Chapter 139: Rushing
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The Huanghuang Donglin Party, such a huge force, was killed overnight, not only the core figures in the court, but even Lu Daqi and others, who were temporarily dormant, did not run away, and they were all arrested.
The people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei counted their family property day and night, to be honest, the people of the Donglin Party are mixed, there are many honest and self-disciplined people, of course, there are more greedy people, and their greed has no bottom line, geese pluck, eat people without spitting out bones.
There are those who are good at gold and silver, those who love to play, those who like antiques, those who hoard fields, and even those who like strange things from the West, and those who collect beauties for fun.
These things were not directly searched, but packed in boxes and displayed along the street, and it was clear how much property a certain person had. These real things do not tell lies, and you think that you are loyal and good, but you have coveted tens of thousands of pieces of silver, and you have obtained it by virtue of your money!
Everyone has an account in their hearts, and when these things are announced, the people of Nanjing are boiling, everyone points fingers and scolds the Donglin Party, and many gentry who have been deprived by the Donglin Party unite and write to Ma Shiying, asking for severe punishment of the Donglin evil party.
All in all, a spark detonated the tide of public opinion in the city, and everyone was talking about it.
In a teahouse, there were three scholars sitting on the seats by the window, sitting in their early twenties in the middle, one in his thirties on the right, and seventeen or eighteen years old on the left.
The scholar sitting in the middle had clear eyebrows and a smiling face. Seeing everyone's please, he grabbed a few peanuts and rubbed off the skin. One by one, they were thrown into their mouths, crunching and chewing.
"Brother Wu, why are you still so leisurely, the Donglin Party has been arrested, what should we do?"
"Brother Zhu, it's okay for you to what kind of scholar's heart, people arrest others. What should we do? ”
"Brother Zhu", who is in his early thirties, screwed his eyebrows together, and said with a sigh: "We only arrived at Donglin Academy half a year ago, and we originally wanted to be edified. It's good that you can get into a lifter, isn't it a waste of effort? ”
"Hahaha, Brother Zhu, since Li Chuang entered Beijing. I put out the idea of the imperial examination. This is a troubled time, and no matter how well the Bagu Shiwen does, it is useless. ”
"It's useless, it's useless, but it's always a way out, and now there's no way, I'll think about it and go out in a while." I'll jump the Yangtze River! ”
The youngest couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother Zhu, your water nature is so good." Not to mention jumping the Yangtze River, even if you jump into the sea, you can't die! ”
While he was talking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the teahouse, and several young scholars walked in. After looking around, there were no empty seats, and my eyes fell on a table by the window. They all know each other, the three people sitting are all Fujian scholars, the middle is Wu Kaijie, the youngest on the left is his cousin, called Wu Huanju, and the oldest is Zhu Chenghai.
"Brother Wu, what a coincidence, you are also drinking tea here."
"It turned out to be Brother Qin, I haven't seen your masterpiece for a long time, it's just not fragrant to eat!"
"Hahaha, Brother Wu is really polite, your knowledge is really first-class." They exchanged a few pleasantries and sat down with each other.
The "Brother Qin" spoke first and said: "I think that I, Qin Shixiao, have studied in Donglin Academy for two years, and I am cared for by my teachers, but now Donglin Academy has been sealed, and loyal ministers have been unjustly imprisoned, which is really chilling!" Several benevolent brothers are all from Donglin, I don't know if they are willing to go to the court with us to protect the gentlemen of Donglin? ”
Wu Huanju didn't like to listen to it a little, and couldn't help but say: "Brother Qin, all the high-ranking officials of Donglin, their family properties have been announced, ranging from 350,000 taels to hundreds of thousands of taels. ”
"That's not right, having money is not necessarily corruption, how many predecessors are cultivators and heirlooms, generations of noble families, a little money is nothing. Besides, is it possible to be framed, all in all, I don't believe that the gentleman of Donglin will be a person who is inconsistent with what he seems. ”
Wu Kaijie suddenly smiled and said: "What Brother Qin said is reasonable, it's just that we are soft-spoken, in case we anger the higher-ups, but if we want to lose our heads, let's drink tea, don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about state affairs!" ”
Just then, two soldiers walked in from outside. Wu Huanju hurriedly patted Qin Shixiao, "Look, you're here!" ”
"Where?" Qin Shixiao was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground, and at this time, the two soldiers had already pasted a notice on the pillar of the teahouse, and then turned around and left.
