The subjects of the examination in the Tang Dynasty were very huge, with more than 50 subjects, from scriptures to current affairs politics, economy, system, military, law, salt administration, Cao Yun, history, mathematics, writing, etc., all-inclusive, allowing candidates to choose, but the most noble, naturally is the Jinshi department, the number of references is the largest, and the number of people who fall is more.

After touching the wall a few times, some scholars had to give up their glory and change to other paths, anyway, they were admitted to the Jinshi, or other subjects and ranks, and they couldn't be officials directly, they were all about the same.

This is just self-comfort, in fact, everyone understands in their hearts that subjects such as Ming Arithmetic and Ming Zi, even if they are ranked, through the selection of the officials, they are just scribes and the like, maybe they will have to work hard for twenty or thirty years before they can mix with the official body, and the treatment of the Jinshi is very different.

Looking at the candidates below, Han Rui sighed, life is so helpless, if it is not a last resort, I am afraid that they will all run to participate in the Jinshi Branch, feeling pity, Han Ruigao sat on the desk, called the clerk to take a book of Han, watched it with relish, but turned a blind eye to some small actions below.

Anyway, the imperial examination in this era, unlike the Song Dynasty, once on the Dragon Gate, worth a hundred times, can be called heaven, not like the Ming and Qing dynasties, has become the only way out for the world's scholars, so the system is relatively relaxed, everyone's expectations for the fairness of the imperial examination are not high, for the fraud, not strict, found out, is to be expelled from the examination room, a few years can not take the exam, naturally impossible, the Ming and Qing dynasties of the imperial examination blood.

Of course, if some people do too much, Han Rui can't ignore it, he knocked on the bookcase, put down the book, and turned around twice with his hands, shaking his head from time to time, frightening some candidates to turn pale.

From Han Rui's point of view, these people's actions are really bad, some little tricks, extremely primitive, even inferior to primary school students, simple, really simple.

While sighing, Han Rui returned to the desk and continued to watch his Hanshu, suddenly, a chaotic footsteps came, and several officials wearing Zhu Zizhang uniforms appeared outside the examination room, but the leader was Chu Liang, a bachelor of Hongwen Hall, and the arrival of the chief examiner naturally caused the candidates to stir.

"Be quiet, concentrate on answering the questions, don't delay the hour." Han Rui raised his voice to admonish, comforted a few words, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Chu Liang was surprised: "Han Rui, why are you here?" ”

"The Ministry of Rites is understaffed, and the lower officials came to help invigilate the exam." Han Rui said with a smile, he is not familiar with Chu Liang, but he often meets, so naturally there is not much restraint.

The scribe next to him whispered, Chu Liang nodded slightly, showed a happy smile, and beckoned: "That's very good, accompany me for a walk." ”

"So, ...... here," Han Rui hesitated.

"Here you go." Chu Liang instructed casually, and there were accompanying officials to take Han Rui's place and be responsible for invigilating, and I don't know if it was a bad mood or if the surname was originally like this, the person who replaced Han Rui was very strict in the invigilation, which made the candidates feel bitter and miss Han Rui very much.

While inspecting, Chu Liang asked with a smile: "Han Rui, how do you feel in the secretary prison?" ”

"There are quite shortcomings, and I am slowly learning." Han Rui replied honestly.

"It should be so, governing the country and securing the country, and poetry and articles are fundamentally two different things." Chu Liang said with satisfaction: "It seems that you have understood this truth. ”

"Thanks to the teachings of my predecessors." Han Rui arched his hand and said.

"If you can't listen to other people's advice, it's also in vain." Chu Liang sighed and said: "I think when I was young, I was smart and studious, well-read, good at literature and poetry, I liked to make friends with famous people, I was eighteen years old, and then I entered the Sui Dynasty, I was a bachelor of the East Palace, and Dr. Taichang, but I was jealous of Emperor Yang, and I was implicated with Yang Xuan, and I was derogated, until I met Your Majesty, I participated in the conspiracy with the army, and the attendants went to war, so I understood that the world is hard, and the suffering of the people can make the world peaceful if it is not a few articles and poems." ”

"Xia Guan understands." Han Rui said, and hurriedly thanked him, he is the founder of the country, and the confidant of the Son of Heaven, Han Rui is somewhat honored to give such a pleasant advice.

Chu Liang stroked his green beard and said elegantly: "We are old, and the court in the future will depend on you." ”

"The bachelor is in good spirits, full of energy, and full of face, how can he speak of old age." Han Rui said with a smile: "Besides, it is enough for the imperial court to have Brother Dengshan, so why do we need it." ”

"Sycophancy, slippery head." Chu Liang scolded with a smile, his pace was leisurely, thinking of his son Chu Suiliang and having a successor, his heart was also quite comfortable.

Seeing the appearance of the two smiling Yan Yan, the officials accompanying him, in addition to envy, were jealous, and had no choice but to fulfill their responsibilities and catch several fraudulent candidates, so they felt comfortable in their hearts. Chu Liang looked indifferent, not happy because of the candidate's cheating, nor worried about catching the candidate cheating, turned around, and said with a smile: "There's nothing to see, accompany me to play a game of chess." ”

Han Rui naturally did not refuse, and walked to the official office where the examiner was resting, next to it was an examination room, passing by it, it was really a coincidence, just opposite the door and window, a familiar figure came into view.

