The Palace of Peach and Plum

Chapter 32:

Seeing Ling Wei’s silence, Li Yin said uncomfortably, “Jintang don’t worry, it’s not a bad thing anyway.”

“Yes.” Ling Wei took a deep breath and smiled reluctantly, “Anyway, I have already…”

The pit is too deep.

It’s so foolish to mix into the royal family, it’s really…

But what can be done without blending? He is a person with no background and no backing, the only thigh he can hold is the empress. And the way to hold the back thigh of God is to brush up the favorability of these noble children.

He thought that the children were still young, and perhaps he could have accumulated enough foundation before they grew up to get out of the quagmire.

But unexpectedly, His Majesty the emperor didn’t play the cards according to the cards.

Ordinary people would think of letting a young man who is not as weak as the crown prince be a teacher for his prince?

Your Majesty can!

Although Ling Wei felt that this speculation was a bit too narcissistic, he vaguely felt that adding Enke this time might really have something to do with him.

But since he has fallen into it, then this is not a bad thing.

Now he is only a child, even if he teaches the princes, he is really nameless. After you pass the Jinshi exam, you can become famous and real. Even if the official position of Tai Fu is unlikely to fall to him, a bachelor of attendant and lecturer can never escape. At that time, with this level of identity, his admonitions will no longer need to be cautious. But the premise is that he is at least among the top three.

Jinshi will not be granted an official position immediately. Only the top three are awarded the official position immediately and stay in the capital. Whether the latter Jinshi can stay in the capital depends on relationship and luck.

There is no fixed official position in the top three of Da Yan’s palace examinations, but basically, the top three will enter the Imperial Academy, or become editors or editors, or become the emperor or the prince to speak and read. Those with the latter type of treatment were usually not well-known before the imperial examination, or a family of honorable people. The emperor had known such a person for a long time.

Ling Wei fits the latter, and is now striving for the former.

But the main premise is that he has to get into the top three. If he fails to pass the test, His Majesty, who has great hopes for him, will probably be disappointed. In feudal society, the emperor was disappointed, and his life was probably not easy.

“Jintang don’t have to worry.” Apart from this comfort, Li Yin didn’t know what to say.

During this time of getting along, he also saw that although Ling Wei sometimes did stupid things that the world did not understand, sometimes he was more transparent than ordinary people. He could see that Ling Wei must achieve good results in the next autumn and spring, so Ling Wei himself can think of it.

Although Ling Wei is very talented, Li Ying is not worried that Ling Wei’s talent will fail the test. But there are no absolutes in the world, what if there is an accident?

Ling Wei was under pressure, and it was only natural.

But now that’s the end of the matter, I can only accept it. And from Li Yin’s point of view, the imperial examination a little earlier is also delicious to Ling Wei. No matter how glamorous the separation of the family of the government of Lu is, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Ling Wei has nothing to do with the government of Lu, at least that Lu has no affection for this son, so Ling Wei does not. You can take advantage of it.

Although the emperor can protect Ling Wei, Ling Wei’s own status is even more important. The emperor has the emperor’s difficulties, so he can only protect Ling Wei on a large scale. For example, he gave Ling Wei the lowest baron in the founding county, and can receive the salary from the fifth grade. Anyway, before the harvest at the Zhuangzi shop, there are other things. Sources of income, and from the people to officials, will not be oppressed by ordinary officials.

But the closer Ling Wei and the palace are, the stronger the “enemy” he will face, and one baron is obviously not enough. People who were promoted in the imperial examination were very expensive, and if they could get the top three, they would not be underestimated. The emperor could justly reuse Ling Wei.

If Ling Wei’s strength is sufficient, naturally the sooner he gets a Jinshi, the better.

Ling Wei obviously also figured it out, and his expression improved a lot: “This time the visit to the champion building, His Majesty the emperor will probably kick me again.”

Seeing that Ling Wei had changed the subject, Li Ying followed: “This time it’s the prince…the emperor’s brother and the emperor’s wife…are too fond of the prince.”

Ling Wei raised his eyebrows: “The prince is the crown prince of a country. It is not a good thing to be too pampered. Your Majesty and Empress should also understand.”

