Battle of Tibet.

The question of the palace test: The western front of Tubo has been frequently disturbed and repeatedly invaded the frontier, how should the imperial court fight back against Tubo and restore the majesty of the Tang Dynasty.

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Under the attention of many court bigwigs, a group of Jinshi put pen to paper, and made suggestions and suggestions on many border events and imperial court conquests, from diplomacy, military strategy, strategy, logistics, and military spirit.

For a time, in the entire hall, there was only the sound of writing.

The palace examination is a major event in the imperial court, and many people may not be able to go to the Hanyuan Hall after preparing for the imperial examination for several years.

Li Xuanhonglu Temple Shaoqing, I would like to stand behind the ministers.

Ahead, the prime ministers of the three provinces under the Zhongshu Gate are all there.

The six Shangshu and the nine temple supervisors also all stood behind.

The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Honglu Temple, and the relevant officials are not bad.

Two hours in the morning, two hours in the afternoon, until the end of the Shen time, the beginning of the unitary hour, the sound of the bell chime sounded, and all the Jinshi in the hall stopped writing.

Although some people were annoyed in their hearts, they could not write a word anymore.

"The time has come, and all beings are leaving."

Li Xuan walked to the front of the main hall and shouted loudly at the many jinshi.

"Whoa!" A group of jinshi bowed slightly to the empty throne, and then slowly retreated.

The palace examiner, this is Li Xuan's job today.

Before the palace examination, after the palace examination, he shouted loudly to send off a group of scholars.

This was originally the duty of Yang Shan, the young secretary of Honglu Temple, but for some reason, he asked for leave a few days earlier, and the position was arranged for Li Xuan.

The palace test is over, the sentient beings leave, and the next thing is the judgment of the ministers.

Datang's palace exam doesn't need to wait too long, basically the exam is finished today, the examiners of the Ministry of Officials, and the central ministers, will be ranked that night.

Early tomorrow morning, the list of palace examinations will be announced to the public.

There are a total of thirty-nine exam papers, more than a dozen people judge the papers, and one person has a maximum of three or four copies, as long as there is no selfishness, then everything will end quickly, and it will not even affect their respective homes in the evening.

Li Xuan glanced at the examination papers that were distributed to each prime minister, and he was a little curious, what kind of champions will be selected in this year's palace examination?

During the examination, the first place was Shaanzhou Cheng Xingmou, and the second place was An Lu Xu And.

Will there be a big change in the results of the temple examination and the meeting examination?

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At some point, a drizzle suddenly fell on the square outside the main hall.

The entire Daming Palace, the entire Chang'an, were all shrouded in a drizzle.

But in the Hanyuan Palace, everything was going on in an orderly manner, and the officials of the various ministries and prime ministers quickly swept the test papers one by one.

Those who qualify for the top 10 will be placed on one side, and the rest will be placed on the other side.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, the examiners of the Ministry of Officials and the central ministers should select the top ten in the palace examination and send them to the emperor for the emperor to select the top three candidates.

Li Xuanhonglu Temple Shaoqing, originally after the palace test was over, the ceremony was over, he should have left, but because he had something, he found Li Xian.

"Your Highness!" Li Xuan called Li Xian to the side in a low voice.

Li Xian glanced back at the empty throne, and arched his hand at Li Xuan, "Uncle Wang, what's the matter?" ”

Li Xuan bowed to Li Xian and said, "The minister hopes to be able to secondment the prince to lead a hundred cavalry people, and ask His Highness for permission." ”

Seconded to the right of the prince to lead a hundred cavalry, Li Xian's face couldn't help but change when he heard it.

The six rates of the East Palace, the left and right guard rates of the prince, the left and right Siyu rates of the prince, the left and right clearing rates of the prince, and the rate of the guards each leading the military palace ranged from three to five.

The local military government, about 1,000 people each, really has to reach a critical moment, and the prince can mobilize at least tens of thousands of people.

These people take turns to take turns in the crown palace, and although the prince can't get close, these people have already been branded as the prince.

These people must strictly abide by the rules in their daily behavior, and if they make a mistake, they will immediately be suspected of rebellion.

Now that Li Xuan said about the transfer of troops, Li Xian immediately became nervous.

Looking at Li Xuan's solemn eyes, Li Xian's somewhat flustered expression quickly calmed down, and he arched his hand: "What is the use of Uncle Wang's troop transfer?" ”

"Except for the room." After Li Xuan finished speaking, he leaned in and whispered: "The minister has reported to the saint, the saint has approved, after today's palace test is over, His Royal Highness can reply to the saint, and the minister is waiting for His Highness outside the hall." ”

"It turns out that Uncle Wang has already asked for a decree." Li Xian's expression immediately relaxed, but then he frowned and asked, "Then why is this matter not passed on by the inner chamberlain." ”

"Your Highness will ask Your Majesty when he knows when he arrives." Li Xuan bowed his hand, then turned to leave.

Li Xian's expression became solemn, he was not stupid, Li Xuan said this, it was obvious that something was involved in the inner guard.

Li Xian shuddered inexplicably, he hadn't forgotten that Li Xuan was now being ordered to investigate the Tubo case, but if the inner prison was finally found, the consequences.

Li Xian had the urge to return to the East Palace immediately, but the hall was not completely over, and he couldn't leave yet.

Soon, a number of test papers have been divided into two stacks, the upper one, the first and second first, the lower, the third and the first.

Li Xian followed the ministers to the Zichen Palace, and waited until the emperor and empress made a decision together.

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Li Xuan held a bamboo umbrella in his hand and walked slowly in the drizzle.

