half life slave

Chapter 17

When Rong and Lin Sheng arrived at Heyifang, there were already many customers in the store, most of them were wearing jade-colored clothes with blue and black piping, which were the clothes of the sons of the Dayin Dynasty. It was very lively because of the support of the students.

Rong Yu liked to hang out, so he chose a seat in the corner and sat down. Seeing Lin Sheng's mouth watering, he smiled and asked him how many ducks he could eat.

The two were chatting and laughing, when one of them raised his voice and said, "If you talk about the strangeness of the questions given by the provinces, Jiangxi is the leader. Everyone, you know what kind of questions the inspector of our province asked during the township examination. You can't even think of it. The question is: Killing the chicken, neither using allusions nor citing scriptures, really makes it impossible for me to write."

All the students burst into laughter when they heard this topic, and someone immediately asked, "Since there is no way to write, how can Xiongtai get Zhongju to sit here?"

Everyone nodded in agreement, and asked the Jiangxi student how to deal with it, the man shook his head and said with a smile, "That article, my boy, is not worth mentioning, but there is a masterpiece written by a man for you to laugh at. Whether male or female is a capon, it doesn’t matter, just kill it; if it’s a red chicken, it’s a white chicken, if it’s not red or white, it’s a chicken, it doesn’t matter, just kill it..." Before he could say anything When it was over, everyone in the hall burst into laughter.

At this time, a handsome young student said sternly, "You all think it's funny, but I think this article is quite innovative, and it's about current affairs, with extraordinary connotations."

Seeing that everyone was puzzled for a moment, he turned pale, and continued, "The first sentence of this article is already clever. If there is no male or female, it is a capon, and it is enough to kill it. Think about it, everyone, the meaning of a capon is comparable to that of a capon. The first emperor established the Qin Dynasty, and the Han, Tang, and Northern Song Dynasties all perished at the hands of eunuchs. At the beginning of the dynasty, Taizu once had a vision to prevent the eunuchs from scouring, and ordered the servants to be illiterate and not to serve as foreign ministers concurrently, and held them outside the palace gate. An iron sign is hung high, and the ministers in the letter are not allowed to interfere in the government, and those who foresee it will be cut off! It can be seen how tragic eunuchs are, and they must be guarded against."

He said with a sigh of indignation, "It's a pity that even today, the inner eunuchs are favored again. During the first emperor's time, the inner court had a supervisor of ceremonies, Gao Qian, who communicated closely with the foreign ministers, and gave and received them privately. He once controlled the palace. Even the ministers and workers wanted to see him." On the one hand, the Holy One still needs to bribe him first. Although the eunuch has been dismissed, it has not relieved people's hatred. And although the current emperor is rich and talented, it is said that he also favors a young servant who has no achievements in the inner court and is extremely young. How could he have risen to such a high position if he hadn't relied on rhetoric to flatter the Lord?"

He hummed heavily, his contempt fully revealed, "It can be seen that the eunuchs are cunning and cunning, and have ulterior motives. Since we are determined to study and become officials in order to serve the country, we should always be vigilant to prevent the tragedy of eunuchs for the country."

After this high-level speech was finished, everyone in the hall applauded in unison, and the crowd was furious for a while, and many people began to enumerate the crimes committed by the eunuchs in various dynasties.

Listening to him praise that the article has a new idea at the beginning, and already guessed that what he was going to say must have something to do with the servants, but he was still a little surprised that he was involved in the words.

Subconsciously looked at Lin Sheng, but saw that he looked annoyed and clenched his fists, as if he was about to jump up and argue with the group of students at any time.Rong Yu quickly shook his hand lightly, and shook his head and smiled at him.

For more than a hundred years in Dayin, the status of servants has been greatly improved compared to when the country was founded. However, because of this, the civil servants of the former dynasty have always regarded the servants as enemies. Among them, the Jiangnan literati group is the worst, and they often use the occasion of association He denounced the servants a lot, and was even famous for insulting the servants with shocking words.

It's not the first time Rong Yu has heard similar words. The only advantage of living two lives is that he is more open-minded than ordinary people, and he thinks that death is nothing serious, so he won't worry too much about it.

