The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Looking at the back of the armor-clad figure who did not recognize his relatives, Yu Kongjian sighed to Shen Shangshu:

"This opportunity must not be missed and will never come again. Senior has been weak and appeasement towards the Lin thief. I am afraid that my colleagues will be criticized."

Shen Shangshu snorted coldly, if it weren't for you rookies who are more famous than your strength and were manipulated by Lin Tailai again and again, why would the situation be like this?

But Shen Shangshu is also helpless. These hot-blooded novices are all chosen by himself, and the basic force he relies on is just these hot-blooded novices!

Therefore, in the end, Shen Shangshu comforted him and said: "The General Examination is over, but it is not the end. There will be the Palace Examination after the General Examination, and those who pretend to be fake will eventually be exposed."

This is a hint, wait until the palace examination before taking action. If I don't express my position like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to appease the angry brothers.

After a small interlude before the exam, Mr. Lin returned to his dormitory, holding the sachet and waiting for the exam attentively.

As soon as it gets dark, today's test questions will be posted.

Everyone knows that the test questions are taken from the original text of the Four and Five Classics. After the general examination, the test questions will not be so weird, and they will usually have normal sentence patterns.

Generally, there will be no perverted topics such as "The king hastened to issue an order to rebel", "The king's wife has sexual desire", "People are worse than birds".

After all, the examination is a grand ceremony of the imperial court, so it always needs to be somewhat decent, and the questions cannot be too crazy.

Therefore, knowledgeable people know that the competency test is easier than the provincial test, and you may be lucky enough to encounter questions that you have already done.

There are seven questions in the first session on the first day, the first three are from the "Four Books" and the last four are from the "Five Classics".

Official Lin first looked at the three questions in the "Four Books" and frowned slightly.

The first and second questions are nothing. They are all questions that I learned about in advance from Shen Shoufu and I was prepared in advance.

But the third course is "The Master said: The Doctrine of the Mean is the virtue, and it is the most complete". This is not a topic that was known in advance.

In fact, it was not a big deal, but it was a small incident. Lin Daguan did not rush to answer the question and write the essay, but thought about it for a while.

In the end, Lin Daguan concluded that this situation must be the careful thinking of the examiner, Academician Xu Guo!

In today's imperial examinations, the first of the three exams is the most important, and the first exam is the first chapter.

Many times, the examiner can basically make a decision by just looking at the first article, and at most he will glance at the second article a few times.

Therefore, the first and second questions remain unchanged, which is enough for the examiner Xu Guo to explain to the related households. The related households can pass the first two questions.

The temporary change of the third question was probably a small means used by Xu Guo to identify related households.

If the grammar of someone's first two articles is very good, but the third article is barely interesting, then this person is probably related.

If the third essay is not only barely interesting, but even extremely disappointing, then it must be someone who is ignorant but has very strong connections, such as the stereotyped candidate with the surname Lin.

Only such candidates will have excellent results in the first two papers and a complete failure in the third.

Could it be that the examiner Xu Guo wanted to use this method to identify Lin's test paper?

Thinking of his relationship with the examiner Xu Guo, Lin Daguan couldn't help but sigh.

Why are there so many obstacles on my way to the imperial examination? Why are everything from promotion officers to examiners aimed at me!

Forget it, let's not think about it so much now. I'm sorry that the examiner Xu Guo didn't have the guts to offend the chief assistant to death.

If even Xu Guo can't be suppressed, then what's the use of Shen Shixing as the first assistant?

After that, Lin Daguan concentrated on answering the questions. The first and second articles were both "confident" and he finished the article in one go without adding any points.

But when it comes to the third article, Lin Daguan really put a lot of thought into it, because the examiner Xu Guo will definitely focus on this article and use it to identify candidates.

While trying to figure out the thoughts and mentality of the examiner Xu Guo, and combining it with his later research experience, he spent an hour carefully compiling an article.

Fortunately, the questions in the exam are not difficult. The meaning of questions such as "The Master said: The Doctrine of the Mean is a virtue, and it is the most complete" is also very common. With hundreds of years of research experience, you can always find some sentence patterns to fit into it.

"(starting shares)

Since the yin has been carried away and the yang has been carried away, the middle path has been established.

After the body develops and the spirit develops, the quality of food and drink should be used in a mediocre manner throughout the day.

(China stocks)

Jun Zhe Qin Ming, virtue Molong than the ancient emperor, and Yong will start from Pingzhang, the most extreme virtues, the most moderate ones are enough to control them.

