It must be a happy thing to become the leader of Chongzhen's five-year meeting, but Su Tiancheng doesn't see it that way.

The historical examination Huiyuan should be Wu Weiye, who was called one of the three masters of Jiang Zuo by later generations, but because of his own crossing, history has changed slightly, and butterfly wings have worked.

How big this change will be, Su Tiancheng still needs to observe slowly.

The palace examination is held on March 15, in the Baohe Hall in the Forbidden City, before that, the Ministry of Rites will hold a re-examination, also held in the Baohe Palace, and the tribute students who pass the re-examination will participate in the palace examination and be able to meet the emperor.

As the leader of the examination, Su Tiancheng does not need to participate in the re-examination, and directly participates in the palace examination.

The focus of the palace examination is no longer knowledge, only one test is a policy question, in fact, the emperor looks at your appearance, words and deeds, behavior, etc., and asks some questions to test your adaptability and wisdom.

After passing the examination, all the tribute students will not be in such a hurry and wait slowly in the capital.

The so-called re-examination is actually based on your appearance and demeanor, whether you can participate in the palace examination.

After the palace examination, entering the Hanlin Academy, or entering the court as an official, grooming is very important, if there is a physical disability, it must be eliminated, dignified China, how can there be a person with incompleteness, enter the official eunuch team.

There are still more than 20 days before the palace examination.

Su Tiancheng has nothing else to do, he will try Huiyuan, there must be a tribute to visit, plus the Gaosheng Inn where he lives, the shopkeeper can't wait to publicize it in the lobby every day, and in his own inn, there is a Huiyuan test.

Su Tianhao's attitude was very strange, since he had entertained the team that day, he had returned to Guozijian, and he didn't come over for two days.

Su Tiancheng didn't care, maybe his half-brother was stimulated, and he also wanted to study hard in the Guozijian and participate in the next township exam, at least in the exam.

The necessary relationship still needs to be socialized, so he stayed in the inn and didn't go anywhere.

"Hui Yuanlang, the old beggar has come to beg for food."

When the familiar voice came, Su Tiancheng was slightly surprised.

The old man Shenlong saw the head but did not see the end, and every critical moment, he appeared.

"The younger generation pays a visit to Shibo."

"Hehe, it's all Hui Yuanlang, and I'm still so respectful to the old beggar, I deserve it."

The old man's demeanor has long been different, although he looks a little thin, but in his eyes, the light bursting out is enough to make people dare not underestimate it.

The old man sat down unceremoniously.

"Hui Yuanlang, don't stand up and talk, you are always so polite, is it an old beggar who also has to stand up."

Su Tiancheng smiled slightly and sat down on the left side of the old man. This is actually the old man reminding him, don't be too low-key, go to what mountain to sing what song, you are already going to try the yuan, the posture you should have, the shelf you should put out, or you can't be less, otherwise people will look down on you.

"The old man is wandering around, he has seen too many things, and you are really fateful, when we met in the horse market of Xiangling County, most of the time has passed, although we have not met much."

The old man's expression became serious.

"Kun Yuan, your talent, the old man is amazed, since ancient times, the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, it is a good thing to have talent, but you also have to clean yourself, and you have to make a good choice, the old man is talkative, thinking about asking, what kind of choice will you make in the future."

has not yet participated in the palace examination, the old man asked such a question, and Su Tiancheng faintly understood.

The party strife in the imperial court has become a chronic disease, especially between the first and second assistants of the cabinet.

Wen Tiren tried every means to deal with Zhou Yanru, thinking of becoming the first assistant of the cabinet and holding the highest power, but Zhou Yanru was the first assistant of the cabinet after all, and he was by no means an idle person, and the game between the two began as early as the end of Chongzhen's third year. You must know that at that time, Zhou Yanru became the first assistant of the cabinet, and it was not very long.

At the beginning of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Wen Tiren impeached Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and participated in the matter of Jinyiwei selling the official mantle, in March, Wang Yongguang was dismissed, Wen Tiren's hometown, Zuodu Yushi Min Hongxue served as the secretary of the ministry, and then, Zhou Yanru impeached Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, which is still a matter of selling the official mantle, Liang Tingdong was dismissed in June, and Xiong Mingyu was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Without him, Wang Yongguang is Zhou Yanru's henchman, and Liang Tingdong is Wen Tiren's henchman.

Of course, Zhou Yanru is the first assistant after all, and Chen Yuting, who has a certain kinship with him, served as the imperial history of the left capital.

These struggles at the top of the imperial court have already made the officials below feel the crisis.

The struggle for talents in the imperial examination is what Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren pay attention to, and they can also make a fuss from this.

The old man raised such a question, and he was obviously familiar with the situation within the imperial court.

"The younger generation has already thought about applying for release as an official."

"Oh, you actually have such an idea, you will try Huiyuan, but you are the candidate for the first place in the palace test, the old man thinks that you may be the champion of the first class in the palace test, that is to enter the Hanlin, put such a good road and do not go, thinking of being released as an official, why would there be such a choice."

