Tang Zhizheng got up and said, "That's fine, you can do it at your discretion!" There are many things to do in the East Factory, and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so don't look for us if you have something to do in the future, just write the letter and put it in a conspicuous place in the study, and someone will send it to us. As he spoke, he walked out of the living room, and he didn't see how he ran, and in the blink of an eye, he had walked out of the courtyard door. The two looked at each other, and secretly sighed that Dongchang was as good as a cloud, and this old eunuch who usually did not show mountains and rivers had such a figure. Turning back into the house, Zhou Yanru said: "I admire Qian Muzhai's literary talent, respect him as a senior township party, and work under the same adult, there is no offense, I don't want him to be so vicious, it's just a matter of abandoning his humble duties with an iron heart, why don't you put the adult in your eyes?" ”

Wen Tiren snorted: "Qian Muzhai is less famous for his literature, and he is not willing to blindly drive the literary field, but Donglin was full of talents back then, and his qualifications are still shallow and he has not taken his turn. This person thinks very highly of himself, narrow-minded, intolerant, I can't see his pretentious wandering son the most, he thinks he can govern the country and Qi family when he sings a few poems on weekdays, it's really ridiculous! ”

"That being said, if he is appointed by the emperor to enter the cabinet, once he is in power, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold in the imperial court. Ten years of cold windows and August science field, the lowly waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who was not easy to get, lost his hand so lightly? The world is not his money family. Zhou Yanru had resentment in his eyes, and his expression was a little decadent.

Wen Tiren saw that he was extremely annoyed, and persuaded him: "It's not that the surname Qian has no handle to catch, I remember his ugly things in my heart!" Until the last minute, it doesn't necessarily mean that he won. ”

"What's the scandal?"

"Jade rope, don't you remember that Qian Muzhai went to Zhejiang to preside over the township trial fraud?"

"Isn't this case already closed? The army is confiscated, and the meritorious name is removed, Qian Muzhai and Zheng Luxiang, the examiner of the house, were fined for three months. Zhou Yanru thought that there was something to be used for, but when he heard that it was just a matter of buying and selling in Zhejiang, he was quite disappointed.

Wen Tiren seemed to persuade and mocked: "Jade Rope, you are too honest, have you forgotten that in the art of war, there are two tricks of making something out of nothing and fishing in troubled waters?" ”

"This ...... Isn't that a bit of a misdemeanor? Where is what a gentleman should do! ”

Wen Tiren sneered: "Then they will push it is what the gentleman does?" Fighting poison with poison, what's not to do? You talk about conscience, and you like the false name of repaying grievances with virtue, it is the fulfillment of others, and they will laugh secretly when they get cheap! Zhou Yanru's face turned red, and he bowed his head and said nothing.

"The big husband crisscrosses the seas, can bend and stretch like a dragon, can be big and small, can be raised and hidden; The big one is the clouds and the fog, and the small one is hidden and hidden; Rising is soaring between the universe, hidden is lurking in the waves, expensive in the opportunity to change, if you stick to a momentary event, it will be taken by others. I bring it up again now, that is, I want Qian Muzhai to be caught off guard, and then I will draw out a party word, impeach him for being a traitor, and I will push it to see how he can get rid of it? Wen Tiren's eyes were burning, as if he was confident, "I will report it alone, you will keep quiet, and when the emperor asks, as long as you reveal a few words, Qian Muzhai will definitely be unbearable." Hahaha......"

Zhou Yanru nodded again and again, and Wen Tiren said goodbye: "If this strategy can be successful, Qian Muzhai will fall into a situation of no return. ”

Zhou Yanru followed him to see him off, and said at the moment: "What did the adults say?" How can a lowly man be a man who breaks his word. ”

Wen Tiren smiled and walked out of the living room, so he stopped: "Jingshi has a lot of ears and eyes, don't be formal, stay and stay!" Zhou Yanru waved his hands on the spot and watched him go out and get into the sedan chair.

