"Punish for your crimes." Gao Haicai was not polite, and took out the posture of beating the water dog, "This matter is the first case of fraud in the past 100 years since the founding of Great Xia, and it is the examiner and his students who have teamed up to plagiarize the civilian examination papers, and if it is spread, it will make the world's examinees feel cold." Not killing is not enough to anger the people, and not killing is not enough to appease the hearts of the world's soldiers. The minister thought that Wen Changju should be beheaded for public display, and the edict should be issued to the world to set an example! ”

Wen Chang was so angry that he almost didn't bite a mouthful of old teeth, usually Gao Hai was respectful to others and complimented others, and he didn't want to put him to death at this time, he really knew people and didn't know his heart, Gao Hai was so ungrateful and wolf-hearted.

"Xiong Shilang, what do you say Wen Changju should be guilty of?" The emperor didn't ask Chen Feng, who was an official in the Ministry of Rites with Wen Changju, nor did he ask Zhang Shi, who was also an examiner, but asked Xiong Shiwang, the servant of the ministry.

Xia Xiang knew that Xiong Shiwang was the person of the third prince, and his heart jumped, and the emperor's question was very meaningful.

"The saint, although Wen Shangshu is extremely evil and has the grace of the saint, he has also served the court for many years, and has a heart of repentance, and the minister thinks that he will be fined for three years and degraded Lingnan." Xiong Shiwang originally wanted to say that the dismissal of officials was for the people, but when he wanted to belittle Lingnan, it seemed that the disposition of the dismissal of officials was more serious than that of dismissal, and there was always a time to reactivate, although Lingnan was remote and miasma, it was better than Zhishi going home. And Wenchang is old, and it is not long before he can be degraded, the emperor relented for a while and recalled to the capital.

"What do Chen Qing and Zhang Qing think?" The emperor's voice was a little calmer than just now, and it seemed that most of his anger had disappeared.

Chen Feng bent down and said, "Back to the saint, the minister thinks ...... When chop! ”

Zhang Ze is even more simply: "Shengshang, if you don't kill Wen Changju, it will chill the hearts of the world's scholars." ”

The emperor was silent, and after a while: "Xia Xiang, what do you say I should do with Wen Changju?" ”

Everyone's eyes were on Xia Xiang, Xia Xiang was deeply affected by Wen Changju, if it weren't for Xia Xiang's black list, plus someone behind him to help him respond, he would have lost his fame, not to mention the luck of today's face king, Xia Xiang must have wanted to put Wen Changju to death.

Wen Changju's face turned pale and he glanced up at Xia Xiang. Cai Bei's face was like ashes, and he leaned on the ground and peeked at Xia Xiang's face. Zhang Hou, Shen Bao, Wu Yongwang and others who were sitting below also looked at Xia Xiang with their own thoughts, waiting for Xia Xiang's answer.

Xia Xiang's eyes were calm, his face was indifferent, as if the great grievances he had suffered were just passing clouds, he took a deep breath, and in the attention and expectation of everyone, he said word by word: "Holy Lord, it is righteous for students not to kill heroes when they hear about troubled times. In the prosperous world, he does not kill the scholars, but for the sake of benevolence. Great Xia founded the country with benevolence and righteousness, and now it is in the prosperous era, and Wen Shangshu cannot be killed! ”

"A good man doesn't kill heroes in troubled times, and he doesn't kill doctors in prosperous times." The emperor applauded the case, and laughed, "Wenchang was fined for three years, and his post was reduced to the people." Cai Bei cheated in the field, and he was not allowed to take the test again within the three subjects. Xia Xiang's writing is outstanding, and the examiner let you go to the fifth grade, which is unfair, and now you are promoted to the second grade. Although Teng Zhengyuan made meritorious reports, he was suspected of disturbing the scientific field, and the merits and demerits were offset. It also won the heart of the policy and was included in the second class. ”

Wen Changju collapsed to the ground and shouted long live. Gao Hai glanced at Xia Xiang with a deep gaze, and also knelt down to thank the emperor. Chen Feng secretly glanced at Xia Xiang a few times, and his eyes showed surprise and admiration. Zhang is quietly the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, as if he was smiling.

