Xu Jie's person is not simple, he is gentle and elegant on the surface, humble and polite, but his heart is full of ink.

The good thing about this belly full of ink is that it has culture and connotation, and the bad thing is that it is black!

Xu Jie, a very ambitious person, can do anything in order to climb up.

In history, he once married his granddaughter to Yan Song's grandson as a concubine, in order to paralyze Yan Song's father and son, which shows that his desire for power is strong, and it has reached the point of unscrupulous means.

So, why did he help Yang Cong fight for this marriage?

It's very simple, because he doesn't want the Dongling Zhang family and the Fuzhou Chen family to marry.

Zhang Yue is also a figure he values, if nothing else, Zhang Yue is very likely to be in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This is a terrible place for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, because it has the power to supervise hundreds of officials, and it has always been the focus of contention between the powerful in the DPRK and China.

To put it bluntly, this Metropolitan Procuratorate is actually a tool to exclude dissidents, if you see who is not pleasing to the eye, you can launch the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to impeach, and you don't even need evidence, you can catch the wind and catch shadows, because the official is not guilty when he hears the words, this is the rule set by Emperor Hongwu.

It may not hurt for an official to be impeached once or twice, but if he is impeached every day, he will be impeached if he has nothing to do, and it is strange that the emperor does not doubt it!

Therefore, the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is very important, and Xu Jie really wants this Metropolitan Procuratorate to become a gun in his hand.

And in order to make the Metropolitan Procuratorate a gun in his hand, Zhang Yue has become very important.

If the Zhang family and the Chen family in Fuzhou marry, then Zhang Yue will definitely stand on Chen Dan's side, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate basically has little to do with him.

Therefore, he wants to destroy the marriage between the Zhang family and the Chen family, and his own son has not grown up yet, so he can't catch up at all, so he can only push Yang Cong out to marry the Zhang family.

Yang Cong was a person, at the beginning, he just wanted to use his advantages as a local snake to fight with the Longxi Chen family, but now, he has discovered that Yang Cong has a greater role, that is, to marry the Dongling Zhang family and become the link between him and Zhang Yue.

As for how to win over Yang Cong, he is still very sure.

After the birthday banquet, he politely declined Zhang Shen's invitation and followed Yang Cong to the Yang family's courtyard to chat!

This can make Yang Rong very excited, he really didn't expect his grandson to have such a good relationship with the government and the government, it is really as good as a brother!

This relationship naturally had to be grasped, so he simply gave the main residence of the Yang family's courtyard to Yang Cong and asked him to use it to receive Xu Jie.

In the lobby of the main house of the Yang family's courtyard, Yang Cong pulled Xu Jie to the left of the main seat and sat down with a complicated heart, and ordered someone to serve tea, and then couldn't help but be curious: "Brother Zisheng, do you have anything important to explain to your younger brother?" ”

Xu Jie looked at him with a mysterious face, and said with a smile: "Brother Qingfeng, I don't dare to say this explanation, I really want to do you a favor for my brother." ”

Help?

How can it help?

Longxi Chen doesn't seem to be able to overturn it with his help, at least not now, so what else is there to help?

Could it be......

Thinking of this, Yang Cong was dumbfounded and said: "Brother Zisheng, you don't really want to promote the marriage between the younger brother and the eldest lady of the Zhang family, this, it's not that the younger brother has gradually become filthy, it's really that the difference in status between our Yang family and the Zhang family is too mysterious, this is not the right family, and it is impossible for people to agree." ”

Xu Jie smiled and shook his head: "What is the right door, do you think that his Zhang family was born into a family of eunuchs?" A hundred years ago, they were not illiterate farmers, including our Xu family, who was born into a family of eunuchs? ”

That seems to make sense.

Yang Cong thought about it, and said with some puzzlement: "The problem is that now the Zhang family is already a family of eunuchs, and it is also the most famous family of eunuchs in Quanzhou. ”

When Xu Jie heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smiled bitterly: "Brother Qingfeng, you are getting into the tip of the horns, his Zhang family is an official eunuch family, right, can't your Yang family become an official eunuch family?" ”

Can the Yang family also become an official family?

Yang Cong was stunned for a moment, and then he said in disbelief: "Brother Zisheng, do you mean to let me go to the imperial examination?!" ”

Xu Jie nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, the virtuous brother is so smart, as long as he is willing to work hard, it should not be a problem to take the exam, and even the nomination of the gold list is possible, and then I will help you find a good errand for my brother, in this way, won't your Yang family also become an official family?" ”

"This ......." When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

He really hasn't thought about this question, he has endless money in his family, why do he go to the imperial examination, the imperial examination is not so easy, the process is simply lifelong, why should he go to find guilt?

This may also be the reason why few merchants in the past dynasties have been able to name the gold list, because they have no worries about food and clothing, why bother to squeeze the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination?

Seeing Yang Cong's appearance, Xu Jie couldn't help but say seriously: "Brother Qingfeng, there is no good thing in this world that falls from the sky, no matter who it is, you must work hard, you must be angry, otherwise you will be slowly swallowed by this world." ”

Of course Yang Cong knew this truth, but he really didn't think about the problem of the imperial examination, how could this imperial examination be so easy to test.

He still asked in disbelief: "Brother Zisheng, can the younger brother really do it?" ”

Xu Jie nodded without hesitation and said: "Believe in yourself, you can do it, you don't have no foundation, right, you have read more than ten years of sage books, and it is difficult to take the test to show off people or something?" ”

You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, of course it's easy for you to take a show to raise people, you are Tanhualang, the problem is that I am not even a child, my routine student was bought with money.

Yang Cong couldn't help but ask, "Brother Zisheng, is it really that simple to take the imperial examination?" ”

Xu Jie encouraged: "It is naturally impossible for pies to fall from the sky, but there is nothing difficult in the world, I am afraid of people with hearts, as long as you are willing to work hard, there will be no problem." ”

Step up your game?

That's how hard you work, you can get into the exam if you work hard, and there are a few who can't pass the exam, and I haven't seen Xiucai running all over the ground, the legendary Fan Jin is crazy when he wins a lift!

Yang Cong still hesitated a little and said: "This, Brother Zisheng, let me think about it again." ”

Xu Jie nodded, and said solemnly: "Virtuous brother, a good man should strive for self-improvement, now, a great opportunity is in front of you, as long as you can be admitted to Xiucai, for my brother to ensure that you can hold the beauty and become Zhang Yue's fast son-in-law, in the future, you still have decades to take the exam, it shouldn't be difficult, right?" ”

If you are admitted to the show, you can hug the beauty!

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart.

To tell the truth, that Zhang Zhen is indeed a big beauty, he is not moved, it is fake, but he has always thought that he has no chance, so he didn't think much about it, so as not to increase his troubles, now with Xu Jie's help, as long as he takes the test, he can hold the beauty, can he not be excited.

This imperial examination must be tried.

He nodded seriously and said, "Brother Zisheng, I'll think about it." ”

When Xu Jie heard this, he got up and patted him on the shoulder, and encouraged: "Brother Xian, a good man should strive for self-improvement, don't let go of this great opportunity, there is still something to do for my brother, go back first." ”

After that, he walked out like this, leaving Yang Cong to sit there alone.

A good man should be self-improving!

This sentence, Xu Jie emphasized twice, and finally touched Yang Cong.

At this moment, Yang Cong's mind had already set off a storm because of this sentence.