Chapter 1354 It seems that His Majesty still needs a face
Chapter 1354
"Sir, I'm sorry, I'm afraid it won't work today." After a while, the inn't a good meeting, the inn's chief official rushed over and explained to Rendao Zongbao apologetically.
"Why is this? I really have something important to meet Lord Wang." Renduo Zongbao frowned in displeasure and said in a deep voice.
"It's not because the officials deliberately made it difficult for the ambassador of Ren Duo. It's because today is the day of the palace examination for the Great Song Dynasty's martial arts examination..." The officials of the Ministry of Rites could only tell the truth.
"Mr. Wang participated in the provincial and ministerial examination of the Song Dynasty's Martial Arts and won the first Huiyuan. Today, we need to conduct the palace examination to compete for the top scorer..."
"!!!!" Renduo Zongbao was in a mess in the wind. After a long time, he grabbed his beard and asked in disbelief.
"You mean, Wang Yang, Wang Wushan, who is already the founding Duke of Jiuyuan County, went to participate in your Song Dynasty's martial arts? Did this guy take the wrong medicine?"
The young official of the Ministry of Rites suddenly became a little unhappy. He raised his eyelids and looked at the old man Dangxiang who was shocked like a husky, and then he said slowly.
"Mr. Wang is one of the rare versatile talents in my Song Dynasty. He is skilled in all his literary and military strategies. He can be said to be able to write a pen to ensure the country, and martial arts can hold a sword to determine the world.
A few years ago, he had already won the top scholar in the Song Dynasty. If he won another top scholar in martial arts, he could further show the all-round talent of Lord Wang."
When he saw the low-ranking official of the ritual official, when he mentioned Wang Yang, his eyes were shining and his admiration expression, Renduo Zongbao smashed his mouth, and he really didn't know what to say.
"By the way, I am a classmate of Lord Wang, and also in the same year." Before leaving, the official of the Ministry of Rites showed off his identity, meaning that he could be a student of the Imperial Academy with the veteran driver Wang Yang, and passed the imperial examination in the same year, which made him extremely proud.
But he regretted that he was too weak and could not be as good as Wang Daguan. Otherwise, he would definitely follow Wang Yang and go to take the imperial examination to take the imperial examination so that he could not disappoint his identity as a classmate of Wang Yang.
"Then Wang Wushan is really hard for me to guess. Unexpectedly, the dignified county magistrate still has the leisure and interest to participate in the martial arts ceremony, and he even got the first name..." Renduo Zongbao smashed his mouth, but he was not convinced by the local conditions, so he obeyed the guy Wang Wushan.
Damn, the dignified third-rank or above member of the Song State, threw the national affairs aside and rushed to participate in the martial arts ceremony. This is probably the first time I have heard of such a thing in my life.
Not to mention his kindness, Zongbao, today, in the square outside Yuehua Gate, a group of civil and military officials from the Song Dynasty gathered here, watching the martial arts masters galloping there, or pulling out their hard bows.
However, in the palace examination, these are not examination subjects, but just to let the emperor see clearly that each of these martial Jinshi can pull a hard bow, ride a horse, and pinch a frame, not a parallel product. The officials who presided over the examination did not neglect their duties.
After a rehearsal, Wang Daren stood in front of the emperor with a group of scholars. Emperor Zhao Xu was very satisfied and looked at the heroic young people in front of him, especially Wang Yang and Wang Wushan.
Although he has been an official for several years, his full momentum and agile figure in the martial arts are no less than those martial arts scholars, and he has also won the first place in the provincial and ministerial examinations.
Next, as long as the palace examination questions are outstanding, then I believe no one will stand up to oppose him if I order him as the top martial arts scholar.
"I am not ready to give the questions in the palace examination of the martial arts examination today. I can let these martial jinshi perform their own ideas and give suggestions for the future of the Song Dynasty. How about it?" The emperor lowered his voice and asked in a low voice to Su Dongpo and Zhang Qing who were standing by his side.
As soon as the emperor said this, Su Dongpo, who was standing beside him, was stunned, and Zhang Feng also frowned. As the presided over this martial arts, he quickly bowed to the emperor. "Your Majesty, if you don't set the question, you may be difficult to distinguish when you judge it."
Zhang Feng's words are not unreasonable. If the more than 50 martial arts scholars present expressed their opinions and said different contents, then it is indeed difficult to distinguish between the superiority and inferiority.
"What should I do according to your opinion?" Emperor Zhao Xu stroked his chin and asked in a low voice.
Su Dongpo next to him narrowed his eyes and whispered, "Now the envoys of the Western Xia are in our country, and the Northern Liao Dynasty, our Song Dynasty is not disturbed. It is better to... it is better to ask those martial artists to plan a question on how to govern and appease our Song Dynasty's southern border. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"
"Hey...yes, there are endless rebellions in the southern border of the Song Dynasty. For a hundred years, it has been the biggest headache for me in the Song Dynasty. The court did not know how much manpower and material resources it had been, but it has been very effective. The Su Qing family's proposal is good, what do Zhang Qing think?" The emperor lit up his eyes and turned his head to ask Zhang Qing.
Zhang Shi nodded after pondering for a moment. "I also agree with Su Xiang's proposal. In this way, once the strategy is asked, you can naturally distinguish the advantages and disadvantages."
After the agreement, the emperor wrote down the question in his pen and handed it over to the examiner Zhang Yu, who read the exam questions loudly to the martial arts candidates present who were already sitting behind the table.
Wang Yang also sat upright in front of the desk, emptying his mind, waiting for the martial arts strategy questions, but when the emperor asked the Privy Councilor Zhang Shi to read out the test questions, the official Wang was stunned at first, and then he understood the reason.
However, he reacted, but there were still a large number of martial arts scholars who took the martial arts exam but did not react at all. Many of them worked diligently and did a lot of homework in the Northern Liao and Western Xia. The confidence-filled Wu Jinshi felt as if they had fallen into an ice hole and felt chill all over.
This question is really bizarre, right? There are no popular Western Xia and Northern Liao, but it is just how to manage the southern territory of the Song Dynasty.
Those civil and military officials were originally whispering and guessing what kind of strategy the emperor would have, and the civil and military officials were also stunned at this moment. They did not expect that the emperor would have such a unique approach and such unexpected strategy.
Moreover, many officials were staring at Wang Yang with their eyes fixed on him. Seeing the surprise of this guy after hearing the question, um... It seems that His Majesty has to be a little shameful and did not release the question in advance to this guy. Otherwise, there would be no need to take the exam. Wang Yang would be sure to be the first top scholar in both civil and military cultivation since the founding of the Song Dynasty.
Wang Yang slowly studied the ink, while carefully watching the topic that had been distributed before, which was how the foreign races who surrendered and rebelled in the Guangnan West Road area of the Song Dynasty should be governed.
Chapter completed!