Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1074 Scoring and Huang Mengyu's Visit

A few days later, the general examination was over, but the Shuntian Gongyuan was still busy.

From Xu Guo, a bachelor and president of the examination, to Gao Yushi and other examiners, they never left this place after rushing to Suncheon Gongyuan from the Ministry of Rites.

There are three to five co-examiners in each room of the Five Classics, and Gao Yushi is assigned to the "Yi" room according to the scriptures.

Originally, according to his qualifications, he should be a room teacher at the end of the crane, but in fact he is not. His special background and special official status make him the most authoritative room teacher in the "Yi" room. The rest of them, including Chen Yubi, would come to ask Gao Pragmatism to make a decision when the two volumes were indistinguishable.

It had been going well until now, but something happened after lunch today. Shen Zibin, who is also a room teacher, found an article and thought it was very well written. He showed it to Chen Yubi, and Chen Yubi also thought it was a good one. So he and Shen Zibin brought it to Gao Wushi to see.

Who knew that before Gao Yushi read the papers quickly and gave quick evaluations, but this time he read the papers very slowly, and the more he read, the more he frowned.

Shen Zibin was next to him, he couldn't understand it after thinking about it, he felt that the article was definitely good enough, but Gao Longwen looked at it with such an expression... Could it be that there are some taboos in the paper that should not be taboo?
It stands to reason that generally speaking at the level of the general examination, candidates are experienced veterans, and it is unlikely that such low-level mistakes will occur, but in fact, this thing is not sure. Due to the great pressure on the examination candidates, sometimes they just don’t make advanced mistakes. Mistakes, and low-level mistakes always occur.

Chen Yubi was also a little disturbed by the rare prudence of Gao Pragmatism. You must know that this article has been read by him. If there are any taboo words and sentences, although there is no list yet, there will be no serious consequences. But it's embarrassing for me.

Who knows that Gao Wushi just let out a long sigh when he saw the end, put the copied examination paper on the table, rubbed his brows with a headache, and said: "In my opinion, this article should be dismissed." , but I also know what the two of you mean, that this article looks really good, it is both legal and magnificent..."

Shen Zibin was stunned and said, "Could it be that Gao Longwen thinks otherwise?"

Gao Wushi shook his head: "That's not true. If you just read the articles in this volume, I would think it would be at least the top ten."

Shen Zibin was surprised and said, "Since that's the case, why do you say you're deposed?"

"When we select talents, we don't just select literary talents, but actually select the pillars of the country." Gao Wushi said indifferently: "Although we are only reading the five scriptures at the moment, it is not a policy theory, but between the writing and writing of the candidates, we can still see their ambitions and dispositions."

Shen Zibin was a little dissatisfied after hearing this, pointed to the paper, and said: "Gao Longwen's words are naturally reasonable, but I think the candidates in this paper have noble temperaments and great ambitions."

Chen Yubi also nodded beside him and said, "That's right, I think so too."

Gao Wushi also nodded and said, "Of course, Gao Jie and Weiyuan."

Chen Yubi was taken aback by what he said, and frowned, "In that case..."

"Too noble, too grand." Gao Yushi pressed the paper with his index finger and pushed it forward lightly: "It's easy to say, but hard to do... Or in other words, it's nothing more than talking, but doing it at all." No way."

Chen Yubi frowned, but did not speak.

But Shen Zibin shook his head: "If Young Sima sees this, I'm afraid there won't be a few Jinshi in the current department."

Gao Wushi smiled slightly, and said, "If you can choose a few, you'd rather be short than excessive."

Shen Zibin raised his eyebrows slightly: "Then how many Gao Longwen has chosen now?"

"Three."

"Only three?"

Not only Shen Zibin was taken aback, but Chen Yubi was also taken aback.

There are usually about [-] people on the gold list for one subject. If each of the [-] house masters chooses only three, then the number of people on the gold list for this subject will really hit a record low.

Moreover, Chen Yubi was well aware of the emperor's intention to let Gao Yushi temporarily act as the examiner of the examination, and since Xu Guo was the main examiner of the undergraduate course, Gao Yushi had every reason and ability to win a few more Jinshi in new subjects, and then naturally he would not worry about no one available in the future. .

But obviously Gao Wushi didn't want to explain the reason, just smiled, but didn't talk about it anymore, just picked up the paper on the table, handed it to Shen Zibin and said: "What I said just now is just a personal opinion, whether it is in the Where Xu Ge is old, Brother Shen still decides for himself."

Shen Zibin took it over, hesitated for a while, and sighed: "I originally wanted to recommend this article as a first-class candidate to Mr. Xu Ge, but...forget it, let's make it a top three."

Gao Wushi smiled, as if he agreed, but didn't seem to express anything.

A few days after the house teachers checked the examination papers, Mr. Xu Ge had already read some excellent articles recommended by him, and he also "collected" a few articles from the dismissed articles. The examination paper marking work was basically completed.

