Most of the students who are able to participate in the test are a little confident in themselves. Even in the examination area of the imperial examination desert such as Yizhou, what if the luck of participating in the provincial examination skyrockets and the tribute is won?

In the next palace test, what if it is appreciated by the big guy and valued by the officials, and he comes out on top?

Isn't life a great fulfillment?

When someone deliberately tries to sabotage their path to advancement, it will naturally cause them strong dissatisfaction and resistance. In fact, at the beginning, only some scholars discovered the problem, and they saw that Fan Chunren's topic was a pitfall. The other scholars who reacted a little worse didn't see that there were holes in the exam questions at all, but they just felt that the exam questions were so difficult.

For scholars who may not even be able to touch family affairs, youth is one thing, and on the other hand, it shows immaturity and inexperience.

Most scholars don't have enough money in their hands, what should they do?

Reach out to the family and ask for it!

But what if the court's money is not enough?

Is it to stretch out your hand to the people?

Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, and almost all scholars have heard this story. They also know the truth that endowment is equivalent to tyranny. Since it is not advisable to reach out to the people, can the court conjure up money?

No.

If the money is not enough, then you can only save money and shoot at redundant soldiers and officials. The problem is, it's not advisable either. When the scholars came to the step of solving the test, their goals in life were basically the same. Zhongjin Shi, enter Taixue, and become a civil official. Why didn't he even become an official, so he said that the court treated officials too favorably, and demanded that the number of officials be reduced and reduced.

Isn't this equivalent to saying that before he became an official, he asked for a reduction in his income in the future...... Or even ask the court not to give officials?

No fool would do that!

This is purely a category that harms others and is not beneficial to oneself, and is so stupid that it lacks morality and smokes.

What's more, someone dares to say that. Even if he was a jinshi, his boss couldn't get used to him, his colleagues thought he was a traitor, and his subordinates wanted him to die violently.

Don't talk about what is far, but what is near. Yizhou solves the exam, and the examiner is an official from Yizhou, right?

Although Fan Chunren said that he came to help, he was also one of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty. The examinees' brains were pumped, and they wrote on the examination papers that the salaries of officials were too high, and the salaries should be reduced. The number of officials is too many, and the number should be reduced. I'm afraid that no examiner will let such a scourge pass the exam.

It's not that there is a hole in the head, but a lack of heart. Put your position on the opposite side of the interests of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, where is this scholar who is a reserve of national talents, and a thief who wants to rebel!

So when some scholars opened their mouths to criticize, all the scholars in the examination room understood a truth. They've been pitted, and they're in a miserable way.

"How unfortunate is the Yizhou scholar!"

"In the court dispute, why do you want my Yizhou scholar to bear the cause and effect, how unfair?"

"How innocent am I, why does Fan Xiang want to make it difficult for me to wait for Yizhou scholars?"

"Representation!"

"Representation!"

"I'm going to appeal to Fan Xiang!"

……

Yizhou was sentenced strictly, and the petty official from the sixth grade, standing in front of Fan Chunren, the big man, trembled and said: "Fan Xiang, can you go and see it?" The scholars reacted excitedly, as if they were suspected of causing trouble. ”

Scholars make trouble, and it is common for the imperial examination in the Great Song Dynasty.

The biggest one was that Xu Shilian, the fallen scholar of the Taizu period, beat the drum outside the palace and denounced the chief examiner Li Fang for privately granting the quota of Jinshi during the period when he served as the chief examiner, which caused Emperor Taizu to be angry.

Not only were all the provincial exams of that year invalidated, but all candidates took the retake. The examiner went to the official, and all the cadres were severely punished. If it weren't for the fact that this incident happened in the early years of the Great Song Dynasty, people would have become accustomed to the methods of cheating in the imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise the punishment would have been more severe.

Fortunately, Li Fang later took refuge in Taizong and rose step by step.

But the sensational effect caused by it is definitely no less than a coup d'état. Because of the emperor's distrust of the examiner, the palace examination that was not originally available was introduced, and the emperor had to personally inspect the ability of the jinshi, so as not to be fooled by the officials.

In the subsequent imperial examinations, there were also cases where candidates were dissatisfied with their results, which caused the examiner to lose his position.

But this is just the unfairness of the imperial examination, which caused the emotions of the scholars to be stirred. It is really rare to say that the exam room is out of control because the exam questions do not meet the candidates' wishes.

Yan Ming trembled and wiped the sweat on his forehead, he was a general judge, he was originally willful, he shouldn't care at all, and he didn't dare to care. But there is something strange about the system of the Great Song Dynasty, after Taizong, the general judgment has another duty, to make a small report to the emperor, and tell the emperor about the mistakes of Zhizhou.

