Chapter 40: Examination
No wonder Zhang Juzheng is called the first minister of the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this too much? The wait has almost gone from morning to noon. How long do we have to wait?
Feeling the sweat-soaked clothes on his body and hearing the growling protest in his stomach, Wang Bing, who stood in front of Wenyuan Pavilion under the scorching sun, couldn't help but murmur to himself.
Before dawn, the cheap daddy urged him to get up. He had no appetite to eat at all, and now he was so hungry that his chest was touching his back.
"Am I stupid? Why do I have to stand here and wait?"
The hungry Wang Bing didn't care about any rules at this moment. He turned around and found a shady place to sit down against a pillar under the gaze of several guards standing guard in the distance, swinging his wide sleeve fan.
Wind, while breathing heavily.
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"Hey, wake up, you must be the new Attendant Wang Bing, the Chief Assistant wants to see you!" Wang Bing, who had fallen asleep leaning against the pillar before he knew it, was suddenly shaken awake from his dream.
Came over.
"Oh, Mr. Chief Assistant has finished his work!" He rubbed his sleepy eyes and yawned again. Then Wang Bing followed the young clerk who had just woken him up and asked Wenyuan Pavilion, the real power of the Ming Empire.
The center stepped in.
"Students have met the Chief Assistant and all the Pavilion Bosses!"
After bowing and saluting the bearded old man on the main seat, Wang Bing turned around and saluted the other pavilion elders. Then he looked at his nose, nose and heart, and stood still, waiting.
Watching Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the empire, take exams, he looked very different from his previous lazy appearance of sleeping on a pillar outside.
"Haha, you are very generous. I asked you to wait and you actually fell asleep outside!"
"Well, that student was a little sleepy when he was growing up, which made the chief assistant laugh." Looking at the man in front of him with a handsome face and a beautiful beard that reached his chest and abdomen, he didn't seem to have any intention of blaming him.
Wang Bing also relaxed slightly.
"Oh, tell me, are you in your teens this year? Haha!" Hearing that Wang Bing actually used his age as an excuse for his drowsiness, Zhang Juzheng, who had always been serious, couldn't help but feel happy.
"Looking back, Master Fu, this student is actually thirteen years old this year!"
Although he knew that Zhang Juzheng must have thoroughly investigated his details, Wang Bing could only answer honestly.
"It seems that this boy has a good figure. He is already so tall at the age of thirteen." Looking at Wang Bing, who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, Zhang Juzheng turned around with a smile on his face.
Xiang Laoci assisted Lu Tiaoyang and others.
"Haha, my uncle is right. Although he is the youngest in Uncle Yongnian's family, in terms of body shape, he is the strongest among their brothers. He is a good candidate to be a general!" Because of the acceptance check!
Regarding the Hongshu incident, Lu Tiaoyang, the second assistant who was also an old acquaintance with Wang Bing's family, couldn't help but chuckle.
"You told His Majesty those supplementary strategies, right?" Wang Bing, who had gradually relaxed amidst the chuckles of the elders, suddenly heard Zhang Juzheng's still smiling questioning voice.
"Supplementary strategy? What supplementary strategy?" Faced with Zhang Juzheng's inquiry, Wang Bing immediately opened his eyes in confusion and looked at Zhang Juzheng in confusion.
Damn it, a bunch of old foxes! I asked why a group of dignified cabinet ministers brought me here to gossip about their parents. It turned out that they wanted to deceive me and catch me off guard. Bah, that's a pretty idea!
Wang Bing, who seemed confused, couldn't help but murmur to himself at this moment.
"These are the supplementary and perfect strategies you proposed after discussing the 'One Whip Technique' with His Majesty." Just when Wang Bing was proud of his quick response, his second assistant Lu Tiaoyang, who was an old acquaintance, opened his mouth to put the matter directly.
It was nailed to Wang Bing's head.
"Oh, it turns out that this is what the pavilion bosses are talking about. What did I think it was?" After hearing what Lu Tiaoyang said, Wang Bing immediately looked like he suddenly realized something.
"But Mr. Lu Ge, have you made a mistake? Some time ago when there was nothing to do, His Majesty did introduce to us what a whip method is, but we just listened casually, and how could we have the spare time to discuss any supplements?
What's the strategy? Besides, I'm just a kid who has just started to study the "Four Books". Even if he has the heart, he doesn't have the ability, right?"
Just when several members of the court thought that Wang Bing had admitted the matter, Wang Bing suddenly changed the subject and directly said, "I don't know anything anymore."
"You really didn't come up with those supplementary strategies?" Just as Wang Bing finished speaking, a thin official with a goatee asked Wang Bing again.
"Uh, sir, this student has never heard of the 'one whip' method before, so how can anyone think of any supplementary strategies?" Facing this stern-toned official with a goatee, Wang Bing said:
He involuntarily took a step back.
"Nonsense, the whipping method originated from the Jiajing period. As a member of the Imperial Academy, how could you not have heard of it?" Faced with Wang Bing's retreat, the goatee official asked again with a stern look on his face.
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"My lord, student, student, I didn't realize anything before. It wasn't until last year that my father slapped me awake. Later, after I entered the Imperial Academy thanks to my father's donation, I spent all day memorizing the Four Books and so on. How could I have time to go to school?
What do you know about the 'one whip' method!"
Old man, did I dig your grave or sleep with your woman? Do you have to be so stubborn and aggressive?
Looking at this thin, goatee-bearded official who kept asking him questions, Wang Bing couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart.
"Ziwei, forget it. Seeing as this kid is indeed unaware, don't try to embarrass him!" Finally, Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant, came out to pretend to be a good person at this time.
"My lords, I heard that our uncle-in-law has a photographic memory. I wonder how it compares to the chief minister? Haha!" Just when Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister, came out to pretend to be a good person, among the cabinet members
Among them, a cabinet official who was about forty years old and the youngest cabinet official also stood up and started a fight.
"Haha, I am old now and have low energy. How can I still have a photographic memory? Rumo, don't make fun of me. Let this kid give us a demonstration. It can also be regarded as a test of his homework!
Zhang Juzheng, who was sitting down the slope, chuckled at first, and then pointed at Wang Bing.
Chapter completed!