Moreover, he and Pomegranate went to the Zhou Family Mansion in the morning to congratulate and brought a few carefully selected gifts. Zhou Dingcheng also went back, and asked for leave, saying that he wanted to follow back to Suzhou to worship his ancestors and build a memorial arch.

Besides, let him rest assured that he can go back, the emperor's body can still be maintained for a period of time, as long as the emperor is healthy, he and Chen Musa will not be in any danger, only when the emperor is critically ill, the situation will take a sharp turn.

"If necessary, go to the British Mansion to find Xiaojun, he has a way to take you out of Nanjing safely. Zhou Dingcheng instructed again.

Besides, he agreed, but he didn't care, he still had a bottom in his heart about Emperor Jiajing's condition, as long as the emperor didn't mess around, the illness should not be too repeated in the near future.

Zhou's father didn't close his eyes all night, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep at all, he didn't expect his son to earn him a huge face, and he happily wanted to kiss his son a few times, but unfortunately his son was too big to eat.

Wen Bin was very busy in the morning, he first went to Fuyuan to meet Chen Yixue and Liang Yueting, these two are his seat teacher and house master respectively, and they will also be his backer and umbrella in the future, and this kind of backer and umbrella is always effective and has no expiration date.

Chen Yixue and Liang Yueting both like this newly accepted disciple, thinking that he has great luck and great blessings, and they now also think that Wenbin still relies on blessing to win the crown of Xie Yuan, it doesn't matter, the most important thing in a person's life is actually luck and luck, there are not many talented people, but there are not many people with good luck.

Li Bai, Du Fu, and Su Shi are not talented people who cover Kyushu, but their bumpy lives can almost be written into a literati version of Les Miserables, and of course, Li Shangyin, whose situation is even more tragic.

Dongpo finally summed up his life experience, that is, he is too talented and too smart, so he wrote a poem and said: I hope that my son will be foolish and reckless, and he will be carefree and difficult to reach the minister. Although it is sarcastic, it is also a heartfelt statement, and it can be regarded as a kind of warning to fate to play tricks on people.

After Dongpo won the first place in the scientific expedition, the emperor wanted to appoint the Su brothers as prime ministers, and returned to the harem and said to the queen I will find two virtuous prime ministers for your son. It can be described as an overnight fame, the whole country hears about it, and everyone wants to know it.

Even with such a reputation, Dongpo only did the Ministry of Rites in the end, and the position of prime minister was out of reach, but his younger brother Su Zhe was a step worse than his intelligence and talent, but he became the prime minister-Shangshu Youcheng. Dongpo did not become the prime minister, it is definitely not a lack of ability, nor a lack of fame, let alone a lack of talent, it is purely due to fate.

Although Dongpo's sons did not inherit his talents, their lives were stable and safe, even when he was listed as the head of the party, his children and grandchildren were also free from disasters, which shows how bad Dongpo's fortune was.

After Wen Binbai saw the teacher, he went to the yamen of the political envoy to receive three thousand taels of silver for the construction of the archway given by the government. The clothes and crowns of the lifters are the same, there is no difference between Xie Yuan and other lifters, but the silver is divided into three, six and nine, etc., the first place is three thousand taels of silver, the second place is reduced to one thousand taels, the third one is reduced to five hundred taels, and so on, the last ten people can only get dozens of taels of silver. However, the local government where the person is located will have the same reward for silver, and there are many businessmen and gentlemen who want to befriend the nouveau riche will come to the door to send silver uninvited, not to mention building a memorial archway, even buying a house and land is not a problem.

Lifting people is an important threshold in a person's life, as long as it is crossed, it can ensure a worry-free life for a lifetime, of course, it is not good to be an official, the more popular the imperial examination, the more Jinshi, of course the people have the qualifications to be officials, strictly speaking, even Xiucai has it, but if you can do it, it will be the sky, and it is rare to be able to do the level of political envoy and inspector, let alone rise to the central six ministries and three provinces.

Only the Chongzhen Dynasty wanted to employ talents, and used Yang Sichang as the minister of the Qincha and Chen Xinjia as the secretary of the military department, but unfortunately the last one committed suicide in fear of crime, and one was beheaded by Chongzhen, and the strategy of employing people out of the ordinary failed.

If you want to be proud of the spring breeze in the officialdom, you must pass the pass of Jinshi, in case of good luck covering your head, winning the champion, the list or the flower, it is basically to take the road of the emperor and the prime minister, and the glory and wealth of your life are directly placed in front of you, and you don't have to fight for it at all, as long as you wait for the opportunity, if you don't make a mistake, there will be no less. Of course, the premise is to protect your body and don't die young.

Besides, when they arrived, Tang Bohu, Wen Zhengming, and Shen Zhou had already gathered here, they came over last night, and they slept in Zhou's mansion that night, and Wen Bin's former family friends in Suzhou also came early to wait to hear the news. No one thought that Wenbin would be raised, let alone Xie Yuan, in fact, they originally meant to come over to relieve Wenbin's boredom, but they ran into such a big lottery.

