Chapter 462: Fraud in the Imperial Examination
The beautiful scenery of West Lake has long been famous in the Great Song Dynasty.
Coupled with the poetry of the West Lake by a group of literati, the West Lake is even more famous all over the world.
The West Lake in March is the most beautiful time of the year, coupled with the prosperity of the two Zhejiang generation Wendeng, which immediately attracted a lot of literati to come to the city.
And Li Qingzhao naturally likes to play, and naturally will not accept Fan Zheng's evil prescription of placing his affection on the landscape, plus Li Qingzhao has the reputation of being the first talented woman in the world, so he was warmly invited by the Hangzhou literary circle to come to Hangzhou West Lake to participate in the poetry meeting.
"If you want to compare West Lake to Xizi, heavy makeup is always appropriate! The poems of the Su University scholars really live up to their reputation, and the beautiful scenery of the West Lake makes Qingzhao worthwhile! ”
Among them, the most famous is naturally Su Shi's poems, which make the reputation of West Lake even further.
At the West Lake Poetry Conference, Li Qing looked at the beautiful scenery of the West Lake in the distance, and felt that he didn't need to make this trip.
Although there are also a lot of beautiful scenery in the north, but they are more rough, the West Lake in the south of the Yangtze River is more in line with the artistic conception of Li Qingzhao's graceful poetry, which makes Li Qingzhao love the West Lake even more.
"What everyone Li said is very true!"
A group of people in the literary world showed a hint of smugness on their faces.
"The poems of the West Lake of Scholar Su are naturally famous for the ages, but the poems about the West Lake of the Transit Envoy seem to be a little inappropriate!" Suddenly, an incongruous voice sounded, which immediately made Li Qingzhao frown.
"Zhang Ruzhou, don't talk nonsense."
Many literary circles trembled, you must know that Li Qingzhao is the wife of Fan Zheng, and Zhang Ruzhou actually accused Fan Zheng in front of his wife, how can this be good.
"Don't blame everyone Li, this is Zhang Ruzhou, a new science and technology jinshi, and he is a new star in my Hangzhou political arena."
"Who doesn't know that Master Fan's poems are all famous through the ages, Zhang Ruzhou, don't apologize to everyone Li soon!"
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The faces of the literary bigwigs changed greatly, and they hurriedly scolded Zhang Ruzhou.
Li Qing looked at the oily-haired and powdered Zhang Ruzhou in front of him, and a feeling of disgust rose for no reason.
"What, what advice does this Zhang Jinshi have for Mr. Li's poems?" Li Qingzhao sneered.
Zhang Ruzhou said proudly when he heard this: "Outside the mountain, the Qingshan Building outside the mountain, when will the West Lake sing and dance be closed, and the tourists who are blown by the warm wind are drunk, and Hangzhou will be Bianzhou!" Lord Fan's poetry is indeed very good, but he can't help but look down on me Hangzhou too much, and even belittle me Hangzhou as a gentle township, which makes people depressed. ”
Other people in the literary world couldn't help but be stunned, they naturally knew that this poem, although at first glance, it was indeed a famous poem through the ages, but combined with the news of the court, this poem was written by Fan Zheng in order to persuade the officials, and there was indeed a suspicion of degrading Hangzhou to a gentle township.
"And Fan Taicheng bewitched the official family at a young age, with the help of his father's power as the prime minister, as a transfer envoy to the two Zhejiang, in order to block the mouth of the world, just came to the two Zhejiang Road, first of all, a great success, a large number of construction and forcible occupation of people's land, the construction of Shanghai City, the intention to establish the world's water transportation center, and then regardless of the climate difference between the Great Song Dynasty and the city, directly promote the rice of Zhancheng, so flattering, and great joy, regardless of the people's livelihood, is the great harm of my Hangzhou." Zhang Ruzhou's jealousy was indescribable.
Fan Zheng is a few years younger than him, not only married Li Qingzhao, the world's first talented woman, but also a celebrity around the official family, his father is the prime minister of the dynasty, and he is still a feudal official, and the benefits of the world are all taken up by him.
And what about him Zhang Ruzhou? I think I am talented, I have a passionate ambition, but I have repeatedly fallen into the first place, but fortunately, there is a rule in the court, the number of times I have fallen has reached a certain limit, and you can participate in Enke and enter Beijing to catch the exam.
Zhang Ruzhou was so lucky, he repeatedly failed in the government exam, but in the only chance to take the Enke exam, he was admitted to the Jinshi.
Hearing Zhang Ruzhou's wild words, Li Qingzhao's disgust with him suddenly reached the extreme.
"Zhang Ruzhou, you are so outspoken!" The Confucian scholar on the side rebuked angrily when he heard this.
Zhang Ruzhou is simply dead, he not only spoke disrespectfully to the evil doctor Fan Zheng, but also bluntly said that the official family and Fan Chunli were nepotistic.
The other scholars also frowned and looked at Zhang Ruzhou, the evil doctor Fan Zheng was a transfer envoy from the two Zhejiang, wasn't Zhang Ruzhou afraid of setting himself on fire?
