My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 101 Top of the list

   Hearing the sudden voice, several Jiangxi candidates looked sideways.

  But I saw a young boy with a dull look, also holding a koala, and grinning at them.

  Everyone showed a weird look.

  Scholars are like this.

  Generally, if I get good grades, they will say that I did not do well in the exam.

   Those with poor grades said that I know how to do this question, it’s so easy.

   Seeing that someone came up to say such a thing, Zeng Jian was slightly taken aback, then saluted the young man and said, "Dare to ask my friend Gao's name."

  The young man said: "Guo Xingzu, Justice Hall of the Imperial College!"

   After finishing speaking, he bounced and ran away with Kaolan.

   Zeng Dian was stunned.

   Guozijian... Serious juren, capable people, who wants to go to Guozijian, that is the place where the ancestors of the second generation go.

  Justice Hall... Isn’t that the elementary class in the Imperial College?

  Who is Gu Xingzu...unheard of.

At this time, Zhou Shu suddenly said: "I heard that there was a strange incident in the Imperial College recently. The emperor actually appointed a relative as a doctor. This person is very vulgar. It's... Zhang Anshi... Oh, yes, yes, he The one who coaches is Justice Hall."

  As soon as this remark came out, everyone burst into laughter.

  Zeng Yan smiled, and said with the accent of Jishui County: "No, no, when I go back, I want to talk to my fellow villagers, it's so funny."

  ...

   "How did you do?"

  As soon as Gu Xingzu returned to Guozixue, he was immediately surrounded by Zhang Anshi and his friends.

Gu Xingzu said: "The question is very easy. I thought of seven solutions. I originally wanted to use the method of relying on notes to control the question. Use the method of pros and cons to solve the problem."

  Zhang Anshi raised his thumbs up: "Good job, this method of relying on annotations to control questions is indeed stable, but it is just a lot of quotations from Zhu Xi's annotations. But this method of pros and cons is different, and it is guaranteed to shock everyone."

  Zhang Anshi is not bragging, because the stereotyped essay on the law of obedience and rebellion only began to appear in the late Jiajing period.

The great thing about this style of writing is that when writing, the first four parts should be written from the order of the questions to the end of the question, and the next four parts should be written in reverse order from the end of the question to the beginning of the question. Therefore, this style of writing can be done neatly. Orderly, layered, undulating.

   Such a brand-new stereotyped writing is already a remarkable leap forward, which means that you have already used a large truck when others are still using mules to pull carts.

  Zhang Anshi is very pleased to have arrived, Gu Xingzu is promising and dares to use such a difficult formula directly.

   Gu Xingzu said: "Teacher, I'm going to solve the problem. I haven't solved the problem that was assigned at the beginning."

  After hearing this, Zhang Anshi flew into a rage: "Fuck your mother! I've finished all the exams, and I still have to solve the **** questions."

   "Ah..." Gu Xingzu opened his mouth wide: "But...but..."

  Zhang Anshidao: "The stereotyped essay is the most useless thing, you can get it after the exam, don't read those bad books in the future, just hang out with us in the future, we will take you to fry fish."

"what…"

  Qiu Songzei smiled and took out a big guy from his arms.

   Gu Xingzu said aggrievedly: "But I still want to solve the problem..."

   It's just that he can't help it now.

  Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu fought him and ran away.

  ...

  The next day, Zhang Anshi was called to the East Palace.

  When Crown Princess Zhang saw him, her eyes turned red: "My brother-in-law felt dizzy and fell ill early this morning, and I don't know what you are doing outside all day..."

  Zhang Anshi became anxious, and immediately said anxiously: "I'll go and have a look."

  When I arrived at the sick bed, I saw Zhu Gaochi looked very weak.

  Zhu Zhanji squatted in the corner of the hall, still squatting like a minion.

  Zhang Anshi went to see it, and he probably saw it, only to know that Zhu Gaochi was caused by excessive fatigue, and his health was not good.

  Zhang Anshi looked back at Zhang Shi: "Sister, did you report to the palace?"

