Under the corridor, a row of yellow papers with names and birthplaces written on them are arranged neatly...
"I won, I won thirty-two!"
"Mom and Dad, the child is incompetent!"
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Various howls sounded in the crowded crowd.
At this moment, there is a sea of people here. In fact, it is not just people, but also animals. After all, there may be too many people to squeeze through, but riding a horse or a donkey can still give you a height advantage. One by one, the students who studied hard in the cold window have experienced unbearable hardships.
After the torturous examination, they are waiting for this fateful moment. The ranking on the yellow paper in front represents whether they can leap over the dragon gate and become a master.
I was overjoyed to pass the exam.
The defeated ghosts cry like wolves.
This was followed by a dozen angry shouts.
It's similar to those who later cheated on the royal staff.
It is impossible that he did not foresee this outcome.
This result also surprised him. You must know that Liu Sanwu is not a fool. In fact, this old guy is very cunning, so this behavior is completely inconsistent with his mind. If he doesn't do it, he will force Beifang to make trouble, because this is obviously too
It's an insult to people's intelligence.
The one who had obviously succeeded turned around and said contemptuously.
…
For example, Liu Daxia.
At most, it's just a bit of northern literary style. After all, the exams for scholars and candidates have to be taken in the north, so it's inevitable that they will be affected a little bit.
This time Lao Zhu finally lost control.
After all, the expectations were too high before, but now they have been thrown down too hard.
They admit that Confucianism in the north is indeed inferior to that in the south. After all, when those Confucian families in the Southern Song Dynasty were studying their knowledge, they were still groveling at the feet of the Jurchens! Moreover, when the Song Dynasty moved south, most of the Confucian families left, and those who stayed in the north were originally
Not much. It is normal for there to be a gap between the north and the south. But the problem is that Shili is not from the north at all. He is from a Zhenjiang family, and his grandfather is still Hu Yuan's Wanhu. It's just that his father, as a son of a family, went to Peking to meet Emperor Yuan Shun, preparing to
Then when he became an official, the Red Scarf Army rebelled. The transportation between the north and the south was cut off, so his father had no choice but to settle in the north. He was only the second generation. He did not go to school in the north, but in the Shi family of Dantu.
In the Song Dynasty, their Dantu disciples, the Shi family, became a Confucian family.
With his temper, it is really rare for him to be able to swallow his anger and give him two chances.
Therefore, a large number of Donglin Party appeared in Shandong in the late Ming Dynasty.
"Emperor Grandson, I guessed it right!"
The emperor's grandson sneered.
In just over twenty years, has the gap become so great that a chasm has emerged?
In addition, it is not just him. There are also a large number of Wei registrants among the Northern Juzi, and there are also many originally southern families who were forcibly relocated. It is true that they are infected with some northern customs, but their family education is all brought from the south.
The imperial examination of the Hongwu Dynasty was actually Jiangxi, Zhili, especially the Jiangnan part of Zhili, plus the circle of Zhejiang and Fujian, especially Jiangxi. It can be said that the core of the imperial examination officials of the Hongwu Dynasty were Jiangxi people. This situation was not limited to the Hongwu Dynasty.
, this was the case throughout the early Ming Dynasty, and it was not until the middle and late period that Zhejiang gradually caught up, but even in the end, South Zhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi were basically neck and neck. Liu Sanwu, as a marginal Huguang gentry group, must rely on this
The Huguang people often protected the interests of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang groups in many matters in the Ming Dynasty.
There is obviously something fishy about this.
The officials who were maintaining order nearby quickly led their soldiers forward and quickly separated these future pillars of the imperial court.
"I am going to Dong'an, Beiping Prefecture, to raise my son and salute him, but no one from all my prefectures in Beiping is on the list."
"Bang the drum!"
"Are there any Shandong graduates? Are there any high school students in Shandong?"
"What about the people of Dantu? Don't you smell the southern tangerine and the northern tangerine?"
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Liu Sanwu knew that he was about to die, so he worked hard for the future of his clan and let the Jiangnan gentry remember his good deeds, so that his descendants could continue to be accepted by the Jiangnan gentry as meritorious ministers.
At this time, the person next to him turned his head as if he suddenly woke up...
He is considered a rough northerner.
Yang Feng looked at this scene and smiled and said to the emperor's grandson beside him.
In fact, now the Confucian scholars have begun to abandon Zhu Yunwen. After all, he has little hope. The Confucian scholars are all sensible. Except for a few who are still reluctant to leave Zhu Yunwen, most of them, including Liu Sanwu, have accepted the reality. After all, Jin Tuesday is gone.
King, Zhu Yunwen really has no cards in his hand, and Zhu Yuanzhang is obviously not ready to change the crown prince. In this case, of course he must abandon Zhu Yunwen quickly.