Therefore, don't look at the general judgment is not qualified to write a chapter and put it into Zhongshu Province, but the general judgment in all parts of the Great Song Dynasty can write a chapter and send it directly to Shangshu Province, which assists the emperor in handling government affairs, or even directly to the emperor's bookcase.

The reason why Yan Ming was nervous and scared was because he was wondering whether he should report this matter to the emperor?

Oh my god!

He's just a six-rank state general judge, but he wants to hit the small report of the first-rank member of the imperial court and the scholar of the Guanwen Palace, don't be so exciting!

Yan Ming, as a bystander, was anxious, but Fan Chunren, as a party concerned, leisurely drank the tea ordered by Shuangqing, and ignored it comfortably. Angry and strict in his heart, he slandered: "The general judgment of running and breaking the leg, the Zhizhou who occupies the credit." In the next life, I would rather be an eight-grade Chixian order than be convicted. ”

For a long time, Fan Chunren drank the tea in the tea bowl seriously, and it was a little sad that there were no refreshments.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty had all kinds of benefits, such as food, cloth, and even shoes and hats. Of course, there are no officials who are too small, such as county officials, professors and other nine-grade civil officials, and the treatment they can enjoy is greatly reduced. But Fan Chunren's official rank is placed there, and even the necessities of life such as salt and tea will be distributed by the imperial court on time.

Some are issued on an annual basis, coupons are given, and officials hire people to go to the Fukula, for example, the prime minister has ten stone of salt and four stones of tea a year. When you want it, send someone to take the coupon to the treasury to get it.

With so many rewards, Lao Fan couldn't eat them at all, and most of them were sold. But I still keep some of it for my daily use.

It's a pity that the imperial court thought of giving tea to officials, but for officials like Lao Fan, it is a crime to send tea without refreshments.

I drank too much tea, and there was no refreshment to cushion my stomach, and my internal organs were uncomfortable with heartburn.

Rubbing his stomach, Fan Chunren asked, "Did any scholar say that he wanted to give up the exam and leave the examination room?" ”

"Nope. Shizi was a little impulsive, worried that the exam questions would be too sensitive, which would affect their future. Yan Mingxin said: Thank God, you finally spoke.

I'm afraid that what Yan Ming is most afraid of hearing is that Fan Chunren asked him to watch and do it himself?

If that's the case, he's going to have to sit on wax.

However, he is obviously a villain's heart, Fan Chunren is not so dirty, just paused, and said, "You go to stabilize the candidate's emotions." Tell the scholars that now the Great Song Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, and those who are not with great perseverance are not enough to be worthy of great responsibilities; If you are not firm in your beliefs, it is not enough to entrust you with important tasks; If you are not a great sage, you are not enough to stand on the temple. If you want to be a high-ranking official, but you don't want to be involved, the old man will never show mercy here. ”

"Boss, are you doing this too harshly?" Yan Ming said worriedly.

Fan Chunren raised his eyes and said coldly: "You can use your power to reach the heavens." Let's see if the old man is wrong. ”

Yan Ming's expression was stunned and panicked. The general sentence is half of the Imperial City's division, this is a rule known to the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, but no one said it. If you have to say it, aren't you dissatisfied with your subordinates?

It's a pity that he doesn't have the courage to argue with Fan Chunren, after all, this is a matter of face, not a matter of position.

With the strictness of Shang Fang's sword, the confidence in his heart was a lot, and after appearing in the examination room, his eyes swept over the emotional scholars one by one. After all, he has been an official for more than ten years, and he has accumulated a lot of official prestige, and ordinary scholars have been defeated one after another.

Yan Ming not only repeated the words of Old Man Fan Chunren, but also added fuel and vinegar: "If you are dissatisfied, you can give up the exam." ”

"Are there any test abandoners?"

The scholars stopped talking, originally, dozens of people, hundreds of people made trouble, there were many people, and the advantage of punishing the people was not to blame. But once they abandon the exam, won't their three years of hard work be in vain?

If it is a provincial test, if such a thing really happens, you can still go to the imperial drum outside the palace, beat the drum to sound the grievances, and sue the emperor. However, what they participated in was only the Yizhou Liberation Test, not to mention whether it was useful to go to the capital to beat the drum and voice grievances, the cost of travel expenses alone was a lot, and the losses were great.

Besides, if you give up the exam yourself, isn't it cheaper for those gangsters who don't have the guts?

Even if it is hard work, they can't let them succeed.

Yan Ming saw that the scholar stopped talking, and suddenly his heart was happy, he thought he was a warrior, but he didn't expect it to be a soft egg with a silver spear head, with disdain in his eyes, and he left with a cold snort arrogantly.

