Prime Minister

Chapter 38 Xianxia Ridge

As we all know, the military test of the state capital on Fujian Road, the ratio of each subject recruited is [-] out of [-], which can be called cruel.

The number of admissions is small, and it is also rich in examinations of gods and scholars.

For example, the Xinghua Army in Luxinghua, Fujian Province, is only five miles away. In the eight years of Shaoxing's imperial examination, 14 people were named on the gold list. What's more terrible is that the number one and the second place are Huang Gongdu and Chen Junqing, who are from Xinghua Army respectively.

Song Gaozong Jin Diance asked Huang Gongdu and Chen Junqing, how can you even get second place in the top spot in a place where your Xinghua army slapped the palm of your hand, which is really beyond my expectations.Immediately, I asked the two of you what local specialties do you have in your hometown?
Chen Junqing replied, "Pine and cypresses are planted on thin ground, and poor children study!"

There is no other reason. Because of the poverty of the place, there are many scholars, especially motivated.

With Zhang Xu's talent, even if he overwhelms the county in Pucheng, people he has met such as Chen Xiang, Zhang Heng, and Zhang Youzhi all praised him, saying that he would definitely be able to be named on the gold list in the future.

No one can guarantee that Zhang Xu will be able to pass the state military test on Fujian Road. It will really give you a way to fight among thousands of troops.

So what if you were lucky enough to escape from Fujian Road?There is also a provincial examination. The provincial examination is called the Shangshu Provincial Examination. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is called the General Examination. The Provincial Examination No.1 is called the Provincial Examination. Metaphor.

In the end, the palace test of the Song Dynasty would also screen people.

Zhang Yuan, the prime minister of the Western Xia Dynasty, was killed in the township examination and provincial examination, but he failed in the palace examination. In a rage, he defected to Li Yuanhao and became a traitor.

If in the provincial exam, if you fail the palace exam, you will have to go back to Fujian Road to take the exam again.

To be able to break out of the group of death twice is simply the son of luck, and he can compete with Liu Xiu.

In contrast, the odds are much higher for the Cao Trial for the children of officials from aristocratic families. Last year, the Fujian Road Cao Trial took [-] out of [-] people. Historically, it was not until the third year of Jiayou that it was changed to [-] out of [-] people.

Zhang Xu's talent is well-known in the clan, and Zhang Yu, Zhang Xu's clan father and uncle, lived in Pucheng for several years before he became an official.

Zhang Tsaijun's five sons, Zhang Renche, belong to the two Zhang Yus, the great-grandfather of Zhang's father, and Zhang Yue's generation has not yet produced five suits.

However, it was said that Zhang Xu's second aunt had no children for many years after marriage. At that time, Zhang Xu was adopted to Zhang Yuyi. However, Zhang Yu later became a jinshi, and four years later Zhang Yu's father Zhang Yu became a jinshi again, and the two families gradually became established. High and low, and Zhang Yu's concubine gave birth to him a son, and the two families gave up their plans.

After the second aunt moved to Suzhou with her family, the two sides gradually lost contact.However, when she was in foster care at a young age, her second aunt had always regarded Zhang Xu as her own. Xu went to Suzhou to enter his official status.

Although Suzhou is also a difficult place for imperial examinations, and many talents have been buried since ancient times, but no matter how you say it, the water test is much easier than the state military test.With the talent of the second brother, it can be said that he is on the list in Suzhou.

After Zhang's mother passed away, the second aunt went from Suzhou to Pucheng to offer condolences and put forward this proposal, but was opposed by Zhang's father and Zhang Shi.

They all thought that with Zhang Xu's talent, it would be a matter of time before he would be named on the Golden List. It was the same for Zhang Xu to try the state government military test, yes, it was the same.

Zhang Yue didn't remember much at the time, only remembered that the second aunt left the Zhang's house with tears in her eyes, but the second brother didn't say a word about it from beginning to end.

But no one in the family cared about it at the time.And because of this matter, Zhang's father's family had a rift with the second aunt, but Zhang Shi always told Zhang Yue that the second brother didn't like the Yang family's snobbery, so the two families broke up.

