Do you know that it starts with Meng Tong?

Chapter 144 Qinhuai Riverside

"It turns out that these beauties on the Qinhuai River are here to give exams to Xie Yuanlang."

On the pier, many people who were originally full of expectations suddenly became dejected when they saw the situation clearly.

But more people, like Tao Dazhi, watched the excitement with excitement.

Xie Yuanlang and the oiran, and the 14-year-old Xie Yuanlang and the 22-year-old oiran, one is tender and the other is mature, tsk tsk tsk, it’s really exciting just thinking about it!

"Get off the boat, get off the boat

"Do you know it starts with Meng Tong" Chapter 144 Along the Qinhuai River

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Chapter 145 Return to Beijing

The fleet soon sailed away from Bailuzhou. The sound of the piano in the distance was like crying, and it was still blown intermittently by the river wind to the ears of the people on board.

Seeing Yuan Lang standing at the stern of the boat, everyone was talking about the scene where the beauties from Qin and Huaihe cried to each other, and they could not hide their envy in their words.

"After the Chinese New Year, Xie Yuanlang is only 15 years old, and he already has so many confidantes. How many more years will he still have them?"

"It's really comparing people to people, it's so maddening!"

"What's there to be angry about?

"Do you know it starts with Meng Tong" Chapter 145 Return to Beijing

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Chapter 146

A few days after Wei Chen arrived in Beijing, he received a total of six sets of examination stationery from Hanmo Hall, a time-honored brand in Bianjing, eight pairs of lightweight gloves lined with satin velvet, twelve deerskin ear protectors, and nine pairs of short-haired soft boots. Everything was included. Priceless fine goods.

These gifts were sent by the oiran leaders of Fan Lou. If they were not afraid of affecting Wei Chen's preparation for the exam, these beautiful ladies would come one after another to send sweet blessings to Wei Chen in person.

This time, Sheng Changbai did not try hard to persuade Wei Chen not to fall into the trap of female goblins.

Chapter 146 of "Do you know it starts with Meng Tong"?

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Chapter 147

Before the fifth watch, Wei Chen and everyone from Jingxi Society arrived at the Great Zhou Gongyuan in a carriage.

People gathered from all over the Zhou Dynasty to pass the preparatory examinations such as the third-level child examination, the re-menstrual examination, the subject examination, and the general examination, and then passed the most difficult provincial examination. Today, they have the opportunity to take a look at the entrance of the examination room. What does it look like.

Because the exam can be repeated, the actual elimination rate of the imperial examination is much lower, but it is not an exaggeration to say that one out of ten thousand is the best.

If you have a way, you will succeed

"Do you know it starts with Meng Tong" Chapter 147 Spring Day

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Chapter 148 Call it a day after the exam

Bianjing in February is very cold in spring, especially in the morning and at night, with the strong north wind, which is bone-chilling.Examination in this environment is simply a test of both body and spirit.

Wei Chen cleaned the dormitory, made some arrangements, and quickly lit a charcoal basin to keep warm. He also put a small copper stove on the charcoal fire to boil water.

After the water boiled, Wei Chen threw some ginger slices and red dates into it.

Ginger and jujube tea can not only dispel cold and dampness, but also nourish the spleen and stomach, which is very suitable for

"Do you know it starts from Mengtong" Chapter 148: Finish the exam and call it a day

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Chapter 149 Scoring

After nine days and six nights, candidates like Wei Chen finally finished the exam and called it a day, but the examiners in the courtroom continued to be busy.

After the candidates finished answering the first question, they handed in the ink scrolls just like a provincial examination. They were collected and sealed, copied and read. After confirming that they were correct, the supervisor escorted the ink scrolls to the inner curtain of the court hall.

In the sixth year of Tianyou's examination, there are seventeen rooms in total, divided into five rooms of the Book of Changes, five rooms of the Book of Songs, three rooms of the Book of Books, two rooms of the Spring and Autumn Period, and two rooms of the Book of Rites.

Seventeen

"Do you know it starts with Meng Tong" Chapter 149 Grading

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Chapter 150

The person who spoke out to reprimand the two fellow examiners was none other than Wang Wenqing, the minister of Dali Temple, one of the outer curtain officials for this examination.

Seeing Wang Wenqing's solemn expression questioning him with a straight face, Zhang Maoxiu, the director of the Ministry of Works, couldn't help but feel scared and turned his face away with a guilty conscience.

Qiu Zhongyi, a member of the household department, just smiled and said calmly: "Why do you need to be angry, Mr. Wang? We are just doing justice."

Wang Wenqing snorted coldly and wanted to say something, but he heard the examiner

"Do you know it starts with Meng Tong" Chapter 150: Whose Family Will the Flower Become?

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Questions about the previous chapter

1) The problem of anonymity.

It is certain that the names will be confused, but after the five classics are decided, all the names will be separated. The next step is the ranking of the top five, and of course the most important thing is the ownership of No. 1.

In real history, the specific operations in different dynasties and different periods are definitely different. Anyway, this is how this article is understood and set up. Interested readers can go back and read it. When I wrote about the provincial examination, I also decided on the economics and then took it apart. name.

2) Xu Mu’s plot problem.

