At the fifth watch, Liang Shicheng also got up on time, at this time, he had developed a habit for many years, as the closest chamberlain to the Son of Heaven, it was his duty to get up early to prepare. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, getting up early now is just his habit, and he no longer has the need to get up at the fifth watch.

After Liang Shicheng finished freshening up, he returned to the study to take a nap, or read a book, or prepare for today's work.

Liang Shicheng just walked to the door of the room, suddenly stopped, and said thoughtfully to the little eunuch behind him: "If I remember correctly, today is the imperial examination!" ”

"Taifu is right, the imperial examination officially starts today."

"Did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince send something?" Liang Shicheng asked again.

"I delivered it last night, and I put it in the study."

Liang Shicheng nodded, walked quickly to the study, and after a while, he walked into the study and sat down, there was an unopened gilded hard-shell envelope on the table, and there was not a word on the envelope, but Liang Shicheng knew in his heart that this was the prince's handwritten letter to himself.

He picked up a knife, cut open the envelope, and took out two pieces of stationery from it, the first of which had a few words written on it, hoping that Zheng Rongtai would be admitted to the same Jinshi background.

There is an unfinished sentence hidden in this, that is, Zheng Rongtai took the provincial examination, and did not need to participate in the palace examination, Liang Shicheng of course understood what the prince meant, once he participated in the palace examination, he would be exposed, and he must stop at the provincial examination, there are many ways, he abandoned the examination due to illness, was disqualified from the palace examination because he was late, etc., the prince's meaning is that it is enough to be born in the same jinshi in the examination, and he can also be appointed as an official, and even serve as the prime minister in the future.

Liang Shicheng pondered for a long time, he knew very well that the prince's intentions were for the future enthronement, and it was indeed a good move to reuse his relatives, but ...... Will this Zheng Rongtai be a qualified candidate?

Although Liang Shicheng has never met Zheng Rongtai, he heard his adopted son Liang Qing say that this Zheng Rongtai is unlearned and has a bad image, which makes Liang Shicheng a little resistant in his heart, but since the prince trusts his brother-in-law, he can't say anything.

Liang Shicheng picked up the second letter, and there was only one sentence in the letter, 'Don't make King Jia on the list'.

Liang Shicheng couldn't help but be secretly surprised, could it be that the rumors were true, and King Jia was also going to participate in this year's imperial examination? Liang Shicheng is very aware of Zhao Kai's talent, if he participates in the imperial examination, he will definitely be able to pass the Jinshi examination, and even be able to pass the top few, the prince obviously knows this, so he doesn't want his brother to be too brilliant, which will affect his position as the crown prince.

Liang Shicheng pondered for a long time, tore up the second letter, although he supported the prince, but did not obey the prince's words, he knew in his heart that the bird was hiding the truth, if the prince had no competitors, he would not take himself to heart, only the stronger the prince's opponent, the more the prince would be more stubborn, and it was best for Zhao Kai to be stronger.

He wrote another note, sealed it in an envelope, and said to the little eunuch at the door: "Go and find Erlang for me!" ”

"I'm afraid..... Now the petty officials have not yet risen. The little eunuch whispered.

Liang Shicheng's face sank, and he shouted angrily: "Then call him up!" ”

Frightened the little eunuch turned around and ran, not long after, sleepy-eyed Liang Qing was taken to Liang Shicheng's study, since the Alum Tower incident caused the anger of Zhao Ji, the son of heaven the year before last, the powerful children of the capital were quietly disbanded, most of the powerful children have something to do, Liang Qing entered the palace as a guard, although it cannot be said that he woke up, but Liang Shicheng did not want to raise a useless prodigal son, he also had to run errands for his father-in-law.

Liang Qing couldn't help but yawn when she entered the door, Liang Shicheng was annoyed and slapped the table heavily, "If you want to sleep, go back to sleep!" ”

Liang Qing was so frightened that she trembled, and immediately came to her senses, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please ask my father to command!" ”

"Did you do what I asked you to do last time?"

"Back to my father, it's done, and the Xiang family has promised to give up and no longer compete with my father for the store on Yujie."

Liang Shicheng's face softened a little, he picked up the envelope on the table and handed it to Liang Qing, "Give this to Yu Qingxu and ask him to tell his father that if this matter can't be done, go back to his hometown to retire!" ”

Yu Qingxu is Yu Shen's youngest son, and he was also a child of the powerful party, and now he is the same guard as Liang Qing, many people ask Yu Shen for help through his son, now that Yu Shen has entered the Tribute Academy, it is difficult to contact the outside again, but Liang Shicheng knows in his heart that the Yu family must have a way to contact Yu Shen.

"The child obeys!"

