In the palace, after Zhao Zhen said "Wang Yi", the coaches of the eight teams were determined.
Tang Long stood in the palace, obviously a little surprised that the emperor said the name Wang Yi.
Zhao Zhen saw Tang Long's worry at a glance and said, "Why, do you think the Huangtian team has someone more suitable to be a coach?"
When Tang Long heard this, he said: "Well..."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "You don't mean to say, let me be the coach."
After hearing this, Tang Long quickly waved his hand and said, "I don't dare. Your Majesty has so many things to do, how can you have time to do this?"
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Actually, don't tell me. At the beginning, I really thought about becoming a coach myself, but then I thought that I was really busy with government affairs recently, so I simply gave up this idea.
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Tang Long saw that Zhao Zhen was a little relaxed, so he tried to express his thoughts.
"Actually, Wei Chen has an idea, but he doesn't know whether to talk about it or not."
Zhao Zhen looked at Tang Long and explained what Tang Long wanted to say.
"Let me guess what you want to say. You must be saying that Wang Da should be more suitable to be this coach than Wang Yi."
Tang Long did not shy away and said: "Yes, according to Weichen's observation, Chen Chen from the grassroots team and Gu Liang from the Goshawk team are both captains and spiritual leaders of the team, and they have arrived
During the official competition, they also have to go off the field and participate in the competition in person. So it will be helpful for the team if they serve as coaches again, and there is no problem with this. But Wang Yi..."
As a member of the royal family who Zhao Zhen inquired about information about each team, Tang Long knew a lot of information, including information between each team. Zhao Zhen knew that Tang Long had a reason for what he said, so he
Asked: "You want to say that based on the status and abilities of Chen Chen and Gu Liang, Wang Dalai should be the coach of our Huangtian team, right?"
Tang Long nodded without saying anything.
Zhao Zhen then asked, "Tell me about the advantages and disadvantages of Wang Da and Wang Yi."
Tang Long thought for a moment and found out that he actually had a very deep understanding of the Huangtian Team. Ever since he received Zhao Zhen's order to inquire about the intelligence of all the Cuju teams, the one he started to observe first was also the most convenient to observe, wasn't it?
Zhao Zhen’s Royal Cuju Team?
Tang Long said: "Wang Da, as the captain of the Huangtian Team, although this person has a relatively low level of education and poor understanding, he is experienced and has a relatively calm personality. In terms of Cuju ability, according to Wei Chen, he
He should be the one with the most outstanding ability among the Huangtian team. I think the Huangtian team should eventually play Cuju around Captain Wang Da."
Zhao Zhen nodded. He seemed to agree with Tang Long's statement about Wang Da and motioned for him to continue.
Tang Long then continued: "As for Wang Yi, although he is comparable to Wang Da in terms of Cuju ability, he has a bad temper and a very flamboyant personality. He is not a person who can bear his temper.
Guy."
Seeing that Tang Long wanted to say something else, Zhao Zhen waved his hand, motioning Tang Long to stop, and said: "I've been listening to you for a long time. What you're talking about are all Wang Yi's shortcomings. In fact, I probably took a look at this
Regarding the coach's related articles, I think the most suitable person to be a coach should be the person who can best adapt to this new type of Cuju and has the ability to accept new things quickly. In this regard, who do you think is better, Wang Yi or Wang Da?
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Tang Long did not dare to be vague and said: "If it is this aspect, Wang Yi is naturally better." After saying this, Tang Long looked at Zhao Zhen and continued, "So, what your Majesty means is to let Wang Yi do it."
This coach uses this to hone his mind and make him another core figure of the Royal Sky Team?"
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Well, if nothing unexpected happens, we will continue to hold this competition. This is just the first competition. Now, according to Wang Da's age, I'm afraid he won't be able to endure such a high-intensity competition."
This time, it is estimated that Wang Da will retire by the third or fourth competition. At that time, the Huangtian team will be reorganized, and at this time, the new core must stand up. If we start from scratch at that time
It’s definitely too late to train him, so it’s better to give young Wang Yi a chance now.”
As soon as he said these words, Tang Long finally understood. It turned out that the emperor was thinking about more than just this competition. Although Wang Da was in the spotlight now, Wang Yi did have the advantage in terms of age.
Let Wang Yi get familiar with the coaching affairs in advance. When Wang Da retires, Wang Yi will naturally become the next captain of the Huangtian team.