What's more, no matter which dynasty, the image of eunuchs is mostly treacherous and evil. There are eunuchs who really exercise power and harm the country, but there are also some who are scapegoats.In the final analysis, this pot is still for the imperial power - the emperor does not trust the bureaucratic group, and the eunuchs are products that can only be attached to the imperial power, so the emperor chooses to "trust" the eunuchs around him, and use their hands to check and balance the previous dynasty. The notoriety of these people and the fate of these people are not what the emperor should worry about.

At this time, someone stood up, bowed to the student just now, and loudly asked him his name and place of origin.Someone at the side replied, "This is Jie Yuan from Ying Tianfu's current class. It's interesting to mention his name. He has the same name as Li Songnian, the supervisor. There was a story when the name was rolled that day."

After a while here, the man proudly picked up a piece of duck meat and chewed it slowly, causing others to urge him to speak quickly.He drank another glass of wine before he began to say, "During the roll call that day, Li Duxue saw that Brother Li's name was exactly the same as his, so he laughed and said that such a coincidence, I should take care of it. Lian asked you to do the right thing. If you can get it right, you will be considered successful. If you can’t get it right, you have to go back and study hard for three years. Come again next time. Brother Li responded calmly. If you don’t regret your words, please say something. So he read out the couplet slowly, saying, Lin Xiangru, Sima Xiangru, their names are like each other, but they are not like each other. But seeing Brother Li, he said calmly, Wei Wuji, grandson Wuji, Er Wuji, and I am also Wuji. Li Duxue immediately smiled and said nothing, and those who were waiting beside me were also impressed by Brother Li's quick thinking."

This Li Jieyuan was really ingenious, and Rong Yu admired him from the bottom of his heart.Lin Sheng came closer and asked in a low voice, "Sir, Li Songyang's second couplet seems to be quite ironic. He is so mad, how can he still get Zhong Jie Yuan!?"

Rong Yu smiled, "It is inevitable for talented people to be arrogant. There have been many talents in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times, and now the way of wild life is prevalent. Maybe, Li Jieyuan's answer is already polite."

Everyone still praised Li Songyang for his talent, but only heard a person in the corner say in a deep voice, "You talk here every day, but you never review it. You must be confident that you will succeed?"

Rong Yuxun looked over and saw a young student sitting alone in another corner, with only a jug of wine and two dishes of side dishes on the table.As soon as he said this, many people retorted and asked him why he was sitting here, but he just drank and stopped talking.

Li Songyang didn't speak for a long time, but now he raised his voice and said, "We are all the top names in the provinces, so we will naturally be confident when we come here, so there is no need to sharpen our guns in front of the battle. Besides, Xu Shiting can come up with some weird questions to deliberately make things difficult." Then laughed.

Rong Yu frowned, Xu Shiting was one of the chief examiners of this exam, Li Songyang said the name of the examiner so openly, it seems that he has no respect for the teacher, it is really crazy.

Lin Sheng tugged at Rongyu's sleeve, "Sir, this group of people is not very handsome, why don't we invite that gentleman to eat with him, he is the only one who is more pleasing to the eye when the audience is full." Seeing that Rongyu didn't answer immediately, He lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "I think this person is worse than those crazy students who talk too much."

Rong Yu secretly smiled, knowing that Lin Sheng was dissatisfied with Li Songyang and others' criticism of the servants, and that the young student didn't agree with him, which made him feel good.In fact, if you don't follow the scolding and insulting, it doesn't mean you hold objections.Of course, he didn't say this because he couldn't bear to dampen Lin Sheng's enthusiasm.

Gradually, the atmosphere in the hall gradually became quieter, and everyone drank and ate separately, instead of chatting and laughing as before.

When Lin Sheng introduced that student to come, Rong Yu got up to greet him. Seeing that the man was in his early twenties, there was a broad-minded and open-minded spirit in his brows, which made people feel good about him.

After greeting each other and sitting down, the man looked at Rong Yu a little, probably to judge whether he was going to test for Chun Wei.

Compassionate and comprehensible, I took the initiative to explain to him, "I am not a candidate for the exam. Haven't you asked the teacher to respect the taboo?"

"I'm in Yanji, Yangcheng, Xishan. May I ask what your name is?"

