On the eighth day of November, before dawn, there were already crowds of people in front of the Gongyuan Square, the Gongyuan is the first examination room, and there is a sub-examination room is the Fuxue, a total of 30,000 candidates will participate in this year's Enkefa examination in these two places.

In fact, there are only three test centers on Shaanxi Road, in addition to Jingzhao Mansion, there are two test centers in Yan'an Mansion and Hanzhong Mansion, but the candidates in Jingzhao account for eighty percent of the total candidates, and the remaining two test centers are only two or three thousand people for reference.

There are more than a dozen long queues lined up in the Gongyuan Square, the candidates are searching and verifying their identities and entering the examination room, hundreds of lanterns are lit in front of the gate, the inside and outside of the gate are illuminated as daylight, more than a dozen invigilators are strictly enforcing the rules of the examination room, not allowed to carry any items other than the name papers, found to carry books and notes or caught the substitute examiner, will be punished with disqualification and even lifetime ban depending on the severity of the situation.

On the tall building of the examination hall, the chief examiner Li Guangzheng stood in front of the window with his hands and silently watched the team in the square, Li Guangnian was about fifty years old, thin, with a long gray-white beard under his chin, but his eyes were bright, he was a descendant of Li Jin, the king of Ruyang in the Tang Dynasty, as a descendant of the Li Tang clan, he always had a special feeling for Jingzhao in his heart, at this moment, at his feet, it should be the old place of Taiji Palace, and an inexplicable emotion made his eyes become a little moist.

At this time, Zhang Ling, the deputy chief examiner, slowly stepped forward, looked at the candidates in the square and said, "I wonder how many of them will take the provincial exam next year?" ”

Li Guang hurriedly hid the emotions in his heart, his eyes returned to normal, and he smiled lightly: "I have seen the first three test papers of Shaanxi Road, and I feel that they are still a little bit behind the scholars of Shaoxing Mansion in terms of scriptures and poetry, and the key is that they are still backward in enlightenment education, and the degree of recognition of the people in the three roads in the northwest is far less than that of Jiangnan, and the number of scholars in the four counties of Shaoxing Mansion alone who participated in the liberation test reached 30,000, which is almost the same as Shaanxi Road." ”

Zhang Ling said with a smile: "In fact, it is also because of the continuous war in the northwest, and the people always have a kind of anxiety about the future, so they don't attach so much importance to reading, on the contrary, the martial arts style of the three roads in the northwest is prevalent, and the famous Liu family, the Chong family, the Yao family and the Yang family are all military generals, and there are not many Wenchen." ”

Li Guang nodded, "I can understand, so the champions of martial arts over the years are all from the northwest, which is one side of the water and soil to raise one side of the people." ”

At this time, an examiner stepped forward and whispered, "Fujun, the time has come." ”

Li Guang turned back to the examiners and said, "The time has come, let's start unpacking the exam papers!" ”

This year's examination is still the same as the previous session, the examination of scripture and righteousness, strategy and poetry three subjects, the topic is drawn up by the Ministry of Rites, but only for Shaanxi Road, so the examination room in the three places of Shaanxi Road is almost synchronous for the examination, close the door of the examination room at three o'clock, and unseal the examination paper at the same time.

As the bell rang, the examination began, at this time the sky was not completely bright, candles were lit in each room, dozens of alleys were very quiet, only the rustle of writing was heard, and the invigilator paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, monitoring the movements of the candidates in the number.

At this time, several examiners approached with lanterns, followed by the chief examiner Li Guang and the envoy Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing came to inspect the imperial examination, for the military and political envoys, the imperial examination was one of the extremely important government affairs under his rule, and as the highest political official, inspecting the imperial examination was his duty.

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The familiar scene in front of him made Li Yanqing seem to return to the moment when he participated in the imperial examination many years ago, the room sat as if he was full of energy and thoughts, but next door sat a big fat man who cheated in the exam, Li Yanqing couldn't help but show a smile at the corner of his mouth, Zheng Fat Man hadn't seen him for almost two years, and he didn't know how he was now?

Li Yanqing didn't speak, he walked around the examination room, and then he and Li Guang came to the examination court, and the examiners stepped forward to salute, Li Yanqing greeted everyone, and smiled at the two deputy examiners: "Although Li Fujun is the chief examiner, he can't delay government affairs because of this, and he has to work hard." ”

"This is as it should be, although Li Fujun is busy with government affairs, just wait for the last day to check it."

Li Guang smiled bitterly and said to Li Yanqing: "The envoy should reflect to the imperial court, there is really no need for the chief official of the state government to do the main examination, and it is actually the most appropriate to let Xuezheng do the main examination." ”

Li Guang as the chief examiner is not Li Yanqing's designation, but the latest regulations of the imperial court, the highest government officials of various state governments must serve as the chief examiner of the dismissal examination, in order to show the importance of the imperial court to this imperial examination, but this article has been widely dissatisfied by officials in various places, the chief examiner must enter the examination paper court five days in advance at the latest, isolated from the outside world, and wait for the list to come out after the list, which must be isolated from the outside world for at least half a month, which does have a great impact on government affairs.