Fan Chunren couldn't patronize himself comfortably, after all, there was opposition in the examination room.

After waiting for the general sentence to be strict and open for a while, and after estimating that he should have controlled the emotions in the examination room, he immediately sent his gold medal little agent to appear in Shuangqing.

also mentioned Shuangqing, let him peek at the reaction of the scholars in the examination room, and the progress of the exam.

Shuangqing took the order and left.

Since the start of the Yizhou Liberation Examination, Shuangqing has been eating and drinking in the examination room, mainly to Li Yun. The candidates are not surprised by him, they all know that this half-grown child has a good relationship with Li Yun, and all he thinks about all day long is eating and drinking, even if he despises Shuangqing's behavior in his heart, but for the sake of Fan Chunren's face, he is also very polite to him.

However, at this time and at that time, it was before Fan Chunren's identity and image collapsed, and the students of Yizhou were vying to perform in front of Fan Xiang, so they would love Shuangqing and Wu.

But now Fan Xiang has a trick to draw salary, which makes the students in Yizhou itch with hatred.

Shuangqing was suddenly not welcomed. Not to mention that everyone loves him, he passed by the aisle of the examination room, and just with the afterglow of his eyes, he found that there was no scholar who did not gnash his teeth, and the loss was in the examination room, if he was in the vegetable market, he felt that there was a big terror that would not be in danger of his life overnight.

Shuangqing did not go to Li Yun as before, but found Li Kui.

He was curious, and the other candidates either looked angry and didn't write articles. Either they are blinded and resigned to fate, or they are frowning and thinking about it, and then they write a sentence or two on the draft.

On the contrary, it was Li Kui, who was writing with a brush, and he had already seen that Li Kui had already written a lot on the draft, and he could hand in the paper after the transcription.

Shuangqing felt that Li Kui was not ordinary, and of course, there were other candidates who wrote more smoothly.

For example, the purpose of Xie Qian and Xie Wan, the purpose of their participation in the literary examination is not to win the first prize, but there is no way, they must take the exam. As for what the test looks like, I don't care at all. Writing essays is not about being good or bad, just about filling up the test papers. In this way, the weirdest thing in the examination room is the Xie brothers, who are the easiest to deal with, and they don't even use drafts, so they directly write and draw on the test papers.

However, Shuangqing took a look, which aroused Xie Qian's vigilance, and after looking at each other angrily, Xie Qian twisted and grinned and laughed shamefully: "Don't look at it!" ”

A big man, making a little woman, is enough to scare Shuangqingyi.

In desperation, I had to go to Li Kui.

He is the loyal dogleg of his uncle Fan Chunren, and he has fulfilled the orders given by Fan Chunren to the letter.

"Second brother, are you done writing?"

Shuangqing was in front of Li Kui and pretended.

Li Kui raised his eyelids and curled up behind the bookcase, there was no way, this place was too small, he was too tall and strong, he felt like an adult, lying on the child's bookcase and writing hard, and there was no way to get angry. Li Kui just wanted to write the article as soon as possible and leave after transcribing the paper.

It was not very difficult for him to solve the test, but the process was too sinful.

But he still raised his eyelids, removed the pen in his hand from the exam paper, and replied: "You kid came to inquire about the situation again, little spy!" ”

Shuangqing pretended to be pitiful and said: "Which one is my uncle, what can I do?" After speaking, his eyes turned and asked Li Kui: "Second brother, what are you eating today?" ”

Li Kuinu said: "In the bookcase, read it yourself." ”

Shuangqing really rummaged through it unceremoniously, and soon he was holding a mud ball that was still a little hot, as big as a watermelon, and it was quite heavy to start, swallowing saliva and asking Li Kui, "What is this?" ”

"You don't know if you will swallow your saliva, tell your boy, I don't have enough to eat, if you dare to take it, I will beat you once in the future." Li Kui saw Shuangqing holding his mud-baked chicken and wanted to stand up and run away, and his eyes immediately became unkind.

It's just that this kid delayed his exam, and dared to steal his lunch, isn't this bullying the second master's good temper, and he wants to be powerful on the second master's head?

"Threaten me?" Shuangqing swallowed a mouthful of saliva and put down the mud ball unwillingly. It's quite heavy to hold, and it is estimated that the Qiankun inside is not small. He left the examination room and went to Fan Chunren to make a small report.

"Uncle, uncle, I've inquired clearly."

Fan Chunren put down the teacup that had been touched for a long time and asked, "How did the scholar react?" ”

"It's all cowardly!"

