Chapter 625 If People Don't Know, Unless You Do It (II)

"That's what people thought at the time." The same examiner said, "But I am a fellow countryman with him." When asked about him afterwards, he sighed and said, 'That's how it should be! It turned out that when he was young and lived in Guangxi with his father, he did evil with the prodigal son in the countryside, and killed a classmate, and later relied on his father, who was an official, to smooth out the matter. It is also because he is talented and intelligent, his studies have soared, and he entered the examination room with confidence. But when the classmate whom he had slain was summoned and stood before him, he could not move at once, and the ghost said to him, 'Choose one of the fame and the name.' My fellow countryman was a wise man, so he reached out and knocked over the inkstone, and the ghost disappeared. He sighed and said, "Later, after he recovered, he no longer had the heart to learn, so he began to eat fasting and chant Buddha, build bridges and pave roads, and he is still fine." ”

Yuan Wei felt a chill down his spine when he heard this, and said, "Ghosts are all pestering candidates, and you are now the examiner." There should be no such thing again. ”

"Alas, my lord, who are you by ghosts?" Another examiner said: "Of course, there is revenge and revenge." Then he also told a story: "When the students were in the autumn, the deputy chief examiner suddenly had hysteria, climbed to the top of Mingyuan Building, shouted that he had received a lot of silver, and he was asked by whom, so he agreed with those people to help them in high school, and then fell from the building and fell to his death...... Hey, Lord Ministry, why is your face so ugly? ”

Yuan Weixin said that I was almost scared to death by you! He snorted angrily and said: "In the sacred place of the imperial examination, it is strictly forbidden to gossip without taboo." Seeing that the ceremony was over, he turned around and entered the hall with his hands behind his back.

At dawn of the day, the Longmen Cave was opened, so the lifters held candles and candles, carried the examination basket, and entered in accordance with the roll call order.

After the inspection is completed, there is no coercion, and you can finally enter the test number that looks like a beehive and sit down...... To the relief of the candidates, the test number is not dirty, and they can sit down after a little cleaning. This is not because of the high specifications of the exam. The service of the officials is good, but because the Suncheon Township Examination was also held here, it was only cleaned by the candidates a few months ago.

Put down the examination basket and box, put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the candidates all stretched out their heads to look out, and saw that the examiner began to send rolls, so the holes in the examination alley showed their heads and stretched out, but they were silent and solemn.

That day, Ru Mo and Brother Yuan Yu happened to be in the same exam alley, and when they received the exam papers, they glanced at each other, smiled and encouraged each other, and then they both lowered their heads and began to complete the most important exam in their lives.

Brother Yuanyu had no distractions, opened the test questions, and began to review the ideas wholeheartedly, no matter what ghosts and joints, the sky collapsed, as long as he had a clear conscience, there was nothing to regret if he failed the test.

But Na Rumo couldn't focus on the exam questions, although it was early spring and February, the cold wind was blowing on his face, but his hands were full of sweat. The expression on his face was also cloudy, and his heart was obviously extremely unsettled.

He was smart and studious since he was a child, and the Xu family was a wealthy family, so he was able to find his own fun in books without working hard. But as he grew older, he finally learned the secret of his origins. He was shocked to find that he should have been surnamed Shen instead of Xu, and had been relying on his grandfather's uncle's family to take care of him all these years.

In the eyes of people at the time, it was the greatest unfilial piety to his ancestors, which made Shen Shixing deeply stimulated and shocked, and under the mixture of shame and anger, he wanted to stand up on his own and restore the surname of his ancestors, but three generations of his family were included in the family tree, and the Xu family did not agree, and he was helpless.

After some careful consideration, he left the Xu family alone and lived in Hanshan Temple to study hard, bent on gaining fame and fame, and then requesting the restoration of his surname in the future. At that time, his life was extremely difficult, he only cooked one pot of thick porridge every day, and when it was cold, he divided it into four pieces, two pieces in the morning and two in the evening, mixed a few pickles, and mixed half a pot of vinegar sauce. After eating, he continued to study, forgetting to sleep and eating, working day and night, after six cold and summer, he was finally full of confidence and prepared to enter the city to register and participate in the imperial examination.

Who knew that his father's doom had come again, and no one was willing to vouch for a child like him who had abandoned his ancestors, and he was full of money, but he couldn't even enter the door of the examination room. He can't forget the pain of kneeling in front of the yamen for a day and a night, spreading the only remaining dignity on the ground, letting others point fingers, and trampling on wantonly.

