Tong Yangjia came out of the Tribute Courtyard, it was already afternoon, and it was really a layer of skin to stay here for three days. Outside the Gongyuan, Tong Fu came to wait early, and when he saw his master coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Master, you're out, get on the sedan chair quickly, Master Gong and Young Master Cousin are back!"

Tong Yangjia nodded, got into the sedan chair and went home.

As soon as he arrived at home, he saw Gong Dacheng and his nephew Tong Tuchang waiting for him at the door.

Gong Dacheng stepped forward and said, "Son-in-law, congratulations on your high school!" ”

"There, I've just finished the exam now, and it will take more than 20 days for the results to come out!"

On the side, Tong Tuchang also came to congratulate.

"Uncle must be fine, didn't the Feng family agree!"

Hearing his unlucky nephew say this, Tong Yangjia's face changed, and he scolded: "What nonsense, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense, go in!" ”

Tong Tuchang also knew that he had made a mistake, so he hurriedly carried Tong Yangjia in.

After entering the house and waiting for the idle people to retreat, Tong Yangjia scolded Tong Tuchang: "You are a wicked obstacle, do you hate your uncle for not dying?" ”

Tong Tuchang saw Tong Yangjia getting angry, and quickly knelt down and shouted: "Uncle spare his life, my nephew just made a slip of the tongue!" ”

"You get out of here, go and kneel outside the door, I'm upset when I see you!"

Tong Tuchang didn't dare to speak, so he hurriedly went out and knelt down in the courtyard.

Gong Dacheng looked at Tong Yangjia repairing his nephew and didn't say anything, and asked, "Lord Tong, the exam went well!" ”

"Everything is fine, except that Ma Jiyuan's second son gave me an ugly look when I entered the door!"

I see, it seems that Tong Yangjia has a fire in his heart, and Tong Tuchang happened to be unlucky to bump into it.

Gong Dacheng is also a human spirit, and he didn't ask what was going on, but just asked how the exam process was.

"Everything is going well, Feng Ziyong has used all the code words given to me, if nothing else, it should be fine!"

"Hehe, then the lower official will wish Lord Tong a lift first!"

In this era, it is fundamentally different from Xiucai, if Xiu is a temporary worker and a supernumerary, then the person is a person in the system. Xiucai still has to take the exam every three years, if he fails to pass the exam several times in a row, he will have to get rid of his fame, but it is different to raise people, his fame is lifelong, and he doesn't have to be inferior to the top jinshi, so Tong Yangjia is determined to get this fame.

Tong Yangjia looked at Tong Tuchang, who was kneeling in the courtyard, and scolded: "Doesn't this evil obstacle know that the King of Chu has reorganized the factory guard?" still dare to talk nonsense, now we are in the same boat as the Ma family, isn't this handing over the knife to Ma Mingyuan? ”

"Didn't Jinyiwei be handed over to the Ministry of War to manage? The East Factory is also very low-key now! ”

"Hey! Father-in-law, you don't know, Jinyiwei is only hanging a title in the military department now, because most of the information exchanged is related to the military, so he relies on the military department, but the military department can't say anything about Jinyiwei's people and property at all. That Qian Lide is even more of the confidant of the King of Chu, he has followed the King of Chu since he was a child, and he can listen to me there! There is also the East Factory, which was re-established last year, but that Cao Fang is very low-key, and he is even more soft and hard to the minister, which is difficult to deal with! ”

Gong Dacheng said: "But the king of Chu is kind to the scholars, you see that even the celebrant has been withdrawn, I think these eunuchs can't make waves, right?" ”

Don't look at Tong Yangjia and Ma Mingyuan's fierce fight, the two of them can't wait to meet and tear up, but they are both literati doctors, and they are naturally opposed to these dead eunuchs, and they are not right to die. Therefore, the two are surprisingly consistent in restricting the rights of eunuchs.

Tong Yangjia heard Gong Dacheng say that the king of Chu was benevolent, and scolded in his heart, you didn't see the time when the king of Chu was benevolent, and now he is kind to our scholars, that is to use us to work for him, if the Northern Expedition is successful in the future, everything is difficult to say. But Tong Yangjia dared to say this to Gong Dacheng, these words were only rotten in the stomach, and they couldn't be said in their dreams, if they fell in Zhu Hongsan's ears, it would be a fatal disaster.

Tong Yangjia couldn't make much comments on this matter, and said with a smile: "I hope you're right!" Then he said to Tong Tuchang outside the door: "Get up, come in!" ”

Tong Tuchang obediently got up and entered the house, and he didn't dare to sit on the chair, standing under Tong Yangjia.

"Didn't my uncle say you, do you know that trouble comes from the mouth? Uncle, I and the Ma family are not sharing the same heaven now, you still make this kind of mistake, are you afraid that your uncle will die too late! ”

"Uncle, the little nephew is wrong, and he will never hide his mouth in the future!"

Gong Dacheng on the side also persuaded: "Master Tong, he is young after all, I believe he will pay attention next time!" ”

Tong Yangjia sighed and said to Tong Tuchang: "Let's be careful to manage today, we must not be careless, you know?" ”

"Yes, uncle!"

"Alright, sit down! What are you doing here? How about Changhua? ”

"Back to my uncle, I came back to find out if my uncle could change places for me, Changhua is too bitter, my nephew has been over there for two years, and he is only a seven-pin, look at Ma Shaoguang is already a five-grade Zhizhou, my nephew is not convinced!"

