Jia, Meiye, Shanye, Jiqing also; Jing, Ping, An, Taiping. Jiajing, the name of the era personally chosen by the new emperor, the prince of Xingwang is now the Jiajing Emperor.

Yesterday, after the Empress Dowager Zhang issued an edict, the Minister of Culture and Military Affairs went to the persuasion table, and the proposed era name was "Shaozhi". Shao, the meaning of inheritance; Governance, stability. "Shaozhi" is the name of the year, which also vaguely expresses the expectations of the harem and the previous dynasty for the new emperor.

It's really that everyone was tossed by Emperor Zhengde, and I hope that the new emperor will be honest and the next days will be peaceful.

But they forgot that the righteous young man was on the throne and was arrogant and wanton; This emperor is also a young man, and he doesn't know how to bend down. The emperor in front is willful and arbitrary, and the one behind is not soft.

For the name of "Shaozhi", the heir emperor has seen it or not.

Empress Dowager Zhang and the ministers are venerable, wanting to beautify Zhengde, but the new emperor has no intention of stopping him and knows that he can't stop it, but it doesn't mean that he will accept this new year name silently.

If you accept this new era name, you will do well as an emperor, and you will "inherit the glory of your predecessor"; If there is a flaw, it will be condemned in various ways, not a thankless task.

So, the new emperor directly chose "Jiajing" as the era name for himself.

Seeing the stubbornness of the new emperor, the minister of civil and military affairs naturally did not want to have another confrontation between the monarch and the minister, so the question of the era name was raised high and gently put down.

The son of King Xing, after various ceremonies, also ascended the throne from the heir emperor to the new emperor, with the year name Jiajing.

After all, the three of them were separated from Jiajing for only one day, but when they arrived at the palace, the three of them could find the changes in Jiajing.

It seems that in a day and night, Jiajing has grown a few years older, there is a little more majesty between his eyebrows and eyes, and his eyes are bright and scrutinizing when he looks at the three companions.

His gaze slid from Dao Idiot and Liu Congyun, fell on Wang Qi, squinted, stretched out his arm and said, "Flat." ”

Whether it is this majestic palace room, or the large and small attendants arranged with the wings of the geese next to it, it makes the scene solemn.

Seeing that the three of them all lowered their heads and were restrained, Jiajing couldn't help frowning, waved his hand and waved away a cadre of internal servants, leaving only Huang Jin and Gao Kang beside them.

"Sit down, there are no outsiders, it's better to be at ease, or I'll really become a widow." Jiajing's tone was a little lonely.

Wang Qi took the lead in taking a seat, looked at Jiajing twice, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm really embarrassed." Looking directly at Tianyan is disrespectful, but if you don't see it for a day, you really miss the emperor in your heart. Seeing that the emperor's complexion was fine, he finally felt at ease. ”

If other people heard this, they might think that Wang Qi's words were frivolous and flattering, but Jiajing could hear the true meaning in it.

Yesterday, he entered the city with the idea of "breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat", leaving Wang Qi and others in Liangxiang, which was the back road he left for the palace. Even if he didn't say it directly, he also left the meaning of "entrustment" in his words. If there is really something wrong with him after he enters Beijing, and the palace has no children, then only Wang Qi can take care of his biological mother, nursing mother and sisters on his behalf.

Jiajing trusts Wang Qi much more than Wang Qi knows.

In the final analysis, he is just a teenager who lost his father, and no matter how strong he behaves in front of his relatives, there are times when he is vulnerable.

Therefore, after listening to Wang Qi's words, Jiajing was not only not annoyed, but his expression stretched a lot, and his gaze at Wang Qi was also cordial.

Liu Congyun saw it in his eyes, and he couldn't say anything in his heart. Everyone reads with the palace, even if Wang Qi and the palace have an old relationship, it is also a childhood friendship, and there are fewer people who enter and leave the palace when they are a little older. The reason why Jiajing trusts Wang Qi so much is, in the final analysis, because he regards Wang Qi as his brother-in-law. Jiajing has no brothers, and the two county lords are blood relatives.

When the news of the election of a son-in-law by the lord of the three counties came out, the Liu family was not unmoved, but they were afraid of implicating the future of his two brothers, so they hesitated.

However, if someone else is the guest of honor, Jiajing may not be able to trust him. Wang Qi has no parents, no brothers and sisters, and because Mrs. Wang's inheritance has a disagreement with the family, the only thing he can rely on is Xingwangfu.

The Taoist idiot is beside him, and he once again laments the importance that the ancients attached to blood kinship. No matter how Chen Chizhong and Liu Congyun show their loyalty, and how they try to get closer to Jiajing along the way, in Jiajing's heart, the most trusted person is Wang Qi, who will become an in-law.

"Qilang, when I go to Beijing, I can't rest assured that I can't go to the palace, and I have to work hard for Qilang to share my worries." Jiajing looked at Wang Qi and said with a little sincerity.

