What's even more rare is that what Jiajing gave Xu Chang was a unicorn suit.

During the Zhengde period, the emperor was martial, so the so-called bullfighting clothes and flying fish clothes were overflowing, and the bullfighting clothes that were originally only given to one product were given out more than a thousand pieces, not to mention the flying fish suits, this Zhengde Tianzi obviously felt that it was not enjoyable enough, and actually came to a trick that the seeers had a share, almost a Chinese military official, a set of flying fish, which is also a landscape of the Zhengde Dynasty.

After Jiajing ascended the throne, he got rid of many malpractices, so in view of this phenomenon, it was natural to set things right, so he suddenly became extremely cautious about the matter of giving clothes, and after ascending the throne for so long, the Manchu Dynasty did not give more than ten civil and military uniforms, and the cabinet took up three places, as for Jiang Bing, who was the most favored by Jinyiwei, it was just a flying fish.

In terms of rewards, Jiajing has always been cautious, some people say that he is mean, in fact, this is also a lesson from Zhengde, Zhengde is too generous, compare this Jiajing with him, of course, it is inevitable to be mean and unkind, but Zhengde's approach may not be correct, because once the royal gift is indiscriminate, it will inevitably make people feel child's play, in the past, if someone gave the dress, I think it is full of glamorous things, I can't wait to wear it to make people envy, jealousy and hate. But in the Zhengde Dynasty, everyone is not interested in this kind of clothing, and even many people have given a few sets of imperial clothes at home, but they are not willing to wear them, the reason is the opposite of before, just because people think this thing is like child's play, take it out and lose it.

Now that he has changed his ways, Jiajing actually gave this imperial dress to Xu Chang very rarely, which is definitely a rare thing, because the minister given by Jiajing has the lowest grade above the fourth grade, and Jiajing is extremely particular about the rules. There is no product that will never reward bullfighting, not more than three grades, and it is impossible to reward flying fish, but the problem is that the unicorn suit is the specification of the fourth-grade and fifth-grade officials, and according to the etiquette system, it is given to the fourth-grade and fifth-grade military attachés, and now Xu Chang is just a six-grade military attaché, which may not be a shocking thing in the Zhengde period, but it is placed here in Jiajing Tianzi. It's a little hard to guess Emperor Jiajing's thoughts.

Xu Chang has been in Beijing for so much time, he is originally a smooth person, he has long been in harmony with many people, well-informed, how can he not understand the rules here? The more you understand. The more he felt that the unicorn suit given by the Son of Heaven was precious, this was a gift from the Son of Heaven in Jiajing, one piece was worth ten or a hundred pieces, enough for him to swagger through the market, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is mighty, and it is difficult to repay you for your humble death." ”

Jiajing Tianzi seemed to enjoy this feeling, and helped Xu Chang up with his weak hands. Said: "You are my person, I naturally will not treat you badly, don't say ten thousand words, I don't want you to die." I want you to live and do good things for me, okay, I will listen to the lectures of the Hanlin masters later. Go down. ”

Jiajing's sentence is worth chewing, at least Huang Jin has been pondering. When Jiajing said which sentence you are my person, he suddenly understood something, the emperor gave Xu Chang a favor not only to show his favor, but also to declare his attitude to people, telling everyone that as long as it is the Son of Heaven's 'own person', the Son of Heaven is still generous.

Xu Chang no longer hesitated and said goodbye.

Coming out of the Chongzheng Palace, Xu Chang was excited and happy, he couldn't imagine that he could grasp this opportunity, he thought that he would be panicked when he saw the Son of Heaven, and he was lucky to be able to say decent words, but he didn't know what momentum suddenly came, and he actually used his own means to fool the officials in Qiantang County, and even fooled the emperor.

It seems that this Shangguan and the emperor are similar, and the means of patting the sycophants don't even have to change the soup, just according to this prescription, they can still be invincible!

Thinking of Fang Cai's scene, Xu Chang felt a little proud, he made a ghost to say that there were villains and lawlessness in the Beijing Division, it was nothing more than his means of fooling the county orders and master bookkeepers in Qiantang County, he knew the truth of rabbit death and dog cooking, so in Qiantang County, he would always create many enemies out of thin air, such as those splashes in the county, although he had the ability to make them honest, but every once in a while, he always turned a blind eye, why? It's nothing more than highlighting his importance in front of Shangguan, and these splashes are the tools he relies on for a living.

In front of the emperor, in fact, it was the same, he suddenly thought of this truth, so he said that some lawless people in the capital were rampant, what he did was to tell the emperor that he was working very hard to do things, and now that the feet of the Son of Heaven are full of rabbits, as a hunting dog, I naturally have a place to use.

