Chapter 419 Your Ministry of Etiquette wants to harm me!
According to regulations, two days before the exam, a board will be posted outside the gate of Gongyuan to announce the exam room number, so that candidates can know their exam location in advance.
The so-called Gongyuan dormitory refers to thousands of small cubicles, surrounded by three walls. Each dormitory is only three feet wide and four feet deep, which is very narrow.
Each candidate will be assigned to a dormitory. During the exam, all candidates can only sit in their respective dormitories to answer questions.
During the two days when the number chart was announced, most candidates would go outside the gate of Gongyuan once to familiarize themselves with the roads along the way, and Lin Tailai was no exception.
Gongyuan was located in the easternmost part of the capital at this time, and in later generations it was probably near Jianguomen.
At this time, there was a crowd outside the gate of Gongyuan. Lin Tailai and several friends, surrounded by dozens of thugs, forced their way to the front of Hao Shetu.
After scanning through the rows, Lin Daguan finally saw the dormitory allocated to him on the wall - Dongxing No. 49 Lin Tailai.
Jingcheng Gongyuan is divided into two areas: east and west, so "east" means the east area.
The number houses are arranged in thousand-character script, and each row of number houses uses one character, so "star" means the arrangement of stars.
As for "Four Nine", it means the forty-ninth house in this row.
Therefore, the meaning of East Star No. 49 Lin Tailai is that the dormitory allocated to candidate Lin Tailai is located in the east area of Gongyuan, No. 49, Xing Pai.
Staring at the name of his residence, Lin Daguan felt that he had been insulted, but there was no evidence.
It’s just Dongxing, what kind of rubbish identity is Sijiu?
My status should be 426 and 489. Oh no, 489 is the leader of the continent.
"Some villain is causing trouble and wants to deliberately target me in the exam!" Lin Tailai pointed at "East Star 49 Lin Tailai" and said loudly.
"What's wrong?" Dong Qichang, who was crowded next to him, asked.
Lin Tailai replied angrily: "There is no East Star 50 behind East Star 49, which means that 49 is the last room in this row!
You should know that there is a toilet in each row of Gongyuan Hall, and it must be next to the last one!
In other words, my dormitory is right next to the toilet!"
Another person next to him, Wang Yusheng, questioned Lin Tailai: "Has your delusion of being persecuted started again?
I think it's just a coincidence, someone has to sit in the last room."
Lin Daguan is famous for his suspicion and vigilance, "I don't believe in coincidences!
All examination work is arranged by the Ministry of Rites. It must be an official from the Ministry of Rites who wants to punish me on purpose!
After all, I have an old grudge with Shen Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Shen Shangshu petitioned me to deprive me of my title years ago!"
Wang Yusheng said again: "I heard that Shen Shangshu was an upright man, how could he use such devious tactics?
Besides, didn't you and Shen Shangshu reach a reconciliation? Shen Shangshu is not a capricious person, right?"
Lin Tailai still insisted: "As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with!
Even though Shangshu Shen doesn’t care about me, it’s inevitable that officials from the Ministry of Rites will secretly accept his wishes and wield power to cause trouble!”
Dong Qichang seemed a little scared, and quickly tugged on Lin Daguanren's sleeves, saying repeatedly: "No, no! Brother Lin, stop talking!"
Official Lin became louder and louder, and responded: "Why not? Shen Li has been the Minister of the Ministry of Rites for four or five consecutive years, and the Ministry of Rites is Shen Li's headquarters!
Nowadays, most of the people in the Ministry of Rites are members of Shen Li's gang. Is it any wonder that these people framed me while handling examinations?"
Hearing what Lin Daguan said, everyone around him couldn't help but look at him with suspicion.
This is the examination room. The exam is about to take place. Is it okay to spray the etiquette department like this?
Although officials from the Ministry of Rites are not responsible for judging papers, they are involved in the examination after all, and they may affect the results of the examination somewhere.
Dong Qichang did not dare to answer anymore and quickly pointed behind Lin Tailai.
