On February 16, Liu Dahua came to Su Mansion in person and told Su Tiancheng that the prefect summoned him, and Su Tiancheng hurriedly packed up and set off with Liu Dahua.

Weng Tongzhang, the prefect of Pingyang, a jinshi in the Wanli period, successively served as the prefect of the county, the supervision of the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the member of the Ministry of Works, and the Langzhong of the household department in Nanjing, and Chongzhen for two years, and served as the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture in Shanxi Province.

In the third year of Chongzhen, Su Tiancheng passed the government examination and became a student of Pingyang Mansion, and Weng Tongzhang was naturally his mentor.

The prefect is a few hundred years later, the number one leader of the prefecture-level city, the power is not small, but the Ming Dynasty still has a strange phenomenon, that is, the status of the Beijing officials is lofty, and the local officials are poor, which is also because the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang deposed the Zhongshu Province, abolished the prime minister system, and improved the rank of the six Shangshu, the Shangshu is the second product, and the provincial political envoys, according to the inspection envoys, and all command envoys are the three products, directly obey the orders of the six departments, and the six departments directly obey the orders of the emperor, and the result is that everyone listens to the emperor.

During the Xuande period, the post of governor officially appeared, and the three local divisions were controlled, which was also because the three divisions belonged to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Criminal Department and other departments, and they were involved with each other and delayed things.

Because of the appearance of the governor, the power of the prefect began to be greater, without him, the governor controlled the three divisions, the three divisions did not have much power, the governor's power was greater, and the direct leadership above the prefect was less, and his own power was greater.

Weng Tongzhang's impression of Su Tiancheng is good.

At the age of seventeen, he passed the government examination and became a student, which is very good.

Weng Tongzhang was deeply impressed by Su Tiancheng, or because of the test paper of Su Tiancheng's house exam, that article, the writing was indeed good, but between the writings, there was a lack of domineering and decent, after the house exam, he learned some about the situation, and knew the situation of Su Tiancheng's family, and sighed secretly, feeling that it would be difficult for a student like Su Tiancheng to have a future in the future.

Unexpectedly, since October last year, Su Tiancheng has done shocking things one after another.

Weng Tongzhang couldn't believe it, thinking that his judgment had been wrong, so he entrusted Liu Dahua to entertain Su Tiancheng and test Su Tiancheng's understanding, and Su Tiancheng's words made him even more surprised.

The township test is imminent, according to Weng Tongzhang's opinion, Su Tiancheng should have a great chance of passing the township test, so he feels that he should meet this Su Tiancheng, if Su Tiancheng is really a talent, then he can recommend it to Lu. Besides, if your students have a future career, the teacher is also honorable.

Su Tiancheng has never been to the mansion, this is the first time.

The yamen of the Ming Dynasty was surrounded by high walls and isolated from the outside world, showing the majesty of the yamen, the shape of the yamen, the square was regular, and it was spread out in turn around a central axis.

After passing the wall in front of the government office, a memorial arch appears in front of you, the plaque is inscribed with three big characters of "Zhonglian Fang", through the archway, it is the gate of the government office.

There are sergeant handles here.

Seeing Liu Dahua with Su Tiancheng, the sergeant did not ask.

After entering the gate, there is a long corridor with houses on the left and right sides.

"Kun Yuan, let's come to the mansion for the first time."

"It's the first time the juniors are here."

"Well, on the right is the prison, on the left is the Yin Hotel, the Yashen Temple, the Land Temple, including the soap class and the Zhuang class, and in front of it is the Yi Gate, which usually does not open."

After entering through the small door on the left side of the Yimen, a large courtyard appeared in front of Su Tiancheng's eyes.

There is a small pavilion in the middle of the courtyard, and a stone tablet is erected in the middle of the pavilion.

Liu Dahua took Su Tiancheng and looked at this stone tablet.

"Kun Yuan, this is the ring stone workshop, the front is engraved with the three words Gongshengming, and the back is engraved with the sixteen words Erfeng Erlu, the people anointing the people, the people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to bully, you are a student, I don't explain, you are clear."

"The front is the lobby, you wait in the concierge at the back of the lobby for a while, and I'll report to the lord."

