Chapter 271 B-book confrontation, compromise

In the next few days, Gu Bingqian frequently picked out faults in multiple papers and made troubles. Fang Congzhe maintained a restrained counterattack, neither completely tearing up face, but also not giving Gu Bingqian a good reason to go to the court. Gu Bingqian's neither soft nor hard countermeasures made him very uncomfortable.

  But for Gu Bingqian, this is also a victory.

  He believed that his "struggle with reason" after the court was locked up, and the confrontation with Fang Congzhe, these would all be passed on to the emperor's ears.

The current Gu Bingqian is no longer interested in maintaining a good relationship with Fang Congzhe. He knows that it will be difficult for him to win the favor and approval of the mainstream civil servants who occupy a dominant position in the imperial court, so he simply relies on the emperor completely, so maybe there is still some point. Chance.

If it is really because of this time that he completely fell out with Fang Congzhe and the reviewers and editors of the Imperial Academy, it will also have considerable side effects. I am afraid that his reputation among civil servants will really be stigmatized. This is what Gu Bingqian needs. Grasp the scale.

   "Master Gu, can we talk?" As more and more papers were transcribed, Fang Congzhe also knew that he needed to have a positive dialogue with Gu Bingqian as he saw that this round of paper review and paper review was coming to an end.

  Beat wolves with hemp stalks—Fear at both ends, Fang Congzhe can roughly feel his own and Gu Bingqian's thoughts.

To tear up your face and go to the court or even the emperor is something that has never happened in the Zhou Dynasty or even the previous dynasty. It will be a devastating blow to yourself, Gu Bingqian's political reputation and scholarly reputation. I am afraid that these two people I don't want to see it, but if you give in and compromise easily, it will also bring a lot of follow-up troubles and problems.

Fang Congzhe knew very well that his prestige and reputation were all based on the approval of the scholar-official community, especially the noble officials like the Hanlin Academy, who were not of much use in terms of actual power or role in their hands, but Their influence cannot be underestimated.

   This area can be regarded as his basic market, and Fang Congzhe dare not give up and make concessions easily.

   "The old man invited me, how dare I refuse to accept the invitation?" Gu Bingqian also knew that it was time for a showdown.

   In the past few days, there have been as many as a dozen papers that have been deposed but selected by him. They are basically similar to the first paper, but there are also slight differences.

   That is, the polarization of the first paper is too obvious, and the literary rhetoric is indeed too shallow and rough, but the content is extremely rich and targeted.

  The more than ten papers that followed were mostly of poor literary talent, but the content was relatively meaningful.

  In fact, Gu Bingqian also thinks that he should be deposed, but he must show his chariot and horse, and make a good gesture, otherwise it will be difficult to obtain the result he wants in the final negotiation.

   There are only two people left in the room.

   "Master Gu, what do you want?" Fang Congzhe said calmly: "There is only the two of us, so there is no need to go around in circles. Master Gu also knows Fang's temperament, so tell me."

Gu Bingqian didn't expect the other party to pick it up as soon as he came up, but after thinking about it, he couldn't delay any longer at this time, and he was about to classify the papers that passed the exam into five categories according to the usual practice, and then sorted the rankings for each category , this is also a rather cumbersome job, and the ranking is mainly determined by the main examiner and the deputy examiner.

  If it is difficult for the two to reach an agreement, or compromise, then this evaluation cannot continue. This is also an unprecedented story, and I am afraid that both of them will be forced to resign in the end.

"Elder Ge is aware of Gu's temperament and has no other intentions, but the significance of this subject is unusual. I believe that Elder Ge also understands the emperor's intentions. The current imperial court is getting more and more exhausted, and the emperor intends to sweep away such old-fashioned things." Feng, we as ministers naturally have to uphold the holy will, but the people in the Imperial Academy may have somewhat forgotten their responsibilities, and blindly follow the old style, which is not the blessing of the imperial court."

  Gu Bingqian is also not polite, "Gu is aware of the difficulties of the old man, but there are some things that Gu has to do, otherwise Gu, the deputy examiner, will become a puppet, and the corpse will be a vegetarian, and Gu will not do it!"

   "Then Mr. Gu is going to go his own way?" Fang Congzhe didn't expect this guy's attitude to be so tough, and he felt a little worried.

   "No, but Mr. Ge also needs to understand Gu's difficulties. If these rotten scholars are allowed to be like this, then Gu would rather die." Gu Bingqian's tone was firm.

  Fang Congzhe stared at the other party, and only smiled after a long time. This guy really almost frightened him, if he really planned to kill him, why bother chattering like this?

   "Well, I understand Mr. Gu's meaning, so Mr. Gu's intention is that more than ten papers have to be selected?" Fang Congzhe took another step, his eyes became colder and colder.

"Uh." Gu Bingqian hesitated for a moment. This question is a bit difficult to answer. If he agrees, there is no room for maneuver. If he backs down, he is afraid that the other party will see the truth, but this time he will not allow him to think too much. "Elder Ge, you have read these papers, and you know how they are. What do you think?"