Hearing the movement, Qian Feng instinctively raised his head, but what he saw was Han Rui's bright smiling face, he was suddenly blinded, rubbed his eyes suspiciously, and found that it was not a dream, and saw him walk into the examiner's house.

As if aware of it, Chu Liang asked casually, "What's the matter, did you meet an acquaintance?" ”

"yes, a world friend." Han Rui said with a smile.

Well, Chu Liang didn't care, took the chessboard, set up a formation, the two armies faced each other, but it was chess, the new way of playing provided by Han Rui has become popular among the upper echelons of the powerful, not only the generals love it, some martial civil officials, but also obsessed, Chu Liang is one of them, with his wisdom, he is naturally easy to master, and he is invincible in the game with others.

"In the capital, except for Senior Brother Yao, Li Maogong, well, Your Majesty is also counted." Chu Liang sighed: "And you, no one is my opponent anymore, it's lonely." ”

Han Rui was full of black lines, this tone, as if he was invincible in the world, didn't say a word, drove straight up, and after a fierce battle, Han Rui found that Chu Liang did have conceited qualifications, although his way of walking was upright and decent, but he was strategic, calculating, and taking every step of the way, and sometimes, Han Ruiming knew that it was the other party's trap, and he had to jump down.

Of course, Han Rui is not a vegetarian, and at the most dangerous moment, he played a few tricks, although he couldn't turn defeat into victory, but it was no problem to maintain a tie.

When cleaning up the chessboard, Chu Liang shook his head and sighed: "It's really strange, your way of playing is obviously very ordinary, and you often make some simple mistakes, but at the critical moment, you have a few whimsical moves, which are difficult to figure out, and the wonderful method that is impossible to prevent is really ...... Indignation. ”

"Bachelor, do you want to come again?" Han Rui smiled and didn't explain, but a cold sweat broke out on his back, the IQ of these cattle is really high, it seems that after a while, no endgame trick will work.

"Forget it, stop for now, and I'll think of a way to crack it." Chu Liang said, with his super memory, he slowly reviewed it, and it was not bad in one step, which made Han Rui next to him cry out in his heart for perversion.

It's too powerful, Han Rui shook his head and sighed, Chu Liang and these people have been dealing with intrigues and tricks for most of their lives, and they are well versed in the art of war and strategy, and when they are familiar with it, they will lose sooner or later.

didn't disturb Chu Liang's review, Han Rui looked at the house boredly, and suddenly there were a few pieces of brocade silk scattered on the bookcase, vaguely as if it was attached to the vermilion jade seal, Han Rui was excited, looked at Chu Liang, but didn't have the courage to go over and watch.

The hesitation in his heart was also a kind of torture, and after a long time, seeing that Chu Liang was still thinking about chess, Han Rui stood up quietly and said softly: "Bachelor, I'll go out for a walk." ”

Well, Chu Liang responded vaguely, didn't look up, and waited until Han Rui walked out of the door before chuckling and muttering to himself: "This kid is also upright, just look at it, it's not a big deal, it's ...... anyway" Anyway, no matter how good the test is, it may not be based on the results to be recruited, Chu Liang shook his head, sighed inexplicably, and continued to ponder.

In the examination room of the Jinshi department, there are three exams, which are the pasting scripture (fill in the blanks), the essay (poetry), and the policy question, and the ten questions are pasted, and four of them are qualified to answer correctly, and the essay requires one poem each, and five questions are naturally the most difficult to answer, and the first one can be used to participate in the second one, but it is stricter than other subjects.

Now is the first one, the test is to paste the scriptures, fill in the blanks, it is not difficult to say, it is not easy to say, anyway, the test is about memory, as long as the candidate is familiar with the scriptures, he can easily answer it, Han Rui went to the house, calmly entered the examination room where Qian Feng was, deliberately walked from the opposite side, carefully observed the question, compared the answers, knew in his heart, slowly approached Qian Feng, glanced at the answer sheet, did not say anything, and walked away.

Qian Feng glanced at it and found Han Rui's secret gesture, and he was happy in his heart, it seemed that his hard work was not in vain, the answer was correct, there was no mistake, and he could rest assured.

After turning around twice, Han Rui returned to the house, but heard Chu Liang ask lazily, "What time is it?" ”

Han Rui glanced at the wall and estimated, "At the end of the day, it's time to prepare for noon." ”

"Oh, that's slow." Chu Liang complained, got up and walked to the bookcase, threw a few pieces of brocade silk aside, took a few pages of white paper, took a pen tube, stained it with some ink, and smeared it at will.

Han Rui approached, the content of the brocade silk was unobstructed, intentionally or unintentionally, naturally remembered in his heart, Chu Liang suddenly turned around, and said with a smile: "Han Rui, if you are allowed to participate in the imperial examination, do you think you can win?" ”

"This ......" Han Rui shook his head and said, "I'm not so sure." "There are so many shady scenes in the imperial examination, and even the quota for Jinshi and the first rank is determined, who knows if you can pass the exam.

Chu Liang said with a smile: "If it is fair and just, and the best are admitted, how sure do you think you are?" ”

"If that's the case, I'm sure I'm 100% sure." Han Rui said slyly: "However, it is not me who marks the test papers, and the decision is in the hands of the bachelor, but it is difficult to be sure." ”

"It's simple, you can take an exam for me to review, won't it be done." Chu Liang said with interest.

(To be continued)