Hanlin Shu Jishi is the founder of the Ming Dynasty, but not all subjects are selected, and each subject selected is not the same. Sometimes there are as many as twenty or thirty people, sometimes there is only one less, and even several subjects are not selected in a row. It was not until the fourth year of Hongzhi that the Hongzhi Emperor decided on the system of museum selection because of the words of the scholar Xu Pu. The Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy jointly selected each subject, and the selection of each subject was initially only set to pre-select twenty or thirty people, and finally three or five people remained in the museum, and the rest were released to the imperial history or given to the matter.

It was supposed to be presided over by Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Ji, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, but because this year was the year of inspection, Ma Wensheng was too busy to do so, so he couldn't be busy, so he threw the matter to Jiao Fang, and actually sent this servant of the Ministry of Officials to represent the Ministry of Officials.

However, every three years, the examination of one subject is known as the Ministry of Rites Examination, but whether it is the main examination or the prison field, there is nothing to do with the Ministry of Rites. Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who came to preside over the election of the pavilion this time, is a well-known champion scholar, although he is much younger than Jiao Fang, and the chronology of the department is far inferior, but for Jiao Fang, the servant of the ministry, he has refused to give in at all from the beginning of the preselection.

Jiao Fang already hated the southerners, and the recent setbacks were originally angry in his heart, and Zhang Sheng's attitude immediately annoyed him - you must know that if Fu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, died early, and Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, was old and did not die, where would he be worse than Zhang Sheng? After coming and going, the two of them immediately got together, and the first to receive the pre-selected papers submitted by the Jinshi of the current science and technology, the two of them could not compete, and Liu Ji, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy who came to preside over the selection of the hall, was stunned to watch the two of them fight in the ring one by one, quoting scriptures and classics, and he was also stunned when he heard it, not to mention the soap scribe who served in this room.

The two of them fought so hard that they forgot the minister's demeanor, and in the end, they were dry at the same time, picked up the teacup and drank bitterly, and almost at the same time reached out to grab the high stack of ink rolls on the case. Zhang Sheng, who was ten years younger, was faster than Jiao Fang after all, grabbed the top one, and read it with ten lines in his hand, so he said without saying a word: "The words are fresh and organized, enough to pass the pre-selection, let him come to the East Pavilion for the exam on March 28!" ”

Jiao Fang looked at things carefully, and before he finished reading this policy, he heard Zhang Sheng's words, and his heart burned completely. When he was about to speak, he saw the three words Xu Zhenqing signed on the policy, and finally couldn't help it at all, so he actually took the case and said: "Zhang Shangshu is too arbitrary, he only read one of the fifteen articles and said that he would take it, how can there be such a child's play." Besides, the words are fresh, and the poems on this are clichés, if this can also pass the pre-selection, wouldn't everyone be able to stay in the museum! ”

Just now, he and Zhang Sheng have been singing against each other until now, and he is against everything that Zhang Sheng agrees with, and he agrees with everything that Zhang Sheng opposes, so he is not afraid of people seeing what personal grievances and knots he has against Xu Zhenqing, and at this time he said it confidently. Seeing that Liu Ji had been reading the article and drinking tea indifferently, he snorted lightly: "Bachelor Liu, what do you think?" ”

Liu Jijiu has been in the Hanlin Academy for a long time, but he is a literati who is serious and has never been used to it. At this time, Jiao Fang asked about himself, and when he saw Zhang Sheng looking at it again, he snorted and said, "Then look at a few more of his ink scrolls and then consider it." ”

Old slippery head!

Zhang Sheng and Jiao Fang cursed in their hearts almost at the same time, but they couldn't hold each other, and they had to reluctantly continue to examine Xu Zhenqing's poems and articles. After reading two or three copies, Zhang Sheng finally couldn't help it, put it down casually and said: "Don't look at it anymore, the rhetoric and so on are all the best choices, this person and him are pre-selected!" ”

"In the past, the imperial history also impeached this person's virtue, although there are all untruths, but this person has a very close relationship with Xu Xun, the son of Xing'an!" As soon as Jiao Fang's words came out, he realized that there was no reason for the battle between himself and Zhang Sheng today, and he even said something that should not be said - now, if he didn't know that Xu Zhenqing was in high school for another reason, he would be a fool - but it was impossible to retract the preface at this time, he saw Zhang Sheng's face change slightly, and Suo put down the scroll in his hand and said, "Okay, since Zhang Shangshu said so, what about the pre-selection with him!" ”

Zhang Shengyuan was muttered in his heart by Jiao Fang's words, but after thinking about it, this old boy has always been able to say anything and do everything, plus Xu Zhenqing's recommendation paper that he ordered when he tried it, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. Liu Ji saw that the two had finally been unified, so he breathed a sigh of relief, took a sip of hot tea, and continued to accompany the two of them to read, until they finished reading the ink scrolls screened by the other Hanlin Scholars in the Hanlin Academy all day, and the three of them stood up.

"A total of sixty people will be pre-selected, and the text will inform the East Pavilion Pavilion on March 28 to select the exam!"

Today, he was led by Zhang Sheng to lose his temper, and the weather was hot and rainless, Jiao Fang only felt that his stomach was full of fire, and he didn't have the slightest good face when he returned home, and the two scholars who were waiting in the study were naturally angry with him. With the dereliction of duty in tidying up the bookshelves and so on, he reprimanded Yunfu and the other, so he threw everyone out of the courtyard and knelt down, and then took a deep breath.

