"Jingyun, what's wrong with you?" As soon as Yang Zhen saw Zhang Jingyun's expression change suddenly, his heart tightened, and an ominous premonition rose from his heart. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Jingyun's hands holding the letter trembled a little, and her voice trembled: "Erlang, grandpa, he, he ......" was speechless for a while.

Yang Zhen didn't care about any politeness or impoliteness at this time, and immediately reached out and snatched the letter from Zhang Jingyun's hand, and read it at a glance. Although it is not good to snatch other people's letters like this, it does not hurt that the relationship between the two is already so close.

After quickly scanning the contents of the letter, Yang Zhen's expression also became extremely grim. This letter was written to Zhang Jingyun and him Yang Zhen, and there were only two meanings in it. The first layer is Zhang Daoren telling them that he has come to Miaojiang and is preparing to go into the mountains to find his former junior brother and traitor Xu Jinghong. And he also said that he had calculated a hexagram for himself before this, and the hexagram showed that it was a great omen of mortality, and he would not be able to come back to the mountains of Miao Domain.

The second meaning is very simple, that is, the arrangement of his granddaughter Zhang Jingyun. A lot of it is to comfort her granddaughter not to feel sad about her death, which is just providence, and also allows her to live strong and happy after her death. The latter content is written to Yang Zhen, Zhang Daoren hopes that Yang Zhen can take good care of his granddaughter in the future, and he is obviously regarded as his grandson-in-law.

"Jingyun, don't worry, although the Dao Chief wrote this letter, it's hard to say what the truth is. Maybe he'll be back at some point. Yang Zhen looked at the woman in front of him with a crying appearance, and hurriedly comforted, but even he may not be able to convince himself of this.

"Erlang, you don't know, grandpa has always been extremely accurate in calculating things, and there is almost no mistake, such as sending the letter to the Zhenfu Division this time. How could he be wrong in such a big matter? Tears were already flowing slowly from Zhang Jingyun's eyes.

Yang Zhen hurriedly took out the handkerchief he was carrying, gently wiped away her tears, and said in his mouth: "That's not necessarily. It is said that it is difficult for a good doctor to heal himself, and I think this is a similar hexagram. Dao Chief, he may be accurate in other things, but not about himself. Believe me, he'll be fine. Although he said so, he was also full of worry and anxiety. Just look at the time written in the last place of the letter, which was before the Chinese New Year last year, it can be inferred that Zhang Daoren must have met with that Xu Jinghong at this time, but he doesn't know what the final outcome will be.

was so comforted by her lover, Zhang Jingyun's somewhat frightened and sad mood finally improved. I saw her sniff slightly, hold back her tears and ask, "You mean it really?" Grandpa, he's really going to be fine? "Everyone doesn't want the news of their loved one's death to be true, just now Zhang Jingyun only spoke like that when she was excited, and she has always been very convinced of her grandfather's ability to tell fortunes, so she will make an unusual performance.

Even though Yang Zhen didn't know the bottom in his heart, in order not to make Zhang Jingyun too worried and sad, he still nodded resolutely: "Yes, I believe that Jiren has his own heavenly appearance, and he will definitely be fine." If you don't feel at ease, I will think of sending someone to Guangxi to find the whereabouts of the Taoist, now it's okay, right? ”

"Hmm......" Zhang Jingyun replied softly, and the sadness on her face gradually subsided a little.

"And, even if something happens to the Dao Master, don't you still have me? I'll take good care of you for the rest of my life, so you don't have to worry too much. Yang Zhen saw that she was finally better, and hurriedly said. As he spoke, he took her tightly in his arms and patted her on the back for comfort.

Although he didn't want his grandfather to have any accidents, hearing Yang Zhen say this, feeling his love and comfort for him, Zhang Jingyun's heart was a lot more relaxed, at least now he has something to rely on, isn't it?

Just when the two of them snuggled together and felt different feelings, a scorching smell suddenly came out of the kitchen behind them, and after Zhang Jingyun smelled it, he quickly broke free from Yang Zhen's arms and ran towards the kitchen in a hurry. When Yang Zhen came, she was cooking vegetables inside, and she was so troubled by Zhang Daoren's letter that she delayed a lot of time, and the dishes inside had completely dried up the soup and scorched.

"Oh, how can this be...... It's all my hard work, it's all burnt, and there will be no food today......" Zhang Jingyun's distressed complaint soon came from inside.

When Yang Zhen heard this, he smiled heartily, at least temporarily, Zhang Jingyun would not be too sad, of course, worry must be inevitable. But with the passage of time, presumably even if she knew that Zhang Daoren was really killed in the future, she would not be more uncomfortable than today, right? Time is often the best medicine for wounds in the heart!

