The Tianfu Township Examination is not only an exam, but also a grand Shilin gathering, and some celebrities will rush to Nanjing City to participate in the grand event at this time.

On the two large wharves of Longjiang Pass and Jiangdongmen, a large number of foreigners will arrive every day, and the etiquette of ushering in the send-off is extremely frequent.

Today, another leaf boat came from the lower reaches of the river, waiting to dock, and Gu Xiancheng and An Xifan sat opposite each other in the cabin.

The young An Xifan asked puzzledly: "Why didn't the teacher go back to the imperial court to resume his job, but instead took a leave of absence for three years and went back and forth in Jiangnan?" ”

Gu Xiancheng replied: "You concentrate on the township test first, and you don't have to be distracted by other things." ”

The bigwigs of their Qingliu forces are either from Henan or Hebei, and they have a weak foundation in Jiangnan, which has the largest number of scholars.

After all, there are too many people in Jiangnan who can take refuge in today's Jiangnan scholars, such as Shoufu Shen Shixing, university scholar Wang Xijue, and literary league leader Wang Shizhen, all of whom are Jiangnan people.

That's why Gu Xiancheng took a three-year leave of absence and went home to lecture and gather momentum, of course a young man in his early twenties like An Xifan couldn't understand it.

An Xifan looked outside, but saw a large group of scholars standing on the shore, all facing the river.

Then he said: "Could it be that the teacher has become famous, and even a large number of scholars who admire the teacher have heard the news and come here to greet him?" ”

Gu Xiancheng also wanted to be like this, but felt that it was unlikely. As soon as the ship was docked, he stepped out of the cabin and stood at the bow.

But the soldiers on the shore didn't react, so Gu Xiancheng was very disappointed and sure that these soldiers really didn't come to greet him.

After he got ashore, he heard someone on the other side of the pier shouting: "Gu Jun! ”

Turning his head again, it turned out to be his friend Li Sancai.

Originally, this Li Sancai's official position had already been achieved in the household department Langzhong, but last year he wrote a letter to defend Wei Yunzhen, but he angered the superiors and was transferred to Nanjing Rite Department Langzhong.

Although the grade has not changed, it has suddenly changed from an important position to an idle position within an idle position.

A few years ago, Gu Xiancheng worked in the household department when he first entered the official career, and he was a subordinate of Li Sancai at that time, and the two edited the "Wanli Accounting Record" together.

It stands to reason that Li Sancai is higher than Gu Xiancheng in terms of age and grade, and there is no need to greet him in terms of etiquette.

But the two are of the same age, and Li Sancai admires Gu Xiancheng's character and learning, and the two usually treat each other with courtesy.

In addition, Li Sancai is sociable and good at dancing with long sleeves, so he deigned to come to greet Gu Xiancheng.

After seeing the ceremony, Li Sancai explained: "Since Haigong Gangfeng was in Nantai, the official examination discipline has been severe.

Nangao, Jianquan and others are inconvenient to get out, so they can only entrust me to greet them! ”

Nangao is Zou Yuanbiao, and Jianquan is Wei Yunzhen, both of whom were sent to Nanjing because of their grievances, and they are a small gang with Gu Xiancheng.

At this time, there was no title of the Donglin Party, and their group of people boasted of being "Qingliu" and flaunted their names.

Zou Yuanbiao, Li Sancai, and Wei Yunzhen are all famous figures in the history of party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty, but they only began to emerge at this time, and it has only been more than ten years since they entered the officialdom.

Originally, the discipline of the Nanjing government was very loose, and there was no work, let alone late arrival and early departure.

However, after Hai Jui served as the imperial historian of Nanjing's right capital, he paid close attention to the discipline atmosphere, and most of the Nanjing officials were miserable, but they were afraid of Hai Jui's prestige and did not dare to call out.

Therefore, Zou Yuanbiao and Wei Yunzhen, two people who usually pay attention to integrity and image, are not easy to get out, and only Li Sancai can come to pick up Gu Xiancheng because he works in the Ministry of Rites and can come to pick up Gu Xiancheng for the reason of going out to do business.

But at this time, Gu Xiancheng pointed to the other gathered crowds on the shore and asked, "Who are you waiting for?" ”

Li Sancai replied: "It should be Wang Yizhou, the old leader of the literary world, I don't know what to do in Nanjing, it is said that he is going to take up the right waiter of the Nanjing Criminal Department." ”

Gu Xiancheng pressed down the sour breath and commented lightly: "Those who do not abide by the right path are also of great use to the country and the people?" ”

An Xifan also hurriedly followed Teacher Gu and said: "Grandstanding, the world is sad." ”

Although they are both known as literati and belong to Shilin, they Qingliu and Wang Shizhen are not in the same circle.

It's like the public knowledge circle and the literary circle hundreds of years later, the two are also different circles.

Suddenly, the crowd erupted in loud cheers, and a large boat slowly appeared on the shore.

Li Sancai hurriedly greeted Gu Xiancheng and said, "Get in the car!" Let's go first, or there will be more people and more chaos later. ”

Gu Xiancheng looked back at the big boat in disgust, and then scanned the crowd before boarding the car and leaving.

