"What an emperor who holds the imperial sword, what a good minister who abides by his duties! It seems that you have forgotten who appointed you to be the number one scholar!"
The prince's voice became colder and colder.
When Zhang Xuance took the imperial examination, he ranked first in the literary test, but his talent for cultivation was not high, and he was already ranked behind hundreds of people in the martial arts test.
If you want to be among the top three, you need to take a comprehensive literary test, a martial arts test, and a palace test to judge.
Zhang Xuance ranked first in both the literary and palace examinations, but because his results in the martial arts examination were not high, the court planned to rank him in the dozen or so.
But at that time, Emperor Taiqian was very fond of Zhang Xuance, and directly wrote the inscription and designated Zhang Xuance as the number one scholar that year.
It is precisely because of this identity that Zhang Xuance will rise to prominence in the future. With the blessing of heaven, he will become a strong man in the world master realm.
This kind of kindness of knowing and encountering him should be something that Zhang Xuance will never forget in his life.
But now, he actually doesn't do anything for the Zhao family, and the prince is naturally angry.
Zhang Xuance's expression remained unchanged and he said calmly: "The laws of the imperial court are the rules set by the late emperor. I dare not violate them."
The prince stared at him, and after coming for a long time, he laughed angrily and walked away.
He did not insist that a high-ranking minister like Zhang Xuance could not change his mind because of his power.
Continuing to insist on your own opinion here will only be in vain.
As soon as the prince left, the originally oppressive atmosphere in the entire hall suddenly became much more relaxed, and some examiners could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Mr. Zhang, what should we do with this test paper?" an examiner asked cautiously.
Zhang Xuance said calmly: "According to the original method, let Lu Yu be ranked first, and as for Xu Tiangang, let him be ranked second."
"yes."
Several examiners looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
This is a direct refutation of the prince, and I am afraid that only these few in the court dare to do so.
"The emperor has already shown great favor to the Xu family, so why is the prince now coming to win over the Xu family?"
"Who makes the Xu family powerful? If the prince wants to gain a firm foothold, he must have the support of the Xu family."
Some examiners used their spiritual consciousness to communicate quietly.
Zhang Xuance, however, always looked calm, as if nothing had happened, and continued to sit back in his original position to deal with the remaining test papers.
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Zhang family.
After Lu Yu came out of the examination room, he continued to stay in the Zhang family.
For Lu Yu, having a top aristocratic family like the Zhang family and an endless collection of books allowed him to gain a lot every day.
On this day, Lu Yu was still studying hard at Zhang's house, when Zhang Heng suddenly ran in excitedly from outside the door.
"Senior, the essay list is out, and you are ranked first."
Zhang Heng's voice was a little excited.
He knew that Lu Yu was very strong, but he didn't expect that Lu Yu would be as strong in the literary test.
There are more than 500,000 people to be elected. To stand out and become the first one, how strong a cultural accomplishment does this have?
This time the Zhang family also had quite a few candidates pass the exam, but their rankings were far behind Lu Yu's. The best person in the exam was only in the top 200.
Unknowingly, Lu Yu's image had become even bigger in Zhang Heng's heart.
It is conceivable that Lu Yu will definitely be entrusted with important tasks by the imperial court in the future, and may even become an important minister of the imperial court.
There is absolutely no harm in making friends with them early.
"Well, let me take a look."
Lu Yu's face was calm and he opened the list and took a glance.
The literary test is extremely harsh, and 200,000 people have failed the exam just at this level.
If you fail this level, then there is no need to conduct the next martial arts test.