If it wasn't for the sudden mention of this matter, Zhang Yue would have always thought that it was the second brother's own idea to break off diplomatic relations between the two families!
Zhang Shi loved his second brother, but he only focused on creating conditions for reading, and he didn't ask about the rest.

Now the second brother is released in Suzhou with official status, and he will soon go to Beijing for a test...

"So, I... my second brother went to Suzhou to find my uncle to change his nationality?"

Zhang Heng frowned and said, "Uncle? Is it my cousin."

Zhang Yue smiled wryly, the relationship was a bit chaotic.

"Thank you for the information, but I don't know how the director got it? The second brother can't send a letter to the director, right?" Zhang Yue asked Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng smiled and said, "Sanlang doesn't know anything. I am from Hangzhou and have been to Suzhou many times. This is what my uncle Zhang Zhifu said in a letter..."

"Quality husband? Is it a word?"

Zhang Heng nodded.

If nothing else, this person was called 'the most in the West' by later generations, and his Bian Gong was enough to make Xia Yan, Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan and other bigwigs ashamed and one of the 'two chapters'.

When he was guarding the northwest, he presided over the Battle of Pingxia City, which was the greatest victory since the Northern Song Dynasty fought against Xixia.

After the Battle of Pingxia City, Xixia was in a state of semi-annihilation. Finally, the Liao Kingdom came forward to mediate and threatened the Song Dynasty not to destroy Xia with war, and the Song Dynasty had to be forced to make peace with Xixia.

楶 means bucket arch, which is the square wood that supports the beam.Zhang Zhang lived up to his name, a true pillar of the minister.

"Speaking of which, Zhang Zhifu and you haven't released five suits yet."

Zhang Yue smiled, the Zhang family has proliferated a lot, and it is said that five servers have not yet been released, but it is actually a long way off.

However, the Zhang family can be described as a well-known official.

What a majestic name of Pingxia City, it is enough to wash Sanchuankou, and it is a shame for Shuichuan.But now the Great Song Dynasty is still buying Ping An every year for Xixia and Liao.

"What do you think Saburo?"

Zhang Yue said bitterly: "If my brother knows the whereabouts of the second brother, he will break his leg."

Zhang Yue felt that he had passed through the bitter waters of the past six months, and he couldn't stop vomiting no matter how much he vomited.From the beginning to the end, it is an internal family problem. No matter how the second brother has an opinion on the family, I am innocent. It can be said that I was shot while lying down.

"That's right, Chuming's escape from marriage, no matter what the reason is, it's a no-brainer..."

Zhang Yue thought to himself, scolding is scolding, that is also scolding yourself, what are you scolding as an outsider?Well, they are also siblings.

Zhang Yue said: "But I don't know something about Zhai Chang. Second brother, he went to Suzhou to get the solution, wouldn't it be a fake? Wouldn't this kind of solution cause controversy?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Yes, but this example is only for the military test of the state government, not for the water test. Officials within the five uniforms can be shadow officials, and the elder brother of the Ru family is the husband, that is, the uncle of the family. Be the supervisor for the craftsman."

That's right, his clan elder brother Zhang Zhang is now an official, and it is the official shadow of Zhang Dexiang from his clan father.

Zhang Yue still said honestly: "But the uncle of the clan is a dignified prime minister."

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "I don't know what the Cao test is! Officials can recommend a student to take the Cao test, not to mention that the children of the five servers change their nationality to take the test, as long as they don't pass the test. Your cousin, cousin's family. But for the two jinshi, the court's investigation of fraudulent status is only for the military test of the state government."

Zhang Yue thought to himself, it is no wonder that in the Song Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-officials shared the world.But sharing the world with scholar-bureaucrats means not sharing the world with ordinary people.

Being an official can really be so cool.But it was so difficult for him to be a poor family. If he wanted to change his life, he had to take the path of a book boy or a second brother.

"It turns out that, thank you Zhaichang for telling me." Zhang Yue said.

Zhang Heng said lightly: "I just told you, so as not to see your second brother in the future, you don't have to look good. So you don't have to thank me."

