The list of Jinshi candidates was short, and Yang Zhao read it quickly, but with a sideways gaze, he looked coldly at Yang Guangxiang who was standing aside. [Remember the domain name of this website xs520．
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“Zhongcheng?” Yang Guangxiang felt uneasy and said cautiously: “Except for Gao Shi’s failure, this list is the same as Zhongcheng’s requirements.”
He has just accomplished a great feat.
From his point of view, the purpose of keeping him in the Ministry of Rites to keep an eye on him was to ensure that Yang Xuan, the young man, passed the Ming Jing high school. But Da Xixun, a rat like him, actually said that Yang Xuan's test paper was too bad and suggested that he wait for two years before taking the Ming Jing.
Yang Guangxiang immediately reported the votes, and Yang Zhao scolded Da Xixun, "My son can also win the Jinshi. Why do you want to betray me?!" Da Xixun was helpless, so he named Yang Xuan as the top candidate in Mingjing.
Thus, Yang Guang failed to pay attention to some rumors about Jinshi Branch.
"Same?"
Yang Zhao raised his hand and slapped Yang Guang, scolding: "Do you know that you are being wanted? You can make an accident happen for me with such a simple thing."
“I wonder what’s wrong with me?” Gao Shi’s paper slandered, “Did you know that Xue Bai’s father’s name is Xue Ling?”
I know." Yang Guang still didn't react. "Do you know it's taboo in the examination room? Why didn't you stop me from reading when the questions were asked?"
Yang Guang shook his head repeatedly and said: "The lower-ranking officials are not those who entered the official position through the imperial examination. Only a few officials are awarded to the Jinshi in a year. The lower-ranking officials have their own connections."
“Mother.”
Yang Zhao was about to scold him again, but suddenly he heard the news.
“Alang, I have a visitor asking to see you. I call myself Li Tan. I am the Li family of Zhao County. I am the son-in-law of Duke Zhang of Shangzhu State.”
“Li Tan? Are you here because of his gambling with ghost wife?”
Yang Zhao subconsciously rubbed his hands and went to the hall to see Li Tan.
The two parties exchanged greetings very politely, and the guests and hosts sat down. Yang Zhao said: "Don't worry, as long as Jin Wuwei takes down those disciples who dare to bully your wife, I will tell Dali Temple to skin them. I still have some face."
Li Tan said: "I'm just curious. Those four gangsters are Xue Ling's friends. If Xue Ling can't be found, why don't they go find his wife and children?"
Yang Zhao smiled and said: "How to come forward? Is it possible to collect gambling debts on behalf of my wife?"
Li Tan shook his head helplessly and said, "I heard today that Xue Bai won the first prize?"
“His holy love is so strong that there is nothing he can do.”
“Well, I’m not here today for this matter.” Li Tan asked with a smile: “Yang Zhongcheng is also the doctor of Duzhi?”
“Oh? But is there a magic way to make money?”
“Yang Zhongcheng clearly guards Jinshan, why do you ask me? I heard that the craftsmanship of bamboo paper is getting better and better, but the price has dropped.
The low price is eight yuan, the expensive one is twelve yuan?"
“From now on, it is also possible to pay three bills for one coin.”
“Does Yang Zhongcheng know how much a piece of white rattan paper sells for in Dongshi?”
“How are you doing?”
Li Tan took out a few letters and deeds from his sleeves and said: "I just want to give Yang Zhongcheng some properties in the hope that we can make bamboo paper together."
"This matter is not something I can decide."
"If Yuan Zai was gone, Xue Bai, wouldn't my uncle just listen to you, Yang Zhongcheng? The craft has not spread yet, and there is still time to hold on to it. As long as we hold on to it, it will be a huge profit."
Yang Zhao raised his eyebrows, reacted, and said in surprise: "So it's you? Haha, let's show us how powerful this spring is, right? No, you can't convince Cui Qiao."
“That’s right.” Li Tan nodded and said, “This idea came from the prince-in-law. He is a smart man, so it’s right to listen to him. NN
Xianyi Princess Mansion.
“Consort, please take a look.”
A servant copied the list of Jinshi from the Rites Court and ran back and handed it to Yang Hui.
