In 79 1 year, Datang once again ushered in the imperial examination. The examiner of this imperial examination is assistant minister Du of the Ministry of Rites. Du should have been happy to be the examiner of the imperial examination. After all, all students who pass the exam will become his protege. But for this imperial examination, Du was sad.
This is because before the imperial examination, many dignitaries found Du, hoping that Du could take care of his children. Numerous dignitaries came to give gifts to Du Fu, which made Du Fu take great pains. If he names any children of dignitaries, he will offend others So Du had to order his servant to close his house and not see any gift-giving guests.
Although the general dignitaries have been dismissed, there are still some dignitaries that Du can't offend. There are too many powerful people looking for Du, but the admission quota is limited after all. Powerful people who can't be offended regard their children's high school ranking as an opportunity to attack each other and show their strength.
Du suddenly blindsided, how to rank? Offending these tough dignitaries, I'm afraid there will be no good results in the future! Du didn't sleep well for several nights because of this. When the imperial examination went to the third game, Du could no longer restrain his inner fears and contradictions.
So he had to beg a group of candidates and said, I have many letters of recommendation in my hand. Whoever I admit from you or who I don't admit will make me offend some people I dare not. Since I am a recommended candidate, can you think of a way to make me not a sinner?
At this time, the old examinee Yin Shu stood up and said, adults don't have to be embarrassed. I don't have a background, and I'm not a recommended person. I'll help you correct the paper and set the ranking, so you won't be embarrassed. Even if the dignitaries blame you, you can blame me.
After listening to Yin Shu's words, all the candidates booed loudly and asked Yin Shu to review the examination papers and arrange the rankings. Under the excitement of everyone, Du actually asked to review the examination papers and arrange the rankings.
Yin Shu first read out the examination paper on the spot, and set the second to thirtieth place in the exam. Then he asked the candidates to check their rankings. Many candidates have no objection to this. Just as everyone guessed who would be the number one scholar, Du also asked curiously: Who are you going to choose as the number one scholar? Confidently said to Du: All the candidates present only have themselves, which is the well-deserved first place. After picking up Du, he actually claimed to be the first.
The examinees were unconvinced by Yin Shu's practice, but when they saw the wonderful article on Yin Shu's test paper, they never raised any objection again.
Then Tang Dezong just went through the motions, so he appointed Yin Shu as the top scholar of the undergraduate course. Afterwards, Du La took his hand and thanked him, saying, Thanks to you, I helped the teacher tide over the difficulties this time. It turned out that the practice did not make Du offend all powerful people, but made Du love talents.
Why don't the dignitaries blame Du? This is because the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was open, and the dignitaries also appreciated the literati with real talent and learning. Moreover, in the eyes of the Tang people, Yin Shu's behavior is not arrogance and arrogance, but a manifestation of self-confidence, which is exactly what the Tang people appreciate. In this way, Yin Shu became the most special champion of Datang.
No one would have thought that after 22 years, Yin Shu's younger brother Yin Ji once again became a top student in high school. Yin Ji didn't get the first place in high school this time, but he relied on real talent.
Because Yin Shu and Yin Ji are the top two in high school, people in Baoning Town (the hometown of the two brothers) in Langzhong call their brother Shuangfeng in Wu Tong. Because the two brothers' Champion House is located in Baoning Town, the local people also call a street near Champion House Champion Street. Many candidates from later generations went to Zhuangyuan Street to offer sacrifices to Yin Shu and Yin Ji, so that they could enter high school in the imperial examination.
The eighth volume of Tang Yan Yan records the story of Yin Shu's self-selected champion. At that time, the nobles of the Tang Dynasty felt that Yin Shu, who was not afraid of rhetoric, was a real genius with great tolerance, with courage, responsibility, confidence and frankness.
Du, who became a legendary literati, was actually a legendary civil servant.
After the Anshi Rebellion, Du Kao was a scholar, which was highly valued by the Prime Minister Du Hung-chien and was later recommended. After entering the DPRK as an envoy of Shuofang, Du presided over the military and political affairs of Shuofang as an envoy of Shuofang. Later, Li Huaiguang forged an imperial edict to kill General Wen Ruya and others to replace Guo Ziyi's occupation of Shuofang. Fortunately, Du recognized that the imperial edict was forged by Li Huaiguang at that time, which made Li Huaiguang's plot fail.
During his illness, Hanlin bachelor Wang monopolized the power. At that time, Wang was ready to take the opportunity to reform, but Du, who opposed the reform, advocated that Prince Chun Li should supervise the country first. Wei Zhiyi, one of Wang's men, immediately questioned Du: You have just been promoted, how dare you mention the ban on school? Du said angrily, I have been greatly indebted to the three dynasties. How can you betray yourself because of your official position?