Chapter 43: Face saint

Xie Suzhi supported his head with his hand, the tassels between the temples swayed slightly, and his face was covered with jewel light. Hearing this, he stretched out his fingers and said, "He became the laughing stock of the poetry club that year. My palace remembers that he had taken the exam three years ago, but he failed the exam. Later, Wu Anhou took him to pay respect to the great scholars in the Zhiwen Museum, but he didn't expect that he won the exam this year."
The maid smiled: "This is what Kung Fu pays off!"
Xie Suzhi snorted softly: "My palace would rather he be stupid. If he is still a bad guy, this kind of person will only harm the people when he enters the court."
Shen Miaoping and Xie Yuzhi were led into the hall by the maid. They just heard this sentence, they couldn't help but pause, thinking that the imperial concubine was an upright person.
The maid walked to Xie Suzhi's side and bowed her knees and said: "The imperial concubine, second master and uncle are here."
Xie Suzhi just said that he was too devoted, and he didn't pay attention for a while. Now that he recovered, he saw that Xie Yuzhi had arrived, and there was a handsome and extraordinary young man standing beside him, and he couldn't help but take a few more glances.
"See the imperial concubine, empress Wanan."
Xie Yuzhi and Shen Miaoping were about to salute, but they were stopped. Xie Suzhi said with a straight face, pretending to be unhappy. Is it?"
Xie Yuzhi couldn't help but smile: "Where the eldest sister is, it's just that the courtesy cannot be abandoned."
Xie Suzhi glanced at him: "I don't know when you have been so obedient. Sit down."
After speaking, he moved his gaze to Shen Miaoping, looked up and down carefully, and exclaimed half-truth: "This is Jinke's flower-explorer, right? It really shows talent, good manners, this palace has been for many years. I haven't seen such a handsome character, but Yuzhi has more foresight."
Shen Miaoping sat down with Xie Yuzhi's support. He couldn't help but smile, and said, "The mother is absurdly praised. Since the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, the talents have been abundant, and the fame and fame are not enough. What's more, there is a champion on the top. What's the matter?"
Xie Suzhi caught his movements in his eyes, and couldn't help but nodded secretly. He stroked his cuffs with his bare hands, and thought for a while: "Speaking of you, you have to take the errand. The Imperial Academy is a clean and expensive place, but the trivial matters are complicated. Character, it’s a shame not to be a seventh-rank official in that place..."
The implication is to find a job for him.
Xie Yuzhi smiled at Shen Miaoping and said with a point of view: "The Hanlin Academy is calm and quiet, but it's hard to do anything."
The Imperial Academy is a place where people from the bottom of the sky gather. If you have a chance, you will not be able to enter the cabinet in the future, but unless you are a stunning and brilliant person, you can only use the years to get your qualifications in that place.
Recalling the shock-like pain yesterday, Shen Miaoping subconsciously covered his wrist, and finally smiled at Xie Su, and in the eyes of everyone's astonishment, he politely rejected: "The things under heaven are often caused by difficulties in appointments, and they have been defeated by extravagance. Besides, no matter how high or low his position is, he can contribute to the country and the people. Miao Ping is still young and he is only shallow in learning. It is good to be able to calm down and practice more at the Imperial Academy. Thank you, Niang Niang, for your appreciation."
Xie Yuzhi didn't seem to expect that he would say this. He gave him a slightly surprised look, then reacted, and said to Xie Suzhi: "No wonder the eldest sister, he has this temperament. He is stupid in reading and reading."
Xie Suzhi was not annoyed. On the contrary, he heard that there was some appreciation in his eyes: "Why don't you have to be humble. There are no fewer than tens of thousands of people participating in the imperial examination. You can pass the national examination hall examination all the way, which is enough to prove that you are not mediocre. For the generations, things in the world often come from hardships, but are defeated by extravagance... Well said, being able to say this sentence is far better than others."
Shen Miaoping raised his hand to thank the gift: "Miaoping is so utter praise, Miaoping is ashamed to not be it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a large hurried into the hall, and walked to Xie Suzhi's side and said anxiously in a low voice: "Manny, your majesty is coming here, now you are in the Yuhuayuan, looking at his face not excellent."
