With Wei Ge's appearance, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense, the sound of stealing came one after another, everyone was surprised not that Wei Ge questioned Zhang Huan himself, but his attitude, many people still remember the fifth day of the first lunar month last year, also in the same place, also the same person, Wei Ge angrily asked Cui Yuan why he didn't save Kaiyang County, at that time Wei and Zhang came together, but the time was only a year apart, everything seemed to have changed dramatically, Wei Ge actually asked Zhang Huan why he wanted to reject Xiangguo's proposal, People have to sigh that the world is impermanent, is this the so-called interests determine the position?

As a result, the speculation that the Cui and Wei families were going to form an alliance slowly spread in the main hall, and the news came so suddenly that everyone was shocked, and even people who were not familiar with each other couldn't help but exchange glances, joy, surprise, worry, disdain, all kinds of eyes intertwined, all of them were extremely surprised by the dramatic changes between the two life-and-death rivals.

Standing on the right side of the main hall, the Ministry of Rites Shilang Zhong Yuanzai was also shocked, unlike others, he guessed that the unknown deal between Cui and Wei must have been a deal made for the Ministry of Rites, under the temptation of Cui Yuan's heavy profits, Wei Ge agreed to support Cui Yuan to obtain the Ministry of Rites Lang, it must be so, but Yuan Zai couldn't think of what kind of deal the two of them had reached.

Gradually, Yuan Zai's mind returned to the present, he looked at Zhang Huan with some concern, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not come forward for this matter, everyone knew that Cui Yuan handed over the matter of the third reading of the Ministry of Rites to his subordinates, and he personally announced the new rules of Menyin, which shows how much he attaches importance to this matter. Didn't he know Cui Yuan's true intention of giving Wei Qingdi the position of the host and guest secretary Wailang?

It's just that he has a little out-of-the-state assassin history, hey! It's still a little tender! Can't you see that the passage of this matter is already inevitable? Maybe Yuan Zai is also the son-in-law of the Zhang family, or maybe it is because Zhang Huan's words yesterday opened a door for him, he has a sense of gratitude to Zhang Huan in his heart, but he is also a five-grade petty official, and there is no room for him to speak in this hall.

Just when Yuan Zai was thinking wildly, the dispute between Zhang Huan and Wei Ge had gradually begun to sharpen.

"May I ask Zhang Dudu, you are also from a family. It should be known that the major families have spared no effort in cultivating their children, Qinghe Academy, Guangling Academy, Beidu Academy, Xiangyang Academy, and Longyou Academy, which is not the top university in the Tang Dynasty, and the children of the family have to read and write since they were five years old. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Ge snorted heavily, and also turned to the Manchu Dynasty and said: "Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been talented people in the country. But most of the outstanding officials are from famous families, this is because they have been influenced by their parents since they were young, and they have had a good family environment since they were young, so they are stronger than ordinary people in terms of their ability to do things and deal with people when they grow up. Serve the prosperity of my Datang land. ”

Zhang Huan was not moved by his words, but smiled, slowly walked in front of Yuan Zai, stared at him and said, "Yuan Langzhong, you are the main exam this year, can you tell me what is the number of children of the seven great families participating in the imperial examination this year?" ”

"About two hundred?" Yuan Zai replied without thinking: "To be exact, there are two hundred and fourteen, among which the Pei family has the most children. for fifty-five people. ”

Zhang Huan nodded, walked up to Cui Yu again, and said, "Cui Shilang, then can you tell me how many of the seventy-seven children of these newly entered official families are from Jinshi." And how many people participated in this year's imperial examination? ”

Cui Yu's face sank, but he ignored him.

"Maybe I'm asking too much, do you still need a shade in the entrance examination? If you have the shade of the door, why do you need to take the Jinshi exam again? Zhang Huan laughed sarcastically, he suddenly raised his voice and looked directly at Wei Ge and said, "Wei Shangshu, you keep saying that the disciples of the family are excellent. Then why didn't they go to the imperial examinations? To prove their excellence? Could it be that the Jinshi, whose talent and learning are already far higher than that of my Datang in their chests, disdain to participate in this low-level provincial examination? Or maybe they don't have that level at all. Don't dare to show your ugliness in the examination room, you can only climb into the officialdom with the glory of your fathers? If these seventy-seven disciples of the family are really as good as Wei Shangshu said, and they are already excellent enough to become outsiders from the sixth grade, then good! Invite them to take an exam now, and let's take a look at their literary style! ”

Zhang Huan's words were loud, the hall was boiling, there were those who hated, but there were more applauds, and his words suddenly tore the fig leaf of the door shade, the so-called door shade is just a means for the children of the family to use their privileges to enter the officialdom if they fail to pass the Jinshi examination.

