"Qionglin Garden" is a royal garden located in the west of Kaifeng City, Bianjing, Songjing. Two years ago, the extraordinary literary Hui Zongzheng invited the new Jinshi in Qionglin Garden, so the banquet is called "Qionglin Banquet".

Ning Caichen came to the door of Qionglin Garden early in the morning, and today's royal garden was extraordinarily festive because they were going to feast on them. Red lanterns and red silk decorate this garden with a fiery red.

After winning the move and becoming a jinshi, Ning Caichen always thought that he lived in the Peach Blossom Nunnery outside the city, this road was close, and he got up no later than anyone else, thinking that he was the first to arrive, but when he arrived, it was really Mo Daojun who traveled early, and there were always early pedestrians.

More than 200 Kejin scholars have almost arrived, and they are still far behind so early. Everyone was lined up and stood there silently.

There are still so many people in such a strange scientific examination question, so it can be seen that you should never underestimate the people of this world.

After coming, Ning Caichen knew that it was useless to come early.

The rules of the Great Song Dynasty are not ranked by rank, but by respecting the old and loving the young, and sorting them according to their age and size.

Originally, if there was a palace test, the first place in this palace test, that is, the champion of the new department, was to be ranked first, but due to Zhao Ji's reasons, this palace test was canceled, and no one was the champion of the new department. So, all the people had to stand in line obediently.

There are no old people.

From the first count, the beard is silvery-white, full of vicissitudes, and constantly transitions to white, gray, middle-aged, and youthful.

Ning Caichen is only seventeen years old this year, and he is eighteen years old, ranking fourth from the bottom.

I really didn't expect that there would be a younger lifter than myself in such an exam. I have to sigh again that there is no shortage of geniuses in Huaxia.

Enter the virtuous crown, brocade robe, soap boots. This outfit was worn on Ning Caichen's body, which really added a bit of heroism to him. And so many people in the same costume stood together, but it still did not diminish his majesty.

Everyone arrived, and in a short time, all the jinshi were already in order.

The former was to register the jinshi one by one, and the inspector was to bring good news, while the latter was to search everyone's bodies to see if they were carrying any dangerous things.

After all the inspections were completed, I suddenly saw another eunuch walk out of the door, and sang in a shriek: "Yes!

The crowd bowed again under the guidance of the elders in front of them.

In fact, the Song Dynasty rarely shouted "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live". Generally, in addition to birthday ceremonies and other big gifts, everyone just kneels, worships, and then stands up to listen to the order. Very literary

Fortunately, Ning Caichen was at the back, otherwise he would have been misled by the TV series of later generations, and under the excitement, he would have to live long live.

"Feast!" the eunuch called again.

Everyone immediately bowed again, and then under the guidance of a ceremonial official in front, Yuguan entered the Qionglin Garden.

As soon as the first person entered the door, Yale sounded, and a row of musicians played "The Music of Zheng'an", until all the Jinshi walked in, came to the courtyard and stood still, and the music stopped.

In Ning Caichen's view, this is the ancient version of the entrance ceremony. It's not an entry song, but that's it.

After the people have made up their minds, they must not look up and look around. This point had already been warned to Ning Caichen during the rehearsal a few days ago, but it was a rehearsal at the Ministry of Rites, not here

Surrounded by a large number of guards of the Forbidden Army, their vigilant eyes constantly patrolled Ning Caichen and them, as if they were some kind of unsafe factor.

This makes some people not so comfortable, but after all, this is Qionglin Yuan, and naturally no scholar dares to be presumptuous here. Even the stubborn elements who look down on the warriors must be held back. ...,

At this time, a voice sang: "In place!"

The leading officials of the Ministry of Rites walked out and stood to the west. He's a role model, although the Ministry of Rites has already trained them, but after all, it's the first time for His Majesty, and the Ministry of Rites is not at ease if they don't send anyone to follow.

When there was such a person standing, everyone quickly and orderly stood at their seats, and they couldn't sit down honestly.

Another lieutenant envoy came out and shouted, "Yes, all the jinshi will bow again," and then the middle envoy shouted: "Ciqing and others will have a wedding banquet!"

Ning Caichen secretly complained bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart: This meal has not been eaten yet, so he kowtows one after another. I heard that the emperor's banquet was not full. Is it because of this that the Ministry of Rites keeps bowing, and when I get tired of bowing, I naturally have no appetite.

I finally sat down.

But this time, Ning Caichen would rather not sit.

This Qionglin banquet is different from ordinary banquets, and there is no large wine table. The center of the whole hall is empty, specially for people to kneel and worship, and the Jinshi are seated in two shifts, east and west, and everyone has a small table in front of them, on which are placed a few dishes, a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and a small wine bottle.

I haven't had time to complain about this way of sitting, I curl up very much, and I can't straighten my legs.

