Chapter 802 is when the laurel is fragrant again (middle)

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Wenyuan Pavilion.

Coming out of the first assistant duty room, Shen Mo couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, as expected, after Xu Jie listened to his return, he was silent for a long time, and then looked at him with scrutinizing eyes, and said indifferently: "At this time, you have to stand up." And he let him out.

It seems that Xu Jie has made up his mind to consistently protect the speaker; And the one in the palace also protected the eunuch with an iron heart, and the emperor and the prime minister fought on one side, and they had the posture of breaking their wrists.

was depressed under the rattan trellis, and silently heard the familiar footsteps, so he shook his head helplessly and sighed: "It's not like this, it's not like this......"

"Why not?" A magnetic voice sounded, it was the beautiful haired Taiyue brother.

"It turned out to be you." Shen Mo looked back at him, and said a little messy: "It's nothing ......"

"I think you are a difficult wife between two aunts." Zhang Juzheng glanced at him, stood side by side with him and said, "It's not so easy to meet the source left and right. ”

Shen Mo sneered in his heart, "You can do it. But he said with a sad look on his face: "Taiyue, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk." ”

"Cheer up." Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice: "This is not the Shen Jiangnan I know. ”

"Alas......" Shen Mo rubbed his temples and said: "I am now in internal and external difficulties, and the myriad threads in the ministry are enough for me to be sad, and the Duke of Puzhou has stepped in again, there is a taste of the old minister's hall, do you understand it...... Oh no, you should have the experience. ”

"yes." Zhang Juzheng nodded approvingly: "In the past six months, I have achieved nothing, and I am very envious of you for making a difference." ”

"It's time for me to envy you." Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "Taiyue, you are smarter than me, you can stay out of the matter all the time, and now you are relaxed." ”

Zhang Juzheng's expression was grim, and he immediately laughed and said: "What did you say, now that the whirlpool has been formed, no one can get out." He said in a deep voice: "Jiangnan, listen to me, the two sides will inevitably fight each other, if you hesitate again, you will definitely suffer from it." ”

"yes, I see." Shen Mo nodded heavily, looked at Zhang Juzheng deeply, and said, "Thank you for reminding me." ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded, and the two separated.

Looking at his departing figure, Zhang Juzheng fell into deep thought, although the silent performance was very much in line with his expectations, but this guy is too ghostly, you can't see through his true thoughts at all.

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Sitting silently in the sedan chair, his face was gloomy, Zhang Taiyue was indeed clever, and the official regarded him as the spokesperson of Xu Gelao, and took his words as if he were a guide; And although the contact between him and the eunuch is very secret, in the place where the capital is a big palm, what happens can't escape the ears and eyes of Jinyiwei...... Zhang Juzheng's housekeeper You Qi has recently had a close relationship with a businessman named Xu Wanguan. And this Xu Wanguan, although he claims to have created a great business from scratch, is actually relying on the relationship in the palace...... He has a distant cousin named Xu Jue, and Xu Jue is the housekeeper of Feng Bao's outer house.

Speaking of Feng Bao, Shen Mo could only sigh helplessly. In fact, originally, the relationship between this eunuch and himself was also acceptable. But after he was in a high position, he cherished his feathers, and it was inconvenient to deal with the eunuch temple more...... This is a very contradictory proposition, at any time, the relationship with the palace is very important, Liu Jin's reign does not need to be discussed, just talking about the Jiajing Dynasty, the emperor suppressed the eunuchs, and the influence of the eunuchs was minimized. However, Yan Song relied on these rootless people to defeat Xia Yan, who had always looked down on eunuchs.

One of the reasons why Xu Jie was able to compete with Yan Song later was that he also paid attention to making good friends with internal supervisors, such as Li Fang, Huang Jin, Ma Sen, etc., all of whom were kind to him...... In this way, you can avoid the danger that when the other party's eunuch makes a small report, he has no one to speak. Then when he tripped Yan Song, Xu Jie quickly became estranged from the inner prison, for no other reason, as the first assistant to cherish the feathers, and the eunuch temple was very close, which would inevitably cause the disgust of Qingliu Shilin, and then his reputation was bad.

