"Fang Chongyong! The old lady is gone! And off! The old lady is not waiting for you anymore!

I'm really going to leave this time! ”

In the courtyard of the Fang family's house, Wang Yunxiu had already packed up her baggage and was ready to return to her hometown in Huaxian County. It's just that she was noisily yelling to leave, scolding and scolding for more than an hour.

Anaye squatted on a table like a cat, watching Wang Yunxiu's "performance" speechlessly, and yawned boredly.

Wang Yunxiu and Fang Chongyong quarreled for three days in a row, today is the last of the imperial examination, Fang Chongyong still can't move, and he refuses to even go out of the door, let alone go to the exam.

His lazy attitude can make Wang Yunxiu angry!

"However, you don't seem to be married."

Anaye said slowly.

Wang Yunxiu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Fang Chongyong and asked, "Is that so?" ”

"Put down the burden, come over and make tea for someone, and let your family Ah Lang teach you a lesson."

Fang Chongyong sat in front of the table with an indifferent face, knocked on the table and said.

Wang Yunxiu stared at him and didn't speak, but finally sighed, and obediently went to get the set of exquisite tea sets sent by Zheng Shuqing as a gift, and put it into the dragon jar cloud mist tribute tea that was a specialty in Kuizhou.

Seeing Wang Yunxiu's skillful tea brewing, he was already convinced, Fang Chongyong said with emotion: "Longtan Tiger's Den, it's safest not to go, you can't think that you have martial arts to make trouble." ”

Well?

Hearing this, not only Wang Yunxiu stopped the teaspoon in his hand, but even Anaye, who was watching the excitement on the side, jumped off the table, walked over and asked suspiciously, "What's the reason for that?" ”

"This imperial examination is bound to have a big incident. If you go to the exam, with the little goods in your stomach, the shame is small, and the evidence is big.

If you win the top prize, but write on the test paper: The sea, you are full of water, the toad, you have four legs, this kind of poem, what do you think will happen in the end? ”

Fang Chongyong stared at Wang Yunxiu and asked.

"Probably...... It's going to be ugly. ”

Wang Yunxiu said unwillingly, but she had to admit that when a person of Fang Chongyong's level arrived in the imperial examination room, it was probably similar to an illiterate person learning to write, and it was estimated that he couldn't even hold down the rhyme when writing poetry.

Anyway, this master is at least the knowledge needed for the imperial examination, and he doesn't know anything about it. It's really better to let Wang Yunxiu take the test herself, maybe the results will be better.

Any examiner, when he sees Fang Chongyong's test papers, will know that this person "does not learn and has no skills", and it is impossible for him to be a jinshi under normal circumstances.

Therefore, they either throw away the papers as garbage (the test papers of the candidates who are not admitted are not archived in the Gongyuan), or they are forced to pinch their noses and hire them under the pressure of the powerful.

If it is the latter, and in some cases the lid of the imperial examination fraud is lifted, then this examination paper is evidence of qualitative sentencing.

This is true for both the examiner and the candidate!

"That's right, this is to leave the living handle to some people, and become a hidden danger to a certain person.

Do you think your family Ah Lang would make such a mistake? ”

Fang Chongyong said in a deep voice.

The first test papers in the scientific examination should be sealed and archived in the Tribute Institute of the Ministry of Rites. Some of the "jokes" in it will definitely spread out and be widely spread among the people! He, an "illiterate" person, went to take the imperial examination, which was to spread out his weakest point in front of the public and let others beat him.

"So, it's a substitute exam with fewer flaws, right? After all, the little cousin of the concubine can be regarded as brilliant. ”

Wang Yunxiu asked thoughtfully, she somewhat understood Fang Chongyong's thoughts.

"That's right, Li Kuo did take the exam, but if he didn't say it, I didn't say it, and the examiner who knew about it didn't say it, who would know?

Has anyone seen it? And who can prove it? Who's going to have nothing to do with me? ”

Fang Chongyong asked fearlessly.

The biggest bug in the feudal era was that there were no cameras, no video recorders, no mobile phones, and no electronic devices! There is no way to restore the environment of the exam room!

If someone says that Li Kui is the person who took the test on behalf of Fang Chongyong and Fang Chongyong did not take the test, then what about his evidence? Is there any evidence? Why did he say this?

Talking nonsense is a matter of political responsibility, especially since Fang Chongyong was probably already an official at that time, who would dare to say this?

If you really want to start an investigation, the bar is extremely high! How high is it, that is, it is so high that Brother Ji is not sitting on the dragon chair, so that there can be such an investigation.

