Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 114 "Collective Poisoning Incident of Imperial Examination Scholars"

"I wish the two of you who uphold the Ming Sutra will be able to choose your background!"

In Pingkang Square, Li Yan hosted a banquet for two friends, and Guo Yuanzhen accompanied them.

Kang Da had already met at the mansion before, and this time it was mainly to reunite with An Zhongjing.

This An family's most favored youngest son has been studying hard in the Imperial College recently, and his demeanor is very gentle: "Cheng Yuanfang said auspiciously, the fifth-rank dignitaries, let me feel noble, I'm sorry if I don't go to high school!"

Kangta was a little shy, and raised his glass: "Thank you Yuanfang!"

Li Yan has been practicing hard for the past few days, and now he has a little drink, and his interest has also picked up.

These two were his best friends in Liangzhou, and coincidentally, they both have to take part in the imperial examination this time.

An Zhongjing was involved in the enigma case of the mission and was almost imprisoned by Jia Sibo. He came to his senses and returned to Chang'an to study hard. He successfully passed the internal examination of the Imperial College and obtained the qualification for the imperial examination.

In comparison, the difficulty of the states is much greater.

In Liangzhou, Kang Da stood out from more than [-] scholars, and it was not easy to admit only two people in one state.

The most regrettable thing is that these two people, who are so rare, often enter Chang'an excitedly with the text, and then become the foil for the six scholars of the second hall...

Fortunately, not every subject is hopeless, Li Yan said to Kang Da: "It is a wise move to participate in Ming Jing."

Kang Da was very self-aware: "I have little knowledge, and it is not easy to pass the exam by chance. How can I dare to hope that I can be a high school Jinshi and be able to pass Mingjing, and my wish is enough."

As the son of a county lieutenant, he was the most irresponsible doctor class when he was in the school. He passed the tribute exam, on the one hand, because he worked hard enough, and on the other hand, there were not many talents in Liangzhou this year.

Kang Da has self-knowledge, his knowledge was not top-notch in Liangzhou in the past, and in the entire Tang Dynasty, his knowledge is even more obscure.

Even if there is no discrimination from other states, if you are admitted based on your true talents, you will basically not be able to pass the Jinshi exam.

Li Yan looked at An Zhongjing again: "Zhongjing, you have studied hard for the past few months, how sure are you?"

An Zhongjing didn't blush and his heart didn't beat: "In fact, I wanted to take Ming Mathematics, but I was scolded by Aye, so I chose Ming Jing."

Li Yan: "..."

Thanks to what you said just now, I thought you were at least [-]% sure, but you didn't even expect to pass?

The imperial examinations are not limited to Jinshi and Mingjing, but also subjects such as Mingfa, Mingshu, and Mingshu.

Ming Fa is a test of law, Ming Su is a test of arithmetic, Ming Shu is a test of translation, and it is necessary to specifically explain the meaning of words and sentences in ancient books.

In fact, talents in such subjects are more professional and have made great contributions to grassroots governance, so they are extremely underestimated.

The imperial court selects and recruits only single digits every year, and they are all the lowest-ranking officials, with no prospect of promotion at all.

So unless you really don't want to get ahead and just want to be a part-time official, anyone with some ambitions will not take that kind of miscellaneous subjects.

During the Zhenguan period, there was also a scholar subject, which was the most difficult, but no one took the test afterwards.

Because each state recommends talents to take the talent examination, if the candidates fail the rankings, the recommenders will also follow suit.

That kind of system was too outrageous, and the number of people who recommended it must have decreased, and every candidate who took the exam was also under great pressure. Later, not long after Li Zhi came to power, the Xiucai Department was abolished.

Leaving aside the difficult ones, An Zhongjing said that he had considered the subject of Ming and Mathematics at first, which showed that he was basically not sure about the subject of Ming Jing.

Thinking about it, this guy is eating, drinking, and having fun in Liangzhou. If he surpassed his hard work as soon as he returned to school, it would really be unreasonable.

An Zhongjing knew that the probability of running with him was [-]%, but he was quite open to it: "I don't want to spend my days in a daze, this exam is to verify my level, and I can also find the right direction. Should I continue reading the text, or follow Aye?" Join the army."

Li Yan agrees: "It should be so. There is absolutely no harm in reading more books."

The ancients did not have the Internet, and they relied on reading to broaden their horizons. Even if they failed to pass the exam, the experience of studying hard in the Imperial College is a valuable asset in itself.

An Zhongjing showed his fighting spirit: "Anyway, I want to catch up with you. You are leading now, but it doesn't mean you can always lead!"

"I'll wait and see!"

Li Yan laughed, An Zhongjing was only two years older than him, and indeed he had a promising future.

Of course some of the officials are Guai Ling, I won't say who they are.

After talking and laughing for a while, Li Yan asked casually, "In your opinion, who can become the number one scholar in this imperial examination?"

Kang Da said, "I just came to Chang'an, and I don't know a few talented scholars yet."

An Zhongjing also shook his head: "I don't really care about these things."

On the contrary, Guo Yuanzhen's eyes lit up. He knew that he shouldn't disturb the leader's reminiscence, and he kept silent all the time. At this time, he just spoke up: "There is a person who has a great chance. His name is Su Weiwei. He is from Zhaozhou. It seems to have won Pei Shilang's favor and publicly praised it!"

"Su Weiwei... Isn't that Su Shi's ancestor?"

Li Yan said it casually, but he didn't expect to hear such an acquaintance.

Su Weiwei is not very famous in history, but his descendant Su Shi is really well known to everyone.

