Datang: Empress mother-in-law sent Li Er to test me

"..." Li Er's smile froze on his face, he twisted his neck and looked at him, and said, "Chu Suiliang, are you making fun of me?"

I say authentic, you say fake.

How about hitting me in the face?

Chu Suiliang said solemnly: "Your Majesty, do you think this fake is the same at first glance? To be honest, when I saw it, I also thought it was the real one."

"If I hadn't imitated the antique with my own hands, I would have believed it."

"..." The corners of Li Er's mouth twitched, did you imitate the handwriting yourself?Dare to show it to me?

"Tell me why."

Li Er rolled up his sleeves while talking with a straight face.

Seeing that Li Er had the urge to hit someone, Chu Suiliang coughed lightly, and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, this writing was written by a young man named Zhang Dun."

who?Zhang Dun? !

Li Er and Empress Changsun's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, he came for Zhang Dun.

Li Er cast a look at Empress Changsun before saying, "Go on."

Chu Suiliang said solemnly: "I am here this time to recommend this person to His Majesty. If this person can enter the court as an official, he will definitely be a pillar of the country in the future!"

I still want you to say?

He still calls me Second Uncle!

But isn't he unwilling?Li Er pretended not to know, squinted his eyes and continued to ask: "Yes, I agree."

"Ah? Your Majesty, did you agree?" Chu Suiliang was stunned. He had prepared a whole bunch of words, waiting to persuade Li Er to agree, but he didn't expect it to be so simple.

Li Er nodded and said: "I agree, you choose a time and let him report to the official department."

"I'm afraid it's not easy." Chu Suiliang smiled wryly, "This son is not willing to become an official in the court."

"Then I will invite you?" Li Er asked with a playful smile.

"That's not the case." Chu Suiliang shook his head, and said patiently: "I heard that the imperial court is going to hold the imperial examination, and this son also promised to take the imperial examination."

"As long as he gets a good name in this imperial examination, wouldn't it be logical for him to enter the court as an official?"

"good idea!"

Li Er clapped his hands appreciatively, and repeated everything I did. What's the difference between this and praising me? It feels good!

"But this son, he just wants to be perfunctory."

Chu Suiliang sighed, and then looked at Li Er, "So I'm thinking, this imperial examination is a compulsory subject, and His Majesty will come up with the questions, so it's better for Your Majesty to come up with the questions first, and I will disclose these questions to Zhang Dun, so that you can take the exam." He answered on the spot."

"After he has answered the question, I will bring the question back to His Majesty."

"If His Majesty is satisfied, even if this son is perfunctory in the imperial examination, afterward His Majesty will make public the questions he answered earlier and choose him as the number one scholar, wouldn't the matter be settled?"

hiss!Li Er couldn't help but gasped, why didn't I think of such a good idea at the time?

Chapter 114 Brother Chu, I treat you as my elder brother, but you treat me as a fool?

Empress Changsun also lowered her head and began to think. A smile appeared on Long Jiuqiao's face, and she said, "Second brother, I think what Chu Qijulang said is very reasonable!"

Li Ershen nodded in agreement, looked at Chu Suiliang seriously, and asked:

"Dengshan, how did you know this Zhang Dun?"

Chu Suiliang was silent for a few seconds, thinking about whether to tell the story of Dongshi, and said in a calm tone: "I always like to deal with young scholars."

"That's why I will attend every grand poetry event held by scholars. If those scholars are talented, I will pay attention to them. The purpose is to select talents for the country and recommend them to His Majesty."

"This Zhang Dun, whom I met at the poetry festival, is indeed talented, with excellent poems and prose."

"Understood." Li Er hummed, thinking, "Guanyin maidservant, prepare pen and ink for me, and I will write the question now."

Empress Changsun stood up, took a brush and ink from the side, and grinded ink for him herself.

Li Er sat behind the case and picked up the pen, dipped it in the ink, and began to write on the white paper.

Soon, the test questions of the imperial examination appeared on the white paper.

"Deng Shan, thank you for your hard work." Li Er waited for the ink to dry, rolled up the paper, handed it to Chu Suiliang and said, "Take it to this person, and make sure he writes it out."

Chu Suiliang said solemnly: "I obey the order! I will go now!"

After finishing speaking, Chu Suiliang bowed to the two of them again, turned around and left quickly.

