Especially after the servant Kou Ji sent to deliver the message came back and told Kou Ji the reactions of Liu Yong and Chong Niang, Kou Ji became even more unwilling to praise Liu Yong.
The reason why Kou Ji was still willing to meet Liu Yong was simply because the servant in the house described Chong Niang so well that he felt pity for her, so he met with Liu Yong as promised.
Others didn't know what Liu Yong would do in the future, but Kou Ji knew.
After Liu Yong failed the exam several times, he had a big fight with Chong Niang, abandoned Chong Niang, and went out to wander around alone.
There is not much written about Chong Niang in historical materials.
But thinking about Chong Niang's background, after being abandoned by Liu Yong, her end should not be too good.
Kou Ji learned from the description of the servants in the house just now that Chong Niang took the silver hairpin from her head in order to bribe the servants in the house, which meant that she had been living in the world for many years and had not accumulated much savings.
Liu Yong was from a good background, and not only did he not have to spend money when he went to and from the fireworks and willow alleys, but he also made money.
There must be no shortage of money to spend.
But it was obvious that he had not given Chong Niang any money to spend.
Otherwise, why would the insect lady bribe people with personal belongings?
A woman from a profligate background, with no money, but with outstanding looks, how could she end up well in a place like Bianjing City?
Although Chong Niang had a bad background, after she followed Liu Yong, she broke away from all the clichés and habits in the world and served Liu Yong wholeheartedly.
I worry about Liu Yong everywhere.
She can also be regarded as a loving and righteous woman.
If Kou Ji hadn't bumped into such a woman, he wouldn't have had to worry about what would have happened to her.
But now that I bumped into him, I naturally had to help him.
It is not easy for a romantic woman to cut off the romantic dust, but it is even more difficult for a romantic woman to be affectionate and righteous.
It is not an exaggeration to call her a strange woman.
Liu Yongyong didn't know what Kou Ji was thinking. He thought Kou Ji was using Chong Niang to ridicule him again, and immediately gritted his teeth and said: "If you are really brave, just send me to get the land of tigers and wolves. If I frown, I won't
His name is Liu Yong.
But don’t use the insect girl to ridicule me.”
Kou Ji sneered and said: "You, Liu Yong, are famous, but you are not an official of the imperial court. If I find an excuse to send you to the land of tigers and wolves, no one will come forward to protect you.
You want to rely on the national law to protect yourself, but you also have to see if the national law can protect you."
Liu Yong stared and was about to refute.
Kou Ji didn't have much intention of quarreling with him. He patted the table slightly, which shocked Liu Yong. He stuffed Liu Yong's words back into his stomach and continued: "It's true that you Liu Yong is talented, and it's true that you are famous.
,
But you are ignorant of the world. You only think that you are talented and you can be arrogant about everything. But there are many people who are more talented than you in the government and the public. They still want to behave with their tail between their legs. Why do you, Liu Yong, rely on your talent to be arrogant? "
"What is an official family, Junfu? Junfu hates you and said a few words to you, so you wrote a poem, complained randomly, and slandered Junfu for not knowing people. You feel happy, you told the whole world
, you feel aggrieved.
But have you ever thought that this is an act of disloyalty and unfilial piety?
If you do something unfaithful and unfilial, you become an unfaithful and unfilial person.
In both the government and the public, who would choose an unfaithful and unfilial person as a Jinshi?
who?"
Liu Yong trembled all over and looked at Kou Ji in disbelief.
No one else had said these words to Kou Ji.
Others obviously knew about this too.
But no one told him.
Why didn't they tell him?
They were just waiting for him to take the imperial examination again and again, hit the wall again and again, fail again and again, and watch his jokes again and again.
Kou Ji didn't pay attention to Liu Yong's reaction and continued: "Everyone knows things, but no one tells you? Why? That's because you are proud of your talent, look above your head, and don't take other people in your eyes. Naturally, others won't.
I will take you seriously.
If you are proud of your talent and offend others, that's fine.
But you are so arrogant that you have blinded yourself.
People with eyesight can see things clearly, but you have not seen them clearly.
After failing the exam again and again, he started composing lyrics and poems again, and continued his unfaithful and unfilial behavior.
If I didn't ask my servant to stop you today, would a poem mocking me be coming out of your mouth?
But have you ever thought that before this, you once called yourself a student in front of countless people and me."
Liu Yong's body trembled again, his eyes widened little by little, and his pupils shrank, as if he had been greatly stimulated.
The insect girl looked distressed.
