Song Menghua: At the beginning, ask to marry Sheng Minglan

"This number one scholar...doesn't matter?"

Qi Heng did not hesitate.

"The overall situation is the most important thing, let's not fight."

"But if it's possible...whether you can discuss it with Zeng Xiang, it would be nice to give me a Tanhua Lang."

Tanhua, ranked third.

Although it exceeds what Zeng Gongliang said, it cannot be ranked in the top five.

But as long as they are not the top picks, there is a high probability that they will give in.

Zhao Zhen was puzzled.

"Why does it have to be Tanhualang?"

"Why can't it be No. [-] or Da Chuan Lu?"

Qi Heng smiled a little embarrassedly.

"There is no specific reason."

"I just think Tanhua sounds good. (afbd)"

Heaven and earth conscience.

He really thought so.

——If you can’t be Xiao Li Tanhua, it’s not bad to be Xiao Qi Tanhua.

But Zhao Zhen obviously didn't understand his cold joke.

"Just because it sounds good?"

He choked for a moment, and immediately said angrily: "What kind of messed up thoughts are you having?"

"Don't you know how important the title of champion is to you?"

"You still have the mind to think about these inexplicable things!"

Qi Heng spread his arms and smiled, looking embarrassed.

Zhao Zhen also stopped talking.

He understood what Qi Heng meant. Since he couldn't be the No. [-] pick, it didn't matter whether it was second place, No. [-], or any other ranking.

Just think about it.

He felt extremely aggrieved and extremely annoyed.

He is a majestic official, and he is also the chief examiner of the palace examination. Facing his courtiers who openly violated the fairness of the palace examination...he is helpless!

How could he swallow this breath so easily?

a time.

His face was dark and light.

The retreat in the face of difficulties in the previous moment gradually disappeared at this time.

But Qi Heng remained indifferent.

From beginning to end, he was so calm and calm.

"He's really retreating."

"He understands Zhao Zhen's indecision, weakness and kindness too well."

"He is very clear - in the face of the general situation in the court, Zhao Zhen, who blindly pursues harmony and smoothness, will definitely retreat."

"So he can't fight him hard."

"That will not solve the problem, it will only make him more bored."

"Since this is the case, of course we can only follow him and make him unable to accept his repeated compromises."

……

as predicted.

Zhao Zhen quickly gritted his teeth and said, "No, you can't just give up so easily!"

"You have to figure it out."

"This number one scholar... has to fight for it no matter what!"

"Yuan Ruo."

"You should remember that I told you very early on."

"You want to gain a foothold in the court, fight against them, and share my worries."

"In addition to needing the world's dignitaries to stand behind you, you also need the name of the number one scholar to overwhelm the world's scholars."

"Both are equally important, and one cannot exist without the other."

Of course Qi Heng understands this.

Zhang Fangping also said something similar in the afternoon.

But the question is, what can he do?

Qi Heng smiled bitterly.

"Of course I understand the painstaking efforts of the officials."

"But I believe the officials also know that you and I have tried our best."

"This matter is not due to war."

"We really didn't expect...they would dare to intervene in the imperial examination."

The last sentence.

Naturally, he deliberately reminded them that they had gone too far and crossed the line.

It was supposed to be his official privilege, but they dared to point fingers.

Zhao Zhen really understood.

He flicked his sleeves angrily.

"What's the use of trying your best?"

"There is no way but to find a way!"

"Don't you usually have the most ghost ideas?"

"Why are you being bullied to the top now, but helpless?"

"Yuan Ruo, that's your champion!"

"How can you be willing to hand over to others?"

While he said these words, he was really ashamed in his heart.

Why didn't he summon Qi Heng these two days?

It's not because he knows that Qi Heng can't have any good way to face the court.

You are welcome to say.

Even he, an official, is at a loss what to do, so why should he count on Qi Heng, a young man without an official or job?

But there is no way.

at this point.

He has been forced to this point, and he can only count on Qi Heng.

But did not expect.

Qi Heng thought about it in distress for a long time, and simply said: "How about killing a few people to gain power?"

"It's the same as when I killed those soldiers."

"I don't believe that none of them are afraid of death!"

Zhao Zhen was startled suddenly and choked again.

He was a little pissed off.

"Can you be rougher?"

"These people are court officials, how can they be compared with military men?"

"Don't you know?"

"On the stone tablet of my Zhao family's ancestral temple, it is clearly engraved——"

"Don't kill scholar-bureaucrats and those who write letters!"

This is the reason why the Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-bureaucrats.

To put it bluntly.

Although this sentence is not written in the Song Law, it is obviously more serious and heavier when it is engraved in the ancestral temple than what is written in the Song Law.

After all, the Song Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety.

Going against the ancestors... heaven and man forsaken.

"Moreover."

"Even if you really have the guts to kill it, you may not be able to kill it!"

Qi Heng became interested.

He wondered: "Why can't I kill it?"

"It's me from Song Dynasty who can't lift a knife?"

"Or are their necks stiff enough?"

Zhao Zhen simply didn't bother to talk to him.

He supported his forehead for a while, and then sighed: "During the Zhihe period, the Northwest was defeated, and all the courtiers knew that it was because of a small water transport official who delayed the army's ration supply for no reason."