"The younger generation mainly thought of it, and was released as an official, familiar with the government affairs of Fuzhou County, and the younger generation was young, so they sharpened themselves and gained some experience."

The old man's eyes became very sharp, and he looked at Su Tiancheng and didn't speak for a while.

"Heavy ears are born outside, Shen is born and dies inside, the old man didn't see that you have such a strategy. Inside the capital, it is intricate, and it is indeed not a place to stay for a long time, in this case, after the palace test, where do you want to go? ”

"The younger generation wants to go to Nanzhili."

"Can you explain why?"

"This, Nanzhili is a rich land......"

"Ha Luha, Kun Yuan is really interesting, although Nan Zhili is rich, how can he compare to the capital, the old man has seen too much, if you want to really do things, you need to face too many things, the old man also wants to remind you, any place, is the same, will face many problems, where is not calm, is not smooth sailing."

Su Tiancheng nodded.

"The younger generation understands and remembers the teachings of Shibo."

"The old man believes in you, he will be able to do something big, it seems that the old man is too worried, you think very carefully, such a careful thinking, it's hard to think of it."

Su Tiancheng lowered his head and did not answer.

"The old man has a fate with you, and he also wants to help you, for so long, you haven't asked the identity of the old man, it's really rare, you are already a huiyuan, there are some things that need to be understood, and the old man doesn't want to hide it from you."

Su Tiancheng's spirit began to be highly concentrated, and he always thought about Zhilu Dao, what is the identity of the old man, including Qu Qingze's identity, which is related to his future development.

"The past, don't think about it too much, the old man began to pay attention to you, and he was still in the countryside of Pingyang Mansion."

Su Tiancheng's body trembled, he knew what the old man said, killing five sergeants of Ningzhou Wei, that was the measure he made in order to survive when he had just crossed.

Now that I think about it, everything is clear, presumably the old man knows all this, and followed him to Xiangling County, and his performance is still good in the middle of the contact with the old man, and he has passed the old man's many temptations, so he can save his life.

"What you did in Pingyang Mansion is remarkable, the township test Xie Yuan, the Hui Yuan, and recruited three thousand elite nurses to exterminate three hundred liukou, these old men don't want to say more, the old man once reminded you, don't be presumptuous, you did a very good job, as for that Lei Wentong, if he dies, he will die, and it is not a big deal."

With the old man's story, Su Tiancheng's cold sweat came out, and his every move, the old man knew the way, and he suspected that the old man was in Jinyiwei, this Jinyiwei has great powers, and he doesn't know what to do.

"Kun Yuan, the old man is Dong Chang, the governor of Jinyi Wei, as for Qu Qingze, he is the hundred households of Jinyi Wei."

Su Tiancheng calmed down a little.

Jinyiwei is famous, and in fact, it is also part of the Ming army.

The guards are divided into internal guards and outer guards. The internal guards include the Jingying and the pro-army capital to protect the palace.

Among them, the pro-army capital guards, set up twelve guards, mainly responsible for the guards of the palace, the emperor's escort and other matters, the pro-army capital protectorate is directly sent by the emperor to serve as a trusted minister, not subject to the leadership of the military department, and the pro-army capital is under the jurisdiction of the twelve guards, the first guard is the brocade guard.

Jinyiwei was mainly responsible for the emperor's travel, escort, dependence, etc., and later expanded its functions, responsible for the emperor's assigned arrest and prison, secret investigation and copying, etc., which was very prestigious.

The supreme person in charge of the Jinyi Guard, the commander of the guard, is the military attache of the third grade. But this commander of the third grade, compared with other civil and military officials, has unusual power.

By the late Ming Dynasty, the power of Jinyiwei was pervasive, and all counties had the tentacles of Jinyiwei.

Dong Chang is the governor of Jinyi Weidu, which is the rank of the second grade. This title is actually a fictitious position, that is to say, the real person in charge of Jinyiwei is the commander, a thousand households, a hundred households, etc.

If the commander has made a meritorious contribution and the emperor rewards him, he will be appointed governor of the capital and become an official of the second grade.

It is said that the emperor will not separately add the title of Governor of Jinyi Wei, which can only explain one problem, that is, Dong Chang is not an official on the face of Jinyi Wei.

Jinyiwei has long existed in two parts: the bright line and the dark line.

In other words, the thing that Dong Chang is responsible for is likely to be such a thing as secret investigation and copying.

"Junior, Su Tiancheng, meet Master Dong."

"Kun Yuan, between us, there is no need to come to this set of etiquette, okay, the old man is also leaving, the last time I remind you, the last time I went to Pingyang Mansion to issue an edict, it was the chief of ceremonies with Qin Sande, this Qin father-in-law is the person next to Wang Chengen's father-in-law, and he also has a certain connection with Cao Huachun's father-in-law of the ceremonial supervisor, he has a good impression of you, if you have the opportunity, you must get close."