In addition, the name is quite interesting, as if a foodie is engraved into the genes, the family is destined to have a big foodie.

Li Yan moved his mind, but after thinking about it carefully, although Su Weiwei was the prime minister in the Wu Zhou period, he didn't have many achievements as an official, and he liked to be wise and protect his life.

The idiom "ambiguous" is to describe him. He is a fool in the officialdom, and his knowledge is strong enough, but he has to put a question mark on his actual work ability.

You can't love Wujiwu just because he has a good offspring.

Li Yan gave up, and after eating and drinking, he began to enjoy singing and dancing.

This time it was finally not his dance, the dance was good, Li Yan was very happy to reward the dancer.

The four got up and paid a total of two bills, which is equivalent to eating a meal in a restaurant with an average of more than [-] per person.

The story of spending [-] gold on leeks has become a thing of the past. Since that incident, everyone has become more rational in spending.

When parting, Li Yan asked Guo Yuanzhen to send An Zhongjing and An Zhongjing off.

When Jia Sibo's threat was reported, Qiu Ying attached great importance to it. These days, the inner guards stepped up their vigilance to prevent accidents.

But the huge Chang'an, to be honest, really can't prevent it, and Li Yan can only try to ensure that his relatives and friends around him don't have any accidents.

Escorted by Guo Yuanzhen, An Zhongjing and Kang Da rode all the way back to the dormitory arranged by the South Court of the Ministry of Rites for Xinke scholars.

The three parted in front of the courtyard gate. Guo Yuanzhen was supposed to live there too, but after he joined the inner guard, he didn't care about the imperial examination.

He looked at the sky and rushed to the inner guard.

These days, there is a Yuanyuan Wu Dewei who has been working overtime, which gradually makes the others feel a sense of urgency.

Guo Yuanzhen felt that he couldn't be compared to the later fat man who was the oldest, and he had to work hard overtime!
……

"Brother An, I'm going to study!"

"Go together, work hard in the last few days, and you won't regret it if you fail!"

On the other hand, Kang Da took the time to study hard, and he also infected An Zhongjing.

The two were walking towards their own house, but they found a group of scholars from other states gathered together, muttering about something.

Among them, the leader, a scholar named Zhang, looked a little old, but he was full of energy. When he saw the two of them coming back, he took the initiative to come over: "Mr. An Xiao! Mr. Kang Xiao! Come, come, I have something good to share!"

An Zhongjing asked curiously, "What is it?"

Zhang Shizi showed a small brocade box with his thin hands: "Look!"

An Zhongjing thought there was something good for him, but he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when he saw it: "The pill..."

Zhang Shizi said: "This is Yundan, there are cloud patterns on Dan's body, look!"

An Zhongjing took a look, there was really a pattern on the surface of the elixir, like a cloud, and it looked good.

Zhang Shizi said: "Those who can refine this elixir are all Taoist elders. Taking it can refresh your mind, and you can never forget reading. God help us wait! Cough cough!"

There was resentment in his voice, and he even coughed twice: "Compared to the North Korea Central Committee's preference for the Sixth School and the Second Hall, it is too difficult for us scholars from other places to go to high school. For nothing else, just to win the students of the states!"

Although An Zhongjing was studying in the Imperial College, his mentality was indeed biased towards other states, and when he thought of Jia Sibo, that friend who had played games since childhood, he felt a pain in his heart, and praised, "Brother Zhang is so ambitious! How much is a pill?"

Zhang Shizi said: "Ten pennies, that's the price when I bought it. I don't make any money!"

Ten strings of money corresponds to almost [-] RMB in later generations. It sounds very exaggerated to buy a medicine.

But An Zhongjing felt that the price was really fair, nodded and said, "Give me one, is the quantity enough?"

Zhang Shizi smiled wrinkledly: "Specially reserved for the two gentlemen, two pills each, you can take the first pill tonight, and take the second pill before the exam."

Seeing that An Zhongjing accepted it, Kang Da whispered, "I...I don't want to..."

Zhang Shizi explained: "Mr. Kang Xiaolang, I really kept Yundan specially for you. It is absolutely impossible to buy this little money."

Although Ankang and Ankang are among the top academics and their academic performance is almost at the bottom, the others are willing to make friends.

Because being young represents the possibility of the future, on the contrary, even if you can pass the imperial examinations for those who are dying, you can basically enter the coffin when you become an official.

For example, Cao Song, who wrote "By Jun Mo's words, you can become a Marquis, once you succeed in everything", Cao Song finally passed away in high school in his seventies, but he passed away not long after he passed the exam.

But Kangda still shook his head: "Thank you Brother Zhang, I don't want it."

Zhang Shizi frowned, and said in a low voice: "Su Weiwei is convinced, what worries does Mr. Kang Xiaolang have?"

The shadow of a person's famous tree, as soon as the celebrity effect came out, it would be easy for others to follow, but Kunta still shook his head.

Zhang Shizi finally showed his displeasure.

An Zhongjing hurriedly stepped forward: "Brother Zhang, Mo Nu, he is an honest boy, give me the elixir!"

Zhang Shizi snorted coldly, and with a look of ignorance, he handed over two more boxes, and said with care: "This medicine is very powerful, take one tonight, and take the second one three days later before the exam. Do not use more. Remember, remember!"

……

Late at night.

Li Yan was awakened by the servant's footsteps, and he got up immediately after sleeping in his clothes.

In the front yard, he saw a panic-stricken expression on his face: "Yuan Fang, something happened to the ninth younger brother, Academician Gong was poisoned and fell down!"

Li Yan's eyes were sharp, and he got on his horse:
"Walk!!"

(End of this chapter)