It can be seen from Father-in-law Wei's control of Dongchang and Jinyiwei that he is really capable and has superb control skills.

But today, the praise of Wu Kongjia has let everyone see another layer of Wei Gonggong's strength, that is, sales.

At least President Wei saw this layer.

Use cognition to clarify the direction, arm sales with science, respond to challenges with ability, and solve problems with methods.

If he is not a eunuch, Father-in-law Wei must be a gold medal salesman and knows how to build momentum.

It is not easy to praise Wu Kongjia, a commodity that is definitely not arrogant, as if it is very powerful.

It seems that the poems in the top three before are very ordinary, and only Wu Kongjia's poems stand out from the crowd.

The eunuch ministers desperately agreed.

The ministers of the Donglin Party, led by Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi, all three of them were disdainful, thinking that Wei Zhongxian was a little too contrived in doing this!

Wu Kongjia's poem is good, but it has not reached the point of a masterpiece, you are too obvious.

"My lords, what do you think of the poems made by this Jinshi? How about the poems written by the top three? Wei Zhongxian swept around Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi. The question is very direct!

Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi were in their hearts, this can be regarded as a showdown, right? The old fox's fox tail is exposed!

They all already understood that the biggest purpose of Wei Zhongxian's coming over this trip was to kill one of the three people in the first class and let Wu Kongjia make up for it.

Although the ears and eyes of these Donglin ministers are not as well-informed as Wei Zhongxian, Wu Kongjia is Wei Zhongxian's person, and they have already heard of it.

And looking at Wei Zhongxian's meaning, he was so anxious to ask them about their attitude towards Wu Kongjia's poem, it seemed that Wei Zhongxian only had one card in his hand.

Zhu Yanxi didn't speak, twisted his beard and muttered, he knew very well that if he recognized Wu Kongjia's poems as better than the top three poems, it would be equivalent to agreeing that Wu Kongjia could enter the top three in the palace examination.

Although the palace examination is presided over by the emperor, the ministers also have the right to speak, especially several cabinet ministers.

According to the past practice, the emperor generally does not overturn the ranking of the examination, and the palace examination is only a formality in most cases.

"The poems made by the top two are good, but they are not necessarily better than the poems made by the top three in the first class, they are similar!" Zhou Rupan is upright and hot-tempered, he is old, and he has no intention of being an official for a long time, and he is ready to leave the court at any time, so every time he needs to be eunuch, he almost takes the lead!

Wei Zhongxian was not angry and looked at Ding Shaoshi.

Ding Shaoshi didn't plan to speak, but he couldn't hide from it, so he could only stubbornly say: "I have the same opinion as Lord Zhou." In fact, when it comes to the top few Jinshi, everyone's level is about the same, and they are all well-educated people who are full of articles. As the saying goes, there is no first in literature, there is no second in martial arts, and the comparison of poetry and writing has always been the opinion of the benevolent and the wise, and it is not easy to compare. ”

"Lord Ding said very well, will try to rank out, that is the rule set by the past dynasties, there are more than a dozen examiners cross-marking, there is no drawback, the selected Jinshi, one by one, is a real talent! The examination is mainly based on policy theory, the scope of investigation is wider, and the requirements for students are also higher. So, 9,000 years old, let's still focus on drinking to help fun, and we don't have to make it like an exam, right? "Zhu Yanxi came out at the right time and diluted the mud.

Wei Zhongxian snorted coldly, he had already expected that a few people would be with the mud, they would be perfunctory, and they wanted to get by!

However, since Wei Zhongxian has already made a move, he will never let this kind of thing happen, he grabbed Zhou Rupan's words, and said with authority: "Lord Zhou, you said that the poems made by the top three of the second class are good, but they are not necessarily superior to the poems made by the top three of the first class, and the poems written by the four people are similar, isn't it?" ”

Zhou Rupan heard Wei Zhongxian repeat what he had just said word for word, he was very disgusted, frowned and said coldly: "Yes, I said it!" What is Grandpa Wei's opinion? If there is a problem with what I say, I can judge it in front of the emperor, or let the people of the world judge! I have behaved well all my life, and I am not afraid of being judged. ”

To be a top-level high-ranking official, there is absolutely nothing to talk about in a good life, Zhou Rupan doesn't ask himself about many things, and they are all trivial, compared to you Wei Zhongxian, it is purely trivial!

