Huang Shang stood in the first place, and the candidates behind him lined up in an orderly manner according to their ranking.

Not to mention that they are all battle-hardened, a few days ago, there were also ceremonial officials who specially taught them and explained the etiquette when entering the palace to face the saints.

They all cheered up and didn't dare to make a mistake.

Entering the palace from the left door, Huang Shang followed the envoy of the pavilion gate, all the way forward, and the pace was unhurried.

Feeling that he hadn't gone far, he arrived in the Jiying Palace, and at this time it was already dawn, and he just happened to look at the layout of the palace.

Honestly, a bit shabby.

The utensils in the hall, the curtains decorated, and the painted beams and pillars all exude an old atmosphere, which has obviously not been repaired for many years.

This is still the place where the palace is tested, and there are some palaces in the palace that have been abandoned for a long time, and I don't know what it looks like.

"The emperors of the Song Dynasty were mostly frugal, so what's the use?"

Huang Shang sighed in his heart.

Compared with those arrogant and lascivious faint monarchs, the simple and self-controlled emperor can naturally arouse people's favor.

But it's a pity that being a good emperor is not just a matter of frugality......

Now is not the time to think too much, all the candidates stood still in the hall, lined up in a phalanx, and it was still Huang Shang who took the lead, waiting for the arrival of the Son of Heaven.

The time was not long, although the Son of Heaven was not young, but obviously attached great importance to the palace examination, and almost a quarter of an hour later, a series of footsteps came.

Huang Shang didn't look up, waited silently, and didn't start saluting until the Son of Heaven was in place and the ceremonial official gave orders.

After the ceremony, you can see the Son of Heaven in the temple.

Since Huang Shang was standing at the front, he could see it most clearly, and a thin old man came into view.

Renzong Zhao Zhen is actually not very old, and he is only fifty-four years old this year, but I don't know if it is because he is exhausted when he is the emperor, or because he is worried about not having a biological son, he looks much older, close to the state of seventy years old in later generations.

The eyes are very gentle, which is in line with the evaluation of this person by later generations.

This is the emperor with the best temper.

Huang Shang's eyes swept by the way, and he saw several people standing below.

Among them, the most outstanding is an old man who is also thin, this is Prime Minister Han Qi.

He is two years older than Song Renzong, but his spirit is much better, and he obviously has many years to live.

At this time, Han Qi was also looking at Huang Shang.

The eyes of the two closed as soon as they touched, it was just a meeting, and Huang Shang unsurprisingly sensed that Han Qi was targeting him.

"Han Zhongyan has made a small report to his father, and the biggest obstacle for me to become the leader of the three yuan is this prime minister!"

Although Han Qi is a conservative diehard and is also very poor in military affairs, his ability to govern for officials cannot be denied.

Replaced by other high-ranking prime ministers, the power leans towards the government and the opposition, and may not be involved in the disputes between children and grandchildren, but Han Qi will clear the obstacles in advance.

The current little people may grow into towering trees in the future, not to mention that Huang Shang is already destined to be a Jinshi, if he becomes the leader of the three yuan again, he is famous all over the world, and he is even more prosperous, and no one can ignore it.

So since Huang Shang and Han Zhongyan have a grudge, Han Qi will press him at the right time to prevent him from rising.

When it is clear to everyone, whether it is beaten or pulled, can be determined.

This is the way the Maison survives.

As for Huang Shang's resistance?

Oh, just a scholar who has not gained fame!

However, Han Qi never imagined that after Huang Shang determined his malice, he did not hesitate to urge the master card in his body, and the luck of the prime minister who had previously contained Han Zhongyan and Cai Jing came out, and it was a collision with Han Qi.

This method, Huang Shang has studied many times since he received his luck, and it is the most superficial and wasteful application.

But it doesn't matter, no matter how rough it is, it will work.

Like right now.

This is a pure illusory level, there is not even a breeze in reality, but Han Qi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

"Got cold last night? The old problem again? ”

His throat twitched, and he wanted to cough, but for the sake of majesty and courtesy, he desperately endured it.

Huang Shang no longer paid attention to Han Qi and looked at the others.

Below Han Qi are the other dignitaries and examiners of the current dynasty, among which Fan Zhen, the chief examiner of the provincial examination, is among them.

For Huang Shang, Fan Zhen smiled and appreciated.

