Section 57 The Gentleman and the Villain
The entire academy was batching the papers all night, all crowded in the library of the academy, the door was tightly closed, until the roll was unsealed and the roll call was unwrapped, everyone here was not allowed to go out, the scrolls were randomly selected, no one knew who the owner of the scroll was, Yun Ye originally planned to copy the scroll again, Xu Jingzong also agreed, but was reprimanded by Mr. Li Gang, guarding people is like guarding against thieves, and the shame of a gentleman.
There seemed to be only two shameless villains in the academy, so these two shameless villains were excluded from the circle of marking papers, and the two of them could only stay outside the library, set up a small table, and let the kitchen send a few small dishes, drink some wine to resist the cold of early spring.
"Lao Xu, thanks to you all these years, I am often absent, if it weren't for you guarding the academy, the academy would not have today's grand occasion, you have contributed a lot, come, let's have a drink together."
The two of them drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, lit the bottom of the cup, smiled, and ate with chopsticks. After eating two bites, Xu Jingzong smiled bitterly and said: "Yunhou, tell me, the two of us can be regarded as doing our best for the academy, why did we end up with the title of villain today, everyone else is busy, only you and I are sitting here drinking?" ”
"That's because the two of us are really villains. Don't disagree, I'm busy calculating all day long, collecting money everywhere, you pick and choose all day long, touch and touch, and make careful calculations, I fight with others outside, you are almost spit at home, you say, the two of us are a bit gentlemanly? ”
"That being said, I always feel unwilling, who doesn't want a good name, who wants to carry a bad reputation all day long." Xu Jingzong drank all the wine at hand in distress.
Yun Ye peeled off a salted duck egg, put it in Xu Jingzong's bowl and said with a smile: "The waiter of the Ministry of Rites is a noble official, why didn't Lao Xu go?" I also refused three times, which is an iron heart. “
Xu Jingzong drank another glass of wine. Knocking on the table and saying, "Qinggui? Yunhou, you have been fighting in that circle for so long, it's not clear? Where are the real Qing nobles? You are an idle marquis who is in danger in this whirlpool, and I am an idle official with no background and no power Once he is wrenched, it is strange if he is not broken. Look at it, over the years, the officials in the court have changed like water, who is not an official should be frightened, I always have a good place without trouble, why go to the quagmire? After all these years in the academy, watching it gradually turn into a magnificent city, I have nothing to be dissatisfied with, and it is not bad to stay for the rest of my life. If you die of old age, you can mix a statue in the academy, even if you have explained this life. “
Yun Ye scratched his head and said: "The current court is really not a mess, except for those few big guys who are immovable, the rest of the rotation is like a marquee, go to the household department today, become an official of the Ministry of Industry tomorrow, and in a few days it will become a thorn in the world." If you want to calm down, you can't do it without five or six years. “
"Forget it. Yunhou, I saw it, now that the eldest son has gone to Yunzhou, I have heard of it well, and I can always get out with the connections of the academy, and I am already a seven-rank official at a young age. I don't have the skills for that at his age. “
"Although your eldest son is good, but compared with your old Xu, it is not a star and a half, the eighteenth bachelor of the Qin Wangfu back then, where are there wine bags and rice bags? I just value what you're capable of. I tried my best to get you to the academy, to be honest, when I heard that you came to the academy, I was like a great enemy. “
"I also gave students a vacation, so I stood stunned for a long time in front of the empty academy." Xu Jingzong muttered, and felt that this matter was extremely interesting, so he pointed at Yun Ye with chopsticks and smiled back and forth.
The gentleman has the fun of a gentleman, the villain naturally has the fun of the villain, the two of them expose each other's shortcomings, the cup of food and vegetables chatted happily, not long, a jar of wine, under the stomach, just opened the second jar, Xu Jingzong but covered the jar and said: "Today's interest is strong, I have drunk a jar, now the academy has something, can not drink more, people should know the blessing, this is also the truth that I have realized in the past two years, the highest interest is the happiest time, the wine is exhausted, but not beautiful." “
Yun Ye arched his hand to show that he was taught, and ordered the servants to remove the remnants of the seats, and each of them went to the dormitory of the academy to check the room.
The moonlight was cold, Yun Ye wrapped the cloak around his body, stepped on the moonlight to check along the path, and saw that there was candlelight in the room, so he reprimanded two sentences, until the candle was extinguished, he continued to move forward, and soon came to the place of the women's academy, Lai Ying was guarding the gatehouse, his head dozed off little by little, and the person sitting opposite was embroidering with great interest, and from time to time rubbed the embroidery needle on his head, which looked indescribably weird.
Knocking on the table, Lai Ying woke up and saw Yun Ye bow his head embarrassedly.
