A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination

    "Madam, the Wu family has replied!"

    The maid came to report to Wu Junru with suppressed joy, Wu Junru suddenly refreshed: "Really? Where is the letter?"

    The maid handed a letter with both hands, Wu Junru took the letter out of the maid's hand, and quickly browsed after opening it.

    Wu Junru had been looking forward to this letter for a long time, and when she opened it, she let out a faint whimper.

    "Only this one?"

    The maid didn't know what was written in the letter, she only knew that Wu Junru had been looking forward to the reply from the Wu family, so she ran to Wu Junru as soon as she received the news. But now hearing Wu Junru's question, the maid also hesitated: "The slave only saw this letter, and the other messengers didn't say anything. Madam, is there something wrong?"

    The maid looked at Wu Junru cautiously, Wu Junru glanced down at the writing on the letter, waved her hand and said, "It's okay, it's alright, you go down first."

    After the maid left, Wu Junru spread this precious reply on the table and read it carefully.

    "Everything has been arranged, don't act rashly."

    When the list was just released at the end of February, Xiao Jingduo was admitted to the Jinshi examination once. But before she could wait for her father to reply, the Jiangzhou case broke out first. In the Jiangzhou incident, the officials involved in the DPRK and China were very extensive, and the court and the opposition were shocked. Wu Junru is not a niece who doesn't understand government affairs. How could she not understand that the Jiangzhou case has demoted so many people, and these vacated official positions will obviously be filled by newcomers.

      Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Wu Junru couldn't sit still any longer, so she could only write another letter to urge the Wu family.

    I am afraid it will be difficult for Xiao Jingduo to lose the election now. In this case, her father can only find a way to transfer Xiao Jingduo to a powerless department and consume him.

    But it is no better than modern times. In this era of slow communication, even if Wu Junru is anxious, she can only wait patiently. Although the Wu family also has a residence in Chang'an, the family is not in Chang'an, but lives in Qinghe. Wu Junru's parents and brothers also live in Qinghe with the family. Wu Junru can be regarded as an out-married, with only a few domestic servants, married to Chang'an alone, unless it is a festival, it is difficult to see her family. Although there are Wu family members in Chang'an, these are Wu family uncles who are officials in the court. They are not the same as her, so they are not close. It is impossible for Wu Junru to rashly ask her uncle who she has never seen before to help her, and Wu Junru is not at ease to tell outsiders about this kind of thing, so after thinking about it, she can only have someone send a letter to Qinghe, and then ask her father The Wu family who worked in the Ministry of Personnel was entrusted to solve the hidden danger of Xiao Jingduo for her.

    Wu Junru didn't know how long it took to deliver a letter in ancient times, she just felt extremely slow. I haven't heard back from the first letter for a long time. Wu Junru is uneasy about it. Could it be that this is what her father meant by not helping her? With some guesses in her heart, she wrote a letter to test it again. Fortunately, this time, Father Wu finally replied.

    Wu Junru looked at the letter in her hand, even though there was only a short sentence on the letter, but Wu Junru felt very at ease, she carefully folded the letter, put it in the interlayer of the jewelry box, and then felt at ease Waiting for the father's action.

    As the time for the selection test for the Ministry of Personnel draws nearer, Qing Zeyuan is also tense. Qiu Ju and the other maids received Xiao Jingduo's orders, so they didn't dare to walk loudly these days, for fear of disturbing Xiao Jingduo.

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    Xiao Jingduo didn't raise his eyes, just nodded slightly. The little servant took two steps forward by putting the book down, and said in a low voice, "Lang Jun, there was news just now that the letter has been delivered."

    "Well, I see." Xiao Jingduo's face was still flat, and he seemed to say extremely damaging words, "This time they did a good job, let them be careful and don't leave traces. ."

    The servant responded with a sound, and then stepped back.

      The paper was full of ink, and it could be seen that the other party had written very hard, and the font was not good-looking. It was not even the most basic neatness. The handwriting was large and small, and the ink was sticky everywhere.

    It was the two letters sent by Wu Junru.

    It was a very troublesome thing to send letters in ancient times.

    Wu Junru obviously made this mistake.

    Xiao Jingduo unfolded the two pieces of letter paper and felt amused while looking at it. The first letter Wu Junru was still worried about the danger, and her words were only vague and passed by. The Jiangzhou case was urgent, and she almost bluntly begged Wu's father to decide for her, let Xiao Jingduo lose the election, and at the worst, get him to a department without real power.

    Xiao Jingduo and Wu Junru have been dealing with Wu Junru for so many years, and they have been guarding against her for a long time. Although Xiao Jingduo didn't stay in the Hou Mansion very often these years, it did not mean that he lost control of the Hou Mansion. He has made many contacts in Qingyuan Temple and Guozijian, and he is not short of money, so it is not difficult for him to cultivate a few servants and then slowly infiltrate the Hou residence.

      After obtaining Xiao Jingduo's instructions, his subordinates used drugs in the inn to knock down the believer without knowing it, and then replaced Wu Junru's letter with a blank piece of paper, and easily stole the beam and replaced the pillar, quenching Wu Junru's hope.

