Tonight's Confucian Mansion is particularly lively, in addition to the presence of Li Bao, the king of Ji, there are also many ministers of the court, of course, there are no important ministers among these so-called ministers.

Du Rangneng, who had a good relationship with the Confucian Mansion, did not come, so Kong Xuan, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, was the highest-ranking official at tonight's banquet except for King Ji and Zhang Jun, the servant of the Ministry of Officials.

In addition to the three, there were some celebrities present.

Gao Chan, who was born in the same year as Kong Mian, Zheng Gu, one of the 'Xiantong Ten Philosophers', Cui Yin, the son of the former Prime Minister Cui Shenyou, Cui Zhaowei, the son of Kong Wei, and Kong Chongbi, the son of Kong Wei.

However, if you look carefully, the dozens of people present, except for Li Bao, the king of Ji, Zhang Jun, the servant of the ministry, and Kong Xuan, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, are either minor officials or scholars from famous families.

According to Li Ye's meaning, it is just two or three kittens.

"Kong Shaoqing, this is my friend, Zheng Gu, one of the 'Ten Philosophers of Xiantong'."

Gao Chan took Zheng Gu to Kong Mian and greeted him politely.

"It turned out to be Brother Shouyu, long time no see!"

Looking at the somewhat sloppy man in front of him, Kong Mian was a little surprised, and there was even a trace of disdain in his eyes, but it soon flashed and greeted him warmly, and he thought it was a friend for many years.

"Kong Shaoqing is polite!" Although he didn't like this kind of occasion a little, Zheng Gu still responded with a strong smile.

Xiantong Shizhe is indeed very famous, but what about the fame, there are only a few people who are proud of officialdom since ancient times, even Su Shi, Wang Anshi and the like are all tortuous.

Moreover, there is a characteristic in ancient times, that is, most of the good poems and good words written by literati were in adversity, either fleeing, or demoting officials, and so on. Xiantong Ten Philosophers are all like this, let's just say that this Zheng Gu has not passed the exam for fifteen years, but it is much better than Li Zhen, and Li Zhen has only been in the exam for a few years.

Of course, things gather like things, and Gao Chan, who has a very good relationship with Zheng Gu, is just a sixth-grade official, and that is a Jinshi ten years ago.

Why are most of those prime ministers Jinshi, because in addition to being Jinshi, most of them are children of families, which is not comparable to the children of the poor family.

After saying hello to the two, Kong Mian went to greet the other guests. The reason why Gao Chan was invited to come was mainly because he saw that the other party was the same as himself, and the other party was unsatisfactory, so it was easy to win over.

The disdain revealed by Kong Xuan made both Gao Chan and Zheng Gu perceive it.

"Senior brother, I just said, you shouldn't come here. Look at this Kong Shaoqing, although he is from the Kong family, he doesn't look down on us at all, and he doesn't bother to talk nonsense with us, why do we have to stick a hot face to someone else's cold ass? Zheng Gu said dissatisfied.

Just as the two were talking, two maids passed in front of them, startled Gao Toad, and whispered, "Be quiet." This is not another place, although King Ji and Kong Shaoqing are idle, it is easy to pinch to death small people like you and me. It's all here, let's take a look first.

Don't you know how to write poetry? Later, I will find an opportunity to write a poem and show this big man, if I fall into their eyes, you and I can both jump into the dragon gate from now on. ”

"What are you doing with me? A literati should be like a literati. Hearing that he needed to write poems for fun, Zheng Gu was a little dissatisfied.

"Do you think you are the poet immortal Li Bai? Keep your head down when it's time to do it. Gao Toad looked around and whispered.

Just when he was still trying to persuade this somewhat stubborn friend, there was laughter in the garden, and it was related to the imperial examination, so the two of them sat near the center of the garden, and listened carefully with their four ears pricked up.