"How about it, these children are moving in for the first day today, are there any people who are not used to it?"
"Master Hou, it's not bad, the little ladies played around for a long time before falling asleep, and they were happy, but they always secretly ran out to see their hearts." After saying that, he covered his mouth and laughed, like a hen that had just laid eggs.
There is no embarrassment in his heart, as long as he can find his own usefulness, he is very happy, in the past few years in the Yun family, it is almost the happiest day of his life, no one bullies, no one discriminates, even if a few little ladies like to play tricks on themselves, it is also out of childlike innocence, it can't be true.
A few days ago, Hou Ye didn't know where to get a pair of auspicious peonies to embroider by himself, saying that it was a gift to Old Master Qin as a birthday gift, which made him even happier.
"Satisfied, you are doing a good job, take your time, step by step into the crowd, you have a rough life since childhood, suffer from white eyes and ridicule, don't think too much, I am born to be useful, you are always finding a way for yourself, this is very good, I found that you will have great development on the way to embroidery, and will not be inferior to your perfume means."
Thanking Yun Ye for his praise happily, Lai Ying found out that Xiang Xin was actually embroidering a huge picture, just looking at the bright and dripping appearance of the embroidered peony, his heart was itchy, and after taking it over and looking at it carefully, he had to admit that what Yun Ye said was very reasonable.
Liu Jinbao shook the lantern towards the attic, and two women in Tsing Yi suddenly flashed on it, this is the female guard in the palace, there are eight of them in total, and when he saw a normal Yun Ye, he left the gatehouse, and he would not go into the inner courtyard.
I heard the sound of the three watches, the library was still busy, many servants went in and out to deliver soup, Xu Jingzong had already arranged the kitchen to prepare supper for the gentlemen, and the older ones even had ginseng soup, and I saw from a distance that Mr. Li Gang was sitting on the soft couch, talking with Yushan, and there were volumes of exam papers in front of him.
In the past, Yun Ye always blamed the demise of the dynasty on the kings of those who died in the country, but after coming to this era, he found that in fact, the king needs to be responsible for the demise of very little, and the reasons for the demise of a huge empire are very complicated, and it is unfair to blame the emperor alone.
Even if you are a fool, you can recuperate and recuperate, as long as the people are fed and warm, they will continue their dynasty indefinitely, Louis XV kind of I don't care about his flood after I die, there is not much market in China, the idea of the family has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, everyone wants to leave the best possible to their children and grandchildren, and they can be remembered by future generations as a holy king.
The head of the family is actually similar to the role of the emperor, they are all responsible for their own family, but one is stronger, the other is weaker, the emperor knows very well, the lord is weak and the minister is strong, and the heaven and earth will immediately change color, so the emperor is most worried about the ministers, not the people, so taking the interests of the people to strengthen themselves has become the only choice.
The moon sinks in the West Mountain, the humid air of spring moistens the heart and spleen, Yun Ye doesn't know how long he has stood in the spring dew, the sky has turned white, the pale yellow spring flowers in the academy are blooming, and the gentlemen of the academy are constantly coming out of the library, moving their stiff bodies in the open space in front of them, the busy day is over, and you can sleep well today.
Xu Jingzong came out of nowhere and walked up to Yun Ye and said, "The gentlemen's affairs are over, now it's time for us to be busy, I don't know how many people will be happy and how many will be disappointed today."
There will be countless invitations in front of you and me, every two years like this, and it is also the most majestic time in my academy, you say, how many negotiable places will we have this year? “
Yun Ye smiled bitterly and said: "In this academy, the despicable and shameless, only the two of us can do the things that hide dirt and dirt, Mr. Li Gang said, there are only thirty-one, not one more, I also want to turn away all these unqualified people, but it is unrealistic, after all, the academy lives in the world, and it can't be done without eating the fireworks of the world."
The royal family took eight, it was the mother who asked for it, Fang Xiang wanted to take four, Du Xiang took eleven places for the military, and you and I had eight places left, the old rule, one person and a half. “
Xu Jingzong said with a sad face: "There are eight in total, a little less, no matter what you and I do, just the local government, Jing Zhaoyin, Dali Temple, the forbidden army, including Yaxing, is not enough." “
"No way, just eight, it's very difficult to do something now, if it doesn't work, you can say that the women's academy can have ten more places, Yushan Academy can never be more, just these thirty-one, or Mr. Li Gang gave it out of public opinion, one more, the gentlemen will scold my mother, and threaten me, if there are fools who don't know how to count mixed in, they will immediately pick people up without giving any face."
Xu Jingzong looked up to the sky and sighed and said: "In the next session, you will be a gentleman if you are killed, the name of this villain, Yunhou, you will work alone, I will stay up late to review the papers, and you will do chores." (To be continued......)
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