"My surname is Lin, and I have a single name." I didn't give my real name, so I didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

Yan Ji nodded, and honestly and unceremoniously began to gobble it up. He didn't want to disturb you, and only waited for him to put down his chopsticks before he asked with a smile, "Excuse me for being abrupt, Mr. Cai seems to have offended the Jiangnan scholars just now, so I'm not afraid that the same dynasty will be an official meeting in the future." Is there a rift?"

Yan Ji wiped his mouth and didn't care. "As a human being, please have a clear conscience. Those who were afraid of wolves before and tigers later should not become officials. I can't stand them pretending to be clean and talking about shocking words to flatter each other." He said. At this point, he smiled a little embarrassedly, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Yan Ji, Master Lin for your hospitality today. The kindness of the meal will never be forgotten in my life, and I will definitely repay it in the future."

"Sir, you are too polite." Rong Yu waved his hands with a smile, and naturally changed the subject, "Sir, you just said that Jiangnan Juzi often come here. As far as I know, a meal here is expensive. It seems that Jiangnan is rich, and it is actually a person Everyone has spent a lot of money?"

Yan Ji waved his hands, curled his lips and said, "I don't know how their families are. But most of them are due to the large amount of subsidies paid by Gongshizhuang in the south of the Yangtze River. The provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have always attached great importance to the cultivation of talents. 300 taels for each person going to Beijing, enough for one year’s living expenses, not to mention the money each person brought from home. Speaking of this, Yan is ashamed, but there is no decent Gongshizhuang in Shanxi that can afford to go to Beijing. The fees required for the trial students."

Rong Yu frowned, "Isn't Gongshizhuang allocated by the imperial court? Although the amount varies from province to province, it also depends on the proportion of the number of candidates participating in the examination and the final number of Jinshi. Shouldn't the difference be too great?"

"Master Lin doesn't know that Gongshizhuang is called the imperial government's appropriation, but in fact the imperial court's money is a drop in the bucket. Now it has long been run by the local governments themselves. The success of this operation depends on the support of a province's finances and local gentry. Degree. Like the prosperity of Jiangnan, there are many officials and literati, and many aristocratic families are willing to train students from their own hometowns and provinces in addition to their own children. With the support of these big families, naturally they will not have to worry about expenses." He paused and sighed heavily. "In fact, there is no shortage of rich households in Shanxi. It's just that as the saying goes, Lao Xi'er would give up his life rather than money. The prosperous style of study has become the opposite contrast."

Rong Yu nodded, agreeing with these words, "I hope that there will be more people in your province who are determined to study and become officials like Mr., who will not be afraid of the cold and hard work, and not afraid of the hardships of the road to the exam."

Yan Ji looked ashamed, "If I hadn't met Master Lin, I would have had cold wine and side dishes at this moment. In fact, I came here today not to eat, but to see the plaque left by Wen Gong before the end of the game." , by the way, the refutation just now was just out of temper."

Da Lala laughed, and he raised his hand and said, "Master Lin, can you tell me where your mansion is? After you take the exam, you must come to disturb me, in order to reward Master Lin for your hospitality."

Rong Yu thought for a while, and said with a smile, "Sir, you are still too polite, trivial things are not worth mentioning. Lin is a local, so let me come to see Mr., and I will go to congratulate Mr. when he is named on the gold list, but at that time I am afraid that the threshold of the inn where the master lives will be trampled down."

Yan Jining stared at him for a moment, but saw that he was wearing stone blue clothes. Although he looked simple, the materials were very elegant. He was quite young, he looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, his face was fair and handsome, and his eyebrows and eyes were stretched clean. For the eyes, the brilliance flows and shines brightly.I guessed in my heart, there are many nobles in the capital, and it is unknown which family this young man surnamed Lin is most likely to be.

So he nodded lightly, "Since Master Lin is unwilling to tell, I will not ask. Judging by your appearance, you must come from a famous family. There are so many rude behaviors just now, I hope Master Lin will forgive you."

Rong Yu nodded and smiled, and the two drank wine separately, and then talked about which prosperous academies there are in various places, and where the famous teachers have the best reputation, and they no longer entangled in the topic of identity.