Since Prime Minister Chen asked that question, those students have answered with vigor and spirit, and you are quite scrambling to say something.
That Chen Chengxiang watched six ways and listened to all directions, and in a short time, he had already seen every move of more than 70 talents in the field.
Li Sen, who was silent and sitting in a remote corner, was naturally noticed by him.
However, he just glanced at Li Sen and immediately looked away, obviously not having much interest in Li Sen.
After about an hour, the voices of many talents in the field slowly faded, as if those who should have spoken had already spoken, and the rest were either limited in talent and learning, unable to say one, two, or three, or just like Li Sen, they watched coldly and did not say a word.
"Okay, okay."
After the narration in the audience came to an end, Prime Minister Chen Cheng nodded again and again with a smile: "The lofty opinions of your young and handsome people are really eye-opening, and I can't wait to discuss it with you more."
It's just that the prime minister is busy with official business, and he is already busy so far today.
I will have to return to the cabinet to deal with the state military aircraft in the near future, so I will not stay here too long.
Someone's coming."
With that, he suddenly beckoned behind him.
Immediately, a red-clothed servant trotted over, he first handed Chen Chengxiang a glass of wine, and then handed over his hand to say that everything was ready.
Prime Minister Chen Cheng took the glass of wine in his hand, then turned around and raised his glass to the many talents in front of him, and said: "Before the arrival of the prime minister, I specially instructed the back kitchen to prepare a sumptuous banquet for you, hoping that everyone will eat, drink, sleep well, and raise energy for the imperial examination the day after tomorrow."
On the occasion of parting, I would like to toast you with another glass of wine.
Please" He stood up and held up the glass of wine in his hand.
When he was making a speech and raising wine, dozens of red-clothed servants in the audience had already delivered wine glasses full of wine to the hands of all Xiucai.
"Prime Minister, please" Those showmen were busy one by one, and they hurriedly stood up and raised their glasses and drank them all.
At this moment, Li Sen also stood up with everyone, but Li Sen did not drink it full, but just took a sip and put it down.
After everyone drank the glass of wine, Prime Minister Chen Cheng directly put down the cup and left.
Those cabinet officials of Shangshutai also followed Chen Chengxiang one after another without the slightest stop.
After these high-ranking cabinet officials left, a group of white-robed servants poured in from the side of the square, each holding a mahogany lacquer plate in their hands, and four exquisite dishes were placed on each plate, which were placed in front of the crowd like flowing water.
In a short time, the dishes were ready.
Every table is eight cold and eight hot, four cakes and four soups.
Seeing this scene, Zhong Xiucai's face couldn't help but show joy again.
It's not that they are greedy, for them who are already Xiucai, they may not worry about eating in this life.
What they were happy in their hearts was that they had come to the capital with all the hardships, and today was the first time they had received such courtesy.
Death for a confidant.
Prime Minister Chen Cheng treated them so humbly, even if they didn't have a good impression of Chen Chengxiang before, they couldn't help but change their attitudes at this moment.
What's even more gratifying is that when the wine and food have been prepared, a group of musicians and singers came to the direction of the entrance of Qinglu Temple, where there were still red skirts dragging the ground.
The musicians are all in their twenties, with good looks and carry different types of instruments.
Those singers are even more red-lipped and bright-toothed, with bright eyes, long legs and waists, and a slender figure.
After these women entered the square, they first gave a salute to all the talents, and then began to sing and dance.
Although those showmen felt a little inappropriate at first, after thinking about it, they felt that this was all a piece of good intentions from the prime minister, so they gradually let go of their minds and began to exchange cups and make fun of themselves.
Fortunately, everyone is a scholar, even if they have three or two glasses of wine, everyone's demeanor is still there, and they didn't do anything strange in public.
But there are also a small number of people who have taken a few sips of wine and eaten a few bites of food before retiring to return to their rooms.
These people are either righteous men and gentlemen who are strict with themselves, or they are high-minded and arrogant cold literati.
Leeson was among them.
For these deceitful things in the officialdom, as well as some unspeakable dirty things behind the scenes, Li Sen has always been grateful and avoided.
After returning to the room, Li Sen directly meditated cross-legged to recuperate.
The banquet outside lasted all day, and the group of singers and musicians who came in the morning left at noon, but in the afternoon another class came.
On the banquet, the wine and meat are continuous, and the dishes are constantly updated, and as soon as the food on the table is cold, a white-clothed servant will be removed next to it.
The fifty or sixty talents who remained at the banquet drank and enjoyed themselves until the evening, and then they dispersed one after another.
Most of the people were drunk and unconscious.
There are still two days left before the start of the imperial examination, so there is plenty of time for them, so there is no need to worry.
In the next two days, although there was no such extravagant banquet, the three meals a day were also extremely exquisite.
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And each room is equipped with a white-clothed servant who is ready to be dispatched, and any needs will be met as much as possible.
Although many Xiucai still can't leave Qinglu Temple freely, but no one complains anymore, on the contrary, all Xiucai praise Qinglu Temple is really a good place, and the prime minister loves the people like a son, amiable and respectable The chic days of all the talents lasted until the day of the exam, and then they all converged, revealing the appearance of a great enemy one by one.
Even those individuals who had been watching Chen Cheng coldly and did not flatter him before showed a cautious and serious look on this day.
For these Confucian scholars, whether they can leap into the dragon gate and show their ambitions in their chests depends on the efforts of this imperial examination.
That is, in the early morning of the third day when Prime Minister Chen personally came to Qinglu Temple to visit many talents, many talents got up early in the morning, bathed and changed clothes, and after tidying up their appearance, they went to the door of Qinglu Temple.
