Although it has just come out of the Lantern Festival, the Jingshi has already gathered people from all over the country to prepare for Enke. In fact, the news www.biquge.info of Enke has been officially promulgated since last year, and there are many unsuccessful scholars who have not yet come and gone back for various reasons, so they have stayed directly in the capital and devoted themselves to studying and preparing for the Enke examination.

Maybe this is also their luck, after all, the Ming Dynasty has been in power for more than 100 years, and it has been a long time since they opened Enke. There is no need to be afraid of seeing Jiangdong's father again because of the failure of the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, of course, if the Enke meeting is failed again this time, even if there is no face, you have to go home with a thick skin.

The new emperor's accession to the throne is also a major national event. Of course, ordinary people are just having a good time, and the ones who really care about it are always those who read. After all, if you can really take the title of the high school gold list, it can be called a very glorious thing. Of course, not everyone can participate in the examination hosted by the Ministry of Rites, and the candidates for the examination are the juren of each province and the students of the national prison.

And as Enke's test approaches, the news about Enke is naturally circulating in restaurants and inns in the streets and alleys. In particular, the rumor that the emperor will make major adjustments to the admission method of the examination content of the Enke examination is even more circulating, which makes these candidates who are preparing to take the Enke examination suffer from gains and losses, and they are worried for a while. After all, once the content and method of the exam have changed, will some of the preparations you have made before be in vain?

Of course, for those who are confident, these are nothing. As long as it wasn't for this Enke meeting, they would be completely sure of the move. Among them, the most famous people such as Yang Tinghe, the son of Yang Tinghe, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, are only nineteen years old, but their talent has already spread far and wide to the point that everyone in the government and the opposition knows about it, and they are praised as the best talent. As long as he is willing to participate in this Enke examination, the champion will come to him like something in his pocket.

Yang Shen?

On the second floor of a huge restaurant facing the street, Zheng De muttered to himself when he heard the name. It turned out that he was listening carefully to the people next to him talking about this scientific expedition, but he didn't expect to hear an unexpected name, which also made him a little curious about his teacher's son.

He looked up at Wang Tingxiang on the side, "Ziheng, do you think it's really possible for this gentleman of mine to take off the crown of champions?" ”

Wang Tingxiang didn't expect the emperor to ask like this, and then said with a smile, "Yang Shen is indeed quite talented, as for whether he can win the top prize, it depends on His Majesty's heart!" ”

Indeed, this kind of thing is really up to the emperor's will. However, generally speaking, as long as you can get the first place in the Ministry of Rites Examination, you will not be able to run away from the hat of the champion when you report it, after all, most of the palace examinations are a formality. Of course, it is not excluded that the emperor's personal preference is factor, such as Xing Kuan, Zhu Xizhou and others all won the champion because the emperor liked his name.

Being able to get such praise from Wang Tingxiang, Zheng Deyan was also quite interested in this person, not just because of his previous identity as the son of Yang Tinghe. But he is now a great tomorrow, and his mouth is also golden. didn't directly respond to anything, just nodded, "If there is a chance, I would like to get to know you." ”

raised his eyes and glanced downstairs casually, but suddenly found a somewhat familiar figure stepping into the restaurant. He looked at it carefully for a moment, and couldn't help but smile and said to Wang Tingxiang, "Ziheng, do you think this person looks quite familiar......

"The champion is not a high school student who can just talk about it......"

Before the words were finished, a somewhat cynical voice suddenly sounded downstairs, followed by a fierce dispute.

This sudden situation made Wang Tingxiang also couldn't help but raise his eyes curiously to follow the prestige, but as if he suddenly discovered something, he turned back to Zheng De and said with a smile, "Your Majesty doesn't have to stay with him, this person is downstairs at the moment." ”

"Oh? Are you talking about that Yang Shen? Zheng De felt a little surprised when he heard this, this is really too coincidental! However, he still pointed to the slightly younger one of the two in dispute, "Is this young man wearing a white Confucian shirt and a square scarf on his head?" ”

"Exactly!" Wang Tingxiang bowed slightly.

When Zheng De heard this, he said with some emotion, "This is really too coincidental!" ”

What a coincidence? What was too much of a coincidence?

Wang Tingxiang didn't understand the meaning of the emperor's words for a while, but Zheng De's subsequent words made his doubts clear.

"Do you think this gentleman who is arguing with Yang Shen is a little familiar?"

Wang Tingxiang only saw Yang Shen, but didn't take a second look at the person who was arguing with him. However, when I heard the emperor say this, I noticed that this scholar who obviously also entered Beijing to take the exam. After looking at it for a moment, it seemed that he remembered something. His face was a little ugly for a while, but then he smiled, "Isn't this the down-and-out scholar who insulted Weichen as a silverfish?" ”

Zheng De also asked with a smile, "What, are you still feeling guilty now?" ”

"Weichen actually wants to say no, but he is afraid that he will be suspected of bullying the king, so after thinking about it, it is better not to say anything." Wang Tingxiang also replied with humor.