Zhang Ruzhou said proudly: "What if you are disrespectful? I am a new science and technology scholar, even if the evil doctor Fan Zheng is powerful, what can I do? ”
Zhang Ruzhou thinks that he has been admitted to the Jinshi and can be regarded as a scholar, even if he offends the evil doctor Fan Zheng, he does not have to pay any price.
What's more, he stepped on the evil doctor Fan Zheng to make a name for himself today, and denounced the evil doctor Fan Zheng as a traitor, and he will definitely get the attention of the prefect Tan Hong, and he will definitely have a prosperous official fortune in the future.
"A lucky person who has repeatedly fallen into the first place and relied on Enke to get in the lucky way, even dares to question the injustice of the court? What a joke! Li Qingzhao reprimanded angrily.
Just now, someone had already mentioned Zhang Ruzhou's situation one by one, which made Li Qingzhao even more scornful of him.
Zhang Ruzhou said with a smug face: "Zhang has repeatedly failed in the government examination, but in Enke, he was able to win the Jinshi in one fell swoop, He Ye, it is the evil doctor Fan Zheng who is fortunate to enter the villain, destroying the rules of officialdom, if Zhang does not wave the flag and shout today, who will cheer for the first scholar in the world in the future." ”
"Good!"
As soon as Zhang Ruzhou's words came out, it immediately aroused the cheers and support of a group of scholars.
The Great Song Dynasty used literature to control the military, there were many scholars, and the number of students admitted to the imperial examination was also the largest in all dynasties, but after all, there were so many official positions, and there were countless scholars who fell behind.
Zhang Ruzhou used his own experience as evidence, and suddenly got the echo of many depressed scholars.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Li Qingzhao's face couldn't help but change, she knew very well that Fan Zheng's experience and Zhang Ruzhou's experience were simply two extremes, and if they could not be properly handled today, it would definitely cause Fan Zheng's reputation to be greatly damaged, and Fan Zheng's prestige in Zhejiang and Zhejiang would be lost.
"What would he do if his husband was here!" Li Qingzhao couldn't help but think in his heart at the moment, wanting to substitute Fan Zheng's evil way of thinking.
Suddenly, Li Qingzhao's eyes lit up, and she thought of Fan Zheng's words, if you can't solve the problem, then solve the person who raised the problem.
Obviously, Fan Zheng served as a feudal official at such a young age, which had already caused the dissatisfaction of many scholars, and after Zhang Ruzhou's provocation, it made the local scholars in Hangzhou indignant.
At that moment, Li Qingzhao looked at Zhang Ruzhou and said: "You can give up on yourself because of the failure of the imperial examination, but you can never question the talent of your husband, since you think that your failure is unfair in the imperial examination, and the official family is crony, then I don't know what good work you have, you can let Li palm!" ”
As soon as Li Qing said this, the audience suddenly fell silent.
Yes!
They can be jealous of the evil doctor Fan Zheng who ascended to a high position at a young age, but no one can deny the talent of the evil doctor Fan Zheng, not to mention the famous poems of the evil doctor Fan Zheng and Li Qingzhao, even the poem in front of them that satirizes Hangzhou as a gentle township and does not want to make progress, they can't compare.
At that moment, there were also scholars in Hangzhou who were not convinced, and immediately presented their proud works and handed them over to Li Qingzhao.
"Far-fetched! There is no rhythmic beauty! ”
"The sentence is not readable, and the rhythm is not harmonious!"
"Misworded, unreadable!"
"Extremely empty, poor and sour!"
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With Li Qingzhao's hearty poisonous comments, a group of Hangzhou scholars hid their faces and left, because although Li Qingzhao's comments were vicious, they hit the nail on the head, leaving them speechless.
As one by one Hangzhou scholars retreated, Li Qingzhao came to Zhang Ruzhou and said with a look of disgust: "Zhang Jinshi thinks that he can't display his ambitions, and he doesn't know what to do!" ”
Zhang Ruzhou's face changed, and he took out his poems head-on.
Li Qingzhao nodded and looked at it, couldn't help frowning, and said venomously in public: "The words are frivolous, the ideas are empty, and there is nothing new. ”
After hearing this, Zhang Ruzhou's face suddenly changed, and he used Fan Zheng's age and official position to mismatch to attack Fan Zheng, but he couldn't refute it in poetry.
Compared with Fan Zheng's famous poems through the ages, Zhang Ruzhou's poems are indeed unsightly.
However, where was Zhang Ruzhou willing to admit defeat, and laughed at the moment: "What a husband sings with his wife, Li Qingzhao, the first talented woman of the dignified Song Dynasty, actually wantonly suppressed my Hangzhou scholar for the sake of her husband, and she is also nepotism." ”
Zhang Ruzhou was so angry that he even attacked Li Qingzhao directly.
After all, as Zhang Ruzhou said, Li Qingzhao is the wife of the evil doctor Fan Zheng, and the so-called relatives are hidden, and Li Qingzhao is naturally towards her husband.
