Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

In fact, the examination room of the Tribute Academy was closed only after receiving the set of papers hand-picked by the emperor.

Before this, the two chief executives of Jinke, Wang Jiao and Jiao Fang, were standing upstairs in Mingyuan, and they didn't go downstairs until the scholars had entered the venue and received their examination papers.

After sitting upstairs for nearly a whole day, both of them felt extremely tired due to their advanced age.

When a person is tired, his temper is not very good.At this time, Jiao Fang was full of resentment.

This resentment was mainly aimed at Wang Zhi.

Lao Wang is a native of Suzhou Prefecture, a typical southern scholar, and the scholars of the Ming Dynasty were different from the north and the south.Vaguely, Mr. Jiao felt that Wang Zhi looked down on him.When he was talking, Wang Zhi ignored him.

Originally, as the chief executive, there was no need to stand on the tower when candidates entered the arena.But Lord Wang insisted on dragging Jiao Fang to accompany him, drinking the cold wind all day, anyone would be in a bad mood.

After the test papers came, the outer curtain official visited the chief executive, and then sealed the gate of the Gongyuan. After entering the hall of the Supreme Court, Jiao Fang hurriedly said: "President Wang, can you unseal and distribute the question paper?"

But Wang Zhi shook his head: "Not busy, I still have something to do."

Jiao Fang had never presided over such an important exam, so she nodded as she thought there was some procedure.

But what happened next stunned him. He saw an order, and a group of yamen servants waving crane flags rushed over, shouting: "If you want to be an official in the Holy Dynasty, you must be innocent! There is such a villain!" Ghosts and innocent souls, revenge comes!" The people behind responded: "Revenge!"

"Within the three generations, there is the host who died unjustly, and there will be justice for justice!" Followed by: "Redress for justice!"

Then, I lit the yellow paper and threw it around.

Jiao Fang was taken aback, and shouted, "What's going on, what do you want to do?"

Before he finished speaking, a gust of wind blew incense ash into his throat.

Jiao Fang only felt that her throat was itchy, and she couldn't help coughing violently.

The leading yamen servant smiled and said: "President Jiao, since Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, this tribute courtyard has held many spring festivals. Every time there are candidates who take the exam seven or eight years ago, many of them are old and sick. For more than 100 years, there are at least [-] or [-] examinees who have passed here. These dead people all had the obsession with imperial examinations to become officials, but it is a pity that they died here before their wishes were fulfilled. Therefore, a strand of soul is lingering here , but refused to reincarnate. Therefore, before each exam, you need to burn some paper money to prevent evil spirits from disturbing the exam room."

It's fine if he didn't say anything, but when he said it, Jiao Fang was furious: "You don't say anything, it's strange, how solemn and solemn the National Talents Ceremony is, and you are burning paper and shouting souls here, it's simply absurd!"

The faces of the yamen servants all changed. The ancients were superstitious, especially this kind of century-old building, which is even more gloomy and terrifying at night. I told them not to burn paper.

Several yamen servants did not speak, but only looked at Wang Zhi with their eyes, and said, "President Wang please show me?"

In fact, everyone could see clearly that the chief examiner of this round of the examination was Lord Long Live.Although Lord Wang and Lord Jiao are both vice presidents, they are very different.

Jiao Fang had a bad reputation in official circles, and Wang Zhi was a higher rank than him, another generation of writers, and had a very high prestige among scholars.

This period of the test, naturally follow his lead.

Wang Zhi touched his beard and said slowly: "The left and right are just burning some paper, it's no big deal, finish it quickly, don't delay the exam."

Jiao Fang was furious: "My lord, a gentleman is upright in his heart, and naturally he is free from all evil. What an important place the Tribute Court is, you and I are both imperial court officials. Isn't it a joke to do this?"

"No." Wang Zhi shook his head: "Ghosts and gods don't know whether they exist or not. No one knows whether they exist or not. Confucius also said that such things should be kept and ignored. President Jiao, you said that a gentleman has a righteous heart, so naturally It is wrong to say that all evils do not invade, so to say that, does not admit the existence of evil things, which is already against the way of the saints."

"Furthermore, we can leave it alone, but what about others? On such an important occasion, it's natural that it's better to stay still than to move. Everything follows the old rules."

After Mr. Wang finished speaking, he nodded to everyone, "Go on!"

"Wait!" Ben froze for a reason, and Jiao Fang suddenly couldn't help it, and couldn't help shouting.

Wang Zhi continued to speak in an unhurried manner: "President Jiao, it's just a matter of burning a few pieces of paper. It only takes a moment. If you didn't talk so much, you would have finished it long ago."

"You!" Jiao Fang felt a wave of anger welling up in her heart.

Wang Zhi continued: "We who read the books of sages and sages pay attention to Zhongzheng and peace. Things in the world must have a certain reason if they exist. Just follow the trend. It is not good to insist on being new and different."

These words were already heartbreaking, and Jiao Fang's face turned livid: "Master Wang, are you saying that I, Jiao Fang, am grandstanding?"

But Wang Zhi didn't argue with him any more, he just said indifferently: "President Jiao is really a bit of a maverick sometimes."

The other yamen servants were giggling, burning paper money even more vigorously, making a hall full of smoke.

Jiao Fang is such a character, he dared to ambushe Peng Dashi with a knife in the past, and he was famously narrow-minded in real history, so he was so angry that his hands and feet trembled: "My lord, I want to impeach you with a bullet! "

Wang Zhi didn't take it seriously either. As an old scholar and a high-ranking official of the second rank, he had been impeached many times over the years, and he had already been tempered.In fact, he and Jiao Fang have known each other for many years, but they are very disdainful of Mr. Jiao's conduct.

He only smiled slightly: "Lord Jiao, you seem to have impeached me in the ninth year of Hongzhi, right? Why, let me think about it carefully. By the way, there is a word missing in my notebook. made a fortune."

Jiao Fang suddenly came to her senses, no wonder this Wang Jiao had never dealt with him since he entered the Gongyuan.It turned out that I still hated it.Jiao Fang didn't remember the exact circumstances of that incident, after all, it was almost seven years ago.

Now that he is an official in the court, who has never written an impeachment note.Especially the speech officer, it is his profession to impeach people.

Whether it is the impeachment paper or the impeachment, it will not be taken seriously.

Unexpectedly, it has been so long, Wang Zhi still remembers this, as for?

But after thinking about it, Jiao Fang immediately understood.Back then, it would have been fine if I picked on Mr. Wang for other mistakes, but there was a word missing in the document to impeach him.

Who is Wang Zhi, a majestic emperor teacher, a master of articles who have opened up a new trend, and a figure like a master among scholars.You actually said that someone made a typo, which is more unacceptable than hitting him directly in the face.To put it more bluntly, Master Wang relies on knowledge for a living. If you make mistakes in other people's fields, isn't that just throwing people's jobs away?

This is how the feud was settled.