After writing the short record of the same year, I talked about my teeth and paid homage to Huang Jia.
All the Jinshi gathered in the Sutra Collection Courtyard. There were mattresses in the hall. Zhang Yue faced west, Chen Mu and Wang Zhichen faced east and each sat high. The rest of the same age who were over forty years old stood on the east corridor, and those who were under forty years old stood on the east corridor. West corridor.
The master of ceremonies made a sound and ordered the same year to pray to each other and then to pray again.
Afterwards, an old man with gray hair left his shift in the east corridor. Zhang Yue got up from his bed and came to the courtyard to pay homage to the old man.
After the old man returned to work, a Jinshi who was about the same age as Zhang Yue in the west corridor came to the courtyard and paid homage to Zhang Yue.
This is worshiping Huang Jia.
This white-haired old man is the oldest among all the Jinshi. He has already passed his sixtieth year. The number one scholar pays homage to the eldest first.
The youngest among the subsequent Jinshi was seventeen years old and the same as Zhang Yue, but only two or three months behind Zhang Yue. The youngest among the Jinshi will be awarded the first prize.
This is called worshiping Huang Jia.
Huangjia means that the list of Jinshi is written on yellow paper, so those who win the Jinshi are called Huangjia.
Afterwards, the Ministry of Civil Affairs annotated the newly-ranked Jinshi and sent out another literary list, which was called the Huangjia Que List.
Immediately, the regimental commander made the first statement: "The purpose of worshiping Huang Jia is to teach those on the list not to judge them based on their academic titles, but rather on the age of their teeth. Those who are on the list should put righteousness first and profit first. Give in to each other, show sympathy to each other in times of trouble, and stay with each other for a long time."
Zhang Yue and other Jinshi who were present listened to the admonishment and all applauded.
Since the Tang Dynasty, Jinshi has considered the prime minister of the same year as his brother and the chief minister as his division commander.
Although the Song Dynasty abolished the chief minister as a teacher and attributed all grace to the official family, the Jinshi were collectively called the emperor's disciples. But the custom of meeting brothers in the same year has still survived.
After everyone sat down, they continued their conversation.
The old Jinshi who Zhang Yue paid homage to just now told some anecdotes. This man also failed the imperial examinations many times and failed many times. In the end, Huang Tian paid off his hard work and passed the Jinshi.
Although this person was about to die, he had failed many times and had heard a lot of rumors about issues such as Qiji, so he sat there and talked, even in a condescending manner.
Zhang Yue also understood that he had been studying before and was not very clear about these sects. This was also the disadvantage of being a child from a poor family.
No one mentioned the rules in the officialdom. Everyone would do this when he was the same year as Huang Jiaxu, but he didn't care about how to choose who would join the game and who would arrange the periodic collection of money.
As the Jinshi said this, Wang Zhichen said to Zhang Yue: "Master Zhuangyuan, I have drawn up a list about the regimental division. You can take a look at it. If there are no problems, just follow the draft."
Zhang Yue was unhappy in his heart. We haven't discussed this yet, so you handed me a list. Are you the top pick or am I the top pick?
However, according to the rules, the top three in the first division are eligible to finalize the candidates for the regular team. Wang Zhichen's behavior could not be justified for a while.
After Wang Zhichen finished speaking, several people in the same year nodded. It seemed that the other party also had appeal among those who were Jinshi in the same year. But Zhang Yue also has appeal, and that is the title of Number One Scholar.
But he is one of the youngest among the Jinshi.
Is it true that according to what Bai Huang Jiali said, ranking according to age, then what is the point of having yourself as the number one pick in the game?
Wang Zhichen's provocation was actually the first challenge Zhang Yue faced since he became an official.
Looking at the order handed over by Wang Zhichen, Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Uncle Xi has drawn it up so quickly."
Wang Zhichen smiled and said: "The number one scholar is young, and I also thought that I could share more of the burden, so I will help share it. If the number one scholar thinks that I am presumptuous, then I will not apologize for it."
"In other words," Zhang Yue said with a smile, "I believe Uncle Xi is definitely doing this out of good intentions."