"Your Majesty is far-sighted and I am ashamed of myself." Tang Long said.
Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "Let's stop talking about the Emperor Tian team here. How is Han Qi doing? Is there any action by him?"
Speaking of Han Qi, when everyone left Funing Hall yesterday and went to Zhe Kexing's residence to pick up the manuscript, Zhao Zhen sent a message to keep Han Qi here. What they said later, only the two of them know.
Zhao Zhen suddenly asked about Tang Long, and naturally he was a little concerned about Han Qi's behavior after he talked to Han Qi yesterday.
In fact, Zhao Zhen had already sent Tang Long to Han Qi's house as early as the first time Han Qi brought the Goshawks into the palace to meet the emperor. Han Qi's every move is now under Tang Long's control
among.
Tang Long thought about it and said, "There was no special reaction. I just went to Zheke's residence to pick up the manuscript as usual, and then went back to my mansion, ate, and slept."
"Have you ever met anyone among them and said anything to them?" Zhao Zhen asked again.
Tang Long was confused for a moment and said, "I've only seen Zhe Kexing, but I haven't seen the others."
Tang Long couldn't see the expression on Zhao Zhen's face clearly. After a moment, Zhao Zhen said, "I want to see Ouyang Xiu and all the examiners in charge of the provincial examinations."
Tang Long obeyed the order and went out.
At noon, all the examiners from the imperial examination and the provincial examination, including Ouyang Xiu, arrived at the palace and met Zhao Zhen.
As the most famous examiner, Ouyang Xiu was a little confused. Zhao Zhen called everyone here today.
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What is it for? It seems that the provincial examination will be held in four or five days. After the provincial examination, the scores are announced, and preparations for the imperial examination in the palace will be made. At this time, their examiners are counting the number of people and preparing in Gongyuan.
When work was at its busiest, I didn’t know why Zhao Zhen asked them to come over at this time.
Zhao Zhen saw everyone had arrived, so he said, "How are the preparations for the provincial examination going?"
Ouyang Xiu replied: "Everything is almost ready. According to the normal date, there will be no problem in holding the provincial examination."
Zhao Zhen thought for a moment and said, "This time, when will our imperial examination be held?"
Ouyang Xiu was stunned. He had never thought about the question Zhao Zhen asked.
In the early Song Dynasty, the palace examination was a knockout examination. The specific proportion of elimination was not fixed, and the admission rate ranged from one-third to two-thirds. In this way, candidates who passed the provincial examination many times would always be rejected when they came to the palace examination.
The situation of elimination. However, after that, there were cases where some people who failed the palace examination repeatedly became angry and defected to Xixia, which was on the same side as the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the Northern Song Dynasty court also believed that it was really not good to implement elimination in the palace examination.
In the palace examination in the second year of Jiayou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1057), Song Renzong personally presided over it and announced that the palace examination would not eliminate candidates, and all those who participated in the palace examination would be admitted. All 388 Jinshi and 388 imperial examination candidates who participated in the palace examination this year were admitted. From then on, the palace examination
Not eliminating, just ranking candidates based on test scores becomes customization. However, because the ranking in the palace examination has an important impact on candidates' future official career and promotion, candidates still attach great importance to the palace examination.
Through this information, what we can determine is that the time of this palace examination must be after the results of the provincial examination are released, and during this period, a group of people must be eliminated in the palace examination. In the years before that, every year
The time for the palace examination is not fixed, at least it has to wait until the results of the provincial examination are released before deciding the time of the palace examination. Therefore, now that Zhao Zhen asked Ouyang Xiu about the time of the palace examination, Ouyang Xiu could only give an approximate time.
"It should take at least ten days to half a month to mark the papers and issue the results. After that, we will count the number of people who entered the palace examination and organize the palace examination."
Other officials also agreed, saying that this is basically the case every time.
Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said: "In this case, I won't embarrass you. This year's palace examination will be extended later, in mid-to-late March. Let me think about it, it will be a week after the end of the new Cuju competition.
How about it?"
All the officials were a little surprised, wondering why the time of the imperial examination and the new Cuju competition should be linked to the new Cuju competition? Ouyang Xiu had already understood something. Zhao Zhen was planning to wait for the results of the provincial examination to come out. Look.
Seeing what kind of results Lu Yao achieves, and then letting him finish the Cuju competition and then take the imperial examination, is this clearly giving Lu Yao a back door.
