The Red Chamber is not a dream

[No.40 three times] try to ask brothers double jinshi · acquaintance learns from father and son

On the day of reading the papers, the eight reading officers of today's relatives went to the cabinet.Jia Zheng was appointed as the examiner in the former Cochin, but now he wants to avoid suspicion, so he never came.At one time, several people sat down in the hall, divided the papers, and read them each.However, it is said that one of the examiners named Zhao Penghai is a cousin brother of Zhao Pengyu. He was born in the imperial examination and is now a scholar of the palace. There are many people who drill camps laugh at their pedantry.Lin Hai had some friendship with him in Beijing that day, so Yunyu and Xue Die also visited him in his residence.Although Peng Hai has a dignified personality, he loves talents very much. Seeing that Yun Yu and Xue Die are still young, but they respond quickly, he is naturally happy; Die went, but took both of them under the door, and performed the ceremony of apprenticeship.It's just that now the palace examination is the holy majesty's own proposition, Peng Hai feared that the two of them were too inexperienced to be able to make this policy, so he persuaded him the day before yesterday: "You two are young, it is rare for you to have such an achievement. Your Majesty, however, prefers capable and proficient people, it might be better if you go through some worldly affairs and re-examination." The two of them knew that this Jinshi is the end of his fame, no matter what rank he gets, he cannot be re-examinated; therefore, he also knew Peng Hai's good intentions , but I have already thought about it in my heart, and I haven't heard it, but I want to enter the venue wholeheartedly.Before the exam, he only went to Zhao's house once, then stayed at home by himself, and came to the hall until the opening session.

Peng Hai originally felt that the spirit of his two youths, Kuang passed the examinations all the way smoothly, he was afraid that he had never won the first and second ranks, and was among the top three. It would be a pity to be a fellow Jinshi by then. The two of them were ordered to retake the examination; however, the third prince is now eyeing the throne, and after three years, he still doesn't know what the situation will be, so he has no choice but to let it go, and sighed secretly: "If the second son spends more time training, it is natural He is a man among men. Although he is not bad now, he may be too young in the end. He has no literary talents, but he has some deficiencies in strategy and theory." Seeing that the two of them are more determined to take the exam, they only know that they will meet They were all within the top ten in the test, and I felt that this palace test was too easy to persuade, and I was a little displeased in my heart, and because of avoiding suspicion, I didn't talk to the two of them.If it is the day of marking the papers, I will come here.

Now Peng Hai reads the volumes on the table one by one, and when he sees one, his complexion changes, and he hastily read it again, thinking about it, he can't help but praise: "Good writing!" Everyone looked at this side, and saw that the font was elegant and elegant, and there was no change in a single article; .After looking at it for a while, they were all surprised and said, "I don't know which family this son belongs to, but he has such insight." Peng Hai said with a smile, "since you all agree with me, you must pick him out." Yes, they all took their pens and drew circles upwards, put them aside, and looked at the others.

Not long after, another person laughed and said: "This time, there are so many strange people. If you want to come here, this article can be the same as that one." Everyone circulated it again, and they all read a sentence of surprise, and then they were all shocked and said: " The previous article explained the problem to the end, although it is similar to other people's ideas, it is obviously superior. This article is a slant, but its reasoning seems to be higher than that article." Take this one out.After reading all the papers, several people discussed again, and selected eight more papers besides these two, a total of ten people, and they will submit them tomorrow.Penghai also saw the writings of the two of them on a regular basis, and after looking through the ten names, he saw that there was no one with similar handwriting to the two, so he sighed secretly, so he asked people to open the seal and use it Check the names and places of origin; everyone also wants to see who the two are, and they all come together.Who knew that they were all taken aback when they read it, especially Penghai's one, fearing that his eyes might be mistaken, he took a closer look and realized it was true, so he was overjoyed and said to himself: " It turns out that the two of them really have some advantages, but I underestimated him."

It turned out that those two people were not other people. The volume I read earlier belonged to Xue Die, but the volume after that was written by Yunyu.The two of them had this ability, and they didn't want to tell people about malpractice for personal gain, so they changed their handwriting on purpose, so Peng Hai never saw it.Now that Penghai saw it, he said to several people: "I will tell you all, although these two sons are my disciples, because they are still young, they have not taught much. The two of them changed their handwriting deliberately, so now I know Yes." Everyone knows that he is upright in his daily life, and everyone agrees when they hear what he says, and someone laughed and said, "It's true that the voice of the young phoenix is ​​better than the voice of the old phoenix". The youngest one; but he writes such beautiful articles and makes others ashamed to die." Some of the examiners didn't know it, and they were even more surprised when they heard the words. After seeing their hometowns, they smiled and said: "So This Lin Yunyu is the son of Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin was Tanhua Lang back then, and it is true that father and son are of the same line, and they are both highly talented people." After discussing for a while, until tomorrow, these ten articles will be submitted together.

But he said that after seeing the works of several people today, he also felt that Yunyu and Xuedie had extraordinary abilities, which were inferior to the other eight.I read Yunyu's paper again, and remembered who it belonged to. What's more, although what he said was different from everyone else, it coincided with what I thought in my heart. I wanted to be the number one scholar; but I heard that he was Lin Hai. The son hesitated, but thought: "Since ancient times, there has never been a son who is higher than his father. Therefore, although this son has the talent of the number one scholar, he will not be able to take the position of the number one scholar." He also named Xue Die as the number one scholar, and Mei Xinfang, the eldest son of Mei Hanlin, was only 21 years old this year.However, I cherish the talent of Jinyu in the end, but secretly remember it, and intend to reward it separately.At that time, the imperial approval was completed, and the official who filled the list filled out the gold list and issued it, and ordered the top three to meet in the palace immediately.

