Chapter 247: The Palace Exam is Over, The Ranking Competition
Chapter 247: The palace examination is over and the battle for rankings begins
The reason why different people can form factions is, firstly, because they have similar purposes, but the most important thing is to obtain benefits. Just like the current Zhuhe Faction, except for the top bosses, most people , in this faction, you can get greater benefits, and with the master and the faction as your backers, you can also get faster promotions. But if the top bosses ignore the interests of the middle and lower levels, then this faction is not far away from falling apart. .
At this moment, Chen Kangbai and Chen Kangbai suddenly understood that Zhang Jun's resignation was not a conspiracy at all. Moreover, it was a conspiracy that left them helpless. If they wanted to stop Zhang Jun's resignation, they would have to face dissatisfaction within the faction and even The danger of centrifugation. If you agree with Zhang Jun's resignation, you will make your leader and faction become a thorn in the side of the Holy Emperor!
In the end, the two men sighed slightly and could only make a choice. Compared with the danger in the future, it was most important to stabilize their own military morale. Immediately, without waiting for Zhao Shen to speak, the two of them spoke one after another. First, they talked about Zhang Jun's hard work and achievements. , and then it is said that Zhang Jun is unable to go to court and is not suitable for the position of Privy Councilor. Diao Hongxin can temporarily take over the position of Privy Councilor and wait until Zhang Jun returns to court before making a decision.
As soon as the two big guys opened their mouths, others naturally came out one after another.
Seeing that almost all the officials in the court were like this, Zhao Shen was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Although he agreed, Zhao Shen felt extremely irritated when he saw that the hall was full of senior members of the Lord Harmony Sect! However, he had just suppressed Shi Hao and others. In a short period of time, if there were another huge attack on the court, The storm was obviously inappropriate. Therefore, Zhao Shen could only endure it first...
"Give me a feast!"
Near noon, a chamberlain brought exquisite refreshments and served them to all the students. After the students thanked them, they simply ate and then began to answer questions again.
At the end of Shen Shi, with the chorus of the Chamberlain, the palace examination finally came to an end. The Chamberlain personally collected the examination papers, and under the leadership of Shang Huaili, all the students once again thanked the Holy Grace, and then left the court. Moreover, after waiting for one day, he will go to court again. At that time, the final ranking of the palace examination will be determined.
Naturally, not all of the nearly two hundred answer papers for the palace examination would be selected by the emperor himself. Therefore, Shang Huaili still took the previous marking officers to rank them first, and finally provided the top ten selected papers directly to The emperor can just circle the top three. Of course, if the emperor is interested, he can also check any test paper to change other rankings. However, facing hundreds of test papers, the emperor obviously will not have so much leisure. .
After returning home, Shen Tang, who had been taking exams in the palace for a day, had a simple dinner in the company of his two daughters and fell asleep directly. He could have a free day tomorrow, and he would have to enter the palace again the day after. In addition to waiting, In addition to ranking, you also have to deal with the emperor's Qionglin Banquet, which is definitely an extremely tiring day.
Shen Tang was focused on taking the exam, but in the past few days, Shandong, the northern region, was in a mess.
In order to cope with Zhang Jun's Northern Expedition, Heshi Liezhining almost evacuated the main forces in Shandong and surrounding state capitals, leaving the interior empty. However, Heshi Liezhining was not worried. Zhang Jun's army was directly killed by him in Si. There were heavy troops participating in the battle at the state and other junctions. The Song Dynasty's army could not cross the border and pose a threat to the hinterland. Even if some rebels in the north made a fuss, they only suffered slight losses. After he solved Zhang Jun, he and his men The power of victory returns and everything can be wiped out in an instant.
What's more, although the prefectures and counties in the North are empty, there are still a small number of soldiers guarding the city. Except for the organized Song army, they cannot threaten the safety of important cities at all.
However, just in these few days, Dongping and Jinan were in chaos. Several groups of bandits looted counties and counties, and dozens of counties and counties were in danger. Some counties and counties were even directly attacked without checking.
, the guards and Jin officials were directly killed. For a time, almost everyone in Shandong counties and counties was in danger.
In the large tent of the Jin soldiers beside Lingbi, Heshi Liezhining couldn't help but rub his eyebrows. He led the troops outside and didn't care about the little thieves behind him. However, this land in Shandong was full of people.
If he couldn't deal with the people from various tribes, rumors might spread that he took the opportunity to eliminate his opponents. At that time, with those guys restricting him, it would be impossible for him to fight with peace of mind.
"asshole!"
He cursed angrily and swept down a stack of letters in front of him. These were letters from various tribes, asking him to restore stability to Shandong as soon as possible. Although he was annoyed, he had to solve it.
"Go and find Hanu here for me!"
The guards on the side took the order and left, and not long after, a giant man with a height of seven feet entered the camp.
"Commander!"
"Hanu, there are several groups of bandits running around in Dongping Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture. Go back and coordinate the troops in the two places and kill all these bandits for me!"
"Hanu takes the order!"
This strong man turned around and walked away!
"call!"
Heshi Liezhining let out a long breath and looked far away to the south, "Zhang Jun, I don't know how long you can hold on to Lingbi City. When Lingbi City is destroyed, it will be your end.
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On the second day of the imperial examination, Shen Tang had a good rest at home. Early on the third day, he was dressed up by the two women and headed towards the palace city again.
Before Shen Tang arrived at Li's main gate, just as the ministers were attending their morning court, a group of courtiers entered, and the students naturally continued to wait outside the door! However, this time the waiting time was longer than the last time.
It wasn't until nearly noon that the chamberlain led a group of students into it again.
The reason why this court meeting lasted for such a long time was actually not because of other delays. It was because the rankings in the palace examination had not yet been determined.
The answers to the questions in the palace examination were as expected by most people. Almost everyone said that the Northern Expedition would be victorious and praised the valor of the saints. Some people shouted about avenging Jingkang, recovering the Northland, and even taking over the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop. Anyway, some people shouted out
, since the Holy One is committed to the Northern Expedition, then everyone can just brag according to the Holy One's wishes. There is no tax on bragging, as long as the Holy One is pleased, even if the Northern Expedition is really defeated in the future, what does it have to do with you?
If it offends His Majesty and it disappears, then it won't matter whether the Northern Expedition fails or not.
Therefore, although these nearly 200 test papers are not uniform, at least 90% of them claim that the Northern Expedition can be a great victory. Even the remaining 10% are just a few points of restraint.
As for the one who insistently said that the Northern Expedition could not succeed...I'm sorry, it's only that stupid Qing Shen Tang!