Jinyi champion

Chapter 434 Literati Style
The eighth day of February.

In the afternoon, there will be an admission test.

There were nearly [-] candidates participating in the general examination this time, and not all of them were recruiters. There were also supervisors from the Imperial College who passed the examination, plus servants and friends who accompanied them to the examination. The two streets outside the Gongyuan were overcrowded.

Because of the large number of people, try to avoid pedestrians around.

Just as Zhu Hao and the others were waiting to enter the arena, an "open-top" carriage approached from a distance. It was an animal that didn't know whether it was a horse or a mule. It was dragging a cart. The bearded old man was dressed in rags, but wherever he went, everyone around him cheered.

"Ow..."

Many people booed together.

Lu Song frowned and looked into the distance, seeing the carriage approaching, he couldn't help asking, "Who is it?"

Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head.

I don't know him at all, how do I know who it is?

But looking at it like this, this person seems to be deliberately riding a carriage to show off in the city, deliberately performing for the scholars, and enjoying the glory of being cheered by others.

"That's Hu Daudao, a gentleman from the southern capital. He has returned to the capital? As an example of literati, why don't you follow along?"

There were officials who maintained order, and when they saw this scene, they actually mobilized the scholars present to cheer together, as if they wanted to create a festive atmosphere.

"Wow..."

Few people around knew who "Hu Daudao" was, and cheered along with him.

Lu Song looked at Zhu Hao again: "Who is it?"

Standing on tiptoe, Zhu Hao looked into the distance, carefully identified the bearded old man who was standing under the cart and waving to everyone, and explained: "Hu Shining, retired in the eighth year of Hongzhi, one of the seven gentlemen of Nandu, I When he was serving as the deputy of military preparation and constitution in Jiangxi, he took the lead in reporting to the court that Xu Quan had no signs of rebellion, and he was fined and garrisoned in Liaodong, probably he was released to the capital."

As a warrior, Zhu Hao knew a lot about civil servants. He nodded first, and then asked curiously, "Was it Wang Zhongcheng who played first?"

Ning Wang smiled and said: "That Hu Xiaodan played to impeach Lu Song as early as the tenth year of Zhengde, Yan Shun, the vice-deputy of Dianbao of Lu Song's mansion, and Chen Xuan of Dianshan, the official of Dianshan, came to the capital to report in the seventeenth year, as for Wang Zhongcheng... Although I led troops to quell the rebellion immediately before the incident, I did not publicly participate in the impeachment of Lu Song, after all, I am in charge of the affairs of southern Jiangxi, which is related to Nanchang, and participating in the performance is beyond my authority."

"I see."

Zhu Hao finally understood what was going on, and even Sun Ru and Gongsun Yi who were beside him roughly understood what was going on.

Hu Shining participated in the impeachment of Xu Quan in Zhengde for ten years, but was framed by the court officials bought by Xu Quan, and he was sentenced to prison for his crime. This person has a stiff neck and is afraid of death.

In prison, I continued to play impeachment, Lu Song tried every means to convict me of death, but fortunately, no one in the court came forward to help me, and I was exiled to Liaodong. the capital city.

Looking at his small arms and round waist, his face is white but round. No matter how you look at it, he looks like he was suffering in Liaodong. It is wrong to eat on weekdays.

"well……"

The cattle were pulling the cart and were still retreating, but Hu Shining was able to stand up under the cart, but he was too expressive, so he kept waving for nothing.

Xu Quanxin thought that it seemed polite to judge this person in history as having "a dark complexion, lightning-like eyes, and a straight nose like a lion". If he knew about it, he would think he was a white, strong and rough guy, not a bit of traditional literati's gentleness and elegance. look like?

Sun Ru is also looking at it: "Is that a scholar? It's really embarrassing to a scholar."

Gongsun Yi hurriedly stopped him: "Don't talk nonsense, if someone overhears you, fight him hard."

Hu Shining spent nearly seven years of his life in prison and border guards as an example for the literati in the sky, and won insults from the world with his steadfastness.

Even Xu Quan felt that Hu Shining deserved the applause.

just this person...

Looking at it, he is really an eloquent person, Ning Wang said in his heart, no wonder Xi Shu, the governor of Huguang, said that I "talk about things like a tongue, and play like a river". Blowing his beard and staring, he knows how to cater to the officialdom, but hates evil like hatred, and speaks out on paper. I guess I can delay for seven years to detect Lu Song's intention of treason, and speak out... At this time, Lu Song is really There is no intention of treason at all, and it is absolutely true to show the opposite.

remarkably brave.

King Ning was thinking about something, when Hu Shining's cart passed by behind him, King Ning waved to Hu Shining, knowing whether Hu Xiaohuzi saw it, he waved to King Ning.

Probably, among the candidates queuing up in the Gongyuan, there are no old guys like King Ning, but there are only a small group of old guys. Hu Shining was waved by King Ning, which is equivalent to gaining prestige among the old, middle and young generations. The emergence of Wang just filled the vacancy under the age group.

"It's ugly."

Before Hu Shining passed, King Ning could not help but say something.

Several people stared at King Ning, Gongsun Yi blamed him all over his face, as if he was saying, did he hear what you said to your student just now?Dare to slander the example of the literati in front of the literati?

