Xu Donghai?

As soon as they heard this name, Zhou Shun and Jiang Ning were a little surprised.

This Xu Donghai is indeed worthy of the word prodigy, it is said that he can write poems and lyrics at the age of seven, and he is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics at the age of ten.

And at the age of a child, he was admitted to the best Zhaowen Academy in Yingtian, which confirmed his talent from the side.

He was only thirteen years old this year, and he came to participate in the Jiangning County Examination, and he was selected as one of the five best answer sheets, and on the surface it seemed to be impeccable in all aspects.

However, seriously speaking, among the five selected test papers, Xu Donghai's writing and problem-solving ideas are not outstanding. If it weren't for the advantage of his young age, he might not have been selected.

Just this county Cheng still wants to take the middle as the head of the case?

"Xu Donghai's article is a little immature, and it can be taken in the middle, but it cannot be the head of the case."

The teachings bluntly objected, and the one who was least qualified to be the head of the case among the five was Xu Donghai. I don't know what the county Cheng thinks, so he actually nominated him.

In the face of Lin Jiao's opposition, Jiangning County Cheng did not argue, but asked with a meaningful smile on his face: "Who does the old teacher want to point to be the head of the case?" ”

"Shen Yichen of the Chengguo Mansion, and Luo Zheng of Jiangning County, choose one of the two!"

Lin Jiaoyu said the candidate in his heart, Shen Yichen should have extra points if he took the lead today, and that handwriting was overwhelming, the eight-strand article was accurate, and the whole article was written without any problem.

But a little failed is the last trial poem, except for the reluctance to rhyme, all other aspects are extremely mediocre, and they are like two people with the previous advantages.

Luo Zheng is just the opposite, slightly inferior in pen and ink, and the two of them are on par with each other. But the final test post poem is too much ahead of Shen Yichen, and it is not on the same level at all.

On the whole, Lin Jiaoyu is more concerned with Luo Zheng.

"Lord Xiantai, what about you?"

"Shen Yichen of the Chengguo Mansion."

Zhou Shun has nothing to say, he definitely supports Shen Yichen.

If it weren't for the county test to be the head of the case, Zhou Shun would have almost directly announced Shen Yichen as the head of the case under the impulse at that time.

After listening to the answers of the two colleagues, Jiangning County Cheng replied with a smile: "Even if you don't care about the right of the county and Taiwan people to take the main examination, Shen Yichen has two votes for voting alone, so it seems that the head of the case is Shen Yichen?" ”

After Jiangning County Cheng finished speaking, he didn't wait for the other two to answer, but continued: "However, Xia Guan believes that Shen Yichen is the head of the case, which is not good for the county people. ”

"Zhang Xiancheng, what do you mean by this?"

Zhou Shun immediately asked, obviously there was something in this.

"Shen Yichen is the son of Chengguo Gong, and this identity should be known to everyone in Tianfu. On the day of the grandfather's family banquet, you also participated in the county and Taiwan, and it is difficult not to make people reverie. ”

"In addition, today's examination shed, the county lord, you publicly call Shen Xiaoyou, and also hint that the officials arranged the number house. And Shen Yichen's speed of handing over the file is very unreasonable, and after handing in the file, you said something that can be the head of the case. ”

"All kinds of signs are combined, point Shen Yichen as the head of the case, how do you convince the public?"

Jiangning County Cheng looked at Zhou Shun with a deep expression, and the meaning was already obvious, that is, there are too many things to do with Shen Yichen, and the outside world will suspect bribery and favoritism.

Not even to mention the outside world, even the people in the county government feel that your relationship with Shen Yichen is not normal. If you want to point him as the head of the case, doesn't it just confirm those speculations?

"Nonsense!"

Although Zhou Shun is young, he is not stupid, how can he accept this naked slander?

His care for Shen Yichen is just a love for talents, and he has no contact in private, let alone bribery and fraud.

"Lord Xiantai, people's words are terrifying, you have to be cautious......"

