In the study room of the diligent government affairs building, Li Longji looked gloomy at the right minister Li Linfu, the left minister Zhang Shouqi, the imperial historian Zhang Yi, the servant of the ministry Miao Jinqing and others, and the scroll of Zhang Zheng, who was listed as "first-class" this time.

"Are these the top three I selected? How many others are like this? ”

Brother Ji angrily threw the test paper to the ground, resisting the urge to step on his feet.

"The saint is the godson of Weichen, and there is no way. Please ask the court to judge impartially, and Weichen has no objection. ”

Zhang Yi put his official hat on the ground, then knelt down and kowtowed to Li Longji.

What happened to his son, whether it had anything to do with him or not, whether it was what he instructed Miao Jinqing to do, or what Miao Jinqing, the examiner, did for the sake of flattery and "ignorance", he would inevitably lose his position.

In fact, Ji Ge is not very clear about what is in the imperial examination, and he has always paid little attention to such details. But whether there are routines in the imperial examination, and how deep the routines are, he, the son of the Tang Dynasty, knows it well.

The lid can't be opened, and when it is opened, it is full of rotten sores!

"Well, let's get up first, this matter is not over yet. What to do with it, wait until the matter is over. ”

Li Longji rubbed his temples tiredly, this imperial examination was originally for him to "celebrate his birthday", but there were so many moths. Not only was the reputation of the imperial court discredited, but his face was also not bright.

Zhang Zheng's scroll was written with bullshit five-character poems, and he was actually pointed out as Jinshi A!

It's a ridiculous joke!

After Li Longji saw Zhang Zheng's paper, he thought that this candidate was deliberately mocking him.

"Sage, the question now is not how to deal with Zhang Zheng, but to calm down the turmoil.

Although there are some problems with the imperial examination, it is not appropriate to abolish it hastily. ”

Li Linfu crossed his hands and saluted.

"Gonu is right."

Li Longji nodded slightly in agreement and continued:

"In this way, post a notice outside the imperial city, and three days later, all the Jinshi who have been selected this time will come to the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace.

What happened before, I am not to blame in the past, and the results of this assessment shall prevail. ”

Brother Ji has a "bad idea", that is, hearing is false, seeing is believing!

Didn't Zhang Zheng write blindly?

Yes, that's okay, we'll see you in three days. If you can pass the assessment, then there is no problem. If the court does not pursue it, it can also calm down the discussion outside.

However, if you don't do well in the exam three days later, and you obviously don't learn and don't have skills, then I'm sorry, whether it's someone like Zhang Zheng who was discovered before or someone who wasn't discovered, if you catch one, you will be disqualified from Jinshi!

I have to say that this plan of Ji Ge has not been solved except for the question of "who will solve the problem".

In other aspects, it can be said that it has been rare to be fair and just for decades since the beginning of the century!

"Do the saint's command!"

Li Linfu and the others all saluted Li Longji with their hands crossed and said. At this point, there's nothing more to talk about, just follow the rules.

"On the day of the exam, I will inform the candidates in person what questions will come out of this palace exam, and all of you Aiqing will step down."

Brother Ji waved his hand impatiently and said.

After Li Linfu and the others left, Li Longji asked Gao Lishi behind him: "Miao Jinqing and other examiners, what do you think Lux should do?" ”

The time for the declaration of guilt may be delayed, but the time for sentencing is set at the beginning.

"Hui saints, whoever is in this position will have something wrong.

Just because it hasn't been discovered in the past doesn't mean there isn't a problem. Slaves think that small punishments and big commandments are sufficient. ”

Colliers saluted with his hands crossed and said with a humble attitude.

As Li Longji entered his old age, his thinking and reactions were much older and sluggish than before.

Now many imperial court affairs are fragmented, and those that have to be dealt with are basically handed over to Gao Lishi.

"Well, then let's demote it to the history of Songzhou. The other officials involved in the case were also demoted and released as Zhongzhou Assassins. ”

Li Longji said with a slight wave of his hand.

Songzhou is one of the "Ten Hope Prefectures" of the Tang Dynasty, with a population of nearly one million, which is very wealthy.

"Degraded" to the history of Songzhou's assassination, in fact, it is also a penalty of three glasses of wine, in other words, Brother Ji does not think that Miao Jinqing has any big problems with ordering Zhang Zheng as Jinshi Jia.

Because Zhang Yi can also push his son up by virtue of his power, the champion background does not mean that he can prosper in the future.

The Tang elite class has a lot of ways to play in the circle, but after entering the circle, they still have to follow the internal rules.

It is not a big problem for Zhang Zheng to be named as a Jinshi A, the problem is only that he has been "blasted", which affects "political correctness".

"What do you think is good for the test this time?"

Li Longji asked suspiciously, he has been slacking off for a long time, and he feels very unfamiliar with the issue of the imperial examination.

"Back to the saint, it's better to test the current politics. The jinshi selected by the imperial examination, after all, still have to be officials. ”

Colliers did not directly answer what question he was going to ask, but he pointed out a general direction.

"That makes sense!"