Yang Hui only looked at the top of the list and asked in surprise: "Is it really top-notch?"
Xue Bai?" Li Niang said, "But didn't the prince-in-law say that once the question came up, he was hopeless?"
"Yes. Remember the whole book, 520 readings, website: xs520.co" Yang Hui said doubtfully: "Even if Xue Bai refused to give up the exam, Cui Qiao clearly knew Xue Ling's name, and she dared to ask the question, and selected the number one scholar as the subject.
The examiner also committed a taboo."
"What's the meaning?"
"According to what everyone said that night, forcing Xue Bai to give up the exam, or not counting him on the list, is enough to intimidate Yang. Give Yang Dang a lesson, let Yuan Zai take those poor scholars to get out, and grab the bamboo paper
Craftsmanship." Yang Hui murmured: "Then why does Cui Qiao want to make things worse even at the expense of herself?"
“Genubi’s one?”
Yang Hui pondered and murmured: "Xue Bai is the same as Yang Zhao. They are both motivated dogs and will not give up on the exam. Now he has won the top prize. It's like a dog biting a bone. How can he spit it out? If it can't be done well, it will be involved. To his bullshit life experience."
Thinking of this, he frowned and became more and more puzzled.
“Why did Zhang Zan do this?”
Li Niang was surprised and said: "The prince-in-law doesn't mean...Zhang Zeng has even considered this, right? He adopted Xue Bai. If this matter is revealed, he will be the first to be suspected by the saint."
“Stop arguing, let me think about what he said when we were drinking that night...
“Noisy? Do you think I’m noisy?!”
The three people drinking in the restaurant were all a bit silent. The main reason was that Gao Shi didn't speak much. He took a pen and paper and wrote out the poem for Xue Bai to read.
"That's it." Xue Bai said without saying anything more, "I said I would give it a try at the beginning."
Thousands of scholars all over the world passed the provincial examination. More than 700 people gathered in Chang'an to take the imperial examination. Only 27 people got the first place. How can we give up one place to Gao Shi, a boy from a poor family in Guandong?
Although Xue Bai promised to do his best, he did not dare to bet with Yuan Zai that Gao Shi would be on the list.
What's more, he wrote such a poem. He had never been an official for a day, and all he could think about was teaching the emperor how to be an emperor.
I have been very restrained." Gao Shi sighed: "I have praised Li Linfu before, how could I deliberately ruin the Spring Festival?
"Yes, I know, but why let Gao Sanwulang, who is "singing and dancing under the beauty's tent", write some mediocre examination works?" Xue Bai said: "I have tried it. Do you want to go under General Wang's tent? Or brother? General Shu's presence?"
The test has been tried, and it can be confirmed that the road to universal promotion for most talents in the world is blocked, and the Imperial Examination of the Tang Dynasty is far from achieving the effect of "all the heroes of the world will be included in Wu Yi".
There are less than twenty-seven Jinshi in a year. This is definitely not a path that ordinary people can take, let alone how many of these twenty-seven can be awarded official titles?
The most common way to get ahead in this world is to work behind the scenes in border towns.
Xue Lang, what suggestions do you have?" Gao Shi asked.
"If you ask me, then go to General Wang's tent." Xue Bai said: "Although there is no war in the east of the river, sooner or later it will be the most important thing.
"good!"
“Brother Gao, there’s no need to be angry. I believe you will be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister sooner or later.”
“Xue Lang is not very good at comforting people.“
Xue Bai only drank a glass of wine. Xue Bai did not stay with Gao Shi for too long. After all, he won the first prize and was not suitable to comfort people. When Dong Tinglan arrived, he left with Du Wulang.
There were frustrated scholars everywhere outside the restaurant.
With this comparison, Xue Bai felt that the status of the number one scholar was even more precious.
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“The Number One Scholar is here!”
In Du's house, Quan Rui shouted, and everyone in the house was shocked and ran out. It was so lively.
In fact, they have already sent people back to report the good news, including the news that Du Wulang has won the Ming Jing.
Really won the top prize? Xue Lang will make a fortune soon! "
Most of my money is in the hands of my eldest sister, how about eldest sister distributing it?"
"Why is it at the aunt's place? Oh, yes, the aunt is going to make a fortune soon."
