female concubine

In the first ten days of March of the third year of Qianyuan, Lu Wei, the prime minister of the Zhengshitang, and Han Si, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, were the chief examiners of the provincial examination of the Ministry of Rites, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites and other officials of the Imperial Academy were the examiners. The Tribute Academy held a provincial examination.

In the early morning of the twelfth day, just as a white light was drawn at the junction of the sky, someone lit up the lights in the northeast courtyard of the king's house in Guozi Lane.

"Wearing so much, those prison gates thought I was carrying it."

The woman stuffed several layers of thick clothes, and finally put on the outermost shirt for him, "It's cold in spring, and charcoal is not allowed in the tribute courtyard."

The woman straightened his clothes and said: "This year's Zhigong Ju prefers gorgeous rhetorical articles and poems, and prefers lyrics and music. The first test of poems and the last test of argumentative articles should be done carefully."

"I'm a little flustered when you say that, Mrs. Lu is a master of Confucianism in the world, and also a unparalleled national scholar personally appointed by the late emperor. There should be no one who can surpass you in terms of poetry and articles."

"No one will always be in a high position, even in the literary world. It's just that he is a Zhigong Ju and a distant relative of an official..."

"Don't be afraid, the papers of the Tribute Academy are all transcribed first and then reviewed by the examiners. Besides, there must be many children of the Lu surname among the candidates in the Lu Wei list."

"But those children surnamed Lu are relatives of the examiner, and they try to avoid suspicion, and you are not among them. It is better not to be too sharp in the provincial examination."

"Is the lady worried that I will be targeted?"

"Once ascended to the throne, most of the new officials in the new dynasty will not be tolerated by the old officials. The country's dynasty is different from other dynasties. The selection of officials is not decided by the official family alone. Officials flow into the official court without any connections. It is easy to attract wind."

Wang Wenfu nodded, "I see."

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At Maoshi on March [-], the servants sealed the examination questions in the inner court and sent them to the Gongyuan outside the palace. At Chenshi, a bell rang in the Gongyuan, and the Gongyuan was locked, and the surrounding area was guarded by heavy soldiers.

The examiners in the Tribute Court gathered together to unseal the questions, "Mr. Lu, please." Han Si bowed to Lu Wei.

Lu Wei opened the box with a key and took out the examination questions, and the officials transcribed multiple copies and sent them to various examination rooms.

——Boom boom boom! ——The sound of drums behind him came from the pavilion in an orderly manner. The emperor stood on the turret in the forbidden center and looked down at the Wucheng Wang Temple, which was the tribute courtyard of the Ministry of Rites.

"Officials." Qi Liu stepped forward, "The accompanying officials from the Ministry of Officials boarded the ship from Haizhou with the conferment and edict and left the Song Dynasty with the Queen."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, supported the railing on the tower and sighed: "I don't know what my sister said to her..."

"Does the official want to know?" The woman in Zhu Yi walked slowly from the city ladder to the turret.

"Saint." Qi Liu stepped back from the middle of the two after seeing this and saluted.

The emperor turned around and stared at her motionless, then smiled and said, "I've thought about it for a few days, and I've used the status of the emperor as a reason to say over and over again that I can't do anything... In fact, this is also a kind of injury. It seems that the world is more important than my sister, but I obviously care more about you..."

"The world is the world, and I am me. There is no comparison. The officials have done a good enough job."

"Does sister really think so?"

"Otherwise, what else do the officials think?"

The emperor shook his head and turned around, looking at the streets in the capital with people coming and going, "My sister always says that I am duplicity, but why is my sister not?"

On Gaotou Street on the right side of the turret, a carriage passed by in the direction of Qianming Temple. The fourth girl of the He family poked her head out of the carriage, and immediately saw two people standing on the tall tower.

Pedestrians on the street also saw it and stopped to watch.

"The third sister is the official family and His Royal Highness the Empress."

When He opened the curtain in front of the car, he could only see a red and white blurry figure but couldn't see his face clearly.

He Ruying asked in shock, "What are the officials looking at?"

He Wenying sat back in the car, "Perhaps you are looking at the tribute courtyard of the Ministry of Rites in the Temple of King Wucheng. Today is the day of the provincial examination."

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Three days later, on March [-]th of the third year of Qianyuan, the key was issued by the Gongyuan, and all the forbidden troops near the Wuchengwang Temple were evacuated, and the ban on carriages and horses was also withdrawn.

On the [-]th, the list of provincial examinations was unveiled, and the rankings of the selected palace examinations were posted in front of the gate of the Gongyuan.

