[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

Early in the morning of the second day, the prince went to Jia's house to visit Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng after leaving court. After confirming that Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng had improved greatly and could even get up to eat, she returned home satisfied. At that time, Wang Yue had already been picked up by the servants of the Wang family.

"Hello, Uncle."

Wang Ziteng nodded to Wang Yue, leaned back on the chair, casually pointed to the position beside him, and said to Wang Yue: "Come and sit."

Wang Yue was also polite, and sat down with his hem up, Wang Ziteng looked him up and down, nodded in satisfaction and said: "I haven't thanked you for what happened yesterday, but you have helped me a lot this time. "

Wang Yue hurriedly said modestly: "Uncle, you are welcome, we are all one family, so there is no need to talk about two families."

"In this case, then I will not be polite to you. I have asked Mr. Zou to sort out the matters that need to be paid attention to when going to the cabinet. He will also tell you about the preferences and taboos of the cabinet ministers. Now I'm going to tell you something else."

Wang Yue cheered up quickly, pretended to be concentrating, and listened attentively.

"Song Pingzhang, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, visited my residence yesterday, and he told me one thing."

Wang Ziteng told Song Pingzhang's plan, and after the matter was finished, he looked at Wang Yue's face and said, "What do you think about this matter?"

Wang Yue frowned, and did not express her opinion immediately, but asked Wang Ziteng, "Do you have any opinions, Uncle?"

Wang Ziteng was more and more satisfied with Wang Yue's attitude. He said: "This matter is very promising, and it is a very good opportunity for you. If this matter can be accomplished, you will definitely be able to flourish in the officialdom, and no one can stop you." And with this auspicious reputation, no one dares to take your idea lightly. Of course, there are some risks, but the benefits brought are very considerable. You can take a risk. Of course, if you don’t want to, you don’t have to. People will force you."

Hearing this, Wang Yue couldn't help showing a wry smile in his heart. Wang Ziteng said it nicely, saying that he was letting himself choose freely, but in fact his attitude has shown that he very much hopes that Wang Yue can agree to this condition.

If Wang Yue refuses, it will not only reduce the goodwill he gained with great difficulty in front of Wang Ziteng, but also greatly offend Song Pingzhang, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture.

But even with such consequences, Wang Yue actually didn't really want to agree to this condition.

Not everyone can afford the reputation of Xiangrui.

To be honest, throughout the ancient history of China, no one except the emperor dared to bear the name Xiangrui, except those animals.

And Wang Yue still remembers one thing, he entered the private school in the village when he was three years old. He remembered that one day, the old gentleman in charge of the private school in the village said something very excitedly, saying that an official offered auspicious luck but was severely punished by the emperor. After scolding, although Confucian students are deeply influenced by Dong Zhongshu's theory of the induction between heaven and man, most scholars know that the auspicious things are used by the officials below to fool the emperor.

If the emperor accepts the flattery of the officials, of course everyone will not disrespect the emperor and deny the so-called auspiciousness, but it will inevitably leave the impression on the scholars that the emperor is very happy.

But at that time Emperor Tianxi refused the fooling of the officials, which in the eyes of those scholars was the emperor's wise performance, especially at that time Emperor Tianxi had just come into contact with Taoist priests who refined elixir, and Confucian officials were very concerned about those who practiced Buddhism and Taoism. They have always been very defensive, and they were very worried when they discovered that the emperor had a tendency to believe.

However, the emperor's performance made them breathe a sigh of relief, so many scholars at that time praised the emperor's performance, and the official who proposed to offer auspiciousness was branded as a courtier, not only failed to please the emperor, but also fell behind. He got a bad reputation and was scolded by his colleagues and scholars until he voluntarily resigned.

After that incident, no one dared to mention auspicious things before the court.

But now Song Pingzhang took a huge risk to bring up the matter again, but it was nothing but the interests behind it.

But if the emperor blames him, Song Pingzhang has good abilities and is backed by family power. At most, he will be scolded for a while, transferred to a idle job for a few years, and will come back quietly after a while.

And Wang Ziteng didn't have any loss, on the contrary, he could gain huge benefits in the name of Wang Yue's elder.

Only Wang Yue is single and weak. Once he fails, the crime will be completely pushed on him.

Wang Yue could imagine that once the emperor showed dissatisfaction, Song Pingzhang would become a victim of being seduced by his malicious words and tricks. Everything was a conspiracy planned by him for profit.

