"Kaifeng Prefecture, Kaifeng County, Jia Correction Entrance Interview!"

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"Kaifeng Prefecture, Kaifeng County, Cao Xun entered the palace for an interview!"

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There were fewer and fewer scholars waiting in the rest room, and he didn't come back after participating in the interview, and at this time Li Yanqing was the only one left in the rest room, he sat silently in the room and waited, he knew that there was a reason why the Son of Heaven put himself in the last interview. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, a eunuch walked to the door and shouted: "Li Yanqing of Tangyin County, Xiangzhou enters the palace for an interview!" ”

Li Yanqing stood up, tidied up his coat and hat, and followed the eunuch to the side hall, the light in the side hall was slightly dim, the son of heaven Zhao Ji sat high on the dragon chair, just in the dark, he couldn't see his appearance clearly, there were more than a dozen civil and military officials sitting on both sides, including Cai Jing, Yu Shen, Wang Hao, Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, Zhang Bangchang and other important ministers, but Tong Guan was not there, he was not in Bianjing at this time, but rushed to Hebei, and was ordered to supervise the preparations of Hebei states. ”

When Li Yanqing walked into the main hall, Cai Jing's eyes immediately narrowed, this kid is not simple! can actually be admitted to the top ten, no wonder Tong Guan values him so much.

Li Yanqing stepped forward, an official pointed to the seat where Li Yanqing should stand, Li Yanqing bowed and bowed, "Student Li Yanqing see Your Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Zhao Ji's soft voice came from above, "Li Shaojun, we meet again." ”

"It's a student's honor!"

"I am very surprised, Li Shaojun is not only excellent in riding and shooting, but also extremely brilliant in literature, it can be described as both civil and military, such a top talent in the Great Song Dynasty has not appeared for many years, Li Shaojun's appearance is a good omen for the prosperity of my Great Song Dynasty, which makes me deeply grateful."

Zhao Ji looked at Li Yanqing's test paper again, in the provincial examination, Li Yanqing ranked fifth, but this is not the final ranking, and the results of the palace examination can also determine the final ranking.

He opened Li Yanqing's palace examination paper, "Breaking the Array, Northern Expedition", which was written magnificently, and the calligraphy also faintly had everyone's atmosphere, which made Zhao Ji very satisfied, especially the sentence in the word, "But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death." It's really impressive.

Zhao Ji looked at it for a moment, then asked with a smile: "Is Li Shaojun only sixteen years old?" ”

"The age of the student's hometown is not divided into big months and small months, and the student was born in the first month, according to Bianjing's algorithm, he should be seventeen years old."

"That's also a hero out of a boy! I don't know what Li Shaojun's ambitions are? ”

Li Yanqing bowed and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the students are willing to practice Your Majesty's ambition and participate in the Northern Expedition." ”

This question and answer surprised Zhao Ji, the previous candidates all hoped to be an official and benefit the party, but this Li Yanqing actually wanted to join the army, he continued to ask: "Does Li Shaojun want to join the army?" ”

"The ancestors of the students participated in the battle of Song and Xia, and unfortunately died on the battlefield, and the students are willing to inherit the ancestral will and participate in the battle of Xia, and I implore Your Majesty to fulfill it."

Zhao Ji didn't express his position immediately, but said lightly: "Li Shaojun has great ambitions and is admirable, I will consider it, let's go down first!" ”

At this time, Cai Jing's eyes lit up next to him, he knew that Tong Guan wanted to insert Li Yanqing into the imperial court as a pawn for him to interfere in court politics, but he didn't expect Li Yanqing to want to go to the frontier to join the army, which simply made Cai Jing overjoyed.

He suddenly realized that this Li Yanqing didn't want to be Tong Guan's pawn, which made Cai Jing suddenly have a thought in his heart, maybe this Li Yanqing can be used for himself.

At this time, Li Yanqing had already followed the eunuch down, and the interview was over, Zhao Ji glanced at the ministers, "Everyone, Aiqing, let's talk about it!" How should I rank them? ”

Yu Shen, as the chief examiner, got up and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Jiawang ranked first in the provincial examination, and he also performed well in the palace examination. ”

Cai Jing also got up and said: "Since the imperial examination of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the prince has not yet won the precedent of the champion, and it is rare for King Jia to win the first place with his peerless talent, and he deserves his name, and he is also a good story for the ages." ”

In the face of everyone's request to point King Jia as the first, Zhao Ji was unmoved, he said lightly: "Although King Jia has real talent and real learning, but there are only a few people who know, once he is the champion, I am afraid that my backbone will be poked by the people of the world, I think twice, he can't be the first, Li Yanqing's poem I appreciate it very much, I sentenced him to be the first in the palace test." ”

Zhao Ji said that he wanted to point Li Yanqing as the champion, how could Cai Jing tolerate Tong Guan's artificial champion, even if Li Yanqing didn't want to be Tong Guan's pawn, he couldn't tolerate it.

