Song Bo saw that all the lifters had gone in, and said, "Let's go back." ”

"Uncle Song, let's wait for Zheng Lang to come out, okay?"

Two small hands complimented.

Song Bo has no objection, since he waits, just wait. However, the people who watched the excitement gradually dispersed, and there were fewer people, and the other two little guys saw them, and came over, big acquaintance, Lu Xiaosan, and a smaller fart child.

Walking over to the cold noise, Lu Gongshu introduced: "This is my fourth brother's father-in-law. ”

Another important figure in the future Song Dynasty. Zheng Lang is very speechless about the four sons of Lu Yijian's family, all of them are masterpieces of a generation, of course, the best is the third son. Don't wave a fan in summer, don't bake a fire in winter, cow? It's not a cow, he has never been angry in his life, and his ambition is firm, even Lu Yijian praised himself as a prodigy son. However, there are also things that give Lu Yijian a headache, such as the turmoil after the abolition, and talked to Zheng Lang, no matter how strict Lu Yijian's family education is, Lu Gongshu thinks that his father has done something wrong.

"Third Senior Brother, why are you here?" Sima Guang asked "affectionately".

"What third junior brother?" Lu Gong was dazed in his eyes, and then reacted and said, "It seems that I am older than all of you......"

Is that done?

Immediately, Lu Gongzhu tasted the power of the sword, and for a while, Lu Gongzhu was very dizzy, and raised his hand to surrender.

"You don't have to worry, Xie Yuan also accepted a younger junior brother, who is the grandson of the shopkeeper of the Yanji Inn." Sima Guang said again. At this time, he ranked according to age again, otherwise according to the order of entering the door, the fat grandson of the shopkeeper Yan was Zheng Lang's first student.

But Sima Guang buried a small pit, and under the subtle influence of Zheng Lang, the two small ones were also affected, at least they didn't think that the common people were lowly. This is their idea, although the Sima family is expensive, it is still far from catching up with the Lu family, not to mention the Wang family, except for the official uniform, it is not much different from the common people. After Sima Guang finished speaking, he and Wang Anshi looked at Lu Gongzhu to see how the son of the prime minister answered.

"That Yan family...... He's very blessed," Lu Gong sighed. I can't say how bad the qualifications are, but there are not too many students in the capital like him, and his family background is just a big inn at home, and it is not the top inn in Tokyo. What about being rich, what status can a businessman have? It's pure karma, and that's the real blessing.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang glanced at each other, their eyes were confused again, they had met twice, they knew that he was loyal, but he couldn't be loyal to such a point, how could he be so different from his father? And then cranky...... This idea is not right, Lu Gongshu has also obtained part of Lu Yijian's inheritance - calm!

People put joys, sorrows, and sorrows in their hearts, and don't like to express themselves externally.

Can't wait here all the time, the four teenagers discussed it, there are still many Taoist temples near the Wucheng Wang Temple, turn around, Jiang Xing'er and Si'er are inconvenient to go together, continue to insist on staying in the carriage, waiting for Zheng Lang to come out.

Like the last time he solved the exam, Zheng Lang didn't come out too early.

Ten empty questions are the easiest for Zheng Lang. The ten explanatory questions are not difficult, each Moyi is explained in one sentence, and it cannot be according to his ideas, and if the examiner does not admit it, he must explain the ten Moyi according to the righteous commentary of the Five Classics. But it is also not difficult, the difficulty is how to use a concise and concise sentence to accurately interpret the meaning of this ink.

Anyway, there is a lot of time, and the first one to hand in the paper will not add points, so I pondered carefully. But this time there is no need to take care of Chai Keming, and the speed is faster than the last time he solved the test.

Before he came back, Zheng Lang came out. Jiang Xing'er and Si'er stood in the carriage, saw him come out, waved their hands in the distance, the wind at the end of the first month was a little cold, the faces of the two little girls were blown red and simple by the wind, and the black green silk was also fluttering with the breeze.

Someone was waiting, Zheng Lang looked at the clear faces of the two girls, and also felt a kind of happiness, slowed down, waved at them, and finally entered the tribute courtyard.

When evening came, a few people in the same room came back together, staying together to discuss the answer, and a Tangzhou man asked Zheng Lang: "Zheng Jieyuan, what do you think?" ”

The quarrel was unbearable, Zheng Lang used paper to write out the ten ink meanings and ten stickers.

It can be said that his answer can also be used as a standard answer again.

Looking at Zheng Lang's answers, one of them, who had not spoken, said with some frustration: "I still have some mistakes here." ”

It refers to some small errors in the interpretation of a Moyi.