Ahead, the adjutants of the various departments had already left the Danfeng Gate, and only Li Xuan was still walking leisurely.

Now, although he can't do anything about the mastermind behind the scenes, he can force him through the crown prince and the emperor.

As for destroying evidence, Li Xuan couldn't help but shake his head in his heart, he hadn't even found out who the other party was, how could he let the other party destroy the evidence.

And people as cautious as them do not leave the slightest evidence at all.

Even when Li Xuan appeared in this matter, they had long been vigilant.

Now it's just right to startle the snake.

Anyway, it is not him who is staring at all this now, but the emperor and the crown prince, and he does not dare to show his flaws easily.

We are becoming more and more cautious, but there are many things that are not enough to be cautious......

After thinking about it, Li Xuan had already walked to the Danfeng Gate.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded behind him, and then followed.

Li Xuan subconsciously turned around and saw a young palace attendant hurrying in the drizzle.

The chamberlain panted and shouted at Li Xuan: "King of Nanchang, Your Majesty has summoned." ”

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, but then immediately arched his hand and said, "Minister Li Xuan obeys the order." ”

Although he didn't know why he wanted to call him back, he knew in his heart that something must have happened.

Back then, Emperor Taizong was in the court, looking at the new science and technology scholars in the hall, and said proudly: "The world's talents are all in my place." ”

The imperial examination has always been a means for the imperial court to promote the poor and suppress the influence of the family on the court.

Although there are still many clans above the court today, the power of the Hanmen is also growing.

By balancing the contradictions between the two, the emperor had a great grasp of the court, especially after the Empress Wu, the number of disciples of the Han Sect increased year by year.

But the family still has a way to fight back within the rules, that is, the champions of the past years are basically covered by the children of the family.

Some are really talented, and some are slightly weaker, but they can get the top position by all means.

It is customary in the Tang imperial examination that whoever is the champion of a certain subject will be named after him at this moment.

For example, in the second year of Shangyuan, Zheng Yi was the champion, so in the second year of Shangyuan, it was Zheng Yibang.

Now in the third year of Shangyuan, it has quietly changed.

The head of the examination elected by the Ministry of Officials is no longer a child of a family, but Cheng Xingmou of Shaanzhou, who was born in a poor family.

This kind of thing is extremely rare in the entire history of the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning of Li Xuan's knowledge of this result, he understood that there would be big trouble in this matter.

So when he knew that four of Wu Yue's disciples were on the emperor's list, he would be so surprised.

But fortunately, Zhuge Minghui and Lu Lou have real talents, although Xu An and Sun Xian are slightly lacking in talent, it is also a fluke to be on the emperor list, especially in the back ranking.

In this way, even if the results of the palace examination are not good, it cannot be said that he is favoritism.

Li Xuan was involved in the investigation of the Tubo spy case during this time, and he didn't care much about the imperial examination.

After the results came out, he immediately knew in his heart that someone had blocked the cold arrows that were shooting at him for him.

Now, the real storm is coming.

The examination cannot be changed, everything has been determined by the officials and a group of ministers, and now if you want to turn the tables, you must try it again.

The examiners of the palace examination, as well as the prime ministers, Shangshu, have their own right to recommend the champions.

If the people's hearts are slightly provoked, the result will naturally be completely different from the test.

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Li Xuan walked into the Zichen Hall with a respectful expression, his eyes quickly swept over the ministers and scholars standing on both sides, and finally glanced at the imperial case in front of him, and then bowed his head and said: "Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang, meet Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven, and the Prince." ”

Although it was just a hurried glance, Li Xuan had already seen clearly that above the imperial case, there was a stack of seven exam papers in the upper left corner, which was the list of the top two that had been determined, and the remaining three test papers, one was placed in the upper right corner, and two were placed in front of Li Zhi.

Obviously, the third place has been decided, and the rest is the first or second place, the battle between the champion and the leader.

The faces of the prime ministers and other scholars were peaceful, but looking at the emperor's indecisive expression, they knew how difficult this matter was.

Li Zhi pressed his eyebrows slightly, raised his head, and looked at Li Xuan: "Nanchang Wang Pingshen." ”

Adjusting his sitting posture slightly, Li Zhi continued: "I heard that you have been in contact with Cheng Xingmou, Xu Er, and Zhuge Minghui, and I want to hear your evaluation of the two of them. ”

Li Xuan was suddenly shocked in his heart, and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of today's palace examination should be decided by the prime ministers, the examiners, and Your Majesty, and the ministers dare not speak in vain." ”

Li Zhi waved his hand indifferently and said: "It's okay, you just say it casually, I just asked casually, the prince and the queen before, and other things, Zhongshu Sheren, I have already asked, and now I want to hear your opinion." ”

Hearing Li Zhi say this, Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

His gaze quickly swept over the faces of the prime ministers on both sides, the six Shangshu, and the relevant examiners.

These people have different positions, Li Xuan doesn't know what they think in their hearts, and he doesn't know how they came to their conclusions, but the current matter, whether to open up, how to speak, Li Xuan must be cautious, if you don't pay attention to it, you may offend countless people.

Li Xuan glanced at the two test papers on the imperial case, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know why the entanglement makes His Majesty inconclusive, but the matter of the champion still has to be decided by the palace examination papers. ”

Since the written examination of the scientific examination, then everything is determined by the results of the written examination, and there is no need to mix it with other things.

Especially this time, it is still related to Tibet.

Li Xuan's words made the hearts of the ministers suddenly solemn.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "You continue." ”

(End of chapter)