The development of any matter starts from simplicity, is perfected step by step, added bit by bit, and finally reaches a certain height or is completely annihilated.
In any case, the imperial examination system has always been recognized as the most complete and fair selection system in the feudal era... Although in the Tang Dynasty, most of the selected talents were children of aristocratic families.
The imperial examination system in the early Tang Dynasty was far from as complete as that in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It did not start from a young boy and had to pass six tests in a row before he could ascend to the emperor's list and the emperor's hall in the evening.
It’s just that there is no examination room, and there is not even a serious examiner. The examination papers are marked by the Minister of Civil Affairs and a group of officials. For them, it is a bit difficult.
First review all the scripture-based questions and interpretation questions in the exam paper. The former will get 13 out of 15, and the latter will get 8 out of 10 before proceeding to the next round.
But the difficulty of the next round will be higher... The calculation section is the easiest, and the answers are all prepared in advance.
Ming Jing Ke is also slightly better, after all, it is an advanced version of interpretation questions.
Ming Shu Ke... what are the criteria for judging calligraphy?
Ming Fa Ke... The Tang Dynasty didn't have any serious laws. Did the Spring and Autumn Period break the law?
Of course, the most troublesome thing is the Jinshi subject. Evaluation of poetry is really too subjective.
Whether a poem can be favored depends largely not on whether it is well written, but whether it conforms to the poet's taste.
Just like some paintings, their fame only rises after the person dies, the same goes for poems and poems, which may not be famous all over the world when they are published, but can be passed down through the ages after the author's death.
Ministry of official affairs.
"Nature selects the best talents." Feng Lun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, smiled happily, "Can't Xuan Cheng believe it?"
Wei Zheng couldn't find anything to say for a while. He couldn't say that he had inquired and knew that Li Shan was not admitted to the Jinshi Department, so he came to ask.
"The saint issued an edict to conduct imperial examinations and reserve talents for the country. Could it be that the prince has..."
As soon as these words came out, Wei Zheng immediately stood up, gave a slight salute, turned and left.
Looking at Wei Zheng's back, Feng Lun's eyes were dark. After being silent for a while, he summoned the Minister of Civil Affairs and said, "I will go to the Chengqian Palace to pay a visit to His Highness. You will wait for the transcript."
The Minister of Civil Affairs hesitated and said: "That share..."
"Let's put it aside for now." Feng Lun thought to himself, that young man is really capable of doing things, and no matter what he is involved in, he will be very eye-catching.
Even when I was going to take the exam, three people came to visit me in succession. They were either children of aristocratic families, confidants of the prince, or aides to the King of Qin...
Chengqian Hall.
"Your Highness is not here?"
"Let's go and walk around the Forbidden Garden." Fang Xuanling came out and said with a smile: "Duke Du is here just in time. I have something to ask you."
Feng Lun smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't it also for Li Huairen?"
"Hahaha, that's right." Fang Xuanling laughed and said, "Can such a person really fail the list?"
Feng Lun hesitated for a moment, "That's all, Xuan Ling is His Highness's right-hand man. This matter... if Ke Ming were here, it would be really hard to talk about it."
Fang Xuanling was stunned, what does this have to do with Du Ruhui?
"Originally Li Huairen was on the list." Feng Lun's first words made Fang Xuanling even more surprised.
Next, Fang Lun's words made Fang Xuanling almost at a loss what to do, but he immediately knew what was going on.
"Keming's uncle Du Zhili came to visit the day before yesterday and said that Li Huairen showed his talents. After returning to the capital, he had a close relationship with the prince's confidants Wei Ting and Wei Zheng, and there was a faint impression of being thrown into the East Palace." Feng Lun sighed: "And today Wei Zheng went to the official department in person to inquire carefully.
This matter..."
Looking at Fang Xuanling's expression carefully, Feng Lun asked softly: "Is it in line with His Highness's wishes?"
"Your Highness has absolutely no such intention." Fang Xuanling sighed, hesitated, and whispered: "Originally, Du Zhili joined the Tiance Mansion as a soldier and joined the military..."
"Oh." Feng Lun said as if he suddenly understood, "This is to express anger."
Ling Jing snatched Du Yan's soldiers to join the military, so Du Yan turned his anger on Li Shan, who was friends with Ling Jing... It sounds a bit hard to understand, but Du Yan could indeed do such a thing, otherwise he would not have been married to his direct relatives back then.
