Although Xu Pu is old and his eyes seem to have lost their brilliance, he has experienced so many things and seen too many people, and he is very accurate in seeing and recognizing people. Xu Pu smiled faintly at Emperor Hongzhi and agreed.

As the first assistant of the cabinet, Xu Pu actually cares about the crown prince Zhu Houzhao very much. I also know a lot about the prince. Especially in the cabinet, Li Dongyang and Xu Pu got along well, and he talked to Xu Pu about some things about the prince's companionship. Xu Pu is a person who loves talents, so he became interested in Zhou Zhi, a young descendant.

However, after all, he is old and does not have the passion of his youth, although he is somewhat interested in Zhou Zhi and wants to see Zhou Zhi, but he is not so urgent.

Zhou Zhi followed Wu Jing into the imperial study, his eyes swept slightly in the room, and he saw Emperor Hongzhi sitting behind the dragon book case clearly, and hurriedly looked away. knelt down and kowtowed, and said in a loud voice, "Guozi Prison Supervisor, the country is talented and Zhou Zhi has seen the emperor." ”

At the same time, Zhou Zhi's heart was already turbulent, and he secretly thought, is this man who is not old and decrepit the emperor today? According to the historical records I have read in later generations, in the eleventh year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongzhi was not yet thirty years old. But it is unbelievable that a thirty-year-old man should be so old.

Zhou Zhi then thought dirtyly, no wonder Emperor Hongzhi would only guard one woman for the rest of his life. Hehe! With a body like him, he can't take care of it if there are more women.

In fact, as early as when Zhou Zhi had just entered the imperial study, Emperor Hongzhi's pair of dragon eyes were firmly focused on Zhou Zhi. Xu Pu, the first assistant of the cabinet, also stared at Zhou Zhi with a pair of old eyes. The two of them nodded secretly when they saw Zhou Zhi's handsome appearance.

Especially Xu Pu, he was originally a person who cherished talents, and when he heard that Zhou Zhi had made a lot of moves in Qingdu County and later Guozijian, he had a little affection for Zhou Zhi.

Whether it is Emperor Hongzhi or Xu Pu, they are very aware of the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, and it is true that the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to talents, but it is not only people's talents and learning, but also people's appearance. Hehe! But anyone who is an official must have good facial features, and his appearance must be said in the past.

may really respond to that sentence, it's not your fault that you're ugly, but it's not okay to be ugly and scary. As an official, if he looks ugly and the people are disgusted or afraid when they see it, then it will be difficult for this official to realize his ambitions no matter how dedicated he is to the people.

looks like Chen Wenju of Baiyue Village, even if he passes the Jinshi examination, he can't be an official.

There is no way, the reality of Daming is so cruel, and even a little unreasonable.

Although Zhou Zhi has a rustic atmosphere, he can be regarded as a talent, and Xu Pu likes it even more. secretly thought that a young student like Zhou Zhi would definitely become a pillar of the imperial court if he was admitted to the Jinshi in the future.

I heard that Zhou Zhi is a good learner, especially from Li Dongyang, I learned that this article written by Zhou Zhi is really good. When Zhou Zhi first came to Guozijian, the articles written by Zhou Zhi were nothing at all among the many prisoners in Guozijian. However, Zhou Zhi only studied in Guozijian for a few months, and the article was written outstandingly, especially under the guidance of Yang Ting, Dong Yue and Li Dongyang, it made rapid progress. If you talk about the merits of writing articles in Guozijian now, the level of thoughtfulness is first-class, and sometimes it can be said to be the best.

This can only show that Zhou Zhi reads hard and has a very smart mind.

And judging from Zhou Zhi's cleanup of the great eunuch Li Guang, Zhou Zhi is very scheming and has a lot of means, he is definitely not the type of dead nerd.

Daming needs talents like Zhou Zhi.

Xu Pu even thought that he himself was old and might not be able to see Zhou Zhi exert his skills in Daming, but he believed that as long as Zhou Zhi was properly guided, he would definitely do a lot of things for Daming.

Thinking like this in his heart, Xu Pu couldn't help but stare at Zhou Zhi and take a closer look, and then looked at Emperor Hongzhi. At this time, Emperor Hongzhi was still staring at Zhou Zhi. Although Zhou Zhi was kneeling at this time, Emperor Hongzhi could see Zhou Zhi's maturity and steadiness from Zhou Zhi's demeanor.

Emperor Hongzhi and Xu Pu looked at each other and smiled, and Emperor Hongzhi said, "Excuse me!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" Zhou Zhi's voice was clear and he said.

Then Zhou Zhi stood up.

Hongji opened his mouth and said, "I summoned you today to see you." I have heard for a long time that you are now the prince's companion, and under your influence, the prince is now very well-behaved and obedient, and he is also very attentive to reading.

Hehe! Speaking of which, I really want to thank you! ”

Emperor Hongzhi spoke in a very gentle tone, and Zhou Zhi could clearly judge that what was recorded in the history books was indeed not wrong, and Emperor Hongzhi was really a kind and kind emperor.

But such an emperor is also very good at his wrists.

Zhou Zhi hurriedly and humbly said, "Your Majesty, in fact, what the emperor said is exaggerated. Zhou Zhi is just a country talent with short-sightedness. The prince can have today's changes, firstly, several of the prince's teachers are highly respected and extremely upright people. Their talents are also very high. And then there is the fact that the prince is actually a kind-hearted and extremely intelligent person. He's just a little younger.

Now that I'm a little older, it's bound to change. ”

Zhou Zhi naturally didn't dare to take credit, and attributed the credit for the prince's transformation to Yang Ting, Dong Yue and Li Dongyang, which made Zhou Zhi very conscientious. You must know that Zhou Zhi is the prince's companion, and the prince's teacher is actually Zhou Zhi's teacher.

and then pushing the prince's transformation to the prince himself, which is obviously patting Emperor Hongzhi's ass.

Yes, who wants to hear that their son is not angry, or even stupid?

Thousands of wears, but sycophants don't wear. Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but be very happy in his heart, and a few smiles appeared on his slightly pale face.

Hongji moved the dragon body slightly, and then said, "Zhou Zhi, I took a good look at you just now, and I know a lot of things about you. In the future, you will have to study hard, and you will have to be promoted in this year's autumn examination, and you will also strive to be admitted to the Jinshi in next year's examination.

Hehe! At next year's palace exam, I want to see you! ”

Zhou Zhi hurriedly knelt down and said, "Zhou Zhi thanked the emperor for his care and encouragement, and Zhou Zhiding did his best to live up to the emperor's ardent hopes." ”

"Hehe, get up. Come, let me introduce you, this is Xu Pu Xu Ge, the first assistant of the cabinet of the current dynasty. "Hongji Road.

In fact, as early as when Zhou Zhi came in, he found the white-haired old man. Zhou Zhi guessed that he must be an important minister of the imperial court, but he never expected that it would be the famous cabinet chief assistant Xu Pu, Zhou Zhi was very happy, but he didn't expect to see the emperor and the cabinet chief assistant two great figures at once today.

It seems that I have been really lucky these days.