After writing the short notes of the same year, I spoke about my teeth and paid homage to Huang Jia.
All the Jinshi gathered in the Sutra Collection Courtyard. There were mattresses in the hall. Zhang Yue faced west, Chen Mu and Wang Zhichen faced east and each sat high. The rest of the same age who were over forty years old stood on the east corridor, and those who were under forty years old stood on the east corridor.
West corridor.
The master of ceremonies made a sound and ordered people to pray to each other in the same year, and then to pray again.
Afterwards, an old man with gray hair left the office in the east corridor. Zhang Yue got up from his bed and came to the courtyard to pay homage to the old man.
After the old man returned to work, a Jinshi who was about the same age as Zhang Yue in the west corridor came to the courtyard and paid homage to Zhang Yue.
This is worshiping Huang Jia.
This gray-haired old man is the oldest among all the Jinshi. He has already passed his 60th year. The number one scholar will pay homage to the eldest first.
After that, the youngest among the Jinshi was seventeen years old and the same as Zhang Yue, but only two or three months behind Zhang Yue. The youngest among the Jinshi would be the first scholar.
This is called worshiping Huangjia.
Huangjia means that the list of Jinshi is written on yellow paper, so those who win the Jinshi are called Huangjia.
Afterwards, the Ministry of Civil Affairs annotated the newly-ranked Jinshi and sent out another literary list, called the Huangjia Que List.
Immediately, the regimental commander made the first statement: "The purpose of worshiping Huang Jia is to teach those on the list not to judge them by their academic titles, but by their seniority and junior rank. Those who are on the list should put righteousness first and profit later.
Give in to each other, show sympathy to each other in times of trouble, treat each other for a long time and keep in touch with each other even from afar."
Zhang Yue and other Jinshi who were present listened to the admonishment and all applauded.
Since the Tang Dynasty, Jinshi has regarded the prime minister of the same age as his brother and the chief minister as his teacher.
Although the Song Dynasty abolished the chief minister as a teacher and attributed all grace to the official family, and the Jinshi were collectively called the emperor's disciples, the custom of becoming brothers in the same year still remained.
After everyone sat down, they each continued their conversation.
The old Jinshi who Zhang Yue paid homage to just now told some anecdotes. This man also failed the imperial examinations many times and failed many times. In the end, Huangtian paid off his hard work and was admitted to the Jinshi.
Although this man was about to die, he had failed many times and had heard a lot of rumors about the period collection and so on, so he sat there and talked, even in a condescending way and gave advice to everyone.
Zhang Yue also understood that he had been studying before and was not very clear about these sects. This was also the disadvantage of being a child from a poor family.
No one mentioned the rules in the officialdom. Everyone would do this when he was the same year as Huang Jiaxu, but he didn't care about how to choose who would join the game and who would arrange the periodic collection of money.
As the Jinshi said this, Wang Zhichen said to Zhang Yue: "Master Zhuangyuan, I have drawn up a list regarding the regimental division. You can take a look at it. If there are no problems, just follow the draft."
Zhang Yue was unhappy in his heart. We haven't discussed this yet, so you just handed me a list. Are you the top pick or am I the top pick?
However, according to the rules, the top three in the first division are eligible to finalize candidates for the regular recruitment. Wang Zhichen's behavior could not be justified for a while.
After Wang Zhichen finished speaking, several people in the same year nodded. It seemed that the other party also had charisma among those who were Jinshi in the same year. But Zhang Yue also had charisma, and that was the title of Number One Scholar.
But he is one of the youngest among the Jinshi.
Is it true that according to what Bai Huang Jiali said, ranking according to age, then what is the point of having yourself as the number one pick in the game?
Wang Zhichen's provocation was actually the first challenge Zhang Yue faced since he became an official.
Looking at the order handed over by Wang Zhichen, Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Uncle Xi has drawn it up so quickly."
Wang Zhichen smiled and said: "The number one scholar is young, and I also thought that I could share more of the burden, so I will help share it. If the number one scholar thinks that I am presumptuous, then I will not apologize for it."
