Chapter 264: Between Advance and Retreat

Ye Xingyuan directly refused to confer the official title in the yamen of the ministry, and the new jinshi in the hall were in an uproar when they heard it. Wen Xuhuai and the others were stunned, obviously Ye Xingyuan said it well just now, why did he temporarily change his hexagram in the hall? Could it be that he couldn't hold his breath?

Chen Jian sneered and scolded angrily outside: "Ye Xingyuan, you have to make up words! It is obvious that you have the intention to drill into the camp, so you offer auspiciousness first, and refuse to award the official later." I said it nicely before, but when I got it serious, I started to play tricks, how dare you be rude to the elder?"

As soon as he took the lead, many people who were already jealous of Ye Xingyuan opened their mouths to reprimand, and a few who believed in Ye Xingyuan argued with them, and there was a lot of noise and shouting in the courtyard of the officials, like a vegetable market.

Shen Xiao had a headache when he heard this, and shouted: "Quiet! You and the others are all scholars, how can they be so unorthodox, and those who dare to make noise will be expelled immediately!"

The scholar was angry, causing a change in the sky, and the sky was originally clear, but suddenly there was a thunderstorm. The new scholars in the hall were silent, and they didn't dare to say a word more, and they were silent.

Shen Xiao's face was gloomy, and he turned his head to Ye Xingyuan and said: "The appointment has been made, you have to accept it even if you don't want to accept it. If you are blindly willful, how can you be a pillar of the country?"

No matter what Ye Xingyuan's intentions were, in short, he drove him out of Beijing first, and he couldn't let him get his way.

Ye Xingyuan had a crying and laughing expression on his face, and arched his hand: "Elder Ge thinks that he has not seen the student's book, this Ninghe County is really beautiful, how can he set an example for everyone? Therefore, the student refused to give this official award, not for himself, but also for the court!"

The more Shen Xiao pondered, the more he felt that Ye Xingyuan's tone was wrong, and frowned: "What do you want to say?

Boom! With the rolling spring thunder, Jingzhao Mansion was raining down, and several city gates and lively places in the city were originally surrounded by crowds of people watching the excitement. But the mouth is still admiring.

"The champion of this department actually has such a strange ambition! It is really unseen in all dynasties!" "Ye Gongzi was originally a great sage, how could he be greedy for comfort, he is an official to save the people!" "I don't believe others say these empty words, Ye Gongzi leads by example, this is the real sage!"

Listening to the discussions of the citizens passing by, Yuwenjing was stunned. Standing in the rain like a clay sculpture and wood carving, despite the wetness of his shoulders, he sighed: "There is such a clever strategy of retreating as advance, it is really a death and a resurrection!

Yu Wenjing was still holding the 10,000-word book posted by Ye Xingyuan, and the handwriting had been wet from the rain and was blurred. But he clung to it. His friend Chen Zhi hurriedly ran over with an oil-paper umbrella to cover him from the rain and said, "Brother Yuwen, it's raining heavily, and avoid it!"

Chen Zhi pulled the lost Yuwenjing to the eaves. He asked anxiously: "What happened again? Didn't the officials of the Ministry of Officials expel Ye Xingyuan from the capital today? Why are you like this?"

Yuwen Jing slowly lowered his arms at this time, and said with a wry smile: "I have long thought that Ye Xingyuan would never be restrained, but I never thought that he would have such an unbelievable method anyway. This person is really ruthless, in order to break the abacus of your elders, he did not hesitate to go to the bitter cold exile, where is this still the style of a scholar?"

Scholars are wise to protect themselves, even if they are fighting. You will never lose yourself. Ye Xingyuan is different, he wrote this letter. With the words "vast world, great achievements", the plan of the five auxiliary ministers was shattered, but they also forced themselves to a situation where they could not retreat.

Chen Zhi was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "He is already a fish on the board, where can he struggle?" What method did he come up with?"

Yuwenjing's face was awe-inspiring, and he carefully looked at the soaked book of ten thousand words in his hand. sighed and said: "Originally, the plan of the scholars was to prevent him from entering the Hanlin to obtain the Qingqi empowerment and drive him out of the capital, so as not to make him tired in front of him. With this result, Ye Xingyuan will not be able to turn the tables anyway. ”

Chen Zhi nodded and said, "That's right." No matter how capable Ye Xingyuan is, how can he fight against the joint efforts of all the scholars?"

Yu Wenjing continued: "So, he didn't want to change this result at all, but did even more. This letter must have been delivered to the emperor, he has done it so far, how can the emperor be stingy with a reward?

With this article, he can go to the Hanlin Academy no matter what, but for this reason, he has to risk Mao's life and death, do you think this person is weird?"

Chen Zhi said anxiously: "You haven't talked about it for a long time, what did Ye Xingyuan say in the book?"

Yuwenjing lowered his head and said word by word: "It is a bad habit for this person to claim that the champion is a Hanlin, and he does not know the hardships of the people and the difficulties of the society, so how can he stabilize the country?

The five pavilion elders did not let him enter the Hanlin, but they only followed the power, it seems that he wants to make this a general practice, and they will all be handled according to this in the future!"

