The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 129

Zhang Ying tremblingly listened to everyone's jokes, and echoed them, only feeling that she had never felt such trembling hands and feet in her entire life, full of uneasiness.

When he was about to leave the palace, the crown prince laughed and said, "The second son of Mr. Zhang's family is much more interesting than you." This is really blunt, because the crown prince hates Zhang Ying.Zhang Ying is the prince's teacher, the requirements are very strict, and he is not used by the prince, which will make the prince bored over time.

Now that Zhang Ying is so cautious, the prince is naturally happy.

After he finished laughing, he left the palace gate directly, and the fourth elder brother and others around him also followed. The elder brother Yinyi kept praising Zhang Ying's son for his ability, but they all walked fast.

At the end there was only one eighth elder brother Yinhu, who was very personable, and gave Zhang Ying a hand when he came up, and Zhang Ying immediately knelt on the ground when he saw it.

Yinhu saw his reticent appearance, but couldn't say anything to win him over, so he just smiled warmly: "Master Zhang, don't be nervous, it's just to say hello to you."

Zhang Yingdao: "Oh, that old minister is just paying you back a gift."

Yinhu's face trembled, but he left without saying a word after all.

How can Zhang Ying not see that this master has been soliciting money?It's just that he doesn't want to be wooed. Once he gets caught up in party disputes, things will get into trouble.

Ugh.

Zhang Ying sighed for a long time, but thought that Zhang Tingyu would become an official in the future, and he was afraid that there would be a bloodbath.

Li Guangdi followed up from behind, almost falling down with laughter.

"The president who will take the exam this year is the prince's man. We are old friends. Do you know Xiong Cilu from Suo'etu?" Both Li Guangdi and Zhang Ying belonged to the emperor, and these two old things cherish each other , Standing in the court hall, there is a sense of sympathy, but now when Li Guang said this, he had an unfathomable expression.

Zhang Ying naturally knew that the prince loathed her, but what's the trouble?
Suo'etu is the one who backs up the prince, while Xiong Cilu works hand in hand with Suo'etu. It's hard to know how many talents will be recruited for this test.

Just because before the test, many candidates will "hand the head of the paper" to the examiners, and hand in their own test papers to the chief officer and the examiner of the test as a mock answer sheet. If the officials are interested, they can remember this person Handwriting, when the test will be released directly, you can be promoted.During the rural examinations, names and books will be blurred, that is, not only the names of the candidates will be blotted out, but also someone will be sent to copy the test papers of the candidates in red, while the original test papers of the candidates will be in ink.When it comes to the general examination, calligraphy has also become a point in the selection of rankings, and there is no such thing as "Yi Shu", which is all the candidates' original volumes for review.

In this way, many people can take advantage of the loopholes.

In other words, if Suo'etu and the others intend to make trouble or win over talents, this is an excellent opportunity.

Zhang Ying thought about it, and said: "There is no reason for the left and right examinations to deliberately dismiss my son. The higher the imperial examination, the stricter it is. This year, the incident of Shuntian Mansion must not happen again. My son also You don’t want to be in the top three, you just need to be on the list later. You and I both know that the second place in the top pick and the third place in the list have a bright future, but how many of them are truly high-ranking and well-paid for a lifetime?"

After high school, Gai was mostly careless and unrestrained, so that he was no longer strict and self-restraining, and his high reputation and premature fame made these future pillars die for a while.

How could Li Guangdi not understand why Zhang Ying said this?

"It seems that you have already set the ranking for your second son?"

Zhang Ying nodded, "Fourth is good, as for the palace examination gold list, it all depends on what the emperor thinks."

Anyway, Zhang Ying pays attention to keeping a low profile, and now things have begun to go out of his control, and he only hopes that he can manage it later.

The two old men said something to you and another to me, and then they slowly walked out of the palace along the long palace road.

Zhang Ying went back to the mansion. As soon as she entered the mansion, she asked someone to send Zhang Tingyu to give a lecture.

Zhang Tingyu made Luban locks for the fat guy in the house, but it was always unsuccessful, "I am much more reliable than yours..."

"Fat guy is good, fat guy is handsome, ignore your father, you catch it for fun, don't grab the brush with them, do you hear me?"

Gu Huaishu only thought about the scholarly family of the Zhang family. It was not easy for a son to be born. He could do whatever he liked, and he could not be forced to study.

The couple's education policy began to diverge, and they have been arguing for a while.

Zhang Tingyu had a gloomy expression and said, "If my father finds out, it will definitely end badly for you..."

