"My lord, after you and the comprador of Cao Guogong's family had dinner last night, the two fine works of the Wen family left Hangzhou this morning."

On the carriage, Han Fangshan laughed quietly.

"The Wen family has passed this level, only by getting 40,000 runs, they can get mixed into their circle, and success or failure depends on today." Zhang Mu said with a smile.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the Confucian Office in Hangzhou, the Fuwen Academy.

Fuwen Academy is one of the four famous academies in the world, and it was renamed Wansong Academy 11 years after the Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty, and it is said that this is the place where Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai met.

The later Zhang Mu came here when he was a student at Fudan University, but at that time Wansong Academy had become one of the famous attractions on the shores of West Lake.

After getting off the bus, Zhang Mu saw that there was an endless stream of students coming in and out.

As soon as you enter the Yangsheng Gate of the Academy, you can hear the sound of reading in the Academy, which is the highest institution of Confucianism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and there is a difference between the atmosphere and Confucianism in Jinhuafu.

Seeing those Confucian students in deep clothes, in groups of three or five, Zhang Mu recalled the decadent life he had every day like raising pigs in college, and couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Han Fangshan led Zhang Mu to a side room in the backyard of the academy, and bowed his waist in a low voice: "Wu Xuezheng is inside." ”

Xuezheng is the emperor's hand-picked messenger, in charge of a provincial education imperial examination, Confucian students, is a member of the three products, and the political envoy, according to the inspection envoy, synthesized three Taiwan, and is also one of the feudal officials.

After Zhang Mu arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he found that it was true that the general civil officials were considered to be extremely popular ministers, especially in the Hongwu Dynasty after the abolition of the prime minister, the first rank of the officials were often vain, such as the three dukes: Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao. Three orphans: young master, young master, young protection. The auxiliary ministers of the East Palace, the prince and the prince, etc., are more of an honor.

The third-grade civil official is definitely a big official at the level of a feudal official, so Zhang Mu is still a little nervous.

Generally, Xuezheng is the emperor's extremely trusted favorite ministers, and most of them are filled by officials of the Hanlin Academy, and Jia Zheng in the Dream of Red Mansions was once ordered by the emperor to learn politics.

Zhang Mu took off his coat, revealing the python robe and jade belt he wore inside, and tidied up his clothes, then turned around and said, "How?" ”

Han Fangshan looked at Zhang Mu's outfit, his eyes were so red that he almost left blood and tears, and bowed his waist and said: "My lord is wise and martial, and the jade tree is in the wind, and no one is invincible." ”

Zhang Mu walked to the door at this time, bowed and shouted, "Student Zhang Mu, ask to see Master Wu." ”

Wu Xuezheng, who was sitting behind the desk in the wing room, was sixty years old, his beard was gray, his old face was like a dried orange peel, and he was holding a volume of Zizhi Tongjian in his hand, and when he heard Zhang Mu's shout, he frowned slightly.

He had heard of the name Zhang Mu, after all, he was in charge of the provincial education imperial examination, the examination of the supervision institute, and the examination papers of the county and government examinations every year, and he must have personally passed the purpose to prevent local officials from favoritism and fraud.

He has read all of Zhang Mu's test papers, and his impression of Zhang Mu couldn't be better.

Especially after knowing Zhang Mu's age, in addition to being surprised, he sighed.

In his opinion, as long as Zhang Mu's performance in this hospital examination is not abnormal, he is the only one who will be the head of the hospital examination.

Even he planned to wait for Zhang Mu to become a tribute student after Zhang Muqiuqiu.

The reason why he frowned at the moment was because of the greeting post sent by Zhang Mu, which clearly wrote his identity as a brocade guard.

Because it stands to reason that Zhang Mu is now a six-rank military general and a Jinyi guard, and he no longer needs the hospital examination, which is really a bit redundant.

The hospital examination is different from the government examination, and the child who has won the first place in the government examination has to be seated in the hall number, which is regarded as an honor for a child, so he clearly saw that Zhang Mu's name was included in the list of the hospital examination.

Now he can't figure out why this Zhang Mu wants to participate in the imperial examination, and Zhang Mu wants to see him, which makes him faintly worried that Zhang Mu is suspected of begging him to release water.