"Daddy, your name is first!" Bai Pao hugged his daughter and stood in front of the list, looking for the name.

"Brother Jie has to bring his daughter with him even when he reads the list, which shows his joy."

"Congratulations to Brother Jie's high school, together with Xie Yuan and Sheng Yuan, it seems that the next champion is bound to be won."

The girl's loud voice attracted the attention of the Gongshi who watched the list.

"Province is a talented person." Wang Wenfu squeezed out a strange white-robed man who suddenly spoke to him and bowed to him.

Wang Wenfu's colleagues leaned close to his ear and whispered, "This man is the yamen of Shang Shu Zuo Servant Shezhangde, a student of the Imperial Academy."

Wang Wenfu looked sideways at the name on the lower left of the list, and immediately put his daughter down and bowed to the tribute, "Congratulations to brother Zhang for being selected for the imperial examination. The Imperial Academy is full of talents. Brother Zhang's house exam is convenient and competes with thousands of people for the provincial exam." , Brother Zhang is a talented person."

"Take a step to talk?" Zhang Hou said.

A few people squeezed out from the crowd, and Zhang Hou said again: "The province won two yuan in a row, and if you get on the Longfei list again, there will be three yuan in the top ranking of this official family. In the future, Brother Wang will be on the way to the top of his career." , how dare someone compare with it."

"Today's provincial yuan is only provincial yuan, and tomorrow's champion will have to wait for the next day. I don't know if the golden flower posts will be delivered to my home."

Zhang Hou said with a gentle smile: "Since Tai Zu started to obtain a scholar, I have never heard of the provincial yuan failing the exam."

"Uncle, my father failed the rankings a few years ago, but he failed the second exam." Wang Wenfu's daughter grabbed her father's finger and looked up at Zhang Hou.

The little girl's eyes were bright and clean like stars, Zhang Hou looked at it and asked in shock, "Brother Wenfu married?"

Wang Wenfu nodded, "Yes, I have been married for some years."

"Ling Ai has a dignified appearance, and my sister-in-law must be a strange woman."

Wang Wenfu couldn't help but smiled while holding his daughter, "To be honest, my wife's talent is far above Jie's. Wang Jiezhi's love of Laozhuang and his study tours have never returned to him until he met his wife."

"It turns out that the exiled immortal fell into the world of mortals."

"Wang Jiezhi is not worthy of the word exiled immortal, they are all people in the world of mortals."

"Being an official for the people, entering the court for the country, entering the court for the king, I don't know what brother Wenfu is for?"

"Why? After all, you can't do without one for yourself."

"There's always a primary and a secondary difference."

"Is this the first time..." Wang Wenfu took his daughter into a teahouse with Zhang Hou, "Brother Zhang is in the yamen of the old man. The prefectures and counties are as rich as the city of Tokyo, and the place that the emperor cannot see is like a place in the shade."

"I haven't been to various places like Brother Wenfu, but when I was a teenager, I read the articles of Layman Qingshan, and I always wanted to get acquainted. Only later did I know that you are Wang Wenfu, and you live in Tokyo."

Wang Wenfu said with a smile: "I used to complain all the time, and I liked to write down my unhappiness on paper. Later, when I thought about the injustice I saw, I couldn't bear it, so I only wrote poems to express my sadness. A poet can't save the country. Only the Son of Heaven can save the country."

Zhang Hou asked for a pot of hot tea, and poured another cup for Wang Wenfu and the little girl, "I am willing to listen carefully."

Wang Wenfu moistened his throat, "The boundary between the city and the workshop is broken, and powerful businessmen can change and manipulate the market. The wealth of the country lies in these businessmen, but the numerous taxes are only for the common people. Livelihoods are miserable, and if things go on like this, the peasant uprising during Taizong's period may recur again. Officials hold their salaries and have nothing to do, greedy for comfort, and the nobles are afraid of harming their own interests and turn a blind eye to the disadvantages. Due to the disadvantages of following the last custom, but without the opinions of relatives, friends and ministers, the king and the eunuch are no more than eunuchs and daughters, and when they go out, they can only see the details of the department. Mr. Wang traveled all over the world, seeing two places, sunny and shady, under the bustling The people's livelihood is so difficult, and I was born in the country and grew up in the country, especially I dare not turn a blind eye and ignore it."

"Your Wang Jiezhi is also the son of a wealthy businessman, and his views on affairs are novel and abnormal. However," Zhang Hou held up the teacup, "I like Brother Wenfu's frankness and boldness."

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Xue Jin stood with his hands folded in the hallway, and the sound of chess pieces being placed on the board could be heard from time to time in the arched hall.