Chen Zhi was stunned and dumbfounded: "How is this possible? If this is the case, how can those big families behind the new jinshi be willing? This proposal will definitely not pass. His idea was nothing more than to save himself, but unfortunately it was more like a dying struggle, so why should my brother worry?"

From the bottom of his heart, Chen Zhi felt that this idea was not bad, as soon as the new jinshi came up, he had been a Beijing official for a long time, and he did not live under Chen, how could he know the livelihood of the people at the bottom?

If it can really allow new jinshi to start from the most difficult places and work their way up the ladder, or it can give them a different perspective. But this is simply not realistic, and the intertwined bureaucracy will definitely not allow this rule to be set.

Ye Xingyuan's book is more like a fool's babble, like the benefits you can't get, and you don't want to get it either. Thinking of this, Chen Zhi couldn't help but feel a little more disgusted with Ye Xingyuan.

"Yes!" Yuwen Jing said with self-deprecation: "Ye Xingyuan naturally understands that this idea is absolutely impossible to pass, he is just disgusting the elders." Because the reason he used was exactly the same as the reason why the cabinet did not let him enter Hanlin. ”

The state affairs are difficult, and the new jinshi should not be at ease, but should go down to the county and the countryside. Go to the poorest places, go to the hardest places, and see the other side of this splendid river and mountain. This is a high-sounding truth, especially since such grandiose words have just come out of the mouths of the five scholars, and they can only endure it like eating flies.

Chen Zhi didn't have a good impression of the elders who were in power, thinking that all the scholars must be embarrassed and uncomfortable at this time, he laughed and said: "Even so, they will only pretend not to see it and swallow their words, what can Ye Xingyuan do?"

The most important thing about being an official is that he is thick-skinned, even if he is pointed at and scolded, if the interests are at stake, he can only be heard. The five university scholars have been up and down for so many years, and this idea is uncomfortable, and it can be laughed off.

Yu Wenjing continued to smile bitterly: "Of course, this is just a disguise, the most important thing is that Ye Xingyuan expressed his determination later, saying that he knew that he would be jealous of the same year if he made this suggestion, so he was willing to be a pioneer, and simply go to the poorest, most chaotic and most marginal place as an official, and take it as an example!"

Chen Zhi couldn't believe his ears.

Thousands of miles for the official is only for money, everyone knows that the first thing to be an official is to be a Beijing official Qingliu, in the Beijing Hanlin, Liubu, Yushitai, the promotion is fast, and the position is noble, which is the first-class choice.

If you can't ask for it, it is the fat difference of salt and iron, Cao Yun, etc., and it is beneficial to be an official here, and you will accumulate thousands of family fortunes in a few years, and then spend money to make efforts, and you are afraid that you will not be able to rise another liter?

Again, the first class is the local chief, this power is in his hands, as long as he can scrape the ground, he still has a lot of benefits. However, this has to deal with Shangguan, and second, it has to deal with the place, and it will be a lot more tiring after all.

Moreover, the selection of this place is particularly important, first, the place must be peaceful, second, it must be rich, third, it must be managed by fewer people, and fourth, it must be honest among the people. There are these four points that are on the top of the fat gap, but the number of such places is limited, a radish and a pit, and it is impossible to grab it.

However, Ye Xingyuan took the initiative to apply for the old and young in the marginal and poor areas, which completely violated these four principles. Now that Siyi is ready to move, the border places will not be peaceful, there are many thieves, and there are often demons and barbarians who enter the country, and being an official in this kind of place is simply tying his head to the belt of his trousers.

Then there was no money in the border places, maybe the mutual markets near Qingqiu Country were quite rich, but Ye Xingyuan took the initiative to ask for poor places, of course he would not go to the northeast coastal places.

The border people are complex and fierce, and they are by no means honest. The only possible advantage is that the emperor is far away, and no one cares. However, the border affairs have been tense recently, the local commander-in-chief has great military power, and the imperial court has set up a superintendent, and most of the border magistrates have more than one boss above their heads, and they are also miserable.

Ye Xingyuan is a dignified champion, not seeking a first-class official position, but seeking the worst of the worst, is he mad? Or does he really have a strange ambition in his heart, and everyone misunderstands him?

Chen Zhi scratched his head, a little puzzled. You said that Ye Xingyuan worked hard, what is it for?

Among the officials and yamen, Shen Xiao, a scholar of Dongge University, was also suffering from the same impact, he looked at Ye Xingyuan's book of ten thousand words, and he couldn't speak for a long time. After this matter was reported to the capital, the cabinet finally reacted and sent someone to send a copy to Shen Xiao quickly.

Shen Xiao hated it deeply, no wonder those old treacherous and cunning people were reluctant to come, and they thought that Ye Xingyuan, this kid, must have the means. Now it's okay, all the words that Shen Xiao said in the hall before have been turned into Ye Xingyuan's weapons, so how can he step down?

The second prince and the servant of the ministry watched from the side, and they were also secretly speechless, they couldn't imagine that Ye Xingyuan was so open-minded, this was really desperate for the sake of slapping his face. Isn't he afraid that he will die on the border and not come back?

Just when the princes in the hall didn't know how to turn around, a eunuch rushed in and shouted: "The holy decree has arrived! )