Zhou Rupan's experience is that every time he fights with Wei Zhongxian, he directly escalates to the point of life and death! Openness, expansion, if you have the ability, Wei Zhongxian will fight me head-on with Zhou Rupan!

Wei Zhongxian did not have many ways to take Zhou Rupan's trick, but it was not impossible, he sneered, and then said: "I almost forgot, Lord Zhou also once lectured in Donglin, and he had a teacher-student friendship with these three scholars, and the teacher protected the students, which is human nature!" ”

"Grandpa Wei! That's a bad deal! Zhou Ruyi couldn't help but stand up: "I really think that the poems made by the top two are good, but they don't necessarily have any advantages compared to the poems made by the top three in the first class, and the poems written by the four people are of a similar level!" Now you can have people record a few poems, and let everyone present vote by secret ballot, to see if what I say is right or wrong! I only talk about the quality of the poems, and I don't put personal interests in them at all! And I will try to mark the papers, but I didn't participate, and I didn't change this three! ”

"Yes! Let's vote by secret ballot! Wei Zhongxian smiled, he kept guiding, in order to guide to the vote!

President Wei sweated, all of which showed that the DPRK has the germ of the capitalist system whether it is economic progress, or the development of science and technology, or the political model, which is really good, and this era is so popular to vote by secret ballot? What a feeling of advancement!

President Wei felt the novelty, and Wei Zhongxian, Wu Kongjia and others were very happy!

Because there are almost 150 officials present today, and 300 jinshi present!

There are about 450 people in total, whether it is officials or new science and technology scholars, the proportion of eunuchs, Donglin parties and neutrals is roughly the same.

That is to say, among the 450 people, the Eunuch Party, the Donglin Party, and the Neutral faction basically accounted for about 150 votes.

If the top three and Wu Kongjia vote to decide the winner, Wu Kongjia will have a great advantage!

Because Wu Kongjia can absorb all the 150 votes of the eunuch party, and the top three people in the first class have to divide 150 votes, even if the neutral faction is biased towards the Donglin party, Wu Kongjia still has a great advantage!

Zhu Yanxi and Ding Shaoshi both saw this very clearly, and secretly hated Zhou Rupan for falling into Wei Zhongxian's trap, but in front of so many people, there was no way to say anything.

Originally, in the eyes of Zhu Yanxi and Ding Shaoshi, Wei Zhongxian's stalking was easy to resolve, he was stalking, and we were stalking, just ignore him.

But you, Lord Zhou, this is, this is, alas!

Zhou Rupan is not stupid, after listening to Wei Zhongxian, he regretted it, and hurriedly said: "Father-in-law Wei, I said casually, drinking and feasting and composing poems is purely entertainment, what do you vote for?" ”

"No! The big husband is out of his word, and the horse is hard to chase! What's more, it's the words of the dignified ministers! "Where can Wei Zhongxian allow Zhou Rupan to retract his words? Looking at Zhu Yanxi with the victory in hand: "Lord Zhu, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Yanxi sighed: "Since the nine thousand years old insists on this, it doesn't hurt to vote." However, this is not an official exam, so there is no need to let the top three in the first class and Wu Kongjia vote, right? I think it's more interesting to draw two people from the first and second grades to vote. ”

After Zhu Yanxi finished speaking, everyone present admired it!

Zhu Yanxi's proposal is very reasonable, and it is difficult to find an excuse to refuse.

If one less person is released, then the Donglin Party will at least be able to maintain the position of champion.

One more person was added to the second grade, and among the people, except for Wei Zhongxian and Wei Guangwei, plus Wei Bao himself, no fourth person knew that Wei Bao was already a member of the eunuch party.

Even Wu Sanfu didn't know.

Without knowing it, everyone saw that Wei Bao was a northern scholar, and he was definitely not from Donglin, nor was he like a eunuch.

Then, when Wei Bao enters the vote, he will definitely share a lot of Wu Kongjia's votes, even if he shares a part, the pressure on the first two Donglin scholars will be much smaller!

