Prime Minister

Chapter 280
Zhao Yan glanced at the sky, there are very few candidates who are still writing in the two corridors of the Chongzheng Hall, most of them have already finished their exams, and the few remaining people are also cleaning up the table, but the other party not only did not stop writing, Still closing his eyes, he seemed to be sleeping but not sleeping, which immediately made him unhappy.

When he was the censor before, Zhao Bian was famous for being ruthless and selfless, otherwise he would not be as famous as Bao Zheng.

Seeing this now, Zhao Bian was about to have a fit, but he still held it down and saved it for later.

Seeing that the other party's name was Zhang Yuehou, Zhao Yan was slightly surprised. He looked at the young man, and then carefully read the article on the case table, "The king leads the people, and the world is one."The six contracts are based on virtue, and the Kyushus have a common agreement...'

Zhao Bian, who is the arranger of the palace examination, has also read the exam questions. He was born as a Jinshi, so he had to try it out, and discussed it with several other arrangers.

But the first few sentences of this son have already caused a shock in his head.

At this moment he suddenly remembered a story that Shang Yang saw Qin Xiaogong for the third time.

The first time and the second time, Shang Yang talked about the emperor's way and the king's way respectively. Qin Xiaogong felt that this method took too long, and he couldn't wait for it.

The third time Shang Yang talked about domineering to Qin Xiaogong, Qin Xiaogong was overjoyed and talked tirelessly for several days.

What is this Chunqiu Fanlu?
It is the study of kings and tyrants, and Confucians are unwilling to learn it, and it is not known to Confucians of the world.

This son is only 17 years old but so transparent?Why?

Zhao Yan was silent for a long time, but forgot to scold him for a while, and stood beside him silently, looking at the following article, even more...

At this time, Zhang Yue had returned to his body from the soul wandering nine days away. When he opened his eyes, he suddenly saw a black-faced official lying beside him, and he couldn't help being startled.

Do all the emperors and officials of the Song Dynasty have this terrible problem of standing silently next to the candidates?
Zhao Yan and Zhang Yue met face to face, and finally the other party put on a straight face and scolded: "It's already dark, when are you going to write? Do you want to wait until the palace gate is locked?"

Zhang Yue cursed from the bottom of his heart, hand in the paper as soon as you hand it in, what kind of attitude is this, that's all, for the sake of you being the examiner, I don't care about you.

Zhang Yue presented the examination papers to Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan let out a soft snort and walked away.

Look at you.After Zhang Yue uttered something embarrassing from the bottom of his heart, he saw that he was the only one left in the two corridors of the Chongzheng Palace. He heard that the palace was magnificent and beautiful during the day, but at night it was a good place to tell ghost stories.

Zhang Yuedun felt a bit of a cool breeze, and felt the shuddering feeling, so he quickly packed the pens and inkstones on the table and put them into the examination box and left in a hurry.

After running for a few steps, Zhang Yue came back again, and put the food bowls and chopsticks given by the emperor during the day under the table into the examination box.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him after he was done, Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and strode out of the Chongzheng Hall as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, the sky was already dark, and the examinee's back could not be seen on the palace road. Zhang Yue accelerated his speed and was guided by the guards until he arrived at the Donghua Gate. The following just left the imperial city.

All kinds of carriages are parked outside Donghua Gate.

"Mr. Saburo!"

"Mr. Saburo!"

Seeing Zhang Yue, Butler Wu's anxious expression turned into a happy one.The servant at the side immediately took the test box for Zhang Yue.

In the distance, Tang Jiu and Huang Lu sat opposite each other in the car and drank with each other.

Heh, these two people are not worried about why they left the house so late.

Zhang Yue was about to say something to Butler Wu, but he saw several candidates nearby bowing to Zhang Yue with smiles on their faces: "Congratulations, congratulations."

Zhang Yue was taken aback for a moment, then he bowed in understanding and said, "Congratulations, congratulations."

