In the Gongyuan, all the examiners were silent, and they all felt the chill emanating from Li Qingchen's body. The feeling of being fooled by the enemy seems to tear apart all the anger.

"Twenty Li Kui?"

Li Qingchen almost gritted his teeth and roared, he was the chief examiner. The examiners present also knew that Li Qingchen was very prejudiced against Li Kui. But the problem is that Li Qingchen also read Li Kuizhong's article and nodded. If you change your name, you will be slapping yourself in the face.

If this is a reversal of removing Li Kui's ranking from the list of tributes, then their subject will definitely be the biggest scandal in the history of the Great Song Dynasty.

Dethroned?

The examiner of the ground room secretly glanced at his colleague, who also did not dare to speak, waiting for Li Qingchen's reaction.

And Li Qingchen exhaled a breath before his anger was about to suffocate his illness in his chest, and said, "But! ”

Li Kui is Li Kui, he doesn't believe that he is a high-ranking official of the Song Dynasty, so he can't control Li Kui, a small miscellaneous fish in Sumen.

What's the use of bewitching the emperor?

If it is really an argument above the court, the current emperor is not the opponent of the princes of the court at all. Besides, the emperor's antipathy to conservatives is already a well-known attitude, even if he lets Li Kui go this time and lets this kid get into the Jinshi, Li Kui can't jump up for at least six years. According to the officialdom system of the Great Song Dynasty, after serving as an official for six years, a newly promoted jinshi has no major faults, and three or more officials with middle and high-ranking official positions can be guaranteed a relatively large promotion.

Before that, it was generally a professor, a county officer, and a county magistrate.

Li Qingchen doesn't care about the ministry now, but he is absolutely able to speak in the ministry of officials, and he really doesn't want to see this guy when the time comes, just let him go to a farther place to stay, and don't let Li Kui be an eyesore in the capital.

Thinking of this, Li Qingchen finally showed a normal state of mind, and nodded to his deputy Zhang Shangying: "Go on." ”

"The nineteenth, Tai student Ma Yuhuai South Road from Jiangning Mansion."

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"Sixth place, Jingzhou scholar Bi Gradual, from Jingzhou Qianjiang on Lianghu Road."

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Suddenly, Zhang Shangying's face changed again and paused, which made Li Qingchen, who was already a little impatient, say in a deep voice: "Read! ”

"Fifth place, Su Guo, a student from Meishan, Meizhou, Sichuan."

Sure enough, when Li Qingchen heard Su Guo's name, his face was as black and terrifying as the bottom of the pot. But he still maintained his demeanor, but laughed angrily: "Zizhan gave birth to a good son!" Speaking of which, this official and Zizhan are also good friends, and it stands to reason that Su Guo, a nephew, should be taken care of and promoted to third. ”

What is the difference between fifth and third?

Not too.

Anyway, Zhang Shangying felt that Li Qingchen must be confused. Of course, Li Qingchen can't be blamed for this, there are some things that can be done, but they can't be said. suppressed Sumen, he could say and do it in the court, but in the court's talent ceremony, he could only do it, not say it. This is the bitter fruit of knocking out his front teeth and swallowing it in his stomach, even if he is unwilling, there is no way at all.

A trace of worry floated in Zhang Shangying's heart, and he said, "There won't be a moth next, right?" ”

Speaking of which, after Zhao Xu became pro-government, the officials of the reform faction were recalled to the capital from all over the country one by one, and the high-ranking officials Houlu were not stingy. It seems that since the Great Song Dynasty changed the law in Xining, the wind of law change will once again sweep the entire Great Song Dynasty.

But there is no harmony between the law changers, Zhang Dian is the strongest, and the two brothers Cai Bian and Cai Jing follow Zhang Tun, and the others cannot threaten Zhang Dian for the time being.

The second is Li Qingchen, the main examiner of the provincial examination, which is a manifestation of the emperor's trust in him. Before the palace examination, Li Qingchen will inevitably be promoted to the official position of deputy minister.

But among the vacant official positions, it seems that only the official position of the subordinate squire monk Shangshu Youcheng can be chosen by him. But he doesn't look down on these two official positions.

Finally, there is Zeng Bu, Zeng Bu is a perverse person, and no one knows what he thinks.

But the Zeng family has a deep heritage, and it is a strong party, and there is a reason why it can become a leader in the reform faction, at least Zhang Shangying, an upstart who has never served as a high-ranking official, will definitely not dare to provoke. There is no shame in taking refuge in Li Qingchen. Besides, he doesn't have the emperor's appreciation, nor does he have a profound family to rely on, and after thirty years of eunuch sea, even his juniors Cai Jing and others are much better than him, so he can only stand in line among the three factions. Li Qingchen is undoubtedly the best choice for him.

Of course, there is also a big man of the law-changing faction, Lu Huiqing.

