The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 115
Zhao Chengxu asked to be stripped of his Jinshi quota, which surprised Shen Yilun and others. They did not expect that Zhao Chengxu could have such courage at such a young age.

A person lives in this world mostly for the sake of fame and fortune, and Jinshi and rank are the stepping stones for a scholar to gain fame and fortune, but now Zhao Chengxu has to give up these.

Although they felt that Zhao Chengxu was pretending, even if it was pretending, it took a lot of courage to act like this.

Zhao Pu was excited about his son's behavior. He was very aware of the situation this time. His son became a Jinshi because he borrowed other people's articles.But if his son offered to give up, no matter whether the emperor agreed or disagreed, Zhao Chengxu's reputation as a good character would not escape him.

Fame, I don’t have it now, I’ll take the exam later, but if the reputation is gone, it’s not easy to get it back, as long as I can keep the reputation, everything else will gradually come back.

Zhao Pu and Zhao Chengxu knelt in the imperial study room. Zhao Kuangyin frowned slightly. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Since both of you father and son insist, then I will allow it."

"Thank you Lord Ron."

Zhao Pu and Zhao Chengxu thanked each other and stood aside.

Zhao Kuangyin nodded with some satisfaction: "Chengxu knows his mistakes and can correct them. There is nothing good about him. In the future, he will definitely be a great talent of the Great Song Dynasty."

"It is his blessing that the Holy Majesty does not blame the dog."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The monarch and his ministers were so polite again. After the politeness was over, there were still problems that had not been resolved. There were originally three articles competing for the top spot. Now that Zhao Chengxu has withdrawn because of the problem of learning, there are only two remaining. These two articles are not easy to choose.

Zhao Kuangyin showed the two articles to Zhao Pu. Zhao Pu looked at them at a glance and felt that the authors of the two articles were all great talents. If they were cultivated in the future, their future would be limitless. When Zhao Pu was surprised, Lu Duoxun said: "My lord, I feel that Lu Meng should be selected as the number one scholar, and Zhang Qixian should be removed from the list of Jinshi."

When Lu Duoxun said this, all the officials were shocked.

Then Lu Meng had a lot of contacts with the King of Jin, now Lu Duoxun is speaking for Lu Meng, but he has already taken refuge in the King of Jin?But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that it is wrong. If Lu Duoxun belonged to King Jin, King Jin would not have recommended Song Qi instead of Lu Duoxun in the previous competition for the chief examiner; Just for the number one scholar, but why do you want to remove Zhang Qixian from the Jinshi quota? Could it be that Lu Duoxun has a grudge against that Zhang Qixian?
But everyone has never heard that Lu Duoxun has a grudge against Zhang Qixian, and they have never even heard of Zhang Qixian.

Zhao Pu, who was reading the article, was taken aback suddenly, while Zhao Chengxu frowned slightly. Maybe the other ministers in the imperial study didn't know who Zhang Qixian was, but he did. He and Liu Wei often communicated, so how could he not know Zhang Qixian?

He didn't understand why Lu Duoxun wanted to remove Zhang Qixian from the Jinshi quota, but his current situation made it inappropriate to ask more questions.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Lu Duoxun curiously, and said, "Lu Aiqing, what do you mean by that?"

Lu Duoxun said: "Returning to the Holy Lord, I suddenly remembered something. A few months ago, that Zhang Qixian had just come to the capital, because he was too shy to eat a king's meal in an inn, and he was still lying in the middle of the street after being kicked out by others." If you don't go, you will become the laughing stock of the capital for a while, how can such a person be able to enter the court as an official? If it is spread, won't it be laughed at by the people of the world?"

When Lu Duoxun said this, several of the other ministers also thought of it, so they echoed it again and again.

Zhao Kuangyin's expression sank slightly, and Lu Duoxun was secretly happy when he saw this. He is from Murong Bo, and Murong Bo has investigated Liu Wei's situation very clearly. How could he let go of such a good opportunity to deal with Liu Wei?

When Zhao Kuangyin was hesitating, Zhao Pu had already read the articles of Lu Mengzheng and Zhang Qixian. In his opinion, they were indeed indistinguishable, but from the point of view of the imperial generals, Zhang Qixian was slightly better than Lu Mengzheng. However, in terms of governing the country, Zhang Qixian is worse than Lu Mengzheng. He originally wanted to recommend Zhang Qixian, after all, the topic of this policy discussion is imperial generals.

But now his son has just been deprived of Jinshi qualifications because of what he borrowed. Whether he supports or does not support the deprivation of Zhang Qixian's Jinshi qualifications, it is not good for him. If he supports the deprivation, he will be regarded as his own. His son was deprived, he was unbalanced, so he also deprived others; if he did not support it, people would think that he was looking for opportunities for his son. How can a son be deprived?