Originally, Xu Chang just wanted to highlight his importance, but he actually won the jackpot, and he walked out of the palace with excitement, but he was thinking in his heart: "Isn't it time to repair the book for that kid Qian'er, huh...... It's better to inform him of such an important matter. ”

Thinking of this son, Xu Chang, who was full of crooked and evil ways, couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and couldn't help but think again: "I don't know how his township test is, hey, if he can win, the father and son will be reunited in Beijing, he is far away in Zhejiang, and he is always at ease." ”

And at this time, in the Chongzheng Palace, Jiajing Tianzi was sitting down with a smile, he leaned on the imperial chair, played with a jade pen, and suddenly asked Huang Jindao: "Huang Banban, what do you think of this Xu Chang?" ”

Huang Jin was stunned, then cautiously glanced at Jiajing Tianzi, and said, "The slave and maid can't say it well." ”

"It's not that you can't say it, but you don't dare to say it." Jiajing Wan'er, then said: "This person is very smart, carve it well, and can take on great responsibilities." ”

Jiajing put down the imperial pen and simply continued neatly: "It's just that this person is too sleek, but it's nothing ......" Jiajing pursed his lips and said with a very disdainful look: "It's good if it can be used by me." ”

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The weather in Hangzhou is gradually getting cooler, the autumn wind is hunting, the fallen leaves are flying, and there is a little more bleak atmosphere in the streets and alleys, not to mention the tribute courtyard that is full of murderous atmosphere, which adds a little bleakness at this time.

According to the rules, after the examination is over, all the officials who take the main examination and the same examination are not allowed to leave the Gongyuan before the list is released, and there are special officers and soldiers guarding the Gongyuan outside, and anyone who takes a step will be punished as cheating.

Therefore, nearly 100 officials in Zhejiang eat and drink here now, and the officials who take the same examination and invigilate have nothing to do, so they can only gather in Minglun Hall every day to drink tea and chat.

For the marking officer, the task is extremely tense, hundreds of thousands of test papers are definitely not a joke, the rules of the township examination are extremely strict, and the slightest sloppiness must not be sloppy, such as the official who marks the papers, which adopts the way of circulation, that is, if an examiner feels that the article is desirable, he will stamp his own big seal, and then hand it to the next marking officer, and the next marking officer will still stamp the big seal after he feels that it is desirable, a total of six stamped marking officers, but where there are four big seals, Then it means that the essay is considered to have been reviewed, and then sent to the examiner, who will choose the ranking among these selected papers.

The six marking officers had already read hundreds of test papers in a row, and they were already exhausted, but they did not dare to slack off, so they had to fight mentally to support them.

It has been four days, and all the volumes have finally been read one after another.

Immediately afterwards, the discussion began, the so-called discussion, that is, after receiving dozens of test papers, the examiner summoned all the examiners to comment on the article, especially for some extremely excellent articles, this was originally the chief examiner's words, but often in order to show his fairness, the student will call everyone to discuss, of course, the final decision is naturally in the hands of Zhao Tixue.

Zhao Tixue's eye sockets were sunken, obviously he was not lightly tired, he stayed up all night last night and read the papers, and finally sorted out some clues, but now he encountered a difficult thing, on a paper, the examiners had a strict disagreement.

This is an extremely thorough and brilliant paper, and if nothing else, it should not be a problem to be in the top three of the exam. However, some examiners believe that there is a mistake in this article. The mistake is that there is a sentence in the article called: "Yan Kukong Zhizhuo".

There is an unwritten rule that is the most important in the so-called Baguwen, that is, if you want to quote scriptures in the article, then this classic must not go beyond the scope of the Four Books and Five Classics. And this sentence "Yan Kukong Zhizhuo", the examiners almost have no impression, and they don't know which classic it comes from, which means that if there is no sentence in the Four Books and Five Classics, then the introduction of this eight-strand essay is apocryphal, and once it is found to be apocryphal, then it is a heavy mistake, even if you write well, even if the examiner sympathizes with you and makes you not famous, this rank is only on the tail at most.

Just kidding, writing an article is a statement on behalf of a saint, where is your turn to create your own speech? This is no small matter.

Zhao Tixue has already read the article, and he is too familiar with the style of this article, and he is also a little embarrassed at this time, and he doesn't know how to deal with it.

"It stands to reason that if there is a mistake in the test paper, it is inevitable that he will be placed in the fourth class, so that he will take the exam again in the next year, but this article is golden and jade, and the lower official really can't bear it, so the meaning of the lower official is to put it in the second class, and it is reluctant to let him be lifted, which can be regarded as the beauty of adults."

"Such an article, it's a pity, if there is no such sentence 'Yan Kukong Zhizhuo', there must be a first-class, with the view of old decay, it may be ranked fourth."

"But I don't think so, such a big mistake, why be merciful, you can't even read the book, what's the use of the article no matter how splendid the article is? It's better to send it away, let him study hard, take the exam again next year, and give him a lesson, which is not a bad thing for this candidate. ”