Emperor Yongzheng

Chapter 58: The talented man from Bolun Tower behaves elegantly and orders him to buy exam questions and the examiner secretly pays attention to them

Sun Jiagan was full of reason, but hit a hard nail in front of Yongzheng, and walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, only dizzy and weak from anger, his footsteps seemed to be filled with lead, and he walked out of Yongxiang.The eunuchs are the quickest to report to the gods. I heard that a sixth-rank chief and the minister had a disagreement about the matter, and the tangle was torn to the Longzong gate, and the trouble was dealt with by the emperor himself. This is a rare thing that has never happened since the founding of the country. No one should look This character?Those who have nothing to do are in the square between the three halls of Tianjie and Qianqingmen, which is commonly called "Tianjie". ——Original note.hang around.Seeing that Sun Jiagan was not wearing his mending suit, his collar button was undone, his big hat was off, his face was covered with tears, his mouth was crooked and his eyes were staggering, the maids covered their mouths with their handkerchiefs and grumbled Laughing back and forth, the eunuchs poked and poked the male duck's throat, sometimes whispering, sometimes laughing.

After leaving Yongxiang, there are more people watching the excitement, but this is a place with rules, people dare not gather together, they just stand far away and all look at him, as if looking at a monster.Sun Jiagan stood still, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, a thought suddenly came to his mind: with today's humiliation, he can't live on in this world!Just here to remonstrate, once and for all!He glanced at the eight huge gold-plated copper vats in front of the Qianqing gate, pondered for a moment, then walked over with his head held high.

"Brother Nian!" A young official was waiting in front of the Qianqing Gate to be interviewed in the study. Seeing Sun Jiagan heading straight for the gold vat, he knew he was going to commit suicide, so he hurried over to greet him, and said with both hands, "Sun Mengzhu, are you here all right?" After looking at it for a long time, I realized that it was Yang Mingshi (1667-1737) in the same year as my hometown. Yang Mingshi ([-]-[-]) was born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, Li Guangdi's favorite student, from commoner to minister.Tang Xi was a Jinshi, entered the Imperial Academy, supervised studies in Zhili, and served as a road patrol in Zhili, "not only a clean official, but also good."Moved to Guizhou Chief Envoy, Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, etc. "Responsible for oneself, not in line with the times."He is a representative of Kejia, who was deliberately attacked by Yongzheng.During the Qianlong period, he was called to serve as the minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College Jijiu. He was a minister of the three dynasties.Because Yang Mingshi was wearing a nine-python five-claw gown and a peacock mending suit, the sapphire top was shining brightly, and the snow-white horseshoe sleeves were turned up, neat and clean and elegant, and under the snow light, he looked even more elegant and elegant.Sun Jiagan really had everything in his heart, and he said in a daze, "Ah...it's Song Yun...it's good to see you today, it's goodbye forever, it's okay...I'll ask you one thing, if you are willing to do it, I will know it, if you don't , I don't blame you... Can you? The hall in my house—"

Yang Mingshi didn't wait for him to finish, he dragged him and said in a low voice: "I know about you, I also know about your affairs, I am a feudal government and in charge of Huguang's finances, I don't know if you are right or not? Although the emperor is mean, It's not stupid, you can't wait and see? This is not a place to talk, wait for me at home next night, we will have a long talk all night. You must not commit suicide, look at this screwdriver, they want you to die! "Speaking, I saw more than a dozen eunuchs and subordinates, as well as Sun Jiagan's deadly enemy Ge Dahun, surrounded by the eighth elder brother Lian Prince Yun, joking and laughing while walking slowly out of the Qianqing Gate. Yang Mingshi let go of his hands and went up to greet him with a smile Yun beat Qian'er to salute, and said politely: "My minister Yang's name is to greet the prince!"

"It's Songyun!" Yun smiled with a smile on her face. She casually glanced at Sun Jiagan, who was looking up at the sky. He stepped forward a few steps and helped Yang Ming up with both hands. He said kindly, "When did you come to Beijing? To see the emperor?" Yang Mingshi bowed and said unhurriedly: "I came to Beijing the day before yesterday. The emperor was too busy to get out. He ordered me to meet Mr. Longkodo today and hand over the sign to see you tomorrow." Yun nodded with a smile. , said: "I know, it's probably Kai Enke. Zhang Tingyu's brother Tinglu is the chief examiner, and you are the deputy. You will know when you meet the emperor - who is that? You two talked so intimately!"