  Ms. Zhang took a meaningful look at Zhang Anshi: "Such a minor illness, naturally, His Majesty can't worry about it."

  Zhang Anshi immediately felt the depth of his sister's mind.

  If the prince is weak and sick, it is not fun. If he has a headache and heat, he will report it. The emperor loves his son very much, so he will certainly be worried.

   But on the other hand, wouldn't there be other ideas?

  This child is so weak, and his grandson is still young, if something happens, what will happen to this country in the future?

  Once such an idea is born, the two brothers of the prince, whether it is Zhu Gaoxu or Zhu Gaosui who has already become a vassal, will have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

  Zhang Anshi nodded, and said to his brother-in-law with concern: "Brother-in-law, you should pay more attention to your body."

"It's not about the imperial examination. The examination room, the deployment of personnel, the supply of food, and many other things can't go wrong." Zhu Gaochi sighed: "The exam is finally over now, but... I'm afraid This is just the beginning, and we don’t know what will happen in the future.”

  Zhang Anshi quickly comforted: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

  Zhu Gaochi is still worried: "Not to mention the end of Tang Dynasty to the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, at that time, the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Dynasty were at odds with each other. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty established the Imperial Examination for Southerners and the Imperial Examination for Han, and divided the Han people into North and South..."

  The phenomenon mentioned by Zhu Gaochi is actually that after the Mongols entered the Central Plains, they only recognized the northern Han people as Han people, and set up a special exam for them to take the imperial examination, while the southern Han people took the exam for the Southern People List.

  Since then, the division between the North and the South has intensified under the instigation of people with ulterior motives.

   "Emperor Taizu Gao ordered the tripod to rule the world. He originally wanted to bridge the north and the south, and make our Ming Dynasty a unified one. There is no distinction between the north and the south. But who would have thought that this imperial examination would become an excuse to breed dissatisfaction."

  Zhu Gaochi let out a long breath, and said again: "You must think that this palace is because I am afraid of my father's punishment, so I am thinking so hard. Hey, An Shi, what I worry about is Daming's country!"

   "It took only a few decades for us to restore Zhengshuo of the Great Han Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty. We must not chill the hearts of the southerners, nor the hearts of the northern scholars. This is the foundation of the country and cannot be shaken."

  Zhang Anshi comforted: "Brother-in-law, don't think about these things, just take a good rest these few days."

   After a pause, Zhang Anshi couldn't help but said: "If brother-in-law makes a mistake, what do you tell sister, Zhanji and me to do?"

  Zhu Gaochi nodded.

   Zhang Anshi left the dormitory, and Zhu Zhanji chased after him.

  Zhang Anshi said with a rare sense of awe: "Your father is sick, and you are still hiding in the corner. Do you still have a conscience? If you treat your father like this today, can you still be filial to your uncle in the future?"

Zhu Zhanji drooped his head, with a sad expression on his face: "I'm also afraid of something happening to my father, but I'm just used to standing there. My uncle taught me to look around and listen to all directions. Except for my own family, everyone else should Be careful."

  Zhang Anshi's face softened, he touched his head, and said patiently: "Hey, well, your father is fine, just rest for a few days and he will be fine. Don't look so sad."

  Zhu Zhanji said: "In addition to worrying about my father's illness, I also... also... Grandpa Huang suddenly sent a few people to teach me to read and teach me to recite four books every day...I...I..."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Now is the time for you to learn knowledge. Study hard, what's the matter. Look at your uncle, the reason why you can achieve such achievements today is because you are eager to learn and tireless? You have to learn from uncle .”

  Zhu Zhanji said with a bitter face: "But... Uncle..."

  Zhang Anshi put away his smile, and said angrily: "Okay, don't say anything later."

  Zhu Zhanji tilted his head and thought for a while: "After learning the Analects of Confucius, can I really rule the world?"

  Zhang Anshi said directly: "No."

   "But why do they say that you can learn it?"

   "Don't always believe what those people say."

   "Then I won't study."

  Zhang Anshi gritted his teeth and said, "Come on, Uncle will teach you a truth. Sit down."

