Luoxia Ridge.

It is located on the main road to the south of the Yangtze River in the south, and from here through the 200-mile waterway, it is Jiangning City.

At this time, outside the post station at the foot of Luoxialing Mountain, a convoy of hundreds of people was ushered in.

As soon as the convoy arrived at the gate of the post station, there were countless people waiting outside, and the target of these people was the owner of this convoy, the new governor of Jiangnan Province, Xuezheng, Walrus Qian.

Walrus Qian, the word outline, is Jingping's second year list, his father Hai Shoude, cousin Walrus Jin, uncle Hai Shouren, grandfather Hai Shaoyan, have all entered the Hanlin Academy, so the Hai family has a reputation of "one door and five Hanlin".

Walrus Qian's trip to Jiangnan this time was precisely to replace Wang Wenqing, who had been in office for three years and had moved to Dali Temple, to serve as the new admiral and to preside over the August examination.

As soon as he got out of the carriage, Walrus Qian instructed his entourage to bring a towel and wipe away a few inconspicuous dusts from the official uniform.

He was born in a Qingliu family, and he attaches great importance to his appearance on weekdays, especially when he is about to become a provincial student and a teacher, and he can't be negligent in his behavior.

After tidying up the instrument, Walrus Qian ignored the crowded crowd outside the post station, but walked straight into the good wing room prepared for him by the post station, and summoned the master who came here in advance to play the front station.

The master said: "Dong Weng, the former Xuezheng has gone to Tokyo to take up his post half a month ago, and his subordinates have sealed all the official documents in the Yamen of Tixue Dao, and they will only wait for Dong Weng to arrive and then dispose of them." ”

"Good."

Walrus Qian nodded, very satisfied with the master's ability to do things, and was about to ask a few more words, when suddenly a noise faintly came from outside the house.

Walrus Qian immediately frowned: "Summoning this post and asking him, what's the noise outside?" ”

"Yes."

The master was ordered to go out.

After a while, Yi Cheng arrived, and he explained with a smiling face: "Lord Xuezheng came to Xiaoyi, and the local students and scholars all heard the news and wanted to meet Master Xuezheng. ”

Walrus Qian waved his hand: "Let's just say that this official car and horses are tired, and he is tired, and he doesn't see anyone today." ”

Yi Cheng said cautiously: "Many students have come all the way from Jiangning, do you want to take a look at the post first?" ”

Walrus's dry face sank: "Didn't you hear the official's words clearly?" ”

"The big ones are angry, and the little ones are going out to disperse the people."

Seeing that Xuezheng was angry, Yi Cheng was also panicked for a while, and after confessing his guilt, he retreated in embarrassment.

After Yicheng left, the master on the side smiled and said: "Dong Weng has not yet arrived in Jiangning, and some people want to come to the camp in advance. ”

Generally speaking, every time a school administrator takes up a new position, he must immediately take an examination, not only to inspect the children who participated in the college examination, but also to examine the students in the county schools, so as to avoid people who are overly filled.

Therefore, these students will hear the news and come to meet the new academic administrator in advance, and their purpose is naturally self-evident.

Walrus has been an official for more than ten years, and has always regarded himself as upright, and when he saw the flies and dogs outside, he was angry in his heart, and snorted coldly: "The imperial court has repeatedly ordered and reaffirmed, and it is not allowed to ask for favors, and this Jiangnan scholar does not know the horror of punishment, which shows that this unhealthy trend has been around for a long time.

This official is here to put a stop to this unhealthy trend!

The order went down, from here to Jiangning, the official did not see anyone along the way, if there are any more students to the post station to block the road to post, they will be punished as bribery! ”

"Yes."

The master responded respectfully, and immediately went out to order the post keeper to give the order.

As a scholar and politician, Walrus Qian is qualified to deprive students of their fame, and for these students, it can be said that they have the power of life and death.

Therefore, after his words were spread, the students who blocked the door outside the post station suddenly walked away.

Hearing that the door was clear, Walrus Qian's anger also decreased a little, and he closed his eyes and took a nap.

