Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

The most important thing about this imperial examination, besides the imperial examination, is Zhao Zhen, a senior official.

In the early morning, Zhao Zhen, who was thinking about the examination of the system department, put his foot down, and led a group of sweaty servants to the Chongzheng Hall, and checked the setting arrangements in a vague way.

Because those who pass the examination are out-and-out one-in-a-million, out of hundreds of applicants, only a mere ten are screened out.

With a simple pull of the eight curtains, the huge palace room can be easily divided into ten small rooms, which is enough for the examinees to be secretive, but allows the officials sitting on the steps in front of the case to see clearly and carefully.

Zhao Zhen walked around pretendingly, but didn't see any problems.

Just at this time, he heard the announcement from the servant that Daoying's imperial examination had arrived in front of the hall, so he went up the steps contentedly, and sat down behind the curtain.

Seats are still assigned according to the ranking number when registering the family certificate, not based on the ranking on the list.Even so, Zhao Zhen, who had been staring curiously at the entrance of the hall through the thin curtain, was naturally attracted by Di Qing, who was tall and tall and looked extremely young.

He barely suppressed his curiosity, and waited until all the students sat down nervously, heard the bell ring again, lifted up the sleeves of his robes in unison, and began to concentrate on answering the questions, then lowered his head and scribbled something on the paper.

Afterwards, he turned his head and motioned Lin Neichen to move closer.

Lin Neichen looked down, and there was a line of words scrawled on the paper, "What's the name of the third from the left?" '.

He was secretly surprised.

This has just been written, and someone is lucky enough to be treated differently by the officials?

With this delicate mood in mind, he hurriedly looked in the direction pointed by the official, and as a result, he easily recognized who the handsome man with a striking appearance was, and couldn't help laughing.

Look who it is, isn't it the gentleman surnamed Di who looks like Lu Sanyuan's little tail?

He has been to Lu Ci's house several times, during which time he often saw the younger brother, but for the official family who has never been out of the palace, it is indeed the first time to see this good friend whom the young master regards as his own brother Woolen cloth.

Under the urging eyes of the officials, Lin Neichen immediately bowed his head and wrote the answer on the paper.

It turned out to be from the little master's family!

Knowing this answer, Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up, he was both surprised and delighted.

Lin Neichen didn't need to say anything, he gradually remembered that apart from Zhu Liuteng and his three friends, there really was such a person who was often talked about by the little master.

Although there is no blood relationship, it is enough to see that the people who stepped out of the gate of the Lu family are all handsome talents: in the past, there were four friends who passed all the exams in one subject, and Di Qing, who was named after the exam... …

You really deserve to be my little master.

Zhao Zhen thought happily, and when he looked at Di Qing, who never looked around secretly like other people, and only focused on answering questions, his eyes unconsciously revealed a bit of kindness similar to Lu Ci back then.

In other words, even though he and Di Qingsu didn't know each other and only met today for the first time, he has listened to Di Qing's interesting stories since he was a child, and he really can be regarded as watching Di Qing grow up...

For the weird logic of the officials, Di Qing, who is reduced to the inexplicable "big look" of the younger opponent, naturally knows nothing.

He put all his attention on the examination paper in front of him.

There is only one policy for the Imperial Examination of the System, but there is a limit of more than [-] to be counted. There are fifty sheets of paper and straw paper for the exam alone.

Different from other actions that were feared by the lack of time and distracted by the emperor who was only a dozen steps away, and finally decided to make a draft, and then think about it while writing, Di Qing spent a lot of precious time. It took half an hour to type up the draft, and then sort it out carefully before actually writing the pen on the paper.

In this way, although he delayed for a long time to start, there was no delay after he wrote the pen, and his writing was extremely smooth.

It didn't take long before he calmly caught up with the other people who stopped writing and writing, and overtook them steadily.

Comparing with his calm and calm demeanor, who moves his pen like flying, without stagnation, or pensively contemplating, or frowning slowly, or other examinees whose eyes roll around... once they fall into the seat, look at the whole audience In the eyes of the little emperor, they were all compared.

Zhao Zhen nodded in satisfaction.

Regardless of the level of policymaking written by Di Qing, just looking at this posture, it already has a shape.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen suddenly felt a little restless.

He wanted to go down the steps right now and get close to each examinee, so that he could take a few glances at the answer sheet and see how well everyone wrote.

Just thinking about it, the gentle and considerate nature still made the little emperor give up this rather tempting idea - just the fact that he was sitting in the palace made these rather immature gestures extremely nervous. Going forward, hindering their thinking, will it have to pay for it?

Zhao Zhen pursed his lips, only to put aside this tempting thought and force himself to sit down with peace of mind.

The imperial examination questions are already quite detailed and cumbersome, and the number of words is limited. Under the circumstances that the officials try their best to suppress their own sense of existence, the candidates who couldn't help but peek up at intervals at the beginning, soon There is no time for any distractions.

Just controlling themselves not to care about the 'rustling' sound one after another, quickly connecting their intermittent thoughts, and then concentrating on writing, has exhausted their energy.

