Medicine in Song Dynasty

Chapter 105
There were so many scholars present, of course it was impossible for the officials to review everyone's examination papers in person, so several examiners had to go through them first, select the top ten, and let the emperor select the top three.

This time the examiner took an unexpectedly long time to review the examination papers. It was not the first examination, but something went wrong in the re-examination. On the sixth day, more than 300 examination papers were reviewed. However, this time all the examination papers were in front of the detailed official At that time, the two detailed judges were not as usual. They generally judged according to the rankings determined in the preliminary examination and the re-examination. Instead, they carefully reviewed the papers in detail. From the papers, pick out ten copies and present them to the officials.

Many scholars felt that the examiner was really slow in grading the papers this time. Although it still did not exceed the stipulated time, in previous years, it was usually two days in advance, and everything was settled.

Quite a number of officials in the imperial court found it interesting, guessing that among the scholars this year, there are many outstanding and talented scholars, and the rankings are not easy to rank.

But I don’t know, in fact, it’s just because the young little emperor casually read the candidates’ papers in the examination room on a whim, which made the examiners nervous. Not too little.

The ten test papers were finally presented to the emperor.

Zhao Zhen washed his hands and sat upright. Looking at the yellow silk tray, a light flashed in his eyes. This is the first year that he has the right to select talents for the country. It should also be presented to him for imperial review, but in the end it is the queen mother and Zaifu who decide, all he can do is to announce it according to the ranking given by the chief examiner.

But this year the Empress Dowager did not know what was on her mind, she still wanted to ease the slightly tense relationship between her and the officials, or wanted to stop the group of officials who were outspoken and dared to advise, insisted on letting the emperor take charge and let the Empress Dowager withdraw the curtain Mouth, or maybe she was old, and she was really out of energy, so she gradually delegated power to Zhao Zhen.

After all, Empress Dowager Liu is not the Emperor of Wu, and in the current situation, she can't be the Emperor of Wu either. The court is still the court of the Zhao family, and it can only be the court of the Zhao family.

Empress Dowager Liu is arbitrarily powerful. From the beginning to the end, she has never done anything like Emperor Wu. Now that she is getting older, she no longer desires power like she did when she was young.

Zhao Zhen, the emperor, finally has a bit of an emperor's appearance. Now he is not a mature king, but the current batch of scholars are real "students of the Son of Heaven". One famous minister after another appeared, with his will, firmly marching towards a bright future. The always gentle king was also excited for a moment.

After carefully reviewing the paper, Zhao Zhen gradually showed a happy smile on his brows and eyes.

The examiners below couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief secretly. Although the little emperor in front of him was extremely kind and respected the examiners, he thought that the rankings they ranked were not in the favor of the officials, and the officials would not let him face to face. They are embarrassed, and at most they will remind one or two tactfully, but any official would be willing to leave an evaluation of "unsatisfactory" in the official's heart. Officials who don't like it will never be able to join the cabinet as a prime minister.

Those who can be the chief examiners are obviously the courtiers who are favored and trusted by the officials. Who doesn't want to be an extreme minister, so how can he be willing to 'disobey' the emperor?
Zhao Zhen did it himself, opened the seal on the test paper, took out the imperial list, and copied his name on the imperial list.

No.1, Su Wencheng, Taizhou. No.2, Kaifeng Wang Gongshou. No.3, Sun Guan of Meizhou...

This ranking is generally confirmed. Of course, the officials still have to summon the top ten candidates in the Golden Palace, and the ranking can only be finalized after they have personally seen it.

Otherwise, if there is any candidate whose birth is really bad and makes people feel disgusted at first glance, then no matter what, it is impossible to be ranked in the top three. Face, of course, this is not a beauty pageant, good looks do give extra points, but good facial features, no disabilities are enough, the so-called 50-year-old Mingjing, 20-year-old Jinshi, many of them are [-]-[-] years old People, there is no way to ask others to be comparable to American youths in their [-]s.

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All day long, Su Wencheng sat in his study looking at the posts, but couldn't calm down.

Su Tong didn't go out either, staying in the boudoir and embroidering with a lake-blue purse, which was embroidered for her father as a gift after he passed the Jinshi examination.

Her embroidery work is okay, although it is not very good, but it is generally passable for sewing a purse, after all, she has the experience of the original body, even if she has not made much progress, she has regressed a lot, but it is not unattractive .

Su Wencheng has never been very demanding of his girl's female celebrity, as long as she can get by, and if she has free time, it is better to read more and write more. In his mind, her daughter will definitely marry in the future. A man with outstanding literary talents must be able to discuss poetry with his husband in the future. His daughter has endured enough hardships. When she gets married in the future, she will definitely not need her daughter to do more by herself. There is needlework people are here.