First of all, we need to clarify a few prerequisites.

First, Xu Mu and Xu Lin are not close friends on the surface, but they are indeed related five, six, or seven or eight generations back.

The second is to pay a visit to the emperor.

That is to say, bringing an article to meet the examiner in private before the exam. This behavior was practiced in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.From the beginning of the imperial examination system until the imperial examination system was completely abolished, it has not been eradicated from the beginning to the end.

Third, fraud in imperial examinations was repeatedly banned.

The fraud cases of Qian Hui, the Minister of Rites in the Tang Dynasty, the fraud cases of Chen Yaozi and Liu Shidao in the Northern Song Dynasty, the fraud cases of Qin Hui in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jiachen Examination Case in the Ming Dynasty, the Dingyou Beiwei Examination Case in Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, and during the Guangxu period, Zhou Shuren's grandfather also engaged in bribery for the provincial examination Examiner matters.

Fourth, the cost of being exposed for imperial examination fraud is not as high as some readers imagine.

In the aforementioned fraud case of Chen Yaozi and Liu Shidao in the Northern Song Dynasty, Chen Yaozi, the chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites examination, was demoted to the deputy envoy of Shanzhou Tuanlian because he collaborated with Liu Shidao to cheat for his younger brother. However, he was soon reinstated and even served again later. Passed the imperial examination examiner.

Of course, this is only the situation in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially in the Qing Dynasty, once caught cheating in the imperial examinations, they were beheaded at every turn. That was another story.

Fifth, the imperial examination was unfair.

There are many ways for high-level officials in the DPRK to influence the results of the imperial examinations without being labeled as fraud. Various "definitely selected number one candidates", "backdoor number one candidates" and "right-selected number one candidates" emerge in endlessly.

For example, the great poet Wang Weineng won the first prize and followed the path of Tang Xuanzong's sister Li Longji.

Another example is Tang Ruji, the number one scholar in the imperial examination during the Jiajing period who relied on currying favor with Yan Song and his son.

Another example is the famous Zhang Juzheng. Among his sons, there is one number one scholar, one number two, and one Jinshi. Moreover, Zhang Juzheng also served as the examiner for his second son...

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After clarifying the above points, let’s look at the examiner Xu Mu in this article.

Xu Mu must have selfish motives. He hoped that Xu Lin would become Huiyuan, but what he did was neither fraud nor bending the law for personal gain.

First of all, Xu Mu and Xu Lin are from the Xu family in Tonglu and the Xu family from Qingjiang. On the surface, they do not appear to be directly related. This has been explained in the article.

Secondly, Xu Mu never clearly stated his attitude from beginning to end. He also acted to avoid suspicion and did not interfere in the discussion with the examiners.

Perhaps after Wang Wenqing found out Xu Lin's parentage, his fellow examiners had already guessed Xu Mu's attitude, but Xu Mu had no relationship with Xu Lin on the surface, and he never said a good word for Xu Lin from beginning to end.

Even if someone files a petition for impeachment, if he impeaches a Crown Prince Shaobao, Minister of Rites, and Bachelor of Longtuge without any basis, he may have to be prepared to lose his official title first.

Guesses are just guesses

, and cannot bring any substantial threat to Xu Mu.However, once this kind of guess is made, it will make fellow examiners throw a tantrum.

The fellow examiners will weigh in their minds, if this speculation is true, how can they stand on the opposite side of Xu Mu, and what will be the consequences?

With this level of concern, even if they did not directly oppose Xu Mu, they did not dare to speak casually, and then they became the silent majority.

This is why, in the early stage of the discussion with the examiners, Zhang Maoxiu and Qiu Zhongyi easily dominated the situation on the court.

Suppose, if the young Hanlin had not come forward to speak up, would the opinions of a few people such as Zhang Maoxiu and Qiu Zhongyi have become "public opinion".

At that time, Xu Mu only needs to do what Wang Wenqing did when he selected Wei Chen as his Yuan in the provincial examination, half-referring and half-accepting, and acting in accordance with "public opinion", and he will be able to justifiably choose Xu Lin as his Yuan, and no one can fault him.

Compared with Wei Chen, what Xu Lin lacked may be a little bit of hard power, and Zhang Maoxiu and Qiu Zhongyi were responsible for making up for this with public opinion and momentum.

You must know that before the candidates were discussed for the audition, Xu Lin was already the top manager of the Book of Poetry room as agreed by the examiners. This also meant that even if Xu Lin's articles were worse than Wei Chen's, they would not be much worse.

As the same saying goes, writing is not first, and martial arts is not second. When the level of writing is good enough to a certain level, which one is better is just a subjective judgment.

The Hanlin Academy said that Wei Chen's articles were superior, but Zhang Maoxiu and Qiu Zhongyi just like Xu Lin's writing style. This is also my freedom.

Although it's a bit unreasonable, that's what Li'er is.

The two of them are just fulfilling their duties as co-examiners. As co-examiners, they are just recommending the papers they like. Is that wrong?

Of course it is.

In the final analysis, Xu Mu's status and power played a role in the whole thing.

Even if Xu Mu doesn't say a word, others can still feel the invisible pressure brought by this power, and then unconsciously act according to Xu Mu's wishes.