Li Ying said: “It is one thing to understand… to do it, and another to do it. The emperor…was crying when he was a prince. After he had a prince, he naturally didn’t want the prince to work too hard. Abandon his identity. Not to mention, the emperor’s brother and the emperor’s wife are just ordinary parents.”

But they are not ordinary parents. Ling Wei said in his heart.

How many princes were planted in the hands of “ordinary parents”? When the prince was young, the empress was an ordinary parent. When the prince grew up and became crooked, ordinary parents should make way for their identity. If the queen died or fell out of favor at this time, the prince’s situation would be in jeopardy. NS.

Throughout history books, such examples abound. A wise king may not be able to raise a wise successor. Even though the prince can succeed to the throne most of the time, he is not necessarily a good emperor after succession.

For example, after the reign of Chengkang in the Zhou Dynasty, the decline of the Zhaomu era followed. After the Emperor Xuanzong of the Han Dynasty, the successor of the Emperor Han Yuan was incompetent. Liu Chan of the Three Kingdoms was an outstanding representative of the tiger father and the dog. On the wall.

The later dynasties, not to mention, have been able to interpret the truth that the emperor would not teach his sons for generations. Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty and Empress Changsun are eternal queens of the Ming Dynasty, and their son Li Chengqian can only make people sigh; Ming is a ruthless person from the ages, and the emperor’s grandson Zhu Yun, who himself taught himself, is indecisive.

Speaking of which, Ling Wei would also like to be thankful that the little fat man was so spoiled by the empress that he had not grown crooked. The degree of its bear is just the spoiled child of ordinary rich people. Moreover, the little fat man listens to persuasion, can reflect on himself, the three views are basically normal, and he learns things quickly. Under the background of almost no one teaching, only blindly pampering, the little fat man grew up like this, it really can only be said that the empress’s genes are good.

But if he continues to spoil him like this, even if the crown prince will not be shaken, after he succeeds to the throne, it is still unknown whether this prosperous scene of the Dayan dynasty can be maintained.

Ling Wei felt that if he really got on the thief ship (although it looks like he has already stepped on it with almost one foot), it would be a long way to go.

“Brother emperor has always been… more spoiled. I was also brought up by brother emperor.” Li Yin said in a low voice, as if a little embarrassed, “Even if emperor brother is hungry in the most difficult time, he must let me eat first.”

Ling Wei blinked and couldn’t believe it: “Wait, your Majesty was the prince before? You are also the prince?”

Why doesn’t it sound like the life of the queen’s concubine, but like a poor family? Still can’t eat enough? The sons of ordinary well-off families will not have enough to eat, right?

“Jintang often enters the palace. It is necessary to learn more about the previous affairs and know some taboos.” Li Yin reminded.

What happened in the previous dynasty? The former dynasty mentioned by Li Yin certainly did not refer to the previous dynasty, but the matter of the first emperor, right? Ling Wei racked his brains thinking, what can be the old things? Well, he really didn’t pay much attention.

But it’s all about the palace, who did he ask? Can the teacher say it? The teacher should know? Alas, if the princess comes back, it is best to ask the princess. Shall I ask the eldest brother? Brother should know, right?

Li Yin didn’t seem to want to say more. The two of them had finished their dinner together. After reading a book with Ling Wei for a while, Li Yin returned to his house.

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The next day, because the emperor took his family to a certain palace outside the capital to escape the summer heat, Ling Wei rarely had a long vacation.

He remembered what Li Ying had said the day before, so he drove to Zhao’s Mansion and wanted to ask the teacher if he knew about the addition of Enke.

“You’re well-informed.” Zhao Zhao seemed to smile, “It is true, I guess it will be confirmed next time in the court. Do you know who brought it up?”

“Teacher you?” Ling Wei couldn’t think of anyone else.

“If I proposed it, in your high school, wouldn’t someone say that I was acting favoritism.” Zhao Zhao took a fan and knocked Ling Wei. “It was Yu Shilang who proposed that the Imperial Examination had stopped several times due to wars, which caused a lot of delays. Student. Now last year, there was a big victory in northern Xinjiang, and there was a big victory in the southeast. The world should be amnesty and Enke should be added in order to show happiness with the people and celebrate the whole world.”

