Zhang Cong, the word Bingyong, the number Luo Feng. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info is a native of Yongjia Sandu, Wenzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang. He has been erudite since he was a child, and when he was thirteen years old, he wrote a famous poem: There is a Wolong man, who is still noble in his life. Holding a white feather fan, the light is like snow. When moving, there is a fresh breeze, and when it is quiet, the moon hangs. The breeze and the bright moon are only in motion, willing to make the world bitter and hot. ”

It is extremely difficult for a thirteen-year-old person to write such a poem. Zhang Cong is quite familiar with "Zhou Li", "Etiquette", "Book of Rites" and so on. But such a person was raised at the age of seventeen, and he failed to pass the Jinshi exam seven times in a row. That is, last year, Zhang Cong participated in the eighth scientific examination and won a second-class jinshi.

The results of the second-class jinshi are actually not good, and he can't become a Shujishi, and Zhang Cong was forty-seven years old last year, which means that people like him will not get a good position, and he can only be a petty official in the court, and he will die of nothing.

But there is a saying that Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambitions are thousands of miles. Although Zhang Cong is old, the ambition in his chest has not changed at all. When he saw the suffering of the people in the world, he often felt a faint pain in his heart, and he was determined to do something for the people of this great tomorrow, so that the people could live a happy life.

If you want to do a lot for the people, you have to have more rights. But after Zhang Cong was admitted to the Jinshi, he was assigned to the Ministry of Rites. Of course, in the beginning, he was just a small clerk in the Ministry of Rites, without any official position.

Just this year, Zhang Cong didn't know which luck he had taken, and he actually got a head of the Ministry of Rites, although he was a small Zhengliu official, but the forty-eight-year-old Zhang Cong was very happy. finally has an official position, with this little six-rank official, are you still worried that you can't continue to be promoted and can't grasp greater power in the future?

When Wang Qiong was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he still attached great importance to Zhang Cong, and some things had to be handed over to Zhang Cong. Every time Zhang Cong does it properly, he likes Wang Qiong very much. But Wang Qiong was an old stubborn, he annoyed Emperor Jiajing, and was kicked by Jiajing to Nanjing to retire at once. Mao Cheng then made a book of rites.

Although Mao Cheng also knew that Zhang Cong was very talented, every time he saw Zhang Cong's wretched appearance and the patched clothes, he couldn't raise the slightest interest in Zhang Cong. Therefore, Mao Cheng has been the secretary of the Ministry of Rites for more than a month, and Zhang Cong has been left out in the cold for more than a month. It is no exaggeration to say that Mao Cheng almost didn't even look at Zhang Cong, as if there was no such person as Zhang Cong in the Ministry of Rites.

After hearing the report, Qin Li frowned slightly, and secretly pondered, who is Zhang Cong, I don't know such a person? Why did he come out of nowhere?

I don't know Zhang Cong's intention, but I heard that Zhang Cong was wearing a cold and bitter clothes, although Qin Li was full of curiosity, he still called Xu Wei first to listen to Xu Wei's understanding of Zhang Cong.

When Qin Li was the prefect in Hejian, Xu Wei was the master. Qin Li came to the capital, and Xu Wei followed. He identified Qin Li in his life, so he planned to follow Qin Li to mess around. He is still Qin Li's staff.

Qin Li is now a martial arts officer, and he has nothing to do all day. Xu Wei naturally became idle. In addition to reading every day in Qin Li's Mansion, he chatted with Yu Dayou, Zhou Fan, Huang Tian and others, and was very happy. Such a life can be regarded as comfortable and contented. But he is an idle person after all, and he always wants to find something to do. In his opinion, Qin Li's Zhenguo General is only temporary, Qin Li will still be of great use, and he will definitely become a pivotal person in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Xu Wei still had nothing to do to study the various officials in the capital.

Qin Li naturally knew about the boring thing Xu Wei was doing.

Hearing that it was Zhang Cong who came to the door, Xu Wei immediately smiled and explained in detail to Qin Li. Finally, he said, "According to my understanding, this person has always had great ambitions, but he has never been ambitious. When he came to the door today, he must have recommended himself and wanted to go to the boss's door! ”

Go my way? To say so is to ask me! After understanding Zhang Cong clearly, Qin Li and Xu Wei went to the door to greet Zhang Cong. You must know that Zhang Cong is the head of the Ministry of Rites of the Sixth Grade. Compared with Qin Li, a second-rank Zhenguo general, the grade is far behind. When Qin Li did this, he obviously had a bit of a taste of Corporal Lixian.

At this time, Zhang Cong was standing with his head held high at the gate of the mansion, and he was very calm from the outside. In fact, the heart is turning over the river and the sea, and a heart is beating violently.

Qin Li came to the door, and first looked Zhang Cong up and down. Zhang Cong was about fifty years old and had a gray goatee. The long sharp-beaked monkey gill, small, skinny, stood in the cold wind, as if a gust of wind was about to blow him down. However, he is stubborn, holding his chest high, and exuding a sense of arrogance around him.

He was wearing a cyan robe, which was fairly clean, but with a few patches on it, it looked very shabby.

Boom! How can you say that he is also an official of the sixth grade, why can't he even afford a new robe? It's no wonder that in Daming, the officials' salaries are very low, and the head of the Ministry of Rites like Zhang Cong has no real power in his hands, and he can't account for a little oil and water.

Qin Li didn't feel anything when he saw Zhang Cong at first glance. In addition to giving him a shabby and rotten impression, such a person has nothing to do with what Xu Wei just said.

But since Xu Wei admired him very much, Qin Li also did a good job. He took two steps to Zhang Cong, and said loudly, "Lord Zhang has been waiting for a long time, Qin Li has just dealt with some things, I hope Lord Zhang will forgive me!" ”

Seeing that Qin Li actually came out to greet him in person, Zhang Cong was immediately flattered. Qin Li is a second-grade official, and he can put down his body to greet him, which shows that Qin Li is not simple.

Zhang Cong thought so.

Qin Li's name had actually spread throughout the capital as early as possible, and many officials in the court were envious, jealous and hateful of Qin Li. At a young age, he became an official from the second grade, and he is not going to soar in the future, and the future is limitless. The most important thing is that Zhang Cong heard that Qin Li was not yet twenty years old, so he became a celebrity around Jiajing. Although he had never met, in Zhang Cong's impression, Qin Li should be a very arrogant and arrogant person.

Qin Li's personal greeting suddenly subverted the impression in Zhang Cong's heart. Zhang Cong couldn't help but secretly think, maybe my Zhang Cong's matter will really fall on this person.

Thinking like this, Zhang Cong hurriedly bowed to the ground and said, "Villain Zhang Cong greets Lord Qin!" ”

Qin Li stepped forward to hug him, and the two exchanged pleasantries again, welcoming Zhang Cong to the living room. After Zhang Cong sat down, he said directly, "Lord Qin, the villain took the liberty to ask to see me today, in fact, he wanted the adult to do me a favor." (To be continued.) )