In this dynasty, because everyone is not clean under the buttocks, and there is no limit to exposing each other, they can only end up together, so political struggles are often pan-moralized, and everything is good if the moral character is good, and everything is bad if the moral character is bad. In addition to being an official in a small place where the emperor is far away and no one cares about Sapo, being an official is to be famous, and if your reputation is good, you will attack high blood and be thick, and the East will not be defeated; But once the reputation is ruined, it is equivalent to being broken defenses, and the end will be miserable.

Therefore, Xu Jie's previous relationship with the eunuch can also be explained by fighting against Yan Song, but as soon as Yan Song leaves, he has no reason to talk to them anymore, and marrying Shilin is the right way... This is almost the only option to preserve the name festival.

Shen Mo's mental journey is also similar to Xu Jie, he used to be a lowly official, and it was nothing to look at the eunuchs, but now that he is a pavilion elder, there is no reason to have to befriend the eunuchs...... After all, his teacher is Shoufu, and he is the emperor's teacher, such a condition is not bad in Shilin's opinion, that is, King Kong is not bad, if he still goes to the eunuch, it will be purely self-willing.

Shen Mo knows that he has a difficult road ahead, and the difficulties he encounters now are less than one-tenth of those in the future. With a long-term perspective, although it is not necessary to maintain 'great light' at all times, we must also leave a clean body, so that in the future storms, we can stabilize the bottom plate and stand in shape, so as not to fail because of our reputation.

The reason why Shen Mo reined in so early was also a lesson drawn from Xu Jie...... Back then, Xu Ge Lao attached Yan Song, Qu served the first emperor, although it was a last resort, but now how to cover it up has become the material for others to attack. At present, Xu Ge is as old as the sky, of course he is not afraid, but how can there be a courtier who will be prosperous for a long time? Maybe when he will be picked out and criticized again in the future, it will be enough for him to drink a pot.

Don't take advantage of right and wrong, don't provoke cause and effect, this is the long-term plan of being an official. Unless your way of scheming can be as high as Zhang Juzheng, so that the official thinks that he is his own person, and the eunuch also regards him as a good friend, and no one is disgusted because he is friendly with the other party, this kind of means of dancing on the tightrope, Zhang Juzheng is able to play left and right, and he is at ease, and he really lives up to Xu Jie's expectations of him.

asked himself silently, he really can't compare to Zhang Juzheng in this regard, and what makes him even more scruples is that there is no impermeable wall in the world? If the sword goes off the rails in this way, it will inevitably leave trouble. As the leader of a faction, he should try his best to avoid this kind of military trickery, and should use an upright army to fight the enemy in accordance with the rules of the battlefield. Only those who abide by the rules can use the rules for me without being affected by them, this is the truth that Uncle Tang taught him.

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Just like Zhang Juzheng can't see through Shen Mo, Shen Mo can't fully figure out his routine, but fortunately, the two of them have long been accustomed to this kind of rhinoceros hanging horns and golden hooks to catch the moon, you can keep up, everyone will cooperate once and advance and retreat together; If you don't go at all, even if you get into the pit together, you can't complain about others.

But this time, no matter how Zhang Juzheng made a move, Shen Mo didn't plan to respond immediately, because the authorities were confused and the bystanders were clear, and he knew that this struggle between eunuchs and speech officials was actually a contest between monarchy and ministers...... Although most of the time, this kind of contest is unfair, the supremacy of the former determines that he can use violence without rules after there is nothing to be done, while the latter can only bear weakly. However, this time, the two sides, one is a rare prince of forgiveness, and the other is a rare veteran of Shuode, which determines this battle, and it is impossible to immediately distinguish the winner and loser, but it is likely to evolve into a tug-of-war. Once it reaches the stage of stalemate, there will inevitably be variables, with his current strength, he can wait and see, and then make a choice when the time is right.

Although it will be a little difficult and the return will not be too high, it is still the same sentence, as a leader of a faction, you must be the first to be stable, be invincible, and then try to make progress, this is the right way.