"You dare to trick me, I'll fight with you!"
"Brother Qin, don't be angry, let's take a look at what is written on it first." Zhu Chenghai said, walked to the front of the pillar, stretched his neck, and looked inside.
At first glance, Zhu Chenghai didn't feel anything, but the more he looked at him, his eyes widened, and gradually even his breathing became short, and in the end, he clenched his fists even more loudly.
"Brother Zhu, what are you doing, have you been reading the notice for so long?" Qin Shixiao said impatiently.
At this time, Zhu Chenghai finally came back to his senses, hurriedly ran to the table, arched his hand at Wu Kaijie, and said, "Brother Wu, let's talk again when we have time, I will go to Wenshu first." ”
"Wen Shu?" Wu Kaijie said with a smile: "The imperial examination is still early, and the academy is also in charge, why are you in a hurry?" ”
"Can't help but be in a hurry, the exam is about to start?"
"What kind of exam, imperial examination, does the emperor want to open Enke?" Qin Shixiao couldn't help but ask.
"No, the notice said that it is a temporary special department, mainly recruiting talents for economic use, and responsible for Tuntian affairs in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan and other places."
"What kind of exam is this?" Wu Kaijie was also taken aback and couldn't help asking.
"I don't know, but I can say it above, if I can be admitted, I will be given a nine-rank official position."
"It's only nine grades, what is that?" Qin Shixiao couldn't help but pout.
Zhu Chenghai said with a smile: "Brother Qin, you are rich and five cars, I can't compare with you, since I was eighteen years old and won Xiucai, I have been taking the exam for more than ten years, and there is no change at all, let alone Zhongjinshi in this life." I can't even lift people. If you can get into this and change to a nine-grade position, you can be regarded as an official at all. It can also save some money for the family. ”
"Brother Zhu, if you want to say that these nine grades are not small, the top three are from the same jinshi, how many people have been stuffed into the six science corridors, starting from the seven or eight grade officials, not to mention how bitter they are, these nine grade officials. is still in charge of Tuntian, so there is some oil and water to fish! ”
"It's still Brother Wu's high opinion, as I said above. The examination does not delay the imperial examination, as long as you have worked for three years, you can also take the imperial examination. ”
Qin Shixiao still couldn't help but pout: "Brother Zhu, according to what you say, this is quite cost-effective." I'm afraid the exam won't be too easy, right? ”
"It shouldn't be too hard. It is written above, in principle, 3,000 people should be recruited, and if the results are excellent, the enrollment can be expanded, which is more than ten times more than the imperial examination! ”
When Qin Shixiao heard this, he immediately choked on a sip of tea.
"How many, three thousand? Not kidding, right? ”
"Who said it was funny, don't believe you go and see for yourself. I don't want to waste my time anyway. Give it a try when you get the chance! ”
Zhu Chenghai said goodbye, and Qin Shixiao suddenly became interested. Hurriedly got up and rushed towards the crowd. The tea guests had already crowded in front of the notice, watching, pointing.
"See, I want to recruit thousands of people, just to clean up the Donglin Party's family property, I really don't know how much money these people are greedy for?"
"Who said no, I often heard them pointing out the country, saying that sages entered the dynasty and the country was governed, but now I look at it, it is they who have entered the court, and their pockets are round!"
"Don't talk about this, let's take a look at this Tuntian official, we want to recruit more than 3,000, if there is a student in the family, try it, although the nine products are not big, but they are as big as the main thin, it is smaller than the county master and the county Cheng, which is not bad!"
"Isn't it, our neighbor has taken the exam for a lifetime, but he didn't even get mixed up with the showman, and he lost his life!"