But Zhang Mu is the identity of Jinyiwei, and he can't see it, if Zhang Mu really asks him, will he agree or not?

This agreed, I felt that it was a redundant move, and it was contrary to his character, but if I didn't agree, in case a pastor played him, he wouldn't be able to eat and walk around.

After hesitating, Wu Xuezheng shouted, "Come in." ”

At this time, Zhang Mu pushed the door in, and Wu Xuezheng looked up and saw Zhang Mu, almost dropping his eyes to the ground.

After rubbing his faint old eyes, he shook his head again, and rubbed his old eyes again, only then did he confirm and affirm that Zhang Mu was wearing a python robe and jade belt.

At that moment, he hurriedly got up to greet him, the officials who could wear python robes were only five in the Hongwu Dynasty, counting Zhang Mucai's six, it was not a great honor, from this alone, it can be seen how much the emperor favored Zhang Mu.

"Student Zhang Mu, see sir." Zhang Mu hurriedly made a move, Wu Xuezheng hurriedly helped him, and said with an old face like a flower: "Lord Zhang, you don't need to be polite, please take a seat." Come on, serve tea. ”

"There is no need to serve tea, the students came today to ask Mr. for something." Zhang Mu said straight to the point.

"Don't say one, even ten can say." Wu Xuezheng looked at Zhang Mu more kindly than he saw his own son, and hurriedly smiled.

After all, Zhang Mu was wearing a python robe, this heavenly grace, he could see it clearly, don't say that it was to release water, that is, Zhang Mu would not come, he would personally write a test paper for Zhang Mu to take the exam.

"Sir, this is a happy person, in fact, I came today to ask if you can allocate ten places for me this year's regular supervisors?" Zhang Mu asked.

Wu Xuezheng was dumbfounded when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What do you want to do with the quota of the regular supervisor?" ”

"This matter is confidential and cannot be divulged. Students can only say that the stakes are high. Zhang Mu said with a smile.

Wu Xuezheng is in a difficult situation now, he has been studying politics for so many years, and he naturally knows that the routine supervisor is a good deal of oil and water, he doesn't care about the money, but the problem is that if the emperor asks about it, he will lose his head, and hurriedly smiled: "Oh, I'm afraid this won't work." The regular supervisor was not born on the right path, what are you doing? ”

"Sir doesn't have to ask, in fact, you don't really have to give me ten places, I'm just saying hello to Sir. Don't worry, sir, I'll report back to you. Nothing is risky. Zhang Mu said with a smile.

Wu Xuezheng understood as soon as he heard it, this Zhang Mu must be for money, and shook his head at the moment and said, "No, no." Your Majesty is so kind to you, if you dare to have any evil intentions, you will be destroyed by heaven and earth. ”

"Sir thinks too much, I am actually not short of money. It's just that there is an urgent need at the moment, and there is really no way, otherwise I wouldn't have come to ask Mr. Please also give me a face. Zhang Mu said.

"This is absolutely unacceptable. Now that the old man knows, he can't sit idly by and watch you never recover. Let's go. Wu Xuezheng said.

Zhang Mu saw that this old thing was really not easy to speak, so he simply cocked Erlang's legs and said, "Sir, the students understand." However, did Mr. ever mention Hui Niang? ”

When Wu Xuezheng heard this, his old face turned extremely pale, and when he said it, he had to blame his precious grandson, who was powerful at home all day long, and then one day his grandson fell in love with a village girl in the countryside, so he forcibly insulted others, and the village girl finally committed suicide by throwing herself into the river, and it took him a lot of effort to settle the matter. And that girl is Hui Niang.

Now that this case has fallen into the hands of Jinyiwei, once it is sent to Zhu Yuanzhang, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Sitting on the chair with a slump of butts, Wu Xuezheng smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, it's just ten." ”

"Thank you, sir, but please rest assured, Hui Niang's matter, I will burn all the files. No one ever asked about it again. Farewell. Zhang Mu got up and said.

Wu Xuezheng hurriedly got up and said, "Master Zhang, go slowly." ”