103 [Wang Erlang, the flying general in white] (for the leader of the alliance Ding Boyue
February 27th, second watch day, that is after 9:36 pm.
Zou Mu suddenly knocked on the door and shouted: "Ruoxu, Uncle Qi, it's time to go out and check the rankings!"
Wang Yuan opened the door and was very speechless: "The results will not be released until tomorrow morning. Do you want to stand outside Gongyuan all night?"
"I'm afraid it's already off the list now!" Zou Mu said excitedly.
Jin Lei suddenly came out of the next room and said to Zou Mu, "Let's go."
"Brother Boqi, you have always been calm and cool, why do you have to wait outside the Gongyuan all night?" Wang Yuan was a little surprised.
Jin Lei said with an awkward expression: "The general examination is different from the provincial examination, so we should always pay more attention to it."
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "You two go ahead, I will look at the rankings tomorrow morning."
Jin Lei and Zou Mu did not hesitate and went to Gongyuan together.
Due to the emergence of rebels in the Gyeonggi area, entry and exit were prohibited for several days for fear that rebels would sneak into the city and set fire to spread rumors.
But today is an exception. Not only are the city gates open, but the curfew in the city has been lifted.
Countless scholars living in the south of the city poured in from Chongwen Gate and gathered at the gate of Gongyuan to wait.
Suddenly, the gate of Gongyuan opened.
Several official servants went out with the good news. They were about to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to allocate the areas and number of people to report the good news. In the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, it was enough to go to one official official to report the good news; and for a major imperial examination province like Jiangxi, there must be three or four at the same time.
Official mission to announce good news.
The scholars surrounded the official who announced the good news. Even though they knew that the official would not reveal the information, they couldn't help but ask various questions. For example, who is Huiyuan, who are the chiefs of the Five Classics, and how many Jinshi are there in their province?
, and so on.
The official guard held the good news in his arms and squeezed towards the street with difficulty.
One of the leading officials smiled and said: "My lords, there are 350 Jinshi people this year. I can only say this much. Please give way, give way, give way!"
All the scholars began to cheer because the chance of passing the test had increased.
There were more than 3,800 candidates for the last academic year, and more than 3,500 candidates this year. However, the number of candidates is the same. Isn't it something worth celebrating?
After the officials left, the gate of Gongyuan was closed tightly again.
After waiting for a while, some scholars became anxious and began to beat the gate of Gongyuan. Some even threw stones into the courtyard, just to urge the Ministry of Rites to publish the list quickly.
Hurry up, sister, you still have to wait for several hours.
But like this every year, there are always many scholars who are anxious and can't wait for the last night.
Let’s use Yan Song’s article as an example. In the year when he was a fellow examiner: “On the twenty-seventh day and night, there were two drums. The people waiting at the door were very angry for a long time and threw rocks and stones in. When asking questions, they made a noise and rushed to the examiner’s horse, and the road was blocked.
OK. Liu Shunchen was forced to fall from his horse into a deep chasm during the incident."
Look, when I came out of the Gongyuan with the examiner, I was squeezed into the ditch by the examinees, including people and horses.
"Come out, the examiner is out!"
As the gate of Gongyuan opened again, all the scholars shouted.
Liu Zhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Jin Gui, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, walked in the front. Seventeen people including Wu Yipeng, the lecturer of the Hanlin Academy, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, Wang Jian, the foreign minister of the Imperial Academy, and other seventeen people followed in turn.
Going out, among them were Wang Yangming and Wen Renhe from the Sutra Room.
Generally speaking, these officials usually ride in sedans, but the Gongyuan does not allow people to enter, so they all come out on horseback at this moment.
When you go out, you are blocked and no one can leave.
The scholars at the front were very reserved, fearing to leave a bad impression on the examiners. However, the scholars at the back couldn't stand it, so they pushed one by one, pushing forward layer by layer, and the examiners' horses were pushed back.
After a long time of hard work, the nineteen examiners were finally freed and disappeared on horseback.
Wang Yangming's father, Wang Hua, served as a Beijing official for twenty-six years. The Wang family used to have a house in the capital. But after Wang Hua was thrown by Liu Jin to Nanjing to become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, the Wang family's house in the capital was also sold, which led to Wang Yangming's death.
When I return to Beijing for the first time, I have to stay with my elders.
This elder's name is Li Dongyang, who is now the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty.
"Boan is back?"
It was already one o'clock in the morning, and Li Dongyang actually didn't sleep, and was still playing pot with Song Ling'er.
Wang Yangming hurriedly greeted him: "Why hasn't Uncle Shi taken a break?"
"The chronic illness broke out and I couldn't sleep," Li Dongyang said with a smile. "It happened that Ling'er couldn't sleep either, so I threw pots with her to pass the time."
Li Dongyang's anal fistula has become more and more serious in the past two years. It is difficult for him to support his illness. He has been fighting with Liu Jinxu all day long, rescuing people everywhere and being scolded by his colleagues. Finally, Liu Jin was eradicated.
Song Linger jumped to Wang Yangming's side and asked: "Sir, has Wang Yuan won the Jinshi?"
Wang Yangming asked with a smile: "How can you be sure that he will come to take the exam this year?"
Song Ling'er said proudly: "Sir, you have lived in Gongyuan for more than half a month, and you don't know that Wang Yuan has already made such a big name and has already become famous all over the capital. It's a pity that I can't leave the city due to martial law these days, otherwise I would have arrived
Look for him outside the city."
"Famous all over the capital?" Wang Yangming asked in surprise, "What other wonderful poems did he write?"
Li Dongyang laughed loudly: "It's more difficult than writing poetry."
Wang Yangming became more and more puzzled and asked: "Uncle Shi also heard the news about him?"
