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Chapter 150 Donghuamen roll call

The 15 years old Huiyuan, even in the Song Dynasty when the literary style was at its peak, was a rare existence. On the day the list was released, the nobles in the entire Bianjing city heard the news, and the Dongchanghou Mansion became extremely lively, and came to congratulate. There is an endless stream of people watching.

Qin Junye was also really happy, and immediately ordered his servants to set up a banquet. Qin Liushi was also busy greeting those honorable family members. It was a polite way to see her, not to mention the envy in his eyes, which he couldn't hide.

Because there were too many people who came, Qin Liushi couldn't greet him alone, so he invited Xiao Qinshi to help.

Xiao Qin's family was also so happy, and it made sense logically, Qin Hao was her own nephew after all, but in such a comparison, her own son, Gu Tingwei, was a little out of hand.

Sure enough, other people's sons never let him down!
The marquis of Dongchang held a water banquet for three days in a row, and there was an endless stream of guests. Qin Junye basically fell asleep drunk, and woke up again to continue drinking by entertaining guests. That is to say, there was no distilled wine in the Song Dynasty, and the alcohol content was relatively high. Low, otherwise he will get alcohol poisoned sooner or later according to his drinking method.

Qin Hao has not been idle either, he has become like a mascot. As long as those nobles come with their children, the boys will have to get in touch with him, saying that it is contaminated with a trace of culture, while the women will look at him from a distance. It was also playing his mind.

The key is that there are many seven or eight-year-old girls among them, who are still the same age as Xiao Douding. Should he say that the ancients were too precocious?
After the three-day water feast, Qin Hao saw that this was not going to work, so he quickly stopped the event on the grounds that he had to prepare for the palace examination, and ran to the Sheng Family Academy to hide himself.

In fact, what happened to Sheng Changbai in the past three days was similar to that of Qin Hao, the only difference was that all the people who came to congratulate the Sheng family were literati, and Sheng Hong's colleagues also had classmates from this year.

"Yuan Ruo seems to have failed the ranking too." Sheng Changbai suddenly said regretfully.

Qin Hao had guessed this news a long time ago. According to the usual relationship between Qin Liu's family and Princess Pingning, this time Qin Hao's high school reunion, Princess Pingning just sent the steward to give a gift. Didn't show up, obviously Qi Heng didn't pass the exam and was not in the mood to come.

Qin Hao could only shake his head secretly, it seemed that Qi Heng and Ming Lan really had no fate, but that's okay, to be honest, with Princess Ping Ning's character, if Ming Lan married, I don't know how much wronged she would suffer.

The time of the palace examination is not fixed, it mainly depends on when the emperor is free, Qin Hao and Sheng Changbai waited until April before being notified of the exact time of the palace examination.

On the tenth day of the fourth lunar month, a total of more than 200 "gongshi" entered the imperial city, waiting for the most important exam in their lives.

Qin Hao was standing at the front of the team, which was also a privilege of being a "meeting member".

There are young people in the team, and there are also gray-haired old people, but this phenomenon is not uncommon. Thirty old Mingjing, fifty young Scholars.

The Jinshi Department, which is held every three years, only admits 300 to 1.2 people. For the population of more than [-] million in the Song Dynasty, the admission rate is pitifully low.

The students passed all the way from elementary school, and went through county examination, government examination, hospital examination, township examination, general examination, and finally had the opportunity to face the emperor in this palace examination. After passing this step, they truly entered the class of scholar-bureaucrats.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty shared the world with the scholar-officials not just talking about it. Nowadays, even the adoption of the clan to inherit the throne will be asked to make a decision in the hall. If the officials want to fool around, the officials directly grab the sleeves If he left, if it was Zhu Yuanzhang, it is estimated that none of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty would survive.

After standing and waiting for a long time, the eunuch came to lead the way and lead them into the Jiying Hall.

"I'll wait to meet your Majesty."

After becoming a tribute, he is qualified to be a minister, otherwise a person without official position can only be called a grassroots person when he meets the emperor.

"You are all the pillars of the country, so you don't need to be too polite, let's be flat."

Qin Hao stood up, and only then did he have the opportunity to see the appearance of the current official family. He is a somewhat rich old man with a smile on his face, and looks very kind.

