Xu Guangqi left and returned to the capital with the task of forming a party for the country and the people, but Zhang Bin still had guests to receive.

These guests are special, or they can't even be called guests, because they are Zhang Bin's protégés.

Zhang Bin accepted a total of six protégés in Nanzhili, including Chen Zilong, the famous "Ming Poetry Palace" and his friends Xu Fuyuan and Xia Yunyi, as well as Cao Huachun's nephews Cao Defu, Cao Delu, and Cao Deshou.

He is known as the mentor of others, but he has never taught them, in the past few years, they have basically been learning by themselves, Zhang Bin feels quite unhappy, plus he intends to expand the lineup, so that these people can pass the imperial examination as soon as possible, so, this wedding, they came to celebrate, Zhang Bin did not let them go back immediately, but let them stay.

He wanted to fulfill his responsibility as a teacher, teach them well, and at the same time let them go to the major yamen under him to see how this official should be.

At this time, Chen Zilong and Xu Fuyuan have also been promoted in high school, and they can go to the capital with Xia Yunyi to participate in the examination next year.

Cao Defu, Cao Delu, and Cao Deshou are even more incredible, they have been pulled by Cao Huachun to study in Guozijian for two years, and they will be officials next year!

It turned out that Zhang Bin was mistaken, he thought that the prisoners of the Guozijian could see the examination and the palace examination, but for a long time, not all the prisoners could see the examination and the palace examination, only the prison could see it.

There are more than one kind of prisoners in the Guozijian, and the students selected from all over the country are called tribute supervisors, the children of bureaucrats are called shadow prisons when they enter the Guozijian to study, those who raise people to study in the Guozijian are called jujians, and those who donate money to study in the Guozijian are called routine supervisors.

Among them, only the eunuchs who are themselves can participate in the examination and the palace examination, and the other prisoners do not need to participate in any imperial examinations, study for three years, and become officials directly!

However, the prison officials generally cannot be compared with the officials who were born in the Jinshi, unless they are eunuchs, it is difficult to be a seven-rank county commander at the beginning, and they are generally eight- and nine-rank officials such as the secretary of the sixth department, the promotion, and the ambassador, and basically can only be promoted to the six-rank director, and it is basically impossible to be promoted to the fifth-grade officer.

Of course, the three brothers Cao Defu, Cao Delu, and Cao Deshou belong to the exception, if Cao Huachun is as blind as Wei Zhongxian, it is possible for the three of them to be promoted to the rank of a senior member, like Wei Zhongxian's nephew Wei Liangqing, who does not know a single big character, and does not enter the title of Taishi Ning Guogong!

Zhang Bin estimated that with Cao Huachun's character, these three brothers don't have to think about making marquis, because Cao Huachun is not the kind of person who fools around, but if he does a good job, it is not impossible for a fifth-grade or even a third-grade master.

Originally, Zhang Bin wanted to meet with the six protégés, after all, they would be officials in the court in the future, get acquainted with each other, and take care of each other in the future, but Chen Zilong told him that they also brought a few good classmates and friends to meet him, the governor, together.

In this way, it is not easy for him to meet together, after all, in this world, people's hearts are unpredictable, Chen Zilong and the three of them, he has personally understood it, no problem, who knows if there is a problem with the people they brought this time, if there is that kind of treacherous villain, knowing his relationship with Cao Huachun, and going to Chongzhen to make a small report, it will be troublesome.

Anyway, Cao Defu and his three brothers Ren Shi relied on relationships rather than fame, Zhang Bin simply recruited Wang Chengen and Song Yingsheng, and asked them to take these three brothers to the Yamen of the City Bosi to learn from the officials, and learn how to be a grassroots official, so that Ren Shi will make achievements in the future, and it will be easier to rise up with Cao Huachun's relationship.

At this time, there are wheels and ships, and it is very convenient to travel between Dongfan and Yuegang, and they sent someone to inform them the first night, and the next morning, Wang Chengen and Song Yingsheng came to Zhang Bin's study.

Wang Chengen and Song Yingsheng both wondered in their hearts, why did the governor invite them to meet again a few days after they had just come to drink the wedding wine?

Zhang Bin was dealing with official business, and he didn't have time to explain more to them, as soon as the two of them came, Zhang Bin asked people to recruit the three Cao Defu brothers.

Cao Defu's three brothers in the country after two years of promotion, has long ceased to be the original youthful appearance, whether the book is good or not, but the demeanor of this scribe has learned ten out of ten, as soon as they entered the door, they first respectfully to Zhang Bin to make a teacher-student salute, and then greeted Wang Chengen in unison: "Brother Wang is good." ”

Wang Chengen is actually Cao Huachun's protégé, and he is naturally too good to be good to the three brothers, and it is estimated that the three brothers who can call him Brother Wang in this world are the three brothers, and he really treats these three as brothers.

