At this time, Zuo Shaoyang heard a whining sound, and began to think it was the sound of the wind, but after listening carefully, the sound was a little choked and bitter, coming from the examination house next to him, he put his ear on it and listened, and sure enough, it was the candidate next door who was crying and whimpering.

The tribute examination is staggered by the intersection of subjects, that is to say, the person next to Zuo Shaoyang is a candidate for other subjects, and judging according to the rules of crossing, he should be a candidate for the Xiucai subject.

Zuo Shaoyang was a little funny, he must have been unable to answer, seeing that he was about to hand in the papers, he was very anxious, thinking that he was going to fall off the list again, so he cried.

The cry attracted the invigilator, who was also considerate of these ten-year scholars, and did not scold, and asked in a low voice, "What are you crying for?" What's wrong? ”

The candidate next door sobbed and said: "Back to my lord, the weather is cold, the student's palms are frozen, he can't hold a pen, he can't transcribe the answer sheet, and he cries when he sees that the time to hand in the paper is coming." ”

The invigilator sighed: "You are so thinly dressed, and you have no stove for heating, it is strange that your hands are not frozen because of the cold wind blowing in this cold and snowy land!" According to the rules of the Gongyuan, the invigilator is not allowed to lend anything to the candidates, including the heater, so I can't help it, you better get up and move, maybe it will be better. ”

"The student has tried his best, and a hundred methods have been ineffective, woo woo woo ......," Na Gongsheng said sadly, and his cry became louder.

The invigilator hurriedly said: "Don't cry, so as not to affect other people's answers!" ”

"Yes!" The Gongsheng tried desperately to suppress his cry, which sounded as if his throat was choked by something.

When Zuo Shaoyang heard this, he said to the invigilator: "My lord, my test paper has been answered, so I'll lend him my stove." ”

With that, he lifted the quilt, took out the stove, and handed it out from under the table.

The invigilator glanced at Zuo Shaoyang approvingly, took the stove, checked it briefly, and put it under the desk of the Kao Shena Gongsheng next door, and said in a low voice: "You have met a kind person, don't you thank them?" ”

Na Gongsheng hurriedly got up, bowed to the chief of the examination house on Zuo Shaoyang's side, and choked up: "Thank you Brother Ren, dare to ask Brother Ren's name, junior brother Ma Zhou, Yonggan Dade!" ”

Ma Zhou? Zuo Shaoyang's heart was in high school, he wrote argumentative essays in high school, and in order to accumulate argument materials, he had read some stories of famous people who were diligent and successful in ancient times, including a legendary prime minister when Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was in Zhenguan, and his name was Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou was born in poverty, his parents died, he studied hard with tenacious perseverance, and became a knowledgeable and wealthy person, but he has not been taken seriously, and he has lived a poor life for many years. It was not until the middle of Zhenguan that he was appreciated by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, because of the recital he wrote for others, and sent people to invite Ma Zhou three times to listen to him talk about the way to govern the country, which was very appreciated. promoted him to be an official, Ma Zhou dared to admonish, and put forward a lot of opinions to Li Shimin (one of them talked about current affairs is to mention that a bucket of rice in the Zhenguan era was only sold for five yuan, which became one of the important arguments often cited in later generations to study the price of prices in the Tang Dynasty), and Li Shimin appreciated it, so Ma Zhou rose all the way to the top and became Li Shimin's prime minister.

Could it be that Ma Zhou, a hard-working historical celebrity who he memorized in middle school, is the one next to him?

Zuo Shaoyang was about to speak, but the invigilator was busy silencing. Busy with a smile nodded.

Ma Zhou next to him didn't dare to say any more, just bowed to Zuo Shaoyang's Kaoshe, and then put his hands on the stove to keep warm.

There was no stove under Zuo Shaoyang's feet, and in the whining cold wind, the heat in his body was quickly lost, and his fingers quickly became disobedient, and he finally understood why Ma Zhou, who was next to him, was so cold that he couldn't even hold a pen in his hand to copy the answer.

I can't wait any longer, time is running out, and my fingers are getting stiffer and stiffer, don't be like Ma Zhou when I can't pick up a pen and write, it will be miserable.

Zuo Shaoyang had to pick up the pen and start writing.

He wrote the meaning of the original text and analyzed it according to the judgment of the views of the time. When he wrote this, he paused for a moment and asked him to make a mistake in exchange for fame, but he still couldn't do it, so he picked up his pen and continued to write, pointing out the mistake and pointing out the reason for his mistake.

After writing it, I made some corrections and then copied it.

When he copied up, his hands were already frozen and stiff, and the strokes were a little out of shape, but fortunately, he insisted on finishing the last few words, and his fingers were so frozen that he couldn't straighten them. Put down your pen and stand up and move.

After another moment, the Gongyuan Cirrus Cloud Board finally rang, and the invigilator began to retract the papers.

After the test paper was taken away, Ma Zhou came over with the stove in both hands, respectfully placed it in front of Zuo Shaoyang, and arched his hand: "Dare to ask Brother Ren's name?" The grace of helping the stove will never be forgotten! ”

Zuo Shaoyang returned the salute: "Little brother Zuo Zhong Zuo Shaoyang, a native of Hezhou." ”

"It turned out to be Brother Shaoyang! Brother Shaoyang took the medical exam? ”

"Yes."

Ma Zhou smiled and said, "The younger brother is taking the Xiucai test. ”

"It turns out that Brother Ma has the ambition to govern the country and the country, and he is disrespectful!"

