In view of the fact that the children invited for selection today were all children between the ages of seven and ten, the always benevolent Emperor Longqing did not put up any shelf, let a group of children stand at the foot of the steps and wait, but let them rest in the side hall first.

Gao Pragmatic did not wear a towing sa today, but changed into a simple dark blue straight shirt, covered with an ordinary white sheepskin shoulder, although the outfit was not outstanding, but also polite.

At this moment, he has already greeted several other "candidates", and they have exchanged names, and the big guys are not minors, so naturally there is no table word, let alone aliases, and they have to be called "a certain brother" to each other.

After a greeting, Gao Pragmatic really found that Ge Shouli's second grandson, Ge Xi, had the closest attitude towards him, and he was a "senior brother" when he opened and closed, and his words were steady, not like a child. The second is Ma Ziqiang's second son, Ma Wei, who is also quite close to Gao pragmatic, but this son seems to be a little restrained, or not good at words, most of the time he doesn't like to talk, and I don't know if it's because it's the first time to face this kind of occasion, some can't let go.

Shen Yongmao is older than Gao Pragmatic, he is ten years old this year, although he is polite to Gao Pragmatic, but his expression is somewhat disdainful of this kind of "little brother"; Li Sicheng and Lu Xingzhou couldn't talk about Gao Pragmatism, and they didn't mean to communicate much with each other after a little greeting to each other.

The most interesting are Zhao Zuyin and Zhang Jianxiu.

Zhao Zuyin is also nine years old this year, he is the oldest in this group of children except for Shen Yongmao, and his physique is taller than Shen Yongmao, who is a little short and thin, he seems to have found self-confidence, and has always been chest and belly, looking forward to self-pride.

Gao pragmatic looked at it, couldn't help but pouted in his heart, and said secretly: Your grandfather Zhao Zhenji is looking forward to self-righteousness in the cabinet, so he is a little confident, after all, he is known as one of the "Four Great Masters of Shuzhong", and his literary reputation is prosperous. In addition, he dared to be tough and strict back then, and some of his arrogance can be regarded as a matter of character, but you kid has to learn or not, and you have no ability to learn.

Li Sicheng is different. His temperament is not exactly like Li Chunfang. Li Chunfang is accompanied by a smiling face when he sees everyone, and no one refuses to offend, even if he is a person with a much lower official position, he can smile at each other. I heard that just yesterday, Hai Rui probably received the news that Gao Gong wrote a letter to Cai Guoxi asking Ying Tianfu to open up the net on the Songjiang retreat case, and wrote a letter to the Beijing division to scold people, the text is no longer as "polite" as scolding Emperor Jiajing in the future, this time he even pointed the finger at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, saying that the Manchu Dynasty was a woman.

At that time, whether it was Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, or Chen Yiqin, their faces darkened after hearing this, but they didn't speak at first. Zhao Zhenji looked at Li Chunfang even more angrily. Li Chunfang is the first assistant, it is okay for others not to speak, he can't stop talking, but after he was stunned for a long time, he said with a wry smile: Since the Manchu Dynasty is full of women, I am probably an old woman.

The cabinet elders were all stunned: I've seen cowardice, I've never seen such cowardice, and this first assistant is too cowardly.

But Li Sicheng gave Gao a pragmatic feeling, but it was not completely the same as Li Chunfang's grandfather, although he also smiled when talking to people, but it was not a "smile" smile, but a polite smile. When others speak, they do not match his meaning, and although he does not refute it, he will never agree with it. In short, in his highly pragmatic observation, this person is probably influenced by Li Chunfang, but he still insists on it.

Thinking of the history of Li Sicheng who was admitted to the Jinshi in Wanli for the twenty-sixth year with the seventeenth place in the second class, Gao Pragmatic felt that this person still needed to be taken seriously.

Not long after, several eunuchs came in from outside, and the leader of them was highly pragmatic, and it was Meng Chong, the first person in the inner court today, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal. And the person who was half a step behind him was not an easy person, it was the master of ceremonies Bingbi and the commander of the East Factory Feng Bao.

Because Meng Chong was recommended by Gao Gong, he had met Gao Pragmatic when he entered the palace with Gao Gong, and when he saw Gao Pragmatic at this time, he even nodded at him, and then he stood still and said in a loud voice: "The emperor announced that the children of the ministers are here." ”

Feng Bao continued: "Please tidy up your appearance a little, and then go to the audience with us." Remember, don't lose your manners. ”

For the sake of a few little children, the first and second people of the Ministry of Labor and Rites came in person, which shows that Emperor Longqing did treat this matter as a major event, at least full of face - of course, in theory, this face is definitely not for their group of children themselves.

All the children tidied up their appearance, and then consciously walked in front of Meng Chong and Feng Bao according to the official position and seniority of the elders. Meng Chong frowned when he saw Gao Pragmatic walking behind Li Sicheng, as if he wanted to temporarily call Gao Pragmatic to the front.

Gao Pragmatic saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly shook his head at him slightly, Meng Chong had already opened his lips slightly, and when he saw Gao Pragmatic's appearance, he gave up.

Gao Pragmatic breathed a sigh of relief, but he caught a glimpse of Feng Bao's nose moving on the side, as if he snorted silently, and couldn't help but say: It's not good, it seems that Feng Bao not only looks down on Meng Chong, but even has a deep resentment, then if I want to win him over, I'm afraid it will be very difficult. But...... This Meng Chong is really a little unruly in doing things, so blatant, I'm afraid that a little mud can't support the wall, which is a bit difficult.

Fortunately, nothing else went wrong next, and everyone followed Meng Chong and Feng Bao from the side hall to the main hall of the Wenhua Palace, and according to the most formal etiquette, they did not look directly at each other, and bowed slightly.

Gao Pragmatic was the same, so he didn't see the specific situation in the temple.

However, this problem was solved immediately, because he heard Emperor Longqing's gentle voice like the uncle next door: "Haha, all of you Xiaoqing's family are here, okay, okay, don't be restrained, raise your heads and let me see." ”

When the children heard this, they each looked up, and Long Qing looked at them carefully and said with a smile: "Good, good, all good." ”

I don't know what aspect of his "good" is evaluated, if it is just about appearance, there is indeed no one here who looks completely crooked, most of them are at least above the posture of a middle-aged person, and in terms of temperament, these children are all civil officials, and under the family history, they are naturally not comparable to ordinary children - at least on the surface, they can always be a little stronger.

Gao pragmatic noticed that Emperor Longqing himself sat on the emperor's throne in the palace, and there was one person on each of his left and right hands. On the left is the crown prince as usual, which is not to say, no matter how young he is, his identity is the prince, and he must be in the honorable position. On the right hand side of Longqing, there is a palace beauty in her early twenties, with red phoenix eyes, willow eyebrows, and Yao nose and cherry lips.