Chapter 640 In half a year at most, things will change in the Song Dynasty
Protruding!
This person can't be sincere to disgust himself.
Wang Lidong looked at the barbecue in his hand and found that he had lost all appetite.
After turning it over twice more, he sat back down on the wooden board with the barbecue in hand.
I took out a bamboo can of grape juice from the test basket, opened the cork and took a sip. It was sour and sweet, and I felt like my stomach could still hold some more.
Han Qi saw the mask on Wang Lidong's face and roughly guessed its purpose. He originally wanted to go up and ask, but seeing his behavior, he obviously didn't want to talk to them, so he immediately gave up the idea.
Seeing that several officials were covering their mouths and their throats were constantly gushing, Han Qi turned around and led the officials out.
Before I took two steps, I caught a glimpse of a student wearing something similar to Wang Lidong's, shaking his head and writing papers.
Every time Chen Mancang heard the faint sound of retching from the candidates next door, it was like he had made a big bowl of sour plum soup in the dog days of summer.
In one word, cool!
I just bought a mask, and when I came back, I kindly talked to the salesperson next door, but I didn't expect that I was treated like a donkey. Not only was I not thanked, I was also scolded as a stupid person with too much money.
"Chen Mancang." A middle-aged male voice suddenly sounded in his ears. The brush in Chen Mancang's hand almost staggered. Fortunately, he reacted in time and put away the brush in time.
What bastard, isn't this harmful to others?
If the paper is soiled, the hundred dollars just spent will be in vain.
He raised his head and was about to curse, when a purple dress came into view, and he quickly stopped his mouth. The examiner Han Qi, the deputy privy envoy of the Song Dynasty, shouted out, "Anyone who sings the number one scholar outside Donghua Gate is a good man."
The idol of the scholars of the Song Dynasty stood up and bowed respectfully, "Student Chen Mancang has met Xianggong Han."
Han Qi smiled and nodded slightly, "I see that you are not affected by the bad name. Is it because of the things on your face?"
Chen Mancang nodded hurriedly in agreement.
"Where did it come from?"
"I bought it from Brother Qi next door."
"Can you show it to me?"
The boss spoke, and although Chen Mancang was a little reluctant, he still took off the mask and carefully explained how to use it.
Han Qi took the mask and touched it. It felt soft and delicate, and the material was neither silk nor linen, which should be the same as the cotton-padded clothes he wore today.
After putting it on, I took a deep breath and found that the scent was very light.
This cotton cloth is really good!
Boom!
A spring thunder exploded, and a white light disappeared in an instant, making the sky and the earth bright.
"Whoosh," a strong wind blew into the dormitory. Wang Lidong looked at the sky. There were dark clouds floating in the sky. The rain would not let up soon.
He wiped out the skewers in his hands three times, pulled out a large piece of "oilcloth" from the package, and took a few nails, banging them with a bang.
After a while, there was an extra door curtain in the dormitory.
Such a big movement attracted the attention of the patrol inspector and the soldiers. The patrol supervisor held his nose and came to the smelly horn, inspected it, and left with the soldiers.
Although Wang Lidong blocked his view by doing this, if it is a rainy day, it does not violate the rules of the examination room.
No smudges are allowed on the imperial examination papers, in order to prevent cheating in marking, even if they are wetted by rain.
Therefore, experienced candidates will bring tarps to prevent rain during the exam.
In the blink of an eye, it was noon on the third day. After Wang Lidong handed in his exam papers, he quickly packed his luggage and left the warm hut that had protected him from wind and rain for three days without looking back.
After walking more than ten meters out of the smelly house, I immediately took off my mask and took two breaths of fresh air.
It's like I've returned to the human world again.
After leaving the dormitory area and walking onto the main road, someone suddenly called his name from behind.
"Yuan Ruo!"
Wang Lidong followed the sound and saw an acquaintance waving towards him more than thirty meters away.
Gu Tingye took two steps and came to Wang Lidong. Before he could speak, a stench rushed straight to his forehead. He choked and felt dizzy. He took two steps back and said, "Yuan Ruo... what is this on you?"
taste?!!"
Wang Lidong showed his teeth and smiled: "The smell of the toilet."
Gu Tingye said in surprise, "You were assigned a bad number?"
Wang Lidong nodded, "And it's the closest one."
Gu Tingye looked at him carefully and found that he was in good spirits and his face was rosy. He gave a thumbs up and said, "You can do it, I would have been lying down long ago."
Wang Lidong said: "I didn't see your carriage the day before yesterday, nor did I meet you. I thought you didn't come to the exam."
Gu Tingye's face became slightly embarrassed, "I recently stayed at a friend's house."
Wang Lidong said, "Then I'll send you off, where will you stay?"
Gu Tingye hurriedly waved his hands, "No need. Your smell is really strong. I'm already exhausted after taking the exam for three days. If I have to vomit for a while, I won't be able to get up tomorrow. And we live not far away, only a few steps away."
thing."
The two chatted for a short time before walking out of the Gongyuan. When they saw the four-person carriage parked not far away, Wang Lidong and Gu Tingye waved goodbye.