Du Mei quickly turned her head to cover up the hint of anger when she looked at Xue Bai. In private, Xue Bai called her "Meiniang". [Remember the domain name of this website ｓ５20．
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Finally getting rid of the noisy crowd, Du Wulang paid his respects to his parents, and the next moment he ran off to nowhere.
Xue Bai and the Du sisters went to the house to discuss things.
As soon as the door was closed, it finally became quiet.
"I sent someone to inquire. This is the guest list for the banquet hosted by Li Tan and Zhang Si that night. I bribed some servants, so I should be able to confirm it." Du handed over the list, and when Du was not paying attention, he ticked Xue with the instep of his foot.
Bai's calf smiled and said: "Please take a look at it, Number One Scholar."
“Well, okay.“
Xue Bai acted like a champion, took the list, glanced at it, and said, "There are indeed many princesses and consorts."
Du Miaodao: "But there are not many people involved with you. Zhang Zan knows your life experience, and Yang Hui doesn't look like someone who can plan this matter."
“Yes, Zhang Tan once protected me.”
Xue Bai glanced at Du and thought that he hadn't told her about the follow-up plan regarding his identity. If he did, she would definitely be very excited... However, the identity of the number one scholar is also rare.
Withdrawing his mind, he thought for a while and said slowly: "It is not difficult to deduce a general context."
“Well, if it was Zhang Zeng who did it, he didn’t go out of his way to cover it up.”
“What he did was very simple. He probably used bamboo paper and concentrated profits as bait to drive Li Tan, Zhang Si and his wife, and some powerful people to stop me from entering the country.”
“It is a very common and simplest method to make scholars avoid taboos. Every year, several to a dozen people give up the exam because of "heartache". It is not a big deal. They dare to do it for the sake of bamboo paper and the benefit of concentration. "
Xue Bai said: "If I don't give up the exam, Ge Nu will definitely push me to death. It won't take any effort anyway. But if Zhang Zan wants to stop Cui Qiao from nominating me as the number one scholar, he must have a way, but he just lets it go. Why?"
“Yes, isn’t he afraid of forcing you to reveal your true identity?”
“Apart from Zhang Zan’s motives, I can’t figure out Cui Qiao’s motives either. He shouldn’t have made such a big sacrifice for the benefit of others.”
The context of this matter is easy to see clearly, but the behavior of these two people is inexplicable.
Xue Bai said: "I have a bad premonition. I'm worried that they did it on purpose. They figured out my nature as a motivated person and used the No. 1 prize as bait to catch me."
Du Miaodao: "You just bit the hook, you are planning to lose your relatively safe status as the son of Xue Ling."
“Yes, so the teacher said that giving one year to go to Longyou to practice is the safest way.”
Du suddenly said: "Maybe... you two have thought too deeply."
"Um?"
"Are your guesses too complicated?" Du said: "If you really can't guess Zhang Zan and Cui Qiao's purpose, then maybe they may not want to harm others."
Xue Bai and Du Miao looked at each other and realized that maybe they were thinking too deeply.
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At night, the window pivots automatically when there is no wind.
There were no candles lit in the room, only two people were whispering.
“I told my eldest sister to let you rest for a night so that you can have enough energy to deal with the next thing. Am I being very bad?”
“Aren’t you afraid of her sneaking over?”
“Then I’ll be embarrassed.”
“Then you will be embarrassed.”
“Oh, the number one scholar in Tianbao Seventh Year is mine?”
“You put it away?“
"Um...
The wind got stronger and the window pivots shook louder.
Du Miao was finally lost.
She lied and was caught by Du Mei. Du Mei, who had always been gentle, lost his temper and refused to pay attention to her with a cold face.
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“Why is the eldest sister angry with the second sister?”
By noon, Du Wulang was keenly aware of the stalemate in the relationship between the two sisters. He was very surprised and said: "They have never been so angry before."
Xue Bai asked: "Do you hate lying?"
“Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t.” Du Wulang scratched his head and said, “I can’t explain why.”
After Xue Bai heard this, he was thoughtful and Du Wulang asked: "What are you thinking about?"
“It’s nothing, it’s almost time to be pushed to the forefront.”
