It is said that Master Li suddenly heard that Xiao Xuedao wanted to choose his daughter as the queen, and at first thought that he wanted to be a relative of the emperor and wanted to go crazy. But after thinking about it again, the great master who can be the chief examiner of the Jiangbei imperial examination should not be a neurotic... According to the practice of the dynasty, the heavenly family will never find high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the princess must be a commoner when she marries, and the concubine is either a low-level official or a flat-headed commoner, and her family background is innocent and not cheap.

Li You quickly used this standard to weigh Master Xiao a few times. The four grades are noble and noble, and they should not be considered high-ranking officials. In the concept of officialdom, from the third grade or above is the master, the fourth grade and the fifth or sixth grade can be regarded as the middle level, not to mention the mention of the official or the fourth grade, not the Jingtang.

So theoretically, Miss Xiao's background is barely qualified. But there are millions of women in the world who are qualified, and being elected as a queen is the same as buying a lottery ticket, thinking that what you want is wishful thinking.

What's more, the selection of the queen is different from other things, it is both a state affair and a family affair of the Son of Heaven, and the foreign ministers can participate in peripheral work, but the final result only comes from the palace, or the opinion of the queen mother alone. Even if Xiao Xuedao can use him to settle Xu Daohong, Zhao Liangren and other important ministers, what use can it be? Often, the more the minister supports the candidate, the less popular he is in the palace, so he has no clue about this matter at all.

In addition, the only thing he can do is poetry, Lord Xiao will not be stupid enough to let Li You write poems to "make a name" for his daughter?

After thinking clearly, Li You politely refused: "The old grandmaster is too high, and the county really can't help." ”

Xiao Xuedao stroked his beard and smiled: "Li Beijia, doesn't he think that this official doesn't know the number of days and is talking nonsense?" Do you know that the old man used to be a teacher in the palace Chinese study room. ”

Taught in the palace? The well-informed Lord Li should also be moved by this, this is definitely a hard relationship in the national dynasty.

There is a tradition for ministers to enter the palace to teach the little eunuchs to read. When the eunuch training base of the inner study hall was still there, the common word forest officials entered the inner study hall as a teacher, and the little eunuchs who studied in the inner study hall were teachers and students.

This is a very meaningful work for personal career, since the Xuande Dynasty, 99% of the great eunuchs in power are from the Inner Book Hall (the other 1% is the 9,000-year-old of the Apocalypse Dynasty), which is enough to explain everything.

Whoever wants to be a teacher in the inner study hall, then the future celebrant and eunuch in charge of the seal eunuch Bingbi eunuch may come from his disciples, and no matter how bad it is, there will be a few eunuch disciples in power, which is a very valuable political resource.

Eunuchs have received education in the inner study hall is a kind of qualification, and educated eunuchs are not necessarily like scum, at least their character will not be much worse than that of Wenchen, and they still know how to respect teachers and respect the way of morality due to the influence of the atmosphere, and there are even those who strictly demand their words and deeds according to Confucian standards.

It is normal for civil officials who have taught in the inner study hall to be respected by the eunuch disciples, and it is not uncommon for them to be saved by the eunuchs when something happens, and they can often be introduced into the cabinet as scholars with the help of powerful eunuchs, and then echo each other inside and outside. Since the Xuande Dynasty to the present, among the 69 well-documented inner study halls, 19 people have entered the cabinet, and the proportion is already quite high.

The power of the eunuchs in the Jinghe Dynasty has declined to a low point in the present, and there is no inner study hall and celebrant eunuchs, but the clerical room that maintains the operation of official documents is retained, and a certain number of literate eunuchs are still needed in the palace. Master Xiao actually worked as a teacher in the clerical room... Although it is just a clerical room, the remaining high-level eunuchs in the palace are all from here, and nothing else can help, but the affairs of the palace can help.

Li You secretly thought that if it was placed in the heyday of the internal prison that year, this Lord Xiao would probably be able to think about how to operate and become a scholar in the cabinet. With this special foundation, it is no wonder that he dares to think about the queen, and besides, high-ranking officials and dignitaries will not have any interest in choosing the queen, and in order to avoid suspicion, they dare not have any interest, Lord Xiao's competitors are just a group of petty officials and civilians to put it bluntly... Xiao Xuedao was very satisfied with Li You's expression, and threw out a heavy condition, "Mai Chengen, next to Our Lady, you must be familiar with it, this official is his teacher in the clerical room. In this way, Lord Li shouldn't laugh at the official's whimsy, right? ”

Li You was surprised again, if Father-in-law Mai agreed to help, then Lord Xiao is really a person with hole cards!

The eunuchs of this dynasty as a political group are close to the end, but the possible surnames that appear as if they were special cases such as Li Lianying and An Dehai in another time and space will always exist.

Master Li is still very familiar with Grandpa Mai, the eunuch who works with Empress Dowager Qian, the cronies among his cronies, when Li You was dragged out of the Wuying Palace to receive the court staff, it was Mai Chengen who was imprisoned on the side.

Some people say that if this dynasty wants to rebuild the ceremonial eunuch and the East Factory, even if Gonggong Mai is not the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch and the seal of the eunuch, he can also be a eunuch with a pen and a commander of the East Factory.

The selection of the queen is largely a matter of the queen mother's words, and if there is a close confidant of the Cisheng Palace, Mak Gonggong, who is secretly helping, the probability of success of the operation will increase at least several times.

At this point, Li You no longer dared to laugh at Xiao Xuedao in his heart, he was crazy, how could he dare to go to Liangshan without three thirds?

He shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The old sect master has the help of Grandpa Mai, and great things can be accomplished, so what are you looking for in this county?" ”

Xiao Xuedao also smiled bitterly: "It is very strange in the palace of this dynasty, there is the Cisheng Palace in the west, and there is a Chitose Highness in the east..."

Li You's smile instantly converged. What does this Lord Xiao mean when he mentions the eldest princess of Guide in front of him? Want to open up the joints of Guide Chitose yourself? Could this mean that he and Guide Chitose had a leak of affection, so he knew about it?

He said tentatively: "This county is close to the Guide Horse and the Ministry of Rites Zhu Vice Lang, as for His Royal Highness Chitose..."

Grand Master Xiao stopped Li You from continuing, "Between you and me, there is really no need for a Ming person to speak in secret. What is the weight of Guide Chitose, who holds the edict of the former emperor and takes care of the affairs of the palace, in the palace, you and I understand very well, the draft of the Son of Heaven can't bypass the Virgin, and it can't bypass Chitose. Mai Chengen said that you are highly valued and enveloped by Guide Chitose, and your words carry a lot of weight, and you are considered half a cronie, is this not fake? ”

He said: "Do you know who the Qincha is in this draft?" Wu Guangen, who was beside the eldest princess, had already arrived in Huai'an Mansion. Is he more familiar with you? Do you know who is responsible for this in the Ministry of Rites in the capital? It's your friend Mr. Zhu Fanghe. So Master Li should not be more modest. ”

It turned out to be an old acquaintance, Grandpa Wu, who came... Li You can finally confirm that he can really help, even if he can't help, but he can definitely help. Suddenly, a sense of superiority swelled from the heart.

Damn, the newspaper I read at the county government didn't have such a thing, so I was blinded and pretended to be confused in front of Lord Xiao for a long time. Presumably, the imperial court was worried about the world's turmoil, so it deliberately did not publish this news in the widely distributed Jiebendi newspaper.

(To be continued)