I don't know if he is shining brightly or unlucky, just when the officials fired thousands of cannons and formed a general attack on the eunuchs, a news from the south shocked the government and the opposition and diverted people's attention at once

On September 13, Nanjing 800 miles rushed to report: 'On the tenth day of the first month, the list of the Tianxiang test was announced, and the chief examiners Wang Xilie, Sun Ling and other scholars of the Confucian Temple, hundreds of unsuccessful people gathered in the crowd to make noise, speak very fiercely, and besieged the examiner. The Nanjing Legal Department was ordered by the Nanjing Criminal Department to fight the chaos, and fierce clashes broke out between the two sides, killing and wounding several people. Later, the troublemakers hijacked Wang and Sun, retreated into the Temple of Literature, blocked the door with the statue of Confucius, and confronted the officers and soldiers. Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei who was garrisoning Nanjing, sat back and watched when he heard the change, and the southern capital was temporarily on alert, so he asked the imperial court to send a messenger to deal with it. ’

This year, as usual, is the year of the big competition, with the autumn in mid-August and the list released around the tenth day of September, which is a tradition that has been followed for many years. The number of places admitted is limited, and every time nine people are lonely and one laughs, but there has never been a precedent for unsuccessful candidates to besiege the main examination and almost smash the Temple of Literature. Do they want to ruin their lives completely? It's really weird.

However, regardless of the sigh, the imperial examination is a great ceremony for the country, which is related to the dignity of the imperial court and the basis for maintaining the central rule, and its solemnity and sacredness cannot be desecrated. There is no trivial matter in the imperial examination, not to mention that this matter itself is not small, is it purely for them to vent their anger? Xu Jie would never believe it, and immediately ordered Nanjing to quickly conceal the information.

The order was still on the way, and a second bulletin was delivered in Nanjing, explaining the cause of the conflict...... It turned out to be the fault of the change in the number of admission places.

On March 15 this year, the Zhili Inspector Yu Shi Gengding, on the upcoming township examination on six things, the first five are nothing new, such as 'the chief examiner of the two Beijing township examinations should be selected to be promoted, not to talk about seniority; The examiner will only hand out the initial examination papers. Then give the same examination to the proofreading separately, it is not appropriate to have a special committee, so as not to omit the real talent and learning', and so on, to emphasize the prevention of possible drawbacks, and also to calculate the due meaning of the question.

However, Article 6 - 'Remove the number of inmates in the preliminary examination of the two capitals, and the examination papers are not divided into the words of each room, and the examiners will select the best. But it greatly touched the nerves of the prisoners.

Prison students, as the name suggests, are students who are studying in Guozi Prison. However, after more than 100 years of evolution, it can no longer be discussed in general, but can be divided into four categories: the eunuch, the tribute eunuch, the shadow eunuch, and the regular eunuch. Raising supervisors refers to those who participate in the Beijing Teachers Association and are selected by the Hanlin Academy to send the best students to the Guozijian; Tribute is the meaning of entering the prison with the contribution of talents. At the beginning of Hongwu, it was stipulated that all the prefectures and counties in the world should pay tribute to one person to study in the country every year. Later, however, because the standard of the Gongju students was vain, only those who had been eating and eating for a long time were given priority, and it was often some older and uneducated people who were admitted to the prison to study, so the results of the prisoners were poor. At the time of filial piety, in addition to the regular tribute in each prefecture and county, one tribute was selected every three or five years, and those who were excellent in learning and doing were selected to pay tribute to the country to study through the examination.

In addition, the children of the third-rank officials or above or the children of the honorable relatives can also be imprisoned, which is called the shadow prison; On the other hand, regular supervision refers to the fact that due to state affairs and insufficient financial resources, civilians are allowed to enter the prison after they are paid by the government...... Those who have not entered the government, state, or county school and want to take the township examination, or who want to enter the government without obtaining a subject name, must first donate to the prison and be born, and often do not study in the prison. Like Shen Mo's cousin Shen Jing and Shen Gaoling, it was through this path that he got a background and was qualified to serve as the county magistrate of Shanghai.

Obviously, there are good and bad in the prison team, although there are those who are knowledgeable and talented, but most of them are old and stupid, or even unlearned, but why are students from all over the world still flocking to them? What about breaking the head for a prison spot? The mystery lies not only in the fact that inmates are qualified to take the township examination directly, but also in the fact that the state has always given great preferential treatment in terms of admission quotas.

Originally, the provincial township examination stipulated that only scholars from the province could participate, but there were exceptions, as the division of the two capitals, the supervisors of Beijing Guozijian could participate in the Shuntian Township Examination, and the supervisors of Nanjing Guozijian could participate in the Yingtian Township Examination. In addition, the examination papers of the Liangjing Township Examination are specially numbered with the name "dish", which is taken from the bottom of the word "dish" of the word "prison", which is the code name of the Guozi Jiansheng document - and the most powerful thing is that the number of students admitted to the Liangjing Township Examination is 35 each.