Ling Wei was taken aback for a moment: “I thought it was related to me, it seems that I was worrying too much.”

Zhao Zhao turned to Ling Wei again: “Of course it’s for you.”

“But I don’t know Yu Shi Lang.”

“You are stupid!” Zhao Zhao stared at Ling Wei with hatred of iron failure. “Is the Yu Xueguo thing that you begged for? He was punished to kneel for this? Are the “Three Character Classics” and “Thousand Characters Wen” What you wrote? The emperor and Yu Meizhi made the preface together, and the rumor that the royal family is dissatisfied with the family will be self-defeating. It is estimated that Yu Meizhi also thought this was your proposal.”

“So, Shi Lang Yu is…repaying favor?” Ling Wei curiously asked, “Isn’t Shi Lang Yu…very upright?”

“Integrity is honesty, but you still understand the human affection, otherwise you can become the courtier?” Zhao Zhao coldly snorted, “You have helped his family so much, so you want to pay back the favor. It is really cheap for him.”

Ling Wei was in a cold sweat. Actually, I didn’t help at all, okay? Kneeling, pleading, nothing at all. The authors of “San Zi Jing” and “Thousand Characters Wen” did not put it forward by themselves, so how can they be attributed to themselves? Speaking of it, it was the emperor’s kindness, but he picked up the bargain.

Of course, even if it is for nothing, he will not shirk it. To shirk is a fool.

“Okay, Enke is sure about this matter. Starting from today, the old man will write a topic, and you will write five articles a day!” Zhao Zhao said solemnly.

Ling Wei touched his nose. Two articles per day became five articles per day. Yes, there are not many words anyway.

“Um, teacher, I still have something to ask.” Ling Wei said cautiously.

“What’s the matter?” Zhao Zhao suspiciously asked.

“Yesterday, Qin|His Royal Highness said to me that I often go to the palace and ask someone to ask about it. The old things are better.”

“The former Dynasty?” Zhao Zhao asked, “What former Dynasty?”

“That’s… the current sage, when he was the prince…” Ling Wei blinked, “I can only ask the teacher if the elders in my house are not there. If the teacher is not easy to say, I will write to my mother again. Just write a letter… As soon as we go back and forth, it takes a little longer.”

“This.” Zhao Zhao stroked his beard, “There is nothing to say. The queen died early, and the first emperor loved the treacherous concubine, and almost messed up Gangchang. Nowadays, it is very hard for the sage to pacify the army and protect the younger brothers inside. You only need to do so. Remember, everything is based on the meaning of the current sage, away from the Wei family and…the King of Han and the princess of Pingchang. If someone mentions it, you also need to know your attitude.”

Wei family? This Ling Wei has heard about it. This is also the family of honorable people. His daughter was the favorite concubine of the last emperor of the previous dynasty, and later entered the harem of the first emperor.

Is Tsunatsu messed up? Does it mean the abolition of the concubine? Perhaps, the first emperor still had the thought of establishing Wei Guifei as his posterity? The first queen died early, and the first emperor had a favorite concubine. Whether the prince was capable or not, his status was in jeopardy. It’s not uncommon in history to abandon a prince to spoil a concubine? Those princes were accused of all kinds of crimes that were absurd even if they were read from the history books, and they were not even charged. After that, they ended up even more miserable.

Ling Wei only knew that the current emperor had come all the way from the prince, it should be smooth. Unexpectedly, there is such a thing.

He decided to pay more attention to the affairs of King Han and Princess Pingchang in the future. Although the emperor’s position is stable, since Li Ying has brought it up, it is because there is still a moth that hasn’t been able to deal with it.

“You don’t have to think too much, as long as you follow the emperor wholeheartedly, there is no problem.” Zhao Zhao said.

Ling Wei said: “Understand, I have a red heart toward the current emperor, and I will never deviate!”

Zhao Zhao looked at Ling Wei speechlessly. This doesn’t seem to be a good thing, but why does it sound so wrong? So he started again and knocked Ling Wei on the head with a fan. Anyway, he is a teacher, so he can knock at will, he can knock if he wants to understand.