Because of the emperor's lack of health, the palace test that was originally scheduled for three was determined in only one game. Except for Xia Xiang and Teng Zhengyuan, who were appointed by the emperor Chrysostom as second-class jinshi on the spot, the rest of the people will not know the ranking until the time of the transmission.

Out of the palace, Zhang Hou said to Xia Xiang: "Brother Xia, since you and Brother Teng are both second-class, it can be seen that the champion is hopeless, and he is not talented for his brother, this time he must be the champion in high school, haha." Let's go, go to Taipingju for a small gathering, make the east for my brother, celebrate Brother Xia's second and first, and also wish to be the champion of my brother. ”

Xia Xiang couldn't bear to brush Zhang Hou's kindness, and called Shen Bao, Teng Zhengyuan, and Wu Yongwang. Teng Zhengyuan made an appointment with Li Ziwen and Zheng Hao, who had just met, and a group of people went straight to Taipingju.

Lian Ruohan is not in Taipingju.

Wine to the third round, Zhang Hou drank until half drunk, let people go to the inn to get his champion robe, wear it on his body, dance with his hands, and inscribe a poem on the wall. Xia Xiang persuaded him repeatedly, but he still couldn't persuade him, and finally Zhang Hou got drunk.

What no one noticed was that when Zhang Hou was dancing in the champion robe, he happened to be seen by a passing person outside, although he rode by and only glanced at Zhang Hou, but he saw Zhang Hou's complacent style clearly, and a trace of contempt and contempt flashed at the corner of his mouth.

That night, he entered the palace at night, and told the emperor about Zhang Hou's arrogance, and the emperor was furious, thinking that Zhang Hou was really handpicked by him as the champion, although he admired Zhang Hou's talent, but he didn't like his frivolous and arrogant person, so he was demoted to the second class, after Xia Xiang and Teng Zhengyuan. Later, a new champion was added, and the list was released the next day.

If Zhang Hou knew that his champion was lost because of the King of Qing he had taken refuge in, he would not regret going to King Qing's mansion to surrender.

Three days later, all the examinees gathered in the Ying Palace, and the emperor was still sitting behind the curtain, and the prime minister Hou Pingpan took a roll call and announced the ranking of the big competition.

Hou Pingpan is about fifty years old, thin, with slender eyes, a foot long beard, the current station, and there is no prestige of the prime minister, but there is the meaning of floating out of the dust. He stood on the eaves of the hall, holding the yellow scroll, and began to sing: "On the tenth day of the autumn moon of the fifth year of Duanrui, the first to test the world's tributes, the first to give the Jinshi and the first, the first Shen Bao, lead out of the class on the left side of the royal road." The second place, Wu Yongwang, led out of the class and knelt later. The third place, Zheng Hao, led out of the class on the left side of the road and knelt later. ”

Each person's name was sung three times in a row, and each time it was sung, seven guards next to him paged in unison, and the sound was amazing.

Zhang Hou clenched his hands into fists, and when he heard that the champion was not him, he couldn't believe it, and when he heard that the champion was Shen Bao, he was even more ashamed and angry. He stood on Shen Bao's right side, his eyes narrowed into a slit, glaring at Shen Bao angrily, thinking that it must be the first time that his champion robe was worn by Shen Bao, so that Shen Bao won the champion, which is extremely hateful.

Shen Bao couldn't hide the surprise in his heart, when he was called, it was like a dream, and it wasn't until Xia Xiang pulled his sleeve and reminded him to hurry up and kneel down that he woke up like a dream.

Subsequently, Hou Pingpan sang the second Jia.

Xia Xiang ranked first in the second class, Teng Zhengyuan ranked second in the second class, and Zhang Hou ranked fifteenth in the second class. The second armor sings only once.

After the announcement of the rankings, the emperor gave a banquet to Qionglin Garden.

The new branch of Jinshi was given a banquet by the emperor, which was passed down by Taizong at the time. Qionglin Garden was originally in Lin'an, and after moving the capital to Shangjing, a Qionglin Garden was built in Shangjing, which was more spacious and luxurious than Lin'an's Qionglin Garden.

After the Qionglin banquet, Zhang Hou clamored to go home, and came back to take the top prize three years later, but was persuaded by Xia Xiang. In the end, Xia Xiang and Shen Bao, Teng Zhengyuan, and Wu Yongwang took turns to persuade them, and because Zhang Hou and Shen Bao had an appointment first, Shen Bao won the champion and asked Zhang Hou to abide by the agreement and obey his arrangement.