"Sir." Fugui trotted forward happily when he saw Wang Lidong, but then staggered due to the stench.
"Young Master, the smell on your body..." Fugui muttered secretly, 'Did you fall into a manhole?'
"This time I got a bad number! My mother didn't come?" Wang Lidong got into the carriage and unexpectedly found that Qi's mother did not come to pick him up.
Fugui replied while packing his luggage, "At three quarters (9:45), someone came to the palace. It was Officer Li who was beside the queen, and the princess followed him into the palace."
"How is the fifth girl doing?"
"When I went to Sheng Mansion to deliver medicine the day before yesterday, the fifth girl had a cough. When I went to Sheng Mansion this morning, the big magpie said that the fifth girl's health has recovered."
"Recently, I will send more fruits to the fifth girl."
"Good sir."
After returning home, Wang Lidong immediately took a bath, rubbed himself for half an hour, changed three large buckets of bath water, and used up most of the soap, before the smell disappeared from his body.
At dinner, Qi's father saw his son and immediately asked about the exam situation. He learned that he was assigned to a bad number and said he was unlucky!
"The examiner this time is Han Qi!" Wang Lidong picked up a piece of plain-cut chicken, dipped it in the sauce, and stuffed it into his mouth. The skin of the chicken was crispy, and the meat was tender and fresh. If scored, it would be about 80 to 83 points.
, my cook’s skills have improved again.
Qi's father put down his chopsticks and said, "What Heng'er means is that Han Qi's hands and feet were responsible for this bad whistle?"
Wang Lidong said, "Half and half. I have offended many civil servants over the years, and Han Qi is a typical representative of 'civilian officials first'. It is normal to use small tricks."
In recent years, Sihai Trading Company's business has grown bigger and bigger, including horse-drawn carriages, ocean fishing, express transportation of seasonal fruits, vegetables and seafood, steel products, soap business, etc... It has also attracted a large number of noble military officers to make a fortune, but it has never been able to do so.
He took the scholar-bureaucrats to play with him and squeezed out a lot of business from these people. You can imagine how much the scholar-bureaucrats disliked him.
Father Qi stroked his beard and said, "When Han Qi went to court in the past two months, he often mentioned the matter of salt affairs. I guess he is interested in my position as the third envoy."
Princess Pingning asked with concern, "What's going on with the salt affairs?"
Qi's father said, "In recent years, illegal salt has been rampant in various places and the loss of salt tax has been serious. Han Qi took advantage of this to make a fuss."
Princess Pingning said nervously, "What did your Majesty say?"
Seeing that his daughter-in-law was a little worried, Qi's father hurriedly comforted him and said, "Behind the private salt dealers are either relatives of the emperor or noble officials. Everyone knows it very well. If we really want to investigate carefully, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty will not tell us everything. Eighty-nine Chengdu
It will be implicated. Even His Majesty will be affected..."
The cousin and son-in-law of the current official family is one of the famous private salt dealers in Kaifeng Prefecture.
The investigation is all about our own people, there is nothing we can do!
"Han Qi is the Deputy Privy Councilor, so he should know that, right?"
"Of course he knows. He also knows that this matter will have no impact on me.
Since I took over the Third Division, the fiscal and tax revenue has increased every year, and there has been no change in the salt affairs. If you want to find fault with me, you can only make a fuss about the salt affairs." Qi's father continued, "This old fox,
The drunkard is not interested in drinking, I guess he is just putting on a show for someone to watch!"
"who?"
"Future official!"
Qi's mother's face suddenly dropped, "Your Majesty's health is getting worse..." After looking at the people in the room, except for three of her own family, the others were confidants, and whispered, "I'm entering the palace today.
I got news from the queen that the official was coughing up blood a few days ago."
Qi's father was shocked and said, "Coughing up blood?"
In this day and age, hemoptysis is an incurable disease, which means that one's lifespan is over. He cannot survive for half a year, or at least two or three months.
Qi's mother nodded.
Father Qi murmured, "No wonder!"
For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became a little solid.
This means that in half a year at most, things will change in Song Dynasty and there will be a new boss.
This means that when Hexin of the Song Dynasty takes over the team, there will be major adjustments and changes, and a large number of the new chairman's confidants will take over. However, the followers of the former boss will inevitably be retired unless they submit a sufficient certificate of investment.
of.
Retiring back home is a good ending, but if you meet a careless, ugly boss, you will settle old scores. Qi's father has been working in a lucrative job for almost twenty years, and his family's wealth and wealth will be stolen.
, will definitely make the new emperor burp.
Wang Lidong said nonchalantly, "This is not unexpected. With our family's current strength, there is nothing to worry about.
When the time comes, we will see what the new emperor does. If things don't work out, my father will take the initiative to resign and hang up his boots.
Then I will take my mother to visit various places in the Song Dynasty, and you can also visit Goryeo.
If you've had enough fun and want to continue to be an official, it's easy to go to Goryeo or Japan to become the king, which is much more exciting than the three secretaries..."
Mother Qi thought about it and her face looked much better.
