There are a lot of people who visit Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, not only Xinke Jinshi, but also many officials.

Zheng Xunrui didn't want to be attached to either of the two, because the struggle between Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren was about to start, and the cooperation between the two since the first year of Chongzhen was about to end in March of the fourth year of Chongzhen, that is, after the meeting test and the palace test, the honeymoon period between the two officially ended, and then the beginning of the struggle between the two.

This is also because Wen Tiren wants to become the first assistant of the cabinet, and he will inevitably overthrow Zhou Yanru, so that he can have the possibility of ascending to the throne.

At the end of March of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the palace examination had just ended, and Wen Tiren's faction revealed that Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the ministry, participated in the Jinyi Wei selling official mantle, Wang Yongguang was the backbone of Zhou Yanru's faction, and as a result, this was adopted by the emperor, Wang Yongguang was dismissed from his official position, and Wen Tiren's fellow countryman Zuodu Yushi Min Hongxue was appointed as the secretary of the ministry.

Zhou Yanru was unwilling, and immediately exposed Qian Xiangkun, the cabinet assistant, Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the household department, and others, these people wore a pair of pants with Wen Tiren, and the emperor also adopted Shangshu and removed Qian Xiangkun and Liang Tingdong from their positions, which was a huge blow to Wen Tiren, so Wen Tiren began to mention the matter of the palace examination.

Wen Tiren exposed Chen Yutai, the leader of the palace examination, saying that Chen Yutai's article was too bad, because he was Zhou Yanru's in-law, he secretly bribed, so he was taken care of by Zhou Yanru and became the leader of the palace examination, Chen Yutai and Zhou Yanru immediately refuted and denied all the accusations, which made the emperor confused, and finally suppressed this matter.

After that, the struggle between Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren became more and more open and fierce.

In this case, if he falls into the struggle between the two, he will definitely encounter a lot of annoyance, of course, Zheng Xunrui is a traverser, and he may be able to think of a way to deal with such a situation, but such a struggle will consume his great energy and he will not be able to concentrate on what he wants to do, so it is better to avoid it.

As for the eventual outbreak of a fight, as long as Zheng Xunrui has enough strength, he believes that he can deal with it.

It is very convenient to visit Wei Chengrun, and I saw it after I went, speaking of which Wei Chengrun is not Zheng Xunrui's real teacher, the chief examiner of the Nanzhili Township Examination is Dong Qichang, so Wei Chengrun felt very surprised by Zheng Xunrui's visit, Zheng Xunrui gave a gift, and Wei Chengrun chatted for a while, and spoke very politely, which made Wei Chengrun very moved, and Zheng Xunrui was also impressed, you must know that people are the identity of the champion, and have been enshrined as Hanlin Revision, if you grasp it well, the future is unlimited, There is no way to compare him in this household department.

Leaving Wei Chengrun's mansion and walking on the street, Zheng Xunrui hesitated slightly, whether he should visit Zhou Yanru or Wen Tiren first, it is impossible for the two of them to visit this kind of way, and there is a mystery in which place to go first, and there are many new Jinshi who went to visit the two in the past two days, especially the top three Jinshi, in order to be able to seek a good future, the best way is to attract the attention of the teacher.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Xunrui got into the carriage and headed straight towards Zhou Yanru's mansion.

In front of Zhou Yanru's mansion, there are too many carriages, and it is not too much to describe it as busy.

Zheng Xunrui handed the letter to the porter and waited patiently outside.

Half an hour passed, and just when Zheng Xunrui felt regret, a subordinate came out of the gate of the mansion, and after looking for him, he took him straight into the mansion.

The reason why Zheng Xunrui chose to wait outside the mansion was that he was unwilling to enter the mansion and see a large number of court officials and new branch scholars, which was tantamount to making a clear statement.

When he came to the wing, Zhou Yanru was rubbing his head gently, probably because there were a lot of things that needed to be dealt with every day, and after the break, there were too many guests to visit, and it was difficult to get a real rest.

"Zheng Xunrui, a student from the new imperial examination in Jiangning County, visited his teacher."

Zhou Yanru didn't show a particularly enthusiastic attitude, smiled at Zheng Xunrui, pointed to the chair in front of him, and motioned for Zheng Xunrui to sit down and speak.

"Qingyang, you are the champion of the new department, and you are also the third and first, I have been in the imperial examination for so many years, and there are only three scholars of the three yuan and the first, it seems that your knowledge is really not simple."

"The students are grateful for the praise of their teachers, and they will continue to work hard in the future to serve the court with what they have learned."