Because of the Wenchang case of fraud in the science field, Xia Xiang became famous in a battle and was praised by the world's scholars. Xia Xiang was dressed in white, knocked down the second-class members of the dynasty, and returned the Great Xia Imperial Examination to Qingming, and all the scholars in the world praised him, and people called Xia Xiang the jade-faced Langjun. Xia Xiang became famous and became a model for countless scholars.

Although Xia Xiang is only the first place in the second class, he is more beautiful than the champion Shen Bao, and he is in the limelight for a while, and all the high-ranking officials and magnates in the capital who have not yet come out of the cabinet want to marry their daughters in Xia Xiang. Fortunately, Lian Ruohan had taken precautions and let Xia Xiang move out of the Quanyou Inn in advance, and the people who came to the inn to catch his son-in-law pounced and couldn't find Xia Xiang's place to stay, so he had to return in a huff.

However, the people who are good friends with Xia Xiang still know that Xia Xiang is in the Guanxin Pavilion, and Xia Xiang has been entertaining the guests who came to congratulate him in the Guanxin Pavilion for several days, and he is overwhelmed, and he realized that he was in the capital, and he didn't know when he had so many friends. Of course, it is also because Shen Bao also lives in the Guanxin Pavilion. Guanxin Pavilion has a Xia Xiang, who is famous in the world, and there is also a champion, who has become a famous place in the capital for a while.

The powerful wanted to spend a huge amount of money to buy the Guanxin Pavilion in order to be auspicious and festive, but Lian Ruohan refused. Xia Xiang praised Lian Ruohan for being worthy of being a business wizard, so that he and Shen Bao only lived for a few days, and the value of Guanxin Pavilion more than doubled. Even Ruohan said that if Guanxin Pavilion was sold at this time, no matter how high the value was, it would be limited. Stay in your hands, and when Xia Xiang and Shen Bao are famous all over the world in the future, Guanxin Pavilion will be a priceless treasure.

On this day, I had just sent away a wave of scholars of the same year who had come to visit, and I heard the housekeeper report that King Qing and King Jian were visiting.

What the? Xia Xiang was pleasantly surprised, but also a little worried, if he just saw the king visit, it was okay, he and King Qing had no intersection, King Qing came to Guanxin Pavilion with the respect of the prince, he must have a great intention.

Xia Xiang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly greeted him outside, outside the door, King Qing and Wang Zheng were talking and laughing, waiting for his greeting. He hurriedly stepped forward and saluted with his hands crossed: "His Royal Highness the King Qing, see His Royal Highness, greet the late arrival, and hope to forgive your sins." ”

King Qing smiled slightly: "No need to be polite. ”

Seeing that the king waved his hand impatiently: "Xia Xiang, you don't have to be polite, go in quickly, this king has something to talk to you about." ”

What will you say to the king when you see him? Xia Xiang was full of doubts, but he didn't ask more, and hurriedly led King Qing and King Jian to the living room. As soon as he sat down, he suddenly asked, "Xia Xiang, I have a good place to go, are you willing to go?" ”

After the hall call examination, there is no need to go through the official examination, and the official can be directly awarded. The top three in the first class, namely the champion, the top eye and the Tanhua Society, were awarded the seven grades of editing and joining the Hanlin Academy. After a few years, when I came out of the Hanlin Academy, I would go to the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials or the Ministry of Industry, and most of them were Beijing officials and would not be released. The second-class jinshi is usually released as a county order.

Xia Xiang is the first in the second class, and he is not one of the six departments, or he is expected to work in Shangjingfu. However, because Xia Xiang's text won the emperor's heart, it is unknown whether the emperor wants to keep Xia Xiang by his side to draft the edict or have another appointment. It was Xia Xiang who had been waiting for appointments in addition to receiving guests for several days

Seeing that although the king is a one-word king, he is on an equal footing with King Qing, but he only has a title and no real position, it is not as good as the three kings and the star king is in charge of the ministry is the authority, and the Qingwang temperance and etiquette department is also determined by the emperor's order, and he has no real position. It was because he came up and mentioned the whereabouts, and Xia Xiang was not surprised.