Wang Qi's heart sank, but his face was not obvious at all, and he got up and said solemnly: "I am willing to serve the emperor, but please command." ”

Jiajing nodded with satisfaction and said: "I will send someone to Anlu to welcome the mother concubine and the third sister and the younger sister into Beijing, even if the Ministry of Rites arranges a Qin cha, I can't rest assured, I can't wait to go in person, Qilang will go on my behalf, after all, you are not an outsider." ”

Wang Qiqiang smiled in response, and his face was a little red.

Jiajing only thought he was shy, smiled and took a sip of tea, looked at Liu Congyun and said: "From the ministers of the dragon, there are many rewards, Chen Chizhong and others have been awarded martial arts. However, the employment of civilian officials is different from that of military attachés, and it is not easy to be lucky enough to be promoted. I mean, I want to keep Saburo in the cabinet as the secretary, I don't know if Saburo is willing? ”

Zhongshu Sheren is only from the seventh grade, which is too far from the fifth grade of Chen Chizhong and the tiger head, but Liu Congyun was only happy when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and said: "The minister is willing." ”

The cabinet secretary, even if the grade is low, is a close minister of the Son of Heaven. The confrontation between the emperor and Yang Ge Lao yesterday is already well known, and it is arranged for the companion to be read into the cabinet as a Chinese book, and no one will believe it if he says that he does not mean to spy on the cabinet ministers.

Internal officials and military attaches arbitrarily confer a high grade of more than four grades, which has little impact; The civil service here is much more complicated. If it weren't for this, there would be so many people in the palace, and Yuan Zonggao would not be the only one who was promoted to the second grade. Others, even if Jiajing wants to be gary, they don't have that qualification.

The civil officials of the royal palace have awarded a lot of five-rank and six-grade Beijing officials, but the premise is that those people originally have grades, or no grades, and when the age comes, they go to the six departments to mix up officials. It is really unbearable, and there are auxiliary officers from other places who can be sent.

Liu Congyun seems to have a low grade of conferring officials, and he may enter the cabinet and become the eyes and ears of the emperor, and his future future is not comparable to those who are five or six grades outside.

Seeing that Liu Congyun was interested, the smile on Jiajing's face became a little heavier, looked at the idiot, and said: "Erlang is not old enough, and it is too child's play to confer officials, what I have prepared for Erlang is a gift." As he spoke, he nodded to Gao Kang, who was standing next to him.

Gao Kang bowed back a few steps and took a yellow silk scroll from the large desk under the south window.

Decrees and forgiveness are documents that bestow official orders or favor the wives of parents. Above the fifth grade is "Hu", and below the fifth grade is "pardon". The born is "sealed", and the deceased is "gifted".

For the idiot, this is simply a surprise. He knew that there was no hope for him to be awarded an official, and Jiajing would reward him with wealth in the future, but he didn't expect it to be a "gift".

Needless to say, this is a gift to his father, Wang Qingzhou. It can represent not only the mourning after death, but also the benefit of the living. With this, the family is not a talented family, it belongs to the official eunuch family, and the residential entertainment will be upgraded. Not only does the deceased Liu have a grade, but the living Wang Ning also has a fate.

"Thank you for the emperor's gift!" The Taoist idiot was quite moved, and respectfully accepted the gift document with both hands.

He put some thought into Jiajing, but he was just guiding him to flip through the history books, and he was just prepared in advance for the situation in the capital, and he was really satisfied to get this edict.

Jiajing specially prepared this gift, and it took some effort to see that he was infatuated with affection, and he also ironed a lot in his heart.

For people at this time, entering the imperial examination and benefiting their parents is the highest achievement. Wang Qi and Liu Congyun looked at the yellow scroll in the hands of the idiot, and they were both a little envious.

Wang Qi's heart was full of apprehension.

Among the companions who accompanied Jiajing into Beijing, he was the only one who did not confer an official title.

Rao is heart turned a thousand times, and when he saw the waist card handed over by Jiajing, Wang Qi couldn't hide his surprise.

The fourth grade brocade guard commanded the affairs. Among the ministers of Conglong, he is second only to Jiang Qingshan, Yuan Zonggao, Lu Song and the Jiang family brothers, and is the highest grade among the companions. is also in Jinyiwei, which shows Jiajing's trust and importance to Wang Qi.

Jiajing's tone was insignificant: "Qilang is not a military member, and he has not been awarded an official before, otherwise he would not only command affairs." ”

Dao idiot and Liu Congyun glanced at each other and understood Jiajing's unfinished meaning. It seems that he trusts Wang Qi the most, not the two cousins of the Jiang family. He seems to be dissatisfied with Wang Qi's official position under those two people.

Wang Qi knows his own weight, a foreigner boy, who is on duty in Jinyiwei, and has also been the leader of the four products, which is already very fortunate. If he is really allowed to be the first and second in command, he may not be able to hold up that pool, and he may even be embarrassed...... Coming out of the Qianqing Palace, the three of them were refreshed, whether it was an "investor" like a Taoist idiot, or a "lucky person" like Wang Qi and Liu Congyun, they all felt that the rewards were quite rich and satisfied.

Especially Wang Qi, she has a little more confidence.

Even if in the future, because of the lord, the career of his uncle and cousins will be affected, but when he enters the Jinyi Guard, there will be another way. Even if the road to the imperial examination is delayed, you can also compensate for it in another way, and choose a nephew with good qualifications to join the Jinyi Guard, and the Wang family will have one more way in the officialdom.