My nephew is making trouble to the death.
Feng Lun paused and asked in a low voice: "Will Li Huairen really join the East Palace?"
"Absolutely impossible." Fang Xuanling gave an absolute reply. Although he didn't know the inside story, he was very sure.
On the one hand, Li Shan sent Zhang Wenguan to Beijing immediately to plot the war in Shandong. On the other hand, Fang Xuanling was vaguely aware that Li Shimin might know much more about Li Shan than he did.
Feng Lun breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's so good. Xuan Ling can rest assured that he will definitely be on the list."
"How about Huairen's poetry?"
"One style, outstanding for everyone."
"It is fair to select talents for the country when you are appointed a duke."
"Can't Xuanling trust me?"
"If you can't trust me, how can Your Highness dare to entrust me with such a heavy responsibility?"
In the third year of Wude, King Li Shimin of Qin conquered Luoyang eastward, and the war was at a stalemate. Li Yuan, the sage, wanted to withdraw his troops. Feng Lun hurried back to Beijing to present the situation, which finally made Li Yuan change his mind. Only then did King Qin sweep the Central Plains the following year and captured him in one battle.
The great achievements of the two kings.
In the Tiance Mansion, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji were the most trusted counselors by Li Shimin, but their Feng Lun status, who also served as the Sima of the Tiance Mansion, was also quite high.
While Feng Lun was still talking to Fang Xuanling in the Chengqian Hall, Jiang Guogong Chen Shuda left the Liangyi Hall and was about to return to the province. Suddenly he turned a corner and went around to the Ministry of Personnel.
The sage Li Yuan has decided that on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Chen Shuda, the provincial minister under his command, and Feng Lun, the inspector-general of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, will preside over the imperial examination.
From beginning to end, Chen Shuda didn't interfere, but the rankings will be released tomorrow, so I have to go and take a look.
"Eight out of nine Jinshi subjects, the leader is Sun Fujia, the censor Zhongcheng."
The Minister of Civil Affairs reported the final results clearly and clearly. Chen Shuda actually didn't pay much attention to this and only listened briefly.
Chen Shuda squinted and listened for a while, then asked: "Who failed in the Jinshi examination?"
The Minister of Civil Service's eyes flashed, "Li Shan and Li Huairen."
"It's snowing in the evening, can you drink a cup of Li Huairen without it?" Chen Shuda said in surprise: "He is also going to take the entrance examination for Jinshi this year?"
"yes."
Chen Shuda was an impartial person who always dealt with matters rather than others. He was valued by the saint Li Yuan and was treated politely by the Crown Prince and the King of Qin. Moreover, because he was not involved in the matter of seizing the direct descendants, he did not have too many scruples in his actions. After a brief pause, he ordered someone to take Li Shan's examination papers.
Send it up.
The second character trait of Chen Shuda is his straightforward temperament, which can be called strong.
Therefore, when Feng Lun returned to the Ministry of Personnel from the Chengqian Palace and heard the report from his subordinates, his face was extremely ugly. He tried every means to keep Li Shan's examination papers in his hands, which was for his own purpose.
At this moment, Chen Shuda was in the Liangyi Hall, making an impassioned speech, "Your Majesty, are these poems worthy of being handed down from generation to generation?"
"Selecting talents for the country, such poetry and prose are rejected, how can you convince the public?"
Li Yuan, who was leaning on the couch, read the long poem carefully. Gradually, his posture straightened up and he couldn't help but recite, "Life has been endless from generation to generation, but the river and the moon are only similar every year. I don't know who the river and the moon are waiting for, but I see the Yangtze River sending you
Running water.”
After thinking for a long time, Li Shan finally chose "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night", which was the single most popular poem in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Not for anything else, just because of Chen Shuda.
The reason is very simple. "Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night" was created by Empress Chen, and Chen Shuda is the younger brother of Empress Chen.
A poem arouses emotions. This was Li Shan's decision after he learned that Chen Shuda was hosting the scientific examination.
Although Chen Shuda has never intervened in the imperial examination, in fact, even without him, Feng Lun would not really let Li Shan fail... but Li Shan's choice did have an effect.
At least, the matter was brought directly to Li Yuan's face.