But Kou Ji didn't let her speak, and she didn't dare to speak.
I was afraid that if I collided with Kou Ji, it would have any adverse impact on Liu Yong.
Kou Ji didn't care about Liu Yong's reaction at all and continued: "Because you called yourself a student in front of me, I also mentioned it to you. Just before I stepped into Gongyuan.
I reminded you, and I hope to see you, Liu Yong, do something.
Let me see that you, Liu Yong, have truly realized your mistake and have a real chance to change your ways.
But you didn’t do anything?”
"Is it really that good to be pursued by thousands of women? Do you know how many of those women are flattered by important ministers in the court, and how many dignitaries are their subordinates?
you do not know……
Maybe you know it and feel proud of it...
But you don't know that your move has offended half of the officials in the court.
Even if I take you, you won't be able to survive in the court.
In the end, it will only be played to death by the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, just like playing with an ant."
"If you dismissed those women on the spot and focused solely on the scientific examination, and let me see your determination, how could I not marry you?"
"But what about you?"
"Nothing was done..."
"How old are you? A three-year-old?"
"Have you lived on a dog's belly for decades?"
"..."
"That's it, you still have the nerve to rely on your talents and look down on others, and always feel that others are treating you unfairly?"
"..."
Kou Ji's words are very touching.
Liu Yong's heart had already been riddled with holes by Kou Ji.
"Plop..."
He fell to the ground, his eyes full of despair.
Liu Yong had previously been blinded by a leaf.
So all kinds of arrogance.
Now that Kou Ji has uncovered the leaves blocking his eyes, how can he be so arrogant?
"Plop..."
Chong Niang made a sound and knelt down in front of Kou Ji. With tears in her eyes, she begged, "I beg you, Master, to give Liu Lang a chance..."
Kou Ji stared at Chong Niang dimly, and said calmly: "Should I give him a chance? Then what can he give me? In other words, what can you give me?"
Chong Niang looked at Liu Yong as if he had lost his soul, and she felt extremely distressed. She trembled and begged: "I am willing to work as an ox or a horse for the young master. I only ask that the young master give Liu Lang a chance."
"Oh……"
Kou Ji sneered and asked: "Do you think our Kou Mansion lacks horses and horses? Or does it lack stunning beauty?"
The insect lady's expression darkened.
Kou Ji's eyes fell on Liu Yong and said calmly: "But...he has what I want..."
Chong Niang was stunned and looked at Kou Ji excitedly.
Kou Ji did not look at her, but stared at the lost Liu Yong, and said calmly: "One day, if he wins the Jinshi, I want him to use an eight-carat sedan to marry you and become his wife, and he will not be allowed to marry you for the rest of his life.
Taking concubines is not allowed, let alone having an outside room.
If he can do it, I'll give him a chance."
Chong Niang opened her mouth wide and stared at Kou Ji blankly.
It was like hearing something incredible.
Kou Ji paid no attention to the two of them, but slowly stood up, walked out of the tea room, and ordered the servants at the door of the tea room.
"Remember to pay off the tea money...Send Liu Yong to Ruishengzhuang outside the city to be a teacher who enlightens young children...When will the poor people in Bianjing stop praising his reputation, when will we bring him here again?"
See me..."
After hearing what Kou Ji said, Chong Niang came to her senses, crawled not far behind Kou Ji, and gave him a big gift.
Kou Ji ignored her and left the tea room.
The reason why Kou Ji is still willing to give Liu Yong a chance is because Liu Yong can still be saved.
Liu Yong still entered the officialdom in his later years. Although he did not achieve any major achievements, he did not cause any trouble.
This shows that his temperament has softened a lot since he became an official.
Maybe he sharpened something while traveling after the breakup with Chong Niang.
Since it can be polished out, just throw it to Ruishengzhuang and sharpen it.
Although there are many gentlemen in Ruisheng Village, there are not a few who are famous or particularly knowledgeable.
Kou Ji can't even understand the articles written by Liu Yong, which means he is not weak in knowledge.
Just happened to help train the children in Ruishengzhuang.
After Kou Ji left, the servants of the Kou Mansion dragged Liu Yong out of the teahouse and went to Ruishengzhuang.
Chong Niang first accompanied Liu Yong to settle down at Ruisheng Village outside the city, and then returned to Bianjing City, packed up her things in Bianjing City, and went out to accompany him.
After Kou Ji threw Liu Yong to Ruishengzhuang, he stopped paying attention to him.
Whether it can be tempered depends on Liu Yong's luck.
Kou Ji returned to his house and rested for half a day.
