A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 641 There is still half a year at most, and the Song Dynasty is about to change

Convex (fuck dish f*ck)!

This guy wouldn't be sincere to disgust himself, right?

Wang Lidong looked at the barbecue in his hand, and he lost his appetite.

After turning over a couple more times, he sat back on the wooden board with the barbecue.

I took out a bamboo jar of grape juice from the test basket, opened the stopper and took a sip. It was sweet and sour, and I felt that I could still fill my stomach with some more.

When Han Qi saw the mask on Wang Lidong's face, he roughly guessed its purpose.Originally, he wanted to go forward and ask, but seeing his behavior, he obviously didn't want to talk to them, so he immediately dismissed the idea.

Seeing several officials covering their mouths and throats throbbing non-stop, Han Qi turned around and led the officials out.

Before he took two steps, he caught a glimpse of a student who was also wearing something like Wang Lidong, shaking his head and writing a paper.

Every time Chen Mancang heard the light vomiting of the candidate next door, it was like making a big bowl of sour plum soup in the dog days.

One word, cool!

I bought a mask just now, and when I came back, I kindly sold it to the neighbor next door, but I didn't expect to be treated as a donkey liver and lungs. Not only did I not get thanked, but I was also scolded for being stupid and rich.

"Chen Mancang." A middle-aged man's voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and the brush in Chen Mancang's hand almost staggered, but fortunately he responded in time and closed it in time.

What bastard, isn't this harmful?

If the test paper is dirty, the one hundred guan just now will be wasted.

He raised his head and was about to scold her, when a purple dress came into view, so he quickly stopped talking.Han Qi, the chief examiner, the deputy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, shouted that "the one who sings with the champion outside the Donghua Gate, Fang is a good man", the idol of the scholars of the Great Song Dynasty, hurriedly got up and saluted, "Student Chen Mancang, I have met Mr. Han."

Han Qi nodded slightly with a smile and said, "The old man sees that you are not affected by the stinky name, is it because of your face?"

Chen Mancang hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Where is it?"

"Brother Qi next door bought it."

"Can I show the old man?"

When the boss spoke, although Chen Mancang was a little reluctant, he still took off the mask and carefully explained how to use it.

Han Qi took the mask and touched it. It felt soft and delicate. The material was neither silk nor linen, and it should be the same as the cotton padded clothes he wears today.

After putting it on, I inhaled vigorously twice, and the scent was very faint.

This cotton cloth is really a good thing!

Boom!
There was a sound of spring thunder, and a flash of white light was fleeting, flashing brightly between the sky and the earth.

'Hoo hoo,' a gust of wind blew into the house, Wang Lidong looked at the sky with his head, there were clusters of dark clouds floating in the sky, the rain will not be small later on.

He wiped out the skewers in his hands, pulled out a large piece of "oilcloth" from the package, took a few nails, and beat them with a "bang bang bang".

After a while, there was an extra door curtain in the house.

Such a big movement attracted the attention of the inspector and the soldiers. The inspector held his nose and came to the stinking number, checked it, and took the soldiers away.

Although Wang Lidong blocked his view by doing this, if it was raining, it would not be considered a violation of the rules of the examination room.

The test papers of the imperial examinations are not allowed to have any smudges, the purpose is to prevent cheating in marking, and rain is also included.

Therefore, experienced candidates will wear tarpaulins to prevent rain during the exam.

In a blink of an eye, it was noon on the third day. After Wang Lidong handed in his examination papers, he quickly packed his luggage and left the warm hut that had sheltered him from wind and rain for three days without looking back.

After walking more than ten meters from the stinking hall, he immediately took off his mask and took two breaths of fresh air.

It seems to have returned to the rush of the world.

After leaving the dormitory area and walking on the main road, someone suddenly called his name behind him.

"Yuan Ruo!"

Wang Lidong followed the prestige and saw an acquaintance waving at him more than 30 meters away.

Gu Tingye took two quick steps, came to Wang Lidong, and before he could speak, a stench hit his forehead, making him dizzy for a while, so he quickly stepped back, "Yuan Ruo, what is this smell on you?! !"

Wang Lidong grinned, "It smells like a toilet."

Gu Tingye asked in surprise, "You were assigned a stinking number?"

Wang Lidong nodded, "And it's the nearest one."

Gu Tingye looked at him carefully, and found that he was in good spirits, his face was rosy, and he gave a thumbs up and said, "It's okay, boy, I would have got down early."

Wang Lidong said: "I didn't see your carriage the day before yesterday, and I didn't meet you. I thought you wouldn't come for the exam."

Gu Tingye's face became a little embarrassed, "Recently, I stayed at a friend's house."

Wang Lidong said, "Then I'll see you off, where do you live?"

Gu Tingye hurriedly waved his hands, "No need. Your smell is too strong. You are already tired after three days of exams. If you have to vomit for a while, you will not be able to get up tomorrow. And you live not far away, only a few steps away. thing."

