Yang Tinghe is now very close to the Empress Dowager Zhang, and there is frequent communication inside and outside the palace, plotting to eradicate the traitors around Zhu Houzhao who may endanger the survival of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

But Yang Tinghe didn't dare to tell Empress Dowager Zhang that I recruited the people of the Zhu family of Jinyi Wei Qianhu for my own use, even if I wanted to ask what role the Zhu family played in Anlu's surveillance of the Xingwang Mansion, I couldn't ask clearly, but I had to knock on the side to get the answer.

Fortunately, a large part of the emperor's close ministers are loyal to the imperial family.

Now the eunuchs in the palace are divided into two factions, one is the new faction, such as Zhang Zhong, Zhang Rui, and Yu Jing, who have a close relationship with Jiang Bin.

One faction is the old faction, mainly the main members of the former Eight Tigers, including Zhang Yong, Wei Bin, Gu Dayong and others, these people are old, have their own basic plates, and most of them will not belong to Jiang Bin, and many of them have served as eunuchs of Admiral Dongchang, and they know the situation of Zhu Wanhong and the Zhu family very well.

Yang Tinghe's inquiry into the news was to start from the old school of eunuchs.

The next day, Zhu Wanhong sent his subordinates to secretly inform Zhu Hao that he had met Yang Tinghe and expressed his intention to surrender to sincerity, and the negotiations between the two sides went very smoothly.

Zhu Hao felt that Yang Tinghe might have to fall headlong into a pit he dug for him.

Zhu Wanhong took the initiative to seek refuge in Yang Tinghe, Yang Tinghe must have felt that the Zhu family had given up on Jiang Bin and was looking for a new backer, but it was difficult to guarantee that he would not have secret dealings with Xingwangfu. In this case, I am afraid that the death of the fourth brother Zhu will be used as a test and confirmed with the Empress Dowager Zhang.

"Regardless of whether that incident was committed by the Zhu family, the people below will definitely report to the Empress Dowager Zhang in a tone of inviting merit and saying that it was done by Jinyiwei.

"Therefore, the result of Yang Tinghe's verification is to make him fall into a misunderstanding of thinking, feeling that Xingwangfu and the Zhu family are incompatible, and then decide that I can't be a descendant of Xingwangfu."

When Zhu Hao wanted to understand this, he felt that Zhu Wanhong's "surrender" drama was a great success.

……

……

Sure enough, it was as Zhu Hao expected.

On the third day after Zhu Wanhong met Yang Tinghe, that is, on March 11, someone sent a letter to the inn that Zhu Hao left for contact when he signed up for the test, inviting him to meet.

Seeing the payment, Zhu Hao's mood was somewhat complicated, he was the son of Yang Tinghe, Zhengde played "Ding Chou Feng Shi" in the twelfth year, accusing Zhu Houzhao of "acting rashly and traveling without anything" and angered Emperor Zhengde and the traitors around him, and was ordered to go to work, and Yang Shen, who has been idle in Beijing.

Zhu Hao decided to meet him.

Yang Shen was famous in the Ming Dynasty, but he did not have much achievements as an official, mainly because his personality was too stubborn, and he belonged to the kind of person who went to the dark in the officialdom and did not know how to turn around and compromise, and was also affected by his identity as the son of Yang Tinghe.

Although Yang Tinghe was suspected of being a master of high merit at the beginning of the handover of the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, he was at least able to balance the interests of all parties as a Zaifu, and even if he was defeated in the Great Rites Conference, he could retreat with his whole body, while Yang Shen was completely short-tempered, and he was the initiator of the Zuoshunmen incident, and it is not surprising that he was finally liquidated by Emperor Jiajing's revenge.

This is a thorn, and there is a certain amount of brain, things gather people in groups, and he is surrounded by some arrogant and arrogant people, and it is not surprising that there are friends like Yang Weicong who seem to be talented but not low-key and introverted at all.

Meet in a street pavilion that looks extremely simple, located near the East Fourth Archway, and then past is the Dongcheng Terracotta Division, not far from Longfu Temple and Yanfu Temple, there is a green space nearby, which is a rare resting place in the downtown area.

When Zhu Hao arrived, there were already Yang family members surrounding the pavilion and the nearby green space, which was originally a public place, but it made it seem to be the Yang family's private territory, Zhu Hao didn't expect to be met by Yang Shen in such an almost public way, and always felt that Yang Shen acted too publicly.

Inside the pavilion.

A man in his thirties, holding a teacup, poured himself a drink. He is dressed in a rather ornate jade-colored brocade embroidered robe, wide sleeves with soap edges, soap stripes and soft towel drapes, and an angular square face with bright eyes, giving people a sense of unruliness.

"Childe, Young Master Zhu brought it."

Yang Jiahu reported from above.

The distance between them was very close, Yang Shen saw Zhu Hao as soon as he looked up, made a gesture of please, and did not come out of the pavilion to greet him, Zhu Hao smiled and strode into the pavilion with his head held high.

