Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Judging by Long Zai's appearance, he obviously did very well in the provincial examination this time.

As he walked, he was discussing the exam questions with the scholars around him.

The people around him were full of compliments, saying yes again and again, hugging him in the center like stars holding the moon.

Seeing him coming out, candidates continued to come forward and salute: "Oh, it turns out that it is Long Mingqing who is famous in the south of the Yangtze River."

"Duke Long's poems have been known to us for a long time, and this meeting will definitely be on the list."

While talking, Long slightly cupped his hands, his expression full of complacency.

When he got to Su Mu's side, he suddenly stopped in his tracks: "So it's Brother Zi Qiao, why haven't you returned to Beijing yet, how did you do in the exam this time. I'm about to charter an official boat, why don't you do it all the way."

Su Mu knew that he came here deliberately to find trouble with him, and said lightly: "Thank you Mr. Long, Su Mu is waiting for another classmate, so I won't trouble you."

"No trouble!" Mr. Long chuckled, "Mr. Su is a master of poems and essays. Since we met that night, I can look up to you. I wish I could fall asleep with you and have a chat. How about , I'll wait for you, wait for that classmate of yours to come out, and then go together."

As soon as the words fell, a scholar beside Long interrupted jokingly, and sneered loudly: "Mr. Su's poems and essays are definitely excellent, but they are all copied. If Xiaosheng has an isolated copy of Song Dynasty, he can copy as many as he likes." , can also be famous among scholars, and at that time, naturally, you will have to compete with Mr. Long in poetry or something."

While talking, he pretended to salute Long Zaiyi: "Brother Mingqing will have to give way to my younger brother when the time comes. The younger brother thinks about it day and night, and what he thinks about is getting famous. I hope Brother Long will make it happen."

"Success, why not fulfillment, what kind of friendship do we have?" Mr. Long nodded, with a humble face, but said: "Actually, if that's the case, even if my younger brother refuses to let me, I may not be able to win you. The genre is written to the extreme, no matter how hard future generations try, they will not be able to surpass it.”

As soon as this was said, everyone in the audience burst out laughing.

Then, the laughter began to spread like ripples, and then joined together.

"Su Mu and Su Ziqiao's reputation in the scholastic community is based on plagiarism!"

"This scum!"

"Shame of Shilin"

……

All kinds of sarcasm and sarcasm are endless.

Although Su Mu was annoyed, he also knew that now was not the time to attack.Instead of arguing uselessly now and humiliating yourself, it is better to keep silent and find a way to get this place back in the future.

But Mu Sheng and others were invisibly included in the same rank because they stood with Su Mu.They all felt ashamed at the same time, wishing there was a gap in the ground so they could slip in.

"Everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet!" Long Zai raised his hands above his head.

After all, he is a young celebrity of the younger generation in Hebei. Long has become very famous in the past two years, and everyone fell silent at the same time.

Long Zi put away his smile and looked serious and dignified: "Everyone can't say that about Mr. Su, at least don't say that in front of me, Long Zai. Otherwise, in the future, Mr. Su will win the Juren, in the same year as me, how will everyone meet in the future?"

The so-called same year means that they won the honor of Juren in the provincial examination in the same year.In this way, this relationship will accompany each other for life, and if any one of them has something to do in the future, the other contemporaries are obliged to watch over and help each other.

"Ha!" Now, the laughter became louder.

"What do you rely on to win the exam? Is it plagiarism? Is it possible that the test questions of this subject's provincial examination are also recorded in the Song edition?"

"Haha, haha, Mr. Long's joke is a bit cold."

"Mingqing is really funny, wonderful person, wonderful person!"

……

The more than 1000 candidates present laughed and shouted at the same time, insulting Su Mu, and vented the pressure that had been pressing on their chests during the exam.

These more than 1000 candidates are the backbone of Hebei Shilin, controlling the public opinion in Beizhili.

It can be imagined that from this moment on, Su Mu's reputation was completely ruined, and he would have no face to hang out in the circle of readers in the future.

Mu Sheng and the others also realized the seriousness of the problem, looked at each other, and then said loudly to Su Mu: "Su Mu, shameless villain, from this moment on, we will cut off our ties, and don't mention our name in front of others in the future. "

After speaking, it was like avoiding the plague, pushing away the crowd, and a cloud of smoke disappeared so that no one could be seen.

Su Mu didn't expect the human relationship to be so cold and warm. When he won the first place in the hospital examination, Mu Sheng and others saw him with respectful faces, and shouted "Brother Ziqiao" one after another. Now, his reputation has been ruined. , but they avoided it.

The world is really helpless!

Su Mu shook his head, feeling speechless for a while.

Long Zai walked up to Su Mu and said with a low laugh: "Su Mu, how do you feel? Now you are very famous. If you want to be famous, well, I will give you this chance. Are you satisfied with this situation?"

Su Mu calmed down, and asked with a smile: "Brother Long, it seems that you are determined to win this provincial examination. If I, Su Mu, also pass, are you ashamed to be the same age as me?"

"Bold, you scum, why did you win the election?"

Several scholars shouted loudly: "Arrogant things, are you worthy of being compared with Ming Qing?"