  So Zhu Zhanji sat on the steps in front of the hall.

  Zhang An Shidao: "Do you know that there is a kind of grave robber in this world?"

  Zhu Zhanji said in amazement: "Is there such a person?"

  Zhang An Shidao: "The first thing this tomb robber has to learn is the art of Fengshui. Do you know why?"

  Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhang Anshi ignorantly and said, "I don't understand."

Zhang Anshidao: "Learning the art of Fengshui is not because the tomb robbers have learned these, and can find luxurious tombs based on Fengshui alone. It is because those noble and wealthy people deeply believe in those Fengshui masters, and they choose their own. When the tomb is buried, it is often selected in a good tomb location according to the advice of the feng shui magician. In this way, those who rob the tomb only need to follow the feng shui magician to learn which places are auspicious for feng shui. The tomb must be found. Do you understand what I mean?"

"You are asked to learn the Four Books and Five Classics, not to govern the world by relying on the Four Books and Five Classics. These things are useless, but after you have learned these things, you can understand the minds of officials and scholars. Master them You can control them and make them work for you, which is the same as grave robbers."

   Zhu Zhanji's eyes lit up after hearing this: "I understand."

   "But you must not really believe what they say. Once you believe it, you will lose."

   Zhu Zhanji nodded desperately.

   Immediately said: "Then who do I trust?"

  Zhang Anshi conjured up an inverted horoscope, and then placed his head under his chin: "Guess."

  Zhu Zhanji said: "It can't be Uncle?"

  Zhang An Shidao: "We are a family. If the family cannot be trusted in the world, then who else in the world can be trusted?"

  Zhu Zhanji nodded suspiciously, and said: "But... I was studying yesterday, and I heard from the masters that Emperor Han Wen killed his uncle Bo Zhao."

  Zhang Anshi was furious, his eyes widened and he said: "Damn it, these Confucian scholars are alienating our uncle and nephew, we must take more precautions in the future."

  Seeing that Zhang Anshi was angry, Zhu Zhanji dared not speak.

  Zhang Anshi lowered his voice and said, "In the future, I will secretly teach you real knowledge, don't tell other people..."

  Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhang Anshi suspiciously.

  ...

  Nanjing Gongyuan.

  This place is adjacent to the Confucius Temple.

   Here, the four examiners, Xie Jin, have already sat upright.

  In the next few days, they need to review thousands of papers.

  Selected more than 400 people who were named on the gold list.

   This is definitely a high-intensity job. After all, countless candidates' lives are tied to this small test paper.

  Although it is a bit funny to future generations, the elites of the world regard stereotyped essays as everything, and work hard all their lives just to write a good article that can soar into the sky.

   But for scholars in this era, especially for Xie Jin and others, this is nothing more sacred.

   Scoring for two consecutive days.

   Almost everyone is exhausted.

  From the freshness at the beginning, until now, it is only boring.

  In fact, the vast majority of people’s test papers can’t even do a few questions, so it can be said that they are not popular.

  If you read too many articles like this, it will only make you tired.

   After a long time, someone suddenly said, "Huh..."

  In the Minglun Hall of Gongyuan, which was originally extremely quiet, a voice broke the silence.

   It was Hu Yan who made the sound.

  As one of the four examiners, Hu Yan's face was solemn at this time.

   Immediately, he got up and walked to Xie Jin, the chief examiner.

   "Xie Gong, this article... is a bit different."

  When Xie Jin heard of the alternative, his first reaction was disgust, and he subconsciously said: "Some scholars, sensationalists, such articles... are really not popular, such crazy students, it would be good if they were not punished!"

   This is also true. Occasionally, the marking officer will encounter a few lunatics.

  The word alternative is by no means a good word, it also means deviant, which is what people like Xie Jin hate the most.

  Hu Yan smiled wryly and shook his head: "No, no, Xie Gong, just look at the style of this article."

   Xie Jin had no choice but to hold back his disgust, mainly because he had a bad impression of Hu Yan now. Hu Yan was obedient on the surface, but in fact...dishonest.