When finalizing the list, Gao Yushi set two records. One is the record for the fewest recommended articles—three; the other is the record for the highest rate of recommended articles—all.

In front of a bunch of examiners, Xu Guo couldn't help but joked, "Seek the truth, seek the truth, I think your hobby is breaking records, right?"

Gao Yushi began to talk nonsense in a serious manner: "I am a junior in the examination field, and I dare not take more places, so as not to mislead the country."

Everyone originally thought that Gao Yushi only recommended three people as an act of surprise, but when he said this, everyone thought "this kid is not bad"-Gao Yushi recommends less than a dozen, even if they are evenly distributed After a while, each person can recommend one more person. This recommendation is a guarantee for the future!

So once Gao Wushi's approach was explained thoroughly, everyone felt that this kid was quite enlightened, he took good care of everyone, and he didn't rely on his holy family's arrogance to bully others.

I don't know if it's because Gao Yushi let out more than a dozen places, or because he really has a keen eye. When everyone was discussing the rankings in the meeting, they put one of the three articles selected by Gao Yushi on the list. The first place, that is, the position of the member.

In fact, Gao Wushi didn't know who the author of the article was. Seeing this situation, I was afraid that everyone was just trying to save face, so he couldn't help but decline. Who knew that the examiners present all said that they felt that it was true after reading the article. It is a top masterpiece, and Huiyuan deserves it.

Gao Yushi had no choice but to admit it.

In the back row, the other two articles selected by Gao Yushi are also ranked relatively high. One is ranked No. 12 in the second class and the other is ranked No. 30 in the second class. No. 30 in the second class, it is usually impossible to make major mistakes in the palace examination, and when the selection is made in the Shu Jishi Hall later on, the chances of being selected are also very high.

It seems that although there are few high-practical delineated articles, they are indeed few and good. Even if Brother Huiyuan has some problems during the palace examination, it doesn't matter. At least the three sages should not be able to escape.

They still have nothing to do with the high-practical and pragmatic celebrations outside the examination. From Mr. Xu Ge to all the examiners, they just changed places to sleep——moved from Suncheon Gongwon to the Ministry of Rites again, and maintained a centralized life like "house arrest". .

After a few days of celebration, the palace examination began, and Gao Yushi still had an assignment: as one of the examiners, he continued to mark the palace examination papers.

The examiners are a little different from before, except for a group of examiners who continue to read the examination papers, the first assistant Zhang Siwei, the second assistant Shen Shixing, etc. must also be named as the examiners.

But this time there was an accident, both Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing declined this customary appointment, and the reason was the same: to avoid suspicion.

Only at this time did Gao Wushi know that Zhang Jiazheng and Shen Yongmao were also candidates for this subject—Zhang Jiazheng was the son of Zhang Siwei, and Shen Yongmao was the son of Shen Shixing.

Gao Pragmatic is not very clear about Shen Yongmao's situation, but he does know that Zhang Jiazheng is his cousin.

Originally, Zhang Jiazheng was going to come for the test in the eighth year of Wanli, but he was ill for a while, so he missed Chunwei from Gengchen Division, or else he would be the same as Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingzhuan brothers last time. The brothers have Chinese style together.

This palace examination, the adjustment of the ranking of the general examination is not big, nor is it small.The overall ranking changes are very small, but there is an adjustment that is a little unfavorable to Gao Yushi: the original examination paper was dropped by one place, and became the second place.

However, this adjustment was made by the "Imperial Meeting". At that time, only a few senior elders and ministers of the Ministry of Rites were in front of the emperor, and Gao Wushi didn't know what happened.

As soon as the palace examination gold list comes out, it's time for celebration for the new scholars, and there's nothing high and pragmatic about it.For him, it was just the end of the months-long "prison disaster" - Huang Zhiting had already been in Annan for several days, maybe all the troops had gathered now and were doing sea adaptation training.

Gao Wushi, who was finally liberated, returned to his residence. He planned to see if there was any report from Liaodong, but an old acquaintance was already waiting for him.

The visitor has a high status and is known as the inner minister - Huang Mengyu, the chief eunuch in charge of the supervisor of rites.

"Young Sima is here all right?" Huang Mengyu greeted him as if he was in his own house with a haha, and said with his arms: "You came back this time, but my old Huang didn't see you until today, I'm really sorry Very well, I will punish myself with three cups later."

Gao Wushi's relationship with Huang Mengyu was closer than that of Chen Ju, and he didn't see each other at the moment. He laughed and said, "Don't talk about drinking—let me ask you first. When I just came back last time, you said that you I can't leave, isn't the reason too far-fetched?"

Huang Mengyu looked around and said with a smile, "I'll talk about it later, I'll talk about it later."

