The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Because the re-examination of the palace examination this time was watched by a saint in person, and all the invigilators reviewed it in class after the examination papers were collected with vague names.Then he attached the reason why he chose this test paper to the test paper, and the test papers of the final selected candidates were also reviewed by the sage himself.When the fuzzy name list was revealed, the top three candidates in the first class, No. 1 and Tan Hua did not change, but the No. 7 pick became Zhang Menglin, No. [-] in the second class.However, the original No. [-] pick was reduced to No. [-] because of his abnormal performance.

Although there are occasional differences between the candidates for the second-class and third-class Jinshi, most of them are in slightly different order of ranking. Less than five people in the original list failed in the re-examination.And the original rankings of these people are in jeopardy.

I picked out the examination papers of the few scholars who failed the ranking after being listed, and found that although these people failed the ranking, the articles they wrote were also remarkable, but the examiners who reviewed the examination papers did not It's the same, so there is a slight difference subjectively.Some people stand out because of this—for example, the test paper of Chen Gui’s son, Chen Wei, not only has exquisite rhetoric and content, but also cites data to support the arguments in the article. It is obvious that he often reads the imperial court newspaper on weekdays, and even often discusses it with his father. The reason for the government.

This kind of quality cultivation, not to mention being elected to the Imperial Academy, is more than enough to be directly sent to other provinces as the governing local officials.

There is even Zhang Menglin, the youngest son of Zhang Huaiyu, whose articles quote classics and are sharp, and some of his views are even more amazing.It seems that because some people slandered his father for selfishness and fraud, Zhang Menglin held a mouthful of resentment in his heart. He changed the Zhang family's moderation and low-key style when writing articles, modest and gentlemanly, and his pen was open and aggressive, although he lost some of the gentlemen's steady He has no demeanor, but his scholarly spirit scolds Fang Qiu, which makes the viewers feel hearty.

There are also those who take the slant, for example, a certain scholar named Hu Jinzhong, because he was born in a Shanxi merchant, he is usually influenced by the value of the goods between the merchants and the exchange between the north and the south.When expounding the arguments of the article, he introduced some ways of life of the merchants into the article. The novelty of his arguments and the detailed and pragmatic exposition also make people think deeply.If such a person is trained well, although he will not be able to become a famous minister of integrity, he is enough to become a pillar of the imperial court...

In short, Enke this time is full of gold content. Not to mention that there is no fraud in the previous rumors in the market, its level is so high that it can be ranked first in the imperial examination selection of this dynasty.

Seeing such a result, the sage breathed a sigh of relief.After all, it was his first Enke since he ascended the throne. If some scandal of cheating in the imperial examination really broke out because of this, even if the court was willing to punish him severely, but the rumors of the incident would hurt the saint's face after all.

Now that it can be confirmed that there is no fraud in the imperial examination, the saint is relieved, and Longyan is even more angry.Zhao Bihe, the commander of the Jinyi Army, is ordered to accept this matter, and must thoroughly investigate who is slandering the important officials of the court.

It was easy to find out the source of the news, but Zhao Bihe caught up with these rioters and questioned them, and found a girl surnamed Mei who was arguing with Chen Wei and others after the exam.

After investigating this Mei Juzi, it was discovered that this person had some connection with the Chen family.It turns out that the son's surname is Mei Minghong, and he is from Jiangnan.He was born in poverty, but he has some talents.It was because of the financial aid from the second householder of the Xue family in Jinling that he had the money to go to Beijing for the exam.The second householder of the Xue family liked Mei Juzi's talent and learning, not only subsidized him to study, but also intended to betroth his daughter Xue Baoqin to the Mei family.Because of this, the two families made an in-law relationship, but unfortunately the second householder of the Xue family died of illness in less than a year, leaving only an old wife and a pair of children, all of them old and weak.The business of the Xue family's second room was also affected.

However, Mei Hong won the first place in one fell swoop, and turned into a juren in one fell swoop.Since then, he has been studying in Beijing Middle School with the money sponsored by Xue's family.Even when he learned that the master of the Xue family's second bedroom was gone, he didn't express anything.Mei Hong's classmates, friends and mentors even did not know that Mei Hong was related to the second wife of Xue's family in Jinling, so they deliberately acted as matchmakers for Mei Hong...

After reading these materials, Zhao Bihe concluded that Mei Hong was a person of bad character.However, Zhao Bihe was also suspicious. From his point of view, a person like Mei Hong would dare to slander important officials of the court behind his back, even if he was too late to curry favor with powerful and wealthy people.What's more, the one he slandered was Mr. Zhang Huaiyuzhang, the chief assistant of the cabinet?

After careful investigation with suspicion, Zhao Bihe discovered that what Mei Hong said that day was just a talk of jealousy after he failed the ranking.Afterwards, he was admonished by Chen Wei face to face, his face turned pale with fright, and he immediately shrank back.However, this sentence was heard by those who cared, and then deliberately spread some rumors in the failed move, which aroused the anger of the public.And they are just trying to fish in troubled waters, and if they are really bad, they can add trouble to the saint.

And the identities of these caring people were also found out after Zhao Bi and his team tried their best to find out.Then he entered the palace and returned to the saint.The saint laughed angrily after hearing this, and immediately ordered people to bring evidence to the Supreme Emperor to file a complaint after Zhao Bihe left.