"Seeing that His Royal Highness is concerned, I will keep it in my heart." Xia Xiang paused slightly, and when he saw King Qing smiling lightly, he was even more thoughtful in his heart, "Is His Royal Highness King Jing healthy?" ”

King Qing smiled, and also strengthened his judgment, Xia Xiang is a smart person, he knows the general situation and knows the advance and retreat, and he did not meet the king because he knew that the king had no right to intervene in the affairs of the ministry.

Seeing that the king thought that Xia Xiang didn't understand the meaning of his words, he grabbed Xia Xiang's sleeve: "Xia Xiang, I'm asking you, there is a good place with a vacancy, do you want to go?" ”

Xia Xiang was helpless, seeing that the king intervened in the affairs of the ministry, it was for arrogance, and he was also a dignified prince, how could he be so unreasonable, not to mention that His Royal Highness King Qing was on the side?

"I don't dare to ask for ears." Xia Xiang had no choice but to shirk and say, "Let's listen to the appointment of the Ministry of Officials." ”

"What are you waiting for the Ministry of Officials to appoint, the Ministry of Officials is in charge of Uncle Sanwang, it's strange that he can arrange for you to go to a good place." Seeing that the king thought that Xia Xiang was not enlightened, he regretted that iron could not become steel, "You brought down one of the generals of the Three Princes, Wen Changju was dismissed, and Gao Hai took over as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the Three Uncles hated you to the core, and they couldn't wait to send you to Qiongzhou as an official." What is Qiongzhou? The land of nine deaths and lives is an exiled official, if you are a new jinshi, if you are really sent to Qiongzhou as an official, what is the difference between exile and exile? ”

If the third prince really placed him in Qiongzhou, it would really be a poisonous plan, making him difficult to argue, and it is unknown whether he died of old age or illness in Qiongzhou.

"I don't know where to go as your Highness said?" Xia Xiang naturally didn't want to go to the remote land of Qiongzhou, and when he saw that King Qing always seemed to be smiling and didn't say a word, he couldn't help but want to get some news from King Jian's mouth.

"Honglu Temple." Seeing that the king smiled, he condescendingly patted Xia Xiang's shoulder, he was the same age as Xia Xiang, but he pretended to be old and said, "This king and Xiong Shiwang, the servant of the ministry, said okay, you are the master of Honglu Temple, and you are the seventh grade." ”

Jinshi was born in the seventh grade, which is considered a preferential treatment, but going to Honglu Temple is not what Xia Xiang wants, and it is the position of the main bookkeeper. The main bookkeeper was a clerical official in Great Xia, and he was entangled in many affairs, making it difficult to display his talents.

Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, the chief bookkeeper was quite powerful because he was a personal official of the chief. In the shogunate, the ministers of Wei and Jin who commanded the army and opened the government were often involved in confidential information and the consul general's affairs. Xi Chisel was once the master of Huan Wen, and the people of the time said that "thirty years of reading Confucian books is not as good as a master book of Xi". This was the time when the power of the main book was at its peak. It's just that in Great Xia, the master book is only in charge of the paperwork and is responsible for daily affairs.

Seeing that the king continued to say triumphantly: "Master Xia, don't underestimate the master of Honglu Temple, although the official is small and has little authority, it has great benefits, such as being able to travel all over the world, being able to send envoys overseas, receiving foreign envoys, and traveling the world." When the time comes, the king will go with you to travel all over the world and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the world. ”

It turned out that seeing that the king was hiding his selfishness, Xia Xiang couldn't cry or laugh, but he didn't expect to see that the king was actually a person who likes to travel in the mountains and rivers, the territory of Great Xia is vast, he should not have traveled all over, but he wants to travel to the land outside Great Xia, with the respect of the prince, it can be regarded as a rare temperament.

"Thanks to His Royal Highness the king's love, he is just in his life's ambition, not in the mountains and rivers, but in serving the court." Xia Xiangwan refused the kindness of seeing the king, thinking that King Qing came here, not just to accompany the king, there must be something, but King Qing never said a word, what time are you waiting for?