The two of them looked at each other when they heard this, and they couldn't help but laugh.

There was a hint of surprise in the eyes of Liu Jin, Cao Qian and others on the side, they didn't expect the emperor to be able to talk and laugh with his courtiers without hesitation. And Wang Tingxiang, the celebrity next to the emperor, was able to do this, which is really amazing.

However, it can also be seen from this that the emperor really values this Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The latter's status in their hearts has also quietly climbed up a level, and they belong to the existence of trying not to offend if they can.

Yang Shen is feeling a little depressed now, he just came out to visit friends. I didn't expect that in the end, because I was the top hit, I was ridiculed by my friends, and I never thought that I would encounter the cynicism of others. He felt that he had suffered a great wrong, after all, he didn't say it himself, his mouth grew on others, and others insisted on saying this, what could he do?

He was also young and vigorous, and he couldn't help but argue with this one. But without saying a word, a man came over and interrupted the argument between the two.

"My master asked you two to come over."

"Who is the master of your family, isn't it a rat who hides his head and tail, and doesn't even have the courage to stand up in person?"

Before Yang Shen could speak, the person on the other side said sharply. I saw that this man who came over to invite a similar servant suddenly became a little gloomy, and looked at this man with an unkind face and almost ran away, but in the end, maybe he had scruples and finally chose to give up.

"You'll know it from the past."

"Enko is approaching, and I don't have time to go around. Tell your master that you don't like to make friends with people who hide their heads and tails, and say goodbye! ”

After speaking, the gentleman flicked his sleeves arrogantly and left.

"Shen is the same, take your leave!"

Yang Shen also seemed to want to compete with this scholar in terms of spirit, but when he finally left, he hesitated for a moment, and bowed to this man quite politely before leaving.

This man is none other than Yang Ling, director of the Ouchi Security Bureau. Thinking of what happened just now, he couldn't help but shake his head, how can the current scholars be more arrogant than the other?

Just when he didn't know how to go back to the errand, the emperor's voice suddenly remembered in his ear, "I heard your conversation just now, it's okay. Ziheng, wait a minute, you inform Yan Song to find out who that scholar is just now? ”

Wang Ting saw Zheng De's curious look, and knew that the emperor was not dissatisfied with the disrespectful remarks of these two just now, and immediately relieved his heart. He nodded and said, "I understand!" ”

Zheng De glanced back at everyone, "Let's go, it's almost time to come out today, if you don't go back, I'm afraid that a few pavilion elders will inevitably nag again." ”

After finishing speaking, they left first, Wang Tingxiang, Yang Ling and the others glanced at each other and followed.

When Yang Shen just returned home, he was called by his father Yang Tinghe and the domestic servants he sent.

In the study, Yang Ting was holding a book and reading it with relish, and Yang Shen, who had just entered, bowed to his father and said, "Father! ”

Yang Tinghe didn't seem to hear it, and continued to look at the book in his hand without raising his eyes. Yang Shen was no longer surprised, and stood straight to the side and didn't make a sound to disturb again.

"Here you go!" After a long time, Yang Tinghe put down the scroll in his hand, looked at his son and said lightly.

"I heard that you had a dispute with someone in the restaurant today, how old are you and so impetuous, how can you step into officialdom in the future?"

Regarding his father's reprimand, Yang Shen didn't dare to refute a word, and quickly admitted, "The child knows that he is wrong, and he asks his father to punish him." ”

Yang Tinghe stroked his beard lightly and said in a deep voice, "Then punish you for copying the ancestral precepts a hundred times!" ”

Yang Shen's face suddenly collapsed when he heard this, but he could only agree and did not dare to disobey in the slightest.

"Father, why do you insist that my son and I participate in this Enke exam?" Yang Shen finally asked the doubts in his heart, "Haven't you always objected to children participating in scientific examinations too early?" ”

Yang Ting looked at his son like Wen Yan, "If you were a little older than you took the Ministry of Rites exam last year, it would be just right after three years." Of course, since His Majesty has opened Enke this year, it is not impossible to advance it, so as not to easily provoke right and wrong with the name of a champion talent on his head. ”

It is impossible for him not to be proud of having such an outstanding heir, but it is easy to get into trouble if he is too good, after all, it is an eternal truth that the tree is big and the wind blows. Especially at such a time, it is better to keep a low profile after the scientific examination, which is not a bad thing for both father and son.

Yang Shen was not a stupid person, and quickly figured out his father's good intentions, and bowed respectfully and said, "The child understands." ”

Yang Tinghe also nodded with satisfaction.