The officials also noticed Qin Hao, and said with great interest, "You are Xinkehuiyuan?"

Qin Hao bowed respectfully: "Go back to the official's house, that's right."

The officials looked Qin Hao up and down, and saw that although he was young, he was slender, with handsome features, and he was not as thin as other scholars. He was full of heroism, and his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing.

"You will try the policy theory on horse policy. I read it. Although it is flawed, it is also insightful. Well, it is very good."

The rest of the "tribute scholars" all looked at Qin Hao enviously. Every session has a member, but there are very few who can enter the official's eyes. Based on this alone, no matter how Qin Hao ranks in the palace examination this time, he will not It's a waste of time.

Afterwards, Qin Hao and the others took their seats, and the exam questions were handed out. There was only one item in the palace exam, and that was policy.

Also called "policy question".

Qin Hao was not in a hurry to answer, but began to examine the question.

This topic is exactly the same as Ma Zheng's topic, and both are a bit biased. The central idea is: Song Dynasty is short of money now, what should be done to solve the problem of "money shortage".

The other "gongshi" in Jiying Hall saw that this question was getting bigger, and this question was even more difficult to answer than Ma Zheng before.

The reason is also very simple. These "problem writers" who aspired to become scholar-bureaucrats since childhood, either come from poor families and have never had much money since childhood, or they are from a scholarly family, maintaining the nobility of scholars and treating money like dung. Have you ever been exposed to such economic subjects?

Qin Hao thought for a moment, and began to write vigorously.

In fact, the "money shortage" in the Song Dynasty was attributed to two problems, one was that foreign trade was too developed, and the other was that the output of copper mines was too low.

The Song Dynasty was a feudal society with unprecedented commercial development. From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, no dynasty had reached such a level of prosperity.

The benefits brought by commercial development are obvious. According to later generations, the Song Dynasty had a trade surplus with all trading countries. The Song Dynasty’s porcelain, silk, cloth and other commodities were exported overseas, bringing a lot of employment opportunities to the country. Even if ordinary people have no fields, they can still find work in workshops and survive.

But in the same way, as a country with a trade surplus, the economy and culture of the Song Dynasty were particularly developed, and other countries themselves did not have a strong economic system. Although Xiang Liao had been pushing the Song Dynasty to the ground militarily, it was highly dependent on it economically. Song.

Even for a long time after the Liao Kingdom established its political power, it did not have its own currency, and could only use barter or cloth as a transaction currency. At this time, the coinage technology of the Song Dynasty was already very developed, and a large number of Song coins The outflow led to a long period of time in the Liao Kingdom. The frequency of use of Song money among the Liao people was higher than that of Liao's own currency, and its value was also higher.

This is true for military powers like the Liao Kingdom, and even more so for small countries in the surrounding Southeast Asia and Western Regions. Song money has also become their actual transaction currency.

This caused a phenomenon that the Song Dynasty was constantly minting coins, but it was not enough.

And there is another phenomenon that it is common practice for folks to hide money. Many big families will hide copper coins in the cellar. Sometimes the ropes stringing money in the cellar are moldy and broken, so they have to be taken out to clean and then dry in the sun. , and then put the rope back on, and hide it in the cellar again.

There are also some unscrupulous merchants who melt copper coins and cast them into bronze wares for profit.

Generally speaking, this is an economic problem, and administrative orders cannot solve this problem. In fact, the Song Dynasty banned the casting of copper coins and copper wares long ago. Unfortunately, as long as there are profits, some people will definitely take risks.

Qin Hao thought of two solutions. One is to increase the payment ratio of silver among the people. Silver is more scarce than copper, but there are a lot of silver mines in Fusang. A smelting factory can be built in Fusang, refined, cast and then shipped back to China.

The other is to improve the casting technology of copper coins, reduce the proportion of copper used in copper coins without affecting the beauty and durability of copper coins, thereby increasing the proportion of other elemental metals such as iron, lead, and tin.

The proportion of copper in copper coins in the Song Dynasty was as high as 62% to 68%. As long as the proportion of copper is reduced by 5%, most of the profit-making behavior of smelting copper coins for casting copper wares can be suppressed. After all, smelting itself will bring losses. Once there is no more Profits, naturally no one will be taken advantage of.

