"Fengfang Fengcun gift!" Xie Kun smacked his lips with a constipated expression on his face.
Xu He was a little confused. During the dinner yesterday, Zhang Jingxian was slightly polite to Fengfang and then stopped communicating with him.
I heard that Fengfang is a senior Jinshi after all. Logically speaking, his qualifications are older than Zhang Jingxian, a fifth-grade Feipao official. But now, Xie Kun, who has not passed the Jinshi exam, is a little disdainful of him. , Xu He really couldn't figure it out.
Xie Kun truly regarded Xu He as one of his own.
I saw him speaking seriously: "You should try to have as little contact with that Fengfang in the future. His stroke evaluation in Shilin... is not very good."
"The reputation is not good?"
Hearing these four words, the first reaction in Xu He's mind was that Fengfang, a fat man, liked to go to Jiaofangsi Bai for whoring.
Otherwise, why are the reviews bad?
But then I thought about it, in today's society, it is a fashionable thing for scholar-officials to have sex for free. There are many people who have sex for free, and many of them are even consensual. It cannot be said to have a "bad reputation", right?
Sure enough, Xie Kun saw that he was scratching his head and couldn't figure it out, and was afraid that he would not pay attention to his reminder, so he solemnly explained: "Fengfang, courtesy name Cunli, was born in Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Zhizheng and was the head of the Examination Department of the Ministry of Officials. "
"The Department of Civil Service Examination?" Xu He was surprised when he heard this.
The Ministry of Personnel is the head of the six departments, and the Department of Examination is responsible for the punishment and discussion of civil servants, and is in charge of the key departments of Beijing inspection and major planning. The chief of the Department of Examination is the doctor, the deputy is the Yuanwailang, and the following are the chief officials.
In other words, Fengfang could be regarded as having a promising future earlier.
But why is it like this now? Even Xu Luan dared to fight with him?
"It's a long story. Fengfang had just disbanded earlier and joined the Ministry of Civil Service. At that time, he was considered to have a bright future and high ambitions. However, because our Majesty had just ascended to the throne, he deposed the Queen. Fengfang Shangshu asked the emperor to think again, our majesty demoted him to Tongzhou Tongzhi, and later dismissed him and returned home."
Hearing this, Xu He was a little confused. Although he didn't know why the emperor abolished the queen, obviously Fengfang Shangshu would not ruin his reputation, right?
Xie Kun took a sip of tea and continued: "Originally, it was not difficult for him to leave a reputation for being honest and upright in the history books. But the bad thing was that after he returned home, he was unwilling to be lonely and caused many things. So its reputation has gradually deteriorated over the years!”
"Uncle, what kind of trouble can he do if he is dismissed and returns to his hometown to live idle?"
Xie Kun sighed: "Fengfang's father, Fengxi, was the second best scholar in the previous dynasty. He was a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and his great-grandfather was also a Jinshi. Going back to the Northern Song Dynasty, his family had famous Confucian scholars such as Fengji, Fengqing, and Fengyun, and most of them were in high positions of authority. .”
"Shilin commented that their family has "famous Confucians in large numbers". The family has a long history of learning, and the family has a Wanjuan Tower with a collection of more than 60,000 kinds of books!
"Originally, he would just go home and study for a few years, and then he could return to the court."
"But he didn't know what he thought. After returning home, his personality changed drastically. He was just cynical and perverse. After being idle for many years, he suddenly wanted to be an official again."
"It was nothing at first, but he asked him to write a letter to our Majesty in the same year. In the letter, he cursed what he did back then as [Lang Zuo] and begged the emperor for forgiveness."
Xu He was immediately speechless upon hearing this.
This is not a typical double-dealing.
You previously won the favor of the civil servant group, but then you turned your back and went to the emperor's camp again.
How do you make the civil service group that praised you before feel?
Duplicity, both sides are wrong.
This Fengfang is just a pure political novice, so childish!
"What happened next?" Xu He asked.
"Later, he was indeed summoned into the palace by His Majesty. It is said that he was extremely flattering to the emperor. In order to please the emperor, he said that he had dreamed that he had seen the emperor having a banquet with gods in the sky, and persuaded the emperor to change his name to [Nine Heavens Hongjiao Puji Life Palm" The yin and yang merits have passed through the great road, Siren, the Purple Extreme Immortal, Yiyang Zhenren Yuanxu Xuanying should be enlightened, subdue the demons, be loyal and filial to the emperor]."