Official Lin turned his head and saw the head of the Sixth Grade Etiquette Department standing behind him, looking at him with a livid face.
It was obvious that the head of the Ministry of Rites had heard all the nonsense that Mr. Lin had just said.
Today is the day to release the candidates' number chart, so it is normal for an official from the Ministry of Etiquette to be in charge of the scene.
There were many candidates around who were afraid of causing trouble. They immediately stayed a few steps away from Lin Tailai, fearing that they would suffer the same disaster.
But official Lin didn't care. Instead, he pointed at the nose of the head of the Ministry of Rites and shouted arrogantly:
"What are you looking at? You must be the deacon in charge of arranging dormitories?
You guys, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, have done something shameful and shameless, deliberately trying to fix me, and are you afraid that I will tell you?"
Head of the Etiquette Department: ""
It was the first time for everyone to see the candidates pointing at the examination officials and scolding them before the examination.
When Zhang Juzheng was in power, his son was not so arrogant when he took the exam.
The head of the Etiquette Department was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't bear it and cursed loudly: "You bastard who deserves to be killed."
But only halfway through the scolding, Lin Daguan suddenly rushed up and slapped him!
It didn't hit the face, but it hit the head of the etiquette department on the side of the forehead, knocking his black gauze hat away.
The candidates around him were even more shocked! This student Lin not only dared to reprimand, but also dared to take action!
Then I heard Lin Tailai yell angrily: "After all, I am also a Jie Yuan Juren, so I can resist you in terms of etiquette!
Now I have questions about the dormitory arrangements. As an examination official, not only did I not patiently explain, but I cursed them. It is simply unreasonable!
If you have the guts to bring the lawsuit to Shen Shangshu, I would like to see how Shen Shangshu disciplines his subordinates on weekdays!"
The head of the Etiquette Department was stunned and subconsciously touched his head, feeling ashamed and angry.
I definitely can't beat him with my hands, but I don't know what to say.
Lin Tailai took the opportunity and said to his left and right: "For me, Lin Tailai, taking exams is like cultivating an immortal, doing things that go against the will of heaven!
The group of demons and monsters in the Ministry of Rites are definitely obstacles on the road to immortality, but I, Lin Tailai, have nothing to fear!"
The other examinees around me felt that today was an eye-opener. I had never seen a candidate who shouted loudly before the exam that he was destined to be persecuted.
During the examination period, all the gates inside and outside the Gongyuan are guarded by the Jinyiwei Official School, who are called gate guards.
A conflict broke out outside the gate of Gongyuan, and more than a dozen official schools rushed over immediately.
When the head of the Ministry of Etiquette saw this, he habitually said: "Take down the rebellious candidates!"
Lin Tailai shouted sternly at the Jinyiwei Official School: "I, Lin Tailai, have been attacked and besieged by your Jinyiwei Official School three times and twice. This time when I went to Beijing, I was ambushed by your official school outside the city gate!
I take exams as my top priority and don’t care about you. I didn’t expect that you would dare to complain and retaliate!
Do you, the Jinyiwei Official School, still want to interfere with the exam and expel me, Lin Tailai, directly from the exam?"
Dozens of servants also surrounded him again, setting up a full-scale fight if they disagreed.
Those officers and schools knew that they were facing real difficulties this time, and they began to hesitate and feel pain in their balls. The water seemed a bit deep, and Lin Tailai also had a chief assistant behind him.
Lin Tailai continued to question: "You official schools are really not afraid of making things worse?
The officials from the Ministry of Rites played a trick on the dormitory arrangement, and then deliberately appeared in front of me and angered me. Then you, the Jinyiwei Officer School, came forward to cooperate again!
How could I, Lin Tailai, be so virtuous and capable that you could join forces to target me like this?"
After finishing speaking, Lin Tailai stopped staying and left the gate of Gongyuan surrounded by dozens of thugs.
The head of the Ministry of Etiquette wanted to say something else, but Lin Tailai could no longer hear him.
