Zhao Ziliang, Prince Li Shi, Prime Minister Yuan Zai and Minister of Rites Li Kui and others stood at the gate of Gongyuan and watched the groups of candidates entering the examination room after passing the inspection.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Li Shangshu, how is the number of candidates this year compared with previous years?"
Li Kui said: "There are some missing.
Many candidates thought that the examination would not be held this year, so they all returned to their hometowns.
Those who returned home were all students from the prefectures and counties around Chang'an.
The candidates who had traveled far away were basically stranded here.
They should all be here now."
Sign up now” After all the candidates entered the examination room, Zhao Ziliang waved to everyone: "Okay, close the door and hurry up."
"Yes" Li Kui agreed, and immediately ordered the soldiers standing guard outside the door to close the entrance to the examination room.
Horses were carried over and blocked at the entrance, and the soldiers stood guard at their respective positions.
Zhao Ziliang was about to take the lead into the Gongyuan when two shouts came from behind: "Wait a minute" and "Wait a minute, don't close the door."
Hearing this voice, Zhao Ziliang stopped and turned to look over.
The prince, Yuan Zai and others also stopped and looked back.
They saw two young students in simple clothes running over panting with packages on their backs, shouting as they ran.
"Master, let us in, we are students taking the imperial examination," a thin student said to the soldiers guarding the entrance.
The soldier refused: "No, the adults have ordered the entrance to the examination room to be closed.
No one can enter now."
A fat young student next to him begged to please: "Master, it's not easy for us to come to Chang'an to take the scientific examination.
We came here in the first half of the year, but in September we encountered rebels attacking the city.
We wanted to return to our hometown."
I didn’t expect that the regent would be kind enough to reopen the imperial examination.
If we can’t take the exam, it would be an injustice, sir, okay?”
"You obviously know that today you have a scientific examination, why don't you come early and you can't be late at any time?
But if you are late today, you should come again next year."
The two students begged hard, but the soldiers guarding the gate refused to agree, which made them a little emotional.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, turned around and walked back and asked, "What's going on?"
The soldier guarding the gate turned around and saw that it was Zhao Ziliang.
He quickly bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, they are students who signed up for the scientific examination, but they arrived late."
The two students were stunned when they heard what the soldier said.
They looked at Zhao Ziliang and realized that the majestic man they saw was Zhao Ziliang.
They immediately bowed and saluted: "Students Lu Lun and Sikong Shu pay homage to His Highness the Regent."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Lu Lun, Sikong Shu, why are you late?
Don't you know that you can't take the exam after the time to enter the examination room?"
Lu Lun and Sikong Shu glanced at each other, and Lu Lun said: "To return to the king, the two of us were given sweat medicine in our meal last night.
Therefore, if the owner of the dormitory hadn't woken up the student, the two students would have died.
I can’t wake up until the afternoon, please have mercy, Your Majesty.”
Zhao Ziliang said that you two were very unlucky after being given a sweat drug.
Someone was plotting against you before the exam.
It seems that these two people must be really talented, otherwise they wouldn't have let others drug them to stop them from taking the exam.
At this time, several other examiners had already followed.
Zhao Ziliang turned to Li Kui and asked: "Li Shangshu, has it passed the closing time?"
Li Kui said: "It's already passed.
It's time for a cup of tea before the exam papers are handed out."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Well, it's not easy for students to come here.
If you want to wait until next year, you have to wait a few more months.
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This time the imperial examination is an additional one and it is not a regular subject.
The rules can be flexible."
At one point, let them go in and take the exam.
It doesn’t matter if you refuse two students to take the scientific exam.
If two talents are missed, it will be a loss for the court.
Prince, Master Yuan, do you think so?"
Zhao Ziliang has said everything like this, what else can Li Shi and Yuan Zai say?
If they don't agree, wouldn't it be in vain to be evil people and can only agree.
Lu Lun and Sikong Shu were then able to enter the examination room to take the exam.
After hurriedly passing the inspection by the soldiers, Lu Lun and Sikong Shu walked into the examination room with their bags on their backs with great gratitude.
They couldn't help but feel happy.
Lu Lun said to Sikong Shu: "Cousin, I'm lucky to have met the regent.
The king saw it, otherwise my two brothers would regret it even if they died a hundred times."
Sikong Shu was also frightened for a while, and sighed: "Who said otherwise?
I didn't expect that the regent is a good person, so easy to talk to."
Lu Lun looked at Sikong Shu like a monster, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, cousin, the sun is really shining in the west, and you actually praised the regent as a good person.
I haven't heard you praise anyone as a good person since I was sensible."
"Go, go, he is such a good person.
If it had been anyone else, he would definitely not have let us in."
Zhao Ziliang saw Lu Lun and Sikong Shu muttering as they walked into the gate of Gongyuan, then looked towards the street, and said to the prince, Yuan Zai and others: "It seems that no more candidates are late, let's go in."
With the sound of "clang", the door of Gongyuan was slammed shut.
Zhao Ziliang, Prince Li Shi and Yuan Zai and others came to the invigilation table and sat down one after another.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Li Shangshu, according to the examination procedure, what should be done first?"
