Even if Yizhou scholars become the laughing stock of the entire Great Song Dynasty academic circles, it doesn't matter to Yizhou scholars.

That's right, that's right, it doesn't matter.

Originally, the scholars of Yizhou had a very bad reputation in the Great Song Dynasty. This place...... In fact, he is not a scholar, but a thief. The Great Song Dynasty had some influence in the rebellion, and a small part of it had something to do with Jingdong East Road. And Yizhou is undoubtedly the hardest hit area. But all the rebellions in the Central Plains, Yizhou City could not be spared, and was repeatedly attacked by anti-thieves. For the imperial court, the local forces were too weak to control the situation in Yizhou was the main reason. As for the Linyi Yan family, they really can't suppress the irritable people of Yizhou.

Some people think that the rebellion of the Great Song Dynasty is basically not a climate, but the Fangla rebellion, which almost became a climate, is still early. As for why the Fangla rebellion became a climate?

Because the Fangla rebellion occurred in the richest Suzhou and Hangzhou regions of the Great Song Dynasty.

And Fang La has a good chance to occupy Jiangning Mansion.

What is Jiangning Mansion?

The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, its potential tiger is in the dragon pan, and there is the protection of the great river and natural hazards, it is the place where the dragon qi gathers to achieve the emperor's cause, and it is said that the fantasy point is to have the protection of the dragon vein. As the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the defense of Jiangning Mansion is naturally not a problem, especially after controlling the shipping of the Yangtze River, it is really possible to divide the Great Song Dynasty into land and give birth to a dynasty that competes with the imperial court.

Before Fang La, Wang Lun, the rebel leader of Yizhou, led the army from Yizhou on Jingdong Road to Quarshiji on Huainan Road.

That's right, this is the only time in the history of the Great Song Dynasty that the rebels have beaten out of the rebels of the first-level administrative region. And what is Quarry Rock? The gateway of Jiangning, once the quarry rock is lost, Jiangning will not be able to defend it. If the rebels really let the rebels conquer Quarry Rock, the history of the Great Song Dynasty may really be rewritten.

As for Wang Lun?

He is the pride of the people of Yishui County! A big hero in the eyes of the reckless.

In a small county town in a place, the most famous person turned out to be the anti-thief leader who terrified the Great Song Dynasty. What else is there to say about this, reading is really not the first choice of the elites in Yishui County.

As for Li Kui's small methods that have disgraced the scholars in Yishui County, don't think about it, the scholars in Yishui County are nervous, and they will not be ashamed of themselves because of the lack of literary style. Basically, all scholars do not take Zhongjinshi as their goal in life. Although there is a Linyi Yan family in Yizhou, the Yan family just placed the ancestral ancestral hall in Linyi.

The wealth of the Yan family has lasted for a thousand years, and since the Han Dynasty, it has been the door valve of the family. Most of the children went to the capital to develop. There are only two kinds of people who stay in their hometowns, the old people who return to their hometowns, and the children and grandchildren who have little talent. The former, in the last years, has not been good for a few years; The latter adheres to the family style of the Yan family and is basically not troublesome.

Therefore, the shame of Yishui County Shizi is due to personal reasons, and it has nothing to do with regional blackness.

Anyway, Yishui County is already dark enough, and I am not afraid of any more darkness.

As a result, after Li Kui hacked the Yishui County Shizi, no one complained about him. On the contrary, he hated Tan Min, the initiator, to the bones. Everyone is not the material of the middle jinshi, why do you want to jump out?

It was in this strange and oppressive atmosphere that the policy examination was held.

is different from the subject matter of poetry and the like. In terms of policy, the topics of local scientific examinations are not taken seriously. The reason for not paying attention to it is nothing more than that the policy is to ask the pillars of the country as the emperor, and if the person who wrote the question is a county order and a governor, he is basically not qualified to write the question on behalf of the imperial court; The second reason is simple, the policy is current politics, and even if local officials are qualified to ask questions, they will worry that the problems will be too sharp, which will lead to criticism themselves.

For example, the Tangut issue.

The river problem.

The strategic question of Song Liao.

Whoever asks the question will not touch it, even the emperor will be very careful.

