Daming talker

Chapter 190

The Yingtianfu Township Examination is not only an exam, but also a grand gathering of scholars. Some celebrities will specially rush to Nanjing City to participate in the grand event at this time.

On the two big piers of Longjiang Pass and Jiangdongmen, a large number of scholars from other places will arrive every day, and the etiquette of welcoming and sending them off is extremely frequent.

Today, another flat boat came from the lower reaches of the river, waiting to berth. Gu Xiancheng, An Xifan and his teacher and student sat opposite each other in the cabin.

The young An Xifan asked puzzledly: "Why didn't the teacher return to the imperial court to reinstate his post, instead he asked for a three-year leave of absence and traveled back and forth in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Gu Xiancheng replied: "You should concentrate on the rural examination first, and don't need to be distracted by other things."

The leaders of their Qingliu faction are either from Henan or Hebei, and their foundation is weak in Jiangnan, where the number of scholars is the largest.

After all, there are too many people for Jiangnan scholars to rely on. The chief assistant Shen Shixing, the academician Wang Xijue, and the leader of the literary circle Wang Shizhen are all from Jiangnan.

That's why Gu Xiancheng asked for leave for three years to go home and give lectures to gather momentum. Of course, a young man in his early twenties like An Xifan couldn't understand.

An Xifan looked outside, but saw a large group of scholars standing on the bank, all facing the river.

Then he opened his mouth and said, "Could it be that the teacher has become so famous that a large number of scholars who admire him have come here to welcome him after hearing the news?"

Gu Xiancheng also wanted to be like this, but felt that it was not possible.After the ship docked firmly, he immediately got out of the cabin and stood at the bow.

But the scholars on the shore did not respond, so Gu Xiancheng was very disappointed to confirm that these scholars really did not come to greet him.

After he landed on the shore, he heard someone shouting from the other side of the pier: "Gu Jun!"

Looking back again, it turned out to be my good friend Li Sancai.

Originally, this Li Sancai was already a doctor in the household department, but last year he wrote a letter to defend Wei Yunzhen, which offended his superiors and was transferred to be a doctor in the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing.

Although the grade has not changed, it has suddenly changed from an important position to an idle position among idle positions.

A few years ago when Gu Xiancheng first entered the official career, he worked in the household department. He was Li Sancai's subordinate at that time, and the two compiled the "Wanli Accounting Record" together.

It stands to reason that Li Sancai is higher than Gu Xiancheng in terms of seniority and rank, so there is no need to greet him in terms of etiquette.

But the two are about the same age, and Li Sancai admires Gu Xiancheng's character and knowledge more, so the two usually treat each other with equal courtesy.

In addition, Li Sancai is good at communication and good at dancing, so he condescends to come to greet Gu Xiancheng.

After seeing the ceremony, Li Sancai explained: "Since Haigong Gangfeng was in Nantai, the official government has been strict in discipline.

Nangao, Jianquan and others are inconvenient to get away, so they can only entrust me to welcome them! "

Nan Gao is Zou Yuanbiao, and Jian Quan is Wei Yunzhen, both of whom were exiled to Nanjing because of disobedience, and they belong to a small gang with Gu Xiancheng.

At this time, there was no title of Donglin Party yet, and they all called themselves "Qingliu" and flaunted their reputation.

Zou Yuanbiao, Li Sancai, and Wei Yunzhen were all well-known figures in the history of party struggles in the late Ming Dynasty. They only showed their talents at this time, and they had only entered the officialdom for a decade or so.

Originally, the discipline of the Nanjing government office was very lax, and there was no work at all, let alone being late and leaving early and absent from work.

However, after Hai Rui served as the censor of the right capital of Nanjing, he strictly enforced discipline. Most officials in Nanjing were miserable, but they were frightened by Hai Rui's prestige and did not dare to challenge him.

Therefore, Zou Yuanbiao and Wei Yunzhen, two people who usually pay attention to integrity and image, are not easy to get away. Only Li Sancai can come to pick up Gu Xiancheng because he works in the Ministry of Rites.

But at this time, Gu Xiancheng pointed to other people gathered on the shore and asked, "Who are you waiting for?"

Li Sancai replied: "It should be Wang Yanzhou, the old leader of the literary circle. I don't know why he came to Nanjing. It is said that he is going to be the right servant of the Nanjing Ministry of Punishment."

Gu Xiancheng suppressed his sour breath, and commented lightly: "Those who do not follow the righteous way are of no use to the country or the people?"

An Xifan also hurriedly followed Mr. Gu and said, "Glamorous, the world is deplorable."

Although they are both known as literati and belong to the scholastic circle, Qingliu and Wang Shizhen are not in the same circle.

Just like the public knowledge circle and the literary circle hundreds of years later, they are also different circles.

All of a sudden, the huge crowd erupted into loud cheers, and a large boat slowly appeared on the shore.

Li Sancai hurriedly greeted Gu Xiancheng: "Get in the car! Let's go first, otherwise there will be more people and more chaos later."

