Chapter 288: A Difficult Decision

When he was embarrassed, Lord Zhou remembered his staff member Mr. Tie again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, didn't Mr. Tie also say that? Even if he didn't engage in favoritism or malpractice here, what about the other officials? You must know that you are not the only one who can see the test questions in the autumn season. This test question goes from the capital to Jinling, and I don't know how many people have to pass along the way. Although there are several sets of questions in this test, the final set is up to you. But what if all these test questions have been brought up and leaked?

Mr. Tie said, no matter whether he is a scholar of politics or not, I am afraid it makes no difference, right? After all, someone has already done this. Moreover, Lord Zhou was still a little faintly worried. Because, from the words of his staff member, Mr. Tie, he heard something unusual. It seems that this staff member of his own, Mr. Tie, this time, is also a trap. So, what about yourself? Do you want to go crazy in the end?

Mr. Zhou, an old pedant who has honestly made friends all his life, is a little uneasy. After all, he's an older man too. Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your children and grandchildren. Thinking of this, Master Zhou quickly shook his head. What's wrong with you, how come all the words that Mr. Tie has persuaded you in your mind these days? Could it be that you, who have been honest and honest all your life, are you really going to capsize in the gutter this time, and you won't be able to protect the night?

This is not good! Lord Zhou shook his head, opened his eyes, and looked down again. There are several posters on the table. And all of this was only received today. Although he has only been in Jinling for more than 10 days to take up his post, I am afraid that there is a basket of these greetings he has received, right? The owner of these greetings is not easy to deal with. Among them, there are many people from the Langya Wang family, the maiden family of Wan Guifei and Queen Wang.

Lord Zhou is in the court, although he has no sect or faction, but after all, he has been a state official who has been sitting in the court for many years, and he still knows a little about the background of some senior officials in the court. Moreover, after he was appointed by Emperor Zhu Jianshen as the scholar of this Jinling Mansion, Lord Zhou, who was cautious about his life, had long expected the situation he would encounter today, so he had already made some preparations. Not to mention anything else, at least the information of some officials on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River, he had already secretly visited them.

In fact, it is not too difficult for Zhou to find out the information of these people. Because, he himself has been a state government official in Jiangnan for 30 years, and it can be said that there are few joints in Jiangnan officialdom that Zhou people don't know. Although it is said that this Lord Zhou has no special background behind him, he has been arranged by the officials to wander in the south of the Yangtze River, on the other hand, this experience is also one of the reasons why he can become a scholar in Jinling this time.

You must know that since the emperor planned to pave the way for his son, the crown prince Zhu Youzhang, it can be said that he has worked hard and painstakingly for most of the past six months. Finally, just over a month ago, from the list of countless officials sent by the ministry, I picked out this Zhou Daren, who has no special background and is still honest, and has been wandering in Jiangnan officialdom for decades. I have to say that this Lord Zhou was able to enter the emperor's sight this time, which is actually a coincidence and a kind of luck. After all, a person like him, in the whole Jiangnan, I am afraid that there will be no second person.

Lord Zhou gathered the prayer posts on the desk, and as before, put them away, and did not say back, nor did he say that he could not reply. It's just a matter of getting by, and if you can delay for a while, you can delay it for a while. Lord Zhou thought very negatively, but at this moment, someone knocked on the door outside the study. "Come in," Lord Zhou sighed silently, and finally opened his mouth. Apparently, he had already guessed who would knock on the door of his study at this time.

"My lord, the students are polite. Mr. Tie, a staff member who was born with the appearance of a sharp-beaked monkey's cheeks, shook a feather fan made of bird feathers that he didn't know of, and walked in front of Lord Zhou in this way, bowed lightly, and said with a smile with three points of flattery and seven points of respect. "Your Excellency, I've sent someone to invite you over to the banquet. After speaking, Mr. Tie also smiled meaningfully and gave his adult a look that you should understand.

Lord Zhou naturally understands the meaning of this look. But at this time, he didn't want to understand it very much. Although, he and the prefect of Jinling are officials of the same level. But in the end, the prefect of the family is the leader of Jinling City. Now, if he is a scholar and politician on other people's territory, if he does not know the current affairs, will he not make the prefect of the land snake unhappy! Even, Lord Zhou, who has been an official in the Jiangnan realm for decades, knows that the current prefect Lord Qian is the descendant of Wan Guifei's family.

This time, I'm afraid it's a Hongmen banquet! But this Hongmen banquet, I can't resist it. After all, this Lord Qian has already made a few posts, and he has even personally sent someone to invite him a few times. The first few times, he could still use his first appointment to take office, but there were many things, and he did not dare to live up to the grace of God and politely declined this person's invitation. But now, he has been in Jinling City for more than ten days, and if he refuses again, I am afraid that he will not give face to the prefect, which seems a little unreasonable and ignorant of current affairs. After all, this prefect thought that he was holding a banquet in the name of receiving the wind.

Although it is a Hongmen banquet without a good banquet, he can only go to the meeting alone. Lord Zhou sighed silently, but nodded in the end. "The official knows, Mr. Tie, please go back to the prefect of the mansion, just say that tonight, the official will definitely go to the banquet. "It seems that before going to the banquet, I have to make a decision!

Mr. Tie received an affirmative reply from Mr. Zhou, so he nodded with a smile and said very easily, "Yes, the student knows." Actually, my lord, the prefect of the house is also kind. You, you are too stubborn and rigid, if you had agreed to the invitation of the prefect earlier, why did you have so many troubles in vain?" Mr. Tie finished speaking, bowed lightly, and then turned to leave while shaking his fan.

After Mr. Tie left, Lord Zhou sat alone in the study, but he became more and more bored.

What the hell should I do? I don't have much time left for myself. This time, should I choose whether to make a choice, and then resign and retire to become an idle rich man? Mr. Zhou didn't know, so he had to sit behind his desk with a depressed face, swaying from side to side. Who made him an honest man by nature, an old pedant.