Zhao Gou sat in the middle and didn't speak, quietly eating tea, watching everything that happened in the examination room intently. Zhang Bangchang, Zhang Jun, and Wang Duo received Gao Yu's gifts, thinking about how to make trouble, and looked at Zong Ze who was sitting on the side, and thought about it.

Zhang Bangchang said with a smile: "The noble protégé of the Sect Master, please fill in the list!" ”

Zong Ze was puzzled, and said politely: "Then what is the protégé, Lord Zhang said this?" ”

Zhao Gou also looked at Zong Ze curiously, not understanding what Zhang Bangchang meant. I saw Zhang Bangchang continue to say: "Yue Fei from Tangyin County, isn't he a protégé? ”

"Brother Yue, when did you become Zong Shuai's protégé?" Zhao Gou looked at Zong Ze in surprise, which made him blush, and he was even more embarrassed.

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When Yue Fei and the others stayed in the yamen, Zong Ze carried many banquets and sent them to the Zhao store. How could the people not know about this? Besides, Zhang Jun, Zhang Bangchang, and Wang Duo received gifts from Gao Yu. In addition, if you have received a gift from another person, how can you not be careful? When Zhang Bangchang said the word "Yue Fei", everyone's eyes were focused on Zong Ze, Zhang Jun and Wang Duo were watching the excitement, and Zhao Gou was suspicious, which made Zong Ze blush and heartbeat, and he was stunned and did not reply to this sentence.

After a while, Zong Ze said solemnly: "This is a national ceremony, how can you and I be allowed to choose privately?" Besides, that **** is not a martial arts examiner, how do you know that you will become an examiner afterwards. Now, the king of the county is here, how can he be so childish, even if he gives me a few guts, he doesn't dare to have any selfish intentions. ”

Zhang Bangchang, Zhang Jun, and Wang Duo looked at each other, they thought that Zong Ze had already arranged it, and they had never revealed it, and when the dust fell, they gave the three of them a hard blow when they appeared. However, Zong Ze was an honest man, and when he heard what he said, he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, and secretly thought: "Is it really not deliberately arranged?" ”

Zhao Gou hurriedly interjected: "Everyone is a colleague, so you don't have to care about these things, you must put national affairs first, and no private affairs are allowed to exist." If I am found to have committed adultery, or accepted bribes from others without permission, and want to take away a position and give privileges, once I am found to be severely punished, even the examiner will be dismissed and dismissed. ”

Zhang Bangchang, Zhang Jun, and Wang Duo's faces changed suddenly, and they hurriedly shut up. They knew that Zhao Gou was not a fuel-efficient lamp, if he really knew that the three of them not only accepted the gift, but also wanted to frame Zhao Gou, with Zhao Gou's resolute and unsentimental character, the three of them would have to lose their skin if they didn't die.

"It seems that there is some reason for my father to appoint Zong Shuai as the deputy examiner. If it weren't for his arrival, I don't know what these people would have done out of the ordinary. At least, they don't dare to go against me, and there may be no good excuses. Since this is the case, they can only launch an attack on Zong Shuai, but it's a pity that this Zong Ze is really honest, people are just tentative words and have no words, is it possible that the generals of the Great Song Dynasty are like this, how can they stay in the officialdom, no wonder they want to send him to the garrison barracks and not stay in the court. If he really stayed in the court, with his temperament, he might fall for the conspiracy of others in less than a year and die unjustly. ”

Zhao Gou saw that Zong Ze was too honest, and couldn't help but shake his head, with some sighs and some emotion in his heart. If the military generals in the DPRK and China were all such people, perhaps the monarchs of the Great Song Dynasty would not suspect that they would rebel and there would be a mutiny in Chenqiao. It's just that if such a military general stays in the DPRK, it will not only do him no harm, but also implicate the status of other military generals.

Although Zong Ze stayed in Beijing, it was just a coincidence, Zhao Gou had already learned that Zong Ze was in the capital, so he asked Song Huizong to order Zong Ze to participate in this matter, that is, to turn everyone's eyes to other people, and then slowly observe in the back, and then formulate countermeasures to counterattack.

As the minutes ticked by, many of the thousands of candidates had already answered. According to the martial arts examination procedures that have been passed down from the Northern Song Dynasty, and then according to the written examination items of later generations, the two are combined, and the articles are specially selected from some military arts, or about the deployment of troops in war, etc., all of them are unified articles, without exception, all of them are personally selected by Zhao Gou and ordered to be printed and distributed to many candidates.

In addition, Zhao Gou also ordered the soldiers to supervise the examination room, and the five of them sat in the martial arts hall, quietly waiting for the results. Less than half an hour after the exam began, someone gave up automatically. It's just that the kung fu copied by these people is too bad, and all of them are caught by the soldiers. Moreover, all the archers selected by Zhao Gou were selected, and they would only be selected because these people had better eyesight. Therefore, it is basically impossible to plagiarize right under their noses.