It's also very rare, and none of the people in the same room have all the answers right. One of them beat his chest even more: "I was so wrong." ”

"How much?" Others asked.

"Four scriptures, six scriptures."

"How so?" After finishing speaking, a few lifters were as if they saw the god of mourning, far away from him. It's hard to guarantee that there's nothing wrong with that, but man, you can't be so wrong! Most of the time, when solving the exam, this move is either a relationship or a fraud.

Not only the solution test, but also the provincial test may not be the choice of Jinshi, can be worthy of the name. For example, sixty-one years ago, Jinshi Xu Shilian took the lead, and he beat the drum to attack Li Fang's fraud case, and after a retest, Li Fang's villagers Wu Jichuan and Liu Jun, the third passer, were ugly in terms of material and knowledge, but they were able to go to high school, so they were deposed. It can only be said that through two interpretations and checks at all levels, there can be a relatively fair environment.

However, as a student, I am also very reluctant to those students who want to get to the top through fraud.

"You can't be nervous when you get to the exam room, sometimes when you are nervous, you will forget what you have learned before," Zheng Lang turned a circle, why bother? He turned his head again and asked the man who had been silent: "May I ask the senior brother's name?" ”

"Zheng Jieyuan, I'm Uncle Wu Bian, the son of Ruzhou."

"Wu Jifu?"

"Yes."

"Yes," Zheng Lang said politely. Sure enough, it was the most talented dynasty in history, and when I saw it, I met a small god again. What about the previous sessions, or the next few sessions? If you talk about hard work, this son is the real hard work, and he is better than himself. In order to study quietly, he sent people to dig a stone cave under the brocade screen of the Fengxue Temple outside the city, read behind closed doors, put an end to communication, and studied hard in the cave for nine years, but the monks in the temple did not know his face. Finally, he became a great scholar and later became a generation of Confucianism.

But no one knows at the moment.

Zheng Lang said again: "Senior Brother Wu, if you take the exam, are you willing to be interviewed by me?" ”

"Xie Yuan ......"

Several other students gave up the dispute together, and all raised their heads to look at Wu Jifu, although for more than a day, Zheng Lang spoke to them with a very easy-going attitude, but he knew in his heart that there was a gap. Under Zheng Lang's easy-going attitude, he still doesn't get close to people, and he actually took the initiative to invite this nerd?

"If Senior Brother Wu doesn't answer, I'll assume Senior Brother Wu agrees."

"This ......"

"Brother Wu, quickly agree," several students' eyes were red, and they had a relationship with Zheng Lang, or Zheng Lang took the initiative to find him, what an opportunity. As long as the Zheng family enters the palace and blows the wind in front of the little emperor, this life is enough.

Why didn't he study hard at that time, otherwise wouldn't the answer standard he did also get the favor of Zheng Jiazi?

If you really do this, will Zheng Lang favor you? Besides, Zheng Lang not only likes his character, but also his hard work, give two novels and a story, don't think that you work hard, look at others, work harder than the three of us.

The next day is the poem, the Song Dynasty has been revised many times, a few years later, by the feast palace Li Shu suggested, referring to the Tang Taihe old system, when trying to enter the Shi, the first strategy, the theory, the second Fu and the poem, again the scripture and Moyi, from the previous indefinite field, changed to set four. Fan Zhongyan agreed with this statement, but changed it to three, and when it was irregular in the past, it was mostly three. By the time of Wang Anshi, the poems were changed to the first scriptures, that is, the great scriptures, and a sentence of the scriptures must be interpreted with a long article, and then discussed. Later, the poetry was restored, in parallel with the economic policy. And then again, and again.

It's all the result of the fight between these great gods, and the most bitter thing is the students below, who don't know how to learn.

At the moment, there is no movement, the second poem, again the policy, only the policy is not unified, the normal is five policies, sometimes only one policy, sometimes even more, so the number of changes has been made, that is, I am afraid that there are many strategies, and the students can't accept it.

The two uncles found Zheng Lang in the crowd again, and the third brother said excitedly: "Da Lang, God, as you expected." ”

Zheng Lang said that Zhang Dexiang is studious, has a dignified demeanor, does not like to make friends, likes to be quiet and inactive, and has a conservative surname. The knowledge must be wide, and the choice of topics is also very wide, but there is no hurry, and there is a conservative evaluation of not liking friendships, quiet and inaction, and conservative surnames. Therefore, those radical topics will not appear, unpopular topics will not appear, and it is strange that controversial topics will not come out either. It is a good thing to be solemn, so when choosing a topic, it will be dominated by the topic of Hong Da's uprightness. Is there a main direction for learning?