Moreover, the problems of taxation of the common people, the lack of money to pay for forced labor, and the darkest problems of the people that are concealed will not appear in the examination of policy theory.

Whether it's from a lofty position or whitewashing the peace, the scope of policy theory is actually not large.

It is nothing more than whether the law of the ancestors will change; how to solve specific financial problems; When people's hearts are scattered, can they still ......

Zhou Yuan's policy topic is very simple, 'The monarch is benevolent, the world is invincible', Li Kui looked at the questions on the exam paper, sighed for a while, and finally understood why the teacher was not welcomed in Sumen.

At least, although Zhou Yuan's exam questions are standard exam questions during the Yuanyou period, they should be provincial exam questions for previous convictions.

But after all, it lacks a kind of grandeur, which seems to be petty, giving people a feeling of going with the flow.

Although Sumen supported the old party, he was also the only opposition in the court. Blindly pursuing stability, naturally do not make mistakes, but it will not be too brilliant.

This strategy is easy to solve, but unfortunately, Li Kui disdains it in his heart.

"The minister said ......"

The format of the policy argument is like this, the question is issued by the emperor, and the answer must be in the format of 'courtier', otherwise there is a suspicion of contempt for the court.

As for the title, there is nothing new in the first place. Directly the provincial examination or the palace examination of the previous years served as a policy topic.

Of course, there is no problem at all with this.

After all, the county examination and the settlement examination are not important for the imperial examination of the Great Song Dynasty, at least the examination before the provincial examination, and the importance is to be discounted. The reason is that the solution to the test is not too difficult compared to most of the test areas, and it is not even as difficult as the selection of students who are too learned. With the previous topic, it is completely reasonable. It can be regarded as the unspoken rule of the Great Song Imperial Examination.

Don't look at the questions as simple as they seem, but there are many people doing them, and it's not easy to be outstanding.

Fortunately, the county exam is just a good one, as long as you have a good understanding of arts and sciences, you can pass it properly in most states and counties in the north.

Li Kui wrote down the arguments one by one on the draft, and then pondered for a while, the wording and the rhetoric, and after an hour, he began to write.

A thousand-word strategy is not too cumbersome to write, but it took at least an hour to write, plus the transcript, which took more than two hours.

Don't look at the policies in the Yuanyou period, there is an atmosphere of benevolence and righteousness.

The exam questions are all from the little emperor, but Li Kui understands that next year's provincial exam will definitely not be so simple. The little emperor has been watched like a prisoner for many years, and he has long been disgusted with the ideas of the conservatives. Mr. Yi Chuan's imperial education of Cheng Yi has long been declared a failure, but many people in the old party still don't know about it.

Now that the old party has not been completely defeated in the court, the exam questions will also use Yuanyou exam questions.

Li Kui carefully sent the exam papers to the marking room, and facing Zhou Yuan, he grinned: "Teacher, take a look!" ”

He waited for Zhou Yuan to read the test paper, and then patted the bookcase, and said loudly: "Be the leader!" ”

It's a pity that Zhou Yuan glanced at him, touched his mouth up and down, and said, "Put it aside." ”

"Don't you look at it?" Li Kui was worried that Zhou Yuan would be angry, after all, for him, Yishui County's reputation was stinking and had nothing to do with it. Anyway, it stinks enough, and it doesn't matter if it stinks a little. But Zhou Yuan is different, he is a person who wants to rely on his political achievements. However, Li Kui also knows that as far as Zhou Yuan's position is concerned, it may not be easy to get promoted and make a fortune, because Zhou Yuan supports the old party.

Zhou Yuanzhen didn't have the mind to get along with his disciples, raised his eyelids and said, "I can definitely get by, what do you see?" Do you think that the county test in Yishui County will stump you to participate in the test? Back then, all you wanted to do was to take the exam and then operate as an official. Now it seems like a matter of course for you. ”

Zhou Yuan was dead set on the scientific expedition in Yishui County.

After the last game, he had already discovered the true level of the scholars of Yishui County. The solution to the test is worrying, and the provincial test is hopeless. As for Tan Min, the original leader of Yishui County, it was simply a joke.

The rich in the beggars.

A fierce general among the old, weak, sick and disabled.

I don't know what to say about him, he still has a glass heart, and it will break when he touches it.