After the list was announced, all of a sudden, officials of all sizes not only discussed after tea and dinner, but also whispered on duty errands, speculating which of the eleven people would enter the cabinet, and the eleven people who were selected were also anxious and waiting for the emperor to be selected. Qian Qianyi thought that he had the chance to win, so he thought about the next step of the Donglin Party's great power, and he would do a vigorous career and be famous for hundreds of generations. Chongzhen saw that there was no name of Zhou Yanru on the list of Hui Tui, and he was faintly unhappy, so he sent Wang Yongguang to ask, Wang Yongguang said: "He has only been in Beijing for half a year, his qualifications are still too shallow, and he is young, so he might as well teach him to experience it again, and it is not too late to enter the cabinet." Besides, the courtiers did not recommend him, and the emperor set the main points, he was inevitably arrogant and arrogant, and it was difficult to get along with the courtiers, which was really contrary to the holy heart and tired of the holy virtue. Chongzhen heard what he said, but he was a little reluctant to Zhou Yanru in his heart, so he said: "The use of talents should be eclectic, and it is not necessary to look at what qualifications and expectations. I will take people for the public, and this meeting cannot just be pretended, it is necessary to elect a few capable ministers who rule the world, so as not to chatter about those officials. Wang Yongguang was submissive in his mouth, but he didn't understand the meaning of his words, and Chongzhen didn't understand it, so he waved his hand and ordered him to retreat. Wang Chengen brought in a small box wrapped in a yellow dragon jacket, Chongzhen took out the secret fold, looked at it from beginning to end, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he exhaled heavily: "How can such a fraudulent person who favoritism indiscriminately enter and push?" He read the secret fold carefully again, and couldn't help sneering at the list of pushers.

The next day, on the sixth day of November, it was the sixth day of the Great Dynasty, the cabinet, the five mansions, the six ministries, the Hanlin Yuan note officer, the Kedao palm seal official, and the Jinyi Weitang Shangguan gathered in the Wenhua Palace, Chongzhen first summoned the auxiliary ministers Li Biao, Qian Longxi, and Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, into the warm pavilion, and threw a sparse book to Wang Yongguang and said: "This is Wen Tiren's secret book yesterday, Qian Qianyi presided over the case of Zhejiang Qiuyu is not innocent enough, why is it ranked second this time?" Wen Tiren is now in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and his prestige is above Qian Qianyi, why is he not included in it? How did the officials push it, and it was played truthfully. ”

Wang Yongguang held it in both hands, and saw the words written on it "Straight Hair Covers the World and the God is Treacherous", he said more than ten words, looked at it at a glance and ten lines, and replied carefully: "Wen Tiren is a Jinshi in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, and among the six departments, only the six years of the late late ministers, even the two elders are also inferior, the qualifications are indeed very deep, but the reputation is thin, because he is the protégé of the late Shoufu Shen Beiwu, who followed Shen Ge Lao in his early years, and flattered him, adding fuel to the fire, and the courtiers have a lot of resentment, and it is reasonable that he is not included in the list this time." ”

Chongzhen said: "It will be pushed to see his ability to govern the country and assist the monarch, the party is the most important thing to fight different camps, if it depends on the number of supporters, isn't it the best for all the good gentlemen who nod and reconcile to enter the cabinet?" But what I want is not a straw bag of rice, I dream of having a talent like Zhang Jiangling in the first dynasty, who understands the changes of the times, and has the courage to do things, so as to help me rise and fall and recreate the peaceful and prosperous era like Yongle Ye. ”

Qian Longxi said: "The ministers have to meet Mingjun and be loyal to the country, but they are ambitious and talented, and they have negative expectations, so they are so ashamed that they can't be ashamed." Qian Qianyi's famous writing was early, and he learned well, and the courtiers would be convinced when he entered the cabinet. ”

Chongzhen sneered: "Can he wash away the scientific examination case cleanly?" ”

Li Biaodao: "According to the minister's opinion, the joint of the science field has nothing to do with Qian Qianyi, it was someone who designed to frame and falsely accuse, according to the recruitment of the Criminal Department, it was just a single person to set up a bureau to cheat money, and there was no internal and external collusion." ”

"The joint is real, he is the main exam, how can it not have anything to do with him? Is it a single person who is the main exam? Does a single person take the money? Did I wronged him? Chongzhen flicked his sleeves and ascended to the throne, and ordered Wen Tiren to come out of the class and said: "Is it true that you participated in the impeachment of Qian Qianyi for cheating in the scientific examination back then?" ”

"Every sentence is true, and there is a record." Wen Tiren carefully inspected Chongzhen's face, and then glanced at Qian Qianyi, who was shocked next to him, and said solemnly: "The minister thinks that the case of Zhejiang Qiuyu has not yet been concluded, and now that Qian Qianyi should not be listed." ”

After many years of the turmoil in Zhejiang, the first year of the Apocalypse, Qian Qianyi had already left it behind, where would he have thought that someone would revisit the old words and wait for an opportunity to retaliate, and when something happened, he was stunned on the spot, and remembered the terrifying past many years ago. Alas! The past is unbearable, Hangzhou, where the cinnamon is fragrant, and the West Lake, which is like a dream......