The virtues of Rou Gong Zhi Jing are not as great as those of the ancient kings, but the virtues of Mao Zhao Zhao Xiu and his wife are extraordinary, and the mediocrity is enough to kill her.

(Later stocks)

It is not enough to describe the virtues and non-traditional things that have not changed in ancient and modern times, but the golden mean is comprehensive.

It is not enough to say that virtue is not the same as far and near, but it is practiced in all aspects, but the mean is consistent.

(bundled stock)

This is why the persistence of pseudo-study is to rely on the Master and lose its authenticity; to follow the same trend of country wishes is to be mediocre in appearance and turn to falsehood. "

After finishing writing, Lin Daguan admired himself again.

As dusk approached in the afternoon, people began to hand in papers one after another.

Lin Daguanren answered the questions not too slowly and also handed in the test paper. Then, instead of handing over the draft casually, he insisted on seeing the general manager Shen Shangshu.

"I will save the draft here with Uncle Da Zong. If the original version of the test paper is different from the draft, someone must have changed it. Uncle Da Zong, you are also responsible."

"Get out!" Shen Shangshu scolded.

Apart from scolding, the Minister of Rites, who was tied to death, could not do anything else.

When I left the examination room, I happened to meet two friends, Zhou Yingqiu and Dong Qichang.

"You two did the questions very quickly!" Lin Daguan said pretending to be surprised.

In fact, there is nothing surprising. Although these two people have historical character problems, their writing and thinking are considered top-notch among Lin Daguan's circle of friends.

Needless to say, Dong Qichang was historically one of the "Five Sons of the ZTE in the Retro-style Post-Wang Shizhen Era", but this combination is unlikely to exist in this time and space.

Historically, Zhou Yingqiu was born in the same level as Wang Hao, Tang Bohu, and Gu Xiancheng.

Dong Qichang asked: "How does Brother Lin feel?"

Official Lin snorted coldly: "You can tell from the questions, even the examiner is targeting me!"

Dong Qichang: ""

He really couldn't see why those questions were aimed at you, Lin Tai.

If everyone from the exam coordinator to the exam examiner is targeting you, why don’t you take the exam?

Zhou Yingqiu asked Lin Tailai: "Where is Brother Lin going back?"

Among this group of people, Lin Tailai was the youngest, but Zhou Yingqiu insisted on calling him Brother Lin after arriving in the capital, saying that those who are successful come first.

Lin Daguanren replied: "I will go back to Xicheng today to talk to the chief assistant about the examiner. Please ask the chief assistant to warn the examiner not to act recklessly!"

Today is February 9th, and the next exam is February 12th, with two days of rest in between.

In fact, after the first test, you can relax for the most part. After all, the first test can basically determine whether you are admitted or not.

Lin Daguan and his men rode through the city through the bustling Qipan Street on their tall horses.

Suddenly there was a small commotion on the street. Five or six people were chasing and beating a young man in shabby clothes.

Someone else shouted from behind: "Wei Si, stop!"

Lin Daguan, who was accustomed to big scenes, was originally not interested in such small disputes in the market, but when he heard the name "Wei Si", he reined in his horse.

When I was still thinking about taking a few more glances, I saw the young man who was being chased, named "Wei Si", walking through the crowd as nimbly as a fish and getting into a nearby small alley.

Official Lin finally remembered that the biggest historical event in the seventeenth year of Wanli was not the emperor's complete resignation from the court, nor was it the first climax of the country's struggle, but the completely inconspicuous entry of Wei Si into the palace.

Speaking of which, this Wei Si was still the same age as him, the same age of twenty-two.

Suddenly, Lin Tailai pointed at the back of "Wei Si" in a playful manner and asked Zhou Yingqiu next to him, "What do you think of this person?"

Zhou Yingqiu didn't understand why he asked himself, so he casually replied: "This is just a street scoundrel, what can you say?"

Official Lin couldn't help but laugh "haha" a few times. A few decades later in history, Zhou Yingqiu would kneel down and lick the nephew of the "fourth king of Wei", and licked out a "pig's trotter general constitution" name.

Zhou Yingqiu was confused and thought it was Lin Daguan who had intermittent convulsions.

Official Lin entered the Shen Mansion while thinking about Wei Si.

"This Xu Guo is not honest, he wants to cause trouble!" Lin Daguan shouted angrily after seeing Shen Shoufu.

Children who cry are fed by milk. If you have any grievances, cry them out first.

Shen Shoufu laughed dumbly, "What you said is too much. It's not that exaggerated. Xu Guo will not let you fail."

Lin Daguan was dissatisfied and said to Shen Shixing: "I clearly gave you three questions, but in the end I changed one on the fly.

