Cen Pu really didn't regard Wei Ming as an outsider, he has been paying close attention to Wei Ming's situation for the past year, seeing that Wei Ming is studying at home most of the time, and the family is not as poor as imagined, it seems that he has a small asset, and he has good friends with the county teachers, rich families, and scholars, but he is not closely related to the people who stand in line in the court, and it seems that he has some friendship with the sixth master of the Meng family, but it is limited to this.

After a year of observation, Cen Pu is very satisfied with Wei Ming, and he is young, so he can be trained as a son, in other words, Wei Ming is now in the capital, and there is no one else to rely on if he doesn't rely on Cen Pu.

Therefore, he treats Wei Ming closely, without too much defense, and without much respect at all, just like his own staff.

He asked Wei Ming to move a stool, first asked him how his studies were recently, and then came up with two questions to compare Wei Ming, seeing Wei Ming's answers, he put his mind at ease and said, "The examination has been arranged early, but the main examination has not yet been decided, and it must be temporarily assigned today, and the examiner who has been set is not allowed to enter and leave the nearest Gongyuan immediately, even if you want to find out what the examiner means, it is too late." ”

In this regard, there are some differences between fellow villagers. After all, after the examiner is assigned to the township test, the examiner has to come to the provinces from the capital, and this time is the time to understand the examiner. There is no such route in the capital, so for those who can take the exam, it is necessary to grasp the situation of multiple officials who may become examiners in advance.

These situations are naturally best known to the Beijing officials in the capital.

At that moment, Cen Pu told Wei Ming about the possible examiners.

In the previous life, Wei Ming studied hard for 20 years and passed the second grade, although he was knowledgeable in this life, he could not rule out mistakes, and his thoughts and answers were contrary to the examiner's ideas.

Although at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the personal wishes of the examiner are not so important, but the subjective things are not for anyone. Wei Ming listened to Cen Pu popularize it for him, and this time he really heard some truths.

Most of the people who Cen Pu pointed out to him who may become examiners are among the nine Qings, like Meng Yuecheng, who is also likely to become the chief examiner. Regardless of the fact that Meng Yuecheng had just returned to his position in the first half of the year, if nothing else, he would not be appointed as the chief examiner today, and the remaining eight people were also in a pivotal position, and these people came out of Cen Pu's mouth and into Wei Ming's ears, which had a very different meaning.

Now the most active faction in Beijing is the old faction of Zhang Ge represented by Meng Yuecheng, and at the same time, the old Qin Pavilion to which Cen Pu belongs is also a popular candidate for the first assistant, and the two factions naturally form an opposing position, in addition, the hand of the internal party is also stirring in the court.

The three great eunuchs, the palm seal eunuch Wang Chong, the Bingbi eunuch Tong Xiaoxian and the admiral eunuch Miao An are in their own hands, Tong Xiaoxian is obviously not dealing with Zhang Gelao, especially after the accident of the Peng family, the two forces are even more evenly matched. Qin Ge Lao wooed Tong Xiaoxian, and Tong Xiaoxian also had the intention of befriending Qin Ge Lao.

Now the most favored among the great eunuchs is the palm seal eunuch Wang Pet, he does not have any forces to tie into, and it is important to serve the emperor wholeheartedly, and even win the heart of today. In contrast, the admiral eunuch Miao An was much quieter.

Equally quiet but not to be ignored is the Qing Party represented by the Hanlin Academy.

In the previous life, the Qing Party was not so quiet, on the one hand, it was inseparable from the internal party, and on the other hand, it was inseparable from the bamboo party led by Shen Pan.

And in this life, Shen Pan died, the bamboo courtyard was firmly in the hands of Ye Lanxiao, and the bamboo party could no longer be formed, which allowed the Qing party to free up its hands to fight the internal party.

And Tong Xiaoxian, one of the major forces in the internal party, was a little sluggish because of his nephew, and the Qing party won without a fight, and the combat power in this life was reserved.

But none of these people in the court knew that Wei Ming, a poor boy who had just entered Beijing, had begun to affect the overall situation of the court as early as a few years ago.

Cen Pu told Wei Ming about the situation of Jiuqing, Meng Yuecheng is now the well-known Zhang Ge Lao, and after the fall of the Peng family, one of the general political envoys was vacant, and Liao Yiguan, the secretary of the Nanjing household department, came up.

This lack of top is inexplicable, a few years ago, when Ye Yongqu was going to toss the mine tax envoy in Nanzhili, Liao Yiguan had an attitude of waiting for Zhishi, I really didn't expect that a few years later, this person who was waiting for Zhishi was suddenly thought of by Jinshang, and transferred him to Beijing, and served as a political envoy who was so popular with so many people.

The Beijing officials earned their heads and bloodshed, and finally were occupied by the Nanjing Airborne Troops, which was really unexpected, Cen Pu had reservations about this airborne official, "Look at it, don't fight or grab, but this is all a bad thing, being put in this position, who can still be pure and have few desires to beg for bones?" ”

The implication is that even the elder of Qin Ge is guarding against Liao Yiguan.

Wei Ming secretly felt interesting, if Liao Yiguan really became a pavilion elder or even the first assistant, he should thank himself for it.

In addition to the political envoy and the unreliable Dali Siqing, there is also the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who is a popular candidate in Jiuqing, this person is called Mu Sanping, and he is the number one person in the Qing Party. Although the Qing Party is not systematic, Mu Sanping has a very high reputation in the Qing Party, Wei Ming has some impressions of this person, he is a person who is outspoken and dares to admonish, but unfortunately his health is not good, not long after the grandson succeeded to the throne in his previous life, he went, and in this life, it is far from time.

The other Jiuqing is the six Shangshu. There is no obvious faction among the four officials, the household department, the ritual department, and the military department, if you want to say that there are, they are all groups that are not very important and active in the court, at least the civil officials seem to be like this, but as far as Wei Ming knows, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is the prince's husband, and the secretary of the military department is the top of the foreign family today, and there is really no faction in the household department, and the officials estimate that they do not dare to have factions, otherwise life will be sad. And then there is the long-sleeved and good dancing of the criminal department, he can be seen everywhere, but the secretary of the Ministry of Industry is the old man of Qin Ge.

Cen Pu babbled a lot of things with Wei Ming, and Wei Ming didn't understand some things very well when he saw him, after all, Cen Pu was not a big official in the capital, and in the eyes of Qin Ge Lao, he was at most a capable general, he wanted to develop well under Qin Ge Lao, if it was Wei Ming's help, he would definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Wei Ming kept these relationships in mind, and Cen Pu patted him on the shoulder, "Take a good test, the capital is a place where great achievements can be made, if you can choose Shu Jishi in one fell swoop, it will be a limitless future!" ”

It is said that non-Jinshi is not Hanlin, and non-Hanlin is not in the cabinet. If you can choose Shu Jishi, you are a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and the future is indeed limitless.

Wei Ming didn't have this treatment in his last life, and after he became the second class, he was awarded the position of magistrate of the county, and traveled thousands of miles to become a magistrate.

Now that I think about it, if I stayed in Beijing in my previous life, I am afraid that when the factional dispute is hot, I will not be spared.

Wei Mingsi walked out of Cemp's mansion and went around to the door of a pen and ink shop.

This shop is inconspicuous, it is operated by an old couple, and the old couple saw the appearance of Wei Ming's scholar and asked what books to buy. Wei Ming said that he would not buy books, "Young Master Ye is here?" ”