The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

On the eighth day of February, the county examination in the children's examination started on time.

There are generally four exams in the county exam, and the content of the exam is naturally a subset of classics and history.However, not all of the four exams in the county exam are required.

If the student has passed the first test of the county test, that is, the regular test, there is no need to continue the test.

The county examination is the first examination of the children's examination, and the number of admitted students is very large.If a student has passed the regular exam, then the remaining three exams may or may not be taken.Students can choose to continue to take the remaining three exams, or they can choose not to take the exam.

If the student fails the first test, he can take the second test.

Students who have not passed the first exam can also choose not to take the remaining three exams.However, generally speaking, no one will not continue to take the remaining three exams.Another point is that those who fail the first test must complete the remaining three tests.If the student passes the second exam, he has to continue to take the third and fourth exams.Moreover, he must pass all the second, third and fourth exams before he is eligible to take the next government exam.

The content of the county examination, in addition to the Four Books and Five Classics, also includes poetry, song and fu, policy theory, oracles, and arithmetic.The arithmetic was specially added by Zhao Yang.

In the old imperial examinations, whether it was a solution test or a palace test, a certain format was required during the test, such as the eight-part essay explaining the dynasty.Zhao Yang felt that the mandatory format was not good and would limit the students' performance, so he canceled the format.Of course, some taboos have not been cancelled, for example, the name of the emperor must be taboo.

Zhao Yang's new imperial examination is more difficult than the previous imperial examination, but it is more free than the previous imperial examination, giving students a wide space to play, which makes the students like it very much.Of course, no matter how free the students are, they can't digress.If it deviates from the main theme, it will be useless to write a good article, just like the propositional composition of later generations.

In the previous imperial examinations, I liked the content in the subset of the history of the imperial examination.However, the policy theory of the new imperial examinations no longer examines a subset of classics and history, but only examines issues of people's livelihood.

If students only focus on studying and don't understand people's livelihood or national affairs, then they will not get high marks in policy theory.

Policy theory is the most important test question in all imperial examinations, and it is also the test question with the largest score.Let's put it this way, if a student does not do very well in the Four Books and Five Classics and Poems and Fu, but his essays are very well written, then he may be admitted exceptionally.However, this kind of exceptional admission only exists in the three exams of the children's examination.Township examinations, general examinations, and palace examinations will not work.

There are four exams in the county exam, one exam a day, but not consecutive exams.

After the official exam on the first day is over, the results will be released the next afternoon, and then the students will choose whether to continue with the second exam.

On the day of the exam, before dawn, the students were about to arrive at the gate of the official school.

Every county has a government school, and this place is specially used for the imperial examination.

You don't need to live in the test room for the county test, you can come out of the government school that night.Of course, you can't leave the examination room for the provincial examination, and you have to stay in the examination room for a few days.

On the day of the exam, students are only allowed to enter the official school with their admission ticket and pen, ink, paper and inkstone.Nothing else is allowed.

Before entering the examination room, there will be a body search by government officials to prevent students from cheating.

Even though the county examination is the easiest examination in the imperial examination, the search is very strict and no one is allowed to cheat.

Some students will bring a cheat sheet and hide it among the things they bring, such as hiding in shoes, clothes, and socks are very common.Some students even hide cheat sheets in their hair, mouth, nose, and ears.In short, do everything you can.

Once found with a cheat sheet, they will be kicked out of the official school and not allowed to take this year's imperial examination.

If the yamen servants did not find out that someone was cheating at that time, and if someone was found to be cheating after the county examination, not only the student would be punished, but even the county magistrate would be punished.And the punishment is very severe, sometimes even beheaded.

Cheating in imperial examinations is a taboo and a serious crime.If you want to tamper with the imperial examination, it is tantamount to asking for a dead end.

When searching for students, the identities of the students should also be checked to prevent the occurrence of modern examinations.

Such things as substitute examinations are not unique to later generations, but have existed in ancient times.

After passing the search, students can enter the official school, and then find their seats according to the room number and seat number on the admission ticket.

Wang Pangpang found his seat and sat down, arranged the pen, ink, paper and inkstone he brought, and prepared for the exam.

After a while, a yamen servant came in and rang the gong in the examination room, announcing the start of the county examination.Then, the yamen servants distributed the examination papers.

