Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 398 Examiner
Seeing that the officials were still angry, Cao Yuyan wisely did not speak.

Zhao Zhen was not happy: "The empress is a general, so she has no opinion on this matter?"

"Officials, this is government affairs!"

Zhao Zhen snorted: "Queen, you have been in the palace for ten years, and you have always followed the rules. You are really my good queen."

Cao Yuyan was poked hard.

A sense of grievance rushed straight to his chest: "Yes, if the officials feel that I am incompetent as a queen, they can go to find Zhang Meiren, but she has a lively personality and dares to speak out about government affairs."

Zhao Zhen came here originally to relax, but now that Empress Cao said so, he got up directly: "Okay, what the empress said is true, you are not as lively as Mrs. Zhang."

Cao Yuyan watched as the official flung his sleeves away.

Only when the official's footsteps are far away can I dare to cry.

After talking about generals, but since becoming this empress, she is no longer Cao Yuyan, she is just Empress Cao.

Queen of the world.

When Zhao Zhen came out of Qingshou Palace, he was going to Zhang Meiren's bedroom, but he turned back to Funing Palace halfway.

Sitting on the chair, Zhao Zhen thought about the details of how the queen had been in the palace for ten years and how the two got along.

It is true that at the beginning, because she was the daughter of the Cao family, he was very wary of her. I believe that neither his grandfather nor father would like the descendants of military generals, or descendants of the Cao family who made great contributions to the founding of the country.

However, in the process of getting along later, he still had some changes in his opinion of the queen.

How many men don't like a wise woman?
It's just that the palace is boring, and the queen doesn't allow himself to make any mistakes. He wanted to say something sweet to her, but he couldn't continue.

On the second day, Zhao Zhen agreed to let Kong Chong's son Kong Yue lead troops to quell the Yao uprising.

After discussing the uprising, I started talking about the provincial exam that is about to start.

The chief examiners of the provincial examination are all temporarily appointed to prevent the chief examiners from cheating for personal gain.

As for who will be the chief examiner this time, all the courtiers were fighting with each other red-faced and refused to give in to each other. Finally, the officials decided that Fan Chongyan would be the chief examiner this time, and Ouyang Xiu would be the deputy examiner.

Fan Chongyan is very familiar, and Ouyang Xiu is also very familiar, right?

Yes, I wrote the article "Drunkard Pavilion" that has been passed down through the ages.

However, at this time, Ouyang Xiu has not been demoted, so "Drunkard Pavilion" has not yet been produced.

Speaking of Ouyang Xiu, he was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Tiansheng, that is, in [-] A.D., and he was [-]th in Jiake. Yan Shu was Ouyang Xiu's chief examiner at that time.

Do you feel familiar again?

That's right, this Yan Shu wrote the catchy "Butterfly Love Flower", known as a graceful poet.

Although Ouyang Xiu did not have a high school champion, he had a brilliant literary talent. According to Yan Shu's later recollection, when he mentioned Ouyang Xiu, he said that the reason why he failed to win the first prize was mainly because he was young and aggressive, and several examiners deliberately discouraged him.

Ouyang Xiu, who was a Jinshi and first degree, first served as a general official, a secretary of the provincial school, and a left-behind promotion officer in Xijing.

At that time in the Northern Song Dynasty, the custom of "choosing a son-in-law from the list" was popular. Ouyang Xiu, who was in high school, was selected as his son-in-law by his mentor Xu Yan on the spot, and married his beautiful wife the next year.

It can be said that in response to that sentence, when the gold list was titled, it ushered in the night of weddings and candles in the bridal chamber.

In the first year of Jingyou, that is, in [-] AD, Ouyang Xiu was called to the academy, appointed Xuan Delang as an official, and participated in the compilation of "Chongwen Zongmu".

Later, he joined forces with Fan Zhongyan to call for reform, but this reform encountered great resistance. Fan Chongyan was demoted to Raozhou (now Poyang County, Shangrao).

In the first year of Kangding (AD [-]), Ouyang Xiucai was recalled back to Beijing, resumed his post as collation of pavilions and pavilions, continued to compile "Chongwen Zongmu", and was later ordered to Zhijianyuan.

Although the official position is not high, he dares to say it!
At that time, the court needed his sharp mouth.

Last year, he served as You Zhengyan and Zhizhigao, that is, responsible for drafting imperial orders. In September last year, Fan Chongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others began to implement the New Deal.

The upright Ouyang Xiu once again participated in the revolution and became a capable leader of the revolution.

With this momentum, Ouyang Xiu was appointed as this year's deputy examiner.

Zhao Zhen's decision was naturally opposed by many courtiers, especially Kong Chong: "Your Majesty, there are still many senior ministers in the court, no matter how they turn, they will not be able to turn to Master Fan..."

"Kong Qing, the imperial court needs fresh blood. They think ahead and don't stick to the old rules. Maybe they can select some different talents."

"Can!"

Zhao Zhen had been angered by Empress Cao yesterday, but he hadn't sent it out yet, and he didn't want to give Kong Chong any face: "Okay, this matter is settled like this."

After the appointment was issued, the two went to the Gongyuan after the next court, and were not allowed to leave the Gongyuan until the end of the provincial examination. This measure is called "locking the courtyard", which is to prevent the chief examiner and candidates from cheating.

Just the day before Gu Qingjue was going to enter the Tribute Academy, after a year and a half, he finally received a letter from Su Yixin.

This is really better than when he got to know Yuan in high school, and it makes him very happy.

Yixin said in the letter that she went to Geyun Canyon for training, but not long after she went, she was trapped in the formation and could not receive information from the outside world. Just a few days ago, she just broke free from the formation.

However, this experience did not end here, and they will soon fly to an unknown island to continue their experience.

Although we can't get together right away, Gu Qingjue is still very satisfied to receive a letter from Yixin before the provincial exam.

Considering that the unknown island is full of dangers and there are a lot of monsters, it is not suitable for Kestrel to go, so I stopped writing letters until Su Yixin took the initiative to contact.

The number of exams in the provincial examination over the years varies, sometimes there are [-] exams, sometimes [-] exams, and sometimes seven exams. This year, Fan Chongyan will take the exam. He reformed the scientific exams and set it to three exams. It only takes three days in total.

Examination content: first test strategy, second test theory, and then test poetry.

Gu Qingjue has confidence in his talent, but it would be a lie to say that he is not nervous at all.

It's just that others can't see it.

When I first came to Kyoto, I didn't have many acquaintances here, but I was familiar with Zhao Jin, but the relationship between the two was still in the dark, so it was inconvenient for more people to know.

Bai Yuannian and his wife knew that Gu Qingjue was taking part in this year's provincial examination, so they specially came here to see him off when he was entering the Tribute Academy.

Standing next to him was Bai Shiqian who also took the provincial exam.

Originally, like Gu Qingjue, Bai Shiqian should return to the Jiangning prefecture to take the township examination.

But last year, Bai Yuannian and his wife entrusted their relationship and transferred their household registration to Kyoto, so they took the test in Kaifeng Prefecture, and their rankings were not bad.

Luo Shi prepared two sets of food and clothing, and handed them to Gu Qingjue and Bai Shiqian.

Gu Qingjue was touched: "Thank you uncle and aunt."

　The update is completed today, and the typos will be corrected in the afternoon, okay!

　　
　
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