Chapter 47: The Young Master of the Aristocratic Family & the Tyrannical King (11)
When Prince Wei saw that Shen Rou had not returned, he went downstairs to look for her.
With joy on his face, he said in a gentle voice: "Princess, let's go back to the palace. We will go into the palace to visit my mother-in-law later and tell her the good news." Seeing that Shen Rou was about to leave,
a The Jiangnan scholar hurriedly came to Zheng Shifeng and handed him a book.
Zheng Shifeng opened the book, pointed to one of the pages and asked Shen Rou: "Princess Wei, can you explain to us why the poem you wrote on the spot actually appeared in this ancient book. This collection of poems It has been widely popular in our Jiangnan area a month ago, but it has not spread to the capital yet. And the poem you just wrote, Princess Wei, is exactly the same as Mr. Feikou's poem called Yongzhu. "
The onlookers had long noticed the conversation between Zheng Shifeng and Princess Wei, and naturally what Zheng Shifeng said fell into their ears.
A scholar from the south of the Yangtze River circulated this ancient book by Mr. Feikou to other scholars, and everyone was in an uproar after reading it.
A Jiangnan scholar explained to others in the crowd: "Nearly all of us Jiangnan scholars have a copy of this ancient book. What's more, all the poems in it can be recited by heart. And the author of this ancient book, Mr. Feikou, was a member of the former dynasty. He was a great Confucian who lived in seclusion in the mountains. The reason why this ancient book was discovered was because a few scholars accidentally got lost in the mountains when they were traveling in the mountains. Only then did they discover this hard work of Mr. Feikou in the place where he lived in seclusion. ."
Shen Rou never expected that someone would lay such a trap for her in Jiangnan. She was not moving forward or retreating now, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer Zheng Shifeng's question.
Shen Rou was confused and confused: "I don't know what you are talking about. Maybe this is just a coincidence."
Shen Rou also knew that her reason was far-fetched, but she could only explain it this way now.
Prince Wei was stunned when he saw this scene. His face turned dark and he looked at Shen Rou suspiciously.
The three judges had not left yet. Seeing the little episode here, they came over curiously.
After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, the dean of Baima Academy took the ancient book from a scholar: "So the ancient book that my old friend from Jiangnan mentioned in the letter is this collection of poems?" The dean opened it
. At first glance, one of the bamboo poems inside was indeed exactly the same as the poem Shen Rou handed in just now.
He closed the book and asked Shen Rou with a serious but respectful expression: "Princess Wei, what is your explanation for this matter?"
Shen Rou insisted that it was a coincidence, but looking at everyone's expressions, she knew it. Most of them don't believe this statement.
There is no coincidence in the world that can reach such an extent that every word is exactly the same.
The three judges did not pursue the question any further. They just went to the side to discuss with the owner of Defin Restaurant for a while. When they came back, they announced that the result of the game was changed to a draw. This so-called draw is probably due to Princess Shen Rouwei's identity.
For literati, plagiarism is a big taboo. If any scholar is found guilty of plagiarism, he will be firmly nailed to the pillar of shame, with no hope of ever getting over.
What happened at the Poetry Competition spread quickly.
Some people even suspected that Shen Rou's previous poems were also suspected of plagiarism. After all, before she became famous all over the world, Shen Rou was not an outstanding person among the many ladies in the capital.
After Prince Wei returned to the mansion, he angrily turned away his servants and asked sternly: "What on earth is going on?"
Prince Wei had not yet suffered such humiliation. Just now, he heard those people stealing in the Defin Restaurant. Whispering, furious but helpless.
He was completely humiliated by Shen Rou today!
Shen Rou was also devastated. She wanted to know more than Prince Wei what was going on and why the so-called Mr. Feikou and that ancient book suddenly appeared in the Jiangnan area.
What's even more irritating is that she just said on stage that the bamboo poem was written by herself in class, and the next moment someone pointed out that the poem had been widely circulated in Jiangnan a month ago.
This made it impossible for her to falsely accuse the other party of plagiarism.
When Prince Wei saw that Shen Rou was silent and could not come up with a reasonable explanation, he felt confident.
He was so angry that he smashed the tea cup in his hand to the ground, "What a good person you are, Shen Rou!"
Shen Rou was so frightened that she took a step back.
Prince Wei stood up in anger and ordered with a dark face: "You have been grounded in the palace for this period of time. I will go to the palace to find my mother and concubine now and ask if there is any way to save this situation." Prince Wei left
. Finally, Shen Rou collapsed and collapsed on the ground. Her reputation was completely ruined!
Not five? Non-verbal? Who is this person!
Wait, Shen Rou suddenly thought of a possibility.
She combined the five and the upper and lower parts of the mouth, which is the word "wu". The so-called Fei Wu and Fei Kou are actually the same person, that is "Fei Wu".
