Guichou (21) in May of the eighth year of Yuanfeng.
The Ministry of Rites reports the list of Jinshi Jinshi, special Jinshi and Wu Jinshi.
Although the emperor observed filial piety, he was exempted from the palace examination and was directly selected based on the results of the rites examination.
However, it is still necessary to report to the two palaces, submit the list of Jinshi, and release the title to all Jinshi.
The two palaces took the list and ordered people to invite Zhao Xu to Baoci Palace and show the list to Zhao Xu.
Starting from Renmiao in the Song Dynasty, the number of Jinshi increased year by year.
The number of Jinshi Jinshi has reached 575, the number of special imperial Jinshi has reached 847, and there are 39 martial arts Jinshi.
Zhao Xu glanced at the list, and then saw the name of the No. 1 Provincial Yuan and Huiyuan in the First Class: Jiao Du.
Zhao Xu flicked his fingers lightly and said nothing.
The two palaces saw that Zhao Xu had no objection and handed the relevant list to Liang Weijian: "Take it to the capital and publish a list to inform the world!"
"only!"
Zhao Xu was a little distracted.
If he remembered correctly, in his previous life, the imperial examination this year was held at the end of April and the beginning of May, and the results were released directly on the sixth day of May.
The No. 1 pick and the No. 2 pick are similar to the current list.
The first place was Jiao Du, and the second place was Liu Kui.
However, Jiao Du, the top pick, died suddenly and mysteriously on May 11, the sixth day after the results were released.
Therefore, second place Liu Kui naturally took over the official position and treatment that originally belonged to Jiao Dan.
Now, because of Zhao Xu's attack on Li Ding, the re-examination has been postponed for more than ten days.
Unexpectedly, Jiao Dan is still alive today.
I just don’t know if he will still get sick from overwork because he is too excited and eager to show off in front of his parents and fellow villagers on the way back to his hometown.
The list of Jinshi is announced.
Bianjing City was naturally lively for another day.
Traditional entertainment projects such as the Jinshi Parade and the Hunting of the Son-in-Law were staged one after another.
The impoverished senior officials in Bianjing City were filled with envy. They also saw those who had failed the exam. They gritted their teeth and vowed that in three years, they would also appear among the group of Jinshi students paraded through the streets with hairpins.
Because there was no palace examination, the Qionglin Banquet was cancelled, and the palace biography was cancelled.
Only on the second day, the new scholars, led by people from the Tongjian Department, bowed twice outside the main hall of Yanhe Hall from a distance and shouted: "Hail, holy bow!"
Even if the program is completed.
These new scholars have completed the most critical step in their lives.
But to Zhao Xu, this is just a trivial matter.
The imperial examination in the eighth year of Yuanfeng was a typical small year for the imperial examination. There were few talents and no one worthy of attention. Unlike the second year of Qingli and the second year of Jiayou, which were big years for the imperial examination, it was not worth spending energy.
For Zhao Xu, he was more concerned about how many famous Jinshi scholars were willing to go to Xihe Road voluntarily?
Two days later, Zhao Xu knew the result.
There were only twenty-three specially-named Jinshis in total. They submitted a notice to the Ministry of Personnel and went to Xihe Road voluntarily.
This was a very normal result, and Zhao Xu was not too surprised.
…
Dingsi in May of the eighth year of Yuanfeng (25).
Shen Kuo looked at the red marks that gradually appeared on the pieces of iron soaked in the water tank.
He let out a slight breath.
What he knew was done!
Tong Guan, who had been following him, carefully reached out his hand, reached into the water tank, and scratched on a piece of iron.
The red metal mud stuck to his fingers.
Tong Guan swallowed.
If you put iron into gallbladder water, copper will grow on the iron!?
What kind of spell is this?
He didn't quite understand.
Shen Kuo frowned, and he ordered the people around him: "First scrape off the red mud on the iron sheet..."
"Then put it into the crucible and smelt it to see if it is real copper!"
"Wei!" He took the order and started doing things.
Shen Kuo closed his eyes and began to think, what is going on?
The young master reminded him.
Study things to gain knowledge!
This is the avenue of saints!
If he could use the teachings of sages to explain, soaking iron pieces in gall alum water would scrape out copper clay in three days.
Shen Kuo knew that he would be the founder of the new Confucianism!
"Tong Guan's behavior!" Shen Kuo looked at Tong Guan and asked, "Is this an imperial decree in the palace?"
Tong Guan shook his head.
Shen Kuo closed his eyes and stopped talking.
Half an hour later, all the red metal mud on the iron sheets in the water tank was scraped off.
After weighing, it was a full twenty-five kilograms!
Then, the metal mud was sent into the crucible. Under the blazing fire, the golden copper water was poured into the grinding tool, and then sent into cold water to cool.
Ingots of brilliant yellow brass come into view.
Tong Guan felt like his heart couldn't bear it anymore.
