Volume 2 The Divine Capital is as Deep as the Sea Chapter 192 An Unexpected Banquet
A month later, at this time, the scholars and literati from various states, counties, and counties had entered Kyoto, and those who had money to find inns to live in, and those who knew relatives and friends in the capital were looking for people to run, and those who had no money and no one had to go to the temples, Taoist temples and farmhouses on the outskirts of Kyoto.
The autumn examination is presided over by the Ministry of Rites and is divided into three sessions, which will be held on the 3rd, 11th and 14th of September. In the past month, the Ministry of Rites has also sent someone to send Wang Junlin a plan, and politely asked Wang Junlin if he has any opinions. Wang Junlin didn't even look at it, so he said that he had no opinion, which made the official of the Ministry of Rites who came to test him happy, and also made a large number of gate valve magnates behind him who let him come to explore the wind slightly relieved, and there were many more bold ideas in his heart. What's more, he thinks that this Qin Anhou is just a vulgar general, what can he understand about the autumn test of a scholar, this time it is obvious that His Majesty is going to miscalculate.
After that, the Ministry of Rites did not have any arrangements for Wang Junlin at all, so he was also idle. The chief examiner, Gao Ying, has never taken the initiative to contact Wang Junlin, and he himself is also a shallow person, except for Zhou Chengyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who came to talk with him secretly for a long time, so the nobles and officials who visited him were all turned away.
It's just that occasionally, there will still be scholars from all over the world, wandering outside the Marquis of Qin'an's mansion, thinking about contacting Wang Junlin in advance, cultivating and cultivating feelings, if you can really climb some friendship, it can be regarded as an unexpected joy.
It's just that these scholars looked at the face of Qin Anhou's Mansion and the stone lion, and knew that this Qin Anhou was not only famous, but also a founding marquis, a real upstart from a high school, with a strict hierarchy, how dare these poor scholars knock on the door rashly, so they had to leave in a huff.
Wang Junlin has nothing to do these days, and he has also dressed up as a young scholar to look around the situation of these scholars after entering Beijing, and found that some children from poor families are indeed extremely miserable after entering Beijing, although Emperor Yang Jian asked the imperial court to set up tents outside the city, and some earthen temples and Taoist temples also temporarily provide accommodation, but it is not easy to live in Kyoto, and there are still some people who are shy in their pockets, and they can't even afford to pay for food.
Thinking of the fall of the Great Sui, one of the very important reasons is that almost all the officials who control the entire empire are gate lords and nobles, and everything is based on the interests of the family, and state affairs are put second. Wang Junlin felt a little emotion in his heart, and in a very complicated psychology, he sent someone to secretly spill thousands of dollars to settle the lives of those poor people.
Although Wang Junlin had some thoughts of disobedience in his heart because he knew the fate of the Great Sui Kingdom, he still found it emotionally difficult to accept that the dignified Chinese Dynasty had been defeated by the small Goryeo State three times, which was a shame for the Chinese nation.
On the third day of the ninth lunar month, two days before the start of the autumn test, Wang Junlin couldn't stand Sun Simiao's repeated invitations to invite him to dissect the corpse together, so he took the cow in and out for a walk.
Before the autumn test began, Wang Junlin faintly felt that the result would definitely disappoint Yang Jian, and the nobles who controlled almost the entire imperial court would never sit back and watch their power being taken away by the Hanmen scholars, even if only a small part of it. According to Wang Junlin, the timing or conditions for the Great Sui to open a branch or take scholars are not yet ripe, and forcing the autumn test at the moment will only make the court turbulent. And when he wandered out of the house, he naturally had his own little calculations.
There must be some talents among the scholars of the Hanmen, and it is difficult for these talents to enter the imperial court as officials, and in frustration, if the famous Qin Anhou Wang Junlin extends an olive branch at this time, whether it is to be a staff member for the latter, or to be an official on his own three acres of land in Gaotai City, there will always be someone who is willing. This can be regarded as a reserve talent, not.
Therefore, while Wang Junlin avoided Sun Simiao, he saw if he could find a few talents.
Those who can afford to live in the city, even if they are poor, are not considered poor, after all, there are many large and small landlords and wealthy families under the gate lords, and the possibility that these people are willing to follow him to Yongzhou is too small. So Wang Junlin prepared to go directly out of the city to have a look.
Leaving the city from the south gate, looking at the clear water in the moat, Wang Junlin only felt suddenly enlightened, this was the first time he went out of the city after coming to the capital.
To tell the truth, compared to the celebrities of later generations who always point their fingers and take pictures no matter where they go, although Wang Junlin has become famous all over the world, but as far as the eye can see, there are not many people in the capital who know what he looks like, plus a picture of a scholar and literati, he will only think that he is a scholar who rushes to take the exam in other places, who would have thought that he would be a famous drug general.
So he walked inside and outside the capital, very comfortable. Especially at the moment of going out of the city, he felt that the threat or pressure that this city had always existed for him was gone, walking under the city wall, Wang Junlin squinted his eyes and looked at the high city wall, glanced at the soldiers on the city wall, took his eyes back from there, and remembered that he had gone to the Xi'an city wall to play in later generations, although the Xi'an city wall was the main repair of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, but he still unconsciously overlapped the two in his heart.
"Master Hou is so leisurely and elegant!"
Wang Junlin turned his head with some surprise, watched Hou Guanfu Lang get Huang Baochang off the horse, smiled and bowed to him, he bowed back and said: "Such a coincidence, occasionally go out to lie down to enjoy the autumn scenery, and I actually met Lord Huang." ”
"It's not a coincidence." Huang Baochang casually threw the horsewhip to the entourage next to him, and said with a smile: "The lower official came all the way from the Hou Ye's mansion. ”
Wang Junlin was slightly startled, a light flashed in his clear eyes, and he immediately regained his composure, and replied, "Lord Huang is looking for me, but there is something wrong?" ”
Huang Baochang smiled and said: "Xia Guan was ordered by the nobles to invite the Hou Ye to the banquet. ”
"Oh! I wonder who this noble man is? Wang Junlin raised his eyebrows, he could be called a noble person by Huang Baochang, the son-in-law of the second largest force in Guanlong, the second person in the Houguan Mansion, and there were few in the whole world.
"The Great Prince." Huang Baochang said a little solemnly.
Wang Junlin shook his head helplessly, more than a month ago, he was stabbed on the street, and all signs showed that it was related to the former prince, and he didn't want to summon him today. However, since the other party has opened his mouth today, with his own identity, he can't hide from it anyway.
This was a private banquet, and the venue was arranged in a garden under Yang Yong's own name.
There is a small lake covering an area of more than 50 acres in this manor, and there is an extraordinarily elegant flower boat floating above, where today's banquet is located.
PS: I'm very sorry to let this book break for the first time, but fortunately it was only broken for one day.