Du Wulang said: "I have inquired. You will not be punished for breaking taboos, but if you can't deal with it, your reputation will be ruined and you will never be an official for the rest of your life. Uncle Yang Guo will probably never get close to you again. This way
Scholars have several precedents,
In the end, we all lived in poverty. But don’t worry, at least I won’t alienate you. You won’t be hungry if you have something to eat from me.
As I was talking, someone came looking for me.
To Du Wulang's expectation, it was a eunuch who came. He called the sage to recruit the number one scholar to the palace to meet him, and he wanted to explain some things at the Qujiang Banquet.
Along the way to Xingqing Palace, Xue Bai also had a conversation with the other party, "How did Xue Lang offend Cui Shangshu?"
Mr. Cui appointed me as the number one scholar because he is my mentor. I wonder why the internal officials said this?"
"Hey, he knew your grandpa's name was taboo, and deliberately asked you questions to make your heart hurt." Then he selected you as the number one scholar. Early this morning, he confessed to the sage again, saying that he was negligent and did not notice that you violated the taboo. This was not intentional harm.
You?"
Xue Bai said: "So all the saints know it?"
These aristocratic families really think they are so noble. All the articles and annotations of the emperor belong to them. Because of a piece of bamboo paper, they dare to violate the holy will. You too, if you have to violate this taboo, wait for a year, and the saint can still wrong you.
Do you really think that only those who have won the Jinshi can be awarded an official? It’s really putting the cart before the horse!"
Speaking of it later, the young eunuch almost scolded him, but Xue Bai still had to thank him and said: "Thank you, my official, for reminding me."
Entering Xingqing Palace and bypassing Dragon Palace, Li Longji is rehearsing in Shenxiang Pavilion today.
Seeing Xue Bai coming from a distance, he laughed heartily and said: "The Number One Scholar is here, hurry up, stop now, don't let him see your skills."
“I have met the saint, and I would like to wish the saint a happy spring.”
"Without courtesy, now that you have won the top prize, you can become a minister soon?" Li Longji said, his smile turned displeased, and he said: "But we have to solve the trouble you caused first. You also have
Enough trouble!"
“The saint calms down his anger.
"Why should I give up my anger? I don't care whether you avoid Xue Ling or not, but rules are rules, filial piety is filial piety, this is the morality of the world!"
"Yes." Xue Bai said: "I am too wicked."
Li Longji seemed to smile and said: "Cui Qiao is old and has become a Zen man. He has asked me to be transferred to the Eastern Capital and paid the price. What about you? You knew you were going to violate a taboo, but you still dared to ask for a 'spirit'
"What are your plans for the word question? Tell me, what did you think at the time?"
Xue Bai glanced quickly and saw Gao Lishi standing behind Li Longji with the same expression as usual. In the distance,
Li Guinian was arranging the palace production of "The Romance of the West Chamber", but he didn't see Yang Yuhuan.
"Back to the saint, I am not Xue Ling's son. The reason why I recognized him is because the academic field requires family background, and the officialdom requires family background. What I thought at the time was that we cannot put the cart before the horse."
Li Longji's face turned angry after hearing this sentence. He gave Xue Bai a wolfish look, turned around and sat down on the royal couch.
In fact, if we think back to the night of Yuan Dynasty, Li Longji asked Xue Bai if he was sure that Xue Ling was his grandfather. Xue Bai's answer was "I don't remember much, but I seem to have an impression" and he had an impression of cooking.
There is no need to mention this matter, because there is still a tacit understanding between the two.
The key point is that Li Longji was happy to click on a good story and then clicked it casually. Why would he say "I was wrong at the time" for Xue Bai now?
Stir-fried vegetables, dominoes, stories, poems, operas... Xue Bai has been trying his best to offer treasures for a year, but he may not be qualified to let the saint speak.
“You really deserve to be killed!” Li Longji cursed.
Xue Bai hesitated for a long time and said slowly: "I deserve death. I am greedy for profit. I will do whatever it takes to be an official. In order to get rid of the body of an official slave, I recognize Xue Ling as my father. Now I am facing backlash. I deserve it. I know I was wrong.
, I just want to tell the saint all the truth.”
"explain."