Yang Mingshi looked back at Sun Jiagan. Before he could say hello, Sun Jiagan snorted and walked away with a raised face.He Zhu'er, the eunuch leader of the Eighth Prince's Palace, laughed and said, "Your Majesty, he is Sun Jiagan who is messing with Lord Ge. He has two or five eyes and is the most ignorant. I thought he was Sun Xingzhe. Who knows what he looks like?" Like a pig—" He was talking proudly, but Yun unexpectedly raised his hand and gave him a crisp slap in the face!

"You bastard!" Yun Deng was immediately furious. "Senior officials can be killed but not humiliated. Do you understand? Sun Jiagan is an official of the imperial court. Right and wrong are decided by the imperial court. It's your turn to make irresponsible remarks like a slave?" "He Zhuer was so focused on trying to please Yun and Ge Dahun that he accidentally received a slap in the face. His face turned pale with fright, he took a few steps and stepped back, not daring to speak again.Yun then turned his face and said with a smile: "The villain's nature is really stupid. If you want to get angry every day because of them, you can't get angry - Songyun, I'm tired of saying this. In the capital, you are as clear as a puddle of water." , if you need anything, come to my house."

Yang Mingshi smiled faintly, bowed again, raised his head and said in a straight tone: "Your Majesty, Mingshi dare not forget the imperial decree!" He looked up at Yun's smiling face, without the slightest hint of fear or shyness. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he was always smiling, and seemed to be sarcastic. Only then did Ge Dahun realize that this man had a strong character and was a more difficult character to dismiss than Sun Jiagan.

"Yes, civil and military officials are not allowed to make friends with elder brothers. This is the family law of the ancestors." When Yun looked at Yang Ming with admiration, "But few people remember it nowadays. This king has never subdued others' ambitions, so do as you want!" Then he went with them all the way.Ge Dahun said as he walked: "This man has a good manner." Yun's face was expressionless, and he only said two words: "National scholar".

Sun Jiagan's desire to seek death was gone after such a disturbance, but his mood was still gloomy.Leaving Xihua Gate, he took a warm sedan chair and rushed back to the Yungui Division of the Ministry of Accounts. He tidied up the documents by himself, pressed the official seal of the Yungui Division and the money casting mold to be submitted on it, and took off the messy robes. Clothes draped over the back of the chair, looking out the window contemplatively at the frozen ground.When the subordinates saw the appearance of the hall official, they all stood with their hands down and sobbed, but no one said anything.After a long while, Sun Jiagan smiled self-consciously, and said: "You have all seen it, and you must have guessed it. My business is over here, and all the official affairs that should be explained are placed on the table. First, the horse pen post will be in charge temporarily. Who will come?" You can hand it over to whoever receives the seal, if you don’t understand, just go to my residence and ask.”

"Sun Zhuzheng," Ma Bitieshi bowed and said with tears in his eyes, "my lord...my lord...just go...to go?"

"Yeah." Sun Jiagan said quietly, "Why didn't my parents give birth to a Sun Jiagan who looks like a son? This place is the first vacancy in the household department. I come here with a clean hand and a glass of water - I usually treat you It’s too strict, and I’m sorry for delaying your fortune. Come, treat me with a glass of water as wine, and I’ll bid farewell to you!” As he spoke, he poured a few glasses of water from the tea hanger, handed each of them a glass, and said, "At the moment, I've only taken off the crown, I'm no longer an official, and there are no other punishments. The power of the sky is unpredictable, and some villains hate me so much, who knows what will happen next? Ge Dahun is us again. You have nothing to do with offending him. Therefore, none of you should visit me." After finishing speaking, he raised his head and drank the glass of water, seeing that everyone had drunk it, Sun Jiagan threw the glass away, There was a sound of "Dang" and it was smashed into pieces - wearing a crimson belt around his waist, he strode out of the Yungui Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stood still in the courtyard, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "My husband wrote to Beique, brushed his sleeves to Nanshan, this time It's also a great joy in life!" After saying that, he didn't turn his head back, the northwest wind was blowing, and the front and back of his gray cotton robe lifted Lao Gao.