After writing more than 1000 words eloquently, Qin Hao stopped writing, checked it again, and then handed in the paper.

At this time, the other "tributes" in the Jiying Hall were still deep in thought, and found that Qin Hao had handed in the papers ahead of time, and all of them looked at him with inexplicable eyes.

The grand ministers and the officials were a little bored waiting, but when they saw someone handing in the papers, they immediately became interested.

Naturally, the papers had to be read by the officials first, and the officials took Qin Hao's papers and began to read them silently.

Originally, the officials didn't care about it. This problem has actually existed since the establishment of the Song Dynasty, and he didn't expect to find a solution to the problem from these "tribute officials" who had no experience in governing.

I just wanted to try how much these "tributes" knew about the Song Dynasty.

However, Qin Hao's answer sheet gave him a big surprise.

While staring at the test paper, the officials waved at Mr. Han: "Mr. Han, come and take a look."

Mr. Han Daxiang didn't care at first, he just thought that Qin Hao's article was well written and echoed the officials' wishes.

However, when he read Qin Hao's analysis of the lack of copper coins in the Song Dynasty in the opening chapter, he immediately fell into it. How could he not be clear about these reasons as a grand minister, and how would a "tribute" who had never been in power know?

Looking further, Mr. Han was pleasantly surprised by the two solutions given by Qin Hao. Although the second solution is a bit difficult to operate to improve coinage technology, the first solution is indeed feasible. Fusang, as a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, let them Donating the silver mine, this request doesn't seem too much, does it?The big deal is to give them some benefits.

The official asked in a low voice: "How does Mr. Han feel?"

Mr. Han Daxiang understood that what the officials asked was not how well the article was written, but whether these two plans of Qin Hao were of executable value.

"Back to the official's house, there are indeed many silver mines in Fusang. If a smelting workshop is built in Fusang, the cost of casting silver can be greatly reduced, and the silver can be transported back to the country to alleviate the money shortage to a certain extent." Mr. Han replied respectfully.

The official frowned slightly: "What about the second article? Can't the mint law be improved?"

Mr. Han Daxiang shook his head and said: "Do the officials still remember the reform of coins implemented by the late emperor? The final minted coins not only have poor circulation because the proportion of copper is too low, but also have been imitated by the people in large numbers. This method needs to be carried out step by step, and it cannot be rushed .”

The officials knew that Mr. Han was telling the truth. It took him a lot of effort to clean up the mess left by his father, but he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when he heard the words. As an emperor, why didn't he want to solve the problem.

While the two were discussing, the other gentlemen also surrounded them. This was the Song Dynasty, and it would be impossible for any other dynasty to be so casual.

The officials didn't blame them either, they just passed Qin Hao's article to them, and all the gentlemen nodded their heads after reading it.

At this time, some "tribute scholars" began to submit papers one after another, but after reading Qin Hao's papers, the answers of other "tribute scholars" seemed too immature, let alone practical solutions, even " I don't know where the problem of "money shortage" comes from.

However, as there were too many "tributes" who handed in the papers, the ministers didn't check them one by one, and they were all sealed up.

According to the rules of the Palace Examination, the entire examination process will last for one day, until sunset is the last time to submit the papers, and the examination papers will start on the next day, and the ranking will be handed over to the emperor, and the rankings will be officially released on the next day.

After Qin Hao waited for Sheng Changbai to hand in the papers, they left together. Anyway, there is no rule in the palace examination like the general examination. You can only go home after the gate of the Gongyuan is opened. Sitting for a day is also very boring.

After leaving the palace, Sheng Changbai sighed: "Today's topic is really weird, I'm afraid I won't get a good ranking."

Qin Hao smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, you think it's strange, and others can't answer it."

In essence, the imperial examination is actually an elimination game. If you are unlucky and encounter the imperial examination in the second year of Renzong Jiayou, you will be in the same class as Su Shi, Zeng Gong, Su Zhe, Zhang Dun, Zhang Zai, and Cheng Hao. No matter how good you are You can only be a second-tier player.

Sheng Changbai asked Qin Hao again how he answered, and Qin Hao didn't hide his secrets, so he just stated his point of view.

"Zihan really has a unique vision, but I didn't think of this." Sheng Changbai sighed.

