Sima Guang came to Wang Gongchen's desk with the volume and said, "Lord Examiner, how about you take a look at this volume?" ”

Wang Gongchen saw Sima Guang coming over with an exam paper, and couldn't help but put down the red pen in his hand, and said with a very kind smile: "Hehe, what good article has Junshi seen again?!" ”

Wang Gongchen won high school at the age of nineteen, and then married the daughter of former Prime Minister Xue Kui. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoAfter becoming an official, he has also made steady progress all the way and has not suffered any setbacks, so he was very frivolous before.

During the period of the "Qingli New Deal", Wang Gongchen firmly stood on the side of the old school.

Originally, the two factions fought for the sake of national policy, and it had nothing to do with virtue, after all, the courtiers had different ideas of governing the country and different political ideals from each other, and it was understandable to have disputes. The two groups of ministers attacked each other, and the dispute between gentlemen really had nothing to do with virtue.

However, during this period, Wang Gongchen did two things disgracefully, one was denounced by today's officials as "selling his name", and the other was "thin by public opinion", so his reputation among civil officials and doctors was once very poor.

was denounced by today's officials as "selling fame", because of the punishment of Teng Zongliang.

During the Qingli period, on the issue of Teng Zongliang's treatment, Wang Gongchen thought that the imperial court's treatment of his crime was too light, and felt that "it is appropriate to impose heavy responsibility", and strongly asked the imperial court to punish Teng Zongliang heavily. The official Zhao Zhen didn't listen at first, "the king is the family seeking self-depreciation", and resorted to coercion, so that "the emperor forgives Yuezhou". Renzong was very disgusted with Wang Gongchen's attitude, "Yi Gongchen went to Taiwan to see him", and criticized them, saying: "The official of speech and affairs is self-proclaimed, don't think that the court can't listen to yourself as a frustration, and go lightly to sell your name." Yes, with the saying that Wang Gongchen is good at "selling his name".

Today's official Zhao Zhen is a peaceful person, and it is rare to directly denounce the minister's wrongdoing, and when he says such things to Wang Gongchen, it is obviously because Wang Gongchen is already very disgusted, so he said it.

The latter thing is because of the pursuit of Wang Yirou and Su Shunqin to pour Fan Zhongyan, which is thin by public opinion.

Wang Yirou of the Junzi Party participated in the banquet held by Su Shunqin at the Jinju Academy, and composed "Proud Song" after getting drunk, and there were many inappropriate words. was seized by the old school and chased and beaten fiercely, thus forming the fuse for the failure of the "Qingli New Deal".

In the end, because Fan Zhongyan was Wang Yirou's promoter, he was attacked by the old school and was forced to ask for a foreign appointment, which led to the untimely death of the vigorous "Qingli New Deal".

During this period, it was understandable that the two groups of courtiers competed with each other, but Wang Gongchen was a little too excited during this period, and he grabbed Wang Yirou's drunken gaffe, "Spare no effort in attacking and platoon, and you should be punished for your crimes."

Anyway, it was very strong, and he had to let the court kill Wang Yirou before he stopped. This naturally aroused the strong dissatisfaction of the gentlemen, and even many ministers of the old school felt that he was too much, and this kind of extermination made most of the scholars disgusted.

In fact, the battle of scholars and doctors in the Great Song Dynasty pays attention to a "gentleman's politics", that is, those who fail in the struggle, you can ask for a foreign appointment! This self-appointed foreign party is an admission of defeat, and those ruling factions who take the initiative will naturally not rush to kill them. Each other is fighting to a certain extent, leaving each other with a way to live.

This is actually the consensus of Dr. Song Shi. Because no one can guarantee that they will always be the winner in the struggle of the imperial court! If you kill those losers when you have the upper hand, who can guarantee that they will not kill you when you are at a disadvantage? You may not always have the upper hand.

Therefore, at this time in the Great Song Dynasty, they all paid attention to literary fighting and measured struggle, which was also the "gentleman's struggle" that was envied by the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty in later generations. From the very beginning, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty started to kill all the losers, so it was impossible to implement the "gentleman's battle" in the later period.

Many of the prime ministers of the Great Song Dynasty have had several ups and downs, and if they fail, it is a big deal to go to other places to serve as governors for a few years, and when they have the opportunity, they can return to the court, which is also a normal thing in the Great Song Dynasty. But when you arrived in the Ming Dynasty, when you were in a cabinet university, you were taken down by political enemies, and you were basically completely stinked or completely seized power, and it was impossible for you to become an official in Beijing or at the local level.