Li Qingzhao looked around fearlessly, and said loudly: "In terms of talent, the husband's poetry is enough to outperform you, and in terms of official position, the husband did not take a shortcut to choose Enyin, but from the doctor step by step to the present, in terms of merit, the husband has repeatedly made meritorious contributions, and the four grades of official residence have been recognized by the Manchu Dynasty, and the rules of officialdom have never been corrupted." ”
Li Qingzhao laid out Fan Zheng's resume one by one, and the Hangzhou scholar was silent for a moment, as Li Qingzhao said, Fan Zheng was too young, and there was no flaw at all.
"On the contrary, Qingzhao thinks that it is not the husband who destroys the rules of officialdom, but the Zhang Jinshi in front of him, an incompetent and talentless jealous villain who has stolen the position of Jinshi!" Li Qingzhao changed his words and pointed the finger at Zhang Ruzhou.
"What? Li everyone, you are full of nonsense, fake public and private, and retaliate against Zhang. When Zhang Ruzhou heard this, he immediately jumped up as if he had stepped on his tail.
The old man in the literary world on the side frowned and said: "Everyone Li, Zhang Ruzhou's poetry is indeed not good, and he has repeatedly fallen in Hangzhou, but he is indeed a high school jinshi in Enke, although he is ranked last, after all, he is also on the list." ”
"However, Zhang's Jinshi came from the imperial examination, unlike some people who are doctors from the Tai Doctor as officials, how can they steal a high position." Zhang Ruzhou said proudly.
He is a jinshi in the imperial examination, and his gold content is naturally extraordinary, and although Fan Zheng's resume is regular, he is from a doctor to an official after all, not a serious imperial examination background.
No matter how well Fan Zheng's poems are written, this cannot be denied.
When Li Qingzhao heard this, he smiled coldly and said: "The Jinshi in Enke, in Qingzhao's opinion, the problem is here!" ”
"What do you mean by that?" A group of Hangzhou scholars frowned.
Li Qingzhao stared at Zhang Ruzhou and said: "According to Qingzhao's knowledge, the so-called Enke is the favor of the imperial court for the world's fallen scholars, as long as it is a candidate who has failed many times, even if he fails to pass the government examination, he can enter Beijing to participate in the imperial examination, and Zhang Jinshi took this way!" ”
Zhang Ruzhou said proudly: "Yes, thanks to the favor of the official family, Zhang was lucky to be admitted to the Jinshi." ”
Li Qingzhao sneered and said: "As far as Li knows, he has failed many times, and most of the people who can participate in the imperial examination are gray-haired old scholars who have been in the imperial examination for many years, and a young scholar like Zhang Jinshi is really rare!" ”
"What does that mean?" The scholars were suddenly confused.
Zhang Ruzhou's face suddenly changed, and he scolded Li Qingzhao: "Li Qingzhao, don't talk nonsense, Zhang did raise enough times to participate in the imperial examination, and it is also thanks to Master Fan who changed the rules of the imperial examination to once a year, so Zhang has this opportunity!" ”
Li Qingzhao said contemptuously: "Really? In this way, you can also have the credit of your husband, and this is how you treat your benefactor. ”
Li Qingzhao's words can be described as extremely punishing, you must know that literati pay the most attention to reputation, Zhang Ruzhou relied on Fan Zheng's change of law to obtain the quota of Enke, but now he is treacherous and attacks his benefactor instead.
Zhang Ruzhou said proudly: "Zhang was able to become a jinshi, on the one hand, because of the emperor's grace, and on the other hand, because Zhang was full of talent, and he had nothing to do with his evil doctor Fan Zheng. ”
Li Qingzhao saw that he was stubborn, and said mercilessly at the moment: "Even if the imperial examination is changed to one exam a year now, your number of moves is not right, Li is in Kaifeng City, that is, a person in the literary world, and he knows the time and number of imperial examinations well, and your repeated failures will definitely not reach the number of times the imperial court has failed!" ”
Li Qingzhao is a young and intelligent person, and he is now comparing the time and number of imperial examinations in the past dynasties, and it really does not match the number of times Zhang Ruzhou has failed to make the list!
"Arbitrarily increase the number of officials!" An old scholar's face changed, and Huo Ran stared at Zhang Ruzhou.
The other scholars couldn't help but change their faces, and looked at Zhang Ruzhou in disbelief, no one thought that Zhang Ruzhou would be so bold and dare to falsely report the number of times he failed the list and exploit the loopholes in the imperial examination.
You must know that in all dynasties, cheating in the imperial examination is a serious crime, and once it is verified, it is a crime of defrauding the king.
They followed Zhang Ruzhou to reprimand the evil doctor Fan Zheng for breaking the rules of officialdom and taking advantage of their opportunity to be officials, but they didn't expect that it was Zhang Ruzhou who really broke the rules of officialdom!
"Li Qingzhao, you are a bloody squirting person! It must be revenge on Zhang. Zhang Ruzhou tried his best to quibble.
Li Qingzhao sneered: "Every imperial examination in the imperial court has been recorded, if you have no ghosts in your heart, you will naturally not be afraid of strict investigation by the imperial court!" ”
Zhang Ruzhou couldn't help but tremble, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and collapsed to the ground.
Seeing this, the literati couldn't guess that Zhang Ruzhou must have a ghost in his heart. (End of chapter)