Seeing that the other party pushed the question back, Fang Congzhe would naturally not be as slick as the other party, and frowned slightly, "I have read the seventeen papers, and seven or eight of them have no possibility of being selected. It’s nothing more than a weight to put pressure on, and the other eighty-nine parts are 1, in my opinion, it’s only three to five parts,..."

  Gu Bingqian's face changed slightly, "If that's the case, Mr. Ge doesn't need to talk about it anymore, it's better to hand it over to the Holy Order!"

  Fang Congzhe nodded, basically estimated the bottom line of the other party's heart, and said indifferently: "That's it, seven of them can be taken, but they can't be included in the top four, they are all in the fifth!"

  Gu Bingqian was a little hesitant. Seven copies was indeed his bottom line, but it was unacceptable for him to put them all in the fifth file.

Although the determination of the first, second and third grades still needs to be determined by the palace examination, among the more than 300 papers, reading the papers one by one is basically mastered by the examiner, and it is listed as the fifth grade, and it is basically impossible to enter the second grade. , can only be included in the third class with Jinshi.

   But seeing the stern and firm look in Fang Congzhe's eyes, Gu Bingqian also knew that this was probably the best result he could get, otherwise the other party would be the first to make trouble and sue the emperor first, which he was not willing to accept.

  Seeing that Gu Bingqian finally nodded, Fang Congzhe also breathed a sigh of relief.

  Achieving this effect is actually not what he wants, but he is unwilling to entangle with the other party on this matter.

Gu Bingqian will of course not end well if he confronts the court, and he will be lightly demoted, and if he fails, he will be ordered to resign, but his dream of being the chief assistant may come to naught, but Ye Xianggao has been taken advantage of in vain. Fang Congzhe couldn't let go.

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  Feng Ziying and his party are naturally unaware of the series of turmoil that occurred after the Gongyuan was locked, and it is still in the state of being locked. All of these will not be known until the locked courtyard is unlocked.

   These more than ten days have been a torment for countless students. Everyone is eager to see whether they are on the list as soon as possible, but they are afraid of seeing that cruel scene.

   But after all, this day is still coming.

  In the early morning of February 28th, countless students flocked to the streets of Chang'an. The Chinese-style list of the weekly examination will be posted here instead of outside the Gongyuan like the rural examination.

Now, some people began to post the imperial list on the courtyard wall specially used for posting, but at first they posted the list of officials who entered the venue. It is difficult to attract everyone's interest, but it must be posted first. Then it was divided into more than ten pieces of yellow paper and posted one after another.

  Basically, the number of each post is about 30 people, in order of ranking from front to back, name, place of origin, identity, and finally a few essays of the subject.

  The so-called Chengwen is a model essay that can be used for learning, for the reference of the majority of students.

  Thousands of people crowded the streets of Chang'an, and at both ends, people from the Wucheng Bingma Division had already started patrolling to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to make trouble.

More than 50 students from Qingtan Academy were waiting at the Hongbin Inn. Guan Yingzhen and Zhou Yongchun also accompanied a group of students to sit in the lobby of the inn. The ones who went to see the list were one or two students who had never even passed Qiu Wei. Ten students, including Xu Qixun, Fu Zonglong, Song Shixiang, Sun Chuanting and others, all mobilized.

Today's Hongbin Hotel has already refused to entertain guests, including the waiters in the shop, who are waiting by the side full of excitement, waiting for the moment when the fate of these students will be revealed. Everyone wants to know that after this moment, there will be How many decent officials are produced in this group of people, once they are in Chinese style, they will be real officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they all start at the seventh rank!

  Looking at Fang Youdu with pale lips beside him, Feng Ziying couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

  Indeed, among these few students who have a good relationship, practicing state affairs is definitely fine, and Xu Xie should be fine too, that is, to see if he can be ranked in the top 100 or even the top 30.

   Like Fan Jingwen, Chen Qiyu, and Wu Wei are all more likely to be like me, Zheng Chongjian, and Fang Youdu, the chances are smaller, especially Fang Youdu and myself.

Accompanied by a loud bang on the street outside the door, the noisy voices of people swept in like thunder, and occasionally there were some hoarse screams, "Good news, good news! Henan Yongcheng students practiced State affairs, the Chinese-style Yonglong five-year spring examination will be the first place!"

  When this sound came into the inn, and then the continuous sounds of happy news approached, all with the same content, the whole inn suddenly boiled, was it actually practicing state affairs? !

Everyone, including Guan Yingzhen and Zhou Yongchun, believed that the first place, that is, Huiyuan, was either Han Jing, Xu Xie, Ai Nanxing from Baima Academy, or Yang Sichang from Chongzheng Academy. Or it was Huang Zunsu from Chongwen Academy, but he didn't expect it to be practicing state affairs.

  Although practicing state affairs is quite famous, but in terms of talent and fame, it is still inferior to Han Jing, Xu Xie and others, but he did not expect to win the club in one fell swoop!

  (end of this chapter)