Chapter 411: Extra 02 Selling Questions (1st update)
Chapter 411 Extra 02 Selling Questions (1st update)
Shen Qianchen opened his lips slightly, but before he could say anything, the students next to him started arguing again, each holding his own opinion.
"Brother Li and Brother Zhou, what you two said is quite biased. Not to mention what the test questions are like in the general examination, I just say that the advantages of recruiting troops outweigh the disadvantages. I don't agree with it."
"As the saying goes, soldiers can last a thousand days without being used, but they cannot be left unprepared for one day. The peace we have today in Daqi is the result of countless soldiers paying the price of their lives and flesh and blood."
"A country without soldiers means a home without a door. Isn't this an open door waiting for robbers to come?!"
"As soon as the new emperor ascends the throne, he will be able to discover the shortcomings of empty pay in the army, and vigorously and resolutely issue decrees to rectify it. It can be seen that the new emperor is a man with sharp ears and eyes, and a strong mind."
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They talked enthusiastically, and Shen Qianchen listened with interest. She liked hearing people praise Gu Jue the most.
She pursed her lips and smiled, raised her hand to call the waiter, and ordered a pot of snow-soaked plum blossom wine to relieve the heat.
"Have breasts?!" Li Juren, who was wearing a blue robe, sneered again and shook his head disapprovingly, "You are too naive!"
His words were almost like saying that they were stupid for studying.
Li Juren gave a sneer that made everyone drunk but I was alone, and continued: "Haven't you heard? In May, the new emperor had just ascended the throne and he dismissed an imperial envoy."
"Since ancient times, the censor has been in charge of supervision, not only to inspect officials, but also to advise the emperor, in order to prevent the emperor from listening or believing."
"The new emperor acted so arbitrarily as soon as he came to the throne. Not only did he not listen to the imperial envoy's blunt advice, but he forced the imperial envoy to hit a pillar in the Jinluan Palace in front of everyone. The whole court was in an uproar. But in the end, the new emperor felt that the imperial **** was committing a crime by forcing him to die. , not only dismissed the censor from his official position, but also used force to suppress all officials, so that all officials dared not speak out. "
Li Juren spoke with indignation and sincerity, and his voice became louder and louder, almost making people think that he also witnessed this scene in Jinluan Hall that day.
Most of the students present are from out of town, so their sources of information are limited. They have never heard of these things before. Some are shocked, some are curious, some are sad, and some are indignant.
"Brother Li Xian, are you telling the truth?" The forty-year-old Zhou Juren with a goatee frowned and asked Li Juren, "I wonder who the censor is?"
Li Juren puffed up his chest calmly and said seriously: "How can I just make up such a big thing with my empty words!"
"The censor's surname is Ji. I won't tell you his name. You can go to the capital to find out."
"Hey, Mr. Ji is also pitiful. He has been an honest official all his life and has impeached many corrupt officials. He is a loyal and courageous person, but just because of a few loyal words and direct advice, he displeased the king and caused great disasters. The new emperor not only To dismiss him from office and prevent three generations of the Ji family from taking the imperial examination is simply murderous!"
When Li Juren said this, many students felt deeply.
They were all scholars. They studied hard for ten years in Hanchuang, all in order to take the imperial examination. However, the new emperor's casual words extinguished all the hopes of three generations.
Zhou Juren became more and more emotional, shaking his head for a while, sighing for a while, and lamented: "I heard that the new emperor forced the palace to seize the throne, no wonder he became more martial."
The atmosphere suddenly became depressing and solemn.
Many students' faces were not very good-looking. Some were persuaded by these two people, while others were skeptical about Ji Yushi's affairs and felt that they had to inquire about Ji Yushi's affairs. Make an evaluation.
Shen Qianchen came closer to Gu Jue again, whispered to him, and said with a smile: "This Mr. Li is really well-informed. He even knows what happened in Chaoshang."