"Making friends and spreading the fame of Great Xia is not serving the imperial court? Joke. In what do you mean, when Zhaojun went out of the fortress and Princess Wencheng married to the Western Regions, didn't she serve the court? Xia Xiang, you are the first Jinshi in the second class, how can you be so superficial? Seeing that the king shook his head bitterly, he turned to King Qing and said, "Uncle Fourth Wang, is this king looking at the wrong person?" ”

King Qing stood with his hands in his hands, glanced at Xia Xiang casually, and smiled indifferently: "Nephew Wang, Xia Xiang is neither superficial nor does he want to join Honglu Temple, but he has already had a plan. ”

"What's the matter? Where to go as an official, he said again, it doesn't count. Seeing that the king glanced at Xia Xiang.

"It doesn't matter if he said it, the problem is, it doesn't count if you say it, nephew." King Qing said confidently, "According to the king's opinion, the officials will not let Xia Xiang stay in the capital as an official, nor will they let him go far to Qiongzhou, but will ......."

"What will happen?" Seeing that the king was puzzled.

"I'm afraid that I will choose a county not far away as an official." Xia Xiang knew that he was now the first person to be suppressed in the eyes of the Third Prince and Hou Pingpan, and if he was far away from Qiongzhou, it would be too obvious. Placed in Honglu Temple as the chief bookkeeper, although the official is small, but after all, in the capital, it is inevitable that the emperor will be concerned, is the best way to deal with it is to choose a small county as an official, to be evaluated after three years, the assessment is poor, and he will be promoted hopelessly in the future.

Daxia County is divided into red, ki, subred, ci, wang, tight, upper, middle, lower, lower and so on. The counties in and around the capital are divided into one to four grades, and the other five to ten counties are divided into four levels according to the number of households, with more than 4,000 households as Wang County, more than 3,000 households as Tight County, more than 2,000 households as Upper County, more than 1,000 households as Middle County, 500 or more households as Middle and Lower Counties, and less than 500 households as Lower Counties.

In Xia County, where there are less than 500 households, even if they have the ability to reach the sky, it is difficult to make political achievements, and the assessment of the officials will not be well received.

"Haha." King Qing stroked his palms and laughed, "Xia Langjun is very interesting, but according to the king's opinion, the officials are not so harsh, and the first Jinshi in the second class is appointed to Zhongxian as an official, which is barely reasonable." ”

The housekeeper Lian Sheng came in and said: "Xia Langjun, Xiong Shiwang, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, is here to visit." ”

Xia Xiang didn't expect Xiong Shiwang to come to the door in person, and hurriedly confessed to King Qing and King Jian, and came out of the door. exchanged a few words with Xiong Shiwang and led Xiong Shiwang to the living room.

Xiong Shi saw King Qing and King Qing was really here, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, after seeing King Qing and seeing the king, he was not polite, and directly issued a notice to the officials.

It is written by the Ministry of Officials and played by the Provincial Book of Letters, and is used for the appointment of prefects and county officials. It is said that the magistrate was appointed, and Xiong Shiwang did not need to go out in person, but Xiong Shiwang heard that King Qing and King Jian met with Xia Xiang in Guanxin Pavilion, so he decided to come to find out in person.

"Xiong Shilang, where did Xia Xiang go to the Ministry of Officials?" Seeing that the king couldn't hold back his curiosity, "What this king told you before, have you done it?" ”

Xiong Shiwang looked ashamed: "Seeing His Royal Highness, the lower officials are incompetent, I wanted to appoint Xia Xiang to Honglu Temple, but it was a step too late, Xia Xiang's appointment has been drafted by Chai Shangshu, handed over to Shangshu Province to play the banknote, and it was approved." ”

"Huh? The old man has always been as gentle as water, why did he suddenly become neat? Seeing that Wang was first surprised, and then asked, "Where did Xia Xiang go?" ”

"Zhizhen Dingxian." Xiong Shiwang replied.

"Zhending County ......" Seeing that Wang was stunned for a moment, he thought about it, "It is more than 600 miles away from Shangjing, and it is a sub-red county. The county order of Chixian County is indeed a little stronger than the main book of Honglu Temple. It's strange, how could the officials appoint you to Zhending County as an official, you shouldn't, you shouldn't. ”

"Zhending County, Zhending Mansion, Hebei West Road......" King Qing was also surprised for a moment when he first heard it, thought about it slightly, and suddenly smiled implicitly, "Zhending County, a good place, a good plan, a good place for Longtan Tiger's Den!" ”

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