   But having said that, Xie Jin still picked up the test paper and looked at it, but his face became serious after seeing it.

  This style of writing is stereotyped, there is nothing wrong with it, there is no more word, no less word, it belongs to the most serious stereotype.

  No matter breaking the title, accepting the title, starting the stock, middle stock, or late stock, there is absolutely nothing to be picky about.

   Breaking the question is very well-behaved, but when it comes to accepting the question, the meaning is getting deeper and deeper, and it begins to explain the sage's point of view layer by layer.

  And this kind of situation, like a wave, is higher than the wave, but Xie Jin has never seen it before.

  Compared to other stereotypes... this article is eye-catching, but it is by no means deviant.

   "It turns out that stereotyped writing can still be written like this?" Xie Jin was shocked: "I really don't know which genius wrote it."

   It's a pity that the test paper is vague.

   Xie Jin didn't know the answer either.

It was all at once, but Hu Guang and Yang Rong were also attracted, especially Hu Guang. Hu Guang was also the number one scholar. For us Jiangxi people."

  Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard it, and Xie Jin said, "How do you see it?"

Hu Guangdao: "Does it need to be said? You read this article, it is very sophisticated, and only our talented scholars in Jiangxi can achieve such sophistication! There is also such a style of writing, which is really a precedent. I have read countless articles, and I have never Seeing someone push the old and bring forth the new like this, in my humble opinion, it must be a talented person from Jiangxi."

   Xie Jin also couldn't help laughing: "It must be a talented person from Jishui County. I heard that Jishui County has produced several talented people in the past two years. Could it be one of them?"

  Among the four people, most of them are from Jishui County, only Hu Yan is more miserable. He is from Nanchang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province. He stroked his beard and said, "But that one named Zeng Jie?"

  Yang Rong coughed and said: "Masters, we are examiners, guessing the candidates' names is ultimately inappropriate."

  After hearing this, everyone seemed to understand, and they sat down again.

  Xie Jin held the test paper, pondered for a moment, picked up a pen, and wrote the verdict on the paper.

  ………

  In the Mansion of the Governor of the Five Armies.

   Several governors are sitting together.

   At this time, Qiu Fu said: "I heard that the juren in the capital have been restless recently, and the list will be announced soon, and I don't know what will happen."

  Speaking of this, Zhu Neng got excited, and said with a smile: "You don't know, I heard... Gu Cheng's grandson really went to the exam."

   "Oh?" Wei Guogong Xu Huizu said: "We people don't have any descendants to take the exam. It's ashamed to say."

Zhu Neng said happily: "It's better if you didn't take the exam. You don't know. Gu Chengcheng cried. He drank with me and cried very sadly. He said that his grandson had to take the exam. The day before the exam , That night, his grandson was crying."

   "Crying? Why are you crying?"

"He said he can't do the questions." Zhu Neng beamed and said, "Think about it, you can't even do this question, what is he taking the test for? Hey... It's over, it's over, it's embarrassing, poor Gu Chengyi, who is famous, Being defeated by this grandson, if you hand in a blank paper, you will be ridiculous."

Qiu Fu scolded with a smile: "Thank you for being able to laugh. On the day when the list was released, we picked up the old wine and went to see him. He was not easy. He is just such a grandson. Besides, our son is still Where's the teaching assistant?"

  Zhu Neng held back his face: "Hey, I actually forgot this, haha... haha... My son has been tricked for so long, and now he is proud to be able to trick others. Glory to the ancestors!"

  Zhu Neng laughed like a pig.

   For several days in a row, it rained in the capital.

  Zhang Anshi took four of them to fry fish for fun at Qixia Ferry. Here, it was his world and no one could control him, so he was extremely happy and exhilarated.

  The ferry also began to become orderly, and it became a transfer station for countless ferries and merchant ships.

  Zhang Anshi even plans to set up the headquarters of Brother Ship Industry here.

  But at this time, the time to release the rankings has finally arrived.