At the entrance of the Seiryū Temple, there was already a long line of carriages waiting.
This group of showmen got into the carriage one after another and went straight to the palace.
The examination in the palace is also known as the palace examination.
Logically speaking, it was the highest level of examination conducted by the emperor himself.
But now, the government is controlled by Chen Chengxiang and others headed by Shang Shutai, so this palace examination has also been changed to Chen Chengxiang's main examination.
According to the usual practice, hundreds of talents who have achieved excellent results in the examinations in various places will enter Beijing to take the examination together to determine the highest level of the top three.
The first of the three is a total of three people.
They are the champion, the list eye and the flower.
The second class is the birth of the Jinshi, and the third class is the same as the birth of the Jinshi.
All the showmen were gearing up in the carriage, and no one wanted to be the queen of others, and they all wanted to compete for the top spot.
But Li Sen was the only one who sat quietly on the carriage, thinking that after the examination was over, he would go to the Qingwang Mansion immediately.
There is no need to describe the cumbersome etiquette and complicated processes after coming to the palace, and in the afternoon, Li Sen and the other Xiucai found a place in the Zhide Hall and began to answer the questionnaire.
Sure enough, the title of this paper is still very related to Chen Chengxiang's political program, but it is much more detailed.
All kinds of issues are divided into nine categories and 18 categories, involving people's livelihood, politics, diplomacy, armaments, economy, education, and all other major national affairs.
The question is so comprehensive, but it is not for all the shows to answer.
It is clearly written, each of them finds a good direction to start solving the problem, and answers it in accordance with the classic eight-strand essay format, which must rhyme and be clearly organized.
For a while, after many Xiucai got the test papers, most of them frowned, and their faces were thoughtful, as if they had to think carefully before putting down the pen, and they couldn't write anything for a while.
Only Li Sen himself, after only a cursory glance at the test paper, he directly picked up the pen and began to answer quickly.
Seeing this scene, Prime Minister Chen Cheng, who was sitting on the main examination platform, couldn't help but look different, and looked at Li Sen a few more times.
While the other candidates were still pondering and had not yet written down, Li Sen had already finished answering all the test papers, and stood up directly and submitted the test papers to Chen Chengxiang.
Chen Chengxiang squinted slightly, although there was no expression on his face, he couldn't help but be angry in his heart.
You must know that as an old pedantic literati, he has carefully prepared the exam questions for a long time, and the difficulty is definitely extraordinary.
Even if he had to answer it himself, he would not have thought of writing any of these questions without two hours of effort.
Li Sen looks young, his appearance is not good, and his background is even more ordinary, without any bright spots.
How can he dare to answer the test paper in half an hour "Prime Minister, Li has finished answering the question, I don't know if I can leave early" "Absolutely.
After answering the questions, you can leave the Zhide Hall at any time.
However, you can also go to the side of the Heart Cultivation Hall to rest and wait for the dinner.
At that time, the Holy Lord will personally go to the banquet to comfort you and others.
Chen Chengxiang said expressionlessly.
Hearing this, Li Sen frowned slightly.
Originally, after answering the question, Li Sen was ready to leave the palace directly and go to Qingwangfu.
But I didn't expect that there was another dinner, and it was a dinner attended by the emperor himself.
In this way, even if Li Sen wants to leave, I am afraid he will not be able to leave.
"Prime Minister Xie, since this is the case, Li will go to the Heart Cultivation Hall first to wait for the holy car."
After Li Sen bowed his hand, he turned around and left.
After Chen Chengxiang watched Li Sen leave with an expressionless face, he lowered his head slightly and glanced at the table in front of him.
"Answering so quickly, eighty percent is well aware of the difficulty of this question, so he gave up very simply, it seems that he is also an incompetent talent who is not in the climate.
He answered the paper, so don't read it."
Prime Minister Chen just glanced at the table with a faint expression, knowing that he was not even in the mood to pick up this test paper and read it.
But after he glanced at it like this, he couldn't help but sigh softly, and his body couldn't help but sit up straighter.
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I saw that the test paper was actually full, there were almost no gaps to speak of, and all the words were neatly arranged and spaced comfortably.
And the handwriting is even more handsome, like an iron hook and silver stroke "Good Words" Chen Chengxiang looked at it at a glance, and couldn't help but sit up straight, and his mouth was full of admiration.
Seeing such good words, he couldn't help but look a little more serious, and began to look at it seriously from the beginning.
At first, he just looked at it with a slightly serious expression, but when he read dozens of words, his expression became solemn, and it seemed that just the beginning of it had already moved him.
When he saw more than a hundred words, he couldn't help but groan out loud, chanted in a low voice, and nodded again and again, expressing deep agreement.
And when he reached more than three hundred words, his expression suddenly became excited, and his old face appeared as if he had drunk wine, and it was obvious that something was written on the scroll, which not only made him deeply agree, but also gave him some unexpected inspiration.
It can be said that some of the things that have puzzled many years ago have been solved with Li Sen's few hundred words.
"Good, great" At this point, Prime Minister Chen Cheng couldn't help but praise loudly.
And as soon as he praised it like this, the talents sitting below who had not officially started answering the questions couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at each other.
An assistant examination official standing next to Prime Minister Chen hurriedly coughed a few times to remind Prime Minister Chen to pay attention to the impact.
But Chen Chengxiang saw Xing's head, a pair of eyes were firmly glued to the test paper, and his hands were clenched tightly, refusing to relax at all, how could he take care of him at this moment: