[Red Mansion] The Grand Master's Counterattack Road

In the twinkling of an eye, two years have passed, and it has been two years since the fourth prince left Beijing, and the water in the court is becoming more and more turbid. The prince, the first prince, the third prince, and the sixth prince are divided into four parties, and the struggle between the four factions is getting more and more serious. Great, life was not easy in the middle of this matter, even Jia She felt the oppressive feeling that the storm was coming.

"My dear friends, who do you think is the right person to be the chief examiner for this year?" The triennial exam has started again, and this is a good opportunity to win contacts. As the chief examiner, the students who pass the exam are considered him. The students, the four sects, and everyone wanted to get this job, and secretly competed. Even Jia Amnesty was a little frightened.

"I want to report to my father, my minister recommends Mr. Wei, a scholar of Dongge University. Mr. Wei is the head of civil officials, and he is fully qualified to be an examiner." The third prince immediately stood up and recommended officials who supported him.

"I want to report to my father, I think Mr. Zhang is good. He has been an examiner for a long time, and he has very rich experience." The prince also stood up and said calmly.

"The prince's words are wrong. Who doesn't know that Mr. Zhang is the prince's tutor. What is the difference between him being the chief examiner and His Highness the prince's being the chief examiner? Mr. Wei, a scholar of Dongge University, is good, he is fair, and his qualifications are there. The most suitable candidate." The third prince immediately retorted that he was the only one who competed with the prince for the chief examiner, and those who supported the first prince were basically military generals, so let these old and rough literati examiners, don't be ridiculous. As for the sixth prince, those who support him Basically Guixun, although Guixun is rich, but there are not many scholars, the only two are Jia Jing from the Ningguo Palace and Jia She from the Rongguo Palace, let alone whether they support them The sixth child, even with their qualifications, is not qualified to be the chief examiner, so he still has a good chance of winning.

"What the third child said is wrong. Master Wei is already very old. How can he still be so tired? Master Zhang is different. His qualifications and experience are very good," the prince retorted.

"Because I am old, I have to use some spare energy for the court. Besides, Mr. Wei is just the chief examiner, and it is enough to grasp the overall situation. Isn't there other assistant examiners?" Mr. Wei is 69 this year, at most You have to retire in one year. According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, you must retire at the age of 60. Of course, those who are above the third rank can delay their retirement as appropriate. However, generally, the officials above the third rank will apply for delayed retirement, and the emperor will approve it, but the maximum can only be 70 After the age of 70, no delay is allowed. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the Holy Majesty is particularly fond of you, and he will force you to delay your official career, even if the delay exceeds 70. Of course, this situation is rare, and there is no special case in this dynasty. , because Mr. Wei is about to retire, the third prince is the most anxious at the moment, and Mr. Wei is the most steadfast among the officials who support him.

"The imperial examination is a major event. Although I understand Lord Wei's thoughts, we must also take the overall situation into account. If Lord Wei's body can't hold on, we can take responsibility for the consequences?" the prince said.

"But, outside the law..." The third prince was about to continue to refute, but was interrupted by the Holy Majesty.

"That's enough, the entire court is the voice of the two of you, and you have to let others express their opinions. My dear ministers, what do you think?" The Holy Majesty glared at the crown prince and the sixth prince, and then turned to the other ministers.

The prince's party naturally supports Jia She's father-in-law, Mr. Zhang, and the third prince's party naturally supports Mr. Wei. The eldest prince and the sixth prince, since there is no suitable person, they all follow the middle party to remain silent.

The Holy Majesty narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the two parties below not speaking, and he didn't know what was going on in his mind. When the adults finished speaking, the whole court fell into an eerie silence.

In the end, it was the Holy Majesty who took the initiative to break the silence and said: "The two lovers are well-received by everyone, but the qualifications of the two lovers are there. If anyone is the chief examiner, I am afraid that the other will not be convinced. Therefore, Sheer..." .

When Jia Amnesty heard that the Holy Majesty called him, he quickly came back to his senses, stepped forward and said, "My son is here."

"This time, you will be the chief examiner, Zhang Aiqing and Wei Aiqing will be the deputy examiners, and there will also be Sun Aiqing, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Minister of the Ministry of War..." The Holy Majesty named more than ten names in a row, and all of them will be Jia She's deputy examiners.

Jia Amnesty looked confused. What do these mean? His Majesty ordered some bigwigs in the imperial court. They were all deputy examiners, and he was the chief examiner. This is putting him on the fire. , His fledgling role can compare to these old foxes, and there are still many old foxes.

"Father..." Jia Amnesty hastily planned to beg His Majesty to take back his order.

"You are not joking, it is so decided, Xier, I believe you will not let me down." The Holy Majesty showed an unfathomable smile on his face, making other ministers who wanted to ask the Holy Majesty to take back their orders, they dared not speak any more.

Jia She, who usually slipped very fast, ran straight to the Holy Spirit's Hall of Mental Cultivation, uncharacteristically.

"Father, what are you doing? How can you just hand over your sons and ministers to those old foxes?" Jia She went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and held the hand of the Holy Master and pretended to cry.

"Oh, isn't there still me? What are you afraid of? The imperial court hosts the imperial examinations to select talents. They are good enough to turn the entire imperial court into a pot of porridge for their own benefit. It is appropriate to entrust this matter to you. You are from the imperial examination. , Although your qualifications are too low, but your status is precious, those people can't do anything to you, if you are replaced by someone else, I'm afraid it's hard to say whether you will be able to see the sun tomorrow." The Holy Majesty sighed and said.

Hearing this, Jia Amnesty twitched and said, "According to what you said, then for the next period of time, my son is not in danger, no, you need to send a few more people to protect my son, by the way, there are also my sons." Son, Hu'er is also in danger, but I still have only one son, Hu'er."

"You still have the guts to say it. I heard from the person who served you that you seldom go to the side concubine's courtyard." When the Holy Majesty thought of this, he became angry. Two years ago in the draft, the Holy Majesty gave Jia She He has a concubine and three concubines, all of whom are from well-born families. This person seldom goes to those people's yards. He knows that he has a good relationship with Mrs. Zhang, but he has to consider whether heirs or not. The previous miscarriage hurt her body, several years passed, and she still hadn't conceived again, but Jia She was so out of her mind that she was so mad at him.

Jia She also felt speechless, and said: "Look at the gifts given to my son, they are only 13 years old, almost as old as Hu'er, and only 15 years old this year, such a young girl, my son can't do it." Jia She He shuddered, he was not a lolicon, if he wanted to have children, he would have to wait until they were grown up, and to attack such a young girl, he said that he was not a bird or a beast. "Father, it's not your son who is talking about you. You see, it's an imperial decree to change the age of marriage to a better one. At this time, the body will grow and it will be a good time to have children. Look at those thirteen or fourteen-year-olds. Only those who have children, some of them are healthy."

"It's unreasonable. If I change it, those girls will be old girls. I'm afraid I will be overwhelmed by the memorials of those civil servants, but what you said has a reason." Generally speaking, children are basically born around the age of 20, and those who become pregnant in their teens are basically unable to keep them.

"That's right, you have to be 17 years old if you don't have one. What can you do at such a young age?" Jia She said to the Holy Spirit.

"Don't change the subject, let's talk about the imperial examination, what do you plan to do?" asked the Holy Majesty.

"Soldiers come to block the water and cover it with earth, isn't there still a month left, let my son think about it again," Jia She said.

"Who said you still have a month, when you go back to pack your things, you will have to live in the Gongyuan tomorrow," the Holy Master reminded.

"What?" Jia Amnesty was confused.

"Living in the Gongyuan, you have to follow the assistant examiners to come up with the exam questions, and you have to keep the exam questions from being leaked. This requires a lot of experience, but you have never been an examiner before, and others still can't figure out your routine. Instead, you can do as much as you can, and besides, I will give you a privilege to temporarily change the exam papers, so you should do well now," said the Holy One.

Jia She rolled his eyes and said, "My dear father, since this is the case, do you want to make a fortune?" The Northwest has been blooming for the past two years, and the court's tax revenue is basically spent there. The private treasury of the Holy One I'm afraid there is not much extra income.

"What's your idea?" His Majesty rolled his eyes and said.

Therefore, Jia Amnesty whispered his plan in the Holy Master's ear.

In the evening, Jia Amnesty returned home and told Mrs. Zhang that he became the chief examiner.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said: "In the morning, this matter spread, and my father also sent news that my husband is going to live in the Gongyuan to take the exam questions, and I have packed your luggage for you. I will let Lin Zhixiao see you off tomorrow morning." ".

"Madam is still virtuous," Jia She said with a smile.

"However, the examinees don't take advantage of this time. My husband has never published a book, and they don't know what my husband likes. However, I am afraid that the test papers that my husband took for the exam earlier will be looted by this year's candidates." My daughter, naturally understands the twists and turns of the imperial examination, the so-called Wen Wu first Wu Wu second, obviously similar articles, why you are ranked first, because your article just happens to be liked by the examiner, so you will be ranked first , the examiners’ preferences can be known from their published books, but Jia She has neither published a book nor written articles for others outside, and his preferences can only be known from Jia She’s previous exam papers, so Zhang That's what Shi said.

"Hey, this is actually good. If the examinees try to figure out what the chief examiner likes one by one, and forget the original meaning of the imperial examination, it is not beautiful. This is just right now." Jia She remembered that when he took the examination earlier, several My uncle let me read so many articles of that chief examiner, just so that the articles I could write would meet the preferences of that chief examiner. As for himself, hehe, probably only in the imperial examination, the test paper is the real one in his heart. idea.

"What my husband said is very true. Husband, let's go at ease, the concubine in the mansion will take care of herself," Zhang said.

"En." Jia She nodded. He was naturally relieved of Mrs. Zhang.