"Liu Sanwu is over eighty years old, why is he still so ignorant? Even if he takes three or five, he can silence the Northern Juzi. If he doesn't take one, isn't this forcing them to cause trouble?"
“I’m going to look at Han Kerang, the candidate from Shandong Province, but no one from Shandong Province is on the list!”
In short, if you want a charge, I will lay one for you. In fact, Lao Zhu was already very restrained at that time. He first tried to persuade them nicely, saying that you don’t care about what they wrote, just admit a few of them and appease their emotions. Then Liu Sanwu and others continued to talk.
The neck said that their writing was unsightly and no one could be qualified. Lao Zhu felt aggrieved and suppressed his anger before trying to say nicer things. If it doesn’t work, you can find a few copies and I will see for myself. I will look for them myself. Then Liu Sanwu asked his subordinates to give him
Specially selecting those articles that were completely rubbish and indeed unsightly to be given to him...
How many Huguang gentry are in this trade chain?
It is inevitable for upstream materials to converge downstream. The downstream industry and commerce are prosperous and densely populated, forming a huge market. The upstream gentry must integrate into this market to make profits. If you want to integrate into this market, of course you must integrate into the downstream gentry group, otherwise they will not take you to play at all.
This was not only the case in Huguang, but also later in Shandong and Henan. In the late Ming Dynasty, Shandong became a major cotton-producing area. Cotton was transported to the south through canals to be used as raw materials for the textile industry, so that there was almost no textile industry in Shandong itself.
Why not go out and make a fuss?
As Wang Fan raised his arms and shouted, those Northern Juzi who were already filled with anger immediately followed him towards Dengwen Drum Courtyard. Shi Li, Han Kerang, Jiao Sheng and others also tidied themselves up and caught up with Wang Fan. They walked in
In front, the mighty Northern Lizi team moved forward amidst the crowds of people in the capital...
"Fight, fight these Southerners!"
“No one from Henan is on the list.”
And Wang Fan...
"He is over eighty."
What's more, this is not just bullying a few officials. Behind these officials are five provinces, more than 10 million people, countless gentry, and a group of northern civil servants in the court. There is also a Zuodu Yushi!
The emperor's grandson frowned and said.
The northerners around him roared in anger.
"I am Wang Di!"
The paper has a famous seal, but how do I know whether it was written by a southerner or a northerner?
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These words are indeed a bit harsh and are directly a personal attack.
The man was speechless for a moment, and he probably didn't expect that there was a fake Northerner here.
Now there is no one?
is it possible?
Isn't this a clear sign of bullying?
"Did you find yours?"
Wang Fan was also stunned...
"Shi's ancestral home is Dantu, Zhenjiang. My father's journey north was blocked by war, so he had no choice but to settle in Dong'an. Now all the clan members are in Dantu. Who are you? Who is your teacher? What school do you study in? My Dantu, Shi, has been a poet since the Song Dynasty.
Heirloom, influenced by Confucianism for hundreds of years, is it comparable to your family background?"
he said.
"Liu Sanwu, an old thief, is a northerner who has not yet been elected. He favors a southerner and deliberately excludes me, a northerner, from the list. From now on, I will let them southerners serve as officials. This old thief is simply vicious."
It’s really not good looking if they are all blue jade accomplices, so let’s add some nonsense!
Poor Hu Weiyong has been dead for almost twenty years and still has to be used as a tool by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Even if there is a northerner who passes the exam, everyone will reluctantly recognize it, but now there is no one. In the past, there were more academic qualifications, not to mention that 30% of the northerners had it. In the past, 30% of the Jinshi were northerners, but now there is no one?
Not only does it insult our dignity, it also insults our intelligence!
Anyway, I have already failed.
Of course you should enjoy this good show with Zhu Yunxi.
In previous years, there were at least twenty or thirty.
“Shaanxi also has no one on the list!”
What's more, you can't even say what crime he committed in this kind of thing...
Indeed, Liu Sanwu was not worried, because he was over eighty. As long as it was not political-level serious crimes such as conspiracy and treason, other matters were not serious. Even murders between eighty and ninety must be convicted by the emperor himself. As for
If you steal or injure someone and pay a ransom, you will be exempted from the crime. Other crimes will not be charged.
Wang Fan almost roared.
"The Northerners are committing murder!"
He was really furious at this time. You must know that although he did not dare to recognize Yang Feng at that time, he had remembered Yang Feng's promise. He considered himself to be less talented and learned than Jiao Sheng. Although the possibility of passing the scientific examination today was
It's not impossible, but it's not big. And Yang Feng's guarantee made him sure that he would win. After all, Ambassador Yang's face was so good that it was hard for others to say. He would definitely take care of a Jinshi, but now he has not even passed the examination.