When Xie Suzhi heard the words, he couldn't help but frowned, "Isn't it in the upper court? It's good, why is your Majesty here at this time."
The whispered: "Today, a bunch of scholars gathered outside the imperial city. The sentiment was enthusiastic. They claimed that there were people who had cheated in the current imperial examination. The ministers underneath also handed over the emperor to the emperor. The chief examiner accepted bribes and betrayed the merits of the judges. The scoring officers He Qiugong and Wang Huan did not report it. They accepted the bribes together. After the news was spread, the emperor was irritated and asked the emperor to strictly investigate it! Come, your majesty stopped directly."
Xie Su was shocked, and then slapped the table with anger: "These people are too bold, and they dare to commit the death crime of decapitation, are they not caring about anything for the sake of gold and silver!"
Shen Miaoping listened clearly. He shook his hand when he heard the words, and the hot tea splashed on his wrist. Xie Yuzhi received the tea cup when he saw it, and frowned, "What are you going to do? My hands are red."
Shen Miaoping's mind was dizzy for a moment, and then he calmed down secretly. Although his original body was a mediocre student, it was compared with the current class champion Jiang Hongyuan. He had to fight all the way from the provincial examination, but he took the test by himself. cheat. Just before the palace exam, the examiner deliberately clung to Gao Zhi, and verbally touched him a little. The original body was accustomed to being smooth, and the article was in the middle of the emperor's arms and was able to seal Tanhua Lang.
It was just a verbal call, and he didn't give the chief examiner any money or silver. It turned out that there should be nothing to do with him... right.
Shen Miaoping was a little drumming in his heart, and his expression became too obvious. Even Xie Yuzhi couldn't help but look at him several times. He narrowed his eyes and said suspiciously: "What's the matter with you, it looks like you have done something bad... don't tell me There is also one of you."
The last sentence is obviously a joke. The top three of the first three in the Palace Examination were all made by the emperor himself. Didn't you see those officials who only dared to do things in the town examination?
Shen Miaoping couldn't stand the scare now. He recovered from the words and glanced at him secretly. "I am a person from Jinzhou. The fraud is in Jiangzhou, Huzhou. It's a hundred and eight thousand miles away. It's just that I suddenly heard of fraud. It was too shocking."
Xie Suzhi also frowned and lightly scolded Xie Yu: "It's still like this, there is no obstruction, I dare to say anything!"
After speaking, he stood up and ordered the maid to wait, as if preparing to meet the emperor. Xie Yuzhi knew he had failed. He secretly glanced at Shen Miaoping, only to see that he still looked like he didn't belong. He said to Xie Suzhi: "Elder sister, since your majesty If we want to come, we are inconvenient to disturb, so we should leave first...
"Hahaha, isn't this Xie Jiaerlang? It's rare to see you enter the palace once, it's your own family, so why not disturb it?"
An energetic voice suddenly sounded outside, and then a bright yellow figure appeared outside the hall door. The visitor was about thirty years old, dressed in a dragon robe, not angry but mighty, looks heroic, and followed behind him. The people in the palace are impressively your Majesty today.
Seeing this, the servant of the Hall of Stopping Wind knelt down for a while, Xie Suzhi greeted him and bowed his knees. Shen Miaoping was startled, and he reacted and knelt down with Xie Yuzhi.
"The concubine has seen the emperor."
"Weichen has seen the emperor."
The emperor walked quickly into the hall, personally helped Xie Suzhi up, took a seat with her, and signaled Xie Yuzhi and others to give the seat flat, and said with a smile: "Why don't you need to be polite to your concubine? Today is a coincidence. Xie Aiqing also entered the palace. Now, he took a free job and didn't do anything all day long. It is rare for me to catch him."
Xie Yuzhi smiled: "Weichen it."
Just this sentence, no more words on the side.
The great Jin has always emphasized literature over military affairs, which led to the difference of good and bad generals in the imperial court. It is difficult to find a Xie Yuzhi, but he also died halfway. The emperor really deplored him in his heart. After a glance, he suddenly found Shen Miaoping who was playing an invisible person beside Xie Yuzhi. , Felt inexplicably familiar, and frowned.
The beside him reminded the emperor in his ears: "He is Jinke Tanhua Lang Shen Miaoping. He married the second son of the Xie family yesterday. Your Majesty has forgotten, it is your order."
