The ills of the court are not a matter of one or two dynasties.
In the early years of his accession to the throne, the late emperor was still in the same state as he is now. He wanted to revitalize Dachen, and even wanted to cross Huaibei and take back his old capital.
At that time, all the officials highly valued by the late emperor were "hawks" in the court, and the entire court was clamoring to have a chance with Northern Qi.
Thirteen years ago, the Chen army crossed the Huaihe River and collided head-on with the Northern Qi army at the Jianghuai area. The 50,000 elite Chen army fought for only one month, and only more than 20,000 defeated soldiers were left and fled back to Huainan.
The Northern Qi army only suffered more than 10,000 casualties in the battle.
Eleven years ago, the late emperor once again launched the Northern Expedition, and was defeated again in the Pengcheng area. The wealth he had accumulated for two years was wiped out. This time, the late emperor was so angry that he directly robbed the three clans of the commander and commander of the army. Hundreds of people were implicated and died in the involved in this major case.
At this point, no one in Jiankang capital dared to lead troops to fight the war. The late emperor also gradually gave up the idea of the Northern Expedition. The "Hawk Faction" in the court also gradually declined. The Turtle Faction headed by Yang Jingzong re-emerged in the court until the death of the late emperor. At that time, Yang Jingzong was appointed as the chief assistant to assist the young emperor.
More than five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the power of Xianggong Yang and his family in the court has reached an extremely huge level. However, the young emperor is about to take charge of the government. In addition, some time ago, a direct dispute occurred between the emperor and Xianggong Yang. The conflict sent an obvious message to both the government and the opposition.
Today’s world is not a “turtle sect”.
This means that the hardliners who have been dormant for seven or eight years are about to rise again.
Zhao Changping from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhao Changping's student Zhang Jian, and probably the entire Ganquan Academy group were all hardliners. The reason Zhang County Zun was so excited was because he felt that his faction was about to re-enter the stage.
But now, having been poured cold water on Master Lu, Zhang Xianzun's originally excited mood calmed down a little. He sat opposite Lu Anshi, looked at Master Lu in front of him, and then sighed, and said slowly: " Our military force is weak, this is a fact that we have to admit, but I am polite and orthodox. As my uncle said, if this continues, Dachen will fall into the hands of the barbarians sooner or later. Since you will die if you fight, and you will die if you don't fight, It’s better to fight hard.”
"Elegance" and "orthodoxy" are Chen Guo's only two remaining trademarks.
However, sixty years later, these two remaining signs are in danger. The Northern Qi Dynasty has sent students to Jiankang more than once to discuss studies with the Southern Chen students. In the past, the knowledge of the Northern Qi students was naturally far inferior to that of the Southern students, but more recently Year, it can be divided equally.
As for orthodoxy...
The great national treasures passed down by Emperor Taizu of the Chen Dynasty were all lost when Emperor Shizong was crossing south. The Northerners have mentioned this matter more than once, and even openly declared that the Southern Chen Dynasty was a pseudo dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty was the orthodox one!
"If you fight, you will die; if you don't fight, you will die..."
Master Lu let out a long sigh and said, "I hope everyone in the government and the public will think so."
"Otherwise, even if we want to fight and fight, there will always be people behind our backs to pull the strings for Northern Qi. In recent years..."
Master Lu snorted coldly: "In Jiankang City, there are more and more people speaking for the Qi people. Aren't there still people who want to make Jiankang the capital of the country and abandon the capital of Yan in the north?"
Zhang Xianzun lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said in a low voice: "Anyone who doesn't miss the old capital can be killed!"
Hearing Zhang Jian's words, Master Lu did not answer, but silently glanced at County Master Zhang in front of him, sighing secretly in his heart.
He is nearly fifty years old this year.
When he was born, Da Chen had already lost his old capital, not to mention the Zhang County Lord in front of him who was only in his twenties?
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This year's county examination went very smoothly.
The first one was the Tie Jing test, which Shen Yi passed without any surprises, and then the second one was the Four Books. Shen Yi could read through the Four Books and Five Classics two or three years ago, and he could recite the chapters and sentences backwards, so there would naturally be no problems.
There is no problem in writing poems for the third test. The county test will not ask you to write any ancient quatrains. Generally, as long as the words are smooth and the meter is neat, you can pass. Although Shen Yi's poetic talent is not as good as Chen Qing's, he can write a neat poem. The poem is not a big deal.
If he is willing, he can even write one or even several quatrains that will last forever, become famous as a young boy, and become a contemporary poet in Dachen.
But it's not necessary.
If you really want to show your holiness in front of others, you have to go to the capital to show your holiness. In the Jiangdu County examination room, you can answer the question honestly.
Each county exam lasts for one day, and there are two days left after the exam for the second exam. Therefore, by the time the fourth county exam takes place, it is already the seventh day of October in the fifth year of Hongde.
The fourth and fifth games are together, so this day is the last day of the county examination.
In the examination room on the seventh day of the month, Shen Yi got the test questions for the last session of the county examination.
The topic is "Being brave enough to do what is right".
Not doing what is right is a lack of courage.
The words come from the Analects of Confucius.
This is still a regular topic, and because the Four Books of Yu Chu have been talked about repeatedly by gentlemen, it is not difficult. Anyone who can sit here can write a decent article on this topic. policy theory.
However, the specific way to write and whether the writing is outstanding depends on the individual candidate.
Shen Yi has spent almost all of the past few months in the academy. Except for occasionally going out to give guidance to Xu Fu and others, he spent the rest of the time in the academy, basically writing a policy paper every three days.
Although Shen Yi has never written about this topic, he has seen similar ones in policy collections, so it is not difficult to come up with one by himself.
He sat at his desk, thought about it for a while, and then began to write.
It took him about half an hour to write a policy statement of about 600 words. Of course, it was still written on the manuscript paper at this time, not on the test paper. It needed to be checked to see if it violated any sacred taboos or temple taboos. Wait for a series of taboos, and check for typos. Only after they are confirmed to be correct will they be transcribed into the official test paper.
After Shen Yi finished writing the policy, it was still in the morning. He put the manuscript paper away, ate something, and slept on the table to regain his energy. After the afternoon, he got up, stretched out, and wrote the policy. Transcribed on the test paper.
You cannot pay for the county examination in Dachen. You have to wait until the yamen gong is played and the papers are collected one by one. However, the yamen will beat the gong for three rounds in total, and it is not until the third round that the papers must be handed in. .
At sunset, the first gong sounds.
Shen Yi handed the test paper to the passing government servant, then stood up and stretched, turned around, picked up the test basket, and strode out of the examination room.
The entrance to the examination room was almost full of people, including family members of the candidates, teachers, and some vendors setting up stalls to sell food. What was even more outrageous was that there were seven or eight fortune tellers setting up stalls at the entrance to tell fortunes.
What kind of fate is this? Naturally, it depends on whether you can pass the test!
Shen Yi was one of the first people to walk out of the examination room. There were not many people who came out with him to hand in papers. There were only about ten people. Some of these ten people were confident, and some were broken.
As soon as Shen Yi walked out of the examination room, he saw his third brother Shen Ling striding over. He stepped forward and pulled Shen Yi's sleeves and said with a smile: "You are out now. Your sister-in-law has prepared food at home. I called my little brother back from the academy, and we brothers will have a good meal today!"
Shen Yi looked at Shen Ling and smiled: "Third brother, don't you ask me how I did in the exam?"
"The exam is over, why do you ask him?"
Shen Laosan smiled heartily and said, "Brother, I'm just waiting for the incident to happen, and I'll treat you, Lao Qi, to a good meal!"
