Chen Bao said that Zhang Yue’s argument is comparable to that of a plagiarism, which makes the examiners feel that it is a bit too much, but such an excessiveness is also expected.

Chen Go is Yang Ting's friend, so he supports him. At the same time, he has a good relationship with Ouyang Xiu. Besides, Zhang Yue's famous book was ordered by him, so it is normal for those words to praise him.

Yang Qi said, "Since it is a palace examination policy, you will answer whatever you ask. So, Wang Kui has been an official for several years, governed several places, and heard about many temple theories."

Wang Anshi said: "Wang Kui's poems are fair in every sentence, and he shows a sense of awe. What's more, this person is better than Zhang and Jiang."

An examiner on the side said, "Jiefu, this poem is filled with the spring and autumn dew, which is in line with Mencius's saying of honoring the people, which makes people feel refreshed. Haven't you ever respected Mencius's words?"

Wang Anshi said: "Otherwise, Mencius is Mencius, and Dongzi is Dongzi. Mencius practices the kingly way, and the kingly way is not domineering, nor is it a kingly way."

"Mencius said that he was good at nature, but Dong Zi said that there were three ranks of qualities, which were divided into three ranks of saints, central people and doucuo. Can this be confused? Compared with Dong Zi, he often said that the sympathy between heaven and man is, but the constant water and drought is inevitable by Yao Tang."

Wang Anshi's words made the examiners present confused.

Is it also wrong to say that the sympathy of heaven and man is wrong? We civil servants have been talking about this for thousands of years.

Wang Anshi was good at speaking and was polite, and no one could refute it for the time being. Of course, those who could refute it were unwilling to refute it.

To be honest, Zhang Yue, Wang Kui and Jiang Yan are all from poor families. In the controversy of several examiners, they dismissed their names to see how they were born, and who was the best candidate for the "born"?

But in terms of origin, the three of them are all poor families, so the dispute comes.

Originally, most officials on the field still tended to choose one of Zhang Yue and Jiang Yan as the top name, but Wang Anshi, as the detailed official, fought hard, and Wang Kui was pulled up by him for a while.

Wang Anshi and Yang Ting were still debating on the court.

As a young minister named Taichang, Zhu Congdao, was particularly calm in his work. He smiled and said to his colleagues, "I have heard that Wang Kui was the top scholar in the streets and alleys of Bianjing more than ten days ago."

"The people's hearts have been settled, and these two men are still fighting for themselves, so why is the reason for the hardship?"

Many examiners have also heard of Wang Kui’s top scholarship in the market, but no one thinks it is a joke, but the words in the market can be regarded as nonsense.

At that time, many people believed in prophecies, believing that this was a foreshadowing from God.

Even officials and scholars are no exception. They all believe that the imperial examinations are difficult to work hard by themselves, and they mostly rely on the favor of ghosts and gods or favors them.

Otherwise, you will know that you can look at the incense of the second Xianggong Temple and the Daxiangguo Temple before the exam, and most people believe in divination and dreams.

Often, these or two gossips spread to the court, and under the influence of hearsay, it becomes extremely important and can influence the final result.

After hearing what Zhu Congdao said, more and more examinees support Wang Anshi gradually increased.

However, Yang Ting, Chen Go did not believe in these things, and Wang Anshi was just sticking to his own principles.

To be fair, Wang Kui and Zhang Yue's articles have their own advantages. Wang Kui is in his words, but the truth is as if he had not been said, but this is not a shortcoming. It is a good thing to seek stability in the palace examination and not show his sharpness.

Zhang Yue is good at reasoning and his words are not bad.

Articles that can discuss top scholars can be said to be both literary and qualitative compared to other Jinshi papers.

But if we insist on comparing, whether literature is better than quality or quality is better than literature.

When the two sides were in a stalemate, everyone finally made a decision and asked Yang Ting and Wang Anshi to propose to the emperor and let the emperor make a final decision.

After hearing this opinion, Yang Ting and Wang Anshi both accepted it and stopped quarreling.

The examiners settled down and first chose one of them according to Yang Ting's opinion, and then submitted a memorial with Wang Kui, who was elected by Wang Anshi.

In the end, most examiners still thought that Zhang Yue's literary talent was better and excluded Jiang Yan. Based on his previous ranking, Jiang Yan not only missed the top scorer, but also suddenly fell to the 19th place in the top scorer.

Because the junior examiners who were young and other junior examiners in Chen Gou were the nineteenth place.

It can be said that the sky will be broader, and if you take a step back...

How many people's fate is just one step away.

Then everyone was immediately busy ordering other rankings.

The second place was finally named Chen Mu. This person is the son of a famous minister Chen Dongzhi. As a child of an official, he is not allowed to be the top scholar. No matter what, this person is not the top scholar.

The third one is Wang Zhichen. The other party turned out to be the chief clerk of the craftsman, and it is even more impossible for the imperial court official to be the top scholar.

As for four or five, they have also been decided.

The examiners carefully left a top scorer and the sixth place for Zhang Yue and Wang Kui. While discussing, they filled in the ranking and candidate number. Finally, it was almost dawn after they finished writing.

All the names were written on the list and reported to the emperor just before the Cold Food Festival. Wang Anshi and Yang Ting each made a plan to explain the reason for Zhang Yue and Wang Kui to give them their own reasons.

March 9th is the Cold Food Festival.

The examiners waited in the palace to celebrate the festival by the way, just as the examiners spoke in public.

Humph, the Imperial Medicine Academy said that the original purpose of the emperor was taken from the original volume of the font size, the font size of the font size of the font size.

Cold Food Festival, light rain.