"I just think of Brother Ting." Gu Huaixiu has been thinking of Brother Ting recently, "After all, it's not because of a bamboo dragonfly... His parents forced him to study since he was a child. How sensible is it to be cute? Loved by thousands of people, loved by thousands of people... the things that are liked by ordinary children are the things that ordinary children like, why bother to force him?"

This time, Zhang Tingyu finally did not speak.

He put the wood in his hand on the table, and watched Gu Huaishu lower his eyebrows and look at Fat Brother, so gentle and gentle that it made people's hearts soften.

Zhang Tingyu said: "I won't talk about it in the future."

"Fat guy chooses his own path, we as parents don't interfere too much." She paused, raised her head and smiled, "It's fine if he likes to study, and I won't force him if he doesn't like it." Let nature take its course...children love to play, it's better to play more when they are young..."

The one who compromised eventually became Zhang Tingyu.

He knew that Gu Huaishu regarded the child as a treasure. She was very thoughtful and naturally had her own ideas. Besides, the child was still young, so she would continue to look at it in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhang Tingyu put it down.

Just after making a Luban lock, Uncle Fu called Zhang Tingyu outside.

Gu Huaixiu gloated and said, "I'll let you be cheap."

Zhang Tingyu almost fell to the ground and said: "I'll see you when I come back."

The matter of Zhang Tingyu's approval of the papers before was brought back to Gu Huaixiu and told. It was purely a joke. Gu Huaixiu fell down laughing when he heard it, and finally said, "If the emperor sees it, you will be unlucky when your father-in-law comes back."

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Ying came back, she asked Zhang Tingyu to talk, then scolded Zhang Tingyu bloody, and came back disheartened.

Zhang Ying was already waiting for the reaction of the people on the emperor's side when he was in Changchun Garden, and accused Zhang Tingyu of where to put his old face.

Zhang Tingyu couldn't hold back and retorted: "Isn't your old face good on your face?"

Zhang Ying was so angry that she almost hit him with an inkstone, but she saw that her second son had a smile on his face, so she just let it go, and said: "Just this time, don't be an example, don't you want to show off again, our family is big enough It's..."

"Kid, remember."

Zhang Tingyu naturally bowed in response, admitted his mistake with a good attitude, and then came out.

Ade waited outside, and when Zhang Tingyu came out, he whispered a few words, Zhang Tingyu frowned, and finally said: "Understood, I will report if there is any news."

He went back to the room after receiving the interrogation at Zhang Ying, and as soon as he sat down, he told Gu Huaishu a message: "The results of the re-examination in Shuntian Mansion have come out, do you still remember that there is a concubine brother in your natal family who did not re-examination?" It was all in the top [-] before, but this reply tried to drop."

"You mean Mingchuan?"

Gu Hanchuan and Gu Mingchuan are both going to take the imperial examination. It can be said that Gu Zhenguan's hope for the rest of his life rests on them.

But now, aside from Gu Hanchuan, what is going on with Gu Mingchuan?

Zhang Tingyu said: "If you have real talents and real learning, you will definitely not be able to fall this time, so..."

So Gu Mingchuan must be one of the countless people who bribed the examiners.

Gu Huaishu narrowed his eyes, and said: "My father hates this kind of thing the most, and I definitely won't let him do these things..."

Thinking about it carefully, on that day when I returned home to celebrate Gu Zhenguan's birthday, and saw Aunt Liu coming out of the house with a sigh, it must have something to do with this matter, right?

"Little fish and shrimp, I can't make any big waves for the time being. It will be my father's birthday in January. I'll deal with it when I go back."

Zhang Tingyu only told her about it, and how to deal with it was her business.

He quickly changed the subject, "It's interesting to talk about Nian Gengyao this year. He is so courageous that he dared to challenge the chief examiner directly. He is very famous. I guess many people have already stared at him right now. on him."

"Long Live Lord is getting old, so he doesn't necessarily like such an arrogant person who relies on his talent."

Even if there is, I'm afraid I have to deliberately suppress it.

Gu Huaixiu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Nian Gengyao is somewhat similar to you, his head? There is an elder brother, whose father is also a feudal official. He can do it by himself, but he is younger than you and has more martial arts than you. He is both civil and military."

"I'm afraid that it's the old age, and I don't want Nian Gengyao to stand out. But it depends on the general examination and the palace examination. Speaking of it, being good at both civil and military skills is not necessarily a good thing, and there is specialization in art."

"Second Master Zhang means that he looks down on the second young master who is both civil and military." Gu Huaishu teased, "How can you specialize in any kind of art? If you are thick-skinned and dark-hearted, can you still be considered a specialization?"