It dawned on Qi's father that if he really wanted to become a king, he would only have one daughter-in-law. The ministers would definitely write to him one after another to persuade him to marry more concubines (concubines) for the sake of the country and the ancestors of the Qi family.
The more I thought about it, the more excited I became, but... I secretly glanced at my wife, and saw only a cold look in her eyes. I couldn't help but tremble, and said hurriedly: "Forget it about the king, the governor can give it a try."
Wang Lidong said with a smile, "Okay, the governor will be the governor."
After looking at her own officials, Princess Pingning changed the topic and said, "Heng'er, did you meet Erlang of the Gu family during this exam?"
Knowing that the second man of the Gu family whom I was talking about was Gu Tingye, Wang Lidong swallowed the rice in his mouth and said, "I met him when I was leaving the tribute courtyard. What happened to him?"
Qi's mother said with a gossipy face, "I heard that Gu Erlang raised an aunt outside and gave birth to two children."
"Real or false?" Father Qi asked in surprise, "Who did you listen to?"
"Not only was I summoned into the palace by the queen today, but there were also several eldest ladies. Mrs. Qin of the Guhou family accidentally let it slip during the chat..." Qi's mother looked at her son and said, "Gu Erlang didn't tell you today.
This issue?"
Wang Lidong was a little speechless. Unless Gu Tingye was out of his mind, he would be shouting about his mistress. He shook his head and said, "Second Uncle Gu didn't talk about this, but he told me that he didn't live at home recently. He said he was staying with a friend temporarily.
Home."
Qi's mother immediately asked, "Which friend did you mention?"
"No, I said I would send him off, but he didn't let me go, so I came back."
Seeing Qi's mother's somewhat disappointed expression, Wang Lidong secretly complained that no matter how powerful a woman is, she is still a woman, and she will inevitably have a gossipy heart.
Qi's father asked, "Which family does Gu Erlang's wife belong to?"
Qi's mother said, "It's not from a serious family, it seems like someone from a hook-and-rail tile roof."
Qi's father frowned and said, "What did Gu Erlang think? It doesn't matter if he has an extramarital affair, but he still gave birth to two children. In the future, any serious family will marry a girl to him."
In ancient times, it was possible to have three wives and four concubines, but usually the first wife entered the family first and then took in concubines. The concubines were not allowed to have children until the first wife gave birth to the eldest son.
However, most of the wives are not willing to let their concubines have children, because the threat of a concubine is greatly increased, and when the concubine becomes an adult, he will also take away part of the family property.
If you have an illegitimate child without a wife, the price is that you will not be able to marry a well-matched wife, and you will have to be backward compatible.
No shameful family would be willing to let their daughter become a stepmother after getting married.
Like the TV series "Knowledge", in order to marry Sheng Minglan, Gu Tingye had no choice but to trick the Sheng family, otherwise Mrs. Sheng would never agree to marry her granddaughter to Gu Tingye.
Of course, if you have enough power, that's another matter.
Next, the couple had a heated discussion about the issue of the outer room. After Wang Lidong finished his meal, he returned to his yard.
Early the next morning, Wang Lidong returned to Gongyuan again, but this time he was not assigned a bad number again.
If the "stinky number" really comes up again, he is ready to let Han Qi have a taste of Rexiang.
The second exam covers "Lun", "Edict" and "Judgment".
"Lun" can simply be understood as an argumentative essay. Although the questions are also extracted from the Four Books and Five Classics, there is no requirement to use eight-legged essays to answer them. You can feel free to use them.
"Edicts and edicts" can be simply understood as official documents, requiring scholars to imitate the words and deeds of the superiors and write corresponding edicts, edicts, and edicts. It is similar to a secretary writing speeches for leaders.
"Judgment" mainly examines the scholar's familiarity with legal provisions such as the "Laws and Regulations of the Song Dynasty".
On the morning of February 15th, Wang Lidong entered the Gongyuan of the capital for the third time. The third exam was "Policy Questions", with a total of five questions. In previous years, they were all questions related to current affairs.
In the past two years, there were no foreign wars or large-scale uprisings in the Song Dynasty. The biggest news was all related to the competition for the reserve. This topic is somewhat sensitive, and in addition to the current poor health, the questions are somewhat conservative. What is right?
The current views on literary style and academic style, the differences between Confucianism and Huang-Lao theory...etc.
It took Wang Lidong half a day to complete the five short essays. Compared with the first two sessions, "Ce question" is an "additional question". What the examiner values is still the eight-part essay in the first session, so as long as the literary meaning
Just make it smooth. And no matter how colorful his writing is, he will not be ranked first.
In the next two days, in addition to eating, drinking and sleeping, when I was bored, I would meditate and practice boxing. At noon on the third day, I handed in my papers, picked up my luggage and walked out of the examination room. I turned around and looked at Gongyuan behind me... Finally
it's over!
Never come to this shitty place again!
On the second day after the exam, after breakfast, Wang Lidong was about to go out, but Qi's mother called out, "Heng'er, tomorrow the matchmaker will go to the Sheng family to propose marriage. Have you thought clearly?"
Wang Lidong nodded seriously and said, "Mom, this is the fifth girl of the Sheng family."