Monument Yangmen

Chapter 123
When Yang Yansi arrived at Jinmingchi, Su Yijian and his party were already waiting for him in front of Jinmingchi.

Jinming Pond, also known as Bieyuan, is a royal garden with a huge scale, complete layout and beautiful scenery.

It was built in the late Zhou Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, and then went through many constructions before it reached the current scale.

The circumference of Jinming Pool is nine miles and thirty steps. The pool is square in shape, surrounded by walls, and has many gates. The northwest corner is the water inlet.

The main south gate is the Lingxing Gate, facing the Baojin Building in Qionglin Garden in the south, and the Cailou in the gate faces each other.

Inside the gate, from the south bank to the center of the pool, there is a huge arch bridge called Xianqiao, which is hundreds of steps long and has a wide bridge deck.

The bridge has three arches, vermilion lacquer shields, a row of geese pillars in the lower row, and a raised 'Camel Rainbow' in the middle.

In Shuixin, there are five halls, which are where the emperor hosted the banquet tonight.

During the reign of Taizu, and even before the Song Dynasty, after the students of the scientific examination became Jinshi, there was no such thing as giving a banquet.

The system of giving banquets was also created by Zhao Guangyi in order to win people's hearts during the second year of Taiping Xingguo.

As soon as Yang Yansi jumped off his horse, he heard Su Yijian laugh.

"Hey, isn't this Xinke Tanhualang? Look at her, she's so handsome. If I have a girl in my family, I'll definitely give it to you."

Yang Yansi shook his head and smiled, "Brother Su, you are the champion of the new discipline, and I, as a candidate, am not worth mentioning in front of you."

"Don't...you are more beautiful than me."

Su Yijian turned around and pointed at the other people behind her, "If you don't believe me, ask them..."

Some acquaintances with Su Yijian nodded in agreement.

Behind Su Yijian, Chao Jiong stroked his beard, shook his head and said, "I do have a daughter in my family who just turned fourteen this year..."

"puff……"

Yang Yansi almost spat out blood.

Of course, while teasing Yang Yansi, there were also sarcastic and sarcastic remarks.

For these people, Yang Yansi was too lazy to talk to them.

Someone barks at you, do you bark too?

Not a dog!

Everyone is here, so there is no reason to wait any longer.

Su Yijian took the lead, and under the leadership of the eunuch, everyone entered Jinming Pond, crossed the fairy bridge, and arrived in front of the five halls in Shuixin.

Zhao Guangyi sat in the central hall, and Wang Jien waited on him.

Sitting next to him are Zhao Pu and other important court officials.

"See Your Majesty!"

A group of Jinshi saluted Zhao Guangyi.

"Excuse me! All lovers, please sit down."

Under the leadership of the eunuchs, all Jinshi entered the hall according to their rankings and took their seats.

In front of the seat, there is a table with delicious food and a pot of imperial wine.

After everyone sat down, Zhao Guangyi smiled and said, "Have a banquet!"

Wang Jien clapped his hands, and two rows of dancers sprang out from the southeast and southwest corners of the hall.

The musician caresses the music, and the dancer dances.

A banquet is officially held.

Zhao Guangyi didn't have any lectures, so he accompanied Zhao Pu and other veterans to drink and have fun.

The Jinshi were still a little restrained at first, but when they saw Su Yijian sitting in front of the emperor grabbed the flagon and drank happily, they all let go.

Everyone eats, drinks, and praises each other.

Executing wine orders and playing pitching pots is a joy.

If you look carefully, you will find that Zhao Guangyi and a group of veterans seem to be chatting with each other, but they never leave the students.

Zhao Guangyi glanced at Su Yijian who had finished drinking a pot of wine, and grabbed the eunuch beside him to ask for wine, and said something with a smile to Zhao Pu beside him.

"The No. [-] scholar in my examination today is actually an alcoholic alcoholic."

Zhao Pu took a sip of his drink with a smile, "It's true that he's a drunkard, but this guy is unrestrained, open-minded, frank, and his true temperament is beyond doubt. He can be a great leader."

