Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 505 The Emperor is Coming
Although Kong Wenliang and Kong Wenshao are both in the Wen family, Kong Wenliang is actually more than ten years younger than Kong Wenshao.

In this age, there is no family planning, many brothers and sisters, and it is not uncommon for the eldest child to be older than the youngest brother.

It is not surprising that an 80-year-old man calls a kid who wears open crotch pants grandpa.

Kong Wenliang is just a scholar, and those who can become officials in Ming Dynasty usually have to be born as Jinshi. Even in the earliest days, if some remote counties lack people to go there, at least they have to be born in Juren. Of course, there are some who have made relatively great achievements. past.

But without exception, there is no precedent for Bai Ding to be an official.

Especially in these years of peace and prosperity, the scientific examination has been more perfect, and more and more Jinshi are admitted. Because of the large number of people, even some Jinshi have to wait to be arranged for work, and it is not the turn of people who are not from Jinshi to become officials.

And literati look down on each other, just like Qin Shao's dynasty in the previous life.

People with different educational backgrounds also have a chain of contempt.

Even if you become an official through some special relationship, in the same Jinshi circle, you will be excluded if you are not from a Jinshi background.

Just like Lu Lianxian, who was originally a military officer, and later became a county magistrate through connections and selection. In fact, he was excluded in the circle of officials, and he himself actually felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Of course, there are powerful circles where sons inherit their father’s business, but people in these circles generally have some rights. Naturally, they will try their best to get some fame during the scientific examination, and some people in some places will be relaxed in the scientific examination admission, so those people naturally They will also take advantage of loopholes to make their identity more integrated into the circle.

But there is one place where you don't need to care about these at all, no one has any objections, and they are even more respected than the same officials in other places.

That is the county magistrate here in Qufu.

The Confucian family has a noble status without taking scientific examinations, and enjoys glory and wealth. Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that you can enjoy the glory and wealth without hard work. The disadvantage is that the people in the rich and honor are lascivious, and a good environment will wipe out people's enterprising spirit.

Just like the clans of the Ming Dynasty, those clans were raised like pigs, and gradually they raised people to waste.

Fortunately, after Zhu Houxi came to power, he let the offshoots of the clan take part in scientific examinations. Over the past few years, the enthusiasm of the clan to participate in scientific examinations has gradually formed, and more and more imperial clan scientific examination schools have been built.

Because there are quotas open to the clan every year, a competitive atmosphere is naturally formed.

Even though the salary of being a county magistrate is not as high as that of a county king, even if he sees people with high clan titles, he even bows and bows, but not every clan can become a prince or county king, and more of them are some offshoots.

For those people, being a poor clan is far inferior to being a county magistrate and a small official. The salary is not bad, and with the blessing of status, what they get is far from just those salaries.

Therefore, for ordinary clans, it is definitely a good choice to go out in scientific research.

In fact, from a direct analysis of the value, not to mention ordinary clans, even the county kings are actually envious of those clans who can pass the Jinshi exam. One, not only the county king, but also the feudal king is envious.

Since it is envy, the clan status of those who passed the imperial examination will naturally rise. Even the vassal king and the county king looked at it a few times, thinking that they were winning glory for the vassal.

In many cases, people go up, not only may get more wealth and material, but also receive attention and respect. This kind of intangible assets is even more addictive to pursue.

It's just that the number of places in the imperial examinations is limited after all, and the clan's study time is not longer or more advantageous than those of the folks, and they often have to fight for talent when studying.

Being a scholar may be a test of one's own hard work, but to be successful in the Juren and Jinshi exams, you basically have a certain amount of talent.

Although the scientific examination has many drawbacks, it is undeniable that the finally selected talents are definitely the sons of heaven, and they are definitely not stupid.

Therefore, even with the advantage of caring, not every clan can have the opportunity to pass the Jinshi examination.

But today's Ming Dynasty has a variety of mechanisms for selecting talents, such as taking part in martial arts exams, as well as the selection of talents in medicine, agriculture, and engineering.

As for the technical department, the clan members have not taken the exam at present. For them, it is the work of ordinary civilians. In this dynasty, craftsmen are still not respected by the upper-level dignitaries. Although they also need to deal with these people a lot, For example, Daming hospitals in various places today.

Nowadays, imperial hospitals are established in various places, and doctors are selected from all over the country.

Ordinary people can also go to the hospital to see a doctor, and the same is true for the rich and powerful. They all have to pay money to register with the doctor they like.

It's just that the rich and powerful can get linked to doctors with hot skills earlier or more easily based on their connections.