But fortunately, Shen Mo appeared, he helped up the candidate, asked about the situation, and personally issued a guarantee document for him, so that he was successfully admitted to Xiucai and was able to enter the school to study; Then he tried to kill from Ying Tianxiang, who was like a cloud, and finally got the opportunity to completely change his fate.

But when he entered Beijing with confidence, he realized how dark the world was, and it turned out that no matter how bad your knowledge is or how stinky your articles are. As long as you get through the joints and get the words, you can get the title of the gold list; On the contrary, if you have the talent to guard the river and Jingchuan, everything is just in vain.

He didn't dare to imagine how he would face the future if he failed, he wanted to succeed and get ahead too much--so he curried favor with Tang Ruji's nephew with a clear conscience, and finally won the trust of the gentleman, and handed him the words that would make or break on the eve of the exam.

By virtue of his own talent, he can write a superior article...... The teacher said. His article is very similar to Wang Shouxi, he definitely has the strength of high school, as long as he embeds those nine words in it, everything will be fine, and he will have fame, and he can confidently negotiate with the Xu family and ask for the restoration of his surname!

Of course, he knew that it was against morality and the law to do so, and his conscience was condemned all the time, and he didn't know how many times he dreamed that he was arrested by officials and paraded through the streets with the sign of 'cheater', and he was so frightened that he couldn't sleep at night.

He also comforted himself that for the sake of a noble goal, there is nothing wrong with the necessary compromises in the process, and as long as he is a good official for the country and the people in the future, no one can say that he has done wrong. So despite his hesitation, he never changed his mind.

But just before entering the venue yesterday, an old man came to the Suzhou Guild Hall, found him by name, said that someone gave him a basket of things, he asked who it was, the old man said, it was a young handsome guy, give him money to give him, he didn't know who it was.

The villagers guessed that it was a basket of delicious food, but after lifting the lid, it turned out to be a pile of quicklime, and everyone couldn't help but scold, which lacked virtue and prank, and asked him if he had offended someone.

He thought so at the time, but when everyone dispersed, he carefully examined the basket and found that it was actually made by himself in Hanshan Temple, and it had been used as a container for fruits and given to the relatives and friends of the teacher. Because of the delicate weaving, they are also deeply loved by them, and many people are reluctant to throw it away, and use it to hold other things.

Because of his life experience, his social circle is also very small, and at this moment in the capital, there are very few people who know him, and after a little thought, the answer is about to come out - eighty percent is his own teacher, silent and clumsy.

But what did the teacher do with this thing? Could it be that he was angry and did not go to see him, and sent stones to humiliate himself? This ridiculous thought was fleeting, and Ru Mo knew that although the teacher was young, he was broad-minded and lenient with others, and it was precisely because of this that he dared to put the teacher aside first.

What must be conveyed to yourself? Ru Mo suddenly remembered Yu Shaobao's "Lime Yin", and immediately understood the teacher's deep meaning - 'innocence'.

Of course he didn't know, Shen Mo happened to hear the conversation between him and Brother Yuanyu, and he only thought that Brother Yuanyu later told the teacher about his secret, and the teacher felt that it was wrong for him to do so, so he sent lime to warn him.

With the little pitiful information he had, he could only figure out this, and from then to now, the whole person was in a state of confusion......

On the one hand, the teacher's admonition, on the other hand, the temptation of success, this twenty-seven-year-old young man, struggling left and right, he wanted to listen to the teacher's words, but the power of the strict party is boundless, if the next time, next time is still like this, he really has to hang himself. But if you don't listen to the teacher, although the teacher is merciful, it is impossible to break this matter, but if you disobey the teacher's orders, how can you see the teacher again?

The sky gradually darkened, and Ru Mo sat for a whole day, his mind full of the song "Lime Yin":

Thousands of hammers were carved out of the deep mountains, and the fire burned as if it were idle. Don't be afraid of broken bones, you have to leave your innocence in the world.

'Leave your innocence in ......the world,' Ru Mo thought silently in his heart, and secretly cried out, 'O innocence, your price is so high! ’

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To make a long story short, the exam ended in a blink of an eye, and after all the papers were put away, the dragon gate was reopened, and the exhausted candidates dragged their tired bodies and walked out from the Gongyuan. Brother Yuanyu packed up his exam box and came to Ru Mo's exam number, and saw him sitting there blankly, describing himself as withered, and he couldn't talk to him silently.

Yuan Yu sighed secretly, helped him pack up the examination equipment, and pulled him out of the examination room.