"Zhang Shilang, I heard that this imperial examination reform and the examination have also changed a little from before, you are a servant of the ministry, you should know some information. There are also many literati and scholars present who want to take the imperial examination, and you can tell you a thing or two, what kind of gossip is there? ”

It stands to reason that Chang'an in May will not be too hot, but King Ji still took out a folding fan, gently patted the palm of his left hand, and looked at Zhang Jun, the servant of the Ministry who was drinking tea next to him, with a smile.

Don't look at Zhang Jun's position as the servant of the Ministry of Officials, if he is put in the future, he will be the executive deputy director of the Central Organization Department, that is, the second-in-command of the Ministry of Officials, which can be regarded as fat. But this servant of the Ministry of Officials was not born as a Jinshi, nor was he born in the Ming Jing, so he never won the imperial examination.

This kind of person can be a servant of the ministry, either he is really talented, or he will tend to be inflammatory. Obviously, Zhang Jun does not belong to the former, but to the latter.

Zhang Jun made his fortune, in fact, thanks to Yang Fugong, it is precisely because of this refuge that he can get up. However, later Yang Fugong lost power (when he was squeezed out by Tian Lingzi and demoted to the Flying Dragon Envoy), he took refuge in Tian Lingzi.

Later, after Tian Lingzi lost power, he did not switch to Yang Fugong, but he did not defect to Li Ye.

During the period when Li Ye and Yang Fugong were in power, Zhang Jun did not attack Yang Fugong, so in the eyes of outsiders, this took refuge in King Shou, but in fact, it was not.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Jun escaped the purge at the beginning of the year, and Wei Zhaodu and Kong Wei, who were higher than him, were demoted, but he was promoted to the rank of servant of the Ministry because of his 'good relationship' with Zhu Wen.

Seeing that King Ji took the initiative to speak, Zhang Jun didn't dare to refuse, and hurriedly said with a smile, "Your Highness is polite, in fact, I don't know much about it, the imperial examination is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Officials is only responsible for the selection and examination later." However, I also heard some wind in the downfall. ”

If you say that anyone present knows the most about this imperial examination, it must be Zhang Jun, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, although there are also people from the Ministry of Rites present, but they belong to the marginal figures, how can Zhang Jun, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, know more.

So when Zhang Jun said this, Zheng Gu, who was not interested in it, couldn't help but quiet down and listen carefully.

"Zhang Shilang said directly, don't hang the appetite of our people." Kong Mian said with a smile.

Kong Mian's face, Zhang Jun must give it, and said with a smile, "It's not a secret, Jinshike and Mingjingke are the same as before, but Xiucai is very different."

As far as I know, the examination time for Xiucai is two days. On the first day, the morning test is Shi Shixue, the afternoon is the Jingyi and the poem, and the second day is the two selected courses.

It can be seen from here that Xiucai Ke reselects courses and current affairs, and does not attach importance to scripture and poetry. ”

"I don't know what the Seventh Emperor Brother thinks, the scriptures and poems are set by the ancestors of the past dynasties, and they will be changed." King Ji on the side shook his head.

Forehead?

Hearing King Ji's words, who would dare to take it from the people present? Who can be sure that none of these people present made a small report afterwards?

They are not unaware of the contradictions between King Ji and His Majesty today, it is nothing more than fighting for the throne. But is Your Majesty an ordinary person today?

Emperor Taishang will soon retire to Xingqing Palace for retirement, to put it bluntly, he is under house arrest in Xingqing Palace, and it is difficult to come up with Xingqing Palace; Yang Fugong died directly, and King Ji still wanted to grab the throne, unless the court faced a major change, like the previous King Xiang.

"Your Highness is right, but these are not things that our courtiers can discuss. It's nothing to open a talent show department, and there is another thing that you may not know. Zhang Junyuan went back, he was reluctant to take this official position.

"What's the matter?" Kong Mian looked at him curiously.

"I've only heard about this here, and I don't know if it's true or not. It is said that the Jinshi Department and the Ming Jing Department limited the admission ratio of the family and the Hanmen to two to three.