The author is not me, which means the author is not me.
Shen Rou was so frightened that she broke out in cold sweat. When she was showing her talents and becoming famous all over the world, a person also traveled to Daqi and discovered the fact that she was also a time traveler, and that person was now operating in the dark to target her. .
Shen Rou scratched her head in collapse, who was this person and what did he want to do!
Ning Chen and Qin Yu saw what happened at the Poetry Competition in Difan Restaurant just now.
Qin Yu held his chin and looked at Ning Chen curiously: "Achen, who are these two gentlemen Fei Wu and Fei Kou?"
Qin Yu knew that Ning Chen had sent someone to Jiangnan before, but he didn't ask any more questions. , only now did we know that he had planned this situation for Shen Rou in Jiangnan in advance.
Even though Qin Yu knows that Ning Chen also has feelings for him now, every time he thinks of how he was so obsessed with Shen Rou before, he still can't help but feel sour in his heart. But now that he saw that Ning Chen could set up a trap for himself against Shen Rou even if he regained his memory, the uneasiness in his heart instantly disappeared.
Ning Chen raised the tea cup and took a sip, then said: "The two gentlemen, Fei Wu and Fei Kou, have passed away long ago. It was by chance that Shen Rou knew about those poems. She thought that no one would find out, so she took them for herself with peace of mind. ”
Bringing Shen Rou, the so-called "the most talented woman in Daqi" back to her original form is just part of Ning Chen's revenge on Qin Yu. Ning Chen will help him get back all the suffering and grievances Qin Yu suffered in the past. !
Seeing that Ning Chen didn't want to talk more about the matter, Qin Yu stopped asking further. He knew that Ning Chen was hiding some little secrets, but he believed that Ning Chen would explain it to him one day. Before that, he was willing to wait patiently.
Prince Wei used to have a lot of prestige among civil servants and scholars because of Shen Rou's reputation as a talented girl, but this time he also suffered backlash because of Shen Rou's plagiarism. The plagiarism incident quickly spread, and Prince Wei and Shen Rou's reputation among civil servants and scholars became extremely bad.
This is exactly the result that Qin Yu likes to see.
After Ning Chen and Qin Yu stayed in the private room for a long time, they saw that the crowd gradually dispersed, so they planned to leave.
In order to deceive others, Qin Yu left through the secret door of Defan Restaurant first.
When Ning Chen went downstairs, there were only a few guests left in the restaurant.
When Ning Chen passed by a table, he heard a shabby scholar complaining angrily: "We who have no money and power are just trying to survive every time we go to Beijing to take the exam. After studying for so many years, we still can't do it." It's better to go back to your hometown and become a teacher, so as not to fail every time."
After that, he raised his head and took a big sip of wine to relieve his boredom.
His friend at the same table patted him on the shoulder and comforted him feebly: "If we don't participate in this examination, we will have no way out. Brother Zhang, you also want to be more open, just in case you win this year." Scholar Zhang surnamed
Leng He smiled coldly: "Look at the list of high school entrance examinations in recent years, is there any scholar from a poor family like us? To put it bluntly, the imperial examination is just a game for those children from aristocratic families. We studied hard for ten years in a humble window, How can you compete with someone who is from a noble family? Even for the poetry competition just now, the people selected were all the children of those aristocratic families. They never got the limelight like us." "Brother Zhang, you are drunk, be careful what you say!
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The scholar surnamed Zhang smiled miserably and laughed at himself: "Be careful? I have been holding back my resentment for so long that I am afraid to even complain. What is the use of reading this book? After saying this to my dear brother today, I am relieved of my boredom. Tomorrow, I will pack my bags and go home to work as a teacher. At least I won’t have to keep my mother sewing day and night to support me, and I will also let her enjoy the happiness." After hearing this, his friends at the same
table After saying this, he hurriedly tried to dissuade me: "Brother Zhang, think twice before you act." The
scholar surnamed Zhang waved his hand helplessly: "I have made up my mind, brother Li Xian, don't try to persuade me anymore."
Ning Chen heard their conversation . , couldn't help but stop, looked at the scholar surnamed Zhang, and said: "Emotional things are the most impulsive. If you are still unwilling and want to stay in the capital for a while, just stay in the capital for two days, two days It's not too late to decide whether to stay or leave later." After
Ning Chen said that, he walked out of the restaurant with long legs. He has said so much. If the scholar insists on returning to his hometown, that will be his business.
Li Shusheng, who was at the same table, heard Ning Chen's words and hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "Brother Zhang, I think what the man just said is reasonable. You are making too hasty a decision now. Fortunately, you will be able to try again in the distance." For a while, why don't you think about it in the capital for two days, and then carefully decide whether to go home. So that you don't have to think about it later and regret it." After what he said, the scholar surnamed Zhang couldn't help but feel a little shaken, and he said:
" Okay, I will listen to the advice from Li Xiandi and the brother just now, and I have been thinking about my future plans for the past two days." The
two days passed quickly.