This time, Suzhou students won a total of 35 people, which is a big victory, and there are only 30 students in the dignified Guozijian, which is slightly less than in previous years, that is to say, Suzhou and Guozijian have monopolized half of the gold list, and Nanjing's jurisdiction is larger than that of a later province, and it is spread to other prefectures and counties, that is, one or two, and many counties have been shaved bald.

The so-called Jiangnan cultural resort, in the jurisdiction of Nanjing, is basically Wuzhong and Yingtianfu in Suzhou Prefecture, and the cultural atmosphere in other places is still a little worse.

"Haha, you kid also have this blessing, I thought I was the only one in our circle. Tang Bohu laughed.

"You are less stinky and beautiful, Wen Bin has already won the Xie Yuan, and if you end up, you can easily get Xie Yuan back. Shen Zhou said disdainfully.

"Don't talk big, it's not like you can win this thing if you have talent, you have to have this life. Tang Bohu said disapprerovingly.

"Then according to what you mean, besides, there will be no such life?" Wen Zhengming was also unwilling.

"I didn't mean that, I mean he didn't want to end up at all, is there an off-the-field Xie Yuan in this world?" Tang Bohu hurriedly defended.

Besides, listening to their discussions, he just smiled and kept silent.

At this time, Qiu Xiang came out, holding the child and saying hello to everyone, the child was sleeping soundly and sweetly, although there were noisy people around, but they were not disturbed.

"Come on, call Godfather. Qiu Xiang hugged the child to Wenbin.

"Hmm. Wen Bin smiled and took the child, hugged and kissed him.

"I said if you have a son, you have to find a godfather? And laughed.

At the beginning, Tang Bohu used his son Huzi to squeeze him a lot of calligraphy and paintings, and now he heard the word godfather, and his heart was furious.

"What's the matter, what's wrong with this, there are gifts for New Year's holidays. Wen Bin won Xie Yuan this time, and his pocket was bulging. Tang Bohu said calmly.

Everyone burst into laughter.

In fact, Tang Bohu is not to blame for this, Qiu Xiang's son recognized Wen Bin and Sisi as godfathers and godmothers a long time ago, and now Wen Bin and his family are hesitant whether their sons will recognize the two of them as godfathers and godmothers, or recognize Qiuxiang and Tang Bohu as godfathers and godmothers.

"Don't be greedy, when you give birth to a son, I will take him as a godson. Tang Bohu said.

"Yes, forgive me, I'm really afraid that you will teach my son badly, I have to educate him from an early age, and I can't be too Tang Bohu. ”

There was another burst of laughter, and the meaning was clear.

At noon, Wei Gao, the prefect of Suzhou, and his entourage came to the Zhou Family Mansion.

He came to Nanjing to pick up the students of Suzhou Zhongju, but he didn't expect that Suzhou also had a Xie Yuan, although Wenbin now lives in Nanjing, but after all, he is from Suzhou, and the Zhou family's base camp is still in Suzhou. Wen Bin moved to Nanjing on the one hand to concentrate on taking the imperial examination, and on the other hand, to prepare for entering the country.

After Wei Gao arrived in Nanjing, he heard that Zhou Wenbin was in high school, and hurriedly turned the head of the car to visit Zhou's house.

"Haha, the upstart Zhou Xie Yuan Zhou. When Wei Gao met, he patted Wen Bin on the shoulder and laughed.

This is a big deal, Suzhou Mansion rarely overpowers Ying Tianfu in the imperial examination, but this time it is a big big boost, especially in his office, Wei Gao feels that this is a good omen, indicating that Suzhou is booming, and it is too timely for him to fill the official vacancy. Although Zhou Wenbin's luck is his own, it also represents the luck of Suzhou, and of course it also represents his luck as a prefect.

"It's all the blessings of my husband's ancestor, please accept my husband's ancestor's worship. Wen Bin said humbly and bowed.

"Okay, okay, I'm going to thank you in the future. Xie Yuan, what a blessing that is. Ha ha. "Wei Gao doesn't have the prefect's shelf, so he is almost commensurate with a brother.

Wei Gao glanced at Father Zhou, who was standing on the side, and saw that the other party was much calmer, as if he was no longer Father Zhou of Suzhou Mansion. Wei Gao was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that Father Zhou was no longer the businessman, but Xie Yuan's father, and this change of identity was also the main turning point in his life.

Thinking of this, Wei Gao hurriedly bowed his hand to Father Zhou, praising him for cultivating a promising son, and said that Wenbin is talented and will be a pillar of the country in the future.

For Wei Gao, and for other ordinary officials, Father Zhou felt that his waist was much tougher, and he was not surprised when he saw anyone, and the most important thing was that no one would scold the Zhou family for only having copper stench in the future.

Wei Gao's trip to visit is a temporary intention, he also has to visit other new imperial examination people, and then pick them up to go back together, Suzhou is ready to hold a big celebration, and at the same time give each person two thousand taels of silver to build the archway of silver, the reward for Wenbin is much higher as usual, a full five thousand taels of silver.

This is a huge amount of money, even if it is rich in Suzhou Mansion, it is actually a lot of pressure, fortunately, it only happens once in four years, and there is a solution in a few decades, so I don't care about these, and I just want to search more in other places, just for this township test, I don't know how many Shengdou small people have suffered, and those who do small businesses have to increase taxes, and the land rent has to be increased.