How many buildings are in the mist

On the first day of July, the battle on the front line was tense—the news was tightly sealed to prevent the people in Jiankang from knowing the situation on the front line, and Erlu did not know what was going on in Jiankang, and then urged the mob to surrender—in this delicate atmosphere, The Civil and Military Competition was held in Jiankang.The competition lasts for two days, with competitions in the morning and afternoon every day. The literary test and strategy question on the last day will end in the afternoon, and the final competition will be held in the evening.Because the jury headed by the emperor had to attend each final, they couldn't do things together.All members of the Habayashi Army were on duty, and there was no rotation. Cui Xuanji assigned most of the Habayashi guards to the arena to be responsible for defending; after several rounds of elimination, Huben was already the elite of the elite, so he was naturally retained to defend the royal family; Soldiers were assigned to patrol the streets.The patrol route has been adjusted, and the patrol itself is secondary. The focus is on the few families that communicate with Erlu.

Cui Xuanji was worried that the parents of the wealthy families who participated in the conspiracy would take the opportunity to exchange news while serving as invigilators or judges, but Feng Zihuan didn't care. She said: "They have no news now, so they should be nervous. If they know the situation on the front line, they should be nervous." Be anxious. But no matter how anxious or nervous they are, they can’t leave Jiankang and their positions. I’m just waiting to see them like this.”

Cui Xuanji shook his head and smiled, and then reported to the emperor the recent situation of the contestants.Feng Zihuan asked: "How do the participating scholars look?"

"Some people are arrogant and belittle Lu Mao in order to promote themselves; some people are anxious and don't know how to participate in the competition; some people are very relieved and think that this is a good opportunity to stand out."

"Oh? Who are they?"

"The ones who are arrogant and conceited are nothing more than the children of the noble families or those from a slightly lower family. Those who are anxious are also some noble families, and those who think that they have a good chance to succeed are mostly from the poor families." Cui Xuanji followed Feng Zihuan to the door. Looking at the competition venue from the edge of the high platform, "I heard that among the contestants in this competition, except for the officials who are bound to participate in civil service, most of the high-ranking students have gone to the literature test. indivual."

"I didn't see your cousin Lu Hao in the list of literary competitions. I feel a little disappointed."

Cui Xuanji smiled, "If your Majesty wants to enlist his cousin, you can find an opportunity to enlist him directly. No one can force him. Only he himself will come out when he has an opportunity."

"Since that's the case, how do I conquer it?"

"The time has come, His Majesty's conquest is nothing more than giving him a step down."

Feng Zihuan smiled, "Xuan Ji is so virtuous and doesn't avoid relatives, isn't he afraid that others will say that you form a clique?"

"A group of gentlemen and not a party."

Feng Zihuan said, "You think you are a gentleman, but others may not think so."

"Why should I care what other people think? Being a courtier is the job of the king."

After she finished speaking, she also blushed, Feng Zihuan turned to look at her, she bent over and arched her hands, Feng Zihuan smiled and said nothing.

On the day of the competition, the emperor personally announced the start of the competition, and then divided the senior officials of the judging committee into two groups and rushed to different arenas to inspect, as the supervision of supervision.The emperor himself led a team, and Cui Yi led a team.The first thing to focus on is the arena of official civil service. Firstly, Feng Zihuan wanted to select new talents, and secondly, he needed to kill the pride and conceit of the aristocratic family, and eliminate as many officials as possible who were not worthy of the aristocratic family. On the subject of the examination, I did my best.Mingjing, Mingfa, Youyi, Zhiju, Art of War, Yin and Yang, all aspects require these current officials to discuss and formulate topics, and then the emperor and the prime minister repeatedly revise them to become topics.The topic of the first round of competition is so determined, and the topic of the second round of competition is selected from the history books—or things that really happened, no matter which dynasty or generation, or things roughly recorded in the book.The topic is extremely detailed. For example, the topic of the officials of the Metropolitan Water Supervision {80} is detailed to prevent where and what kind of floods, how to build dams, where to build them, how many people will be expropriated, and how much food will be required; For civil affairs officials, the case is extended to ask where and how to allocate food reserves for relief if there is such a flood; financial officials will encounter basic mathematical problems, such as how many households are there in a state and a county? How much grain and silk should be received in a year, and when it comes to the second round, they will ask how much should be received in the first round, what is the difference between the actual receipts, and why; the officials in charge of weapon production are asked how to cast good and fast Where to obtain weapons and materials, and how to repair them; the officials of Honglu Temple {81} were asked about the etiquette of Xianbei in the north - the etiquette of this dynasty is meaningless - and then they investigated the Baima Qiang in the southwestern border The basic knowledge; Shaofu {82} officials were asked to mint coins - this is okay, the second round of competition asked them if the imperial court was going to mint new coins, according to the current state of the country, what kind of {83} should be minted?

