blue shirt oath

Chapter 288: Once the Spring is Near
The authenticity of the Heavenly Book affected everyone's hearts, but until the envoy sent to Chang'an did not return, everything remained superficially calm.

In the days when everyone was full of thoughts, looking forward to and anxiously waiting for the arrival of the Chinese envoy, the capital ushered in the spring event of selecting talents every two years.

This time in Chunwei, Ding Wei, the political adviser, was the chief examiner, Song Shou was the deputy examiner, and Hanlin Bachelor and many other people were the invigilators.

When Ding Wei saw Gu Shenzhi's name on the exam list, he couldn't help but said, "Who is this person? The name is somewhat familiar, but I can't remember where I heard it."

Wang Yongdao, the son of Wang Dan and now a Hanlin scholar, said, "This son was Jie Yuan in Qiu Wei last year. Master Ding didn't even know this?"

Ding Wei chuckled: "Jie Yuan, Xie Yuan is good, since he is the capital Xie Yuan, then this time in Chunwei, he has a great chance of winning the first place again. Don't underestimate it, don't underestimate it."

As he spoke, he turned to the name of Du Zhaoyan, frowned and said, "This Du Zhaoyan, is it possible that he is a descendant of Du Hao, a direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion?"

Wang Yong was very shameless about him being the chief examiner, so he put on his official authority everywhere, snorted coldly, turned his head away, out of sight and out of mind.

Song Shou smiled and said: "My lord is right, this person is the eldest grandson of Mr. Du."

"It's not a rumor. Did he disappear two years ago? Why did he reappear?"

"The officer is not clear now."

"Oh?" Ding Wei said with a half-smile, "I heard that Song Quanzhi and this son are like brothers, why don't you know?"

"After all, this is a private matter of a friend, and it's not easy for a subordinate official to ask about it."

It means, you can calm down and stop asking more questions!
"Hey, Chunxi is a major national event, so it can't be sloppy. The list of scholars reported by each government and road must be carefully checked, so that people can't be confused. Song Quanzhi, what do you think?"

"Your Excellency's words are very true." Song Shou bowed his hands respectfully, and then said to the crowd behind him, "Then everyone, don't sit still, check the student qualifications quickly, and don't let Master Ding worry about such things himself. "

As he said that, he returned to his own position and made a serious inspection.

Ding, who was ignored, said:! ! !

How dare you, Song Shou, dare to oppose this official. When I sit on the throne of prime minister in the future, you will be the first person to clean up!
Wang Yong hid behind a paper list and laughed.

When my father was there, I always taught myself that as an official, I should be tactful and tactful, and that I should not directly conflict with villains, but should know how to deal with them.

But after all, Wang Yong was young, and he was unworthy of his talent and learning. Naturally, he didn't have a good impression of Ding Wei, his father's old enemy, and even felt it was a great humiliation to deal with him.

However, in the current situation, all the power in the court is in the hands of Ding Wei. When Wang Yong thinks that the affairs of the court and state will be handed over to such a jealous villain, he feels sorry for his father who died of hatred.

Therefore, he has a spontaneous affection for anyone who dares to be blatant and tough.

It is really a great fortune to have such a person in Song Dynasty!
After verifying the list of participants, all Hanlin came out of Hanlin Pavilion, Wang Yong walked behind Song Shou, and said without any disguise: "Master Song, I want to apologize to you."

Song Shou was very puzzled: "What do you mean by that?"

"In the past, I only knew that you were a nerd who could only edit history books in the secret pavilion. Today, your attitude towards Ding Wei is really admirable to me, so I want to apologize to you."

Song Shou: "Ah, it's not necessary, it's not necessary, Ding Canzheng is free to find trouble, I just don't want to talk to him too much."

Wang Yong sighed: "at this time, among the officials in the court, there are very few people who don't want to talk to Ding Wei, and there are very few people like Mr. Song who slap Ding Wei face to face. This is too much. How many people are there in such a turbid court, such as the clean stream of your lord?"

"Hey, why should Wang Hanlin be so depressed? In my opinion, there are many talented people in the court who don't join forces with Ding Wei and others. Talented people come out from generation to generation. The future of my Great Song Dynasty is still on these young talents. .”

"What is Master Song referring to?"

Song Shou smiled and counted with his fingers: "Master Wang Zeng, as well as young people such as Yan Shu and Zhu Shuo, are all the backbone of the Great Song Dynasty."

Wang Yong shook his head: "Although Mr. Wang is upright and has the style of Kou Lao, he is still young in qualifications. As for the other two Mr. Song said, Yan Shu is just a noble son from a rich and gentle village, so Zhu said that he just traveled thousands of miles to Beijing. Poor students who come here, rely on these people, I'm afraid it won't work."

He said: "In my opinion, the one who can suppress Ding Wei today is old Kou. If the old man can't return from Chang'an to the capital to resume his position as prime minister, I'm afraid Ding Wei's stream will become even more rampant."

Song Shou didn't want to argue with him, so he said with a smile: "What Wang Hanlin said is reasonable."

Wang Yong was rather proud: "So my younger brother has secretly sent someone to Chang'an, no matter what, I must let Mr. Kou come back to Beijing."

Song Shou rang the alarm and asked in surprise, "What does Wang Hanlin mean by this? How are you going to get Mr. Kou to come back to Beijing?"

"Master Song, why should you be surprised? No one in the Manchu Dynasty knows the civil and military affairs. Now the official ordered Mr. Kou to investigate the heavenly scriptures, just to test Mr. Kou. If Mr. Kou complies with the official's wishes this time, he must be the prime minister. of."

"You!" Song Shou was in a hurry, "Hey brother Wang, your name is Kou Lao, who has never believed in the heavenly scriptures all his life, but people went to persuade him to cater to the heavenly scriptures. Isn't this making him unbelievable!"

Saying his goodbyes in a hurry, he hurried to Liren Lane and told what Wang Yong said just now to Du Qingshan and Gu Yi who were preparing for the exam in the study.

Gu Yi heard this, shook his head and said: "Old Kou has been upright all his life, and won the love of the people for his firm disbelief in the heavenly scriptures. Now, if he is bewitched by a villain and turns to go along with the heavenly scriptures, wouldn't it be a slap in the face for himself!"

"That's right." Song Shou sighed, "I know Kou's old temper, and I'm afraid even if I'm afraid. He can't help being bewitched by villains. Once he admits that the heavenly scriptures are true, Kou Lao's life is wise, and I'm afraid it will be ruined. At that time, he will do it again. What's the use of power if you lose your heart?"

"Brother Song, I'm leaving for Chang'an right now to prevent my teacher from returning to Beijing." Du Qingshan was about to stand up when he said that, but was held down by Song Shou, "Chun Wei is just around the corner, can you make it in time?"

Du Qingshan pondered for a while, and promised: "Chunwei is still half a month away, I will come back after I persuaded my mentor, and I will make it in time."

"That's good." Song Shou patted Du Qingshan's shoulder solemnly, "Hurry up and come back."

Having decided to go to Chang'an, Du Qingshan did not delay, and simply confessed that Du Qi A Cui would listen to Xiaochen's sister Yunyun at home, bid farewell to Xiaochen, and rode into Chang'an.

On the capital's side, everyone still had their own minds and sent spies to find out the exact news.

Sure enough, on the third day after Du Qingshan left the capital, the envoy sent by the emperor to Chang'an returned with explosive news:

Kou Zhun, the Jiedu envoy of the Yongxing Army, found out that the Tianshu of Qianyou Mountain was true, and Zhu Neng, the inspector of the Yongxing Army, did not lie about it.

(End of this chapter)