person on the right gave him a cold look and turned his head, as if he would surrender his identity if he said more to him.

Shen Bao laughed at himself, his eyes found Xia Xiang, and nodded and smiled at Xia Xiang. When he was about to retract his gaze, he saw Teng Zhengyuan and Wu Yongwang again.

Teng Zhengyuan and Wu Yongwang also sat opposite each other, in the middle position. The two of them did not peek like others, but sat upright, not squinting, as if they were closing their eyes to recuperate.

is not the same as Xia Xiang thought, in today's palace examination, in addition to the emperor behind the curtain, Wen Changju and Gao Hai, Chen Feng, and Zhang are the three examiners, and there are several more examiners, and there are no others. Not to mention the three princes, even King Qing, who is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, is nowhere to be seen.

Maybe in the eyes of other examiners, it is already a great glory to be able to see the holy face, and he doesn't think much about anything else, but Xia Xiang knows that in the palace examination in previous years, in addition to the emperor and the chief examiner, there will also be prime ministers, officials from the Ministry of Rites and officials in the list, why is it so deserted this year? Or is it so grassy to engage in? Hou Pingpan, as the prime minister, did not appear in the palace examination, which is really unreasonable.

After thinking about it, he didn't know the point, after all, the sacred heart was unpredictable, so Xia Xiang stopped thinking nonsense. Although the emperor did not show up directly, he still presided over the palace examination through the curtain, which shows that first, the emperor's condition should improve, and second, the emperor personally presided over the palace examination, so that this examination is still a protégé of the Son of Heaven.

Wen Changju's expression was calm, with a confident expression, no longer the depressed face when talking with Gao Hai at night, he said some words of thanking the emperor, and then turned to the topic: "With the permission of the saint, today's palace test, you should remember the teachings of the sages, write moral articles, and do not be greedy and fast, blindly aggressive." ”

During the period from Taizu to Taizong, a total of more than 20 champions were selected because they were the first to hand in the paper at the time of the palace examination. As a result, they only seek speed rather than knowledge accumulation, and some scholars even praise each other and coax the value of those who write sloppy articles in order to create popularity. Those who have already been qualified to take the exam are proud of this, and the schoolchildren who are preparing for the exam have also followed suit, gradually forming a flashy style of writing.

Later, a minister wrote a letter denouncing such unhealthy practices, and Taizong decided to no longer use the delay in writing as the criterion for determining rankings.

"Today's holy title is "The Prison Fu". Wen Chang raised his gaze and quickly swept over the examiners present, and after his gaze stayed on Cai Bei and Xia Xiang for a short time, he coughed lightly, "Let's start answering questions." ”

Although the examiners were both in awe and curiosity about the emperor behind the curtain, they also knew that this was not the time to pay homage to the sky. About an hour later, one of them handed in the papers.

Everyone's eyes were on the person who handed in the papers, and Wen Changju clearly said that he should not be greedy for speed, and he was limited to two hours to hand in the papers, why was this person so bold and knowingly committed.

Xia Xiang was writing with his heart, and when he looked up at the person who handed in the paper, he couldn't help but be surprised, with a round face and thick eyebrows, it was none other than Teng Zhengyuan.

Teng Zhengyuan nodded slightly at Xia Xiang, and there was a trace of unhesitating determination in his firm gaze, which couldn't help but feel a pang in Xia Xiang's heart. Thinking of the king's entrustment, he couldn't help but squint his eyes and think about it seriously, and continued to write the "Treatise on Punishment and Reward for Loyalty" that he wrote during the examination of the Tribute Academy. Because it has long been rotten in the chest, it is done with a wave.

After I finished writing, I began to cut into the topic of today's temple exam. The title of "The Civil Prison Fu" is not remote and obscure, and the difficulty is medium to low. However, if it is a question of medium to low difficulty, it is not easy to write new ideas. Xia Xiang took the pen and pondered for a moment, and finally put pen to paper to solve the problem: "Yunqi Yuan Sheng, Tianlin Zhaomin ......"

happened to pass by Xia Xiang's side, and at a glance of his eyes, he just fell on Xia Xiang's problem-solving, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded again and again, thinking that Xia Xiang was really a talent, and only the first sentence was quite auspicious.

Gao Hai walked a few more steps, quietly came behind Zhang Hou, and saw that Zhang Hou's problem-breaking sentence was "The heavenly prison is not far away, and the people's hearts can be known", his eyelids jumped and he shook his head imperceptibly.

