Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu's college entrance examination result was the first in the county. After all, it was only one county. Yin Zhengxin was already a little talented. As long as he could calm down and add a bit of luck, it would not be surprising to get this result.

Qi Xuansu had absolutely no problem with his mentality. The one who could beat Qi Xuansu was Xiao Yin. After all, Qi Xuansu could not do such a thing as openly impersonating someone else's name and making nonsense in the exam.

Speaking of Xiao Yin, Qi Xuansu really envied Xiao Yin's good handwriting. It was really born ordinary, comparable to everyone. It was a great plus in the imperial examination.

Qi Xuansu dared not say that he was second to none in the Taoist sect. He was also one of the very few people at the highest level. His little talent was different from that of ordinary people.

It was precisely because of this ranking that Qi Xuansu had the confidence to become a disciple.

Of course, whether the Confucian imperial examination could pass the three first prizes in a row, strength was important, and luck was more important. Sometimes, if the examiners were too young, they would be afraid that the examinees would be arrogant because of their reputation, so they would deliberately suppress them or even deliberately make them fail.

This kind of thing is very common, so Qi Xuansu was really lucky to get the first place in the exam.

In this autumn exam, Qi Xuansu did not dare to ask for the title of "Jieyuan", but only hoped to pass the exam. After all, given his age, even if he ranked low, it would be a great thing.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the autumn exam arrived.

This reminded Qi Xuansu of the Taoist exam that year. There were two exams in the Wanxiang Taoist Temple. After passing the first exam, he became a Taoist boy, which was almost equivalent to a scholar. After passing the second exam, he became a Taoist priest, the lowest ninth-rank Taoist priest, which was almost equivalent to a juren.

Juren can already be an official. If he is willing to spend money and has some luck, he can probably become a seventh-rank county magistrate. Under normal circumstances, he can be a teacher or a county magistrate, and at the very least, he is a ninth-rank official. Juren is already an official, and Juren is not called for nothing.

There are about 10,000 to 20,000 new and old scholars still alive in the world. They are much more valuable than Taoist priests of the same level, and their treatment is incomparable. If a Taoist priest does not have a position, he actually does not have many privileges, and only receives regular silver. At the beginning, Qi Xuansu was a seventh-rank Taoist priest, but because he did not have a specific position, he was just a wild Taoist priest, and that was just the case. He still had to eat Qi Niang's mooncakes.

But then again, Qi Niang was so "touched" that she was willing to accompany Qi Xuansu to play this kind of sad drama with such a big family. Her family obviously had a huge fortune, but they had to hide it from the child. They believed that boys should be raised in poverty, and they should not suffer hardship, and cultivate the spirit of hard work from an early age. Qi Xuansu became rich in the future, needless to say, it was all because he suffered too much, and Qi Niang did it all.

That would be fine, Qi Xuansu did not say anything. The key point came to Xiao Yin, and Qi Niang did not pretend. She bought whatever he wanted. She was rich and powerful. Even if Xiao Yin wanted to buy an island to build a manor to play house, Qi Niang would buy it for him.

Why is the difference so big?

Back to the topic, Qi Xuansu has arrived in the state capital and is heading to the Imperial Examination Hall.

The Imperial Examination Hall is heavily guarded at this time, which is quite intimidating. However, Qi Xuansu is full of confidence, and he is not doing anything crooked, nor is he afraid of this. He walked forward calmly, and after a series of body searches, he entered the Imperial Examination Hall.

Arriving here, Qi Xuansu finally got a glimpse of the mystery of the Confucian world.

The Taoist world led by Xuansheng is based on creation, and all things compete and are full of vitality. The Confucian world is based on dragon energy, which surrounds this world and is self-contained, with strict hierarchy, and everything has a fixed number.

Wealth and honor have a fixed number, blessings have a fixed number, disasters have a fixed number, success and failure have a fixed number, and fate is a fixed number. Since a person is born, how far he can go has been determined in advance. This is destiny, and fate is also. If you take one more step and enjoy more blessings that you should not enjoy, you will shorten your life.

Out of the ordinary, out of the ordinary, which one is out of the ordinary?

If you want to change your fate, you have to go against the will of heaven.

It makes people despair.

This is the way of heaven in this world.

This is the eternal law of Confucianism.

It is said that all living beings have their own roots, and they are ranked according to their superiority and inferiority, and they cannot act recklessly.

Gongyuan is the key to Confucianism, and it is a hub node, so Qi Xuansu, a chess player, can finally get a glimpse of the truth through the chess pieces that enter the game.

People with great fate and great roots, with good luck and dragon energy, cannot be chosen.

Qi Xuansu can only choose these people with small fate, but the problem that follows is that Qi Xuansu's actions are almost close to the upper limit of his fate, and he must break the original fate next.

How to break it?

Of course, use tricks outside the board.

Maybe there is a way to change fate in this world, but Qi Xuansu has no time to slowly explore it, so he directly takes action himself.

After all, the way of heaven in this world is not the real way of heaven, but the power of the fairy "Chess Game of the World".

Qi Xuansu couldn't deal with the real Heavenly Dao, but couldn't he deal with an immortal object?

However, there are also some rules for how to intervene. You can't just drop a big hand from the sky, which is equivalent to messing up the chessboard. You have to use more clever methods.

For example, the Supreme Daoist Ancestor appeared in a dream.

