The so-called difference between the south and the north in the Holy Han Empire is not that the south of the Dragon River is the south, and the north of the Dragon River is the north, but is bounded by the mountains of Yinshan, Yangshan, Songshan, Wumishan, etc., the north generally refers to Hunzhou, Daizhou, Youzhou, Xuzhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Sizhou, Yongzhou and Longdu, while the south generally refers to Yangzhou, Yuezhou, Hangzhou, Yizhou, Muzhou, Shouzhou, Yuezhou, Yongzhou and Jiangzhou, but Yangzhou is long and narrow from north to south, so the south generally thinks that it is a southerner, and the north thinks that it is a northerner, which is the most special.

The first imperial examination when the Shenghan was founded, the result was that all the thirty people on the Tianbang were southern students, so angry that the Holy Taizu withdrew the book of the Ministry of Rites at that time, and the Holy Taizu was from Youzhou, how could he see that none of the northern students were selected, could it be that the students in the imperial study were all with southern accents and couldn't speak? Later, the Holy Taizu made a rule, when admitting the heavenly list, he must have half of the north and the south, and it doesn't matter where the champion list is. For example, Lu Baiting, the champion, is a native of Yizhou in the south, and Ji Zhen, the county commander of Longyang County, was the last on the list that year, and he was a native of Sizhou in the north.

Because the champions of the five consecutive imperial examinations are all southerners, the southern students are naturally full of pride when facing the northern students. However, although there are many students in the south who are officials, those who are big officials are all students from the north, after all, Longdu is located in the north, and the descendants of officials are more likely to be promoted when they are officials.

So the southern students said that the northern students would only rely on the shade to be useless, and the northern students said that the southern students would only study elm heads, and some people provoked, so the two sides changed from a literary fight to a martial fight.

Su Yu couldn't cry or laugh before and after hearing what happened: "It's just such a thing, each of them will hit ten boards and drive out." ”

The master hurriedly said: "My lord, this is not a matter of punishment, but a dispute between the north and the south. Believe it or not, in a few days, there will be a fight between students from the south and students from the north. It is rumored that the ten sons of the Tianbang are all northerners, do you know why? ”

"Why?"

"Because they are all children of the scholar clan, it is reasonable for everyone to think that they can enter the heavenly list."

"Not necessarily." Su Yu then shook his head and said, "But the disciples of the Shi clan are indeed easier to be lifted. ”

Zhang Xiaowu listened to their words and smiled slightly, the atmosphere of mutual contempt between the north and the south, not to mention in Shenghan, is in China, in the United States, and in all countries in the world. The so-called regional discrimination also comes from the love of one's hometown, so as to despise people in other places, but the imperial examination is about to begin, and these students are making a bit of a big noise.

Su Yu asked Zhang Xiaowu, "Lord Shaobao, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "You are Fu Yin, naturally you will judge, I will not interfere." ”

"Are you okay?"

"I worked as a county magistrate in Saibei for a few days, but I had a terrible headache." Zhang Xiaowu thought of the distress of the original case, and his head was big for a while, and said: "Come on, I'll take a look at the excitement." ”

Su Yu said: "If you can't fight, what should you do?" ”

The master said: "My lord, these students from the north and south have made an appointment to continue to fight poetry in Yumozhai tomorrow. As far as I can see, they have to fight tomorrow, so you can't simply give them a board today, but find a way to prevent them from fighting poetry, as for the way, the subordinates have a good way. ”

"Oh?" Su Yu said in surprise, "You say." ”

Master said: "The reason why they fight poetry is because there is no one to be a referee, and they don't know who writes good poems and who writes bad poems." It's better for you to go to Yumozhai tomorrow to be a referee, and then you will decide who is better, and when there is a result, everyone will naturally be convinced. ”

"Well, that's what you tell them."

"My lord, you should tell me personally." Master reminded.

Zhang Xiaowu glanced at this master, he was a very careful and intelligent person, and he was also a southerner when he listened to the accent. He was very curious about this group of students, and Dou Shi finally became a group fight, and he was really hot-tempered, so he changed into a patrol costume and followed Su Yu and accompanied him to see the students.

Su Yu saw that he was interested, so he naturally didn't dare to refuse, and said in his heart, what is wrong with this? Zhang Xiaowu put a fake long beard on himself, dressed old-fashioned for a long time, at first glance, he thought he was thirty or forty years old, tall and strong, and heroic, and he was really a beautiful bearded man.

Su Yu returned to the yamen and was taken aback, and was surprised to find that there were more than 300 students brought back by the yamen, and it seemed that this was a big fight. Fortunately, the officials said that there were only about 20 people involved in the fight, and the other students all heard about the fight between students from the north and the south and came to help with the fight.

When Hu Li spoke, when he saw Zhang Xiaowu, he always felt that this person was very familiar. After thinking about it for a long time, it finally dawned on him, staring at him, Zhang Xiaowu knew that he had seen through his identity, so he smiled at him, Hu Li also laughed, and said that the general should be in a very good mood today, and things are not busy, otherwise how could he be so idle to come here to listen to the case.

Zhang Xiaowu is indeed giving himself a holiday these days, and the governors of other central offices can handle it well, even more experienced than him, and the imperial court will naturally not make any big mistakes. He has been busy for nearly a year, and it is time to rest and rest, and he has always been very tired recently, so he asked the imperial doctor and told him that he needed to reduce his work, so Zhang Xiaowu also gave himself a few days off, and he only went to the central mansion in the morning on weekdays, and in the afternoon, in addition to accompanying the prince, he went home to recuperate.

At this time, he was interested in these students, and he was just trying to have fun and see how they made trouble. He remembered that the last time in the Two Wolves City, Liu Neng, a native of Yizhou, single-handedly suppressed all the students of Hunzhou Daizhou, but he saved the situation, and Liu Neng was so ashamed that he never dared to set foot in the north again.

"Today's fight between the two sides, both are at fault, this official will remember for you ten boards per person, if you fight again tomorrow, the punishment will be doubled, plus today's ten boards, each person will hit thirty boards." Su Yu shouted loudly, "Tomorrow I will go to Yumozhai to judge your northern and southern students Doushi." ”

Immediately, a student from the south stood up and said: "Fu Yin Minggong, a student from the north and south fights poetry, it is not an exaggeration for you to be a referee, but first, you are a northerner, and second, you are from a martial arts background......"

"Yes, the adults are northerners, so they naturally look towards northerners."

"That's right, and the adult is not from the imperial examination, can this be fair?"

"It's up for debate."

Su Yu was so embarrassed, didn't you just dislike me for having a low culture, although I was born in the martial arts, but I also participated in the imperial examination, but I didn't pass the exam. At this time, Zhang Xiaowu said in his ear: "Tomorrow I will invite Tai Shicheng to be the referee." ”

Su Yu's mind turned, and he immediately said cheekily: "Students, since you think it's unfair, I'll find a fair person, and Master Taishi Cheng will be the referee tomorrow, are you not convinced?" ”