"Where, talking on paper, how can Brother Shaoyang hang the pot to help the world and benefit the people of Li."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Ma Zhou arched his hand and said, "Little brother still has trivial matters, so I will leave!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang saw that he was thinly dressed and shivering in the cold wind, so he hurriedly said: "This stove is good for Brother Ma to keep out the cold." ”

"No need, this cold wind can't freeze me Ma Zhou, farewell!" With that, he bowed and walked away in great strides.

Zuo Shaoyang looked at his back and smiled, this person's surname is so arrogant. packed up his things and walked out of the tribute courtyard, and Zuo Gui's father and others hurriedly greeted him at the door. Talk around.

Zuo Gui's father asked about the content of the test questions, listened to Zuo Shaoyang's explanation, nodded frequently, and when it came to Article 176 of the Treatise on Typhoid Fever, Zuo Shaoyang skipped it, he didn't want to tell his father about this trouble, so as not to worry about them.

It turned out that he was full of confidence, but now that this question has gone wrong, he doesn't know if he can reach the first, and his heart hangs. If you return to the Tang Dynasty with more than 1,000 years of advanced medical knowledge to take the medical examination and fail to pass the exam, it will simply disgrace the face of modern people.

―――――――――――― Zuo Shaoyang didn't know that his absolutely awesome test paper made the examiners feel terrible.

After the completion of the marking, the Supreme Doctor of the Taiyi Department will personally review the Taiyi Order, the highest officer of the Taiyi Department under the seventh grade, and after the completion of the preparation and the list of recommended officials, together with the examination papers, the Shangyao under the five grades will be submitted to the Imperial Court for approval, and then the list of personnel will be reported to the Ministry of Officials and appointed.

The doctor of medicine who was in charge of Zuo Shaoyang's test paper was very satisfied with Zuo Shaoyang's previous answers, except for the poor calligraphy, of course. When the question of the White Tiger Soup Certificate was corrected, the medical doctor was dumbfounded, and he couldn't imagine that this Gongsheng surnamed Zuo, who he praised well, would dare to bluntly say on the test paper that Article 176 of the medical classic "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" was wrong!

This Gongsheng is too arrogant, and he actually said that the words of the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing were wrong! It's worth it! This is as shocking as the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution to hear someone say something wrong [***].

This doctor of medicine has a big head, he has participated in the examination papers of the doctor for many years, and he has never encountered this kind of thing, and there are many people who answer incorrectly and answer indiscriminately, but he openly said that a certain judgment of the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing is wrong on the test paper of the medical examination, and this Zuo Shaoyang is the first person!

The doctor read it several times, ran out of ideas, and took this test paper to the top leader of the Taiyi Department.

The name of the imperial physician is He Ze, a thin old man, who was holding a teacup and tasting tea, and the imperial physician Cheng came in, bowed down, and told him about it.

He Ze listened to the words of the medical doctor, and he couldn't believe it, he took the test paper and read it in person, and he was so angry that he snapped and got up: "Such a madman, still have the face to participate in the medical examination?" Hum! Who is this man? He Ze's eyes fell on the name of the test paper, "Zuo Shaoyang?" He said something to himself, and suddenly he was stupid.

The test papers in the early Tang Dynasty are not vague, and the vague name system was pioneered by Wu Zetian later, so the names of the candidates can be directly seen in the early Tang evaluation and correction of the test papers.

The doctor hurriedly asked in a low voice, "My lord, who is this Zuo Shaoyang?" ”

The matter of Du Yan, the imperial historian's sponsorship of Zuo Shaoyang's participation in the medical examination, only he, the supreme head of the Imperial Medical Department, knew about the entire Imperial Medical Department, and the rest of the people did not know, He Ze waved his hand and replied: "This matter will be handled by this official, and you will go back and correct it." ”

The doctor sighed, came out of He Ze's room, very curious, stood in the distance and watched, and after a while, He Ze came out, took the test paper, and rode out of the imperial doctor's office in a little panic. The doctor was even more puzzled, thinking to himself who was this Zuo Shaoyang, who could make the Imperial Doctor so panicked and anxious?

He Ze rode a carriage to Shang Yao's mansion to Hao Hai's mansion.

Shang Yao Fengyu is the highest leader of all medical officers, and it is also the highest position that all medical officers can theoretically achieve, with the rank of Zhengwupin, responsible for the imperial medicine for the emperor and the diagnosis of the pulse, that is, the emperor's personal imperial doctor. Generally speaking, the evaluation of the medical examination and the ranking are directly decided by the Imperial Medical Department, and the Shangyao Fengyu is a symbol of the surname, and he doesn't even look at it, after all, he doesn't have so much energy to read the papers one by one, but directly issues the list of the reports to the ministry. There are very few times when there is a problem with the exam paper and comes directly to him.

Therefore, when Hao Hai saw that the imperial doctor ordered He Ze to come to the door with the test papers, he knew that this matter was only very tricky.

Sure enough, after listening to what He Ze said, Hao Haiyu stared at him, and said angrily: "This Zuo Shaoyang is so arrogant, if you want to pass the first, it will be spread out, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Imperial Medical Department to be a person, and when it reaches the ears of the emperor, it will be even more intelligible, what I know is to give Lord Du a face, I don't know, I think that we are marking the papers are a group of straw bales." ”

He Ze accompanied: "Exactly, so I came to ask the adults to decide." ”

(To be continued)