The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 68
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After a day of tossing around, Xie Shen and all his friends left Cuihu and returned to Lu Mansion at dusk.

Fortunately, Erya little Lolita had already prepared meals for the teenagers, so it wouldn't make them hungry.

The road to the imperial examination is difficult to reach the blue sky.At first Xie Shen thought that this sentence was exaggerated, but when he became a person who experienced it, he realized the meaning of it.

The difficulty of the imperial examination is not the stereotyped essays and Confucian classics, but the sophistication of people and the intricate network of relationships.

Since the establishment of the imperial examination system in the first year of Daye Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, nearly a thousand years of development has formed a complete system.Compared with the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, the imperial examination is naturally fairer, but it does not mean that it has no loopholes to exploit.If it is said that the ascending ladder of the poor children who are almost blocked in the ninth grade, the imperial examination opened a window for them, but it is only a window.

The most obvious ones are the three primary exams, the county exam, the government exam, and the hospital exam.Since these three exams are not ambiguous, the children of those aristocratic families have a considerable advantage.As long as their articles are not too bad, it is not a problem to be listed.Of course, if you encounter an upright examiner, you may stumble occasionally, but that is a minority after all.

Going further up, although the township examination and general examination are more fair, the time has come to secretly compete for connections.Children from humble families lack connections, so even if they are finally admitted to the imperial examination, unless the essays are truly extraordinary, their rankings will not be very good.

This is also the reason why Xie Shen is eager to make friends with the great master.If only the hospital examination is considered, there shouldn't be any major problems as the head of both the county examination and the government examination.But if you want to continue climbing, you have to catch the thread of the great master.Ti Xueguan is already the highest-level official he can come into contact with through his own efforts, and through Ti Xue Guan, he realizes that more important officials in the court are his only choice.

Without a good karma teacher, just like duckweed in water, there is always no foundation.

Little Loli put the food on the table, and several teenagers sat around the table and started eating.

At the poetry meeting, they were all concerned about their manners, and they couldn't eat anything at all. Naturally, they wolfed down a table of delicious meals after a day of hunger.

"Well, this steamed dumpling is really delicious, Brother Shen Xian, you should try it too."

In the blink of an eye, Wang Shouwen ate most of a plate of steamed dumplings, which made Xie Shen dumbfounded.

"Eat slowly, and no one will grab you"

Xie Shen picked up his chopsticks and ate the noodle soup. He still prefers noodles to steamed dumplings.

"This Chen Tixue has never sought an important position in the Sixth Ministry before, but His Majesty appointed him as the provincial academic officer without hesitation. Do you know why? It is because he was recommended by a nobleman."

Wang Shouwen eats and eats, but he doesn't forget to tease Chen Fangyin, Mr. Chen.

Hearing this, Xie Pi frowned and said, "Brother Shouwen said that Chen Tixue was recommended by a nobleman? Are you serious?"

Wang Shouwen finally swallowed the steamed stuffed bun with tea, slapped the table and said, "What do you mean by Brother Pixian? Could it be that you don't trust Wang?" After a short pause, Wang Shouwen continued: "I don't care about other things. Dare to say it, but I can still say a thing or two about the resume of this court official. My father is also close to the adults in the capital. He heard about this Chen Tixue when he was in the capital. As for the recommendation There are only a few noble people here. Either Mr. Xu Ge, or Liu Shangshu, or Li Xiya."

Xie Pi hurriedly said: "Brother Shouwen, don't get me wrong, I'm just a little surprised."

Wang Shouwen rolled his eyes at him and said, "What's so surprising about this, these few ministers in the court are all important ministers that His Majesty values, so His Majesty will naturally approve of the people they recommend."

Xie Shen was quite excited when he heard this.Although Wang Shouwen didn't say anything after talking so much, hearing these thunderous names was exciting enough.When mentioning Xu Ge in the Hongzhi Dynasty, he was naturally talking about Xu Pu, a famous minister of a generation.

As for Liu Shangshu, he was naturally Liu Jian, one of the elders of the Three Courts in Hongzhi, and Li Xiya was naturally the famous Li Dongyang.

All three of them were well-known loyal ministers, no matter who recommended Chen Tixue, it was not surprising.

And the most famous among the three is that Xu Pu and Xu Ge are old.

Just last year, the fifth year of Hongzhi, a major event happened in the court.In August, the chief minister of the cabinet changed hands.Elder Liu Ji, the political tumbler who has served in the cabinet for eighteen years, became an official. Elder Xu Pu, Xu Ge, was naturally a daughter-in-law who had become a wife for many years, and was appointed by His Majesty as the new Chief Assistant.

To say that Xu Ge's predecessor, Liu Ji, is really a strange man in the political arena.This gentleman has been in the cabinet for 11 years since Chenghua joined the cabinet in 18 years and participated in the maintenance, and he also served as the chief assistant for five full years.It's fine if it's just that, but this gentleman has a nickname 'Liu Mianhua', but everyone knows it, everyone knows it.

The Chenghua Dynasty was a period of great chaos in Ming Dynasty.Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Jianshen was a very playful and lazy person by nature. He ignored the government all the year round, and he naturally didn't listen to officials' advice.

As a result, the elders of the cabinet and the officials of the six ministries are naturally not very willing to do practical things.Therefore, at that time, there were sayings such as "Paper Paste Three Pavilions", and "Clay Sculpture Six Masters".

Of course, there are other reasons for officials to be lazy and lazy in politics. Ming Xianzong cannot only be blamed.At that time, the chief minister of the cabinet was Wan'an, who was appointed by the concubine Wan Gui who was favored by courting. It is said that he was appreciated because he took the opportunity to present his wife in the memorial to Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, and his character was naturally evident.

Wange is always a very suspicious person, and he attaches great importance to power. Liu Ji and Liu Jue, who are the second assistants, just avoid the edge temporarily in order not to arouse the envy of Wanshoufu.And the best way to temporarily avoid the edge is to hide in the cabinet and not ask about political affairs.

After a long time of vegetarian meals, Liu Ji will inevitably be impeached by the officials.But this gentleman is thick-skinned enough to pretend he didn't hear it. That's why the nickname "Liu Mianhua" comes from this, and this old Liu Ge is really too resistant to impeachment
Later, when Emperor Hongzhi succeeded to the throne, the other two court elders fell one after another. Only Liu Mianmian remained in office.

But appreciation is appreciation. His Majesty Hongzhi still has a good view of Liu Ji's character. After Xu Pu got enough qualifications, he still single-handedly promoted the alternation of the cabinet chief and assistant.

In Xie Shen's view, if the Ming Dynasty was talking about real national scholars, Wang Yangming was one, Yu Qian was one, and only Xu Pu was worthy of this title.

People in later generations will talk about Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Liu Jian when they mention the elders of the Sange in Hongzhi.When it comes to the three gentlemen of Hongzhi, they will always talk about Liu Daxia, Ma Wensheng, and Wang Shu.But from the professional perspective of Xie Shenming, a graduate student of history, Xu Pu is no worse than the above six.

We must know that when Xu Pu entered the cabinet, Wan An and Liu Ji were in power, and the cabinet was the most chaotic period.

At that time, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were hiding in the Imperial Academy and did not dare to speak out. Xu Pu was the only one who could stand up to them.

(End of this chapter)