Sun Jiagan had no family members in the capital, and only rented three private houses in a small alley on Gongyuan Street in the northwest corner of the imperial city.His salary is only 80 taels of silver per year. Because he is a low-grade Beijing official, he does not have his share of the "ice charcoal respect" silver that foreign officials show filial piety to Beijing officials. I didn't have any extra income, and I couldn't even hire a servant, so I had to ask a distant nephew from my hometown - a child of only fourteen or fifteen years old - to share the same room and take care of the tea, food and washing.Now that he is no longer an official, there is no need to put on an "official appearance", and he wants to save money, so Sun Jiagan simply walked back to the next place.Walking through the alley, I saw my nephew Sun Jingui waiting at the door. Seeing him coming back, Sun Jingui called from a distance: "Uncle Wu, there is a guest here!"While walking quickly, he said in his mouth, "Which brother is it?"

"It's not 'brother', it's 'brother'." Yang Mingshi pulled out the curtain with a smile, let Sun Jiagan in, and said, "I'll wait for you to have a meal, and if you don't come back, I thought you Something happened in the household department again!" Sun Jiagan forced a smile and said, "You underestimated me too much, and I refused to let people go when I was justified. If Ge Dahun didn't strike first, I wouldn't be bothered to fight with him—you How did you come down so fast?" Yang Mingshi was smiling, very relaxed and active, and while sitting in front of the charcoal brazier, he said: "This is all routine, how much do you have to talk about it? Long Ke asked a few more things about the local area, and served tea Seeing off the guests. Instead, I came out to meet Zhang Hengchen (Zhang Tingyu), held hands and said a few words, and he even asked where you live, it seems that the emperor is not really annoyed with you."

Sun Jiagan casually touched the charcoal with fire chopsticks, and said with a sneer, "You don't know these prime ministers, they will kill your head tomorrow, and today they are still holding your hand to greet you—I don't accept his kindness. What else? News?" Yang Mingshi also calmed down and said with a smile for a while, "I haven't heard of anything else, I have reason to see the emperor when I hand over the sign tomorrow. Oh, do you know Tian Wenjing who went to Shaanxi to pass the decree to Nian Gengyao?" Sun Jiagan When he raised his head and stared at Yang Ming, he said: "I have acquaintances once. He followed the Thirteenth Master in the household department to clean up the official's share of public funds. Jiang Chenying, an old celebrity, was born as the number one scholar. Because he borrowed two taels of silver, the surname Tian forced him Written in the reference book, he is the most mean person, a person who divides everything, what do you ask him to do?"

"He passed the decree on his way back, just like you, he also made a big fuss in Taiyuan and the governor of Shanxi Nuomin." Yang Mingshi looked at Sun Jiagan and said with a smile: "Long live the decree, telling Tian not to return to Beijing for the time being, but to take the decree— —You finally have a companion this time, and you are not alone.” Sun Jingui held the lamp in his hand, and while setting the lamp stand, he said, “Uncle Wu, do you want some wine?”

"What meal?"

"Same as usual, white rice, shredded pickled radish."

Yang Mingshi laughed loudly and said, "Monk Kongxiang invited Su Dongpo to eat. Su Dongpo went happily. It turned out to be white rice and white radish pickled with white salt. It was a coincidence that I also ran into it. Poor, let's go out together. I treat you!" Sun Jiagan also felt that it would be too shabby to treat guests with this "meal". Yang Mingshi was a rich and powerful family, although clean, but not poor, so he also smiled and got up and said: "There is still the second half, Su Dongpo, Mr. Kong After eating '毳' rice, Kongxiang Xing came here, but there was no food (mao), no vegetables (mao), and no wine (mao). You can't do this with me!"