As a result, nineteen out of twenty questions were of this type!

The eldest brother said regretfully: "It would be better if you had prepared early." ”

Zheng Lang whispered: "In any case, this is inferior. To be a minister, you must adhere to your own principles, and you can't be good at figuring out the holy will, and as a student, you must focus on your own studies, and you can't be good at figuring out the topics selected by the examiner. That's the way of college. Although I help you because of my kinship, I will ...... in the end."

He shook his head.

"Da Lang, we take your love."

"That's no need, I'll help you, there is another reason, you are gentle people, you can't pass the exam, although because of your gentleness, it is difficult to have higher achievements in the official career, but if you are a township official, you can also benefit the people. It's time for the poem, remember, several examiners are loyal ministers, as long as you write your heart, you don't need to use more gaudy words, then the chance of winning the list will increase. ”

As soon as he spoke, Zhang Fangping squeezed over and said, "Xie Yuan is good." ”

"Brother Antao, how did you do in the exam yesterday?" Compared with the two eldest brothers, Zheng Lang pays more attention to this Zhang Fangping.

"It should be okay, but several examiners are even, and this time the competition will be more intense."

There are a wide range of questions, and there will be many candidates who can answer them, but when choosing between the importance of the papers, it is difficult for the marking officer to choose the good and the bad.

"It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen."

"Yes, that's right." Although this person has a chivalrous demeanor, at this time, he is more or less chaotic, after all, these three days are related to the fate of his life.

The bamboo door was opened again, and the second entrance examination came.

…… The little emperor and the prime minister met with three people in the palace.

It is the three landlords, that is, the host and guest in the mouth of the Song people. Zheng Lang's idea is very agreed with several bigwigs, no matter how effective it is, first of all, there will be a Dehua. In fact, the Northern Song Dynasty court has also been reconciling the gap between the rich and the poor, not one generation, the gap between the rich and the poor has widened, and the poor people cannot survive, which is the real reason for the growth of Zhang Jiao and the Huangchao uprising.

It is very doubtful how many rulers are genuinely concerned about the people, but it is not a complicated reason to reduce the gap and make the society stable and the rulers last. Including the acceptance of homeless people as soldiers, the more fair the scientific examination system, and so on.

So they chose from the surrounding areas, and the good ones were not all landlords were bad people, and not all the poor people were good people, and once they demonized a certain group, they all made a serious mistake. At this point, Zheng Lang also deliberately talked about this issue when he talked with the little emperor occasionally. Not only now, but also in the future. For example, the current political center of the Northern Song Dynasty - Henan.

Some of the hosts and guests behaved very well in this disaster, showing charity, taking money and silk, taking out food, and giving relief to refugees, and they also behaved very well in ordinary times. There was no time to choose from all over the country, so I chose three hosts and guests near the capital.

However, the array is too big, the emperor, plus several prime ministers, how many people can do it like Zheng Lang, even the new science and technology jinshi is difficult to do. After listening to the eunuch's introduction one by one, the poor three landlords were all so frightened that they collapsed on the ground and couldn't help themselves.

It was a few eunuchs who came and forcibly helped them to the chairs.

When the little emperor saw it, he couldn't go on, and no one could say a complete sentence, and he personally wrote three big words: benevolence, virtue, and kindness, and gave them to the three hosts and guests, and asked them to send them away. There is an effect, the emperor and the prime minister received each other, and His Majesty personally gave the word, what a glory, at least after hearing it, there will be many subjects and guests to learn. But the effect has not expanded, if Zheng Lang is here, he will definitely admonish, don't rush to send it away, even if they are soft on the chair, they will also give tea, it is best to put a table of wine and food in the palace, if you can't eat it, it's okay, just like the current etiquette, how much practical it really is, but it has a good invisible effect on maintaining the status of the ruler.

It doesn't matter if you eat or not, Guan Jian is this faction, and then ask some well-written officials to write essays and praises, and the three of them will be praised as a living Lei Feng, and then use the newspaper to print the world. Don't question myths and fakes, does truth matter? The main thing is to be an example of moral learning, which can be crucial!

Then this meeting can play a greater role.

It's a pity, but this move has not stopped, and Zheng Lang will have a chance to correct it in the future.

The little emperor sighed and said, "I suddenly thought of the Zheng family, the first time this son entered the palace, he had a good bearing. ”

Song Shou said: "Your Majesty, you can't compare this person with them, only one son is very rare." ”

Yan Yingwen stood on the side and couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Zhen asked again: "How many ministers, what is the situation of the victims outside?" ”

He is also an expensive golden bird, and he can't go out casually, so he can only listen to the reports of a few prime ministers, or some gossip news heard from the little eunuch of the foreign affairs office, to judge the truth of the matter.