"In other words," Zhang Yue said with a smile, "I believe Uncle Xi is definitely doing this out of good intentions."
Everyone is watching how Zhang Yue responds.
But seeing Zhang Yue calmly holding the list, he asked the oldest Jinshi: "In Brother Mingde's opinion, who has served as regimental commander in the past?"
The Jinshi named Brother Mingde was also stunned. Although he liked Canada, he was also aware of the rivalry between Zhang Yue and Wang Zhichen. He cautiously said vaguely: "The regiment secretary is responsible for organizing regular banquets and inspecting everything.
, in the past, the candidates were decided upon by the top pick and the second pick."
Zhang Yue smiled and asked: "Then how were we discussed in the past?"
"Well." The other party looked at Zhang Yue and refused to let him go, thinking that since the other party won the top prize at the age of seventeen, it was better not to offend him.
So the person gave up the ambiguous answer and said: "Most of the people who serve as regimental commanders are those who are among the top ten in the imperial examination, A, and provincial examinations, who have been the top judge in various examinations, and famous people."
Now Zhang Yue held up Wang Zhichen's list and said, "Uncle Xi, are the top ten in the Imperial Examination, A Division, and the Provincial Examination and Jietou among them?"
Wang Zhichen said unnaturally: "There may be some omissions, but most of them are included."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "The regiment secretary has a great relationship with Qiji. Who will take up the post and who will not take up the post? We must do it fairly. Even among the top ten in the Jinshi Provincial Examination, some people may not be qualified. Uncle Xi, look at what we do again
Discuss and discuss.”
Wang Zhichen nodded reluctantly upon hearing this.
The Jinshi named Mingde smiled and smoothed things over: "That's right, that's right."
After Zhang Yue and Wang Zhichen finished talking, they were thinking about how to kick Wang Kui out.
At that moment, Zhang Yue found Han Zhongyan, and Huang Lu said: "How do the people in the regiment plan the plan, and how to distribute the money raised in the period? You two have to help me make up my mind."
When Wang Zhichen was embarrassing Zhang Yue just now, Han Zhongyan could see clearly from the sidelines. He was speechless. Seeing how Zhang Yue responded, he admired Zhang Yue when he saw how effortlessly he resolved it.
Now that Han Zhongyan saw Zhang Yue coming to him for help, he looked even higher.
Huang Lu said: "Our classmates in Taixue must try their best to join the Youth League or participate in the period meeting."
Zhang Yue nodded when he heard the words. He also understood from Wang Zhichen's incident that he was basically in a bad position. If he really wants to offend someone, he still has to offend him.
Huang Lu said: "Except for you, me, and Brother Shipu, among our twenty-four classmates at Taixue, none of us has entered the top ten in the Jinshi A Division or the provincial examination."
Zhang Yue said: "Then you select a few who stand out, and I will try my best to get a few more students from Taixue to join the regiment."
"good."
Zhang Yue thought of Wang Anli, Wang Juan, Liu Fengshi and so on.
Zhang Yue came forward to invite them one by one. Finally, Chen Mu and Wang Zhichen discussed and decided on the candidates for the regimental commander, a total of fifty people.
The top ten Jinshi and the top ten in the provincial examination all served as regiment officials, except Wang Kui, who ranked sixth in the Jinshi and third in the provincial examination, did not join.
As for the reason, outsiders dare not ask more.
As the "official official" who presides over the period gathering, the Tuan Si is the fixed candidate for each period gathering. As for how other Jinshi will join the meeting, it will be discussed again.
Jinshi of the new rank all like to join the game, so they all rely on others or come to Zhang Yue to do activities. The circle of the same year is so important, not only the same year himself, but even the other party's descendants have loved each other for several generations.
humiliation.
The most famous one is that in the third year of Taiping Xingguo's reign, the Jinshi openly formed a clique. Hu Dan, the number one scholar, relied on Song Taizong's appreciation to fight against Prime Minister Zhao Pu. He, Dong Yan and Chen Xiangyu of the same year often gathered at the home of Zhao Changyan, another year of the same year, to talk all night long.
