Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 318 The Emperor's Loss of Properity

  In the evening, after the bell rang, the guards began to collect the scrolls, and then sealed them up.

  This exam caused a little disturbance, but the examinees were in a good mood.

  Because... no matter whether this question is done well or not, everyone is really tired.

  Exams are exhausting.

  Liu Jie was exhausted, and walked slowly out of the examination room with the test blue. Many examinees had already sent sedan chairs and chariots to pick them up.

  But only the Liu Mansion has no such arrangement.

  Perhaps everyone in the Liu family already knew that his young master didn't want anyone to pick him up.

  Seeing that no one came from home, Liu Jie was relieved instead.

  However... In fact, he did the question this time surprisingly smoothly.

  Maybe it’s because of writing questions every day, as soon as I write, a lot of ideas come out like spring water.

   Furthermore, I have done this question before, and I have some impressions, so I have a little foundation.

  The most difficult thing about stereotyped writing is to solve the problems, especially these strange problems. Once you can't think of a good way to solve the problems, no matter how talented you are, you will be helpless.

   Furthermore, stereotyped essays do not require literary talent.

  Those who are able to be outstanding talents all have basic skills. This is a word-filling game. What words should be filled in at a certain paragraph depends on the basic skills.

  This time... there might be hope.

   There was light in Liu Jie's eyes.

  But immediately, he became dejected again. After all... Too many failures made him not have much confidence in himself.

  …

  It's bitterly cold outside, but the warm pavilion in the palace is still as warm as spring.

  Emperor Hongzhi sat here, looking at an official document seriously, but he was amazed.

  He couldn't help asking: "Who is Wang Bushi?"

   "..."

   Several cabinet scholars were confused.

  Obviously, they were extremely unfamiliar with the name Wang Bushi.

  Emperor Hongzhi blew his beard and stared: "Nonsense, it's just nonsense!"

   As he spoke, he put the memorial aside!

  Although it was scolding and making trouble, he found that he couldn't get to the bottom of it, because it was no wonder that the prince and Fang Jifan were making trouble. These two guys came on the memorial, and he hoped that he could give the ship a name.

  Thinking about it, it is actually not easy for the crown prince and Fang Jifan.

  The imperial court went to the West and asked the Ministry of War to mobilize all the resources of the imperial court, but the crown prince and Fang Jifan also served the imperial court. But you can't use the banner of the official, and you need to worry about everything yourself. If you have this kind of heart, it is already very commendable.

  But he refused to give a name, fearing that he would lose Daming's prestige, so he had to let them adjudicate themselves.

   This is what he said, you can figure it out, what else can you say now?

  The matter is done, and it can’t be changed even if you want to. So many official documents are passed back and forth between various ministries and Tianjin Wei.

  However, he found that Liu Jian was a little out of his mind today, so he couldn't help but asked with concern: "Liu Qing's family, are you not feeling well today?"

   "Ah..." Liu Jian was taken aback for a moment, then came back to his senses and looked at Emperor Hongzhi blankly.

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned and said, "Just now I was asking..."

   "Your Majesty." Xie Qian came out to smooth things over at this moment: "Mr. Liu must be tired."

  Emperor Hongzhi saw that there was something in Xie Qian's words, and couldn't help asking: "But I see, Liu Qing's family has something on their minds."

   "This..." Liu Jian couldn't speak.

  My son has already taken the provincial examination for the sixth time. To be honest, as a Shoufu University scholar, his son is in his forties and is still taking the provincial examination, which is embarrassing enough.

   Now His Majesty's questioning made him a little bit embarrassed.

   Xie Qian and Li Dongyang knew about it, and they wanted to make it up for Liu Jian, so as not to embarrass Liu Jian in front of the emperor.

   But at this time, Liu Jian sighed and said: "Don't dare to hide your majesty, my subject Liu Jie, I will take part in the rural examination today... The Shuntianfu rural examination, I think it has ended."

  Emperor Hongzhi suddenly realized that he knew a little about this matter, but now he couldn't help feeling annoyed.

It’s just about the imperial examination, who is admitted, this is something that the emperor can’t change, any action that affects the fairness of the imperial examination may be criticized by the whole world, this is the root of scholars, thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t help He glanced at Liu Jian sympathetically.

  However, what Liu Jian can't accept the most is not necessarily the ridicule from others behind his back, but the sympathy from someone face to face!

This sympathy is really heartbreaking. What an excellent person I am. I am widely praised. Whether it is knowledge, morality, ability to govern the world, or the trust of the king, I am one of the best in the entire Ming Dynasty. Such an excellent person , How can I bear sympathy?

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said: "Let's end the discussion today. Since Liu Qing's family is not in good health, come here and prepare to take Liu Qing's family out of the palace."

   "This...Your Majesty, I dare not."

  This means that it is a great honor for His Majesty to order someone to prepare a sedan chair for Liu Jian and leave the palace in a sedan chair.

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "Others dare not, why not the Qing family? You are my humerus, go back to the mansion and have a rest."

  Therefore, soft sedan chairs were prepared in the palace. Liu Jian really didn't have any thoughts today, so he simply left and left.

