After the temple examination, the dozens of scholars who participated in the temple examination were naturally very excited. After returning to the hall, they all told about their experiences in the Wende Hall exam.

This scholar in the whole world is looking forward to becoming a protégé of the Son of Heaven one day. Now that the Jinluan Palace has gone through that time, whether it is success or failure, it is all a matter of the future, so let's find someone to talk to it thoroughly.

I saw that all the tributes were chatting with their families and scholars about how magnificent the Wende Hall was and how merciful the emperor was today. Only Su Shi, Wang Anshi and Liu Ming remained silent and quietly read in the study.

Other scholars felt so strange, saying that these three people played cards when they should review before the exam, and they should relax after the exam but pretended to look at the book, which was really very comparable.

The room of the three is the only one in Wang Anshi's room. When everyone was in the Wende Palace, they saw Wang Anshi's strange tricks one after another, handing in a book of 10,000 words, and seeing the appreciative eyes of the examiner Fu Bi, they felt that this champion was not far from ten, and it was Wang Anshi.

The sun is shining brightly, and the golden temple is passing on the day.

All the tributes were dressed and waited outside the Donghua Gate of the palace.

Hundreds of civil and military officials, princes and ministers have arrived, and the band ceremonial class has also been put in place.

Hundreds of soldiers of the forbidden army stood outside the noon gate with halberds to show their royal majesty.

Liu Ming wore a black gauze jinshi scarf, a light blue robe with a black leather belt, and stood in front of the square with other jinshi. Wang Anshi and Su Shi also held their heads high with solemn expressions.

Liu Ming understands that today's protagonists are his own jinshi. He suddenly felt a little emotional, and realized that he was already among the top young scholars in the entire Great Song Dynasty. He vaguely experienced the taste of success, thinking that in his previous life he was just a little white-collar worker who wanted to see the face of the boss, Liu Ming really understood the truth that blessings and misfortunes depend on each other.

A tall, majestic, purple-robed middle-aged official strolled out and stood in front of the candidates, like an iron tower.

Even without the purple-robed official uniform, Liu Ming could feel the tremendous deterrent power brought by this mighty middle-aged official. I saw that the other hundred officials were also deferential, listening to the purple-robed official's words.

A sharp-voiced eunuch next to him shouted loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Pang Guogong has come to announce the decree!" ”

Liu Ming chuckled in his heart, it turned out that this tall and unangry official was the military boss of the court, the first privy envoy in the sequence, the crown prince Shaobao and the prince of Yingguo.

His teacher, Fan Zhongyan, is said to have lost power because he was liquidated from the imperial court by Pang. Liu Ming himself read Yang Jiajiang when he was a child, and he knew that Master Pang was not a good thing. Therefore, he did not have the slightest good impression of this Pang Guogong.

Although some clever candidates tried their best to show favor to Pang Ji, this Pang Guogong still looked indifferent.

He opened the golden book and said in a loud voice: "The emperor's grace is vast, and he will open a branch to take scholars." At the end of the palace examination in the second year of the Ming Dao, there were 18 first-class jinshi, 148 second-class jinshi, and 272 third-class jinshi......"

Pang Ji's voice was majestic without any emotion, and this tone did not mean to celebrate at all. Liu Ming even felt that this voice, even if it was placed on the funeral, did not violate the slightest disobedience.

"First Class Jinshi Third Place ......"

"First class jinshi, second place, Su Shi, Su Zizhan ......"

Word by word, Pang Ji paused here and looked at all the people. The entire square in front of the hall was suddenly silent, and everywhere Pang Ji's eyes went, everyone was silent. Even those forbidden army generals didn't even dare to move their necks, for fear that the sound of the Dutch armor pieces on their bodies colliding with each other would annoy the big guy.

Pang Ji's cold and lightning-like gaze suddenly shot towards the Jinshi team, and those who were strafed instinctively avoided and lowered their heads.

Liu Ming's pupils shrank slightly, and he held his breath - because this Pang Guogong's gaze was shooting towards him.

Between the lightning and flint, Liu Ming seemed to understand a thousand words or a cloud of fog from that gaze.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, Liu Ming's heart fluttered, and his heart began to think wildly, wondering if the other party was looking at him so coldly, whether he wanted to kill someone in the square in front of this Wende Hall or something.