Jiangning County Cheng persuaded again, it is okay if Shen Yichen is not the head of the case, but this is a matter of the future of Zhou Zhi County, are you willing to gamble?

Just when Zhou Shun was speechless, Sect Lin on the side said coldly: "Lord County, is it really a meritocracy when you chose Xu Donghai?" ”

is no better than Zhou Shun, a young airborne magistrate, Lin Jiaoyu and Zhang Xiancheng are both old local officials, and the two sides know each other very well.

When Zhang Xiancheng said such a thing, it was absolutely impossible to consider Zhou Shun from the perspective of justice, but more for his own selfishness. If nothing else, it seems that Shen Yichen is blocking Xu Donghai's way.

Hearing that Sectarian Lin said it so bluntly, Zhang Xiancheng simply admitted: "What the old Sectarian said is right, it is indeed not completely meritocracy, Xu Donghai has another layer of identity in addition to his own outstanding talent. ”

"Who is it?"

The teachings are also clear in their hearts, it seems that this Xu Donghai is the real relation.

"The cousin of Lord Xu Qi, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department."

When Xu Qi's name was reported, Zhou Shun and Lin Jiaoyu's faces changed.

You must know that among the six ministries in Nanjing, the only minister with real power in the ministry is Xu Qi, he is not a casual pension official, and there is a high probability of returning to the Beijing Division Power Center.

No wonder Zhang Xiancheng dared to be so unscrupulous, even if he said it accurately, others didn't dare to do anything to him.

"Lord County, you are still young, sell Lord Xu a face, and you will have a lot to do in your career in the future."

Now that the words have been spoken, after the coercion, there is a temptation, and the county examines the smuggling relationship, which is the case in the entire Ming Dynasty, which is nothing new.

And this Xu Donghai himself is talented, and he has not cheated and leaked exam questions or anything, it can be said that there is no risk in selling this face, it is just a matter of raising his hands.

Zhou Shun weighed it a little, and it should be clear who should be chosen as the head of the case.

To tell the truth, Zhou Shun did hesitate in his heart at this moment, no matter what benefits or disadvantages, he was just a county of seven pins, why should he offend the minister of real power in Nanjing for the sake of Shen Yichen, who was only a few faces?

But if he wanted to agree to it, Zhou Shun couldn't pass the threshold of the spirit of a scholar in his heart.

Because this is Zhou Shun's first time as the chief examiner, his heart is not cold, and he is full of honor for the Son of Heaven.

Obviously, Shen Yichen crushed that Xu Donghai in all aspects, but because the opponent had an uncle who was a minister of the dynasty, he had to make Mingzhu dust?

Zhou Shun came to mind the promise he had made in his heart on the day he was assigned to become an official, that is: scholars carry the Tao in writing, take the people as the foundation, and should not bend their waists for the powerful!

Thinking of this, a relaxed smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Shun's mouth.

"Lord Xu is an honest official, an upright person, and a model for my generation."

When Zhang Xiancheng heard Zhou Shun's praise for Xu Qi, he thought that the other party had figured it out, and this was a show of goodwill.

As a result, if you listen carefully to the wording, it seems that it is not so right, and it is a bit ironic.

"I believe that if Lord Xu is here today, he will definitely be impartial and will never show favoritism!"

"So this year's county trial is the first, and the official decided to point to Shen Yichen!"

When Shen Yichen's three words came out, Zhang Xiancheng was dumbfounded, he never expected that this young magistrate would really be so strong to the end.

"The county magistrates have a discerning eye, and the officials admire them."

Lin Jiaoyu stretched out his hand and bowed, this was not a scene, but admiration in his heart.

Speaking from the heart, if this matter were to be changed to himself, Lin Jiaoyu would not have the courage to be as just and righteous as Zhou Zhixian.

After Zhou Shun finished speaking, in order to prevent himself from regretting it, he directly gritted his teeth and walked to the red case where the winning list was placed, and wrote Shen Yichen's name at the top of the list.

