After eating the exquisite dim sum, these scholars immediately began to sing praises for the official family, saying that this is love and cherishing talents, and even worse, crying bitterly, kneeling on the ground, and bowing to the inner palace.

Zhou Yi is not good at judging the behavior of these people, anyway, he feels that he will serve the country in the future, so it is not uncommon to eat a meal from the national leader, right?

He does not have such a deep-rooted concept of hierarchy in his heart, and the understanding of feudal hierarchy is still at the level between Su Jiaming's ability to copy his home and not to copy his home.

After a while, I heard the bell, and it turned out that it was the time of Mao, and generally at this hour, the various yamen units had already begun to go to work, which was called Dianmao. It seems that everyone is going to "point out" today.

The lantern in his hand was naturally not good to take into the palace, so he put it in this palace and someone kept it specially. Then everyone went in the direction of the martial arts hall.

In the lecture hall, hundreds of long tables have already been lined up in turn, and there are pen, ink, paper, and inkstones on the tables, and when Zhou Yi and the others entered, they arranged for two eunuchs to search their bodies.

Thinking of being touched by two people of unknown gender all over his body, Zhou Yi felt a chill all over his body. But there is no way, the official family will also come here later, in order to prevent someone from assassinating, it is natural to toss like this.

Everyone hasn't thought about cheating, don't you want to live cheating in front of the official?

The closer he got to the main hall, the more frightened Zhou Yi became, and he even had the idea of retreating. Because he suddenly remembered that he was a person who handed in a white paper and became a lifter, if he couldn't answer anything during the palace test, not only would he have to punish a crime of bullying the king, but I was afraid that the Chengdu Mansion Gongyuan would also suffer.

Think about it, what a terrible thing this is, this is no better than cheating in the college entrance examination, if you catch it, you will be caught, and now cheating is still done to the official family, it is not so simple.

I still remember that in the sixth year of Song Kaibao, Li Fangzhigongju, a bachelor of Hanlin, presided over the national examination held in the Tokyo Gongyuan. After various examinations, a total of 38 students were admitted. Two of them were deposed when they were called because "the material was the ugliest, and the question was wrong".

Xu Shilian, the first jinshi, beat the drum and accused Li Fang of "choosing with affection" and asked for a palace test in order to seek justice.

Song Taizu issued an edict to select 195 people and 36 people from the first place, and conducted a re-examination in the lecture hall, which was presided over by Song Taizu himself, and the result was that 127 people were ranked first, and 10 people were originally admitted.

After the list, there was an uproar in the government and the opposition, and Li Fang was demoted. This imperial examination case not only became the beginning of the palace examination, but also established the three-level examination system of feudal society.

Zhou Yi didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past. But the temple examination has begun, and there is no possibility of withdrawing. Zhou Yi was secretly annoyed in his heart, what kind of sin was he looking for, if he didn't come to take the palace exam, he would be a lifter, and he felt that it was a glory in Qingshen County, and now that he was like this, he was really greedy and swallowed an elephant.

It is useless to regret it, and Zhou Yi can only bite the bullet, he is lucky, because the palace exam does not need to test the four books and five classics, but the strategy, the official family will come up with the question casually, and everyone will answer. In this way, Zhou Yi's super-far-sighted vision can play a role, and it will not be as embarrassing as handing over a blank paper.

Everyone sat down according to the arranged position, and Zhou Yi found that among the hundreds of people present, most of them were middle-aged, and there were even white-haired and pale old men. If you die in this martial arts hall, I don't know if it is a glorious thing worthy of special mention.

On the contrary, a young person like Zhou Yi is the only one among these hundreds of people, and there are still a few people of Zhang Jun's age, but Zhang Jun is twenty-one years old this year, four or five years older than Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi has always thought that governing the country needs to be calm, but it also needs to be sharp, and the country, like the company, must also be vigorous in order to forge ahead. Young people are always more innovative than old people.

If all the officials are half-footed in the coffin, then the country is not far from the coffin. Zhou Yi was most impressed by Su Jiaming. A person who is dozens of years old and has no hope of promotion, how can he do his best to manage Qingshen County? Of course, try to maintain stability as much as possible, and make trouble elsewhere during your tenure. As for what happens after he leaves, that's not his concern.

Zhao Ji is thirty-six years old this year, and logically speaking, it is the most energetic time in his life, but Zhou Yi seems to be a little gloomy when he looks at him, and he looks much older than his actual age.

He appeared in front of everyone from the inside, swept it casually, and saw Zhou Yi sitting behind him at a glance, at his age, he couldn't go unnoticed. There were a lot of people talking about him when he just came in. However, Zhou Yi himself could hear that most of what these people said was jealous. This made him feel a little proud in his heart.