  Although he has relaxed for a few days, Zhang Anshi is still quite nervous.

  Actually, he didn't know if this method would work or not.

  But Zhang Anshi got up early in the morning and called Zhang San first.

  Zhang Sandui smiled and said, "My lord, did you get up so early today?"

  Zhang An Shidao: "The book I taught you to print last time, have you printed it yet?"

"Printing started a few months ago." Zhang Sandao: "In the past few months, I have searched for several printing workshops, but my son wants to print 100,000 copies... I have searched all the workshops in the whole city, even the small ones. , and only 80,000 copies were printed."

  Zhang Anshi scolded: "If it's not enough, you can find booksellers in Zhenjiang and Suzhou to print, you bastard..."

   Zhang San had a bitter face and stopped talking.

  Zhang Anshi said: "Go and get the sample booklet."

  Zhang San fled away as if he had been pardoned, and came back panting after a while, and handed a sample booklet to Zhang Anshi.

   But on the cover of such a book, there are seven characters written: "Zhang Anshi Stereotyped Writing Talk".

  Zhang Anshidao: "Distribute it to booksellers everywhere, and tell them that a book sells for three taels of silver, and you can't lose a penny."

Zhang San seemed to be shocked, and said in shock: "The sale is so expensive, and the other books only sell for one or two hundred Wen, young master, do you still understand stereotypes? Cough cough... The small thing is that booksellers may not agree to it." Get this book."

Zhang Anshi said: "Then put out the name of my brother Yang Shiqi. It's really not possible. You can recommend it to my mentor Hu Yan. In short, hurry up and write a book, don't be verbose. This bookseller sells a copy, and we will give them five dollars." Just ten pennies as a rebate."

   "Oh." This time, Zhang San didn't talk too much, nodded and went to work, but he was still a little disappointed, after all...he will inevitably be laughed at.

  Zhang Anshi suddenly felt a lot better.

  The printing also cost him more than ten thousand taels of silver.

  Whether it is a loss or a gain depends on Gu Xingzu.

   I hope I don't lose everything.

  Then, Zhang Anshi reunited with the three murderers in the capital, then found Gu Xingzu, and rushed all the way to the Gongyuan.

  Outside the Gongyuan, there are already a sea of ​​people here, not only tens of thousands of scholars who came to see the list, but also many good people.

   There are also some scholars, although they are not qualified to take the exam, they also hope to increase their knowledge.

  Plus some people who count on the good news to get happy money.

  Many shopkeepers, seeing this opportunity, picked up all kinds of food and shuttled among the crowd, which was very lively.

   At this time, there was a lot of voices.

  Relying on his tall stature, Zhu Yong opened the way ahead and squeezed away many weak scholars. Soon, Zhang Anshi and others appeared at the bottom of the list.

  Of course, the rankings have not yet started, so everyone just waits in front of the blank wall.

   After this, many people were discussing and gossiping, guessing the results this time.

  Of course... southerners and northerners have a lot of hatred for each other.

  Many northern scholars have begun to complain: "The examiners are all from the south, and they are all from Jiangxi. They must look down on our northern scholars."

   "When Emperor Hongwu was here, they would rather confront Emperor Hongwu than admit us."

  Naturally, some scholars in the south provoked: "This imperial examination is naturally compared to whose essays are better. If you are willing to bet and admit defeat, they are all scholars. How can you be inferior to others and refuse to admit it?"

   "What did you say? What did you say?"

  The crowd suddenly commotion.

   Fortunately, here, a lot of Lieutenants of the Wucheng Army and Ma Si in plain clothes have already been placed, and they are busy separating people.

   Not long after, many scholars voluntarily left a path.

   Immediately, several scholars appeared under the list.

  These people are wearing Confucian shirts, but they are all in high spirits, looking extraordinary.

  Obviously, many scholars recognize them, so they heard people whispering: "These are all talented people in Jishui. I have the chance to read their articles, and I am really amazed."

   "That one is Zeng Dian, another is Zhou Shu, and the other is Zhou Mengqi... These three... have the best articles."