Because of this, although Su Tong sewed gloves and a scarf for her father from time to time, and bought a few pairs of soft slippers with wool hooks, she is not really proficient in really fine embroidery.

While fiddling with his father's gift, Su Tong murmured in his heart that his father should not be ranked below the top ten, even if he wasn't in the top three, the top ten could still be guaranteed.

Why haven't the officials from the Ministry of Rites come to notify?

The top ten are to be summoned by the emperor to face the saint in the Golden Palace. If they can't wait for the summon today, it means that Dad has fallen behind the top ten.

Su Tong frowned slightly, and tried to calm down, probably not. Although there are many scholars and talented people who participated in the imperial examination this year, she stepped on it a little earlier and entrusted a few good friends , including Lu Xiangye, inquired in detail.

With my father's preparations before the exam, and my own speculation about the officials' minds, the vision beyond this era, even if there are more scholars who are better than my father, if they really come to the exam room, they may pose a threat to him , there will never be more than five people.

The top ten is guaranteed.

Finally, after noon, Su Tong's purse was ready, and he was lazily lying on the couch, slowly hemming it, and the maid who had been guarding the front yard to listen to the news rushed into his house with small steps all the way. The little lady's boudoir.

"Little lady, the Ministry of Rites has sent someone here, and they are in the front yard explaining the matters that Mr. Lang should pay attention to."

Su Tong narrowed his eyes, clenched the purse in his hand, and exhaled.

"Okay, this purse just works." She picked up the purse and looked at it carefully, then nodded with satisfaction. This time the workmanship is not bad, so it's not shameful for her father to wear it.

Tomorrow, Su Wencheng will be the King of the Golden Palace, and he will be well-dressed. It will still be the same white shirt he wore when he was a tribute, but he can have some accessories, usually a purse.

In the evening, when the Su family sat down to eat together, Su Wencheng could still stand still, sitting upright, wearing a white shirt, which made him look much younger, and even the hair dyed at the temples was full of energy .

Su Tong pursed his lips and smiled.

Erlang looked up at his father in surprise: "Daddy, did you win the first prize? Then my sister is the daughter of the first prize."

Su Wencheng coughed, glared at his daughter, and gently patted his son's head: "Don't talk nonsense, no one knows what the ranking will be until the Golden Palace Chuanhe." Full, but when the results come out tomorrow, you won't even be in the top three. Isn't that shameful?
This is very possible, who in the top ten is better than whom?It doesn't all depend on which one the officials like, no matter who they are, they can all deserve the title of number one scholar.

Erlang nodded ignorantly. Although he is no longer an ignorant and ignorant child, he is still young and has no idea what his father will bring to their family after being admitted to Jinshi. This means that Su Wencheng will truly integrate into the family. Among the most powerful groups in the Song Dynasty, from then on, it can be expected that it will make steady progress.The Su family will also change their family from now on and become a real scholarly family. In the future, this kid will not have such a difficult imperial examination as his father.

Su Tong took a deep breath, put his arms around Erlang, and patted him on the back: "Erlang, you should study hard, strive to be better than blue, and be more promising than daddy in the future."

In front of her own face, the daughter directly said that her son was more promising than herself. Su Wencheng touched his nose and felt happier. As a father, who doesn't want to have successors?
In the early morning of the next day, Su Wencheng arrived at Donghua Gate early as usual, and as usual, he also learned the etiquette of meeting officials. This time, it was stricter than the last palace examination, especially the top ten. There was a slight mistake, and after studying it over and over again, even Su Wencheng, who had always been calm and calm, was a little bored, and the officials finally began to summon the top ten to enter the palace.

Su Wencheng waited patiently. He was not the first to be called in by officials, but Wang Gongshou from Kaifeng was the first to be summoned by officials.

This Wang Gongshou is only 17 years old, and he is really tall when he is young. Su Wencheng doesn't know him, but he heard from a well-informed classmate of his that the child's family is poor, his father died long ago, and he has three younger brothers. In addition to studying, raising widows and young brothers is very hard work.

A while ago, Su Wencheng wanted to choose a son-in-law for his daughter, and his classmate mentioned this Wang Gongshou. If his family was not too poor, and he had only one widowed mother, Su Wencheng was afraid that after his daughter married, he would marry Wang Gongshou. His widowed mother doesn't get along well, maybe this marriage has a real chance of success.

Wang Gongshou came out of the Golden Palace, and then the other seven people were called in one by one. Su Wencheng was the last one, and he was not in a hurry. He had participated in the imperial examination a few times, and even if he failed, he was very clear about the truth behind it. Well, the officials summoned them not one by one according to their rankings, and it might not necessarily be a bad thing to be late.

(End of this chapter)