Simple three words, for Zhou Shun at this moment, it is just a thousand catties!

……

Shen Yichen, who was on the other side, didn't know at this time that he had been selected as the head of the case, and he didn't know how much pressure Zhou Zhixian withstood because there were so many interest disputes in the entire process.

He and Zhao Hongjie, Li Da and his party, tonight in the Zuixian Building, can be described as eating with broad shoulders and round waist. When it was time to check out at the end, I could faintly see the painful expression on Li Da's face.

After eating and drinking enough to return to the inn room, Shen Yichen fell asleep, not because of how hard and tired he was, but because Li Da's group of guys were too good at persuading him to drink.

Even if Shen Yichen made countless excuses on the grounds that there was a county exam tomorrow, everyone was on the table, and he could stop the first day of junior high school, but he couldn't stop the fifteenth.

In the end, Shen Yichen simply gave up resistance and had a "no drunk, no return" with Li Da.

There was no dream in the middle of the night, when there were still stars in the sky, Shen Yichen struggled to get up from the bed, and was about to rush to the county test for the second time.

Shaking his head that was still aching after the hangover, Shen Yichen came to the courtyard and washed his face with a basin of cold well water to make himself more sober.

At the same time, Zhao Hongjie also came out of the room, and as soon as he saw Shen Yichen, he complained: "Hey, I knew that I didn't drink so much with Li Da last night, and I have a splitting headache today, how can I take the county exam." ”

"You're embarrassed to say this, you were the one who was the most excited to persuade you to drink last night!"

Shen Yichen ruthlessly exposed Zhao Hongjie, it may be that now without Li Da's bullying and oppression, this kid is much more relaxed than before.

Even last night, he had the courage to play with Li Da and drink the order, and in the end, they drank too much, and the two brothers who were still hooked up and shoulder-to-back got better, and Shen Yichen felt that he was blind.

While speaking, Li Da and the others also walked out of the room one after another, everyone was sleepy-eyed and tired, and they had completely lost their energy from last night.

After washing up, they ate two bites of breakfast casually, and the group rushed in the direction of the Xiajiang examination shed.

It is different from yesterday's candidates, who stood in the open space in front of the examination shed. Today, Shen Yichen and others came to the Xiajiang examination shed and saw almost all the candidates, gathered in front of a notice board.

"It's a crime, so fast?"

Seeing this scene, Shen Yichen and his party were all old fritters who had taken the test several times, so they naturally understood what was going on.

It's just that in the past, the list of winners was announced, and the second game was completed at the earliest, and even the slow one could drag it to the end of the third game.

I didn't expect the examiner to mark the papers so fast this year, and the second one has not yet been examined, and the case has already been released.

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and see if you have won it?"

I don't know who shouted, Li Da and the others reacted instantly, and then relied on their strength to squeeze out a way in the crowd and kill to the front of the bulletin board.

"Look, where is the boss's name?"

Because of his size, it was not easy for the white fat man Zhang Qi to squeeze to the front, so he could only shout at Li Da with his throat.

"You don't see where I am."

In the face of Zhang Qi's urging, Li Da quickly glanced around, and did not find his name at a cursory glance.

"Who said your name, it's up to the boss Shen Yichen!"

Hearing Zhang Qi's words, Li Da was stunned for a moment, and instantly felt mixed feelings in his heart......

"Dog traitor!"

scolded viciously, Li Da's eyes did not delay, and he quickly glanced at the names of the list, and there seemed to be no Shen Yichen.

It shouldn't be......

Li Da has also seen Shen Yichen's performance at the poetry meeting, and the literati and scholars of the entire Nanzhili have praised him for his talent, and he is still a disciple of the champion Gong.

But soon Li Da reacted, and he habitually paid more attention to the name at the end of the list, after all, if he could get it, his name would definitely be there.

But Shen Yichen is different, his name should be at the top of the list!

Changing his thinking, Li Da looked back and forward, and swept to the top of the first row before he finally saw the familiar name.

Shen Yichen!