After Shao Song

Chapter 18 The Unremarkable Palace Examination

On the first day of August in the 11th year of Jianyan's reign, the sky was clear, the clouds were clear, the autumn air was crisp, and swan geese flew over the palace city in the distance.The light breeze not only blew a burst of cinnamon, but it also seemed to have diluted the previous turmoil over Wu Jie's family ethics incident, the squabbling between the two parties, and even the much-discussed omission of the military merit award. What's more, even if it hadn't been diluted, it was destined to be affected by the scale today. Covered by the huge palace examination.

Early in the morning, eight to nine hundred old, middle-aged and young students from three generations poured into the tall and spectacular Xuande Gate. Then they walked right inside the palace wall past the majestic Daqing Hall and Xuande Tower, and then turned west. A group of young imperial elites could not help but feel dazed.

After all, not to mention the majestic Xuande Tower and the grandeur of Daqing Hall, just in front is the Jiying Hall, and today after the Jiying Hall Examination, go straight out and head west, which is the Poster Singing Hall. The famous Xihua Gate.

At this moment, the cultural ceremony of the Song Dynasty has lasted for more than a hundred years, which is called nourishing scholars for a hundred years.Coupled with the huge achievement bonus of Jingkang Shaoxue Yanyun's recovery a year ago, it finally brought a huge shock and impact to these young imperial elites.

Just as countless Tai students walked through the wide path between the East and West Hua Gate and slowly turned into the Jiying Hall, little did they know that at the same moment, the Zhao Guan family had already led a large group of people to stand beside the Jiying Hall. It's been a long time at Yimen, and I have to say that Zhao Guan's temper has been like this for many years.

The ministers were too lazy to care about him. Mr. Lu, who came back early in the morning, was so calm that he didn't even raise his eyelids.Who allowed this official family to maintain mulberry trees and fish ponds for more than ten years without building a palace, so that Chongwenyuan was still dilapidated and shabby, and it was cold even when it was used for examinations.

What's more, the officials are also watching the excitement at the Imperial Ceremony Gate.

It can only be said that there is no difference from the imperial examination held in the third year of Jianyan, except that Zhao Guan's family has become older in appearance, and the prime ministers accompanying him, except for Lu Haowen who is also older and Yushi Zhongcheng Li Guang, who is becoming less and less talkative, are all It was someone else.

The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. Although it is a bit sad, it is a manifestation of the country's infusion of new blood, just like these students who are about to pass the exam.

But after all, there were too many big scenes. After watching the Jinshi this time, the Zhao Guan family did not issue any important instructions. Instead, they held the gold belt, wore a big red robe, and a hard-winged futou, leading dozens of people. The important civil and military ministers moved from the side door of Huangyi Palace into Jiying Palace.

When they came to the palace, Zhao Guanjia was sitting on the throne, with civil and military officials on the left and right standing at the foot of the steps. The scholars were guided by the etiquette officer and returned to the scene after several cases.After listening to Zhai Ruwen, the Minister of Rites, asking officials to write questions in public, he handed them out and emphasized that there was no need to worry about article regulations and old customs, as long as the words were meaningful, and he let people answer the questions.

The whole process went so smoothly it was scary.

Originally, in the 170th year of the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination system was changed again and again. When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty prospered in Henan University before Jingkang, even the imperial examination was completely gone and became the three-level system (county school, state school, Taixue). Students who arrive at Taipei University can be directly appointed officials.But what kind of people are our Zhao Guan family? Who can come here today who doesn’t know that the Guan family is called Zhongxing and is actually a pioneer? Let alone this kind of situation, you will not talk about the "ancestral family law" even in private, because They all know that Zhao Guanjia himself is the living ancestor, and his reforms are family laws.But this is what makes people murmuring. This time the imperial examination questions have been announced, and the scholars below have already begun to answer the questions. He actually has no clue, ah, there is no innovative approach, which really makes the officials feel very embarrassed. Accident.

