Idle courtiers

Chapter 199 Disgusting Character Design

Zhou Nan was dumbfounded.

Zhou Nan was furious.

It never occurred to him that his nickname as a moldy star would spread to the capital.

Think about it, that's right.In the case of the Son of Heaven's pro-military affairs, all the officials in Huai'an prefect's Yamen were wiped out, which was considered a moderate political event in the Ming Dynasty.Moreover, Zhou Nan used the miscellaneous flow to walk people, which was considered to have broken the unspoken rules of the employment system of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, his strange life experience can be regarded as full of traditional colors, and it is difficult not to be famous.

Everywhere Zhou Nan went was accompanied by political incidents, large and small.All the bosses and colleagues who have worked with him have been shot down one after another, unlucky.

First came Shi Jieren, followed by Guixian Cheng, Zhan Tong, Master Zhan, and Xia Yi.Later, he was the magistrate and Tongzhi of Huai'an.Even the magistrate of Shanyang County is now disheartened to return to Henan to retire.

Only a few days after Zhou Xingren arrived in the capital, Shen Yang and Zhang Dazhong were arrested and sent to prison again.No one knows whether they can get out of prison alive, but in any case, their future is completely over.

This really confirms his nickname of the dead door star.

The ancients paid the most attention to fame and festivals. The so-called tree has a skin, and a person has a face.If a person's reputation is bad, he will be excluded by the whole society.

Zhou Nan saw that Liu and Ji were as fearful of themselves as tigers, and while annoyed, he secretly rejoiced.Fortunately, I have only been here in the capital for a few days. As soon as I arrived, the house was searched and I was depressed, and I was not in the mood to go out to have fun.The reputation of Hungry Tiger in Color has not been spread, otherwise, he would really be ashamed to face others.

No, even in Huai'an before, I didn't do anything to bully men and women!
In any case, if there is something, it will be changed, if not, it will be encouraged.

Qingzhang Jingji's errand of impersonating the imperial property has finally come to an end, so he can calm down and study for the exam.

Zhou Nan remembered the situation when he discussed with Liu, Ji, and Shen Yang just now how to write stereotyped essays and how to solve the problem, and suddenly felt that Shiwen was not only not so boring, but very interesting.

The reason why later generations say that stereotyped essays bind people's minds and hate it is because some people just regard the "Four Books" and "Five Classics" as tools for being an official, and naturally lose the joy of learning knowledge and thinking.

There is no right or wrong knowledge, knowledge is always good.

The capital is a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and there are many masters of stereotyped essays and scriptures. It is not easy to find someone to learn from.With modern people's scientific inductive learning methods, and looking for guidance from a famous teacher, you can still win the Beizhili Township Examination next year.

Zhou Nan is 28 years old this year. Anyone from the age of seven to 30 is in a straight upward trend both physically and mentally.After the age of 30, it will slowly decline.Once it exceeds 35, it falls off a cliff.

Reading imperial examinations, like other things, depend on age and talent.There is a saying in the Weiqi world that "If you can't become a national player at the age of 12, you will have no hope for life." Similarly, in the imperial examination field, you can't get the honor before the age of 35, and the success rate will gradually decrease after the exam.

Take Xie Jin and Yang Shen, two of the three great talents in the Ming Dynasty, as examples. They both won Jinshi at the age of weak crowns.

Zhou Nan is 28 years old this year, and there are still seven years before he turns 35.Seven years is enough.

He is at the peak of his intelligence at the moment, and he is in an excellent state of study.It has only been more than a month since he set off from Huai'an, and he has memorized "The Analects", "University" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" thoroughly. Recently, he is reciting "Mencius" and feels like he is back in the college entrance examination.

This is still the case when he is busy with his affairs, if he can put down everything and lock himself in the study, the effect will be better.

Time waits for no one, we must enter the learning state as soon as possible!

Zhou Nan was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he walked to the case, and based on his memory, he wrote down Shenyang's broken and accepted questions on paper, and made a cheat sheet in his sleeve, so that he could take it out to review at any time.After thinking about going home, I might as well complete the latter part, and then find someone to discuss and correct.

So, who to look for?

After thinking about it, I really don't know anyone in the capital.Zhu Congchen is a nerd, a playboy, and it’s okay to ask him to drink flower wine and make pornographic poems, but let’s forget it when he writes stereotyped essays.As for Wang Ruoxu, the old Wang told him very clearly that day that since he was selected as a Jinshi, stereotyped essays have long been forgotten, and now he can't do it well.What's the meaning of Shiwen, let's sing and drink poems!
Zhou Nan couldn't help but smiled wryly: All I know are Wenqing and wine-loving, greedy people. Is it true that birds of a feather flock together?

After coming out of the imperial city, he randomly found a fly restaurant and ate a bowl of sliced ​​soup, and then he went back to the pedestrian department.

Emperor Jiajing had decreed to abolish the Qingzhang land beforehand, and the Qingzhang working group led by Zhou Nan was also disbanded. Naturally, Qin Liang and Qin Sizheng were asked to relieve the errands.He still wants to fight for the matter of locking the hall.

As soon as he walked outside Qin Sizheng's courtroom, he heard someone talking inside.Looking up, it was Qin Liang and five or six pedestrians who were discussing matters.

"Sizheng, have you heard about what happened this morning?" A passerby asked.

Another person said with a smile: "More than 30 clans knelt in the snow and wrote a letter. The kingdom has been in power for a hundred years. It has never been heard that the ministers gather together to express their feelings. I never thought that the clansmen would come here. It's really unprecedented. How can I not know."