Zhao Pucheng's mansion was very deep, so when the ministers discussed and Zhao Kuangyin hesitated, he kept silent.
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When the spring breeze was warmer and softer, the imperial court finally released the list.

When the list comes out, it is natural for some to be happy and some to be sad.

On the morning of the day when the list was released, Zhang Qixian dressed up and went to see the list. He showed his article to Liu Wei. Liu Wei said that his article was the number one scholar, and he was extremely confident in himself and Liu Wei, so he went to It is to accept the adoration and envy of everyone. Of course, if someone is jealous and hates him, he will still accept it. If a person can be envied and hated by others, it means that he is not far from success, or has already succeeded.

The place where the list is released is the most prosperous place in the capital, and that place is also very open. When Zhang Qixian went there, it was already full of people.

Zhang Qixian squeezed half a stick of incense in the crowd before he finally squeezed in front of him. The list is not big, and there are not many names on it. There are only 20 people. When I found that there was no name I was most familiar with, I couldn't help but panic, thinking that I had read it wrong, so I looked at No.1 one by one.

No.1 is Lu Mengzheng. Because he got acquainted with Liu Wei and had a relationship with Na Lu Mengzheng a few times, he admired Lu Mengzheng's knowledge very much, so he had no objection that Lu Meng was the champion, and then he looked down, below There were more than a dozen names written, but he didn't have his own name from the beginning to the end, not even the last one.

For a moment, Zhang Qixian was stunned.

He felt as if he had lost his soul, he didn't know where he was, and he couldn't hear the noise around him, he didn't even know how he left.

He was walking aimlessly on the street alone, his thin body was bent, and his eyes were dull.

After studying hard for many years, he bet his future and everything on this imperial examination, but his name failed. He didn't understand, how could this happen?

Zhang Qixian was walking on the street, and he came to the front of the Tongfu Inn, which was insulted before. Many candidates lived in the Tongfu Inn. Now there is a candidate who has passed the Jinshi and is rewarding the yamen servant who announced the good news. He smiled happily, and after rewarding the yamen servants, he went to treat other people in the inn to a drink, and the inn boy was even more fawning on him.

Zhang Qixian was in stark contrast to that candidate. He suddenly felt that life was unloved, but for some reason, he didn't have the world-weariness he had when he was humiliated here before. He didn't know if it was because he stayed with Liu Wei for too long. .

With Liu Wei, he learned a lot, but more importantly, Liu Wei made him feel that life is a meaningful thing.

Standing in front of the Tongfu Inn, Zhang Qixian smiled suddenly. He didn't understand why he suddenly wanted to leave. Did he feel that life was not as bad as he imagined?Or is he refusing to admit his loneliness?
Regardless of the reason, he is going to go back to the Liu Family Winery, tidy up, and then return to his hometown. Maybe he will come to take the imperial examination again in three years, maybe he will never set foot in the capital again in his life.

Maybe you are working hard, maybe you are in a slump.

But just when Zhang Qixian was about to leave, a voice suddenly came from Tongfu Inn: "Hey, isn't that Zhang Dacai who eats free food in our store? Why does he look so down and out?"

It's that nasty shop boy.

Zhang Qixian turned his back to the inn, he really wanted to turn around and scold the waiter, but he endured it.

"It turns out that he is Brother Zhang that you often mention. I heard you say that he is more talented than me, but I didn't see his name on the list!"

"Master Zhou Renzhou, you are a Jinshi of the new science department, so how can you compare with you..."

The shop boy’s words kept coming, and Zhang Qixian could hear them clearly. They were all sarcasm, even Zhou Ren, the new scholar, was full of ridicule, but Zhang Qixian suddenly let go of his tense body, and then stepped away from Tongfu. In front of the inn.

The world ridiculed him, which made him very sad, but it also ignited his fighting spirit, so what if he failed this year, he will come to the capital to take the imperial examination three years later, and he will make everyone who ridiculed and ridiculed him pay the price.

But when Zhang Qixian was ridiculed, Liu Wei had already learned the list of this year's Jinshi and ranks in Ruyi County Lord's Mansion. After reading the list carefully, he was a little surprised. It was Jinshi who passed the rank, but there was no Zhang Qixian alone. He didn't think that Zhang Qixian's knowledge was inferior to that of Lu Mengzheng and Li Hang, but why did Zhang Qixian fail the ranking?
Thinking of failing the ranking, Liu Wei suddenly felt an indescribable sense of depression. After Zhang Qixian failed the ranking, how lonely should he be?Is it possible that the heaven will send a great mission to the people, so they must starve their bodies, work their muscles and bones, and empty their bodies?
Fated.

Liu Wei suddenly remembered the word "fate", and when he thought of this word, he said goodbye to Princess Ruyi, and he was going to find Zhang Qixian, a great talent like Zhang Qixian, he must save.

And he thought it was weird.

(End of this chapter)