Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

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Before dawn, students who participated in the Tongsheng Examination entered the city one after another. After Nangong Rang ascended the throne, he worked hard to govern Wen Chongwu. Even the Tongsheng Examination has extremely high standards.The only road from the city gate to the examination institute was carefully swept early in the morning, and the surrounding shops were also quiet.

Yunzhou Prefecture is a large state and adjacent to the capital.Many students with the same idea as Qi Yan came from other places.Most of them are alone with their cages on their backs, and some are accompanied by book boys or entourages.

Since Nangong Rang vigorously promotes frugality, most of the students are also plainly dressed. If you want to identify their origins, there is another most intuitive way: walking posture.

Seeing those brisk steps, swinging their sleeves, and looking around, they must all be students from poor families.

And those who keep their eyes straight, walk steadily and silently, and have straight shoulders are mostly from a scholarly family.

If there are people who hold their chests up but do not hold their heads up, just put one hand on the lower abdomen and below the chest, and shake the wide sleeves slightly with the other hand in step with the pace, walking silently and without moving their upper body, then this person must be The noble son of a wealthy family.

This walking posture was handed down from the previous dynasty, and it is called: elegant posture.

"Fine and elegant posture" is not only about walking, but also includes many aspects such as words and deeds.If you want to appreciate the essence of it, you must not only practice it from an early age, but also invite a high-priced etiquette master to teach it carefully.Qi Yan has seen this kind of graceful posture before, from her master.But the other party did not teach her.

Qi Yan has always been curious about the masked man's identity, but the books she reads are all personally screened by the masked man, and she can only deduce that the masked man used to have a noble status and aristocratic family background based on some clues in daily life.

Before it was time to enter the arena, six square tables were placed side by side in front of the examination hall, and the students were divided into six rows and waited quietly.

At this time, there was a sudden noise that caused the students to frown and look sideways. They saw a young master in brocade sitting limply on a sedan chair carried by two people.

Qi Yan only took a glance and then looked away: Ding Fengshan is here.

The servant directly lifted the sedan chair to the front of the outermost line, and rudely pushed away the leading student: "Give up your seat!"

The student looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old. He was wearing a long white-washed coarse cloth gown, and his face was flushed with anger: "The exam is important, how can you be so rude?"

Jia Ding didn't take it seriously, and shouted loudly: "The eldest son of Ding's mansion can use your position, it is your blessing from the previous life! Get out of the way!"

The young man was startled for a while, obviously knowing Ding Fengshan's identity, he lost his momentum, glanced at Ding Fengshan and said in a low voice, "Let me go." Holding the cage, he went to the back of the queue.

The family member put the cloth pocket containing the four treasures of the study on Ding Fengshan's shoulders, bowed and said: "Master, my little one, I wish you a successful start and a title on the gold list!"

Many people laughed secretly in their hearts: this Ding Zhiyan was not only unsuitable but also very vulgar, but it was an anecdote that Ding Fengshan participated in the 19-year-old test for a child.

Only one person snorted coldly, and said disdainfully, "Idiot."

Qi Yan turned his head, and the person who spoke was a young man about his own age, wearing simple clothes and carrying a cage on his back, with a transparent jade pendant hanging around his waist.

The young man noticed Qi Yan's gaze and turned his head coldly, met those unique amber eyes and asked instead: "What do you think, brother?"

Qi Yan calmly replied: "I don't care what other people do, let him alone."

The young man savored the meaning of Qi Yan's words carefully, and nodded with a smile, the indignation in his heart faded a lot.

"I'm Gongyang Huai, a person from the capital, and the small character is Baishi. It's the Baishi of 'Baishi chiseling'."

Qi Yan hooked the corners of his mouth: "Yang's water is chiseled by white stones. Plain clothes and Zhu Chen, follow Zi Yuwo. Now that you see a gentleman, why don't you be happy?"

Gongyanghuai was overjoyed: "Brother, you are very knowledgeable, did you ask for advice?"

"Qi Yan, from Jinzhou, has no words yet."

Gong Yanghuai arched his hands: "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Qi Yan replied politely, but she had another thought in her heart.

The capital city is very prosperous, so there is absolutely no need to go to Yunzhou to take part in the childbirth examination.And the unique surname 'Gongyang' made Qi Yan think of someone.

The masked man regularly gave Qi Yan a scroll, which contained information on some important officials in the capital and localities, among which the surname of Zongzheng Siqing was Gongyang.

Twelve people came out of the examination hall, and they stopped in front of the square table and said in a loud voice: "Everyone must put all their belongings on the table for inspection, and take off their coats as well. Anyone who has a cheat sheet with him or her can get out of the queue immediately." You have to be dealt with leniently, and once you are found out, you will be disqualified from taking the test for three years!"

With a sound of "bang", Ding Fengshan threw the cloth bag onto the Sifang table: "If you want to check things, you can check them, and I will not take off my clothes."

The other party obviously knew Ding Fengshan, and accompanied by a smiling face, he inspected the things symbolically and released him.Gongyanghuai's voice came again: "Is everyone in Yunzhou afraid of him?"

Qi Yan replied softly: "When I first arrived in Yunzhou, I don't know much about it."

"Hmph, I'm not afraid of him."

Qi Yan lowered her eyes and said nothing, but confirmed the identity of Gong Yanghuai.The Minister of Zongzheng Temple is a third-rank minister and a close minister of the inner court. Although Ding Fengshan's father Ding Yi has military power, he is only a fourth-rank General Guard. Gongyanghuai is nothing to be afraid of.