But for Ouyang Xiu, he has always loved talented people. At first, he did not pay much attention to Lu Yao, and his impression of Lu Yao was just that of a playboy. But later, Lu Yao used his literary talents to
Having proven his ability, Ouyang Xiu now felt that there was no problem in extending Lu Yao's palace examination time for a while.
After all, although there is still a rule to eliminate some people during the palace examination, the probability of elimination is also very low. Moreover, the ranking of provincial examination scores is basically the ranking of palace examination scores, not
There have been too many changes. Moreover, with Lu Yao's ability, Ouyang Xiu would never believe it if he could pass the provincial examination but not the palace examination.
"I obey the decree."
Before Ouyang Xiu could react, the other examiners had already agreed with Zhao Zhen's statement. Why? Because the date set by Zhao Zhen was actually to decompress Ouyang Xiu and their work. In the original situation, maybe
The process of grading and reviewing scores, which they had to complete within a week or ten days, was relaxed this time to half a month or even longer, which was naturally a good thing for these examiners.
Therefore, this matter was settled happily. Both you and Ouyang Xiu were very satisfied with this decision.
At the same time, on the training ground, the Fanlou team and the Tigers were training.
Pan Wen also met the coach hired by the Tigers for the first time. Judging from the age, he was a young man about the same age as himself, named Yang Tao. Pan Wen asked carefully and found that Yang Tao did not
What a special identity, he is just an ordinary citizen in the inner city, and he is usually responsible for delivering food from boss Zhao Hu's warehouse to boss Pan Yuanwu of Fanlou. However, Yang Tao was lucky enough to see with his own eyes what happened during the last meeting.
It was because of Lu Yao's passionate speech that Yang Tao became very interested in the new Cuju.
However, due to the fact that the lineup of each team had been determined at that time, Yang Tao was unable to join the eight teams and become a formal player. Fortunately, last night, while doing inventory in Zhao Mansion, I accidentally heard that Mr.
Zhao Hu talked about the coach, and the excited Yang Tao recommended himself. As for Zhao Hu, after learning about Yang Tao's situation, he felt deeply Yang Tao's enthusiasm for the new Cuju and felt that if he were to be the coach,
, it will definitely greatly improve the strength of the Tigers.
So, Zhao Hu decided to hand over the coach-related manuscripts to Yang Tao. Yang Tao was so excited that he didn't sleep well all night and studied the coach's manuscripts all night, so now he looks just like Pan Wen before.
, with severe dark circles under his eyes.
Although this Tigers team is the opponent that Fan Lou team will encounter in the first round of official competition, since Pan Wen was responsible for everything of the Tigers team before, and Pan Wen himself appreciates this kind of people who do things seriously.
, so Pan Wen's first impression of Yang Tao was very good, so the two hit it off. Then Pan Wen Jiujiang told Yang Tao everything about the Tigers, hoping to allow Yang Tao to formulate tactical plans and perform coaching duties.
, these things I told him can work.
After that, Pan Wen was equivalent to a power transfer with Yang Tao, which means that from today on, all matters concerning the Tigers will be handed over from Pan Wen's hands to Yang Tao's. For Pan Wen,
He said, in fact, this is a good thing. After all, he only needs to take care of his Fan Lou team. As for
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On the Tigers side, Pan Wen was originally worried that Yang Tao would not be able to get along with the Tigers players, but now it seems that Pan Wen is really overthinking.
Yang Tao, who also came from a commoner background, quickly integrated into the Tigers family, and Pan Wen was relieved to hand over the Tigers to Yang Tao.
Pan Wen murmured in his heart. He really didn't know if Yang Tao's arrival was a disaster or a bad thing for him. What is certain is that when the official competition came, Pan Wen originally thought that in the first round of the Fanlou team
It is certain that we can win, but now it seems that it is not necessarily the case.
Compared with the busy figures of these people, Lu Yao, who is at home at this time, is much more relaxed. At this moment, he is reading "The Doctrine of the Mean" in the Four Books, a passage in this long prose.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, this retreat life is very boring and without any fun. What's more, in the eyes of others, Lu Yao has actually been in a very different state every day since he ran away from home and returned home.
In such a busy state, I basically go here or there all day long. In the end, I created so many industries in such a short period of time.
But even so, Lu Yao still did not stop. He also made suggestions and held this new Cuju competition. Therefore, other people, even those in the Lu family, including Lu Xu and Lu Hao, felt that let
For a restless person like Lu Yao, it is really difficult for him to study hard in his room all day long.
