Su You's imperial examination was basically a formality, and with the qualification of a special performance, it can be described as easy. The first game was a game of Go with Yu Shiji, the waiter of the internal history, and the second game was a flute song played in front of Pei Shiju, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, perhaps because Yang Er had said hello, and Su You got it unexpectedly.

Pei Shiju is also known as Pei Ju in history, which is to avoid the suspicion of Tang Taizong, just as Cai Zhaoji was finally renamed "Cai Wenji" and Li Xuanba was changed to Li Yuanba. Of course, this change of name did not take their consent.

But do they have the right to express their opinions?

His name, he has no right to call - that's history. The Great Sui is also full of evasions, such as the Inner History Province in the Six Divisions of the Three Provinces, which was originally called Zhongshu Province, but the father of Emperor Wen of Sui was named Yang Zhong.

Needless to say, the first two exams were the most watery and the most inconsequential, and they dared to put water on them, also relying on the fact that the candidates would not have any chance to play chess and play the piano in front of the emperor, so these two examiners had the most oil and water and the most real power.

When Su You finished the first two exams, he got an afternoon of rest, and at that time, more than 200 scholars were still fighting to the death with the "Ming Jing". Su You is a special student, so he is exempted from this extremely important part of the imperial examination. And this link is mainly examined by the imperial historian Pei Yun.

There is no special examination for "books", all of which are reflected in the handwriting of the strategy, and as for "painting", it can only be done in front of the emperor. The content of the policy discussion is the title of Nayan Suwei's proposed "Treatise on the Passage of Qin" by Jia Yi. The rest of Zuo Yiwei's general Yu Wenshu, Zuo Xiaowei's general Zhang Jin, and Niu Hong, the secretary of the ministry, are all regarded as deputy examiners.

Su You smiled after getting the question, originally thinking that this exam was the saddest, but now I think it is the easiest, but what about my old Su's "Theory of the Six Kingdoms" or Du Mu's "A Fang Gongfu"? After thinking about it, I still chose the latter, after all, Comrade Lao Su may be his descendant, so let's leave him something famous; Moreover, as far as the argument is concerned, "A Fang Gong Fu" and "On the Passage of Qin" are more appropriate, and in the name of Fu, the traces of plagiarism are not so heavy, and there are goods in the stomach, but pretending to be a fool, which is really uncomfortable.

What made Su You even more uncomfortable was that when the volume was only halfway written, three people had already handed in the volume and left, Comrade Su Wei shook his head when he looked at the few volumes above, and the rest of the people present were in a cold sweat with great effort, Su You felt that it was not interesting in it, so he handed in the paper the fourth.

When Su Wei took the scroll and looked at it, the first thing he thought was Su You's Chu Kai, of course, now Chu Suiliang is still as old as Su You's missing son, this Chu Kai can only be Su Kai; When I looked at "A Fang Gong Fu" again, I couldn't help but sigh: "With this pen, with this fu, everything else can be obtained without taking the test." Niu Hong heard that he also shook his head when he read Su You's scroll, and both of them were impressed by this special candidate.

On the afternoon of the second day, when Niu Hong, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Xue Daoheng, the doctor of Sili, brought Sun Shan, Du Zhengzang, Du Zhenglun and Jinshi Su You into the palace, Emperor Yang Guangzheng of Sui and Lu Sidao, Xu Shanxin and Yu Shiji were drinking and feasting in the Liubei Palace, and Su You and others heard everyone's applause from a distance, "Your Majesty, this poem is wonderful." ”

Emperor Yang Guang of Sui was naturally more interested, and laughed, "All Aiqing come quickly, if there is one who can be reconciled, you will enjoy a bottle of imperial wine." Everyone tried to think about it, but they all shook their hands with bitter faces, and the wrinkles on their foreheads seemed to be trying to squeeze out some inspiration.

"This rhyme is too difficult, and the ministers are dull."

