Folktale: It's not a good thing to go all the way up

There was a reader named Chen Tongwan, and on this day, he was reading cross-legged on the kang in the room, when he overheard shouting outside the door: "High school!" He was shocked, he didn't know who was in high school this year, he couldn't help but sigh and cover his ears. At this time, madame ran into the house in a panic: "Hit! Hit! Master! Chen Tongwan said unhappily: "If you win, you will win, that is the blessing of others, why are you happy?" Madame shouted, "Lord, you have won the list!" Chen Tongwan felt as if he was dreaming, and he was suddenly stunned.

At this moment, the door was shouting again: "Old Master Chen Tongwan is in the middle." At this time, he returned to his senses, hurriedly got off the kang, did not even care about shoes, ran out of the gate, grabbed the good news, and took a closer look, it was him. He stayed for a while, and suddenly he held his head and cried: "It's late! Alas, it's late! Sixty years old! Sixty years old! ”

It turned out that Chen Tongwan had been intelligent since childhood, hard-working and studious, and when he was young, he was already full of economics. But the sky did not go according to people's wishes, and repeated attempts failed. His family urged him to change his profession in order to make a living, but he said, "I have decided that I will become an official and serve the country." "But fate is not good, because of repeated failures, he suffered from hunger and freezing, but he still read tirelessly all day long." Decades have passed, and finally in exchange for today's gold list title, how not to make him sad and happy?

A few days later, Chen Tongwan went to Beijing to listen to the dispatch.

The emperor looked at Chen Tongwan, who was kneeling, only to see that he was skinny and bony, with gray hair, like an old skinny monkey, and his appearance was very ridiculous. He also ordered him to look up: although his face is old, he still has a god. He asked, "Ai Qing, I heard that you have the ambition to serve the country, work hard all your life, and write a book entitled "Theory on Governing the Country"?" Chen Tongwan repeatedly kowtowed and said, "Xiao Chen has written some articles, but because of this

Only sparse and shallow, not enough to hang teeth. ”

The Emperor said, "Can you take it and let me read it?" Chen Tongwan was so happy in his heart, the golden opportunity came, and hurriedly let people carry the book box to present.

The emperor looked at the large book box and was worried, and he didn't know how much work it would take to read these books. But on second thought, he was not easy, and he pitifully survived to this age, so he was appointed as the county commander of a small county in a remote county in Jiangxi, and he went to his post on the same day.

Jiangxi is far away from Beijing, the road is inconvenient, Chen Tongwan suffered from the wind and dust, and only arrived at the place of office after half a year. He breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, the old man can serve the country." ”

The orderly officials in front of the city gate saw Chen Zhixian's car coming and shouted, "Welcome To Your Excellency!" Chen Tongwan was about to get off the car and greet the greeter, when suddenly the horse behind the car rushed like a fly, and someone shouted: "Lord Chen received the will!" Chen Tongwan couldn't help but be shocked: "Did the emperor change his mind?" Nervously, he got out of the car to listen.

The messenger read: "Reading Ai Qing's first article in a lonely night is quite enlightening. Ai Qing had such talent and learning, and the talent would be of great use and be reappointed as the prefect of Zhejiang. ”

Chen Tongwan had to be promoted again, and the small county town did not enter, so it changed its route to Zhejiang. Jiangxi and Zhejiang are far away, take a car and a boat, and it is a few months of wind and dust to go to Zhejiang. Chen Tongwan was already infected with illness due to fatigue on the road and kept coughing. Madame saw that the city was in sight and said happily, "Lord, when you arrive, this state capital is much better than that county seat, and there will be famous doctors to find." ”

Chen Tongwan was naturally happy and hurriedly lifted the curtain to look at it. The city of the state capital is magnificent enough, with guards standing on both sides of the gate, mighty. Suddenly, many people crowded out from inside the city gate, and some people shouted: "Chen Tongwan received the will!" Chen Tongwan was shocked again: "There is trouble again!" "Hurriedly get out of the car to receive the order."

According to the Holy Will, the Emperor read several of his articles and was deeply inspired to think that he was a great talent. When the prefect was too big to use, he was reappointed as the inspector of Gansu.

It cannot be said that it is not fortunate that he has not yet taken office and has to be promoted, but after a long journey, he is already powerless. However, the holy will could not be violated, and it was hard to ask for good things, so he took his family to the west.

The road is even more difficult. After a year, seeing that he had reached Lanzhou, the Holy Will had descended again, and said that Shengshang had taken the time to read some of his articles, and was even more inspired to change to a senior member of the three northeastern provinces.

At this time, although Chen Tongwan had the joy of continuous ascension, he had been working hard for two years and was already seriously ill. But the emperor valued him so much that he could only thank him again and go to the northeast instead. Just out of Shanhaiguan, the Holy Will arrived again. The emperor said that after finally reading all his articles, he was really a wizard of governing the country. He was reappointed as a Beijing official and immediately returned to Beijing to discuss major state affairs.