The autumn is high and cool, and there are a few white clouds floating in the high sky of Chang'an City, wandering wantonly in this clear blue sky. They are unrestrained, wandering with the wind until they turn into a rain and return to the bosom of Mother Earth. Standing in the small patio and looking up, he could only see the blue sky, the clouds were so free, thinking that he could only wander between the rooms, the young man couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. He turned around and went back to his room, but the thoughts in his heart that were turning back and forth made him unable to let go. It's just that now he really has more than enough heart and not enough strength.

In this time, the first champion of the imperial examination in Chinese history is about to be born, and it is Li Er's graffiti in history, which will be the place where he was written in the history of later generations, and the emperor who is not glamorous has left his mark on the thick history books of thousands of years. Since then, the Hanmen scholars are no longer just for the purpose of mixing food and clothing, becoming the lackeys of the family, they have a better way out, which makes Li Er suddenly envelop the hearts of countless Hanmen scholars, since ancient times, there are many talented people from the Hanmen, but most of them are buried in the thick dust of history, only a few have been found out by the eyes of people, and then bloom on the big stage of history with dazzling brilliance, the ghost Guo Jia is one of the most praised representatives, with Wang Zuozhicai.

In the past three days, the candidates in the examination room have racked their brains one by one and tried their best to write the next article or find their own way. or singing praises of virtue, but the final decision of this qiē is still in the hands of the chief examiner sent by Li Er. At this time, there is no standard answer, and everyone has their own opinions. As long as your answer is suitable for the examiner, then you will be able to rise to prominence, but if your opinion is contrary to the examiner, then even if you have amazing talent, you can only fall into the name of Sun Shan.

The exam has come to an end, and the next thing is to mark the papers, this time, the entire government and the opposition in the Tang Dynasty, except for those military generals who are really vulgar...... The vast majority of people have invested in this huge project, thousands of candidates' test papers, piled up into a thick stack of more than a foot high, so many test papers to be carefully reviewed, it is really a very heavy period, not one person or three or five people can be competent, so even if it is Shangshu Province, the small scribe in the Menxia Province, at this time was also pulled strong. Thirty or forty people were reading these papers.

"This piece of article is well written, you see, my lord: 'Huanghuang Shengjun, independent high-rise building, remembering the ...... of the west wind last night'" A small official held a test paper in his hand. Said to an official in a scarlet robe beside him.

"How can such an article that is obviously afraid of sycophancy be elected? This is the first time that His Majesty has held an imperial examination, and all of this article is praise, and it is okay to praise such things in private. Lined up on the stage...... "The officials in scarlet robes didn't think it was appropriate, because it was too much. The current saint is not a person who likes this kind of flattery, so he decided to kill this article.

"Look, sir. How about this one: 'What is the heaven, husband?' Say? Say the people? Three Principles and Five Constants, Who Makes the Final Judgment? Heaven and earth above the nine heavens are opened, where does the Tao exist? Confusion and confusion, who preaches? The sky is nine high, where can I get it? ......'My lord, this student is really talented, who can answer these questions?' I think that such a person is too suitable for the political side, and there will never be any unjust cases! Chang'an City Mansion Yin Changsun Chen stood beside Changsun Wuji and said to him.

"With this cranky temperament, how can you be a politician? Maybe he didn't interrogate a case clearly, but asked all the irrelevant things, it seemed to be far-sighted, but in fact, it was cranky...... "The eldest grandson Wuji is really a little speechless about his cousin of the same clan, such a person can actually enter his eyes, so he really doesn't know what to say, such a person can only be a rat poop with a pot of porridge in the court." Who in this court and the opposition does not have a little privacy that does not want to be known, if such a person enters the court, then it is an absolutely restless thing, and no one wants to sleep peacefully, because you will not know if this guy will be interested in your privacy, or that an inconsequential thing will shake out all your secret and shady things.

The most important thing to learn in the government and the opposition is to be with the light and dust, instead of the whole world being drunk and I am awake, the whole world is turbid and I am alone, such a person will never be able to survive in the big dye vat of the court. Because he will only touch the bottom line of countless people, so that countless people can't wait to get rid of it quickly.

The marking work is progressing very rapidly, because the low-level officials from the large number of examination papers find them feel that it is really extraordinary, and they will be sent to the hands of the real marking officials, because among so many candidates, there are only so many people who can really stand out, and the vast majority of people still can't seize such an opportunity, because although the imperial examination is for the country, but the selection is also the most outstanding handful, and the rest of the people are still going back and forth from where, after all, there are more people who want to be officials. But where did the imperial court need so many officials?

