。 A month of competition for Wu Jie to obtain the status of a master craftsman in the literary world, coupled with his troubles, he intends to make friends with the people who came to Beijing to take the exam and the backbone figures in the literary world and the leaders of Shilin, and it is not an exaggeration to describe him as no one in the world who knows you.

Strike while the iron is hot, it is the time to go to the Ministry of Rites to sign up.

The time has come.

In fact, during these days, officials and secretaries of the Ministry of Rites have been in contact with him, and Lang Zhong, who is the commander of the Ministry of Rites, still dares to risk the disapproval of the world and pretend not to know himself?

Seeing that it is the Spring Festival, after the Spring Festival, there is still a month to try. Recently, I have been involved in many trivial matters, and I have not calmed down to review my homework.

Moreover, as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, there must be many things to do during the Spring Festival.

Therefore, it is necessary to report the name of the examination before the Chinese New Year.

So, on this dry and cold morning, Wu Jie deliberately asked the moth to wake himself up early in the morning. After breakfast, I estimated that the early dynasty had dispersed, so I hired a sedan chair and walked leisurely towards the imperial city.

The waiters and langzhong of the Ministry of Rites who were above the fourth rank also returned to the yamen one after another after the dispersal of the dynasty.

Lang Zhong, who was the commander of the Qing Division, had also seen Wu Jie once before, and after sending Wu Jie away last time, he would come back to entangle him in the future. Unexpectedly, Wu Jie would never return, and within a month, he gained great fame in the capital.

With his current status and appeal in Shilin, no one dares to ignore it.

Moreover......

At this moment, Wu Jie was sitting leisurely in the house and tasting the winter tea sent from the south. Seven or eight officials from the Ministry of Rites were talking happily with him, all of them with admiration on their faces, and their words were quite polite.

A small public house was packed, and the atmosphere was unusually warm.

Seeing him coming, everyone in the Ministry of Rites stood up with a smile and said, "It's considered to be back, Shizhen is impatient."

Hurry up, get your name on it. This spring ceremony, if there is no Shizhen, I am afraid that it will be discolored. Shizhen is a holy hand of poetry, and it is said that the articles written are also word by word, if there is a good article, it is a great gain for this science and technology to try. My Ministry of Rites is a national sage, and if you are a good person, you can be a high school, and my Ministry of Rites also has a bright face. ”

"Shizhen, after reporting the name, sit down at the ancestral shrine and the Qing officials."

"I heard that Shizhen has a lot of experience in finance, taxation and economics, so I might as well come to the Casting and Printing Bureau to exchange my experience."

Wu Jie stood up politely and bowed to everyone one by one.

When the irrelevant officials dispersed, Wu Jie saluted Na Langzhong: "My lord, Wu Jie Shuntian Mansion is a person, and his family lives in ......."

Na Langzhong smiled bitterly and waved his hand again and again: "Needless to say, who is your surname, where you live, and you have to participate in the spring festival of the coming year, no one in the capital knows." If the official doesn't write your name on you, won't you be sprayed to death by the spittle? Sign up now! ”

Wu Jie's heart was relieved, and he remembered the trouble he suffered when he was here last time, and deliberately smiled: "My lord, Wu Jieke's appearance is different from what is written on the official certificate." ”

Lang Zhong: "When people are young, their appearance changes greatly, and they can't be stopped from signing up because of this, and the National Wheel of Talent Ceremony will be ruined." This is the official's fault, and you shouldn't take it to heart Wu Jie. ”

After speaking, he quickly filled out the required paperwork and handed it to Wu Jie awkwardly.

"Thank you so much, Wu Jie farewell." Taking Lang Zhong's Chinese book, Wu Jie went out dashingly.

Looking at his back, Lang Zhong shook his head with a wry smile: "What are you doing, Xiaoge Lao?" It doesn't matter if you're ashamed, don't involve me, I'm almost pointed, and I'm a typical example of jealousy. With Wu Jie's current fame, who can stand in his way? Fortunately, Xu Ge Lao gave a step, otherwise it would be ........., yes Just yesterday, when Xu Jie, the second assistant of the court, suddenly came to the Department of Ceremonies and Qing Officials of the Ministry of Rites and said that after the cabinet discussion, he Xu Jie, presided over the Spring Festival of Jinke. Because the registration and review of candidates are in charge of the Department of Etiquette and Ceremonies, I came to see how prepared they were.

This Lang Zhong naturally reported carefully for a long time, and after Xu Jie listened to the question, he asked in a seemingly unintentional tone: "There are outstanding people among the people referred to in this section, and we must be talented for the country, and we must be unrelenting to the wilderness, so as to live up to the high expectations of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court." The key to the imperial examination is to be open, fair and fair, but it is not that you will definitely be able to win it if you are famous. For example, Tang Bohu back then, although he was born in Xie Yuan, he went to the examination room, and his name fell to Sun Shan, and he lost face. ”

"With Tang Yin's past in front of him, many famous scholars are unwilling to come to the examination room to take this risk before they are completely sure. Or, he already has a reputation for making a name for himself, leisurely being his mountain man, and releasing words to say that he is aiming for the mountains and forests, disdainful of fame, but hyping up his fame even more. ”

"In the opinion of the old man, the more famous a person is, the more he should come to take the exam, so as not to say that the court is a scholar and cannot select real talents."

Xu Ge taught that this Langzhong was naturally the only one who listened attentively.

Xu Jie's voice changed: "Recently, the name of Wu Festival has been extremely loud, shaking the Nine Cities. He is also a new science and technology solution yuan, and he must also come to participate in the examination. If you don't come, you can also learn from those mountain people to sell their reputation and spread it, which is not good for the reputation of the court. By the way, did he sign up? ”

Only then did Lang Zhong know that Xu Ge Lao had come for Wu Jie today, and he said a few times: "I haven't come yet." ”

"Ahem, this Wu Festival." Xu Ge couldn't help sighing: "Speaking of which, he is also a disciple of an old and decrepit disciple, that is, he is a young man, he is too arrogant, and he should really be put on the imperial examination field to hone and hone." ”

Since there are Xu Ge's words, Wu Jie has come to sign up again today, and this Lang Zhong naturally took advantage of the situation to settle this matter, and it can be regarded as a happy situation.

As for how to explain to Xiao Ge Lao, if there is Xu Jie, there is no need to be afraid.

Besides, the current Xiaoge Lao is disgraced, where will he have the heart to block Wu Jie. If you continue to dwell on this matter, you will lose even more people.

As a cabinet minister, the basic decency Yan Shifan still wants.

Otherwise, what's the difference between it and the market?

At this moment, Xu Jie was sitting in Yan Shifan's study, silently holding Xiao Ge Lao's book of poems and reading it.

At the door of the study, Xu Ting stood there with low eyebrows, careful to wait.

Xu Jie came to Yan's Mansion this time under the pretext of visiting his granddaughter.

He and Yan Shifan hadn't seen each other for six or seven years, and when he saw this high-flying little pavilion elder today, he was taken aback.

Yan Shifan was old, his face was haggard, his hair was scattered, and the corners of his mouth were also blistered.