She squinted her eyes and glanced meaningfully back and forth between Li Juren and Zhou Juren.
What these people did was too obvious. They deliberately spread rumors among these students, stirred up the trend, and made them prejudice against Gu Jue.
It is obvious who the instigators behind Li Juren and Zhou Juren are.
Ji Mingzhi was dismissed from office, and the Ji family was banned from the imperial examination for three generations. It seems that Ji Mingzhi and "that person" behind him were neither convinced nor given up.
Also, when Gu Lang was in power in the past, in addition to being particularly wary of Gu Jue, he was quite tolerant towards other courtiers, even with a laissez-faire attitude. As long as there was no major incident in the court, Gu Lang could whitewash peace.
As this went on for many years, the generals of Kang Hongda's party and the civil servants headed by Wei Jingze became more and more greedy, each one greedily sucking the flesh and blood of the imperial court like blood leeches.
These people are used to living a comfortable life in the past, and it is difficult to change from luxury to frugality. Now of course they do not want an overly powerful monarch to pressure them, so they want to suppress Gu Jue and want Gu Jue to gain something. Give in.
Shen Qianchen's eyes were slightly cold. They really had a good plan.
At this time, the waiter served snow-soaked plum blossom wine to the two of them with a smile on his face. The white porcelain wine jug was placed on a plate of crushed ice. Everything from the wine to the wine jug was cold, and there was still a trace of smoke. Wisps of white smoke.
Shen Qianchen poured a glass of wine for Gu Jue, handed it to him, and whispered, "No more than three drinks."
This snow-soaked plum blossom wine is not a strong drink, it is just glutinous rice liqueur soaked in plum blossom petals, so Gu Jue can also have a few drinks.
Gu Jue took the wine glass, took a sip of snow-soaked plum blossom wine, and raised his eyebrows.
For Gu Jue, who has been in the army all year round, this kind of sweet wine can hardly be called wine. It can only be regarded as a kind of sherbet, but it is quite suitable for a girl's family to drink.
Seeing that Shen Qianchen's glass was mostly empty, he refilled her drink.
Shen Qianchen looked at the Qingyi Juzi who suddenly stood up at the next table. The Qingyi Juzi looked around and said seriously: "The official has only been on the throne for more than two months. He has exempted the people from taxes and investigated corruption in the army. Various measures show that officials are determined to clean up the official system and correct the atmosphere. "
"It shouldn't be."
He did not think that the new emperor Gu Jue was a tyrant who could not listen to advice.
Some nodded, others shook their heads. These students had been debating for so long, and they were still arguing. No one could convince the other side. Each had their own ideas and persistence.
Shen Qianchen curled his lips, picked up the wine glass casually, and took two more sips of the cool and sweet wine. He felt that there were some smart people among these scholars.
Logically speaking, Wei Jingze has been in the court for decades and has a lot of friends. How can he be worse than such a bookworm who has never met Gu Jue? Gu Jue has never been the type to be led by others. People with walking noses.
When Shen Qianchen put the wine glass to her lips again, she felt the man next to her move towards her again. His thin lips "inadvertently" brushed her earlobe again, and he said softly: "I recently asked the official to Arrange for officials to come to Beijing to report on their duties.”
Shen Qianchen blinked and her eyes moved, she also knew this.
Gu Jue clearly issued an order for officials to come to Beijing to report on their duties, but in fact he also had the intention to reform the system and streamline officials. However, others now only thought that this was the first "duty report" after the new emperor ascended the throne.
Just the "duty report" has actually made many people in the court feel nervous.
Therefore, Wei Jing would not make trouble in the morning or in the evening, but he chose this time to start making trouble.
Now it coincides with the National Examination, and there are many scholars in the capital. Since ancient times, students have tended to think highly of themselves, to be aloof and high-spirited. Because they have not experienced any storms, they are often a little too upright. These people have always been the type of people who are most easily incited.