Come on, this fat guy is so stupid. I didn’t expect him to be so good at flattering the leader!
"It's a pity that our Majesty accepted the [Taoist name] proposed by him, but did not appoint him as an official again!"
"So he got a bad reputation among the scholars for being flattering and flattering. Scholars avoided him!"
Hearing this, Xu He suddenly thought of the conversation he heard between Xu Song and Xu Dai outside Kong Huai Hall after the first game of the county examination.
Xu Song mentioned Yin County at that time. Obviously, what he was talking about should be related to Fengfang.
Later Xu Dai said [Luan'er couldn't figure it out], but what does Fengfang have to do with Xu Luan?
Why is Xu Luan hostile to Fengfang?
Logically speaking, everyone in the world can laugh at Fengfang, but the Xu family alone cannot.
Because the Xu family's fortune relied on the "Poetry" heirloom that Xu Kui, the ancestor of the Xu family, acquired from the Feng family.
If you, the Xu family, add insult to injury, you will also be looked down upon by scholars.
Thinking of this, Xu He suddenly understood the reason why Xu Dai and his son obviously didn't want to have anything to do with Fengfang, but they had to pinch their noses to interact with him.
To put it bluntly, the father and son wanted to build a memorial arch just because they were bitches. They didn't want to get too close to Fengfang and cause a fuss, but they also didn't want Shilin to think that the Xu family was a heartless and unjust person.
After clarifying the doubts at the dinner that day, there was still an unresolved issue, which was what involvement Xu Luan had with the Feng family. This seemed to make Xu Luan very resistant.
Also, why did Fengfang endure the bullying from Xu Dai and his son, but he still swallowed it and didn't just walk away?
He told Xie Kun his question, and Xie Kun laughed loudly and said, "You don't even know this?"
"Uh!" Xu Hexin said, should I know?
"Your Xu family has been married to the Feng family since Xu Fan's generation. We have agreed to let Xu Dai's son Xu Luan marry Fengfang's daughter!"
"That's it! No wonder Xu Luan resisted in every possible way that day and even humiliated Fengfang!" Xu He suddenly realized.
Xu Luan obviously didn't want to have anything to do with Fengfang, so he deliberately spoke out to humiliate him.
"Then why didn't Fengfang just walk away?" Xu He continued to ask.
"I still want to be an official!" Xie Kun sneered disdainfully.
Seeing that Xu He didn't understand why, he had no choice but to continue explaining: "Although your uncle Xu Song lives leisurely in the countryside, he has several important friends in the court!"
Xu He heard this and asked for advice.
Xie Kun took another sip of water and said: "Qin Yan, the chief minister of the cabinet, is the same year as your uncle! They were all top two in the examination back then."
"There is also Wu Xingbang, the third assistant to the cabinet, who is from Xinghua County, Gaoyou Prefecture. It is less than a hundred miles away from your Hailing. Wu Xingbang was Jinshi three years later than your uncle, but he was the number one scholar in that subject. Your uncle because The two families are not far away, so naturally we deliberately get to know each other and become close friends!"
In the current imperial court, there are five ministers in the cabinet. Unexpectedly, two of the five have a close relationship with uncle Xu Song, and one of them is also the chief minister!
Sure enough, although Xu Song returned to his hometown to live idle, officials of all sizes still visited him every day and posted messages. This was not without reason.
Speaking of this, Xie Kun was suddenly startled, and then looked at Xu He carefully. After a while, he said seriously: "Why did Fengfang give you the book?"
Xu He was confused, why? Is it because I'm handsome?
Damn it!
Xu He suddenly figured it out. Could it be that Fengfang saw that Xu Luan had no chance, so he turned around and used himself as a spare tire?
Coupled with the fact that Xu Dai inexplicably asked himself to accompany the guests, he also [strongly] recommended himself in front of Fengfang.
Could it be...
It doesn't matter that he is handsome, but he still plays the role of a witty young man in front of Fengfang.
No wonder Fengfang is sending books and encouraging students!
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