The Ming Dynasty had strict rules on marriage, such as the officiant, who must be grandparents or parents. If both grandparents and parents are deceased, other relatives can officiate the marriage.

Wang Yuan invited his eldest brother to come to the capital to officiate for marriage, strictly speaking, it is against the marriage law of the Ming Dynasty!

In addition, finger belly is marriage, which is not protected by Ming law. Both men and women can repent of their marriage, and the lawsuit is valid wherever they go, because Zhu Yuanzhang said that "men and women have their own time when they get married", and it is pure nonsense to marry by pointing fingers.

Mongols and whites, as long as they settle in China, can marry Chinese. However, Mongolians and whites are not allowed to marry with the same race, and once violated, all families are raided and enslaved - this is to promote ethnic integration and allow the Chinese to assimilate foreigners.

If a scholar marries a clan, he is not allowed to serve as a Beijing official, and he is not allowed to entrust important positions!

However, there is really no explicit rule that a civil official cannot take the daughter of Tusi. This is a legal loophole, Wang Yuan can go to exploit it, but he must have enough status and obtain the emperor's permission. Otherwise, it will inevitably affect the official career, not to mention entering the cabinet, even being a scholar is enough to choke.

"Uncle Shi, congratulations, congratulations!" Wang Yuan clenched his fists and smiled.

Jin Wei's parents have come to the capital, if he hadn't waited for his parents to come to Beijing to officiate the marriage, Jin Wei would have been able to marry Miss Jin last year.

Jin Wanchuan was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, bowed down and saluted: "Master Wang is polite, please come in!" ”

Today is the marriage of the daughter of the owner of the house, and a bunch of Manchu officials came, and those who did not come also sent people to give congratulatory gifts.

Jin Wanchuan spent a huge amount of money to buy his son a wedding house in Beijing, covering an area of 20 acres. The female guests have special regional entertainment, and the male guests are also classified in different places, and Wang Yuan's table is full of officials from the Hanlin Academy.

Yang Tinghe naturally didn't come today, and the real bigwigs rarely attend junior weddings, unless the two parties are world friends. Yang was cautious and reasonable, but he should come, because the groom was his same year, and the bride's father was a colleague of his father.

Yang Shen leaned over and asked in a low voice next to Wang Yuan: "Ruoxu, that lady in the leopard room, but she is good at sword dance?" ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Guess." ”

"That's it," Yang Shen sighed, "if it's a good means!" ”

Wang Yuan flatly denied: "This matter has nothing to do with me. ”

Yang Shen said: "No one blames you, why bother to dissociate the relationship?" ”

Wang Yuan still didn't admit it: "It's really none of my business, can I still influence His Majesty's preferences?" ”

Yang Shen didn't answer again, thinking: Except for Jiang Bin, you are the best at pleasing Your Majesty!

Concubine Zhuang's original identity has gradually spread, because her two brothers have returned to Beijing, and they have also been given the position of Jinyi Wei Qianhu. Good deeds can find out their origin by checking it casually, and they can't hide it no matter how they hide it.

After chatting with colleagues in Hanlin Academy for a while, there was a commotion outside, but it was the groom who brought the bride back.

The newlyweds went to worship and the guests began to eat and drink.

After some excitement, Wang Yuan was invited by the groom's father-in-law.

In the secret room, no one disturbed, Jin Gui said: "Your Majesty intends to let you be the chief examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination. ”

"I don't have enough qualifications, right?" Wang Yuan was surprised.

Jin Gui said with a smile: "Your Majesty said this, and immediately attracted the opposition of the ministers, and now the two sides are losing their temper." ”

Wang Yuan's qualifications are indeed not enough, how can he be the top student in the current subject to take the Shuntianfu Township Examination?

Wang Yuan asked, "What do you recommend from the cabinet?" ”

Jin Gui said: "Lun Wenxu is the chief examiner, and Jia Yong is the deputy chief examiner. ”

Lun Wenxu is the champion of the twelfth year of Hongzhi, and it is very reasonable for him to come to the township examination, but he and the cabinet minister Liang Chu are in-laws!