Discussing the ministers of the DPRK and China.
Dong Yan and Chen Xiangyu were also jokingly called Dong Banye and Chen Sangen.
In the end, Hu Dan and the others were young people after all. They were originally used by Zhao Kuangyi to deal with Zhao Pu, but they were dealt with by Zhao Pu instead.
In addition to this list, the five years of Taiping Xingguo and the fifth year of Tiansheng are also on the list of prime ministers. In the same year, they assisted each other.
It is determined by the examiner who is of the same year, but the friendship of the same year, forming a circle, must be consolidated through the period collection. Therefore, why the new Jinshi is so keen to participate in the period collection is also here, because after the official department conferred the official title, including the number one scholar in
All Jinshi in the country had to serve as local officials. From then on, everyone lived in one place.
Only by gathering together before being conferred can we build relationships, and even if it doesn't work, we have to become familiar with each other.
In the same year, I finished writing the short notes and paid my respects to Huang Jia.
All the fellow students sat down to eat tea, melons and fruits, taking the time to talk about friendship and discuss how to raise money during the period.
You can eliminate some people by collecting money periodically...
It is said that this is unfair to the Jinshi who come from poor families, but it is also true, and a screening method has to be adopted.
The amount of money collected in the period is 1,500 guan. This should be used urgently. There are 187 Jinshi in Zhang Yue's department. Considering that 100 people enter the game, each person will have to pay 15 guan.
Generally speaking, the distribution is based on ranking. For example, Zhang Yue, as the top pick, will have to pay the most, while Chen Tao, as the last pick, will have to pay less.
But in fact, in order to obtain the status of entering the game, the lower ranked Jinshi paid more money, while Zhang Yue and other top three did not have to pay.
Zhang Yue lamented that in any era, the winner takes all, and there is no exception.
Many wealthy Jinshi people have spoken out and said that they would pay more in installments to qualify for entry. One of them was a son of a wealthy businessman and was willing to pay ten times the amount in installments.
At this time, someone in the audience suddenly talked about Lu Wenhuan's story, which seemed to have a meaning.
Lu Wenhuan, the number one scholar in the second year of Tang Guanghua's reign, organized a period meeting, which was very grand. Those with money in his family could not afford it, so they were reluctant to go there. One day, Lu Wenhuan asked everyone to come out to the period meeting with his eyesight. One of them was Liu.
The brilliant Jinshi really couldn't afford it.
Lu Wenhuan immediately seized his donkey, and Liu Can begged that the donkey was not his, but was lent to him by someone else.
Lu Wenhuan scolded, "Medicine can't cure dizziness, and disease can't be cured."
The words came from Shangshu, and the implication of Lu Wenhuan's words was that if I don't give you strong medicine now, your poor disease will not be cured.
Four years later, Liu Can became famous and Lu Wenhuan was frustrated. When Liu Can met Lu Wenhuan, he used this sentence to mock him.
There are many people like Lu Wenhuan, and even the number one scholar even used banquets to lavishly lavishly exploit the same year and benefited from it.
Anyway, thinking of Lu Wenhuan, Hu Dan and Zhang Tangqing, Zhang Yue knew that everything would be smooth sailing if he won the first prize. There were actually quite a few losers among the top picks.
Zhang Yue decided to change the rules and suggested changing the banquet from one banquet every five days to one banquet every three days. The banquet should not be luxurious, just enough food. At the same time, the number of people should be a hundred people, so that everyone in the same year can participate as much as possible
Several episodes.
Zhang Yue also took the initiative to take out one hundred guan as the payment for the regular collection, so as to stop the crowd and make every Jinshi pay some money for the regular collection to enter the game.
Han Zhongyan lamented that Zhang Yue did not take advantage of this opportunity to form a small group, exclude and suppress people, and finally invited the same year to join the game in an equal measure.
Is this just first-rate pedantry? Or is the plot more serious?
Is it true that he wants to be a lonely minister as he and the emperor said in the palace examination? But seeing his method of wooing him, Huang Lu, and letting his confidants serve as regimental commanders, it feels a bit unlikeable?
