The factional struggle in the imperial court was very cruel.
If you are not careful, ten or even decades of hard work will be in vain. If the powerful people say that they will drive you home to farm, they will drive you home to farm.
Therefore, even the middle-level members of the "Yang faction" like Chen Yu now have to find a way out for themselves.
But after all, Chen Yu still had some moral integrity, and did not "turn from turtle to eagle" like those in the imperial court.
Chen Yu just wanted to have a better life in the few years after the young emperor took charge. According to Chen Fuzun's own plan, he did not seek promotion in the past few years, he only needed to maintain his current official position.
A few years... a few years later.
In a few years, the ambitions of the young emperor may be ruthlessly shattered by reality. At that time, the warring factions in the court will be unable to clean up the situation, and old people like Prime Minister Yang will have to return to work in the court.
But for decades, Chen Yu had become accustomed to the same appearance going back and forth in the court.
A few years later, when His Majesty the Emperor wanted to reuse the Zhuhe faction, he looked at the court and saw Chen Yu, Yang Jingzong's precious student.
Chen Fuzun is only thirty-five years old this year.
Even if he waits for ten years, he will only be forty-five years old. He can afford to wait.
As for the change in Chen Fuzun's attitude, Master Lu didn't say much to Shen Yi, or he couldn't say anything to Shen Yi. After all, Shen Yi was still too far away from the court.
He pondered for a while, looked up at Shen Yi, and said, "Since Chen Yu said so, he shouldn't make things difficult for you in this imperial examination. You don't need to care about the court at the moment, and you don't need to think about what he said.
, it’s better to concentrate on the government examination.”
Master Lu said slowly: "If you have passed the Imperial Examination this year, you will leave for the Jiankang Academy Examination after the New Year. No matter what, you must first obtain the title of scholar."
Fame is a very important thing.
Having fame means that you are no longer an ordinary citizen, and no matter what you do, it will be smoother.
To put it bluntly, if Beiqi comes over one day, he has the reputation of being a scholar, and at least has the qualifications to be a dog for the Northerners, so he will not be killed directly.
Master Lu's words were correct. Shen Yi nodded respectfully and said, "The student has taken note of what the teacher said."
After saying this, Shen Yi turned around to say goodbye and left the study.
Things in the court really have no impact on him now.
However, today I met Magistrate Chen, and it was not a bad thing that Magistrate Chen exposed the nursery rhyme. At least from now on, the nursery rhyme matter will be completely exposed, and it has nothing to do with him, Shen Qi.
Not only does it have nothing to do with Shen Qi, but Xu Fu and the other six children have also been completely cleared of any involvement in this matter.
No matter who it is, they will never cause trouble for them again because of this matter.
Because all the responsibilities were shouldered by Mr. Lu.
Because the government examination was approaching, Shen Yi did not go out for the next two days. He stayed in the academy and read through the popular "Collected Works of Fengde" that was sold in Jiangdu City.
Although Chen Fuzun was young, he was also a famous writer in his early years and wrote many articles. It took Shen Yi two days to read through his collected works.
The so-called thorough reading is not as simple as reading it once, but to be able to understand its meaning and understand its etiquette.
On the third day, October 29th, Jiangdu Prefecture’s provincial examination officially started.
With the experience of the county examination, Shen Yi was much more calm during the government examination. He prepared the test basket early. Before dawn, he lined up at the entrance of the academy with the teachers from the academy and the students in the same department to get on the bus. .
However, this prefectural examination is different from the last county examination.
This time, Chief Lu Shan, who rarely appeared in public, appeared in front of everyone.
There were only seventeen people participating in the government examination this time, which was not a large number. These students stood in two rows in front of Master Lu and listened to the instructions of the mountain chief.
Lu Anshi looked serious. He put his hands behind his back, glanced at everyone, and spoke in a low voice.
"You are all young talents of the academy. As the government examination is approaching, the gentlemen of the academy should have told you what I should say to you. Now here, I will only say one thing to you."
Master Lu said slowly: "You are all still young. Whether you pass or fail the scientific examination is a matter of life experience. But if someone wants to take shortcuts and cheat in the examination room, it will ruin the academy's century-old reputation..."
Old Man Lu lowered his voice and said coldly: "When the time comes, even if the law of the country spares you and the government forgives you, Mr. Lu will never spare you!"
During the last county examination, Lu Anshi did not come to lecture.
Obviously, after the last Yan Mingli incident, the dean was so angry that he even came to personally warn the students before they set off.
Among the seventeen candidates, except for Shen Yi, the other sixteen did not know anything about Yan Mingli and were all a little confused at the moment. However, since Master Lu was here, they still obediently bowed to the dean.
"I will obey the instructions of the mountain chief."
Master Lu nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's go."
Seventeen students, together with teachers from four colleges, boarded five carriages and rushed toward Jiangdu City.
Because of the experience last time, Shen Yi was much more calm this time. He followed a group of senior brothers to the entrance of the government office's examination booth. After a security search, he received his blank test paper and test number.
The exam number this time is yellow number 11.
After finding his seat according to the exam number, Shen Yi put down the exam basket, lay down on the table and started to sleep.
It's not that he is careless, it's just that he got up too early in the morning and is a little sleepy now, and it is estimated that the test questions will take about half an hour, so he can take advantage of this gap to sleep for a while.
After the sun shone into the examination booths, the government officials began to distribute test questions from booth to booth.
When the test questions were handed out, Shen Yi had already had a good sleep.
The difference between the prefecture examination and the county examination is that the county examination generally has four or five sessions, while the prefectural examination only has three sessions, which test classics, essays and policy theory.
That is, test memorization, diction, and political opinions and current affairs.
The first day is all about scriptures, excerpting passages from the Four Books, Five Classics or other sages' books, asking the candidates to fill in the blanks, and then copy them completely on the test paper. No typos or taboos are allowed.
Shen Yi's basic skills are still very solid, so as long as he pays attention to the scriptures on the first day, there will generally be no problems.
After getting the test paper, I took a brief look at it and made sure that I knew how to do it, then I packed up the test paper, put it aside, and continued to lie on the table and fall asleep.
There is a whole day of exam time, so there is no rush to answer the questions. The most important thing is to have enough energy.
While Mr. Shen was seriously taking the child examination in the Jiangdu examination shed, Pei Yuan, the Minister of Rites of the Great Chen, was waiting patiently at the gate of the east gate of Jiankang.
Minister Pei waited from early morning until almost noon, and finally a motorcade slowly arrived at the east city gate.
A carriage in the motorcade had a high flag with a big word "Qi" written on it.
It is the envoy of Northern Qi.
Minister Pei wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
He came forward with officials from the Ministry of Rites, raised his hands to each other, and said loudly: "But the envoy from the Northern Qi Dynasty is here?"
In the Qi people's motorcade, a middle-aged man who looked like a civil servant glanced at Mr. Pei, then raised his head slightly, without getting out of the car to talk to Mr. Pei.
"Enter the city."
The Qi people's carriages did not stop and went straight into Jiankang City.
After waiting for a long time, Pei Shilang was so angry that he looked at the back of the Qi people envoy, gritted his teeth, and then cursed in a low voice.