Looking at the confidence on Su Mu's face, Long was taken aback. Before he could speak, Su Mu had already walked away.

It's not that Su Mu isn't angry, he also figured it out, it's useless to use his tongue now, everything has to wait until the results are announced.

Unsurprisingly, when they went to pick up the luggage, Mu Sheng and the others had already paid the bill and left, saying that they had hired two carriages and left overnight.

"What are they afraid of?" Su Mu was very helpless, "In order to hide from me, even Sun Chen didn't care, but he didn't think that these people are so good-natured."

So he asked the man to take Sun Chen's luggage and went to find an inn. It was also Su Mu's luck that he found one.

When it was dusk, he went to wait at the entrance of the Gongyuan, and finally it was Sun Chen who appeared on the stage with a sick face.

Sun Chen's illness has not fully healed, and he looks a little weak.

Seeing Su Mu, he asked Mu Sheng and the others why they didn't see anyone.

After hearing Su Mu's description of the situation at noon, Sun Chen cursed in a low voice with a sullen face: "Little people, a bunch of villains."

Then, he looked up at Su Mu: "Zi Qiao, I believe in you."

Su Mu felt warm in his heart: "Zixiang, I don't want to say anything. I saw you right as a friend. There is no need to mention this matter. How are you doing in the exam, are you sure?"

Sun Chen shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work."

"Zixiang's health is not good, there is nothing he can do if he doesn't win, let's talk about it in the next issue."

"I can only wait for the next issue. In fact, it has nothing to do with whether I get sick or not. I'm not talented enough, so it's okay if I don't get in."

Su Mu comforted him a few words and took him back to the inn.

Originally, the two were going to say goodbye the next day.Su Mu went to Beijing, while Sun Chen returned to Baoding.

However, around the time of the last exam, Sun Chen caught a cold, and Sun Chen had a fever again.Su Mu had no choice but to invite An Langzhong and rest at the inn for a day, finally the fever subsided.

This time Su Mu didn't dare to be careless and hired a car to take Sun Chen back in person.

Sun Chen felt greatly, and said with red eyes that Brother Ziqiao should go back to Beijing earlier, your family is still waiting for your news, and you still have to wait to see the list?

But Su Mu said: "Don't worry, it's still too early to publish the list! As for the family, I have asked someone to bring the letter back. Zixiang's health is important."

Since Su Mu said so, Sun Chen will let it go.

It turns out that after the township exam is over and the rankings are determined, it is not over yet. All the admitted Juren township exam papers have to be sent to the Ministry of Rites within a time limit. The censor selects the examiner and examines the examination papers one by one. If the style is found to be incorrect, plagiarized, the Zhu ink scroll does not match, the answer is not what the question is asked, etc., the name of the examinee will be removed; if there are other violations, the penalty will be suspended for one to three subjects .The chief examiner, fellow examiners and other officials will also be punished differently depending on the severity of the circumstances.

Only after such a set of procedures can the list be published.

The dates for the provincial and township examinations are not fixed.

Before September [-]th in large provinces, before September [-]th in central provinces, and before September [-]th in small provinces, the date of publishing the list is usually selected on Yin day or Chen day, so it is also called Tiger List or Dragon List, commonly known as Dragon and Tiger List.When the list was released, it was just when the sweet-scented osmanthus was in full bloom, so it was also called Guibang.

Although Beizhili is not a separate administrative agency, it is very large, so it is set on September [-] as usual.

It is now August 23th, and there are still [-] days before the list of the township examination is released, and the days are still long.It's still too late to go back to Baoding, besides, if Sun Chen goes back alone, Su Mu is not at ease along the way.

On the third day after the exam, Su Mu and Sun Chen left Tongzhou in a mule or horse-drawn cart, but he didn't know that the ranking of the exam had already been determined.

In the Gongyuan, the papers for the second and third rounds were also recommended by the same examiner.By the way, if the questions for the second and third rounds of the [-] papers selected earlier are not recommended, they will be demoted to a higher level.Those who are recommended will maintain their original rankings.

At this moment, in the Supreme Court Hall, Yang Tinghe was sitting upright with a serious expression on his face.

On both sides of the courtroom, the examiners in each room, the outer curtain officer, and the proctoring examiner were also sullen.

The atmosphere in the lobby is dignified, making people feel short of breath.

Yang Tinghe asked solemnly: "Is everyone here?"

But no one answered, all of them lowered their heads and secretly looked at the people next to them.

Yang Tinghe saw that everyone looked strange, and looked around, suddenly found that one person was missing, it was the assistant examiner named Daohua.

It is estimated that he was in a mood and refused to attend.

Yang Tinghe sneered in his heart: This man is a man of integrity, fair and honest, which I admired a lot before.But now because of a disagreement with the chief officer, he has to put down the pick, regardless of the general situation, but he is not a person.

But he didn't know that he would be the chief assistant of the cabinet in the future, and he would control the ups and downs of thousands of officials in the world. This evaluation has already sentenced the deputy examiner named Daohua to a political death sentence.

"In this case, let's unseal the record!" While speaking, his eyes fell on the stack of papers that had been brushed down, and the top one should be Su Mu's paper.