Ah! If he can't take the exam, he won't even be qualified for the palace exam, let alone the Jinshi. If the emperor wants to grant him a Jinshi, he must at least be able to take the exam and let the emperor see his name.
Those coastal gentry who kept smuggling ships for overseas trade had trade chains behind them.
"He has also been criticized over the years. In order for his family to continue to stay in this circle after his death and to be taken care of by the Jiangnan gentry in the future, he has to do something for them. No matter what the outcome is this time, the Jiangnan gentry will remember his contribution.
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The scene instantly became chaotic.
Yang Feng said.
he said.
There seems to be no benefit to him burning the charts. After all, he is from Huguang and cannot possibly own a smuggling ship to go to sea for trade.
The failed candidates from the north were all looking at each other at this time. There were only five provinces in the north, and none of them had passed the exam. What this meant was almost obvious.
"No, I saw it from beginning to end. There is no you and me at all. Don't talk about you and me. None of us in Shanxi have won the exam."
Another southerner said disdainfully.
Anyway, he has a big mouth.
I just scrutinize the papers diligently, and I will admit whoever writes the paper well. As for who wrote it, I don’t know at all, and it doesn’t matter to me whether it’s a southerner or a northerner. I just look at the quality of the writing. As for the issue of writing style between the north and the south.
, that can’t be used as evidence. Even if there is a difference, I don’t understand it. Why should I understand that the writing styles of the North and the South are different? Can any of you prove that I understand this and specifically choose Southerners based on this? There must be evidence, so I really can’t find it.
It is his fault that there are no northerners. It can only be said that they are not knowledgeable enough. Could it be that when I graded the papers, I admitted those who did not write well? It can be said that there is no way to catch him, so in the original history, Zhu Yuanzhang could not catch him either.
He has a handle. Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor is never bound by rules. If I can't find a handle on you, then I will say that you are an accomplice of Lan Yu.
This is no longer a matter of party struggle, but because of his age, they thought he was about to die and did not take him seriously at all. It can even be said that this is a blatant temptation. Once Lao Zhu gives in, they will continue to push further.
, and then Lao Zhu had to let them know that as long as I die, you will all be meat on my chopping board.
Their interests had to depend on the Jiangnan gentry.
It’s not easy for him either!
"Are there any in Henan or Shaanxi?"
"Dear northern students, we cannot allow the southerners to humiliate us like this, beating the drum to report Liu Sanwu to His Majesty!"
Yang Feng said seriously.
"How dare you insult me!"
This result had a huge impact on him.
Shi Li said angrily.
"I didn't have the ability to pass the exam, but I blamed the examiner. Sure enough, Hu Huashen, a northerner, could not change his character even after studying the ways of sages for several days. He even gave up his face to become an official."
What crime has he committed?
Only admit southerners but not northerners?
If you want the latter to take them to play, you must fight for them, let them know you, and open the door to this market to welcome you. Otherwise, why would they let you in?
Shi Li pushed him angrily.
he shouted loudly.
You can't be buried with him!
So now Yang Feng wants to show him what it means to form a party for personal gain.
but……
He grabbed Jiao Sheng and asked eagerly.
Not far away, a boy who was about to cry shouted.
The man was stunned for a moment.
I’m almost eighty, and I still have to take the initiative to fight for others.”
"Boy, no one from Shanxi is on the list? Isn't it rumored that Ambassador Yang wants a Jinshi for Shanxi?"
The latter was caught off guard and couldn't help but fall backwards, then grabbed something instinctively. Next to him was the Shandong scholar Han Kerang, and he grabbed his clothes and tore them open. Han Kerang was so angry that he kicked him.
Recently, a southern scholar should be friends with this person. He quickly recommended Han Kerang, and then Jiao Sheng went to help Han Kerang...
The disciples quickly separated from the north and the south, and then pushed each other.
"I have traveled a long way in the sunset, so I am acting in the opposite direction? These old people rely on their old age and sell themselves off. They rely on their own strength to lead the charge. After I succeed to the throne, I must abolish the law of respecting the old."
"Yes, beat the drum!"
Wang Fan said with anger.
Wang Fan shouted.
Wang Fan stood on a donkey cart and shouted.
Jiao Sheng said sadly and angrily.
Why do you call us brothers?
"This is the party struggle you are talking about. A group of ministers colluded together to try to control the court, take advantage of it, exclude the emperor, exclude dissidents, and also want to control the imperial examination and let their own people pour into the court. In the end, this whole
The imperial court belongs to them."
Zhu Yunxi said.
"So, the emperors after the Ming Dynasty had to rely on eunuchs."