Although Zhao Kuangyin added the palace test and turned all the Jinshi into protégés of the Son of Heaven, there is still friendship between Zhigongju and all the Jinshi, and there will be help in the officialdom in the future.

In addition to a group of officials, there was another person who attracted Huang Shang's attention.

This is the youngest of the old men who know at least the destiny of heaven.

But his mental outlook is the worst, his shoulders are shrunk, with a sense of resignation and caution.

"Prince?"

There is no doubt that he is the adopted son of Zhao Zhen, who was only made the crown prince last year, and the future Yingzong Zhao Shu.

Huang Shang knew that the three elders did not leave the capital, but found another hiding place, which was closer to the imperial city.

The assassination of the crown prince is inevitable.

But time can be artificially controlled.

Huang Shang's heart moved, and the power of luck poked out again, this time submerged into the prince's body.

Unlike Han Qi, Zhao Shu's spirits perked up, and his waist straightened slightly, but he immediately realized something and deliberately bent down.

After this, the two prime ministers' luck obtained from Han Zhongyan and Cai Jing were also exhausted.

Huang Shang has no pity for this.

Even if he wanted to be the prime minister, he didn't rely on this quick success.

In contrast, it is more important to ensure that the goals at this stage are not disturbed.

It's a long story, but in fact, Huang Shang just glanced at it, and after continuing to take the lead in performing a series of etiquette, the candidates began to sit down.

The attendants stepped forward to guide them, and soon they were in their places, and then Fan Zhen personally recited the title of Renzong.

Sprinkled with hundreds of words, it sounds complicated, but all the elites present are after the big waves, and they quickly understood the essence of the topic-

Govern the local area and speak out boldly.

Obviously, the 400 people present are all going to become officials in the future, and it is even very likely that they will be in charge of the ruling party.

Now, it's your time to give your opinion.

This kind of topic seems good, but it's actually very mediocre.

is still the same sentence, the scholars present have done a good job in learning, and their poems and songs are first-class, but when it comes to national affairs, how many of them can come up with practical plans?

It's actually just four words-

Ponder the Holy Will!

The article needs to be literary and thorough, but it can't go against the mind of the Son of Heaven.

Wang Anshi, for example, is a typical negative example.

Wang Anshi participated in the imperial examination more than 20 years ago, and it was on the examination paper of the palace examination that he wrote words to teach the Son of Heaven, but Zhao Zhen waved his pen and demoted him to the fourth place.

Look, the fourth place, it is clear that you can't be in the top three.

With Wang Anshi's talent, that's really the champion in hand!

Playing with fire by yourself, playing with nothing......

Now Wang Anshi has resigned and returned to Jiangning to mourn due to his mother's illness, and he is no longer in the court, but this negative example always reminds the scholars behind him not to die, don't die.

Huang Shang naturally didn't make that mistake, he held the Zhuge pen and began to vibrate the pen and write.

It's not to show fast, but to have a draft in mind.

It's also interesting to say, in the past, once a good article was written, as long as the topic was similar, it would be set on it.

It still is.

Anyway, unless it really deviates from the topic for 108,000 miles, Huang Shang has made up his mind that he must go to Liangguang.

In the provincial test, he also retained a part, and this time he simply used some of the farmland water conservancy knowledge that later generations understood.

The scholars were writing hard, and Zhao Zhen in the palace looked at them gently.

Looking at it, at most, it still falls on Huang Shang.

It's not that Huang Shang is handsome, it's mainly that he is old, presbyopia, and he can't see the back.

And located in the front row, naturally the youngest Huang Shang is the most eye-catching.

Zhao Zhen nodded his chin slowly and asked, "He is Yongzhou Huangshang?" ”

Immediately, an official stepped forward and whispered in detail what Huang Shang had done, including the Yongzhou Gongyuan who fought hard to scold the thief and save the sergeant.

Fan Zhen also shook the earthquake in Guozi Prison, Huang Shang was in danger, completed the provincial examination without hurry, and finally handed in the papers, and repeated it again, for fear that Zhao Zhen's memory would decline and he couldn't remember.

All the previous accumulations have converged in this one.

Sure enough, Zhao Zhen nodded a lot more: "Words and deeds are the same, okay!" All right! ”

Han Qi saw it, but wanted to say something.

But when he opened his mouth, his throat was itchy, and he hurriedly swallowed it back, and his face was a little blue.

Asking the ministers was just a small episode, Zhao Zhen was old after all, and after watching it for less than half an hour, he turned to the apse to rest.

