Chapter 143: A hard-won champion

As he got used to the life of Jingshi, the sense of glory brought by serving in the Hanlin Academy also made Wang Yiren gradually like his errand.

Although the family may still be a little tight, and his wife's desire to buy a house in Jingshi is far away, the family can finally live the life of an ordinary family in Jingshi.

The family can eat and drink enough, drink wine and eat meat a few times a month, and the key is to be respected, for Wang Yiren, there is nothing to be satisfied with these days.

When his son is older, let him try it in a few years, and with his father's background, he can still teach a jinshi to come out.

Thinking of this, Wang Yiren made another glass of aging.

"Do you say that our Son of Heaven is really a god descending from heaven, the eunuch party made a mess before, and it took less than two years to clarify it by the Son of Heaven Yuyu."

The one who spoke was the youngest official who often joked with Wang Yiren, with a correct name, a large Zhou Rang, and the seventeenth in the second class, and now he was assigned to the Inspectorate to watch the government.

Zhou Rang Zhou Zhengming was born in the family of the eunuch, his grandfather was a governor, and his father was also a lifter, and Zhou Zheng was in his early twenties and was assigned to serve in the same noble inspectorate.

And Zhou makes people look also spirited, the ancients selected officials to try their talents, two to observe their deeds, three to taste their appearance, in ancient times to be an official, there is a good face is also popular.

Liu Ruozai, the current champion of the department, is very unimpressive, and was directly deposed by Zhu Youxiao, who personally presided over the palace examination, in the palace examination in the fifth year of the Apocalypse.

Generally speaking, after passing the general examination, the subsequent temple examination is only ranked second, and the person is not degraded, unless there is a taboo in the temple examination paper.

And although Liu Ruozai did not commit taboos in the exam papers, he met an emperor with Yan Kong.

Zhu Youxiao saw that one of the candidates was very ugly, and he didn't know that he had committed his tendons, so he asked Liu Ruozai, who was in the top five in the exam and had the hope of winning the championship in one fell swoop, not even to give him a fellow jinshi.

This incident hit Liu Ruozai very hard, but fortunately, Liu Ruozai has been treated unfairly since he was a child because of his appearance, and his psychological quality has been trained very well.

So, he regained his confidence and decided to participate in the scientific expedition three years later.

In the past three years, Liu Ruozai did not return to his hometown, but rented a small house in the suburbs of Beijing, befriended scholars, and studied hard every day.

However, it is said that Liu Ruozai, who lived in Beijing, in order to create some extra money, happened to get a strange book in his spare time, and after reading it, he felt very good, so he re-compiled it with the talent of the champion and took an elegant name.

After Liu Ruozai's compilation, this book was circulated in Beijing, and Zhu Youzhen also read it, but because the content in it was somewhat obscure, the author's name was Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng and could not be examined.

Moreover, Liu Ruozai never admitted that he re-compiled the book, and the scholar regained his reputation, and the author of the book became a historical mystery.

However, Liu Ruozai, who was bent on the imperial examination, made a comeback three years later, and finally topped the high school list in the palace examination in the first year of Chongzhen, and won the top prize.

Liu Ruozai is quick in writing, can export chapters, and is extremely good at calligraphy and painting, especially regular script, line calligraphy, and cursive script, which are all unique in the world, and he has the talent of the champion, if it weren't for the fact that he met Zhu Youxiao, he would have beaten Ma Qionglin a long time ago.

Liu Ruozai is not too worried about the content of this scientific expedition, the only thing he is worried about is whether the newly enthroned young son of heaven will also dislike his appearance.

During the palace test, Liu Ruozai deliberately did not dare to raise his head, for fear of being noticed by the emperor.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen was relatively lazy, and after the palace examination began, the emperor left under the pretext of Gong Gong and did not stay in front of the Imperial Palace, which made Liu Ruozai breathe a sigh of relief.

At the end of the palace examination, the examination papers were received, and then the names were copied and reviewed, and the final ranking was sent to Zhu Youzhen's desk.

Zhu Youzhen didn't make much changes to this, but Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu, who were the chief examiners, hesitated again and again after seeing that the first name was Liu Ruozai, and still reported to the emperor that the emperor had deposed Liu Ruozai for five years.

After Zhu Youzhen heard it at the time, he was very amused by his cheap brother, and he felt that he was not good-looking, and it was difficult to be the leader of the science field, so he fell directly.

Of course, as an emperor, he does have this right, but if you really suspect that people are not good-looking, you can rank them in the back row, I really don't like it, and the top three are also Jinshi, even if they are ranked before Sun Shan, but it is too much to be directly dethroned.

But while laughing, Zhu Youzhen was also curious, and he didn't know how unsightly this deposed champion was.

The Son of Heaven was curious, so he ordered Gao Qi to sneak to invite Liu Ruozai to prelude.

Liu Ruozai was living outside the city at this time, and was anxiously waiting for the news of the palace test, when he suddenly saw an angel come to the door, and his heart suddenly fell to the bottom.

Before the palace test was announced, the Son of Heaven was going to see him, and it was estimated that the matter of the fifth year of the Apocalypse should be known by the new emperor. And when Zhang Bang saw himself before, he should have confirmed his appearance.

Liu Ruozai felt that there was no hope, and he followed the eunuch into the imperial city all the way in a groggy state.

The Son of Heaven was busy with affairs, and Liu Ruozai, who was up and down in his heart, waited in the side hall until dusk, when the Huangji Gate was about to be locked, and he was summoned by the Son of Heaven.

But Liu Ruozai was waiting happily, it was dark at dusk, wouldn't it be better if the Son of Heaven couldn't see his appearance clearly.

After coming to the Qianqing Palace, Liu Ruozai found that it was not the Son of Heaven alone, the two examiners were there, and he was even more worried, and he didn't dare to raise his head again after bowing, for fear of committing a crime and losing the Jinshi in his hand.

However, Zhu Youzhen didn't want him to pass the test in confusion, the hall was dim, Zhu Youzhen not only ordered someone to hold the lamp, but also personally held a candlestick and went down the imperial steps.

And personally helped Liu Ruozai up, took the candlestick and approached his face, and burst into laughter after looking at Banjue.

"I heard that in the second year of Jianwen's palace test, Wang Gen and Wang Jingzhi were the first, and they should have been named champions, but their appearance was not open, and Emperor Jianwen didn't like it, so they were deposed and became the champion, and the original Hu Guang became the champion."

When Liu Ruozai heard the Son of Heaven mention Emperor Jianwen and Wang Gen, a heart that had fallen to the bottom of the valley instantly rose to his throat again.

Zhu Youzhen sensed the change in Liu Ruozai's expression, and paused and said.

"According to common sense, Wang Gen should have grievances, and Hu Guangdang is grateful."

The hall is full of scholars, and the allusions of Wang Gen, Xie Jin and Hu Guang of Ying Tianfu when Cheng Zujing is martyred are naturally familiar, and Shi Fenglai, who is accustomed to seeing colors, does not wait for Zhu Youzhen to continue, so he stepped forward to finish telling this allusion for the Son of Heaven.

"Two years later, Cheng Zujing invaded Yingtianfu, Wang Gen, Xie Jin and Hu Guang gathered at the house of fellow villager Wu Fu.

"The next day, Chengzu broke the imperial city, Wang Gen committed suicide, but Hu Guang and Xie Jin attached themselves to Chengzu."