"Enough!" Pei Jun, who had been silent, suddenly stood up, and he angrily reprimanded Zhang Huan: "How long have you been an official, and how much do you know about officialdom, you dare to roar in the Hanyuan Palace, if the new rules of the door are not implemented, the queen mother will naturally be in charge, you are a small official in the state, it is not your turn to talk more, give me down!" ”

He was reprimanding Zhang Huan, but Cui Yuan next to him suddenly contracted his pupils, and the Queen Mother was in charge! A good Pei Jun, he actually took this opportunity to pull Cui Xiaofu out, trying to complicate things, he turned to look at Cui Xiaofu, only to see Cui Xiaofu nodding with a smile, "Pei Xiangguo is reasonable, the mourning family should think about this matter carefully, and will give a conclusion." ”

The pattern of the court suddenly underwent a subtle change, at this moment, Cui Yuandi's heart flashed countless thoughts, this is obviously Pei Jun saw that Wei Yuan was biased towards himself and took-for-tat measures, you Cui Yuan wants to form an alliance with Wei Ge, then I will return the power to the Queen Mother, let the Queen Mother restrain you everywhere, for a while, Cui Yuandi's heart became nervous, he has realized that this matter is not just as simple as discussing the new rules of the door, a bad handling will cause a great change in the power structure of the court.

At this moment, Chu Xingshui, who had been silent, suddenly stood up and said: "Although Zhang Dudu spoke in a hurry, he was read for the sake of Datang's society, and the starting point was good. Pei Xiangguo should not blame him too much. ”

As he spoke, he smiled at Cui Yuan again and said, "Since the Queen Mother needs time to think about this matter, it is better to temporarily suspend the dynasty for half an hour, what does Cui Xiangguo think?" ”

Cui Yuan looked at Chu Xingshui with a smile on his face, and then at Zhang Huan with a sneer, if he realized, he smiled and said: "Chu Shangshu's proposal is very timely, and everyone is tired. Take a break for half an hour. ”

With a bell ringing, the palace eunuch announced the dispersal of the dynasty for half an hour, Cui Xiaofu took a deep look at Pei Jun, and took the little emperor who was about to wake up to the apse.

Cui Yuan stood aside, taking in the subtle changes in Cui Xiaofu's eyes. He smiled coldly in his heart, and seeing that Pei Jun was also about to leave, he hurriedly took a quick step and stopped him, "Pei Xiangguo has leisure." Why don't we go for a cup of tea together? ”

Seeing Cui Yuan's sincere smile, Pei Jun nodded lightly and smiled: "It's rare to take a moment, so let's go together!" ”

According to the general procedure, the short break in the court was for the cabinet to hold urgent consultations to clarify some controversial topics in the court, and this should be especially the case in today's court, the new rules of the door shade were impacted by the waves set off by Zhang Huan, which obviously resonated with most of the courtiers. How to revise it and how to reduce the intensity of the backlash are all issues that urgently need to be discussed by the Cabinet, but the two prime ministers seem to ignore the seriousness of the problem. I actually want to go to tea together.

Several Shangshu who had been waiting all looked at each other and smiled when they saw this, and left with the ministers, only Wei Ge stared at Cui Yuan's back tightly, and a resentful look shot out of his eyes.

Zhang Huan left Hanyuan Palace, and he kept greeting people along the way. Modesty in the mouth. But there were also constant people passing by him and snorting heavily.

Half an hour is equivalent to an hour in the Hereafter. The time is not long, the officials in the Daming Palace have returned to their offices to rest, and most of the officials' offices are in the imperial city or foreign officials, they have nowhere to go, so they gather in front of Danfengmen Square to enjoy the late winter sunshine, or chat with each other, and the topic is naturally the new door shade system that has caused a big wave today, it is no wonder that it is related to everyone's vital interests, and no one will ignore it.

"Eighteen Lang take a slow step!"

Zhang Huan originally planned to go to Chu Xingshui to rest for a while, but Zhang Potian behind him stopped him, and instead of exhausting him, the nearly two-hour court meeting saw a long-lost smile on his face.

Zhang Potian has been watching from the sidelines, at first he saw Zhang Huan rashly come out against Cui Yuan, and he was a little worried about him in his heart, but as things developed, with Wei Ge's rebuttal, he also slowly saw some clues, things will never be so simple, sure enough, when Pei Jun suddenly came forward to reprimand Zhang Huan and dragged the Queen Mother into the water, Zhang Potian finally understood that this was a trap carefully designed by Zhang Huan and Pei Jun, even if Wei Ge didn't come out, Zhang Huan would use Wei Qing to rank first among the seventy-seven people to provoke Wei Ge, It seems that there must be a lot of unknown things happening behind their backs, otherwise how could Wei Ge suddenly fall to Cui Yuan?

"When are you going to return to Wuwei?" Zhang Potian talked to Zhang Huan calmly as if chatting about family life.

"If you go back to the fourth uncle, the little nephew will be arranged to report on his work tomorrow, and he will return to Wuwei in two days."

Zhang Potian smiled, and suddenly asked again: "I heard that Zhang Can made a cancao military officer with you, but is there such a thing?" ”

Zhang Huan nodded slightly, he didn't understand the meaning of Zhang Potian's question, but judging from his current tone and the look on his face, he was very different from when he first met in the morning.

wanted to think so, but Zhang Huan didn't dare to say anything, for fear that Zhang Potian wouldn't be able to pull down and turn his face with himself, so he had to laugh and say nothing, waiting for him to continue to say the following words.

Sure enough, Zhang Potian was silent for a moment, and said with some emotion behind his back: "You go and tell Zhang Can, let him not be discouraged, although the Zhang family is defeated, but the people are still there, as long as he adheres to the belief in revival, there will be a day to revive the Zhang family." ”

After speaking, he took a deep look at Zhang Huan, bowed his hand to him slightly, and looked up to the sky and laughed.