“I secretly met Princess Tang Chang in Zongsheng Palace. No one noticed. Li Longji paused in surprise at this moment. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Gao Lishi.
Xue Bai raised his head, looked at Li Longji, and said sincerely: "Because many people say that I am the son of Xue Xiu,
The King of Qing, Li Cong, arranged for Princess Tang Chang to meet with me."
This time, Gao Lishi's eyes finally widened. He didn't expect Xue Bai to sell Li Cong like this.
Princess Tang Chang said that Xue Xiu raised a group of adopted sons in order to help the deposed prince, and I was one of them. I have no parents and have been an orphan since I was a child. Xue Xiu was kind to me, so I reported my name at that time.
"Ping Zhao", I am willing to rectify his injustice. But then I lost my memory, and now I only remember the saint's kindness, and I think it is wrong for Xue Xiu to raise an adopted son...
"In Zongsheng Palace, I learned about my life experience, but I thought it was too dangerous, so I continued to pretend that I was Xue Ling's son. Until there was a taboo in the examination room, and there was no benefit to being Xue Ling's son, so I thought,
I have worked hard for so long, and I must be on the list. The worst is death, these people want to stop me, the worst is dragging them to death together, I have no relatives, and they are from a wealthy family, I have made a profit...
"By the way, the Right Prime Minister, Donggong, has said many times that this case and that case were committed by me. It is precisely because of my identity that as long as I implicate my political opponents and expose my identity, it will be twice the result with half the effort.
I always knew what they were thinking and would not let them succeed. I committed the crime of deceiving the emperor.
"Until now, I am still committing the sin of deceiving the emperor. I still have a small part of my heart, hoping that the saint will forgive me for telling the truth, because I have been deliberately trying to please the saint this year, and I hope that this day will come.
It can make the hearts of saints soften. Those poems and operas are prepared for this. They are really deceiving the king...
Xue Bai told the truth as much as possible, except to cover up some fatal crimes, such as adopting Long You Death Tu.
It's still the same truth. Sometimes, only those with power dare to tell the truth. Nowadays, making a saint happy can bring power. When Xue Bai was an official slave, if he dared to tell the truth, he would be killed immediately, so he
To become the son of Xue Ling as a transition.
He tried all his efforts just to reveal all the truth in front of Li Longji.
At the final stage of the rehearsal of "The Romance of the West Chamber", when the competition is about to begin, this is the best time and Li Longji is in the highest interest.
Someone harmed him in the examination room and forced him to admit. This is not a bad thing. In comparison, confessing for no reason would make him appear to be too calculated and need to be passive and helpless, making him look more like a helpless person.
As a young man, he appears to be more vulnerable.
However, Li Longji was still angry.
“Shuzi deserves to die!“
Xue Bai said: "My sin deserves death...
Before he could finish speaking, Li Longji raised his hand and shouted: "Take him down."
Xue Bai was immediately held down.
He knew that he was gambling with his life. Yan Zhenqing was right, he was even more risky than Xue Ling.
But he thought he made the right bet. He guessed that Li Longji had known the truth recently, and today he was testing whether he told the truth or not.
What is Zhang Zeng’s motivation?
If you don't think too deeply, it's self-protection. When Xue Bai came into the sight of the saint, Zhang Zan realized that it was dangerous to adopt Xue Bai. Although they had no friendship with each other, he was just entrusted by others to make a fortune.
It's just money.
But this prince-in-law is very good at protecting himself, so he used Zheng Qian's incident to test the saint's reaction to the case of the three commoners, in order to consider whether to tell the saint everything. After observing for a period of time, something might have happened. Zhang Zan knew
Unable to hide it, I confessed.
So, it is even possible that Li Longji acquiesced in the incident at the examination room.
Of course, Li Longji could kill Xue Bai directly, but he might also want to see what the young man who offered various treasures and wanted to be the top scholar had in mind, so he allowed his ministers to test him. Only then could Cui Qiao's blatant behavior be justified.
..
These are just conjectures, Xue Bai is not sure.
He can only be sure of one thing - sooner or later, he can't hide it anyway, so it's better to expose it all at once. Just in case, he is a loyal and lonely minister who cares deeply about today's world.