"The situation of the victims is fine, most of them have been repatriated to their hometowns, and if the wind and rain are good this year, they will be able to recover their vitality after autumn." Li Di said. However, his face was very cautious, there was no sufficient evidence for what Zheng Lang said, but this matter was true, and it was false, and Zheng Lang's words seemed to have some truth. If there is another disaster...... Several prime ministers have a stone in their hearts.

Li Di also said: "There is still grain, some large families and businessmen have saved some grain, and the main treasury is gradually empty, and it can no longer be used to buy it, just in case." If there is no disaster, this year will be smooth, the country and the people will be safe, and if there is a disaster, the treasury will be even tighter. ”

Guan Jian is a money word!

The little emperor scratched his head in annoyance, this country is too big, there are too many people, how much money can be saved by saving by yourself? asked: "Prime ministers, last time Zheng Jiazi said that there are two ways to throttle and open up sources, have you thought of a good idea?" ”

Li Di shook his head: "Yes, yes, it's not a good idea, for this reason, we have also disputed in the two governments, and we have thought of some rules, but they are all vetoed one by one." ”

Hugh said that it was him, and the so-called open source made by Wang Anshi later was not really open source, but it was just transferring wealth from the people to the pockets of the state, what is this called open source? As for throttling, where to throttle? Compress the salaries of officials, do you dare? Cut off soldiers, dare? Or ask for the surname to come to a crack soldier to simplify the government, that would be better. With the wealth created by the Song Dynasty in a year, and then there is the strategy of streamlining the government, think about it, the tax income of the Tang Dynasty in the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty is not enough to 2,000 yuan a year, and at this time the Song Dynasty is approaching 100 million, oh my God, it's okay to sleep on the money mountain and roll! But who dares! This is the system of the country, and even the combination of Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi does not dare to move, counting on the combination of Lu Yijian and Li Di?

Several bigwigs had no good plan, Zhao Zhen saw Zheng Lang's preciousness the more he saw it, and suddenly thought of his expression when he talked about it to himself that day, and said: "I remembered, when he spoke that day, he wanted to stop talking, and he didn't make it clear." ”

is so poor, the little emperor also loves to be rich.

If that's the case, Zheng Jiazi is not right, I believe in you infinitely, and you actually play a careful eye with me! Thinking of this, he stood up excitedly.

At this stop, Li Di would be wrong and said: "Your Majesty, no, at this time, Zheng Jiazi is conducting a scientific expedition, don't disturb." ”

Originally, Zhang Dexiang was very sad to preside over the provincial examination this time, and you went to the Gongyuan again, talked with that son, and talked for a few hours, what would Zhang Dexiang think? Will it be so sad and angry that he hangs himself?

He also said: "I'm afraid that he has some ideas, and like the ministers, he has too many worries and too many drawbacks, so he didn't say it to His Majesty." ”

After explaining this, Zhao Zhen sat down again and said: "Maybe that's the case, no wonder he told me that day that after the scientific expedition, he would carefully ponder this throttling and open source." ”

Can you think of it, several prime ministers don't have much confidence in Zheng Lang, and even if they can think of it, it's just like a regular scientific examination, meeting with kind hosts and guests, these small measures. However, this son is brave and loyal, and several prime ministers sighed.

Zhao Zhen said in his heart: Just these few days.

As long as you go to the palace examination, you will approve a batch of imperial pens, and in accordance with the practice of the first few times since you ascended the throne, the champion will be the supervisor and the official position, and the list will be the Dali judge, and the prince will be awarded the prince in the state, that is, the third place and below will be released to the states, but the first and second place are not in their own royal brush?

But this requires a premise, Zheng Jiazi must get a good score in the provincial examination, and he can be convincing. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at the southeast direction, where is the direction where the Gongyuan is located.

…… Zheng Lang didn't know about this controversy in the palace, and when it came to Shifu, he said to the two uncles that it could not be gorgeous, Fu itself is a gorgeous literary style, but there are many kinds of gorgeous, there are gorgeous, there are duanli, and there are calligraphy like the ugly Pu Li, when he was in Zhengzhou, he took the gorgeous, but this time he couldn't take the gorgeous, but took the duanli.

In desperation, the test paper is named, and then copied, who knows who, unless it is fraudulent. You can only please the examiner, and the examiner cannot please yourself.

