my days with tyrants

Chapter 224 Aren't You Bullying Honest People?

The west wall of the Gongyuan.

A row of yellow paper with names and birthplaces written on the bottom of the promenade is neatly arranged...

"I won, I won the 32nd place!"

"Father, the child is incompetent!"

……

Various howls sounded in the crowded crowd.

At this moment, there is a sea of ​​people here, not only people, but also livestock. After all, there may be too many people to squeeze through, but riding a horse or a donkey can still have a height advantage.The candidates who studied hard in the cold window, after going through the torturous examination, waited for this fateful moment. The ranking on the yellow paper in front of them represented whether they could leap into the dragon gate and become a master.

Exams were ecstatic.

The ghosts who failed to win were crying and howling.

And Wang Jin...

"Found yours?"

He grabbed Jiao Sheng and asked eagerly.

"No, I saw from beginning to end, there is no you and me at all, let alone you and me, none of our Shanxi candidates won."

Jiao Sheng said sadly.

At this time, a person next to him turned his head as if he suddenly woke up...

"Two, no one in Shanxi is on the list? Isn't it rumored that Ambassador Yang asked Shanxi for Jinshi?"

He said.

"I am Wang Jin!"

Wang Jin said angrily.

He was really going to be furious at this time. You must know that although he didn't dare to recognize Yang Feng at the time, he remembered Yang Feng's guarantee. Not nothing, but not big either.However, Yang Feng's guarantee made him believe that he would pass the exam. After all, Ambassador Yang's face is there. It's hard for others to tell. He must take care of a Jinshi, but now he hasn't even passed the exam!He can take the exam, but he doesn't even have the qualifications for the imperial examination, let alone a Jinshi. If the emperor wants to grant a Jinshi, at least he must be able to take the exam, so that the emperor can see his name.

The result hit him hard.

After all, my expectations were too high before, but now I fell too hard all of a sudden.

The man froze for a moment.

"In Dong'an, Xiabeiping Mansion, I raised my son to salute, and none of my Peking Mansions made the list."

He said.

Wang Jin was also taken aback...

"Is there any Shandong Juzi, is there any high school students in Shandong!"

he shouted loudly.

"Han Kerang, the son of Xiashan Shandong, no one from Shandong is on the list!"

Not far away, someone who was about to cry shouted.

"Henan, are there any from Shaanxi!"

Wang Jin shouted.

"No one in Henan is on the list."

"Shaanxi has no one on the list!"

……

Followed by a dozen angry shouts.

The failed candidates from the north were also looking at each other at this time. There are currently five provinces in the north, and none of the five provinces passed the exam. It is almost obvious what this means.

"Liu Sanwu, an old thief, he is a northerner who has not been taken. He favors the southerners and deliberately discards me from the northerners. In the future, the officials will let them be southerners. This old thief is simply vicious."

Wang Jin almost growled.

"I didn't have the ability to pass the exam, so I blamed the examiner for coming. Sure enough, Hu Huashen, a northerner, learned the way of a sage for a few days, but he couldn't change his temperament. He didn't even want face in order to be an official."

The previous one who had obviously hit the mark turned around and said contemptuously.

"Shi's ancestral home was in Dantu, Zhenjiang. His father's journey to the north was hindered by the war, so he had to settle in Dong'an. Now the clan is all in Dantu. Who is your Excellency? Who is your teacher? What school do you study in? My Dantu, Shi Shi, has been a poet since Song Dynasty. Heirloom, influenced by Confucianism for hundreds of years, I wonder if it can compare to Your Excellency's family background?"

Shi Li said angrily.

The man was speechless for a while, and he probably didn't expect that there was a pseudo-beiren here.

"So what about the Dantu people, don't they smell the oranges in the south and the oranges in the north?"

Another Nanjuzi said contemptuously.

"How dare you insult me!"

Shi Li pushed him angrily.

This is indeed a bit harsh, it is directly a personal attack.

The latter was unable to defend himself, fell backwards, and then instinctively grabbed something. He happened to be next to him, Han Kerang, a native of Shandong, who grabbed his clothes and tore them apart. Han Kerang was so angry that he kicked him. Recently, a southerner should be friends with this person, so he quickly pushed Han Kerang, and then Jiao Sheng went to help Han Kerang...

The scene was instantly chaotic.

"Hit, hit these southerners!"

"The northerners are committing murder!"

……

The candidates quickly divided into north and south, and then pushed each other.

The officials who maintained order at the side quickly led the soldiers forward and quickly separated the future pillars of the court.