"Okay! Since Zhai Chang is unwilling to accept this feeling, then he doesn't dare to thank him indiscriminately, so I wish Zhai Chang to go to Bianjing..."

Zhang Heng raised his hands to the sky and said, "I have heard the words of the title of the Golden List..."

"Owning the top, the great leader of the world!"

Zhang Heng smiled slightly, this is quite new, others wished him the title of the gold medal list, but this son wished him the top spot.

The allusion to Da Kui in the world is also new. When Song Qi, a scholar of the imperial court, was listed first in the Jinshi examination, his name was ranked first, and he really won the Da Kui.

"But what's the point of being on top?"

Zhang Yue thought to himself, isn't it, there is no such allusion at this time?No, this is from the Yuan Dynasty, so the Song Dynasty must have quoted it, but it may not be widely extended.

So Zhang Yue said: "I heard that there is a relief sculpture of oysters on the steps in front of the palace gate, and the champion of the new division must stand on it to salute the emperor. Therefore, I hope that the head of the veterinarians will come out on top."

Really Zhang Heng laughed loudly and said: "You are really a bit crooked, thank you Ji Yan."

Zhang Yue smiled, it's not that easy to win the top spot, I'll do a reverse wave, anyway, even if you don't win, you can't blame me.

Immediately, Zhang Heng left with the phrase 'doing the best' from Zhang Yue.

A few days later, I set off together with Lin Xi and all the others.

While the academy was fine, Zhang Yue and Guo Lin also went down the mountain early to go home.

Talking about Zhang Heng, the head of Zhai, Guo Lin suddenly said: "Junior brother, I think the head of Zhai is a good person."

"Why do you say this, brother?"

Guo Lindao: "Junior Brother, you were dissatisfied with the fact that the Zhai Chang was hired by you, so you felt that you were being blamed after the fact. But you are indeed bad at writing. If the Zhai Chang took pity on you for a while, wouldn't there be another one? People from poor families whose handwriting is better than yours are not allowed to be hired. You want to say that he is unfair, but he has no prejudice against me, and you can only blame your bad handwriting for this."

"And today he doesn't have to tell you about your second brother at all, but he still said it, and you still accept his affection on this matter."

Zhang Yue listened to Guo Lin's words and thought for a while, even though he was reluctant to turn around for a while, in all fairness Guo Lin was right.

So Zhang Yue followed Guo Lin and nodded slowly and said, "What my brother taught me was that I was wrong."

Guo Lin smiled when he heard the words and said, "Hey, junior brother, don't take your brother's words to the bottom of your heart, you know that you are stronger than too many people when it comes to things that can be corrected."

Zhang Yue sneered, his brother still thinks too highly of himself, he has always been humbly accepting criticism of him, and resolutely does not change it.

Zhang Yue suddenly pointed to a mountain peak and said, "Senior brother, we have never walked past this mountain before going home. It's still early today, why don't we visit him!"

"Okay, Junior Brother has such elegance, I will definitely accompany you!"

"Senior brother, let's compare who will go up this hill! I'll take a step first!" Zhang Yue was already running up before he spoke.

"Junior Brother, you are cheating again." Guo Lin shook his head helplessly and followed quickly.

Zhang Yue and Guo Lin climbed the mountains and shuttled here, but along the way, they saw strange rocks and towering pines.

The two brothers and sisters competed to climb the mountain at first, but later they were attracted by this wonder, and they walked slowly unknowingly. When they reached the top of the mountain, they saw the strong wind and the sea of ​​clouds coming from the bottom of the mountain.

This scene can really be described as "The twilight is vast, and the pine is still calm, and the chaotic clouds fly across it calmly!" Zhang Yue couldn't help thinking, and then stood with Guo Lin and looked north.

But under the twilight, the mountains in the distance are a spectacle of red clouds covering the sky.

This is Xianxia Ridge, the main road to Fujian.

Zhang Yue shouted at the top of the mountain until he was exhausted, and there were echoes of emptiness and loneliness in all directions.

"Senior brother, one day I will be like Ziping, and my second brother will go out of Fujian from now on!" Zhang Yue gasped, his eyes full of red clouds, and said to Guo Lin.

(End of this chapter)