Yun Yu and Xue Die were also waiting with the others at the place where the list was released. Suddenly, Kuai Xingxuan came to call the top three to have an audience.I also heard that I had taken Tanhua, as expected, and I couldn't help being overjoyed when I met him. But I thanked the emperor for his kindness, adjusted my clothes and left with Xue Die and Mei Xinfang.Everyone saw that several people were young, some felt dissatisfied, and some were envious. They thought about it for a while, and whispered to each other for a while before looking at the rankings recorded by other people.

When it came to the upper hall, several people kowtowed and thanked them, and the emperor ordered him to give him a seat, and asked him one by one about the three generations of Xiangguan Nianjia and so on.When Yunyu came up, he had paid attention to him today, but he only took a look at him that day, but before he could see clearly, now that he looked carefully, he suddenly realized, and said to himself: "I only suspect that I saw him familiar that day, but today I can see clearly. Isn't he born like Wan Wan?" Yin thought again: "His father was related to Feng's family, or he was similar because of that, I don't know." So the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and Nai Wen said: "Is your father Lin Aiqing? ? It’s true that the family has a long history, but it’s a pity that Lin Aiqing is considered to be Tanhualang, and you won’t be able to win the first prize.”

Yun Yu had just met her own father in this body, saw his complexion was a little sour, and her heart changed, she guessed that he saw that she was similar to the empress, and seeing her gentle expression, she remembered the emperor Kangxi back then, Knowing that this blood relationship really has its own traction in the dark, my heart was a little miserable for a while, and I hurriedly calmed down and replied: "My father and my ministers are all favored by the Holy One. I am grateful for the emperor's grace for generations. Kuang Wenqi and Mei Brothers are all highly talented people, and it is the grace of the sage to be able to rank among the top three." Hearing that he called Xue Die directly, he said with a smile: "You and Xue Wenqi were originally relatives, and now they are both ranked in the top three, so it is now. It's a good story. I heard Zhao Aiqing say that you two are sworn brothers again, so it's even better, as expected, 'Likes flock together and people are divided into groups'." Yunyu hurriedly saluted again, and asked Xue Die just now. People backed out.

It turns out that the Wan Wan that the Holy Majesty said is the queen's small characters.His father was born in the army, and the emperor gave him a sword named "Wan Feng", so he took this name.He had known the emperor since he was a child, and the marriage that the emperor had arranged for him was very good after getting married. The son he gave birth was only three years old, and he was named the prince.It's just that the prince's rebellion happened in the future, just when the South Vietnam country came to commit crimes, and the third prince presented the evidence, his words were so convincing that no one could believe it; even so, the emperor did not immediately order him to be killed, but only ordered him to be captured Next, wait and see.Unexpectedly, within a few days, he heard that the crown prince committed suicide and the empress burned the palace. He was stunned for a while, and ordered the empress to be buried with ceremonies. Not convicted.Some people in the court joined the Feng family in rebelling with the prince, but they were put aside because they did not get any evidence. Besides, Feng Chaozong had contributed to the chaos in South Vietnam, so he did not mention this matter, and treated the Feng family as before.

It turned out that South Vietnam invaded in those days, and now the emperor is on the expedition. Fearing troubles in the palace, he ordered the queen to secretly go to the palace, and the crown prince went to Jiangnan to guard and collect military provisions; the third prince stayed in Beijing to garrison.However, the third prince had already buried his eyeliner by the prince's side, and secretly talked about forcing the palace to stand on his own in front of him on weekdays; he also said that there is no king in Beijing now, which is a great opportunity.The prince was also a little ready to move when he heard it, but he still thought of the kindness of his father and dared not make mistakes.Seeing that he refused to take the bait for a long time, the third prince was afraid of letting go of the present opportunity, so he did not stop doing one thing, simply accused the prince of rebellion, stole his seal, and forged evidence to present to the emperor; He was never disturbed, but he was ordered to bring him to wait for his fate, so he ordered the people around the prince to look for opportunities to attack, pretending to the outside world that he committed suicide in fear of crime; he also ordered people to kill the queen and the little prince, only saying that the queen was afraid of harming her natal family, so she committed suicide , thought it was a deception.

The third prince thought that he had done a thorough job on this matter, but "if people don't want to know, unless they do nothing themselves."Today, I have doubts about the prince's rebellion. Although the prince is violent and reckless, he will not talk about it for now. I know that although the empress has a strong temper, he is not so cruel. According to his past temperament, if he burns the palace, it is fine. It is suspicious that it just caused the little prince to die together.Kuang didn't let the queen know about the capture of the prince that day, someone must have leaked the news and let the queen know the news of the prince's death.Therefore, he ordered his confidantes to investigate the matter in secret. After a few years, they also found out the secrets of the matter. It was unavoidable to be disheartened, but when he looked at it coldly, the first prince died as a young man, and the second prince was The prince was also killed by his design; the fourth prince was dull by nature, and the fifth prince was the queen's child. The queen burned the palace that day, and the little prince also died. , Chaos is inevitable in the court, so I have to keep all these things in my heart.The third prince was already full-fledged, and treated him with superficial respect, as if he had already regarded himself as the candidate for the crown prince, and couldn't wait for the old sage to come down, so he gathered people in the court.Today, the third prince has no brotherhood, and his heart has long been cold; when the fourth prince died less than a year after he left the palace, he knew that he did it, and he hated him to the extreme, so he never established a prince.Even though there is no one else around, I don't want this person to succeed me; it's just deceiving myself and others.Now seeing that Yunyu looks a bit like a queen, and knowing the third prince's temperament, he feels pity for his talents, and thinks: "If the third son becomes emperor, and according to his temperament, it is natural to look at this son as nothing. , at least find a way to protect him." If so, after thinking about it again, it's no problem.