The Jinyiwei officers who came to maintain order watched Lin Tailai leave and did not stop him.
The other onlookers watched Mr. Lin go away and could only sigh, what kind of candidate is this who is the enemy of the whole world? There are enemies everywhere inside and outside the examination room, but he still dares to take the exam?
On the way back, Dong Qichang asked curiously: "Is the situation really what you said? The head of the Ministry of Rites wants to frame you?"
Lin Daguanren replied: "I don't know if he made a move, but if I were in his position, I would probably make a move, and then I would take precautions according to my hypothesis."
Dong Qichang was speechless, what kind of abstract answer is this? You made up your own conspiracy and then defend yourself?
Lin Daguanren replied again: "I don't know if there is a conspiracy in the exam, but I will treat it as if there must be a conspiracy in every link!"
Wang Yusheng asked again: "Didn't you and Shen Shangshu negotiate before? Shen Shangshu should have promised you some conditions, what are you still worried about?"
Lin Tailai: "Shen Shangshu promised that he would not raise objections to my grades, but what if I don't have grades?
Once the test paper is on the desk of the examiner behind the curtain, of course it won't be a big problem.
But what if there is a problem with the test paper in other aspects before it enters the inner curtain?
In Vanity Fair, never base the probability of success on the other party's commitment."
In a large-scale examination such as the General Examination, a large number of officials participate, and there are not only the chief examiner and co-examiner who are familiar to ordinary people.
Generally speaking, they can be divided into inner curtain officers and outer curtain officers. The inner curtain officer is only responsible for judging papers and is the examiner that most people are familiar with.
The outer curtain officers are responsible for examinations and other aspects, and there are more of them.
In the examination process, after candidates hand in their papers, they go through the four steps of receiving the papers, sealing them, transcribing them, and reading them, and then they are sent to the examiner's desk.
There will be a number of officials responsible for each link, and this part belongs to the outer curtain officer.
The part that Mr. Lin is sure to have solved so far is actually the inner curtain officer part. There will definitely be no problem after the test paper is sent to the examiner.
However, Lin Daguan did not dare to take the situation lightly.
On the day of the exam, at four o'clock in the morning, roll call and admission began at the Longmen of Gongyuan.
According to the usual practice, the Minister of Rites serves as the chief promotion officer and the tribute promotion officer, and is in charge of all examination affairs.
When entering, the general manager will personally sit at the gantry and be responsible for roll call and admission.
Don't worry about not being able to see people clearly because it's dark out, there will be hundreds of police officers holding torches to illuminate the scene.
Shen Li, the Minister of Etiquette, was sitting high on the throne, looking at a candidate wearing a helmet, his face twitching.
Lin Daguan reported calmly: "I heard that the entrance to the examination will be called by the great uncle, and the Jin Yiwei will be responsible for the inspection.
I have old grudges with Da Zongbo and the Jinyiwei Official School, so I have to guard against it.
Therefore, we wear the imperial armor to minimize the possibility of accidents during the inspection process."
Shen Shangshu scolded: "You are really worried! No one here wants to harm you!"
Lin Daguan was eager for knowledge and asked: "It's not here? Then where is it? At what point is it harming me?
In the chapel? Or is it the scrolling process? Or is it the sealing and transcription process?"
Lin Daguan's tone was always serious, as if he was conducting a serious academic discussion.
The candidates lining up at the back didn't even dare to take a breath. The guy surnamed Lin in front was too brave.
"Get out of the examination room!" Shen Shangshu resisted the urge to expel Lin Tailai.
If Lin Tailai is expelled, he still has the title of Juren and can still go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to elect officials. Hai Rui has gone from Juren to the second-level censor of the capital!
Not to mention that Lin Tailai still has the title of Military Scholar and can still continue to be a military attache.
Yu Kongjian, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, who was standing to the left and right of Shen Shangshu, said: "It's not necessary for the great uncle."
Shen Shangshu interrupted Yu Kongjian, "I can understand that you hate Lin Tailai, but I don't want to know what you are going to do!"