However, as long as the investigation is launched now, it will inevitably alarm Kego. Then for the sake of his own face, in order to prevent the promise he gave from becoming, Ji Ge would cover the sky with one hand, suppress the investigation, and then send the officials who wanted to investigate the matter far away.

This flaw is much smaller than any official of the Ministry of Rites in the Gong Yuan, and even the officials of the Sixth Department of the Central Committee can see the flaw in the candidate's test paper!

The test paper left by Fang Chongyong's exam is the best evidence that his future political enemies will attack him! Moreover, the threshold for viewing this white and black thing is very low, and it is difficult to deny it at that time. After some ill-intentioned people get the evidence, they can immediately start making a fuss and give Fang Chongyong a hat of cheating in the imperial examination.

And the test papers made by Li Kuo are stable and stable, and there is no problem with Zhongjinshi. When the time comes, it will be entangled, and this will belong to the category of "no first, no second", and there is nothing to argue about. This degree of "pulling the bias frame" is also the "unspoken rule" allowed by the Tang Imperial Examination.

People who don't know the inside story, they can't say anything when they see this paper, "Fang Chongyong" can take the exam, and he has a background, so it's normal to be named the champion.

And those who know the inside story will not "blow themselves up" for no reason, and Brother Ji will not allow them to blow themselves up!

This routine is that as long as the lid is not opened, then others will never know what is hidden under the lid.

It could be a pot of porridge, or maybe there was a Hello Kitty puppet lying in it, who knows?

After explaining these truths, Wang Yunxiu was greatly impressed, and praised Fang Chongyong for his foresight, and he had already thrown the previous unhappiness out of the clouds.

"I'll just say you don't have to worry about it in vain, you don't know how powerful Ah Lang is in Shazhou, those big merchants in the Western Regions who have a lot of money in their pockets are as honest as quails in front of him.

What is a mere imperial examination? ”

Anaye echoed the yin and yang weirdness beside her.

"Okay, okay, you don't have to say a word."

Fang Chongyong scolded Anaye, turned his head to look at Wang Yunxiu and said:

"But your worries are not unnecessary, they are just different from what you think.

There is definitely going to be a big deal in this imperial examination. Zhang Zheng, the son of Zhang Yi in the imperial history, will definitely be a jinshi, and he may still be first-class!

In order to get Zhang Yi down, this matter is likely to be used by people with intentions to make a fuss among the candidates.

At that time, the saint will definitely hold a final exam in the Daming Palace to personally consider the level of the candidates who are hired.

After all, this big test is still indispensable. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a light sigh. If there is no accident on Zhang Zheng's side, it will be good, and even this wave of toss will be saved.

But he thinks that Zhang Zheng's affairs must not be hidden, and someone will definitely make a big fuss! Fang Chongyong never pinned his hopes for success on the negligence of the enemy, and never thought that others would have to follow their own preset plans.

Fang Chongyong had already heard some rumors before, didn't Zhang Zheng say in Xinghualou that he would definitely be a jinshi, and it is estimated that the final result will be like this.

Therefore, since there has been a Zhang Zheng in this imperial examination, will there be more "Zhang Zheng"?

I have to say, the possibility is very high. From the complaints of Du Fu and Yuan Jie, Fang Chongyong summed up a very terrible information: the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty has been rotten to the point that it cannot be changed. Now it's probably only Brother Ji who thinks this thing can continue to be used.

Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty has been increasingly abandoned, and related households abound, and the examination room has become a battlefield for the backstage competition.

It's not without problems in the past, it's just that the lid hasn't been lifted, and I don't know what kind of demons and monsters are inside.

Perhaps in Brother Ji's eyes, the candidates for the imperial examination are all eighty-two: eighty percent of those who have the ability, and two percent of the bastards.

However, after lifting the lid this time, he may come to the opposite conclusion: only 20% of those who have the ability, and the remaining 80% are bastards!

I believe that the expression on Brother Ji's face at that time will be very exciting.

"Alas, find a chance to leave Chang'an, there are so many doorways in a imperial examination, this is really not a place for people."

Wang Yunxiu couldn't help but complain. Li Kui's substitute exam has always made her feel uncomfortable.

"How can it be so easy to leave, after the imperial examination is over, I have to go to Xingqing Palace to report, I don't know what arrangements the saint will have."

Fang Chongyong sighed.

During the Tianbao period, the political struggle in Chang'an will definitely intensify.

In the future, he will be like a small boat, rolling and struggling in the big waves, and if he is not careful, he will be crushed.

I can't run yet!

The current Brother Ji is like a willful bear child, it is possible for him to make any choice, and he may not necessarily go according to other people's ideas.

The destructive power is extremely high, and he is irresponsible and capricious, which may be the true color of Brother Ji.

This is probably what people often say, "accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger".

"Come, hug."

