Is it worth it to gamble on fame just to get a bad breath?

Many people will think that this is the most ridiculous stupid thing in the world. But for Tan Min, he has no way out, retreats, and will be spurned by others, only one way to go to the dark and prove that he is the right person will have a chance.

Compared with Zhou Yuan, the county order, Zou Xuan's sense of existence is very low.

He belongs to the stage of seniority, which has nothing to do with age, it is completely related to the time of the Jinshi, and the ranking of the Jinshi.

The first list of scientific examinations, the three Jinshi and the first, do not need to be assessed by the officials, and are directly awarded official positions. Among the top two jinshi, those who rank high may also receive such treatment. But most of them will enter the stage of reserve bureaucracy, boiling seniority. A group of outstanding people went to Taixue to be a scholar, or entered Jixian Hall and other petty officials such as school scholars.

Again, I will go to some important government-run colleges to serve as professors.

At the very least, I am afraid that I can only go to some remote small counties to serve as professors.

Zou Xuan is undoubtedly such an unlucky bastard.

has no background, no capital, and it seems that even his career is obscure and dim.

But he was lucky compared to those fallen soldiers, because he was already a bureaucrat.

There is no official authority on his body, giving people a kind of generosity of a good man. Zou Xuan took Tan Min to the reading room, and before entering the door, he sighed and said to Tan Min: "Why bother? ”

Oh, yes!

Why bother?

Fighting for the moment, what you are fighting for is face, but the despicability that you can't afford to lose. Not only that, but he also offended the county honor. Who is the county honor, is his chief examiner. In addition, there is another identity, the county is all the teachers who participate in the county examination in Yishui County. A person who lacks even the least respect for his teacher has lost all hope of rising in an era that flaunts Confucian morality.

Because he is destined to have a label on his body, villain.

The reputation is ruined, and for a scholar, he is already a useless person like a walking corpse.

But what about Tan Min? He has no power or power, and it is not easy for him to get to where he is today, he has no way to rely on others, he can only rely on himself. If his dignity is trampled on, he loses not just face, but everything he has. He knew he couldn't back down and couldn't back down.

Tan Min, who had slandered Zou Xuan's officials and officials before, listened to Zou Xuan's relief, and suddenly felt warm in his heart. Now that he was the most vulnerable, he bowed down and said gratefully: "Lord Xie, it's just ...... It's just that the students can't be angry. ”

"Okay, you can go in and see."

Zou Xuan didn't care about Tan Min's life or death, and even had some disgust with Tan Min. But disgust is followed by pity, remembering that when I was young and studying, I may have been so reckless. Fortunately, he was smarter than Tan Min.

Tan Min's eyes fell on a pile of papers, and he didn't look at Li Kui's test papers first, but looked at his own test papers.

The rhetoric is not concise, but it is also reasonable, and the article is not famous, but it is also stable.

It's not perfect, but it's not bad, it's a normal play.

After that, he looked at Li Kui's test paper, and after unfolding it, he gasped. Li Kui's handwriting seems to be much better than his. I have to say that there is a calligrapher Li Kui who is always guiding him, and in the past two years, he has made rapid progress in calligraphy skills. In addition, there is also a pen pal - master Bo Huang Tingjian, he is embarrassed that he has not made any progress in calligraphy.

"How about good handwriting?"

In fact, at this time, Tan Min had already begun to drum in his heart. Li Kui should have real talent and real learning, which Tan Min seems to know a long time ago. Otherwise, Li Kui would not have been accepted as a disciple by the county. In addition, if he was able to study in front of Su Shi, the great master of the literary world, for two years, if he was really not as good as him, Su Men would not have the great momentum he has now.

But after reading the article, he was silent.

"I am blessed by the thinness of the sky, and I am rich and virtuous;"

"Heaven works for me to form, and I use my heart to make up for it;"

"I will meet the misfortune of the heavens, and I will pass it. Heaven and God, what can I do?"

……

The words seem to be simple, but there is Liu Zongyuan's indifference, and Sumen's vigorous spirit, and the words contain the truth of heaven and earth, which is the way of a gentleman. After reading these years of books, Tan Min can at least distinguish which articles are good and which are not good. Li Kui's article is very ambitious, the text is concise, but it contains the way of a gentleman, and it also contains the principle of heaven and earth, and the dispute between a gentleman is not in heaven, but in faith. It's also catchy to read, and it's a masterpiece.

It stands to reason that if the article is written like this, the character should be very good.

But the problem is that Tan Min feels that Li Kui's personality is like a very rammed porcupine, which is simply unreasonable.

Of course, he also knew that he was the one who caused trouble first, but in the science field, Li Kui's appearance of eating a lot was really disgusting.

Tan Min looked at Li Kui's scroll, and then looked at his own, and his heart was empty.