"Yeah, today's event is really lively, and it's interesting. It's the Tian family's business to hide the imperial property, and the Tian family's affairs are handled by the Tian family. The so-called upright officials can't break up family affairs. Whenever a local official meets the people Most of the housework disputes are about persuasion, not to mention the emperor's housework, what are Shen Yang and Zhang Dazhong doing to join in the fun, is it really a disaster?"

Another person sneered: "Hao Xingren, don't feel sorry for Shen and Zhang. In my opinion, they deserved to be blamed."

"How to say?"

The people in the hall are all Jinshi, the elites of the intellectual circles, whether it is knowledge or political ability, they are the top choices in the Ming Dynasty.Apart from resentment at being excluded by them, there is much to be gained from listening to them.Zhou Nan heard that it was interesting, so he walked in lightly, found a corner and sat down to be a quiet and handsome man.

The man's sneer sounded even louder: "Today, we love money and silk, and if we have something good, we must follow suit. As far as I know, the matter of Qingzhang's imperial property is a book made by Shen and Zhang, and it is for the good of long live." Invite pets. They have been depressed and hopeless, and want to use this to be simple in the emperor's heart. As a subject, try to figure out the emperor's heart, and their heart can be punished."

"Yes, it is indeed. The desire for profit should be rewarded." Everyone nodded in agreement.

Zhou Nan felt strange when he heard it. Ordinarily, Shenyang is the censor, and the pedestrian department and him are both Qing rumor officials.This time, Shen and Zhang fell from the horse with an arrow, and everyone should be united in the same hatred, so there is a posture of gloating.

Thinking about it again, that's right.You Shenyang and Zhang Dazhong want to invite pets and get rich and honor. With your own abilities, others have nothing to say.But you just want to touch the clan, and you ask the ministries and courtyards to cooperate with each other, causing trouble for everyone.In the end, you take the credit alone, get promoted and get rich.But let everyone be enmity with relatives of the clan and dignitaries in the capital, why?

What happened to Li Wei last time was a bloody lesson. If I hadn't been smart enough to go to Li's manor with other pedestrians, I guess I couldn't escape the violent hammer.

After sighing for a long time, a pedestrian suddenly said: "Shen and Zhang's accident this time is certainly due to their eagerness for quick success and quick profit to show their ambitions, but it has a lot to do with Zhou Xingren from our company."

Hearing his name mentioned, Zhou Nan was surprised: Could it be that I was the one behind the kowtow turmoil that was discovered?

That's not good!

Politics is different from acting, and the higher the exposure, the better.If you occupy the headlines of the search list at any time, it means that you are about to have an accident.

Zhou Nan knew the character of Emperor Jiajing, and what he hated most was when the minister forced the palace to make trouble.

A pedestrian asked strangely: "What does this matter have to do with Zhou Xingren?"

The man replied: "Haven't you heard that Zhou Xingren has the nickname of Sangmenxing? Anyone who has worked with him has never ended. It used to be the case with the magistrates of Andong and Huai'an, and now it is the turn of Shen and Zhang Er." People." At this point, he shook his head and admired: "It's kind of like saying something out of order!"

"Haha, yes, that's true." All the pedestrians laughed softly.

This is which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted. Zhou Nan was so angry that he gritted his teeth and creaked.

Above, Qin Liang frowned: "It's extremely absurd. You are all people who read the books of sages and sages. You have a noble spirit in your chest. How can you believe such supernatural words. Zhou Xingren, colleagues are joking, don't take it seriously."

At this time, everyone realized that Zhou Nan, who was sitting in the corner, had a strange look on his face.

Zhou Nan stood up: "I have met Si Zheng and all my colleagues. Zhou Nan heard that something happened to Shen and Zhang, so he came back to explain his errands."

Before Qin Liang could speak, the pedestrians stood up one after another to salute, saying that they still had official business at hand, and left with haste and disorder.

Zhou Nan's face was ashen, and he couldn't help it anymore, said: "Sizheng, since everyone thinks I'm frustrated, and I'm afraid of disturbing them, my subordinates will lock the hall and go back to the hometown to study, and please allow my request."

"Why should Zhou Xingren say such angry words, since you want to lock the hall, the old man agrees."

Zhou Nan was overjoyed when he heard the words, and thought to himself: Maybe this old man is also afraid of getting involved with me. It seems that it is not a bad thing to have a notorious person who is afraid of others.

Qin Liang continued: "However, there are still some matters that need to be settled in the matter of clearing the estate of Zhang Zhang Li Wei's family, and you have to wait for a while before you can lock the hall."

"What else?" Zhou Nan was amazed, didn't the farmland not be cleared up, what else is there to settle?
Qin Liang: "You go down first, there will be an explanation soon."

Zhou Nan came out from him and went to the meeting room.After thinking about it for a long time, I still haven't figured out what to do.In fact, the most troublesome thing about Li Wei was the case of Zhao Jing's sudden death.The family of the Zhao family got the compensation from the palace, and they knew that Li Wei was not easy to mess with, and they were not making trouble. This matter has been satisfactorily resolved!

To be honest, he was really afraid of Li Wei, an upstart.This guy is not a member of the officialdom, and he does things unscrupulously without losing face. Every time he meets him, it is a very dangerous experience.

Can't be bothered, can't be bothered.

Zhou Nan didn't bother to think about it, anyway, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain.The Pedestrian Division is fine, it's not bad to sit and read a few pages.

For the whole afternoon, no one was willing to come to Zhou Nan.When everyone saw him, they all looked terrified. Even his book office and yamen servants kept three meters away from Mr. Zhou at all times.

Zhou Nan couldn't help moaning: "Why is my lord such a persona?"

After leaving the office, Zhou Nan went home by himself.As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Zhu Congzhu rushing towards him with a face reeking of alcohol.

Zhou Nan: "Brother Zhu, don't mess around!"

"I want to go home."

(End of this chapter)