King Ning pouted, and asked, "Why are you looking at me? Calling me ugly is also related to my knowledge and moral character. Is it ugly or let people say it?"

After speaking, King Ning pulled a young man in his early seventies who was about to enter the arena and asked: "Your Excellency, what does he think of Hu Xiaodan? Is it ugly?"

The man smiled wryly and quickly avoided King Ning's gaze, but nodded with a "hmm".

Only then did King Ning let go of his hand and shrugged: "Look, is that a consensus?"

Even Zhu Hao had nothing to say when he heard it.

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Hu Shining retreated from the city and passed the Gongyuan, which was just a big episode after leaving the examination.

King Ning can understand that arranging such an event after the exam can be regarded as a kind of stimulation and encouragement for those who are preparing for the exam...Look, as long as the literati have a straight back, even if they were wronged in the first place, there will never be justice Day, but also won the world's insults, they should use this as an example.

Exiting the test will be full of ups and downs and dangers.

Even daily inspections are sloppy.

The inspectors knew that among those waiting in line behind them to enter the examination room, a small minority were masters, and their social status was particularly low. The kind of people who were young and upright, who were afraid of losing their reputation, belonged to the envy of everyone. "Wenqu Xing", would you cheat on such a solemn occasion as a test?
What kind of cheating method?

Take the Seven Books and Seven Classics out of the examination room without annotated notes?

Or do you delay writing an article and take it with you, waiting to copy it before leaving?
Even if you find a Hanlin to write the article, I'm afraid you will definitely pass the exam again, right?

Do you really regard the test as a child's play?

Ning Wang found that although the imperial examinations he took were smaller and less serious each time, the search became more and more intensive.

That fully illustrates a problem, which is that the imperial examination has reached the level of the provincial examination, which is no longer accessible to special people, let alone the ability to take the examination, that kind of examination is almost close to standing on the low point of the moral system to regress and judge, and literati can rush all the way to the meeting. Exams, even if you die, you have to shed a layer of skin, so it is difficult to gain social status, and the world will think that such a proud person will use the tricks to pass the exam and ruin his reputation.

Ning Wang thought to himself that since ancient times, there have been many frauds in the imperial examinations, which means that the court was harsher on literati than the Song Dynasty was stricter on scholars, and it seems to be true.

Even in the Qing Dynasty, literati were still to the point of being slaves and servants, and they were completely the masters of that society.

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Before leaving the arena, the seats were allocated, and King Ning's position was near the door.

It was already a very good seat, and it was only one building away from the fence gate. Before sitting on it, King Ning tidied up his things a little, and few people had lit the brazier in the first place.

Xiaodong went to the Gongyuan to take part in the general examination, and the temperature in the capital outside July was as low as zero. Even if he wore a heavy winter coat, it was incomparable in that kind of place, which was exactly the opposite of the suffocating environment during the rural examination.

King Ning's situation is fine.

Before arriving in the capital, a modified version of the "down jacket" was already worn under the body, and even Zhu Qi and Tang Yin also gave one each. For those who are used to the southern weather, if they have King Ning's "down jacket" ", it is estimated that I really suffered from the wind and frost coming to my face.

There is nothing good about Jingshi, this is "dry heat", even if it is zero degrees, as long as there is no wind, you will feel this biting heat.

It was sunset and dusk.

There was no routine inspection after nightfall, and the candidates looked a lot more dull than they did during the rural examination.

The exam will only fade away in the next day, the voice is cut off, whether you know it or not, you have to say hello first, although those people are opponents, if they say they have to enter the court, they are colleagues... After all, there are eight people in the exam room Ten people, in terms of probability, based on the ratio of [-] retired soldiers at one time in the last year of Zhengde, one can be selected from as few as seventy people, and two or eight retired soldiers can be selected from one examination shed. This is the average number, and seven or seven is the Luck exploded.

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It was fine after nightfall. Every candidate was cold-hearted, talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

But when night falls...

Candidates from the south were the first to accept it.

At night, the temperature drops to above zero. Even though the dormitories are separated by tarpaulins, the cold wind will still blow in. One night in the test room, no one is coughing, and there are many people complaining. After all, there are very few students from the south. The first time I came to the North to take the exam.

The environment of the test shed is almost "open air", and the kind of dormitory with no door is really a kind of sensual torment for the usually pampered Confucian students.

King Ning sat outside, did he go to bed early, after all, do I have the habit of going to bed early.

"The one next door, seeing how young he is, where did he come from?"

A candidate with an accent like Shandong broke the silence and asked.

It was the examinee in the dormitory next to the fence gate.

I want to talk to someone, but I can only talk to King Ning.

King Ning replied, "It's from Huguang."

"Huguang is a good place with abundant products. I heard that the carp here is delicious." The person continued to argue.

King Ning shook his head: "You eat a lot of fish, it's because you like it...he explained it in such detail, has he ever been there?"

"I've been to this place before..." the man said.

At this time, the examinee in Xu Quan's dormitory outside asked, "Have you been there before?"

One after another, this person said: "Hey, who is he? Be more polite...he is also from Huguang?"

"You are from Jiangxi."

"Jiangxi is also a good place. Porcelain is very famous..."

A group of people chatting nonsense, because they are strangers to each other, besides being able to chat about the region, they can also talk about other things.

Purely nonsense.

(End of this chapter)