As far as the clan of the Ming Dynasty was concerned, there was indeed someone who took the exam for the selection of medical talents in the past two years, but that person was a very remote branch of the clan, a lieutenant of Fengguo, who was not valued by the clan, and his salary was not very much, although he could take care of him. Food and drink, but his mother and father are not in good health at home, the expenses are a bit high, and naturally they fall into poverty.

The clan's salary has been decreasing over the years, and many remote clan branches will usually go to the feudal prince's mansion for help when encountering difficulties.

Lieutenant Feng Guo is a dutiful son, and there is nothing he can do about it.He understands medical theory and has studied it for many years. His father and mother can move now, and it is he who groped and groped to help with the treatment to save their lives.

He heard that when the imperial court recruits medical officers, as long as they can take charge of medicine and have good medical skills, they will not only get a salary from the imperial court, but also get a commission based on the number of patients they see.

This guy just wants to try.

Anyway, after one year of passing the exam, life stabilizes, and the original clan treatment will be revoked.

That Lieutenant Fengguo went to the medical officer examination, and his ranking was very high, and he performed very well in the interview, and he had practical experience. He was directly assigned to the imperial hospital where there was a shortage of personnel.

After a year, the income is really more than the original salary of the clan and title of the family.

And now that he has revoked the clan treatment, people are much more free, and can go to more places to study and practice. Now that he has become a famous doctor, almost all the daily registration places are robbed. Even if the local clan members want to see a doctor, they have to Through the relationship, the status will naturally rise.

The medical officer examination has now become a possible choice for clan members who fail the scientific examination.

Another hot spot is naturally martial arts!
The Ming Dynasty immediately won the world. Although the previous clan was decadent, horseback riding and practicing kung fu became something highly respected by the Ming clan. The usual entertainment of those idle and wealthy clans was horseback riding and archery.

Compared with ordinary people, the clan's economic conditions are not bad, so it has a great advantage in martial arts.

Although civil servants in the Ming Dynasty are still popular nowadays, martial arts is also a big hit for the clan. In the past few years, the number of outstanding clan candidates selected by martial arts has also increased year by year.

It's just that the imperial court is reforming like a raging fire, but the land of Qufu is isolated from the imperial court, and nothing seems to have any impact on it.

Years of comfortable life have made the children of the Confucian family no longer have the will to fight. As the descendants of Confucius, although they can participate in the scientific examination, they basically have no achievements.

Even a scholar like Kong Wenliang can be regarded as a relatively outstanding person in the Confucian mansion!
Of course, the reason why Kong Wenliang was able to join the county magistrate of Qufu was not only because he was relatively close to Kong Wenshao, but also because he was good at flattering and flattering. him one.

It's just that after Kong Wenshao became the county magistrate and became more familiar with Kong Wenshao, his ambition grew step by step.

Kong Wenshao's father, Kong Xu, was famous for being a good woman, and because of being deprived of his title, just like that, Kong Wenshao was left alone.

When it came to Kong Wenshao's place, it was even more strange. At the beginning, Kong Wenliang didn't know about it. After all, he had no chance to get in touch with Kong Wenshao's private life before.

This matter is actually not a surprising thing among high-ranking officials and nobles. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is still sitting on the male and female in the world!

It was only after Kong Wenliang became the county magistrate and got closer to Kong Wenshao that he realized that Kong Wenshao was the exact opposite of his father, that is, he was not close to women at all, but only liked men.

Not to mention that there are women outside, those women in the back house are just a decoration.

At that time, there was only Kong Zhenhong's son, and after Kong Wenshao got drunk, his wife Li used her dowry maid, who was Kong Wenshao's nominal housemate, to plot against him.

That Tongfang was amazing, once he won a lottery, Kong Zhenhong was left pregnant.

Kong Wenshao was very angry. He himself could be said to be misanthropic, and because it was arranged by Mrs. Li, Kong Zhenhong was the one who was left in the room, so he killed him immediately.

Although Kong Wenshao hated women, he felt relieved after having one. After all, he was under pressure to carry on the family line. With a son, he didn't have to force himself to be with those women.

It’s just that this son was timid and timid at first, and Kong Wenshao didn’t like it very much. Later, after he fell into a coma and woke up, his personality changed drastically.

Kong Wenshao hit Kong Zhenhong several times and nothing changed, that kid was like a madman.

Later, I found a Taoist priest to look at it, and even said that the kid was in conflict with Confucius and Yan Shenggong. What happened later made Kong Wenshao believe it even more, and immediately rejected the boy.