This is just an ordinary Cold Food Festival for the people of Bianjing, but for the scholars, it will be time for Donghuamen to sing the name in two days.

During the Cold Food Festival, Bianjing was another scene. The paper horse shops on the streets were stacked with paper robes into pavilions and placed on the street.

There are willow branches in front of the lintel of every household in Bianjing. The date noodles are pinched into flying swallows and then on the willow branches. They are called Zipu Swallows. These date swallows are kept for years and can be eaten by children. If children are allowed to eat them, they can be used to treat mouth ulcers.

For Zhang Yue, the more than ten days after the palace examination, it was a normal day, and he threw the engagement matter to his brother and sister-in-law.

Guo Lin and Zhangqiu are preparing for the Imperial Academy entrance examination.

The Wu family did not make any noise, and it was also a way to avoid before getting engaged, and the matchmakers were mediated.

Han Food Festival, Zhang Yue and Huang Lu and other classmates from the Imperial College went on an outing, or went to the market to buy some cold food, such as thick oat, wheat cake, cheese, milk cakes, etc.

When returning to the city, the forbidden carriages and horses were worshipped by the Fengxian Temple Taoist temples. The tombs of the palace people returned from outside the city. The palace people carried lanterns made of gauze in front of the road.

Watching the galloping past the palace horse, Zhang Yue avoided chatting with Huang Lu on the side of the road. The news about the palace examination was so popular that the past few days after the palace examination were so popular. Sometimes he said that Wang Kui was the top scorer in high school, and sometimes he said that Jiang Yan was the top scorer in high school. Of course, there were also talks about Zhang Yue, and many of them were relatively rare.

I have never believed in these chapters, but people always hear them.

Han Zhongyan came to see Zhang Yue for a day and said that there were rumors outside that Zhang Yue spread rumors that Wang Kui was defeated so that he could compete for the top scorer. This incident was spread with a nose and eyes.

Zhang Yue knew that there was no wind and no waves. Most of the time when Wang Kui teased a good woman, he hit a target after the spread of the news. Of course, Zhang Yue knew that it was Huang Lu's words, but he mistakenly thought that he was spreading it. After all, if Wang Kui was ruined and could not win the top scorer, he would benefit the most.

Zhang Yue said to Han Zhongyan: "I have never said anything unfavorable to Wang Kui. As the saying goes, those who are pure will be clear, and rumors will stop at wise people. I do not want to explain them to others, so as not to encourage rumors."

Han Zhongyan said: "I believe in you when you act openly and honestly, and I will explain it to you at that time. However, rumors are always difficult to prevent, so you should be more careful."

Zhang Yue said: "Thank you, but I don't care about being deceived, and I'm not afraid of others' words."

Han Zhongyan sighed: "It's a pity that people's hearts are unpredictable. Since you are here to compete for the top scorer, there is no need to be jealous of others. Sometimes you don't want to compete, but today you can't let you not compete. As long as you are in it, you can't escape all kinds of open and hidden arrows. As the saying goes, if you want to achieve a high level, you must first bear the weight. If you have any difficulties, come to me at any time."

Zhang Yue thanked Han Zhongyan after hearing this, and knew that Wang Kui's call for the top scorer was higher, then the spread of the spread of the misunderstanding would also have some impact on his reputation.

Zhang Yue is not strong enough to care about other people’s opinions about him at all.

But he knew that no matter whether this happened or not, controversy would always come, as long as you want to go that place.

There is no perfect good thing in the world. Even if you win the top scorer, you have to look at it in two. Han Zhongyan also reminded him of his words, but he did not tell Huang Lu about this, worried that the other party would feel guilty for it.

Anyway, there are all kinds of news, and there will be no evidence after two or three days of unfounded news. People will only have three minutes of popularity after chasing hot topics. After the palace examination is released, all disputes will stop. Let others arrange them.

Now there are only two days left.

Now that Zhang Yue said that he didn't want to win the top scorer, it would definitely be a lie, but it would be okay to think that he could be ranked second.

The top scorer can be said to be a good starting point, but more importantly, it is a reputation that makes everyone in the world know themselves, just like no one knows who the second person to land on the moon. If he wins the top scorer, he will be well-known.

However, although the starting point is good, the way to go depends on yourself after the long journey of officialdom depends on yourself. There are also many Jinshi who failed to win the top scorer but ranked as the magistrate.

Zhang Yue saw the loess under his feet and just responded to the saying, the road was under his feet.

After the passing palace car passed by, Zhang Yue and Huang Lu were avoiding the road next to the road.

Looking around, there were like a city outside Bianjing. People went out for a trip. Between the tall trees and the countryside, scholars sat here with wine, bowls and plates, and persuaded each other to drink, which was very lively.

The people traveled with food until dusk before returning to the city. The small bridge and flowing water beside the road, and farmers were carrying pack horses and just returned from the capital selling goods.

Zhang Yueyao looked at the dusk sank the scenery of the Bianjing city walls, and thought to himself, why bother to worry about fame and fortune all day long and miss such a wonderful spring scenery?

After the cold food, the Imperial Medicine Institute issued an order to take a few more volumes to the imperial front to see the imperial court. In the afternoon, Yang Ting and Wang Anshi were Xuan to the Imperial Palace to meet.

After the two arrived, they saw the imperial palace, the official was looking at the papers, wearing a purple robe, and Zeng Gongliang was sitting next to the imperial desk drinking tea. Now Fu Bi was in the midst of the dying worries, and Han Qi was the only one in charge of the political affairs hall. It was rumored that Zeng Gongliang would also enter the political affairs hall from the Shufu Palace to assist Han Qi.

Yang Ting and Wang Anshi after the greeting.
Chapter completed!