After a day of exhaustion, Qin Hao and Sheng Changbai got into their own carriages and went home to rest.

Another two days passed in a blink of an eye. On this day, outside the Donghua Gate, an unpretentious wall welcomed countless people to watch.

This time, there were more people coming than the trial. The roll call outside Donghuamen only took place once every three years. Whether it was traffickers or pawns, or honorable merchants, they all paid close attention to it.

In order to maintain the continuation of the scene, many officers and soldiers held hands nearby so that no one would interfere with this sacred moment.

Qin Hao was not at Donghua Gate at this time, but at Jiying Hall, where the palace examination was held two days ago, and there were only three people including him.

The meaning of this is obvious, the three of them are the Gongshi who won the first grade in the palace examination.

It's just that I don't know how the final ranking of the three will be, and who will win the three titles of No. [-], No. [-], and Tanhua.

Soon the official family came to Jiying Hall with several great ministers.

The officials kindly excused the three of them from saluting, and then Master Han began to roll the roll.

"Li Yu of Yingtian Mansion, No. 3 in Yijia, Jinshi and the first place, testing flowers for the palace!"

"Zhou Quan of the Daming Mansion, No.2 in the first class, a Jinshi and the second place in the imperial examination!"

"Qin Hao from Bianjing, a first-ranked scholar, a Jinshi and a first-ranked scholar, is the number one scholar in the palace examination!"

Master Han Daxiang finished singing his name, and suddenly congratulated the officials: "Congratulations to the officials, you have found such a handsome man. It is really rare in the world that the number one scholar won three yuan at a young age!"

The official also smiled and said to Qin Hao: "Zhuangyuan Lang, are you satisfied with today's honor?"

Qin Hao's mind was a little dazed, he didn't expect to be named the No. 15 Scholar, the [-] years old No. [-] Scholar, and he won three consecutive prizes. How could he be dissatisfied with such an honor?

Hastily bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your gift!"

"Haha, come here, give me the red robe and red flowers."

Parading horses through the streets was a privilege only given to the top three, and soon Qin Hao and the others were dressed up and rode on tall horses.

And at the same time as the roll call in the palace examination, outside the Donghua Gate, the imperial list also began to be posted.

The first to come out is the third class, which is relatively poor in the palace examination. Although they are also Jinshi, they are called "born with Jinshi", which means that they can get the same treatment as Jinshi, but they cannot be regarded as real Jinshi in name. Generally, this kind can only be sent out to be an official, and they are not qualified to enter the Imperial Academy, Yushitai and other places to be trained as high officials in the dynasty.

The tributes waiting on the scene were also in quite complicated moods, and they all silently expected in their hearts that they should not be in the third list, and that if they moved forward enough, their future would be very different when they reached the second-tier.

However, the reality is cruel. The third list has the largest number of people, and most of the Gongshi are on it.

In the Sheng family's carriage, Sheng Changbai was rarely nervous, and Wang Ruofu couldn't wait to stick his glasses on the wall where the imperial list was posted.

Seeing the completion of the third list, Wang Ruofu was overjoyed to find that there was no son's name, and immediately excitedly twisted the handkerchief into a twist.

Finally at No. [-] on the second list, Wang Ruofu heard Sheng Changbai's name.

"My son is in the second class, the eleventh in the second class in high school!"

Wang Ruofu was a little bit confused when he was excited: "Why didn't you hear the name of Young Master?"

At this moment, a list was also posted, and this list was not so crowded, with only three huge names.

The first among them is Qin Hao!

"Oh my god, he won the number one prize?" Wang Ruofu muttered to himself with his eyes widened.

Sheng Changbai was not surprised: "Zihan has the talent of the number one scholar, and he deserves his name."

And a student in the crowd who knew Qin Hao suddenly shouted.

"Three yuan in a row, three yuan in a row!"

Since Qin Hao's rural examination was taken in Jiangnan West Road, many people in Bianjing City didn't know that he actually passed the examination to understand Yuan.

At that moment, there was a commotion in the crowd.

Lianzhong Sanyuan is the highest honor for literati, and every name of Lianzhong Sanyuan is eligible to be written into the history books.

What's more, he is only 15 years old!

(End of this chapter)