Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 40 Su Zaifang's Awesome Place
Zhang Ji was taken aback by Zhao Cheng's eccentric style. Although this man's behavior is unusual and his thinking is strange, but in Zhang Ji's view, he has the advantage that he does not feel inferior and is a relatively positive person.

At the same time, Zhang Ji secretly blamed Su Zaifang for speaking too directly. If he encounters the "fragile heart" that is most likely to appear in scholars, there is no guarantee that something will not happen.

Just two simple sentences caused the awkward atmosphere here to spread.

Su Zaifang laughed again: "I heard that brother Zhao told a good story, so let's take a seat, your expenses today are my lord's."

"I'm not short of this money." After Zhao Cheng refused, he turned and walked away, looking for a vacant seat elsewhere.

This situation made Zhang Ji a little uneasy. As a mentor, the student Zhao Cheng seemed to be humiliated in the presence of himself. Zhang Ji thought it was inappropriate, so he couldn't help but say: "Zhao Cheng."

Zhao Cheng turned around and looked at her curiously.

"Don't be stubborn, sit down next to me, I invite you." Zhang Ji was slightly embarrassed.

"You're welcome, sir. It's really unnecessary." Zhao Cheng smiled, turned around and walked over when he saw the empty seat.

"He actually has some backbone?" Su Zaifang whispered again.

Since they are members of the Su family, the two gentlemen from the official school hastily discussed along the lines of the words:

"This person, my teacher, has been in contact with him in the early years. He is eager to learn, but he has no ambitions and talents, and he is mediocre."

"There is a problem with this person's general thinking. I didn't find it before. I just found out today. His own situation is so bad that he mortgaged his ancestral house. If it's all for his studies, that's fine, but he and Liu Dutou who are full of copper stink Waiting for the common people to get involved, and still spending money on places like this and brothels."

"Hey, this guy actually has an attitude, but now he seems to be useless."

What they say seems to be true.Normally, Zhang Ji would criticize, but it was very strange. Zhang Ji always felt a bit off when he heard others say that. This is not education but a bit of gloating.

So Zhang Ji inevitably felt a little disgusted with these people, so he simply got up and left the table, walking towards Zhao Cheng.

A trace of displeasure flashed in Su Fang's eyes again, but he didn't speak.

There were still vacancies at this table. When Zhao Cheng was listening to the two scholars talking about what they had learned from various places, his expression became strange, and he saw Zhang Ji walking over.

"Their discussion just now was slightly targeted, but...it's also true. Don't take it seriously." Zhang Ji looked at him as he sat down.

Zhao Cheng nodded.

Zhang Ji thought for a while and asked curiously: "It's strange, I didn't see you in my lecture hall today, is it because I didn't speak well?"

"No, sir, don't think too much. You are talking about "Guanzi" recently. I checked the course affairs and there are five lectures. And I basically know what the teacher is going to talk about, so I might as well listen to the others. I have been neglecting my studies for a long time. There are a lot of tutoring things." Zhao Cheng bowed slightly.

Zhang Ji's eyes lit up, "Well, I don't want to say you are arrogant, but since you said you understand what I'm going to say, why don't you show your ideas to me? Or is it that you don't know how to express yourself if I don't mention it? , or did you feel resentful about being punished by my teacher in the lecture hall?"

Speaking of this matter... Even Zhao Cheng has a thick skin and is a little embarrassed.

"Won't you answer?" Zhang Ji blinked.

Zhao Cheng said: "Sir, don't blame me. The students know that you punished me to remind me to hand in my homework. It's not a real punishment."

Zhang Ji rolled her eyes in a womanly manner, "You are really good at putting money on your face, but...it's still interesting, at least more interesting than feeling inferior and giving up. Well, assuming that's the case, why haven't you submitted yet?"

Zhao Cheng scratched his head and said, "I did write one. But after talking with other students after class, and listening to a lot of experiences and ideas from all over the world, I felt that it was not perfect, so I planned to rewrite it."

Zhang Ji was slightly taken aback, "So, you really came here for your studies?"

"This is the cheapest way to travel thousands of miles, which is as important as reading thousands of books," Zhao Cheng said.

When Zhang Ji was about to say something, Zhao Cheng said in embarrassment: "Sir, let's go, otherwise it seems that your friends are getting more and more unhappy. I don't want to cause hatred and trouble."

"you……"

Zhang Ji was also a little annoyed by his sentence, but he was very helpless, what he said was an objective fact.

Despite this, it felt very strange for someone like her to be asked to leave by a student.

