Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 360
Top six subjects...

High school champion...

Chao Shangzhi's mind went blank, if it wasn't for the eyes of everyone around him trying to melt him down, he wouldn't have believed that the name the official said would be him.

"Brother Chao! It's really you! You're in high school!"

Dai Faxing was the first to shout out, and those who knew him and those he didn't know also began to congratulate Chao Shangzhi.

Even the official from the Ministry of Rites who released the list came forward to congratulate Chao Shangzhi.

Others don't know, but the officials of the Ministry of Rites do.

Among the six subjects, only "Policy Theory" was graded by the emperor himself.Among them, only Chao Shangzhi's policy theory has been evaluated as "A top".

In other words, Chao Shangzhi is not only the champion of the court, but also the champion of the emperor.

This kind of person is the one who really wants to soar into the sky.If you don't flatter now, then you won't be able to flatter if you want to.

Chao Shangzhi was dragged into the county office by the officials of the Ministry of Rites in a daze, and immediately embraced several charming women holding red gowns to ask Chao Shangzhi to change after verifying his identity.

"What does that mean?"

The officials of the Ministry of Rites immediately explained to Chao Shangzhi: "This is the special dress bestowed by the emperor for the top three of this subject."

"Among them, No.3 is given to Qingyun clothes, and No.2 is given to Ziyun clothes."

"And No.1 champion is the most expensive, so I give Feiyun clothes."

"oh oh."

Before Chao Shangzhi could sort out the situation, he was taken to the back room and put on a scarlet cloud suit.

"The emperor has an edict to send Jin Yiwei to clear the way on the day the list is released, so that the top three will go along Chang'an Zhuque Avenue to the Zhuque gate to thank the emperor."

"oh oh."

Chao Shangzhi, who was supposed to be full of style, was like an idiot at this moment. He was changed into clothes, mounted on a horse, brought in front of people, and began to "parade".

Arranged by the imperial court, it has its own reliance to clear the way, and rites and music accompany it.

The prosperity of the situation is unique in Chang'an City, but the imperial examination took advantage of this first time, and took the blood of Chang'an City.

There were already spectators on both sides of Suzaku Avenue. They looked enviously at the top-ranked scholar on the tall horse, and wanted to see what the "leader of the literati" of the Song Dynasty looked like.

The third Xie Xun and the second Wang Sengliang came from the Xie family of Chenjun and the Wang family of Langya. Their appearance has already become very handsome after several generations of eugenics.

On the contrary, it was Chao Shangzhi who was number one. His slightly plain face and reserved smile made the people a little suspicious.

"This No. [-] scholar looks a bit... ugly, doesn't he?"

"Yes, if this is an ordinary scholar in Chang'an, it may be difficult to find a wife."

"However, the born Kong Wu is powerful, and he is probably a good farmer."

"..."

"shallow!"

In the crowd, Dai Faxing heard someone say bad things about Chao Shangzhi, so he couldn't help explaining for Chao Shangzhi in Wu Nong's soft words: "Brother Chao is not ugly, but a saint!"

The image of a saint?

Dai Faxing seemed to be very excited about Chao Shangzhi's rise to the top, so he wantonly told all the information he knew about Chao Shangzhi.

"Brother Chao came from the land of Lu, which is the hometown of Confucius and the hometown of poetry and etiquette. It is recorded in the history books that Confucius was nine feet six inches long, which happened to be similar in body and shape to Brother Chao. How could this not be considered a saint?"

Although it was a bit far-fetched, everyone saw that Dai Faxing was a child, so they didn't argue with him, and just brought up the topic with a few jokes.

Are Chao Shangzhi's appearance and height important?
How could anyone care about this in front of a champion in the imperial examination?Don't say that Chao Shangzhi's looks are not the ones favored by the mainstream nowadays, even if Chao Shangzhi is an ugly man that can be recorded in the history books, everyone will still not be stingy about his preference.

Appearance, in front of talent, has never been worth mentioning!
Dai Faxing is still eloquently promoting Chao Shangzhi to the people around him, judging from his dancing appearance, he seems to be more excited than his father in high school.

While speaking dryly, Dai Faxing looked up, only to find that the parade team was far away from him.

However, Dai Faxing's eyes seemed to burst out with a particularly destructive light.

Chao Shangzhi, from now on, is not only Dai Faxing's idol.

He is also the idol of all poor scholars in the world!

As long as the imperial examinations are still in existence, everyone will remember——

The number one scholar in Liu Song's first imperial examination... came from a poor family!
This world seems to have really changed!

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Chao Shangzhi was led to the Suzaku gate to thank the emperor in the palace. Compared with the other two children of the family, Chao Shangzhi's gratitude was undoubtedly the purest.

Your Majesty treats me as a national scholar, so I will repay you as a national scholar!
Chao Shangzhi didn't know if he was considered a national scholar, but when he knelt down to the palace to thank him, he had already handed everything over to the master of the palace.

After thanking the ceremony, there is a small yellow gate in the palace to bring the imperial decree of the emperor.

"I caress the world, think about moral education, gather apprentices, respect the precepts of the building, open the road to officialdom, and wait for virtuous people. There are thousands of students in the country, and there are many students in the prefectures and counties. .There are only talents and learning. When you are old, you can't be used by the country. Today, you can get a scholar through the imperial examination. If you get a good talent, you should be rewarded."

"Chao Shangzhi, reward you with ten pieces of money from the Yongchu treasure, a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, a pair of jade discs, a sword, a robe of scarlet clouds, and a thousand acres of fertile land."

"Wang Sengliang, reward you with ten pieces of money from the Yongchu treasure, a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstones, a pair of jade discs, a purple cloud robe, and a thousand acres of fertile land."

"Xie Xun, reward you with ten guanxi coins, a set of brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, a pair of jade biscuits, a Qingyun robe, and a thousand acres of fertile land."

Liu Yi is really a common man.

Fortunately, most people in the world are laymen.

For scholars in the world, if someone doesn't know what the number one scholar is, it is enough to look at the rewards of Chao Shangzhi and others.

Ten strings of Yongchu treasure coins!

Not five baht and ten guan!

This kind of wealth is enough to easily buy a house in Chang'an City where every inch of land is expensive.

It is even said that there are thousands of acres of fertile land.

Even if the other halos of the number one scholar are thrown away, these rewards alone are enough to make all the poor families in the world jealous.

"There is a house of gold in the book".

Although these words are vulgar, they are definitely the best poems in the world to encourage learning.

As long as today's events are spread a little bit, there will inevitably be a "reading craze" and "imperial examination craze" in Liu Song's country.

Still, someone noticed a difference.

Chao Shangzhi, the emperor bestowed a sword!
Sword, murder weapon too!
Originally, everyone knew that the number one scholar among the humble scholars was the emperor's order.

But with the gift of this precious sword, almost the emperor pointed to Chao Shangzhi and said to everyone: "This man is my sword! My sword!"

This kind of explicit hint not only didn't make others despise Chao Shangzhi, but instead flocked to him even more fanatically.

It is well known that the emperor is ruthless.

However, the emperor's reputation for being kind to his own people is also quite solid.

Chao Shangzhi, obviously, is a hard-core figure in the future emperor's faction. How can everyone easily let such a person go?

Everyone's flattery and flattery almost drowned Chao Shangzhi like a tide. The high-ranking bureaucrats usually circle around Chao Shangzhi, and those rich businessmen who are incomparably rich are not even qualified to line up at the door!
This scene is naturally envious of others, and people can't help saying "I only know the value of the number one scholar today!"

(End of this chapter)