Wei Zhongxian secretly hated Zhu Yanxi's cunning and cunning, and came up with such a method in a short period of time, frowned, looked at Gu Bingqian and asked, "Who is the second place in the second grade?" ”

Gu Bingqian was not very clear, and looked at Wei Guangwei.

Wei Guangwei is a little proud, because Wei Bao and Wu Sanfu are nine thousand years old personally handed over to him on an errand, he made Wei Bao a second-class second, which has far exceeded his own expectations, it can be said that it is far beyond his own ability, Wu Sanfu is not bad, and he also got a third-class, how to say that he is also from the same Jinshi, and it does not affect being an official!

"It's Liaoxi Jinshi, Wei Bao." Wei Guangwei replied loudly.

When Wei Bao heard his name called, he quickly stood up, "I learned Wei Bao at the end of the day, I have seen nine thousand years old, I have seen all the adults, and I have seen all the seniors." ”

Everyone present looked at the young and handsome Wei Bao.

Just such a stop is more impressive than playing 10,000 advertisements, and everyone remembers this little year at once.

When Wei Zhongxian asked, he originally thought that the second place in the second class must also be a scholar of the Donglin Party, but he didn't expect it to be Wei Bao, and he was secretly taken aback, thinking that Wei Bao was strangely capable? Can he actually rely on his own strength to take the second place in the second grade?

Although Wei Guangwei was notified before, let Wei Guangwei help Wei Bao and Wu Sanfu get the Jinshi fame! and shall not speak of it to anyone.

But Wei Zhongxian just said that, and didn't ask Wei Guangwei to give Wei Bao a few places.

Wei Zhongxian also knows that the things that will be tested are rare fierce people, and if he wants to rank in the examination, his own talent and learning must be excellent, he does not think that the 15-year-old Wei Bao, who is busy doing business all day long, has such a level.

But I didn't expect that Wei Bao would be able to take the second place in the second class?

Wei Zhongxian and Wei Bao looked at each other.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, then looked respectful and bowed his head.

"No, no! Wu Kongjia is compared with the top three in the first class. If there are two people in the second class, all three people in the first class come out to vote, and five people compare, it's okay! Wei Zhongxian is also a very smart person, after finding out that Wei Bao was not a Donglin scholar, he immediately changed his mind, and was unwilling to let Wei Bao take Wu Kongjia's votes and increase the variables.

"Nine thousand years old, the first and second class should be treated fairly! If the first class produces three people, the second class also has three people! If there are two people in the first class, there will be two people in the second class! Otherwise, it is better to have one person each from the first and second class to compare. "Zhu Yanxi is not easy to get along with, so naturally he will not back down.

Wei Zhongxian quickly compared, he knew very well that the Donglin Party had a slight advantage in the entire field! They should have a little more officers and gentlemen than his men.

If there is one person from the first and second grades, then Wu Kongjia will definitely be defeated!

If there are three people from the first and second grades, it is almost the same as two people from the first and second grades, because no matter whether the third person in the second and second ranks is the Donglin Party, or their own people, or neutrals, they are all accompanied, and they will not affect the overall situation at all, but because the more people, the more variables will increase, and it is possible to pull away Wu Kongjia's vote.

Wei Zhongxian weighed the three plans proposed by Zhu Yanxi, and felt that the most beneficial to his side was two people from the first and second grades, besides, Wei Bao was his own protégé in secret, and if Wei Bao could get on, it would not be completely unacceptable.

In fact, Wei Zhongxian is not afraid of Wei Bao, Wei Zhongxian is afraid that Wei Bao is completely on the list, but will pull away Wu Kongjia's votes, which will increase the variables.

"Then according to Lord Zhu's wishes, two people from each of the first and second class will vote!" After Wei Zhongxian weighed it, he was very helpless.

When Zhu Yanxi heard this, he felt a lot more at ease, he was very sure of the talent of the first two jinshi! The extra Wei Bao apportionment must be Wu Kongjia's votes!

"Come on, record all the poems of the four Jinshi! Then all the officials and jinshi present issued a blank receipt, and each wrote their favorite poem against the jinshi author! Zhu Yanxi spoke.