In other words, if this is true, only six of the fifteen people admitted to the imperial examination can be from families, and nine are from poor families. ”

"What?" Hearing the news, Kong Mian was taken aback, and the teacup on the small table next to him was directly knocked to the ground.

It's not just Kong Xuan, whether they are from a family or a poor family, they all react. And Kong Chongbi and Cui Yin, the two children of the family, have changed their faces greatly, if they had recruited fifteen people before, they still have a lot of hope, but now they want to know six people, wouldn't they have to face the competition of many children of the family?

Who dares to guarantee that there will be no talented people among the children of these families.

This news is bad news for the children of the family, but it is good news for the poor family.

I didn't see Zheng Gu, who was not in high spirits on the side, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

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King Ji couldn't help frowning, and glanced at Zhang Jun, "Zhang Shilang, what you said is true?" ”

Zhang Jun also knew that what he said was a bit terrifying, but he didn't dare to take it all over, he had only heard about it. I'm afraid that only people like the Six Books of Shangshu and the Ministry of Rites are the squires of the Ministry of Rites, although he is a squire of the Ministry of Officials, but he can't manage the imperial examination.

It was supposed to be a good banquet, but Zhang Jun's gossip made him lose interest, and the children of the family present were anxious, but it was about their exam.

However, the banquet can't just end hastily, it still has to go on, but many people are not interested, they just want to confirm the news.

Later, Gao Chan found an opportunity to let Zheng Gu make a poem, but he also had no brains, the person he wanted to please was from a family, and after the restriction of the ratio, even the host Kong Mian was not interested.

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Moving the boat and splashing the difference between the green,

Leaning on the sill wind swing the handle of the incense.

Thank you Huansha people for not folding,

Leave a mandarin duck in the rain.

"Yes, it's good, but people are a little negative, who is this Zheng Gu?" Looking at the poem in front of him, Li Ye put it aside and asked Li Zhen.

"Returning to Your Majesty, he is a literati who has never met talents, one of the 'Ten Philosophers of Xiantong', quite famous, and he has not been admitted to the Jinshi for fifteen years." Li Zhen hurriedly explained.

"Didn't pass the exam fifteen times? It's so strong inside! Li Ye was also a little surprised, in his previous life, it was equivalent to taking the civil service exam for fifteen years and not failing, and he insisted on taking the exam, how great is this perseverance.

"He applied for Jinshike this time?" Looking at the poem next to him, Li Ye couldn't help asking.

This person has some talent, and in his opinion, he will definitely go back to the Jinshi Department of poetry.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Do you want to focus on him? Li Zhen asked.

"Keep an eye on it, if he doesn't pass the exam this time, you can let him teach at Chang'an Academy." Li Ye said casually.

Li Zhen couldn't help but be a little envious of this Zheng Gu, it is estimated that the other party did not expect that the other party was originally from King Bajieji, but his poems were favored by His Majesty. Chang'an Academy nominally belongs to the jurisdiction of the Guozi Supervision, and it is also of a grade, and going to Chang'an Academy to teach as a transition can also enter the official career.

"Your Highness, King Naji and this Zhang Jun and the others?" Zheng Gu is just a small character, and the main reason why Li Zhen came here is the Kong family's banquet tonight.

If there is no King Ji, it doesn't matter, the key is that there is King Ji, and there is Kong Mian who is jumping up and down during this time, Jin Yiwei can't pay attention to it if he wants to.

"If he wants to die, let him go, I, the sixth emperor brother, have no ability and still worry about the throne, I want to see how he wants to die.

Leave him alone for now, it's good to use him as bait... ”

Hearing Li Ye's words, Li Zhen couldn't help but sneer, saying that he was like a murderer, but compared to the young emperor in front of him, it was all trivial.

Looking at Zhang Jun and Kong Mian, Li Zhen couldn't help but start silent in his heart, these have become fish that eat bait, but they don't know that a big net has been waiting for them for a long time.

Just when there was a lot of discussion about the imperial examination inside and outside Chang'an, the first imperial examination in the year of Qianning was kicked off.

(End of chapter)