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Qian Qianyi was ordered to preside over the autumn festival in Zhejiang, since the thirty-eighth year of Wanli was awarded the Hanlin Academy by Jinshi, it was difficult to travel out of Beijing, and the capital was tired of staying, and he set off early after bidding farewell to the emperor, and rushed to Hangzhou by boat all the way without stopping. Hangzhou was known as Qiantang in ancient times, located in Wuyue, Xiangjiang River with lake, beautiful scenery, since ancient times is a famous county in the southeast. There is a lake in the west of the city, and many places of interest are scattered like pearls. Qian Qianyi arrived at the wharf and did not know that he would be the governor of the yamen, so he went ashore in plain clothes, found an inn and settled down, took his entourage out of Qiantang Gate, passed the Shengyin Temple, went to the Su Causeway, and saw the Yuewang Temple, Lingyin Temple, and Feilai Peak, and hired a painting boat to wander on the lake under the shade of the willows. Qian Qianyi stands upright on the bow of the boat with his hands, the lake cruise ship is dotted, the mulberry and hemp are all over the field in the distance, the green mountains are stacked and green, rushing to the face, the bamboo fence thatched huts at the foot of the mountain are sparse and falling, the shadows of the temples and towers in the smoke and rain are more than enough, vaguely recognizable, the pavilions and pavilions on the shore, the Daiwa powder wall, reflected in the blue water like silk, swaying and colorful, the song of the boat lady floats from time to time, Wu Nong's soft words, extremely lingering. More than an hour, the boat to Hongchun Bridge, there is a small courtyard on the shore of the lake, the surroundings are full of lotus flowers, at this time it is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the petals are thanked early, only the lotus leaves of the field are left, the lake is covered tightly, and the waterway is gradually narrowed. The boat lady said: "Master can be careful, here has been to the courtyard lotus wind, lotus leaves are very dense, not easy to go to the boat, don't patronize the scenery, lest the boat shake up and fall into the water, indecent." ”

Qian Qianyi listened to her soft tone, then turned around to take a closer look, and saw that the boat lady was in her early twenties, and her body was plump but she couldn't hide a little beauty, and asked, "Did anyone fall?" ”

The boat lady said: "The lotus flowers are blooming in midsummer, and some people often look stupid, forgetting that they are on the boat, and they step to pick and fall into the water, and they are inevitably covered with sludge." He smiled and smiled, revealing half of his lotus root-like arm.

Qian Qianyi didn't care, sitting on the bow of the boat and couldn't help but play with the lotus leaves near the boat, his eyes were full of greenery, the fragrance hit people, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "In this situation, how can there be no wine?" ”

The boat lady said: "The slave's boat never sells alcohol, and the guests buy it on the shore. Qian Qianyi sighed when he heard it, and his entourage was afraid of his scolding, so he flashed his face to the side and didn't dare to make a sound, and suddenly heard a shout from behind: "Dodge!" The boat lady hurriedly put the painting boat to the side, a small boat like a fly from the back straight up, but the waterway was narrow, the painting boat was difficult to dodge for a moment, the boat on the boat was busy with the wooden oars in his hand, the boat castrated a little slowly, and it could be side by side with the painting boat. Seeing that the boat lady was quite beautiful, the boat girl laughed and said: "Why is the girl's hands and feet not happy, dare you be tired last night?" ”

The boat lady was not annoyed, and replied with a smile: "The slave family is small and strong, where can it be compared to the elder brother's mule and horse who does not know how to work." ”

Qian Qianyi listened to her scolding tactfully, and secretly applauded, and saw that there were three scribes wearing scarves and holding fans sitting on the dinghy, each wearing royal blue, azure, and warbler's back color clip yarn straight jacket, sitting around drinking in one place. The middle-aged scribe wearing a royal blue shirt turned his head and saw that Qian Qianyi was also dressed in Confucian clothes, and arched his hand: "Brother Tai, the three younger brothers only care about playing tricks, how abrupt, guilty and guilty!" ”

Qian Qianyi said with a smile: "I only see the scenery, but there is no one in my eyes, which shows my temperament." ”

The man laughed and said: "There is no one in my eyes, my brother is witty, and my heart is happy, why not deign to move and sit on the boat." ”

Qian Qianyi said politely: "The grasshopper boat, no heel is allowed to spin, the three of them are okay to ride together, if the foolish brother goes over to have fun, I am afraid that there is no injustice of Qu Zi and he will throw himself into the bottom of the lake." ”

The man said: "Brother Tai's rhetoric is really admirable, but it's a pity that I can't talk to him face-to-face." ”

"Thank you Yayi, it's okay to talk on the boat, if you have more wine, please give me a glass."