This is more unlucky, he used to be the second leader of the Fa-changing faction, but he was killed in the northwest by Zhang Dan, Zeng Bu, and Li Qingchen, and he was not given a chance to return to the court at all.

What to be afraid of, what to come.

Zhang Shangying read a few more names, and when it was the turn of the first place, he was completely dumbfounded. Li Qingchen does not have many personal grievances against conservative officials, but only one person cannot get around it.

This person once embarrassed Li Qingchen with one sentence, and it can be said that this is the only enemy of Li Qingchen who has a personal grudge among the conservatives. But what made him nervous was that after removing the name scroll, the name of the scholar jumped on the paper, and it was actually the son of Li Qingchen's enemy, so what should he, a vassal Li Qingchen's subordinate, do?

Li Qingchen is a person with a city government, but he has also been stirred up by a series of accidents. He finally understood that he was yin by Su Zhe and Huang Tingjian. Why Su Zhe doesn't want to see Su Shi's several apprentices, this is all an illusion. It turned out that he deliberately acted for himself. Only he himself is still in the dark, maybe at this moment, Su Zhe and Su Shi, the treacherous brothers, may be happy?

Seeing Zhang Shangying stunned on the side, he seemed to understand Zhang Shangying's embarrassment.

It can't be that kid, right?

Li Qingchen snatched the scroll, glanced at the place where the name was revealed, staggered a few steps, and his eyes suddenly darkened. I finally held on to the bookcase so that I didn't fall. Gritting his back molars, he said word by word: "The first place in the provincial examination in the first year of Shaosheng, Fan Chong, a student of Tai, is from Huayang County, Chengdu Prefecture, Sichuan Road. ”

After speaking, Li Qingchen's whole person trembled with anger.

Zhang Shangying whispered: "My lord, do you have a name?" ”

"Why not?" Li Qingchen proudly turned his head and glared at Zhang Shangying, and said: "Although this official is the main examiner of this subject, how can he be selfish in the imperial court's talent ceremony?" ”

Zhang Shangying pursed her lips and said in her heart: "It's good if you're happy." ”

In fact, things have reached this point, and there is no way to change it. For the top 20 papers, Li Qingchen is the chief examiner, if he doesn't read it and nod his head in agreement, how can he dismantle his name?

It can be said that these twenty people are all the best among the scholars of the present day who Li Qingchen personally nodded. will be Li Qingchen's main exam, the most proud student. But among these twenty people, Li Qingchen wanted to strangle at least three with his own hands. But he didn't have anything to do, if it was really an excellent volume, he would have already recognized the identity of the other party's tribute, and he would be dethroned, and he would definitely be the one who was disgraced in the end.

The only thing Li Qingchen could do was to change the rankings of these people, but even he didn't bother to do this kind of self-deception.

Waving his hand, Zhang Shangying took the transcribed list and prepared to post it, but he locked himself in the official office alone, staring at the paper that used his essay to take the exam, and couldn't help but unwrap the paste name, Li Qingche smacked his mouth angrily.

He should have thought of it, Li Yun, and this thing would do such a tasteless thing.

Just when Li Yun bragged to Li Kui, he was about to reach the peak of his life.

Li Qingchen, who was in the Gongyuan, encountered the darkest experience in his life.

In fact, there is not much of a problem with his character, and it is rumored that he is attached to the trend of inflammation, but he is actually still a famous Confucian who can keep his heart. There is also gossip that Sumen Sanjie High School is in the top 20, and the big examiner Li Qingchen smacks his lips violently. It seems that Li Qingchen is an out-and-out traitor, who failed to frame Zhongliang, and in the end he could only harm himself.

As for the trend of epiinflammation, in fact, there is another hidden reason?

But Li Qingchen is an extremely proud person, and he doesn't care what others say about him behind his back. He supported the reformers, what's wrong?

What's more, after he got on the ship of the Reformers, he never came down again. In fact, he still had a chance to get off the ship and get a chance to soar, but he didn't choose to do so. When Yuan You was in his early years, his situation was much better than that of Zhang Dian, Cai Bian, Zeng Bu and others. During the period of Xining's reform, the reform of the official system he carried out, and the conservatives did not have much hostility towards him.

Speaking of which, Zeng Bu is a real head iron. He is a law-changer, and at the same time, he is also an opponent of law-change, which is about to catch up with Su Shi. Because of his opposition to the "City Change Law", Zeng Bu was belittled by the boss Wang Anshi. After the death of the Divine Sect, as long as he showed his disgust with the Fa-changing faction, he could easily enter the court, and he would no longer have to run around outside the capital to be an official. However, Zeng Bu did not do it, insisting that in Xining's reform of the law, except for the "City Change Law", everything else is good law, and he resolutely does not bow to the conservatives.

