In this meeting, Cui He was about to end, and Cui Xie could not be an examiner in order to avoid the suspicion of his brother. That's why he dared to openly leave the two candidates at home, not afraid of impeachment and fraud.
On the day the list was released, Cui Xie skipped work and strolled out of the Hanlin Academy, and copied the list in person: Lun Wenxu was the one who filled in high in the position of Huiyuan. Cui He and Xu Jing are not on the list, but Cui He is in the 50th place in the sub-list and can go to the Imperial College to serve as a supervisor. Tang Yin was in the thirty-fourth place, which was considered a good test.
After all, in the original history, Tang Bohu didn't even pass the exam in this subject, and both Tang and Xu were swiped directly at the first level of Fang Shi.
Not only did he not make it on the list, but also because he responded to a very cold knowledge point from Cheng Minzheng, and swaggered around with Xu Jing, claiming that he would be the champion, and was caught falsely accusing them of cheating. Both Xu and Tang were imprisoned, and they were beaten as a trick, involving the deputy examiner Cheng Minzheng.
Afterwards, although Jin Yiwei found out that there was no fact of buying the question and bribery, whoever got the word "fraud" on the field was destroyed. Cheng Minzheng died of injuries and illnesses a few months after he got out of prison. Tang Bohu was later involved in the Ning Wang rebellion case, and the rest of his life was even more miserable...
Now I have passed the exam safely, as long as I can get through the hall exam again, it should be fine.
He found a tea shop on the side of the road, handed over a few coins, and asked Xiao Er to send the list home, so that the three candidates who were locked at home would not wait.
In fact, he originally wanted to ask the three of them to come out and look at the list, but the day they returned home after the exam, Tang and Xu were arrogant and conceited again.
The third question in the final strategy question of the meeting is a difficult problem beyond the outline, and almost all the examples that come out of the field do not know its origin. Brother He naturally didn't know, so he could only answer randomly according to the meaning of the question, but Tang and Xu had a very rich collection of books at home. place.
It was Liu Yin who criticized Taoism and mocked Xu Heng, the great Confucian at that time, who repeatedly resigned from office and retired due to lack of ambition, and then returned to work for the Yuan court after seclusion. article.
If we only look at the title, we are talking about the fact that if scholars are unable to examine the sages and sages’ texts and debating them in detail, then the superficial learning is the way of Confucius and Mencius. And if you look at it from the whole point of the original work, you should know that the point of this question is to criticize Xu Heng for learning Confucius and Mencius, claiming to be Confucianism and Taoism, but in fact, he is practicing Lao Shi's way of "deceiving the world with techniques".
Both Xu and Tang had read this book, and this question really hit them. After leaving the examination room, I heard so many people complaining that they didn't know the source of this question. The two talented poets who were full of poetry and books even wanted to round up the book "Retiring the Fast", and they praised each other endlessly.
Tang Bohu even declared at dinner, "I will be the champion in kenke!"
Xu Jing cheered on, Cui He looked at them enviously, and Zhu Zhishan, who came to eat, also praised Tang Yin's talent to Cui Xie.
Under the dim candlelight, no one could see that Cui Xie's expression changed slightly. He pursed his lips and said, "Sure enough, I have ambition. I remember that Shou Renxian also wrote an article "Fu to the Top Scholar in the Division", vowing to win the top spot in the next division. His father Wang Xueshi wanted to achieve his ambition. I tried my best to help him study, and it turned out to be true. Since Bo Hu also has this ambition, although I am not as talented as Wang Xueshi, I have to do my best to help you prepare for the palace exam in the past few days."
Tang Yin's smugness disappeared immediately, like an eggplant beaten by frost, and he said, "We have simulated many questions, and seeing that the palace exam is imminent, it is time to let go of the article and cultivate the spirit..."
Cui Xie lowered his eyes and smiled coldly.
Since then, or since entering Cui's house, Xu and Tang have never left the house again. Cui Xie personally sent out more than ten current affairs policy questions, in the name of helping Tang Yin get into the top spot, he locked the two of them at home and continued the mock test.
Now that the test list will be released, two of the three failed, and the atmosphere at home is also a little dignified.
When he returned home, He He bowed his head and bowed his head sullenly, Xu Jing looked a little disappointed, even Tang Yin was not as arrogant as before the announcement, and said with a bit of disappointment: "It's in vain that I did the right thing with Brother Xu. The title, is it not as good as those who haven’t read “The Story of Retiring the Fast”?”
Xu Jing also said: "I underestimated the talented people in the world. So it's not just us..."
Cui Xie waved his hand and stopped being polite to them: "You are not planning the exam, but the craftsmanship of the seven chapters. Your time and writing are well-written and well-organized, and every word and sentence is very in line with the scriptures. In the examination room, there are good articles that can make the examiner's eyes shine."
"Then what," Xu Jing said in surprise, "Could it be that Mr. Cui had already seen that my article was not acceptable? Then why did you keep forcing me to do simulations..."
Cui Xie shook his head: "I'm not an examiner, so how do I know if your essay can be selected? I just saw a little something wrong with your essay, but it can't be corrected by reading and writing—everything in your essay is written in it. It is the meaning of the sages, the meaning of the geniuses who associate with you, but it lacks your own meaning."
Xu Jing was stunned when he heard it, and Tang Yin couldn't help but listen.
Cui Xie said bluntly: "Your family is rich and has a large collection of books. You only read books and make friends with talented people on weekdays. You have never really seen the suffering of people's livelihood and the shortcomings of the state. Therefore, most of the words you write are from other sources. There is a lack of 'qi' that comes from the heart. The writing is still as stubborn as the bones, no matter how precise the writing is, how can you impress the examiner when you compete with 3,500 talented students just like you? ?"