Qin Shixiao took a lot of effort, squeezed in and read the notice carefully, and suddenly his blood boiled. Squeezed out of the crowd, I couldn't help but be excited.
"I have a chance, I can be an official!"
He shouted like a madman, and all the tea guests around him looked sideways, but Qin Shixiao didn't care about this, and took a few steps to Wu Kaijie's table.
"Brother Wu, it is written above, if you do a good job in Tuntian Grange, you can be directly promoted to the county order, and your future evaluation and promotion will be the same as that of those from the imperial examination, this is really a shortcut to the south!"
Wu Kaijie suddenly smiled and said: "The shortcut to the south is true, but whose field is this Tuntiantun, but can you manage the fields of those righteous men and gentlemen in Donglin?" ”
Wu Huanju also smiled and said: "That's right, someone just said that he wanted to write a petition for the gentleman of Donglin, is this how to petition?" ”
Qin Shixiao's face turned red, and he could only argue: "At this time and that time, the fact that Master Fu can launch such good governance shows that it is a concern for the world's scholars." Compared with the people who read all over the world, Donglin is nothing. The two of you are not accompanied, and I will also go to Wenshu! ”
Qin Shixiao and a few friends left the teahouse quickly, for fear that they would be one step too late.
"Brother, this is called a mother with milk, right?"
Wu Kaijie smiled: "There's nothing wrong at all, why does he want to pull people to the book, it's just that he wants to fight for a fortune." If the Donglin Party can make a comeback, no matter whether it is useful or not, it will reward the benefactors who extend their hands in difficult places in the future. But this kind of thing is risky after all, if you can honestly be admitted to a nine-rank official, and climb up in the future, why take that risk? ”
"Brother, you have seen through people's hearts, should we also take this test?"
Wu Kaijie smiled and waved his hand: "This idea is clever, defeat the Donglin Party, and then open the door of goodness and win over the world's scholars, which is equivalent to digging the ancestral grave of the Donglin Party." This kind of method is not something that Ma Shiying can use, in my opinion, it is most likely the handiwork of Gu Zhenhua, the prince of the Ji Kingdom. ”
"That's right, Ji Guogong is indeed a hero, not only first-class in training and fighting, but also with excellent means, if he can quickly open up the situation in Henan, you can see that this person is extraordinary!"
"Hahaha, since we know who did it, why should we bother to ask for fish for the sake of wood, just go directly to Ji Guogong, with my ability, I am guaranteed to make Gu Zhenhua's eyes shine!"
After the notice was posted, the whole of Jiangsu and Zhejiang was shaken, and those young scholars were originally gearing up to complain about the Donglin Party, and it can be said that public opinion was on the verge of exploding.
At this juncture, the news of the exam came, and the sight of the reader changed in an instant. The difficulty is low, there are many admissions, and you can directly become an official without delaying your future. This kind of good thing is hard to come by.
Even those diehards in Donglin wanted to make some waves, but no one played with them anymore, and they all went to Wen Shu. And some people also heard that some of the common sense of peasant workers should be tested, and in an instant, what "Mengxi Pen Talk", "Tiangong Kaiwu", "Agricultural Administration Encyclopedia", "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and so on, the miscellaneous books that were originally ignored also became hot all of a sudden, and all the bookstores were robbed, and the printing was not enough, and some people simply copied the books directly.
At this time, there were a lot of collected pamphlets on the market, such as the examination book, which was not worse than the college entrance examination in later generations, and these young scholars were all studying hard.
Gu Zhenhua also wanted to know whether his prescription was useful, so he also deliberately went to various registration points to take a look, but as soon as he arrived at the scene, he was startled. The long queue stretched for miles, and the bustle was unimaginable.
Gu Zhenhua saw a scholar in his thirties at a glance, and couldn't help but smile and asked: "This benevolent brother, in the future, the special department will reduce the weight of the four books and five classics, and take more tests in astronomy and geography and agricultural technology, what do you say?" ”
"What else, read more books, but those poor old children are going to suffer."
When Gu Zhenhua heard this, he couldn't help laughing in his heart: The adaptability of the Chinese people is really first-class! (To be continued......)