Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 1741 Replay 4.0
"what?"

Yan Bo was so frightened that he almost lost his grip on the wine cup in his hand. Fortunately, he was good at it, so the wine cup only shook slightly, but the wine inside did not spill out.

Qin Zheng and Uncle Wang are not much better either. Although they are not from the capital and don't know how things are done in the city of Xijing, if they take part in the imperial examination as impostors, if they are really exposed, many people will be implicated. Woolen cloth!

"This..." Yan Bo swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Did no one find out? He used someone else's identity to participate in the imperial examination in such a grandiose manner?"

"Yeah!" Second Master Jiang nodded, looking at the shocked expressions of these three people, "Don't be like this, you are shocked now, and you may feel that your world is about to collapse. To be honest, I When it was found out, it was indeed no better than you."

"Wait, let's make sure of one thing first." Qin Zheng thought for a while, "It's not so easy to just impersonate someone. His household registration will have to be changed. If something goes wrong in a certain link, he will He will be suspected, and will be tracked down. But he has been in the three dynasties, and his own clan is so powerful?"

"The clan surnamed Ning has great influence, how many do you think there are?" Second Master Jiang sneered, "Isn't the Ning clan of Chaozhou very powerful?"

"It turned out to be the Ning clan of Chaozhou. No wonder they preach that the emperor and the clan will sit together in the world every day!" Qin Zheng and Yan Bo rolled their eyes at the same time, "They are used to enjoying it. Once they lose it, don't they miss it every day? But..."

"But what?" Yan Bo looked at him, "What's the problem?"

"Yes, I was born in the south of the Yangtze River. Although I have a different family and origin from the Qin family in Huzhou, I was not allowed to take part in the scientific examination." Qin Zheng frowned slightly, "The Ning family in Chaozhou is even worse than the Qin family in Huzhou. , how could it be possible for the children of the clan to participate in the scientific examination?"

"No, wait a minute, it's too fast, I can't keep up at all." Uncle Wang patted this and then that, "Let me explain first, is the Chaozhou Ning family very powerful? When I mention it, I think it’s very remarkable? Is it because of this clan that the old man can pretend to be someone else to participate in the scientific examination?"

"A very powerful clan." Yan Bo sighed softly, "My family was born in a noble family. It was only in the generations of my great-grandfather and grandfather that only the children of the clan took part in the scientific examination, but they were looked down upon by those traditional clans. Like Ah Zheng and his family, it is a family of merchants. According to the laws of the previous dynasty, the three generations of merchants’ families could not conduct scientific research. Later, when the Great Xia Dynasty established the dynasty, this rule was abolished. But in the eyes of traditional scholars, And in the eyes of those famous families, those who come from the family of merchants are still not worth mentioning."

Second Master Jiang saw that Uncle Wang was still in a daze, so he pushed Uncle Yan and motioned for himself to explain.

"Let me put it more bluntly. These centuries-old families and big clans basically have a very glorious history. Among the famous civil servants in the past dynasties, you can find their clansmen. Those great writers you can blurt out are basically All from these clans."

"The top of the world's scholars is occupied by these clans. Although it is said that children from poor families can pass the scientific examination and become officials, they will still be suppressed by the children of these prominent families, and they will not be able to truly stand out."

"Oh, I somewhat understand." Uncle Wang nodded, "This old man belongs to this kind of clan, right?"

"That's right, according to my subsequent investigation, his real native place is the Ning family in Chaozhou."

"But why did he hide his origin and take part in the scientific examination under a false name? Isn't the clan very influential among scholars?"

"This is about the point that Lao Qin mentioned just now. After the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, he wanted to balance the children of this kind of clan and the children of poor families. Therefore, there was a rule that the children of the big clan that shared the world with the previous dynasty should participate Scientific research is limited."

"Restrictions? What restrictions? How is this restricted?"

"Checking the household registration can limit it, it's very easy." Qin Zheng sighed lightly, "That's right, the Great Xia law stipulates that only three children of a generation of big clans can participate in the scientific examination, such as me For one generation, if three members of the Qin family in Huzhou take part in the scientific examination, all the Qin families in the south of the Yangtze River will no longer be able to have their children participate, even if you have nothing to do with the Qin family in Huzhou, that is not allowed. The Qin family, someone from this generation took the scientific examination and took up these three places. No matter how good the children of the Qin family in Huzhou are, it is useless. Of course, this restriction is only applicable in the Jiangnan area, and it does not apply to other places. It is because In this way, that's why old man Ning took advantage of the loophole?"

"I still don't quite understand." Uncle Wang waved his hand, "Forget it, it's not important, I can understand now that the old man, as a child of the Ning family in Chaozhou, can't take part in the scientific examination, so he tried every means to borrow someone else's identity ,right?"

"That's right, with the background and connections of the Ning family in Chaozhou, it is still very easy to forge an identity for the children of the clan." Qin Zheng nodded and looked at Second Master Jiang, "It's just what is the origin of the real Ningchang country? Did Ning of Chaozhou fall in love with it?"

"The real Ningchang Kingdom is a branch of the Chaozhou Ning Clan, but it has been removed from Wufu, and moved to Zhongzhou far away. Basically, it has no contact with the Chaozhou Ning Clan. There is one more strange thing, that is Mr. Ning is the same age as the real Ning Changguo, even the date of birth is the same, and according to the real Ningchangguo's parents, the two people's looks are almost the same, as if they are twin brothers." Jiang The second master sighed softly, "For the old man, these are unexpected joys. In addition, Ningchang is not in good health, so he can't take the imperial examination at all, and the old man is also known as a child prodigy, so he doesn't take the scientific examination It's just a waste of money, so..."

"The family members of Ningchang Kingdom willingly agree to the old man taking the imperial examination instead of their children?" Seeing Second Master Jiang nodding, Yan Bo sighed softly, "Is this also Ningchang Kingdom's own wish?"

"It should be. I don't know. I just found out these things, and the old man discovered them." Second Master Jiang looked at Qin Zheng who was thinking, and reached out to pat him, "Why are you so preoccupied?"

"You said, the real Ningchang Kingdom is from Zhongzhou?"

"Yes!" Second Master Jiang nodded, "What's the matter, what did you think of?"

"If I remember correctly..." Qin Zheng looked at Second Master Jiang, "Back then, the place where the Qinglian Sect was the most troubled, besides Yuezhou, was Zhongzhou."

(End of this chapter)