The nature of what Xu Guo is doing is to make small moves behind your back! If it were me, I definitely wouldn't be able to bear it! "

Shen Shixing said generously: "Xu Guo is not my puppet. Everyone has their own little thoughts. As long as they are generally passable, don't be so fussy.

The first two questions are enough to guarantee your admission, but at most you will be ranked lower.

You have offended Xu Guo before. You have clashed with Xu Guo several times over the Yangzhou Salt Industry. You have to let Xu Guo find a place to vent your anger, right?

Besides, the ranking in the general examination is not the final ranking. There will be a palace examination later. "

Official Lin muttered: "But if the ranking in the general examination is last, the ranking in the palace examination will definitely not be very good."

Shen Shixing asked back: "Didn't you say before that ranking is not important, as long as you can be on the imperial list?"

In the eyes of Shen Shoufu, ranking is really not important. Even if Lin Tailai is ranked last, he can be selected as a censor or be selected into the civil service department after going to the local government for three years.

Lin Daguan replied: "Thank you, Mr. Ge, for guaranteeing me the best! As for the specific ranking, I'll just do my best!"

Shen Shixing sighed: "Can you stop doing your best? I'm afraid of hearing you say you should do your best.

Xu Guo is in the inner hall of Gongyuan, isolated from the outside world. How can you try your best? Is it possible that we still need to fight in? "

Lin Daguan told the truth: "How can I be a reckless person? I just want to break the stereotype of me and prove myself with my eight-part essay skills."

Shen Shoufu: ""

This is simply the biggest joke I have heard since the New Year. Where did you, Lin Tailai, get your eight-part writing skills?

How did you pass the imperial examination? Don't you have a clue?

During the county examination, the county government was bribed, and the county magistrate, who was about to expire at the time, was heckled and handed over to the head of the case. His second son, Shen Yongjia, was suspected of being involved.

During the government examination, when the paper was handed in, I learned that the government could not stand down, so I was given the head of the case.

The Taoist examination was a coercion and inducement for Ti Xue Guan, and even threatened Ti Xue Guan to prevent him from leaving Suzhou City, and then he got the case.

Not to mention the provincial examination, which was directly arranged by Shen Shixing, and Jie Yuan was given to Lin Tailai out of "compensation psychology".

So where do you, Lin Tailai, come from with such a big face that you dare to brag about your eight-part writing skills and want to rely on your eight-part writing skills to compete for rankings?

This kind of person who obviously relies on connections to get through but still claims that he is very powerful will easily be beaten when he goes out to hang out!

The next day, which was the tenth day of the second lunar month, the candidates took a break and the staff in the Gongyuan began to work on sealing, transcribing, reading and other aspects.

"Aren't you going to exchange Lin Tailai's test papers?" A certain director of the Ministry of Rites asked Yu Kongjian, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites.

"What a change!" Yu Kongjian said angrily, "Lin Tailai used countless engravers to engrave and print thousands of copies of his first article overnight, and he is posting them randomly outside the Gongyuan!"

In all my thirty or forty years of living, I have never seen anyone so cautious!

After that, the two exams on February 12th and 15th passed uneventfully.

All the examination work for the outer curtain is completed, and the pressure is only on the inner curtain of judging the papers.

The results will be announced at the end of February, with only ten days left to finalize thousands of test papers and theoretically 30,000 to 40,000 articles. You can imagine the pressure.

According to the almanac, the auspicious day of February 28th is suitable for making the list, and the ranking of the examination will be finalized on the night of February 27th.

In the inner courtyard of Gongyuan, the Jukui Hall where the examiner was sitting was brightly lit, and eighteen fellow examiners also gathered here.

At this time, 348 Chinese-style test papers have been selected, and they have been roughly arranged in order.

At this time, the examiner only has the re-transcribed red scroll and serial number in his hand. He does not know the name of the candidate and cannot see the candidate's own handwriting.

Therefore, when ranking, you can only use the number of the ink scroll first, and then open the original ink scroll to obtain the candidate's name.

This moment is the peak of many examiners’ lives.

Xu Guo, the examiner of this subject and a bachelor, sneered and assigned the lowest rankings to several test papers.

These test papers have a common feature, that is, the first two articles are acceptable, but the third article is very poor.

Rather than letting go of the wrong ones, Xu Ge veteran typed all the test papers that were suspected of belonging to someone to the last few!

In fact, the ranking in the general examination does not have much practical effect. The ranking in the palace examination is the real ranking of Jinshi.