The exam number gradually became empty, and the candidates' papers, after being audited, named, transcribed and other anti-cheating treatments by the outer curtain officer, were sent to the Jukui Hall of the inner curtain, where the eighteenth room with the examiner was ready, just waiting for the examiner to send down the bundles of exam papers.

Yuan Wei, who was sitting on the main case, closed his eyes slightly at the moment, as if he was pretending to sleep, but he was actually calming down the pounding heartbeat, until the chief officer Zhu Qi reminded him that he slowly opened his eyes and said to a kind of marking officer: "We are entrusted by the emperor to serve the country, and we should uphold the public heart, do not follow personal feelings, are not entrusted, and do not accept bribes - if we have this heart, the gods will die together!" ”

"If you have this heart, the gods will die together!" The examiners swore loudly.

"Good." Yuan Wei nodded and said, "Come up and get the roll." Then the examiners came up in order, took a bundle down, returned to their seats, sat down, and began to mark the papers...... Behind each of them, there is naturally a brocade guard with a straight face, who is responsible for supervising the discipline of grading.

The two examiners do not undertake the specific marking work, they only organize the marking of the papers, and determine whether the test papers recommended by the same examiner can be admitted, and then after the preliminary marking, review the papers that have not been selected again, so as not to regret the pearls, called 'search for the papers'.

At this time, Yuan Wei and Yan Ne were temporarily idle, Yan Ne was dozing off, and Yuan Wei was thinking about his own thoughts, the matter had come to this, he couldn't help but give Xiaoge old face, but he couldn't do too much...... Because the papers with the top rankings in the examination will be printed as model texts and published as journals for later study and observation. Presumably, those candidates who rely on relationships, the article will not do too well, if the words are not up to the point, the donkey's lips are not right, then where is their face? Therefore, he is ready to take the top 50 according to the real level, and leave the rest of the rankings to those related households.

Of course, most of the examiners in the eighteenth room didn't know that if those 'through joints' articles were not well written, it was impossible to be recommended, in order to achieve the goal, Yuan Wei would use the power of 'searching for papers' to find out the test papers of the joints in the second round, so that there was no handle, and it was naturally safe.

If I thought about it, Yuan Wei's mood finally settled down, at this time, one by one'recommended papers' out of the room, was recommended by the same examiner, Yan Ne read it, if you feel that you can, you will write a 'take' word, and finally hand it to Yuan Wei, he also feels good, so he will write a 'medium' word, take the middle.

In this way, the admission should be very fast, but Lord Yuan has always been blind, in order to prove that his level is high, he wrote a 'take' file for Yan Ne, and it is necessary to carefully re-examine it, if there is something unpleasant, he will be ruthlessly knocked down, so Yan Ne's face is damaged and falls second, but the admission process is too slow, and only less than forty copies were admitted on the first day.

When it gets dark, the examiners stop working, and the chief examiner and the chief examiner count the papers, and after the counts are correct, the examiners can leave, and then the three of them lock the Jukui Hall together, ending the first day of grading.

Standing in the courtyard in the twilight, Yuan Wei beat his sore back, took a deep breath of fresh air and said: "It's not okay to be old, it's only the first day, and my waist looks like it's going to break." ”

Yan Ne smiled on the side: "The ministry is just not used to it, and after a few days, it doesn't hurt as much as it is today." Saying that, he looked at Zhu Qidao, who was standing straight: "It's still a great person who practices martial arts, and it's like no one is okay to sit for a day." ”

Zhu Qi carried the lantern and said with a faint smile: "Lord Yan's words are wrong, and I am also tired." ”

Yan Ne listened to him dragging the text, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Zhu Qi is different from ordinary martial artists." Over there, Yuan Wei sighed in his heart, and said secretly: 'Such a coincidence?' He laughed dryly and said, "Yes, the all-round talent of civil and military affairs!" ”

"That's all." Zhu Qi said modestly.

Seeing that he was getting more and more energetic, Yan Ne felt extremely interesting, but Yuan Wei's face turned green, but fortunately, it was late and he couldn't see it.

"Great head, don't you hesitate to ......" Zhu Qi shook his head, and he didn't know what he was sighing about, so he left with the lantern.

Looking at his distant back, Yan Ne laughed heartily and said to Yuan Wei: "I don't know where I learned a few sour words, but I actually showed them off in front of us." ”

Yuan Wei was stunned there, unaware, Yan Ne called a few more times, and he came back to his senses, ignoring Yan Ne and going back in despair.

