After Shao Song

Chapter 15 Before the Palace Examination
In fact, the students cannot be blamed for this matter. In the final analysis, the imperial examination still requires the officials to ask a few questions, and then the new scholars below will come up with a serious political paper based on these questions.There is a rumor in Taixue that when the imperial examination was held for the first time in the third year of Jianyan, because it was still the period of full-scale war between the Song and Jin Dynasties, the officials directly used this as the topic. The first question was about the four years of war between the Song and Jin Dynasties. Look, why did Song Dynasty win?
At that time, Hu Quan's ten-thousand-character essay amazed the city of Tokyo, but it was a pity that Hu's editor was too crazy, and he praised and criticized the prime minister and deputy minister, and successfully offended all the senior officials of the Song Dynasty except the official family. Fifth, he doesn't even have a share in catching a son-in-law who is always happy to see it.But what is gratifying is that he has maintained this sharp style over the years. Over the years, the editor-in-chief of Di Bao has become famous overseas and shocked China.

There is also Yu Yunwen of the same period, whose experience is also legendary, but because he is involved in the Military Statistics Department, he is somewhat tabooed.

Having said that, the Jin Kingdom has been annihilated, and the country obviously needs to recuperate. If Zhao Guan's family goes out incognito for a patrol at this time, they will find that although the relocation of the capital has become a foregone conclusion, the inner city and the outer city are still connected by personnel transportation, water transportation is accessible, and take-out trucks shuttle To the north and south of Yuzhou Bridge, scholars from outside Tianjie gathered, and it turned out that they were also in a state of prosperity, just like the time of benevolence and brilliance.Especially within the Zhuque Gate in the inner city and south of the Xiangguo Temple, where the Imperial College and the Imperial College were the core areas, and surrounding restaurants and shops, you can hear the discussions of the Imperial College students without even entering.

Among them, on a side street directly south of Xiangguo Temple, the most central place is the famous "Songsao Fish Soup" store. Because their signature dish was featured in "Tokyo Dreams", they were banned after returning to Tokyo. After finding a family, he funded the opening of the shop and even provided fresh fish for a time. The business has been booming over the years. Although the price is high, many university students still get lucky and have dinner here.But it may not be ranked.

"Binfu, Maoxiu, do you think these young people are like us back then?" The person who spoke had a loud voice, but he was only in his thirties, but he had a father-in-law face.If he hadn't been in the private room, he would have been recognized. It was Hu Quan, the editor of Honglu Temple's newspaper who had been mentioned frequently these days.

So the two people eating at the same table with him were naturally no one else. They were King Zhang Lu's son-in-law, Yu Yunwen, who had just been promoted to the Privy Council's Military Statistics Department, and Mei Shuo, who was about to be sent out.

That's right, both of them were promoted because of their outstanding performance during the Northern Expedition, especially the Meishe people. Just look at the experience of the current central officials. With the experience of each party in power, why did they enter the secret pavilion?

The three of them were all Jinshi in the third year of Jianyan's class. Seeing these juniors talking loudly, they naturally felt a bit full of smiles and felt youthful.

Who hasn’t been young yet?Who didn’t have some ridiculous things and dark history when they were young?

"Brother Hu said that back then we were all talking about wars and peace, but I beat (walked) all the way, but what I heard was all kinds of things." It was Xiao Yu Tanhua who spoke back then. In fact, he He started working as an official at the age of 20, and he is still not middle-aged yet, he is a perfect young man.It was when he sent the letter of war to the fourth prince Jin Wushu on behalf of the official family, and was almost beheaded to sacrifice the flag. Later, he was slapped and lost two teeth by his personal guard, the Khitan remnant master slave, and now he is still a little bit leaky when he speaks. .This made his wife and father-in-law feel very distressed.In particular, Zhang Rong was the most protective, and took special care to get the captive Taishi slaves to his navy to work as hard labor to dredge the river. Before selling them to Xiliao, they would work ten hours a day. If they died of exhaustion, they would sell them if they could not be buried.