Therefore, in the examination, only the first place's Huiyuan may be of some use. It is generally assumed that Huiyuan's ranking in the palace examination cannot be low, and he will be given at least a shujishi treatment when he joins the officialdom.

Therefore, what everyone is most concerned about is which test paper the examiner Xu Guoguo ranked first.

Xu Guo took out the red scroll No. 426 and said to the eighteen fellow examiners present: "You all only read the first and second chapters, but I only read the third chapter.

This person's third article, "The Doctrine of the Mean is a Virtue, Has It Been Completed," has a clear context, elegant diction, and exalts it in a noble and practical way. It cannot be reached without deep learning and cultivation.

A glimpse of his writings can be traced back to the pages of the prosperous times. His pure, elegant and upright style should set an example for the world. "

Then Xu Guo emphasized: "The last sentence of "tying up the buttocks" deeply touched my heart."

All the fellow examiners circulated and read this eight-legged essay praised by Xu Guopia.

I have to say that Academician Xu is not just blindly boasting. This article does have some foundation.

The full text is windy and relaxed, natural and elegant, and the reading is cadenced. The syllables are golden and clear, like a spring breeze. There are no remote and eccentric words, and it has a graceful and elegant temperament.

As for the closing sentence that Xu Guo emphasized, it is - it is the persistence of pseudo-study, and it has lost its truth by relying on Fuzi.

After thinking about it for a while, everyone agreed that this sentence was meant to denigrate Xin Xue.

Because in the early years of Jiajing, Xinxue was once officially designated as "pseudo-xue" by the government, so people who are against Xinxue often use "pseudo-xue" to refer to Xinxue.

This is a matter of stance. Different people have different opinions. If Xu Guo, the examiner, thinks this sentence is good, then it can only be good.

Of course, Xu Guo would not tell others clearly what Xiao Jiujiu was thinking.

A few years ago, a candidate named Lin fought against Gu Xiancheng, who was anti-Xinxue, for the sake of Xinxue. Almost everyone in the literary world knew about this.

Therefore, Xu Guogan concluded that this test paper with "pseudo-study" writing was definitely not Lin Tailai's test paper. It was safe to rank first.

From another perspective, this test paper may be a test paper for those candidates who are Lin Tailai's enemies and consider themselves "upright students."

After all, the scholar who is most vehemently opposed to Xinxue in the capital today is Gu Xiancheng, and those candidates who listen to Gu Xiancheng's lectures will also disparage Xinxue as "pseudo-study."

Clicking this test paper is Huiyuan. It is the final stubbornness of a bachelor from the Second Auxiliary University under the high pressure of the First Auxiliary University!

The other examiners could not express any opinions other than passing them around.

Before the middle and late Jiajing period, the chief examiner of the joint examination was a senior Hanlin bachelor. There was not much difference in status between the chief examiner and other examiners.

However, from the late Jiajing period to the present, the examiners of the joint examinations have been cabinet bachelors, and the status of other examiners is far behind.

The Grand Bachelor who comes to be the examiner is what he says. The other examiners are only fifth or sixth grade. How can he compete with the Grand Bachelor?

In the end, Xu Guo said with finality: "No. 426, the first place in the Ji Chou Examination in the 17th year of Wanli! Fill in the list!"

The other examiners are only obedient, so don’t dare to accept it!

Academician Xu Guo, who had been suppressed by the chief minister in the cabinet for a long time, now realized the long-lost domineering power of one word!

There was no name on the ink scroll. The scribe took the ink scroll No. 426 and made sure that the name and seal were intact before opening it in public.

Soon the name on the test paper was revealed, and everyone curiously leaned over to take a look.

All I can see is the line above - Lin Tailai, a student from Zhili Suzhou Prefecture, the author of the Book of Changes.

boom! The whole Ju Kui Hall seemed to explode instantly!

Of course, Lin Tailai is very famous. He is the most famous candidate in this subject. All the examiners know this.

But the examiners never dreamed that Huiyuan selected from the "blind selection" would be Lin Tailai!

He is obviously a martial arts champion who has defeated invincible opponents in both capitals!

Suddenly there was a "bang" sound from the main seat in the middle, and the helper's exclamation!

Everyone looked around and saw the examiner, the great scholar Xu Guo, whose face was as golden as paper, his eyes tightly closed, and he fell straight on the chair of the imperial master.

Before he passed out completely, Grand Scholar Xu shouted with all his strength: "Thieves have no shame!"

All the examiners looked at each other. After all, Xu Ge was an old man in his sixties. He had been locked in the tribute courtyard for a month, and he might have finally been unable to endure it near the end.

I just don’t know who the shameless thief Mr. Xu Ge was talking about?

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