Chapter 409: How to follow the temporary wise men of the Ming Dynasty?

Fang Zhongshu watched the imperial list open, and the first person to jump into his eyes was his name. He was stunned. At this moment, time seemed to be still, and thousands of feelings surged into his heart. Ten years of hard study, miserable pain, rolled his eyes, and humiliated. All kinds of shame and sadness finally came to fruition today.

At this moment, he finally understood Meng Jiao and the seemingly snobbish and ridiculous poem:

The filthiness in the past is not worth praising, but now the unrestrained thoughts are endless.

The spring breeze is so proud that the horse's hooves are fast, and I see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.

His breath became heavy and the world became no longer real. The sunlight became colorful and twisted everything he saw. He only felt his ears buzzing, and he could not hear the flattering compliments of the servants of the Duke's Mansion beside him, nor could he hear the artificial congratulations of those guys who were tempted by the flames.

He wanted to close his eyes, savor the joys and sorrows, and give people the impression of being calm and unsuspecting to be favored and humiliated. That was the style that the top scorer should have. But he couldn't, and thousands of feelings turned into ecstasy. This kind of ecstasy that made people feel hot was swelling in his limbs and bones, as if he would be stretched out and exploded by him.

Everyone looked at the top scholar Lang's trembling all over and thought to themselves: "Isn't this person going to get epilepsy?" For fear of being charged with hurting the top scholar, they couldn't help but distance themselves from him.

"Hey, I've won!" The top scholar suddenly burst out with a scream like a madman, which scared everyone around him to tremble. Then he saw the top scholar dancing, shaking his head, throwing away his hat, taking off his shoes, and screaming.

The servants in the Duke's Mansion felt that they could not embarrass the son-in-law, and shouted and made people turn around and were not allowed to watch the top scholar. But who would listen to them? People gathered around Fang Zhongshu, who was like a great god, and pointed and laughed constantly. It was a great blessing to see the top scholar suddenly become crazy.

The two ministers of the Ministry of Rites were not surprised and cleared their throats and said, "Everyone, the top scholar has been on the body of Wenquxing. It would be bad to hurt people first." Everyone smiled and said, "It's almost the same as Tiangou Star possessed him." The servants helped the top scholar to the side and calm down.

"If you have no doubts, please ask all the Jinshi on the list to gather at the Ministry of Rites in three days." Clearing his throat, the right assistant minister Tian Ainong said loudly.

Everyone shook their heads and was about to part with them, so they went to find a restaurant to have a drink. But they heard a clear voice sound from the corner of the street, attracting everyone to look at each other.

The two ministers said unhappy: "Who has so much trouble?" When they looked up, they saw the fifth and third princes coming together. The fifth prince was walking in front of them. Many of the scholars recognized it, and the one who spoke was the examiner of the spring examination.

The two ministers quickly knelt down with the scholars all over the street to welcome the two His Highnesses.

"Get up." Looking at the back of the head full of dark eyes, Qin Lei smiled and said, "Today's announcement is your big day. Gu and the emperor are here to join in the fun."

Qin Lin also smiled and said, "That's right, get up, it's so weird on the ground."

"Thank you Your Highness..." After a while of thanking you, people got up in a panic.

Seeing the two high men coming to the front, the two ministers said respectfully: "I don't know if the prince is here, and I am missing the opportunity to welcome you."

Qin Lei waved his hand and smiled casually, "It's okay, we're just going around."

The two ministers thought to themselves: 'It's weird.' Tian Ainong whispered and said, "The prince just said you have a problem, I wonder what the problem is?"

Qin Lei's eyes were patrolling the crowd for a while. When he saw that Fang Dazhao had recovered his appearance, he was looking at him enthusiastically, and then he laughed and said, "Yes, I just heard someone swearing to the sky, saying that if he lies, he would not be able to win the Jinshi in the future. Is this happening?"

The two ministers and monks couldn't figure it out and said, "I don't know very well..." But the crowds of onlookers buzzed and looked at the top scholar who was pale.

"Yes!" Tu Gongchun saw that the prince was about to ask about this matter, and shouted loudly: "Our Shanbei scholars can testify." Several Shanbei scholars also saw that the prince was unhappy when he found Fang Zhongshu. He nodded one after another and said, "Report to the prince, it is true."

Qin Lei glanced at Shang Dezhong beside them and smiled and said, "You call Shang Dezhong." Shang Dezhong said respectfully, "It's right here."

"I heard that you are the leader of the disciples and are highly respected. What's going on?" Qin Lin smiled and said, "I came late just now and didn't hear the general experience clearly."

