Jinyi champion

Chapter 280 Inside Information

The first round of the county examination is very important, and the marking is more rigorous, but usually the results will be announced within three days.

The day after the exam, the Zhu family sent someone to come, but it was not Zhu Wanjian, who was domineering before, but Zhu Wanquan, who was polite and had no hostility towards the third wife of the Zhu family. , Stop by to visit Zhu Niang.

"... I don't know how Zhu Hao did in this exam? According to the county exam rules, as long as he passes the first exam, he can take the government exam."

Zhu Wanquan is a student, not very old, and in Zhu's family he belongs to the kind who does not contend with the world.

Zhu Niang replied with a wry smile: "Xiaohao didn't go home after the exam, he stayed in the palace and didn't have time to ask about the situation."

Zhu Wanquan asked puzzledly: "Since the exam is over, why don't you come back?"

Zhu Niang was still wary of the fourth brother of the family, and her tone was evasive: "It is said that there are still a few exams in the future, so I can study in the palace with peace of mind, and if I pass the county exam, the government exam will follow one after another. As a matter of fact, you need to prepare well for the exam... everything is for getting into school earlier."

"I see."

Zhu Wanquan nodded, suddenly thought of something, and sighed, "The teachers in the Wangfuzhong are at least Juren and Scholars. They have rich experience in teaching and educating people. Since they think that Zhu Hao can take the county examination at a young age, they must think that he With this strength. In the past county examinations, as long as there is a famous teacher to teach, it is not difficult to pass... It depends on whether his essays can meet the examiners' expectations."

Compared with the Zhu family's opposition to Zhu Hao's imperial examination, Zhu Wanquan stood in the position of the third house of the Zhu family on this matter and fully supported it.

And he felt that Zhu Hao had strength.

Zhu Niang raised her head and asked, "Fourth Uncle had tested Xiaohao's knowledge before, and he passed the county test... how sure is he?"

In this matter, Zhu Niang did not have much confidence.

It seems that the son is studying in the palace, and the road is smooth, but after all, he has been in the palace for less than two years, and the enlightenment time is only so long, so he can take the imperial examination?
Is the threshold of the imperial examination too low?
Zhu Wanquan shook his head and said: "That day, Xiaohao's knowledge was not formally tested at the school, but he observed people in a subtle way and had extraordinary insights. It is obvious that his teacher has made achievements in teaching reading and being a human being. By the way, the third sister-in-law has never asked It is clear, who is Zhu Hao's husband? It is said that his surname is Lu, but why... has he never heard of his name?"

Before Tang Yin entered the palace as a teacher, Zhu Niang once told Zhu's family that her son's mentor was "Mr. Lu".

As the imperial court's secret agent stationed in Anlu, the Zhu family is responsible for investigating all the secrets of Prince Xing's Mansion, but it is this "Mr. Lu", no matter how hard he investigates, he seems to appear out of thin air.

A dignified candidate has a bit of a reputation, such as which year and session he won, how many people passed the provincial examination, who was the teacher, and who were his classmates...

At the level of juren, there will be records in the county annals of various places, and his name will be left in history, and there will be records for investigation.

When Zhu Niang heard Zhu Wanquan's praise of Teacher Zhu Hao, she was somewhat comforted. After all, she knew very well that it was Tang Yin, the famous Jiangnan talent. With such a great reputation, there must be some real skills, right?

It's not that the four brothers in the same family think that Zhu Hao's husband is capable. He not only teaches his son to read, but also teaches him to be a man.

"Actually, I don't know too well, I only know that he is a great sage hired by the palace."

Of course Zhu Niang would not betray Tang Yin, so she could only answer in a light-hearted manner.

Zhu Wanquan nodded: "If there is a chance, I really want to visit... In addition, I heard that a former Xuezheng in Benzhou, a Confucian surnamed Fan, is now teaching in the palace. It is rumored that he made a bet with a child in the palace. Cultivate a child to become a student, does the third sister-in-law know about this?"

Anlu is not a big place, and a small incident can spread widely. As a scholar and student, Zhu Wanquan often goes to the city to participate in literary conferences, so of course he heard about it.

Zhu Niang shook her head: "Never heard of it."

She didn't lie about this, the matter had nothing to do with her in the first place, and Zhu Hao would not tell his mother about the bet with Qianzhou Xuexuezheng of Benzhou in detail, otherwise Zhu Niang would definitely feel that her son was arrogant and severely reprimanded her.

Zhu Wanquan smiled and said: "I think it might be a person of high status in the palace, but it is unlikely to be Xiaohao... How can he cultivate a boy who has passed the palace examination?"

Originally, Zhu Wanquan also suspected that the rumored child was his nephew, but after all Zhu Hao was only nine years old and had never passed the county test. How could he bet with the great Confucian Fan Yikuan?

Fan Yikuan is so arrogant and arrogant. As a student of the state school, Zhu Wanquan certainly knows that he is half his husband. In his opinion, it is absurd for Fan Yikuan to bet with the child. It is possible that the child is the son of the royal family. , the status is equal.

If I bet with Zhu Hao...

Unless Fan Yikuan is crazy.

Zhu Wanquan's visit was obviously not to cause trouble for the orphans and widows.

The Zhu family had tried to prevent Zhu Hao from taking the county exam before, but now that he has passed the exam, he should wait until the county exam to confirm that Zhu Hao failed. Then there is a reason to come to the door to mock Zhu Niang's mother and son's restlessness.