Gu Xiancheng looked back at the big boat in disgust, then scanned the crowd, and then boarded the car and left.

The old leader Wang Shizhen who came out of the cabin waved to the crowd on the shore, and his expression was much better than when he left Suzhou.

At this time, he also saw the chariots and horses leaving behind the crowd, but he didn't pay attention.

As long as Xu Wenchang and Lin Tailai's two generations of literary thieves are not in person, the old leader Wang is still very magnanimous most of the time.

There were not many people who accompanied the old leader to Nanjing this time, except for the second son Wang Shisu, Feng Shike, the most loyal disciple of the retro sect, and Hu Yinglin, the youngest celebrity.

The leader of the Wang Lao League claimed to the outside world that he came to Nanjing to take up the post of the right servant of the Nanjing Ministry of Punishment, and no one else doubted it.

But the three escorts all understood the thoughts of Old Leader Wang.

After arriving at the residence, Feng Shike asked: "Is it true that the literary conference will be held again and not announced in advance?

In this way, without giving the world warm-up time, the effect does not seem to be very good. "

Wang Shizhen replied: "After I returned to Taicang three months ago, I kept deliberating, reviewed my gains and losses repeatedly, and summed up three reasons for the failure of the Suzhou Literary Conference."

"The first is that the warm-up is too early and too long. It seriously consumes and disperses the energy of the participants, and after entering the main topic, they often feel sluggish.

The second is that the sense of participation of scholars is too poor.Most scholars actually know that they will definitely not be selected as the five sons, so they need a sense of participation.

Third, if there is no external cause, maybe we can still maintain the prosperity of the superficial literary world.However, due to external factors such as Lin Tailai, it is understandable that the success fell short. "

Feng Shi didn't want to talk about the right and wrong of the past, so he asked, "When will the literary conference be held?"

The leader of the old alliance Wang replied confidently: "It can be set during the period between the end of the exam and the release of the results."

After thinking about it for a while, Feng Shike replied, "It's wonderful! It's just the right time to make trouble!"

If you think about it carefully, you will know that there is really no more suitable time than this time period.

This period of time must be the most relaxed and energetic time for scholars.

If they waited until after the announcement of the list, most of the scholars who failed the list would definitely just want to go home early, and would not be interested in serving as the background board of the literary conference.

And if the time was earlier, the scholars would still be anxious about the provincial examination, how could they be in the mood to do anything else?

Wang Shizhen instructed: "When the examination in the township examination is over, we will immediately announce the matters of the literary conference!

Then, in a short period of time, reach the climax, without giving the malicious person time to react! "

At this time, Wang Shizhen came into the hall with a stack of greeting cards, and reported, "Father just got off the passenger ship, and he actually worshiped Yingchi!"

Wang Shizhen laughed a few times, only at such times can he feel the joy of his own existence.

Then he said to the left and right: "I haven't set foot in Jinling for several years. I wonder if Qinhuai Fengyue has ever produced a rookie?"

Feng Shike thought, there must be rookies, but it's not clear if the voice is high enough.

To say that the current selection criteria for the old leader seems to be all about the size of the voice.

On the road in Nanjing city, Gu Xiancheng and Li Sancai shared one car, while An Xifan and other attendants took another car.

In the car, Li Sancai asked again: "What are the arrangements for today? Do you want to clean up the dust for you?"

Gu Xiancheng replied: "Tell Nangao and Jianquan that I am exhausted from traveling and traveling, and I am very sleepy. I will take a rest today."

Li Sancai nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

In fact, Li Sancai knew in his heart that Gu Xiancheng had something to do, probably because he was anxious to see Fanghuan, the imperial censor from Nanzhili.

Gu Xiancheng didn't know Fang Huan before, and it was he, Li Sancai, who introduced him.But Li Sancai didn't ask what specific things were to be done.

After sending Gu Xiancheng and An Xifan to the apartment prepared in advance, Li Sancai left knowingly and voluntarily.

After that, Gu Xiancheng and An Xifan also separated, doing their own things.

An Xifan is here to take part in the township examination, so of course he has to find a classmate social meeting essay at this time.

Gu Xiancheng, on the other hand, kept on going and secretly visited Fanghuan, the censor of Tixue in Nanzhili.

There are three main things. The first is in terms of lectures. I hope Fang Huan can provide support. After all, Fang Tixue is the real thigh of the entire Southern Zhili scholars.

The second is whether it is possible to fish in troubled waters through Fang Huan in various exams this year and next year, and strengthen the strength of his own people.

Although the influence of the promotion of the censor on the provincial examination is very limited, at least during the term of office, the admission of scholars from various counties can be determined.

The third is to punish the villains and maintain the dignity of the righteous way. The villain that needs to be eliminated most at present is that Suzhou Linsheng.

In fact, there is another thing that is hard to say, Gu Xiancheng has always told people that his idol is Hai Rui, so he wonders if he has a chance to gain fame from Hai Rui.

In the hearts of Nanzhili scholars, Fang Tixue's character and reputation are not very good, he is greedy and violent.