The man threw a bottle of wine over and said, "I'll wait for the extensive, hold the bottle and drink, Brother Tai Mo laughs at the little brother who is greedy for the bottle." ”

Qian Qianyi continued: "There is no fixed way to drink, Xia Shang used the lord on Wednesday, and then the gold cups, silver cups, tin pots, porcelain bowls, clay pots, and clay jars are all made of utensils, which are suitable for people, time, and place, and are indispensable." The younger brother carries a blue tube cup with him, which is best for drinking on the boat. Stretched out his hand to pick a lotus leaf with a lotus stalk that was rolled up, asked the boat lady to ask for a silver hairpin, pierced the heart of the leaf to make it communicate with the leaf stem, poured the wine lotus, the stem tube was slightly raised and bent like an elephant's trunk, and it was held in the mouth to suck lightly, and in an instant, half a bottle of rice wine was exhausted, and he closed his eyes and said:

"Who holds the green as Yuyang? Make the pavilion cool at night.

The jade stem is slightly bitter, and the green cover is also fragrant.

Drinking turtle Tibetan lotus leaves are small, and the sucking river whale hates the long lotus root.

Pouring the pot and mistakenly showing the sleeves of the Lang Lang, laughing at the beautiful lady of Yexi. ”

Everyone was stunned, and the three scribes each admired it, and the young scribe who wore a warbler's back color said: "Take advantage of the excitement and take a pot and fold the lotus as a cup." Mr. is really an elegant person, with a great ancient style. ”

The young scribe wearing the azure jacket said in his mouth: "The taste of wine is mixed with the fragrance of lotus leaves, and the fragrance is immersive, the fragrance is far and clear, and it is wonderful to relieve the heat and make it cool." Dare to ask the gentleman's name? ”

Qian Qianyi groaned: "In fact, the friendship of gentlemen is the most important, and the false name is second. ”

Seeing that he was reluctant to tell him, the middle-aged scribe arched his hand and said: "Brother Tai's accent is mixed with Beiyu, I think I came from afar, and the younger brother is afraid that he will miss it, so he takes the liberty to ask for advice." The three of us originally came to the township to try it, little brother Ling? At the beginning, these two brothers were Zhang Dai and Zhang Pu, both of whom were Wu Yue's talents. Saying that, he pointed to the two people who wore azure and the back of the warbler, and said goodbye: "Because there are friends waiting in the restaurant in front, I am in a hurry, if it is convenient for my brother, you can come over and talk about it." Qian Qianyi also arched his hand, saw the three of them get off the boat and went away, saw that it was getting late, and paid the boat money to roam ashore.

At this time, the night banquet on the lake is only opened, the lanterns of the painting boat under the shade of the willows in the day are swaying, the strings are melodious, one by one swinging towards the center of the lake, most of the lake is reflected in red and bright, flowing gold and color, it is very beautiful. Qian Qianyi walked and looked, unconsciously to the street next to the Gongyuan, only to see a tall colorful archway standing on the ground, written Zhejiang Gongyuan four golden characters, behind is a green tile house, next to the archway there is a tall restaurant, up to the second floor of the elegant seat, point on the Dongpo meat, Song sister-in-law fish soup, West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing shrimp, braised spring bamboo shoots, West Lake Ulva soup a few famous dishes in Hangzhou, just eat a few bites, then listen to the next room tinkling a few times, mixed with the sound of several people laughing. Qian Qianyi frowned, put the chopsticks down, and the entourage hurriedly shouted to the shopkeeper to come over and ask, and the little two smiled and said: "The two masters must be outsiders, I don't know the rules of our shop, the guests have drunk all the wine, and they can throw the empty pot on the ground. ”

"Doesn't the tin pot have to be changed every day?" Qian Qianyi was secretly surprised, and felt that it was really a little unbelievable.

Xiao Er grinned and said, "Where to change!" The tin pot is not easy to break, and if it is pitted, isn't there less wine? The amount of alcohol consumed by the guest officer also seemed much larger. He retreated.