"Third sister-in-law, if Zhu Hao comes back, if he has time to go out with me to meet Confucian scholars in this county, it will be beneficial to his studies." Zhu Wanquan got up to leave, and extended an invitation by the way.

Naturally, Zhu Niang would not agree to let Zhu Hao go out with the elders of Zhu's parents, so as not to be taken advantage of by the Zhu family.

But she would not refuse Zhu Wanquan, she nodded and said, "I will tell him when he comes back."

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The afternoon of the second day after the county exam.

Fan Yikuan reappeared in the school.

At this time, Fan Yikuan looked even more aloof and arrogant. After entering the school, he immediately called Zhu Hao and Yuan Rulin to the courtyard outside, and then Tang Yin and Lu Song appeared. It seemed that Tang Yin invited Fan Yikuan here on purpose.

"I went to the Confucian Temple at noon yesterday. I have reviewed more than [-] papers today, and I will not participate in the papers in the future... Relatively speaking, it is more important to teach the prince."

Fan Yikuan made an opening remark, roughly meaning that even if I have a high level of talent and knowledge, and I have the eyesight to discern who has the best knowledge among those who take the county examination, in order to teach the prince, I can't continue to select talents for the court, but focus on errands in the palace.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, if you don't do your own job and insist on grading papers, you shouldn't be invited yesterday.

Tang Yin said with a smile: "Fan Xuezheng continued."

Fan Yikuan looked at Zhu Hao and said, "Among the papers for more than a hundred people, I found a paper that was written differently. Its talent and knowledge were obviously much higher than those of the same examinees. I had seen Zhu Hao before. What you write, that should be what you write."

Seeing Tang Yin's narrow eyes looking over, Zhu Hao suddenly understood why Tang Yin came to listen.

Is this near water?

I was studying in the Wangfu, and when I took the county examination, the tutor in the Wangfu was the grader, so how could I tell which article was mine?When this is said, others must think that there is something tricky in it.

But the problem is, Fan Yikuan is not the kind of person to be friendly with, maybe he saw that the article was written by me, and then deliberately rated me as inferior?
Zhu Hao said: "Fan Xuezheng, I don't understand what you are saying. There are so many articles, how can you be sure that the article must be written by me? Articles are such things that there are thousands of miles of mistakes. Could it be that I have different sentences than before? The similarities in the articles make you notice the differences?"

Fan Yikuan said with a straight face: "Then how did you write your article?"

This question is very straightforward.

Fan Yikuan found a very good article and thought it was written by Zhu Hao. When he came back, he asked me how your article was written, and compared it with each other.

Zhu Hao shook his head and did not answer.

Tang Yindao: "Zhu Hao, you don't need to hide it. Right now Fan Xuezheng is no longer participating in the follow-up examination papers. He made up his mind before going to the Tribute Academy for examination papers yesterday... he won't go back after he comes out."

In every county examination, because the examination papers are all looking for famous Confucians in the prefecture or the neighboring prefectures, it is inevitable that students of these famous Confucianists will take the exam in this county, or students in this county know them and know who will be admitted. Participate in the marking work, take the opportunity to ask them to tell them what their articles look like, and do that bribery.

Therefore, the marking officers will enter the examination hall on the day of the test, and will not come out until the end of the marking. Those who come out in the middle will not participate in the follow-up marking work, in order to prevent secret communication between inside and outside.

Zhu Hao sighed: "I have a bad memory, and I can't remember what I wrote."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Song beside him couldn't help laughing, it was obvious that Zhu Hao was fooling Fan Yikuan.

Fan Yikuan looked displeased: "You are a child, but you are so thoughtful, do you think that this old man will sincerely select candidates with similar writing styles to yours, and deliberately give bad marks to make things difficult for you? I really don't know what it means...

"I don't want to say it, but I especially recommended that article to Kuang Zhizhou, and all the examiners were full of praise after reading it... If there is no accident, the crime will be in the forefront! If it weren't for you, the old man would be very happy." disappointment!"

Are you disappointed?
Disappointed by what?
Zhu Hao was a little puzzled.

Tang Yin beside him said with a smile: "Zhu Hao, in fact, Fan Xuezheng agrees with your knowledge very much, and wants to know in advance whether you wrote that article. After all, he has read a lot of excellent articles from yesterday to today, and most of the people who can look for him are selected in advance."

Fan Yikuan had a bit of complacency on his face.

Zhu Hao finally understood why Fan Yikuan said that he had only read more than a hundred test papers, and those who were not good at emotional level were not qualified to let him mark the papers.

The general idea is that as long as you tell the article you wrote, I will know whether I am in the [-] or not, and even know your ranking, which is equivalent to letting you know in advance whether you have passed the county test.

seduce me?
Let me know the exam information in advance?

I'm not fooled!

Zhu Hao didn't feel that the article he wrote had something to do with the sudden promotion of the palace, but that he didn't want to be honest.

Even the first four-book essay on rites and music written by him during the county examination, he just dressed himself up as a loyal and righteous man. Kuang Yangming, the author of the question, did not say that he was targeting Xingwangfu. Why do you think I was targeting who?

"Fan Xuezheng, the two articles I wrote were not very good, maybe they didn't catch your eye, and I'm afraid I will disappoint you!" Zhu Hao's attitude that if I don't tell you, I can't do anything about it, Fan Yikuan was very annoyed, but And helpless.

　Continue to ask for a wave of monthly tickets at the beginning of the month, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)