Several candidates all bowed to each other, and then bowed to the imperial city again.

"It's for sale!"

An examiner first smiled, then shook his head with emotion.

Zhang Yue is also emotional, from today onwards, this body weighs more than 100 jin, which can be regarded as being sold to Zhao Guan's family.

Zhang Yue went to the carriage and confronted Huang, Tang and Tang said: "You two didn't ask me why I was so late."

Huang Lu and Tang Jiu looked at each other, they were holding wine gourds, you took a sip, I took a sip, and then handed it to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue shook his head, and immediately gulped down the wine gourd.

Oh, it's so heartwarming.

Ten years of imperial examinations came to an end in this sip of wine.

Tang Jiudao: "That's right, Mr. Dalang explained that Mr. Sanlang will go home first."

Zhang Yue said hello.

Immediately the three of them got into the carriage together, Huang Lu and Zhang Yue were not in the mood to lecture, but leaned against the carriage very tiredly and slept for a while.

When the carriage stopped, Zhang Yue was woken up by Butler Wu, and looked outside the curtain to see that he had arrived at Zhang Shi's home.

Hearing the sound of the carriage, the servants went in to report, and after a while Zhang Qiu came out to meet Zhang Yue and shouted: "Third Uncle."

And perform the ceremony to Huang.

Zhang Yue immediately took the examination box from the servant, took out the food from the palace, stuffed it into Zhang Qiu's hand, and said: "Today's palace examination was given by the official, you take it and eat some, so that you can feel happy."

After Zhang Qiu accepted it, Huang Lu also took out the handkerchief from his bosom, opened it and stuffed it with a piece of steamed bun to Zhang Qiu, saying: "This is mine."

Zhangqiu said happily, "Thank you, Third Uncle, and thank you, Uncle Huang."

Zhang Yue and Huang Lu entered together, and saw Zhang Shi pacing in the hall.

After several people entered, Zhang Yue called out to his brother.

When Zhang Shi saw Zhang Yue, he complained: "Third brother, how many days have you been, and you haven't seen you coming home. That's right, did you see the official family today?"

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Are you busy with the imperial examination? I will come home more in the next few days. Yes, I saw the official family today."

Zhang Shi laughed and said, "What does the official family look like? Tell me about it?"

Zhang Yue didn't answer, took out the bowls and chopsticks from the examination box and said: "This is a gift from the official, please put it at home first."

When Zhang Shi saw it, he beamed and said: "This is a thing in the palace, it is really rare."

After speaking, Zhang Shi looked at the bowls and chopsticks, and then shouted to the outside: "Lady, come and see the imperial bowls in the palace."

Mrs. Yu was cooking in the kitchen and heard the sound, and she couldn't help but amazed when she saw it: "The things in the palace are better. Our official family is really generous. Uncle went in for an exam and came out with an imperial weapon."

Zhang Shi said: "Where is this? It must be that the officials saw that Sanlang's articles were well written, and wanted to point out the number one scholar as his work, so it was bestowed by the emperor."

Zhang Yue and Huang Lu snickered when they heard the words.

Beside Yu Shi, Zhang Qiu didn't have the slightest doubt about Zhang Shi's words.

Yu said with a smile: "That's right, the officials value our third brother."

Zhang Qiu also said: "Mother, just now Uncle San and Uncle Huang gave me the snacks from the government."

Yu smiled and said: "That's good, we borrowed all of Xi'er. That's right, uncle, you have to keep a share for your brother Guo, you can't treat one more than another."

Zhang Yue said seriously: "Sister-in-law is right, I have already stayed."

"That's fine."

Zhang Shi immediately ordered people to collect the bowls and chopsticks, and first had to burn incense for three to five days, and then said to Zhang Yue: "When will the list be released?"

Zhang Yue said: "It's not that fast, it will take about ten days."

Zhang Shi said: "It's been so long."