   "They should have won this time, but I don't know if they will be able to hit the top list."

  Many people looked at Zeng Di and the others with envy.

  Sometimes, you really have to be convinced when you meet some people. They can do better than your articles lying down.

  Zeng Wei didn't seem to care about these things, he just smiled, but after seeing Gu Xingzu with a glance, he couldn't help saying: "Isn't this virtuous brother the same Gu Tongnian we met last time?"

  Gu Xingzu looked at Zeng Di, and then looked up at Zhang Anshi.

  Zhang Anshi said: "Fool, say hello to someone."

  Gu Xingzu went up and said, "Meet you again."

   Seeing this, Zeng Wei said, "Last time you said you did well in the exam..."

  The voice of these words was not too loud. Although it was noisy here, everyone nearby could hear it.

   Those who heard it all looked at Gu Xingzu strangely.

   This is very new, and some people say that they did well in the exam.

  This man is not going to be a…

  Someone murmured: "I know him, he is the grandson of Lord Hou, who learned from Zhang Anshi."

"Ha ha ha ha…"

  I don't know who it is, and let out a big laugh.

  Suddenly, everyone watching the list became happy.

  Even Zeng Yan couldn't help laughing, but said: "Gu Tongnian, they are just joking, don't mind."

   It was Zhang Anshi who was furious, and said coldly: "Can a joke be made like this? Why don't you mind? Damn it, it's also fortunate that my fourth brother didn't bring gunpowder. If not, you don't even want to run away."

  Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

  Zeng Di was also dumbfounded, and Zhou Mengqi on the other side tugged at Zeng Di's sleeve, signaling Zeng Di to stop worrying about it, the ranking is the most important thing.

   Zhang Anshi immediately ignored them.

   At this moment, the gong finally sounded, and the list was ready to be announced.

  Suddenly, the crowd stirred up.

   No one cared about Zhang Anshi's astonishing words just now.

  Everyone held their heads high, waiting for the guards to post a list on the high wall.

  The crowd gradually quieted down.

  Only very occasionally, someone suddenly shouted: "Haha, I've won, I've won."

   More people... just extra nervous.

  Zhang Anshi didn't see Gu Xingzu's name.

   But seeing that the few people surnamed Zeng didn't leave, they probably understood in their hearts that there should be a list later.

   So continue to wait patiently.

   It was the first time that Gu Xingzu felt such a heart-scratching feeling. He watched it again and again, and was disappointed again and again.

   Later, I couldn't help but feel a little lost.

  I’ve been working on this question for so long... hey...

  At this moment, someone shouted: "Here comes the heavenly list, here comes the heavenly list."

   Immediately, a piece of red paper was pasted on the wall.

  Most people are used to looking forward from the back of the list.

  Zhang Anshi was not immune either. When he saw the tenth place, he felt a little anxious.

  Maybe... Gu Xingzu is considered a discount, so it doesn't matter, just go back and get a beating, but it's a pity...I lost so much money.

   When they saw the third and fourth, they saw the names of Zhou Meng Qi and Zhou Shu.

  At this time, some people have already begun to discuss: "Damn, why are they all from Jiangxi, and they are all from Najishui County... It's not fair... It's not fair..."

  The second place...is Zeng Chi.

  Zhang Anshi glanced at Zeng Wei in surprise, never expecting that this guy is so powerful.

   But Zeng Di showed a look of disappointment on his face.

   It seems like a bad exam, embarrassing.

  Zhang Anshi continued to look up, and suddenly, a name appeared in Zhang Anshi's eyes: "Gu Xingzu."

  Zhang Anshi was stunned.

  He thinks that with Gu Xingzu's level, it is not bad to be on the list.

  How could it be... ranked number one?

  Behind him, there was a commotion, shouting and cursing everywhere.

  ...

  Thank you, student HJZ665, for becoming the fourteenth leader of this book. I am very grateful, salute, and love you.

  Appendix: The next chapter will be updated at 00:00 on August 9th. This book is the starting point for the first release, and everyone is welcome to read it on the Qidian App.

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