Gu Bingqian nodded, seeing that Zhu Yanxi and Wei Zhongxian had reached an agreement and were about to do so, he suddenly remembered something: "This second place in the second class doesn't seem to have written poetry yet, right?" ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes all moved back to Wei Bao's face.

This time, the most nervous was Wu Sanfu, Wu Sanfu knew Wei Bao even better than Wei Bao himself how many bowls of water he had in his stomach.

Wu Sanfu is usually confused and just cares about having fun, but he and Wei Bao are classmates in Shanhai Academy, Wei Bao's real level, he has a number, you know, Wei Bao was the worst in the entire class before he was tested for Xiucai.

Wei Bao passed the show to be what's going on, Wu Sanfu doesn't know very well.

But Wei Bao's first time in the exam, he couldn't even pass the scientific exam, which he knew.

You must know that the scientific examination is the qualification examination before the examination, and a person who can't even pass the qualification examination can compare with these real Jinshi present?

What's more, the two Jinshi of the first class, and the top Jinshi of the second class, are the best among the Jinshi, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, the most outstanding talents in the past three years are here.

Wei Bao, a person who is not at the level of talent showmanship, how can he compare with them?

If it weren't for Wei Bao to defeat Liaonan, Sun Chengzong helped Wei Bao get a Liaonan Enke, only he and Wei Bao took the exam, otherwise where would the two of them be qualified to get the fame? Where are you qualified to come to the Beijing Normal School Entrance Examination, and where are you qualified to sit on this occasion today?

Thinking of such Wei Bao and asking him to compose poems, Wu Sanfu didn't just feel funny, but the horror was far greater than the funny.

Wei Bao himself was not nervous, because when he was composing the poem just now, he was ready, and when he was ready to come to him, he would take it out casually.

Wei Bao has already seen the current situation clearly, that is, Wei Zhongxian wants to ensure that Wu Kongjia enters the top three and takes a place in the Donglin Party, which has nothing to do with him.

Because whether it is a member of the Eunuch Party or a member of the Donglin Party, it is impossible to vote for himself.

Even if there is still a third of the neutrals, they don't necessarily look at themselves as 15 years old, right?

You haven't gotten to the point where you like it at first sight, right? On the contrary, if a man is too handsome and chic, it is easy for other men to feel disgusted.

Wei Bao has a very accurate grasp of his own situation and the situation on the spot.

Indeed, most of the people present saw that the second place in the second class was such a young little white face, and they were secretly angry and slightly jealous!

"Looking back at the words of Master Fu, I haven't written poetry yet." Wei Bao smiled slightly.

"Then compose a poem to add to the fun." Gu Bingqian didn't dislike Wei Bao, at his age, he wouldn't hate people of Wei Bao's age.

And Gu Bingqian is in a high position, except for Wei Zhongxian.

I don't have any opinions about a child I just met.

"Yes." Wei Bao smiled slightly, then straightened his waist and said loudly: "Enter the capital." The husband only holds the Wu hook in his hand, and his spirit is higher than that of a hundred-foot building; Who has written history for 10,000 years, wants to be a marquis 3,000 miles away; The ambition of going out of the mountain is to climb to the top, and when will he enter the phoenix pond; If there is no horse high car day, swear not to return to the hometown car; Today's pavilion must be the day, which is the year of my article to report the country; The horse is out of the group and the love stack, and the old base of Yan is more new; He made friends with well-known scholars at home and abroad, and went to visit the Taoist people in Beijing. ”

Wei Baoyin is a poem by Li Zhongtang in the late Qing Dynasty, and the above sentences express Li Hongzhang's ambition to participate in state affairs (one or two sentences in total).

He thinks that history is written by princes and generals, and he should be a person like a prince (three or four sentences). He decided to go out of the mountains and enter the court, but if he did not achieve his goal, he vowed not to return home (5-8 sentences).

And now is the best time for him to go out of the mountain and struggle, and he can't wait any longer (ninety sentences). Li Hongzhang also used Ma and Yan as an analogy to prove that only those who leave their hometown and go out to find a recommendation can have a bright future.