In Daming, an official who had been a cabinet scholar had never heard of a governor or governor of a province. Once the cabinet scholars of the Ming Dynasty lose the battle, they basically have to return to their hometowns, of course, some of them are directly eliminated from the body, it can be said that once the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty step down, there is basically no possibility of turning over.

In Daming, there are many people who have called for "gentlemen's fighting", but once some things start, they may not be able to be suppressed later.

Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty paid attention to not killing scholars and doctors, and Wang Gongchen's insistence on killing Wang Yirou was a bit taboo, and it was a taboo for all scholars and doctors, so Wang Gongchen was "thin by public opinion"!

This public discussion naturally refers to the views of the doctors, and in their eyes, the opening of killing doctors is naturally not open. Because once this kind of thing is opened, it may never be able to stop again.

Therefore, Wang Gongchen's previous reputation in the mouths of scholars and doctors was not very good.

…………

Wang Gongchen later knew that he was a little young and frivolous at that time, and he didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, so he changed his temperament over the years, and he was much more modest, and he no longer showed off!

In recent years, he has worked hard to establish good relations with courtiers from all walks of life, and he has also worked hard to curry favor with today's officials, but he has saved a lot of reputation.

Now, there is a lot less criticism of Wang Gongchen in Shilin, and the officials have no problem with him. Otherwise, this subject official would not let Wang Gongchen take the exam.

In the past ten years after Wang Gongchen has gone through the matter of "being thin by public opinion", he has really changed his temperament, and now his temperament is really easy-going!

The deputy examiners, fellow examiners, and markers of this course have a lot of feelings. As the chief examiner, Wang Gongchen never puts up a shelf these days, and most of the things are discussed with everyone, and he never reprimands these examiners, which makes these examiners feel that it is rare to score this subject.

Sima Guang actually had a lot of complaints about Wang Gongchen's previous style of acting in his heart, but he was a humble gentleman and never did anything to criticize others behind his back. And now Wang Gongchen's personality is indeed good, because he saw that Wang Gongchen was very easy-going and talked to him, he also smiled and said: "Hehe, Xia Guan did find a good volume!" Xia Guan found that the strategy of this volume was really brilliantly written, but the poems were a little bland, please take a look at the examiner to see if he could get it? ”

Wang Gongchen smiled slightly and said, "Oh, to get such a high evaluation from Junshi, it seems that this strategy must be very well written!" Okay, then I'll take a look at you first! ”

At that moment, Wang Gongchen put down the scroll in his hand and picked up the scroll that Sima Guang had brought over.

Wang Gongchen's feelings about the poems in the front of this volume are the same as those of Hu Lin and Sima Guang, they all feel that they are too dry, they can only be said to be in the right format, and there is nothing new in the choice of words and sentences, which is very mediocre test-taking poems and test-taking poems.

His "treatise" and the first two essays are also the same as the poems, which are mediocre and can only be barely regarded as in accordance with the format.

But Wang Gongchen knew that Sima Guang was steady and dignified, and he never spoke falsely, since he said that this strategy was wonderful, it must be desirable, so he continued to look down patiently.

When Wang Gongchen saw this article on Xia's strategy, he couldn't help but have the same eyes as Hu Lin and Sima Guang.

After Wang Gongchen saw this strategy, he immediately knew that the task assigned to him by the official family had been completed.

…………

Da Song is very prodigy, in addition to prodigies, this young high school jinshi is also very popular. Even for this teenager high school jinshi, much more than those prodigies. After all, even if a prodigy is smart, he may not be able to realize his talent, and he will definitely be able to get a middle jinshi. However, this kind of junior high school jinshi is a promising potential stock that has been proven.

Wang Gongchen is also a junior high school, not only a jinshi, but also a high school champion, so he is naturally valued by those high-ranking officials and officials, and they are more cared for.

But since he was reprimanded by the official Zhao Zhen ten years ago for "going lightly to sell his name", he has actually left a very bad impression in the eyes of today's officials, and the officials have been much colder to him.

Over the years, Wang Gongchen has worked hard to remedy his image in the eyes of the official family, and he has also deliberately curried favor with the official family, and finally remedied it a little.

This time, the official family was able to let him serve as the main examiner of the provincial examination such an important errand, Wang Gongchen felt that the official family had finally regained their trust in him.

After the official family issued the decree that day, he deliberately left him to teach in person. This policy for Xia was proposed by Wang Gongchen according to the instructions of the official family.

Of course, the official family naturally can't say it to him, these things are all Wang Gongchen's intention to figure out the official family.

