[The first update of the guarantee. 】

Huang Shang finally confirmed that Han Gang was planning to push the imperial court to directly grant him Jinshi.

It's not impossible, with a literary name outside, coupled with the recommendation of important ministers, you have the opportunity to become a jinshi without going through the imperial examination. Wang Anguo is the best example of this, and he was awarded a jinshi after dedicating fifty volumes of books written over the years—of course, mainly because of his younger brother.

Normally, even with Han Gang's identity, if he wants to give Huang Sheng a Jinshi background, there will be great resistance. Now it's a special result that can only be obtained at a special time.

Huang Shang originally relied on military merits as an official, and assisted Han Gang in Hedong with hard work, as long as Han Gang mentioned in front of Queen Taishang, it was because of state affairs that he was delayed to participate in the Jinshi examination of the previous subject, with the current situation, no one should object to giving a Jinshi as compensation, and he could directly get the Jinshi qualification.

Although there is no precedent for the special award of Jinshi and the first, it is not difficult to be born as a Jinshi, and it will not fall into the same Jinshi background and be dismissed.

And with Huang Shang's status as a court official, even if he is from the same Jinshi, it will not affect his future promotion speed - the difference in the rank of Jinshi is only the treatment at the beginning of the award, and then the promotion is all treated equally, generally only the top five are exceptions.

It's also about turning bad things into good things.

The identity of the Jinshi who has been diligently sought is now close at hand, and Huang Shang opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound for some reason.

Regarded as a treasure, he couldn't get it in any way, and now someone can throw it over at will, just asking him if he wants it or not, Huang Sheng has an inexplicable sense of loss in his heart.

It's too easy.

He has studied hard for 20 years and traveled in the rivers and lakes for 10 years, and now he has only one sentence? !

Huang Shang knew that he didn't need to hesitate in this matter, he shouldn't hesitate, and he couldn't hesitate, but he still hesitated.

Han Gang waited for Huang Shang's answer.

His purpose is not just to support Huang Shang, but to show that he still has a huge influence.

Han Gang was sure to become the prime minister, which is recognized by the world, and no one will doubt it. Even Cai Jing would not deny this. Otherwise, what would he do attacking a privy envoy of the Northern Court who had withdrawn from the two provinces and had just taken up his post as an idle officer?

But now there's this bet. Unless Han Gang is willing to destroy his reputation, he will definitely be restrained. Whether or not they can enter the two mansions at that time will be all manipulated by others - at least in the eyes of the outside world, it must be so.

Han Gang was confident, but he also had to think about the disciples under the walls of the Qi Sect. Just like he said to Feng Congyi just now, don't give people a chance to betray.

Many people turn to qi science, and they all consider Han Gang's future identity. With such a utilitarian heart, Han Gang didn't mind. In the process of the development of science and technology, the vigorous utilitarianism will also produce a great driving force. But in the current situation, if Han Gang can't be strong enough, those supporters who come because of utilitarianism, when many people will also go because of utilitarianism.

Only when Han Gang's disciples, as well as the officials who were close to him, could they be treated better, and Qi Science could continue to maintain its strong attraction.

Although Huang Shang was awarded the Jinshi through such means, he would inevitably be criticized by Shilin. But except for the arrogant people such as Zhang Dian, there are generally no people who refuse a Jinshi status because they are afraid of being criticized.

If you get the benefits, you have to bear the corresponding costs.

Han Gang believes that Huang Sheng can understand this.

It's just that Huang Shang disappointed him.

Seeing that Huang Shang didn't answer for a long time, Han Gang sighed secretly and said, "Mian Zhong, you write the chapter first, and then tell me whether you are willing or not." ”

"It's not." Huang Shang's body was shocked, and he hurriedly said, "Xuanhui, Huang Shang is overjoyed." Xuanhui is so lifted, how can Huang Shang be unwilling! ”

The loss in my heart can't compare to the bitter hope of my wife at home, and the tears in my eyes when we parted. He's about to turn forty, how much time can he delay?

Huang Shang finally agreed, and Han Gang nodded, "Then so be it." ”

After a pause, he said, "I'll see if I can get the imperial court to reopen the system in two days." Although it is difficult to make a subject, it should not be a problem to use the materials of the middle. ”

Huang Shang's eyes widened when he heard this.

The system is a higher level of examination than the Jinshi department, and it is also known as the big subject. For more well-known sages and better officials. There are many people who take the Jinshi exam and then participate in the system, such as Su Shi and Su Zhe. And Su Xun, the father of the two of them, although he did not pass the Jinshi, he also passed the exam, but he did not pass.

The system is divided into five classes, the first and second classes are never awarded, and the third class is also very few in history, Su Shi is one of them, in the official arrangement, you can compare the champion, the fourth class is qualified, which is equivalent to the second and third place of the Jinshi, both of which are from the system, and the fifth class is equivalent to the fourth and fifth Jinshi, and the Jinshi is born. It was only after Xining that the subject examination was cancelled, and from then on, Jinshi became the highest level of the Great Song Dynasty.

If Huang Sheng was a rewarded Jinshi background, he would definitely be an outlier in the court, but when he passed the subject exam, there would not be too much gossip.

