The seventeenth year of Wanli is the year of Dabi.

Once every three years, countless people from all sides rushed to Beijing.

After Lin Yanchao was promoted to the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, he was in charge of the imperial examination.

This time, although Lin Yanchao could not go down and serve as the examiner in person, he had another power, that is, to draft two examiners and the same examiner.

There is no doubt that the main exam is from the cabinet of scholars, and at present, only Xu Guo has not served as the chief examiner, so he must have been on it, and this is something that does not need to be considered.

Then there is the candidate for the deputy chief examiner, the deputy chief examiner wants to choose the minister, Lin Yanchao and Zhu Geng discussed, and reported to the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, Shen Yiyi, and Liu Yukui, the young secretary of Taichang Temple and the bachelor of the waiter.

This Liu Yukui was recommended by Lin Yanchao, this person is Xiao Liangyou's teacher, and Lin Yanchao's recommendation of him is also to win over Xiao Liangyou, but Lin Yanchao knows that Liu Yukui has little hope, and he is just for Shen to accompany him.

But the result was beyond Lin Yanchao's and Zhu Geng's expectations, Shen Shixing rejected the two of them and changed the deputy chief examiner to Wang Hongzhi, the prince's guest.

It seems that Shen Shixing also knows that Shen Yiyi and Zhu Geng are not authentic, if Shen Zhengyi really becomes the deputy chief examiner, I am afraid that the scholars of Nanjuan will take Zhejiang, and the Zhejiang scholars will take Ningbo and Shaoxing.

Zhu Geng, Lin Yanchao couldn't help gritting his teeth for a while, but it doesn't matter, the deputy chief exam can't be decided, there are fellow examiners below, if you want to be virtuous and not avoid the same party, everyone has a way.

From the fourteenth year of Wanli, after Wang Xijue and Lin Yanchao's proposal, the number of candidates for the same examiner increased from 17 to 19.

Of the nineteen candidates, Lin Yanchao set nine people, and Zhu Geng set ten people, and then reported to Shen Shixing.

Which nine people did Lin Yanchao set? They are Guo Zhengyu of the Household Department, Yu Yuli of the Ministry of Rites, Ye Xianggao of the Hanlin Academy, Xiao Liangyou, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Zongdao, Yang Daobin, Feng Qi, and Zhong Yuzheng in the matter.

The nine-person quota is too small for Lin Yanchao, and there are too many places to balance, even Sun Jigao, Fang Congzhe, and Li Tingji are not listed.

If he could, Lin Yanchao really wanted to replace all nineteen of them with his own people.

After the list was reported, Shen Shixing also waved his pen and crossed out Yuli and replaced it with his own in-law Dong Sicheng.

In the last nineteen fellow examiners, Lin Dang accounted for eight people.

Among them, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Zongdao, and Guo Zhengyu are all Lin Yanchao's protégés, so Lin Yanchao obviously intends to continue to open the back door for Lin Xue's readers in this examination.

As for Yuan Zongdao, Yang Daobin, and Sun Chengzong were the protégés of Lin Yanchao in the fourteenth year of Wanli.

In this subject, they are the same examiners, and the middle protégé is the protégé of Lin Yanchao.

This is called Taizashi in the officialdom, for a Jinshi, there are too many Taizashi, if you pass one by one, I really don't know how to get along.

Therefore, the Taizuo master also depends on the weight of others in the court.

For example, Yang Sizhi, the imperial historian, was the official who impeached Zhang Juzheng when he returned to his hometown, 'digging a well in five steps, and building a house in ten steps'. He recognized Xu Guo as his teacher, and every time his protégé visited Xu Guo, Yang Sizhi was ranked after Xu Guo's protégés as a dignified imperial history, and the officialdom became a laughing stock.

It is conceivable that after Xu Guo is the main examiner, Yang Si will lose more than 300 times.

And this day is the day when Lin Yanchao's protégé visits the master.

In the fourteenth year of Wanli, the big division was Wang Xijue, and the small division was Lin Yanchao, and in the past, the officials of this section would first visit Wang Xijue, and then rush to meet Lin Yanchao.

However, since last year, Lin Yanchao has deliberately postponed it for a few days after the New Year's Festival, so as not to have his protégés rush at both ends.

Since Lin Yanchao was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Rites and put forward his political opinion on changing the Fa, some cautious officials gradually stopped coming, or sent a post to congratulate him, but no one came.

But there are also officials who are more diligent than they used to be.

In a word, the price of showing political opinions is to leave a group of people, but to have a group of firm supporters, these people are the basic plate of Lin Yanchao in the future.

Especially the Shu Jishi of that subject, there are not many people who stay in Beijing in the fourteenth year of Wanli, but the Shu Jishi are all in Beijing regardless of whether they are scattered or stayed, and they have long been the hardcore of forestry under the guidance of Lin Yanchao.

When the protégés visited the teacher, this group of people came together, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Zongdao were the leaders of their section, plus the other people in Beijing in the same year, as well as Guo Zhengyu and other Wanli eleventh years and the first, there were about 20 people.

In addition, he is still a protégé who has no official status, or a fellow villager from his hometown who went to Beijing to take the exam and borrowed to live in the Lin Mansion.

Lin Yanchao met his protégé today, and said a few words, such a big occasion actually can't say anything, but the meeting is a form, telling everyone that everyone is their own people.

For Sun Chengzong, these officials are at their own convenience, anyway, they often come to let them chat and laugh in the main hall, but for the students who go to the examination, Lin Yanchao can't help but worry more.

Yuan Keli and Zhang Rulin passed the Shuntian Township exam last year, and Xu Huobo also passed the Guozijian exam and was able to participate in the exam this time.

Yuan Zongdao's younger brother Yuan Hongdao also participated, and another younger brother Yuan Zhongdao failed in the Shuntian Township test.