After a moment of hesitation, Zhang Ji stood up and returned to a cooler attitude, "I want to see you expand on your idea of ​​'power comes from the barrel of a gun'. Give it to me as soon as possible, because I won't have too much time to wait for an article." Student paper.”

Zhao Cheng nodded slightly.

After Zhang Ji passed by, he couldn't help but look back at Zhao Cheng. Anyway, when he met this guy, he felt that the atmosphere was weird, and he didn't know what was going on.

He always seemed to have some very attractive qualities, but also full of flaws and easily irritated people.

When sitting down, Zhang Ji was thinking about the details of the bandit being rescued by him again in his heart, so he was a little distracted.

Su Zaifang tried to say: "Sir, don't think too much about him, don't let such ordinary people disturb your interest."

"That's right, as expected of the young master of the Su family. Come on, let's take turns to tell a funny story or a story." Several gentlemen around responded to Xiao Su.

This is not entirely snobbishness of a few scribes, this is the face that must be given.No matter whether you are a student or a college teacher, whether you are a person from a government school or a government official, especially at this time, you must give the Su family face.

To put it simply, how many candidates each state can produce, and how many people can enter the Imperial Academy, is definitely a big deal, and it is closely related to the future well-being of this state capital.How many candidates can be selected and how many Jinshi can be produced are also closely related to the interests and reputations of the gentlemen of each academy.

This is also considered invisible nepotism.Specific to the teacher personally, if a Jinshi can really come out of his sect, and when the Jinshi returns to his hometown in honor and glory to visit his "alma mater" in the future, it will almost be the greatest achievement in the life of a scholar engaged in education, at least in this era.

But a problem arises here.Because of this, the person in charge of the major examination is not a road-level official, which means that the person in charge of the Jiangnan East Road rural examination is not the state academic administrator, nor is the Jiangnan East Road promotion supervisor.Instead, the big bosses from Beijing go out to patrol the place and are responsible for invigilating the exams, including setting the questions.

This role is usually played by Hanlin scholars, who will be recommended by the Zhongshu sect and appointed by the emperor.Then, in view of his popularity and popularity in the literary world, Su Zaifang's grandfather Su Zhe, the current master of Wen Zong, will definitely be among the ranks of proctors from all walks of life.

The roads to the southeast have always been Cai Jing's basic territory. Under normal circumstances, outsiders would not get involved, especially since the Su family is Cai Jing's big enemy. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for Su Zhe to be stationed in the southeast to proctor the exam.But now the gods are fighting in the temple, and Cai Jing's opponents have gradually formed a party group due to some changes, and they have the strength to fight in the first battle.

It was rumored earlier that different Forbidden Army factions would be stationed on Jiangnan East Road. It is not necessary to mention the reason for this move.But assuming this is true, it means that if someone wants to move the southeast region, it will definitely not be a one-shot move, but a multi-pronged approach.

So to put it simply, assuming that a certain party leader has the ability to let the Wuwei Army enter Chizhou, he also has the ability to let the Cai family's enemy Su Che enter Jiangnan East Road to invigilate the exam.This is due to complex political reasons, which led to Gao Qiu, the most favored football player today, to not associate with Cai Jing. Moreover, this football player has a good relationship with the Su family and is very protective of the Su family.

Ever since, this relationship should probably be used by Cai Jing's opponents during this period.

It was at this juncture of many events that caused Su Zaifang to become a hot big shot here. Zhenxiang, including Zhang Ji, had to contact little Su more out of curiosity.

This is not bribery, nor is it going through the back door, but to get familiar with Su Zaifang's foundation and family learning ideas through communication.Since it is a family study, it must have something to do with Bachelor Su Zhe's exam questions on Jiangnan East Road.

Of course, this is only Zhang Ji's purpose. As for other people or even officials, it is difficult to judge whether there is any trouble between Xiao Su and Xiao Su.Maybe there's a butt-eye deal.

Lao Su is indeed a clean man and will not engage in corruption for personal gain, but he is old after all.There is no need to obtain specific test questions. As a beloved grandson, it is not difficult for Su Zaifang to make a general judgment based on Lao Su's personality and family education.With this direction judgment, it is enough for students from the Chizhou Department to stand out in this exam.To put it simply, this group of people who have emerged are the new blood of Cai Jing’s party, because this is Cai Jing’s basic base.That's all there is to it under the sun.

To sum up, Zhao Cheng thought about these connections while listening to the stories told by the scholar at the same table.Then he looked back at Su Zaifang and Zhang Ji, feeling a little headache.This world is really chaotic, but not just in ancient times, in fact, modern people also have similar virtues.

(End of this chapter)