Han Shizhong on the other side didn't think much about it. Since the exam had already started, he simply took the sub-examination questions and started to read them in detail. The market guess was somewhat accurate. There were four questions in total. Even a rough guy like him could understand them.
The first one is a major political issue. Zhao Jiu started the article with the name, after the Great War, the country is in ruins, what is the most urgent thing?How can people’s livelihood problems be solved as quickly as possible?
The second question is inevitably related to the military. Zhao Guanjia directly said that in times of peace, be prepared for danger. What kind of share should the army maintain, and how should it be allocated in the southeast, northwest, and northwest?

The third is how to solve the various problems that arise in the field of military merits that everyone expects?
The last question goes back to the roots of Confucianism, or the long-standing shortcomings of the Song Dynasty, and how the emperor should deal with civil and military issues in the new era.

Han Shizhong watched boredly for a long time. After the officials and other important civil and military officials moved out of Jiying Palace to Huangyi Palace, he didn't know what to talk about with Zhang Rong after a while. He simply let go and looked around him. Yue Fei, who was sitting drinking tea, asked, "Xiaoyue, Xiaoqu, you have all been admitted to the Jinshi. We literati among the martial arts, tell me, why is there no such thing as the Yellow River? Isn't it that the official family has been doing this for a long time?" Didn’t you stop?”

Although Qu Duan had restrained himself a lot after the battle, his true nature was still there. Especially when faced with King Qin of Han who slapped him with 22 killing blows, he couldn't help but said: "Marshal, please be humble. In terms of position, you are now our commander. As for the essays, I, Qu Da, can't write the words that 'solve the king's affairs in the world and win his reputation during and after his death', so how can I dare to show off in front of Gong Guan?"

Han Shizhong glared, and immediately became displeased. Yue Fei's head was as big as a bucket, and he quickly signaled to the two gentlemen with his eyes that the husbands drinking tea next to him had already looked over. If he wanted to make any more noise, he went to the left side of the Huangyi Palace. Several ministers and ministers of the Nine Temples in the corridor of the side hall also wanted to laugh, and said: "King Qin, brother Shiyin (Quduanzi), the weather is still hot, let's drink a cup of herbal tea first. It is said that it was newly researched by the nobles in the harem. of."

This distinction between civil and military affairs is a distinct characteristic of the Song Dynasty. Although Han Shizhong and Qu Duan were a little dissatisfied with Yue Fei's independent role at such a young age, Yue Fei has proven himself through countless achievements over the years, and he is extremely humble (as long as he doesn't drink) (more); secondly, facing the civil servants, they were all one's own, so the two Western Army generals gave up their honor and turned off the fire together. They heard Yue Fei say: "All dynasties have been experts in water control. As far as we are concerned in the Song Dynasty, All poets have crossed the river, but how many famous ministers are there for water control? My guess is that the officials are afraid of rashly bringing all kinds of things to the palace, and they should be preparing to select a group of pragmatic Jinshi first, and then examine the talents for water control. , After all, Ambassador Liu Andu (Liu Hongdao) has returned." This man used to be the Superintendent of the Ministry of Water Resources and was quite capable.

Fu sighed again and said: "Actually, I am more anxious than anyone else. Who told me that I am from Hebei?" Han Shizhong and Qu Duan thought of Sanyi's bad incident back to the river. Although it had nothing to do with them, they gave a few words of comfort. In other words, the Yellow River now belongs to the Song Dynasty from beginning to end, and it must be managed well, so that future generations will not see the floods in the sky and the red land thousands of miles away.

At this time, someone actually stood up and handed in the paper.Yue Fei and others were shocked, and they drank three cups of tea.

Of course, Zhao Ding was more shocked than them, because he clearly saw that the first person to hand in the paper was his son, Zhao Fen.And then, Li Guang had no time to laugh at Han Shizhong and other rude warriors, because he was followed by Li Xiuzhi, the son of his best friend, who still lives in his house.

Now that someone has handed in the paper, everyone from the Prime Minister down to the palace gathered in the hall to discuss the articles of the new scholars without talking about gossip.

　All the calmness is to hold back the ultimate move
　　
　
(End of this chapter)