In the next few days, Gu Bingqian frequently found fault in many volumes, and Fang Congzhe maintained a restrained counterattack, neither completely tearing face, but also not letting Gu Bingqian have a good reason to make trouble in the court, this kind of countermeasure that is neither soft nor hard also makes Gu Bingqian very uncomfortable.

But for Gu Bingqian, this can be regarded as a victory.

He believed that his "argument based on reason" after locking up the courtyard and the confrontation with Fang Congzhe would be passed on to the emperor's ears.

Now Gu Bingqian is no longer interested in maintaining any good relationship with Fang Congzhe, he knows very well that it is difficult for him to win the favor and recognition of this group of mainstream civil officials who dominate the imperial court, so he simply relies on the emperor completely, so there may be some chances.

If it is really because of a complete falling out with Fang Congzhe and the review editors of the Hanlin Academy at this time, it will also have considerable side effects, and his reputation among the civil officials of Shilin may really be stinky, which is also a yardstick that Gu Bingqian needs to grasp.

"Master Gu, let's talk?" With more and more transcribed papers, seeing that this round of marking and marking has come to an end, Fang Congzhe also knows that he needs to have a positive dialogue with Gu Bingqian.

Hemp straw beats the wolf - afraid of both ends, Fang Congzhe can roughly feel his own and Gu Bingqian's thoughts.

Tearing his face to the court or even the emperor is something that has never happened in the Great Zhou Dynasty or even the previous dynasty, and it is a devastating blow to himself, to Gu Bingqian's political reputation and Shilin's reputation, which I am afraid neither of them wants to see, but if it is easy to compromise and compromise, it will also bring a lot of follow-up troubles and problems.

Fang Congzhe knew very well that his prestige and reputation were based on the recognition of the Shilin civil official group, especially the noble officials like the Hanlin Academy, who were not of much use in terms of actual power or role in their hands, but their influence could not be underestimated.

This piece can be regarded as his own basic plate, and Fang Congzhe does not dare to give up and give in easily.

"The elder of the pavilion invites him, how dare the lower officials disobey?" Gu Bingqian also knew that it was time for a showdown.

In the past few days, there have been as many as a dozen copies of the papers that have been deposed but selected by him, and they are basically similar to the first volume, but there are also slightly different.

That is, the polarization of the first volume is too obvious, and the rhetoric is indeed too shallow and coarse, but the content is extremely rich and targeted.

Most of the more than a dozen subsequent volumes are slightly poorly written, but the content is relatively substantial.

In fact, Gu Bingqian also felt that he should be dethroned, but he had to put on a clear posture and make a good posture, otherwise it would be difficult to get the result he wanted in the final negotiations.

There were only two people left in the room.

"Master Gu, what do you want?" Fang Congzhe said calmly: "There are only the two of us, there is no need to go around in circles, Master Gu also knows Fang's temperament, let's say it." ”

Gu Bingqian didn't expect the other party to pick it out as soon as he came up, but after thinking about it, at this time, it couldn't be delayed any longer, and he was about to classify the papers in the exam, which were to be divided into five grades according to the convention, and each grade would be sorted again, which was also a rather cumbersome job, and the ranking was mainly determined by the chief examiner and the deputy chief examiner.

If it is difficult for the two to reach an agreement now, or to compromise, then this assessment will not be able to continue, which is also an unprecedented story, and in the end, I am afraid that both of them will be forced to resign.

"The elder of the pavilion knows Gu's temperament, and has no other intentions, but the significance of this subject is extraordinary, the emperor's mind Gu believes that the elder of the pavilion also understands, the current exhaustion of the imperial court is flourishing, and the emperor intends to sweep away this stale wind, and we as subordinates naturally have to uphold the holy will, but I am afraid that the people of the Hanlin Academy have forgotten their own responsibilities and blindly follow the old style, which is not the blessing of the court."

Gu Bingqian was also not polite, "Gu Mou knows the difficulties of the old pavilion, but there are some things that Gu Mou has to do, otherwise Gu, the deputy chief examiner, will become a puppet, and Gu Mou will not do it!" ”

"Then Master Gu is going to go his own way?" Fang Congzhe didn't expect this guy's attitude to be so tough, and he was also a little worried in his heart.

"No, but the elder of the pavilion also has to understand Gu's distress, if he allows these rotten Confucians to be like this, then Gu would rather break the kettle." Gu Bingqian's tone was resolute.

Fang Congzhe stared at the other party, and only smiled after a long time, this guy really almost scared himself, if he really planned to break the net, why bother like this?

"Hmm, this official understands what Lord Gu means, so what Lord Gu means is that more than ten volumes will be selected?" Fang Congzhe took another step of temptation, and his gaze became colder and colder.

