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After a day of tossing, it was already dusk when Xie Shen and his friends left Cuihu and returned to Lufu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fortunately, Erya's little Lori had already prepared meals for the teenagers, so she wouldn't make them hungry.

The road to the imperial examination is difficult to get to the sky. At first, Xie Shen thought that this sentence was exaggerated, but when he became an eyewitness, he realized the meaning.

The difficulty of the imperial examination is not in the eight-strand articles and Confucian scriptures, but in the sophistication of human feelings and the intertwined network of relationships.

Since the establishment of the imperial examination system in the first year of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the development of nearly a thousand years has made it form a complete system. Compared with the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, the imperial examination is naturally fairer, but it does not mean that it has no loopholes to exploit. If it is said that the Jiupin Zhongzheng is almost blocking the ascending ladder of the children of the poor family, the imperial examination has opened a window for them, but it is only a window.

The most obvious is the three primary examinations of the county examination, the government examination, and the hospital examination. Since these three exams are not vague, the children of those big families have a considerable advantage. As long as their articles are not too bad, it is not a problem to make the list. Of course, if you encounter an upright examiner, there will be occasional cases where the horse stumbles, but that is a minority after all.

Further up, although the township test and the meeting test are more fair, the time to secretly compete for connections has arrived. The children of the poor lack connections, and even if they finally enter the Shidenke, unless the article is really extraordinary, the ranking will not be too good.

This is also the reason why Xie Shen is in a hurry to make friends and pay homage to the Great Grandmaster. If only the hospital examination is considered, there should not be any major problems as the head of the county examination and the government examination. But if you want to continue to climb up, you have to catch the line of the Great Grandmaster. The Scholar Officer was already the highest-ranking official he could reach through his own efforts, and it was his only choice to realize more important ministers in the court through the Scholar Officer.

Without a master who can do it, it is like duckweed in the water, which has no foundation all the time.

Little Lori served the food and set it up, and several teenagers sat around the table and ate it.

At the poetry meeting, they all took care of their manners, they couldn't eat anything at all, and they naturally gobbled up a delicious meal in the face of a table of hungry food for a day.

"Well, this steamed dumpling is really delicious, Brother Shenxian, you can also taste it."

In an instant, Wang Shouwen ate most of the plate of steamed dumplings, which made Xie Shen cry and laugh.

"You eat slowly, and no one will rob you of ......"

Xie Shen picked up the chopsticks and ate the noodle soup, he still preferred noodles to steamed dumplings.

"This Chen Tixue has never sought an important position in the Sixth Department before, but His Majesty did not hesitate to appoint him as the official of Zhejiang Tixue. Do you know why? That's because he is Xu Ge's old man. His Majesty is extremely kind to Xu Ge Lao, and naturally he also trusts the people recommended by Xu Ge Lao. ”

Wang Shouwen ate and ate, but he didn't forget to ridicule Chen Fangyin and Mr. Chen.

Hearing this, Xie Shen frowned and said, "You said that Chen Tixue is Xu Ge's protégé?" Is this true? ”

Wang Shouwen finally swallowed the bun with tea, slapped the table and said, "What does Brother Shen Xian mean by this, don't you distrust Wang?" After a pause, Wang Shouwen continued: "I don't dare to say anything else, but I still have one or two things about the resumes of the officials in the DPRK and China. My father and Xu Ge Lao are also good friends, and when I was in Beijing, I heard Xu Ge Lao mention this Chen Tixue. ”

Xie Shen hurriedly said, "Brother Shouwen, don't get me wrong, I'm just a little surprised." ”

Wang Shouwen glanced at him and said: "What's so surprising about this, Xu Ge Lao is virtuous and does not avoid relatives, don't say that this Chen Tixue is his protégé, that is, his relatives, as long as he is really talented, Xu Ge Lao will not hesitate to recommend it to His Majesty." ”

Xie Shen nodded, a little excited in his heart. When Xu Ge Lao was mentioned in the Hongzhi Dynasty, he was naturally talking about a generation of famous ministers Xu Pu.

Just last year, that is, in the fifth year of Hongji, a major event happened in the DPRK and China. In August, the head of the cabinet changed hands. Liu Ji, a political tumbler who has served in the cabinet for 18 years, Liu Ge Lao Zhishi, Xu Pu Xu Ge Lao is naturally a daughter-in-law for many years, and was appointed by His Majesty as the new first assistant.

To say that Liu Ji, the predecessor of Xu Gelao, is really a strange person in the political world. This gentleman has been in the cabinet for 18 years since he joined the cabinet in the eleventh year of Chenghua, and he has also been the first assistant for five years. It's nothing if it's just that, but this gentleman has a nickname 'Liu Mian', but everyone knows it, and no one knows it.

The Chenghua Dynasty was a period of great chaos in the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Jianshen of Ming Xianzong is a very playful and lazy person, who ignores the government all the year round, and naturally does not listen to the advice of officials.

From the top to the bottom, the cabinet elders and the senior members of the six ministries are naturally not very willing to do practical things. Therefore, at that time, there was a saying of "paper paste three pavilion old" and "clay sculpture six books".

Of course, there are other reasons for the collective laziness of officials, and Ming Xianzong cannot only be blamed. At that time, the first assistant of the cabinet was Wan An, and this gentleman was favored by the throne of Wan Guifei, and it is said that he was also appreciated for taking the opportunity to pay tribute to Ming Xianzong when he was sparse, and his character was naturally visible.

Wan Ge is always a very suspicious person, and he takes power very seriously, and Liu Ji and Liu Jue, who are the second assistants, are temporarily avoiding the edge in order not to attract the envy of Wan Shoufu. And the best way to avoid the edge for a while is to hide in the cabinet and not ask about political affairs.

After a long time in the corpse position, Liu Ji will inevitably be impeached by the officials. But this gentleman is thick-skinned enough, so he didn't hear it. This is where the nickname "Liu Mian" comes from, and this Liu Ge Lao is really too resistant to impeachment......

Later, Emperor Hongzhi succeeded to the throne, and the other two elders fell one after another, only Liu Mian continued to stay in office, the reason is that this monarch saw the opportunity to become a loyal minister and a direct minister, and was appreciated by Emperor Hongzhi.

But appreciation is appreciation, His Majesty Hongzhi still sees Liu Ji's personality very accurately, and after Xu Pu has enough qualifications, he still single-handedly promotes the replacement of the first assistant of the cabinet.

In Xie Shen's opinion, if the Ming Dynasty talks about the true countryman, Wang Yangming counts as one, Yu Qian counts as one, and only Xu Pu is worthy of this title.

Later generations will mention the elders of Hongzhi Sange, and they will say how Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Liu Jian are. When it comes to the three gentlemen of Hongzhi, they will all say how Liu Daxia, Ma Wensheng, and Wang Shu are. But from the professional perspective of Xie Shenming's graduate student, Xu Pu is no worse than the above six.

You must know that when Xu Pu entered the cabinet, it was the most chaotic period when Wan An and Liu Ji were in power.

At that time, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were hiding in the Hanlin Academy and did not dare to speak out, and only Xu Pu was the only one who could stand up and compete with them.

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