The two of them followed each other, and it was the right time card.The days are short in winter, and the sky has completely darkened. From east to west, there are loads of snacks on the Gongyuan Street outside the Hutong mouth, such as wontons, dumplings, siomai pancakes, fried buns, pot helmets... and the ram horn lamps are "depressing wind". It is covered with two rows along the street, and it is half a mile long.The streets are bustling with people passing by, the steaming food stalls are filled with oily smoke and white mist, exuding an attractive fragrance of onion and ginger, with the vendors screaming, one by one shouting loudly, and the sound of customers bargaining. noisy.Yang Mingshi laughed and said, "I came during the day last time, and it was very deserted. I didn't expect this to be a night market, so it's so lively!" Sun Jiagan seemed to be preoccupied, and frowned, "Isn't this here for you? Enke, let's go!" Well, the shops here have long been filled with Xiaolian from other provinces—the picture shows that it is close to the Gongyuan—Brother Song Yun, I forgot to ask you just now, is Tian Wenjing dismissed and awaiting investigation, or is he staying in Shanxi to wait for the Ministry’s discussion?” Yang Mingshi Standing still, he asked in surprise, "What does this matter to you? I heard that the emperor sent a man named Tu to Taiyuan. He will work with Nuo Min to verify that the inventory is complete, and then punish Tian Wenjing."

"It's not that I and Tian Wenjing are 'same sick and sympathetic'. He has a philistine spirit, and I never associate with him." Sun Jiagan said in a deep voice, "But Tian Wenjing also has a strong point, he is very scheming, and he is extremely serious in his work, so we can't completely erase it... I was thinking, how dare he provoke such a hot frontier official like Nuo Min for no reason? Nuo Min is not an idler!" Yang Mingshi was stunned for a moment and didn't say anything. What kind of person is Nuo Min? , of course he is very clear.When Nuo Min was the magistrate of Anqing Prefecture, Nuo Min was ordered to go to Jinling. He once received Nuo Min who was passing by. He was a very easy-going person. He went to Shanxi somehow, got off the bus for half a year, and cleared the 230 million taels of silver owed by Shanxi officials to the state treasury. Bi; moreover, the former and current officials are dealt with separately, neither corrupt officials nor current innocent officials are spared—this kind of shrewdness and resoluteness is really astonishing.But why did Sun Jiagan ask this?After thinking about it for a while, Yang Mingshi smiled and said: "I understand your thoughts, I will act in camera when I see the emperor tomorrow! You may not be able to take care of your own affairs now, state affairs, let's let it go later-what's the hurry The emperor is clear, and sooner or later the truth will come to light; the emperor is not clear, and it is useless to say. You are really in the rivers and lakes, and your heart is hanging on Wei Que!" Sun Jiagan also laughed at what he said, "No, I was also confused. I thought I’m still in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and it’s a joke for us to discuss politics with our stomachs. Let’s go, let’s go eat!”

The two cheered up, brushed against the crowd and walked half an arrow away, and saw a wine shop standing tall on the north side of the street, with six facades in a row of red and green steps below, and a Xieshan-style roof on the top. The wooden porch with the eaves faces the street, four red gauze watermelon lanterns are hung, and four words are written on the black plaque of lacquered gold:
Boron is gone
"Liu Ling, named Bo Lun, one of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove" in the Western Jin Dynasty, was addicted to alcohol. He wrote "Ode to Wine" to promote the ideas of Laozhuang and Zhuangzi and indulge in life. He will die of drunkenness here." Yang Mingshi laughed, " The boss speaks loudly, but the style of the handwriting is not vulgar, as if he has seen it somewhere." Sun Jiagan said: "It was only opened last year, and the poor Beijing officials couldn't care about it. I have never been here, I only heard The boss is also surnamed Liu, named Liu Shulun, so it’s hard to think about the name for him. I’m going to have a great meal after following you as a rich man today.” The two of them talked and walked up the stairs, but the waiter inside had already come out, with one hand He flicked the towel over his shoulders, lifted the curtain with one hand, and yelled loudly like singing: "Come on, two, please—— want a private seat?"

