Chapter 123 Senior Brother's Number One Scholar and No. 1
Chapter 123: The senior brother passed the first prize, and the junior brother ranked last (Fifth update, please subscribe)
Author: sunny
Chapter 123: The senior brother passed the first prize, and the junior brother ranked last (Fifth update, please subscribe)
Those who can reach out to the Kaifeng Mansion must be from the civil servant system. In this case, it is up to the Prime Minister Cai to rack his brains and think about it on his own.
Anyway, there are not many good birds in the court, so let Cai Jing play with the gang of treacherous and sycophantic officials, and don't get too close to this kid like me.
Gao Zhang silently praised himself for his wisdom and intelligence. Unfortunately, it was only him and Cai Laoliu today.
Tong Zhisheng was not a Jinshi, so he couldn't come in. Otherwise, it would be fun if the three of them squatted together and watched the pair of sleeping dragons and phoenixes bickering in front of them.
Gao Zhang, who was bored, heard the sound of gongs in the distance behind him, and hurriedly rushed towards the Qionglin Banquet with Cai Laoliu.
Moreover, the luxury of the Qionglin Banquet was definitely second to none among the various official banquets in the Song Dynasty.
Although the Ministry of Rites was in charge, at the time of the banquet, Zhao Ting, Zuocheng, the second prime minister of the Song Dynasty who was second to Cai Jing, came to preside over this grand banquet.
He also brought various delicacies given by the Emperor Zhao Ji, and of course many hairpins sent by the palace people.
The flowers on his official hat made Gao Zhang, a handsome young man, look even more adorable.
It also makes Cai Laoliu, the crazy and beautiful Qilinzi of the Cai family, exude a kind of vulgarity and comedy.
Except for a very small number of Jinshi who are young people, the vast majority are already middle-aged or even gray-haired old people.
But at least today everyone enjoys the same treatment, with flowers on their official hats.
As the number one scholar in this subject, Gao Zhang naturally became the most eye-catching target. What is important is that the number one scholar did a great thing the day after he was named on the gold list.
For the common people in Bianliang, Tokyo, there is a group of rogue gangsters who collude with the Kaifeng Prefecture’s arrests and specialize in defrauding people for a living.
This matter has spread throughout the city of Tokyo, which has also changed the impression of the Jinke Jinshi scholars on this child who is still a child.
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Wu Zhizhong, the Minister of Etiquette, came to Gao Zhang with a wine glass in hand, and sat down next to the young champion.
"Master Zhuangyuan, why doesn't Master Zhuangyuan go to the Qionglin banquet today and enjoy it?"
Gao Zhang, who was eating delicious food, saw that the Minister of Etiquette, who had drunk so much that his face looked like a monkey's butt, was so careless.
All I could do was put down the chopsticks in my hands and brace myself to deal with this old driver who was interrupting my meal.
"But I can't afford to be called Lao Shangshu like that. I'm still young and can't drink. There's no need to spoil other people's interest."
Wu Zhizhong looked at the young champion and couldn't help but twitching his lips.
"That's right. You are only eleven, so you are really too young."
"You are here in the marketplace, punishing scoundrels wisely, but it will make your young champion a lot better."
Listening to Wu Shangshu's praise, Gao Zhang was very humble and a little confused as to why this man came here specially.
Fortunately, Wu Zhizhong didn't intend to make any detours. When he saw that there was no one around him, he lowered his voice and said.
"I have been in the officialdom for a long time, so I have some knowledge. Now that the imperial court can get such a wonderful talent like you, it can be said that I have some small merits."
"Because I think you are very pleasing to me, I would like to remind you that as a minister, you must not get too close to the official family."
These words made Gao Zhang a little stunned. He didn't expect that this old Wu also cared about him.
But the problem is that what he said made Gao Zhang, who was ready to rely on Master Hunjun and try his best to reverse his fate, find it very problematic.
"Why, as a minister, if you are not close to the Emperor, then who should you be close to?"
"..." Seeing Gao Zhang's innocent and cute look, and his rhetorical question.
For a moment, Wu Zhizhong was speechless. Unfortunately, there were many things he could say to Chen Shilang, but they were not suitable for in-depth communication with a child.
Wu Zhizhong could only say haha, as if I am doing this for your own good.
"I won't be able to explain this for a while, but I mean it with good intentions. I hope you can understand..."
After the two chatted alone for a while, Wu Zhizhong naturally didn't want to stay any longer and began to wander around, assuming the responsibility of the organizer.
Gao Zhang did not understand the goodwill of this year's imperial examination examiner and the Minister of Rites.
But the problem is, it would be fine if Gao Zhang was just a person of this era, but unfortunately he is not.
He knew very well that the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was largely due to Master Hunjun.
But it is also inseparable from the chaotic dance of demons in the court. If I also follow the example of those so-called loyal ministers.
When he saw the official looking for the young lady, he immediately got out from under the bed and made a stern speech, scolding the official for playing with things and losing his ambition.
When he saw an official painting with a pen, he took out his pen and broke it, and strongly advised the official not to engage in such nonsense.
Haha, in that case, one's own reputation will be established thousands of times, ten thousand times faster than by killing rogue people.
But is it useful? He will only be kicked out by the emperor and the traitors thousands of miles away to eat lychees and seafood, and watch the Song Dynasty become a passing cloud.
Unfortunately, I understand these things in my heart, but I can't explain them to others.
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Fortunately, there is a junior fellow student Cai Laoliu beside him who is devouring his food like a vicious pig.
This made Gao Zhang couldn't help but have a dream. He hoped that his enemies and opponents could be as stupid as his junior brother. How great would it be...
Cai Laoliu, who was eating with his mouth full of oil, raised his head and saw Gao Zhang squinting at him.
That expression of caring for the mentally retarded immediately made Cai Laoliu unhappy.
"Senior brother, why are you looking at me like this?"
"It's okay, it's okay. If it's delicious, eat more. Now that our senior brothers have become Jinshi in the same discipline and become officials, we need to keep a close watch and help each other."
After hearing what Gao Zhang said, the other party was ranked first, while he was ranked last.
Moreover, this guy is still my senior brother. When I think about it, before I came to the banquet, my biological father did not give me any encouragement or support.
Instead, I asked myself to find out if Gao Zhang had any civil servants working in the background.
It was obvious that his thoughts were on Gao Zhang, not his biological son.
The more Qilinzi of the Cai family thought about it, the more evil he felt in his heart. He couldn't help but pick up another piece of meat bone and bit it down viciously.
A banquet in Qionglin lasted for a whole day. It was not until the whole of Tokyo was brightly lit that Gao Zhang dragged his tired body back to his warm home.
After steeling myself and reporting on the excitement of the day to my parents, I fell asleep peacefully.
At this moment, Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty finally drafted Gao Zhang's imperial edict on conferring officials, and waited for Zhongshu Province to pick up the edict, Menxia Province to reply, and Shangshu Province to implement it.
After going through this series of rigorous and careful procedures.
Gao Zhang, the living room keeper and weapons supervisor, will make a shining appearance when the sun rises...
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