"It's hard not to listen," Li Dongyang said with emotion, "You, a disciple, chased down more than 300 horse-riding rebels for dozens of miles. Killed dozens of them and captured twelve, and that's right in the capital. I
How could anyone living in the capital not know this?"
"One man chased and killed more than three hundred rebels, and they were on horseback. Did I hear that right?" Wang Yangming said in a daze.
Song Ling'er was so proud that she felt proud and said with a smile: "Sir, you heard it right. Now everyone calls him 'White-robed Flying General Wang Erlang'. This nickname came from Liangxiang County."
In the middle and early Ming Dynasty, the main color of scholar's robes was white. Wang Yuan wore white clothes to kill the enemy that day. Liangxiang County was guarding the city at that time. Countless officials and people saw it clearly and did not know who was the first to call him.
He was called "Flying General in White", and everyone in the capital now knows him as "Flying General in White, Wang Erlang".
Wang Yangming laughed loudly when he heard this and said with approval: "This boy has always liked taking risks and is a desperado by nature."
If this comment came from other officials, it would definitely mean contempt. But Wang Yangming himself likes to take risks. When he was more than ten years old, he rode out of Juyongguan alone and chased the Mongols for several miles. His approach was not fundamentally different from Wang Yuan's.
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Li Dongyang seemed to be very optimistic about Wang Yuan and asked: "Have you passed the exam as a student?"
Wang Yangming replied: "The leader of Li Jing, the third place in the test."
"Who are the five leaders?" Li Dongyang asked again.
Wang Yangming said: "Zou Shouyi, a scholar from Jiangxi, wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals. From the perspective of the classics, he is well-deserved for being a great scholar. He has the faint air of a great Confucian. It is even more rare that this person is only nineteen years old."
Song Ling'er scratched her head and said, "The name Zou Shouyi sounds so familiar."
"That's the Jiangxi scholar who came to Beijing with us." Wang Yangming said with a smile.
Song Ling'er suddenly recalled: "Oh, that nerd."
Li Dongyang was quite surprised: "Hui Yuan is not Yang Yongxiu (Yang Shen)?"
Wang Yangming explained: "Yang Yongxiu is indeed talented, but he is far inferior to Zou Shouyi in Confucian classics. He was second this time."
The top three in the joint examination were revealed: Zou Shouyi was first, the leader of Wu; Yang Shen was second, the leader of Yi Jing; Wang Yuan was third, the leader of Li Jing.
Li Dongyang said happily: "They are all young talents. We have successors. We should encourage them."
Li Dongyang especially likes to support young people, which is related to his own unsatisfactory official career.
History records that he was "not valued by the prime ministers because of his good looks and humorous nature." That is to say, he was ugly and humorous, and it was difficult to please the chief minister of the cabinet at that time.
Li Dongyang ranked first in the second class in the imperial examination, but was left out when he entered the Hanlin Academy. In his first two positions, he was promoted after completing nine years of service. This was obviously deliberately suppressed. Otherwise, he would have been ranked first in the second class.
, how could it be possible to waste eighteen years before being promoted to the fifth rank?
This old gentleman had to endure three first assistants and finally won the favor of the fourth first assistant.
Being funny and joking is secondary, but the main thing is that you are ugly. You are ugly, why are you telling jokes all day long? You look like a cunning and vain person!
Because of this kind of experience, Li Dongyang became very calm and sophisticated after he reached middle age.
Liu Jian and others were forced to resign by Liu Jin. Only Li Dongyang stayed in the cabinet and refused to leave. He was ridiculed by his colleagues and ridiculed by students, but he didn't care at all. Moreover, while saving people, he could maintain a relationship with Liu Jin and get benefits.
Zhu Houzhao's trust finally eliminated Eunuch Liu, the established emperor, in one fell swoop!
After getting rid of Liu Jin, Li Dongyang was in poor health and no longer took care of things. He mainly focused on supporting the underachievers. For example, Wang Yangming and the young officials who have been promoted rapidly in the past six months were deliberately cultivated by Li Dongyang, hoping to serve the court.
Leaving more talent available.
It's a pity that after Li Dongyang took office, Yang Tinghe took over as the chief assistant.
Mr. Yang prefers to seize power. As long as the young officials promoted by Li Dongyang do not follow Yang Tinghe's lead, they will use their promotion as an excuse to be transferred out of Beijing. Wang Yangming was doing well in the civil service department, but he was suddenly thrown to Nanjing by Yang Tinghe.
, I still can’t find anything wrong with it, because I am promoting Wang Yangming.
The next day, it was early in the morning.
Song Ling'er came to the courtyard excitedly. She didn't even need a ladder, she accelerated and sprinted to use her strength, and easily climbed up the wall.
Standing on the wall, Song Ling'er had no ladylike image and shouted loudly: "Sister Huang, let's go to the Gongyuan to see the rankings together!"
A thirteen-year-old girl came out of the courtyard next door. She was Huang E, the daughter of Huang Ke, the right minister of household affairs. She looked up at Song Ling'er and said, "Sister Song, don't climb so high. You may fall down accidentally."
"It's okay, I'm very good at it, I can't fall." Song Ling'er sat on the wall, shaking her calves.
Huang E reminded: "There are all men in Gongyuan, so it might be inconvenient for us to see the list."
Song Ling'er said carelessly: "What's the inconvenience? Men can see it, but our daughter's family can't? Let me tell you, there are still women acting as chieftains in Guizhou, and women can still lead troops to fight! Don't you like reading? Just fine.
Go and look at those talented men, and if you like them, you can take them home and be your husband."
"Sister Song is getting more and more outrageous." Huang E said with a blush.
Song Ling'er asked: "Just say whether you want to go or not."
Huang E was quite moved and hesitantly said: "Then...then we will just take a look from a distance and then come back."