"Ugh." Gu Bingqian hesitated, this question is a little difficult to answer, if you agree, then there will be no room for maneuver, if you give in but you are afraid of being spied out by the other party, but at this time, he can't be allowed to think too much, "Ge Lao, you have also read these papers, what is it, you also know it in your heart, in your opinion?" ”

Seeing that the other party pushed the question back, Fang Congzhe naturally wouldn't slip his head like the other party, and frowned slightly, "Seventeen volumes, of which the official has seen it, seven or eight of them are not likely to be selected, but they are just the weight you use to exert pressure, Lord Gu, and the rest of the 1 parts, in the opinion of the official, you can take only three or five parts,......"

Gu Bingqian's face changed slightly, "If that's the case, Elder Ge doesn't have to talk about it anymore, it's better to hand it over to the Holy Judge!" ”

Fang Congzhe nodded, basically estimated the bottom line of the other party's heart, and said indifferently: "That's it, you can take seven of them, but they must not be included in the first four gears, all of them are the fifth gear!" ”

Gu Bingqian was a little hesitant, seven shares were indeed his bottom line, but it was difficult for him to accept that all of them were classified in the fifth gear.

Although the determination of the first, second and third grades still needs to be determined by the palace examination, among the more than 300 volumes, the reading of the papers one by one is basically mastered by the volume reader, and it is listed as the fifth grade, and it is basically impossible to enter the second grade, and it can only be included in the third class and the jinshi.

But seeing the coldness and firmness in Fang Congzhe's eyes, Gu Bingqian also knew that this was the best result he could get, otherwise the other party would have to take the lead and complain to the saint first, which was not something he was willing to accept.

Seeing Gu Bingqian finally nodding, Fang Congzhe also breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn't what he wanted to achieve this effect, but he didn't want to get entangled with the other party in this matter.

Once he is in charge of the imperial court, Gu Bingqian will certainly not have a good end, and if he is degraded lightly, he will be ordered to resign if he does not do it, but his dream of being the first assistant is about to come to naught, but he has cheapened Ye Xianggao for nothing, which is difficult for Fang Congzhe to let go.

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Feng Ziying and his entourage naturally didn't know about the series of turmoil that happened after the lock of the Gong Courtyard, and they were still in a state of locking the courtyard, and all of this would not be known until the lock was unlocked.

These more than ten days are a kind of torment for non-math students, everyone is eager to see if they are on the list as soon as possible, but they are afraid to see that cruel scene.

But after all, this day is coming.

Early in the morning of February 28, there were no math students crowded on the streets of Chang'an, and the Chinese style list of the general examination would be posted here, not outside the Gongyuan like the township examination.

Sizheng, some people began to post the emperor list on the courtyard wall specially used for posting, but the first post was a list of admission officials, which was difficult to attract everyone's interest, but it had to be posted first, and then it was successively divided into more than ten yellow sheets of paper and pasted.

Basically, the number of people per post is about 30, according to the ranking from front to back, name, place of origin, identity, and finally a few articles of the section.

The so-called Cheng Wen is a model essay that can be used for learning for the reference of students in Guangzhou.

Thousands of people crowded the streets of Chang'an, and people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division had already begun to patrol at both ends to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

More than 50 students of Qingtan Academy were waiting at the Hongbin Inn, Guan Yingzhen and Zhou Yongchun also accompanied a group of students to sit in the lobby of the inn, and the people who went to see the list were the ten or twenty students who had not even passed the autumn level, including Xu Qixun, Fu Zonglong, Song Shixiang, Sun Chuanting and others.

Today's Hong guest inn has already refused to entertain guests, including the little two in the store are full of excitement waiting aside, waiting for the moment when the fate of these students is revealed, everyone wants to know how many serious eight hundred officials will be produced in this group of people after this moment, once Chinese, it is the real Da Zhou official, and the starting point is seven products!

Looking at Fang Youdu, whose lips were pale, Feng Ziying couldn't help but be a little nervous.

Indeed, among these students with a good relationship, it is definitely no problem to practice national affairs, and Xu Zheng should also be fine, that is, to see if he can be ranked in the top 100 or even the top 30.

Like Fan Jingwen, Chen Qiyu and Wu Fu are more likely, like themselves, Zheng Chongjian and Fang Youdu, the probability is smaller, especially Fang Youdu and himself.

With a loud bang on the street outside the door, noisy human voices swept like a flood breaking the gates, like thunder, and occasionally some hoarse screams, "Good news, good news!" Beihenan Guide Mansion students practice state affairs, and the first place in the Chinese-style Yonglong five-year spring meeting exam! ”

When this voice came into the inn, and then the continuous sound of good news approached, it was the same content, and the whole inn suddenly boiled, it was actually practicing state affairs?!

Everyone including Guan Yingzhen and Zhou Yongchun thought that the first place, that is, Huiyuan, was either Han Jing, or Xu Ji, or Ai Nanxing of White Horse Academy, or Yang Sichang of Chongzheng Academy, or Huang Zunsu of Chongwen Academy, but they didn't expect it to be a state practice.

Although practicing state affairs is also quite famous, but in terms of talent and fame, it is still inferior to Han Jing and Xu Ji and others, but I didn't expect to win Huiyuan in one fell swoop!