At this time, "The Music of Baoxing Talents" sounded, and all the Jinshi raised their wine bottles in unison, raised them to the emperor sitting in the distance, and then put them to their mouths and drank them, and when the eunuch next to them came to finish adding wine, the music stopped.

Then, "The Joy of Yu Le Bi Yong" remembered, everyone drank a bottle again, and when the eunuch came to add wine, the music stopped again.

And so on, every time the music starts, everyone drinks. "The Joy of Educating Talents", "The Joy of Joy and Etiquette", and "The Joy of Zheng'an" ended, after about half an hour, everyone drank five bottles of wine, and the dish in front of them, although it was a royal food, had long been too cold to speak, and I am afraid that it would be difficult to have any deliciousness.

That's it, you still can't eat, because the music starts again, and it's still the "Music of Baoxing Talents" that was played at the beginning, and everyone drinks again and repeats the no music half an hour ago, and when everyone drinks five bottles of wine again, the feast has already begun for an hour.

This is a feast, this is a sin.

Then a eunuch stepped forward again and shouted, "Yes!

The discomfort of drinking on an empty stomach is not as good as the eunuch's command. Yes, for the sake of this official position, no matter how uncomfortable it is, you have to worship. Immediately they all knelt down and bowed again. The eunuch shouted again, "Give me flowers!" and a palace lady came over with a big red flower and put it on the chest of the jinshi.

After wearing the flowers, the staff of the Ministry of Rites led the way again and came to the throne in the court, and all the Jinshi also walked out, and everyone bowed again, saying: Thank you!

After this hurdle, I can finally eat and drink freely.

But after such a long time, this dish has already cooled down, not to mention, there is an emperor sitting on it, which of them can still eat the first brother of officialdom, they can only eat casually, suppressing the alcohol in front.

But that's it, Zhao Ji doesn't stop. The eunuch with a shrill voice, Zhao Ji's personal attendant beside him ordered: "The official family has a purpose, this year is the queen mother's birthday, and it is difficult to make a name for the palace test, so the Qionglin banquet will set up questions to test the name of the palace test."

As soon as this voice came out, the biggest reaction was not the current scholars, but the people of the Ministry of Rites.

All of them had black lines on their heads, and they said in their hearts: No wonder the officials don't let the examiners participate in this Qionglin Garden, saying that it is hard to invigilate and mark papers for days. Now it seems that this is the purpose of the officials.

However, if the examiners are not there, they will not only refute the face of the officials, which is also unjustifiable, but also exempt from the palace examination, and the officials have only said to them these officials, and theoretically the scholars do not know. ...,

This temple test is related to the ranking of champions and others, and if they refuse to do it here, these scholars will have to complain about them in the future.

Excuses, totally excuses!

The real reason is red eyes. Why can they be the masters of the current department, just because the official family has a dream? This is too shit luck!

Such shit luck, will they have it, these people really don't have that confidence.

Since you and I don't have such luck. Well, if you don't export it, it's better to let the officials collect it themselves. That's fair.

Thinking about it this way, they don't think there's anything wrong with the official family. As for the opposition?

Even if there are officials who are good friends with the examiner, they pretend not to hear at this time. The stakes in students are too great, and they also have a little selfishness of their own.

The official family accepted it, at least there was a chance to make friends. If they accept it, then they don't want to keep it.

In addition to them, Ning Caichen also breathed a sigh of relief. Not for anything else, but for the sake of this majestic spirit.

Because Ning Caichen didn't know the steps of unsealing this Haoran Qi, but what if, just in case, this palace test is also a part?

Ning Caichen didn't want to change his name and surname in the future in order to relieve the heroic spirit of the seal, and then retake the exam like this.

Now he was relieved.

thinks also, this Zhao Ji is "under the whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister", and regards the world as his own emperor.

The scholars of each of these subjects are the great talents of the country, and they are the treasures of the national talents. With Zhao Ji's temperament, how could he give them up to his ministers?

The more the ministers fight, the more he will grab it. Isn't this the reason that the examiner was first supported at the Qionglin banquet, and then suddenly announced that he was taking the exam here, catching everyone off guard, and taking back the name of the teacher, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

The only one who is looking forward to this is Ning Caichen!

At this time, Zhao Ji's personal attendant said: "The official family has a purpose, Qionglin has a wedding banquet, and it is not okay to have wine without poetry, so I ordered the scholars to immediately write a poem to congratulate it." ”

That's the problem.

Subsequently, Gong E sent pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Looking at this, no one will dissuade Zhao Ji, because it makes it clear that everything is ready.

As for the question of not writing a strategy for the temple test, but rewriting the poem... ・・・

Things have evolved to this point, and there is still a point of calculation.

Writing a poem and writing an article can't run away from the name of this protégé of the Son of Heaven, in short, this batch of scholars, the official family is settled.