The struggle of the eight blessings of rebirth

Chapter 235
Yinhu was angry, Yinzhen frowned, Kangxi smiled while holding a booklet, and the Minister of Man and Han of the Ministry of Rites shook his hand and held the list of candidates for the next year's examination, looking at each other with big eyes: "How could this be?" Forget about Jieyuan, and the nine sub-yuans in the second list don't have their share. Suzhou belongs to Jiangnan Province, and this year, the province recruited a total of [-] candidates.It sounds like there are very few, but in fact the number of scholars in ancient times was not large, and farmers accounted for the vast majority.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites carefully read the list of Jiangnan Province from beginning to end three times, and only No. 60 saw the person from Yimen Academy in Suzhou, but when they saw his age, they vomited blood again. What is this child? 15 years old?Is there a mistake? 15-year-old won the exam?Looking at his resume: he was adopted by Taoist priests until he was 12 years old, he studied in Yimen for three years, took the exam for the first time, and won the No.1 among the local children, becoming the youngest scholar in Jiangnan Province.The first time he participated in the provincial examination, he actually beat all the people in Yimen, and he was the only one who passed the examination.

People in the Ministry of Rites know the exam questions this year. Speaking of which, the imperial examination questions are not the key, but the endorsement skills are the key. It is also necessary to ensure that the handwriting is neat when the pen is written, there is no typo, and the scroll surface is clean and unaltered.Then it depends on the mood and luck of the marking teacher.

Because the examination papers are graded anonymously, the teachers give literal impression marks.Unless you bribe someone to do tricks or something in advance, whether you pass the exam depends entirely on luck.Moreover, there is no standard answer for this test.Whether it is good or not depends entirely on the judgment of the marking teacher.

When Kangxi received the roster from the Ministry of Rites, the first one he looked at was of course Jiangnan Province, but he smiled when he saw the result.This trip to the south of the Yangtze River is interesting.The governor of Liangjiang and Xuetai...these two are looking for trouble again...

Sure enough, after the announcement of the rankings, all the scholars in Jiangnan Province who failed the exam protested. Compared with other places, the teaching staff and teaching level in Yimen were much higher than those in other places, but the result was that only one person passed the exam, and it was still the last one. No.3, this is unacceptable! He Zhuo was even more angry. The Jiangnan scientific examination fraud case has been repeatedly banned. They are very hopeful about the fairness of this examination. After all, Yinfeng has stepped down. The two rivers and three provinces in China have finally ushered in a rare period when the administration of officials is relatively clear. In addition, the imperial court attaches great importance to this exam, and the airborne marking staff will undoubtedly ensure the fairness of the exam.

However, the results they got were unexpectedly dismal.Everyone in Yimen looked at the list and couldn't believe it. The first thing they did when they went back was to rewrite the article they wrote during the exam and ask He Zhuo to review it.In the end, it turned out that Sun Jiagan's essay was not much better than other students' essays except that the writing was better.He looked at it, if Sun Jiagan's essay can pass the exam, then the taste of the marking teacher this time should not be particularly strange, how could the others be completely wiped out?

When He Zhuo couldn't figure it out, another famous teacher from Jiangnan Province visited and brought a shocking news. He suspected that there was fraud in the exam.He Zhuo was shocked at the time and asked him what was going on. He said that a student failed the exam this time. He didn't feel anything at first. Later, the student told him angrily that the owner of a grocery store next door , The son entered the examination room with the front foot, and he ordered people to buy firecrackers to celebrate with the back foot.

The son of the grocery store owner, apart from being able to make a few calculations, his knowledge can only be regarded as barely literacy, and his calligraphy is so ugly that in the eyes of the student, he is absolutely impossible to pass the exam.More importantly, his status as a scholar was newly acquired this year, and he was in the same batch as Sun Jiagan.

Sun Jiagan's talent, learning and articles are considered to be at the upper-middle level in Yimen, not the most outstanding. Such a person is already a top-notch among the children.But the son of the grocer's owner was simply inexplicable!

It's a pity that candidates or tutors are not qualified to see the test papers, and there is no way to judge whether there is something tricky in it.However, the students are fierce, especially those who have high self-esteem. When you are confident that you will pass the exam this time, and let you pawn the only valuable thing at home just to pay the exam fee, when you are like Fan Jin In that case, the wife and mother are hungry at home, waiting for you to come back from the exam, but you lose your name in the end. What kind of consequences will such a blow cause?

The consequence is that many old scholars who could not stand the blow and wandered beyond the threshold of juren for decades were the first to collapse. Those who hanged themselves threw themselves into wells and jumped into rivers. There are rumors everywhere that a certain person went crazy when he returned home the first day. , He threw himself into the river the next day.There are rumors that the family can't even afford a thin-skinned coffin.

There was a turmoil in Yimen, and the first thing He Zhuo thought of was to comfort his disciples to relax and not worry about temporary gains and losses. Everyone is still young, and some have opportunities.However, things did not go as smoothly as He Zhuo expected. After winning the exam, there will be traditional fellowship activities among the candidates. Of course, Sun Jiagan also received the invitation.According to He Zhuo, there is no point in studying to death. In addition, the little guy is the top scholar this year and the youngest candidate for the provincial examination. His reputation has already spread. If he refuses to participate in the fellowship, he may be criticized by others.

