Zhao Tianming also knows the word "sitting", which means that if a person violates the law, his family, relatives and neighbors will be punished jointly.

The origin of the joint sitting is very early, and there is a system of continuous sitting in the summer, Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period, and the Warring States Period.

Among the "Shang Yang Reform Laws" that has been praised and advocated by the people's congress is a "joint sitting law", which stipulates that ten families should be in a company, and if there are problems, they must correct and expose each other, otherwise they will sit together.

Moreover, for thousands of years, the "joint sitting method" has been used in circulation, although some dynasties have been reduced, but never abolished, to the Qing Dynasty, but greatly expanded.

"Moreover, this matter is not just as simple as being implicated, there is also a political struggle involved, and someone in the court wants to engage in the chief examiner Cheng Minzheng and sues him. As long as politics is involved, it is not as simple as right and wrong, it is a struggle of life and death. You're still young, remember to bring some brains in the future, otherwise you won't know if you're behind someone's back. ”

The fifth master looked at Li Xiushan and shook his head again and again, looking disgusted.

"It is not necessarily that Tang Bohu was implicated, in fact, there have always been two theories among the people, one is that Tang Bohu was implicated, as the fifth master just said, and the other is that Tang Bohu really cheats. ”

Zhou Lao shook his head, although he sympathized with Tang Bohu's experience, he did not agree with his statement.

"Tang Bohu can be the first in the province, and he still has to cheat? He's not so stupid, he wants to pit himself, right?"

Li Xiushan felt incredible, even if he wanted to take that three-yuan and first, there was no need to toss himself so much, right?

"The matter of officialdom is not so simple, do you still remember that the chief examiner of the Tianfu Township Examination showed the test paper to Cheng Minzheng? In ancient times, all the candidates who were selected by the examiner would become his protégé and a major political resource for him in the future.

In this, there is an unspoken rule derived, called 'agreed protégé', before the imperial examination, if there is a genius who is famous all over the country, everyone thinks that this person will be able to soar in the future. In this case, some examiners will contact the candidate privately, reveal the question to him, and make an appointment with each other. In this way, no matter who clicks on this person's roll in the future, it will not affect the relationship that has been determined in advance. ”

Zhou Lao told me eloquently, obviously there has been research in this regard.

"The ancients just knew how to play, so that no one else could snatch it. A group of people were dumbfounded when they heard it, there were really a lot of doorways in ancient officialdom!

"Of course, this is a very risky transaction, so the examiners are not afraid to take this risk, and the deal is only possible when the real person who is expected to come along. Whether Tang Bohu became Cheng Minzheng's agreed protégé or not is inconclusive, it is all speculation. ”

In fact, it is also character that determines fate, and such an encounter may have been predestined. When Tang Bohu was the first to take the Xiucai examination, too much boasting from others made him get carried away, he didn't go to school, he didn't even take the test to fame, he drank all day long, and he didn't participate in the imperial examination for more than ten years.

Later, during his participation in the entrance examination, he drank with his friend Zhang Lingsu prostitute and let loose his life, and he was very disgusted with this kind of behavior when he learned the imperial history, and made him lose his name in the admission examination. Later, the prefect of Suzhou cherished talents, and Wen Zhengming's father Wen Lin, Shen Zhou and others also interceded for Tang Bohu, and only after mentioning the imperial history did he agree to the "addendum" to let him participate in the township examination.

This did not let Tang Bohu learn a lesson, before the test in his hometown, he held a banquet and invited Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhengming, and Xu Zhenqing to participate. ”..

Li Xiushan shook his head, and said in his heart that Tang Bohu turned out to be such a person, because I have admired him for so long, Lao Tzu is more capable of being a man than him!

During the period when he went to Beijing to catch the exam, he not only often lingered in the land of fireworks, but after the exam, he may have drunk too much, and then let out wild words, saying that he must be the current science and technology yuan. You must know that a place like the capital is not his hometown, and the people who hear these words are not his friends. Maybe the speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional, and many people feel that there must be an ulterior secret in this.

In the Ming Dynasty, speech officials prevailed, and the accusation of black cases has always been the specialty of scholars, and soon, some people reported this situation to the government, reported it layer by layer, and finally went to the emperor. In front of the emperor, where are there any trivial matters? The situation became serious, and the emperor immediately ordered the examination papers to be checked, causing a storm all over the city, and even politicians took the opportunity to attack the chief examiner, Cheng Minzheng, thus triggering a fraud case.

From this point of view, Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing are actually affected by Tang Bohu, if it were not for Tang Bohu's wild words, the ending of the matter could have been very good, Tang Bohu is likely to be the Huiyuan, or even the champion, Xu Jing may be able to take the Jinshi exam, and Cheng Minzheng is still prosperous. However, all this has disappeared. ”

Zhou Lao's analysis of this, even Zhao Tianming and Gu Jiahua were extremely surprised, this is too far from the legendary image of Tang Bohu, right?

"Perhaps, it is also this kind of experience that has tempered him! Only then did he have the realm of calligraphy and painting and artistic achievements, and who can say clearly what he has been saying about through the ages, for centuries, and in the world? If he really took the examination for a jinshi seriously and became an official, perhaps he would have been obsessed with the public, and how many jinshi and how many officials could be remembered by people throughout the ages?"

Zhou Lao sighed, there is no word about Tang Bohu's various rights and wrongs, through the ages, no one is perfect, he can recognize himself at all times, and he is the most correct person, even the saint can't do it, and the sage also has times when he is lost and confused.

Moreover, in ancient times, when literati went to the Qinglou, there was no moral burden at all, but it was a great affair, and there were countless good stories of talented and beautiful people. At least, it's much better than a certain Zhu Sage.

"Lao Zhou, you still have unique opinions, although I have also studied Tang Bohu, but I can't say so many ways of you, cultural people are cultural people, your words make me also refreshing!"

"Let the fifth master see and laugh, I can't always change the stinky problem of the old pedant, I like to talk about it at length, and it's endless, I guess you're all tired of listening to it. ”

Zhou Lao smiled embarrassedly, there are many teachers, it is inevitable that he has the habit of instructing people, and he forgot that it was not his students who were present, but a senior who was higher than him.

"Where, ask the young people present, who has not benefited a lot? We, old fellows, must have people like you who are willing to educate and promote the younger generations, so that we will not lose our reputation, and we deserve the respect of the younger generations from the bottom of our hearts, and we will sincerely call out our seniors. The fifth master said.

A group of young people said that what the fifth master said was very true, and praised Zhou Lao loudly, Li Xiushan rolled his eyes, and said to the fifth master: "Fifth uncle, in fact, I also respect you very much, and you take good care of us." ”