After another hour, there are already candidates who have begun to hand in their papers.

No one dared to make the Son of Heaven wait.

Before noon, all the candidates had already handed in the test papers, and it was time for correction.

However, this time, it is no longer Fan Zhen as the chief examiner, after all, preconceived ideas are easy to affect judgment, and a group of examiners have been changed to ensure fairness and rigor.

When the examiner was in place, Han Qi gave a slight gesture in his eyes, and he immediately understood.

The process is still similar, the only difference is that the results of the correction will be handed over to the Son of Heaven for review.

This review will change the final ranking.

This change is an afternoon.

When it was time for dinner, Zhao Zhen gave wine and food to the candidates waiting in the hall.

The front hall began to eat, and in the back hall, the results of the corrections, together with the original test papers, were presented to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen first looked at the rankings.

Xu Jiang, Huang Shang, Chen Xuan.

These three are the top three selected by the examiners.

Zhao Zhen saw Huang Shang's name, nodded again, and started from the third place.

The outstanding text is a little empty in content, but it is remarkable that a scholar who has no experience in being an official can have such knowledge.

Then, he began to look at Huang Shang's test papers.

After only one glance, Zhao Zhen's eyes were bright, and he only felt that his eyes were no longer spent, his waist was not sore, and his legs were no longer cramping, and he exclaimed: "Zhuang Ya Chongyi, it is really mellow and big, and the regular script of the three museums can have such attainments, unprecedented, unprecedented!" ”

The emperors of the Song Dynasty have extremely high calligraphy attainments, Zhao Zhen has been the emperor for more than 40 years, and the imperial examination has also experienced more than ten sessions.

In fact, this is the area where Wenqi is best at.

Words that impart aura are not found in other cultivation fields.

That is, the imperial examination must be copied, otherwise Huang Shang can add points to the extreme with this handwriting alone, and there is no need to prepare so much.

At this time, Zhao Zhen carefully read the test paper, and found that the content was more than one step ahead of Chen Xuan, there was something to say, and some of the thoughts were even more thought-provoking, obviously there had been a detailed investigation, and he immediately liked it even more.

He looked at the test paper, but he refused to put it down, and read it over and over again.

Han Qi saw the great urgency, and glanced at the examiner next to him, the man coughed lightly, and Zhao Zhen suddenly realized that he couldn't favor one over the other, and reluctantly put down the test paper.

This time, I picked up the first place Xu Jiang, and then looked at the test paper, for some reason, the upright regular script of the three museums was a little unbearable.

However, Zhao Zhen also carefully read the test papers, and found that although Xu Jiang's level was high, he was indeed inferior to Huang Shang.

But after thinking about it, Zhao Zhen understood.

If Huang Shang is not Xie Yuan and Provincial Yuan, with the level of his test paper, there is no problem in rating the first place in the palace examination.

It is precisely because he was already the first in the first two times, and the second time he won the third yuan, that is, he was even in the third yuan, and the requirements were higher, so he was rated second.

Zhao Zhen didn't hesitate and directly lifted the Zhu pen.

As soon as the Son of Heaven moved, Han Qi knew that he was going to change his name, so he hurriedly stepped forward and spoke freely.

However, maybe he was holding back too hard before, and as soon as he opened his mouth this time, a series of coughs almost erupted, and he couldn't stop.

Zhao Zhen was startled by this wild cough, and when he saw Han Qi's waist bowed, he said with concern: "Han Qing's old illness has relapsed?" ”

His gaze swept and fell on the crown prince Zhao Shu: "Da Lang, you send Han Qing back to the house and send the imperial doctor for healing!" ”

Zhao Shu arched his hand: "Yes!" ”

He didn't have the slightest shelf of the prince, so he personally supported Han Qi and walked outside the hall.

In normal times, seeing that the prince was so close to him, Han Qi would be very happy.

This is the key to continuing the family's success.

But at this moment, he thought that he was still in good health when he went out, and the most critical palace test actually made an old mistake, and he couldn't even speak well, and then looked at the young and upright figure in the front hall, his face suddenly turned gray, and he muttered to himself in his heart: "Could it be that he is really a Wenqu star ......"

And in the apse, no one hindered him, Zhao Zhen took out the pen, erased the "two" on the corner of Huang Shang's test paper, and changed it to "one".

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(Nearly 4,000 words, ask for support!) ）