Wang Shizhen, the old league leader who came out of the cabin, waved to the crowd on the shore, and his complexion was much better than when he left Suzhou.

At this time, he also saw the departing carriage and horses behind the crowd, but he didn't care.

As long as it is not for Xu Wenchang and Lin Tailai, the two generations of literary thieves are in person, and the leader of the Wang Lao Alliance is still very generous most of the time.

There are not many people who accompany the old alliance leader to Nanjing this time, except for the second son Wang Shiqiao, it is Feng Shike, the most loyal disciple of the retro sect, and Hu Yinglin, the youngest celebrity.

The leader of the Wang Lao League claimed to the outside world that he went to Nanjing to take up a post as the right attendant of the Nanjing Criminal Department, and others did not suspect it much.

But the three escorts all understood the thoughts of the leader of the Wang Lao Alliance.

After arriving at the residence, Feng Shike asked: "If you want to hold a literary conference again, do you really not announce it in advance?"

If you don't give the world time to warm up, it doesn't seem to be very effective. ”

Wang Shizhen replied: "After I returned to Taicang three months ago, I continued to think about it carefully, repeatedly reviewed the gains and losses in my heart, and summed up three reasons for the failure of the Suzhou Literary Conference. ”

"The first is that the warm-up is too early and too long. It seriously consumed and distracted the energy of the participants, and after entering the main topic, there were many malaise.

The second is that the sense of participation of scholars is too poor. Most of the scholars actually knew that they would definitely not be selected for the fifth son, so they needed a sense of participation.

Third, if there are no external factors, it may be able to barely maintain the superficial prosperity of the literary world. But with an external factor like Lin Tailai, it is understandable that he fell short. ”

Feng Shi didn't want to talk about the rights and wrongs of the past, and asked: "When exactly will the literary conference be held?" ”

Wang Laomeng replied confidently: "It can be set after the end of the exam and before the release of the list." ”

After thinking for a while, Feng Shike replied, "Wonderful! It's just the right time to do something! ”

If you think about it, there really is no better time than this time.

This time must be the time when Shizi is most relaxed and energetic.

If you wait for the release of the list later, most of the unsuccessful scholars will definitely just want to go home early, and they don't have the heart to act as a background board for the literary conference.

And if the time is a little earlier, the scholars are still nervous about the township test, how can they be in the mood to do anything else?

Wang Shizhen instructed: "When the examination in the township examination hall is over, we will immediately announce the matters of the literary conference!"

Then in a short period of time, reach the climax, without giving the malicious person time to react! ”

At this time, Wang Shiqiao entered the hall with a stack of prayer posts, and reported: "Father just got off the passenger ship, and he actually bowed to the posters!" ”

Wang Shizhen laughed a few times, only at this time can she feel the joy of her existence.

Then he said to the left and right: "I haven't set foot in Jinling for several years, I don't know if Qinhuai Fengyue has ever produced a rookie?" ”

Feng Shike thought that there must be rookies, but it is not clear whether the voice is high enough.

To say that the selection criteria of the old alliance leader now seem to be all about the size of the voice.

On the road in Nanjing, Gu Xiancheng and Li Sancai shared a car, and An Xifan and the rest of his entourage sat in another car.

In the car, Li Sancai asked again: "How to arrange today?" Do you want to wash the dust for you? ”

Gu Xiancheng replied: "You said to Nangao and Jianquan that I am tired from the boat and car, and I am very tired, so I will rest for the time being. ”

Li Sancai nodded and didn't ask any more.

In fact, Li Sancai knew in his heart that Gu Xiancheng had something to do, and it was estimated that he was in a hurry to see Nan Zhili to learn the imperial history of Fang Huan.

Gu Xiancheng didn't know Fang Huan before, and he Li Sancai introduced him from it. But what exactly to do, Li Sancai just asked.

sent Gu Xiancheng and An Xifan to the apartment prepared in advance, and Li Sancai took the initiative to leave very interestingly.

Since then, Gu Xiancheng and An Xifan have also separated, each doing their own thing.

An Xifan is here to participate in the township examination, and of course he has to go to his classmates to socialize at this time.

And Gu Xiancheng kept going non-stop and secretly visited Nanzhili to learn the imperial history of Fanghuan.

There are three main things, the first is in terms of lecturing, I hope Fang Huan will provide support, after all, Fang Tixue is the real thigh of the entire Nanzhili readers.

The second is whether it is possible to fish in troubled waters through Fang Huan in various exams this year and next year to strengthen the strength of his own people.

Although the impact of the imperial history on the township examination is very limited, at least during the term of office, the admission of Xiucai in each county can be decided.

The third is to eliminate the evil and maintain the dignity of the righteous path, and the evil that needs to be eliminated the most at present is the Suzhou Lin Sheng.

In fact, there is another thing that is difficult to say, Gu Xiancheng has always said to people that the idol is Hai Rui, I don't know if there is a chance to gain fame from Hai Rui.