I don't want useless waste, officials read this sentence clearly in the examination papers, and I don't want any ingenuity.The emperor was determined to eliminate people, and all the officials answered the questions tremblingly and sweating profusely.

Feng Zihuan was standing on the stage, and just sat down to take a sip of tea when he heard one of the examiners catch a cheater.Looking at it, Feng Zihuan turned out to be an official from Honglu Temple, kneeling on the ground, and just let go of the examiner's sleeve with one hand, probably wanting to beg the examiner from the Sun's family to be extra merciful—probably he didn't see another examiner from a poor family already Go to the supervisor.

Seeing the emperor is here, the examiner will of course report to the emperor. "Who is the cheater?" She asked, and the next answer was someone from the Zhou family.Feng Zihuan laughed when he heard this: "When I was a child, I always heard the late emperor say how her teacher Zhou Fu was very knowledgeable and how he kept the ancient rituals. The Analects and Book of Rites were handed down from generation to generation. The big family, I didn't expect today—" She quickly glanced at the kneeling man with sharp eyes, "How to deal with it."

After speaking, she leaned back to her seat and picked up the teacup again.He said to Gu Heng who was next to him, "What does Gu Aiqing think?" Gu Heng stood up and saluted, Feng Zihuan didn't want to stop him at all, and even hoped that his waist could be bent a little more, or at best broken, "I think your majesty is wise." " Feng Zihuan continued to drink tea, but did not answer immediately, but couldn't help thinking of the letters between Gu Heng's younger brother Gu Su and Lu Mao in his mind, how many of them were instructed by Gu Heng?

Of course Sun Mu is also involved, but Sun Mu is nothing to worry about, she just really wants to find a chance to bring down Gu Heng.She just hates his soft and superb restrictions on herself.

"I remember that day when Gu Aiqing thought that the exam should be postponed to give the officials time to prepare."

"Yes."

"I don't know what Gu Aiqing is talking about is this kind of preparation?"

She knew she shouldn't have said it, and she wouldn't have said it if she hadn't read the letters.Only Cui Xuanji could see her blue face.

Gu Heng bowed and saluted again, "I didn't understand His Majesty's intentions at the time, but I made such a big mistake because all the officials could perform at their best. Please forgive me."

Feng Zihuan ignored him, just smiled and said: "Hey, I don't know that Gu Qing still thinks so much about my officials." Gu Heng wanted to say something, but Feng Zihuan stopped him with a wave of his hand.A group of people sat until noon and had a meal on the spot.In the afternoon, a group of people went to the literary examination room to supervise.As the head of the judges, she had to be there to come up with the questions herself, and secondly, she had to bring Gu Heng there, even if Gu Heng didn't want to go, she had to go.In the literary test in the morning, the order is divided into two groups, some are eliminated quickly, and some are eliminated slowly.Contrary to the expectations of Feng Zihuan, Cui Xuanji and others, there were as many winners who were born in a poor family whose education was not as good as that of the aristocratic family, as there were winners who were born in a well-educated family.Feng Zihuan beamed with joy when he saw this, and the examiner asked the emperor to show him what kind of questions and format to take for the retest in the afternoon.Feng Zihuan asked: "Where do you all come from?" The following answers were all there, and she listened to them one by one, and she calculated that the Jiankang family was the most, but most of these descendants had their hometowns and properties from other places. It’s good to travel around, and for the sake of fairness, she said: “Each of you is allowed to write an essay on the topic of your hometown, or the counties and counties you have been to, mountains and rivers, geography, human customs and customs. It is better to ask for literary talents; two hours is the limit."