The scholar surnamed Zhang checked out of the inn room, packed his bags, and still planned to return to his hometown and give up the exam.
His mother is already seventy years old, his father died long ago, and he was raised solely by his mother's hand. He was able to pass the exam today all because of his mother's support. Men from other families, at his age, are already able to support their parents, but it's ridiculous that he still has to rely on his mother's sewing to support him.
It can be said that he is a useless scholar!
The scholar surnamed Zhang looked back at the bustling capital city. When he was about to leave with his luggage on his back, his friend ran over panting and sweating profusely.
The scholar surnamed Zhang looked at his friend who ran up to him and was out of breath, and said in confusion: "Brother Li Xian, aren't you going to visit a great scholar in the capital today? Why did you run back? Go back quickly. It is a rare opportunity for us to have this kind of visit."
Li Shusheng just took a breath and hurriedly said: "Brother Zhang, don't leave yet. If you leave this time, you will definitely regret it. And."
Scholar surnamed Zhang frowned in confusion, "Brother Xian, don't try to persuade me. I have really thought clearly these past two days."
Scholar Li did not say any more nonsense to him and directly pulled him away by force. When we arrived at the east wall of Gongyuan, there was a notice about the imperial examination posted on it. Two imperial guards were guarding the notice and maintaining order at the scene.
Shusheng Li, a thin man, nimbly squeezed into the crowd gathered in front of the announcement with the scholar surnamed Zhang.
The scholar surnamed Zhang burst into tears after reading the announcement.
He took Li Shusheng back to the inn and hurriedly booked a new room. Although he was overcharged by the innkeeper, he didn't care about it at this time. He just wanted to prepare for the exam and get a title on the gold list.
After Ning Chen regained his memory, he noticed that the nobles of the Daqi family were overly powerful and almost controlled most of the court. The reason why the late emperor doted on the imperial concubine so much during his lifetime, but could never depose her, was because of the powerful power of the empress's natal family. The late emperor did not dare to touch the bad luck of the family.
Today, Qin Yu controls Daqi with his military power. With military power in hand and the support of the people, it was a good time to weaken the family's power.
The first step in weakening the power of aristocratic families is to take the power of selecting officials in the imperial examinations into their own hands and eliminate the phenomenon of cheating in the imperial examinations by the children of aristocratic families.
Previously, in Daqi's imperial examinations, the review officials could see the candidates' personal information, such as name, place of origin, etc. This was also the case, and almost all the elected officials were descendants of aristocratic families.
But now, at Ning Chen's suggestion, Qin Yu decided to implement the method of concealing names to prevent fraud in the imperial examination starting from this imperial examination.
In addition to sealing the candidates' names and other information, the contents of the candidates' answer sheets are also transcribed by a special person with a pen. Now the examiners not only don't know the candidates' names, but they can't even identify the handwriting.
As soon as this method came out, it immediately aroused thousands of waves among the people.
After seeing the decree promulgated by Qin Yu, students from poor families like the scholar surnamed Zhang made up their minds that if they could one day be named on the gold medal list, they would not hesitate to do anything to His Majesty.
After seeing the decree, these children from poor families suddenly became full of hope for the future. In terms of knowledge alone, they considered themselves no worse than those children from aristocratic families.
All they lack is a chance to compete fairly!
When a child from an aristocratic family like Ning Jin learned about the decree, he felt like the sky was about to fall. He had previously imagined that after his father broke up with him, he might even come home with the top pick. As a result, such a variable suddenly appeared.
The head of the Ning family is also very dissatisfied with this policy. He is not only considering Ning Jin's future, but also the future of their Ning family for generations to come.
If this is the case, and this decree is really implemented, then all the officials selected through the imperial examination will naturally follow His Majesty. And if they, the children of aristocratic families, want to become officials in the court in the future, they will inevitably have to compete with those children from poor families for a few places.
Over time, the power of the aristocratic family will naturally be weakened.
Although ministers from aristocratic families complained a lot about Mi Feng's reform, no one dared to speak out in court.
After all, at first glance, this seal was a policy designed to ensure the fairness of the imperial examination.
Common people, scholars, and even some great scholars in the literary world praised Qin Yu's policy, saying that this policy reflected Qin Yu's style of being a wise king.
At this time, if anyone dares to be the first to come out and object, wouldn't it mean that he is openly telling everyone that he has a guilty conscience and that he has something evil in his heart? Come and check him out.
Therefore, this seal was successfully implemented despite the ulterior motives of each family.
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