Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

In fact, Tong Shicheng just wanted to show off.

Because the students of Guangling Prefecture are all discussing this topic, if he expresses his opinion, he may be able to gain the support of many students.

For civil servants, students all over the world are their branches and leaves. Whoever has more branches and leaves will get more help in officialdom.

Even if he makes a mistake someday, he will not be devastated all of a sudden thanks to the reputation and goodwill he has accumulated among the student community.

However, what Tong Shicheng never expected was that his pretense would actually trap himself.

After hearing about this, several old bureaucrats in Qinzhou Prefecture, the capital of Qinzhou Road, expressed their opinions one after another and scolded Tong Shicheng harshly.

The content of the insult is very simple, that is, he is jealous of talented people.

A talented person emerged in the area under his jurisdiction, and he should have been protected and cultivated, but Tong Shicheng wanted to punish him, which was simply ridiculous.

Tong Shicheng could not swallow the insult and immediately wrote an article to curse back. Officials who had a good relationship with Tong Shicheng also stood up to respond.

The original dispute over poetry and prose gradually turned into a struggle in officialdom.

As the capital city of Qinzhou Road, the rank of officials in Qinzhou Prefecture is at least one level higher than that in Guangling Prefecture, a second-tier city. However, the positions held by these old bureaucrats are basically honorary positions.

He only has rank but no real power.

On the other hand, Tong Shicheng's camp is mostly composed of young and energetic new officials. Even if their current ranks are not as high as the other side, in a few years, most of them will be able to enter the court as officials, and their future can be said to be bright.

Naturally, they cannot feel the artistic conception conveyed in "Song of Peach Blossom Cottage".

On the other hand, most of the old bureaucrats in Qinzhou Prefecture were like Xiao Yu. They were once glorious, but for various reasons, they were demoted to local areas, holding empty positions and completely leaving the center of power.

It is said that when people leave, the tea gets cold, but for this group of old bureaucrats, the tea has already gotten cold before they even left.

Such a huge gap also caused a drastic change in their state of mind.

[Song of Peach Blossom Cottage] can be said to be completely in line with their current situation.

The poems and essays that they regarded as "treasures" were devalued by a military officer in the Household Department. Naturally, these old bureaucrats were very upset.

Anyway, their official careers have come to an end, so they can speak without any taboos. However, the officials in Tong Shicheng's camp still have to consider the impact, and their momentum gradually weakened.

As for Chen Lang, the "culprit" who caused this mess, he is currently being held in Xiao Yu's stable.

After waking up from a hangover, Chen Lang recalled what he had done and had no regrets.

Not to mention that he was drunk at the time, even if he wasn't drunk, he would definitely carve the complete "Song of Peach Blossom Cottage" on the wall of the Xiao family's courtyard.

As for being placed under house arrest by the Xiao family, Chen Lang was not afraid at all.

He just didn't believe that the Xiao family would dare to kill him.

You have to know that when the Xiao family servant dragged himself into the mansion, there were dozens of witnesses.

If he couldn't leave the Xiao family in the end, the Xiao family would definitely be in trouble.

So the one who should be worried now is not me, but the Xiao family.

In the past few days, the Xiao family has sent more than ten people to "appease" Chen Lang. The implicit meaning of their words is that as long as he doesn't say anything nonsense after he gets out, he will be let go immediately.

Chen Lang's response was also just one word.

roll!

It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away. So you think you can get rid of yourself so easily? No way!

Seeing that Chen Lang was unmoved by any persuasion, the servants of the Xiao family felt helpless and could only ask the chief steward to come out and talk to Chen Lang.

"Tang Bohu, my master said that although you are talented, your character is bad. This time I imprisoned you to temper your temper and make you remember."

Chen Lang sneered: "In that case, I will stay here for a while and temper my temper."

The housekeeper was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, thinking that with such a thick skin, he didn't look like a scholar at all, but more like a street thug.

Since you want to stay, then stay and see who gets anxious first.

Two more days passed like this.

The day for the provincial examination results to be announced has arrived.

There was a huge crowd at the entrance of the provincial school, and the students were standing on tiptoe, waiting for the officials to post the notice.

When the officers posted the notice, the scene became even more chaotic.

Pushing, insulting, exclaiming, crying...

Various sounds intertwined together, making people's heads swell.

Soon, someone exclaimed, "Chen Lang from Nanhe County, ranked eighth in the prefectural exam?"

"A merchant passed both the county and prefectural exams. How unreasonable!"

"Could it be that he bribed Nie Xuezheng?"

These voices also made others focus on the eighth place on the list.

Chen Lang's name appearing here made all the students jealous and crazy.

Especially those candidates who failed the exam, they wanted to take a pen, cross out the name, and write their own name.

The number of places for admission in the provincial examination was even smaller. Among the hundreds of candidates, only 25 made the final list, which was more than half the number of places in the county examination.

In such fierce competition, a scum who was born as a vendor and asked a teacher to write for him was ranked eighth on the list!

He only ranked tenth in the county exam!

In such a short period of time, the admission ranking has increased by two places. This is a slap in the face of those candidates who claim to have worked hard but ultimately failed.

Other vendors can improve their test scores by two places in just a month, but you study hard every day and every year, but in the end you still fail!

There must be something shady going on here!

One failed candidate grew increasingly indignant and shouted, "I can't believe it! How could a vendor get such a high score?"

"Originally, the chief examiner of the prefectural school was supposed to be the prefect, but at the last minute, it was replaced by Nie Xuezheng."

"I'm afraid there's something fishy going on here!"

Someone started talking, and the other failed candidates immediately echoed them, shouting loudly that there was something fishy going on and demanding that the headmaster of the prefectural school, Nie Ziru, come out to explain!

When Nie Ziru heard these words, he did not take them to heart.

After all, this kind of thing happens every year during the college entrance examination, and he has long been accustomed to it.

As for putting Chen Lang on the list, there was indeed some selfish motive in it, because Chen Lang's policy articles were very much to Nie Ziru's taste, and some of the political views in them coincided with her own.

As the chief examiner, one always has some privileges, so Nie Ziru doesn't think there is anything wrong with the way he determines the rankings.

As for the current turmoil Chen Lang has caused in the outside world, it is not within Nie Ziru's consideration. He is only a principal of the provincial school, not the prefect. When promoting talents, he only looks at the level of the articles and nothing else.

But what Nie Ziru didn't expect was that the voices outside condemning him not only did not weaken, but became more and more intense.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Nie Ziru hurriedly ordered people to go out through the back door and go to the government office to ask for reinforcements.

At least a dozen constables are needed to calm down this group of excited candidates.