As for Li Kui, Zhou Yuan can see that this kid is not pure-minded, and he thinks first. Of course, this is a good thing, and being a teacher should be supported. But the problem is that the occasion is not right, there is an outsider on the side, Zhou Yuan waved his hand impatiently and said: "Prepare well after you go back, and after the county exam, according to the old rules, come to the county government to study." ”

"Me!"

Li Kui left with a frown. He just wanted to be number one. Champion, provincial yuan, he can't count on it, and he can't count on it. Even Xie Yuan was not easy for him. finally got out of the field to participate in the imperial examination, he wanted to get the first place, although the specifications of the county examination were a little worse, but he didn't dislike it!

After Li Kui left, Zou Xuan, a professor of county studies, handed Li Kui's exam paper to Zhou Yuan with a smile and said, "County honor, Li Kui's strategy should be the first." ”

Zhou Yuan raised his head in astonishment, and then his eyes fell on Li Kui's test paper. Suddenly, I was a little puzzled, it seemed that Li Kui's scroll was written under his guidance. It stands to reason that this is not surprising. The topics are all old theories, I dare not say that all the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty, at least twenty percent of the scholars who participated in the imperial examination will do the questions of the provincial examination in recent years.

Some will even revise it over and over again until they are satisfied.

But what made him strange was that he had never instructed Li Kui to write a strategy at all. Why does the test paper have a strong own style. It's not right, it's not your own style, it's Yanagi's style.

The Great Song Imperial Examination, since Ouyang Xiu took the Ding Youke exam, the retro articles have been very popular. And Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan are undoubtedly the most admired everyone.

Zhou Yuan worships Liu Zongyuan, and naturally his literary style will unconsciously tend to Liu Zongyuan's path.

But Li Kui has never been guided by himself at all, how can he go his own way?

This made Zhou Yuan puzzled.

Soon, Li Yun also finished the exam, he carefully handed the exam paper to Zhou Yuan, and then looked at Zhou Yuan blankly, just not leaving. Zhou Yuan looked puzzled and puzzled: "Li Yun, why are you stranded in the examination room?" ”

"Uncle Shi, don't you look at how many I have? Can it be better than Li Kui? Li Yun's careful thinking is very simple, as long as he compares to Li Kui, he will be satisfied.

Zhou Yuanzhen didn't know what to say, Li Kui didn't say it, there was talent. But for Li Yun, Zhou Yuan never saw that this kid had any talent for reading. As for the last round of reliance, this kid's blind cat bumped into a dead mouse and got second, which is already unprecedented luck, could it be that this kid also wants to be the first in the county exam?

Regarding the little junior brother's acceptance of Li Yun as a disciple, Zhou Yuan has always felt ...... This is very much in line with the Suman tradition.

Of course, the teacher Su Shi does not always look at the wrong people, especially in the articles and poems, there is really no one who can surpass Su Shi in the Great Song Dynasty. In this regard, there is little chance that the teacher will be wrong. This is also why among Su Shi's disciples there are Huang Tingjian, Qin Guan, Chao Buzhi, Zhang Lei and other top scholars. The only thing that worries people is that Su Shi often thinks of his brain, drugs himself, and believes that the other party is a good person, and at the same time, he also thinks that the other party is a manufacturable material. In this regard, the lesson is more painful. As he grew older, Su Shi was not as easy to deceive as he was when he was younger. But Su Guo, after all, is too young, and he can't do things with hair on his mouth. Obviously, Zhou Yuan was sure that Su Guo was confused by Li Yun's honest appearance.

Compared with his disciples, Zhou Yuan was not as strict with his master and nephew as Li Kui, so he picked up the scroll casually and read it. It's still the exam question of the previous provincial exam, and most of the scholars have done it on weekdays. It can be said that Zhou Yuan's strategy for this county examination is basically not the on-the-spot ability of Yishui students. It's the ability of the examiners to revise their texts.

Since it's an old question, most of the time I've done it on weekdays. After doing it, it will naturally be modified.

The only advantage of this is that the paper will look much better. As long as it doesn't look like an argument, most of the articles are unsightly and haphazardly piled up.

It's just a strategy, and it didn't take long for him to finish it.