After Wang Pangpang got his exam paper, he wrote his name first.Then he looked at the test questions.

Zhao Yang told Wang Pangpang before that after getting the test paper, don't rush to answer the questions, write your name first, and then look at the test questions carefully to see if there are any unclear printing or missing words.

There are no questions in the exam paper and the questions are very simple.

Wang Pangpang picked up the pen and began to answer the questions seriously.

The difficulty of the county exam papers was too easy for Wang Pangpang, and he finished answering all the exam questions in less than two hours.

Although policy theory is the most difficult of the county examination questions, it is very easy in Wang Pangpang's eyes.

The topic of this year's county examination is how to make the common people live a better life.

In fact, this question is simple and easy to say, but also difficult to say.

The scope of this question is too large, and it is easy for students to take the test, but it is also full of pitfalls.

If the students answer this question with some abstract things, such as saying that the implementation of benevolent government can make the people live a better life, but they don’t write down the methods to make the people live a better life, then they won’t get much points of.

In the previous imperial examinations, if you answered this way, you would definitely get a high score, but not now.

His Royal Highness Zhao Yang has been emphasizing one thing in the past few years, and that is to be pragmatic.

The pragmatism he proposed was not only implemented by every school, but also implemented in the imperial examinations.

Three years ago, when the students took the county test for the first time, they liked to "talk" when they were writing policy theories.Even if their articles are very beautifully written, they can't get a point.

Since then, the students have learned that it is no longer useful to write beautifully, but to be pragmatic.

Zhao Yang always felt that it was useless for literati, students and officials to write good-looking articles, because writing good articles could not solve the people's livelihood problems.

In the past three years, Zhao Yang has been emphasizing one thing to officials and students of Taixue, that is, to care about people's livelihood.Apparently, his emphasis had an effect.

Now, scholars, officials, and common people all over the world know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a pragmatic person, and he doesn't like to make some ostentatious or gimmicky things.

Closer to home.

When Wang Pangpang saw the exam questions on policy theory, he proceeded from reality without any hesitation.

In fact, he and Zhao Yang have been discussing about people's livelihood issues, and he has learned a lot from Zhao Yang.

If you want the people to live a good life, the most basic thing is to let the people have enough food and clothing.

For ordinary people, a good life means being able to eat enough, be able to wear warm clothes, and be able to afford medical care, not to be rich and powerful.The wishes of the common people are so simple.

Zhao Yang once told Wang Pangpang that he wanted every commoner in Song Dynasty to have enough food and clothing, but it was very difficult to do so.Don't look at such a simple thing, but it is very difficult to actually do it.

After Wang Pangpang finished answering the papers of the first exam, he handed in the papers ahead of schedule.

The actual submission time is at Youshi.

Wang Pangpang will not wait until Youshi.

The examiner was very surprised to see that Wang Pangpang handed in the paper so early.However, they didn't say anything.

After Wang Pangpang left, an examiner couldn't help but look at his examination paper.Seeing that he basically got all the answers right, I was surprised again.

Wang Pangpang was the first student to hand in the paper in the entire examination room.His father and mother were not waiting for him at the gate of the official school.

He went home directly, and Mrs. Wang was shocked to see him come back so early.

"It's not yet noon, why are you back?"

"After the exam, of course I'll be back." Wang Pangpang picked up a piece of snack and ate it.

"The exam is over so soon?" Mrs. Wang looked surprised, "Didn't you say that the imperial examination is difficult?"

"It's not difficult. The county test is very easy." Wang Pangpang said with some disgust, "But it's too easy, I have to talk to His Highness and ask him to make the county test more difficult." If other students hear that Wang Pangpang This sentence will definitely kill him.

Although the county test is relatively simple, it is not easy for many people.

Hearing what her son said, Mrs. Wang felt relieved: "Are you still going to take the exam?"

"No exam." Fatty Wang said confidently, "I will definitely pass the regular exam."

"Then the next step is to directly take the government exam?"

Wang Pangpang nodded lightly: "Yes."

"Go to sleep for a while, and I'll call you when I make lunch."

"Then I'll go to sleep for a while." Staying at home during this time is really boring.Alas, he was a little bit fanciful.He has to pass the children's test before he can enter the palace to meet Yang Yang.

At noon, Mrs. Wang called Wang Pangpang up.