After a while, the two scribes each carried a thick stack of scrolls into the house and placed them on the table in front of the walrus.

"Master Xuezheng, these are the best-selling books in the Jiangnan Provincial Bookstore, and many of them are written by disciples or students of local academies."

Walrus Qian opened his eyes, got up and walked to the front of the case, picked up a book at random and flipped through it, read a few pages and thought it was good, nodded and said, "It seems that Jiangnan is still talented."

Write down the author's name on a piece of paper at the moment.

This is the habit of walrus, every time you go to a place to serve as an official, you have to read local books to understand the local customs, this time as a Jiangnan scholar, I specially selected the articles of local scholars to read.

Walrus Qian took several books in one go, wrote down the names of several talents, and also found many people who were in name only.

When he picked up the next one, Walrus looked at it and saw that it was the list of Jiangning Mansion test questions, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

I have never heard that there is a list of questions for the township test and the general test, but I can't imagine that a small Jiangning Fu test will also have a list of questions?

Is this Jiangning prefect ignorant or arrogant?

With curiosity, Walrus Qian picked up this list of Jiangning Mansion test questions and looked at it.

But when he turned to the first page, he frowned: "Such an ignorant prose can actually be the first in the government exam?" I have always heard that the literary style of the land south of the Yangtze River is flashy, but I didn't expect it to reach such a point! ”

Walrus wanted to give up the book and not read it at the moment, but after thinking about it, there may not be no good works in the four or six pun texts, since this person can be taken as the first place in the government examination, the article should still have some merits, so he patiently read the article from beginning to end.

After reading a few lines, Walrus Qian's face gradually slowed down, although he didn't like this flashy style, but he still recognized the insights in the article, and he could see that the author of the article was not without talent.

After reading most of the inscriptions, Walrus Qian recorded the names of Wei Chen, Sheng Changbai, Wang Yaochen and others on the paper.

I can't help but sigh in my heart, Jiangnan is worthy of being a place where culture and culture gather, and just one Jiangning Mansion has gathered so many talents.

Turning all the way to the last article of the title, Walrus Qian only read half of it, and then couldn't help but get up and praise: "This person is really talented, I should lift it!" ”

Immediately, Walrus Qian remembered that he had not yet performed his duties, and knew that he had lost his words, so he simply said that all the people in this room were his cronies, and he would not spread the word, so he smiled and sat back in front of the case.

Walrus Qian's abnormal behavior naturally attracted the attention of the master on the side, and after the master obtained Walrus Qian's consent, he picked up the title book from the case and looked at it.

However, seeing that the title of the article is written with five big characters of "Returning to Zhao after the End", it seems that it should be an essay that is not limited by format.

Nowadays, the prose is either in the style of the Taiwan Pavilion, or blindly imitates the retro style of the Han and Tang dynasties, and is stuck in the square and circle, so it is rare to see good works, and some prose styles are not even as good as the eight strands of prose for the exam.

However, since this essay can be appreciated by Walrus, it should naturally be unusual.

See the beginning of the article: "Lin Xiangru is perfect, everyone calls it, and I don't dare to believe it." ”

The master couldn't help but light up in his eyes: "The first voice is snatched, and the way has never been seen before, and the Tao has never been seen before." ”

Cheer up and continue watching.

After reading it word by word, the master couldn't help but sigh again: "First talk about feelings, then analyze the reasoning, the slightest bit is thoughtful, thought-provoking." This article is completely attributed to Zhao's original metaphysical thinking, and the renovation is surprising, which can be the words of a family! ”

Walrus Qian nodded approvingly: "The entire title list, this article is worth seeing, although the rest of the articles also have merits, it is difficult to get rid of the suspicion of selling literature and ink after all." ”

A great writer like Walrus Qian has always disliked those articles that pile up rhetoric and lay out comparisons, but this kind of fresh and simple article with substance is more in line with his heart.

However, when Walrus looked at the author's signature with great interest, he was a little uneasy.

"This article turned out to be the first of the Nafu trial case, why are the two articles before and after, and the style of writing is like two people?"