Chapter 146 The Master of Problem Solving (Part 2)
For the sake of Mansion Shen, Magistrate Zhu really couldn't dismiss Lin Tailai openly.
But the attitude of making things difficult for Lin Tailai is also necessary, so as to explain to Wang Shizhen who left Suzhou with hatred.
So when another powerful figure jumped out to embarrass Lin Tailai, Magistrate Zhu was of course happy to see it happen and went along with the situation.
But Magistrate Zhu didn't expect that Lin Tailai would react so quickly and fiercely, and backhandedly labeled himself as colluding with the Wang family in Dongshan.
What a cunning person! Magistrate Zhu cursed a few times. Everyone in the officialdom knew that there were many cunning people in Suzhou, but they had never seen such a cunning one!
No matter how the government arranges for you, you are a good citizen and you must accept it honestly. But you, Lin Tailai, dare to resist?
Before Magistrate Zhu could respond, Wang Yusheng became angry first and scolded Lin Tailai:
"How dare you, Mr. Lin, slander others without any evidence! I question you out of righteous indignation. What have you got to do with the prefect?"
Lin Tailai asked in surprise: "Indignation? Whose indignation?"
Wang Yusheng replied very righteously: "Of course it represents the indignation of thousands of people in Wuxian County who are studying and taking exams!"
When he said this, he really felt that he had a clear conscience!
The format of the eight-legged essay is complicated and requires long-term writing training. It cannot be mastered by just a little talent!
It is simply unbelievable that a person like Lin Tailai, who was born as a gangster, could pass the county examination and get a criminal record.
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this must have been obtained through fraud, but no one came forward to expose it!
And he, Wang Yusheng, will take the opportunity of the government examination today to do justice for God in public and give a sigh of relief to the scholars in this county who have suffered injustice!
Of course, you can also gain a reputation for yourself by the way, and maybe you can become a leader of the younger generation.
Lin Tailai mocked: "What qualifications do you have to represent others? Just because you are from a famous family?
You don’t even have much talent, so what popular poems have you written?
You can only represent yourself! In my opinion, you are just jealous that I won the county trial title."
Wang Yusheng refuted disdainfully: "How can the Wang family in Dongshan be jealous of an unknown county trial case leader? It's just slander out of thin air!"
Lin Tailai responded: "What? You are only allowed to question me, but I am not allowed to question you?
What's the point of this? Just because you come from a famous family, even the prefect will condone you?
I, Lin Tailai, am an upright and upright man, not a slave of your Dongshan Wang family!"
Magistrate Zhu: "."
You are really a cunning person, and you are the best of cunning people! There is reason to suspect that you, Lin Tailai, are criticizing Sang and Huai!
But he couldn't answer the question, so he could only slam the table to show his dissatisfaction with Lin Tailai's words.
Wang Yusheng felt that the topic had gone too far. These eight achievements were Lin Tailai's little trick to avoid questioning!
Lin Tailai didn't dare to confront him with the evidence, so he deliberately rambled on!
He quickly retracted the topic and asked directly: "Young man Lin, you don't have to think about him. If you have a clear conscience, do you dare to confront me about my articles and knowledge?"
Lin Tailai, who had been secretly scolded hundreds of times for being unruly, suddenly dropped Wang Yusheng, who was facing him, turned to Magistrate Zhu and saluted:
“In our country, the selection of scholars through the imperial examination has always been based on the impartiality of the examiners.
Maybe people are talking about it after the exam, but I have never heard that a candidate can openly criticize another candidate in the examination room in front of the examiner!
Could it be that candidates from well-known families are superior to others and that their words can decide whether candidates from humble backgrounds will stay or go?
If the imperial court still holds any imperial examinations, why not just restore the nine-level Zhongzheng system?"
Seeing that Lin Tailai came from a well-known family, the candidates who had turned in their papers early and were watching suddenly felt that Wang Yusheng's well-known family background seemed to have become a burden in public opinion.
They, ordinary people, were all disgusted by Lin Tailai against the famous scholars who were seizing the imperial examination resources.
The blame got bigger and bigger, and the blame for denying the imperial examination came out. Magistrate Zhu couldn't bear it anymore and slapped the case again:
"Since others question you, don't read your exam essay now!
You said that the exam is decided by the examiner, so I will personally test your talent and learning on the spot.
But it’s not worth wasting time on you, so I’ll give you the questions and you’ll just solve them!
If you can’t answer all the questions well, why write an article?”
In the eight-part essay, the two sentences that break the title can be said to be the soul of the whole text.
When there are too many candidates and too many articles, some examiners are too lazy to read them all and often just read the articles to solve the questions.
If he is not interested in the first two sentences of an article, he will not read further.
Therefore, breaking the question in two sentences is also a great test of a person's dexterity.
Lin Tailai was quite speechless, Wang Yusheng was like this, and so was Magistrate Zhu.
Why do you high-minded villains always have such a common problem of being so self-righteous?
Why do you always feel that no matter how you arrange it, others should follow it?
You say you want verification, so others should accept verification? You say you want to take a test, so others should take a test?
What’s even more ridiculous is that when the protagonists of many novels encounter this kind of situation, no matter how hateful the other person is, they immediately agree to take the exam and completely follow other people’s rhythms.