The matter was so big that the Taishang Emperor naturally heard about it.However, the Supreme Emperor has many confidants, and as early as the saint hadn't found out what the name was, the Supreme Emperor had investigated the cause and effect.Seeing the new emperor come over angrily to say hello.The Supreme Emperor smiled and said, "The third child has gone too far. How do you want to punish him?"

Before the new emperor had time to complain, he was choked by the emperor's words.Hearing what the Supreme Emperor said, the saint raised his eyebrows and asked, "Father already knew?"

"It's not much earlier than you." The Supreme Emperor took a sip of this year's new tribute tea, and said with a smile: "Zhang Huaiyu seems to have the style of a gentleman. But he can serve as the chief minister of the cabinet for so many years, but it is not because of his temperament. Gao Jie is fine. If someone points the finger at him, he will naturally not sit still. This is not a difficult thing to guess. "

When the sage heard the words, he thought about it thoughtfully.After sitting down again, he calmed down.When the Supreme Emperor saw it, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Old Twelve entered the palace yesterday, because he said that he took people to the outskirts of the city to hunt, and finally hunted a roe, and immediately entered the palace to honor me. It just so happens that you come here at this time, Let's go after lunch." The saint nodded.The father and son had lunch once, and talked and laughed again.The saint then took his leave.

Let's not talk about how the sage punishes the people behind the scenes.

It is only said that after the reexamination by the imperial court, because Chen Rong and Hu Jinzhong both proved their innocence, there is nothing else to mention.The marriage of the two families was put on the agenda again.

Hu Jinzhong and Chen Wan's marriage was originally scheduled for the beginning of May, but due to the delay of these few days, the time could not be met.The two families didn't want to wrong their sons and daughters too hastily.After sitting down and deliberating, they finally decided to recalculate the auspicious day.The sage heard about this incident from nowhere, and even ordered the people of Qin Tianjian to count a good day for the two families.It also euphemistically said that this day is tainted with the noble air of the royal family, "The pair of little children must be happy and happy, and there will be nothing wrong with it."

Although this remark was a private joke between the saint and Chen Gui.But the sage always speaks well, and if he said so, Chen Gui naturally knew that there would be nothing wrong with this day.At that moment, he thanked the saint with great gratitude, and took the auspicious day selected by the Qin Tianjian to find the Hu family.

Although the Hu family knew that Chen Gui was proud of the saint, they never thought that the saint would take care of these trivial matters.The more I like it in my heart, the more I respect the Chen family.The marriage of a pair of young children was finally set on the sixth day of June.

After being engaged for many years, she can finally marry a beautiful girl.It is this kind of double happiness event of being named on the golden list of wedding candles in the bridal chamber, not only the members of the Hu family, but even Hu Jinzhong himself is bubblingly beautiful.Every day at home, I only care about breaking hands and counting the days.Or they are looking for various excuses to meet Chen Rong at Chen's house.

Seeing Hu Jinzhong's appearance as a brat, everyone became even more amused.

Now it is said that because the news of the two families' engagement had already spread, in the first ten days of April, various families came to give gifts.Among them, apart from the princes, relatives, officials and dignitaries who often come and go, the Jiangnan Salt Class Lin Ruhai and the Lin family have the most generous gifts.

Chen Gui has been an official for many years, so he naturally knows the truth that being courteous is either rape or robbery.Although the Chen and Lin families can barely be regarded as relatives-in-law, they have never dealt with each other.The reciprocity of courtesy during the previous New Year's festival was nothing more than maintaining the friendship between colleagues and relatives.It wasn't until the emperor abdicated and the new emperor ascended the throne, and intends to change the position of inspector of salt and censor from once a year to every three years, or every five years, that the Lin family's New Year gifts suddenly became richer.

Chen Gui knew that Lin Jiali must ask for something from others.Sure enough, Lin Ruhai attached some letters when he gave the boxing gift later.First, the normal greetings.It wasn't until the two exchanged letters several times that Lin Ruhai changed the subject and mentioned that he wanted to return to Beijing.

Chen Gui also knew that Jiangnan Salt Road was a mess.Now that the sage intends to rectify the administration of officials, although Jiangnan Salt Road is a fat man, it is even more of a hot potato.Lin Ruhai is a smart person, so he was eager to get away after noticing the court's movements.However, Rongning and Ningfu have already been rejected by the sage because of Qin Keqing's incident. Although this matter cannot be publicized, there are well-informed people in Chang'an City who know about it.

Wang Ziteng was also demoted to three ranks by the sage because of the matter of the Xue family, and now he is too busy to take care of himself, and has no time to pay attention to Lin Ruhai's affairs.

Although Lin Ruhai has colleagues and friends, but when it comes to Jane in the emperor's heart, no one can compare to Chen Gui.So Lin Ruhai put all his hopes on Chen Gui.It is hoped that Chen Guixiao will be emotionally moved to benefit, and finally Chen Gui will mediate for him in front of the saint.This kind of grasp is the greatest.

Chen Gui originally didn't intend to get involved in the messy affairs of the Jiangnan officialdom.But now and then, now the third prince is plotting against him in order to add trouble to the present.If he can't reciprocate courtesy, firstly, it's not the reason to be loyal, secondly, he can't express his grievances, and thirdly, his colleagues in the Manchu Dynasty will look down upon him, right?

So Chen Gui thought twice before entering the palace with Lin Ruhai's letter.