In this way, he has fallen into decline at both ends, but the Zeng family is not the Li family, with a profound heritage, and the name of Nanfeng Qizeng is difficult to stand out in the Great Song Dynasty. The most famous thing is that in the second year of Jiayou, four brothers of the Zeng family were admitted to the Jinshi together.

Compared with these big families, Li Qingchen does not have any family background to rely on.

His ancestors were all civilians, and his father was a jinshi, but he served as a county commander and died of illness in office. It can be said that Li Qingchen could not even maintain the dignity of the official eunuchs.

The only thing I can rely on is my wife's family, that is, the Han family.

Han Qi's kindness of recommendation, Han Jiang's reuse.

But for Li Qingchen, Han Jiang's ideas conflicted with him. Coupled with the death and resurrection of Han Jiangzheng and Wang Anshidou at that time, Li Qingchen was also in a dilemma.

In the end, after following his heart, he was scolded as a repeated villain.

For him, sticking to his heart is even more important than his life and death. Because for Li Qingchen, if his heart is lost, then he will lose the last bottom line of being a man.

The list of tributes was about to be released, but Li Qingchen hid in the official office and did not come out.

For scholars, this is the most important moment in their lives - watching the list.

At Li Yun's insistence, Li Kui had no choice but to follow Li Yun to the street in the middle of the night. They did not go directly to the Gongyuan, but to Fan Chong's residence. Coming to the small courtyard rented by Fan Chong, Li Kui suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not quite right, Fan Chong sat in the courtyard with a lonely expression, and there was a big brazier in front of him, and the flames were very strong. The beating flames were especially strange in the dark night, reflecting Fan Chong's face even more strange.

"Brother Fan, did you do well in the exam?"

Li Kui felt that if Fan Chong didn't do well in the exam, he would probably be hanging. Fortunately, Fan Chong shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Why is that?" Li Kui walked in only to find that Fan Chong was burning manuscripts and manuals, as well as some pieces left over because of mistakes. Fan Chong raised his head and said with a wry smile: "Do you remember what the teacher said about my father offending Li Qingchen, the chief examiner of the provincial examination?" ”

"How many years have passed, not necessarily they will remember. Besides, Uncle Fan has been degraded, and this grievance should be over, right? Li Yun felt that Fan Chong was thinking a little too much, he definitely didn't believe that it was more than ten years ago, and the parties still gritted their teeth and remembered: "Besides, uncle is uncle, you are you, no one will get along with you, a junior, right?" ”

"But I can't guarantee that someone blames me for my father's affairs. That's it! That is, as a son of man, the father and the son taste, and it is a big deal to go back to his hometown to be a private school teacher. Fan Chong wanted to wear it, and he didn't want to show too lonely in front of his friends, which made people feel depressed with him.

Li Kui then picked up a copy: "Uncle is so bold, this is to scold the prince, just quit the prime minister, right?" ”

"I also have it here, and it's Cai Jing who scolds, which is interesting." Li Yun then picked up a draft from the manuscript that had not had time to burn by the fire, and laughed after reading it.

"And Zengbu."

"Lu Huiqing ......"

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Fan Chong said dejectedly: "Don't turn it over, this pile is all there, and two piles have been burned before." Fan Chong also smiled bitterly, he didn't expect his father to be so tough, there are no officials in the world who don't dare to scold.

Before, Fan Chong wanted to take advantage of the provincial test to prepare the manuscripts left by his father and wanted to sort them out, but he found such a bunch of things, which really put a lot of pressure on him.

Fortunately, Fan Chong is also an open-minded lord, and it is already a given that his father and enemies are all over the world, even if he wants to change his son, he may not be able to change it.

I simply accepted it all, of course, there was good news, Fan Chong pouted and said: "Fortunately, most of them are dead, otherwise I am really afraid that my father will be robbed in the middle of the road." ”

Li Yun looked at a few copies of the very formal piece in Fan Chong's hand and said, "Brother Fan, are you holding the same in your hand?" ”

"Hmm." Fan Chong nodded weakly.

Li Yun said curiously: "Who are you scolding?" ”

"It's all the manuscript of the chapter of my father scolding Li Qingchen, alas, two virtuous brothers, I'm afraid that Fan's name in this provincial test will fall to Sun Shan, and the kindness you came with is for my brother's heart. But Brother Wei really didn't dare to go to the Tribute Academy. The two virtuous brothers, you don't care about being brothers, you go together, and wish the two virtuous brothers the Toad Palace for their brothers, and their merits are complete. ”

Fan Chong looked up at the night sky with a sigh, other people's fathers left his son with land, the officials of Enyin, and the big mansion. And he, Fan Zuyu, left his son with enemies all over the Great Song Dynasty, the treasures in the family are really unlikeable, as a treasure boy, Fan Chong looked up at the night sky in despair, and felt that this night was extraordinarily cold.