Immediately afterwards, Li Juren also stood up, applauded Qingyi Juzi and said, "Brother Xuan is really eloquent."
He was probably too excited, and his body happened to hit the chair behind him, making a "clunk" sound, which suddenly attracted more curious eyes, and even other tea drinkers in the lobby looked at these scholars.
Li Juren and Xuan Juren looked at each other, raised their chins disapprovingly, and said: "Brother Xuan, you are so protective of me, it seems that you already have an idea of how to answer the question of 'garrison troops'. "
Li Juren's words may sound incomprehensible at first. However, if you think that he had mentioned before that this year's conference would try to discuss the topic of "garrisoning troops," the meaning of his words seems to be profound. It is tantamount to talking about propaganda. Juren is chosen for the sake of fame.
For these self-righteous scholars, this is already a serious insult.
"..." The advocate's face suddenly turned red, and he looked ashamed and angry.
Many students around him looked at him strangely, looking at him with scrutiny, contempt, enlightenment, shaking their heads and sighing...
Shen Qianchen also frowned and looked at Li Juren and Zhou Juren with displeasure.
She hates it when they say something bad about Gu Jue. This is all going to end!
If Gu Jue hadn't still been here, she would have wanted to rush forward and use her needle to teach these guys a lesson for spreading rumors and causing trouble.
Although Gu Jue thought that the little girl looked like a little cat with its claws grinding when she was angry, which was very cute, but seeing her angry made him feel distressed. He immediately raised his hand to smooth her eyebrows and gave her another kiss. Drinks.
Li Juren silenced the proclaimer and felt quite happy in his heart.
He twitched the corner of his lower lip and made a proud arc, feeling as if he had won the final victory in this verbal and written attack on Jin Shang.
He looked around slowly, enjoying the pursuing gazes of others. He bowed his hands to others calmly and asked them to express their opinions: "Brother Wang, Brother Liu, what do you think?"
Wang Juren: “…”
Liu Juren: “…”
When Li Juren glanced at Gu Jue at the next table, he saw that Gu Jue had an extraordinary bearing and was somewhat elegant and noble as a scholar, so he asked with a smile: "What do you think, brother?"
To him, Gu Jue's silence was tantamount to recognition.
Gu Jue took another sip of the fragrant snow-soaked plum blossom wine, casually turned the small white porcelain wine glass with broken branch plum blossoms in his hand with his slender fingers, and asked casually: "May I ask your surname, brother?"
Li Juren raised his hand and answered, "I don't mind your surname being Li."
Gu Jue asked the other party's surname, but did not mean to tell him his family name. He smiled and said: "There is an old saying that if you listen to both, you will be enlightened, but if you believe only one, you will be dark. I don't know the Yushi Ji, so it's really not easy to discuss it. His character.”
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"..." The students, including Li Juren, all fell silent with subtle expressions on their faces.
Originally, Li Juren asked Gu Jue what he thought of the new emperor, but Gu Jue turned the conversation to Ji Yushi. At first glance, his answer seemed inappropriate, but upon closer consideration, it seemed worth pondering.
None of them knew Ji Yushi, and they didn't know what happened in the Jinluan Palace on that day in May. Whether this incident was true or false, or in other words, it was almost true or false.
Gu Jue took another sip of his drink gracefully and said unhurriedly: "I heard that Yushi Ji is honest and fair. I have been fascinated by Yushi Ji for a long time. Could you please help me introduce him to you, Brother Li?"
He was sitting at the square table. His green lotus-colored robe made his fair skin look like mutton-fat white jade. There was a faint smile on the corner of his lips. His smile was like a clear breeze, and his movements were graceful and dignified.
As long as he wants to, he can easily make people feel comfortable; as long as he wants to, he can also easily make people speechless.
Li Juren choked, his eyes flickered, and he smiled unnaturally and said: "Brother, I misunderstood. How could I know Yushi Ji?"