Shangde said seriously: "Just tell me, don't you just want to use my mouth to tell me about this matter?" But the matter had nothing to do with him, and he didn't need to cover up for Fang Zhongshu, so he had a dispute with Shanbei Juzi. He stepped forward to persuade him to fight, but he heard that Fang Zhongshu already had a wife in his family, but he married the Duke's mansion. He told everyone that he knew about it.

Many scholars didn't know about this at first, and they were all shocked when they heard this, looking at the top scholar who was still crazy just now, with strange eyes, and there was no lack of gloating.

"But Fang... Brother swears to the sky and curses that he has no wife." Shang Dezhong Xu Buji said: "He said that if he lies, he will never fail the Jinshi exam."

"It's the future, not this time!" Fang Zhongshu suddenly said hysterically: "I didn't swear this time! No..." He was so angry that he wanted to eat all the clowns.

Qin Lei glanced at Fang with a hideous face and smiled and said, "It's the top scholar, you're the first swearing first. The two adults will naturally be included in your oath after you swear."

Qin Lin next to him smiled with a malicious intention, "From what you mean, is it that you really have bad family? Otherwise, what tricks would you play on your oath?"

"No! Absolutely not!" Fang Zhongshu denied, but his expression was extremely panicked.

Qin Lei laughed and said, "I also believe that Brother Fang is innocent. Brother Fang is talented and beautiful, and is pure and innocent. How could he do such dirty things?" Fang Zhongshu's expression was just a little better, but he heard Qin Lei's words turn and said seriously: "It is precisely because of this that I want to return Brother Fang's innocence, which proves that you are worthy of your gratitude."

Qin Lin asked curiously: "Why are you going to pay it back?"

Qin Lei smiled slightly and said, "It's very simple, just go to Shanbei to investigate."

Fang Zhongshu was frightened by the sweat beans in his forehead and said calmly: "Of course, but... it will take nearly half a month to go to the student's hometown to travel back and forth. After three days, the student will have to report to the Ministry of Rites."

Tian Ainong was also worried: "Yes, Prince, Fang Zhongshu is the top scholar chosen by His Majesty. If there is no conclusive evidence, it is better not to delay the face of the Golden Palace. At worst, you can investigate carefully in the future to avoid losing the face of the court."

Before Qin Lei could speak, Qin Lin shook his head and smiled, "I'm confused. If you are disguised by shameless scum, you will lose the face of the court." In this era, legally speaking, the wife is completely equal to the husband. Men must not stop their wives and remarry for no reason, let alone bigamy... No one thinks that the daughter of the country's princess will be a child.

So if Fang Zhongshu really has bad family members, his quality will be a big problem. In this era, if someone is suspected of having a loss of virtue, let alone becoming an official, he would even want to be a teacher in a private school, and no one would take him in.

In the historical river of the Chinese nation, for a long time, virtue and shame were more important than life.

Qin Lei waved his hand to stop Qin Lin's words and smiled and said, "What you said makes sense, but this is not a conflict?"

"Oh?" Tian Minnong said strangely: "Prince, please speak."

Qin Lei nodded and said, "It's March 12th. If I remember correctly, you are the Ministry of Rites Dianmao on March 15th, right?"

The left minister Mu Renwei said respectfully: "Report to the prince, you will be named Yingmao at the fifteenth day of March, teach etiquette, and wait for the morning court on March 16th."

Qin Lei nodded and smiled, "I know, just get the exact news before the next morning court."

Tian Ainong smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, there are less than four days left. Even if you are 800 miles in a hurry, you can't fight back and forth, unless... put on your wings and fly to the north of the mountain." Fang Zhongshu's lips stopped trembling, and nodded vigorously and said, "Your Majesty will let the students meet the saint, so I will write a letter and ask the county magistrate of my county to testify."

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled gently, "How can the top scholar go to court and face the saint with a nervous heart? Don't worry, four days are more than enough, maybe you can get the certificate of your county magistrate in fifteen days."

Fang Zhongshu's legs became weak and he almost fell to the ground, muttering with a pale face: "It's impossible..."

When the two ministers saw this situation, they thought to themselves: 'Come on, the prince has said this, let's not do anything.' Tian Ainong said in a deep voice: "Since the prince has a plan to achieve both ways, why don't we do it?" As he said, the other secretary of the Party said: "Brother Fang, you should do everything as usual, and you don't have any doubts. Unless you believe it in your hometown and prove that you are indeed bigamy, you should go to court as usual." After saying that, he bowed and bowed to leave.

Tu Gongchun was surprised and said, "Prince, can you really do it?"

Qin Lei's mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled with a deep smile: "Everything is possible." After saying that, he bowed to the students, and the crowd, which was slightly rioting because of this episode, suddenly became quiet.