When Yang Mingshi saw it, there were dozens of people sitting downstairs, in groups of three or five, all dressed up, some shouting and drinking, some were in the midst of a battle, some were intoxicated and looked up at the sky in a daze, some shook their heads and recited poems and lyrics, and some He was drunk, and forced others to listen to his own stereotyped fashion, and the chaos was extremely lively. He himself occupied the position of the deputy chief examiner, and it was even more inconvenient to chat with the candidates.Looking at the elegant seat downstairs separated by a gauze screen, Yang Ming said: "I want to be quiet, is there a good place upstairs?" When the clerk looked at Yang Ming, he saw that he was wearing a maroon lake silk squirrel padded robe with a coat on top. A rose purple lynx monkey fur waistcoat, and a brand-new six-in-one felt hat with a crimson red velvet knot, it can be seen at a glance that he is a son of Guijie who is taking an exam.Sun Jiagan's appearance was not good, but he was clean and dignified, he hesitated for a moment, and smiled, "Is this the first time I've come back to Taiwan? Go up and have a look and you'll know. The newly installed red pine wood private room, with large glass grilles, has traveled all over the capital. Bolun Building is the first one!" Yang Mingshi nodded and smiled, and Sun Jiagan climbed up the stairs, and there were six elegant seats along the north side, all of which were newly painted in clam-colored paint, but the south side was opened, and it seemed that they were specially designed for buns. The tung oil floor is polished and the fiber optics are spotless in the Xitang hall. There is also a large file case in the southwest corner, complete with pens, inks, papers and inkstones. Next to the water sign on the wall for inscribing poems, there is also a very popular among the people at that time. Rare gilt chime clock.Yang Mingshi saw that the private seats on the west side were empty, he opened the glass grille and went in, he said with a smile, "This place is very nice!"

"How dare the little ones lie to the master!" The waiter came in to wipe the table and wipe the chairs and smiled apologetically: "Since this place is in the master's eyes, I will reward the younger ones more later! - Excuse me, what kind of wine and food do you use? "

"Dish is whatever you want, two meat ones and two vegetarian ones." Yang Mingshi sat down comfortably, and threw a big shiny braid back on the chair, "I don't know what kind of wine do you have?"

"If you go back to the master, you can have any wine you want!"

Yang Mingshi saw that he was bragging so much, so he wanted to make things difficult for him. He took out five taels of silver and put it on the table, and said, "I want——Yuquan Luchun!" Because Yuquan water is exclusively used by Da Nei, it is extremely rare for folks to use it for wine making. Unexpectedly, as soon as the words came out, the clerk replied: "Yes! I don't know how heavy the taste is? Should it be single, double, or three or four. ?” Sun Jiagan was also surprised, he had a banquet for Da Nei in the Ministry of Households, and accompanied the banquet with the Ministry, and only once had he tasted the jade spring and dew spring of the four evil spirits.Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask, Yang Mingshi smiled and said, "Although Yuquan wine is good, it has only been brewed in the past few years. It is too violent. Is there any old Moutai that has been paid as a tribute?"

"Yes." The clerk hesitated for a moment and then said, "To tell you the truth, the wine that was brought as tribute was obtained from my husband, the eunuch. The product is really genuine, and you can only Old Mingjian, you can't beat the stolen gongs and drums. If you don't spread the word, you just show sympathy for the little one." Yang Mingshi was surprised, and he became more and more confused about the origin of the boss. He glanced at Sun Jiagan and said: "Of course. Beat a pound. Come on!" The waiter retreated. In this situation, Yang Mingshi and Sun Jiagan were both inconvenient to talk. They sat in the elegant room in a daze. Seven or eight people on the wall of the partition room were drinking wine to prepare orders. The two of them gradually Listen up.

"It's my turn to draw," said one person, "Sage Confucius is blessed by the spirit of heaven. If you draw a good one, each of you will be fined a cup!" Hearing the sound of drawing lots, the man drew out a lot and read:
I asked you quietly, and you responded in a low voice. "Whisperers each have a glass!" The man shouted: "Just now the two brothers Shen Qi, Yuan and Tang Jizu were whispering to each other, and everyone saw it. Ma Weilun, pour it for them!"

Then I heard the drizzling sound of pouring wine, it was probably Ma Weilun, pouring the wine and saying: "Fill it up for you!" A voice said: "My ancestor and I have the smallest amount, don't pour it! Look, it's all spilled out!" !" Tang Jizu said with a smile: "If there is a repayment, there will be a retribution, I will draw one!" He held up his hands and drew lots, and read aloud:
The shadow seems to be inseparable from the body - the companion will drink!