Wang Pangpang's younger sister came back from Zeng's house. She was very happy to see her brother came back, and she kept pulling her brother to ask the county test.Although she was only two years old and didn't know what the county test was, she was curious.

In the afternoon, Cao Xu came to look for Wang Pangpang.

"Sure enough, His Royal Highness was right, you handed in the paper early."

"It's too simple. I finished it in less than two hours." Wang Pangpang asked, "How is Your Highness?"

"Your Highness is fine."

"I want to go back to the East Palace."

"You can go back after you finish the children's test." Cao Xu said with a smile, "By the way, I almost forgot to tell you good news. Su Shi has a son."

"real or fake?"

Three years ago, Su Shi applied to be transferred to Hangzhou.Not long after, his family arranged for him to marry his childhood sweetheart.

When Su Shi got married, Cao Xu and Wang Pangpang went to have a special wedding wine.Because of Zhao Yang's status, Empress Cao and Song Renzong were worried that he would go far away, so he didn't go to the wedding.

In June last year, Su Shi's wife was pregnant.

Su Shi immediately wrote to Zhao Yang to share his joy of being a father.

Zhao Yang was happy for him and gave him a lot of things.

He also told Su Shi and the others that he would be their child's godfather in the future.Of course Su Shi and the others are eager.

Su Shi also asked Zhao Yang to name his child.

Zhao Yang felt that this was Su Shi's first child, and it was not appropriate for him to pick it up by himself or the child's grandfather.

When Su Shi had another child, he would name the child.

Last year, there was another happy event, that is, Su Zhe got married, a wife from the Shi family.

Shen Kuo was so busy traveling around that he had no time and no intention to marry a wife and have children.

Except for Su Shi and Su Zhe who got married, the others around Zhao Yang were not married.

Princess Fukang's marriage has not yet been finalized.

In the past three years, Empress Cao arranged many marriages for Princess Fukang, but Song Renzong always disliked this bad and that bad, which caused Princess Fukang to never get engaged.

This year, Princess Fukang is a big girl.If you were in someone else's house, even if you didn't get married, the marriage must be settled.However, she is a princess, and no one will say anything even if she is not engaged at the age of 28.

She didn't care about the fact that she wasn't engaged, and she wasn't in a hurry.

Gao Taotao is not engaged either.Last year, she got married, and many people proposed to her, but she didn't agree.However, she is not qualified to be as willful as Princess Fukang.

The Gao family decided to choose one of the Jinshi candidates who passed the examination this year to be their son-in-law.

Gao Taotao is not a princess, her husband can participate in politics.She has only one requirement for her future husband-in-law, no concubines.Therefore, she wanted to find a noble son from a poor family.

"Really, a big fat boy, made Su Shi very happy." Cao Xu read Su Shi's letter to Zhao Yang, and the lines were full of the joy of being a father.

"It's a pity, I have to take the imperial examination, otherwise we can go to Hangzhou to see." Wang Pangpang was also happy for Su Shi.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to go to Hangzhou to see Su Shi's son in the past few years." Cao Xu glanced at Wang Pangpang, and said with a deep expression on his face, "After you finish the palace examination, we will prepare to go to the northern border." If you go to the northern border, you won't be able to come back for a year or so.

"That's true, but we might see Su Zhe's son then." Su Zhe was in the northern border and had been waiting for them.

"I'll definitely see it."

Cao Xu chatted with Wang Pangpang for a while before returning to the East Palace.

At this time, Zhao Yang in the East Palace was playing chess with Zheyun.

Not long ago, Song Renzong decreed to marry Zhao Yang and Zheyun.

After staying in the palace for seven years, Zheyun finally became the official princess.

When Zhao Yang becomes an adult at the age of 16, the two of them will get married at that time.

"I lost again." Zheyun glared at Zhao Yang coquettishly, "Your Highness, can't you let me win?"

"Is it interesting for you to win?" Zhao Yang's chess skills became more and more exquisite under the training of Master Kongjing, let alone Zheyun is not his opponent, even Yan Shu and his talented ministers are not his opponents.As for Empress Cao and Song Renzong, they were no longer Zhao Yang's opponents. "For you, I have shown mercy."

Of course Zheyun knew, "Your Highness, playing chess with you is really shocking."