Han Gang thought about him so carefully, Huang Shang's face turned red, half of it was hesitant and ashamed of before, and half of it was moved by Han Gang's carefulness. took half a step back and slammed to the ground towards Han Gang, "The virtue of Xuanhui, it is difficult to repay the yellow clothes." ”

Han Gang hurriedly helped Huang Shang up: "With you and I being friends, there is no need to say such out-of-the-ordinary words." He smiled again, "I don't know if it can be done." If it can be done, when the time comes, you will have to work a little harder. ”

"Huang Shang understands."

In response to the edict trial system, first of all, there must be substantive articles as stepping stones, and dozens of strategies and theories are indispensable. This was the rule of the past. But Huang Shang doesn't have to worry, his experience is enough, and the level of strategy he writes is not comparable to that of a scholar who has not been out of the house for a few days.

"Okay, I won't delay you. There's not much time, so let's go back first. ”

Huang Sheng nodded yes, and said: "Xuanhui wants the chapter, and I will send the draft later." ”

Huang Shang walked in a hurry, with a further goal, and did not want to waste any more time.

Since the glory of the subject system is still above the Jinshi, it is natural that its difficulty will be much higher than that of the Jinshi scientific examination. There is not much time left for Huang Shang, if Han Gang can persuade Empress Xiang to reopen the system, he will officially open the department next year, and this year he will have to sign up, and pass the preliminary examination of the third hall and the secret pavilion first, and pass, before he can go to the king to take the final exam - the process is almost the same as following the scholar.

Han Gang wasn't very worried about this.

The system was first divided into six categories, which were used to assess the talents of different ability directions - virtuous and good Fangzheng can speak outright, Botong Tomb is clear in the education department, talent and knowledge are in the physical department, and the detailed officials can make the political department, the knowledge of the Tao strategy and the strategy of the department, and the military strategy and far-reaching material are the side of the department.

After that, it also successively added the book judgment and extraction department for the promotion of people, and the selection of cloth clothes Gao Qiu Yuan, sinking grass, Maocai and other three subjects, and then abolished one after another, leaving only Maocai different, Su Xun participated in this subject, but Huang Sheng is already an official, he can't participate, and he can choose the first six subjects.

Among them, the first virtuous and honest person is outspoken, and the number of people is the largest, which is also what the scholars are good at, and the Su family brothers took this route. In the second subject, what is needed is the great Confucianism of Botong Jingyi, and the number of people is much smaller.

In the last four subjects, the selection is all practical talents, either who are equally good at governance and knowledge, or have extremely outstanding strategic vision and experience, and are familiar with human geography, otherwise they will definitely fail the examination. In fact, there are very few scholars who can pass these subjects.

But for Huang Shang, who has rich experience in the military and has helped Han Gang govern Taiyuan, Hedong as a staff member, these subjects are equivalent to being built for him. The examiners in the three halls and the secret pavilion, no one can compare with Huang Shang in this regard, if they dare to deliberately stumble, Han Gang will take the paper to the king to evaluate, they will lose.

As long as you choose one of these four subjects to take the exam, if nothing else, it will not be too much of a problem to strive for a fourth class.

If Huang Shang hadn't been admitted to the Jinshi, he resigned from all his assignments, and the court meeting was also on leave, and he studied hard behind closed doors every day. With such hard study, coupled with his champion talent and accumulation in the past few years, it is really unreasonable if he can't pass the system.

Huang Shang didn't have to worry about it, in a few days, he first asked the queen to give him the qualification to be a jinshi, and then asked to reopen the department. In this way, the road to promotion is also opened. Needless to say, Wu Yan said that a windfall fell from the sky, and tomorrow will be the history of the palace servants.

But this is still not enough for Han Gang's needs, and his strength must be further demonstrated.

Han Gang sat quietly in the study, and no one came to disturb him.

The wives and concubines in the family all knew that something big had happened today, and Han Gang needed time to sort out his thoughts and arrange the next arrangements.

He wrenched his fingers one by one, and sighed at the end, there are still too few people around him who can use it, and it still has to fall on Shen Kuo's body.

There are many disciples of Qi Learning, Fan Yu and Su Yu are all Jinshi, but their reputation is too low, and their status is not enough, pushing them to the top, no matter how high they are, they are limited, and they can't reflect Han Gang's strength in the court at all.

The only option is Shen Kuo, who has just been pushed up by Han Gang and competed with Lu Jiawen for the position of the third envoy, as we all know, Han Gang's efforts to let him return to Beijing have failed, if he can succeed now, the position of Qi Science will be stabilized.

Han Gang is still not worried, there are many people who oppose Shen Kuo's return to Beijing, but Cai does owe himself a debt in Cai Jing's matter, and a mere Wu Yan can only be counted as interest, but the principal has not been repaid, and he does not dare not repay it now.

If anyone else dared to object, Han Gang wouldn't mind using them as a footpad to establish his prestige again. This is actually a good opportunity to take the opportunity to develop qi. Because you retreat first, you can enter.

In any case, in the past two days, the camp must be repaired first, and then it will be convenient to attack.