The emperor thought for a while and then remembered it, but he was troubled by what happened this morning. He couldn't help but his face became dark when he heard about the imperial examination. He looked at Shen Miaoping, and asked in an inaudible tone: " You are Shen Miaoping? You are well-dressed, which matches Xie Aiqing."
Shen Miao looked calmly on the plane, and stood up and arched his hands after hearing the words: "Xie Huang praised it."
He instinctively felt that he was on the cusp of the storm, he still shut up as soon as possible, and said more wrong, just hope that the other person will ask a few words.
However, the emperor did not seem to want to let him go, and continued to ask in a persuasive manner: "Who are you from?"
At this time, if it were the eight achievements of Jiangzhou, Huzhou, it would be bad luck.
Shen Miaoping lowered his head, very humble: "Miaoping is from Jinzhou."
Xie Yuzhi felt that things seemed a little bit awkward, and secretly gave Xie Suzhi a look. The latter signaled him to be relieved, and then smiled and shook the emperor’s arm and said: "The emperor, the state affairs are busy these days. You rarely come to see your concubines. How come I asked Miaoping and didn't care about his concubines."
The emperor heard that Shen Miaoping was from Jinzhou, his expression was relieved a little, and he patted Xie Suzhi's hand with a soothing expression: "The minister at the bottom said that there was fraud in the imperial examination. I am really sad. Now a large number of literati are still blocked. Outside of the imperial city, the old officials can't come up with a plan. It just so happens that Tan Hua Lang is here. I really want to hear the opinions of young people."
At this point, Xie Suzhi couldn't stop him anymore. She thought to herself that there was the face of Changguo Gongfu, and the emperor would not take Shen Miaoping. If the answer was reasonable, she might still be in the eyes of the emperor. Let go of your heart.
The emperor picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said to Shen Miaoping as if chatting: "Do you have heard of the fraud I just said?"
Shen Miaoping frowned slightly imperceptibly, wishing to become deaf: "Slightly heard."
The emperor lowered his eyes and said: "Do you know why those literati outsiders are so excited that they are not willing to disperse for a long time? The chief examiner's bribery is only one of the reasons, and the more reason is that the total number of people selected in this autumn is 262 Among them, seventy percent of them are the wealthy and prominent people in the family. I have ordered an inventory check. The candidates involved are full of no more than ten people, but it is still difficult to calm the anger. I remember that you also studied hard in the cold window. How do you think about this. "
As soon as the words came out, everyone in the room looked over. Shen Miao remained silent, thinking quickly how to answer so as not to reveal the fact that he was a fake.
The history teacher seems to have said that in the previous system of celebrity officials, officials were generally held by noble children. Regardless of their careers or not, they could be officials without much effort, but it is difficult for truly talented people to display their talents. After the imperial examination system was implemented, it undoubtedly provided a path for the poor. They can become officials through the imperial examination, which can not only consolidate and strengthen the imperial power, but also improve the cultural quality of officials, but before becoming famous, it is still difficult to change the gap between the rich and the poor.
Shen Miaoping thought about it and said: "There are often sayings among scholars that there are no low-ranking families, and there are no lower-ranking families. Although these words are absolute, they are not unreasonable. Although the imperial examination is for justice, there is no limit to age, but I have to say, There is still a gap between the children of the aristocracy and those in the poor family."
Xie Suzhi's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he was about to say something, but was held down by the emperor.
Shen Miaoping looked at the emperor’s face and continued:
This kind of gap is not only between the rich and the poor, but also in terms of background. If children from poor families want to go to school, just say that Mr. Shuxiu is a big number. Not to mention the consumables like pen, ink, paper and inkstone. In order to save money, they use branches to practice calligraphy on the ground. Sometimes a family may not be able to provide for a scholar if they exhaust their furniture. This is one of the constraints. Second, most of the people who can open private schools in the local area are scholars who have fallen behind. There are few real scholars, and the rich and powerful houses have a large collection of books, and they invite great scholars to teach, which is worse. One section; third, the number one scholar in the imperial examination, only half of the essays..."