Later, Kong Wenshao bit the bullet and spoiled a concubine for a few nights, and finally had a second son, Kong Zhenqian.

After Kong Zhenhong was rejected, Kong Wenliang actually had thoughts.

The thought is naturally that if Kong Wenshao is gone...

If Kong Wenshao really died, he would naturally adopt one of the closest relatives in the Kong family clan to his own name.

And Kong Wenliang has a closer relationship with Kong Wenshao, and he has five sons...

It's just that Kong Wenshao is quite old, and his body has lost money after years of playing with his body. Kong Wenliang thought that it would be impossible for him to regenerate, and he actually gave birth to a second son with that so-called concubine!
Kong Wenliang's original hopefulness suddenly seemed like cold water was poured on his head.

But there are always more solutions than hardships, and Kong Wenliang will not give up.

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"Master, a girl named Xiao Linglong came here recently, she sings a wonderful song, her voice is like that of a yellow warbler, not to mention her appearance, she is so tender..."

Knowing his master's hobbies, Wang Chong said flatteringly.

"Uh...that...well, sir, I've been a little busy recently, and I've been away for a long time. Those at home have become like old cucumbers. They are already familiar with the left hand touching the right hand. It's not interesting at all. If there is something fresh, hurry up. Come and serve me!"

Kong Wenliang said directly.

Wang Chong quickly went out to make arrangements.

Wang Chong's family background was not high. He was originally from a poor family and couldn't get enough to eat. Later, he followed a group of gangsters and became a bum on the street.

But he is smart and has a wink. Before Kong Wenliang was a scholar, he knew how to go forward and flatter him.

Kong Wenliang was short of people around him at the time, so he made him his servant.

Later, Kong Wenliang made a fortune, and Wang Chong was promoted to housekeeper.

Wang Chong arranged for Kong Wenliang to love him, and under the arrangement of the old lady, he himself went to find his lover, a singer named Yanhong.

It's just that before he and the diva had a moment to reminisce, a boy from Kong Wenliang's family came looking for him outside.

"Steward Wang, it's not good! Something happened at home!"

The boy said out of breath.

"What happened at home?"

Wang Chong asked eagerly wearing the clothes he had already taken off.

"It's not at home, it's the county government...the county government has come..."

The boy looked around and found that the singer was still there, so he eagerly whispered in Wang Chong's ear.

"Are... are you sure? I... I'll call the master!"

When Wang Chong heard this, he almost collapsed to the ground.

Although I asked the young man about the authenticity of the situation, he also knew that since the county government asked the young man to come to find someone, naturally there would be no fakes.

Shaking his body, Wang Chong rushed to the room where Kong Wenliang was playing.

Before reaching the door, there was a sound of ...

"master!"

"Master! There is an urgent matter at home! There is an urgent matter!"

Kong Wenliang was on the verge of shooting an arrow, and the anxious shouts outside made him vent!

"What's your name?"

Kong Wenliang picked up the clothes on the ground and wanted to put them on, but found that they were a pair of trousers and threw them aside.

"Wait for me to get dressed!"

He said to the singer.

The singer trembled, looking for clothes on the ground, and put them on for Kong Wenliang in a panic.

"If it's not something urgent, I'll take your skin off!"

Kong Wenliang shouted angrily.

Both Wang Chong and the servant trembled in fright.

After getting dressed, Kong Wenliang went to the outside compartment.

"Tell me! What happened?"

He had fought a battle just now, his body was already a little tired, and he was also a little thirsty. When he saw the water on the tea table outside, he drank it directly.

The singer who followed behind glanced at it, and it was too late to stop it, it was her mouthwash earlier.

But it has already happened, so let's just pretend we don't know it.

"You go out first!"

Wang Chong said to the singer that it is natural for outsiders to know about confidential matters.

The singer was also obedient, and quickly got up and walked out.

Wang Chong quickly closed the door.

"Master, Your Majesty... Your Majesty wants to see you!"

Wang Chong said.

"What? What emperor?"

Kong Wenliang didn't pay attention at first, but when he came back to his senses, he exclaimed directly.

"Your majesty... Your majesty has gone to the county government office!"

Wang Chong repeated.

"Are you...are you kidding? The emperor is in the capital, why would he come to the county government office? What are you talking about in your sleep?"

Kong Wenshao felt baffled.

"My lord, I'm not kidding, it's the county magistrate... the county magistrate asked me to tell you, the emperor has already arrived at the county office, and now the magistrate is receiving him, he said he wants you to go back quickly!"

(End of this chapter)