At this time, Niu Hong and the others were already approaching, and Emperor Yang Guang of Sui didn't seem to see him in the office, so he just said casually, "All Aiqing sit down and drink a round first." Xue Aiqing is late today, and she should punish you. But I'll be free today, I just made a poem, you can make a song. ”

Su You and the others didn't dare to be too presumptuous, they didn't even dare to raise their heads and look at Emperor Sui, according to the etiquette system at that time, people with different levels met each other, and those with low ranks could not raise their eyes to look at those with high ranks. During the Three Kingdoms, the celebrity Liu Frame looked at Mrs. Cao Pi - the later Empress Zhen in the banquet, Cao Cao heard the news, and immediately punished him with "great disrespect", which is the origin of the allusion "Flat Eyes Guilty" and "Liu Frame Flat Eyes".

Of course, at this time, Emperor Sui only had Xue Daoheng in his eyes, so Su You dared to take a closer look at this famous tyrant in history, but now Yang Guang is not wearing court clothes, at this time, he is about forty years old, because of his ambition and grace, and the chic energy in the wide clothes and big sleeves does not let the seven sons of the forest at all, if anyone can pull such a famous and romantic figure to the violent faint monarch, this person's imagination must be very good.

When Xue Daoheng heard that he was making poems, he was also excited for a while, and after drinking three glasses of wine, his old face was already red, "I don't know what His Majesty did just now?" As soon as he finished asking, he saw a palace man hand over rice paper, which read:

"Meng Ke said that he was a saint, and he said that he would get better. Listening is what I have heard before, and I am deeply examining it.

There is no shore in the floating sky, and the spirit is not one. The commission lost a hundred grains, and the dynasty overflowed.

The city is clear and foggy, and the clouds are dense in Lianzhou. Xintong master's view, deeply ashamed of the Xuan Xuan pen. ”

Xue Daoheng read word by word, and naturally there was a roar of applause, and the applause rang out at the wrong time, Su You couldn't help but shout, but what was even more incredible to him was Xue Daoheng, he only thought for less than half a minute, and then began to chant the poem:

"The weeping willows cover the golden embankment, and the turnip leaves are reunited. The water overflows the hibiscus swamp, and the flowers fly peach and plum.

Caisang Qin's daughter, brocade Dou's wife. Don't be a prodigal son in Guanshan, and keep the empty boudoir in the wind and moon.

Constant smile, long hanging double jade cry. The coiling dragon disappears with the mirror, and the colorful phoenix is lowered one by one.

The flying soul is the same as the night magpie, and the tired sleep remembers the morning chicken. Hanging cobwebs in the dark, empty beams falling into the mud.

The year before last, he passed the north, and this year he went to western Liaoning. There is no news in the past, and it can be a pity for the horseshoe. ”

The poetry was chanted, and the few people present all praised it, and almost all of them froze in Xue Daoheng's amazing talent, and they all secretly marveled that the sentence "empty beams and swallow mud" annihilated all the brilliance of the court poems of the Southern Dynasties. However, the person concerned, Xue Daoheng, was secretly startled, and there was a faint sense of inexplicable timidity, as if the hoarse cries of the cicadas in the distance had annihilated the summer heat, and there was a trace of coldness flowing in the air.

This "Salt of the Past" was felt on the way from Xijing to Dongdu some time ago, of course, he had never shown it before, listening to Emperor Sui let him and the poem, just rhymed, and chanted it without much thought in his mind.

"Xue Aiqing is well reconciled, he should give a bottle of wine. But is there anything else that can be reconciled? Emperor Sui looked extremely happy.

"Your Majesty, the students also come and make a song." It was Su You who spoke, he was able to come here today to be tested, he was already a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and he thought that instead of encountering problems later, it would be better to copy a poem now to help Xue Lao.