Liang Qing took the letter and turned to leave, but Liang Shicheng stopped him again, "What I just said, you repeat it to me." ”

"My father said that if this thing can't be done, Yu Xiangguo can say goodbye and return to his hometown."

"My original words are, if this thing can't be done, go back to the hometown to retire, according to my original words, not a word less, not more!"

"Remember, child!"

"Go ahead!"

Liang Qing bowed and left, Liang Shicheng closed his eyes, he wanted to see what kind of performance Zhao Kai would play in this year's imperial examination?

.........

Li Yanqing's examination number is No. 25-84, A is the nail examination room, that is, the Gongyuan, 25 is the lane number, and 84 is his examination room.

Li Yanqing and dozens of Tai students came to the Gongyuan in an ox cart, and the Gongyuan Square was already crowded with people, and there were five long queues.

"Hurry up, let's get in!"

The students jumped out of the ox cart one after another and ran towards the square, "Yanqing, keep up!" Wu Bangchang turned around and shouted.

"You go first, I'll be right away!"

Li Yanqing turned his head and looked at a group of scholars who were running, one of them was very familiar, and in a moment, a group of scholars ran closer, and one of them was Zhou Chun.

"Yanqing!"

Zhou Chun also saw Li Yanqing and waved to him hurriedly.

Li Yanqing stepped forward with a smile, "I forgot to ask you which exam room you were in last time?" ”

"I'm in exam room A, I'm in exam room B, how many lanes are you?"

"Lane 25, what about you?"

"I'm a little ahead of you, I'm in Lane 4, No. 8, and it's good that I'm not on the toilet."

The two walked quickly to the square, and Zhou Chun said with a smile: "After I went back, I prepared again according to the details you said that day, and I felt a lot more at ease." ”

"Then are you ready for the Song-Liao relationship?"

"Of course I have prepared, this must be prepared, the professor of our academy said that I am afraid that the Song Liao War will happen in the past few years, and this year's imperial examination will have this trend."

Li Yanqing couldn't help but secretly admire the professors of Yuelu Academy for their level, insight, and ability to see the general trend, and he asked again: "Then what is your attitude?" ”

"Of course, it is to support the Song army to fight and recover Yanyun, this should be the consensus of the Song people!"

Li Yanqing saw that there was no one next to him, so he whispered in his ear: "But the chief examiner Yu Shen is against Song Liao's battle, I have seen his opening theory and Liao theory, and his attitude is very clear. ”

"Why?" Zhou Chun was stunned.

"Because of the Jin Kingdom, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold!"

Zhou Chun hesitated, it was the consensus of the government and the opposition and the people to support Song Liao to start a war, if he did the opposite, would it be too risky?

Li Yanqing understood his concern, so he smiled and said: "It's still written according to your own ideas, but you can mention the threat of the Jin Dynasty, which is not out of consensus, but also has your own ideas." ”

Zhou Chun nodded silently, "I understand what you mean!" ”

"Keep up!" A soldier maintaining order waved at both of them.

Li Yanqing gently pushed Zhou Chun, and the two followed quickly, but Li Yanqing didn't notice that among the dozen or so people in line behind him, a young scholar looked at him with a smile, if Li Yanqing saw him, he would be very surprised, this person actually came to participate in the imperial examination.

........

The biggest difference between the provincial test and the release test is that the scholar does not need to bring his own dry food, to be precise, nothing is allowed to be carried, everything is provided by the examination room, except for the floating ticket, that is, the admission ticket, anything is not allowed to be carried, once it is found that there is carrying, the light will be warned, and the heavy will be directly disqualified from the examination, if it is found that there is a suspicion of cheating, it will face the severe punishment of the ban on the exam.

The severity of the provincial examination has long been known, but cheating in the imperial examination has intensified, only this cheating is not in the examination room, but behind the scenes, and the harshness of the examination room is often to cover up the other side of the dirty.

"I didn't mean to, that's what I forgot."

A scholar was found with a pen, and he desperately explained.

"Nonsense! Got a pen tied to your thigh? ”

The examiner took the pen and broke it with a click, and a slender roll of silk silk shook out of the pen holder, which was densely filled with small characters.

The scholar's face turned pale, his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again to beg for mercy.

The examiner was furious, "If you try to cheat, you dare to quibble, drag me down!" ”

Several soldiers rushed forward like wolves and dragged the frightened soldier down.

There were whispers all around, and Zhou Chun laughed in a low voice: "This person is not very clever, as far as I know, many people hide things in the dung door, and it is difficult to find out." ”

"Actually, it's just a little thing, and you can memorize it in an hour, can you take this risk?" Li Yanqing said disdainfully.

"That being said, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and people's hearts are unpredictable!"

"Next...... Next! ”

The examiner shouted twice in a row, Li Yanqing suddenly woke up, and hurriedly pushed Zhou Chun, who stumbled up.