Xie Shence's views on the civil and military examination system, Emperor Jin very much agreed.

The imperial examination system of the Great Jin Dynasty was learned from the Southern Song Dynasty.

Different from the strict imperial examination system of the Southern Song Dynasty, the imperial examination of the Great Jin Dynasty was more like a battlefield for several major families to divide up emerging talents. Xie Shence compared Tang Taizong's statement that "all the heroes of the world are in my place", the imperial examination of the Southern Song Dynasty is undoubtedly more successful, and it is not bad with the era of the Tang and Song dynasties in the history books that Xie Shence recited back then. Of course, Tang Taizong's sentence was not originally about the imperial examination system.

The imperial examination of the Jin State is only a superficial appearance, which is a fact that everyone knows but does not say. Therefore, the champions of the Great Jin Dynasty and the top three in the palace test are often jokingly asked by the Southern Song Dynasty "who is the leader", which means that this year's champions and others are supported by which family.

Of course, the champion of the Great Jin Dynasty in recent years is either surnamed "Xie" or "Sima", and the remaining one-third is divided by other families.

What a deformed society

Xie Shence let out a long breath after leaving the imperial study, thinking like this.

By this time it was already dark, and the palace was brightly lit.

Outside the palace gate, the carriage of the Ti Cavalry Division was already waiting, and General Secretary Yang reminded after Xie Shence got on the car: "Lord Admiral, there is a banquet for His Royal Highness King Qi tonight. ”

Xie Shence sat in the car tiredly and did not respond.

General Secretary Yang waited for a while and saw that there was no response in the car, so he opened the car door and saw Xie Shence closing his eyes to recuperate, and asked softly: "Lord Admiral, if you don't go to King Qi's banquet tonight, your subordinates will send someone back." ”

Xie Shence opened his eyes, dipped the towel in the car, washed his face, and said, "Go, take the Huangjing River, slower speed." ”

Mr. Yang and several horsemen rode around the carriage and slowly walked along the Huangjing River towards the Huangjing Tower.

At this time, the painting boat on both sides of the Huangjing River has begun to be lively, and the street on the opposite bank is full of people.

"Wen Chong, Zhao Xu, and Sima Tan, tonight's formation is not small."

After Xie Shence finished eating, he took out a note from the coarse cloth wrapped in the blue and white bowl, slowly looked at the information on it, and muttered softly.

After a while, Xie Shence drank a few sips of water, and after feeling that the taste in his mouth had basically disappeared, he walked out of the car door and went to Huangjing Building with Mr. Yang.

"Next time, let him stop putting leeks, add leek chicken to the meatloaf, what a thing! No wonder business is so bad. Ha, ha, the smell has finally gone away. ”

Mr. Yang followed behind Xie Shence with a strange expression.

The seller of mutton soup is one of their Tiqi, who likes to eat leeks, so almost all the cakes will put some leeks, in the past, Xie Shence didn't care much when he ate, but today he is going to a banquet, if someone smells that he has eaten before, it will be a little embarrassing.

This guy often buys his mutton soup from Lord Admiral, and recently praised his craftsmanship, which is very rampant these days, and he has to take the opportunity to suppress his arrogance

Xie Shence and the others were dressed in black admiral uniforms in the crowd of people who came and went, and the little man at the door of the Huangjing Building had no eyesight, and when he saw a few people in mandarin duck clothes guarding a black official uniform, he knew that it was definitely a big man in the Tiqi Division, and he heard it before he laughed, so he wanted to come forward to greet him.

However, someone stopped the little guy, and someone else rushed to greet Xie Shence and the others.

After all, the little guy is not stunned, he will not scold people first and then look at his face, but he just swept the person who stopped him, and knew that these two people were the guards next to the previous group of big people, so he smiled and nodded and retreated, and then smiled to greet another group of guests.

The man stepped forward, clenched his fists and bent down, saying, "Lord Admiral is here, please go up with the villain." ”

Mr. Yang nodded, and several people followed the man.

Still in a big private room, Xie Shence really saw King Qi and Sima Tan who had seen him many times after entering.

Xie Shence saluted King Qi and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qi. ”

King Qi got up with a smile and saluted and said, "Lord Admiral, please take a seat." ”

Xie Shence sat down first on the left of King Qi.

King Qi saw Xie Shence sit down, so he introduced Xie Shence: "Today, Lord Admiral can come to the banquet in his busy schedule, and this king is very happy. The Admiral is busy with business, and I am afraid that he rarely knows all of you here, so this king will introduce the Admiral. ”

Xie Shence hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

And the king of Qi introduced everyone present to thank Shence one by one, and everyone greeted Xie Shence one by one, and Xie Shence also returned the salute one by one.

Most of them are petty officials of the fifth, sixth and seventh grades, and their positions are not high, but they are all oil and water yamen who are easy to promote. There aren't many high-profile people at the moment, but at a glance, you can see that most of them are sleek people, and the relationship with colleagues is extremely good.

Xie Shence looked at Sima Tan opposite, and Sima Tan nodded with a smile.

