Three hundred and twentieth eight chapters of the inside story
Fang Yingwu left the left gate of Chang'an and walked all the way to Xicheng. When he approached the door of his house, he suddenly looked around and made sure that no one was following him and no one around him knew him. Then he left the street and ran into the alley.
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Fang Yingwu then walked through several small alleys, getting further away from home. It wasn't until he was sure again that no one was following him that he boldly made a few turns and arrived at Liu Mianhua's house.
"It's unfortunate that Mr. Fang is here. My master is not here at the moment." The gatekeeper said to Fang Yingwu who arrived suddenly.
Fang Yingwu sat down in the concierge unceremoniously, "I know that Liu Gong will enter the court today and probably hasn't returned home yet. But I have to see him, so I will wait here until he returns home! Don't talk nonsense.
Let me borrow a few sips of tea first!"
The doorman shook his head. He could see that this Aunt Fang was obviously a little angry. But he had no choice but to let Aunt Fang take charge of his surname here.
Fang Yingwu wasn't angry, he just knew that if he couldn't see Liu Mianhua, it would be difficult to feel at ease.
In fact, it doesn't matter what the final ranking is in the palace examination. Fang Yingwu also understands that there is no great practical benefit to getting the number one scholar. But the key is that this kind of up and down, constant change makes Fang Yingwu's sensitive little heart extremely insecure.
Feeling, and he hated the feeling of being pushed around like a chess piece and completely unable to control himself.
After waiting for two hours, just as the golden crow was about to fall, I saw the honor guard of Wenyuan Pavilion Academician Liu Ji flashing from the entrance of the alley. As if foretelling, the long attendant of Academician Liu Ji ran to the concierge and took a look.
The other party responded: "My master invites Mr. Fang to go to the study to talk."
When he arrived at the study room, Liu Mianmian first looked at Fang Yingwu's complexion and felt that Fang Yingwu was not in a good mood. He couldn't help but sighed to himself, young people are young people after all, and even if he is as sensible as Fang Yingwu, he will inevitably be resentful of the honor of being the number one scholar.
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He took the initiative and said: "You already know the ranking? In my opinion, being ranked eighth in the second place is better than being number one. If you take a step back and suffer a little grievance, you can speak louder in the future. For example, there are still people criticizing you now.
Isn’t it better than the original reputation?”
Fang Yingwu replied: "What Lao Taishan said is right. When the news came out, all the gentlemen outside the left gate of Chang'an expressed sympathy and pity for my son-in-law... There was a strong public opinion."
Liu Ji said meaningfully: "Remember, those are just words for the occasion. Just listen and don't take it too seriously. When you call, let alone a hundred responses, it would be great to have a few."
Fang Yingwu was very unhappy with Liu Mianmian's pretentious attitude, and he laughed and said: "How will you know if you don't try it? Zhang Tianrui has obviously been in the top ten, and for some reason he became the number one scholar. Although I don't know what happened in the Golden Palace, I guess
Did something very unreasonable happen? I would like to ask, shouldn't the emperor and the imperial court give an explanation to the scholars in the world?"
Liu Mianhua's plan succeeded, and he was in a good mood. He joked: "Before you became an official, you were just an ordinary scholar. Where can you go to ask questions? Do you want to beat the drum of news again?"
Fang Yingwu replied again: "Did Lao Taishan forget that there is also the Golden Palace in the back, and three hundred new scholars are going to the palace to meet the emperor. How about this occasion? When I went to the Golden Palace, I asked how the number one scholar came into being.
, you won’t be pushed out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded?”
Liu Mianhua frowned when he heard this and couldn't help but sit up straight. This son-in-law is very courageous. Sometimes even he can't figure out what he is thinking. Does he really want to make a fuss when he is announced in the Golden Palace? If so, he will do it first. I couldn't eat anymore and walked away...
Liu Ji dissuaded him and said: "You must not do it. Why would a good son-in-law do this? It will ruin my plan." Fang Yingwu quickly asked: "What is Lao Taishan's plan?"
Liu Mianhua was stunned, the ultimate purpose of Daqing Fang Yingwu was to ask this. "Today in the Wenhua Hall, Wan Meizhou read your test paper first, and then Liu Youzhi picked out Zhang Tianrui's test paper in a hurry. When it was my turn finally, I agreed with Zhang Tianrui..."
Fang Yingwu originally guessed that in order to maintain his reputation, Liu Jue used personal connections to gain access to the emperor, and then used his royal power to force Zhang Tianrui to become the top pick. However, he did not expect that Liu Mianhua actually changed at the last moment and supported him like a wallflower. Liu Jue.
When I first heard about it, I just thought that Lao Taishan was too shameless - you made a big splash to force Liu Jue to make a mistake, and then added fuel to the fire, deliberately further condoning Liu Jue and magnifying the mistake. But then If you think about it carefully, you will feel that there are endless mysteries, and it is worth carefully studying the three flavors.
From this point of view, Liu Mianhua's initial grandiose attempt to nominate himself as the top pick was just a feint, and he used the art of war to explain that it was just a feint. At the same time, Fang Yingwu felt more and more that the previous rumors that he was going to win the top pick might be true. Liu Mianhua spread it himself, with the purpose of infiltrating a certain auxiliary network?