The atmosphere in the hall was stagnant. Shen Miaoping paused when he met Xie Yuzhi's somewhat worried gaze, then looked away and looked at the emperor again. He stretched out and said: "...This article only accounts for half, and the other half is fame. "
"Every year in the examination, countless talents from all over the country gather in one place, and those who are famous among their peers will be passed on to the examiner, leaving a good impression. If two people are equally talented in writing, they will give priority to the more famous. For example, in the current imperial examination, there was Zhao Ying in Jizhou, Shi Chunyun in Linchuan, and Wang Shuqing in Lantian. These people were gateways to dignified families in the local area. Naturally, they had much better contacts than ordinary people, so they were quite famous among scholars. Sounds, that's another step."
After Shen Miaoping finished speaking, he said to the emperor: "Miaoping has never looked at the township examination list carefully, but he has the courage to guess that these two hundred and sixty-two people must be among the elder brothers. Of course, Miaoping and It is not that these people have no real talents, but that they will have an advantage when the talents are equal. It is not a joke that the cold window has been studying for more than ten years. Cold is really cold, and suffering is also really suffering. There were a few more people who jumped into the dragon gate once a carp. Why did the history book capitalize close-ups of people who did not show their backgrounds but achieved fame? It is because they are too rare and too few. If things go on like this, there will be grievances in the minds of scholars. It's just an incentive."
His words fell, and the hall was silent for a long time. The thinking and logic of ancient people and modern people were very different. Shen Miaoping was a person after a thousand years. He stood on the overall situation and had a God’s perspective, surveying China for five thousand years. Much more transparent than these people.
Xie Yuzhi Xie Suzhi fell into deep thought at the same time. The emperor glanced at the beside him: "How many people mentioned by Tan Hua Lang just now are on the roster?"
Someone immediately went to investigate, and soon someone came back to report: "My Majesty, Zhao Ying, Shi Chunyun, Wang Shuqing and others are indeed on the list."
The emperor suddenly sighed when he heard the words. He fell back in his chair and looked at Shen Miaoping. He didn't know whether he was angry or happy: "You are brave. You dare to speak any truth, and I am not afraid that I will cut your head."
Under Xie Yu's consciousness, he thought of getting up, but Xie Suzhi's eyes stared back.
Shen Miaoping saw that the emperor was not really angry, and calmly saluted: "Thunder and rain are all graces. If your Majesty wants to chop off Miaoping's head, Miaoping will not complain."
The emperor’s expression is complicated: "No one has ever said something like this to me. What you said is reasonable, but I don’t agree with the other. The so-called master leads the door and practice in everyone. The local private schools are indeed scholars. , But wouldn’t the poor scholars have nothing to do without great scholars? I’m afraid it’s not necessarily true.

Shen Miaoping said, "Naturally, there are talents, but they are all those who are surprisingly talented and understandable. How many can they produce in a year?"
Ancient Chinese is difficult to understand, and ancient meaning is difficult to understand. Long paragraphs have neither punctuation or breaks nor fixed translations, so they evolve into various theories.
Seeing that the emperor was silent, Shen Miaoping just wanted to flick him down: "Thousands of people and thousands of faces, the same sentence in the scriptures and historical books will multiply thousands of understandings. Why are the current great Confucians a great Confucian, because they know every sentence. He has his own understanding and is unique, not to mention that everything has a set of established procedures. A gentleman who has stopped at the entrance examination and a gentleman who has undergone the national examination, the examination of the hall, which of your majesty thinks will be more experienced some?"
In this way, the children of officials have innate advantages, and the children of the poor are just a foil. Their innate deficiencies make them look dark in the examination room. It can be said that the time and place are favorable and lacking.
The latter paragraph was a bit too direct, and Shen Miaoping didn’t say it. Seeing that the emperor was still suspicion, he had to cite an example:
Miaoping had read a story before. A student who was rushing for the exam was caught in heavy rain. I stayed at a relative’s house, but the rain hasn’t stopped for three days. The relative is a miser again, and he doesn’t want him to live in vain, so he wrote a few words on a piece of paper—'Reserve a guest on rainy days. Keep me and not stay', dare to ask your Majesty, what is the meaning of this sentence?"
The emperor thought about it and said, "Retain guests when it rains, but I won't stay when the sky keeps."
Shen Miaoping smiled and shook his head: "Do you have any other solutions?"