Everyone was watching how Zhang Yue responded.
But seeing Zhang Yue calmly holding the list, he asked the oldest Jinshi: "In Brother Mingde's opinion, who has served as regimental commander in the past?"
The Jinshi who was called Brother Mingde was also stunned. Although he liked Canada, he was also aware of the rivalry between Zhang Yue and Wang Zhichen. He cautiously and vaguely said: "The regiment secretary is responsible for organizing regular banquets and inspecting everything. , in the past, the candidates were decided upon by discussions between the top pick and the second pick.”
Zhang Yue smiled and asked: "So how were we discussed in the past?"
"Well." The other party looked at Zhang Yue and refused to let him go, thinking that since the other party won the top prize at the age of seventeen, it was better not to offend him.
So the person gave up the ambiguous answer and said: "Most of the people who serve as regimental commanders are those who are among the top ten in the imperial examination, A-level, provincial examination, various exams, and famous people."
Now Zhang Yue held up Wang Zhichen's list and said, "Brother Xi, are the top ten in the Imperial Examination, A Division, and the Provincial Examination, as well as Jietou, among them?"
Wang Zhichen said unnaturally: "There may be some omissions, but most of them are included."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "The regiment secretary has a great relationship with Qiji. Who will take up the post and who will not take up the post? We must do it fairly. Even among the top ten in the Jinshi Provincial Examination, some people may not be qualified. Uncle Xi, look at what we do again Discuss and discuss.”
Wang Zhichen nodded reluctantly upon hearing this.
The Jinshi named Mingde smiled and smoothed things over: "That's right, that's right."
After Zhang Yue and Wang Zhichen finished talking, they were thinking about how to kick Wang Kui out.
At that moment, Zhang Yue found Han Zhongyan, and Huang Lu said, "You two have to help me decide how to make plans for the regimental affairs committee, and how to allocate the money raised in the period."
When Wang Zhichen was giving Zhang Yue a hard time just now, Han Zhongyan could see clearly from the sidelines. He was speechless. Seeing how Zhang Yue responded, he was impressed to see Zhang Yue resolve it effortlessly.
Now that Han Zhongyan saw Zhang Yue coming to him for help, he took a high look.
Huang Lu said: "Our classmates in Taixue must try their best to join the Youth League or participate in the period meeting."
Zhang Yue nodded when he heard the words. He also understood from Wang Zhichen's incident that he basically knew where he was. If he really wanted to offend someone, he still had to offend him.
Huang Lu said: "Except for you and me, Brother Pu, among our twenty-four classmates at Taixue, none of them has entered the top ten in the Jinshi A Division or the provincial examination."
Zhang Yue said: "Then you select a few who stand out, and I will try my best to get a few more students from Taixue to join the regiment."
"good."
Zhang Yue thought of Wang Anli, Wang Juan, Liu Fengshi and so on.
Zhang Yue came forward to invite them one by one. Finally, Chen Mu and Wang Zhichen discussed and decided on the candidates for the regimental commander, a total of fifty people.
The top ten Jinshi and the top ten in the provincial examination all served as regiment officials, except Wang Kui, who ranked sixth in the Jinshi and third in the provincial examination.
As for the reason, outsiders dare not ask more.
As the "official" who presides over the period gathering, the Tuan Si is the fixed candidate for each period gathering. As for how other Jinshi will join the meeting, it will be discussed again.
All the new scholars like to join the game, so they all rely on others or come to Zhang Yue to do their activities. The circle of Tong Nian is so important that not only Tong Nian himself, but also his descendants have loved each other for several generations. In the future, promotion will bring honor to each other, and demotion will bring humiliation to both of them.
The most famous one is the Jinshi who openly formed a party in the third year of Taiping Xingguo. The number one scholar Hu Dan relied on the appreciation of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty to fight against the prime minister Zhao Pu. He, Dong Yan and Chen Xiangyu of the same year often gathered at the home of Zhao Changyan of the same year to talk all night long about the ministers of the DPRK.