Li Longji stroked his palms and laughed, he already had an idea in his heart, but he didn't say it to Gao Lishi.

……

Time flies, three days later.

The sage decided to personally open the temple examination to assess the true level of the Jinshi candidates. This news soon spread through various channels in Chang'an City.

Most people praise the Son of Heaven and Shengming, and only a very small number of people, such as Zhang Zheng, who have no talent and have passed the middle of power, are in a panic, worried that they will look foreign on the day of the exam.

Early in the morning, Wang Yunxiu got up to Zhang Luo, preparing Fang Chongyong's new clothes for the palace exam, and preparing breakfast, and the two of them were busy with Anaye.

On the contrary, Fang Chongyong, the party, is not in a hurry at all, he gets up at the same time on weekdays, and eats porridge, Hu cakes and meat after physical exercise, as usual.

Seeing his indifferent look, Wang Yunxiu asked suspiciously, "Is Ah Lang really ready?" This is a real exam! ”

"Don't worry."

Fang Chongyong replied briefly with two words!

How could Wang Yunxiu rest assured, she just couldn't do anything!

"The more you say rest assured, the more I don't feel at ease, if there is really nothing to write, then write two sentences on paper, but don't hand in a blank paper!"

She took care of Fang Chongyong like a child, and couldn't wait to take the exam instead of the other party.

"Don't worry."

Fang Chongyong said it again.

"Alas, I really owe you in my previous life."

Wang Yunxiu covered her forehead, secretly worried in her heart: They made love over and over again last night, and they didn't sleep until midnight, it won't affect this guy's performance today, right?

The more she looked at Fang Chongyong, the more she felt that the other party was a pure Qiu Ba physique, which was completely inconsistent with the image of those literati and ink writers.

This kind of person, Wang Yunxiu has no doubt that he can win the battle, but taking the exam is not their strong point!

"I'm going to Daming Palace."

Fang Chongyong stood up and walked outside the courtyard gate.

"After the exam, help me buy some mandala flowers and come back, go to the Daqin Temple in Yining Fang to buy them, don't go to the West Market, the shops over there are selling expensive.

The people who sell goods in Daqin Temple are all acquaintances in Shazhou, and Ah Lang goes to buy them, but he is afraid that he can get the goods by his face. ”

Behind him, Anaye shouted.

Fang Chongyong turned his head with a strange expression, and asked suspiciously, "What do you want that thing for?" ”

"Isn't this a medical treatment?

Wang Niangzi's best friend Wei Sanniang has been coughing a little recently, probably because she ate too much cold food during the saint's birthday banquet, and asked me to prescribe some medicine.

Mandala flowers cure cough and asthma, if you don't understand the things of seeing a doctor, don't worry about that idleness. ”

Anaye grumbled impatiently.

After reading all the medical books at home, she wants to go to the Taiyi Department to read new medical books, and even wants to go to class, but she has never had the opportunity, so she has been in a bad mood recently.

In order to solve this problem, Fang Chongyong found Li Linfu's way, and the other party said that he could let Anaye follow one of his daughters to the Tai Yi Department to take classes together. The people who listened to the lectures over there were all women from the eunuchs' families, and the people who attended the classes were also female medical officials in the palace, and there were no men there.

But this matter has to wait until the exam is over, and the matter on Brother Ji's side is explained.

"I know, I know, I just need to go to the Daqin Temple in Yiningfang after I finish the exam."

Fang Chongyong waved his hand, went directly out of the courtyard gate, and went in the direction of Daming Palace.

Daming Palace is not far from Yongjiafang, and you can get there all the way north after going out. When Fang Chongyong passed through the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace, he found that the Jinwuwei team on duty at this time was led by Pei Min, the general of the right Jinwuwei.

I was a colleague at the same level in the same department last month.

After Pei Min checked Fang Chongyong's identity information, he said with a smile:

"General Fang is a very ambitious person, well, not only ambitious, but also quite capable. Jin Wuwei Zhonglang will be able to be, and the champion can also be.

It is really both civil and military, and the future is limitless. ”

was connotated in front of his own unspeakable little tricks, Fang Chongyong smiled and said: "It's all for the saint to do things, the saint said okay, then it will work, and if it doesn't work, it will work." Does General Pei think this is the truth? ”

"Hahaha, General Fang is right, go to Zichen Palace."

Pei Min laughed, and even saved the steps of searching his body, and waved his hand directly, signaling Fang Chongyong to go to the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace to take the exam.

Zichen Hall is the third hall in the Daming Palace, it was originally the inner court hall, the ministers met the emperor here, called "entering the cabinet", the status is second to the outer dynasty Zhengya Hanyuan Hall and the Chang Dynasty Xuanzheng Hall in the south.

However, since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the political core of Chang'an has shifted to Xingqing Palace. Only when there is a big court meeting, Ji Ge will come to Zichen Hall to convene the ministers to discuss major matters.

However, even so, what Hanyuan Hall and Xuanzheng Hall are almost abandoned, and the frequency of use every year is probably the time of the Shangyuan Festival sacrifice ceremony, summoning the central ministers to participate in the festival.