After glancing at everyone, Zhao Ji sat in his seat and said lightly: "Let's start." ”

He didn't announce the title either, but the eunuch next to him immediately unfolded a painting with only two big characters on it: "On the State." ”

Zhou Yi was shocked in his heart, this topic is so big, but - I like it.

He did not hesitate to write the words "Young China" on the test paper.

Subsequently, he said a few good words to Liang Qichao in his heart, and then wrote like a god.

“…… The red sun is rising, and its path is bright. The river flows out of the subterranean and flows into the ocean. The hidden dragon soars into the abyss, and the scales and claws are flying. The milk tiger roars in the valley, and the beasts are terrified. The falcon tries its wings, and the wind and dust are sucked up. The first child of a strange flower, the emperor. The cadres will be hairy, and there will be a man. The sky wears its blue, and the earth wears its yellow. Through the ages, there are eight wildernesses. The future is like the sea, and the future is long. Beautiful I am a young China, and I am not old with the sky! I am a Chinese teenager, and there is no boundary with the country! ”

Zhou Yi condensed an article entitled "The Theory of Young China", deleted some of the more advanced or obvious rebellious words, and then copied the rest unchanged. He thought that his level was not enough to change any of the words in it, and deleting so many was already a great disrespect to Liang Qichao.

Especially in the last two paragraphs, every time he recited, he could feel that he was full of strength and full of energy in his work. He was thinking about what kind of shocking scene it would be if this "Young China Theory" was spread in this Great Song Dynasty.

Of course, in addition to the beautiful side, Zhou Yi also has to think about the practical side, if he can write such a thing, if someone investigates it deeply, he still can't escape the suspicion of rebellion. But Zhou Yi is still very confident in this, because in the Great Song Dynasty, literati can have freedom of speech, in this regard, the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are more similar to the middle and late Ming Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty, officials in the court fight is also common, even when Hai Rui and the emperor debated, they were so excited that they spat on the emperor, and they didn't hear that he was convicted.

Living in such an era is the happiness of the literati and the victory of the scholars!

Two hours later, the exam was over, and the eunuch came down to put the test paper up for Zhao Ji to consult, while these candidates waited in place, because the results of the palace exam were announced on the spot. The level of excitement is close to buying a large number of instant lottery tickets, whether you can win or not, you don't have to know the results overnight.

The palace test is naturally not famous, and when you see the one that lights up in front of you, you can directly pick it out. In the Song Dynasty, more than 50 percent of the Jinshi were admitted, so it can be said that as long as you win the lift, you will have half the chance to be admitted to the Jinshi, which is a happy thing.

After reading a few test papers, Zhao Ji suddenly became furious, he took out a piece of white paper and grabbed it in his hand, his muscles jumped violently, and he forced his voice down, and said, "Who can tell me what is going on?" ”

Zhou Yi was shocked, someone really handed in a blank paper, this is too bold.

There is no one below to reply, so naturally there will be no such stupid person to stand up on their own. Zhao Ji roared a few times, and then said sharply: "It's good, don't you speak, right, it's all bullied to my head, so it's okay?" After I investigate them one by one, I will inevitably investigate them to the end. ”

After that, he continued to look at the test paper, fortunately, there was only one white paper, Zhou Yi felt that if there were more one or two more papers, it would not be good today.

Finally, Zhao Ji saw Zhou Yi's test paper and couldn't help but say: "Young China? ”

Zhou Yi's heart tightened, and it was finally him. He took a deep breath, what his future identity is depends on how Zhao Ji pronounces the verdict today.

Looking at the candidate's name, sure enough, it was Zhou Yi, Zhao Ji raised his head and glanced at him, and couldn't help nodding slightly, with a hint of a smile on his face.

handed Zhou Yi's test paper to the eunuch next to him alone, and Zhao Ji continued to read it. After all the test papers were seen, it was already two hours later, and when the sun outside was the strongest, the entire martial arts hall was very bright.

"Someone, take down the person who just handed in the white paper. Huang Xu. Zhao Ji stood up and said expressionlessly.

The one whose name was called suddenly turned earthy, and the whole person collapsed to the ground like mud. Zhao Ji glanced at him in disgust, and then said to the others: "It seems that this exam is still a little unsatisfactory." For the sake of fairness, I will investigate this matter thoroughly. Give an explanation to the people of the world. As for the rest of you, the level is not bad, especially Zhou Yi, whose performance is very outstanding, this time the champion, just give it to him. ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and Zhang Jun was the first to smile at Zhou Yi: "Congratulations." ”

Suddenly, this young man named Zhou Yi became the focus of attention. When I saw him so young, the jealousy and envy in my heart could not be described in words.

Among the people present, which one is not a character who has been tested several times? Some people have even taken the exam three times, and this time it takes at least eight years, plus more than ten years of study, it can be said that when they embarked on the road of the imperial examination, this champion was not born yet!