Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 592
Therefore, whether it is the actual benefits or the merits of publicity, Jinshi has become a bone of flesh and bones that officials and wealthy households are constantly scrambling for.Even in the original history, 20 years later, from Emperor Zhenzong—that is, Zhao Heng, the son of Zhao Guangyi, even wrote a poem by himself: "There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book." All emperors of a country think so, It is conceivable that a Jinshi's status in the feudal dynasty is unimaginably high.

Seeing that an old man in his 50s was also robbed of marriage, Xu Xuan couldn't help but chanted: "Rich families don't need to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millet in the book; People follow, there are many horses and chariots in the book; when you marry a wife, don’t hate unscrupulous matchmakers, there are women like jade in the book; if a man is like a man, he will live his life. Read the Six Classics diligently at the window."

Hearing this, Kou Zhun sighed slightly. He was young, but he had already seen through the situation of the world—to put it bluntly, it was all driven by utilitarianism.When Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty perfected the imperial examination system, he once said that "the heroes of the world can enter my nest." The trick here is to solve the trap.But at that time, the number of Jinshi was rare, and they had to compete with powerful families in the official arena.In the Song Dynasty, although Zhao Kuangyin governed the country pragmatically, he also wanted to rule the country with literature and martial arts, and he paid more attention to the imperial examination system than in previous dynasties.Because in Zhao Kuangyin's view, the emperor vigorously advocated literary affairs, and the talented people all over the world had reached the rank of promotion, so they all studied the Six Classics hard, and of course they didn't have the heart to think about rebellion.

For this reason, Zhao Kuangyin also formulated many similar systems with the help of Zhao Pu. For example, after winning the provincial examination, the candidate will no longer be dismissed in the palace examination, so that the favor goes to the top and the complaint does not go to the top; Names, exemptions, and a series of tactics to recruit scholars into the system; after the disaster, the best and strongest of the victims were recruited as soldiers.In terms of the means of maintaining domestic rule, the Song Dynasty has surpassed all previous dynasties.Among them, Zhao Pu contributed the most.But this also led to the lower and lower status of the army, soldiers, warriors, and even military generals in the social court. Even in the original history, after Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi, the people in charge of the army were all civilian officials, and military generals only had the right to command and fight at the beginning. Even later, the development became more and more extreme. In order to grab merit and promotion, civil servants commanded the army to fight on the basis of commanding the army. In the original history, they faced the Xixia, Khitan, and Jurchen Jin dynasties, which led to repeated failures and endgames. Even the shame of Jingkang, the most shameful in Chinese history, appeared.It can be regarded as truly burying the disadvantages of the Song Dynasty's weak military force since Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi in the original history.

Although the current Kou Zhun has an extraordinary mind, he still can't think of this point. It can even be said that except for Ye Chen, who came from later generations, no one in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty since Zhao Kuangyin can think of this point. If Chen's current prestige and reputation were revealed, many people would doubt it.

It was almost noon, and the crowd in front of the list was still crowded.Below the list, a shout of "I've won" can be heard from time to time, and then the well-deserved Gongsheng, like rotten meat, is surrounded by a group of flies.Just like what happened to Kou Zhun just now.

Pushing away the chaotic crowd, Kou Zhun and Xu Xuan got into the carriage and prepared to go back to Ye Mansion.Walking westward for less than a hundred steps, I arrived at the intersection. I was about to cross the street when I saw a carriage approaching. There were more than 40 guards riding horses around the carriage. They were all borrowed from Xu Xuan. The two Yuan with the same red robes, very majestic.

Before Kou Zhun could ask anything, Xu Xuan had already smiled slightly, and said in a low voice, "Huzi, no matter what the noble man in the carriage asks you later, don't rush to refuse him." Gao Jianwen asked Kou Zhun.

Kou Zhun was startled, and prepared to ask more questions, but when he saw Xu Xuan's pretending to be unfathomable, he knew that although Xu Xuan was dedicated to doing things for his teacher, he had committed the old habit of playing tricks again, so he simply refused. Asked, looked at the carriage and began to speculate on the identity of the people inside the carriage.In the Great Song Dynasty, in today’s world, Yuan Sui’s guards who can wear red robes are Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi, Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao, Xiangfu Wang Ye Chen, Wuyue Wang Qian Zhiyin, the four princes, as well as the prime minister Xue Juzheng and two deputy ministers Lu Doxun and Lu Yuqing, in addition to Cao Bin and Shen Yilun, the chief and deputy envoys of the Privy Council.

My own teacher can rule it out. The guards of King Wuyue would not be so ostentatious. The chief and deputy envoys and guards of the Privy Council are all retired veterans.Lu Yuqing and Xue Juzheng's carriages would not be so luxurious, but Lu Duoxun was a different kind, and he liked to sit in sedan chairs just like the later officials in the Ming and Qing Dynasties who treated people like animals.Therefore, the person in the carriage in front of him is likely to be one of Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi and Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao.

These inferences are a long story, but in Kou Zhun's mind, it was only an instant judgment. Just as he was about to further judge whether it was the King of Jin or the King of Wei in the carriage, the other party had already spoken.

"Hey! Isn't this Master Xu!"