"Students from the north, we can't let the southerners be so bullied, beat the Dengwen drum, beat the Dengwen drum to report Liu Sanwu to His Majesty!"

Wang Jin stood on a donkey cart and shouted.

"Yes, beat the Dengwen drum!"

"Beat Dengwen Drum!"

……

Around him, the northerners roared angrily.

This is obviously haunted.

They admit that Confucianism in the north is indeed worse than that in the south. After all, when the Confucian families in the Southern Song Dynasty were studying knowledge, they were still bowing at the feet of Jurchen!Moreover, when the Song Dynasty went south, most of the Confucian families left, and not many stayed in the north. It is normal for there to be a gap between the north and the south.But the problem is that Shi Li is not a northerner at all, he is from a family in Zhenjiang, and his grandfather is still Hu Yuan's Wanhu, but his father went to Beiping as a son of a family to meet Emperor Yuan Shun, and when he was about to continue to be an official, the Red Scarf Army rebelled up.The communication between the north and the south was cut off, so his father had no choice but to live in the north. He is only the second generation. He did not study in the north, but studied in Dantu and their Shi family. Their Dantu Shi family was a Confucian family in the Song Dynasty up.

He is considered a hairy northerner.

At most, it is just a little bit of the northern style of writing. After all, the exams for talents and candidates have to be tested in the north, so it is inevitable that they will be affected.

In addition, it's not just him, there are also a large number of guards in the northern juzi, and there are many original southern families who were forced to migrate. It is true that they are inevitably contaminated with some northern customs, but their family education is brought from the south.

It's only been more than 20 years. Could it be that the gap is so big that there is a gap?

Even if there is a northerner who passes the exam, everyone reluctantly recognizes it, but now there is no one, not to mention that there are [-]% northerners in the past, and [-]% of the Jinshi used to be northerners.
Not only insulting our dignity, but also insulting our IQ!
Anyway, it's over.

Why not go all out and make a fuss?
As Wang Jin raised his arms and called out, those northerners who were already full of anger immediately followed him to Dengwen Drum Courtyard, while Shi Li, Han Kerang, Jiao Sheng and others also tidied up their bodies and caught up with Wang Jin. In front of them, the mighty northern team moved forward amidst the crowds of the people in the capital...

"Emperor grandson, I guessed it right!"

Yang Feng looked at this scene, smiled and said to the emperor's grandson beside him.

Of course, this good show should be enjoyed with Zhu Yunxi.

In fact, Confucian scholars have already begun to abandon Zhu Yunqi. After all, his hope is slim. Confucian scholars are all sensible. Except for a few who are still reluctant to part with Zhu Yunqi, most of them, including Liu Sanwu, have accepted the reality.After all, without King Jin Zhou, Zhu Yunqi really has no cards in his hand, and Zhu Yuanzhang obviously does not plan to change the crown prince. In this case, of course, Zhu Yunqi must be quickly abandoned.

Can't be buried with him!
So now Yang Feng wants to show him what it means to form a party for personal gain.

"Liu Sanwu is more than 80, why is he still so ignorant, even if he takes three or five, he can still stop Beibei Juzi's mouth, and if he doesn't take one, isn't this forcing them to make trouble?"

The emperor's grandson frowned and said.

This result also surprised him. You must know that Liu Sanwu is not a fool. In fact, this old guy is very cunning, so this kind of behavior is completely out of his mind. Insulting people's IQ.

He could not have foreseen this outcome.

In previous years, there were at least twenty or thirty.

But now there is no one?
is it possible?
Isn't this a clear bully?

What's more, this is not bullying a few candidates. Behind these actions are five provinces, with a population of more than 1000 million, countless gentry, and the northern civil servant group in the imperial court. There is also a Zuodu censor!

"He's over 80."

Yang Fengyu said earnestly.

"I have a long way to go at the end of the day, so I am going against the law? These old things rely on the old to sell the old, and rely on my own three-pointed body to become a frontrunner. After I succeed to the throne, I must abolish that old law."

The emperor's grandson sneered.

Indeed, Liu Sanwu is not worried, because he is over 80, as long as it is not a felony at the political level, such as treason and rebellion, the other is actually not a big deal. If you pay a ransom for hurting someone, you will be exonerated, and you will not be asked about other crimes.

What's more, you can't even say what crime he committed...

What crime did he commit?
Can only admit southerners but not northerners?

The paper was sealed with a famous name, so how do I know if it was written by a southerner or a northerner?

