Zhao Zhen on the dragon chair waved his hand and said, "Let him in." ”

At this time, Fu Bi held a yellow thick tray in his hand, bowed in and said: "Weichen Fu Bi, knock on Your Majesty, may my emperor ......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Zhen stopped: "Okay, okay." It's not in the main hall, so there's no need for such red tape - flat. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fubi stood up.

"Rich and Prosperous...... Have you eaten? Zhao Zhen said casually with a smile.

Fu Bi replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, Weichen just ate mutton noodles in the evening. ”

Hearing this, Father-in-law Feng and Zhao Zhen were both happy at the same time, and Father-in-law Feng was even more smiling. He said softly: "The rich scholar is not shallow, he can eat mutton noodles......"

Fu Bi was stunned for a moment, and didn't understand what mistake he made in eating mutton noodles, so he immediately knelt down and said: "Wechen is guilty, Wechen will not eat mutton noodles in the future, be thrifty, and eat green vegetable noodles instead." ”

Fu Bi is also a scholar of Hallym University who has learned to be rich and rich, and his response is extremely playful. Zhao Zhen finally couldn't help it, and burst out laughing, "Fu Xianggong, you are really a talent." By the way, what's the matter at such a late hour? ”

Fu Bi said loudly: "It's for the palace test." Wei Chen and several chief examiners knew that His Majesty was eager to seek talents, so they did not dare to rest, so they discussed all night and selected the answer sheets of the ten tributes. He held the yellow tray aloft and saw that there were ten exam papers spread out in it.

Seeing the exam papers, Zhao Zhen came to the spirit and praised: "Fuqing's family has worked hard. I'm looking forward to these papers. Since Taizu restored the imperial examination, he changed the customs of the previous dynasty. This palace test, how many pillars of talent have been selected for the imperial court. Now, the world seems to be a balance, but in fact the dark waves are surging, and the king should open the Holy Hearing, seek talents, and accept talents from all over the world. ”

Fu Bi listened and nodded, he was also a jinshi appointed by the emperor back then.

"Fu Qingjia, who do you think will win the first article?" Song Renzong's hand stopped above the exam paper, as if he was hesitating which one to read first.

Fu Bi hurriedly bowed down and said, "The palace test is the Son of Heaven himself who is in charge of testing talents. Weichen is shallow in his learning, and he does not dare to overstep his bounds. Wechen thinks......"

"I heard that your fellow disciple is also in this exam." Renzong asked suddenly.

Fu Bi sighed in his heart, thinking that although His Majesty is a good day, his psychology is still like a mirror. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and reported, "Your Majesty, it's true. But...... The minister thought that although his article was good, it was still worse than the other one. ”

As the examiner who presided over the palace examination, Fu Bi naturally wanted to help Liu Ming. Helplessly, Liu Ming is his fellow disciple, and the other examiners know it, and in line with the principle of avoidance, it is natural not to put Liu Ming first. Moreover, Wang Anshi's article is too conspicuous, acupuncture and disadvantages, and the style of writing is sharp. As a scholar of Hallym University, before the palace examination, out of the responsibility of a scholar, he still recommended Wang Anshi's article to Renzong first.

Renzong picked up Wang Anshi's exam paper, and when he saw his thick ten answer sheets, his brows raised slightly, starting from the first one.

"The minister thinks: The husband is far away from the world of the previous king, and the changes and trends encountered are different, and he wants to repair the government of the previous king, although he is very stupid, he still knows the difficulty. However, the ministers thought that they were losing the present, and those who suffered from the government of the lawless kings before them thought that they should only mean the law. The two emperors and the three kings are separated from each other, and there is more than a thousand years, one rule and one chaos, and its prosperity and decline are in place. ”

Seeing this, Renzong's brows furrowed slightly, and his fingers holding the answer sheet trembled.

There is no doubt that Wang Anshi mentioned in the article many shortcomings of the Song Dynasty today, such as the worrisome military prospects, the embarrassing economic situation, and the corrupt social atmosphere, and advocated all-round reform under the banner of "the will of the king of law".

Fu Bi originally thought that when the officials who were keen on change saw this article, they would inevitably be happy, and the reaction of the clinker Zhao Zhen was diametrically opposite.

"It's a revolution again!" Song Renzong's face turned red with anger and crumpled the exam papers into a ball. The memories of the storm of reform a few years ago suddenly filled the king's heart.

At that time, Renzong was also high-spirited, seeking a way of reform and initiating the Qingli New Deal. At the time of Fan Zhongyan and others' book reform, they put forward ten measures to rectify the rule of officials, such as "fine tribute and curtailment". Helplessly, how can change be so easy? The young Emperor Renzong was under strong pressure from the powerful clan. The imperial historians wrote a letter of impeachment every day, knelt down at the door of the Chongzheng Hall every day, and determined that Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu had brought disaster to the country and the people, and several princes even went to the old queen mother overnight to complain.

Gradually, rumors about Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu forming a party and embezzling money spread all over the government and the opposition. The old queen mother even summoned herself into the palace every day, holding the traditional lectures of the emperor.

Although Zhao Zhen did not believe the rumors of corruption between Fan and Ou, he did fall into a sense of crisis. Internal and external troubles made Renzong's throne stormy, and he had to make a heavy decision. On a thunderstorm night, Renzong tearfully summoned Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu for a long talk late at night.

The next day, Fan Zhongyan resigned. A few months later, Ouyang Xiu resigned.