Dong Yan and Chen Xiangyu were also nicknamed Dong Banye and Chen Sangen.
In the end, Hu Dan and the others were young people after all. They were originally used by Zhao Kuangyi to deal with Zhao Pu, but they were dealt with by Zhao Pu instead.
In addition to this list, the five years of Taiping Xingguo and the fifth year of Tiansheng are also on the list of prime ministers, and they assisted each other in the same year.
It is decided by the examiner who is of the same year, but the friendship between the same year and forming a circle must be consolidated through period gatherings. Therefore, this is why new Jinshi are so keen to participate in the Qiji, because after the official appointment, all Jinshi, including the number one scholar, must go to local officials to serve as officials. From then on, everyone is in one place.
Only during the period before the appointment of officials can we build relationships, and even if it doesn't work, we have to become familiar with each other.
In the same year, I finished writing the short notes and paid homage to Huang Jia.
The fellow students sat down to eat tea, melons and fruits, and took the time to talk about friendship and discuss how to raise money during the period.
You can eliminate some people by collecting money periodically...
It is said that this is unfair to the Jinshi from poor families, but it is also true, and a screening method has to be adopted.
The amount of money collected in the period is 1,500 guan, which is still needed for urgent use. There are 187 Jinshi in Zhang Yue's department. Considering that 100 people enter the game, each person will have to pay 15 guan.
Generally speaking, the distribution is based on ranking. For example, Zhang Yue will pay the most as the top pick, while Chen Tao will pay less as the last pick.
But in fact, in order to obtain the status of entering the game, the lower ranked Jinshi paid more money, while Zhang Yue and the top three did not have to pay.
Zhang Yue lamented that in any era, the winner takes all, and this is no exception.
Many wealthy Jinshi have spoken out about raising money through multiple payment periods to qualify for entry. One of them was a son of a wealthy businessman and was willing to pay ten times the amount of money he collected.
At this time, someone in the audience suddenly talked about Lu Wenhuan's story, which seemed to mean something.
Lu Wenhuan, the number one scholar in the second year of Tang Guanghua's reign, organized a regular gathering, which was so grand that even those in the family who had money could not afford it, so they were reluctant to go that same year. One day, Lu Wenhuan asked everyone in the same year to come out for the period meeting with the purpose of brightening his eyesight. A Jinshi named Liu Can couldn't afford it.
Lu Wenhuan immediately seized his donkey, and Liu Can begged that the donkey was not his, but was lent to him by someone else.
Lu Wenhuan scolded, "Medicine can't cure dizziness, and disease can't be cured."
The words came from Shangshu, and the implication of Lu Wenhuan's words was that if I don't give you strong medicine now, your poor disease will not be cured.
Four years later, Liu Can became famous and Lu Wenhuan was frustrated. When Liu Can met Lu Wenhuan, he used this sentence to mock him.
There are many people like Lu Wenhuan, and even the number one scholar even used banquets to lavishly lavishly exploit the same year and benefited from it.
Anyway, thinking of Lu Wenhuan, Hu Dan and Zhang Tangqing, Zhang Yue knew that everything would be smooth sailing if he won the first prize. There were actually quite a few losers among the top picks.
Zhang Yue decided to change the rules and suggested changing the banquet from one banquet every five days to one banquet every three days. The banquet should not be luxurious, just enough food. At the same time, the number of people should be a hundred people, so that everyone in the same year can participate as much as possible. Several episodes.
Zhang Yue also took the initiative to take out a hundred guan as the fee for the regular collection, so as to stop the crowd and ask each Jinshi to contribute some money for the regular collection to enter the game.
Han Zhongyan lamented that Zhang Yue did not take advantage of this opportunity to form a small group, exclude and suppress people, and finally invited the same year to join the game in an equal measure.
Is this first-rate pedantry? Or is he planning something very big?
Is it true that he wants to be a lonely minister as he and the emperor said in the palace examination? But looking at his methods of wooing her, Huang Lu, and letting his confidants serve as regimental commanders, do you think it's a little strange?
What does Zhang Yue want? I can’t understand it myself.