"This is Chu Suiliang." Li Er looked at his leaving back and said happily, "It's really my Zhang Liang!"

"Can you come up with such a way?"

Empress Changsun said with a smile: "I never thought that he would have such a method. If Zhang Dun really put ink on it, Zhang Dun's step into the temple must be a certainty."

"Yes!" Li Er smiled and stroked his beard, and he was already looking forward to how Zhang Dun would behave when he stepped into the temple.

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After leaving the palace, Chu Suiliang took Li Er's questions and came to Zuixianlou in a carriage.

He got out of the carriage, and saw Zhang Dun standing at the counter at a glance, looking down at the book with relish.

It's perfunctory as promised, so you are also interested?Chu Suiliang grinned, strode to Zhang Dun's side, and glanced down at the book he was reading, the smile on his face froze immediately.

"Brother Zhang!"

Soon, Chu Suiliang's furious voice sounded in Zuixian Tower: "You are going too far!"

Zhang Dun watched in a daze as Chu Suiliang snatched the book from his hand, tore it to pieces, and wondered, "Why is there another one who tore the book?"

Hu Guang hid such a book as a treasure. He managed to borrow two copies to read, but his second uncle tore up one, and Chu Suiliang tore up the only one left!

"What are you doing reading this kind of book?" Chu Suiliang was so angry that he stepped on the torn pages angrily, "The imperial examination is coming soon. If you don't read the books of sages, you read it?"

Zhang Dun said solemnly: "It can cultivate one's morality."

"..." The corners of Chu Suiliang's mouth twitched, and he rolled up his sleeves to hit someone. Can this book cultivate one's morality?Who?

"Brother Chu, are you here to look for me?" Zhang Dun blinked, and handed him a stool from the side.

Chu Suiliang snorted coldly, took the Hu stool and sat down, hugged his shoulders and said, "Come here and tell you about the imperial examination."

Zhang Dun looked startled, waved his hand and said, "I know, it will start in half a month, at the Imperial College."

"It's not this." Chu Suiliang shook his head, glanced around from the corner of his eyes, saw the diners in Zuixianlou eating and drinking one by one, no one looked over, leaned into Zhang Dun's ear, and whispered: "Old man I have brought you the test questions for this imperial examination."

Zhang Dun hissed, looked at him in surprise and said, "Do you know that you broke the law?"

"If people in the court know about it, can you still be your living man?"

The old man is on a mission, who dares to catch him?Chu Suiliang slandered in his heart, with a smile on his face, he said:

"You also know that the old man is the living man and a close minister of His Majesty. If the old man doesn't tell you about this matter, if you don't tell me, who would know?"

"Come on, let me show you."

As he spoke, Chu Suiliang pulled out the rolled up paper from his sleeve, and handed it to him with a smile.

Zhang Dun hesitated for a moment, but still took it, opened it and said, "Brother Chu, thank you, I'm sorry for your trouble."

"We don't need to thank you for forgetting our friendship." Chu Suiliang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Besides, you are Qu He's first wife, and the old man is her second wife, so the relationship will be even closer."

"Let's take a look at the difficulty of the questions in this imperial examination."

Zhang Dun snorted and looked down seriously.

Just as the second uncle said, this imperial examination really starts with the examination of posting scriptures, and then discusses the countermeasures of current affairs.

After that is poetry.

The content of the posting scriptures, the first line is "the most soft in the world, nothing enters and connects."

Zhang Dun could tell at a glance that the test was Chapter 43 of the Tao Te Ching.

The original text is: the most soft in the world, the most firm in the world.Nothing enters into the infinity, so I know it is beneficial to do nothing.

The second line is "There is nothing in the world that is not with me".

From the original text of Chapter [-] of King Hui of Liang in "Mencius".

Zhang Dun looked it over carefully, and said, "Brother Chu, don't talk about it, these questions are interesting. If ordinary people want to answer all the questions correctly, it may not be easy."

"For example, the sentence 'All under heaven will be with you', the original text of the sixth section of the "Mencius" Liang Huiwang Zhangju, followed by 'All under heaven will be with you. Wang Zhifu has seedlings? When there is drought between July and August, the seedlings will wither' ..."

"Tsk tsk, there are so many chapters in "Mencius", so this section is the only test. If you don't read the book "Mencius" thoroughly and memorize it by heart, otherwise you won't be able to answer it at all."