"Why are they all so inexplicable?" The second monk Yan Nezhang was confused, so he had to go back with him.

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That night, Yuan Wei didn't close his eyes again, his mind was full of the two flags, one red and one black, and he said in his heart, could it be that there are really ghosts and gods who are dissatisfied with me, otherwise how can a martial artist speak so civilly? Eighty percent of the gods possessed him, warn me.

When it was almost dawn, he thought of another possibility, it was not the Jinyi Guard's people who had detected the matter of Tong Jie and had already reported it to the emperor...... It doesn't matter if he doesn't want to, he is startled when he wants to, and he is so scared that he shuddered all over his body and couldn't get out of bed.

Later, I thought about it, no, if that's the case, in order to catch the thief and see the stolen goods, Zhu Qi shouldn't have revealed his style.

The more Yuan Wei thought about it, the more confused he became, and he came to Jukui Hall in a daze, and Mu Ran sat there. Thinking that Zhu Qi was staring at the back, he was even more distracted, and he couldn't even read the scroll, but fortunately, Yan Ne was also a well-educated person, and there would be no problem with him. Everyone said in their hearts, why is the examiner so happy today? It seems that he also found that according to his method yesterday, he will definitely not be able to complete the project on time.

As a result, on this day, I won a full 150 copies, so don't worry about it.

Yuan Wei finally figured out one thing, I have to ask Zhu Qi to understand.

When he locked Jukui Tower again and was about to go to dinner, Yuan Wei said to Yan Ne: "You go first, I'll discuss tomorrow's arrangements with the Seventh Master." ”

Yan Nexin said, then what is there to discuss? According to the process, he also saw that Yuan Wei was preoccupied and must have something unseemly. But he was a kind man after all, and he didn't expose it, so he should go first.

Zhu Qi still carried the lantern and stood in front of Yuan Wei with an indifferent expression, the other party didn't speak, he never said anything.

Yuan Wei looked around at no one, lowered his voice and asked, "What do you want?" ”

Zhu Qi glanced at him and said lightly: "I should ask this." ”

"You ......" Yuan Wei said softly: "Have you already told the emperor?" ”。

"Are you looking forward to it?". Zhu Qi asked rhetorically.

"Of course not." Yuan Wei smiled bitterly and said: "Say, whatever conditions you offer, as long as you don't poke it, I will agree." ”

"Do you think they're all like you?". Zhu Qi snorted coldly and said, "Remember, no matter what you're doing, there are a pair of eyes staring at you behind you!" This time it's your fate, we don't want the country's talent ceremony to cause a scandal, so we didn't report it immediately, but whether it is reported or not after the list is released, it is not necessarily. As he spoke, he dropped a sentence: "What to do, you can think about it yourself." And he took the lantern and departed.

Yuan Wei stood in the courtyard for a long time, and finally looked in the direction of West Chang'an Street, and whispered: "Dead Dao friends don't die poor Dao, I'm sorry, Xiaoge Lao." ”

On the third day of grading, what appeared in front of everyone was Yuan Wei with a pair of rabbit eyes, but his spirit was obviously much better...... Do not take!

Speaking of which, those who are attached to the Yan Party are not straw bales, because the Ming officials are all born on the right path of the imperial examination, and most of their families are scholarly families, and their children naturally receive a good education, and there are many talented and learned people, who themselves have the strength to win the middle. However, the atmosphere of the strict party is too bad, and as soon as I hear that there is a 'joint word', I will rush to ask for it, as if I don't use the 'joint word', I will definitely not get it.

So their children and relatives, no matter how well the article was done, all used those nine words, among which there were more than 30 copies recommended by the same examiner and admitted by Yan Ne! In other words, these thirty people can pass the exam even if they rely on their own ability!

But at this moment, Yuan Wei, who was eager to clear his suspicion, couldn't care so much, and in line with the principle of preferring to pervert rather than indulge, all the relationship volumes were knocked down, and those thirty people never imagined that the original nine-character talisman had become a life-urging talisman! Let them die a terrible death!