In other words, as long as you are a prisoner of Guozijian, you don't have to squeeze a single-plank bridge with other candidates, as long as you compete with 3,500 people who are also inmates for the exam...... Although the admission ratio is still 10 to 1, considering the overall quality of the inmates, it has always been regarded as a shortcut because they have a little real talent and real learning, that is, they are likely to be Chinese.

However, the controversy of this kind of separate admission has always been not small, especially in the Nanzhi Examination Area, which is full of rich towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and the quality of candidates ranks first in the country, and even Shilin is recognized that as long as they pass the selection at all levels, the candidates who are qualified to enter the university are higher than the Chinese-style lifting level in some remote provinces. Therefore, the competition in the Tianxiang test has always been extremely cruel, and every time there are many young people who are full of wealth and hatred in the examination room...... In this case, the special preferential treatment of the candidates of the imperial court's 'dish' brand name particularly stimulated their nerves, thinking that it was very unfair to take the same exam and the same paper but not take the same paper, so half a year before each township examination, there must be a call to cancel this privilege, although the imperial court is not allowed to change it to the ancestral system. However, as the quality of the prisoners has deteriorated, this call has also become louder, and even many people in North Korea have joined in to promote the matter.

This time, Nanjing Inspector Geng Xiangxiang, who proposed to cancel the privilege of the 'dish' brand, is very remarkable. He is Shen Mo's fellow jinshi, and if Shen Mo is the officialdom leader of the Bingchen Branch, he is the leader of this department in the ideological world. Before Shen Mo lectured in Lingji Palace, although he was the top six champions, his influence in the academic world was really incomparable to him.

Geng Xiangxiang was the mainstream representative of the Taizhou School, and when he entered Beijing to take the examination, he was qualified to give lectures on the altar. Although Shen Mo didn't have time to participate at the time, even if he was free, it was estimated that no one would buy his account. As the academic representative of Bingchen Branch, Geng Orientation also got the full help of the same department, Jiajing forty-one years, then supervised the southern capital, and then took Nanjing as the center, with Wang Ji, Luo Rufang and other Wang Xue predecessors to study, opened Chongzheng Academy, widely accepted disciples, toured the provinces, personally presided over the lecture, and the students lectured, its influence has faintly exceeded the old-timers, known as the great Confucianism of the world

Geng Daru ascended to the heights and shouted, and naturally the responders gathered, and there were countless admirers and students who wrote to echo him. In particular, Zhao Zhenji, the newly revived scholar of the Ministry of Rites, also belongs to the Taizhou School, and during his time in the opposition, he was a guest at Chongzheng Academy for a year, and the two sat down to discuss, admired each other, and became friends for a long time. And Zhao Zhenji himself is also a very upright and fair person, so he naturally fully supports it.

The proposal was sent to the cabinet, but Xu Jie was hindered by the affection of Zhao Zhenji and the Taizhou school, so it was difficult to oppose it; And Gao Gong, who was still in the cabinet at that time, although he was not a school of mind, was very much in favor of the elimination of privileges, so the cabinet also passed. The cabinet passed, and Longqing naturally passed it, so the matter was decided.

As a result, there were only a few Chinese students in the Nanjing Guozi Prison, which was reduced by three-quarters compared with the original. The inmates, who were already holding back the fire in their bellies, were angry at that time, and surrounded the chief examiners Wang Xilie and Sun Ling in the Temple of Literature, demanding that the number of dishes be restored and re-admitted.

This is the beginning and end of this incident, as of the latest news, the two sides are still holding each other, if not handled carefully, it will inevitably cause a huge scandal.

Hearing this, Zhao Zhenji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was furious and came to the cabinet and asked to go to Nanjing to deal with the matter in person.

However, Xu Jie looked at his bearded appearance, but shook his head and said, "You can't go." "Things have made a big deal Zhao Zhenji, although it is already the year of the sixtieth year, and the road is bumpy, but his strong character has never changed, Nanjing is already in dire straits, and if you send this old man again, don't you blow up the pot immediately?

I have to send a master to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, Xu Jie's first reaction was to think of his good student-

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