What he can do is to mix his qualifications in Jinyiwei, and when he retires, he will mix with a hereditary commander or something else, so that it is not difficult to follow one or two generations of the Buddha family.

After feeling good, Wang Qi stared at the book in the hand of the idiot. When I got out of the palace gate, I immediately took it and saw that the book on it was "Doctor Fengyi", and muttered: "The emperor has recently valued Erlang, and I thought that he would give 'Zhongshun Doctor'." ”

"Zhongshun Doctor" is the title of the fourth grade, and "Fengyi Doctor" is the fifth grade.

The idiot said: "The emperor is sage." ”

In the past two days, the reward has been given from the dragon subordinate officials, and it seems that an official hat is sent out, but whether it is the imperial family or the minister of civil and military affairs, there is no objection to this matter, which also shows that Jiajing's reward is within the acceptable range of everyone, and the official position is mostly in the fourth grade. There are many reasons for several grades higher than the fourth grade, and they do not stab everyone's eyes.

Even if the Taoist idiot bears the name of "companion reading", but the age is here, the ancestors of Jiaen are already a special case, and the five products are just right, if they are the fourth grade, they may have to attract tongues.

Wang Qi also thought of this and sighed: "It's not easy for the emperor. ”

Dao Idiot thought that Wang Qi would go out of Beijing with Qin the day after tomorrow, and said: "Please ask the seventh brother to bring this seal back to his grandmother, and when his grandmother goes to Beijing, it will be cheaper to go to and from the pavilion." ”

With this seal, Wang Ning's family is too pleasant, and he is qualified to enter the official post and settle down in the capital in the north.

Old lady Wang has promised that after autumn, Wang Zhen will be arranged to send Wang Ning's family north. Thinking that Wang Ning's family was over the age of six, the Taoist idiot was still a little relieved, and he couldn't wait to pick up the people in Beijing.

But he was instructed by Jiajing to enter the country at the beginning of next month to study, and he couldn't get out, so he could only entrust it to Wang Qi.

Wang Qi hesitated and responded, and said to Liu Sanlang: "Sanlang, I will leave Beijing the day after tomorrow, and I will take Qilang to the second uncle's house in the next two days, so I will not return to the Huitong Pavilion." ”

Liu Congyun is going to enter the palace on duty tomorrow, and now he is also anxious to find out the news from the old friend of the chief official division, so he said goodbye to the Wang brothers at the gate of the imperial city.

Outside the imperial city is where the six yamen are located, and the two brothers did not hire a carriage until they left the heavenly street, but they did not go to the squire's house, but to Shunniang's house.

"Erlang, in fact, you might as well entrust the matter of picking up your uncle and grandmother to Brother-in-law Zhang." After getting into the carriage, Wang Qi said.

"Why is that?" The Taoist idiot was a little puzzled: "Could it be that what my uncle said about the lobby brother's entry into Beijing after the autumn is false?" Or is it too troublesome for the lobby brother? ”

The three county lords of the palace were removed in September, and the two families wanted to talk about marriage in the autumn, and someone from the Wang family always had to enter Beijing to handle Wang Qi's marriage.

Wang Qi shook his head and said, "It's not a question of whether it's troublesome or not, it's a rare opportunity." ”

The Taoist idiot was still a little confused when he heard it.

Wang Qi said: "Although Erlang is young, Brother-in-law Zhang has passed the age of the crown, and he has a great reputation. The emperor is now short of opportunities, so it is better to let Brother-in-law Zhang take over the name of his uncle and grandmother and return to Anlu with me. Along the way, the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Bachelor followed, and it was also a good thing for Brother-in-law Zhang to make Brother-in-law Zhang familiar...... The people left behind in the palace will be rewarded again after entering Beijing with the princess. When the time comes, it will also be an opportunity to recommend Brother-in-law Zhang to the emperor. Even though Brother-in-law Zhang is not an old man in the palace, he has a friendship with the emperor. However, it is better for Brother-in-law Zhang to be willing, after all, it is not as cheap as Jinshi to confer officials. If Brother-in-law Zhang is in the second class, it will not be too late to wait a few more years. ”

Although Wang Qi's words were suspicious of tricks, the idiot understood that this was indeed a rare opportunity.

How can anyone be so easy to take the Jinshi exam. Tens of thousands to tens of thousands of people gather in the capital, and more than 100 people can be selected for the triennial examination. It's really a single-plank bridge. Some people have taken the exam for decades and are still on the job.

Just like the old man of the Zhang family, as well as the uncle of the Liu family, they have not been ranked in the exam for many years.

Zhang Qinghe's year and crown are the first time, which is a common practice. There is nothing to be ashamed of, take the exam two or three times, even if you win the Jinshi in the first year, you are still a young person in the officialdom. However, Jinshi is also divided into three grades, the first and second grades have a bright future, and the third class is a little embarrassing.

If Zhang Qinghe misses the first and second grades, it is better to take advantage of the shortage of people in Jiajing than to spend time in the capital and wait for the imperial examination......