Wentang

Chapter 536 Guiding the War
There are a total of 460 three candidates in the three rankings...

"Qiu Liyue, the first scholar from Weizhou, Hebei Province..."

Qiu Liyue was stunned immediately, with an expression of disbelief, until Hua Shifang slapped him and said, "Why are you so stupid?"

"I've won, brother He, brother Hua, I've won, I've won. Haha... I've won." Qiu Liyue held the hands of the two and jumped up and down.

Don't look at how he was envious just now that his two companions were both second-ranked Jinshi, even if he passed the exam, he could only be third-ranked, half a step behind the starting point of Jinshi, and he felt very uncomfortable.

However, when I read his name, I only felt ecstasy in my heart. I don't care about the difference between the second and third rankings. Anyway, as long as you pass the exam, you will be an official.

The people around cast envious and jealous eyes again, and all three of them passed the exam. What kind of shit luck is this.

"Three dear friends, Liu Shiping from a certain state is being polite..." At this moment, a middle-aged scholar came over to say hello.

Xiangzhou Liu Shiping?
"Dare to ask, but brother Liu Shiping, the 65th in the second list?" Hua Shifang asked cautiously.

"Exactly so." Liu Shiping said proudly.

"It turned out to be Brother Liu. It's a pleasure to meet you. I don't know why Brother Liu is looking for me?" Hua Shifang laughed.

"No, it's just that everyone wants to grow up in the same year, so there will be a care in the future."

"So that's how it is. We also have the same intention. Why don't we go to Tianranju for a small gathering after the show?"

After a while, they became acquainted with each other, and invited several other Zhongju practitioners to gather together, and a vague circle was formed.

With the announcement of the quotas one by one, the atmosphere on the field became more and more solidified, especially when the prefix 'Jinkaido Dizhou Scholars' appeared frequently, a wave of anger began to brew in the hearts of many scholars.

When the name 'Wei Chunyan, 460 three Jinkaido dizhou scholars' was read out, the field became quiet instantly.

Even Hua Shifang and others, who were still celebrating, tightened their necks, quietly left the crowd and hid aside. There were not a few people who did the same as them, and most of them were well-known scholars on the list.

"Cheating, dog officials cheating." Suddenly a roar sounded.

This sound was like a cluster of flames igniting the fuse, detonating a big bomb in an instant.

"I don't accept it, you cheated."

"We want to sue, we want to sue..."

"All the 55 scholars from Dizhou are on the list, and two of the top three are from Dizhou. Do you really think we are blind and deaf? Dog officials are too bullying."

"The dog officer bullies people too much..."

Looking at the excited scholars, Dou Lukuan sighed, the worst situation really happened.I don't know what that Qing Shuihou is planning, but I just hope that this fire will not burn me.

But the matter has come to this point, there is no need to think about these things. If something happens, he will not be able to do well as the deputy chief examiner, so he must stand on the same front as Yue Shan to carry this matter to the end.

From now on, if they win, the literary world will depend on their faces, and if they lose, they will resign and return to their hometowns.

Of course, he felt that his side had a better chance of winning, otherwise he wouldn't have risked his political career with Yue Shan.

Kong Yingda didn't think too much about it. The reason he was willing to do this was simply to promote new learning.

So he just looked at the group of scholars in front of him with contempt. To be precise, they were the scholars who failed the ranking... most of them failed the ranking.

Most of those on the list are hiding at the end to watch the excitement.

Let's make a fuss, the bigger the fuss, the better.Only when there is trouble, can we get more results when we reap.

This list was also placed on Yueshan's desk in Weishui Academy at about the same time.

Although the emperor didn't care much about this year's imperial examinations, the final list must be signed by his imperial pen to be counted.

When sending the list to Li Shimin, it's not a big deal to send a copy to Yue Shan by the way, after all, the deputy examiner.

"If you do this, I'm afraid the entire literary world will be in turmoil again." Wang Ji said in a tone of watching the excitement.

"It's not just the turmoil in the literary world, the court will also be lively for a while." Yue Shan said indifferently.

"Although I know that you are sure to win this battle, I still want to ask, is there any need to be so anxious? You are still young, and the winner must belong to you after waiting for 30 or [-] years." Wang Ji asked.

"Do you think it's just because of the dispute between old and new academics that we dismissed scholars from the ancient school and gave priority to recruiting scholars from the new school?" Yue Shan asked rhetorically.

"Otherwise?" Wang Ji also asked back.

"The real reason is to force the aristocratic family into chaos, or to lure the aristocratic family to fight on the battlefield we set up." Yue Shan shook his head and said:
"The recent series of policies of the imperial court have directly harmed the interests of the aristocratic family, and the next policy will directly take food from them. The aristocratic family will not sit still, and will definitely launch revenge."

"The reason why they haven't moved yet is that they are secretly looking for opportunities. How can there be a thousand days to guard against thieves if you only have a thousand days to be a thief?"

"Instead of worrying and fearing all day, we should take the initiative to show our flaws and limit the battlefield to where we want, and it doesn't matter if we fail in the end."

"That's why I don't want to be an official. It's too complicated and dirty." Wang Ji sneered.

"Hehe... Xinxue cannot develop without the support of the imperial court. You can just sit in the rear and help us watch over our families to train more outstanding Xinxue disciples. We will leave the charge to us." Yue Shan smiled. road.

"In the past year, the promotion of Xinxue in various places has been greatly hindered. Behind it is the aristocratic family's tyranny. You are right, I am still young and can wait another 30 to [-] years to slowly penetrate and change people's hearts."

"But why should I waste my good time on this kind of compromise? Wouldn't it be better to beat them as fast as possible, and then spend my time governing the country for the benefit of the people?"

"Now is a good chance to beat them."

"What do most people study for? Knowing the law of etiquette and enlightenment opens their minds? Of course there are reasons for this, but most people study for the purpose of becoming an official."

"Now I just want to tell them clearly that if you want to be an official, come and learn new things. If you stick to the old ways and refuse to make changes, insist on being a tomb guard of the ancient school? Then just stay in the ravine and be a tomb guard. Don't jump out and make irresponsible remarks."

"When new learning becomes the only stepping stone to become an official, those who seem to be officials will naturally know how to choose."

"I want to see how the aristocratic family will hinder my new learning from being carried forward."

In the Gongyuan, Kong Yingda didn't have the slightest intention to back down when he saw that the scholars were making more and more trouble, and directly ordered the imperial army to expel the troublemakers.

He also stated that if he has any opinions, he can go directly to the imperial court, and those who dare to make trouble in private will be severely punished.The scholars did not expect that Kong Yingda would dare to be so tough, and lost their voices for a while.

Then Kong Yingda asked people to publish the test papers of all the scholars—the transcribed ones, and the original ones to be sealed and kept on file.

These test papers not only indicate the grades, but also the names and scores of the five examiners.This really blocked the mouths of many people, especially those who were on the list were relieved.

However, just as Yue Shan expected, how could the tyrants of the aristocratic family who had finally caught the handle shrink back because of this.

A big battle involving the political and literary circles was brewing rapidly and exploded in an instant.

(End of this chapter)