Gao Wushi was a little surprised, secretly thought: Could something really happen, right?
But Huang Mengyu is a person with fine details, so Gao Wushi didn't doubt that he was there, so he dragged him in.

The mansion already knew that Gao Yushi was coming back, and also knew that Huang Mengyu had arrived, so the banquet had already been prepared, and they were just waiting for them to serve.

After taking the seat, Gao Wushi waved his hands to make everyone around him step back first, and then looked at Huang Mengyu.

Huang Mengyu put down his wine glass, scratched his head, and said, "Old Chen's part-time job will probably have to be handed over soon."

Gao Wushi asked: "Yu Ma Jian?"

Huang Mengyu nodded.

"To whom?" Gao Wushi frowned, "Wouldn't it be Li Wenjin?"

"That's not true, that's not true." Huang Mengyu quickly waved his hand: "After the Empress Dowager Cisheng stopped asking about political affairs, Lao Chen and I thought that the emperor might reuse his uncle, but it turned out that the emperor had no such intentions. .”

Gao Wu said sincerely: "Of course it doesn't mean that. Li Wenjin naturally made great contributions to the Empress Dowager Li, and he even protected Zhu Yijun when he was a child. But now that Zhu Yijun finally took the power from the two palaces, how could he push Li Wenjin again?" To the stage?
Not to mention whether the foreign court will give such a memorandum, worrying that Li Wenjin will become a powerful eunuch that will harm the country and the people, but Zhu Yijun himself will not do such a stupid thing-is there any difference between Li Wenjin's power and the Queen Mother Li's power?

"Then what is the emperor going to use?" Gao Wushi asked.

Huang Mengyu focused his gaze, and said in a deep voice, "Zhang Jing."

Gao Wushi frowned immediately, and asked: "He is a member of Zhang Hong's sect, why does the emperor not use Zhang Hong, but instead use him over Zhang Hong? What's wrong with Zhang Hong?"

Huang Mengyu sighed: "Zhang Hong is not bad, but unfortunately he has a tough temper. The last time the eldest son of the emperor was born, the emperor... was not very happy. Zhang Hong advised a few words, but was reprimanded by the emperor. He couldn't think about it for a while, and even went on a hunger strike. died."

Gao Wushi was stunned, then frowned and said, "Did the emperor scold him? Was it ugly?"

Hearing Gao Yushi's tone, Huang Mengyu became stern, somehow, he was a little scared, and hurriedly said: "Actually, I didn't scold him, but just said, 'This is my family business, what have you to do with me, step back!' But you also I know that Zhang Hong is a straightforward person, he asked himself a good intention, but was dismissed by the emperor, it is inevitable that he can't think about it for a while."

Gao Wushi's expression softened slightly, but he was still a little stern, and asked, "Then what will the emperor say after his death?"

Huang Mengyu said: "The emperor was very sorry, and ordered people to bury Zhang Hong beside the Yingxiang Temple outside the gate of Fucheng, and sent people to regularly offer incense, fire melons and fruits as sacrifices."

Gao Wushi managed to calm down, and said: "The emperor is the most respected person in the world, and he should be cautious in his words and deeds. Next time I will talk to the emperor about this matter. How can I treat loyal ministers so slowly."

Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty could be called ministers, but in fact, even the great eunuchs seldom dare to regard themselves as "subjects" nowadays, so Huang Mengyu was quite moved by Gao Yushi's words, and sighed: "Once Zhang Hong died, Zhang Jing would not die." He's under pressure, he's not under my seat and Lao Chen's, and it's not good for the two of us to attack Zhang Hong's adopted son when his body is still alive.

This guy coaxes the emperor, if he wants to talk about means, it’s just that, everything is going well, but the emperor is only at this age after all, words of advice are not as good as words of satisfaction... plus you go After leaving Liaodong, no one can remind the emperor..."

Gao Yushi subconsciously turned the small cup of Yu Ci in his hand, thinking: "It doesn't matter if Zhang Jing just takes down the Imperial Horse Supervisor, but I always feel that this guy won't be so honest..."

"Young Sima's eyes are as bright as a torch." Huang Mengyu patted the table lightly, and said in a low voice, "Old Chen and I discovered that Zhang Jing was already in contact with Liu Shou—the two had a secret meeting in less than a month. Four times."

Gao Wushi slowly narrowed his eyes.

Zhang Jing, who is about to become the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and Liu Shouyou, the governor of the Jinyiwei, have such frequent secret meetings, and even skipped the East Factory set up to supervise the Jinyiwei. Presumably it is not for small talk, right?
No wonder Huang Mengyu is so cautious today, even the little eunuchs around him can't trust him.

It seems that when I went to Liaodong, the monsters and ghosts around the emperor couldn't help but come out to find some sense of presence.
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Originally, I thought that there would be exactly one chapter from the writing of the examination papers to the release of the rankings in the palace examination, but this time it was overly refined and made two into one.

(End of this chapter)