"Naturally."

Zhang Tingyu said shamelessly.

February has arrived, and the examination is coming soon, so Zhang Tingyu has also started to get busy.

This time it was in the capital, and the people in the mansion had prepared everything, not to mention the experienced Zhang Ying and Zhang Tingzan who had entered the examination room.

She was just thinking about when to chat with Aunt Liu, but she learned a lot about the test.

Only at the beginning of February, the results of Shuntian's re-examination came down, and Nian Gengyao was on the list.

As for the examiners Li Pan and Jiang Chenying, they were both thrown into prison. Speaking of these two people, there is still an old grievance, and Gu Huaixiu only found out after hearing Zhang Tingyu mention it.

Li Pannai, the chief examiner of the Shuntian Township Examination, was born as the No. 36 Scholar, but he has a name called "No. 36 Scholar". It is rumored that when this person entered the Palace of Baohe to participate in the palace examination, he brought [-] pastry with him, and waited until it was dark and the candles were burned out. I haven't handed in the paper yet, thinking hard.The invigilator didn't refill the candle, so the man suffered a lot. Later, when Lord Kangxi found out about his hard work, he sympathized with this person's hard work, so he made an exception and continued the candle. When he finished eating [-] cakes, he just finished writing the palace examination strategy.

Well, Lord Kangxi took a look, the one who ate the pastry?
So a big pen, seeing that Li Pan's strategy and theory are not bad, he directly won the champion.

The chief examiner of this year's Shuntian Township Examination is this "No. With such a pressure on Li Pan, he naturally felt uncomfortable.

Back then, Jiang Chenying wrote a poem satirizing Li Pan, the No. [-] scholar in the pastry, and it spread for a while. Li Pan's reputation as the No. [-] scholar in the pastry came from his poem, and the two had always had a secret enmity.

Unexpectedly, after more than ten years, the retribution finally came——

This time the main crime of cheating in the imperial examination was Li Pan.Jiang Chenying, the number one scholar, was old and didn't know anything, so he took bribes and deceived Jiang Chenying wantonly, and Jiang Chenying was imprisoned in the end.

After listening to what Zhang Tingyu said, Gu Huaixiu said: "If for various reasons, you are suppressed by someone who is not as talented as yourself, will you be the next Jiang Chenying?"

This person satirized Li Pan back then, but now he was killed by Li Pan, I really don't know whether to call it pitiful or ridiculous.

Tomorrow is going to take part in the test, Zhang Tingyu entangled with her neck, only to see her sweating profusely, panting coquettishly, but said with a smile: "Neither Jiang Chenying, nor Li Pan. I am Zhang Tingyu... ..."

"Then what are you going to do?" Gu Huaishu gritted his teeth, his consciousness was a little dizzy.

Zhang Tingyu said slowly: "Be patient and let him, slowly plot against him."

Really narrow-minded.

He and Gu Huaishu are the same people, if someone more capable than him is on top of him, it doesn't matter, but if it's the top?I was not so comfortable when I was overwhelmed by a mediocre person.In order to make life a little more comfortable, he endured the anger for a while, and then he must slowly put these things on his head?The people on the road are calculated to die.

Before closing his eyes and dozing off, Gu Huaishu couldn't help but feel sorry for those candidates who were going to be in the same subject as Zhang Tingyu. If he accidentally overwhelmed him, he was afraid that there would be no good end.

but……

He's going to rush for the exam and he's still so angry, it's really...

With a flash of thought, Gu Huaixiu was limp and weak, and finally fell asleep.

Before dawn on the second day, Zhang Tingyu packed up his things and went to Shuntian Gongyuan.

The general examination is here, no different from the rural examination. The roll call leads the roll and enters the arena. As the leader of the Jiangning Township Examination, Jie Yuan, he naturally receives different attention than before, but his steps are steady and his eyes are not squinted. Nian Gengyao, who was among the crowd, exchanged pleasantries with the two of them, and then each found their own room and sat down.

In the general examination, Emperor Kangxi personally set the questions, and the candidates answered the papers.

The admission time is one day, and the question papers will not come down until midnight.

Everyone waited like this for a day, and when the test papers were distributed in the evening, Zhang Tingyu lit candles to answer the papers.

There will be three exams, and the first one is important, so the first answer sheet must be beautiful.

He almost passed the Jiangning Township Examination last time, but today he writes freely, with his pen following his heart, and his mind is quick, as if with the help of a god.