"I have read the articles of the county test, the government test, and the township test, and the writing is indeed good, I am a little strange, you are so young, and you can actually combine the actual situation of the people, and put forward a lot of discussions, which is very rare, I have seen a lot of readers, still ignore the things outside the window, and only read the books of the sages, you are completely different from them."

"The student's father has been running around all the year round in order to maintain the family, and from his father's mouth, the student knows a lot of things, and then has the experience of traveling, and also pays attention to many things, but the student only sees it from the surface, although he has said so much, he actually does it, and he doesn't dare to say that he can do it."

Zhou Yanru nodded slightly.

"It's very good to have self-knowledge, but you don't need to be too modest, your knowledge and literary style are not ordinary, so you understand the truth better than other people, this is also very normal, I hope you can serve the court well in the future, this time you go home to marry, I am here to congratulate you."

"The students are grateful for the care of their teachers." ……

From beginning to end, Zhou Yanru did not show any intention of wooing, but he still gave Dun Dun teachings.

This made Zheng Xunrui puzzled, the evaluation of Zhou Yanru in history is not good, and many history books attribute it to traitors, but after talking for so long just now, he didn't feel this way at all, why, is it because of his feelings, or was he confused.

When he left the Zhou Mansion, Zheng Xunrui suddenly thought of one thing, that is, the relationship between him and Donglin Academy, Fushe and Yingshe should be said to be bad, but at least he did not take the initiative to offend, but encountered the other party's supply.

This made him faintly feel that history needs to be experienced by itself, no matter what, history is written by people, even if it is the history of the Ming Dynasty, and many people who write history are the so-called Donglin Party people, when these people record history, they hold Donglin Academy very high, and Zhang Pu and others are held higher, but they ruthlessly belittle the emperor, as well as the civil and military ministers in power in the court, it seems that history comes according to their requirements, and the ending will not be like this, but I don't know that the real history proves it, The Donglin Party is precisely one of the main culprits of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zheng Xunrui suddenly understood something.

When he came to the Wen Mansion, Zheng Xunrui soon met Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren is already a fifty-nine-year-old man, with a smile on his face, he can't see any shelf, in Zheng Xunrui's impression, Wen Tiren is also attributed to a traitor, but no matter who it is, Wen Tiren's incorruptibility is recognized, and some people even conclude that Wen Tiren is a clean official, of course, it does not mean that Qing officials do not participate in the struggle for power, as long as they are in the officialdom, or people who want to make a career, they will inevitably face the struggle in the officialdom, if they blindly avoid, then don't think about doing anything, It's a muddy mess.

Wen Tiren's attitude is very different from Zhou Yanru's, not only is he very enthusiastic, but he also took the initiative to ask Zheng Xunrui if there are any difficulties in his life, if he feels difficult, he can withdraw part of the money in advance, etc.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui will not say difficult words.

There are a lot of people who come to visit Wen Mansion, Wen Tiren can take time to receive him as a new champion, it seems that it is indeed not simple, in the process of speaking, Zheng Xunrui admires Wen Tiren a little, he is already a cabinet minister, the prime minister of the court, and he can have such a low profile, which is not simple.

It seems that everyone has something special, and there are things worth learning from him, thinking about the officialdom today, and a few hundred years later, there are also some similarities, completely separating the history before and after, which is not feasible in the first place.

When I came out of the Wen Mansion, it was already dark.

Zheng Xunrui did not waste time and quickly returned to the restaurant.

He had only eaten at noon, and he was already very hungry at this time, and it was impossible for them to keep him to eat when he visited Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, and he had no intention of eating in these places.

Yang Tingshu has not yet returned, and it seems that he is still running around.

Zheng Xunrui instructed his men to wait for a while, he estimated that Yang Tingshu would not be able to eat, so he simply waited until Yang Tingshu came back and ate together.

After returning to the room, Zheng Xunrui recalled today's scenes, today's visit, except for Wen Zhenmeng's telling some truths, the rest of the places are considered courtesy visits, and they will not say key words, let alone confide in the truth, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren are both people who have seen the world, it is impossible not to see his attitude, but it is also impossible to show it.

Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, Zheng Xunrui can't say clearly, but he faintly feels that maybe the Ming History's record and evaluation of Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren is biased, if he judges a lot of things completely according to the historical records, there will definitely be heavy mistakes, it seems that you need to pay attention in the future, although you have a golden finger, but the golden finger also has flaws, and the scope that can be used is limited, after you reach a certain height, you have to fully exert your own ability.

Soon, the guy came to knock on the door, saying that Master Yang had returned, and the restaurant had prepared a banquet.

Yang Tingshu had a knowing smile on his face, it seemed that the harvest of a day was good, it is no wonder that Yang Tingshu had some connections in the capital, and his grandfather Yang Cheng was the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, so he must have created some good conditions.