I just checked the papers dutifully, and admitted whoever wrote it well. As for who wrote it, I didn’t know who wrote it. It didn’t matter to me whether it was a southerner or a northerner.As for the issue of northern and southern writing styles, that can’t be used as evidence. Even if there is a difference, I don’t understand. Why should I understand that the northern and southern writing styles are different? Can anyone prove that I understand this and specially choose southerners based on this?There must be evidence, so I really can't find his fault. If there is no northerner, it can only be said that they are not knowledgeable enough. Is it possible that I will admit the poorly written ones after grading the papers?It can be said that there is no way to catch him, so Zhu Yuanzhang could not catch him in the original history. Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor has never been bound by the rules.

Anyway, he has a big mouth.

It's really not good-looking to be all blue jade wings, so let's add some Hu parties!
Poor Hu Weiyong has been dead for almost 20 years and has to be used by Zhu Yuanzhang as a tool man.

In short, if you want a crime, I will give you a crime. In fact, Lao Zhu was already very restrained at the time, and he first persuaded him with good words. Don’t worry about what they wrote, just take a few to appease their emotions.Then Liu Sanwu and the others stuck their necks and said that their writing was unsightly, and they couldn’t be selected again. Lao Zhu suppressed his anger very aggrieved and said, no, you can find a few copies and I will look for it myself.Then Liu Sanwu asked his subordinates to specially select for him those writings that were completely rubbish, and they were indeed unsightly for him...

This time Lao Zhu finally lost control.

In other words, with his temper, it is really rare to be able to swallow his anger and give him two chances.

This is no longer a matter of party struggle, but because of his age, he thought he was dying, so he didn't take him seriously at all. It can even be said that this is a blatant temptation. Once Lao Zhu backs down, they will continue to push forward , and then Lao Zhu had no choice but to let them know that if I don't die for a day, you will all be meat on my chopping board after all.

"He has also been criticized these years. In order for the clan to stay in this circle after his death, and to be taken care of by the Jiangnan gentry in the future, he must do something for them. No matter what the result is this time, the Jiangnan gentry will remember his contribution. .

It's not easy for him either!

He's almost eighty, and he still has to take the initiative to lead others into battle. "

Yang Feng said.

Liu Sanwu just knew that he was going to die, so he worked hard for the future of the clan, so that the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River would remember his goodness, so that his descendants could continue to be accepted by the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River as meritorious ministers.

It's similar to those who cheated the imperial staff later.

The imperial examinations of the Hongwu Dynasty were actually Jiangxi, Zhili, especially the Jiangnan part of Zhili, plus the circles of Zhejiang and Fujian, especially Jiangxi. It can be said that the core of the imperial examination officials of the Hongwu Dynasty were Jiangxi people.This situation was not only in the Hongwu Dynasty, but also in the early Ming Dynasty. It was not until the middle and late period that Zhejiang gradually caught up, but even in the end, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi basically kept pace.Liu Sanwu, as a fringe Huguang gentry group, had to attach himself to this group and charge them into battle in exchange for being accepted and protecting his descendants. Therefore, in many matters in the Ming Dynasty, Huguang people often defended the interests of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang groups.

For example, Liu Daxia.

It seems that there is no benefit for him to burn the charts. After all, he is a Huguang native, and it is impossible for him to raise smuggling ships to go out to sea for trade.

but……

There are trade chains behind those coastal gentry who raise smuggling boats to trade at sea.

How many Huguang gentry are in this trade chain?
It is inevitable that upstream supplies will converge downstream. The downstream industry and commerce are prosperous and densely populated, forming a huge market. The upstream gentry must integrate into this market to make a profit. Of course, if you want to integrate into this market, you must integrate into the downstream gentry group, otherwise they will not take you to play at all.Not only Huguang, but later Shandong and Henan were like this. In the late Ming Dynasty, Shandong became a major cotton-producing area. Cotton was transported to the south through canals to be used as raw materials for the textile industry, so that there was almost no textile industry in Shandong.

Therefore, a large number of Donglin parties appeared in Shandong in the late Ming Dynasty.

They have to rely on the Jiangnan gentry for their interests.

If you want the latter to take them to play, you have to charge for them, let them know you, open the door to this market to welcome you, otherwise why should they let you in?

Why do you call us brothers?
"This is the party struggle you mentioned. A group of ministers colluded to try to control the court, took advantage of all the benefits, emptied the emperor, eliminated dissidents, and wanted to control the imperial examinations, so that their own people kept pouring into the court. In the end, the whole The court is theirs now."

Zhu Yunxi said.

"So, after the Ming Dynasty, those emperors could only rely on eunuchs."

Yang Feng said.

(End of this chapter)