The windows facing the street are closed.

In the private room, there was silence for a while, so that the bustling voices of the people on the street outside spread bit by bit.

The shouting and selling sound is very lively.

Xie Yu looked at Lin Fan's eyes extremely seriously.

Lin Fan did not avoid his gaze, and was very open.

Suddenly, Xie Yu recalled some of the past.

In the fourth year of Qingyuan, when he went to Beijing to take the exam, he was a few years younger than the current Lin Fan, and he was a scholar.

Today's imperial examination is not like the previous dynasty.

Therefore, everyone must cheer up and try to win some names for themselves before the exam, so that the examiners are familiar with their names.

In particular, those who go to Beijing from other places are not like the students of Beijing Middle School, who already have some fame, and they must seize every opportunity to make a name for themselves.

Today, when the first emperor established the dynasty and reopened the imperial examination, this one was changed.

The exam paper is vague, and whoever dares to reveal a little bit of their own information on the exam paper will fall off the list.

The rules have changed, and the habits of the candidates are still there.

After all, although you can't get a familiar look when grading papers, it's also a good thing to give yourself a good reputation.

Maybe in the future, when there is a shortage, I can get a head start.

Xie Yu also frequently attends poetry clubs, societies, and writes poetry articles.

Young and vigorous, and to come out quickly, the topic of the strategy is also very bold.

At that time, Xie Yu wrote an article about "the pros and cons of the two provinces and six states in the south during the reign of the first emperor and the prince of Wu's personal conquest of the two prefectures and six states in the south".

The first time I took it out was at a small elementary school meeting with less than 10 participants.

He thought at the time that everyone would have a discussion, and also give him some inspiration for polishing and revision, and then discuss it on the big scene after it is perfected.

As a result, as soon as the school dispersed that day, he was invited to the upstairs private room by the teahouse junior.

There was a man sitting inside.

That person seems to be in his old age, dressed in regular clothes, saying that he is a civil official, and he seems to have practiced martial arts, but if you want to say that you are a military general, it looks too elegant.

didn't report to his family, but the man asked Xie Yu where he was from and who he studied from, and discussed the article with him.

However, after a few words, Xie Yu was quite inspired, and thought that this person had been in the private room before, and listened carefully to their learning.

Xie Yu thanked him and promised to write another draft when he returned.

The man shook his head: "Just keep it in mind, don't take this article out and talk about it everywhere." ”

Xie Yu froze in place.

He looked at the man for a moment, not understanding the reason, his eyes were full of disapproval, dissatisfaction, discomfort, etc., etc.

The other party did not avoid his gaze, and was very calm: "With your skills, as long as you play normally, you should be on the list." The first emperor's years have passed, and now he has been on the throne for four years, and it is the time when people of insight are needed to show their ambitions, so you might as well focus on the future development of the Great Zhou. ”

With that, the man got up, arched his hand and left.

Xie Yu chased all the way up, and when he saw that the other party had entered the Dingguo Mansion, he realized that the person was Lin Xuan, the chief examiner of this subject.

He stood at the mouth of the alley for a long time.

I don't understand, I don't want to be reconciled, but in the end, I can only admit it.

With such clear guidance from the examiner, if he goes against the grain, nothing good will happen.

The point of view of that article has been put away at this point.

Until he was named on the gold list and was admitted to the Jinshi, Xie Yu and Lin Xuan were familiar with each other.

Once, he asked Lin Xuan privately why he gave such advice in the first place, but Lin Xuan smiled and didn't give him an answer.

However, Xie Yu always remembered that in the private room that day, when Lin Xuan asked him not to write those articles again, the other party's calm and insistent look.

Nearly twenty years.

The figure of the man, the eyes of the man, overlapped with Lin Fan, who was now sitting at the same table with him.

Because of this, knowing that the article requested by Lin Fan was extremely hot, Xie Yu did not immediately refuse, and asked, "What article?" ”

Lin Fan said: "Lord Xie read that letter, what do you think?" ”

"If everything mentioned above is true," Xie Yu paused and said, "The Yan clan can be punished." ”

"It's true," Lin Fan said, "As a relative, the Yan clan acts like this, and it cannot be tolerated, and I want to ask the adults to make an article against the Yan clan." ”

Xie Yu pursed his lips.

The answer, he guessed.

In other words, instead of crusading against the Yan family, it is better to start with the Yan family on the side of the Qing monarch, and the ultimate goal is the throne.

The essay is actually not difficult to write.

With Lin Fan's own ability, it is not a problem to write ten or twenty articles.

But the article is not an ordinary article, it is an admonition, a criticism, and a denunciation, and it needs to be spread widely and far, so that the world knows it and everyone is indignant.

On the contrary, the style of this literary style is obscure, and the literature is crepe, not to mention illiterate, that is, the literate people, from beginning to end, they may not be able to understand it all, how can they talk about dissemination?

In order for such an article to be disseminated by word of mouth, the reputation of the writer is particularly needed.

It doesn't have to be a high position, but it must be full of talent, there have been brilliant articles handed down, and as soon as it is made, students all over the world will compete to read it.

is a dignified duke, with a large title, and he has also made a name for himself on the battlefield, but Lin Fan has no status in the literary world at present.

He personally wrote an essay, and the effect was far inferior to Xie Yu.

Since Xie Yu was in high school, he has been a good official, and there are often articles praised among students.

This is the reason why Lin Fan came from Qiyang City to find Xie Yu.

"I'm not afraid of scolding my relatives," Xie Yu looked at Lin Fan and said very bluntly, "But you and I both know that behind the side of the Qing monarch is to compete for the position, I am an official of the Great Zhou, how can I hand over this knife?" ”

Xie Yu's refusal was expected by Lin Fan.

Just seeing the Yan family doing something about minerals, they can be so indignant that they want to change an emperor immediately, and there is nothing to do with Lin Fan.

The civil and military ministers in the capital swarmed and carried the emperor down from the dragon chair.

It's not so simple.

Lin Fan smiled and sighed: "Lord Xie, you know, I have no way out. ”

Xie Yu's throat and eyes were slightly astringent: "The holy decree is written like that, but I originally thought that there was a misunderstanding in it, and you and the Marquis of Yongning should not and will not have the idea of betraying Da Zhou." ”

But now that I think about it, it seems that he is shallow.

The Holy Decree is no longer a question of "whether there is one" or "whether you want to or not".

Xie Yu has been in officialdom for more than ten years, and he is not as "naïve" as when he was rushing to take the exam.

Monarchs and ministers, courts, the rules are like this.

In front of Lin Fan, there are only three paths.

Either he proves his innocence with death and fights with his life; Either be silent from now on, stay away from the court, be idle, and gamble that the emperor will one day not think about cleaning him up; Or, on the side of the king.

Xie Yu understood that Lin Fan had chosen the third path, but he didn't want to just do that knife.

"Have you ever thought about it?" Lin Fan lowered his voice, "Why did the eldest princess draw a sword against the emperor?" ”

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