I won't talk about reading, just talk about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Your Highness is very good at learning.No matter how hard she studies, she can't keep up with His Highness.

To be honest, staying by His Highness's side really makes one feel ashamed.

Over the years, she has always felt that she is not good enough, not worthy of His Highness, and she has low self-esteem.However, His Highness said that she did a good job, and told her not to chase him, let her be herself.

"You can play chess with your sister." Zhao Yang said with a smirk, "Play chess with her, and you will regain your confidence."

"Your Highness, the princess will definitely be angry when she hears you say that." Although she is not as good as your highness, she can be compared to the princess.His Highness always compares her to the princess.

"Am I afraid that she will get angry?" In the past few years, his sister's temper has become more and more serious, and it's all because of her father and maid who dote on her too much.

When it comes to Princess Fukang, one person has to be mentioned, and that is Li Wei.

Two years ago, Li Wei passed away.

The way he died was...disgraceful.He didn't really die of illness, but died of wind immediately.

In order to seek excitement, he took strong drugs and killed himself.

It is really embarrassing to die of horse wind at a young age.

Even if Song Renzong valued the Li family, the reputation of the Li family was ruined because of Li Wei.

Also because of this incident, Uncle Li Guo felt ashamed to stay in Bianjing City, and took his family back to his hometown.

No matter how Song Renzong tried to persuade him to stay, Uncle Li Guo insisted on returning to his hometown.Song Renzong had no choice but to agree to him.

Once Li Wei dies, the tragedy of Princess Fukang in history will never happen.

"Your Highness, after the imperial examination, are you going to the north?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Can I go with you?"

"what are you going to do?"

Zheyun really wanted to say "I'll help you", but she didn't get the words out of her mouth, because she knew in her heart that even if she went to the north with His Highness, she would not be able to help His Highness, and would even help.

"I……"

"I will come back safely." Zhao Yang smiled slightly at Zheyun, "You wait in the palace for my return."

Zheyun nodded heavily: "I believe His Highness will come back safely."

Seeing that it's getting late, Zheyun didn't stay in the East Palace for long, and went back to Kunning Palace.

As soon as she left, Cao Xu returned to the East Palace and told Zhao Yang about Wang Pangpang's early submission of the paper.

After Zhao Yang heard this, he smiled and said, "Perhaps Pangpang can pass the exam."

If Wang Pangpang passed No.1 in the county examination, government examination, and hospital examination, he would pass the small three yuan examination.

There are small three yuan, and naturally there are □□.

If you pass No.1 in the provincial examination, general examination, and palace examination, then you have passed the exam.

Three years ago, the Children's Examination started, but no one took the exam.

"With Chubby's talents, maybe he can really pass the exam."

"It's not difficult to pass the junior three-yuan exam, but it's difficult to pass the first-class exam." Zhao Yang smiled, "I don't know if Pang Pang is lucky enough to pass the six-yuan exam."

"Six yuan?" Cao Xu was taken aback, "This is impossible."

"Although it's unlikely, it's not impossible." Zhao Yang also thought of passing the six-yuan exam just now, "If Pang Pang really passed the six-yuan exam, it will be the first six-yuan exam in the Song Dynasty. No. [-]."

"I still don't think it's possible." Although Cao Xu also hoped that Wang Pangpang could pass the six-yuan exam, it was too difficult.

"Let me just say, don't tell Pangpang, I don't want to add pressure to him."

Cao Xu nodded, and then said: "Your Highness, if you go to take the imperial examination, you might be able to pass the Liuyuan exam."

"Me?" Zhao Yang was startled, then shook his head and said, "I can't compare with Pangpang." In terms of reading, he really can't compare with Pangpang Wang.However, Wang Pangpang didn't think so.

"I think you can do it." For Zhao Yang, Cao Xu has always been confident.

Zhao Yang shook his head, didn't talk about this topic again, and talked about Zhao Zongshi's matter.

Two years ago, Zhao Zongshi got married, and he married a girl from the mother family of the princess of his county.

Zhao Zongshi originally wanted to marry Gao Taotao, but neither Song Renzong nor Empress Cao wanted him to marry Gao Taotao, so he had to give up.

Strange to say, Zhao Zongshi has been very honest and has never done anything special except for the matter of asking Gao Taotao to marry him, but Zhao Yang is still not at ease with him.