The martial arts hall is not the main hall of the court, and because it is presiding over the examination, Wen Changju, Chen Feng, Zhang Zeri and several more marking officers sit behind the copywriter to read the papers. After Teng Zhengyuan's test paper was handed over, Wen Changju didn't look at the test paper, a trace of awe flashed in his eyes, and then he picked up the red pen and scratched it on Teng Zhengyuan's test paper, and threw it aside as a waste paper.

When the examiners saw it, they were shocked, their faces showed a look of shock and horror, and they were all busy burying their heads in and continuing to write articles, not daring to hand in the papers first.

Since Wen Changju killed chickens and monkeys, he simply killed them to the end, and said to Chen Feng and Zhang Shi in a low voice: "Cancel Teng Zhengyuan's qualification for the second and third exams." ”

There are three palace examinations, and this is the first. If he is allowed to take the second and third exams, Teng Zhengyuan may still have a chance to turn over. The cancellation of the qualifications for the last two exams is equivalent to Teng Zhengyuan's previous efforts being wasted, and the provincial exams he participated in before are also invalidated.

It has always been that as long as you pass the provincial examination and participate in the palace examination, you will have a ranking, even if you rank last, you can be regarded as having a background. The examiners looked at each other, but the results were cancelled when the first place was handed in, and the papers were discarded as waste papers without reading them, which was too unreasonable.

If it is in other places in normal times, the examiners will definitely rise up and fight for it. It's just that at this time, he is in the martial arts hall, and the emperor is sitting, who can offend Tianwei? In case a word accidentally angers the saint, let alone being removed from the fame, I am afraid that even the life of the family will be difficult to protect. It was because the examiners dared not speak out, but continued to bury their heads in writing.

After a while, Xia Xiang got up and handed in the test paper for the second time.

Wen Chang raised his eyelids without raising them, and didn't look at Xia Xiang much, his eyes fell lightly on Xia Xiang's test paper - unlike the provincial examination, which is a pasty exam, the palace exam is no longer a pasty name - the muscles on his face twitched suddenly, his eyes widened as big as a copper bell, his eyes suddenly rolled up, and his gaze shot towards Xia Xiang like electricity.

Xia Xiang smiled lightly, bowed slightly, and turned to leave. After handing in the papers, you should go out of the temple to rest, and you must not stay in the temple so as not to disturb other examiners.

Wen Changju's gaze was on Xia Xiang's back, like a shadow, and he refused to take it back for a long time, until Xia Xiang's figure disappeared outside the hall, he retracted his gaze as if he had just woken up from a dream, and hurriedly read Xia Xiang's test paper from beginning to end, sweat flowed down.

When Sima Zuo read Lianche's article, he didn't sweat, because Lianche's article was sonorous and powerful, a ball of splendor, and Wen Changju read Xia Xiang's article sweating like rain, but it was not because Xia Xiang's article was empty, and the water of the Hanjiang River was starring, but the test paper of Xia Xiangdian's test was exactly the same as the test paper of the provincial test!

Wen Changju was shocked, he suppressed the horror in his heart, and read Xia Xiang's article again, he was not mistaken, it was indeed Xia Xiang's article when he was taking the provincial exam, word for word. He suddenly understood something, his face turned pale, and without saying a word, he wiped the red pen, and threw Xia Xiang's test paper aside as a waste paper.

Chen Feng raised his eyebrows, and he was about to have a seizure, but Zhang Shi quietly pulled his sleeves, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart. Zhang is face with a spring breeze smile, and shook his head meaningfully at Chen Feng.

After Zhang Ze finished laughing, he asked with a concerned face: "Wen Shangshu, but you are not feeling well?" ”

Wen Changju shook his head solemnly: "For the sake of the saint, this official will not hesitate to do anything even if he is sick and brainy, he is not feeling well, why worry about it?" ”

Zhang Hou witnessed the whole process of Xia Xiang being crossed out by Wen Changju after handing in the papers, he was dumbfounded, I don't know if he should regret that Xia Xiang was finally on the list to participate in the palace examination but was once again taken away by Wen Changju The opportunity to be promoted, or should he be glad that he wanted to hand in the papers in front of Xia Xiang, but he was a step late and escaped the catastrophe?