As soon as the three of them said hello, he immediately took out the appearance of his brother and said kindly: "Why haven't you three little guys gone back yet, Engong should know that you are so playful, waste your studies, and don't clean you up." ”

Cao Defu hurriedly explained: "Brother Wang doesn't dare to sue the fifth uncle like this, it was the teacher who asked us to stay, we follow the teacher to learn, how can it be considered a play." ”

When Zhang Bin and Wang Chengen heard this, they couldn't help laughing, don't look at these three people with a polite appearance, as if they were scribes who read poetry and books, but they still spoke like children.

Song Yingsheng on the side saw this, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded, what kind of people are these three little guys, not only are they brothers and sisters with the big red prince in front of the emperor, but they are also the students of the governor, this relationship, with these two as backers, they will not be allowed to fly to the sky in the future!

Zhang Bin saw that Song Yingsheng looked confused, and immediately introduced with a smile: "Yuan Kong, these three are my unsuccessful students Cao Defu, Cao Delu, and Cao Deshou, haven't you seen them at the wedding banquet?" ”

I am afraid that there will be thousands of guests at the wedding banquet, and he will be able to sit with those big merchants as a city official, and he will not be ranked among the officials who came to celebrate, where can he see the three brothers of the Cao family in front of the tables, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The three are extraordinary, and they are really worthy of the high apprentices of the Governor, and they will be fortunate to meet them." ”

The three brothers Cao Defu hurriedly greeted him one by one, and Zhang Bin said directly: "Yuankong, you don't have to see each other like this, I recruited you just to let the three of them go with you to study and study, see what work the officials should do, and let them do what you have to do, teach them well." ”

Song Yingsheng is inexplicable, the high apprentice of the Governor is not yet in Jinbang High School, what do you learn from him from the nine-rank officials, and the Jinshi background is at least the seven-rank county order.

Zhang Bin didn't pay attention to these, he turned his head to Wang Chengen and said: "Chengen, the three of them will be handed over to you, teach and teach well, they will enter the office next year, and they must start from the eight or nine officials such as the secretary of the six ministries, promotions, ambassadors, etc., don't even do a chores at that time, then you will lose the face of me and Gonggong Cao!" ”

The three Cao Defu brothers could only listen honestly, but Wang Chengen hurriedly maintained: "How can it, Defu and they are smart." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he shook his head with a smile, and then waved his hand and said, "You can take them back to the city, and practice hard, but don't dare to spoil them." ”

When Wang Chengen and others heard this, they immediately bowed down and retired, and the three little guys were serious at first, and when they got out of the governor's yamen and came outside, they were like birds out of the cage, and they asked Wang Chengen vigorously, what is the city division doing, is it fun.

Wang Chengen replied with a smile one by one, and spoiled them very much.

At this time, Song Yingsheng finally couldn't help but ask: "Lord Wang, shouldn't they start from the county order when they join the office, how can they be petty officials such as the secretary of the six ministries, the promotion, and the ambassador?" ”

Wang Chengen smiled and explained: "They are all prisoners, of course, you have to start from the eight or nine grade officials, you have to teach them well, with the relationship of Engong, as long as they do a good job, their achievements will not necessarily be lower than that of officials from Jinshi." ”

The engong that Wang Chengen said is Cao Huachun, this Song Yingsheng is clear, what is the relationship between these three and Cao Huachun?

Could it be Cao Huachun's relative, shouldn't it, Cao Huachun is the big eunuch in the palace, according to the routine of the previous chief eunuch Wei Gonggong, as long as it is a relative, the right governor who comes out at least one grade, and the earl and marquis are even more casually sealed, how can he be a small official of eight or nine grades?

He asked rather puzzled: "These three are relatives of Gonggong Cao?" ”

Wang Chengen nodded and said, "Yes, they are all nephews of Gonggong Cao." ”

Oh my God, nephew!

Song Yingsheng asked in disbelief, "Dear?" ”

Wang Chengen nodded seriously and said, "Of course it's dear." ”

Song Yingsheng was stunned when he heard this, what is going on, the relatives also let them go to be eight or nine grade officials, the nephew of Wei Gonggong, there is no need to study at all, one has been promoted from the right governor all the way to Taishi Ning Guogong, and the other has been promoted from the right governor all the way to the prince Taibao Dong'anhou, how to get to Cao Gonggong, not to mention sending it to Guozijian to study, and he has to be a small official of eight or nine grades when he comes out!

The three Cao Defu brothers didn't feel that they were born to be princes, they were all typical children of peasant families, they felt that it was great to be able to read a book and be a petty official, and they were also respectful to Song Yingsheng, the master of the officials, they really wanted to learn something from Song Yingsheng and go back to do chores.

Song Yingsheng is not suitable for this, Cao's nephew is learning to do chores with him, how do you think about this, how do you feel weird!

The group went in such a daze, but Zhang Bin was still there to deal with official business, until the afternoon, when he finished the official business at hand, which made people recruit Chen Zilong and others.