When crossing the intersection, someone in the carriage team suddenly yelled, and the carriages and horses all stopped and leaned against the side of the road.A hand was stretched out from the carriage and bowed solemnly, and a guard waved towards Kou Zhun and Xu Xuan.

Kou Zhun's heart skipped a beat, remembering what Hu Sanguang said to him a few days ago: Xu Xuan was ordered by his teacher to pretend to join King Jin, but there was no need to doubt his loyalty.Then he understood the identity of the boss in the carriage—Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi.At the same time, he also understood another reason why Xu Xuan had to take him to see the list today——Xu Xuan must have been instructed by Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi to show up for this chance encounter today, and he also understood that Xu Xuan had just given him He said, "No matter what the owner in the carriage asks you later, don't refuse in a hurry. 'The real meaning is to cooperate with him to play a play in front of King Jin.

Xu Xuan jumped off the horse with Kou Zhun, walked to the carriage, bowed his hands to the inside of the carriage and saluted: "I pay my respects to the lord."

Kou Zhun followed behind and saluted, but did not speak.

"Did Master Xu go to the Imperial College?" Zhao Guangyi's voice came from the carriage.

"Exactly." Xu Xuan turned his body sideways and signaled Kou Zhun behind him to come up: "This is Kou Zhun, a disciple of His Royal Highness King Xiangfu, and I will take him to see the list today. Kou Zhun is already in high school."

"Congratulations Brother Kou."

"Don't dare, it's just a fluke." Kou Zhun's face was calm and light, without the slightest nervousness of an ordinary scholar meeting the King of Jin for the first time, "Master Kou Zhun, pay my respects to the prince."

"My lord just heard that Brother Kou was almost caught in the list, and he was said to be engaged. Is there such a thing?" Zhao Guangyi went straight to the topic of today's meeting with Kou Zhun.

At this time, Kou Zhun already understood what Zhao Guangyi wanted to do—he wanted to get closer to a series of forces such as the Huaxia Weifu represented by Ye Chen through marriage with himself, to be precise, with the Xiangfu Palace.He remembered Xu Xuan's confession just now, so he immediately nodded and said: "Wansheng dare not lie to the lord, Wansheng is indeed not engaged yet."

"That's good, the king intends to recruit you as his son-in-law, are you willing?"

In fact, Zhao Guangyi recruited Kou Zhun as his son-in-law because he also read Kou Zhun's examination papers, especially the policy theory in it. Not bad, even stronger than Zhao Kuangyin in some aspects, so after reading Kou Zhun's paper, he, like Zhao Kuangyin, also saw Kou Zhun's extraordinaryness.Therefore, he was willing to put such a large capital on Kou Zhun.

When Kou Zhun heard this, he seemed to be taken aback, and a hint of ecstasy appeared in the depths of his eyes just right, but he said in his mouth: "Thank you, my lord, for your attention. I will go back to discuss with my parents and mistress, and I will give my lord an answer."

Zhao Guangyi's eyes were like lightning, and the momentary joy in Kou Zhun's eyes did not escape his eyes, so he was not displeased with Kou Zhun's failure to agree immediately, on the contrary, he admired Kou Zhun's lack of surprise even more.

"Marriage matters must be discussed with parents and elders." Saying this, Zhao Guangyi nodded to the two, and then left immediately, and the two quickly saluted and sent them off.As a prince, it is against common sense to come to see Kou Zhun in person and take the initiative to recruit a son-in-law. If he didn't want to see Kou Zhun face to face and at the same time express an attitude to Ye Chen's forces, otherwise he would never condescend to come. Do this thing.

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The sixth day of June is the day when the Ministry of Rites examines candidates to participate in the palace examination.

The Jiying Hall located in the southeast area of ​​the imperial city had already been cleaned. 380 The two desks are neatly arranged at the east and west ends of the main hall, leaving only the center of the hall empty for candidates to worship the emperor after entering.

Similar to the Ministry of Rites Examination, there is a paper sign on the upper right corner of each table, with the name and hometown written on it. According to the practice of previous years, the seat arrangement order of the Gongsheng students in the Palace Examination is according to the order they took in the Ministry of Rites Examination. came from the ranking.The closer you are to the Son of Heaven, the higher the ranking, and the farther you are, the lower the natural ranking.This is to prevent candidates from mixing together and losing face in front of the emperor.

The specially arranged person took the list and compared the names and places of origin on the table one by one.From Dongtou, who was the head of the Ministry of Rites in front of his majesty, Wang Sizong, to the last person in the southeast and southwest corners of the main hall.

Although Xiao Huangmen had checked them twice yesterday, Lu Duoxun, as the deputy prime minister, went through them one by one today, because Lu Duoxun knew that anything could happen in the court and in the palace.I am responsible for this matter. If someone wants to embarrass himself, deliberately mess up the rankings, and lose his composure in front of the emperor, it is possible.Especially those villains like Tao Gu who have just offended him, so he must be more careful.So how could Ludoxun be at ease without seeing each other with his own eyes again and again?
It took less than half an hour, carrying a lantern, leading two little yellow gatekeepers to check every table and case, Lu Duoxun finally stood at the entrance of the main hall, heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded.Everything is ready, everything is ready, just waiting for the emperor and the examinees to come.

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Sorry, I'm a little late today because I was on the train last night.

(End of this chapter)