Jia Yong can be regarded as the face left by the cabinet to the emperor, this gentleman is not Yang Dang, but someone Zhu Hou takes care of. He was devalued because he angered Liu Jin, but during Liu Jin's reign, he was personally transferred and promoted by Zhu Houzhao. After Liu Jin's death, Jia Yong not only resumed his official position in the Hanlin Academy, but was also immediately awarded the position of Zhan Shifu.

Don't look at Zhu Houzhao's usual care, there are really a lot of officials in his pocket!

Wang Yuan smiled and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Jin Gui said: "Your Majesty wants you to be the chief examiner, and Jia Yong is the deputy examiner!" ”

Yes, Zhu Houzhao didn't give face to the cabinet, and he didn't even give Yang Tinghe the position of an examiner.

Jin Gui said again: "Your Majesty asked you to prepare in advance, and you must be the chief examiner." Also, take care of your family, don't make a fuss, and don't be embarrassed like I was last year. ”

"Understood." Wang Yuan nodded.

In the following days, fierce conflicts broke out between the emperor and the cabinet, and Zhu Houzhao began a big counterattack!

Why fight back now?

Because the border town has arrived in Beijing, and the household department has also been taken over by Wang Qiong, the emperor no longer needs to look at the face of the cabinet.

Zhu Houzhao first grabbed Liang Chu's pigtail, the three hundred lives of the Liang family are not clear. Directly hit the point, Zhang Zilin, who was in charge of hearing the case, only served as the secretary of the criminal department for half a year, and he could only take the initiative to take the blame and resign - after the household department and the Ministry of rites, the secretary of the criminal department was also replaced.

This is the emperor's first blow!

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Houzhao suddenly promoted the left squire of the military department to one level of stone steps, and made it look like he wanted to replace the secretary of the military department.

Six Shangshu, three have been replaced, how can I change it again?

Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu and others immediately relented and asked Lun Wenxu and Jia Yong to go to Nanjing as the chief examiner, and the chief examiner candidate in Beijing would be handled according to the emperor's wishes.

Once the emperor wields his authority, the powerful ministers can only retreat, at most they will obey the yang and the yin.

In this regard, Wang Yuan became the chief examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination for eight years of Zhengde. And in addition to his positions in the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Mansion, he also has the identity of the champion of the current department.

Letting the champion of the current branch preside over the township examination in the capital is not only an exception in the Ming Dynasty, but also the first time since the establishment of the imperial examination system in China.

The government and the opposition are a sensation!

The Kedao officials who had already let Wang Yuan go couldn't hold back at the moment, and once again frantically went to the chapter to impeach our Wang Bachelor.

Wang Yuan felt very aggrieved, and it was not that I wanted to be the main examiner, but that the emperor had to force me to be the main examiner, and you would impeach the emperor!

Zhu Houzhao is so insidious that he is used to playing tricks to lure snakes out of the hole.

He asked Wang Yuan to serve as the chief examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination, and the deputy chief examiner asked Yang Tinghe to recommend him, and Yang Tinghe recommended Wu Yipeng.

Zhu Houzhao took a look, okay, it turns out that Wu Yipeng of the Hanlin Academy is also Yang Dang! Under the residual anger, he pondered in his heart that when the township examination was completed, he would throw Wu Yipeng to Nanjing to manage the Guozijian, and naturally presiding over the township examination for meritorious promotion.

Anyway, Zhu Houzhao's series of operations made Wang Yuan breathtaking.

The emperor was not only bright-eyed, but also politically savvy. As soon as the border towns were transferred to Beijing, they used the resignation of the minister as a breakthrough to replace the household department and the Ministry of Rites with their own people. After mastering the household department, he completely escaped his dependence on the Yang Party, so he focused on the chief examiner of the township examination, and took the opportunity to force the criminal department to resign.

Yang Tinghe, who was still in control of six parts before, lost three at once, and Yang Yiqing, who had one part, was not obedient.

Yang Tinghe can only control the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry now, and the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War is still the emperor's person!