In less than two hours, Zhang Tingyu handed in the paper as soon as the sky was bright, which frightened the chief examiner!

It is necessary to gather ten people here to hand in the papers, and let the candidates go out.

Zhang Tingyu handed in the papers early by himself, so he could only wait in the back room, drinking the tea poured by the invigilators below, and waiting for the next nine people to hand in the papers.

During this period, he couldn't say a word, couldn't go out, and could only wait.

From early in the morning, Zhang Tingyu waited until noon, and finally gathered ten people and came out of the Gongyuan.

When the first three cards come out, firecrackers and gongs and drums will be set off. The first 30 people in each exam will be treated like this.

When Zhang Tingyu stood up, he was very calm. Ade, Zhang Tingzan and others were standing outside. As soon as he came out, he was surrounded by countless people outside, demanding money.

This is the case with the test, and the first thirty will inevitably cost a lot of money.

Fortunately, Ade had already prepared enough silver pegs and scattered them on the spot, allowing Zhang Tingyu to get away and talk to Zhang Tingzan.

Zhang Tingzan laughed loudly, and said: "It's too early to hand in the paper, and father will definitely discipline you again later."

"It's just like No.4. Isn't it the same thing if you hand it in early or late?"

Zhang Tingyu is open-minded, ready to go home with Zhang Tingzan.

Unexpectedly, Nian Gengyao suddenly shouted later: "The two sons of the Zhang family stay behind, why don't you go out for a drink with the two?"

Nian Yaling is now more and more favored by the emperor, and Zhang Ying is a scholar of Dongge University, the emperor's confidant, and now he is also a person who can be called "Xiang".

The relationship between the two is superficial and superficial, but not deep enough.

But they're all from Jinke, so it's okay to drink together.

Someone behind gave a cold snort, but said, "The dandy is a slut, I don't know the heights of the sky and the earth", and he walked away after speaking.

Zhang Tingyu frowned, looked back, "This man..."

When they watched, they only saw the back, but a lean examinee shrank his neck and came up to apologize: "Brother Wang didn't mention a few, please forgive me, forgive me..."

After the man finished speaking, he chased "Brother Wang" and left.

Nian Gengyao knew that what he said just now was to scold the three of them here, so he just sneered: "The one who scolded is Wang Yi. The first name is Jieyuan, I'm afraid I won't see you very much."

The 35-year-old Jie Yuan collided with the 38-year-old Jie Yuan, but which one is more powerful?

Zhang Tingyu suddenly became a little unhappy at this time, is this because he was scolded as "a playboy who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth"?

Handing in the papers early is really too high-profile.

That Wang Yi believed that the number one scholar and the first place were already in his pocket. He was quick thinking and thought that he must be the first in the audience to hand in the paper. Can Jiang Ning Jieyuan, who was not in the championship for 35 years, be compared with Jieyuan, who won the first place in one fell swoop?

I just handed in the paper and went to wait in the back hall, and I saw a person I looked down upon hand in the paper before me, Youzai Youzai was waiting there, I was naturally upset!

How talented is Wang Yi?I absolutely don't believe that anyone can finish the test paper at dawn, so I conclude that Zhang Tingyu is talking nonsense or cheating in the examination room. Who told Zhang Tingyu to have a father with a bachelor?
Nian Gengyao has been in contact with Wang Yi here, and he knows that this person is arrogant and arrogant, and his words are full of disgust.

Zhang Tingyu was silent when he heard this, he didn't seem to be angry at all, he even smiled and said, "He's an interesting person", and went to drink with his eldest brother and Nianer as usual with a pleasant face.

When Gu Huaixiu came back and heard about this, he looked at Zhang Tingyu's calm expression and said: "You are destined to be the top two, so don't think too much about it."

Zhang Tingyu caressed her bare and smooth back, and sighed secretly: "I never thought that I was a dude in the eyes of others, probably because I was what you called the 'second generation of officials'. Before I became famous, everyone Speaking of me, everyone talks about Zhang Ying's second son... Forget it, this Wang Yi..."

People are too proud to avoid frustration.

Gu Huaixiu is not worried.

After trying it out, Zhang Tingyu was indeed in the fourth place after the list was released.

And the first name in the examination is Wang Yi, and if there is no accident, he will be the number one scholar in the imperial examination.

It is said that Zhang Erye looked at the copied rankings, carefully tore off Wang Yi's name from the long scroll, dipped it in tea, pressed the shredded paper on the table, and lightly tapped the wet paper with his ring finger. Name, as if silently said: "This person offends my taboo, absolutely cannot tolerate him."

(End of this chapter)