Huang Lu took over the words and said: "I am a Jinshi, various disciplines, Mingjing, and there are more than 400 people who are famous for special performances and various disciplines. It takes so long to make a list one by one."

Zhang Yue asked, "What's the matter, brother?"

Zhang Shi said: "Of course there is something. It's a major event in your life. These days, I broke my legs because of your marriage."

Yu said: "Officials, don't talk nonsense."

Zhang Shi said: "Isn't that right? Mrs. Zhuang's talk with the Wu family is almost the same. We will come to propose marriage after your Donghua Gate roll call."

Zhang Yue was taken aback when he heard this, the marriage negotiation went well and smoothly, didn't they all say that Bianjing officials and eunuchs have such rules in marrying their daughters?This is not the case.

When Zhang Yue was thinking about it, Huang Lu said from the side: "Duzhi, I really want to congratulate you. This is really a small admission after the big one."

Zhang Yue couldn't help laughing.

On the side, Yu said with a smile: "I heard that there is nectar in this long drought, and encounters with old acquaintances in other places. When they are named on the gold list, the wedding night is the four great joys."

Zhang Yue laughed and said, "Then sister-in-law, has she ever heard of the four great tragedies in life?"

Yu Shi was taken aback and asked, "Is there any more?"

Zhang Yue said: "Why not, listen to me, when there is a long drought and dew - heavy rain, when you meet an old acquaintance in a foreign country - the creditor, when you get the title on the gold list - without me, the wedding night - next door."

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, the whole room roared with laughter.

Zhang Shi smiled angrily: "You can't say something nice to yourself in these happy days."

Yu Shi also reprimanded: "How can you say that, third brother? Now you are more happy than happy, and you will be admitted after you have been admitted."

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "Sister-in-law is right. As the saying goes, a family and a career are established, but in the end it is a career that establishes a family."

Zhang Shi immediately put on a straight face when he heard the words: "Third Brother's words are not pleasant, the Wu family is very sincere about this marriage, and they have no grievances towards you. As far as talking about marriage is concerned, they have never treated our family Pointing here and there, saying that everything is arranged by our family, where can you find such a good Yue family?"

Zhang Yue heard the words and said: "What brother said is very true, it is Saburo's slip of the tongue."

Zhang Shi nodded, Yu Shi was afraid that Zhang Shi would blame Zhang Yue again, so she got up and said: "Okay, don't talk about it, the third brother and Mr. Huang Jialang have been here for a while, and they are also hungry. Let's go to the dinner table Eat and chat. Today you accompany my officials to eat a few more, he is very happy today!"

Both Zhang Yue and Huang Lu agreed, and Mrs. Yu went out to work.

Zhang Shi talked to Huang Lu with a smile, and the words were very cordial, obviously treating him like Senior Brother Guo.

As for Zhang Yue, he looked at Zhang Qiu and said, "I heard that you and Senior Brother Guo are planning to take the imperial examination?"

Hearing this, Zhang Qiu felt a little uneasy and said, "Yes, Third Uncle, I want to try it, but I don't know if it will work."

Zhang Yue said: "If you don't take the test, how will you know if you will succeed or not? Roads are made by people. If you don't walk, you will never know whether you will succeed or not. Do you know that Uncle San and your Uncle Huang will give you food from the official family today intention?"

Zhang Qiu nodded seriously.

Zhang Yue saw that he was listening, and immediately patted him on the shoulder.

The fatigue after the big exam gradually hit, Zhang Yue sat on the chair and looked out the window, and the kitchen smoke was rising again.

A little smoke and fire came from afar, and it was known that my sister-in-law was cooking again, cooking her favorite side dishes on weekdays.

At this moment, Zhang Yue recalled the scene of his family sitting around and eating in front of the Nanpu River when he was in Pucheng.

What is a happy event?

Nothing beats sitting down to a meal with family and friends.

(End of this chapter)