However, complaining is complaining, the chief officials in various places do not dare to go against the will of the imperial court, and the Shaanxi Road is similar, but Li Yanqing has a flexible technique, Li Guang only does the nominal main exam, he only stays in the examination courtyard for one day at most, and it does not affect government affairs, as for whether the imperial court will be dissatisfied, Li Yanqing can't control it so much, and a wartime state can block the mouths of those guys in the Ministry of Rites.

Coming out of the Gongyuan, Li Guang sighed and said, "This time, the candidates from Yanqing Mansion should also be moved to Jingzhao Mansion." ”

"Li Fujun is referring to this!" Li Yanqing smiled faintly.

"In fact, Jing Luo should also know very well in his heart that the Yellow River is about to freeze, and the Yellow River will no longer become a natural danger.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said: "The Jin soldiers have captured Hebei and Hedong, and the next target should be the Central Plains, Shandong and Shaanxi Road, from the analysis of common sense, the Jin soldiers should launch an attack on the Shaanxi Road, but according to the information I got, the Jin soldiers did not gather troops in Taiyuan, but the Daimyofu has gathered 100,000 troops, and the previous 8,000 Jin Han troops crossed the Henan invasion is actually a temptation, I think the Jin soldiers will not launch an attack on Guanzhong for the time being before the Central Plains region breaks through, but as you said, Suizhou and Yan'an are likely to be the targets of the Jin army's attack, the purpose of which is to contain us. ”

"Will Jinglu send troops to support the Central Plains?"

"It depends! If the situation in the Central Plains is critical, it is inevitable to send troops. ”

At this time, Li Yanqing felt something, he suddenly looked up at the sky, although it was early morning, the clouds were already low, and he saw white snowflakes falling from the sky one after another, "Ah! It was snowing. A hint of surprise flashed in Li Yanqing's eyes.

"Isn't it normal for it to snow in winter?" Li Guang asked puzzled, he had been in Jiangnan for a long time and really didn't know much about the climate of Jingzhao Mansion.

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Usually, there is the first snow in late November, but today is still the eighth day of the new year, and the first snow is coming, I'm afraid the Yellow River will freeze in advance." ”

There was a trace of worry in Li Yanqing's eyes, he looked up at the sky again, only to see that the snowflakes were getting denser and larger, and the strings of snowballs were falling like flocculents, and the sky became gray, and gradually, the distant vision became blurred, and the wind began to howl, which turned out to be a blizzard.

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On the east bank of the Yellow River in Daning, Shizhou, the terrain of the typical Loess Plateau, with ravines and ravines, broken surfaces, and a turbid tributary roaring towards the Yellow River with a large amount of sediment all year round.

This tributary is called Xinshui, and it can only be regarded as a small branch among the many tributaries of the Yellow River, but when a blizzard swept both sides of the Yellow River, the surrounding area became a white world, and Xinshui suddenly became gentle, and the flow rate became extremely slow, throwing a log down, for several hours, almost still in place.

More than a dozen golden soldiers stood on the shore and were using long ropes to test the situation below the water, and when the big tree trunk they threw down could not reach the bottom, they finally came to the conclusion that there was a thin layer of ice floe on the surface, but the river was still flowing, and the key was that the bottom layer of the river seemed to have frozen.

The hydrological situation of the Yellow River is more complicated, often the river surface freezes first, but the bottom is still flowing, and there is ice on the surface, the bottom is also frozen, but the middle layer is still flowing slowly, so to determine how deep the middle layer is, is the key to explore the freezing of the river, according to experience, there is no need to explore the Yellow River, as long as the tributaries can also be judged the situation of the Yellow River.

"Hand me the spear!"

A Jin soldier shouted, although they were wearing Jin Bing's hats, they spoke very fluent Chinese, needless to say, these dozen Jin soldiers were Han soldiers, Song soldiers who surrendered to Jin.

When the Jin soldiers and iron cavalry swept Hebei and Hedong, a large number of Song Dynasty forbidden troops surrendered to the Jin soldiers and became the golden soldiers and eagle dogs, who not only undertook the dirty work such as survey, transportation, and logistics, but also tried to attack for the Jin soldiers, and finally could not escape the order of the annihilation of the whole army.

The leader of the golden soldiers slowly went down the river bank with a spear, stood by the river all the time, poked out his spear and stabbed at the river, the spear pierced through a thin layer of ice on the river surface, and continued to go deeper, but only half a foot in, the spear could not be pierced, he changed several positions in a row, it was the same situation.

Jin Bing shouted excitedly: "The bottom of the river has been frozen, and tonight, the entire river will be frozen." ”

Soon, information on the freezing of the Yellow River was sent to Yanshan Mansion from all over the north bank of the Yellow River in the form of eagle letters.