"Speak well?" Fan Chunren frowned slightly, he didn't want to hear someone say behind his back that he was bullying others. Although Lao Fan knew that he was not doing things authentically, he was also helpless. In the struggle in the court, he has no confidence. can only use the opportunity of Yizhou to solve the test to spy on the little emperor's mind. Although this is a good idea, there is no way to do it.

You can't gamble everything like Su Zhe and prepare to fight with the Fa-changers in the court, right?

Too unwise, have to be strategic.

Shuangqing reported what he saw to Fan Chunren one by one, mixed with his true feelings in his heart, and said with palpitations: "Uncle, if it weren't for the scholars in the examination room, they wouldn't have rushed out to do it." If it's on the street, I'm afraid my uncle will never see Shuangqing again. ”

Shuangqing said aggrievedly, more of a complaint. He even changed the name of Fan Chunren to the outside, obviously extremely frightened in his heart. It's a pity that Old Man Fan Chunren has long seen that this kid is pretending.

Not only pretending to be pitiful, but also wanting to buy it.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Seeing that Shuangqing wanted to speak and stopped, Fan Chunren was puzzled and curious.

Only then did Shuangqing speak: "Uncle Zu, you don't know, what did Second Brother Li and Brother Yun eat today?" ”

"It's just sauce meat, and when the test is over, the old man spends a lot of money to buy three catties of beef to eat at home, and he has to get tired of eating it." Fan Chunren's heartache was a curse, but unfortunately the habits he had developed over the years made him unbreathable. It gives people a small family look. The cost of three catties of beef is almost small, and the sauce is ready, only a little more than a catty.

How can you get tired of eating?

If it is in the Bianliang Mansion, it is estimated that one person in the family will be able to divide a few pieces.

You have always been a prime minister, can you be a little more generous?

Although Shuangqing is Fan Chunren's grandson, he has no dissatisfaction with doing things and studying in front of Fan Chunren. It would be better if Uncle could raise the bar a little bit in terms of food. Shuangqing's identity is actually very similar to Gao Yu, he reads books on weekdays, goes out with Fan Chunren to increase the market, and helps sort out manuscripts and letters. Su Shi wrote a letter to Fan Chunren, and he naturally read it. In particular, Su Shi is still a person who likes to share, and the letter comes with a secret recipe for making a chicken called Huaji.

In the capital, Wang Xu, the commander of the horses, ate a chicken called Hua, which was delicious; My colleague Vice Minister Su Zhe also ate the flower chicken, which was delicious; Even Huang Tingjian, who had been clanging in the poor land before, also ate the flower chicken, which was very delicious...... In the past two years, the upper circle of Bianliang has been deeply fascinated by the deliciousness of the Su family's dishes and cannot extricate themselves. It's a pity that the old man Fan Chunren, who is the prime minister, waited for his colleagues to invite him, but he didn't catch up with the big dish of chicken once.

Fan Chunren guessed wrong. In order to let the old man deeply understand his mistakes, Li Yun magnified his moves. Sauce beef, he has eaten, but that's it. At least he can endure the beef, but he can't help it!

Is this more expensive than eating beef?

It's just mad.

However, Shuangqing didn't know that it was mud-baked chicken, and thought it was called a chicken when Su Shi and Fan Chunren were communicating. Although the cooking techniques of the two dishes are the same, the taste is completely different. It is called chemical chicken, which is a dish and a staple food. The flavor of the chicken is absorbed a lot by staple foods such as glutinous rice in the belly of the chicken, but the rice in the belly of the chicken is more delicious than the chicken.

But mud-baked chicken is different, the chicken is a clean chicken, there are no auxiliary materials to absorb the original flavor of the chicken, this is a pure dish.

Shuangqing said to Fan Chunren secretly: "Uncle, you would never have thought that they would eat called Hua Chicken today!" ”

"Is it called a chicken as mentioned in Zizhan's letter?" Fan Chunren's eyes suddenly turned red. Then he slapped the book case and scolded angrily: "The kid is hateful, this is revenge." ”

Shuangqing saw that the old man was angry, and he didn't dare to speak more.

But at the moment of food, if he doesn't rub a chicken leg, his conscience will be damned!

I really couldn't help it, Fan Shuangqing didn't dare to wait for a long time, in case Li Kui finished eating, wouldn't it be bad?

I had to whisper to Fan Chunren nervously: "Master, I'll take a look at the examination room?" ”

Look at whether it's fake, and eat and drink is real.

But at this moment, the old man Fan Chunren couldn't help it, he wiped his beard, and felt that the palm of his hand was a little damp, he was sure that it was not saliva, but the tea on his beard and did not dry. With a straight face, he said: "The old man is the main exam, so naturally he can't slack off." Qinger, lead the way, the old man wants to inspect the examination room! ”