"What about the second place?"

This time it was Shen Lun who answered, "Since I sat down until now, I have not said a word, drank alone, and did not talk to others. I am lonely and proud, and I will definitely accomplish a lot in the future."

……

This seems to be a banquet, but in fact it is the emperor and the important ministers in the court, closely observing the interview of the Jinshi.

They will give different evaluations based on the performance of Jinshi, and finally determine whether a person can take on the big responsibility.

After three days to select officials, they will arrange reasonable positions for Jinshi according to their performance today.

The bosses are trying to figure out the Jinshi.

Yang Yansi was thinking about Kou Zhun who was sitting not far from his head.

If you take a quick look at Kou Zhun, you will find that this kid is quite honest, but if you look carefully.You will find the kid's eyes that are spinning around and looking around.

Others might be fooled by Kou Zhun.

But Yang Yansi wouldn't, he knew very well what the history books said about this guy, and he also knew what this guy did in the future.

This is not honest at all.

On the contrary, it's weak and bad...

Holding the imperial wine, Yang Yansi bypassed Feng Zheng and the others, and approached Kou Zhun.

Seeing Yang Yansi, Kou Zhun rolled his eyes, cupped his hands and said, "Tanhualang..."

Yang Yansi pulled up a chair and sat beside Kou Zhun, stopped Kou Zhun's shoulders, and said with a smile, "Don't be so restrained, and don't be so polite. We all graduated from the same subject. It's all fate, just call me Yansi."

Kou Zhun was not sure that Yang Yansi would find his purpose, so he tentatively said: "It's out of style to call him by your first name, you are younger than me, so I'd better call you Xiandi...Your brother suddenly finds Zhun, what's the matter? "

Yang Yansi smiled cheerfully, "It's nothing serious, I just want to give you a good luck, a fortune."

What?Pie in the sky?

Do you think I will believe it?

Kou Zhun stared at Yang Yansi vigilantly.

"What good fortune, what wealth?"

Yang Yansi tugged Kou Zhun, and said with a smile: "When I go out tonight, I drag you and let you be a groom for one night and a bridal chamber for one night. How is it? How do I treat you?"

Hearing this, Kou Zhun's face turned slumped, with a bitter face, "Brother, Zhun has no grievances with you, why do you want to kill me?"

Yang Yansi smiled and raised his eyebrows.

"To tell you the truth, I just fell in love with you. I plan to let you hang out with me in the future. I am afraid that you will not agree, so I can only make a bad plan."

Kou Zhun was taken aback, glanced around in a panic, and whispered in Yang Yansi's ear.

"As long as my virtuous brother doesn't do anything about Cao Cao and Wang Mang, I will agree to you. Just please don't take me with you when you go out tonight."

Yang Yansi was taken aback, Kou Zhun's answer was almost exactly the same as Su Yijian's.

It seems that the people and officials of the Song Dynasty still had a high degree of trust and recognition of the court.

They all seem to feel that under Zhao's governance, life is pretty good, and it is meaningless to rebel or coerce the emperor to make the princes do such things.

However, the more Yang Yansi thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong...

What's the situation, why do these two seem to think that I can learn from Cao Cao and Wang Mang?
Why do they have such inappropriate thoughts?

Could it be that I was born to be outstanding and destined to achieve a great career?

　"Monuments of the Song Dynasty": In the fifth year of Taiping Xingguo, Emperor Yu, Jin Mingchi, hosted a banquet for the new scholars. During the banquet, the seven sons of the Yang family, Yan Si, got drunk and shouted: "If you get Ling Yunzhi in the future, dare to laugh at Huang Chao I am not a husband..." The emperor was furious when he heard this, and ordered him to be killed with a stick!The whole book is over... ahem!Hahahaha, just kidding, to make everyone laugh, thank you 'Yang Jiayi Zhuang' for the ten yuan reward!Thanks to 'Book Sea Without Tears, Qi Bin 123456' for the five ocean rewards!Thanks to 'Book Friends 160722060516017' for a big reward!
　　
　
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