Even if the Confucian school won the world, it couldn't wipe out the Supreme Daoist Ancestor. After all, the Supreme Saint Teacher had asked the Supreme Daoist Ancestor for advice, which was considered a half-teacher. In fact, no matter who won the battle between the three religions, they would not destroy the other two religions, but decided who would be the master to unify the three religions.

So Qi Xuansu lost his second son, borrowed the method of the Supreme Daoist Ancestor, pried the dragon energy, and changed his fate against the will of heaven.

On the other side, Qin Lingge was also breaking the fate, but he was more labor-saving. The fate is fixed, but it is not exactly the same, but it fluctuates slightly. The lower limit of this useless young man is relatively high, and the fluctuation is relatively large. This is one. Then this is the Confucian world. As the owner of this place, Qin Lingge naturally knows how to change the fate, which is easier to pry the dragon energy, so there is no need to rush to drop the second child.

This is the lead.

The spectators couldn't help but discuss again.

"Qin Lingge chose the Confucian world, which is inherently favorable to him, but not to the young master, and the victory is not fair."

"If you don't use some tricks, how dare you compete with the young master?"

"Humph, the Confucian school said that we were Taoists, but today it seems that we are petty Confucianists."

These true people are in high positions and have deep thoughts. At this time, the words they say are a bit vulgar and seem very low-level. In fact, these words may not be what they think in their hearts. Most of them are said to the Grand Master. In front of the Grand Master, of course, they should say more good things about the Junior Master and put themselves in the right position. The mysterious is used when facing subordinates, and in front of the boss, they should show a kind of clear stupidity. As for what they think in their hearts, only they know.

In a blink of an eye, the chess game changed again.

Qi Xuansu used the second piece to pry the dragon energy and changed Yin Zhengxin's fate. Although he lost a piece to Qin Lingge, the effect was immediate - Yin Zhengxin won the first place in the Jieyuan.

This is a great happy event. I don't know how many people came to congratulate him, how many people rushed to make friends, and some people even wanted to catch a son-in-law under the list to achieve good things.

Qi Xuansu passed the imperial examination at the age of 16, and he was the first in the imperial examination. Naturally, he could not be compared with those old juren in their 40s and 50s. This meant that he had a bright future. He would take the imperial examination again and be appointed as a Hanlin. Only a Jinshi could enter the Hanlin, and only a Hanlin could enter the cabinet. It was possible that he would ascend to the cabinet and become a prime minister in the future.

Qi Xuansu naturally could not let these people get what they wanted, and he went to his teacher Huang Mei's house as soon as possible.

Huang Mei was very happy. Not only did he accept Yin Zhengxin as his disciple, but he also introduced his daughter to Yin Zhengxin.

The intention was very obvious. In many cases, the apprentice was more intimate than the son. The master-apprentice relationship plus the father-in-law-in-law relationship were a real family, sharing weal and woe.

Yin Zhengxin could not refuse, and he did not want to refuse.

Whether it was Huang Mei, Miss Huang, or Yin Zhengxin, they were all chess pieces in Qi Xuansu's hands. Qi Xuansu was sitting high in the sky, overlooking the world, placing pieces and picking up pieces, and he didn't care about these joys and sorrows. Life was a hundred years, and the general situation of the world was just a game of chess.

This young lady of the Huang family is named "Rong". She is only eighteen years old, but she is a remarkable woman. She was born in a scholarly family. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is a talented woman, and she is also proficient in martial arts. It is said that she was weak and sick when she was young. She met a nun and taught skills. Only then did she grow up to be a man of both civil and military skills.

As for the big age difference between the father and daughter, it is not uncommon. The daughter born by the old man and the young wife is like this.

Huang Mei once had a son, but unfortunately died young. Now there is only one daughter. Yin Zhengxin has no parents or relatives. Although it is not a son-in-law, it is better than a son-in-law.

This is the shortcut to Zhongnan that Qi Xuansu wants.

Although Huang Mei has retired, he is very prestigious among the literati, and there are many old friends and students of the same age. Yin Zhengxin married Huang Rong, which means he entered Huang Mei's faction, so he became someone in the court.

Good winds rely on power to send me to the blue sky.

For Qi Xuansu, having someone in the court is path dependence.

If Qi Niang hadn't helped him connect with Donghua Zhenren, he would never have been promoted so quickly.

No matter how great the merits are, if there is no one in the court, it is hard to say whether the merits are his own. It is precisely because of Donghua Zhenren as a backer that every merit Qi Xuansu has made is his own, and he can be promoted every time. Otherwise, just like the Confucian imperial examination, under the pretext of Qi Xuansu's youth, Qi Xuansu was asked to carry forward his style and give way to the old Taoist friends, or because he was afraid that Qi Xuansu would be arrogant because of his reputation, so he deliberately suppressed him, and I don't know where the suppression went.

This world has never been about more work and more pay, and people who work more do not necessarily get more rewards.

It is precisely because of the backer that no one dares to play palace fighting with Qi Xuansu, and Qi Xuansu can concentrate on his work.

As for the tree that stands out in the forest must be destroyed by the wind, Qi Xuansu has even done it against the will of heaven to change his fate, so why is he afraid of this?

The next step is to prepare for the wedding, marry in a formal way, and have a sedan chair carried by eight people. At the same time, some family business should be set up.

After the wedding, Yin Zhengxin will prepare for the imperial examination.

Qi Xuansu's plan is slowly unfolding, which is very similar to his own path in the real world.

On the other hand, the useless son Li Zhixing has also entered the Imperial Academy to study.