Just three words, I can't compare.

All this made Zou Xuan see it, and Zou Xuan also shook his head secretly. For Zou Xuan, an article like Li Kui is already a talent that can go to the capital and compete for the gold list with thousands of scholars in the Great Song Dynasty, but Tan Min is still a lot worse.

Li Kui is stronger than him, he has already felt it. When he grabbed Li Yun's roll, his hand trembled for no reason, then he took a deep breath, grabbed the roll, and unfolded it.

Suddenly let out a long breath.

Despise him, despise him, despise his words again.

Although Li Yun's handwriting has improved, there is still a big gap between him and a real reader. Tan Min glanced at the test paper, and his confidence suddenly rose.

Then he began to read Li Yun's article, which didn't seem to be very good, nor too bad.

Tan Min suddenly had a bad worry in his heart, and it seemed that there was no problem with the ranking at all. Because even he found that just by taking the article as a stand, Li Yun and his own ranking exchange can be accepted. In addition, his Jingyi is much better than Li Yun, and on the whole, his final ranking should be one place higher than Li Yun.

It's just a county exam, does it really matter if you rank high or low?

Zou Xuan shook his head and said: "When the county respected the papers, these two papers avoided suspicion. ”

These words seemed to make Tan Min realize once again that his situation was not good.

Everyone else is a gentleman, but they are villains.

However, at this time, Tan Min has lost his mind to fight, Li Yun's articles are no worse than him, and maybe many people will think that they are better than him. This is already a confused lawsuit where the father says that the father is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable. Even he had realized that there was definitely no hope for him to solve the test. Even if you can barely get into the top 10 of the exam, you will eventually be brushed down.

Because he can't even do the least of the virtues of respecting teachers. What's more, questioning the examiner is a taboo in the field.

No magistrate would want to see a scholar like Tan Min go up to participate in the provincial examination of the Ministry of Rites on behalf of the locality. Once the court was angered, the magistrate was implicated.

Maybe it's kindness, maybe it's unintentional, when Zou Xuan went out, he couldn't help but say: "Wen is the first, Wu is the second." But reading your own articles is the same as playing chess, looking at chess is similar in strength, in fact, it is at least three dan worse, as the so-called 'three dan higher than chess'. You should be a smart person and you can see the problem. ”

Tan Min was ashamed, but he didn't dare to refute Zou Xuan, so he had to bow his head and make promises.

I haven't left the county school gate yet.

Suddenly, someone shouted, and the people outside the county school were all scholars who participated in the county examination, and most of them came to see the excitement. Are you waiting for something big to happen?

Seeing Tan Min appear at the gate of the county school with a calm face, he was suddenly disappointed in his heart.

Trouble, I can't see it!

Suddenly, someone shouted: "Li Renjie is here!" ”

was suddenly yelled, and even Li Kui couldn't react, who is Li Renjie?

Immediately he was a little amused, as if the person with this name should be himself. Li Kui is a big name, and out of respect, few people will call him by his name among his peers. And as his status improves, the probability of Li Kui's appearance will become lower and lower.

Immediately, the crowd gave way.

Li Kui, as well as Li Yun, who walked a little strangely, but pretended to be nothing, appeared in front of the scholars. Li Kui's gaze met Tan Min at this moment.

Looking at Tan Min as if looking at prey, Li Kui immediately smiled coldly, and then respectfully said to Zou Xuanzuo: "Master Zou." ”

"Renjie, your article is simple but very different, sure enough, the person is as his name, and the chapter was really good at that time. As the saying goes, if you don't make a hit, it's a blockbuster. Zou Xuan looked at Li Kui with envy. For readers, Li Kui belongs to a small group of people who are open.

Why?

Because he was remembered by the big guy, he belonged to the lucky ones who had not yet been admitted to the Jinshi and had already been famous. Li Kui's identity, as long as he can be promoted to the Jinshi, it will only take more than ten years to soar to the sky. Even if he fails to be admitted to the Jinshi, Li Kui can still be an official. As long as Zhang Dian remembered that Li Kui was such a person that day, his brain was pumped, and he recommended it to the imperial court, he could become an official, but he had little chance of being a big official, so he could only be a small official. But the officials of the Great Song Dynasty can also participate in the imperial examination, as long as they can be admitted, their achievements are much higher than those of ordinary Jinshi.

Compared to myself, I'm afraid I can't even remember the teacher back then, there is a student named Zou Xuan.

If you say you don't envy, it's all fake.

Then after Li Kui made a gesture to Zhou Yuan, his eyes were fixed on Tan Min. At this moment, Tan Min realized that this guy should have come to find fault. But although he is at a disadvantage, it is not easy to find his fault.

"Tan Min, have you ever seen the test papers?" Li Kui asked.