Pang Ji stared at Liu Ming for a few seconds, his beard trembled slightly, and his tone was not shocked, "The first champion of the first class of Jinshi - Liu Ming and Liu Ming!" ”

The two eunuchs next to him immediately shouted, "Jinshi is the first champion - Liu Ming!" ”

"Jinshi first-class champion - Liu Ming!"

On the square, the marathon relay composed of the soldiers of the forbidden army and the preacher officer, the sound is monstrous, the whole square, the whole Wende Hall in front of the voice-call, like a mountain range, the inheritance continues.

In front of the main hall, only the same sentence echoed, circling the beam for three days, and the aftermath was endless.

A row of white doves flew into the sky, and Liu Ming looked at the sky, the sun was dazzling, and his eyes were confused for a while.

Liu Ming only had one sentence in his heart.

Why not Wang Anshi?

Why not Wang Anshi?

How could this powerful minister, who shook the past and the present, be ranked behind him in the imperial examination......

What's even more unexpected for Liu Ming is that Wang Anshi not only did not rank in the top three, but also reluctantly ranked at the bottom of the first class.

Could it be ...... Your own strategy, right?

Liu Ming never thought that he would be able to win the first place. He just wanted to do a different paper.

When he was in the palace test that day, Liu Ming expected that Wang Anshi would actively advocate change. If he continues to follow the same path, I am afraid that he will not be able to compete with Wang Anshi. Liu Ming relied on his limited knowledge of historical online literature to know that Emperor Renzong was a master of Zhongxing, but he was not a pioneer of reform. The Qingli New Deal many years ago, to be honest, compared with Wang Anshi Xining's changes later, it was just a touch of the skin, and it was light. But even if the Qingli New Deal was such a reform as a breeze, Emperor Renzong still did not stick to it.

Therefore, Liu Ming judged that the change was probably not to the taste of the old lord, so he found another way. Unexpectedly, I succeeded. Before he could react, a row of eunuchs came over and pushed Liu Ming forward.

Liu Ming stumbled and almost made a fool of himself, so he stood in front of Pang Ji, and there were a few more officials next to him.

Yan Shu, the prime minister of Tongping Zhangshi, Shi Fubi of Hanlin University, and some first-class officials whose names Liu Ming couldn't name, were all congratulating Liu Ming.

The princes and ministers next to him also rushed over, and the stars held the moon like the moon, surrounding Liu Ming together.

The other Jinshi were temporarily left out in the cold.

Su Shi said with envy on his face: "People say that Liu Ming is a Qingzhou Wenqu star, I think, this sentence should be changed, and the word Qingzhou must be removed." This Liu Ming is the Wenqu star of the Great Song Dynasty. Brother Wang...... Although it didn't win the first place, it was still the first class. He turned his head to look at Wang Anshi, wanting to comfort him. Su Shi knew that Wang Anshi's voice was the highest, but now it has fallen sharply to tenth, and the psychological gap is huge.

I saw that Wang Anshi's face was really gray, he looked up at the sky, and said softly: "It seems that today's official family is not a master who strives for change. ”

When Su Shi heard this, his face changed, and he quickly corrected: "Jiefu, you can speak softly, the official family knows about it, and take off your Jinshi hat." ”

Wang Anshi's face was pale and he didn't seem to listen. He turned silently and slowly walked out of the group.

Su Shi was in a hurry, he didn't know what Wang Anshi was going to do, and he couldn't move, so he could only look at each other with anxious eyes.

Wang Anshi seemed to be muttering something to himself, he looked sad and angry, and walked straight to the palace gate.

This move, the sergeant next to him was stunned, and he didn't know what Wang Anshi was going to do.

The two sergeants stopped Wang Anshi with halberds, but they were also very polite, and said, "Jin Shilang, I will wait for the Jinluan Hall to face the saint, please wait." ”

Wang Anshi's expression was grief-stricken at this time, where could he hear anything, he still insisted on going out.

Seeing that there was about to be a conflict, I only heard a loud voice from behind: "Two military masters, show mercy to your subordinates." ”

Su Shi hurriedly chased after him, he stomped his foot ruthlessly, and decided that he couldn't let Wang Anshi go.

"The two military masters ......" Su Shi stood between Wang Anshi and the sergeant, "This Wang Jinshi, who just heard the news of the death of his relatives at home, was overwhelmed with grief and couldn't control his emotions. ”

When the sergeant heard this, his face softened and said, "Then you can't walk around, you can quickly help him in." ”

"Yes, yes." Su Shi didn't care whether Wang Anshi was willing or not, forcibly turned him around, and returned to the team like an escort.