The two chatted for a short time before they walked out of the tribute courtyard and saw a four-person carriage parked not far away. Wang Lidong and Gu Tingye waved goodbye.

"Young master." Seeing Wang Lidong, Fu Gui happily trot forward, but was choked by the stench.

"Little Grandpa, the smell on your body" Fugui murmured secretly, "Could it be that you fell into the latrine? '

"This time I got a stinking number! My mother didn't come?" Wang Lidong got into the carriage and unexpectedly found that Qi's mother didn't come to pick him up.

While tidying up his luggage, Fugui replied, "At 9:45 a.m., someone came to the palace. It was Mr. Li who was next to the queen, and the princess followed into the palace."

"How is Miss Wu?"

"When I went to Sheng's mansion to deliver medicine the day before yesterday, Miss Wu had a cough. When I went to Sheng's mansion this morning, the big magpie said that Miss Wu's health has recovered."

"Recently send more fruits to Miss Wu."

"Good son."

When he got home, Wang Lidong immediately took a bath, scrubbed for half an hour, changed three big buckets of bath water, and used up half of the bar of soap, so the smell disappeared from his body.

At dinner, Qi's father saw his son and immediately asked about the exam situation. When he learned that he was assigned a bad name, he bluntly said that he was unlucky!

"Han Qi is the main examiner of this test!" Wang Lidong picked up a piece of white-cut chicken, dipped it in the sauce, and stuffed it into his mouth. The skin of the chicken was crispy, and the meat was tender and fresh. If you were to rate it, it would be about 80~83 points , The skill of my cook has improved again.

Father Qi put down the chopsticks in his hand, "Heng'er means, this stinky name was caused by Han Qi's hands and feet?"

Wang Lidong said, "Half and half. I have offended many civil servants over the years, and this Han Qi is a typical representative of 'civilian supremacy', so it's normal to use a little trick."

In the past few years, the business of the Four Seas Trading Co., Ltd. has grown bigger and bigger, including four-wheeled carriages, ocean fishing, seasonal vegetables, fruits and seafood, steel products, soap business, etc. It has also led a large number of honorable generals to make a fortune, but they have never brought The scholar-bureaucrats played together, and squeezed out a lot of business from this group of people. It is conceivable how much the scholar-bureaucrats disliked him.

Qi's father stroked his beard and said, "When Han Qi came to court in the past two months, he often mentioned the matter of salt affairs. I guess he has taken a fancy to my position as the third envoy."

Princess Pingning asked with concern, "What about the salt affairs?"

Qi's father said, "In recent years, there has been a flood of private salt in various places, and the loss of salt tax has been serious. Han Qi seized this point to make a fuss."

Princess Pingning asked nervously, "What did Your Majesty say?"

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was a little worried, Qi's father quickly comforted him, "Behind the private salt dealers, there are either the emperor's relatives or noble officials. Everyone knows it well. If you really want to investigate carefully, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty don't say everything. It will be implicated. Even His Majesty will be implicated."

The cousin and son-in-law of today's official family is one of the famous private salt dealers in Kaifeng Prefecture.

It's all my own people, so I can't do it!

"Han Qi is the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, so you should know about it?"

"Of course he knows. He also knows that this matter must not affect me.

Since I took over the third department, the tax revenue has increased every year, and the salt business has not changed much.If you want to find fault with me, you can only make a fuss about the salt affairs. Father Qi continued, "This old fox doesn't care about drinking, I guess he's putting on a show for someone to see!" "

"who?"

"Future officials!"

Qi's mother's face drooped, "Your Majesty's health is getting worse." After looking at the people in the room, except for the three of them, the others are all confidantes, and whispered, "I will enter the palace today. I heard the news that the official family coughed up blood a few days ago."

Father Qi was shocked, "Coughing up blood?"

In this day and age, hemoptysis is an incurable disease, which means that one's lifespan is exhausted. It's great to survive for half a year, or two or three months at a faster rate.

Mother Qi nodded.

Father Qi murmured, "No wonder!"

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room froze a bit.

This means that in half a year at the most, Da Song will change and change his boss.

It means that He Xin of Song Dynasty will make major adjustments and changes when he gets the team. There will be a large number of confidantes of the new chairman in charge, and the followers of the former boss will be retired unless they submit enough votes. of.

Retiring and going home to provide for the elderly is not a bad ending. If you meet someone who is not particular about eating and looks ugly, you will turn over the old account. Father Qi has been working in a fat job for almost 20 years. It will definitely make the new emperor burp.

Wang Lidong said indifferently, "This is not expected. As far as our family's current strength is concerned, there is nothing to worry about.

When the time comes to see what the new emperor does, if it doesn't work, my father will take the initiative to resign and hang up his boots.

Then I took my mother to visit various places in Song Dynasty, and you can also go to Koryo to have a look.

If you’ve had enough fun and want to continue to be an official, it’s easy, and going to Korea or Japan to be the king is much more exciting than the three envoys.”

Mother Qi thought about it, and her face looked much better.

