The daily life of the crown prince of the Song Dynasty

The examination process and rules of the hospital examination are the same as those of the government examination, but there are two examinations in the hospital examination, namely the preliminary examination and the re-examination.

Although there were four exams in the previous government and county exams, as long as you passed the official exam, you don't need to take the remaining three exams.The college exam is different. The college exam must pass two exams, the preliminary exam and the re-examination.

The content of the college examination is the same as that of the government examination, but the difficulty is not the same.

As the last exam of the children's exam, its difficulty is even more difficult than the county exam and the government exam combined.

For many students, the college entrance examination is a hurdle.Many people passed the county and government exams, but failed the hospital exams.

After passing the college examination, students will gain fame and be called "scholars".There will be many preferential policies for those who pass the exam.First, corvee taxes will be reduced.Secondly, I can get some rice grains from the local yamen.Finally, the social status has become higher and can be respected by the world.

Although Xiu is the lowest in the imperial examination, it is better to have a reputation than not to have a reputation.For many students, they don't have much talent for reading, and if they can pass the exam as a scholar, it is also a matter of honor.

Regardless of the low status of scholar in terms of fame and fame, there are still many people who fail the examination of scholar every year.There are many people who have taken the imperial examination for decades but failed to pass the exam.

In the old imperial examinations, it was relatively easier to pass the exam, but even so, there were still many people who failed the exam.It is very difficult for those who did not pass the examination of scholar in the old imperial examination to pass the examination of scholar in the courtyard examination.

The new imperial examination not only made it more difficult, but also narrowed the number of people admitted.

This year, only 150 scholars were admitted in Bianjing City.In the past, hundreds or even thousands of scholars were admitted.This suddenly shrank dozens of times, and the competition became fiercer as one can imagine.

On the day of the college entrance examination, it began to rain lightly in Bianjing.

Before dawn, Wang Pangpang set off for the official school.

Although it was raining lightly, it did not affect the mood of all the students taking the exam.

The students were full of anticipation and apprehension, waiting for the gate of the official school to open.

At the beginning of Maoshi, the gates of government schools opened on time.

Because of the rain, a roof was built in the government academy so that the students would not get caught in the rain while waiting for the search.

Wang Pangpang glanced around and found that many middle-aged people, even gray-haired old people, participated in the hospital examination.These people were older than his father, and some of them could even be his grandfather.To be honest, he couldn't understand these people.

These people have been failing in the examination of scholars, which shows that they are not good at studying, so why waste time and family money to continue to take the imperial examination.

Although Wang Pangpang didn't understand, he didn't object to these people taking the imperial examination.

Soon, it was Wang Pangpang's turn.

The yamen servants knew Wang Pangpang, after all, he passed the county examination and the government examination.Among the students who took the imperial examination this year, they are relatively famous.In addition, when he took the county and government exams, he handed in the papers ahead of time, so it was hard not to be impressed with him.

Wang Pangpang searched and found his examination room and seat with his admission ticket.

After finding a seat, he lay down on the seat and waited boredly for the start of the exam.When he was drowsy, he finally had the exam.

When he got the test paper, Wang Pangpang glanced at the test questions roughly. It was indeed more difficult than the government test, but it was still very easy for him.In less than two hours, Wang Pangpang finished answering all the exam questions and handed in the exam ahead of time.

Mrs. Wang was not surprised to see her son come back at this time.However, she still asked with concern: "Is it difficult?"

"It's not difficult."

"What do you want for lunch?" Mrs. Wang asked.

"Mother, I will enter the palace later, so I won't eat at home." From the end of last year to now, he hasn't entered the palace for three months, and he really wants to kill His Highness. "Mother, I won't be coming back from tonight."

Seeing her son's eagerness to enter the palace, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but joked, "Is that why you want to enter the palace?"

"Mom, I haven't entered the palace for three months, and I haven't seen His Highness for a long time. I really want to kill him." In the past three years, Wang Pangpang and Zhao Yang lived together, and they have long been used to each other's love. exist.Now, suddenly separated for three months, both of them are very uncomfortable.

Besides thinking about Zhao Yang, what Wang Pangpang misses most is the delicious food in the palace.

Although he is not a foodie like Su Shi, his tongue has been tricked by the royal chef in the palace for three years.Although Mrs. Wang's culinary skills are good, compared with the royal chef in the palace, it must be quite different.

"You really can't leave His Highness for a moment." Mrs. Wang also knew that her son had been bored for the past three months, "Okay, then you can go to the palace."

Wang Pangpang had been living in the East Palace before, and his clothes were all in the East Palace, so he didn't need to pack up and go back to the East Palace.

As the companion of His Highness the Prince, he naturally has the badge to enter and leave the palace.

The guards at the gate of the palace naturally knew Wang Pangpang, and when they saw him return to the palace, they all welcomed him back.

Wang Pangpang is very good at talking, and he is not defiant because he is the companion of His Highness the Crown Prince. On the contrary, he is very easy-going, and the guards or internal servants in the palace like him very much.In other words, his popularity in the palace is quite good.

After entering the palace, Wang Pangpang went straight to the East Palace.

Hearing the voice saluting Wang Pangpang from outside the door, Cao Xu was slightly surprised: "Your Highness, you really hit the mark. Pangpang entered the palace after finishing the examination."

"He hasn't been in the palace for three months, he's already suffocated." After Zhao Yang finished speaking, he asked Yuan Song to prepare some pastries for Wang Pangpang that he usually likes to eat.

