The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 61: It's easy to hide from the open gun, but hard to defend against the hidden arrow

Chapter 61
Zhao Gouduan sat in the middle without speaking, sipped his tea quietly, and watched everything that happened in the examination room intently.Zhang Bangchang, Zhang Jun, and Wang Duo received Gao Qiu's gift, thinking about how to make trouble, and then looked at Zong Ze who was sitting by the side, thinking about it.

Zhang Bangchang said with a smile: "Master Zong's noble disciple, please fill in the list!"

Zong Ze was puzzled, and said politely: "Then why does Master Zhang say that, my disciple?"

Zhao Gou also looked at Zong Ze curiously, not understanding what Zhang Bangchang meant.I saw Zhang Bangchang then said: "Isn't Yue Fei from Tangyin County a noble student?"

"Brother Yue, when did you become Zongshuai's disciple?" Zhao Gou looked at Zongze in surprise, which made him blush and was even more embarrassed.

Don't do bad things on weekdays, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. If you want others to know, you have to do nothing.

When Yue Fei and the others stayed behind at the yamen, Zong Ze brought many banquets to the recruiting shop.How can everyone not know about this matter.Besides, Zhang Jun, Zhang Bangchang, and Wang Duo accepted Gao Qiu's gift.In addition, if you have received a gift from another person, how can you not be careful.When Zhang Bangchang uttered the word "Yue Fei", everyone's eyes were on Zong Ze. Zhang Jun and Wang Duo were watching the excitement, while Zhao Gou was suspicious, which made Zong Ze blush and heartbeat. sentence.

After a while, Zong Ze said solemnly: "This is a national ceremony, how can we allow you and me to make a choice without permission? Besides, that **** is not a martial arts examiner yet, how could he know that he would become an examiner afterwards. Now, the county The king is here, how could he be so childish, even if he gave me a little courage, he wouldn't dare to have any selfish intentions."

Zhang Bangchang, Zhang Jun, and Wang Duo looked at each other in blank dismay. They thought that Zong Ze had already made arrangements and had never revealed them. When the dust settled, they appeared and gave them a hard blow.However, Zong Ze is an honest person, and when he heard what he said, he couldn't help but feel a little strange, thinking to himself: "Could it be that it was not deliberately arranged?"

Zhao Gou hurriedly interjected: "We are all colleagues, so you don't have to care about these things. State affairs must be the most important thing, and any personal relationship is not allowed to exist. If I find out that I have committed crimes or accepted bribes privately, If you want to seize an official position and give you special privileges, if you find out you will be severely punished, even the examiners will be dismissed and dismissed for investigation."

The faces of Zhang Bangchang, Zhang Jun, and Wang Duo changed suddenly, and they hurriedly shut up.They know that Zhao Gou is not a fuel-efficient lamp. If he really knows that the three of them not only accept the gift, but also want to frame Zhao Gou. Skin.

"It seems that there is some reason for my father to appoint Zong Shuai as the deputy examiner. If it weren't for his arrival, I don't know what these people would do. At least, they dare not oppose me, maybe it is not good In this case, they can only attack Zong Shuai, but it is a pity that Zong Ze is really honest, he is just a probing word, so he has no words. Could it be that all the generals of the Song Dynasty look like this, how can such words be used in official circles? Keep it, no wonder he was sent to garrison the barracks instead of staying in the court. If he really stayed in the court, with his temperament, he might fall into other people's schemes and tricks in less than a year and die wronged. "

Seeing that Zong Ze was too honest, Zhao Gou couldn't help shaking his head, sighing and feeling a little bit emotional.If all the military generals in the court were like this, maybe the emperor of the Song Dynasty would not suspect that they would rebel and the Chen Qiao mutiny would happen.It's just that if such generals stay in the court, not only will they do no harm to themselves, but will also implicate the status of other generals.

Although Zongze stayed in the capital, it was just a coincidence. Zhao Gou had already known that Zongze was in the capital, so he asked Song Huizong to order Zongze to participate in this matter. Observe slowly in the back, and then formulate countermeasures for counterattack.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and many of the thousands of candidates had already prepared their answers.According to the martial arts examination procedures passed down from the Northern Song Dynasty and the written examination items of later generations, Zhao Gou combined the two together, and deliberately selected articles from some military tactics, or about the deployment of troops in war, etc. It is a unified article, without exception, all of which are selected by Zhao Gou himself and ordered to be printed and distributed to many candidates.

In addition, Zhao Gou ordered soldiers to supervise the examination room, and the five of them sat in the martial arts hall, quietly waiting for the result.Less than half an hour after the start of the exam, someone gave up automatically.Just because the plagiarism skills among them were too bad, all of them were caught by the soldiers.Moreover, all Zhao Gou selected were archers, because these people had better eyesight, so they were selected.Therefore, it is basically impossible to plagiarize under their noses.