After three days of marking, the provincial reading work is nearing the end, and the originally thick stack of exam papers is only a thin stack at this time, which is just dozens of exam papers, which are to be given to Li Eryulan. As long as Li Er is able to pass through the city, then these people will enter the last examination, the palace examination, and become the true protégés of the Son of Heaven, which is the supreme glory in this era, because even the people in the most remote places know the Son of Heaven today, whether in their impression the Son of Heaven is to hoe the ground with a golden hoe or not, at least they know that it is the great Holy Son of Heaven who sits on the throne today - His Majesty Li Shimin. When they were working in the fields, they also had great respect for the emperor in their hearts, because they had paid less taxes over the years and could eat enough. In their eyes, whoever can keep them from starving, then who is the good emperor in their hearts, not who wants to choose a few beautiful girls to enter the palace, is the emperor of the ages, who is whoever. To build a palace of resplendent gold is to be a tyrant. They only care about whether the crops in the field are growing well or not. Will the clothes on their bodies make them freeze, and whether the remaining food at home is enough for the family's old snacks to come out with new food this year. Rather, it is those who have enough power. Don't worry about food and clothing, the officials and masters with a group of wives and concubines in the family will care, what emperor is going to choose a concubine again, and the emperor is going to repair the palace again. That's because they are jealous, jealous that the emperor can marry as many concubines as he wants, even if they can't see them in the palace for a lifetime, they are jealous that the emperor can live in those splendid palaces, not for them to live in. That's why they oppose it so vigorously. This is not what Mingjun did. This is not the demeanor of a saint, this is not what an emperor should do, in short, these people are actually so psychologically distorted because they did not sit on the supreme throne.

Of course, there are actually many people who are really because the empire is still too poor, and there are countless people who are not clothed and are still threatened by cold and hunger, and they really want to be for this country, but how many such people are there? To put it simply: Wei Zheng, the most famous direct minister of the Tang Dynasty, let's talk about it. He was praised by Li Er as a mirror, and when he died, Li Er said: "With copper as a mirror, you can be dressed properly, and history is a mirror." You can know the rise and fall, take people as a mirror, and you can know the gains and losses. Wei Zheng died. I'm missing another mirror! ”

But is he really willing to be such a mirror? No, he is not willing to take pleasure in confronting Li Er like this. He is not really for the empire, for the people of the Tang Dynasty. is because he knows that if he is like other ministers, he will not be appreciated by Li Er, because his background determines that he cannot become Li Er's humerus ministers like Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji, because he was the first strategist under the prince Li Jiancheng before the Xuanwumen Change, and he made suggestions for Li Jiancheng several times to cause Li Er's death. Even if they were their own masters at that time, he would definitely not be able to get Li Er's sincere appreciation. So he decided to be a direct minister, to be against Li Er everywhere, and not to let Li Er live comfortably is his greatest value. In this way, he can not only make Li Er pay attention to him and reuse him, but also have another purpose, that is, to take revenge on Li Er for his old master Li Jiancheng, because as long as he is in one day, Li Er should not think about living a good life, as long as there is a slight disobedience, he will be severely reprimanded by him, and Li Er can't do anything to him.

This is actually an obvious thing, that is, Li Er used Wei Zheng very much when he was alive, but after he died, why did he whip him? Didn't Wei Zheng really think about his descendants? Especially his eldest son is not very sober, he is mentally retarded, and it is very difficult to take care of himself, so he doesn't want to please Li Er, so that the poor son can live a better life after his death? But he didn't, why is that? Because he knew that no matter what he did, Li Er would not really put him in the same position as the group of people in Tiance Mansion. Even in order to maintain the face of his Holy Ming Sovereign, he will not take the slightest care of his descendants.

Off topic is a little far, three days have passed, this day is the day of the list, this is the first imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the first time that the world's poor scholars have seen the dawn of getting ahead, so on this day, in the one hundred and eight Fang markets in Chang'an City, before each Fang City, the list of candidates for the imperial examination has been posted, the red background color, there is no red paper in this era, so this time the silk silk is used, on this silk silk, the golden lacquer is used, and then the scribes of Shangshu Province copied the reputation. It is not easy to be a scribe in Shangshu Province, they have to select the authentic and credible one among the countless twists and turns every day, and then present it to Shangshu Zuo Pu to shoot the eldest grandson Wuji, and finally submit it to Li Eryu for approval. They had to copy all the notes before they were submitted, checking for typos. Of course, the deeper reason is that I am afraid that someone will do something on top of these twists and turns. So over the years, these scribes have written a good poem.

"The emperor's edict said: In this imperial examination, the first place in the first class: Li Gan; Second place: Changsun Chong; Third place: Ma Zhou...... "Countless students surrounded the list at the gate of each square market, some people read it out loud, of course, some people looked at the list again and again, and found that there was no name of their own, so they left in despair, of course, more people were talking about it at this time."

"Who is this Li Gan? The first place in the first class, this is the first champion! And it is also the champion of the first imperial examination, which is a great thing to leave a name for eternity, but who is this Li Gan? Why have you never heard of it? One student said. (To be continued......)