Sima Jin and Sima Shan did not come today, which is not common. Xie Shence probably knows a little reason, it seems that there is a rift in the relationship between this big and young and the second Sima Tan, so today's banquet will not be the three brothers are here. And in the end, it was Sima Tan who appeared, and he thought that King Qi had also made some trade-offs.

Xie Shence smiled, which was not only a response to Sima Tan, but also a meaning of indifference.

All of you present today, in fact, in addition to Sima Tan and King Qi, even Zhao Xu and Wen Chong are all foils.

If King Qi wants to win over Xie Shence, he will naturally not take a certain path alone, and if relatives can have a more intimate relationship, they will naturally not waste it. Sima Tan will be Xie Shence's eldest brother-in-law, and this relationship is not in vain.

The atmosphere after a banquet is not very good, although there are Zhao Xu, Wen Chong and others desperately gags to enliven the atmosphere, but the main three people - Qi Wang, Sima Tan, and Xie Shence have been tepid, which makes people very embarrassed, and there have even been cold situations several times in the banquet.

didn't talk about state affairs, didn't talk about world affairs, it stands to reason that tonight should be a pleasant one, but after the meeting, everyone's faces were not very good.

People who don't eat oil and salt like this will be angry for everyone.

What's more, Xie Shence walked away halfway.

Tonight's banquet is mainly for Xie Shence, and since Xie Shence is gone, there is no need for the banquet to continue.

After Xie Shence left, King Qi looked at the leftovers on the table, and then looked at the people with poor faces, and laughed.

Wen Chong reacted the fastest, and when he saw King Qi laughing, he hurriedly asked in surprise, "Why is Your Highness laughing?" ”

King Qi knocked on the dishes with chopsticks and said with a smile: "Look at your current appearance, all of them have a long face, what's the matter?" Waiting for the king to come and unleash you? ”

The crowd was hurriedly frightened, and even "don't dare" and "forgive sins".

King Qi waved his hand, smiled again, and said, "What this king cares about is not this, but your attitude towards Xie Shence. ”

"The king is giving a banquet today, for what you should know, since you can come. That's right, this king just wants to win him over, so this king's performance at tonight's banquet has disappointed you a little. ”

Why? Because of you. Because there are still many of you who think that this king is just a temptation tonight, and he is not sincerely inviting Xie Shence, so your attitude towards Xie Shence is not very friendly, and even some are targeted on some issues. This kind of targeting is not the kind of targeting when you discuss things together during the day, you are all doing things for this king, and the frequent targeting rarely brings personal emotions, so this king appreciates it very much. But tonight, you're doing something a little deliberate. ”

"At the end of the day, you don't treat him as one of your own."

"But this king really wants to treat him as his own! However, you are all confidants of this king, and it is impossible for this king to despise you for a person who is not his own, so this king can only be silent. ”

Zhao Xu exhaled a breath of wine, got up and bent over and said, "Your Highness, it's me who is stupid and ruined His Highness's big business." Please punish Your Highness. ”

As soon as everyone saw Zhao Xu say this, they all got up and asked King Qi to punish him.

King Qi sighed and said, "Sit down, sit down, you are the king's henchmen, how can the king punish you." Since tonight's events have happened, so be it, don't think about it. Let's go back and think about what to do as soon as possible. ”

King Qi spoke, so everyone took their leave.

Zhao Xu and Wen Chong left last, glanced at Sima Tan, who had always sat still, and stopped talking, but finally left with Wen Chong.

"What does my cousin think?"

Sima Tan is bigger than Xie Shen Pei Xie Shenwei, so he is also older than King Qi, and there is no third person at this time, so King Qi calls Sima Tan his cousin.

Sima Tan said unpretentiously: "If it was just elusive at the end of last year, now this Admiral is unpredictable." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Quietly, between advance and retreat, others can't invade the heart half a step, it's really tight. And I can see that his mind isn't all about us tonight. ”

King Qi sighed and said, "That's not to take us seriously." It's really annoying to think about. This cousin has risen so quickly, even this king is very envious. ”

Sima Tan smiled faintly and disagreed: "He has risen quickly, and fundamentally speaking, although he has the Xie family as his strong support, so that he has arrogant capital, but the most fundamental thing is His Majesty's favor for him." This can be seen from many things in the last two years. If Your Highness wants to show goodwill, you might as well show it all the way to the end. If it is to be broken, it should be broken early. Do not use both ends of the first mouse. ”

The term "two ends of the first rat" is not very suitable for the Jin Emperor's son, and it is contrary to the rules of the monarch and the minister. But King Qi didn't take it to heart at this time.

The two said some more words, and then Sima Tan and King Qi both left the Huangjing Tower and parted ways.

On the way back to Weihou Mansion, Xie Shence said to General Secretary Yang outside through the carriage: "King Qi and Sima Tan really have a tacit understanding. ”

General Secretary Yang smiled: "Did Lord Admiral mean the expressions of the two at the banquet?" ”

Xie Shence was noncommittal, and the carriage fell silent again.

The two of them look like each other, what is the reason?