Step on a branch

Chapter 364 I Have No Way Out

The windows facing the street were closed.

The private room fell into silence for a moment, so that the bustling voices of the people on the street outside could be heard bit by bit.

The sound of shouting and selling is very lively.

Xie Yu looked into Lin Fan's eyes very seriously.

Lin Fan did not avoid his gaze, and was very frank.

Suddenly, Xie Yu recalled some past events.

In the fourth year of Qingyuan, he went to Beijing to rush for the exam. At that time, he was a few years younger than Lin Fan now, and he was full of bookish spirit.

Today's imperial examinations are not like those of previous dynasties.

In the previous dynasty, the test papers were handed in without ambiguity, and the reviewers could see the names of the candidates. Therefore, everyone must cheer up and try to gain some talent for themselves before the test, so that the examiners are familiar with their names.

Especially those who go to Beijing from other places, they are not like Beijing high school students, they already have some reputation, they must seize every opportunity to make their reputation known.

Today, when the first emperor established the dynasty and reopened the imperial examinations, this was changed.

The exam papers are vague, and anyone who dares to reveal a little bit of their own information on the exam papers will fail the exam.

The rules have changed, but the habits of the candidates are still there.

After all, although you can't get a familiar face when grading papers, it is also a good thing to get yourself a good reputation.

Maybe I can get a head start when I wait for a vacancy in the future.

Xie Yu also frequently went to poetry clubs and societies to write poems and articles.

Young and vigorous, but also want to get ahead quickly, the topic of policy theory is also very bold.

At that time, Xie Yu wrote an article about "the advantages and disadvantages of the imperial court when King Wu personally conquered the two prefectures and six states in the south during the reign of the first emperor".

The first time it was brought out was at a small elementary school meeting with less than ten participants.

He thought at the time that everyone would discuss it and give him some inspiration for polishing and modification. After it was perfected, he would discuss it on the big scene.

As a result, as soon as the society ended that day, he was invited by the waiter in the teahouse to the private room upstairs.

There was one person sitting inside.

The man looked like he hadn't reached his thirties, he was dressed in ordinary clothes, he was a civil servant, and he seemed to have practiced martial arts, but if he was a general, he seemed too refined.

He didn't report his family background, but the man asked Xie Yu's hometown, who he studied under, and discussed the article with him.

But with just a few words, Xie Yu was quite inspired, thinking that this person listened carefully to what they learned in the private room before.

Xie Yu thanked him and promised to write another draft after returning home.

But the man shook his head: "Just keep it in your heart, don't take this article out and say it everywhere."

Xie Yu froze in place.

He looked at that person for a moment, wondering why, his eyes were full of disapproval, dissatisfaction, discomfort and so on.

The other party did not avoid his gaze, and said calmly: "With your foundation, as long as you perform normally, you should be on the list. The reign of the first emperor has passed, and now you have been enthroned for four years. It is time for a man of insight to show his ambitions." , you may wish to focus on the future development of Dazhou."

After saying this, the man got up, cupped his hands and left.

Xie Yu chased after him all the way, and when he saw the other party entered the Dingguo Mansion, he realized that the man was Lin Xuan, the chief examiner of this subject.

He stood at the entrance of the alley for a long time.

I don't understand, I'm not reconciled, but in the end, I can only admit it.

With such a clear instruction from the chief examiner, if he goes against it, nothing good will happen.

The point of view of that article has been collected so far.

Xie Yu and Lin Xuan became acquainted a lot until he was named on the gold list and passed the Jinshi examination.

Once, he asked Lin Xuan privately why he gave such a suggestion, but Lin Xuan smiled and did not give him an answer.

However, Xie Yu always remembered the calm and persistent look of the other party when Lin Xuan asked him not to write those articles in the private room that day.

Flash forward nearly 20 years.

That person's figure, that person's eyes overlapped with Lin Fan who was sitting at the same table with him now.

Because of this, Xie Yu didn't refuse immediately, knowing that Lin Fan's requested article was probably extremely hot, and asked, "What article?"

Lin Fan said: "Master Xie read that letter, what do you think?"

"If everything mentioned above is true," Xie Yu paused, and said, "The Yan clan, their hearts can be punished."

"It's true," Lin Fan said, "As a foreign relative, Yan's behavior cannot be tolerated. I would like to ask your lord to write an article against Yan."

Xie Yu pursed his lips.

He guessed the answer.

In other words, rather than crusade against the Yan family, it is better to say that the Qing emperor started from the Yan family, and the ultimate goal was the throne.

The call to action is actually not difficult to write.

With Lin Fan's own ability, it's not a problem to write ten or twenty articles.

But the call-to-action is not an ordinary article, it is an announcement, a criticism, and a denunciation, and it needs to be spread widely and far, so that the world knows it and everyone is indignant.

However, the style of this call-to-action is obscure and clumsy, not to mention illiterate, even the literate people may not be able to fully understand it from the beginning to the end, so how can we talk about dissemination?

In order to spread such an article that is difficult to spread by word of mouth, the reputation of the author is especially needed.

It doesn't have to be high-ranking and important, but it must be full of talent, have brilliant articles handed down to the world, and be able to attract students all over the world to read.

The dignified Ding Guogong has a great title and is famous on the battlefield, but Lin Fan currently has no status in the literary world.

He personally wrote a call to action, and the effect was far inferior to that of Xie Yu.

Since high school, Xie Yu has been a good official, and there are often articles that are praised among the students.

This is why Lin Fan came from Qiyang City to find Xie Yu.

"I'm not afraid of scolding my relatives," Xie Yu looked at Lin Fan and said very bluntly, "But you and I both know very well that behind the Qing emperor's side, there is a fight for the position. I am an official of the Great Zhou, how can I hand over this A knife?"

Xie Yu's refusal was expected by Lin Fan.

Just seeing the Yan family's tampering with the mining industry can fill them with righteous indignation to the point of wanting to change the emperor immediately, so Lin Fan has nothing to do with it.

The civil and military ministers in Beijing swarmed and lifted the emperor off the dragon chair.

It is not so simple to change hands.

Lin Fan smiled and sighed: "Master Xie, you know that I have no way out."

Xie Yu's throat was slightly astringent: "It was written in the imperial decree, but I originally thought that there was a misunderstanding in it. You and Marquis Yongning should not, and will not have the idea of ​​betraying Da Zhou."

But thinking about it now, it seems that he was superficial.

With the imperial decree, it is no longer a question of "whether you have it" or "whether you want it or not".

Xie Yu has worked in the officialdom for more than ten years, and he is not as "naive" as he was when he was rushing for the exam.

Monarchs, ministers, courts, the rules are like this.

There were only three roads before Lin Fan.

Either use the death certificate to prove his innocence, and take his life to protest; or stay silent from now on, stay away from the court, and be idle, and have to bet that the emperor will not want to deal with him again one day; or, Qingjun's side.

Xie Yu understood that Lin Fan had chosen the third path, but he didn't want to just make that knife.

"Master Xie, have you ever thought about it?" Lin Fan lowered his voice, "Why did the eldest princess draw swords against the emperor?"

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