He found that he was riding a tiger now. If he said that he knew Ji Yushi, he would be helping Ji Yushi to condemn the new emperor;
If he said that he didn't know Ji Yushi, then why would he be here to help Ji Yushi with empty words?
At this time, the advocate had calmed down and asked: "Brother Li, from whom did you hear about Yu Shi Ji?"
"..." Li Juren was speechless and looked stiff.
If he couldn't tell who he heard Ji Yushi's story from today, then he would just "hear and believe".
Li Juren's eyes wandered for a moment, and he could only say vaguely: "This matter is related to the political affairs of the court, and I can't say the name of this person. In short, it is true that Ji Yushi hit a pillar, was deposed, and was not allowed to take the imperial examination for three generations. Its matter."
Gu Jue took out the folding fan that Shen Qianchen had just won. The folding fan spun around in his slender fingers. Then he opened the folding fan casually and sighed: "Brother Li, three people make a tiger, you still It's better to 'listen to both', but the most fearful thing is this kind of 'knowing it but not knowing why'."
When Gu Jue speaks, his words are clear, neither urgent nor slow, neither high nor low. His tone seems to have a soothing and melodious rhythm like the sound of a piano. Listening to it, people can't help but be pulled by him and follow his train of thought.
The proclaimer and several other students were all thoughtful.
As scholars, they studied hard for ten years in the cold window and ignored the outside world in order to concentrate on their studies. But when they reach their current level and are just short of the test, they must start to pay attention to court affairs. , there is no shortage of examination questions discussing current affairs in the palace examination.
Li Juren was sweating coldly and could only say in a difficult voice: "Thank you for your advice, brother."
After saying that, he sat back and drank tea with his head bowed to himself.
"Brother, I see you have a sense of what you say," Zhou Juren next to him suddenly raised his eyes to look at Gu Jue and asked nonchalantly, "Are you here to take the examination this year too?"
No one noticed that Shen Qianchen's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this sentence, and he stared up at Gu Jue without blinking.
Gu Jue nodded and said to Zhou Juren, "That's right."
After saying that, Gu Jue turned to Shen Qianchen and said, "Let's go, we have to go to the lantern festival."
Gu Jue dropped a piece of silver on the table and left the teahouse with Shen Qianchen.
In the teahouse, several people watched them leave with different looks.
Shen Qianchen was pulled forward by Gu Jue, staring at him, staring at him, staring at him.
The setting sun has completely set, the sky outside has turned into a deep dark blue, and a faint first quarter moon appears in the night sky.
The oncoming night breeze was cool and refreshing, gently blowing their hair and clothes.
The two of them walked forward against the night wind. As they walked, Gu Jue said, "I ordered the river lanterns. Let's go to the shop to get the river lanterns first, and then go to the lantern festival and set off the river lanterns."
Regarding what Gu Jue said, Shen Qianchen actually nodded blindly with his left ear saying it and his right ear saying it. His mind was actually on other things and his eyes were bright.
After walking half a street, Shen Qianchen saw no one around. He gently pulled Gu Jue's sleeves and called out softly: "Jiuxia."
She looked up at him, her phoenix eyes slightly raised, the ends of her eyes turned up, and her pupils as hot and bright as the scorching sun.
She just stood under the silver moonlight, like a blooming pink lotus, rushing towards her face with a bit of girlish freshness, smart and delicate.
"What?" Gu Jue stopped, turned to look at her, and smiled lightly.
The two stopped at the entrance of an alley. There was no one else around. The high wall of the alley cast a deep shadow, which happened to hide the two figures in the shadow.
Shen Qianchen bit her lower lip slightly, her eyes brightened, and asked a question that she had been curious about for a long time but had no chance to ask: "Have you ever passed the imperial examination?"
There are many legends about Gu Jue circulating in the capital and even Daqi.
