Your Majesty, You Can't

In the golden autumn, the yellow flowers spit out their fragrant pistils, and the warm glow of the purple Polygonum complements each other.

Autumn in the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the cool season, and the slightly dry autumn wind shakes the leaves, dyeing the clusters of emerald green maple leaves bright red, and it is full of the beautiful scenery of red leaves all over the mountains and plains.

Synchronized with the autumn wind and red leaves, as for the capital, there is also the first imperial examination that the whole country is looking forward to.

The first imperial examination was not held nationwide, but was deliberately selected as a pilot area at the foot of the imperial city.Of course, this was also a decision made after discussions between Zhao Yin and the ministers at the court meeting.

After all, this kind of policy related to the national destiny needs to be done with caution anyway.It may be a very safe approach to conduct a pilot project in one area and then promote it to the whole country.

The first trial imperial examination in the capital went very smoothly, which made Zhao Yin, the king of a country, and He Lanzhi, the head of hundreds of officials, very pleased.But what made the two even more gratified was that the imperial examination had actually selected a new batch of sufficiently outstanding courtiers for the imperial court.

The most eye-catching of these Jinshi is naturally the top three on the list.

The champion who won the first place is the son of the official historian Chang. This gentleman had a relationship with He Lanzhi before.In He Lanzhi's impression, this Mr. Chang was as upright as his father, and his whole body exuded a bookish aura.

Mr. Chang looked tall and thin, but he was much more courageous than his homeboy father who liked to study history books in his room. At least he had never been frightened and fainted in front of He Lanzhi. Lan Zhi and Zhao Yin appreciate it very much.

Zhuangyuan Lang is the heir of the courtiers, and it is indeed what the monarch and his ministers like to see.One is expected, and the other greatly relieved those courtiers who were worried that their sons would be compared with ordinary people.

All in all, the fact that Mr. Chang is the No. [-] scholar undoubtedly made a great contribution to the smooth progress of the next national imperial examination.

There is no difference between the monarch and the minister, and the well-behaved Tanhua Lang.Tanhua in the first imperial examination was an ordinary scholar from a relatively well-to-do family, and he could probably be regarded as a typical representative of ordinary people.The rhetoric of the articles written in the palace examination is not gorgeous, but because of the clear thinking in the writing and the extremely high awareness of political literacy revealed in the writing, it won the No. 3 seat.

Among the top three, the only one who was unexpected was No. [-] Lang.

The No. [-] guy named Shen Qiulin, his status is not embarrassing.If he is a son of an official, he, as the heir of a declining nobleman in this dynasty, has now been reduced to a pitiful situation of relying on selling some belongings to make ends meet.But if he is a son of a commoner, he still has an innate noble temperament, it seems that he has nothing to do with the word commoner.

Undoubtedly, this special No. [-] man has attracted the attention of both Zhao Yin and He Lanzhi.

And this unique attention is finally reflected in the job arrangement.

The first batch of students who passed the imperial examinations as Jinshi became officials one after another, and reported to the central government to receive court uniforms. However, Shen Qiulin, the second-best Lang, enjoyed the "exclusive" treatment and was assigned to Prime Minister Helan and was asked to go alone. Reported by the Prime Minister's Office.

This feeling...is quite subtle.

Shen Qiulin was wearing a Confucian shirt that had been washed until it turned white, and stood in front of the red gate of the prime minister's mansion, staring at the document in his hand with complicated emotions.

He didn't know where he got the favor of His Majesty and the Prime Minister. Among the nearly 30 Jinshi, why was he the only one going to report to the Prime Minister's Mansion?

Could it be that he is a fake number two?

That's not right, the jade seal on the emperor's decree can't be fake, right?

Shen Qiulin struggled to read the imperial edict several times, and after confirming that it was not a fake imperial edict, he made up his mind to knock on the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Is the visitor Mr. Shen?" After the rich door was slowly opened, the young maid who came out of the mansion asked with a dignified salute.

"It's down."

"My lord, please come with the servant girl, the prime minister has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Keep your lord waiting for a long time, I will be very terrified." Shen Qiulin hurriedly apologized, "Young lady, please hurry up."

Under the hurried footsteps of the maidservant, Shen Qiulin followed all the way respectfully with lowered eyes, and walked into the main hall without even daring to take a second look at the magnificent decoration of the Prime Minister's Mansion.After catching sight of the luxuriously dressed Prime Minister from the corner of his eye, Shen Qiulin followed the imperial decree and performed the ceremony of chief executive, "My lower official, Shen Qiulin, pays homage to Lord Helan."

"Master Shen, please get up." He Lan said.

The Prime Minister's gentle and jade-like voice seemed to have been heard somewhere before. Shen Qiulin stood up in a daze and looked up at the Prime Minister of a country sitting on the high seat, but was so stunned by that handsome face that he forgot his words for a moment.

"It's you!?"