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His Majesty the emperor spent ten days in this summer escape. However, political affairs did not stop during this period. Although there is no going to court, officials are often called to the Mountain Resort to discuss matters. After returning to the palace, the matter of opening Enke was settled. The students in Beijing cheered and eagerly geared up, as if they all hoped to pass the exam.

The Enke of the Dayan Dynasty is different from the pure grace offered by some dynasties. The Enke of the Dayan Dynasty was just that it did not follow the time of the three-year exam, and had one more exam. The other rules were the same as the normal imperial examination, so the Enke Jinshi was no different from the normal Jinshi.

To put it bluntly, it’s just an additional test, and it won’t release water.

According to the imperial edict, the autumn season will be added this year, and the spring season will be added next year. The next imperial examination will still be the usual time and no change will be made. That is, Qiuwei is one year later, and Chunwei is two years later.

The past few years are probably a happy year for students.

When the emperor added Enke, Ling Wei’s affairs were only silly. The important reason was that the current ministers had former dynasties and first emperors, so the emperor naturally wanted to replace them all at once. However, the imperial examinations have trained a large number of officials who are loyal to the current emperor, and then adjusted and taught for a few years, just to fill the gap.

Ling Wei is definitely going to participate in this year’s Autumn Wei. It’s not a few months since Qiuwei, he is now being tortured by Zhao Zhao’s devil training package, and he has seen all kinds of odd questions. Fortunately, he never forgets, no matter how wrong the question is, he can search for the source in his memory, so it is not too difficult.

Seeing that the odd questions were not a problem for Ling Wei, Zhao Zhao began to demand the cleanliness of the volume and the correctness of the text. As long as there was an error, he would immediately rewrite it. Ling Wei’s nerves were highly nervous, and the conditioned reflex mind was concentrated when writing, and the writing speed became faster.

Ling Wei never stopped practicing calligraphy. Because in modern times, he copied the thin gold copybook. Although I dare not say it is bone marrow, but it can be regarded as decent. After copying many copybooks with a brush, after practicing the skeleton of the text, Ling Wei released the fonts written in the copybooks, which is also the thin gold body he has become accustomed to. I don’t know if it’s a difference in the writing tools used, or the amount of effort spent, Ling Wei’s characters finally have a bit of charm. Zhao Zhao was also amazed. He also said that if some time passed, his fonts would be great, and he would not be able to become a master of calligraphy.

The calligraphy master Ling Wei doesn’t want to temporarily. It’s just that the thin gold body is a kind of regular script. The biggest advantage of using the imperial examination is that the font is neat and clear, and the examiner does not have to look at it.

In the imperial examination, no matter how good the cursive is, no fool will answer the paper in cursive.

In the Dayan dynasty, the quality of the characters will also affect the judges of the examiners. It is not like the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which require the same style and personalityless Taige style. Zhao Zhao saw that there was no problem with Ling Wei’s poems and theories, and after thinking about it, only calligraphy was a shortcoming.

So while other candidates were racking their brains to compose poems and essays, Ling Wei intensified his calligraphy practice. This can be considered a strange flower among the candidates.

But I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, this incident was passed on by Zhao Gui. Related to this anecdote, there are also the three poems written by Ling Wei in the Zhuangyuan Building.

Ling Wei’s three poems have been spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, and they have been composed into tunes and sung, spreading outside the capital. With these three poems alone, Ling Wei has been dubbed the name of good poetry.

It is considered rare for ordinary scholars to have a poem handed down to the world. Ling Wei’s three poems have been praised by all scholars, saying that there is a style of handing down to the world. The name of Ling Wei’s poems won’t be made far away.

Ling Wei’s teacher, Zhao Zhao, is also good at poetry, but he feels a little bit wherever he feels. He hates being free from illness the most. Therefore, there is a quirk of reluctance to fight poems or to combine poems. I saw Zhao Zhao for the first time, and many people said that Zhao Zhao was a bogus or inferiority talent. Later, Zhao Zhao’s reputation became higher and higher, and more and more poems and masterpieces circulated, which made those people shut their mouths.

And now, although Doushilianshi is still one of the entertainment for scholars at the banquet, it is also recognized that Doushilianshi is just entertainment, unless it happens to

The situation blends, otherwise the possibility of making a good poem is very slim.

