The sunshine at noon is shining brightly. ""/"/

Everything that happened in the square naturally came into the eyes of the middle-aged man in the attic.

The middle-aged official was about forty to fifty years old and was full of energy. He had been watching the window for a long time. Although he couldn't hear what the scholars in the square in front were making noises, he still frowned and couldn't help saying: "More than 10,000 scholars were waiting for registration. The process was for one day. Candidates must come here to call the name from the hour of Mao, and then wait one after another. Then they call by region, verify their identities, search for inspection, and issue test papers. If they are lucky, they can sit in the examination room in the morning. If they are unlucky, they have to wait until midnight."

Maybe I recalled the situation when I took the imperial examination.

The middle-aged second-rank official sighed: "Thousands of troops are no less than a war. War is related to life and death, but the significance of the imperial examination to a scholar is greater than life and death. Ten years of hard work are only in today's day. It is a lie to say that you are not afraid or trepidated, and it is better to walk on thin ice than to say that you are not as good as walking on thin ice. Only when you get the paper of the topic, can your heart be considered stable."

"Only at that time, how difficult the question is, whether you can do it, and how many certain things you have, can you be considered as having a fixed number. Only then can you do your last manpower and leave the rest to God."

"At that time, when a certain person took the exam, he had insomnia the night before. After rolling in the bed for a few hours, he felt even more tired. So he got up in a hurry and came here in the car. It was still early in Henan, so he went in in the afternoon. He sat in the examination room for a long time. In the middle of the night, the examiner sent the questions. When he saw that he was in the city, he fell down with confidence.

As soon as I slept, I slept until noon the next day. Now when I think back, I am so tired!”

"It's not worth looking back... However, at least I won and ordered Hanlin. Looking back now, those days were the most exciting and beautiful days in a certain life. It has been more than twenty years. But I often dreamed of that day, which was also on this square."

When middle-aged people talked about this experience, they sighed and were proud, but they couldn't help themselves.

Behind him, a middle-aged scholar smiled and took a step forward: "It was the 20th year of Jiajing when he was promoted to the Jinshi."

"Yeah, it was the spring exam in the 20th year of Jiajing that I won the seventh place in the second grade during the palace examination. I was named Shuji Shi by the emperor, and I entered the Hanlin year later." That's right, this person was Gao Gong, the cabinet minister of the current dynasty.

The one who spoke with him was Gao Gong's aide, who had been following Gao Gong for more than 20 years: "Gao Jingnian is also a top-ranked famous scholar in Henan. Scholars all thought that Gao Jingnian would definitely be able to enter the top three. However, they only won the second place in the second place. However, after all, they were a Shuji Shi and ordered Hanlin, which finally made the elders of their hometown breathe a sigh of relief."

Gao Gong said: "Famous things like fame have no effect in the exam room. Three points of manpower and seven points of heaven."

The staff looked at the square outside the window: "Recently, Wu Shizhen's reputation was very famous. He was known as Cao Zijian's rebirth during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In my opinion, his talent is probably higher than Cao Zhi. If he passed the Jinshi this time, it would be said that everyone would like to be."

When talking about Wu Jie, Gao Gong didn't like this person: "Although I have never been in contact with this person, from the incident last night, it seems that he is just a person who is a king and blindly takes shortcuts. He is too talented and famous, and suddenly becomes arrogant. In my opinion, this person should not win, and to learn a lesson will be of great benefit to the future. I am very disliked by this person, but I have read this person's articles, which are very good. He is also a talented person who can do things around His Majesty. If he fails in this exam, he wants to take him from His Majesty, and allow him to have a real position and put it in the place for a few years to train a rare capable minister for the country."

The aide smiled and said, "I'm afraid that Your Majesty will not be willing to let him go." As Gao Gong's confidant, he naturally knew very well about the big and small things in the court.

Gao Gong didn't care: "Wu Jie is now just a escort of Wenyuan Pavilion. At that time, the Ministry of Personnel issues a document and transfers him to a place to serve as a seventh-rank official. Can Your Majesty stop him? A escort goes to the center all day long, which is already a violation of the system. According to our Ming system, Your Majesty can only stay with Hanlin around you."

"That's it." The staff member nodded repeatedly, and suddenly realized that this was Gao Xiang's idea of ​​loving talent and wanted to include Wu Jie in his bag. Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, saw that it was not possible, and he was a lot of years old. At most, he would retire after three to five years. At that time, the position of chief assistant would be between Gao Xiang and Xu Xiang. Xu Jie was also a person who was indifferent. No matter how he looked at it, the chief assistant was Gao Gong.

Unfortunately, Gao Xiang is impatient and offended many people, which made everyone unwilling to get close to him. Therefore, there is no one to use in his hands.

Gao Gong doesn't like Wu Jie, which does not mean that he doesn't love his talents. Moreover, Gao Xiang has a habit of using talents. The more he wants to use, the more he likes to suppress them in advance, so that he can be afraid of his power and virtue.

The staff advised again: "Gao Xiang, you haven't been asleep all night. Why not sniff first and wait for someone to come. It's not too late to pass it in. There are subordinates here to keep an eye on it. Moreover, when the exam questions come out, it's already midnight."

After hearing what the staff said, Gao Gong noticed and felt a little anxious: "I won't sleep anymore, why haven't this Wan Civilization arrived yet?"

"Shi Shi Wan was taking people to investigate this case. Lu Bing died last night and the Lu family was confiscated. Such a shocking event would inevitably cause a major earthquake in the Jinyi's personal army. It is estimated that Mr. Wan also had some concerns, so he delayed it."

"Hmph, didn't he just want to wait and see how the personnel changes in the Jinyiwei Yamen, and has delayed it until now?" Gao Gong snorted: "This man also takes his official position too tightly. He is just a clerk. His official position is just a transition, and it probably won't last a few days. He is careful, but he has not made friends with a few close friends. If he does things properly this time and commits to my good deeds, it will not be difficult for him to be a good person."

Speaking of this, Gao Gong looked crazy.

On the surface, Yan Shifan has the final say in the cabinet, but everyone knows that Yan Dang’s life is not long. Xu Jie is another good man, and Zhang Juzheng is a newcomer.

Gao Gong's power grew day by day and gradually became arrogant.

The staff member was shocked: "Gao Xiang, will Wan Civilization be taken down? How is it settled?"

Gao Gong: "A few days ago, Your Majesty has made arrangements. The writing has arrived at the cabinet. He only needs to sign and seal the cabinet. I am still waiting, waiting to see how Wan Wenming does it." Jiajing took off the Lu family's troops and decided to purify the factory guards. All the steps have been prepared long ago. As soon as Lu Bing died, he will change his generals in full. Now it is the time.

Aide: "Gao Xiang, as you said, Wan Wenming is a cautious person. If he asked him to lead someone to the examination room, I am afraid he would not dare?"

"Yes, this is a beheading business." Gao Gong turned his head from the window and said lightly: "Gao is not afraid. This is a major event that corrects the country and the law. It depends on whether he dares to do so. If he dares to take this just act, Gao Gong will immediately sign and seal his appointment letter. Otherwise, he will go home and go to work without any effort!"
Chapter completed!