"an item" Li Kui replied; "Back to the Regent, before issuing the test papers, the candidates' identities and number plates should be verified.
The invigilators have just checked.
The identities and number plates of all candidates are correct.
Now the time for handing out the test papers is coming soon.
Do you want to download the test papers?"
Distribute test papers" Zhao Ziliang nodded, waved his hand and said: "In that case, let's get started."
"yes" The invigilators began to distribute test papers to each candidate in the examination room.
Each candidate had a separate small room with a bed, desk and kitchen utensils.
Since they were not allowed to leave the examination room during the three-day examination, the candidates You need to bring your own rice and make a fire to cook.
When you are tired, you can rest on the bed.
If you want to go to the toilet, you must raise your hand to report and go to the toilet accompanied by the invigilator.
This is the only time when you can leave the small room.
Any other time You can only spend time in a small room.
In fact, Zhao Ziliang, Prince Li Shi, Prime Minister Yuan Zai and others did nothing wrong.
There were proctors in charge of the examination.
They patrolled the examination room from time to time.
If someone was found to be cheating, as long as the evidence was conclusive, they would be caught on the spot and the yamen would be called immediately to arrest the cheater.
The candidates were dragged away.
Zhao Ziliang and others had nothing to do, so they just sat on the chairs drinking tea and chatting.
Li Kui remembered something and said to Zhao Ziliang with a smile: "Your Majesty may not know that there are some very special people among this year's candidates."
"How can a very special person be so special?"
Zhao Ziliang became interested and asked.
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Li Kui smiled and said: "There are three people who have been admitted to Jinshi before, but they came to apply again this time."
This situation not only aroused the interest of Zhao Ziliang, but also the princes Li Shi and Yuan Zai and others became curious.
Li Shi said: "It has never happened before that people who have won Jinshi before took the scientific examination again, right?"
Why do you want to take the scientific examination again?
Your brain is fine."
Yuan Zai also laughed: "This is really interesting."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "I'm afraid this kind of thing has never happened before.
Li Shangshu, tell me, what are the names of these four people?
Why should they take part in the scientific examination again?"
Li Kui said: "One is named Han Hong, one is named Qian Qi, and the other is named Geng Mao.
Qian Qi and Han Hong were Jinshi in the eleventh and thirteenth years of Tianbao respectively, and Geng Mao was the Jinshi in the first year of Baoying.
Han Hong's early years In Ziqing Festival He made Hou Xiyi serve in the shogunate.
After Hou Xiyi was transferred to Chang'an, he also followed him and served as his staff.
After Hou Xiyi died two years ago, he lived in Chang'an and stayed in the secretarial department after his death.
Shu Lang was later transferred to Lantian County Captain; Geng Mao Jinshi was later appointed as Zhouzhi County Captain.
When the three of them signed up, Wei Chen specifically asked them why they wanted to take the imperial examination again.
They heard that it was the king's decision.
Those who gave up their previous honors and came to sign up for the scientific examination after the scientific examination was reopened and became the examiners themselves.
The scientific examination rules do not say that such people cannot be allowed to refer again, so Weichen can only allow them to participate."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "I didn't expect that I have such charm that I can make so many wise men give up their former fame and come to refer to it.
In this case, I want to see what their abilities are."
Li Kui said again: "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince and all your lords, there is a special person among the candidates this time, and he is different from the others."
"There is also a special person.
Why are there so many special people among this year's candidates?
Tell me, who is this special person?"
Li Kui said with a smile: "This man used to be a Taoist priest named Ji Zhongfu.
He became a monk in Zixiao Palace in Chuzhou and later became a layman.
This man has a great reputation in Taoism.
He came to Chang'an not long ago and often met with the princes and nobles.
I didn’t expect him to sign up for the scientific examination.”
Zhao Ziliang said curiously: "Oh, he is a Taoist priest.
Although he has returned to secular life, how can he be qualified to participate in the imperial examination?"
In the Tang Dynasty, if a Taoist priest wanted to serve as an official in the court, he had to be recommended by internal and external ministers and be appreciated by the emperor.
Obviously, Ji Zhongfu is qualified to take the scientific examination because someone must have smoothed the relationship and got him the qualification for the scientific examination, and this person is Yuan Zai.
If Yuan Zai is willing to recommend, Ji Zhongfu does not need to take the scientific examination.
He could become an official if he took the exam, but Yuan Zai obviously didn't want to ask Zhao Ziliang for this matter, so he could only get him a qualification to take the exam.
Sure enough, Yuan Zai handed over to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Prince Regent, this Ji Zhongfu was recommended by the old minister and gave him the qualification to participate in the scientific examination.
This man came to visit the old minister some time ago.
The old minister talked with him and found that he was quite talented.
I thought it was a pity that such a person could not become a court official, so I asked Li Shangshu for a reference quota."
Zhao Ziliang did not contradict Yuan Zai on this matter.
It was just a reference qualification.
There was no need to conflict with Yuan Zai on this matter.
Moreover, the ministers of the imperial court had the right and obligation to recommend talents to the imperial court.
This was a common practice.
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He said with a smile: " Okay, someone who can be favored by Lord Yuan will probably not be too bad
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