In fact, there are not many surprises in this poem, but the artistic conception is good, the momentum is extraordinary, and the most important thing is a hidden ambition, which is very contagious.

Those present, whether they are students or officials, who have never had a husband who only holds Wu Hook, and his spirit is higher than that of a hundred-foot building; Who has written history for 10,000 years, and wants to be a marquis 3,000 miles away. This kind of ambition, huh?

No one asks about the cold window for ten years, isn't it just for the title of the gold list one day, and the world will hear it!

Isn't it just to climb to a high-ranking official, to be famous, known to the world, and to worship the marquis.

Everyone was secretly surprised that Wei Bao had two strokes, although the poem was a bit green, but from the mouth of a 15-year-old boy, it was appropriate.

The most important thing is that all the literati present are full of poetry and books, everyone knows that it is original as soon as they hear it, and throughout the ages, no one wants to be an official and think of such a madness, and dare to call it out in public.

If you don't have a face, you are invincible, this is already in the realm of invincibility, right?

Everyone whispered, and most of them nodded slightly.

Wu Sanfu's eyes bulged out even more, and he looked at Wei Bao from a distance like a ghost, secretly wondering if Wei Bao's preparation was fine enough? Did you ask Song Yingxing to make a poem for him in advance?

Hey, this Song Yingxing, he can't get into the Jinshi exam, he can only make wedding dresses for others, and it's cheap Xiaobao's kid.

It's a pity that Song Yingxing is not qualified to enter Shoufu's mansion to attend today's banquet, so he can only wait for President Wei to go out with Fan Datou outside the mansion.

Otherwise, if Song Yingxing listens to Wei Bao's poem, he will definitely praise it.

After a short while, he focused his eyes on Wei Zhongxian's face.

Wei Zhongxian is actually observing everyone, Wei Zhongxian doesn't know a few words, how can he know the quality of the poems? Whether his evaluation is good or bad mainly depends on everyone's reaction.

Judging from everyone's reactions, Wei Zhongxian knew in his heart that Wei Bao's poem was definitely stronger than any poem just now!

It is also stronger than Wu Kongjia's poems!

But Wei Zhongxian also made a difficulty, because Wu Kongjia had officially entered his disciple and belonged to the first-class grandson.

And Wei Bao is a halfway monk, a disciple of Sun Chengzong, but he is secretly taking refuge in himself, and his mind is not right, Wei Zhongxian has not seen it clearly.

Don't raise tigers, right?

Wei Zhongxian was willing to help Wei Bao at the beginning, mainly for the sake of Wei Bao and Wu Sanfu's 200,000 taels of silver.

It is even more important to see that Wei Bao is a big businessman in western Liaoning, and Wu Sanfu is the son of Wu Xiang, in this identity!

Regardless of the relationship between Wei Bao and Sun Chengzong's disciple, it does not prevent him Wei Zhongxian, and he can let the opponent secretly do things for himself, what loss did he suffer?

Not to mention that Sun Chengzong is not a member of the Donglin Party, even if a disciple of the Donglin Party is willing to work for himself secretly, Wei Zhongxian is also willing, and he will not refuse to come, the more the merrier!

Who would have too much to do with things that have no impact on themselves, but only benefits and no losses?

But Lao Tzu wants Wu Kongjia to enter the top three, not Wei Bao to enter the top three!

Wei Zhongxian's heart was very anxious and contradictory at this time.

"Father-in-law Wei, how is this poem?" Zhu Yanxi narrowed his eyes, he could see Wei Zhongxian's ambivalence.

This time, it was Zhu Yanxi's turn to take the initiative to ask.

The basic skill of officialdom is to observe words and feelings, not to mention a second-level high-ranking official like Zhu Yanxi.

"What do you think, Lord Zhu?" Wei Zhongxian did not answer directly, but asked Zhu Yanxi rhetorically.

Zhu Yanxi twisted his beard and said with a smile: "It's okay, although there are some young spirits, but the spirit is higher than that of the hundred-foot building; The momentum of who has written history for 10,000 years is not bad, and the ambition of wanting to be a marquis three thousand miles away is also straightforward, on the whole, it is a high-class poem! What does Grandpa Wei think? ”

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