There was an uproar from the crowd, the sound of pouring wine, sipping, and laughing. It turned out that these people came at the same time, so everyone drank a big glass.Sun Jiagan saw that the food and wine were served, but there was a plate of cold jellyfish, a plate of green celery and stone flowers, and two meat dishes were palace fried venison belly and braised spicy chicken, so he ordered the dishes with chopsticks and said, "Just the two of us." , can’t get busy, so I have to enjoy my food.” Yang Mingshi smiled and said: “The next door is indeed a Yaling, using a collection of sentences from "West Chamber"—we drink and listen to orders, isn’t it a joy?" After finishing, He raised his glass and said, "Sure enough, it is the old Moutai of Chen Niangong! This shop is really unambiguous!" Just as he was talking, there was laughter from the next door. Those who are afraid of insiders drink", a group of people defended themselves one after another, how to study morality, how not to be afraid of their wives, they quarreled for a long time, and publicly recommended a man named Yu Dian to be force-fed.Yu Dian probably wasn't a good drinker, so he drew a lottery stick out of alcohol, and read with his tongue tied:
Sweet talk to others, tears and frowns behind their backs. "—I'm afraid people will say that I'm afraid of my own family! Good! It's really easy to sign——Just now you all confessed that you are not afraid of your wife, please enter the urn!"

So everyone laughed again and drank their own drinks.But I heard a greasy voice say: "Feng Xiao Xiangban, Jinse Luansheng—those who are good at silk and bamboo drink...unlucky!" He only heard a "boom" and the man put the wine chip aside, and then the tables and chairs were in a mess. There was a lot of noise, and a few people came over and said in a hurry: "When it comes to poetry, music and fu, who can compare with you, Liu Molin? Drink! Don't watch him pretending to be drunk!"

"Come on, I really can't do it anymore, dear brothers, please spare your life!" Liu Molin begged for mercy: "How about I tell you a joke to relieve your hangover?" Everyone probably knew that he was short-tempered, so they stopped.Sun Jiagan and Yang Mingshi drank wine and listened attentively to Liu Molin: "I was selected as a candidate, and my room master was Mr. Li Wei, Zhejiang's general envoy. I went to pay him a visit after the Luming Banquet, and he was having tea. Our teachers and students were talking, When he was tired, he called for a snuff bottle."

"The chief listened and hesitated for a long time before agreeing to go out. After a while, he came back with a bulging object in his arms."

"Master Li's temper is known to everyone in the world. He is the most irritable. When he saw that he was late, he scolded him, 'You bitch, why did you go to such a long time?'"

"'Go back to Uncle Fang,' the servant said with a bitter face: 'I brought it long ago, but how can I use this object in front of the guests?' As he said, he took his hands out of his arms. I laughed so hard at that time Angry—it turned out that this dog thought Master Li wanted a 'chamber pot', and came with a chamber pot!"

Immediately there was applause and laughter from the next door, Yang Mingshi was always reserved and only smiled, Sun Jiagan couldn't help but spit all the wine on the ground with a sip.But I heard the group of people yelling: "It's not good! We had wine, and he said he peed in the potty, and he scolded him! Punish him and change him!"

"Hmm..." Liu Molin pondered for a moment, and then said, "I was walking on the street today, and a gangster took my hat away. Using this as the title, I wrote a poem based on "Yellow Crane Tower" and served wine for all my friends. How?" After that, he groaned in a strange tone:

People in the past have stolen hats, and there is nothing left to wear hats here.

The hat is gone forever, and this head is empty for thousands of years.

Before the poem was finished, everyone fell down laughing.Yang Mingshi couldn't help but leaned forward and back on the back of the chair, while Sun Jiagan rubbed his belly and smiled with tears in his eyes.After a while, when he came back to his senses, Yang Mingshi smiled and said to Sun Jiagan: "I just want to invite you out to relieve the depression in my heart. How about it, is this trip worthwhile? Come, have another drink!" While speaking, a The middle-aged man pushed open the glass grille and came in. He was wearing a red silk padded robe, a black satin mandarin jacket, mille-soled cloth shoes on his feet, and a black satin melon skin hat on his head. With a thick mustache and a picture of Taiji Bagua in his hand, he raised his hand in a gentle manner and said, "You two are taking the exam, right? Do you want to meet?"

"No, no!" Sun Jiagan was excited to hear it, waved his hands and said, "Go somewhere else!"