Emperor Sui saw a few white-clothed people sitting next to Niu Hong, and Fang remembered that today was the day of the imperial examination, so he nodded to Su You, "Let's take a look." ”

Su You said, "Student Su You, I can't write well for a while, so I will use Xiyuan as the title to do a seven-law law." After a pause, he groaned, "Fangyuan is built to the west of the imperial city, and the auspicious clouds of Huari are shrouded in strangeness. Gao Liu likes to move the warbler out of the valley, and waits for the phoenix to come when repairing the fence. The style of writing has been in the evening of Chenyou, and the poetry should be long and graceful. Ruizao fairy is full of colorful pens, how dare you be ashamed of yourself again? Of course, it was a pirated poem, only a few words were changed, he originally wanted to copy Su Dongpo's poem "Life is like everywhere, just like Feihong stepping on slush", but that one is too domineering, but it does not fit the situation.

After Su You finished chanting, everyone applauded, Xue Daoheng also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then picked up a glass of wine, but Emperor Yang Guang of Sui only gave a "four flat and eight stable" comment, but it was faster than the victory, so he also appreciated the bottle of wine, and said, "I didn't expect that Su Hengbo's words are good, and poetry can also win people's hearts, and the most rare thing is that he invented movable type printing and abacus for the world's readers." I personally recommended him as the seventh general to be a Cheng, and added Dr. Chaosan to reward his labor, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty is wise." The ministers came from the oppressive atmosphere just now, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you." Su You didn't know what kind of official he was, but he finally fulfilled his dream of being a civil servant in his previous life.

"I hope you will continue to work hard, keep up with Yu Wenkai, He Chou, etc., and contribute to my Great Sui." After Yang Guang finished encouraging Su You, he first waved his hand to beckon him to sit down, and then said to the other three white clothes, "I heard that this section has taken Du Zhengzang and Du Zhenglun brothers, if you count Du Zhengxuan taken in the fifteenth year of the emperor's reign, it is a three-show talent." Since I opened the Great Sui Dynasty to take the scholar, there are only a dozen people who have won the name of Xiucai, and now you account for three of them, which is a good story for the ages. The ministers also toast to this Sanxiu, and hope that all scholars in the world will learn from Dumen Langjun and actively participate in the court. ”

The Du brothers hurriedly got up to thank the wine, and listened to the encouragement of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and tears had already flowed inexplicably.

Since the opening of the imperial examination in the Sui Dynasty, for nearly 20 years, there are only a handful of people such as Liu Zhuo and Hou Bai who have the name of Xiucai, and this year they have taken three, which can be regarded as breaking the previous record. Both of them seemed to see their future, but they choked up and couldn't say a word for a long time, and they took the wine and wished Yang Guang from afar, and everything was in the wine.

Emperor Yang Guang of Sui nodded, and said to the remaining white-clothed Sun Shan, "Sun Fujia's endowment is also outstanding, not under Su Hengbo, and being able to sit here is not just by luck." There are beautiful scenery and beautiful people here, and there are also good wines, and I hope that there will be good poems to accompany them, and the three talents can do what I want? ”

Sun Shan nodded, and the three of them saluted together, "The student will not dishonor the king's life." The three of them racked their brains on one side, while the rest of the group continued to drink and have fun.

All of them were available for a while, and it was still Sun Shan's best, Emperor Sui took the title of the champion, and the Du brothers carved up the list of Yantanhua, but there were also people who secretly complained about Su You. Su You is also not calm, whether it is the scriptures, or the six arts, or the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, not only does he have no chance of winning, but the biggest possibility is that he doesn't even dare to sign up, but now he has worshiped the seven-rank official by mistake, if this is still shouting that God is unfair, it is also for others.

As for the top three positions, it makes people tremble when they think about it.

While trembling, Su You thought of the allusion of "Famous Sun Mountain", but he didn't know if this Sun Mountain was the same Sun Mountain? I'm afraid that Zhuang Yuanlang will no longer say that "the end of the name is Sun Mountain, and Xian Lang is even more outside Sun Mountain".

That's a certainty.