Chapter 41. State test clouds (below).

Because of the inconvenience and distance of letters in ancient times, and the need to repeatedly verify the accuracy of the matter, when the matter reached the Prime Minister's Office, it was three months later. (Read the full text novel as much as possible on the Pick-up Literature Network)

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, there is a very special place, called "Wenyuan", in the final analysis, it is actually just a pavilion leaning on the rockery and the pond, except for the beautiful scenery, there is no special place.

But in this place, in the Prime Minister's Mansion, except for Zhang Qian, Zhang Yansheng and a few other people, other people are not allowed to summon but are not allowed to approach at all, even Zhang Qian's children and grandchildren are no exception.

Because, this is the place where Mr. Wen helps the prime minister with various affairs on a daily basis.

Mr. Wen - no one knows his real name, even Zhang Qian called him this - since he met Zhang Qian by chance twenty-five years ago, he has been by Zhang Qian's side, becoming a guest of the Prime Minister's Mansion, giving advice to Zhang Qian, helping Zhang Qian deal with the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and even leading the various secret forces that Zhang Qian has operated for decades.

It can be said that he is Zhang Qian's most important assistant and arm, and now, he is the teacher of Zhang Yansheng, the next master of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and his status in the Prime Minister's Mansion is unmatched except for Zhang Qian.

Therefore, although this Mr. Wen has no merit and no one knows about it among the people, as long as he is a well-informed court official, he knows that in the world today, there are three governors, two in the court, and one in the prime minister's mansion.

On this day, Mr. Wen sorted out all kinds of news from all over the world as he did in the past, and wrote down the various pros and cons generated by these news in detail, and then handed it over to Zhang Qian for choice in the evening.

Things are complicated, but Mr. Wen is easy to deal with, even if he sees the most important news, he is as calm and indifferent as ever, at most he just thinks for a while.

However, when Mr. Wen saw a piece of news jointly reported by Yunzhou and Huanzhou, his face changed slightly, and he carefully looked at the secret letter in his hand again for a while, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly stood up and walked briskly towards Zhang Qian's study.

His status in the Prime Minister's Mansion is very special, and he also has a bit of a scruples, after coming to Zhang Qian's study, he didn't knock on the door, and pushed the door directly.

Seeing that it was Mr. Wen, Zhang Qian, who was dealing with government affairs, was not angry, but asked with a smile: "You came to find the old man at this time, but what happened to you?" Is it for Wang Han, or for Niu Yuxian? ”

Mr. Wen shook his head, handed the secret letter from Yun and Huanzhou to Zhang Qian, and then said: "This matter is not very big, but it may pose a big threat to us in the future, Prime Minister, you should take a look at it for yourself." ”

Zhang Qian took the secret letter, and after reading it carefully, his face also changed slightly.

"Can this be confirmed? The people who wrote those fairy tales were really the descendants of the Xiao family back then? And he also obtained the name of Understanding Yuan Gong at the age of fourteen? ”

Zhang Qian raised his head and frowned and asked.

"The heads of Yunnan and Huanzhou jointly came to report, and they have repeatedly checked and verified in advance, so the news should not be wrong."

Mr. Wen nodded.

Hearing Mr. Wen's answer, Zhang Qian's expression immediately became grim.

After decades of ups and downs in the DPRK and China, Zhang Qian's political sensitivity is undoubtedly extremely high, and he can see through the pros and cons of any inconspicuous little thing in an instant.

A few months ago, when he learned that Emperor Chu Ling particularly liked a story called "Asking Immortals" during this time, he also deliberately found that story, although this story did not have much merit for him, but he still read it carefully two or three times, fortunately, Emperor Chu Ling could deal with it when he asked.

In fact, his approach is very smart, since the first volume of the story of "Asking Immortals" came out, Emperor Chu Ling talked about the most every day is the follow-up exhibition of this story, and in the case that most of the ministers did not know anything about this story, Zhang Qian was able to deal with Emperor Chu Ling skillfully, so that Emperor Chu Ling's favor towards him was deepened by three points, and he only felt that "Zhang Qian, who knows me".

Therefore, he knew very well how much Emperor Chu Ling would be interested in him once the person who wrote this story entered the court.

What's more, judging from the fact that Xiao Mo was able to obtain Xie Yuan's fame at a young age, in addition to being able to write bizarre stories, he also has a good real talent.

As we all know, Emperor Chu Ling's favorite thing in his life, in addition to alchemy and immortality, is to talk about Confucianism with the literati.

It can be said that in this Xiao Mo, there are all the factors that can attract Emperor Chu Ling. Zhang Qian also had no doubt that once this Xiao Mo entered the court, it wouldn't take too long for him to easily become a close confidant of Emperor Chu Ling's side!!

If Xiao Mo was someone else, Zhang Qian would inevitably buy him at the first time, but unfortunately, Xiao Mo was born in the Xiao family, judging from all kinds of signs, Xiao Mo has no good impression of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he is a scheming person.

"What do you think?"

Zhang Qian asked Mr. Wen.

"Your Excellency, you have said that any hidden danger, no matter how big or small, must be stifled. Therefore, this Xiao Mo must not be allowed to enter the imperial court as an official. ”

Mr. Wen said slowly with a cold look in his eyes.

Zhang Qian nodded, and asked again: "Have the officials of the Ministry of Rites who are sent to various states to preside over the state examination confirmed today?" ”

"Not yet."

"Then the state test in Yunzhou, let Zuo Lingfu and Yue Shang go, and mention it to them, don't give that Xiao Mo any chance to come out."

"Got it."

Although the imperial court stipulated that the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were sent to preside over the state examination could only temporarily draw lots in advance to decide who and where to go, in fact, as long as Zhang Qian was willing, the room for manipulation was too great.

"But ......" Mr. Wen hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Prime Minister, you are not afraid, will Xiao Mo use the same means as you did to enter the imperial court?" ”

"You mean 'Hongru recommends'?" Zhang Qian smiled: "Let's not talk about whether Xiao Mo can meet the standard of 'Hongru recommendation', from ancient times to the present, even if he is a person from a poor family, he can also get the support of his peers, classmates, and various division commanders during the imperial examination, and who can get real power like 'Hongru recommendation' who enters the court?" has no foundation connections, but at the beginning of entering the court, he gained great glory, and he will only attract the envy of others. If he had any more saints, it would make him a loner. Even if it was an old man, if it wasn't for Lord Wei Huang's affairs, where would he have come to this point? ”

Hearing Zhang Qian's words, Mr. Wen nodded, didn't say anything more, and retreated.

And Xiao Mo's future fate seems to have been completely determined in the conversation between the two.

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