At that time, no one would have thought that the relationship between the two in the political arena would be as entangled as a Korean drama couple, and they would jointly compose a political hymn to the dispute between gentlemen around the love and hatred of reform and law change.

At this time, Liu Ming, who was surrounded by the princes and ministers, mechanically saluted with this, with that, and dealt with the wheel battle.

Then, like a fish under a knife, he was pushed around by the eunuchs, and soon arrived at the remote palace. Three or four palace maids greeted him, and quickly and skillfully changed Liu Ming into the costume of the champion. Liu Ming was blushing at that time. These palace maids, all of whom are dignified-looking, didn't even say hello when they came up, and directly picked up their clothes. That's going too fast, isn't it?

I saw the fragrance of fat powder on the tip of my nose, Luo Qi flying in front of me, and the gentle smiles of the palace maids, which made Liu Ming feel the presence of the champion.

"Champion Lang...... Please use tea ......"

"Champion Lang...... Lean sideways ......"

Yingsheng Yanyu, red makeup and pink makeup, temporarily left the old things in the square, Liu Ming was in a really good mood. It would be better for him to change his clothes and makeup several times longer.

He was just embarrassed to deal with many princes and ministers, and felt very tired, at this moment, he felt the same as Jia Baoyu, his daughter was flesh and bone made of water, and the man was flesh and bone made of mud. When he saw his daughter, he was refreshed; When I saw the man, I felt that it was turbid and smelly.

Although Liu Ming kicked his legs, stretched his waist, and extended as much time as possible without annoying the palace maid, the happy time was still short-lived. Soon, he had a new packaging, put on a long foot head, and a big red flower was framed on his chest. He walked down the corridor in the palace and walked to the Chongzheng Hall under the crowd.

"Liu Ming, ......" the university scholar Fubi was already waiting in the corner of the corridor.

"Rich Prime Minister ......" Liu Ming saluted.

"What's the name of Xianggong, just call Senior Brother." Fu Bi, who was two rounds of the elder Liu Ming, smiled easily.

"Master ......" Liu Ming stammered.

"Liu Ming, this time he really lived up to Fan Gong's expectations, won the three yuan in a row, and won the champion." Fu Bi said with joy on his face.

"Students are lucky." Liu Ming said modestly.

"No, no." Fu Bi shook his head, "It's not luck. This time, the old man made a mistake. He said apologetically, "Liu Ming, I didn't list you first at the beginning, just to avoid it, you ...... You won't blame me......"

Liu Ming naturally said that this was Fu Bi's selfless move for the sake of the public. Before the two had time to speak for a while, he was pulled aside by the little eunuch and told that he was going to attend the Qionglin banquet hosted by the official family.

The Qionglin Banquet is a banquet held for the new branch Jinshi after the palace examination, and it is named the Qionglin Banquet because it is held in the Qionglin Garden of the Royal Garden.

At this time, with the help of the eunuchs, the Jinshi had removed their white clothes and changed into a blue Luo official uniform. These jinshi, you look at me, I look at you, all of them are full of emotion. In the blink of an eye, there are no white talents here, all of them are officials.

Ten years of cold windows no one asked, and in one fell swoop became famous all over the world.

The jinshi were beaming with joy and congratulated each other.

Under the guidance of the soldiers and eunuchs, all the Jinshi of the first class went to the royal garden Qionglin Garden.

Qionglin Garden, jade paving, willow lock rainbow bridge, carved railings and paintings, ten thousand trees compete for glory, revealing the vigorous atmosphere of the royal garden.

The scholars were seated in the pavilion in the center of the garden. This pavilion, facing the center of the lake, the water surface is sparkling, and the distant mountains are verdant and verdant, which is indeed an excellent scenery for eating.

With the sound of a bell, melodious music sounded. It turned out that in the shade behind the gazebo, a group of court musicians were hidden. Accompanied by this music, a team composed of dozens of purple-clothed eunuchs, holding dozens of vermilion lacquer boxes painted with golden dragons, approached the pavilion in an orderly manner.

Plates of delicate dishes were served, such as coarse white kidneys with wine, fried quail with three fresh bamboo shoots, fried field chicken, and fried three-color bream, all of which were some treasures.