Although Xu Jing felt that his articles were a lot, but listening to Cui Xie talking about his experience, it was as if he had known him for half his life, and he was vaguely convinced, and asked, "Senior, do you mean to let me raise the lofty spirit in my chest? So what should I do? My family is a big family in Wuzhou, a family of good people, and they usually donate porridge and rice, repair bridges and make up roads…”
"Then have you personally contacted those poor farmers? Have you traveled thousands of miles and saw the customs of foreign countries and the people's livelihood?" Cui Xie sighed slightly at him: "Humanity 'It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books'. There are thousands of books in the collection, and you have read much more than others, and what you lack is the experience of traveling thousands of miles and the ambition to read for the country and the people.”
Hurry up and walk around, cultivate the habit of traveling with your family, and don't delay the success of the famous traveler Xu Xiake.
After calling Xu Jing, he said to Tang Bohu sternly: "Lun Wenxu can win the Huiyuan among the 3,500 people, he must be a person with excellent literary talents. If Bohu wants to win the imperial examination, he must work harder. It's gone!"
Lun Wenxu is a famous person who has filmed the movie "Lun Wenxu's Old Point Liu Xiankai", and the champion of this division must be his. Although Tang Bohu is talented and famous, although he is a Jie Yuan, but the 13 Chiefs of the two capitals in the country can give out 15 Jie Yuan every three years. Jie Yuan is really not as valuable as Hui Yuan.
Tang Bohu also called the exam results a blow.
Cui Xie was strict with the exams, and gave comfort and encouragement to those who failed. He took Xu Jing and Brother He to have a few glasses of wine, and persuaded them to relax and come back in three years.
Wang Shouren, the champion, has been out of the list once, not to mention the two of them.
Cui He thought about it, and decided to go to Guozijian to be imprisoned with his second brother; Xu Jing also thought about it, anyway, he didn't pass the exam, and he still had three years to go. Get to know the scenery and people along the way.
After all, the people who fell out of the list have a lot of security, and they don't want to go out and show their eyes on their own initiative. Those who are not secure are also forced to take daily mock exams at home, increasing the amount of study to be heavier than the exams, and they are full of thoughts on how to enrich the country and strengthen the army. It was until March 15 that Cui Xie sent his family to send Tang Yin back to the exam. I heard that he was calm in the process of raising his son, and he didn't say anything like "the champion must be my Tang Bohu". Things turned over.
It doesn't matter how arrogant Tang Bohu is, Lun Wenxu will teach him how to behave.
However, he only paid more attention to Tang and Xu before and after the two trials, and stared at them after they entered Beijing. It was Xie Ying who prevented them from killing them.
Cui Xie went to thank him with a glass of wine in the middle of the night, and finally told the truth that he couldn't tell in front of others: "Finally, the big case of Tang Bohu's fraud in the field has been fooled. These days are all thanks to Brother Xie's careful arrangements, from When they enter Beijing, block these two people at home, otherwise as long as they see Master Cheng and give some small gifts, the matter will not be clear."
Xie Ying drank a sip of the wine he had fed him, ironing from throat to heart, and replied with a smile: "This is just my line of work, what's the problem. Their literati's house was not prepared at all, so they just put in a few. Individuals, tossing some small problems and making them unable to go out is easy."
Cui Xie said with a smile: "I don't care whether it's difficult or not, I just thank you for being so diligent in what you have entrusted to me. In fact, I have thought about it myself. Before the exam, I will give these two people some medicine to prevent them from entering the arena. It's been a hundred years, and who knows how hard you are. Alas, I don't know who wants to kill Master Cheng, otherwise we'll just follow the murderer."
Xie Ying replied casually, "On the left are the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. Most of them are from the Ministry of Rites. I am afraid that Cheng Xueshi is expected to enter the cabinet and block the way of others."
Xu Ge Lao served in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, and now there are only three people in the cabinet: Liu, Li, and Xie. Cheng Minzheng is a Hanlin Bachelor, and he is also a Zhan Shifu and a right servant of the Ministry of Rites. Only one title is Ge Lao.
He is only 54 years old this year. Xie Qian and Li Dongyang are even younger than him. Although the first assistant Liu Jian is a little older, he is only in his 60s. He is in excellent health. Willing to work. If he joins the cabinet and fills up the quota of four people, will the people behind him still survive the day they enter the cabinet
Cui Xie thought for a while, then shook his head and sighed: "It's just for the sake of entering the cabinet, but to make such an ancient injustice... People Wang Shu, Ma Wensheng, and Liu Daxia didn't even join the cabinet. It's not like they continued to work hard for the country without complaint."
Xie Ying only thought that his mind was so clean and lovely, hugged him and kissed him, and said lovingly, "Even the common people know that 'a thousand miles to be an official is only for money', how many of us Brother Xie have a country in their hearts like this. people of the people."
That is, we have been the successors of communism since childhood.
Cui Xie made him kiss a little itchy, he shrank his chest and hid, and sighed with a smile: "Although no one is written in the history book, I guess the patriarchs have some knowledge in their hearts, otherwise, why would they not be added to the patriarchs? , Liu, Li, and Xie have always been in charge of the government. Tsk, all the Jinyiwei in history are not good, if we judge the yang and the yin at night, Xie Zhenfu..."
Xie Ying almost made him laugh to death, lying on his waist for a long time before saying, "It's enough to judge the yang in the day, what do you do with the yin in the night? It's too late for me to interrogate Cui Hanlin at night if he loves me, who has the time to judge those ghosts? ."