The man smiled and said: "Which one of the guests who come to drink wine upstairs has not been counted by me? Since you eat tribute wine, don't you want to be a tribute student? I will give the merits to the two steps!"

"Dare to ask your surname, Taifu?" Yang Mingshi's heart moved, and he asked: "This Enke is a grand ceremony for the imperial court, life and death are fate, wealth and honor are in the sky, how dare you boast Haikou'send fame"?" The man sneered, Said: "Success is up to heaven, plan is up to man! If I don't have practical knowledge, how dare I show off in this place? You don't need to ask for my name, it doesn't matter, but I have to get fame and fame, and I'm sure about it!" Yang Mingshi smiled. , took out two coins from the sleeve and weighed a silver dime, and said seriously: "Please!"

The man looked at it, and suddenly smiled, "Is this the first time for you to enter the house? You need to buy two tribute students for two coins? Just now, I have calculated all the talents in the world with an iron abacus, and I have never met such a strong iron rooster!" Sun Jiagan said. Know: Exclusively a first-class warlock, Kai Enke used fortune-telling and divination as a guise to point out the messy and complicated clues of the capital's officialdom, and sold exam questions to swindle money. Because he was anxious to hear some new jokes over there, he said: "Zhishan Selling firewood, I have seen this kind of thing a lot, go elsewhere to deceive people!" The man turned around and walked away without making any distinctions, sighing: "Idiot! Idiot! I don't know where this is!"

"Wait!" Yang Mingshi said suddenly, "You're selling exam questions? I'll buy them! How much money?"

"70 taels!" The man looked at Sun Jiagan, "You are two people, you should have sold 100 taels. I'm talking about the real price, no kidding!" Just as he was talking, the bartender came in with a porcelain plate. There was no food on the plate, and there were two big red posts placed upright. He only glanced at the man, and walked back without saying a word.The man smiled and said: "This is the exam question. If the question is not in line, you can go to this store to get back the original silver based on the post. As for failing the exam, it is what Mr. Cai said just now - life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky." "

Yang Mingshi was the deputy chief examiner, even he himself didn't know what the emperor's exam questions were, so he was just curious, seeing that this person sold the exam questions so confidently, and even had such a big property as a guarantee, he felt more and more surprised.He nodded, took out a few banknotes from the leaf of his boots, picked one and pushed it to the man, saying, "If I didn't have this shop as a guarantee, how would I trust you? This is a 100 taels banknote." , if you really get this question, I still have a 'reward'!" After taking the question post, I picked up a copy and handed it to Sun Jiagan, when I opened it, it read:

The winner is the peace of righteousness
The sun and the moon can shine for a long time
Emperor Yi returns to his younger sister, and his king's coat is not as good as his younger sister's coat. See "Book of Changes", "Qian" hexagram, and "Classical Chinese" biography: "The one who benefits is the harmony (harmony) of (reason) and righteousness". "Heng" hexagram, "彖" biography: "The sun and the moon can (take) the sky (the way) and can shine (the earth) for a long time". "Guimei" hexagram, "Sixth Five-Year": "Emperor Yi returns (marries) to his sister, and his king's coat (clothing) is not as good (good) as his concubine's (dowry) coat".

On the bottom of the head is a small regular script, "Bo Lun raises wine to wish the Beijing News even the yellow armor".Sun Jiagan couldn't help asking: "This is all from the "Book of Changes". Could it be possible that you can answer three questions?" The man rolled up his cover and said with a smile: "Your knowledge, choose one of the three exams! I'm just trying to figure it out. Did it come out with only one question? I can't guarantee the order, and I'm also afraid that people from Shuntian Mansion will come and get me!"

"Okay, that's it!" Yang Mingshi put away the post, stood up and said to Sun Jiagan, "It's getting late, we should go too." So the two left the shop one after another, and Sun Jiagan sent Yang Mingshi straight out of Gongyuan Street, looking at him After getting into the sedan chair and going away, he staggered back to his house.Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the room, he was shocked: the cabinet scholar, the minister of the upper study, the minister of the guard, Zhang Tingyu, the chief assistant of Hanchen, was sitting in his room sipping tea and waiting!Sun Jiagan was also half awake, and said in astonishment:

"Zhang Zhongtang, are you here to get a humble job?"

(End of this chapter)