Chen Zizhuang didn't expect Zhu Hongsan to come over like this, and when he saw Zhu Hongsan kneeling in front of him, he hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"King Chitose of Chu quickly clean up, the ministers can't stand it!" Although Chen Zizhuang hates Zhu Hongsan, Zhu Hongsan is also a prince now, and seeing the King of Chu kneeling in front of him, Chen Zizhuang is also a little happy in his heart.

"Father-in-law, now that my son-in-law is in trouble here, I have to ask my father-in-law for help. If the father-in-law doesn't agree, the son-in-law will kneel and die here! “

Feng Ruoshu on the side scolded Zhu Hongsan for his shamelessness in his heart, in order to fool Chen Zizhuang into the trap, this kind of "guilty of guilt" move can be made. Feng Ruoshu slandered in his heart, but the work on the surface still had to be done. stepped forward and said to Chen Zizhuang: "Jisheng, do you really want King Chu to die?" Haven't you said yes at this time? “

Chen Zizhuang gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, since the King of Chu wants me to stay, I, Chen Zizhuang, will use my stump to serve the King of Chu!" Chen Zizhuang visited the lord! “

Zhu Hongsan laughed when he saw that Chen Zizhuang had finally returned to his heart. "I, Mr. Zhu Hong, are like Liu Bang and Xiao He!"

Feng Ruoshu on the side also stepped forward and said, "Congratulations to King Chu for getting another talented person!" After speaking, he ordered the guards on the side to bring the clothes of the king of Chu. Zhu Hongsan is still shirtless.

Chen Zizhuang waited until Zhu Hongsan put on his clothes, sat down in the hall, and said, "King Chu, your subordinates already have great talents such as Feng Ruoshu and Ma Mingyuan, why do you need such a bad old man as me?" This is also Chen Zizhuang's question, he feels that his administrative ability is not as strong as Feng Ruoshu, his talent is not as strong as Ma Mingyuan, and his scheming is not as strong as Tong Yangjia, why does the King of Chu have to spend so much effort to keep himself?

Zhu Hongsan looked at Feng Ruoshu on the side, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, although we seem to be developing well now, these are all flowers in the moon mirror in the water." The key is that the local families in Guangdong are very repulsive to us, so this king has no choice but to keep Mr. Chen, hoping that Mr. Chen can come up with a solution. ”

So it sees, it seems that this King of Chu is not as bullshit as he seems, and he still has some understanding of his situation in Guangdong.

Since Chen Zizhuang has joined Zhu Hongsan Group, he must do his best to find a way for his new master. Chen Zizhuang lowered his head and thought about it, and said: "Since the King of Chu wants my Guangdong family to contribute, Xiaguan has a good way." ”

"Oh? Sir, come and see! ”

"That's the opening of the department!"

Feng Ruoshu frowned and said: "It's not that I haven't thought about this, but our established policy now is to slow down the king, let the Tang King in the north and the Manchu Qing Dynasty fight, and let's take advantage of the fishermen in Guangdong." This kind of movement is too big and can easily attract the attention of all parties. ”

Chen Zizhuang thought to himself: "You have all turned against King Tang, what do you care about the attention of all parties?" ”

"Wang, you don't need to open a department to take a scholar, we can open a township test, you must know that you can become an official by raising people, so the impact is also small, and it can also achieve the purpose of mobilizing the enthusiasm of the major families in Guangdong."

That's right, why didn't I think of this before, can't Jinshi do it, can we do the township test? Zhu Hongsan slapped his thigh and said, "It's really a word to wake up the dreamer, Mr. Chen's strategy is really high!" ”

Feng Ruoshu on the side stood up, bowed down and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the old man is old and his energy has decreased, and now he is officially begging for bones from His Royal Highness the King of Chu." The old minister of the first assistant recommended Chen Jisheng to serve as the position, please ask the king of Chu to be approved! ”

Chen Zizhuang was shocked when he heard this, he knew that the King of Chu would definitely give himself a high position, but what he didn't expect was to give it directly to Shoufu. Originally, he thought that he would succumb to Feng's own use!

Chen Zizhuang hurriedly stood up and said, "Mr. Feng, I really don't dare to be a good man, you can continue to do it!" ”

Seeing that Chen Zizhuang and Feng Ruoshu were pushing, Zhu Hongsan said on the side: "Mr. Chen, don't push, you are from Guangdong, and you are very familiar with the local situation. Mr. Feng has already told me many times, but he really can't support his body, so you are the only one to do this first assistant! ”

Chen Zizhuang saw that he couldn't excuse himself, so he could only bow down and salute, and said: "In this case, the minister can only bow and die!" ”

Seeing Chen Zizhuang agree, the two foxes were very satisfied. The old fox Feng Ruoshu recommended Chen Zizhuang to buy him a favor, so that if he is dead now, the Feng family will not have any major problems in ten years. The little fox Zhu Hongsan is happy that he has finally established a relationship with the largest family in Guangdong, which will be of great benefit to his future development in Guangdong.

Chen Zizhuang's joining immediately showed benefits, with Chen Zizhuang as an example, the major families in Guangdong came forward to support Zhu Hongsan, and all the Beijing officials, jinshi, and people came out to accept the appointment of Zhu Hongsan, the king of Chu. Zhu Hongsan's government team finally ended the era of three or two kittens, at least the top leaders of various departments were all matched.

At the same time, at the cabinet meeting, it was also decided that on the first day of February next year, a township test would be held in the Gongyuan of Guangzhou, and the first opening of the Chu Dynasty under the reign of Zhu Hongsan and Chu would begin. After the news came out, all the students in Guangdong rubbed their fists and prepared to get good results in the township examination. After all, since the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the township test has been stopped for four years.