Qin Lei glanced gently over the students and said with a clear laugh: "You guys who have been on the Golden List this year, and some have failed for a while. Although you lose the lead on the Golden List, it doesn't matter, because you are the winners."

The juren looked at the prince in a daze, not knowing what connection was with the successful ones. Seeing that more and more people around him gathered, Qin Lei simply took two steps, stood on the ladder, stretched out three fingers and said, "The Gu Wang said this, it is definitely not a comfort, there is a real reason. Because first, you are already a Juren. As far as the Gu Wang knew, if you want to pass the Juren exam, you have to take three exams to stand out from nearly a thousand scholars. None of the dozen people in the Qin Dynasty could read. Therefore, if you can pass the Juren exam and go to Beijing to participate in the spring exam, you must be better than tens of thousands of scholars, and you are better than many scholars."

After hearing what the prince said, the juren felt a little more. Then the prince continued, "And let me tell you a good news. Starting this year, all juren's identities will be retained for life. That is to say, you don't have to go through the provincial examination again, so you can directly participate in the next spring examination. From now on, the juren's ceremonies will become more and more fair, and your chances of winning the first place will increase greatly." Before this, if you don't have to participate in the college entrance examination again, you will be able to obtain the juren status again and participate in the next spring examination.

The students finally got happy and said happily: "That's great, so we can at least concentrate on preparing for the Spring Examination." In fact, this spring Examination will have so many poor students, and their ability is a great encouragement to the students.

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled, "This is not the happiest thing. I will reveal good news to you. Your Majesty will issue a grace decree soon, and special awards to the juren can also become an official."

The disciples suddenly became happy and cheered up. Even the blind man could see the joy of being an official in the Qin Dynasty. Three ways are "Yin", "Zheng" and "Ju", but the first two are controlled by wealthy families and are not the right way. The legitimate children are disdainful of these two ways, and are generally rewarded by their children, family members, and legitimate children who are really incompetent... Otherwise, Li Sihai would not have been chased by his father to participate in the spring examination.

Therefore, if you want to be a high-ranking official, you can only be a "judicial scholar". Before this, only Jinshi and Jinshi could be promoted, and Juren did not have this right. However, it was only once every three years of the Qin Dynasty, and usually it was more than 150 Jinshi. This was a drop in the bucket for the huge team of Juren. This caused many old Juren to be unable to make a career for life, poor and poor, and could not even support their families.

Now that Juren can be an official, although he is definitely not as good as a Jinshi, he can at least have an official position and eat imperial food, right? This is a great thing to accumulate good deeds. You can imagine the excitement in the hearts of Juren.

"We will never forget the great kindness and virtue of Your Majesty and Your Highness. In this life, we will be a cattle and horse for the court, and we will be brave enough to do our best." The priests knelt down and said excitedly.

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled, "Get up, don't thank me, this is what you have achieved by your own efforts." The priests looked at Qin Lei in confusion, and saw him curling up another finger and saying aloud: "Because you spontaneously provide relief to the victims in February, letting the Chinese people see your kindness; because you are not afraid of power and brave enough to resist, laying a solid foundation for eventually turning down evil, letting the Chinese people see your courage and perseverance. If you don't need a scholar like you who are both kind and brave, who else should you use?"

The hearts of the juren were completely warmed. They felt that they had received the most hope and respect; they were recognized for their value; and even found a way out. All this combined would definitely benefit a lot and be worth the trip. They looked at the young prince with tears in their eyes. At this moment, in the juren's heart, he was no longer a human... but a god, a god who was fair and selfless and fraternal, and brought hope to everyone!

Feeling the reverence of the students, Qin Lei was also greatly infected and laughed: "There was one reason, it seemed that it would not be used anymore."

The sirens wiped their tears in embarrassment and laughed tremblingly: "Please tell me."

Qin Lei smiled and narrowed his eyes and said, "Original King wanted to invite you to drink, but you don't have to worry anymore. The Origin King can naturally save money on this wine."

The disciples laughed happily when they heard this. They loved this young, elegant, kind and humorous prince.

At this time, Qin Lin also joined in the fun and said, "I said, guys, my fifth brother is usually very stingy. It is rare to be generous today. Can we disappoint him?"

"No..." the elect laughed in a sarcastic manner.

Qin Lei said with a grim face: "Okay..." The disciples thought the prince really felt sorry for the money. They were about to change their words, but Qin Lei laughed and said: "The seven best restaurants on Fuxi Street, the Lone King has sent people to cover them all. Everyone comes first served to take advantage of it, and you can take a good seat..."

"If you get to the top, don't go. Keep your stomach and eat the top scholar's banquet..." Seeing the crowds, Qin Lei quickly added: "Save two for the orphan king."
Chapter completed!