Xu Zhenqing, a native of Suzhou, has no foundation in the capital, how could he get through those difficulties lightly and skillfully, and even let Li Rong and Wang Yue eat chops together? He was originally suspicious of Xu Xun, but today he just brought out the news from the palace, saying that Li Rong, who was sick, went to the palace to accompany him, and this matter actually came from Xu Xun's words to Xiao Jing, remembering that Xu Xun was still respectful in front of him, he immediately suspected that he went in other directions. Especially when he learned that while he was going to preside over the pavilion election, Ma Wensheng rushed to the emperor to eliminate unemployed officials and other eight major Chen, and then went to Zhang Sheng's mansion, he immediately attributed it to these two people joining forces.

"Ma Wensheng, Zhang Sheng...... Is the old man rushing with this rising word! ”

Almost as he gritted his teeth and pronounced the name, there was a knock at the door. When he came in with a loud drink, the housekeeper Li An rushed in almost at a trot, and said with an uneasy face: "The little one was ordered by the master to let people stare at Xu Zhenqing, after the Enrong banquet, he has been meeting friends everywhere with texts, and he has gone to several literary meetings. Li Mengyang and He Jingming were amazed by him, and they also introduced him to the poetry club, and he had already gained a lot of fame in a few days! Because one of his hands was broken, he also gave him the nickname One-Armed Langjun. ”

"What are you afraid of, if you choose the hall based on fame, there will already be so many people in this Hanlin Academy that the capital will be filled with it!" Jiao Fang smiled and said coldly, "Besides, what can you do even if you stay in the museum." All kinds of things will happen in the past three years, maybe the position of the old man and the secretary has already been obtained, will he still be afraid of such a young descendant? ”

"But ......"

Li An hesitated again and again, but still had to tell the truth: "However, those few who beat Xu Zhenqing were sent to Shuntianfu before, and they didn't agree to delay these words, and now Shuntianfu suddenly put people in a flail, and they shouted loudly on Shuntianfu Street in Beicheng, saying that they were instructed by officials in the DPRK and China, and they shouldn't just be punished." ”

As soon as these words came out, Jiao Fang couldn't help but chuckle in her heart. However, as if there was no worst but only worse, Li An said in a low voice: "There are also rumors, saying that it was those who accused Xu Zhenqing of acting carelessly and so on, and it was also the official who wanted him to be as bad as Tang Yin back then, so he ordered the impeachment of the imperial history book below. What else ......?"

Seeing that Li An didn't seem to have finished speaking, Jiao Fang finally couldn't bear the surname anymore, and shouted: "What else to say, don't say it in two parts!" ”

"Also, Li Mengyang encouraged Xu Zhenqing, saying that even if the pavilion election is hopeless, there is nothing to be frustrated, he didn't pass the pavilion election at the beginning, and even offended the Hou Shou Ninghou of the dynasty, it's a big deal to be a county magistrate, and be a good parent official of the people of Zepi, which is better than being a Beijing official who only obeys the eyes of the officials!"

Bang - at this moment, Jiao Fang finally couldn't help but punch the armrest - it was really because he slapped the table too often with Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and his palms were still a little red and swollen at this moment. He has always looked down on arrogant and conceited people like Li Mengyang, but he didn't dare to underestimate the trouble that this madman could bring. An arrogant nobleman like Shouning Hou Zhang Heling can be beaten all over the ground by Li Mengyang to find teeth, and he Jiao Fang is not scratched when he provokes him?

endured and endured, and then he asked word by word: "Does Li Mengyang know that Xu Zhenqing and Huang Zhong have a quarrel?" ”

"Back to the master, although Xu Zhenqing participated in the poetry meeting everywhere, he didn't mention anything about it. He only said that he was injured by those few splashes in the Qianmen Book Market, and he also publicized Xu Xunlu's injustice and righteous help, and now everyone knows that if Xu Xun hadn't scolded him with his head and face, Xu Zhenqing almost decided to go to the palace exam without taking the bone. After Li Mengyang and Xu Zhenqing intersected, he also scolded his parents for not being easily injured, but he didn't understand the friendship between Xu Zhenqing and Xu Xun. ”

"No wonder Li Mengyang and Wang Shouren broke off diplomatic relations, but in the end, he personally went to Wang's house to apologize, and this madman has finally woken up to his future! Damn, damn it! ”

After scolding, a thought suddenly came to Jiao Fang's heart. Is it Xu Xun, or Ma Wensheng and Zhang Sheng? Xu Zhenqing was saved by Xu Xun, and it is likely that this kid was not angry with him for coercion and temptation, so he came up with this disgusting trick. But Shuntianfu is not something that Xu Xun, an upstart, can easily intervene, and Xu Zhenqing has not mentioned the quarrel with Jiao Huang to outsiders, thinking that he is afraid of his Jiao Fang's power in the ministry. Even so, it is more likely that someone is using this son to attack him...... "And ......" As soon as Li An's words fell, he saw Jiao Fang's eyes suddenly look over, and his eyes seemed to be breathing fire, he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The Mr. Di Luo Ke that the young master brought back before said that he wanted to see the master. If the old man has no time, he will tell him a word. He said...... Sir, you are well-informed, and you really inquired about the whole story of the big case in Jinling? He happened to be passing through Jinling at that time, and he can tell you about those strange people and wonders......"

"Tell him I don't have that skill!" Jiao Fang interrupted Li An's words impatiently, and immediately ordered, "Now that there are such rumors outside, you are optimistic that he is not allowed to go out." ”

However, it was only the second time that Jiao Fang had already returned to the ministry to look at the matter, and he learned about another incident that made him angry from a confidant.

The dispute between him and Zhang Sheng in the Hanlin Academy somehow spread wildly in the yamen of many ministries and courtyards such as the Five Mansions and Six Ministries in the Thousand Steps Corridor, and even the appearance of him slapping the table was imitated as a joke! And when he inquired and asked, it was Zhang Sheng who told people that he was rude and rude when he was drunk, and he didn't know how Hanlin came back then!

(To be continued)