On August 18th, the first provincial examination of the Ministry of Rites, the examination policy was unprecedented as usual. In addition to nearly 20,000 candidates who attended the examination in various places, the city of Bianjing was empty, and the number of candidates who entered the venue was worthy of praise outside the provincial examination room, which became an important festival for the people of Bianjing every three years.

Before leaving, Chen Dong and others had already informed the news that Kaifeng Prefecture would arrest people on the day of the provincial examination. Although most scholars from the Neo-Confucian Society were deeply frightened, they still believed in the ancestral family law of "not saying anything about sinners". In addition to more than 200 people who gave up the imperial examination and returned home early, more than 1,900 people also took the exam as usual. Zhang Bing and Deng Su were also among them.

In order to demonstrate the solemnity of the sacred ceremony, before entering the examination, the examiner first led his son to worship the most saint Confucius, and accompanied him to the sacrifices. After visiting the Confucian saint, he visited the emperor and then read the edict on behalf of the emperor and encouraged the examiner to attend the examination. Every time the examiner visited the students, the people watching the fun outside the venue would cheer that shook the earth, as if the teachings of Confucius and Mencius were spread throughout every inch of the territory of the Song Dynasty, protecting and nourishing her people.

Zhang Bing'an sat in his seat, his heart was as calm as an ancient well. After calming down, he looked up at the title presented by the officials of the Ministry of Rites: "Subject to the laws of the country but not to party." He frowned slightly and answered the paper: "The three generations of laws follow the laws of heaven, and the human feelings in the lower body must be returned to the superiors, and the benefits must be left to the subordinates. All the world obeyed the law, so the law was not secret and governed, and the people were not punished and remained at peace. The scholars were all obedient to the public but not to party..." "...The original law could not be hidden in customs, but the sages picked it up and made an appointment with the people..." He thought about it sometimes, and sometimes wrote quickly. After about an hour, he breathed a long breath, raised his hands to let the clerks of the Ministry of Rites come to collect the papers.

Before we reached the door, several lieutenants from the Neo-Confucian Society were pushing and shoving officials. Someone shouted loudly, "I can only write a letter to talk about things, and it has not violated the national law!" The people outside burst into cheers, and many people secretly said that they had not waited for nothing. They watched the excitement more, and there were many whispers, and they were talking about it, "The Southeastern lieutenants colluded with the thief, and they came to the capital for the devil of Fang," "Nonsense, I tell you, this was the public disclosure some time ago," "Hmph, Master Cai, how can Eunuch Tong offend?" "Beat you, a bastard, a lackey." Several people watching actually started to argue and chaotic.

Two Kaifeng Prefecture officials had already walked up to Zhang Bing and wanted to grab his arm, but Zhang Bing sank his face, his sleeves shook, and he blew, "How can you be the norm!" He naturally had a sense of power on his body, which made the two officials stunned. He thought it was the Shangguan from the yamen. When he looked closely, he was actually wearing the robe of an ordinary Confucian scholar and did not wear official clothes, so he hesitated to go forward again.

His loud shout was full of excitement, which shocked several officials and disciples around him to see him. However, Zhang Bing seemed to be nothing, he sorted out his clothes and turned around to look at the statue of Confucius and Mencius, and fell to the ground with respect. He thought to himself that his disciples had been studying at the age of three and had been seeking the way of sages for twenty years. He sacrificed his life for justice, and today he would never be taught by the saints.

He bowed three times with a serious expression, then he raised his clothes and looked at the two officials and said, "Let's go." He held his head up and walked towards the Kaifeng Prefecture Prison. Tens of thousands of people around him shouted loudly. The more people were cheering loudly. The few who were struggling and arguing seemed to have some understanding. In the same way as Zhang Bing, he turned around and bid farewell to Master Confucius and Mencius. He followed Zhang Bing. Several toddlers looked at each other. Since the disciples were calmly going to prison, they were happy to be less concerned. Several people followed behind with iron rulers and chains, leaving a decent feeling.

In this prison, in addition to Chen Dong, Zhao Xingde and more than 200 people fled in advance, Kaifeng Prefecture held nearly 2,000 candidates from the Neo-School Society, which took the exam. The news spread throughout the river like wildfire, and there were constant riots everywhere. The scholars were filled with righteous indignation, thinking that the Han Dynasty party and finings had reappeared recently, while the Liao people praised the case, hoping that the Song Dynasty would be as chaotic as possible.

The Xiaguo caravan stayed in Luoyang for three days. In addition to purchasing some goods, new merchants also came in one after another. On August 22, Zhao Xingde learned about the news in Luoyang. He was silent for a long time. Fortunately, Li Ruoxue was persuaded by the side, and he felt a little relieved. Li Ruoxue's grandfather had a garden in Luoyang and many relatives lived here. However, he was unable to visit because of elopement. Although he was a little sad, he was worried that Zhao Xingde would be depressed as a classmate in the Neo-Confucian Society and forced himself to smile, deliberately dragging him around the streets.

Luoyang experienced wars for a long time at the end of the Tang Dynasty, but after entering the Song Dynasty, it was restored many times and rested for a hundred years. Now it has been fully restored. Although it is not as prosperous as Tokyo, it is not as noisy as Tokyo, and it is more suitable for people to settle down. The scenery around Luoyang is better than that of Bianjing. There are hundreds of miles of plains and fertile fields outside the city. You can see green mountains everywhere in Songshan, Wangwushan and other places. Many officials built mansions, built terraces, and planted plants and trees in Luoyang.

Luoyang people's clothes are more gorgeous and distinctive than those of Bianjing. Chengdu Shu brocade, Gusu Song brocade, Jinling Yunjin, Gaochang woolen velvet, and Chang'an white folds gather here. Taking advantage of the two days of rest, Li Ruoxue bought a few clothes for changing clothes. When she came out of the mansion, she did not bring any clothes beside her except for the half-old Luoshang and blouse. After staying in Luoyang for three days, the caravan set off again and headed towards Hangu Pass.

On August 25, Yelu Dashi, who was leading the army to guard Gaoyang Pass, also received news. He asked his personal soldiers to call Tong Guan to come. During this period, Tong Guan wrote a document to surrender to Liao, which not only cursed the emperor of Song to the end, but also revealed many unknown privacy of Zhao You himself. Yelu Dashi couldn't help but smile when he remembered those things. In addition, he also promised to ced the three towns of Hebei Zhending, Hejian, Dingzhou and Zhongshan to the Liao Kingdom. In short, as long as Yelu Dashi handed the surrender letter in his hand to the emperor of Song, Tong Guan would definitely not escape death.

A ray of sunlight shone in through the west window, shining on Yelu Dashi's desk. He picked up a book and read it. It was the "Governance of the World" by the Western philosopher Yalisidorda. There were many ways to govern the country. Yelu Dashi was deeply interested. Therefore, he also found the "Obstinence Kingdom" by the teacher, Brautu, to read it. He found that the views of the master and apprentice were very different, and he felt even more interesting. "I love my teacher, and I love the truth more. It is really as simple as our Khitans. It is not as hypocritical as the Han people." Yelu Dashi thought with a smile.

"Brother Tie, I always feel that the system of the civic assembly of the Hero Kingdom and the system of the senate parliament of the Libbe Kingdom seemed to be born for us Khitans." Yelu Dashi lazily told his subordinate Yelu Tiege, "The Khitans were originally divided into tribes, and the leaders of each tribe were constantly arguing with each other. It would be good to use this senate parliament system to restrain them."
Chapter completed!