Those Jinshi, there are also many big families, looking at these precious dishes, the color, fragrance and beauty, but also surprised.

The old eunuch called out loudly: "The official family has always been strictly thrifty, and this time it is an exception for the new science and technology jinshi, I hope you can have a good appetite." ”

As soon as he said this, it reminded everyone that the Jinshi, who was originally a little greedy, had become completely unappetized again - this is about to face the official family again.

Although it is not the first time that everyone has seen this ninety-five. However, the last time it was in the palace test, the emperor was high, and there was still a certain distance between the two sides. Now, the lord of this country is having a feast with him, and the thought of this makes almost all the jinshi so nervous that their teeth chatter.

How do you behave, how do you speak?

These jinshi, although they already have official bodies, are still rookies in the temple.

Liu Ming looked at Su Shi, and both of them showed nervous expressions.

"The official family has arrived!" The eunuch shouted.

As soon as the Jinshi were stunned, they felt a gust of wind passing by beside them, and Zhao Zhen, who was wearing a crown of heaven and a silk robe, walked slowly.

All the jinshi immediately got up and saluted Zhao Zhen.

With a gentle smile on his face, Zhao Zhen glanced at everyone: "No one asked about the cold window for ten years, and he became famous all over the world in one fell swoop." Ladies and gentlemen, you have survived to this moment, and it is worth celebrating. ”

It was this sentence that made many Jinshi immediately burst into tears. They thought of their experience of studying hard at a young age, the process of rushing for the imperial examination, and the insomnia on the eve of the exam, and now, these have paid off.

Su Shi was also moved, he only felt that this official's simple sentence was full of compassion and understanding. The official family is the honor of the Ninety-Five, as noble as the morning dew, but he can understand the hardships of the people.

"Eat." Zhao Zhen smiled slightly.

However, all the jinshi put their hands on their knees in a regular manner, bowed their heads one by one, and no one dared to move.

"What? When you become a jinshi, you won't even be able to eat? Zhao Zhen picked up a piece of meat, sandwiched it into Su Shi's bowl, and said:

"Su Aiqing, eat."

Su Shi came down with tears in his eyes, and he couldn't cry and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen, ......"

Su Shi ate this piece of meat with tears in his eyes, but it is estimated that the taste is more wonderful than any dish he has ever eaten in his life.

Everyone finally started, and after tossing and turning for a long time so early in the morning, some Jinshi were already so hungry that their eyes were black, and they devoured them. Some saw the officials looking at themselves, and they slowed down embarrassedly.

At this time, a little eunuch hurried over and whispered a few words next to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen said slightly apologetically: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have some government affairs to deal with, so I won't accompany you." It's just that after a hurried meeting with all of you, I have a few words to remind. ”

The Jinshi immediately straightened their waists and showed that they were being taught.

"In the future, you will all be in important positions, and maybe some of you will become my minister." Zhao Zhen admonished, "It's difficult to be an official." Resist temptation, resist coercion. I don't expect all of you to be the blue sky of the common people, but I ask you to be able to clean yourself. Lao Tzu Youyun didn't dare to be the first in the world, and it was not easy to sweep the snow in front of the door and sweep it clean. ”

When the Jinshi heard the words of the official, they nodded their heads one after another, saying that they must keep it in mind.

"Naturally......," Zhao Zhen said with a straight face, "I have no doubt that there are also capable ministers among you who can govern the world. For those who have set great ambitions, I use the poem of one of you Jinshi as an encouragement - 'The worries of the world are worried, and the joys of the world are happy.' I like this very much, and I give it to you. ”

After speaking, everyone looked at Liu Ming who was sitting in the corner with a light of envy. Liu Ming's sentence is so famous that even Fan Zhongyan is full of praise. Originally, everyone thought that Zhao Zhen only said one word to Su Shi during the entire banquet, and it didn't seem to show special care for Liu Ming, the champion.

But at this time, the official family actually quoted Liu Ming's poems, which is enough to show their concern for this champion.

It can be seen that this champion is indeed the leader among the jinshi.

At this time, even all the eunuchs standing next to him had a friendly smile towards Liu Ming.

Liu Ming saw Zhao Zhen's gentle and loving eyes with encouragement, and his heart was as sweet as drinking snow in June.

He took a step forward, bowed, and said aloud: "Your Majesty, keep in mind the teachings. ”