  As soon as Liu Jian left, Emperor Hongzhi sighed quietly, glanced at Xie Qian and said, "Why didn't the two Qing family remind me earlier, hey, it really shouldn't be like this."

  Xie Qian couldn't laugh or cry and said: "I didn't expect His Majesty to mention this suddenly..."

  Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said: "Then Liu Jialang has studied for so many years, and he must have improved his knowledge a lot. You two gentlemen, do you think there is hope for him in this subject?"

  Xie Qian and Li Dongyang fell silent in unison.

  Emperor Hongzhi was a little annoyed: "It's okay to talk about it, I am very worried about Liu Qing."

   "This..." Xie Qian had no choice but to say: "I have checked Liu Lang's examination papers for the first few subjects. His writing style is a bit mediocre. Most importantly, he always breaks the questions...unreasonable."

Xie Qian pointed out several major shortcomings of Liu Jie. To put it bluntly, Liu Jie is a person with too mediocre aptitude. It is luck for such a person to be a scholar. No chance.

  Xie Qian said again: "In the past three years, I don't know if he has continued to study, but he is getting older and older, I'm afraid..."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said, "If the question is not difficult, maybe he still has a chance?"

  Li Dongyang said at this time: "The questions in the college examination will be easier, but the rural examination is bound to be more difficult. Liu Lang still has some foundation, but..."

  Emperor Hongzhi saw that neither Li Dongyang nor Xie Qian had confidence in Liu Jie.

  Emperor Hongzhi remembered that he was so busy these days that he had neglected the local examination in Shuntian Mansion: "This time, the chief examiner of the local examination... I remember that Zhang Sheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was chosen. What questions did he ask?"

   "At noon..." Li Dongyang paused and said, "A message came from the Gong Yuan, titled 'Ning Wu Zibang'."

   "What?" Emperor Hongzhi frowned, showing surprise.

  Ning Wu Zibang...I've never heard of it.

  Emperor Hongzhi was also a person who had read the Four Books. Although he was not proficient, he was definitely not taking it easy. His first reaction was, in his memory, did the words Ning Wu Zibang appear in the Four Books?

  Xie Qian took a deep look at Emperor Hongzhi and said: "The master said: Ning Wuzi, if the state has the way, you will know it, and if the state has no way, you will be stupid..."

   "..." Emperor Hongzhi finally had an impression, and his old face couldn't help but blush, no wonder he didn't have an impression, so...

   "This Zhang Sheng!" Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but angrily said: "It's really not a thing!"

   "..."

   "..."

   Now, it was Xie Qian and Li Dongyang's turn to be confused.

  In fact, if it wasn’t because they were concerned about Mr. Liu’s rural examination, they would still appreciate Zhang Sheng’s question from the bottom of their hearts. Zhang Butang can be regarded as an innovation if he can come up with such a trick in the question.

  Of course, they sullenly, Xie Qian said: "Zhang Sheng is a bit too much, and the candidates are not easy."

  Li Dongyang also said: "It is said that in the morning, an examinee went crazy and was kicked out."

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and didn't continue to say anything. In fact, he knew that Li Dongyang and Liu Jian were speaking against their will. Whether it was Zhang Sheng, Li Dongyang or Xie Qian, even if Liu Jie didn't take the exam, then Liu Jian would be counted. People, let them be the examiners, they probably also punish the candidates to death.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed for a long time. It seems that Liu Qing's family is about to be disappointed again. These days, when Liu Jian played the right role in front of him, he had to be careful with what he said, so as not to touch people's hearts and poke people's hearts. .

  ...

  Liu Jian returned to the mansion, the mansion looked deserted, his face was expressionless, and soon, the principal Liu An offered him a cup of tea.

  Liu Jian sat down in the hall without saying anything.

   But Liu An said in a low voice: "Master, the young master came back an hour ago, and then returned to the house."

   "Hmm..." Liu Jian took a sip of his tea and said flatly, "Got it."

  He was in a low mood, but he still deliberately pretended to be indifferent.

  I saw Liu An said again: "These days, villains will pay special attention to the young master."

"Okay." Liu Jian just nodded: "I'm sorry to bother you. Hey, these three years are a hurdle, like a gate of hell. Zixin... Every time he has to pass this gate of hell, he feels uncomfortable. Don't disturb him on weekdays. Let him be alone, he has his difficulties. It’s not that he didn’t work hard enough these years. In fact, there’s nothing wrong with failing. Hmm... That's it... Oh, yes, last time he said that studying in Xishan is very interesting, I persuade him to go to Xishan more when you have time, do whatever you like, don't be afraid of any rumors, people, live in In the world, there are not only two words of fame and fame left, as long as he can be happier."

  …

Some people say water, it’s really not water, old readers may have a certain understanding of stereotyped essays, but new readers may not know, we all know how cruel stereotyped essays are, but if you don’t bother to explain it, many people still can’t understand it , Tiger actually doesn't like to write stereotyped essays. It's very tiring to write, and you have to scrutinize word by word, but there is no way out. This... is not kind.

  (end of this chapter)