Hearing this, Chu Suiliang's eyes sparkled, and he stared at Zhang Dun with burning eyes, "It seems that Brother Zhang has memorized all "Mencius", otherwise he would not have read the next line directly."

"Brother Zhang, if it were you who answered the questions, how many answers would you get right?"

Zhang Dun pondered: "All of them."

What I want is your words!Chu Suiliang patted his thigh excitedly, and said: "Then what are you waiting for, the old man will get you a pen and ink, and you can write the answer on it now!"

Zhang Dun said decisively: "I refuse!"

"???" Chu Suiliang held his breath and looked at him in astonishment, "Why?"

Zhang Dun said solemnly: "I can answer these questions correctly, but I don't want to answer them correctly. If I have to write them, I will write them backwards!"

Chu Suiliang was shocked and said: "Are you leaving this to make this old man sick?"

Zhang Dun said patiently: "Brother Chu, I told you that I took the imperial examination just to deal with my father-in-law. I don't want to be an official."

"If I get the answer right, the No. [-] Scholar will fall to me, and I won't even be able to become an official."

"So I don't write!"

Chu Suiliang stared at him, remained silent for a long time, raised his palm and pointed to the paper in Zhang Dun's hand and said, "It's not an imperial examination now, this is Zuixianlou, you write the answer on it, and the old man will take it back as a souvenir."

"..." Zhang Dun looked at him quietly, "Brother Chu, I treat you as my elder brother, but you treat me as a fool?"

Chapter 115 Brother Zhang Doesn't Want To Write?I help you

"I really want to write ink on it. If you take it back and hand it directly to the emperor, the emperor will read my answer sheet and let me enter the court as an official. How can I refuse?"

Zhang Dun said solemnly: "If you refuse, you will be disobeying the order and moving your head."

"If you don't refuse, you can only enter the court as an official. I don't want to be an official, but you want me to do it. If you screw it up, can I be happy?"

"So I won't write on it."

If you don't write, how can I go back to work?Chu Suiliang complained in his heart, damn it, why did he come across such an unlucky thing, he was as smart as a monkey!

"Never mind."

After thinking for a long time, Chu Suiliang sighed, took the paper with the test questions over, and said, "No matter how you say it, we are friends. If you call me brother Chu Chu, I have to think about you."

"If you don't want to be an official in the court, the old man won't force you."

"If you figure it out in the future and want to become an official in the court, you can tell this old man."

Chu Suiliang raised his finger to the top of his head, and said in a deep voice: "This old man is a living man, and I can see His Majesty. As long as you want to be an official in the future, this old man can recommend you to His Majesty at any time!"

Hearing this, Zhang Dun was a little moved, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Chu, remember your kindness, you can use me in the future, just say it."

Chu Suiliang sighed: "I'm afraid that when I use you, you will blame the old man."

Zhang Dun said with a smile: "As long as it is not against the law, but follow orders."

"Okay!" Chu Suiliang helped his beard with a smile, waved his hand and said, "That's it, come on, you continue to tell me how you would answer these questions if it were you."

"Okay!" Zhang Dun nodded with a smile, pointed to the test questions on the paper, and said the answers he thought of one by one.

The more Chu Suiliang listened, the more surprised he became. This kid could blurt out without even thinking about it.

When leaving the palace, on the way to Zuixian Tower, Chu Suiliang also opened the test paper and read it. Even if he had to answer the questions in it, he couldn't guarantee that he could answer the questions to Li Erlang's satisfaction.

But after listening to what Zhang Dun said, Chu Suiliang believed that if Li Erlang listened to it, he would definitely applaud and shout satisfaction!

"Brother Zhang, you are indeed a great talent! Remember the old man's words, if you want to be an official, find the old man, and the old man recommends you to His Majesty!"

Chu Suiliang stood up and said solemnly: "The old man has gone back, and I will come to see you some other day."

"In addition, you also remember that you will go to the Imperial College at dawn in half a month, and you will read the exam questions, whether you are perfunctory or serious, you can decide."

"I'll see you off." Zhang Dun stood up and sent Chu Suiliang to the door, watched his leaving back, sighed, and said to Hu Quhe who was sitting behind the counter: "See, your second master is a good man .”