Zongzheng Temple is in charge of the emperor's family affairs, and being a classmate with Gongyang Huai will be of great benefit to revenge in the future.Gong Yanghuai never imagined that the 14-year-old boy beside him would have such deep thoughts.

Soon they arrived at Qi Yan and the others, who were not as good as Ding Fengshan, put the things on the table one by one, and took off their coats for the academician to check.

Qi Yan's chest was flat, and she stood upright and frank: what the master said is right, the identity of a woman will only become an obstacle to her revenge, and I have taken all the pills and I don't have any worries.

Qi Yan walked behind Gong Yanghuai, and the examiner took the roster and called out the student's place of origin and name.When they arrived at Gongyanghuai, the examiner obviously hesitated for a moment, handed the wooden sign to Gongyanghuai and asked, "From the capital?"

Gong Yanghuai nodded, the examiner seemed to have thought of something.After entering the single room, the examiner walked up to the high platform and said a few routine words, looked at the sky and ordered someone to insert a stick of thick incense in the big copper tripod: "The time has come, open the book."

Different from Chunqiu Wei, although there are three subjects in the Tongsheng Examination, because the examination questions are simple, it is stipulated that three hours are required to answer all the contents.The topics are selected from three of the four subjects: Trial Poetry, Confucianism, Rhyme and Fu, and Policy Theory.

Qi Yan opened the scroll and saw the title, his eyes darkened.

The title of the test post poem is: take "San Zi Jing" as the title, make a five-character six-rhyme poem.

The second question, Jinglun, also took a slant: "Confucianism and Lun", this question may seem weird, but it is clearly another waste question for those with a little background!

Confucianism, Confucianism, and Theory were originally two subjects of study. After Nangong Rang ascended the throne, he reformed the imperial examination and combined the two into one, called Confucianism and Theory.As early as the Southern Dynasties, everyone Liu Xie wrote an article "The Literary Mind and Carving Dragons"; it explained in detail the causal relationship between the scriptures and theories, just take this article and modify it a little!

The policy theory of the third question is even more absurd. The examiner actually chose a national policy that even ordinary people know: warehouse money for salt.

The exchange of banknotes for salt is also a new national policy implemented by Nangong Rang after he ascended the throne. What he took over from the previous emperor was a mess.

After Nangongrang ascended the throne, he abolished many miscellaneous taxes and reduced or exempted taxes. Although it won the stability and recognition of the people, it could not solve the fact that the national treasury was empty and unable to build.So he promulgated a national policy: warehouse banknotes for salt quotations; the court still collects taxes in various names, but some government governments that are higher than the law will issue farmers a document called "warehouse banknotes", and farmers can take warehouse banknotes to the transportation department The government can exchange "salt quotations".

All dynasties of salt and iron have been government-run, and people who sell private salt will be sentenced to death.But with "Yanyin", it is considered legal to sell private salt within a certain period of time, and the huge profits of salt, especially for the wealthy coastal areas, are simply huge profits!For a while, farmers actively and frantically paid the government for food in order to obtain "cash money".

Nangongrang solved the urgent need and gained a good reputation.In the second year, a decree was made secretly, and now there are only a handful of salt quotations approved by the Yunsi Mansion every year, thousands of people are holding dead "cash money" in their hands, eagerly looking forward to it, and every year there are a large number of Farmers tighten their belts and take the initiative to pay for grain in exchange for "warehouse money".

Qi Yan was only ten years old when this national policy was promulgated. The masked man once analyzed the pros and cons of it in depth for her. The masked man said: This national policy is a conspiracy in the name of benefiting the people, but it can indeed solve the problem of the false dynasty. urgent.

When Qi Yan was 13 years old, the masked man once again brought out the topic of the day and asked her to independently analyze the pros and cons. Qi Yan said: The national policy of exchanging money for salt will be abolished within ten years.Nangong Rang treats the people of the world like leeks, feeds them and cuts them off to eat;However, from this point of view, this person can only be regarded as a prime minister, without the generosity, vision, and skill of a king.

The masked man nodded in satisfaction after hearing this, then looked at Qi Yan gloomyly again and said: "If you do many unrighteous actions, you will die. The Nangong family's world will not last long. You don't have much time left. At the hands of others, you will never be able to avenge your country and species in this lifetime.”

Qi Yan took a break from the memory, picked up a brush, dipped it in ink, and drew a stroke on the straw paper. Seeing that the ink was evenly colored, he rolled up his sleeves and picked up the pen to write.

Tong Shengjian was just a stepping stone, Qi Yan intentionally restrained his edge and wrote well-regulated articles, but the good handwriting with strong tendons and strong bones really didn't look like it was written by a 14-year-old boy.

As for why the test questions are so simple?Qi Yan knew the answer in her heart.

Unexpectedly, the Ding family's power is so powerful that in order for Ding Fengshan to pass smoothly, they can even control the child's birth test.

Taiwei Lu Quan's younger brother, General Sipinwei, what a Ding family!

Qi Yan wrote down the pen like flowing clouds and flowing water before stopping to write the last word. She roughly checked it and waited for the ink to dry completely, then covered the rolled paper with straw paper and pressed the square wood on it, got up and went to the inside of the trumpet to wash the brush and inkstone.