    The Wu family received a blank piece of paper, naturally inexplicable and would not pay attention to Wu Junru. Unexpectedly, Wu Junru was forced to panic, and she wrote another letter to urge, Xiao Jingduo had to intercept the letter again. But anomalies are demons. Xiao Jingduo did not dare to look down on those people in the family. The first time he sent a blank letter can be said to be a mistake, but the second time he sent a blank paper, it was very intriguing. The believers regularly travel between Qinghe and Chang'an, and they don't know much about Wu Junru's situation, but if the Wu family becomes suspicious and sends someone to Chang'an to ask questions, it will be revealed.

    So Xiao Jingduo could only reply to Wu Junru by counterfeiting Wu's father's handwriting, and put out her idea of ​​continuing to send letters. Unlike Wu Junru, Wu's father came from an aristocratic family and had been practicing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting for many years, and his handwriting was not easy to imitate. This was the reason why Wu's father's reply was so late. If Wu Junru had more knowledge, or had more proficiency in calligraphy, she would have found that although the reply letter in her hand was very similar to that of Wu's father, her personal style was completely different in subtleties.

    Unfortunately, Wu Junru didn't know, so she could only happily guard the reply, waiting for a promise that would not be fulfilled.

    Xiao Jingduo put away the two pages, got up and stood in front of the window.

    It has been eight years, Xiao Jingduo is growing, but Wu Junru's strength is dying. Soon, he will be able to give his stepmother a great gift.

    Soon, the day will come.

    Selection and appointment of officials is a very serious matter. On the day of the selection test, martial law was imposed around the examination room of the Ministry of Personnel, and no idlers were allowed to enter or leave.

    Xiao Jingduo is here, starting a crucial step in his career. If he succeeds, he will break away from the white body and become an official. He will still be unhappy when he ascends to the sky, and it all depends on his own ability;

    There are four criteria for selecting a person to be an official: one is "physical", according to the physical appearance, those who are extremely ugly or disabled are not allowed to be an official; the other is "words", listen to the candidates The third is "books", which depends on how well the characters are written. After all, after being an official, you can't go anywhere without writing official documents. What's more, you will have to write a book for the emperor in the future. What kind of mess is there? The last one is "judgment", which depends on whether the article is smooth or not, and whether the official document can be written well in the future.

    After Xiao Jingduo entered the examination room, he was first taken to a room to write an essay. "Book" and "Sentence" are written tests, Xiao Jingduo has passed the Jinshi subject, how can he be afraid of this.

    Next, is the real problem of selecting officials, "body" and "word".

    "Shen" and "Yan" are oral exams, which are presided over by the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and two servants respectively, called Sanshuan. Xiao Jingduo went to see the servants of the Ministry of Personnel and the Shangshu in turn, and these big men asked questions. He will answer. Xiao Jingduo met the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel in the third session. The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was the highest official position in the Ministry of Personnel. Although the Xuan Dynasty did not set up the official position of prime minister, in fact, the chiefs of the three provinces and six ministries are the real prime ministers.

    Facing such a big man, Xiao Jingduo was inevitably nervous, not to mention that the prime minister was still holding his official career in his hands. The official official book was elegant, but he had a majesty that had been in the top for a long time.

    These three cases involve farming, managing subordinates, and getting along with superiors, which are not difficult for Xiao Jingduo. He pondered for a moment, and then answered cautiously.

    Although these questions are very common, and they have been tested many times in the imperial examination policy theory, it is not an easy thing to answer in front of the slaughter and pay attention to speech and behavior.

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    "How do I know this, Shang Shu and Shi Lang have their own decisions."

    "Ah, yes." A jinshi joined hands and bowed nondescriptly, "Blessed by my ancestors, I must choose this time!"

    After a while, Bai Jiayi also came out. Seeing Xiao Jingduo and others, he came over and greeted: "The selection test is over, and thinking about this is just asking for trouble. If I want to say, the selection test is finally over, we might as well go to another place and get together happily. Get together. Otherwise, when the election results come out, we will be separated from each other, and it will be difficult to meet again. "

    "It makes sense, don't want this, let's go out for a drink!"

    The scholars went out to solicit each other, Bai Jiayi turned his head and asked Xiao Jingduo what he meant.

    Bai Jiayi snorted: "I heard it right? Do you agree?"

    Xiao Jingduo just smiled and did not speak.

    After arriving at the place, after a few glasses of wine, these romantic new scholars will get itchy again. Some people are in the right mood, and regardless of the occasion, they pick up the pen and write on the wall of the restaurant Get up to poetry. Xiao Jingduo was accustomed to this, and said to the other people who were still awake: "A few days ago, I wrote a poem, and I want you to give me some advice. It's just that I came out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring the scroll with me. around."

    "Xiao Lin." He called Xiao Lin to his side and instructed, "Hurry up, go back to Houfu and bring my newly written gift. If you can't find it, where is it? , go and ask Qiu Ju, I told her to take it for mounting a few days ago, and it is estimated to be ready now."

    After a while, Xiao Lin came back. Xiao Jingduo took the scroll with a smile and pulled it away in front of everyone.

    "Hey!" A jinshi at the same table called out, "What fell out?"

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