There are three meanings in Kochi's letter.

First of all, as Wu Jie's mentor, Gao Daren congratulated Wu Jie for winning the first place in the undergraduate examination and felt deeply comforted. Tell Wu Jie to guard against arrogance and rashness, and strive to get a talent in the upcoming college examination.

The second meaning is that the chief examiner of the undergraduate Sichuan Provincial College Examination has been determined, and his name is Bao Yingxia, who has been patrolling the Shanxi area a few months ago, and happened to receive the will to come to Chengdu to invigilate the examination.

It turns out that this college examination is not the same as the county examination and the government examination, because it is related to the fame of Xiucai, once the candidate is admitted as a student, he can obtain the fame of Xiucai, and enjoy a series of privileges of tax exemption and exemption from official non-kneeling, which is much more formal than the first two of the children's examination.

In order to prevent local officials from cheating, generally speaking, the chief examiner must be sent from the central government, and this year's college examination in Sichuan Province is no exception.

The final round of the Boys' Exam is so crucial that it is important to carefully understand the examiner's surname and appetite before the exam.

On the letter, Kochi County said that this Bao Yingxia was a Jinshi in the sixteenth year of Jiajing, his surname was Gangzheng, and he liked simple words.

The news revealed by Kochi County is very important, and it also lets Wu Jie know what kind of article to copy, so he is a little more sure about this college exam.

Hearing that Bao Yingxia was a jinshi in the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, Wu Jie was taken aback. This year's Jinshike has some talents, such as Zhang Juzheng, Wang Shizhen and Li Chunfang. Zhang Juzheng didn't say it, it was the first assistant in the Wanli period, and Wang Shizhen was the leader of the literary world in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and it is said that "Golden Vase Plum" was written by him. As for Li Chunfang, he also served as the first assistant of the cabinet.

This issue of Jinshike can be described as full of talents, if it is really Bao Yingxia as the chief examiner, Wu Jie was admitted as his protégé, and half a foot into the most powerful bureaucracy in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with these two meanings, the news at the end of the letter from Kochi County is very bad: Yang Zongzhi's new book contains quite extreme remarks, and it is said that it has attracted the attention of the Qianhu office of Jinyiwei in Sichuan, and Wu Jieluo is involved in it, and he may be in trouble.

"Jinyi Wei Thousand Households." Wu Jie was slightly surprised, this is a spy agency, if they are targeted, don't say that I, Wu Jie, am just a civilian, even if it is someone else from Governor Lin's mansion, I will be arrested.

As a spy agency directly responsible to the emperor, Jinyiwei is mainly divided into two parts: central and local. The central government is divided into two parts, the northern government is responsible for handling cases and detaining prisoners, and the southern government is responsible for internal affairs. Out of the central organs, there are also dispatched agencies such as the Thousand Households Office in each locality, which are in charge of monitoring the localities.

Generally speaking, a province will set up a Jinyi Wei Thousand Households, which has the right to handle cases and arrest people.

"Could it be that there is a ban in Yang Zongzhi's writings, and Kochi County is afraid that I will be involved, so he reminded him." Wu Jie sighed in his heart, speaking of which, Yang Zongzhi is good to me. In the future, if I marry Tang Mi, he will be my uncle.

Wu Jie put down the letter and said, "The teacher sent a letter saying that the main examiner of the college examination of this department is Bao Yingxia. ”

"I've heard of this man, a gentleman." Yang Zongzhi nodded: "It's also luck that you can take the exam under him." Bao Yingxia is a talented person, he is naturally the best to come to Chengdu, and it is not a great pleasure in life to discuss his knowledge with him. Shizhen, wait a minute, let the craftsman choose two of my new books, and I will send them to Master Bao and ask him to be right. ”

Wu Jieyi gritted his teeth and asked directly: "Is there anything wrong with Mr. Yuli's book?" ”

"What's wrong?" Yang Zongzhi frowned: "What does Shizhen mean by this, haven't you read it yet?" ”

Wu Jie was a little embarrassed: "Sir, Wu Jie has been busy coping with the college exam these days, and he hasn't read it, I hope you will forgive me." Wu Jie would like to ask if there is any offence in Mr. Wang's writings? ”

"It's possible." Yang Zongzhi did not evade it, spread out his new book, and answered directly, saying that the power of the monarch and the power of the ministers, the scholars and the king rule the world together, and so on, are all the clichés of the Confucian masters. However, he changed his words and quickly talked about the set of ordinary ethics of feudal society, which was sprinkled for half an hour.

The moth waiting next to him yawned one after another, and even Wu Jie was a little sleepy-eyed.

To be honest, I am very uninterested in the Confucian set of Wu Festival. The argument that scholars and kings rule the world together is fine, and that's what the Ming Dynasty did. The monarch, the cabinet, and the celebrant stand on three sides, checking and balancing each other, which has a bit of the flavor of the separation of powers in later generations.

In fact, the monarchy of the Ming Dynasty, except for Taizu and Chengzu, was the weakest among all dynasties. Like Wanli, Emperor Tianqi and others after Jiajing, they were often pointed at and scolded by the ministers.

Yang Zongzhi wrote these things in the book, which is completely politically correct, and it is impossible to find fault with it.

If there is a problem, it should come from the elaboration of the ethics of the program.

Isn't this another time to turn over the old account of the Rites?

Thinking of this, Wu Jie immediately woke up, and couldn't help but shout: "Mr. Yuli, you want to use this book to rehabilitate Elder Ge and Bachelor Yang?" ”

"Yes." Yang Zongzhi nodded, with a fierce expression: "The ancestor and the ancestor have been wronged for decades, and I think about it at night, but what I want is to wash away the grievances of the ancestor father." Now, as long as this book is published and distributed, the momentum will be created, and once it reaches the heavens, and there are important ministers of the DPRK and the central government to speak on their behalf, it may not be without a turning point. ”

"An important minister in the court?"

Yang Zongzhi suddenly smiled slightly: "A Jinshi who was admitted when the ancestor presided over the examination back then has now become the first assistant of the cabinet. ”

"Are you talking about Yan Song and Yan Ge?" Wu Jie was a little speechless, this is an old slippery head. Let's say that he is a bad person, Yan Ge doesn't seem to have done anything to hurt the heavens and reason, but he is very timid about his own position. Will Yan Song do this kind of thing to run and shout for his teacher?

The Great Rites Discussion was originally a Qin case, Jiajing hated Yang Ting and Yang Shen to the bone, how could he suddenly find out in his conscience to rehabilitate these two big enemies?

Yan Song is such a clever person, can he take such a risk?

He was just a protégé of Yang Ting and the nominal one, and he had no relationship at all.

Yang Zongzhi actually put all his hopes on Yan Da and corrupt officials, which was so naïve that Wu Jie had nothing to say.

It can be seen that this man's learning has nothing to do with political wisdom.

"It is Yan Ge Lao, I am going to leave for Yanjing after compiling this book to lobby for the ancestor case." Yang Zongzhi said awe-inspiringly: ", I also know that this trip is unpredictable, but it is incumbent on him. ”

Wu Jie originally planned to remind him about Jinyiwei, but seeing that he had an unturning energy, he knew that it was useless to say anything. He only nodded silently and did not advise again.

I thought to myself: this is a place of right and wrong, it is better to leave early. But how can I say this in front of Yang Zongzhi? Anyway, there will be no time left for the exam, and I will go back to Xinjin after the exam.

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