There are frequent situations in the examination room. Some candidates even want to fish in troubled waters even if they are illiterate.In order to prevent the candidates from fishing in troubled waters, not only the selected archers and soldiers, but also to prevent the soldiers from accepting bribes and engaging in malpractice for personal gain. Zhao Gou was selected from the Imperial Forest Army only yesterday.

The Imperial Forest Army is the emperor's army, dedicated to defending the safety of the imperial city.Hearing that Zhao Gou was a patrol officer who asked them to take the martial arts exam, he felt a little unhappy.However, Zhao Gou promised to give them a credit, and they were all eager to try.Moreover, Zhao Gou also has three chapters in the law. If one person is found to be cheating for personal gain, everyone will be severely punished.

Therefore, these guards all changed their military uniforms and came to take off the armor of the Imperial Forest Army.Zhang Bangchang, Zhang Jun and others didn't know what Zhao Gou had done. Zong Ze looked at the guards patrolling back and forth below, and always felt a little weird, but he couldn't tell what went wrong.

An hour later, only 1000 of the thousands of people were still answering, and all the others were expelled from the examination room.When Zhao Gou received the report from everyone, he nodded slightly, thinking: "It turns out that plagiarism is not only prevalent in later generations, but also in the Song Dynasty. In this way, it is really 'handed down from ancient times'."

He lowered his head to look at the thick stack of test papers in his hand again, and gave some of them to Zhang Jun, Zong Ze and others for their reference.When they held thick test papers and stared wide-eyed, the Great Song Dynasty Martial Arts Examination emphasized countermeasures and the deployment of troops.However, Zhao Gou's move really surprised them, and they had never seen it before.

So, everyone hurriedly looked at it, and saw that some people wrote exactly the same answers on the test paper, and the words were correct.In addition, some people just have a blank paper, without writing anything.Maybe these people's martial arts are really good, but it's a pity that these people's writing skills are too low, which makes Zongze feel a little ashamed, while Zhang Bangchang and others are gloomy, and if they don't look at it, they are angry. The test paper even said that the three of them had accepted bribes, so angry they tore the paper to pieces and shouted angrily: "These candidates are really rude, they should be executed!"

Zhao Gou comforted him: "Master Zhang, don't worry about it. These candidates have resentment, and we examiners should understand."

Zhang Bangchang and others managed to suppress their anger, they were out of breath, but they were helpless.If they are the main examiners, these candidates must be put in jail.Zhao Gou knew what they were thinking, because he also saw hundreds of candidates mocking him by using the art of war, so he laughed it off.

However, Zhao Gou took down the names and places of origin of these people in his mind, and made other plans at that time.Moreover, these people dare to write like this in the martial arts exam, which proves that they are outspoken.For this, Zhao Gou cherished it even more, and felt that these people were all talents.However, if you want to know whether you are really outspoken and risking your life to see him, you still need to go through an assessment.

Two hours later, the first exam was over, and everyone stopped their pens.The guards took away all the examination papers and sent them to Zhao Gou.These people's articles will not touch him for the time being, and they will all be kept. In the next exam, they will formulate a second "policy theory" based on the articles they wrote.

Many candidates walked out of the examination room one after another and rested for half an hour.Moreover, Zhao Gou had already thought about it and ordered people to prepare tea for everyone to drink, as well as some pastries.Zhang Bangchang, Zong Ze and others were dumbfounded by Zhao Gou's ingenious move. They had never seen candidates take part in martial arts exams. The imperial court would treat candidates so favorably, thinking: "The opportunity has come!"

Zhang Bangchang frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate!"

Zhao Gou replied: "Master Zhang, what's wrong?"

"Since Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, there has never been a court that has prepared cakes for many candidates. This is inconsistent with the ancestral system. The martial arts examination is the two major events for the selection of talents in the Song Dynasty. It has always been prepared by the candidates themselves. It is used for state affairs. If this is done, will the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty also be implemented in the future? In this way, even if the treasury is full, it will be exhausted one day. This is not available. Even if the county king Even if you are a prince and a privy envoy, you must not violate the ancestral system."

Zhang Bangchang reprimanded eloquently, with justification and evidence, while Zhang Jun and Wang Duo echoed them, as if asking a teacher for a crime.Zong Ze remained silent, he was originally a military commander.He thought Zhao Gou's move was feasible, but it was not easy to intervene.After all, the three of them are justifiable deputy examiners, and he is the marshal, but he is just a backup.

From the beginning to the end, Zhao Gou listened with a smile on his face, without interrupting or refuting. Zhang Bangchang thought he had shocked Zhao Gou, and he was complacent.It's a pity that Zhao Gou was speechless when he was so proud, and it was only then that he saw how powerful Zhao Gou was.

(End of this chapter)

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