"Okay! Thank you Brother Du for telling me so much today. The provincial examination has ended. If Brother Du doesn't dislike you, you and I will drink here tonight and recite a poem, how about it?"

If the way a martial arts practitioner makes friends is to compete for a while, then drinking and chanting poetry is a unique way of making friends for scholars. Since Du Huangshang came with the intention of making friends with Hong Yuan, of course, he would not refuse such invitations.

Originally, according to Du Huangshang's personality, he must have invited Hong Yuan to a brothel in Chang'an City, gather a few girls, and then some wine and side dishes. Only then can the scene inspire poetry, especially when the wine is half over, say: "All the consumption in this room is paid by Mr. Du, that's what a pleasure!"

But the words were all over, but Du Huangshang swallowed them again, because according to what Hong Yuan said just now, he came to treat him to thank Du Huangshang for this meal.

In this era, scholars, don’t care whether they have money or not, they are all important to regard face as a top priority.

If Hong Yuan is invited to the brothel at this time, it is very easy for Hong Yuan to think that Du Huangshang looked down on him, so Du Huangshang turned the words to his mouth: "That's great!"

It was also this evening that Li Neng finally found the article written by Hong Yuan. Because it was a nameless one, Li Neng, who was dizzy at the beginning, was not very interested. However, after reading a few lines of words, his eyes couldn't help but glar.

Afterwards, Li Qing used the slowest speed to read Hong Yuan’s article. After reading it, he couldn’t help but read it from the beginning.

Because the three of them were waiting for Li Qing to read one and then go to see the one he had read, so after this time, the three of them also noticed Li Qing's abnormality.

Li Qing reads the article very quickly, and these days they have discovered Li Qing's rules, that is, first, see if the candidates' arguments can be established, and then see if they support the arguments, and finally see if the rhetoric of these candidates is gorgeous and whether the rhymes are neat.

In Li Neng's eyes, there may be a little flaw in the rhyme, which will not delay the excellence in his eyes at all. However, a essay filled with rhetoric will definitely not allow him to become a Jinshi.

Some articles that were selected by Li Qing before were good. From this, we can indeed see the gloriousness of some candidates' hearts, but in the eyes of Zhang Xun and others, it is not perfect. It is okay for these people to become Jinshi and become officials through the Ministry of Personnel's election, but so far, no one has really made them feel that they have the top three talents.

Although Li Yi didn't care, all three of them passed the Jinshi exam. They knew that rhyme was really useless for an emperor like Li Yi, but a true top scholar must have no shortcomings in all aspects.

Although rhymes and rhymes seem to be useless in the court, a really awesome person is able to incorporate all these things into his articles, so that such articles will not have any shortcomings.

This is not only achieved by ten years of hard work, but requires a very high talent to achieve it. These talents can be improved no matter what field these talents are in, and naturally the same is true in the officialdom.

The three of them knew that the talents Li Yong needed now were not mediocre talents, but amazing talents.

If there are no such figures and articles among these candidates, then this year's provincial examination will be destined to be a young New Year, and there will be candidates for the third-tier students, but it is foreseeable what the final result of this wave of people will be.

"Huh? This person's article is quite interesting. He can clearly rely on his writing style to fool him, but he uses this writing style to criticize current ills. From the perspective of the prime minister, he criticized and suggested what he thinks is missing in the Tang Dynasty. If such articles were in the previous years, they would not only not be able to achieve any fame, but also be put on the blacklist!"

After throwing this sentence, Li Qing handed the article to Xu Yuan.

Zhang Xun and Liu Yan also came over after hearing this. Although Li Yi could not give any specific evaluation from the perspective of the aesthetics of the article, Li Yi's ability to say these words has shown many problems.

The three of them lowered their heads and said nothing, and their eyes swept quickly on the article. As time goes by, the expressions of the three of them have also changed in different ways.

In the end, Xu Yuan put down the article with a little trembling.

"This boy is very talented, and this kind of article is also once in a century, but..."

Xu Yuan said this half of it in one sentence, but the other half seemed to be stuck in his throat. I don’t know how to continue.

"But his words are too sharp. It is really up to be discussed that all the matters that the Majesty did not take time to rectify were counted on the inaction of our court officials!"

"There are not many students who dare to judge us and Your Majesty in this way on the provincial examination paper. In this era, I have been in power for decades as a powerful minister in the Tang Dynasty. I don't know when this voice last appeared!"

It was Liu Yan who finally said this and sighed.

After Liu Yan finished speaking, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan looked at him, but they had no reaction on their faces, but they were almost saying the same sentence in their hearts: Are you also saying the same words as this candidate now?

Li Neng was obviously quite satisfied with the reactions of the three of them. He was afraid that the three of them would think that this person was too unfaithful and unfilial, and was an unfamiliar ungrateful wolf and could never be placed in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty. Now that his confidants said this, Li Neng, the guy who was the first time to judge the paper, had some confidence.

"I think what this person said is very true. The reason why he didn't know that I was not going to do these things is very likely because this person was not a candidate in Chang'an City. The news was relatively lagging. His family was not a family of officials and officials. He didn't know the situation in the court. He could only judge the role played by the officials and the people around him. It was already quite good to say these."
Chapter completed!