marquis of jingan

Chapter 71 Ups and Downs
The county examination is a very important part of the work of the county government. The county lord personally serves as the chief examiner, and when entering the examination room, the county lord will personally roll the roll.

Before dawn, the county lord had already arrived at the main hall of the examination room.

Soon, following the calls of teachers from various schools, the candidates for this year's county examination bid farewell to their families one by one, and stood in the main hall according to the location arranged by the county government hall.

After standing up, the county lord will start the roll call.

The county lord called the name, and then the candidates should arrive.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Jiaoyu on the side took out the roster and sang aloud the life insurance of a certain clerk. At this time, Mr. Xiucai, who was standing aside as a guarantor, would respond and promise to give birth to such and such a guarantor.

This process is called singing Bao.

Jiangdu is a major scientific examination county, so naturally there are quite a few people taking the test. At this moment, there are two to three hundred people present. By the time the singing process is over, the sky has already brightened.

Because Shen Yi got up too early, he was a little sleepy now, standing in the crowd, yawning from time to time, and when the sun went down, the officials at the entrance of the examination room called his name.

"Shen Yi from Ganquan Academy."

Shen Yi shivered, his whole body became more sober, and he quickly went forward with his test paper, and the officials in the county government office checked his test paper, his "examination admission ticket", and verified his integrity.

After confirming that it was Shen Yi himself, this person put Shen Yi in, and then two more people stopped Shen Yi, and carefully touched Shen Yi's body from top to bottom, and even took off Shen Yi's coat to make sure that there was nothing on him. After the "cheat sheet" was entrained, he was put in.

For this "body search" part, although Shen Yi was a little uncomfortable, he still frowned and endured it.

Because he knows that this is already considered good.

When he was raising his body in the mountains in his previous life, he read a lot of miscellaneous books, and he knew that in some eras, in order to prevent cheating, candidates were even required to "take a naked test" during scientific examinations.

But now Da Chen's scientific examination is just a body search, which is already very humane.

After being searched by "Souzi", Shen Yi finally stepped into the examination room in Jiangdu County. He successfully found his place according to the examination papers issued by the county government.

A few words were written on the location.

The seventh month of the month.

This is Shen Yi's "examination number", and it is also the code that he must remember. Candidate number".

Shen Yi looked around at the surrounding environment, and then sat down obediently, because he didn't sleep well last night, he was a little sleepy at the moment, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

Because... here is the county test!

Although it was only the first county examination and the first step in the imperial examination, it was the only path to the pinnacle of life in this era, and it was also the first step for Shen Yi to reach a high place in this life!
Some students with poor psychological qualities would even faint due to excessive tension in such an occasion. Even Shen Yi, who had a calm mind in two lifetimes, was not big enough to sleep on such an occasion.

Not long after Shen Yi took his seat, officials from the county government office began to hand out exam questions.

The difficulty of the first round of the county test is very low. Generally, as long as the writing is fluent, you can pass it. Therefore, the test questions are not difficult. They are all sentences from the excerpted scriptures. Just fill in the blanks.

After getting the exam questions, Shen Yi only glanced at them, and heaved a sigh of relief.

I have seen it all, and I will recite it.

The rest is a matter of transcription.

Shen was not in a hurry to answer the question, but took out a piece of pastry that his sister-in-law had prepared for him from the test basket, and took a big bite.

Only when you have a full stomach can you have the energy to answer the questions.

……

Just when Shen Yi and other students entered the examination room, in the main hall outside the examination room, the county venerable Zhang Jian was sitting face to face with a little old man.

This Zhang Xianzun smiled and said: "I heard that in the past years, the uncle was invited to be the examiner in the county examination, but the uncle did not go. This year, a county examination uncle in Jiangdu actually came. It is really not easy."

Lu Anshi sat opposite Zhang Xianzun, smiled at Zhang Xianzun, and said: "I have nothing to do, so I come out and walk around. Since the seven sons of Ganquan, in recent years, there are only one or two colleges for each subject. I'm a Jinshi, and I'm a little bit down, this time I just came to see, these young people from Jiangdu."

Zhang Xianzun smiled slightly, did not answer, but bent over to pour a cup of tea for Master Lu, and said with a smile: "Master, have you considered what I told you last time?"

That day when Shen Yi and others came to the county government office to report, Zhang Xianzun excitedly went to the academy, and had a secret conversation with Master Lu in the academy for more than an hour before leaving. No outsider knew what the two of them had said.

Hearing this sentence, Master Lu frowned slightly, and then said: "Yi An told me last time that Mr. Yang has written a letter to retire, but these days old friends in Tianjin City have written to me, saying that Mr. Yang is still in the government. Never left the capital."

"You don't have to leave Beijing to tell the old man."

Zhang Xianzun also poured himself a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Since old man Yang has written a letter to sue him, it means that he no longer clings to the power in his hand, and it also means that His Majesty is in charge of the government, and there is no longer any obstacle."

Speaking of this, Zhang Jian paused, looked up at Lu Anshi, and said in a low voice: "In the summer court, His Majesty scolded Old Man Yang in front of all the officials. Uncle Master should know about this, His Majesty's The attitude is already very clear!"

"Your Majesty also doesn't want to be angry with the northerners. As long as His Majesty is in charge, Da Chen will be swept away, and he won't keep playing the tortoise like old man Yang did in the past!"

Zhang Jian looked at Lu Anshi, and said in a low voice: "Master, as long as you are willing to become an official, my master can at least guarantee you a job as a doctor in the six departments. After two years, all the people on Old Man Yang's side will come down, and the court will With a large number of positions vacant, it is not impossible for you, uncle, to be in charge of the six departments, and even worship the prime minister!"

The court is now divided into two factions.

In other words, the more obvious two factions.

One is the Turtle Faction represented by Prime Minister Yang Jingzong. This faction's governance strategy is to shrink back and try to avoid hostilities with the northern barbarians, so as to maintain Da Chen's existing regime.

And the other faction cannot be said to be a hawk, it can only be said to be a relative hawk.

Because even this relatively hard-line faction basically rarely has the idea of ​​​​raising troops for the Northern Expedition. What everyone thinks in their hearts is that they can't continue to be bullied by the Northern Qi, and they must find an opportunity to meet the Northern Qi, so as to maintain the "equal status" of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. .

Obviously, the faction of Ganquan Academy is a relatively hawkish faction.

Lu Anshi looked up at Zhang Jian in front of him, and sighed slightly: "The late emperor, why didn't he have such an attitude? I'm afraid that His Majesty is just a young man, and once he suffers some setbacks, he will be devastated. At that time, the people on Yang Xiang's side will still be like this." Once again, the court will return to its current appearance."

"Moreover…"

Lu Anshi lowered his brows and said: "I don't care about officialdom anymore, I just want to teach and educate people in my hometown with peace of mind, and try my best to cultivate some talents for the court and Da Chen."

He looked at Zhang Jian and sighed.

"If Da Chen wants to become strong, the first thing he must do is to work together, instead of relying on His Majesty's will to decide whether a group of people will rise or fall."

"If the court is like it is now, I will appear on the stage after you sing, without a long-term backbone, let alone prosperity, let alone the Northern Expedition, I'm afraid..."

"I'm afraid that in the future, it is unknown whether we can keep this half of the country."

(End of this chapter)