Qian Qianyi looked at the tin pot on the table, and sure enough, it was like a tree gall pot deliberately made by Gong Chun, a famous pot maker, with pimples and unevenness, sighing that the owner of the restaurant had a good way of making money, but he heard someone in the room shouting: "Brother Qianqiu, I think you will be in high school this autumn, my brother is very high-educated, and there is silver in his pocket, but the foolish brother is not good, he entered school at the age of twelve, and he only made up a meal at the age of eighteen. The foolish brother is not involved in the industry on weekdays, and his family has no money to spare, and the barnyard official history books he wrote sold a lot, but most of the silver was earned by the booksellers in the workshop, where is the money to buy the joints? ”

Qian Qianyi was very familiar with what he heard, and suddenly remembered that the speaker was Ling who he met on the lake? At the beginning, he secretly screamed for coincidence, and then heard a sharp voice say: "Brother Xuanfang is a talented person, so he doesn't need to spend all this money in vain." The voice was very unfamiliar, I don't know who it was, I thought it was the friend he said who was rushing to the meeting, pondered the words of the two, and faintly felt that they were talking about the scientific expedition, so he paid attention, and saw that the partition of the house was made of bamboo, and motioned to the entourage to close the door tightly, got up and clinged to the bamboo board, and peeked through the gap above, and saw that the three scribes were all in the house, and a slightly short and fat Xiucai was accompanying him, his face was red, and he couldn't help but persuade wine and food. Insult? At the beginning, he raised the pot and drank bitterly, looked at the empty pot on the ground and threw it hard, squinting his drunken eyes, and said with a very disdainful expression: "Gao Cai? Don't say anything about high talent, a crow with silver can become a phoenix, and a high talent without silver is also a mediocre talent. Do you say that Zongzi is a high talent? His article "West Lake July and a half" is such a wonderful article, which is rare in the world, "West Lake is July and a half, there is nothing to see, only the people who are half in July." Looking at the people of the seventh and a half months, looking at them in five categories', is it implicit to be clear? 'At this time, the moon is like a mirror newly grinded, the mountains are reshaped, and the lakes are restored? Face, to the shallow singing of the person out, hidden under the tree also out, our generation to breathe, pull and sit together. Yun friends come, famous prostitutes to, cups and spoons, bamboo hair. The moon is desolate, the east will be white, and the guests will disperse. My generation is in a boat, sleeping soundly in the lotus flowers, the fragrance is patting, the dream is very pleasant', and it is extremely wide. But he failed the township test twice, so what could he do? ”

Zhang Dai said: "Brother Xuanfang's "Surprise at the First Moment" and "Surprise at the Second Moment" are masterpieces, and they can't be like this if they are not big, how many people in the world can reach them? Needless to say, if you really have to use silver to win, the younger brother will not be interested in taking the exam. ”

"My brother is wrong, because he has no interest in buying it." The young man named Zhang Pu had a grim face, and said hesitantly: "It is said that the little brother does not have the two thousand taels of silver, and even if he does, he also uses it to buy drunk boats on the lake, but it is like giving it to those corrupt officials and ink officials!" It stands to reason that the middle and the wrong should rely on the talents in their respective chests to learn the articles in their stomachs, how can there be a reason to make money buy fame? ”

The short and fat scribe's face was red and purple, and he flicked his sleeves and said, "Don't say anything more, the little brother is already embarrassed when he hears it." If it weren't for the fact that my father was seriously ill, and I hoped that one of my younger brothers would be lifted before he died, glorify his ancestors, and revive his family's reputation, my Qian Qianqiu would have been admitted to the end of the exam, and I would have to fight for fame in a righteous and bright way, and I would never be willing to make money and entrust my life to Brother Kong Fang. Do you say, "Is it easy to come by the two thousand taels of silver?" ”

"What can't be said?" Zhang Pu is young and vigorous, and he is determined to be more real, Ling? Chu hurriedly diverted the conversation and said: "The world is like this, what can the husband say?" Qianqiu is also a piece of filial piety, and love is not for oneself. He gave Zhang Dai and Zhang Pu a look, and asked, "Brother, two thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, but is it an exam question bought from the examiner?" ”

"It's not." Qian Qianqiu shook his head. Insult? Chu exclaimed: "Didn't you fall into someone else's way and throw away the silver?" ”

"No, the little brother doesn't see the rabbit and doesn't scatter the eagle, how can he be easily deceived?" Qian Qianqiu listened to the surroundings, lowered his voice and said, "It is a joint bought from the imperial court, and it will never be wrong." It's just that the younger brother is afraid that there are more people who know, and it is easy to find out, so I can't tell you. ”

Insult? Chu insisted on pleading: "What kind of joint is it?" If this is true, the three of us will pull out their legs and leave, and we will never waste our time here. ”

"I can't say it." Qian Qianqiu got up and left.