Song Pingzhang can get away, Wang Ziteng can stay out of the matter, what can Wang Yue do to protect himself.

Even if it succeeds, so what, as long as the emperor is not stupid, he will only worship him as a clay bodhisattva, and in order to prevent Wang Yue from intervening in the government, he may even restrict his personal freedom.

Of course, Wang Yue can also choose to do nothing honestly and just be a clay sculpture Bodhisattva, but if Wang Yue becomes auspicious, many people want to bite off a piece of meat from him, and those bureaucrats are comparable to others for profit. Wild beasts are even more cruel, and Wang Yue's small body can't stop them.

Not to mention anything else, the Jia and Wang families who are friendly to him now may use his identity to seek benefits.

They were the ones who benefited, but Wang Yue was the one who was responsible for the accident.

If the emperor was really impatient with him, he sent someone to harm him, and directly told the outside world that he had ascended to heaven. The people outside are so easy to fool, and I am afraid that after only two days of discussion, his matter will be forgotten.

And these officials, can they still be expected to go to the emperor to protest for an unknown auspiciousness?

Don't be silly, they're only secretly happy, okay?

He is not the only child prodigy, he has produced a lot in the past, and no one has said that they are auspicious, but he can be named as auspicious, which will definitely attract countless jealousy for him.

There are countless dangers hidden under the seemingly delicious fruit. If it were a child prodigy who was really only eight years old, he might lose his mind because of this sweet fruit and eat it willingly, but he, Wang Yue, is not a real eight-year-old child. ah!

Of course, these consequences are the worst results, and it is also possible that he can really use this to get a life of peace of mind.

But Wang Yue is absolutely unwilling to gamble with his life and freedom.

To do so-called auspiciousness for the sake of so-called wealth and glory is the price of losing freedom. If it falls into this situation, Wang Yue would rather die.

He still remembered that when he traveled to a country with very strong religious beliefs, which country had so-called goddesses who were treated as gods by the people in the world. There is a small building for people to look up at, and no outsiders are allowed to see, and no one is allowed to go out of the small building.

He is not indifferent to the glory and wealth that is exchanged for freedom!

What's more, he is not alone. Behind him are his parents who are willing to give everything for him, his grandmother who loves him, and his clan members who have high hopes for him.Once something happens to him, they will also be implicated.

He must be more careful!

Besides, Wang Yue also has confidence in his own abilities. He is not an ambitious man. He insists on getting out of the court and becoming a prime minister. He is willing to give up when he is in power. What he wants is a comfortable life, and the Imperial Academy is his goal. Even if he stays in the Hanlin Academy for the rest of his life, he is willing to be an old Hanlin with no future.

He didn't have to take such risks at all.

But how to reject Wang Ziteng?

He didn't believe that Wang Ziteng would not have thought of the danger behind this incident, but he still wanted to push him out without any warning. After all, he and Wang Ziteng were just a cooperative relationship.

He fell in love with Wang Ziteng's power and wanted to rely on him, and Wang Ziteng liked his potential and wanted to support him.

Even if they say it nicely, they are not really a family.

Just like what Mrs. Wang asked Zhou Rui’s family to tell Wang Xifeng when Grandma Liu entered the Rongguo Mansion in the original book, “Their family was not a family, but because of the same surname, they were officials together with the Tailord back then, so they got connected by chance. Zong’s. I haven’t moved much in the past few years. At that time, they came once, but there was no time for them. Now that I’m here today, it’s her kindness to see us, so don’t take her lightly.”

In the words, he just treats Grandma Liu as a poor relative who comes to beat the autumn wind, and just give some money away, and the reason why this life is different from the original is because he can read, has fame, potential, and can make friends That's all.

But after all, they are not a family, and what people say is nice, they should be sold or sold badly, so there is no need to show mercy.

Wang Yue can be sure that if he rejects Wang Ziteng's "good intentions", it would be better if he finds out that he doesn't know what to do after repeated persuasion to no avail. There will be no contact with each other.

Worse, Wang Ziteng doesn't care about it, and he won't force him, and then let that Mr. Zou cheat him when explaining the precautions for going to the cabinet, he will be in trouble.

If he offends the cabinet, even if he has a great talent like Confucius, he can only be a poor scholar who sells paintings for a living in his life!

He must think of an argument that can persuade Wang Ziteng, otherwise he will not be able to make friends with the Wang family and will cause trouble for himself!