Li Xin did not enter the main hall, and entering the main hall at this time would undoubtedly have an adverse impact on these candidates, but let people take the exam papers that had already been received.

"Father, the first person to hand in the paper is Chen Ziang." Li Chengzong said happily: "Erchen looked at his examination papers, and felt that the poems were magnificent, and he was a rare talent. ”

"Oh, is it? Then come and see, you can also appreciate it, you are not as good as me in this march and battle, but if it is in terms of paper collection, I am not as good as you. After Li Xin heard this, he smiled and took Chen Ziang's test paper, flipped through it casually, and handed it to Du Ruhui.

"Your Majesty is too modest, who doesn't know that Your Majesty was in Zhongnan Mountain back then, and now, Zhongnanshan poetry collection is still collected by those literati and ink writers as a treasure." Cen Wenwen and the others hurriedly said.

Li Xin shook his head when he heard this, no one knows better than him what the so-called Zhongnanshan poetry collection is, in terms of literature, Li Xin does not have much talent, and he can't compare with the people in front of him who are immersed in the sea of books and poems, even for good articles, in terms of appreciation, Li Xin may know beauty and ugliness, but if there are subtle differences, Li Xin still can't tell the difference, so he can only hand it over to Du Ruhui and them. Simply because he trusts Du Ruhui and these people very much.

"Your Majesty, this man is very bold. Your Majesty, although you did not shy away from the letter when you decreed it, in fact, there are still many people who lack the letter during the imperial examination, but this Chen Ziang does not, this guy is a bold lord, and he is not afraid that His Majesty will be angry. Du Ruhui took out the test paper with a smile and pointed to one of them and said.

Li Xin looked over, and sure enough, he saw that there was a letter on it that was not missing a pen, and immediately said to Li Chengzong beside him: "Go, look at other people's exam papers, whether other people are missing pens when they write this letter." ”

"Yes." Li Chengzong was also curious and walked into the main hall. glanced at Chen Ziang in the distance, sometimes, although the emperor has a clear edict, but in some things, the people below still dare not easily offend this matter, especially these candidates, who knows if the officials above will be sycophants or something. He chose a few points in the test papers, and sure enough, he saw that many test papers were already lacking pens, but only this Chen Ziang was not lacking pens.

"It's a character." Li Xin saw it clearly, and said with a smile: "This time, let him follow the general to the grassland!" Although the writing is good. But if you want to become a pillar of talent, you can't just write a gorgeous article, you can kill the enemy when you go into battle, and you can govern the people when you get off the horse. That's what really makes a difference. ”

"If Chen Ziang knew that His Majesty valued him so much, he would definitely be very grateful in his heart." Cen Wenwen said with some envy. Even if a candidate becomes the champion, it is rare for the Son of Heaven to pay so much attention to it, and I don't know how many famous literati and writers have finally drowned in the long river of history. How many of them can really make a difference?

Chen Ziang is undoubtedly a lucky man. It was a very rare opportunity to be able to get Li Xin's personal appointment and be able to follow the general out of the fortress from the beginning. As long as he goes through the army, his future achievements will naturally be no problem.

Chen Ziang, who was on the side, didn't know that his fate had changed. He was looking around, and everything in front of him made him surge, if nothing else, he would live in this court in the future. It's just according to the rules of Datang. The top three should all go to the local area to gain experience in politics, and then they can climb up step by step. On the contrary, those students who were at the back of the line would stay in the noble yamen such as the Guozijian or the Hanlin Academy.

The two can't say who is good and who is bad, although the future of the top three is better, but if you stay in the court, if you can get any adult to support, maybe you will climb faster, these are all by chance.

He looked at his classmates around him, some of whom were his friends in the future, but others who were his enemies and rivals. According to the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, there is still a lot of shortage of local officials, and these people will be officials, but there are differences in ranking. Even just now, he obviously felt that there were a lot more eyes on his back, some envious, some dissatisfied, etc., nothing more than because he had just handed in the test paper. It was like a stone falling in the autumn water, splashing a wave.

The palace test in the main hall ended quickly, Chen Ziang left the main hall along the way, listening to everyone's discussion along the way, suddenly someone sighed softly: "It was originally a good article, but I actually forgot to write the letter, now it's good." ”

"This brother, didn't Your Majesty have a decree that this letter does not need to be short of a pen? Why is it needed again? Chen Ziang asked with some concern.

"You are really joking, although Your Majesty said so, but how can those teachers who read the papers really agree, that is a great crime of disrespect. Now the emperor is easy to speak, what if in the future? The candidate shook his head and said, "Isn't this kind of thing not only in the imperial court, but also in the local area?" In our state government exam, a classmate wrote that the article was full of flowers, but because he didn't write the letter, what happened in the end? Isn't it disqualified? ”

"Really?" Chen Ziang's face was pale, and his body trembled out of the palace gate, his eyes blank. No one knows better than him what happens if he doesn't get selected. At this moment, he regretted a little in his heart, regretted that he did not write the letter, and regretted that he should not go to Luoyang for the exam, offended the candidates in Luoyang, and offended the Kanto family.

Once they are defeated, those Kanto families will definitely find themselves and deal with themselves, and they will probably die without a place to bury. So he definitely couldn't lose, but what he didn't expect was that he would lose on this small matter.

Chen Ziang didn't know how he left the palace and returned to his room, but to his surprise, when he called the door, he saw a boy with pink makeup writing there.

"You, who are you?" Chen Ziang looked at the boy with wide eyes and said. This boy was dressed in brocade, but he was only six or seven years old, but although he was relatively young, he had a good temperament, and he was lying high as if he were in the clouds.

"Chen Ziang, I have heard of your name, and I heard that you have a great reputation in Luoyang. Light money, generous, rare young talent. The boy looked at Chen Ziang with a smile and said, "I don't know how your martial arts are?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay to protect yourself." Chen Ziang glanced around, not knowing the identity of the other party, but still said seriously. (To be continued.) )