It turned out that he came back to ask for an official, Tong Yangjia scolded: "Look at you, I told you to study hard but you didn't listen, if you are a person now, do you still need to bother with it?" If we have a Jinshi, it can be pressed like this by the Ma family! ”

Tong Yangjia now has three or two kittens under his command, and the only ones who can be counted as high-ranking officials are Tong Yangjia and Gong Dacheng, and the other Jinshi don't need to put his eyelids on him when they hear that Tong Yangjia is just a showman, which is also one of the reasons why Tong Yangjia has to take the exam this time, and his identity is really incomparable with the Ma family.

On the other hand, the Ma family, in addition to the Ma family brothers who are Jinshi, Ma Jiyuan's two sons are also lifters, this is not a test, if the test is held, the two boys may not be good. In addition, the Ma family and the Donglin Party are intertwined, and now the Ma family and the party are full of talents, and there are more than ten Jinshi.

In fact, Tong Yangjia didn't know that Zhu Hongsan, the king of Chu, was really sparing no effort to support him, so he was born as a talented person in Tong Yangjia, and he actually entered the cabinet directly, and Gong Dacheng was a person, and he could also be promoted to three levels in a row, and he was promoted to Guangzhou Tongzhi from the fourth grade. This is because Zhu Hongsan found that the Ma family's forces are too strong, so strong that they have threatened his own safety, so he fully supports Tong Yangjia to fight against the Ma family.

Seeing his nephew's death, Tong Yangjia was also very distressed, after all, his nephew and himself have been wandering in the rivers and lakes for 20 years, relying on each other, and they are almost the same as their son.

Tong Yangjia sighed and said, "I'll go and beg King Chu tomorrow to take a look!" ”

Tong Tuchang was very happy when he saw that his uncle agreed to do activities for him.

Tong Yangjia's worries are not unreasonable, although Dongchang and Jinyiwei are very low-key, but the effectiveness has not weakened at all, on the contrary, after Zhu Hongsan, a descendant of the world, the surveillance and intelligence work is still a bit blue. Just three days after the Tong family's negotiation, all the words that Tong Yangjia said were placed on Zhu Hongsan's desk.

Of course, not only Tong Yangjia's surveillance situation, but also officials above the fourth rank in the DPRK and China have surveillance reports.

Zhu Hongsan flipped through these reports casually and asked, "Is there anything special?" ”

Cao Fang said on the side: "Back to the master, Lord Tong went to Feng's Mansion three times, all for the sake of lifting people, and Old Feng and Xiao Feng said that let Xiao Feng have more contact with Tong and stay away from the Ma family." Lord Tong has already set a secret word with Lord Xiao Feng to ensure that he can be promoted. ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded after hearing this, he was originally going to give Tong Yangjia an identity, but it was very bad for Tong Yangjia and Feng Ziyong to have private contact, and I gave you any benefits.

Zhu Hongsan took out the record of the negotiation between Tong Yangjia and Feng Ziyong, picked up the Zhu pen and wrote a few words on it, and said, "You give this to Tong Yangjia." Cao Fang took it carefully and saw that the paper had the words "not as an example" written on it.

"Is there any movement in the Ma family?"

"There is no big movement, it's just that the Ma family organized several literary meetings during the Chinese New Year, and many literati in Guangzhou went."

"Humph! Did Feng go for his own use? ”

"Lord Feng didn't go, there is still a way to return to the master, Ma Jiyuan's second son Ma Shaoji came back, and arranged to study politics in Guangdong and experience the five products."

The transfer of the five-grade petty officials does not need to go through Zhu Hongsan, and even the cabinet does not need to go through it, but only the decision of the ministry. Zhu Hongsan heard that he had been arranged to enter Xuezheng and came back a year ago, so he sneered: "Have you seen it, a township test, all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods have come out, but this is very good, they all jumped out and showed their faces, and looked at all those factions." ”

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and asked, "Is Tong Yangjia's nephew Tong Tuchang still in Changhua?" ”

"Yes, he also serves as the governor of Qiongzhou Mansion!"

"You go to the cabinet to pass an order, Tong Tuchang is loyal and capable, promoted to the governor of Zhaoqing Mansion, and takes office immediately!"

Cao Fang hurriedly wrote the will of the king of Chu on the side, and then showed it to the king of Chu and went to the cabinet to deliver the decree.

Zhu Hongsan tapped the desktop with his fingers, and thought in his heart that the power of the Ma family was too great and should be weakened.

Cao Fang came to the cabinet and handed over the will of the king of Chu to Chen Zizhuang, and when he saw that Tong Yangjia was also on the side, he said, "Is Lord Tong free?" His Royal Highness has a few words to say to Lord Tong! ”

Of course, when he was free, seeing that the King of Chu had something to say to him, Tong Yangjia hurriedly led Cao Fang to his room and asked, "Gonggong Cao, please sit down, what does the prison country have to say?" ”

Cao Fang took out the record from his arms, handed it to Tong Yangjia, and said, "My lord, look at it yourself!" ”

Tong Yangjia was not clear at the beginning, but when he took a look, it was like five thunderbolts. It turned out that he and Feng Ziyong discussed how to leave a secret word, and he gave Feng Ziyong 5,000 taels of silver, etc., and so on, I remember it clearly.

Tong Yangjia was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, hugged Cao Fang's leg and said, "Lord Cao, you have to save me!" ”

Cao Fang picked up Tong Yangjia and said: "Lord Tong, fortunately, you didn't say anything wrong, or it wouldn't be me, but the fan of Dongchang." But don't worry, Lord Tong, look at the comments of the prison behind you! ”

Tong Yangjia only read the first few sentences just now, and didn't see the back at all, after Cao Fang's reminder, he saw the four words of Zhu Hong's third batch "not an example" in the back, Zhu Hongsan's words are very ugly, but in Tong Yangjia's eyes, these four words reveal a murderous aura.