The situation in the examination room is frequent, some candidates even want to fish in troubled waters even if they are illiterate, and some candidates rely on their parents to serve in the imperial court, and they also show off their power and let go of cruel words. In order to prevent the candidates from fishing in troubled waters, not only the selected archer soldiers, but also the soldiers who accept bribes and cheat for personal gain, Zhao Gou was the one who was selected from the Imperial Forest Army yesterday.

The Imperial Forest Army is the Emperor's army, dedicated to protecting the safety of the Imperial City. When I heard that Zhao Gou was a patrol officer who asked them to do the martial arts exam, I was a little unhappy. However, Zhao Gou promised to give them a credit, and they were eager to try. Moreover, Zhao Gou also agreed to three chapters of the law, if one person is found to be cheating, everyone will be severely punished.

Therefore, all of these guards came in the clothes of the army and took off the armor of the Imperial Guards. Zhang Bangchang, Zhang Jun and the others didn't know what Zhao Gou had done, Zong Ze looked at the guards patrolling back and forth below, and always felt a little weird, but he couldn't tell where the problem was.

An hour later, only a thousand of the thousands were still answering, and all the others were expelled from the examination room. When Zhao Gou received everyone's report, he nodded slightly, thinking: "It turns out that not only is plagiarism prevalent in later generations, but even the Great Song Dynasty has it, so it is really 'passed down from ancient times'." ”

He lowered his head again and looked at the thick pile of test papers in his hand, and divided a part of it to Zhang Jun, Zong Ze and others, so that they could also refer to it. When they held the thick test paper and stared wide-eyed, the Great Song Wuju exam paid attention to countermeasures and the deployment of troops. However, Zhao Gou's move really surprised them a little, and they had never seen it before.

So, everyone hurriedly took a look and saw that some people wrote the same answers on the test paper, and the words were good. In addition, there are people who just have a blank scroll and don't write anything. Maybe the martial arts among these people are really good, but it's a pity that the writing of these people is too low, which makes Zong Ze a little embarrassed, Zhang Bangchang and others have a gloomy face, and if they don't look at it, they are angry, and some people even said on the test paper that the three of them accepted bribes, so angry that they hurriedly tore the paper to shreds, and shouted angrily: "These candidates are really rude, they should be beheaded!" ”

Zhao Gou soothed: "Master Zhang, don't pay attention to it, these candidates are resentful, and we, the examiners, should understand." ”

Zhang Bangchang and the others finally suppressed their anger, they were angry and powerless. If they were the examiners, they would be put in jail. Zhao Gou knew what they were thinking, just because he also saw that hundreds of candidates were using the art of war to mock him, and he laughed at it.

However, Zhao Gou wrote down the names of these people in his heart, as well as their places of origin, and then made other plans. Moreover, these people dare to write like this in the martial arts examination, which proves that they are outspoken, and some of them are sharp in their words. In this regard, Zhao Gou cherished it even more and felt that these people were all talents. However, if you want to know if you are really outspoken and risking death, you still need to go through the assessment to know.

Two hours later, the first exam was over, and everyone stopped putting their pens in their hands. The guards took away all the exam papers and sent them to Zhao Gou. These people's articles will not be touched for the time being, and all of them will be kept, and then a second "strategy" will be formulated based on the articles they have written in the next exam.

Many candidates walked out of the examination room one after another and rested for half an hour. Moreover, Zhao Gou had already thought about it, and ordered someone to prepare tea for everyone to drink, as well as some pastries. Zhao Gou's ingenious move, Zhang Bangchang, Zong Ze and others were stupid, they had never seen candidates participate in the martial arts exam, and the imperial court would treat candidates so favorably, thinking: "The opportunity has come!" ”

Zhang Bangchang frowned and said, "Lord Junwang, I'm afraid this move is inappropriate!" ”

Zhao Gou replied: "Lord Zhang, what's wrong? ”

"Since Emperor Taizong of the Great Song Dynasty, there has never been a court to prepare pastries for many candidates, which is inconsistent with the ancestral system. The martial arts examination is the two major events of the Great Song Dynasty to select talents, and the candidates have always prepared their own products, and the silver taels of the treasury are used for national affairs. In this way, even if the treasury is full, there will be a day when it will be depleted, and this will not be available. Even if the king of the county is the prince and the privy envoy, he must not violate the ancestral system. ”

Zhang Bangchang's reprimand, which was reasonable and well-founded, Zhang Jun and Wang Duo echoed it, as if Xingshi was asking for guilt. Zong Ze was silent, he was originally a military general. Zhao Gou's move he thought was feasible, but it was just not easy to interject. After all, the three of them are legitimate deputy examiners, he is a marshal, and he is just a backup.

From beginning to end, Zhao Gou listened with a smile, did not interject, and did not refute, Zhang Bangchang thought that he had shocked Zhao Gou, and he was smug. It's a pity that it didn't take long for him to be speechless by Zhao Gou, and it was only then that he saw how powerful Zhao Gou was.