When passing through the lobby, Su Tiancheng paid attention to it, there was a table in the center, and a plaque was hung behind it, which said that the mirror was hanging four big characters, and there was a fence in front of the hall. The atrium on both sides are tightly closed.

The gatehouse is not big, there is no one inside, Su Tiancheng is honestly waiting here.

After half an hour of effort, Liu Dahua came over.

"Kun Yuan, come with me to meet your lord."

Passing through the lobby, a row of rooms appears in front of you.

"Kun Yuan, this is where the six rooms are located, which is where we work, on the left side is the officer's room, the household room and the ceremonial room, on the right is the soldier's room, the torture room, the workshop and the grain room, and at the two ends are the Ma Ke, the shop chief division, and the Chengfa room."

Su Tiancheng was a little strange, what did Liu Dahua do when he introduced him to this.

After passing through the wing room, I entered the second hall.

The second hall is much smaller, and this is originally a place for the prefect to rest, and it is generally called the retreat hall.

When he arrived at the door, Liu Dahua respectfully reported.

"My lord, my subordinates brought Su Tiancheng here."

"Come in."

A slightly majestic voice came.

The morning hall has ended, and Weng Tongzhang is taking a little rest here.

Su Tiancheng followed behind Liu Dahua, and after entering the second hall, he saw Weng Tongzhang sitting in the middle.

"Student Su Tiancheng visited the prefect."

He is a student, he already has a reputation, and when he sees Weng Tongzhang, he doesn't have to kneel.

Weng Tongzhang didn't speak for the time being, and looked at Su Tiancheng carefully, he was a little strange, he had seen this Su Tiancheng in the government test last year, his temperament was not very good, and he seemed a little cringe, but Su Tiancheng in front of him was generous and extraordinary, and he couldn't see that there was anything unsuitable, why did he change so much before and after.

Of course, Weng Tongzhang didn't know Su Tiancheng very well, after all, he was just a student, but now that he paid attention to it, he felt strange.

"Kun Yuan, you are the old man's student, don't be restrained, I came to you today, the old man has a few questions, I want to discuss them with you, don't hide your secrets."

Su Tiancheng muttered secretly, Nima's, I want to be unrestrained, no one pours me tea, and I don't ask me to sit down, this is originally a possette, but you are the biggest official in Pingyang, I am a common man, how dare you not bow your head under the eaves of people.

Liu Dahua was also flexible, and hurriedly made Su Tiancheng a cup of tea.

After Liu Dahua left, Weng Tongzhang spoke again.

"Kun Yuan, sit down and talk."

Su Tiancheng suddenly realized, it turned out that Liu Dahua was here, Weng Tongzhang had to show his dignity, and waited until Liu Dahua left before he asked him to sit down.

There are many rules in officialdom, and thousands of years of inheritance have long been perfect.

"The teacher is above, and the students dare not sit down, stand and talk."

Weng Tongzhang smiled and nodded slightly, Su Tiancheng's performance was good.

"It's okay, the old man doesn't have much time, you are the old man's student, and the old man is welcome, there are three questions, I want to discuss with you."

Su Tiancheng lowered his eyebrows, his attention was already highly concentrated, Weng Tongzhang's so-called discussion was actually the examination school's own, see how he answered the questions, maybe these three questions are very powerful.

"The first question, what do you think of when you are studying, you are a student of Pingyang Prefecture, and you must have learned a lot after passing the county and government examinations."

This question is too big, the truth of learning and excellence is well known, if you answer like this, it is too ordinary, Weng Tongzhang will definitely be dissatisfied, but there are some things that cannot be said, after all, this is to report the thought to the leader, the ambition is too big, and it is not realistic, and you can't say the words of worrying about the world first.

After thinking about it for a while, Su Tiancheng spoke more cautiously.

"Teacher, students think that applying what they have learned is the most important thing."

"Oh, explain what it means."

"Students study hard, adhering to the principle of learning and excellence, if they can be named on the gold list, report to the court, and benefit the people of Limin, if they can't go to high school, they must also abide by the law, do their duty, and do what they can, students think that in order to do this, it is not possible to study hard, and they must take into account the knowledge they have learned and be able to apply it."

There is no need to say a lot, just point to the key point, Su Tiancheng believes that Weng Tongzhang completely understands what he means, and it is useless to say too much, now is not the time to show loyalty, nor is it the time to take the opportunity to please Lu.