He looked at Shen Kuo: "It's time to write a memorial to ask for credit!"
His voice was trembling!
Using water to smelt copper, what kind of magical method is this!
Shen Kuo looked at the copper ingots and nodded: "It's time to write a chapter and ask for credit!"
In any case, he has been in office for more than a month, and with such achievements, both the government and the public will look askance at him, and the two palaces will look down upon him.
But what about the young master?
Shen Kuo thought, he knew, he needed to be right again!
…
Shen Kuo's memorial went directly to the Tongjian Department, and was then brought directly to Zhao Xu by Song Yongchen.
After reading it, Zhao Xu was not surprised at all.
Chemical reactions are the basis on which this world operates.
When bile water meets pig iron, it will definitely displace copper.
No technology is required, and no pre-technology is required.
As long as you have courage and pig iron, you will surely achieve it!
On the contrary, Shen Kuo once again asked for help and in his petition for merit, he attributed all the credit to the "two palaces of merciful sages who have been kind to me; His Majesty, the emperor, the wise and wise man, personally bestowed upon me the classics of the ancestors and the teachings of the saints."
...', and he, 'I relied on the shelter of the two palaces and the divine advice from His Majesty the Emperor, and it was just a matter of luck that I succeeded'.
It's a fact, and the attitude is not bad.
Zhao Xu thought for a moment and then said to Song Yongchen: "I ordered Shen Kuo to enter the palace tomorrow afternoon and see you again at Chongzheng Hall!"
"yes……"
Zhao Xu picked up Shen Kuo's memorial and went straight to Kunning Hall.
After entering the Kunning Hall, he happily took the memorial and showed it off to the Queen Mother: "Mother! Queen!"
"The minister Shen Kuo chosen by my father for my son is really powerful!"
"A few days ago, I just said to him: Saints' knowledge of things leads to knowledge! He paid attention to it. Today he reported that he found a line of sages' knowledge of things from among the ancient books I gave him.
Principle, using this principle, we can use iron to refine copper from gall water!"
When the Queen Mother heard this, she just smiled at first, but soon turned into great joy.
"Really?" She couldn't believe it!
Even though she lived deep in the palace, she knew about the Song Dynasty's lack of money.
The amount of money is positively related to the output of copper.
When Emperor Daxing was still alive, he worked hard, thought day and night, and tried every method to make more money.
He even repeatedly issued edicts to personally reward those mine supervisors who could pay more tribute to the copper!
Not only that, Emperor Daxing was such a money-loving person that in order to increase the output of copper, he even listened to the opinions of the old party elders and restored the world mining and metallurgy policy of the Renmiao era - the government and the people drew points every 28!
The government will take two cents, and the remaining minerals will be purchased for five cents at the market price. The remaining minerals will be left to the people.
Even so, copper is still not enough!
And it’s far from enough!
Now, is there a new way?
Queen Mother Xiang was naturally happy.
Especially when she read Shen Kuo's Memorial and saw Shen Kuo attribute all the credit to the Two Palaces Cisheng, especially after Sixth Brother gave him advice.
She was even happier.
"Emperor Daxing really chose this minister well!" Empress Dowager Xiang said happily: "He is a loyal minister!"
In the heart of Empress Dowager Xiang, she did not believe what Shen Kuo said, "His Majesty the Emperor, the Holy Wisdom, personally gave the sages the classics and taught them the holy teachings of the saints."
The Queen Mother knew that this was an excuse.
That Shen Kuo is showing his loyalty in this way!
She and the Queen Mother have also been in power for more than two months, and they have seen this kind of thing too many times!
Many ministers wrote to discuss the matter, and they would attribute most of the credit to "the two palaces are compassionate and the emperor is sacred".
They try their best to find reasons and excuses to prove that this is the case.
At first, Queen Mother Xiang actually enjoyed it.
But now it's been more than two months, I've gotten used to it, and the threshold has lowered.
Therefore, she did not take Shen Kuo's words to heart.
It was because Shen Kuo put the credit on Sixth Brother for giving him letters and warnings, which made Empress Dowager Xiang very satisfied.
This is a new type of bragging!
It sounds much better if you say it out loud.
So, he put down the memorial and said to the Queen Mother and Zhao Xu: "Let's go, Sixth Brother, go to Baoci Palace and inform the Queen Mother of this good news!"
"Let the Queen Mother be happy too!"
Zhao Xu nodded vigorously: "That's exactly what it should be!"
What I wrote this afternoon was related to the imperial examination. After I finished writing it, I realized that it had nothing to do with the main text, and it would not have any role in promoting the current and future plots. If I post it, I will probably be criticized again, so I will delete it all~
Well, actually the most important thing is that there will be a plot similar to the imperial examination in the future as the main plot!
This is the precursor to the protagonist taking over the government, which is the first imperial examination for the new king in three years, the Long Fei Bang!
If I write it now, I will inevitably repeat the same plot in the future!