Half a month after Zhang Daoren's letter of concern and concern came, another letter came to Yang Zhen's hand. However, compared to the previous letter, this letter brings good news. The letter was sent by Yang Chen, and it only said one thing, he was about to come to the capital to report on his work, and maybe he would stay in Beijing and become a Beijing official.

For the officials of the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing official and the local official were completely different concepts. In everyone's mind, the Beijing official is often higher than the local official of the same level. Sometimes even the local prefect status is not as good as the capital's six or seven petty officials.

This is an exaggeration, of course, but it is more about the officials' views on the path to promotion. After all, you can encounter more opportunities in the capital than when you are outside, taking Yang Zhen himself as an example, if it wasn't for the fact that the previous case happened in Beijing City and was solved by him, I am afraid that the benefits obtained will be far from what he gets. This is actually very similar to the behavior of those young people in later generations who went to first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou after graduation, but later generations had more choices, but in Daming, there was only Beijing as a city that could bring miracles.

It is precisely because of such benefits that officials in Beijing will sharpen their heads and move to this side in all the world, so it is not easy to enter Beijing as an official. If you don't have a way, or if you have a great reputation, or if you have made any great contributions, it is almost impossible for you to be transferred from the magistrate to Beijing.

Originally, Yang Zhen didn't think that his brother was so lucky to come to the capital. Although he knew that Yang Chen was also a time-traveler like himself, he had a huge advantage that others in this era did not have. But under the shackles of officialdom, even if you really have the ability, it is difficult to break through the cage and become the lucky one.

But this time, Lady Luck favored Yang Chen, giving him the opportunity to enter Beijing as an official.

If you really want to talk about it, Yang Zhen also has the credit for this matter. Years ago, when Yang Zhen was talking to Emperor Wanli, he mentioned his brother Yang Chen and praised him for a while. This made Yang Chen leave a good impression and shadow in Wanli's heart.

Of course, what is more important is his own strength.

In the Ming system, officials are appointed every three years, and after each term, they will be evaluated by their superiors and other yamen, and they are divided into nine levels, such as upper and lower. If you can get a first-class evaluation, even if you can't be promoted this time, you can still leave a good impression in the official's file. And if you get an inferior evaluation, maybe you won't have anything to do with the next term. Before Zhang Juzheng implemented the examination method, this kind of evaluation method was only a means used in the officialdom to promote his cronies and rectify hostile forces, but in the past two years, it has been obviously standardized a lot and fair.

Yang Chen just caught up with such a good time, although he has no background, and he is not good at befriending his boss, but he was stunned to rely on his achievements in Zhuji County, and got a middle school score in this evaluation - you know, there are thousands of officials in the Manchu Dynasty, almost no one can get the upper evaluation, not even Zhang Juzheng can - Confucianism has never been full of things, the so-called no one is perfect - so the evaluation of the upper middle school is actually the best. And there are hundreds of states and counties in the world, and countless magistrates, and there are only a few people who can get this evaluation.

And Yang Chen's ability to get such a high evaluation is that in addition to the fact that he governed Zhuji County in an orderly manner and the people's livelihood was rich -- after the Li family was eradicated, no one in the county dared to compete with him, even the Xuan family, and the dam construction he was good at was also an important plus point.

The long causeway, which was built by Yang Chen and the people for several months, completely guaranteed the safety of Zhuji County. In the peach blossom flood that broke out again this year, other counties under the jurisdiction of Shaoxing Prefecture were affected again, but Zhuji County was kept peaceful, and with the backdrop of other colleagues, Yang Chen's contribution naturally became great.

As a result, in the new round of evaluation, his evaluation naturally ranked among the best, and he received the highest evaluation in fact.

It is precisely because of his excellent evaluation of this official that he can be seen in person today, otherwise the average mediocre official would have been disposed of by the officials themselves.

And after the emperor read this report, he felt that the name Yang Chen was familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he recalled that Yang Zhen also had a brother named him, and he also emphasized that he was able to have today's knowledge thanks to Yang Chen's teaching since childhood.

In this way, Wanli paid attention to Yang Chen, and after a resume, he was convinced that Yang Chen was the brother in Yang Zhen's mouth. Since this is indeed a usable person, under the psychological effect of Aiwu and Wu, Wanli decided to let him come to Beijing to report on his work, and decided to keep him in Beijing as an official.

Although Yang Zhen didn't know the cause and effect of this, he was still quite happy that his brother was able to enter Beijing as an official. This is not only out of brotherly affection, but also because he feels that his brother may be able to help him come to Beijing to come up with ideas to see if he can change the current helpless situation.

But he didn't know that a turning point mixed with an earth-shattering giant side was waiting for him ahead!

(End of volume)

The second change. There is also a watch in the evening。。。。。

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