After reading it, it was finished, but for Zhou Yuan, his heart suddenly waved. Why did even Li Yun's paper give him a sense of déjà vu, as if he was also involved in it, guiding him to do the questions in private.

Zhou Yuan, who was frowning, stared at Li Yun unkindly.

At this time, Li Yun was not afraid in his heart, but it was not easy for him to leave at this time.

Although Zou Xuan is not the chief examiner, he is also the examiner, he took the test paper with a smile and looked at it, and after reading it, he was amazed at Li Yun: "

For three days, you should be impressed. Li Yun, I haven't seen you for two years, but you're a big surprise! ”

"Really?" Li Yun's originally dim eyes suddenly had a brilliance: "Master Zou, can the student's article get the first place?" ”

Zou Xuan was stunned, he opened his mouth to praise Li Yun, not because Li Yun's article has the talent to stand out from the crowd. But although Li Yun has left Yishui County for two years, the legend of Li Yun is still circulating on the streets of Yishui County. The naughty boy who was at a loss for Yan's son was able to throw himself into the Sumen, and he didn't know what shit luck Li Qing, the former head of the Yishui County Ya, had taken.

But he never felt that Li Yun had the ability to stand out in the county exam.

Besides, Li Yun also has a senior brother Li Kui, and compared to Li Yun, Li Kui is more famous in Yishui County. Coupled with the bursting attribute of Yishui County, as long as Li Kui can successfully pass the solution test, the provincial test and the palace test are likely to let him pass. Even if you cheat in the examination room, you have to pull up Li Kui's papers.

Don't think about any fraud in the imperial examination, the discipline of the bigwigs in the court is lower than imagined. People like Li Kui, don't talk about force, don't have a good temper, and still study, if this goods is not controlled in the hands of the imperial court, if you want to go astray, you must not let the imperial court die of headaches?

At least it will be done for an official.

As long as he has an official status, the possibility of Li Kui's gang becoming an unstable factor will be greatly reduced. And if the Li clan in Yizhou rises, the ground in Yizhou will be much quieter. For the imperial court, this was just a trivial matter. The provincial test gives a ranking other than 500, anyway, the provincial test takes 600 people, and everyone will care about the Gongsheng who ranks more than 500.

And letting Li Kui go to high school has a beneficial and harmless benefit for the imperial court.

At least, a traitor like Wang Lun can't be tossed in Yizhou. What's more, the rebellion of the Great Song Jinshi has never appeared. The imperial court must have the confidence to control Li Kui within a controllable range. Then when the palace examination was held, it was not difficult to give him a fellow jinshi who was ranked 25 miles away. Anyway, the ranking is so low, even if you have the status of Jinshi, you won't be able to be an official above the seventh grade in ten years. He may be a petty bureaucrat who does not enter the stream all his life. And what does the imperial court have to pay?

Forty salaries a month.

If this amount of money can reduce the hidden dangers of rebellion-stricken areas such as Yizhou, it will be a big profit. If Li Kui can completely eradicate the hidden danger of the rebellion in Yizhou, it is not impossible to negotiate with a second class!

Li Kui is hopeful because Li Kui's fame has spread all over Jingdong East Road. can enjoy the grace that the imperial court values, but it does not include Li Yun.

As for Zhou Yuan, Zou Xuan really didn't expect that this person's heart would be very high. It's just that after reading the test paper for a while, he could only sigh and say sorry to Li Yun: "Tentatively second!" ”

The clenched fist suddenly loosened, and Li Yun said angrily: "I still let the second brother compete for the first place." ”

Soon after, candidates began to hand in their papers.

Not to mention the uneven good and bad, Tan Min, who originally had high hopes in the county, wrote an average policy paper, ranking only fifth. The main thing is the disturbed mind, and the words and sentences of the article are slightly jerky.

The next day, as soon as the county test ranking came out, Tan Min's eyes were about to pop out, there was no him in the top three in the county test, and for a while, he even had a kind of restless trembling, as if the people around him were mocking him, and he immediately hid his face in shame and ran away.

And in this round, Li Kui was the first.

Comprehensive nature is still Li Kui's first.

Li Kui looked at the list and waved it vigorously, feeling secretly refreshed in his heart: "Sanyuan and the first have already completed one-third, and it is not in vain for you to study hard." ”