Yan Ne couldn't stand it anymore, and whispered to Yuan Wei: "Ministry, what's wrong with these scrolls?" It's a good article. ”

"Why don't I think this bullshit?" Yuan Wei shook a scroll and said: "Look at this, the literature and science are smooth, but you can take the words out of context and use the dictionary indiscriminately, which shows that this person's heart is not right, what is he doing, and it will bring disaster to the country and the people?" ”。

Yan Nexin said where is this? But as soon as Yuan Wei went online, he couldn't say anything more, so he had to find a copy of the roll that was knocked down by Yuan Wei and said: "But please consider this again, the lower official feels that this son can be ranked in the top five, even if the lower official is clumsy, he won't even take it!" The two had an argument, which caused the fellow examiners to hold back...... After a few days of reading, everyone is familiar with it, and they are not as disciplined as they were at the beginning...... They all left the table and gathered around, and when they saw the article, they all had an impression, so they all pleaded for it: "Lord Ministry, this is really a good article!" It's not too much to take it as a huiyuan......"

Yuan Wei reluctantly took the test paper, and when he saw that everyone was surrounding, he said unhappily: "Have you forgotten the laws of the imperial court?" ”。 The examiners returned to their seats with a smile, but they all craned their necks to listen to what he had to say.

Yuan Wei has already drilled the tip of the bull's horns at this moment - I will resolutely not record those nine words, and I will not record them even if I am killed!

Seeing that everyone was urging him, he actually said: "You ignore the rules of the inner curtain and praise this person like this, do you have to accept other people's benefits?" ”

Yan Ne and the examiners were all startled when they heard this, and hurriedly defended: "We just pity him, not favoritism!" ”

"Hmph......" Yuan Wei snorted, and finally put his eyes on the scroll, and when he saw half of it, he threw it into the pile of scrolls.

Yan Ne's face was completely uncontrollable...... I recommend it so strongly, but you still don't take it, you really don't take me seriously. In addition, he was innocent and had nothing to do with the candidate, so he argued: "My lord, even if you don't order him Huiyuan, it's always enough to take an average ranking, right?" "Fewer words" said in a low voice: "This ...... I'm afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, and if the candidate makes trouble, I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of the department. "In officialdom, you have always respected me and I paid you back, once you don't give people face, people will no longer be polite to you.

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Today's matter is no longer a question of a candidate's future, but a matter of Yan Ne's dignity, and when he reaches the level of a squire, he is also a big man with a head and a face, although he respects and endures Shangshu, but there is really nothing to be afraid of. Everyone is Jane's important minister in the heart of the emperor, who knows who will be up and down tomorrow, and who will be afraid of whom?

Yuan Wei was also angered by Yan Ne's resistance, and said in his heart that I won't clean you up today, and I will let you lie on your head in the future? Then he sneered and said, "What does Lord Yan mean by this, if the official doesn't take this volume, how can it damage his reputation?" ”

Yan Ne clenched his fists and said: "I am despicable, please forgive me, but please show me, why don't you take this volume?" Sighing, he said, "Please also make it clear to your lordship, lest the volume we recommend be out of line with the department's intentions!" This is obviously a hint that Yuan Wei is too self-assertive, and he doesn't consider other people's opinions at all.

As soon as this remark came out, Jukui Hall was silent, and the two main exams were actually common things to take or not, but everyone just liked to watch and see who could overpower whom in the end?

But Yuan Wei was one step ahead of Yan Ne everywhere, he was definitely not lucky, he glanced at Yan Ne, and his gaze swept over the people in the hall: "The saint deeply feels that the scientific research articles in recent years are surprisingly cold, so that the pure liberal arts body is gone. It is a decree that the national examination should be forbidden, and those who will not be grandiosed with difficult words and strange words. The volume of the Hook Thorn Quirk. All down! Have you forgotten the hadith, or have you deliberately violated it? ”

This is simply a strong argument, and those who are talented must be farting by the gods when they write articles--extraordinary, but you have to say that it is grandstanding, and it is not completely untenable, but according to such standards, half of the famous articles in ancient and modern times will be dethroned.

It's just that Yuan Wei moved out the holy teachings, and Yan Ne was completely out of recruitment, so he had to back down and said: "It's the lower officials' considerations, it's all up to the adults." ”

"Hehe......" Yuan Wei's face also softened and said: "Don't be discouraged, brother Yangzhai, you have also seen it, I have no objection to most of the articles you take, but these seemingly wonderful articles are not conducive to the scholars to develop a down-to-earth style of study, and the foolish brother will not take it, and it is definitely not against your vision." ”

The other party gave the steps, and Yan Ne had no choice but to take advantage of the situation and said: "What the adults have taught me is that the lower officials will remember it in the future," after a pause, he arched his hand and said: "Please let the adults give this meeting a ranking for the test." ”

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A little 7,000 words, hehe......

Chapter 625 If People Don't Know, Unless You Do It (II)

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