But what they didn't know was that for Lu Yao himself, this was a rare opportunity to relax. You know, since he arrived in the Song Dynasty, new ideas would come up almost every once in a while, and Lu Yao was
Once he has an idea, he has to take practical action. Therefore, he has more and more industries, and later he started the lottery industry, and then he also held this new Cuju competition.
According to Lu Yao's own plan, at the beginning, he did not expect that he would do so many things in just a few months. Now he calmed down and thought about whether he might have some problems.
Rushing too fast, or in other words, using too much force.
This retreat actually gave Lu Yao an opportunity to re-examine and reflect on himself, allowing him to clearly understand the current situation and calm down to decide what to do next, and, most importantly,
During this period, no one will disturb him, not even his own family members will say a word to him.
These days can be said to be a rare time for Lu Yao to be alone. Therefore, Lu Yao has decided that in the next few days, there is no need to talk much in the morning and afternoon. He still has to study and understand the Four Books and Five Classics, and for the recent events
You should also be prepared for current affairs. These things may be tested during the palace examination. The reason why you need to review current affairs just shows that Lu Yao is full of confidence that he can pass the provincial examination.
However, apart from the serious study time in the morning and afternoon, Lu Yao decided to spend some time alone and meditate every night. He had to let himself go for a while every day to think about what he wanted next.
What, what else is there to do?
After making a plan, Lu Yao followed this schedule, studying homework every morning and afternoon, and meditating in the evening. At this time, there was only one question in front of Lu Yao.
It's not the imperial examination, but Han Yunyu and Cao Han.
According to the current situation, the marriage between Lu Yao and Han Yunyu is inevitable, but Lu Yao has discovered his affection for Cao Han and does not want to let it go casually. What should we do about this matter? Even if it is Lu Yao
, there is no way to come up with a perfect solution now, what's more, the Cao family and the Han family are enemies, and Lu Yao can't afford to offend either party.
In this way, Lu Yao spent a few days in seclusion in a daze.
The time has come to the last day before the provincial examination.
The provincial examinations in the Song Dynasty were all held in Gongyuan. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, in order to provide venues for the imperial examinations, general temporary residences began to be changed. This not only took a long time but was also likely to cause damage to the original buildings, so it was generally said that
Most of them use relatively simple buildings. Buddhist temples are often used as temporary examination venues. However, due to limited space, it is difficult to accommodate many candidates. At the same time, when the number of people increases, it will become crowded and cause problems. In order to expand the space, people often
The environment of building simple houses is very harsh, so there is an urgent need to build tribute courtyards so that candidates can take the exams with dignity. With the reform of the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty, the poor were able to change their class through their own efforts, and a large number of scholars began to enter
The imperial examination career. This objective actually required the Song Dynasty government to provide enough venues to accommodate the imperial examination candidates.
Whether it is building or expanding the Gongyuan, it requires manpower and financial resources, and it requires a lot of expenses. The construction and maintenance of the Gongyuan of the Central Ministry of Rites basically relies on the appropriation of the imperial court, and the Ministry of Industry builds it. And the local Gongyuan
Gongyuan of different sizes will be pruned according to the different local economic development. If there are not enough funds, the Gongyuan can only be suspended. Therefore, the construction of Gongyuan also requires funds from other places, fundraising by officials at all levels, etc.
The venue where Lu Yao took the exam was naturally the Gongyuan that had been built. Today was the last day of retreat. Lu Yao decided to relax for a day. Moreover, there were still many things to prepare, so he just watched
A whole morning of books.
During lunch, my mother, Yan, started to organize, because after all, the candidates for the provincial examination had to live in the examination room for three consecutive days after entering the examination room. And because each imperial examination involves a large number of candidates,
It was huge, so Yan was naturally a little worried about Lu Yao's food, clothing and accommodation, so she enthusiastically said that after eating, she would pack the luggage that Lu Yao would take to Gongyuan tomorrow.
Lu Xu persuaded from the side, saying that Lu Yao's home was in the inner city, and there was no need to bring too much other things except the things that were necessary. The two parents even quarreled a bit because of their different opinions.
Lu Yao himself said that he would just ask his mother to prepare a package for him and put some clothes in it. On his side, he also planned to bring some of his own things and enter the examination room.
Just like when traveling in modern times, Lu Yao feels that two cloth bags are enough luggage, and any more will be a burden.