It's evening.
One by one, the oiran ladies who heard that Kou Ji had taken Liu Yong to Ruisheng Village visited Kou's house one after another, asking Kou Ji to help Liu Yong get an explanation.
Kou Ji didn't have time to show up yet.
Xiang Yan first led people to drive the oiran ladies out of Mahang Street, and dispatched a group of servants to guard both sides of Mahang Street, instructing them to beat up any women who saw those brothels or brothels.
Beat away.
In Xiang Yan's heart, Kou Ji is the best husband-in-law.
No matter before or after marriage, Kou Ji never went out to provoke other women, and he never had any thoughts of taking a concubine.
This shows that Kou Ji truly loves her, treats her sincerely, and is willing to guard her for the rest of his life.
If my husband, who is such a high-ranking and powerful person but is clean and self-respecting, cannot be guarded well, will he be thrown out to be flirted with by those coquettish people?
After Kou Ji learned from Kou Zhong what Xiang Yan had done, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he did not try to dissuade her.
Xiang Yan wanted to take the initiative to help him clear up the trouble, but it was too late for him to be happy.
How could you stop it?
As for the oiran ladies, they seemed to be a little too highly praised by the dignitaries in Bianjing City, and they were a little carried away.
Should the imperial court purge the entertainment industry of the Song Dynasty and wake up the oiran ladies so that they can remember their identities again?
With this in mind, Kou Ji put on court clothes and entered the palace the next day.
Of course, Kou Ji didn't really want to take the court lady's matter to Chui Gong Hall.
But to take part in the palace examination.
During the imperial examination.
A review team composed of six chief officials from the six departments, three envoys from the three divisions, three prime ministers from the inner court, and Zhao Zhen from the official family formed a review team to review the examination papers of the candidates.
Except for Zhao Zhen, the other ten people will review the papers separately after the candidates have completed their answers, and select the ten best papers, which will be handed over to Zhao Zhen to decide who will be the top pick, second pick, and top pick.
The regulations of the palace examination are far simpler than those of Qiuwei and Chunwei.
Under the guidance of Huiyuan, the candidates entered the Chui Gong Hall, paid homage to Zhao Zhen, and sat down respectively.
Then.
Zhao Zhen sent Chen Lin to convey the questions of the palace examination to the candidates.
The candidates began to sit and answer quietly.
period.
The eunuchs and maids in the palace will provide some water and food to the candidates.
After the candidates have answered the questions and handed in their papers, they will be taken to a side hall to rest by the young eunuchs. After all the candidates have handed in their papers, the eunuchs will take them out of the palace.
Kou Zhun and other ten people began to grade the papers.
If they encounter an article that they appreciate, they will not hesitate to draw a circle; if they encounter an article that they do not appreciate, they will not hesitate to put a cross.
After ten people reviewed it, there were a bunch of crossed-out articles.
Then they selected the ten articles with the most circles and handed them to the Holy Inquisitor Zhao Zhen.
It is worth mentioning that among the ten articles selected by Kou Zhun, there are no children of high-ranking officials.
This can be regarded as an unwritten rule during the imperial examination.
When the imperial court takes scientific examinations, any scholar with outstanding literary talent and excellent character will have a chance to be selected as a Jinshi.
However, among the first-level Jinshi, there are very few children from the families of high-ranking officials.
First, it was to show to the world that the imperial court was fair and impartial during the imperial examinations.
The second is to find truly talented people for the imperial court to use.
Although the court has lost fairness and justice by doing this.
But this is the fairness and justice that the people of the world want.
Just think about it.
If the first-level Jinshis selected by the imperial court were all the children of high-ranking officials, what would the people in the world think of them?
Regardless of whether there is fraud or not, people all over the world will feel that there is fraud.
Although the children of noble families enjoyed all the glory and wealth, they also lost a lot.
Li Di felt that it was terrible that Kou Ji was playing with people's hearts.
But when it comes to playing with people's hearts, how can Kou Ji compare to the imperial court?
Kou Ji plays with people's hearts, which is called a strategy.
The court plays with people's hearts, which is called unwritten rules.
With the help of Kou Zhun, Zhao Zhen was determined to be the top pick, the second pick, and the top pick.
Then he changed the positions of the fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth among the top ten.
Don't underestimate this small change of rankings, although it will have little impact on the candidates' career.
But it is precisely the embodiment of imperial power.
All over the world.
Only Zhao Zhen is qualified to help the top ten people change their nouns.
The rest can only speculate on Zhao Zhen's thoughts and actions.