Seeing that Chen Zizhuang quickly entered the role, Zhu Hongsan was very happy that his career was finally on the right track. This year is the first year of Hongguang, and next year is the second year of Hongguang, the Manchus should go south, and now the time is pressing, and we must make preparations before the Manchus go south.

In the past few months, Zhu Hongsan has completely focused on industrial production, and the development of the steam engine has reached a critical period, and there is only one big killer, and all the Manchu Eight Banners Iron Cavalry will fall under iron and fire, and no cold weapon army can resist the attack of modern and modern armies.

Just as Zhu Hongsan was bowing his head to study the drawings of the steam engine, someone outside came in and reported that Tong Yangjia asked to see him.

Now Tong Yangjia is the squire of the military department, acting of the military department, what can he do when he comes? Could it be that there is a problem in the north?

Zhu Hongsan hurriedly asked people to invite him in.

After seeing Lao Tong come in, Zhu Hongsan asked, "Mr. Tong, but what's wrong with the military situation?" ”

"There is no problem with the military situation, the minister came down to His Royal Highness the prison country to ask for two months of leave."

"Leave? What happened to Mr. Tong? Your wife is going to have a baby again? ”

Last month, Tong Yangjia's concubine gave birth to a son, Gong Dacheng's daughter, and Tong Yangjia also invited Zhu Hongsan* to his house for a drink. This time, hearing Zhu Hongsan ridiculing himself, Tong Yangjia's face was flushed.

"It's not what Jian Guo thinks! It was His Majesty who wanted to spend two months reviewing his books. ”

"Reviewing books? Do? ”

"Didn't the king of Chu say that he was going to open a township test in Guangzhou, and his subordinates wanted to try it!"

Zhu Hongsan suddenly realized when he heard Tong Yangjia say this, it turned out that Lao Tong was just a showman, and he was also revoked by Chongzhen, it turned out that he wanted to be motivated!

Zhu Hongsan said with a smile: "Mr. Tong, the selection of talents is just a method of selecting talents, and the selected talents are also officials. Lord Tong is now a Hanlin Bachelor, a member of the cabinet, so there is no need to draw snakes, right? ”

Tong Yangjia said with a bitter face: "Jianguo, you don't know the bitterness of your subordinates, when you were young, you could have been admitted to the Juren, but you didn't think that the great changes in your family would have brought away the fame of your subordinates by Chongzhen Duanjun." After more than ten years of exile, his subordinates had lost hope for the imperial examination in their lives. I didn't expect to meet the lord in Huguang, and the lord did not give up, so he was alive and dead. Therefore, this time the Guangdong Township Tester must take the test, and he can't let his life have shortcomings! ”

It turned out to be a poor worm who was kidnapped by the imperial examination. Zhu Hongsan did not like the imperial examination, and he believed that the imperial examination system made the selected talents rigid in their thinking. However, in this era, the imperial examination is indeed the fairest mechanism for selecting talents, that is, the college entrance examination system, which is a deformed product of the imperial examination in later generations, can also be said to be a relatively fair method for selecting talents. In addition, in the past thousand years, the imperial examination has formed a large number of vested interests, which is not something that Zhu Hongsan can fight against, if Zhu Hongsan issues an order today to stop all the imperial examinations, all the previous fame will not count, and Zhu Hongsan will become the commander of the light pole the next day, so in this general situation, Zhu Hongsan has no choice but to follow the road of the imperial examination.

"Mr. Tong, you still don't want to take the test. You see you haven't read a book for many years, can you pass the exam for those young people who read books every day? ”

Tong Yangjia knelt down and said, "Lord, you don't know how much your subordinates have suffered for this identity!" ”

Tong Yangjia shed a few tears when he thought of the sadness.

"After following the lord in Huguang, the brothers of the Ma family ridiculed their subordinates all the time, saying that their subordinates are also worthy of studying? He also scolded his subordinates for reading all the books of saints into the dog's stomach. His Majesty is going to take the examination this time, just to let the Ma family brothers see, and His Majesty is not inferior to them! ”

Zhu Hongsan looked at the sad Tong Yangjia, and thought to himself: "It seems that Ma Mingyuan and Ma Jiyuan bullied Lao Tong so badly, and they made Lao Tong cry." ”

Seeing Tong Yangjia's deep affection for crying, Zhu Hongsan couldn't refuse him, after all, it is everyone's right to want to be motivated.

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "Okay, Mr. Tong, this king promises you that he will immediately issue an edict to restore your status as a Xiucai, and then you go to Guangzhou Xuezheng to sign up!" ”

Tong Yangjia was overjoyed when he heard that Zhu Hongsan had restored his fame, and kowtowed again and again to thank him.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Tong, since you are going to take the township exam, you can't use your position for your own convenience, you must use your real skills to take the exam, you know?"

"Your Highness, rest assured, Your Majesty must be admitted to the examination in a dignified manner, so that the Ma family brothers have nothing to say in the future, and they can no longer use my academic qualifications to squeeze me!"

It turned out that the root was here, Zhu Hongsan looked at the elated Tong Yangjia, and wanted to tell him that even if you were admitted to the Juren, you would still be 108,000 miles away from the Ma family brothers. Ma Jiyuan is so good to say that he was only in the top three in the exam back then, but Ma Mingyuan was the first in the second class and the fourth in the country. You Tong Yangjia estimates that you can't surpass him in this life. But Zhu Hongsan didn't want to discourage Tong Yangjia's enthusiasm, so he didn't tell him.