It's just that why did Wen Changju chase Xia Xiang so hard? And there is no hatred against the sky, why do you have to ruin Xia Xiang's future? It was at the time of the palace test again, the emperor came in person, and he dared to be so bold, could it be that there was something hidden?

Zhang Hou thought about it for a while, and saw that no one dared to hand in the paper again, so he got up and handed in the test paper. He didn't believe that Wen Changju would even invalidate his test papers, and if that was the case, Wen Changju would be crazy.

After Zhang Hou handed in the papers, he deliberately stayed for a while. Seeing that Wen Chang glanced at his test paper a few times with an expressionless face, and did not pick up the red pen and stroke it down, he turned around and left with confidence.

Subsequently, Shen Bao, Wu Yongwang, Cai Bei and others also submitted the papers one after another.

Zhang Hou walked out of the martial arts hall, and saw Xia Xiang and Teng Zhengyuan standing under the steps outside the hall, looking at the sky, they couldn't help but shake their heads, and quickly came to the two of them, and said that Wen Changju had abolished the test papers of the two. Xia Xiang smiled unhurriedly: "Sure enough, Wen Shangshu still couldn't calm down, it's a pity." ”

Teng Zhengyuan also looked calm, and he was not panicked, he turned his back to the sky and smiled coldly: "It's just a thief." Since he is favoritism, ignores the teachings of the sages, and ignores the laws of the country, the two of us will 'want to eliminate the evils for the Holy Dynasty, and be willing to decay and cherish the old age', and fight for their lives to seek justice for the sons of the world! ”

"How do I get it back?" Although Zhang Hou was a little sympathetic to Xia Xiang's experience, he felt that Xia Xiang and Teng Zhengyuan were too confident and unaware of the sky, and said with a sneer, "Don't be bookish, be careful to lose your wife and lose your soldiers." ”

Teng Zhengyuan snorted contemptuously: "Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a marquis of ten thousand households?" Scholars fighting swords can also level the world. ”

Xia Xiang shook his head, just smiled faintly, and did not speak. It's useless to talk too much, and see how things play out next.

After a while, most of the examinees came out and discussed with each other, Chen Feng came out, stood on the steps, and announced the results of the first exam: "Except for Teng Zhengyuan and Xia Xiang, the rest of the examinees are preparing for the second exam." ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and some people didn't notice that Xia Xiang and Teng Zhengyuan's test papers were abandoned, and many people couldn't believe their ears when they heard this. After passing the provincial examination, those who participate in the palace examination are rarely brushed down, and the minimum will be a fifth-class Jinshi background.

Xia Xiang and Teng Zhengyuan suddenly became the center of attention, some comforted, some wanted to ask the reason, some ridiculed, and some were indifferent. Xia Xiang and Teng Zhengyuan turned around and left as if nothing happened, leaving the two lonely but free backs of everyone to walk away.

At the beginning of the second exam, Wen Changju saw that Xia Xiang and Teng Zhengyuan were missing from the exam, and a hint of an intriguing smile quietly appeared on the corner of his mouth. Gao Hai also smiled slightly, mysterious and meaningful. Chen Feng and Zhang glanced at each other, and the two smiled.

Soon after the exam began, I suddenly heard the drum sound of "knock, knock, knock" outside, the drum sound was long and dull, Wen Changju was holding a brush to mark the test paper, people were shocked to loosen their hands, the brush fell on the test paper, and the test paper was spent.

"Who's beating the drum?" The emperor's majestic voice came from behind the curtain, "Bring it up." ”

"Your Majesty, you are taking the palace exam at this time, if you disturb the exam, it will be inappropriate......" Wen Changju wanted to stop the emperor, but he gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, he never expected that Xia Xiang and Teng Zhengyuan would beat the drum.

The Dengwen drum hanging outside the yamen of the prefecture and county can be directly beaten by the people to shout grievances. The Dengwen drum, which is hung outside the court, can be drummed by the subjects to consult the emperor. At the beginning of Great Xia, Taizu made a rule that no matter what the emperor was doing, he had to go to the court to listen to advice.

"The rules of the ancestors cannot be abolished." The emperor only said lightly, and then said no more.

Wen Changju knew that the holy will had been decided, so he had no choice but to suspend the temple test and let the drummer go to the temple. Not long after, Xia Xiang and Teng Zhengyuan, under the leadership of the inner servant, came to the martial arts hall again.

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