One of them is that when Gu Jue was young, he went to attend the Spring Examination anonymously. That year, Xie Wenjing was the examiner. He had been a tutor and taught Gu Jue, and he recognized Gu Jue's handwriting. If not for this, Gu Jue would have had a chance to win the top spot.
Gu Jue: "..."
Gu Jue stared at Shen Qianchen blankly for a while, then asked with a strange expression: "What did you hear?"
Shen Qianchen: "..."
Shen Qianchen was originally very curious, but when he said this and looked at him like this, she suddenly felt very embarrassed, her eyelashes lowered, and her eyes wandered.
Gu Jue looked at her stunned look. No matter how he looked at her, he felt cute. He stretched out his hand and hugged her in his arms.
He laughed lowly, seeming to think it was something very funny.
Shen Qianchen's cheek was pressed against his chest, and she could feel his laughter coming out of his rich chest, vibrating her eardrums together with his heartbeat.
Thumping!
Shen Qianchen no longer knew whether she was hearing his heartbeat or her own, and she felt even more embarrassed.
She simply gave up and hugged his waist.
After a moment, she heard his smiling voice coming from above her head:
"I have never taken part in the examination."
ah? ! Shen Qianchen leaned against his chest and blinked, then blinked again. She was so stunned that she forgot about Nan Ran for a moment.
She took two steps back like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, looked up at him, and couldn't help but ask: "Really?"
Gu Jue suppressed a smile and nodded confidently.
Then, he took her hand and continued walking forward, smiling and saying, "However, I did pass the Qiu Wei exam."
Shen Qianchen paused again, and his eyes lit up again. In other words, the rumors are not all false, right? !
"He won the first place, Jieyuan." Gu Jue said again.
Shen Qianchen listened with great interest and silently counted on his fingers. Gu Jue had the Autumn Examination when he was fourteen years old, so he should have taken the Autumn Examination that year. After that, he went to the North, and it was probably impossible for him to take the Spring Examination the following year.
Shen Qianchen couldn't help but asked curiously: "Which pseudonym did you use?"
Of course, it was impossible for Gu Jue to take part in the imperial examination with the name "Gu Jue", otherwise his secret would be exposed.
In fact, she also had a guess in her mind. It was a pseudonym often used by Gu Jue. She just asked him on purpose, wanting to hear him tell her personally.
A trace of nostalgia appeared in Gu Jue's eyes, and he smiled and said, "Yin Jiuxia."
"Yin" is of course the "Yin" of the Queen Mother Yin.
really. Shen Qianchen snickered secretly, and his steps became brisker.
The two went to a lantern shop on the street to pick up a basket of river lanterns ordered by Gu Jue.
When I came out of the lantern shop, I heard a strange male voice coming from the alley next to me: "Can this young man take a step to speak?"
Gu Jue and Shen Qianchen followed the sound and saw a middle-aged man wearing a green straight jacket standing in the narrow and dark alley a few steps away. The man was thin and slightly hunched, looking at them with a bright smile.
Gu Jue raised his eyebrows but did not go over.
The middle-aged man cleared his throat and said again: "Young Master, I am not a bad person, I just want to say a few words to you."
He took two steps closer to Gu Jue, and at the same time carefully looked around to make sure there was no one else around, and then asked quietly: "Master, do you want to buy the test papers?"
After a pause, he added five more words: "Exam papers for the general examination."
There will be two updates later~
There will be extra chapters next. Everything that is not explained in the main text will be in the extra chapters. If you feel you haven’t seen enough, just watch the extra chapters. Anyway, the timeline follows the main text, so there is no difference. Old time update.
You said it was too hasty to finish? But when it comes to forcing the uterus, the finishing touches begin.
Now, Huang has been solved, the Chu family has also been solved, and the prince has ascended the throne. The prince is so strong that the court does not dare to mess around. Without Qianchen in the harem to dominate alone, the prince will not have any more catastrophes of life and death. The plot is actually very complete.
Everything else is in the extras.
(End of chapter)