Fang Chongyong called Wang Yunxiu and Anaye over, hugged them in his arms with his strong arms, and kissed them on the cheeks.

"In the future, if something is wrong, I will take you out of Chang'an, wander the world, and live happily together."

Fang Chongyong swore and promised.

"You just brag."

Wang Yunxiu rolled her eyes, disapproving, but still very useful in her heart.

……

I don't know if Fang Chongyong's crow mouth is open, or Zhang Zheng's big mouth is really underbeaten, or or the official position of Zhang Zheng's father Zhang Yi really makes many people blush.

Before the final results of this imperial examination came out, the rumors of Zhang Zhengzhong's Jinshi A class had already spread, so much so that people with good deeds could be heard talking about it almost everywhere in the streets and alleys of Chang'an.

On the day of the release of the list, as everyone said, the people who were awarded the first class of Jinshi, in addition to the rumored "must win" Zhang Zheng, there were also Fang Chongyong and a person named Cen Shen.

Among them, Fang Chongyong's name is at the front, Cen Shen is second, and Zhang Zheng is at the end! Cen Shen is also a person who has been an official, and like Fang Chongyong, he also resigned and came back for the exam.

According to the rules of the imperial examination, this is the first, second and third place of the Jinshi (supplementary record)!

As for the others, the names of Yuan Jie and Du Fu are impressively listed! It's just that they are in the third gear, which only means that they have won the Jinshi!

Among these people, Cen Shen took the path of Fang Youde, while Yuan Jie and Du Fu were promoted by Li Linfu, not to mention Fang Chongyong and Zhang Zheng, who understood everything.

The other candidates are all children of high-ranking officials, and their family backgrounds are quite extraordinary, and their families are at least fourth-grade officials.

It can even be said that Yuan Jie and Du Fu are the people who squeezed into the circle of this scientific examination by mistake, and the others are almost all a radish and a pit, before the exam starts, who will be in the middle and who will not, there is already a range, and only the details need to be adjusted.

This year's imperial examination is not simple, for example, the first "Writing Poems", the title is "Xiangling Drum Poems", which requires only five words to be written in twelve sentences. What exactly is written here, people in the cultural circle can't figure it out.

If Fang Chongyong is asked to take the exam, it is estimated that he will not be able to write any sentences, and he will not even understand what the proposition is to write.

Similarly, many candidates, like Fang Chongyong, can't even understand the simplest five-character poem, let alone the rest, so they can only "rely on their own abilities".

As a result, rumors of fraud in the imperial examination began to spread among the candidates. Whether it is the candidates who feel that they have no hope of getting in, or those who feel that they should be in the middle but have not been successful, they all invariably connect in series, and it seems that there are still people who are fueling the flames and are not afraid to make things bigger.

On this day, it was already three days after the release of the list.

Yuan Jie and Du Fu, who was in a wheelchair, came to Fang Chongyong's house to congratulate and celebrate the first place in Fang Ya's internal examination.

They ate in the hall of their home, and after three rounds of drinking, Yuan Jie asked quietly: "Do you know that the public opinion has been turbulent recently, and they are all talking about fraud in the imperial examination?" ”

Du Fu put down his chopsticks and pricked up his ears to listen to Fang Chongyong's answer.

"I don't know, what's wrong?"

Fang Chongyong pretended to be surprised and asked.

"Fang Guiren doesn't know, Zhang Zheng is a famous person in Chang'an who doesn't learn and doesn't know, and it can even be said that he is useless!

However, he is now actually a first-class Jinshi, and many people say that the examiner is using this to flatter Zhang Yi in the imperial history! After waiting for Zhang Yi to pay homage to the prime minister, they can be promoted. ”

Yuan Jie said with some concern.

"The two are very talented, so they shouldn't have to worry about such problems."

Fang Chongyong said with a light wave of his hand.

"Fang Guiren doesn't know anything!"

Du Fu sighed lightly and said: "If the saint holds another exam in Daming Palace, the candidate who is the best in the assessment will be assessed." I'm afraid that there will be branches. ”

He and Yuan Jie both relied on Li Linfu's relationship to get the first place. In fact, if everyone does not have the help of nobles and competes fairly, perhaps under the rules of the imperial examination, Du Fu and Yuan Jie may not be able to be admitted.

Or that the two of them are very well aware of it, and they don't believe that they can win the imperial examination so smoothly by relying on their own strength.

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth."

Fang Chongyong laughed and said, not at all worried about what would happen later.

However, what Fang Chongyong and the others didn't know was that now in the diligent government building where Brother Ji was located, several important ministers of the imperial court had already quarreled, and there were serious disagreements about the results of this imperial examination.

(End of chapter)