As for fellow villagers and fellow villagers Lin Xin from his hometown, as well as the children of the Lianpu Lin family, as for the rest of the fellow villagers, there are also many people who come to visit him, Lin Yanchao is not the chief examiner, and there is no need to shy away from it, but there are not many fellow villagers in the same year back then, so there are few old people.

In addition, Dong Qichang came to congratulate him, as well as Lu Yanzhang, the son of Lu Shusheng, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, although they are not protégés, they are also nephews in later lives.

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but encourage the two of them.

Looking at the green shirts in the hall, the high-spirited and ambitious young man, Lin Yanchao suddenly felt relieved, and once again thought of himself who was full of apprehension when he came to Jinghua at the beginning of the year, and unconsciously it was the third subject in nine years.

Lin Yanchao chatted with the students for a few words, and for some reason his expression suddenly turned from happy to depressed.

Yuan Keli and Zhang Rulin are not clear about the students.

Only Xu Huobo sighed, and Yuan Keli asked, "Weiqi, what's going on, teacher?" ”

Zhang Rulin also said: "Yes, the teacher has never shown people emotions, what happened today?" ”

Xu Huobo's eyes were a little red, and then he said, "The teacher remembered Zhou Wang." ”

Yuan Keli and Zhang Rulin were all stunned, Yuan Keli said: "Yes, when Zhou Wang left Beijing and returned to his hometown, didn't the teacher tell him that he would return to the examination in three years anyway?" Why don't you see him? ”

"yes, it won't be delayed on the road."

At this moment, outside the door of the Lin Mansion at this moment.

A carriage slowly stopped, and a scholar got out of it.

The young scholar looked at the vermilion lacquer gate of the Lin Mansion, and suddenly burst into tears, and then raised his sleeve to wipe it away.

The scholar walked to the door, and a person from the Lin Mansion greeted him and was about to ask the other party to get the post, but he was suddenly surprised: "Isn't this Tao Gongzi?" ”

The scholar nodded tearfully and said, "Lin Zhong, it's me." ”

The people of the Lin Mansion were immediately overjoyed, and said loudly: "Quick, tell the master, Tao Gongzi has returned from Zhejiang." ”

The scholar was Tao Wangling, and the next person had already rushed in to report, and he walked slowly to the house.

Soon Chen Jichuan and Zhanming both came out, Chen Jichuan grabbed Tao Wangling and said: "Tao Gongzi is finally back, the master also mentioned you this morning, let me inquire about your news." ”

"It's great that you're here."

Tao Wangling didn't know what to say at the moment, but felt a blockage in his chest and said, "Teacher Lao is worried." ”

"Let's go! Is the lord in the house? ”

Tao Wangling was about to walk forward, when he suddenly saw a person standing in front of the door of the weeping flower, Tao Wangling couldn't restrain himself anymore when he saw the other party, and stepped forward to bow: "Unworthy disciple Tao Wangling knocks on the teacher." ”

Lin Yanchao stepped forward to help Tao Wangling and choked up: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back, I just thought that the disciples and disciples have arrived today, but it's not good to be missing you, now it's complete." ”

After Tao Wangling got up, Lin Yanchao asked: "How have you been in Zhejiang in the past three years, can you let go of your career?" ”

Tao Wangling said: "Students often review, and students still have something to ask the teacher." ”

Lin Yanchao was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "What else do you ask of me?" Just say it! ”

"The students gave a lecture at the Lingji Palace on the third day, and I implore the teacher to come."

If it is said that the place with the most children in Beijing is not the green building and the inn, but a temple located in the west of the city.

This temple is called Lingji Palace.

Lingji Palace is dedicated to Erxu Zhenren, and it is said that these two people have cured the stubborn illness of the Yongle Emperor, so they are enshrined by the imperial temple and sent cabinet scholars to worship and salute.

However, in the Jiajing year, the status of the imperial temple was abolished.

But for scholars, Lingji Palace is a first-class existence.

Since the Jiajing year, the rules of the imperial examination have changed, first of all, the Shijia and Zixue have infiltrated the way of making arts, and the imperial examination at the level of the examination is no longer based on Cheng Zhu's words as the golden rule.

Then there is Wang Xuedaxing, in Jiajing Longqing, such as Xu Jie, Zhao Jizhen such a Wang Xue bigwig has entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister, such as Longqing two years of Cheng Wen even introduced Wang Yangming's quotations for the first time, to Wanli when there is a lift in the answer sheet article through the three teachings, and finally won the Jinshi.

During this period, people can boldly quote Buddhism, Lao Zhuang, and even the way of aiding Confucianism into ink, and answer the questionnaire with Mozi's words.

You must know that Confucianism and Mohism are mortal enemies!

Confucianism was born from the petty bourgeoisie, and Mohism was born from the proletariat, and the two sides must not like each other.

In the pre-Qin period, the children of the Mo family basically scolded when they saw the Confucian disciples, and they ridiculed all kinds of ridicule all day long. This was unimaginable in the middle and early Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

And every Lingji Palace conference has become a time for various ideas to exchange and collide.

Xu Jie, a scholar of the Cabinet University, Yan Jun, a great Confucian of the Taizhou School, Luo Rufang, a great Confucian of the Mind School, as well as Nie Bao, Ouyang De, and Cheng Wende all gave lectures in Lingji Palace, which was called a grand occasion at that time.

However, when Zhang Juzheng was in power, his style of politics could be called pragmatic and hypocritical, and he always derogated such empty talk, and he did not like scholars to oppose the imperial court through such lectures, so it was strictly forbidden.

However, after Zhang Juzheng went to the throne, the lecture conference of Lingji Palace rose again, and countless scholars in Beijing flocked to come here.