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Chapter Fifteen: Before the Palace Examination

In fact, the students cannot blame the students for their utilitarianism. In the final analysis, the palace examination still requires the officials to raise a few questions. Then the new Jinshi below came up with a serious political paper based on these questions. There is a rumor in the Imperial Academy that when the imperial examination was first held in the third year of Jianyan, because it was still in the period of full war between the Song and Jin Dynasties, the officials directly used this topic. The first question was that the Song and Jin Dynasties had fought for four years. In the long run, how could the Song win?

At that time, Hu Quan's article of 10,000 words shocked the Tokyo City. Unfortunately, Editor Hu was too crazy at that time and praised the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister, and successfully offended all the senior officials of the Song Dynasty outside the official family. In the end, he only got the fifth place. He did not even have the chance to catch a son-in-law on the list that he had always been popular. However, it is gratifying that he has maintained this sharp style over the years. Over the years, the editor-in-chief's official newspaper was really famous overseas and shocked China.

There is also Yu Yunwen of the same period, whose experience is also legendary, but he is a little taboo because of the involvement of the Military Statistics Department.

Having said that, the Jin Kingdom had been annihilated, and the country obviously needed to rest and recuperate. If the Zhao Guan family went on a tour in a small dress at this time, they would find that although the migration of the capital was a foregone conclusion, the inner city and the outer city were still in the traffic of personnel, and the canal transport was well-off. Takeaway cars shuttled between the north and south of the Zhouqiao Bridge, and scholars gathered outside the Tianjie Street, which was actually a prosperous era, as if they were Ren and Ying. Especially within the Zhuque Gate of the inner city, south of Xiangguo Temple, the former Taixue and Imperial College were the core places, surrounding restaurants and small shops, you could hear the discussions of Tai students without having to go in.

Among them, on a horizontal street south of the Sangkyu Temple, the most direct point is the famous "Song Sao Yushu" store. Because their signature dish was found by the official after returning to Tokyo, it was funded to open a store, and even provided fresh fish for a while. The business has been booming in recent years. Despite the high prices, many students still asked for a prize for a meal here. But they may not be able to get a list.

"Binfu, Maoxiu, do you look at these young people like us back then?" The speaker was a loud voice, but at his thirties, he had a Bao Gong face. If he hadn't been in the private room, he would have been recognized. It was Hu Quan, a editor of the Honglu Temple residence, which has been mentioned frequently these days.

Then the two people who were having dinner with him were naturally not others. They were King Zhang Lu’s son-in-law. Yu Yunwen, who had just been promoted to the Privy Council’s Imperial and the Military Statistics Department, and Mei Shuo, the Secretariat, who was about to be released.

That’s right, both of them were promoted because of their outstanding performance during the Northern Expedition, especially Mei Sheren. Just look at the experiences of the current central officials. How can each party in charge enter the Secret Pavilion?

The three of them were all Jinshi from the third year of Jianyan. Seeing these juniors talking loudly, they naturally had a little smile and felt their youth.

Who hasn't been young yet? Who has no ridiculous things when he was young and has darkened history?

"Brother Hu said that those who were talking about war and peace were all about war. I beat them all the way, but I heard all kinds of things." The person who spoke was Xiao Yu Tanhua back then. In fact, he became an official at the age of 20 and is not middle-aged yet. He is definitely a beautiful young man. He was sent to the fourth prince Jin Wushu for the time being, and was almost beheaded for the flag. Later, he was slapped off two teeth by his personal guard Khitan's reign. Now he was a little bit leaking. This made his wife and father-in-law feel sorry for him. Especially Zhang Rong, who was the most protective of his shortcomings, took special care to get the captured soldiers to his naval army to work hard to clear the river. Before selling them to the Western Liao Dynasty, he would work ten hours a day, and he would be buried if he was tired.

Mei Sheren, who is about to take office, also said: "Yes, what's funny is that he is holding the "River Book" in his hand, but he refuses to discuss the issue of Yellow River management. He doesn't know if he is afraid that others will learn their insights."

Hu Quan didn't care, "Since ancient times, water control has been a major event in the country. If you have an idea, you should not be able to give it a good ranking. I am afraid that you can leave a name in history books, and the officials will not be stingy with rewards. However, you just stick to the incompleteness and work behind closed doors, but you don't believe that you can achieve anything. Don't keep it because it's too ridiculous."

Yes, another major feature of this imperial examination is that it is not all admissions. After studying history, Zhao Guanjia knew that the reason why he did not fail the exam in the Northern Song Dynasty palace examination was because of the experience of Zhang Yuan, a student who failed in his studies in Renzong Dynasty. This person failed many times in the palace examination, came to Xixia with resentment towards the Song Dynasty, becoming the prime minister of the Xixia king Li Yuanhao, and helped Xixia defeat the Song army in the Battle of Haoshuichuan. With the joy of the victor, this guy also wrote the famous song "Xia Shui was not the only one who stood out, Han Qi was not surprised. The dragon and tiger chariot in the river still talked about their own military equipment" to satirize the "brave talent" of the Song State at that time, and he also signed his own (Xixia) "Taishi, Shangshu Ling, and Zhongshu Ling" at the end, which was a group of prominent official titles, which were "Taishi, Shangshu Ling, and Zhongshu Ling", and nakedly humiliated the admission of the Song State examination system.

The Zhao Guanjia believed that this behavior of slapping off food due to choking was simply a foul smell in the old Song Dynasty and had to be eliminated in his Shaosong. Therefore, this imperial examination implemented a differential admission system. There were more than 100 participants, but the admission quota was still 600, divided into five levels.

If there are dissatisfied losers, the official family said that they could also consider going to the west of the city to raise two imperial cavalry commanders of the last princes of the Western Xia, and helping the Xixia restore the country and seeking a high position. As for whether they would scare Wei Mingyun and be cut off by him and give it to the court, Zhao Jiu's official family would not be responsible.

Yu Yunwen and Mei Shuo didn’t know how dare this elder brother speak, but you are not an official, so you should pay attention to it. So he changed the topic and said: “It is also Taipingsheng Temple (the world), which has so many miscellaneous things to discuss. Otherwise, before Yaoshan, there were all military trips, so how could there be so many complicated things? Isn’t it just the word “war and”? It’s just that we were lucky enough to meet the Holy Lord and watch this day with our own eyes. However, the official is right. The road ahead is still long. Mao Xiu’s journey to the prefect of Cizhou is also a long way to go. The local people’s livelihood is not under the control of the Yellow River.”

There is another meaning. The former governor of Cizhou of the Song Dynasty was Zong Ze, the leader of the 36 heroes of Jianyan. Although Mei Shuo's departure was due to the official trust in him, he also put a lot of pressure.

Moreover, according to the Xiangzhou magistrate, Zhao Boyao, the top scholar of the same class, the issue of local land distribution is also very difficult in Cizhou. The officials said so harshly, but he ignored one problem. Are the local heroes and Shaanxi Luo heroes who ran to Taihang Mountains to resist the Jin Dynasty and abandoned their families and businesses, and those who had the fate to return to their hometowns, would they also be in the ranks of equal land?

If they are there, it will hurt the hearts of these loyal people too much. People's loyalty to the Song Dynasty is bright, and it is conceivable that the struggle of the lonely army can be imagined. If they are not there, wouldn't it be a joke for the officials to have Tianxian?
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