The person from Meishe who was about to take office also said: "Yeah, what's funny is that even though he holds the "Book of Rivers and Canals" in his hand, he refuses to discuss the management of the Yellow River. I don't know if he is afraid that others will learn his true knowledge and insights. "

Hu Quan didn't take it seriously, "Since ancient times, water management has been a major matter for the country. If you have an idea and can implement it, let alone get a good ranking and be awarded an official, I'm afraid your name will be left in the history books, and the officials will not be stingy with rewards. But blindly clinging to the weak, If you work behind closed doors but don’t believe you can achieve anything, don’t let it pass because it’s too ridiculous.” Yes, another major feature of this imperial examination is that it does not admit all candidates.After studying history, Zhao Guan's family knew that the reason why there was no failure in the palace examination in the Northern Song Dynasty was because of the experience of Zhang Yuan, a imperial student in the Renzong Dynasty who failed in his studies.This man failed many times in the palace examinations and came to Xixia with resentment against the Song Dynasty. He became the prime minister of Li Yuanhao, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, and helped Xixia defeat the Song army at the Battle of Haoshuichuan.With the joy of a winner, this man also wrote the famous poem "Xia Song has never stood tall, Han Qi is not surprising. Sichuan is full of dragons and tigers, and he still talks about military aircraft" to satirize the "pillar talents" of the Song Dynasty at that time , and he also signed his (Xixia) illustrious official titles of "Taishi, Shangshu Ling, and Zhongshu Ling" at the end, which was a naked humiliation of the Song Dynasty's examination system.

Zhao Guan's family believed that this kind of behavior of not eating due to choking was the stench of the old Song Dynasty and must be eradicated in his Shao Song Dynasty. Therefore, this imperial examination implemented a differential admission system. There were more than a hundred participants, but the admission quota was still 600. For fifth grade.

If there are dissatisfied fallen scholars, the officials said that they can also consider going to the west of the city to take refuge in the imperial cavalry commander Wei Mingyun who raised the two last princes of Xixia, and help Xixia restore the country and seek high positions. Wei was named Brother Yun and his head was cut off and presented to the court. Official Zhao Jiu's family will not be held responsible.

Yu Yunwen and Mei Shuo didn't know how bold this big brother was, but you are not an official, so you'd better be careful.So he changed the topic and said: "It was Taipingsheng Temple (era) that would have such discussions on such miscellaneous matters. Otherwise, before Yaoshan, it was all the time of military affairs. How could there be so much complexity? Isn't it just the word war and harmony? But We are lucky enough to have the Holy Lord come to court and see this day with our own eyes. But the officials are right. There is still a long way to go. Maoxiu has a long way to go to Cizhou to know the affairs of the state. The local people's livelihood is not the most important thing. Governing the underbelly of the Yellow River.”

There is also another meaning. The previous magistrate of Cizhou in the Song Dynasty was Zongze, the head of the 36 heroes of Jianyan. Mei Shuo left. Although the officials had great trust in him, there was great pressure on him.

Moreover, according to Zhao Boyao, the magistrate of Xiangzhou and the number one scholar in his class, the issue of local land allocation is also very difficult in Cizhou.The official said so harshly, but there was one issue he ignored. Those local tycoons and Shaanluo heroes who abandoned their homes and businesses to fight for the money and ran to the Taihang Mountains in Shaanzhou City would also be killed if they were destined to return to their homeland. Field rows?

If he were here, it would be too hurtful to the hearts of these loyal people. Their loyalty to the Song Dynasty was very clear, and it is obvious that they fought alone and how difficult it was. If they were not there, wouldn't it be a joke for the officials to talk about the Tianxian?
Mei Shuo smiled bitterly for a moment, only regretting that she did not have the prestige of Zong Zhongwu.

　I had already ended this topic, but I saw this question on the forum two days ago and thought it was right and I had to raise it.After all, they and the Meihua Han family are two different concepts. The pressure of being alone all year round is not comparable to that of other imperial troops. Even the Zhao Guan family has to deal with this problem carefully.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)