"What do you know, you can walk through the back door and show you like this? Just look at that look, you know that it must not be the relatives of Lord Shang Shuling or the sons and daughters of Chang'an City, how can they be like we still have to work hard for ten years, people are born without worrying about food and clothing, and it is enough to ask the family to beg His Majesty the Emperor if they want to be officials! ”

"Brother Childe, look at that white and tender look, Brother Childe, who has never suffered from rich and noble families, is different from us poor scholars."

"Hey, isn't it just reincarnation and good casting, isn't it just relying on the ancestors to accumulate virtue and high power? This kind of boy is generally idle, and his talent may not be as good as ours. ”

……

Qin Xun hooked the corners of his lips and smiled, and glanced at Qu Lingjun beside him, saying in his heart that nine times out of ten, he couldn't listen to the whispers that he deliberately suppressed behind him.

Who knew that a sentence that seemed to be righteous words suddenly came into his ears: "Okay! We came here to catch the imperial examination, and we have nothing to do behind our backs! If you have the ability, you can also cast a good baby! ”

These words were obviously deliberately raised to say to them, not to mention Qin Xun, even Qu Lingjun listened, the two of them stopped and looked back, across the moon cave door, those candidates also looked back, although a few candidates who chewed the root of their tongues guessed that Lord Shang Shuling and the rich boy brother did not hear clearly, their faces still couldn't hide their panic, and they hurriedly chirped at the candidates who raised their voices to speak, and their footsteps hurriedly turned around and dodged, and they were covered by the white wall of the moon cave door.

The candidate who raised his voice to speak looked back at Qu Lingjun and Qin Xun in the same place, and left without hurrying.

Qu Lingjun asked Qin Xun with a smile: "I think they are talking about you." ”

"Saying that I rely on my ancestors to accumulate virtue and be idle, how can it be as hard as their ten-year cold window." Qu Lingjun took the initiative to avoid paying attention to the title, and Qin Xun spoke a lot more casually.

Qu Lingjun was slightly surprised: "Did you hear them talk?" I don't ......," he shook his head and laughed, "It seems that my ears are not as strong as yours." He asked Qin Xun quite interestingly, "Aren't you angry?" ”

"What's there to be angry about, they're not wrong." Qin Xun looked innocent, "Aren't I just a rich idler who relies on the power in his family to eat and wait for death!" He smiled and said, "But if I were them,

I don't think I'll chew my tongue for such injustices, not because I'm a gentleman, just because things are troublesome, I'm still lazy. ”

"Sounds like an interesting statement." Qu Lingjun made no secret of his curiosity, "Can you hear about it in detail? ”

"There is no absolute fairness in the world, as far as this imperial examination is concerned, even if I still need to take the same examination as the son of a family, who can guarantee that the power of my family will not bring me benefits in the assessment results? Even if the discipline is strict, my family can't do bribery, who can say that there won't be invigilators and reviewers who take the initiative to 'take care' of me in order to curry favor with my family? It can only be said that for the system that could only be hereditary officials in ancient times, the imperial examination system provided a comparative fairness, but there is no absolute fairness in this world, this is the way of the world, and no matter how complete the policy of the dynasty can not be completely changed. I'm not angry because what those candidates say is true, but as far as they are concerned, I don't feel the need to be indignant, because," Qin Xun suddenly raised his head and snorted softly, "Complaining can't change anything, so don't you think it's tiring to say a few more words!" Nowadays, there is still a system of imperial examinations to maintain fairness compared with the hereditary system, and it is better to be content. ”

Qu Lingjun couldn't help but scold, "Your words are no less than others, and I haven't seen you tired of talking", and he still smiled on his face: "So it means that it's useless to talk more, and you don't have to waste your tongue?" ”

Qin Xun nodded and said, "Also, it's the last loud voice just now." He sneered and spread his hands, "You see, the so-called classmates and friends who thought they could stand on their side and arrange others sold them by surprise, which is too defenseless." Maybe it doesn't sound very good, people are basically born for interests, people can be good, one is that interests have nothing to do with each other, one is that interests complement each other, if the interests are repulsive, the Tao is good, I don't believe it. ”

And most of the classmates, peers, and colleagues belong to the exclusion of interests, they are in a competitive relationship, if it is said that people in such a group can fully communicate with each other, Qin Xun does not believe it.

Hundreds of colleagues, there are only a few opportunities for promotion, hundreds of peers, only a few businesses can be done, hundreds of lifts, and there are only a few places in high school, take the ready-made imperial examination as an example, Qin Xun doesn't believe that these movers who have entered Beijing all the way to take the exam will be willing to be trampled under the feet of others, they will not be willing, they will make every effort to compete for the only place in the civil and military world, and those with good conduct will only strive for excellence in their own talents, and those who are not right will be like the candidate who raised his voice to speak, He is willing to betray his classmates in exchange for the favor of the dignitaries and nobles.

Maybe there is really a love and righteousness that is willing to harm oneself and benefit others, but there are only a handful of such people in the world, and in Qin Xun's opinion, they are too stupid.

We should not harm others for no reason, but we should not be prepared to protect ourselves.

"So you don't like the guy who flattered you." Qu Lingjun touched his chin thoughtfully.

Qin Xun raised his eyebrows: "Does Qu Shangshu Ling think that I, an idle boy, am so naïve that I can't tell the difference between friendliness and flattery, as long as someone shows favor to me, I will be happy?" ”

Qu Lingjun laughed twice

sound, and the palm of his hand gently patted him on the forehead.

Thinking that he has shown favor to the superior and being complacent is simply more disgusting than being indignant at the superior person's favorable conditions, at least the latter's original intention is to hope to obtain fairness on an equal footing with the superior, while the former is to take the initiative to do a small low and practice himself.

Qin Xun met Qu Lingjun for the first time, and couldn't help but say too ugly words, and only muttered a few words in his heart.

Most of the wealthy superiors don't care at all whether the people who lack status compared to themselves are scolding themselves or flattering themselves, because these spitting stars have nothing to do with them, others still spit, they live a good life as usual, but they are just scolding and flattering both sides, for the sake of others' affairs, the argument is so spit that the face is red and the neck is thick, and in the end, the two sides themselves are still living an ordinary or even poor life, and the superiors who are placed in the center of the topic or reprimanded or protected by them are upside down. You might even use them as after-dinner jokes.

It's not a joke.

People, it's better to live your own peaceful life.

The chief invigilator took a few junior officials to neatly stack the test papers of this assessment and handed them to Qin Huai for verification, Qin Xun and Qu Ling came to the venue evenly, Qin Xun suddenly smiled and asked: "Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, what are your standards for assessing officials in the imperial examination system?" ”

(End of chapter)