In the heart of Nanzhili Shizi, Fang Tixue's personality and reputation are not very good, greedy and violent.

But he still received Gu Xiancheng very warmly, who in the officialdom is not a multi-faceted person?

In addition to Li Sancai's matchmaking factor, who made Gu Xiancheng have a background in the ministry, and Gu Xiancheng's brother Zhao Nanxing is still the most important official of the Anthology Division.

"Suzhou Mansion Lin Sheng?" Fang Tixue repeated it several times, but he was not impressed.

Although he is a scholar of the imperial history of Nanzhili, who can remember every scholar clearly?

Immediately, let people check the roster of students in Suzhou Mansion first, and then return to the report when they have the results.

As far as Fang Tixue is concerned, everything else is within his purview, but it is more difficult to visit Hai Rui, because Hai Rui never socializes for personal reasons, let alone eats and drinks.

However, he suddenly thought of something and said to Gu Xiancheng: "I heard that Hai Zhongcheng is compiling and printing a collection of poems, called "Today's Yuefu: Fourteen Sufferings", and he is about to find someone to write a preface.

According to Haizhongcheng's requirements, the person who writes the preface must be a person with an honest voice and a self-respecting character!

Thinking about it like this, with Gu Jun's clear name, he is also a suitable candidate.

Without further ado, Gu Jun might as well write a preface now, and I will recommend it to Hai Gong as soon as possible. ”

Gu Xiancheng immediately agreed, there was no reason to refuse this kind of long-term reputation.

At this time, the scribe who had gone to check the register also returned, handed over a page, and reported:

"There are more than 1,500 students in Suzhou Prefecture, and 400 students have participated in the township examination through scientific examinations and records.

Among them, there are three students surnamed Lin, all of whom have been copied here. ”

Gu Xiancheng finished visiting Fang Tixue, and when he returned to the apartment, he found that An Xifan had already returned and had been waiting for a long time.

Gu Xiancheng asked in surprise, "Didn't you go to the meeting?" How did you come back so early? ”

An Xifan replied: "I just walked with my friends in the streets and alleys of Nanqu."

Gu Xiancheng interrupted An Xifan and reprimanded him harshly: "Don't you know that there is a ban? Dare to risk yourself! ”

An Xifan hurriedly explained: "The teacher misunderstood! The ban is only a strict ban on entering and leaving the door of a prostitute and calling a prostitute for their own amusement.

We're just walking around the streets and alleys, looking at the famous street scenes, and it's okay.

But do you know, teacher, what do I see? ”

Gu Xiancheng asked, "What is it that makes you so out of shape?" ”

An Xifan hurriedly replied: "I saw that Suzhou Lin Sheng, swaggering into the door of Mingji's house!" ”

Gu Xiancheng said happily: "How dare this son openly violate the ban? Are you denying the wrong person? ”

An Xifan hurriedly explained: "With Lin Sheng's size, how can he admit his mistake? ”

Although Gu Xiancheng's doubts have not disappeared, everything is ready, only Dongfeng is owed.

Now all you need to do is ask Lin Sheng's real name and identity, and then verify his whereabouts!

Then, the easiest way is to take the opportunity to contact Hairui and report Suzhou Linsheng directly!

Of course, you can also directly hand over Lin Tailai to Fang Tixue and let Fang Tixue find a way to deal with it himself.

An Xifan really didn't recognize the wrong person, what he saw was really Lin Tailai.

At this time, Lin Daguan set up a few tables in the courtyard of Zhao Caiji's house and invited Mo Xiren and his colleagues to eat and drink together.

In addition to Mo Xiren, a total of ten pimps were found to temporarily follow Lin Daguan from today onwards.

Between the banquets, Lin Tailai did not forget to interject a few serious words:

"There is no need to elaborate on my identity, anyway, Hai Qingtian authorized me!

The next step is up to you, I plan to divide the entire old courtyard area into ten districts, each of you is responsible for one area, and Mo Xiren will coordinate it! ”

Someone asked, "What do you want me to do when the territory is divided?" ”

Lin Tailai replied preparedly: "The first thing is to do a good job of uploading and disseminating, and not to miss or delay."

The second is to collect and investigate clues about violations of law and discipline, and then summarize them for me!

The third is to urge all beauties to learn poetry, the poetry collection has been submitted to Hai Qingtian for review, and it will be distributed soon.

The fourth is to urge all beauties to self-examine and self-correct!

What is self-examination and self-correction? That is, before the township test list is released, each family will report at least one person! ”

Listening to Lin Daguan's methodical arrangement, the pimps could only admire.

Mo Xiren was vaguely aware of why Lin Tailai had brought them in and directly arranged for the pimps to do things.

These people seem to form a breakwater, separating Lin Tailai from the beauties.

At critical moments, these people can also be seen as scapegoats and victims.

Because the specific things are handled by these people, except for fighting, Lin Tailai did not directly handle anything.

One of the pimps who was called in asked a very realistic question: "What about our livelihood?" ”

Lin Tailai replied: "Don't worry, after learning the poetry collection, you can introduce the scholar and the beauty to form a helping pair!" ”

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