Answer all the questions below, and then start writing carefully.Feng Zihuan turned around and said to Gu Heng: "I think that the best of today's Fu should be assembled into a collection and published all over the world. I don't know what Gu Qing thinks?" Gu Heng can only say yes, even if he knows Feng Zihuan This is comparing the works of a group of humble scholars with his own works.Feng Zihuan laughed loudly, saying that Gu Qing should stay here to proctor the exam for me!By the way, Fan Deng was left behind so that Gu Heng would not have any chance of favoritism, and he went to the martial arts arena to watch Cui Xuanji.

The competition draws lots to group the contestants, and does not allow any possibility of criticism of fairness.Cui Xuanji drew the lottery in the afternoon, and when Feng Zihuan arrived, she had just defeated her second opponent.The first opponent was too vulnerable, Cui Xuanji didn't even draw his sword, and slapped the opponent's sword flying with his bare hands, turned a few steps, and knocked the opponent down to the ground.In martial arts contests, before the two fight, they always have to announce the names and origins of both parties.She thought that this person seemed to be from a side branch of Yuan's family, but she felt helpless, and helped him up with a blank face - was rejected by the other party - and then went to rest by herself.When the second one came over, Feng Zihuan had already sat down on it.After everyone saluted the emperor, the invigilator announced that this was Cui Xuanji, the general of Habayashi Zhonglang, and Xiao Rong of the Lanling Xiao family was there.Cui Xuanji held the saber, while Xiao Rong held the gun.Cui Xuanji looked at the other party's standing posture, and knew that he was not someone to wait for.Where did you hear this name?Suddenly I can’t remember anything, it must be because it’s too hot.She wants to make a quick decision, maybe she can attack.

As soon as the gong sounded, she wanted to take the advantage of her speed, but she didn't expect that Xiao Rong, who was still as immobile as a mountain just now, waved the gun, and the spear array immediately rose like a mountain.Cui Xuanji backed away a little, Xiao Rong's spear was like a whip, bending her body easily and aiming at her vitals precisely, forcing her to retreat again and again.

This attracted Feng Zihuan in the stands. After all, he had fought against Cui Xuanji before, and knew that Cui Xuanji's level was good enough to deal with it. He was just curious about how she would deal with it, and in the process of dealing with it, how would she inspire the other party? Show more skills.According to the competition system, Cui Xuanji needs to enter the top five to be considered qualified for civil service.Counting Xiao Rong, she still has two opponents to defeat.

She took several steps back, held the knife in her right hand, and clenched her left hand suddenly, concentrating her internal force to tense her muscles. Everyone heard a bang, and she blocked Xiao Rong's gun with her bare hands, and fired before Xiao Rong could fight back. Swish, swipe, slash three times in a row, and the third knife was blocked by Xiao Rong with his gun.

It turned out to be a fierce battle in which both sides knew the other's weakness, but they didn't dare to take risks easily and could only test repeatedly.Cui Xuanji didn't dare to stab the gun with a knife easily, because in this way, the opponent might snatch his knife back; Xiao Rong couldn't completely attract Cui Xuanji to a close distance with every blow, and of course he would use his carbine back when he was close The nirvana to gain opportunities, but also lose the safety brought by the distance.Tried and tested repeatedly, looking for opportunities, but the opportunities only appeared when the other party was tired, so the two fought faster and faster.Gradually, the audience couldn't see where Xiao Rong's gun was, nor could they see where Cui Xuanji's knife was slashing. They could only hear the sound of metal and iron clashing more and more intensively.

Suddenly, at that moment, everyone saw that Xiao Rong's spear was blocked by Cui Xuanji. When he turned around, Cui Xuanji took the opportunity to get close to him, and when he turned around, he just used his carbine.