Not only are the examination questions of policy theory, but also the marking standards for paying equal attention to poetry and policy theory in today's science, and even the standards for attaching equal importance to "Taixue style" and ancient texts, all of which are stipulated by Wang Gongchen to figure out the meaning of the official.

Wang Gongchen felt that the intentions of the official family he figured out should still be right.

After the official family issued the decree, they played it alone for a long time with Wang Gongchen.

The official family chatted with Wang Gongchen about this scientific examination and asked him how he could get a scholar with practical talents? Poetry is important, is it reasonable?

Wang Gongchen figured out the meaning of the official family, and saw that this official family wanted to take a few scholars with practical talents, and when he played the right game, he put forward the standard of paying equal attention to poetry and strategy.

In fact, Wang Gongchen also knows that if you really want to take practical talents, you should focus on strategy. However, it has always been a conventional rule to focus on poetry, and it is really difficult for him to break this rule all at once.

Anyway, Wang Gongchen felt that he didn't have the courage, so he proposed a more compromise method. Of course, he felt that if Ouyang Xiu served as the main examiner, he would definitely have the courage to defy public opinion. However, Wang Gongchen felt that that might not be appropriate, and many scholars would be dissatisfied, which may not be a good thing!

Although Wang Gongchen is now having a bad relationship with Ouyang Xiu, he has been a friend and relative with him for many years, and he still knows Ouyang Xiu's character very well. His guess was incredibly close to the truth. In fact, in the examination of the subject in the second year of Jiayou a few years later, Ouyang Xiu not only completely eliminated the "Taixue style", but also completely changed the atmosphere of emphasizing poetry and ignoring policy theory in scientific examinations, but became emphasizing policy theory and ignoring poetry. Therefore, Wang Gongchen's guess is still very accurate. Of course, this is an afterthought, and if you want to verify it, it will take a few years.

In addition to the focus of this standard, the official Zhao Zhen also inevitably chatted with Wang Gongchen about the style of today's scientific examinations, and the question of which is better or worse between ancient Chinese and the prose represented by the "Taixue style".

Wang Gongchen has never been very interested in this "Taixue style", in fact, he is inclined to ancient texts. Although he and Ouyang Xiu don't deal with each other now, he still agrees with the ancient texts advocated by Ouyang Xiu.

At that moment, Wang Gongchen explained to the officials more pertinently, which is better or worse than the ancient text.

Wang Gongchen said that it is still relatively objective, and it is also quite desirable to say that this prose is also quite desirable, although most of it is a formality, but the rhetoric is gorgeous, the article is gorgeous, and many times it can still be used. However, Wang Gongchen still has a sense of identity with ancient texts. And "too scholarly" is a kind of pursuit of rhetoric and rhetoric, too ostentatious words and sentences, so that some go astray, Wang Gongchen thinks it is not so desirable.

This answer made the official Zhao Zhen nod frequently.

Originally, Zhao Zhen thought that Wang Gongchen's personality was a little flawed in virtue, but he didn't expect that although his relationship with Ouyang Xiu was very stiff, his evaluation of the ancient texts he advocated was quite pertinent, and he couldn't help but have a good impression of him, and felt that Wang Gongchen's character was indeed much better now.

Wang Gongchen saw that the official family agreed with his views on the "Taixue style" and ancient texts, and when it came to the marking of the papers, he naturally couldn't say one thing and do another. He had some criticism of the "Taixue style" in the official family, but if the "Taixue style" was still used as the standard when marking the papers, there would be some suspicions of saying one thing and doing another, so Wang Gongchen naturally proposed that there is no difference between the "Taixue style" and the ancient text, only based on the style and content, and not about the scoring standards of the style.

The reason why Wang Gongchen did this, in the final analysis, is related to his personality. He is peaceful, this is a better way to say, to put it more ugly, it is more tactful, no one wants to offend, and there is not much responsibility.

If Ouyang Xiu is the main exam, if he wants to purge the "Taixue Body", he will definitely not take a compromise method, and will definitely take a resolute approach to resolutely suppress this "Taixue Body".

And although Wang Gongchen also saw that the official family was a little disgusted with the "Taixue Style", he did not have the courage to sweep away the "Taixue Style". After all, now "Taixue Style" is the mainstream of the examination article, and there are countless candidates who are brilliant in writing and use "Taixue Style" to take the exam.

Wang Gongchen really didn't have the courage to provoke so many scholars, and besides, he was not an advocate of the ancient literature movement.

……

……