Although Huo Qing also stood together, he was not as honest as him, "I said, don't you feel tired when you stand motionless like this every day?"

Xue Jin ignored it, and Huo Qing said relentlessly: "It must be tired..."

"Can you be quiet?" Xue Jin glared.

Qi Liu took two former provincial servants up the steps of the Chuigong Hall, took a quick glance at the two people who curled their lips, and then stepped into the hall.

"Officials, provincial papers are here."

--despair! ——

After the white pieces were settled, the black piece held in the light yellow robe's hand was thrown back into the chess box, "I lost, I would like to bet and admit defeat."

"You are not joking, what the officials have promised themselves, don't act like a baby with the concubines at night and go back on it."

The emperor rubbed his head and smiled innocently: "Don't worry, sister, I will definitely not break my promise."

"Bring it up."

The servant behind Qi Liu bowed forward with two copies of the papers, "The copy transcribed by the Transcript Academy and the original paper by the Provincial Yuan, today's examination by the Ministry of Rites, a total of 610 candidates passed the exam."

"There are so many people?" The emperor flipped through the vague names on the paper and said happily, "Isn't this the Kaiyuan Jieyuan of the Kaifeng Prefecture Examination? It actually won two yuan in a row."

After a few glances, the emperor asked, "Who is No.2?"

"Zhang Hou, the son of Prime Minister Kui."

The emperor handed the test paper to Xiao Youqing, "Look at the saints, they are all young people."

"Young people are not good?" Xiao Youqing took the original scroll handed over by the emperor, "The concubine likes Shengyuan's handwriting, and the article is also well written. The concubine also heard that he is very good at writing lyrics. Qingshan Jushi is his nickname." Well, I don't know if he has a wife."

"Sister, do you still remember the night of Qixi Festival thousands of years ago? We bumped into a little girl in front of the Yinzi shop."

"Isn't she the daughter of Layman Qingshan?"

"Exactly, his wife Cao, Cao's biological father is still my old friend, and I dragged him to find the ambergris on my sister's dressing table. I was surprised when I heard what the woman said that night. Thinking about his daughter Cao's intelligence since childhood, why did he marry her to the son of a merchant, that's why."

The emperor asked again, "Is there anything else?"

The servant bowed and said, "The Ministry of Rites asked if the arrangement of the palace examination is as good as the old system."

The emperor glanced back at Xiao Youqing, "Does the sage have any suggestions?"

"If the officials want to reuse the Jinshi on this list, they must choose the scholars fairly, not only the examiners but also the officials themselves, because only in this way can they be reused in the future so that people will not lose their tongues."

The emperor ordered: "There was a roll call in the reign of Taizong, and the Ministry of Rites was ordered to restore the old system of Taizong, and the emperor's unsealed seals were canceled when the emperor drew up the rankings during the reign of Emperor Wuzong. The number will be unsealed, and there will be a secretary to test the system, and then send the drafted process to the Chui Gong Hall."

The green-robed official next to the servant wrote down what the emperor said, and immediately bowed, "Yes."

"In this court examination, if there are any suspects who are close to the examiner, they will also move away from the first examination, and use the Jiangwu Hall as the venue for the other examination. The Jiying Palace court examination will continue as usual, and Enke will remain the same."

"Yes."

After the minister and the servants left, Xiao Youqing carefully read Shengyuan's paper again, "It's been nearly a hundred years since the examination began, and there are only two people who have won the top three. Shengyuan is a good seed, and he won two yuan in a row..."

But the emperor said worriedly: "The tree is beautiful in the forest, but the wind will destroy it."

The author has something to say: The Northern Song Dynasty Gongyuan had been relocated many times (except for the Zhengshitang Academy, etc., the offices of the six ministries of the three provinces and the nine temples were all outside the palace, and the Kaibao Temple was also used as a Gongyuan. A fire killed many officials before giving up.)

Don’t test: The examiner personally thinks that “all of them will be transferred to the test”. Wang Jiezhi and Mrs. Lu Xiang are separated by N generations, so he only calls an aunt and uncle if he is more polite.

Enke (Special name, explained in the previous article, those who fail the test repeatedly will be applied by the local state officials to play the Ministry of Rites, and go directly to the palace test without explaining and provincial test.)

The imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty can be said to be very fair, transcribed, sealed, and named.The original test papers will be numbered, and then a copy will be copied and numbered.It will not be demolished when the emperor nominates.It is dismantled during the roll call, that is, when the ranking is announced.

Ah, the ancients are full of ritual sense.

Official: "What does sister want to do at night?"

Saint: "What do the officials think?"

Official: "Sleep???"

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