Qi's father's eyes are bright, if he really wants to become a king, he is only a daughter-in-law, and the ministers will definitely write letters to persuade him to marry more concubines (side concubines) for the sake of the country and the Qi family.

The more I thought about it, the more excited I became, but I secretly glanced at my daughter-in-law, only to see a cold look in my eyes, I couldn't help but shiver, and hurriedly said: "Forget about the king, the governor can give it a try."

Wang Lidong laughed and said, "Okay, the governor is the governor."

Glancing at his officials, Princess Pingning changed the topic, "Heng'er, did you meet Erlang Gu during this exam?"

Knowing that the Erlang of the Gu family that my mother mentioned was Gu Tingye, Wang Lidong swallowed the rice in his mouth, "I met him when I was leaving the tribute courtyard. What's wrong with him?"

Mother Qi said gossipingly, "I heard that Gu Erlang raised a concubine outside and gave birth to two children."

"Really?" Father Qi asked in surprise, "Who did you hear that from?"

"Today not only I was called into the palace by the queen, but also several big ladies, Miss Qin from Gu Hou's family, accidentally slipped her mouth when chatting." Mother Qi looked at her son and said, "Did Gu Erlang not tell you about this today? "

Wang Lidong was a little speechless, unless Gu Tingye was out of his mind, he would yell about him taking care of Xiaosan everywhere, shook his head and said, "Second Uncle Gu didn't mention this, but he told me that he didn't live at home recently, and said he was borrowing from a friend temporarily." Home."

Qi's mother immediately asked, "Which friend are you talking about?"

"No, I said send him off, but he didn't let me go, so I came back."

Seeing Qi's mother's somewhat disappointed expression, Wang Lidong complained secretly, no matter how strong a woman is, she is also a woman, and she will inevitably have a heart of gossip.

Qi's father asked, "Which family does Gu Erlang belong to?"

Qi Mu said, "It's not from a decent family, it seems to be from some kind of Goulan Washeri."

Qi's father frowned and said, "What does Gu Erlang think? It doesn't matter if he has a concubine, but he has two children. Which decent family will marry the girl to him in the future."

In ancient times, three wives and four concubines were allowed, but generally the main wife started first and then took concubines. After the main wife gave birth to the eldest son, the concubine was allowed to have children.

However, most regular wives are unwilling to let concubines have children, because having a concubine with a concubine will greatly increase the threat, and the concubine will also take part of the family property when he becomes an adult.

If you have an illegitimate child without marrying a wife, the price is that you cannot marry a daughter-in-law of the right family, and you can only be backward compatible.

People who want face will not want their daughter to be a stepmother after they get married.

Like the TV series Knowing or Not, in order to marry Sheng Minglan, Gu Tingye had no choice but to plot against the Sheng family, otherwise Mrs. Sheng would never agree to marry her granddaughter to Gu Tingye.

Of course, if you have enough power, it's another matter.

Afterwards, the couple had a heated discussion on the issue of the outer room, and Wang Lidong returned to his yard after a good meal.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Lidong returned to the Gongyuan again, but this time he was not assigned a bad name.

If it really happens that the "stinky number" is on the wheel again, he is going to let Han Qi's little old man taste the taste of Rexiang.

The second exam is about "On", "Decree Table" and "Judgment".

"On" can be simply understood as an argumentative essay. Although the questions are also extracted from the Four Books and Five Classics, there is no requirement to use eight-legged essays to answer, and you can use them freely.

"Edicts and edicts" can be simply understood as official documents, requiring scholars to imitate the words and deeds of superiors and write corresponding edicts, edicts, and forms.Similar to the secretary helping the leaders write speeches.

"Sentence" mainly examines scholars' familiarity with legal provisions such as "Laws of the Song Dynasty".

On the morning of February [-]th, Wang Lidong stepped into the capital's Gongyuan for the third time.The third exam was the "Policy Questions", with a total of five questions, all of which were related to current affairs in previous years.

In the past two years, Song Dynasty had no foreign wars, and there were no large-scale uprisings. The biggest news was all related to the competition for reserves. This topic is a bit sensitive, and the current health is not good, so the topics are a bit conservative.What are your views on the current style of writing and learning, the differences between Confucianism and Huang-Laoism, etc.

It took half a day for Wang Lidong to complete the five small essays. Compared with the previous two rounds, "Policy Questions" are "additional questions". Unobstructed.And no matter how gaudy he writes, he won't be ranked first.

In the next two days, apart from eating, drinking, and sleeping, when I was bored, I meditated and practiced boxing. At noon on the third day, after handing in the papers, I packed my luggage and walked out of the examination room. I turned around and looked at the Gongyuan behind me. It was finally over!
Never come to this place again!

On the second day after the exam, after breakfast, Wang Lidong was about to go out, but was stopped by Qi's mother, "Heng'er, the matchmaker is going to the Sheng's house to propose marriage tomorrow. Have you thought it through?"

Wang Lidong nodded earnestly, and said, "Mother, it's the fifth daughter of the Sheng family."

(End of this chapter)