"Congratulations to Brother Yuan for winning the Yuan again! Last year's Xie Yuan, this year's Hui Yuan, come to the Japanese Palace to try Brother Yuan will definitely be able to win the champion again! Become the first Sanyuan and the first since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty! Outside the Gongyuan, there were a lot of people, and Wang Qingren in the restaurant received the good news and continued to say hello to Yuan Zhang, who had just won the first place in the examination. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Thank you, Brother Wang, for your words." Yuan Zhang was playing with the wine glass at this time, but there was not much joy on his face; Chu Chun's conversation with the upstairs was still in his ears, and he knew that he could win the Huiyuan thanks to the president of the Hui Exam, who was Wang Ledao, who was from a poor family, and when he got to the palace exam, he was afraid that it would not be so easy.

Since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, although scholars have rarely been dethroned in the palace examination, the ranking of the palace examination is still very crucial; The first three are given to the Jinshi and the first, commonly known as the champion, the list eye, and the flower; The second class was born as a jinshi, and the first place is commonly known as Chuanlu; The top three are given the same Jinshi background.

These top three backgrounds will determine how far a scholar can go in the officialdom, and the first class background will definitely be able to enter the Hanlin Academy and hold the position of noble, and he will be greatly promoted and held in the future; And if it falls on the top three, it is to burn high incense when you go to a third-class county to be a magistrate, and then work hard for decades, at most you will end up with a prefect who will sue the old man and return to the countryside, and it is wishful thinking to want to fight with Yang Jiefu, who is the prime minister.

Since the opening of the Great Wei Dynasty, there are few civil officials above the governor level who are not Shu Jishi, and Shu Jishi must at least get the top 30 in the palace examination, and he is not too old; If Yuan Zhang wants to bring down Yang Jiefu to avenge his master, then the top thirty is the minimum requirement; If you take into account the obstruction of Yang Jiefu and others, it would be best for him to get the first grade.

It's just that now Yang Jiefu's family is dominant in the court, and it is not easy for him to be admitted to the first class under his gaze, if it comes to Jingyi poetry, he is not afraid of anyone, but no matter how good the text is, it must be read by His Majesty after all, if Yang Jiefu does not present his scroll to His Majesty, what can he do?

"Brother Yuan, please rest assured, my father has already told me that when I wait for the palace examination, I will definitely take care of Brother Yuan." Perhaps guessing his worries, Wang Qingren assured.

"Thank you so much Uncle and Brother Wang!" Yuan Zhang heard that he put down a stone, if Wang Weizhen, who was the prince of the country, came forward, coupled with the Hanmen forces behind him, his own scroll would be seen by His Majesty no matter what, as long as His Majesty read his own scroll, then the champion would not be able to run!

"Why do you have to do this, my father also cherishes his talents for the country, and refuses to let the jewel be dusted!" Wang Qingren didn't take credit at all, "Now that the emperor has seen it, Brother Yuan might as well go back and review his homework earlier, so that he can cope with the palace exam!" With that, the two got up and left the restaurant and went straight back to the palace.

"Humph! That Wang Ledao really doesn't know how to lift! In the prime minister's mansion, a beautiful teacup fired by an official kiln craftsman was smashed by Yang Deming, "I have repeatedly warned him, he still let Yuan Zhang get Huiyuan!" ”

At the head of the house, Yang Jiefu, who has been the prime minister for more than ten years, did not have the slightest wave on his face, and reprimanded lightly when he heard the words, "Ming'er, how many times have you said it, every time there is a big event, you must have calm, and now you are so angry about this little thing, and you will be able to pay it back when you encounter a big event in the future?" ”

"Father, now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, we are already very dissatisfied, if this Yuan Zhang is allowed to enter the Hanlin Academy and get along with His Majesty day and night, then there will still be a good place for us?" Yang Deming's face was anxious, "According to me, why should we have trouble with Your Majesty?" What is it that he wants to call Zhao Wang Huang and the examination is hindering us? It's better to obey him, so that your position as prime minister can be more stable. ”

"Confused! Is this a small thing? Yang Jiefu waited for Yang Deming, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "Hey, now that you can achieve the position of a squire, you have reached the top, if the old man is still in the court and can take care of you, now I am old and frail and I don't have many years to live; You must remember, if I leave, you must not fall in love, you must take the opportunity of filial piety to stay away from the court, otherwise our Yang family will only be wiped out in the morning and night! ”

"Father, what the child said is not right, so why do you say this?" Yang Deming panicked directly when he saw this, and quickly knelt on the ground and said.

"Well, today's father-in-law will tell you about the doorway." After all, it was the pity that prevailed, and Yang Jiefu helped Yang Deming up and said, "When the emperor was in power, he was weak and unable to pay attention to the government, so our family and the Hanmen united to control the government, and the Xungui family was dissatisfied. ”

"Now that Your Majesty has ascended the throne, if you only respect the first emperor as the imperial examination, we can let Your Majesty still maintain the status quo on the grounds of 'three years without changing the way of the father', and let our family and the Hanmen monopolize the dynasty, he only needs to have fun in the harem; Yang Jiefu slowly said the deep meaning, "People with a little bit of brains in the court can see these things clearly, but you are still confused as a squire, how can this reassure your father?" ”

"As for Yuan Zhang, he is just a candidate, and his father has a way to depose him from the palace examination! Why should you worry about that? With that, Yang Jiefu slowly left the house, leaving Yang Deming alone to think hard.

"Oh? So Yuan Zhang really got Huiyuan? At the same time, in the British Mansion, the British Gongqiu Yuande was also talking to his son Si Fenglang Zhongqiu Shangjian about this matter, "Let our people take more care of the palace examination, and be sure to send this Yuan Zhang's scroll to Your Majesty." ”

"But this Yuan Zhang is from a poor family, what good is it for us to let him become a Jinshi?" Qiu Shangjian asked puzzled.

"Hey, now our noble family is weak, precisely because the family and the Hanmen have joined forces to suppress it; And this contradiction between Yuan Zhang and Yang Jiefu is a good opportunity to separate the family and the poor family. Qiu Yuande closed his eyes slightly and said slowly, "This Yuan Zhang is deeply appreciated by several high-ranking officials from the poor family, if he is taken down by Yang Jiefu, what should they think of Yang Jiefu?" Will they be able to work together so closely from now on? If he didn't depose Yuan Zhang, and when he entered the Hanlin Academy, would he still say good things about Yang Jiefu? As long as His Majesty shows his scroll, no matter how Yang Jiefu reacts, it will be of great benefit to us."

Qiu Shangjian nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, no wonder his father wanted to send capable people to Chunhelou a few days ago, it turned out to be such an intention.

A few days later, a large number of scholars poured into the palace, and the palace examination of the current branch officially began.