In the later stage, the test of physical strength tends to be the strength of the pen. Although there are many knives and guns at home, the delicate work of holding the pen is not comparable to the bold martial arts.

After writing [-] words in one breath, even those yamen felt their hands were sore and weak, and had to put down their pens for a while, shaking their stiff and trembling palms, not to mention the two remaining scholars of the real literature department.

They stopped three or four times earlier, fearing that the sweat falling from their foreheads would stain the test papers they had written so hard, so they had to wipe them frequently.

Only Di Qing's face remained unchanged, as calm as before, when others couldn't help but put down the pen for a while, without pausing for a short rest, the pen continued to wander, and the forehead was so clean that there was not even a drop of sweat, calmly It made the neighbors grit their teeth with hatred.

——Where did this beast come from? How can I write it down in one breath without getting tired?

The imperial examiners who cursed in their hearts did not know that they wished to press Di Qing to the ground and fill them with old fists, just like the other tribute examiners who unfortunately sat around Lu Sanyuan back then and put their mentality under tremendous pressure for no reason. No two.

What's more, the little emperor not only couldn't understand their pain, but was even amused by this contrasting and interesting scene.

Waiting for the miserable others to bite the bullet, forcing myself to ignore the movement close at hand, and concentrate on dealing with the test paper in front of me. After waiting for an unknown amount of time, I finally heard the sound of 'swish, swish' from the next room suddenly stop.

After that, there was no sound of writing, only the slight sound of flipping the test paper from time to time.

Looks like the damn beast is finally done...

Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but the next moment they came to their senses what this meant. Seeing that they had just finished two-thirds of the article, their mood suddenly became heavier than before.

Only then did Di Qing symbolically move the palms of both hands, and after habitually pinching the joints to make a few crisp sounds, he suddenly came back to his senses, worried that it would affect the other applicants on both sides. Sorry to stop.

He slowly separated his hands, only carefully flipped through the paper quietly, and began to check for omissions.

——It's a pity that it was too late, the neighbors on the left and right who heard the crisp crackling of bones had already regarded it as a warning, and their hairs stood on end immediately, and they dared not complain any more.

Zhao Zhen, who had a panoramic view of all this, had already burst into laughter in his belly, especially the moment when Di Qing stopped suddenly when he knew he had done something wrong, combined with the frightened expressions on the left and right, the corners of his mouth twitched with joy. Live up.

There is Liu Qi in the front, and Di Qing in the back, how can there be such interesting people around the little master?

Zhao Zhen thought happily, looking at Di Qing wantonly, the more he looked at him, the more he liked him.

Through the curtain, he couldn't see his face very clearly, he could only vaguely see a somewhat handsome outline, but his tall and straight stature really made him extremely envious.

Thinking about it again, Di Qing seems to be only two years older than him... Zhao Zhen, who has always felt that he is not tall enough, is even more envious.

When the imperial examination is over, if they don't remember that the officials are sitting in the hall, the exhausted candidates will almost lie down on this side regardless of their image.

Even so, they couldn't help sighing a few words before sitting up straight, waiting for the next arrangement.

"Your Majesty has given you a banquet, please move to the corridor."

Lin Neichen raised his voice and said, the servants assigned in advance immediately filed in, led the ten applicants to the corridor of the hall, and sat down one by one under the designated seats.

It was almost dusk, the sky outside was dim, and the cool breeze was blowing, which was very pleasant.

As soon as the wind blew on the body, it also made the practitioners who were still hot and sweaty inside excited, and their minds were much clearer.

Under the service of Lin Neichen, Zhao Zhen also walked to the main seat without haste, and said in a gentle voice: "The imperial examination took a lot of energy, it was hard work."

As soon as the words fell, most of the scholars who were looking at Tianyan for the first time couldn't help being flattered and stood up, and bowed deeply to this gentle and generous little emperor. Halfway through, Zhao Zhen shook his head with a smile Stopped: "There is no need to be too polite, let's eat quickly."

Everyone thanked them a few more words before taking their seats tremblingly.

And as soon as he was seated, Di Qing's eyes were quickly attracted by the dizzying sumptuous banquet.

As the grandfather said, after the imperial test, the officials gave the official meal, wine, fresh fruit, meat and seafood, all of which were exquisite and delicious.

In fact, since the little emperor came to the throne, he was not extravagant or extravagant, but quite frugal.

What's even more commendable is that he was only a little tighter on the expenses in the palace, but he was never stingy, even very generous, in rewarding his valued courtiers.

Di Qing stared at the delicious food in front of him, lost in thought.

It's a pity... It would be great if the grandfather was here.

After casually scanning the poses in front of other people, Di Qing's eyes moved slightly, with a little doubt in his eyes.

I don't know if it's his illusion, why the portion in front of me seems to be particularly large, whether it's dishes or rice, it's more than twice as much as other people's?

Surprisingly, there was a large bucket of rice around him, and compared with the others, he seemed even more out of place.

Di Qing, who was puzzled, couldn't explain it with delusions. When he raised his eyes subconsciously, he met the loving gaze cast by the childish official.

"........."

Being gently brushed by that loving gaze that was as warm as the spring breeze, Di Qing's scalp tightened inexplicably.