Think about it first, so I crossed my legs and crossed them on the chair. Signature moves, this plate, all the other lifters in the examination room saluted him. But there are already people learning. I thought about this for a long time. It is not to solve the test in Zhengzhou, and the provincial test is more difficult, so you must think about it well before you can start writing. The forbidden soldiers who saw the patrol were all anxious for him, Xiao Zheng, you have to take the test. It wasn't until he picked up the pen and started writing that he breathed a sigh of relief.

When it came out, it wasn't too late, but it was much later than yesterday.

When I returned to the dormitory, I exchanged again, and when I saw the poems written by Zheng Lang, they were silent one by one, the gap, the gap was too big. However, Zheng Lang cared about Wu Jifu and asked, he can also write this poem. After listening to him read it silently, Zheng Lang said: "Uncle Brother, you have it." ”

I can't be happy too early, tomorrow there will be a strategy, and the strategy will be written, so that we can really say that we have it.

Zheng Lang is more proficient, a writer in his previous life, a hard study in this life, and the help of cheats, and those excellent prose of ancient and modern people as an example, so the ancient prose attainments are very fast. However, Zheng Lang still has a cautious attitude, without him, it is still the attitude of several examiners. Whether it is the Great Song Dynasty, or Zhang Dexiang, Zheng Xiang, and Xu Yan, they all belong to the ministers of the conservative faction. As for himself, according to the later Xining reforms, he was a displeasing moderate on both sides, not in favor of drastic reforms, but still reformers. This will be very unpopular with several examiners. How to express one's point of view in a tactful tone, and make several examiners feel that they are not very radical, should also be carefully considered.

Then he smiled bitterly in his heart, and said to his two uncles that he couldn't figure out the examiner's intentions, and when it was his turn, he still couldn't get rid of this custom.

I thought about this for a long time.

As a result, where he excelled the most, he became one of the last students to submit the papers.

The three-day exam was over, returned to the Gongyuan, packed up his luggage, and left from the main gate, and there were many students around the gate of the Gongyuan who did not disperse, and they were discussing, Zheng Lang saw Wu Jifu and said: "Distinguish Uncle Tai, can you take a step to speak." ”

It was impossible for Wu Jifu not to hear Zheng Lang's name at all, so it was difficult to refuse, so he walked over, and Zheng Lang said, "The exam is finally over." ”

"yes."

The meaning of the two is different, Wu Jifu's task is not over, the palace examination still has to be examined, one poem each, and then a three-level assessment grade, first sent to the preliminary examiner for evaluation, after the seal is sent to the summer examiner to redefine the grade, and finally sent to the auspicious official to determine the final grade. Further deletion and allocation, Duan Gong two years, the Ministry of Rites qualified Jinshi 368 people, after the palace examination only 168 people remained. Four years later, there were 499 qualified jinshi in the Ministry of Rites, and only 310 people remained after the palace examination. However, on the whole, at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the proportion was larger, and today, the proportion is getting smaller and smaller, as long as it is not very bad, it can generally pass the palace examination.

But you still have to work hard.

But Zheng Lang is different, when it comes to the palace examination, the little emperor has a great chance of doing it, as long as the provincial examination is in the examination, the quota of the palace examination is 100% determined. Of course, the hard work will continue, but the pressure is not as great as that of other students.

"Can you have a drink with me tonight," he first intended to breathe a sigh of relief, and invited this person by the way, so that he could tell him about his spirit of hard study, and stimulate the two children, so that they could not be complacent.

"Xie Yuan's invitation, how can I refuse."

"That's good." Saying that, he walked out, found the carriage that came to greet him, said a few words to Jiang Xing'er Si'er and Er'er, and was about to find a restaurant, when two yellow doors greeted him and said, "Zheng Jieyuan, Your Majesty is invited." ”

Zhao Zhen was so poor, he still couldn't bear it, knowing that the provincial examination was over today, he first took Zheng Lang to the palace, talked about it, asked him if he had any way, and then discussed with everyone to improve it.

"This ......" Zheng Lang smiled bitterly, little emperor, why do you want me to take a breath, is it really so easy to take the provincial exam?

The parties smiled bitterly, others envied, the holy grace of Haolong!

Fortunately, Zhang Dexiang has carried out a locked house system, and he can't hear the news from the outside, otherwise the pressure will be even greater. Zheng Lang asked tentatively: "What are your Majesty's instructions for summoning ministers into the palace?" ”

An old yellow door replied: "I don't know, it seems that His Majesty and the prime ministers are talking about throttling and open source." ”

…… Zheng Lang's eyes were a little black, and he almost fell.