Chen Zilong and they were recruited, but it was not three, but six, after seeing each other, Zhang Bin knew that these three people were also the lifters of Songjiang Mansion, namely Du Linzheng, Zhou Lixun and Peng Bin.

Zhang Bin didn't ask these three people what they were doing first, but asked Chen Zilong and the three of them kindly: "Maozhong, Yi Zhong, and Fu Zhai, have you worked hard in the past two years, and you can be sure that you will try next year?" ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and recommended Chen Zilong to answer on their behalf: "Students remember the teachings of their teachers, and they study hard every day, if there are no accidents, there should be no big problem." ”

There was an accident, because the three of them participated in the Restoration Society, they were given a shadow by Wen Tiren and others who were eunuchs, and they were all named Sun Shan in two consecutive sessions, like Chen Zilong, a good "Ming Poetry Palace", the champion talent, it took three exams before he won the top three, and Xu Fuyuan was even more Chongzhen for a while, and he was not admitted to the Jinshi!

But this time, Zhang Bin had already greeted Xu Guangqi, and they listened to their own again, they didn't participate in the resumption of the society, they were studying, and the remnants of the eunuch party should not have noticed them.

Zhang Bin nodded and said: "Well, that's good, as long as you work hard, the title of the gold list is not a problem, I'm afraid that you will not do your job properly, go to participate in the resumption of society, and waste time." ”

At this time, the six people looked at each other, and then publicly pushed Chen Zilong out and asked: "Teacher, the leader of the Restoration Society, Zhang Pu and Zhang Qiandu, are amazingly talented, the leaders are crowded, denounce the eunuchs, and the name moves the world, and the Restoration Society is also a sonic shock to the government and the opposition, the collection of spring and autumn, well-dressed and well-dressed, a city to watch, all know that there are people who have been restored, everywhere they go, there are thousands of empty alleys, countless supporters, why is the teacher so disdainful of them?" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he glanced at them, Chen Zilong and the three of them were fine, but they were just a little curious, but Du Linzheng and the other three had a bit of a uneven expression, as if they were a little dissatisfied with their contempt for the Restoration Society!

He thought for a moment and simply asked, "What effect did such a big momentum have?" ”

Chen Zilong replied on his behalf: "Isn't the eunuch party already ambushed, Donglin has also returned to power, and Daming Zhongxing is hopeful!" ”

Listen to him foolishly, is it the credit of him Zhang Pu for the eunuch ambush, Donglin is back in charge of the power, if he hadn't secretly made a move, at this time the cabinet deputy Qian Longxi has been sentenced to death, the cabinet first assistant Han Yi is estimated to have resigned, Sun Chengzong and Cheng Ji are estimated to be soon, they are Chongzhen to clean up the eunuch knife, there are many eunuchs in the court at this time, they may be taken out of power in minutes, and they will return to power!

Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "Now the court is not what you imagined, there are thousands of officials in Beijing, how many people are in Donglin, and he Zhang Qiandu is amazingly talented, the leader is Qunlun, where is he now, in addition to denouncing the eunuch party, what practical things has he done for the country and the people?" ”

"This." , Chen Zilong was speechless, and Du Linzheng and others also changed color slightly.

Zhang Bin hated iron a little and said: "You guys, young and hot-blooded, just listen to people's fools, everything has to be based on actual results, not how good people say." He Zhang Qiandu's amazing talent may not be comparable to that of the teacher, but now he is also the governor of Fuguang, and he can still seek some welfare for the tens of millions of Li people in Fuguang, and he can still exterminate the pirates in Fujian, and he can still repel the Hongmaofan to recover Dongfan, and he can also lead the army to drive Jiannu out of Beizhili. What can he Zhang Qiandu do? With a group of students fooling around every day, can you fool the pirates away? Can you fool the red-haired fan? Can you fool Jiannu to death? ”

When the six of them heard this, they all lowered their heads in shame.

Zhang Bin immediately taught: "There is nothing wrong with punishing evil and promoting good, saving the country and saving the people, but you can't just talk about it, you must do it hard, no matter how good it is, it is useless, so if you want to save the country and save the people, you must study hard, be admitted to the Jinshi, enter the officialdom, and hold great power, in order to truly save the country and save the people, otherwise, it is all empty words." ”

The six of them nodded convincingly, and Du Linzheng and the other three were even more excited: "Listening to your words, it is better to read for ten years, we want to follow the Governor to save the country and save the people, please accept us." ”

Zhang Bin said lightly: "Don't want to participate in the resumption of the society? ”

The three of them shook their heads again and again, "I don't want to." ”

Zhang Bin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, it's right to really save the country and save the people, I can accept you." ”

The three of them were overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately kowtowed to their teacher, Zhang Bin got up with a smile and helped them up, and solemnly admonished: "You must pay attention, not only can you not participate in the resumption of the society, but don't even take care of the affairs of the resumption of the society, they are too powerful, someone will always clean them up, don't be implicated." ”