But he still warmly received Gu Xiancheng, who in the officialdom is not a multi-faceted person?
In addition to Li Sancai's matchmaking factor, who gave Gu Xiancheng a background in the bureaucracy, and Gu Xiancheng's brother Zhao Nanxing was the most critical official of the Wenxuan Department.

"Suzhou Mansion Lin Sheng?" Fang Tixue repeated it several times, but he had no memory of it.

Although he is the imperial censor of Nanzhili, who can remember every scholar clearly?

Immediately, let people go to check the roster of students in Suzhou Mansion first, and report back when they have the results.

For Fang Tixue, other matters were within his purview, only visiting Hai Rui was more difficult, because Hai Rui never socialized for personal reasons, let alone eating and drinking.

But he suddenly thought of one thing, and said to Gu Xiancheng: "I heard that Hai Zhongcheng is compiling and printing a collection of poems called "Jingyuefu Fourteen Sufferings", and he is looking for someone to write a preface.

According to Hai Zhongcheng's request, the person who wrote the preface must have a voice of integrity and a character who is famous for himself!

Thinking about it this way, with Gu Junzhi's name, he is also a suitable candidate.

Without further ado, Gu Jun might as well write a preface now, and I will recommend it to Hai Gong as soon as possible. "

Gu Xiancheng immediately agreed, there is no reason to refuse such a long-standing matter.

At this time, the clerk who went to check the roster also came back, handed over a page, and reported:

"Suzhou Prefecture has a total of more than 400 students in school, and [-] students have participated in the provincial examination through scientific examinations, records and other channels.

Among them, three students surnamed Lin have all been transcribed here. "

After Gu Xiancheng visited Fang Tixue, when he returned to his apartment, he found that An Xifan had already returned and had been waiting for a long time.

Gu Xiancheng asked in surprise: "Didn't you go to a meeting? Why did you come back so early?"

An Xifan replied: "Just now I was walking with my friends in the streets and alleys of Nanqu."

Gu Xiancheng interrupted An Xifan, and severely reprimanded him: "Don't you know there is a ban? How dare you put yourself in danger!"

An Xifan quickly explained: "The teacher misunderstood! The ban is only strictly prohibited from entering and leaving the door of a prostitute and entertaining oneself with a prostitute.

We're just walking around in the streets and alleys, and it's not a big deal to just take a look at the street scenes of famous places.

But teacher, do you know what I saw? "

Gu Xiancheng then asked: "What is it that made you lose your composure?"

An Xifan quickly replied: "I saw that Lin Sheng from Suzhou, swaggering into Ming Ji's house!"

Gu Xiancheng said happily: "This kid really dares to openly violate the ban? Are you denying the wrong person?"

An Xifan quickly explained: "With Lin Sheng's stature, how could he admit his mistake?"

Although Gu Xiancheng's doubts have not disappeared, everything is ready and only owes the east wind.

Now you only need to find out Lin Sheng's real name and identity, and then verify his whereabouts!

Then, the easiest way is to take the opportunity of contacting Hai Rui to directly report Suzhou Linsheng!

Of course, Lin Tailai can also be handed over to Fang Tixue directly, and let Fang Tixue figure out how to deal with it himself.

An Xifan did not admit the wrong person, what he saw was really Lin Tailai.

At this time, Officer Lin set up a few tables in the courtyard of Zhao Caiji's house, inviting Mo Xiren and his colleagues to eat and drink together.

Except for Mo Xiren, a total of ten pimps were recruited, and they will temporarily work with Mr. Lin from today on.

During the banquet, Lin Tailai did not forget to interject a few words of business:

"I don't need to go into details about my identity and occupation, anyway, Hai Qingtian authorized me!

Next, I will rely on you. I plan to divide the entire old courtyard area into ten areas. Each of you will be responsible for one area, and Mo Xiren will take charge of it! "

Someone asked: "The territory is divided, and then what should I do?"

Lin Tailai was prepared and replied: "The first is naturally to upload and distribute well, without any mistakes or delays.

The second is to collect and investigate clues to violations of law and discipline, and then summarize them for me!
The third is to urge all beauties to learn poetry. The collection of poems has been submitted to Hai Qingtian for review and will be distributed soon.

The fourth is to urge all beauties to conduct self-examination and self-correction!

What is self-examination and self-correction?That is, before the results of the township examination are released, each family must report at least one person! "

Listening to Mr. Lin's orderly arrangement, all the pimps could only admire.

Mo Xiren was vaguely aware of why Lin Tailai recruited these pimps, and directly arranged for the pimps to work.

They seemed to form a breakwater, separating Lin Tailai from the beauties.

At critical moments, they can also be regarded as scapegoats and victims.

Because the specific matters were handled by these people, apart from fighting, Lin Tailai didn't directly handle anything.

A pimp who was summoned asked a very practical question: "Then how do we make a living?"

Lin Tailai replied: "Don't worry, after you finish studying the collection of poems, you can introduce scholars and beauties to form a support pair!"

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