Ling Wei inherited Zhao Zhao, starting with Zhao Zhao’s quirks. He said that he would not fight poems, and no one would say anything.

He is Zhao Zhao’s closed disciple, and the closed disciple has always been the most satisfied with the apprentices. Ling Wei and Zhao Zhao have similar quirks, which is taken for granted in many people’s eyes.

It was just that Ling Wei was approaching the imperial examination, and instead of practicing poetry or writing, some scholars were very uncomfortable to practice calligraphy instead. Many people say that Ling Wei is arrogant. However, some people laughed bitterly. The teacher decided what the student would learn. It was also Zhao Jijiu’s idea to let Ling Wei practice calligraphy. Which is Ling Wei’s arrogance? If it is arrogant, it is also Zhao Jijiu’s arrogance.

Later, the latter argument became mainstream, especially after some students listened to the mumblings of their teachers. It seems that Zhao Jijiu is not only asking Ling Wei to concentrate on calligraphy, but also often goes to old friends or old enemies to wander around, yelling, “I will let my students prepare for the imperial examination and concentrate on calligraphy, what about your students”. Make others angry for a while.

And Zhao Jijiu’s status in the academic world is very high, and his words are regarded by many people as the norm. And his students, hardly fell out of the top three in the second. Zhao Gui’s performance can only be regarded as medium. So Zhao Jijiu is not only learning everyone, but also a very good teacher. Even those who were taught by him but did not accept disciples, the imperial examinations were all one-off. This is also very rare in the imperial examination.

How many candidates have so pale hair that they can’t even pass the exam?

Therefore, Zhao Jijiu’s words were regarded as truth by others. There are fewer people who say that Ling Wei is arrogant, and more people regard Ling Wei as a strong enemy.

Especially Xie Lin’an, who was disgraced by Ling Wei in the champion building. The last time he was ill and missed the meeting, the great and powerful situation that he created was instantly soaked. This time he opened Enke, but he was struggling to take the lead in the spring of next year.

He was quite proud. There were talents in the previous year, but this year Enke, at least in the capital, is hardly talented to match him. Even if there are dark horses outside the capital, it is safe to hold the top three positions. If you win Tanhua, you will be equal to Liu Qi; if you win the second prize or champion, wouldn’t you surpass Liu Qi?

Therefore, if you know that you are not lucky, you can’t say that your luck is really good.

But it didn’t take him long before Ling Wei’s reputation spread, and because of his failure in the champion building, he was obviously only a child, and his reputation was higher than that of him. Even when someone says that Xie Lin is more powerful and talented, eight out of ten | nine will add one sentence, then Ling Wei

, But more powerful than Xie Lin’an, at least in terms of poetry, Xie Lin’an can’t compare with it. Then there is the case of the champion building, and the rumors are getting wider and wider.

However, Zhao Gui and Liu Qi are shameless and shameless. Whenever someone asks Ling Wei, they repeatedly call themselves “not as good as it is.” Liu Qi even said, “If Zhao Jijiu has not accepted Jintang as a disciple, it must be A certain junior”.

Liu Qi dared to say such things, it must be Yu Shilang affirmed.

Yu Yu’s status in the hearts of scholars is similar to that of Zhao Zhao, not even worse than Yu Xueguo. Of course, if compared with teaching and educating people, Yu Yu and Zhao Zhao surpass Yu Xueguo too much, and Yu Xueguo has not been able to teach a useful student. Even Yu Yu affirmed Ling Wei, and that even showed Ling Wei’s extraordinary.

The “extraordinary” Ling Wei was full of helplessness. Why was he racked up and roasted? This in the end is why? Well, in fact, it doesn’t matter much. As long as he can be in high school…cough cough, three yuan and the first, his reputation will not only stabilize, but also be even better. If he just won the first prize, he can be regarded as everyone.

But the key is that he has the three yuan and the first! He was so high that he would even make irresponsible remarks even in the second test!

This situation must be man-made. Which bastard’s idea was this? !

(Li Li’s nose itchy: “Aye! Can I still catch wind and cold in this hot weather?”)