According to Zhao Zhen's intelligence, how could he not know that Fan Zhongyan's family was surrounded by four walls, and he couldn't even afford to hire a servant, let alone collect money. It's just that he knows that if he doesn't take out Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu as scapegoats, then the next one to step down is likely to be himself.

Even after many years, every thunderstorm night, the lord of the Great Song Dynasty was still like a frightened bird, terrified of change. The sorrow of depriving oneself of one's right hand is still vivid.

"Change!" Renzong stood up, his face gloomy, "These courtiers, are they afraid that the world will not be chaotic?" Can't you see a lot of things, and I can't be the master? ”

When Fu Bi heard this, his hands and feet were cold, and he understood that he had made a mistake in figuring out the holy will, and immediately knelt on the ground: "Weichen is really guilty of worrying about His Majesty, and he deserves death." ”

Renzong Tie blushed: "Change, change, it's easy to say." These unpolitical scholars, with their bookish spirits, accuse me of this, accuse me of ......"

"Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry." Fu Bi knelt on the ground, and didn't dare to raise his head, "This Wang Anshi is also thinking about Jiangshan Sheji, but he is not deeply involved in the world, and he can't help but look at the problem a little simple and rude." I hope that Your Majesty will ......"

Fu Bi was worried, in case Renzong was angry, he put this Wang An Shiting staff thirty, this is still the first recommended by himself, wouldn't it hurt others?

Renzong flicked his robe, calmed down a little, and said, "Rich Xianggong, how can I be as knowledgeable as these young scholars?" I can understand their hearts for the country and the people. That's it, that's it, it's just to accuse me of something, and I admit it. ”

Fu Bi hurriedly knelt down and said, "Shengming is no better than Your Majesty." ”

Renzong Zhao Zhen threw Wang Anshi's test paper aside, picked up the second place and flipped through it, and suddenly his face changed again. It's another article for change.

"Smack!"

Several exam papers were thrown to the ground by Renzong, and they were scattered. Fu Bi knelt on the ground, looking at it and not daring to pick it up.

Renzong held the dragon chair in his hand, his face showed a tired look, and he said to himself, "It's all about change, they all want to be famous, and they all want to be businessmen?" ”

"What Your Majesty said is that these young scholars don't know how to accumulate step by step, but they only think about taking shortcuts. It's too impatient. Fu Bi could only follow Renzong's words for now.

"These are the top five you have chosen for me?" Song Renzong looked at the exam papers scattered on the ground, obviously very dissatisfied.

"The minister is stupid, and he is in vain as a bachelor of Hanlin." Fu Bi's feet were numb on his knees.

Renzong was in a very discouraged mood, and he was eager to seek talent, looking forward to the emergence of Zhongxing talents in these answers, and the emergence of confidants who could understand his situation. However, at the moment, it seems that they are all shallow and famous.

The evening breeze blew, and Renzong felt particularly sad, and he thought of the thunderstorm night of the Qingli New Deal many years ago.

"By the way, don't you have a fellow disciple?" Renzong asked casually, "Show me his article." ”

"Your Majesty, this person is also among the ten, and Weichen is in the last two."

Renzong saw that there were still two exam papers in the tray. His face was a little tired, and he picked up an exam paper casually and read it with a yawn.

"Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, Cheng, Kang, how deep love for the people, worry about the people, and treat the world as a gentleman and an elder. There is a goodness, so that it is appreciated, and then it is sung and sighed, so it is happy to begin and encourage it to end......"

Reading and reading, Renzong's eyes slowly lit up, he held the exam paper in both hands, sat back on the dragon chair, and read carefully.

Fu Bi's eyes became clear, and he felt a big difference in his heart. The demeanor of sitting on the dragon chair and reading the scroll carefully seemed to return to the previous period when the prince was tirelessly studying.

He looked up, looked at the tray and saw that there was still a test paper, and asked, "Your Majesty......"

Renzong raised his right hand and motioned to Fu Bi not to speak. His lips furled, and he slowly read the words on the exam paper, nodding yes.

After half a ring, Renzong's brows furrowed, he stood up, took Fu Bi's hand, and said excitedly, "This article is well written." The article is based on loyalty, citing the example of loyalty and honesty in the punishment and reward of the ancient benevolent, and the article is thorough, rigorously structured, concise and easy to understand. This article gets rid of the superficial and difficult wind since the beginning of the Song Dynasty of the Five Dynasties. ”

The eunuch on the side came up and presented a handkerchief: "Master, you are sweating on your forehead." ”

Renzong took the handkerchief and wiped his forehead, "Reading this person's article, I don't feel sweating, it's really fast, fast!" ”

"Your Majesty, whose article is this, is it ......" Fu Bi wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.

Renzong stuffed the test paper into Fu Bi's arms and said happily: "This article is exactly what Liu Ming did. Fu Qingjia, I want to criticize you twice. As an examiner, it is a matter of course to avoid your own relatives. But at the level of selecting talents for the country, I want to send you a few words, Han Feizi said, external actions do not avoid hatred, internal actions do not avoid children. Looking at this person's article, it is really outstanding. If I don't ask, I'm afraid this person will sink into the sea. As long as it is a talent, even if it is the son of the Fuqing family, I will hire it as usual! ”

Fu Bi was very excited, his eyes were full of tears, and he said gratefully: "Your Majesty Shengming." Weichen is stupid and only cares about his own innocence, but he forgets his responsibility as an examiner. Your Majesty is so benevolent, filial piety and wisdom, it is really the luck of the country! ”