Swish, the sound of clothes being torn.Before everyone could react, the two of them stopped.Cui Xuanji turned her back to Feng Zihuan, Feng Zihuan could only see her knife tip against Xiao Rong's neck, but Xiao Rong's gun was dodged by her, just that sound?

The examiner hurriedly went down to investigate. It turned out that no matter how well Cui Xuanji dodged, Xiao Rong's gun still cut Cui Xuanji's clothes with a long hole. Blood flowed profusely.

The two of them didn't move. The examiner took a look and announced that Cui Xuanji narrowly won.At this time, Feng Zihuan ordered the female officials around him to ask about Xiao Rong's origins, planning to requisition him in the future, and ordered him to reward him.They didn't see Cui Xuanji and Xiao Rong looking at each other and smiling, and each bowed their hands in salute.

During the fight, she remembered that Xiao Rong was a friend of her elder brother Cui Xuance's, because of his good spear skills, he became a friend of the common people.It's just that this person doesn't like military life. If there is no war, he doesn't want to be stationed at the border and loves to wander around.She only heard her brother talk about this person, but she had never seen him.When I saw him today, he was indeed a spear master.If you meet him at this stage, maybe this person can get a better ranking and be recruited by the court.

But after thinking about it, they probably don't want to be expropriated either.

Before leaving the stage, Xiao Rong smiled and said to her: "I will go to Jiangxia in the future, and when I see Brother Zun, I will tell him that his sister is very powerful, and I'm afraid even he can't beat her." Then he said goodbye and left.

Cui Xuanji went to rest, but his clothes were broken, and he didn't know what to do.Feng Zihuan asked the female officer to get the clothes that were prepared for her a long time ago—it was done a long time ago, but he didn't give her a reward, so today is just right.Feng Zihuan couldn't go down in person, lest people say that the emperor was partial to Cui Xuanji, so he sent a female official to pass the message—Cui Xuanji thought it was something important, but he just told her not to damage the suit .

When Cui Xuanji wore a set of water-colored satin clothes and welcomed his last opponent of the day, Feng Zihuan was very happy to see Cui Xuanji.For some reason, she always felt that the color of water was the best match for Cui Xuanji, with a kind of sparse and gentle beauty, just like this person.Although thinking about Cui Xuanji's appearance, it is indeed her daughter's family, and she must look good in red makeup, but...

Cui Xuanji's last opponent was a strong man, nine feet long, who held a pair of sledgehammers. It is said that he broke several legs today.She looked at him and said without fear, but she began to feel that there was something wrong with the competition system she had designed—that such a reckless man was lucky enough to make it all the way to the semifinals.Sure enough, the strong man was knocked down by her within three moves. The reason is very simple, the slow movements are not as fast as the quick movements, especially not as fast as a resentful person.Cui Xuanji's beating made his hamstrings sore and numb, and he couldn't stand up straight for about seven or eight days.

But she thought about it after beating, this person is quite experienced, and probably has a unique use.

After the first day of competition, she had to go to watch the night.The next day, she was in charge of the safety of the competition during the day, and watched Feng Zihuan question several officials, praise several folk wonders in the civil service, and then praised and made fun of him with the paper test papers—she was Emperor, no one dares to blame her in this matter—afterwards, her own final came.

At dusk, the sky will be dark, and I heard that the opponent's name is Chu Jin.Cui Xuanji was not familiar with this name.If both Gongsunman and Xie Yan were present, these two people would probably bet on the outcome of this match, and they dared to place extremely high bets.

The author has something to say:

{80} is equivalent to today's Ministry of Water Resources.

{81} An institution responsible for diplomacy and court etiquette.

{82} During the Wei and Jin dynasties, Shaofu specialized in handicraft manufacturing and coin drum casting.

{83}An important point in ancient coins is the amount of copper, which directly determines the quality of the currency, and the quality also determines the value and popularity.See Li Shuo's "300 Years of the Civil War".