It is euphemistically called, pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, suppressing first and then rising.
But he, Lin Tailai, has never been one to act according to other people's rhythms!
He immediately pointed at Wang Yusheng and said to Magistrate Zhu: "Why didn't the government take the exam for this friend Wang?
Now I also question his talent and learning, suspecting that he cheated in the exam, and I also asked the Futai adults to test him!"
Hearing that he was being talked about again, Wang Yusheng immediately reminded: "Don't fall for Lin Tailai's deception!
This person is just using his words to avoid being tested and verified!"
After finishing speaking, Wang Yusheng was very satisfied with himself. At his age, there are not many people who can be as sober as him and good at grasping the key points.
Magistrate Zhu asked Lin Tailai ill-intentionedly again: "Are you really afraid to take the exam?"
Lin Tailai suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed "haha" several times, pointed at Wang Yusheng and then at Magistrate Zhu, and said:
"I just said that it is very inappropriate for a well-known student to openly interfere with another student's stay in the examination room!
If the examiner not only fails to stop and punish this behavior, but even condones it again and again, this is dereliction of duty!
Moreover, the examiner colluded with the candidates from well-known backgrounds and publicly bullied and denounced the candidates from lower-income families in the examination room. This was simply extremely bad!
When I leave the examination room, I will go to the inspector to complain! If the inspector ignores me, I will go to the capital to complain!"
Damn it! Magistrate Zhu was taken aback. He was not prepared for Lin Tailai to go online like this, and he was accidentally caught in the conversation!
The key is, there is really someone behind Lin Tailai, and he really dares to file a complaint!
It's all my fault that this young man named Wang didn't understand the rules and made random noises, which got himself into trouble!
Lin Tailai could not be allowed to continue talking! Magistrate Zhu made a decisive decision and shouted:
"Where are the left and right? Candidate Wang Yu disrupted the examination room and expelled him from the examination room!"
Wang Yusheng's expression changed drastically. This young scholar really didn't expect that the magistrate who had just said he was falling out with him would fall out with him!
"Why should the government be afraid of children like this!" Wang Yu shouted strugglingly.
Upon hearing this result, the candidates who were watching were in an uproar.
Looking back, Lin Tailai's words were consistent from the beginning, and he solved the difficulties created by Zhu Zhifu and Wang Yusheng purely by words!
When Wang Yusheng saw that Magistrate Zhu was unmoved, he shouted again at the top of his lungs:
"Lin Tailai, you only dare to play sophistry and don't dare to confront me!
Even if you can eliminate Wang Yu's voice, you can't eliminate people's doubts!
Look at all the candidates here, who really agrees with you, the leader of the county examination!"
Lin Tailai was a little surprised. Wang Yusheng was not a complete idiot. He also knew how to mobilize the masses.
There was actually nothing wrong with what Wang Yusheng shouted, and it caused a bit of a stir among the onlookers.
In the default view of most people, how can Lin Tailai, who is a gangster, write good articles?
When Lin Tailai faced the question just now, he never gave any positive response and could only use sophistry to get rid of Wang Yu's voice. Doesn't this show a guilty conscience?
"Wait!" At this moment, Lin Tailai, who was still being questioned, suddenly shouted.
He strode in front of Wang Yusheng and blocked the guards from dragging Wang Yusheng away.
Then he quickly advised Magistrate Zhu: "Calm down your anger! This friend Wang just made a blunder in his youth and exuberance!
Why should the government handle things so decisively? It’s a bit unreasonable. As a senior scholar, you still have to cherish the seeds of reading!"
Magistrate Zhu: "."
Are you, Lin Tailai, schizophrenic? You were the one who shouted to kill me just now, and now you are the one who is shouting to save others? What on earth do you want to do?
Even a few friends who wanted to stand up and support Wang Yusheng were temporarily on hold and were waiting to see what would happen.
Before he knew it, Lin Tailai had completely mastered the rhythm on the court.
What exactly does it mean to master the rhythm? It means that if he, Lin Tailai, doesn't guide him, others won't know how to continue!
This is the situation on the field now.
Since others didn't know what to do, Lin Tailai said to Magistrate Zhu with serious words:
"Young people will inevitably make mistakes, and they must be given a chance to correct themselves. For mistakes like my friend Wang's today, just give them some small warnings. Don't beat them to death with a stick.
Since he has always doubted me about his talent, let me take the exam for him once on behalf of Futai, and the matter will be settled."
Magistrate Zhu asked very sensitively: "How to take the exam?"
Lin Tailai answered frankly: "Just now, Futai said that he wanted to test the school's problem-solving skills, so I will also use the problem-solving skills to test him. The questions will come from the "Four Books"."
After hearing Lin Tailai's answer, others around him were very surprised. Is Lin Tailai trying to be magnanimous and repay evil with kindness?
You must know that Wang Yusheng's family has a good academic background and he was released from the imperial examination by the Wang family, so he must have succeeded in his studies.
For such people, setting questions from the "Four Books" and then solving them is simply a basic skill that has been practiced since childhood, and it is impossible to answer it poorly.
So Lin Tailai clearly wanted to give out sub-questions and let Wang Yusheng go.
Even Wang Yusheng himself had some complicated emotions, with resentment mixed with a little gratitude.