Tan Min nodded and said, "Look." ”

"Do you have any questions?" Li Kui's tone was aggravated, and he suddenly felt aggressive.

Tan Min hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "No!" ”

"Listening to your tone, you don't seem convinced. In this case, do you dare to post the exam papers outside the county school wall and let everyone judge? Li Kui finally showed his fangs, and at this moment, he seemed to have eaten Tan Min, not allowing the other party to have any chance to retreat.

Tan Min opened his mouth, he had actually admitted defeat, but Li Kui didn't plan to give him a way out. But Tan Min couldn't stand this excitement, and raised his head and said, "Why not!" ”

"You can't do it alone." Li Kui sneered.

Tan Min was furious and shouted: "Isn't it possible to let all the students' test papers be taken out and pasted on the wall?" ”

"That's what you said." Li Kui suddenly bowed to Zhou Yuan and said, "County Zun, in order to avoid criticism from others, the student implores the county respecter to allow the student to clear himself." As for Tan Min, the student implored the county to pardon his mistakes, after all, young people can be forgiven for making mistakes. ”

Zhou Yuan was stunned, Li Kui, why was he worried, but Li Yun? Why did he look at Li Yun with a determined face, as if he had won?

This made him vigilant in his heart, could it be that these two boys still have a backhand?

Zhou Yuan is Li Kui's teacher, although the disciple has been free-range for more than two years, the master-apprentice status is still there, and he will not deliberately lose Li Kui's face. So he nodded and agreed, "Yes!" ”

But soon, Zhou Yuan discovered Li Kui's intentions.

Yishui County was not very prevalent in the first place, and the scholars' knowledge was uneven, and the weathering of the poles was extremely serious. Many of the articles of the scholars who took the second exam of the county examination are really not good. Suddenly, it was posted outside the wall of the county college, which immediately attracted many onlookers. Locals can't tell the heights, but outsiders have some knowledgeable people.

I immediately saw the pros and cons of the article.

However, at the moment, they are all county test scholars. I saw that my own articles were not in the stream, but I also read the articles of others with a learning attitude. Suddenly discovered, it did not enter the stream. Suddenly, some distracting thoughts popped up in my heart, maybe there was hope for participating in the test.

When they dispersed, they didn't stir up much of a stir.

But from the second day, there were more outsiders.

Thanks to Li Kui's blessing, today's businessmen in Yishui County dare not say it, but Xuehua Salt has become famous, and there are many businessmen who come and go to Yishui. Among the merchants, there were many former scholars who gave up the imperial examination because of the hopelessness of the imperial examination, or for other reasons. They heard that there was a rare incident in Yishui County recently, and after the second county exam, they directly pasted the scholar's examination paper outside the wall of the county college, which immediately aroused their curiosity and came to see the excitement.

"This article doesn't make sense, and even the words are written incorrectly, which is too low."

The person who looked like a local scholar on the side suddenly scolded in his heart: "You can do it, you go to the exam!" ”

"This one named Ma Ming is simply a big joke in the world, the allusions of the saints can be mistaken, and I don't know which book to read?"

"Haha, Yishui County is really a magical place. If I had been a student in Yishui back then, it would have been easy to solve the test, maybe I would have been too educated now! ”

……

The county test is not vague and does not transcribe. It was just that the candidate's name appeared on the exam paper, and he was suddenly ridiculed by the stranger, and he was immediately annoyed.

What's even worse is that these businessmen are everywhere.

Let's not talk about the capital, Yingtianfu, Henan, Daimyo, Jiangning...... It seems that in these places where the literary style is at its peak, there are always unsatisfactory scholars who become businessmen and come to Yishui County to find self-confidence outside the county school.

Thinking of his notoriety, he may be thousands of miles away in the wind and drift to all corners of the Great Song Dynasty. Many scholars collapsed in their hearts, and even began to resent Tan Min.

If it weren't for him, how could there be so many things?

If it weren't for him, the master would still be able to pretend to be a scholar, and now the stinky street, if you don't blame the initiator of all this, who else can you blame?

The next day, some of the names of the rolls were deducted.

On the third day, seventeen papers were lost. It's all papers that don't do well. Absolutely no one will think that the article is too good to take it home.

……

And this day is also the day when the last day of the county exam begins. Outside the county school, Tan Min was stunned to find that after greeting his 'friend' on weekdays, the other party seemed to be afraid to dodge. Some people even gritted their teeth and left with anger on their faces, leaving him puzzled.

Tan Min didn't understand, but someone understood, this person was Zou Xuan.

He couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, Li Kui's face was dark, and his heart was even darker. This move undoubtedly put Tan Min on the opposite side of all the scholars in Yishui County. It can be said that Tan Min will become the object of everyone's spurning in Yishui County in the future.