The final result is nothing more than two. The first is to clear one's name and keep it from falling, and even improve it, laying a solid foundation for the future.
Originally, given his background, if he was ranked high, he would definitely not be pure in the eyes of others. If he was not good, he would be full of controversy. Colored glasses are very scary.
However, after Liu Mianhua's false shot, he became the image of a victim of injustice while maintaining his ranking, and he could still maintain his innocent image.
From another perspective, on the premise that there are people in the government, shouldn’t you get some compensation if you have been wronged? For example, you should take care of it during the election of officials...
The second is to force Liu Jue to mess up his position and do something that is obviously against the rules for private purposes. He openly relied on the emperor's trust and forcibly violated the rules of the emperor and his ministers. How can it be that there are so many officials in the court who are vegetarian? Don't accept them. Thirty or fifty copies are considered light.
Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu couldn't help but sigh: "Kedao Yanguan has seen this, I think Mr. Cifu will be worried for a while."
Liu Mianhua sneered, "Not just for a while? I think it will be difficult for him to raise his head again in the future."
There was something in these words, and Fang Yingwu was shocked to express that he did not understand. Could it be that Lao Taishan had any deeper meaning?
Now Liu Ji has no intention of hiding his son-in-law. He can see that his son-in-law is also a man with a strong desire for control. If he continues to be secretive and does not tell the inside story, it will inevitably lead to Fang Yingwu's alienation.
So he said very clearly: "I have received news from the palace a long time ago. Your Majesty will directly appoint officials internally, appoint the alchemist Li Zisheng as the right general, and Deng Changen will be Taichang Qing. You should think of it later."
Fang Yingwu was slightly surprised. This was both unexpected and expected.
According to normal procedures, civil servants have a strict set of procedures from entry to appointment. The Ministry of Civil Affairs is the yamen directly responsible for the selection of officials. The emperor cannot appoint any official he wants.
But after all, the emperor has the highest power in name. If he forcibly conferred an official title on someone directly, it would be called an official title. This would be boycotted and spurned by the civil service group, or it was not a legitimate official position.
In another history of time and space, the Emperor of Chenghua was famous for indiscriminately granting official titles. Although the civil servants resisted desperately, there were still a large number of alchemists, monks, craftsmen, calligraphers and painters who were awarded official titles by an imperial edict. The most famous representative was
Alchemist Li Zi Province.
Fang Yingwu was busy with the imperial examinations a while ago and forgot about this incident for a while. Only when Liu Mianmian mentioned it this time did he remember that it was almost time for fengguan to become popular. In the last few years of Chenghua, it was zhuanfengguan.
It was extremely rampant for several years. It was not until after the death of Emperor Chenghua that the civil officials were completely corrupted, and almost all the ministers were wiped out.
There is no need to think about the huge harm caused by the officialdom and the destruction of the civil service system. Now Fang Yingwu suddenly breaks out in a cold sweat. This time Liu Cifu is really going to be tricked to death by his own Lao Taishan...
What is the status of Tongzheng envoy Siyou Tongzheng? As mentioned earlier, Fang Yingwuxiang's test master Li Shishi and Xiang Chengxian's uncle Xiang Wentai were competing for this position.
It is conceivable that if the emperor directly approves a pretentious alchemist like Li Zisheng to enter Jiuqing Yamen and become a right-hand government official, it will cause a huge shock to the civil servants, and it is 100% sure to trigger a fierce court struggle.
In this context, how similar was Liu Cifu's support of Zhang Tianrui to become the number one scholar by virtue of his kindness to the emperor's direct internal approval of officials' surnames? They were both wanton destruction of rules by the emperor, and serious violations of the monarch's power against his ministers' power.
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Then what Liu Cifu did must be compared with others, and used as arguments and handles to admonish the king... If Cifu, a dignified scholar, was compared with an alchemist, how could he still be among the civil servants?
Get a foothold?
Scandals have appeared again and again. Liu Jue, the second assistant, is still unstable even if he does not resign, while Liu Mianmian can be promoted to the de facto second assistant. A bachelor who is ten years younger than the first assistant, and the first assistant
**People are simply no different.
Compared with this huge benefit, of course his number one ranking is insignificant... Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu suddenly felt uninterested. He was still too far away from this game. The turbulence he had experienced was nothing compared to the shady affairs of the imperial court.
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He cupped his hands in disinterest and said: "The imperial examination is over. When it comes to selecting officials, we have to rely on Lao Taishan to help."
Liu Mianmian immediately put on the airs of his elders and taught Dundun: "Whether you have a good ranking in the imperial examination or you are not satisfied, it is all over. You must change your mentality as soon as possible. It should be noted that the examination field and the officialdom are completely different. There have been countless people in the imperial examination through the ages.
Prosperity in the field, frustration in the officialdom, just because the heart can't turn this corner.
In addition, if you become successful in the future, your loss of the top prize will be mentioned repeatedly. Others will think that you should have been the top prize, but you were framed by the annihilators, and they will complain about you even more, and you will benefit even more.
In the future, if you become invisible to everyone, no one will remember what happened to you today, and no one will feel that you were wronged for losing the top prize.
Now that I have said this, just encourage yourself!" (To be continued.)