Fatty Wang hurried into the East Palace study.Of course, he didn't forget to salute Zhao Yang.

Zhao Yang helped Wang Pangpang up, and then the two hugged each other.

"Your Highness, I miss you so much."

"Pangpang, I miss you too." Zhao Yang got used to Wang Pangpang being by his side during these three years.Not only was Wang Pangpang not by his side suddenly, he was not used to it, but he also felt a lot more deserted.

Cao Xu, who was standing aside, saw Zhao Yang and the others hugging each other, saying that they missed each other, and quietly rolled their eyes. These two people are really nasty.

After Wang Pangpang hugged Zhao Yang, he hugged Cao Xu hard for a while.

In fact, Cao Xu also misses Wang Pangpang very much.

Next, while eating snacks, Wang Pangpang talked to Zhao Yang and the others about the children's test.

Soon, it was time for lunch.

Wang Pangpang only cared about eating delicious food, he had no mouth and no time to continue talking to Zhao Yang.After the feast was over, he continued to talk to Zhao Yang and the others.

"Your Highness, the child's test is still too easy, you should make it more difficult."

"Pangpang, if other students hear your words, they will definitely beat you with a sack."

"It's really too simple."

"It's easy for you, but it's not easy for others." Zhao Yang glanced sideways at Wang Pangpang and said, "In the college examination the year before last, do you know how many people in Bianjing City didn't pass the exam?"

Fatty Wang asked, "How many people?"

"The year before last year, there were more than 400 people who participated in the college examination, and the number of people admitted was more than 200, but the number of people who barely reached the admission standard was only more than 100." . "Students are complaining that the college exam is more difficult than the previous exam, and that the imperial court deliberately made it difficult for them and didn't want them to take the exam. Have you forgotten?"

Hearing Zhao Yang mention this matter, Wang Pangpang remembered it now.

"They themselves are too stupid."

"It's not that they are too stupid, it's that you are too smart." The difficulty of the new imperial examination is much more difficult than before, and the difficulty cannot be increased, otherwise the students all over the world will really turn against each other. "You can't measure other people by your standards, and you can't make other people be like you."

"Pangpang, for your safety, don't say such things in the future, or I am really afraid that you will be beaten." Although Cao Xu did not take the imperial examination, but hearing Wang Pangpang say this, I felt that Wang Pangpang owed a little Flattened.

Wang Pangpang shrugged and said, "Okay, I won't talk about it in the future."

"Hearing what you said, it seems that you are going to take the entrance examination for junior high school three yuan." Zhao Yang looked at Wang Pangpang jokingly, "If you really take the entrance examination for small middle school three yuan, you will be No.1 in the world. How do you feel?"

"I don't have any feelings." Wang Pangpang said in a flat tone, "It's not a big deal to pass the junior three yuan exam."

it is as expected.

Zhao Yang had already guessed that Wang Pangpang didn't care about his passing the junior three yuan exam.

After chatting about the imperial examination for a while, Zhao Yang told Wang Pangpang what happened in the court during the past three months.

During this period of time, apart from the imperial examinations, nothing major happened in the court, they were all trivial matters.

These little things are handled by Zhao Yang.

Since last year, Song Renzong let Zhao Yang handle many political affairs.Unless it is some important matter that needs to be handled by Song Renzong himself, it will be handled by Zhao Yang.

Seeing that Song Renzong began to exercise Zhao Yang's ability to handle political affairs, the ministers naturally supported him.Even if they don't support it.

Now, if there is anything, the ministers will come directly to the East Palace to discuss with Zhao Yang.

Even if the ministers went to Funing Palace to discuss with Song Renzong, they would be driven to the East Palace by Song Renzong.

Wait for Zhao Yang to discuss with the ministers, and then pass it on to Song Renzong.

Basically, Song Renzong didn't think there was any problem.

Even though Zhao Yang was only 12 years old last year, he was very sophisticated and considerate in handling political affairs.

At the beginning, the ministers were worried that His Royal Highness could not handle political affairs well, because he was too young after all.However, His Royal Highness handled political affairs much better than they imagined.

Of course, at the beginning, Zhao Yang would be a little green when dealing with political affairs, but he is smart and eager to learn, and he got used to it after a while, and then became more and more proficient.Not only that, Zhao Yang is very keen on political affairs, and ministers who want to fool Zhao Yang in political affairs cannot fool him.

Seeing Wang Pangpang's hesitant expression, Zhao Yang asked with concern, "Pangpang, what do you do?"

"Your Highness, it's not that I have something to do, but my father..." Wang Pangpang was a little confused, wondering whether he should tell Zhao Yang about his father's proposed reform.

"What happened to your father?" Zhao Yang suddenly thought of something, and laughed teasingly, "Are you being bullied by your father again?" Wang Anshi often took pleasure in bullying his son.

"No, my father..." This matter should be said by his father himself, but because his father is concerned about the imperial examination, he does not want to bring it up for the time being.Wang Pangpang didn't know if it was appropriate for him to tell Zhao Yang that his father proposed reforms.

Seeing Wang Pangpang's hesitant appearance, Zhao Yang became a little anxious: "What's wrong with your father?"

Wang Pangpang thought about it, and decided to tell Zhao Yang first: "My father proposed a reform."

"political reform?"

Zhao Yang thought to himself that Wang Anshi's reform is finally coming.