On July 24, the eighth year of Baoda (950 AD), the Southern Tang Dynasty Ten Topics Talent Ceremony officially kicked off. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the imperial examinations of the regular department, special science, and martial arts are different, the ceremony for the first time clearly listed the topics of politics, economy, science and technology, military, business, etc., the title is clear, and the form is new. ”

——Excerpt from "The Book of the Southern Tang Dynasty? Of course, the definition of the Southern Tang Dynasty's official and non-governmental understandings are slightly different.

In the eyes of the people, from the announcement of the ten questions of recruitment to the world, until the formal establishment of the Southern Tang Academy of Sciences, this is the whole process of the entire ceremony. In the eyes of the officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the ceremony on the morning of July 24, the eighth year of Baoda, was the ceremony they recognized.

On this morning, as soon as the sky was bright, all the forbidden armies in the north and south of Jinling City were dispatched, with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and all the avenues from Jinling Palace to Jinling School Palace were put under martial law. On the wide avenue, there was not a single pedestrian except for the last group of people who cleaned the streets organized by the Taishou Yamen of Jinling City. But on both sides of the avenue, there are three layers of enclosure and three layers outside, all of which are ordinary people waiting to see the lively Jinling City. After three months before and after, and after several announcements of warm-up, everyone has been waiting a little impatiently!

After the unusually short early dynasty, all the people of the court went to the Jinling School Palace collectively, and at the palace gate, an unusually large team was quickly formed in order.

At the front and outside, there are the forbidden army and the palace guards with bright armor, which are composed of ninety-nine eighty-one dashing and burly soldiers.

In the center of the escort procession, in the front position, is a tall jade chariot pulled by eight tall horses.

On the azure jade chakra seat, Li Jing, who was dressed in a yellow dragon crown court dress, was in the center, Shi Xubai, the chief doctor, was on the left, and Lin Feng was on the right.

After the jade chariot, Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, Li Jingqian, the king of Chu, Li Hongji, the king of Yan, and Li Yu, the king of Zheng, all rode horses in official uniforms to accompany them.

On the wooden chariot that followed, there were five other chief examiners and deputy examiners in addition to Shi Xubai and Lin Feng: Situ Zhouzong, Yan Ji, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Chen Jishan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Li Deming, a bachelor of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Chang Mengxi and Wei Cen, the deputy privy envoys. Of course, as the chief envoy of today's ceremony, the other two deputy chief examiners, Jiang Wenwei and You Jianyan, were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground, so they naturally did not have time to accept the honor of "parading the streets".

After that, except for some old ministers who were over the age of sixtieth birthday, they had the opportunity to ride the emperor's chariot to travel, and all the other courtiers walked back according to the order of their official ranks.

As soon as the head of the long and large procession left the palace gate and approached the neighborhood, it caused the uniform gasping sound of the crowd on the side of the road. It has been thirteen years since the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the people of Jinling City have experienced the two emperors Li Yu and Li Jing, and the big scenes they have seen before and after are not few, but it is the first time that they have dispatched jade chariots and wooden chariots at the same time like today!

"Who are the two people next to the emperor?" There were people in the crowd who didn't know and asked.

Soon, the answer spread among the crowd: "The elder is the righteous doctor Shi Xubai, and the younger one is Lord Lin Fenglin!" ”

"Wow!" A new round of gasping sound shook in the crowd, and Shi Xubai also gave up, before, many Jinling people had heard of his drunken resignation in the palace, but compared with Lin Feng, the difference in popularity was immediately bigger!

Lin Feng, rising as brilliant as a flower, as dazzling as a star, with outstanding literary talent and extraordinary talent, everyone couldn't imagine that he was so young and handsome. Besides, the national reform led by Lin Feng, the ten questions of recruitment, the supermarket, the forbidden army competition, etc., have affected how many people in Jinling have been affected in different aspects! Immediately, the eyes of many people in the crowd were full of envy and admiration, needless to say, the eyes of many young girls were naturally filled with admiration.

The jade chariot walked to a junction, which coincided with the intersection of the two avenues from east to west to north and south, and the people who were surrounded by it were naturally more, and the noise became louder and louder. Several girls with heavy makeup and gorgeous clothes threw the handkerchiefs in their hands in the direction of the jade chariot, and shouted wildly: "Lord Lin, Lord Lin!" ”

The shouts of these girls were unusually high-pitched, making the people around them look sideways, and a thin young man used the scabbard and burden in his hand as a weapon, and forced the people around him to take two steps back, making himself a little farther away from those girls, and said in disgust: "A group of! ”

A rude man who was pushed away by him glared at him, and when he found that this person had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, he immediately became angry, and said sarcastically: "Yo, I can't see Lord Lin is young, handsome and talented!" You have the ability, and you can also sit on the jade chariot, what are you squeezing here with us ordinary people! ”

The young man glared back, and in the flow of his eyes, he actually gave people a feeling of coquettishness: "Aunt Ben...... Young Master Ben is not uncommon! Besides, he's not very handsome! ”

With that, the young man pushed away the people behind him, walked to a place where there was a little less crowd, and hurried to the south.

Hearing the noise around him getting higher and higher, Li Jing, who was above the jade chariot, turned to Lin Feng and said with a smile: "Lord Lin, along the way, the voice of shouting Lord Lin has been continuous, it seems that the reputation of the supreme good is very high!" ”

Lin Feng had just adapted to the cramped feeling of being so flamboyant in front of people, and when he heard Li Jing's words, his face immediately turned a little red, and he hurriedly replied: "Let Your Majesty make a joke!" In Weichen's view, this is just because the people know that His Majesty is wise and powerful, and they are too far away from them, and Master Shi and Weichen are from the grass field, and they naturally have some psychological closeness. ”

This sentence immediately amused Li Jing, Lin Feng's sycophants couldn't be traced, but it was the itch!

Shi Xubai next to him immediately continued: "Closeness? This word is very good, just like my Datang's change, I have a natural sense of closeness with the people, so I can win the hearts of the people and obey it! ”

Lin Feng immediately picked up the conversation, pretended to sigh, and continued to pat himself on the back: "This closeness is actually the closeness between His Majesty and the people of the world!" Originally, His Majesty was benevolent and loved the people, and if he continued to develop like this, we, who were courtiers, would have no confusion at all! ”

Lin Feng's witty words immediately made Li Jinglong's face happy and he smiled.

Lin Feng is not finished yet, he continued to "add weight" and said: "Actually, seeing this situation, thinking of the Talent Ceremony, the Academy of Sciences, and then thinking of the future prosperity of my Tang Dynasty, Lin Feng has an idea, that is, the former Tang Dynasty Taizong actually said a word for His Majesty in advance!" ”

At the same time that Lin Feng paused slightly, Shi Xubai followed Lin Feng's tone and shouted softly with him: "Heroes of the world, all in the middle of His Majesty!" ”

During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the Duanmen of Luoyang, saw the new jinshi coming out, and was overjoyed, saying: "The heroes of the world have entered my world!" "That means that from now on, all the heroes in the world are under my control!

At this time today, Li Jing also happens to be the second emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and like Li Shimin, he is preparing to inherit the legacy of the former Tang Dynasty and reproduce the grand occasion of the former Tang Dynasty.

Li Jing couldn't stand it anymore, and in a happy mood, he laughed loudly.