Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 219
If you are good at learning, you will be an official. None of these candidates who came to Beijing to rush for the exam did not want to become an official. They have studied hard for so many years, just to sell goods to the emperor's family, and to be a part-time official.If you want to become an official, what you write must be approved by the examiner. Of course, the examiner is serving the court, so everything must be said by the court.

Candidates who are not mentally handicapped know these common senses, and they see that this year's test questions are special and easy, so they talk about the pros and cons of the government, the treasury, internal funds and house raids, and choose one of the two topics for policy discussion. Is it still easy?Isn't this the chaos in the world that makes bombardment talk about government affairs?In terms of this aspect, Donglin is the best!

As for the treasury, internal funds and house raids, this topic is a bit scattered, and it is not easy to grasp the general direction, so most candidates choose the former, which is to attack the Donglin Party's arrogance about the policy of the government.

To put it bluntly, this is letting people swear. For educated people who have studied for so many years, everyone can swear, but the methods are different and the level is different. It is much easier to write about difficult topics such as Dike revitalizing Nanming.

But these examiners also know that the easier the test questions, the more the level of the examinee must be. The kind of sloppy, generalized, and empty-handed official phrases and lies will definitely not stand out. They must be innovative and creative. The scolding hits the nail on the head, and the scolding heartily is the only way to be favored by the superiors.

Therefore, when scolding people, the judges have to use their brains, combined with the way of Confucius and Mencius that they usually learn, various schools of thought, after conceiving and using the pen, the pen is like a snake, and they start scolding.

After the discussion was over, all the papers were sealed up in the Ministry of Rites, and the next few days were the most difficult days for Qian Qianyi. He had to organize the marking of the papers, and he had to review the papers. Wait, and he has to carefully review and check the papers reviewed by subordinate officials, especially those candidates with high scores and low scores. He has to carefully review these papers to see if the subordinate officials have reviewed them fairly. Reasonable, is it unfair, because Zhu Yousong made it clear that he had to read every paper with Long Mu, how dare Qian Qianyi be careless?

But these papers are all in the same tune, they are all criticizing their Donglin Party, and it turns out that he is picking and criticizing his own elite. The top three are called Gongsheng Huiyuan or something, and the second is in the back row.

Although Qian Qianyi was mentally prepared in advance, the mass creativity and divergent thinking of these candidates still made him unable to resist. This is the scolding of scholars all over the world. He, the leader of the Donglin Party, launched a bombardment. Some of the methods of swearing were directly swearing, some were insinuating, some were citing scriptures, sarcasm, and all kinds of sarcasm. The sentence pricked their sensitive nerves like a knife.

Later, when he picked up the paper, he could not bear to read it. He really wanted to draw up a pen to refute it, but it was not a newspaper or a gathering to give lectures, but he couldn’t do it without reading it or reading it seriously, because he had time. Restricted, I had to swallow my breath and continue reading.

Encountering someone who swears at people with a high level, Qian Qianyi had to read it several times to figure out whether the conclusions of the papers were reasonable. For several days, Qian Qianyi was listening to the scolding, commenting on the text, and reviewing the papers. Fortunately, Qian Qianyi has psychological sustenance, otherwise, these few days will probably fall under the swords and pens of these practitioners.

Finally, he found an article among the mountains and seas of articles, and the familiar font came into his eyes. In fact, he didn't need to look at the name or the content to know who wrote the article. The article vaguely pointed out the disadvantages of the Donglin Party's non-governmental newspapers that discuss government affairs indiscriminately, but there was no disrespectful words to the Donglin Party, not even a strong word, but this article is quite meaningful from the constitutional layout to the wording. level.

But to be on the safe side, Qian Qianyi still looked at the candidates' names on the article, and then dismissed the people around him. He took out the article, put it in his arms, and then took out an article The prepared articles are spread on the table, and the paper styles and fonts are all the same.

Qian Qianyi pretended to examine this article, but this article is completely different. He directly pointed at Zhu Yousong, criticizing his imperial power and arbitrariness. , Suppressing the cabinet and other words and deeds, the pen is sharp and the wording is fierce.

After reading it carefully, Qian Qianyi finally showed a smile that is difficult for ordinary people to detect. Thinking of the scolding and anger he received these days, he gritted his teeth secretly, and slapped the table abruptly, "It's not bad, you are so bold in this life." You act recklessly, dare to insult the Holy Majesty, rebellious, really rebellious!" He threw this article on the ground angrily.

The waiter next to him quickly picked it up. At this time, Wu Weiye, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Bin, the head of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Zhe, a member of the Ministry of Rites, saw that Qian Qianyisheng was so grand, and they were helping Qian Qianyi to review it, so they hurried over , Wu Weiye took this article in his hand, and other people gathered around. Seeing that it was really bold and reckless, he didn't dare to make decisions and handed it to Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi then drew up two papers, one is the situation of the imperial examination and the list of Gongsheng and Gongshi, and the other is Zheng Damu's rebellion and he is accused of laxity. The excerpt, together with the highly imitated copy that was forced on Zheng Damu, was carried on his body, changed into official uniforms, and eight people were carried on board to go straight to the Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies.

Zheng Hongkui, the governor of the Chinese Army, received him. After the two exchanged pleasantries, the tea was over. Zheng Hongkui knew that Qian Shangshu would go to the Three Treasure Hall for nothing. Examining thousands of volumes, because the emperor stipulated that the announcement of the candidates' results and the list of tributes who participated in the palace examination had already been given the schedule, which was reduced by one-third compared with previous years.Zheng Hongkui was about to ask, but Qian Qianyi calmly took out this article and handed it to Zheng Hongkui.

Zheng Hongkui didn't know what it was yet, but after reading it, his complexion changed suddenly. He looked at Qian Qianyi, and then read it several times. It was indeed the font and signature of his nephew Zheng Damu. In an instant, his face was pale and blank.

This rebellious work was going to be passed on to the emperor, at the slightest, he would be beheaded, and at the worst, his family would be harmed. Zheng Hongkui was so angry that his hands trembled. Originally, he did not agree with his nephew taking the imperial examination. He was a student of the Imperial College. Escort meritorious service received the imperial conferment, after leaving the Imperial College, he could go directly to the Jinyiwei to be an official. Although the official position is not big, but the emperor is so wise to work in the Jinyiwei, and the future is bound to be bright.

But Zheng Damu insisted on doing this, and it was not easy for him as an uncle to come forward and stop it forcibly. As a result, he unexpectedly produced such a rebellious article. Zheng Hongkui was so angry that he scolded: "This beast is so bold and reckless. You want to kill our Zheng family!"

Qian Qianyi hurriedly said that he was also guilty of being ungrateful, and Zheng Hongkui waved his hand, "Sir, what is the crime? Thank you for coming to forgive me, but don't worry, Mr. Zheng will never show favoritism!" With a voice, "Come here, go to the Imperial College and bring Zheng Damu to the Superintendent!"

(End of this chapter)