After arriving in Tianbao, Datang's government affairs are not even needed in the Zichen Palace. The major event is in the diligent government affairs building of Xingqing Palace, and the Son of Heaven consults with the ministers; The trivial matter was discussed by the prime minister in the council hall of the imperial city, if it were not for the palace examination, I was afraid that the Zichen Hall would continue to be empty.

There are many tables in the Zichen Palace, but there are no chairs in front of the tables! There are no stools either!

Every candidate must stand, bend, and bow in order to write the test paper!

Du Fu, who is in a wheelchair, can just sit and write.

And on the dragon chair in the main hall, there is an old man wearing a dragon robe, who is undoubtedly Brother Ji. In addition to Gao Lishi, there were several officials in red robes beside him, and Fang Chongyong didn't know any of them.

He guessed that these people were the examiners of this imperial examination.

After a while, all the tables here were standing in front of them, that is, all the candidates who participated in the temple examination had arrived.

"This temple examination is now made by the saint himself."

Colliers shouted.

Everyone in the Zichen Hall pricked up their ears to listen.

Li Longji whispered a few words in Gao Lishi's ear, and the latter nodded, shouting at the top of his voice:

"Today's theme is a strategy, the format is not limited, and the content is: how the Tang Dynasty wants to pass through the Western Regions.

This is the question, you can start, and you can submit the paper at any time after writing. ”

After finishing speaking, Gao Lishi patrolled the Zichen Palace, walking past each candidate again and again.

Passing through the Western Regions?

Fang Chongyong thought he had misheard.

If you want to write poetry, he is a layman among laymen, if you talk about how to go through the Western Regions, he has been a Shazhou assassin for four years, but he is a professional who is indispensable!

The kind that doesn't put quotation marks!

In the whole Datang, there are not many people who are more professional than him in this regard!

Wouldn't it be too bullying for a professional like him to compete with these layman candidates in the hall?

In the past four years of Shazhou's assassination, Fang Chongyong not only participated in the military campaign to maintain the trade routes in the Western Regions, but also planned a series of new policies, such as the promotion and commercialization of Gaochang grass cotton. Many of these policies have been rolled out locally.

If you talk about this knowledge, Brother Ji is a student, and he is a teacher to give exam questions!

After thinking about it, Fang Chongyong picked up a pen and wrote on paper:

"If the Tang Dynasty wants to govern the Western Regions, it must consolidate Hexi; To consolidate Hexi, it is necessary to contain Tibet; In order to contain Tibet, it is necessary to build a defense line with Shibao City as the core, and prepare for the battle with heavy troops.

Hexi is the hilt of the sword, and the two major protectors of Anxi and Beiting are the sword edges, which can sweep the unevenness of the Western Regions. If we want to make the Western Regions stable for a long time, we must unite all small countries to resist Tibet, and use inducements to induce them, threaten them with soldiers, and rule them with officials......"

Fang Chongyong entered the state as soon as he wrote it, as if he had returned to the government office in Shazhou, and while crossing Erlang's legs, he ordered Yan Zhuang to write the decree.

In a few moments, he had filled the large sheets of paper on the table, and he had just started.

When he looked up, he found that Colliers was already in front of him, and he seemed to have been standing for a long time.

"Hehe, write well, you can't finish writing, the saint can wait."

Gao Lishi said with a smile, took away the piece of paper full of words on the table, and put a new piece of paper on it. Then he handed the piece of paper full of words to Ji Ge, who was idle and bored in the distance, to check it.

This kind of question is very open-ended, and there is no standard answer at all.

It is not enough for those who understand to write tens of thousands of words, and those who don't understand feel that they have nothing to say when they pick and search and write hundreds of words. Fang Chongyong concentrated on writing, not caring about others. It's just that in the current situation, he stands out from the crowd, and he can't hide it if he wants to.

Soon after, only Fang Chongyong was still writing in the entire hall, and the other candidates had already handed in their papers, and then looked at him like a monster.

After writing eight large pieces of paper, Fang Chongyong felt that he should be able to brag to this extent.

So he put down his pen and stretched.

Looking around, he found that dozens of candidates were watching him, and everyone had all kinds of expressions on their faces, shock, confusion, admiration, jealousy, and so on.

Fang Chongyong was on their faces, as if he had seen all kinds of things in the world.

"Good! Good! Fang Chongyong's name as the champion is really well deserved! It's more than enough to be an upstate thorn history!

I want to give you an official position right now! ”

In the distance, Brother Kei's excited cheers could be heard.

Hearing this, Fang Chongyong's heart was relieved and secretly rejoiced.

Sure enough, key political trolls are human instincts, and Brother Ji is no exception.

If you write about the policies that are actually enacted, Kego will not necessarily appreciate them. However, the coherent and high-minded talk is what these key political trolls are keen on.

This one was the right bet.

"The saint praised it falsely."

Fang Chongyong crossed his hands and saluted in the direction where Brother Ji was.

"But except for Fang Chongyong, there are many people here who are very disappointed by me!"

In the distance, there was a cold scolding voice from Brother Ki.

(End of chapter)