Sun Jiagan listened to He Zhuo talking about the rules of friendship in He Zhuo's study. After all, this was the first time for the little guy, and it was also the first time he had changed from a Taoist priest to a commoner. When he was studying in Yimen, occasionally children would wear Taoist robe, He Zhuo didn't mind either.This time is different, of course you must be cautious when you get together, not to mention that the person who sent the invitation is this year's No. [-] Duke Xie Yuan.

Sun Jiagan was thinking about something else: "Teacher, I think there is something wrong with this exam. In the past three years, we have been devoting ourselves to writing more than a hundred articles on various topics, and the topics of this exam have not gone wrong. , The students remember that the teacher gave us this question, and Brother Ji was still ranked above me at that time, why is the result so different this time?"

He Zhuo sighed: "This time the examiner was hand-picked by the emperor, and there is absolutely no mistake. Don't take this matter to heart, let alone disrespect your fellow subjects because of it. Remember?" Sun Jiagan was helpless, Had no choice but to back out.

As a result, after returning from this friendship, Sun Jiagan brought back Xie Yuangong and the calligraphy of the top ten Yayuan, which made He Zhuo mature and popular. Sun Jiagan even took out a poem written by the No. The first doggerel has no literary beauty.Sun Jiagan was even more disgusted: "The students regretted seeing them, and would rather take the exam three years later!"

He Zhuo was angry, He Zhuo broke out, and the result of the outbreak was to unite five famous teachers from Liangjiang and three provinces, and jointly wrote a letter to the governor of Liangjiang, denouncing corruption and fooling gentlemen.Of course, the result was no result.But what kind of temper is He Zhuo? Do you think you'll be fine if you stay in middle school?I continue to sue.I risk my life to sue!

But Sun Jiagan stopped him: "Teacher, when you get older, leave this matter to other teachers and students!" He Zhuo's eyes were hazy: "It's the teacher who is useless. I asked you to bear it blindly, but in the end, you were punished." People have repeatedly bullied you, and now something like this has happened, I am ashamed of you as a teacher!" Sun Jiagan was very disapproving: "Teacher, this has nothing to do with you, it is obvious that someone is oppressing Yimen, and it is just a filth among high-level officials. Students Next year I will take part in the imperial examination, why not set off to Beijing now, the students remember that the master said that there is a Dengwen Building in the capital..."

Sun Jiagan was interrupted by He Zhuo before finishing his sentence: "Mingyue, don't mess around. It's not a child's play to climb the Wenlou and play drums. The surrounding security is so tight that you, a child, can't go up there!" He said, but just responded: "The student is just talking casually." He Zhuo sighed: "You have to go to the capital early, there is nothing wrong with it, I will prepare a letter for the teacher's revision first, and then I will let the brothers under the door accompany you. Beijing."

In November, Sun Jiagan, fellow senior brother Ji Rongshu and a group of three rushed to the capital. They did not follow the teacher's wishes to visit Yinhu with a letter, but stayed in an inn. The three still conspired to sue Yinhu.Because Sun Jiagan is the only one among the three who is qualified to participate in the test.

Along the way, he fully demonstrated his wit and calmness higher than his peers, so Ji Rongshu and others did not dare to treat him as a junior, but instead took his opinions as the main ones.The people should either go to the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion, or be more courageous and go directly to the Ministry of Punishment to sue.But Sun Jiagan felt that the chances were not great.He chose the place with the greatest opportunity, Yinhu's old club, the Ministry of Officials.

Of course, it's not the official department's yamen, so it will definitely return without success.They squatted at the door of the official minister Man Shangshu's house.Because the current surname of Han Shangshu in the Ministry of Officials is Song, and before he took office as the Ministry of Officials, he happened to be the governor of Jiangsu, and he had always had a rift with Yimen.The former Chen Tingjing and Li Guangdi both had disagreements with the master, and Sun Jiagan was quite helpless about it. The teacher's temper is really not a bit weird.

Therefore, they chose the official minister Man Shangshu. If this method of filing a complaint is successful, nine out of ten are luck.Of course, Sun Jiagan and the others were lucky. When the pre-prepared pleadings jointly signed by the five famous teachers and the ink marks of the Zhongju students were presented to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the adults were shocked. After asking, the boy in front of him turned out to be a Juren, and he was admitted for the first time this year when he took the imperial examination. Jiangnan Province produced the youngest Juren this year.

Immediately received the pleadings, and warned them that it would be best to meet King Lianjun and tell him about the matter.So the three of them took He Zhuo's letter and found the Lianjun Palace.When Yinhu saw Sun Jiagan and Ji Rongshu, he immediately remembered them. When he knew that the three of them had handed over the pleadings to his old boss, his complexion suddenly brightened. There is no old man's eyeliner in the capital. You go to the official department The old man didn't know that he went to stay in front of Shangshu's house.The courage of these three people is a little too big!
(End of this chapter)