Cai Jing got up and said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of the Great Song Dynasty, the poetry was used to discuss the high and low, which often led to the candidate's literary talent, but the government ability was weak, so Wang Anshi's imperial examination method was changed, although Li Yanqing's words were good, but the provincial examination was only the fifth after all, if he was taken as the champion, it would give the Son of Heaven a misleading, thinking that His Majesty would emphasize poetry and ignore the righteousness, Weichen thought that Li Yanqing could be set as the forefront, but it was absolutely impossible to be the champion!" ”

All the ministers got up and said: "Your Majesty, Cai Xiangguo's words are reasonable, I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" ”

Yu Shen also got up and said: "Li Yanqing's test paper Weichen has carefully studied, the reason why Weichen set him as the fifth in the provincial examination is because he resolutely opposed the alliance with the Jurchens in the article "Song Liaojin's Countermeasures", and proposed that if the Liao State is destroyed, the Great Song Dynasty will have the worry of dying and cold, his idea is to recapture the clouds and keep the Liao State, the concept is still relatively conservative, and he lacks the momentum to forge ahead, so Weichen did not set him as the top three. ”

The opposition of other ministers to Zhao Ji can not be taken to heart, but the words of the chief examiner Yu Shen made Zhao Ji hesitate a little, if a conservative scholar of the Northern Expedition is the champion, it is indeed not in line with the political atmosphere of this imperial examination, although Zhao Ji likes Li Yanqing's poem very much, but he has to consider Li Yanqing's conservative attitude.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Ji picked up the pen and wrote a one next to the name of the second Wang Ang, a second next to the name of Jiawang Zhao Kai, and a third next to the name of Li Yanqing, and handed the list to Yu Shen, "Let's make the list!" ”

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More than 580 candidates stood in line on Daqing Square, patiently waiting for the moment of the release of the list, removing the top 10 that everyone knows, and the remaining 570 candidates can only hope for the eleventh to twenty places.

At this time, a bell rang, and the chief examiner Yu Shen and the two deputy examiners walked out of the hall and came to the front of the steps of the main hall.

Yu Shen slowly glanced at everyone, tore off the scroll envelope, unfolded the roster and called his name loudly: "The results of the palace examination have been released, and they are now announced as follows, the first place is to take the third place, the first place is Wang Ang of Jiangdu County, Yangzhou, and the second place is Wang Kai of Kaifeng County, Kaifeng Prefecture; The third place is Li Yanqing of Tangyin County, Xiangzhou, and the above three people are Jinshi and first! ”

The scholars were boiling, and they congratulated the three of them, and Li Yanqing was also very excited in his heart, he actually won the third place Tanhua.

At this time, an official asked the three of them to change their clothes, and Yu Shen said loudly: "The following is the second class, the fourth to the twentieth, the list is as follows: the fourth Cao Xun of Kaifeng County, Kaifeng Prefecture, and the fifth ........"

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At the same time as the chief examiner Yu Shen announced the list, the list was also officially released outside the imperial city, and there were a lot of people in front of the list, all of them were scrambling to check the list, Li Daqi also came with Tiezhu and Li Yanbiao, he couldn't squeeze in, and the literate Li Yanbiao squeezed in to see the list.

Tie Zhu smiled: "Isn't the little member already a jinshi?" I've drunk all the celebration wine, why is the second uncle still so concerned? ”

"You don't understand, that's just a pre-jinshi, the government won't report the good news, this is the real jinshi list, it is related to the ranking of the jinshi, and it must be sent to the states and counties to report the good news, this is the key!"

"Does the second uncle want to go back to Tangyin?"

"Of course, if you do well in the exam, you have to go back, otherwise who will take over the list? You two will also go back with me, and we will ride back to Tangyin and return home before the annunciation. ”

Li Daqi has been waiting for this moment for many years, this is the most glorious moment of his life, how can he not go back?

"Yan Biao is out!"

Tie Zhu pointed at it, and saw Li Yanbiao squeezing out sweating profusely, and ran to Li Daqi and said, "Second uncle, I'm hit!" ”

"I know how many have I won?" Li Daqi was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

"No. 3 on the first list!"

"Ahh

Li Daqi roared excitedly, "My son has been hit by Tanhua!" Tanhualang! ”

The people around him looked at him, almost everyone cast extremely envious eyes on him, this person's son actually won the third place to explore the flowers, Li Daqi couldn't care about everyone's eyes, and hurriedly said to the two: "We will go back to Tangyin County now!" ”

"Do you want to go back now? Don't wait for petty officials. ”

"Don't wait for him, let's go, let's go back to the store first!"

Li Daqi was anxious, pulled the two of them, and the three of them left the imperial city one after the other and hurried back to the store.