Zhu Hao saluted: "Under Zhu Hao, I have seen Yang Gongzi." ”

Yang Shen bowed slightly, and a pair of sharp eyes like eagle falcons looked at Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao has seen a lot of things in this kind of look, he doesn't feel how strange it is, and he doesn't need to pretend to be calm, he directly took out a kind of "Why do you look at me like this", a slightly awkward expression, and tried his best to show that he was not very good at things in front of Yang Shen, planting a naïve and simple impression.

"Zhu Gongzi can win the first place in this examination, and win the Huiyuan in the examination where the world's talents gather, I want to come and learn people, today we only ask about knowledge, not anything else, please sit down."

Yang Shen's words were quite polite, and his voice was calm and powerful.

Zhu Hao sat on the wooden bench brought by the Yang family next to him, the stone table in front of him was the pavilion's own match, and someone sent a teapot and a teacup over, but what came out of the teapot was not tea, just ordinary boiled water, and the servant poured the teacup in front of Zhu Hao without even heat, which made Zhu Hao quite strange in the way of entertaining guests.

Can't you just change to a decent place to entertain guests?

Where is the reason why the host drinks tea and invites guests to drink boiled water?

Besides, even if you don't invite me to tea or dinner, at least find a closed place with walls on all sides, so that you won't be in this kind of roadside pavilion with a noisy and busy city just a few steps away, right?

Yang Shen silently observed Zhu Hao's reaction, and seeing that Zhu Hao was not sad or happy, his heart moved, and asked: "Zhu Gongzi is from the Zhu family of Jinyi Weiqianhu?" ”

"Yes."

Zhu Hao replied, "My father used to be a hundred households in Jinyi, and he was unfortunately martyred in the seventh year of Zhengde when he was in the Central Plains Bandits, and he was posthumously awarded the title of General Zhongyi. ”

Yang Shen nodded and said, "It turned out to be after Zhongliang...... I wonder if there are brothers? ”

"No, I didn't." Zhu Hao replied.

Yang Shen was a little strange: "The only son of the festival general, not Yu Ding, when he inherits the military household position, why did he take the imperial examination?" ”

Zhu Hao said: "My father is the third in his generation, and the family inheritance is in charge of the elder...... Both civil and military can serve the country. ”

Yang Shen praised: "A good sentence can serve the country in both civil and military affairs, or your family wants to take the throne as an adult descendant, so you will be stripped of your military position...... This brocade guard hereditary real position is not a good heir. Finally, you have the creation, the science field is successful, and you live up to the name of Lingzun and righteousness. ”

Even Yang Shen felt that something should have happened within the Zhu family so that the only son of the martyred general could not inherit his father's position.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Daming, after all, the Zhu family really has to wait for Zhu Hao to inherit the position of Jinyi Wei Baihu, and when Zhu Hao is fifteen years old and an adult, it will take a long time to waste in the middle, maybe he will directly find the children of other houses of the Zhu family to inherit it in advance.

But the question is...... The Zhu family did not inherit this real position of Jinyi Wei Baihu, and the position of the real military household is not something you can inherit if you want to, and you have to travel all kinds of things, stuff money, and open up joints.

Especially in the Zhengde Dynasty, Jiang Bin, Qian Ning and other emperors' cronies were too many, and the position of Jinyiwei was completely insufficient.

But no matter what you say, Yang Shen has a little more respect because of Zhu Hao's background.

He didn't think in the direction that Zhu Hao's relationship with the family would become a fire and water.

It's not that Yang Shen is unintentional, it's that he can't imagine that any family will eat so hard in these years, to the point of madness? And the extinct family can also be divided from the big family, and throw themselves into different political camps...... A child from a family of Jinyi Wei who monitored Xingwangfu would actually become a descendant of Xingwangfu and won the trust of the owner of the palace?

Don't say that Yang Shen doesn't believe it, even the scheming old foxes in the court will never think of this layer.

It's all up to Zhu Hao through his own efforts, and it took a few years to get it, and it was replaced by someone else...... Forget it.

……

……

The identity issue was revealed, and the two sides began to discuss knowledge.

Because they are not familiar with each other, and Yang Shen's purpose is not only to test Zhu Hao, but also to bring him under his command, and ask more about Zhu Hao's academic attainments.

“…… Which part of the Pentateuch is the Pentateuch? ”

Yang Shen asked.

"Spring and Autumn", but I usually dabble in the Book of Songs."

Zhu Hao did not hide it.

Yang Shen nodded: "Knowing the "Spring and Autumn" and knowing the etiquette, the benevolence and morality are all from the "Spring and Autumn", but unfortunately, many times people forget the etiquette and education, and the history is not up to others." ”

Zhu Hao thought to himself, why are you sighing about this in front of me? Want to tell me, now the Ming Dynasty is in the Warring States era when the heroes are rising together and don't talk about martial virtues?

Oh.

You may be implying to me that Confucian culture does not occupy the mainstream of the Ming Dynasty now, right? Do you want to say that Jiang Bin and other traitors are in trouble with the dynasty and need to set things right? Waiting for me to pick it up?

In other words, ordinary people must talk eloquently now, and talk about their ambitions for governing the country.

But Zhu Hao won't do that.

I am not familiar with you Yang Shen, you suddenly came to see me, I told you about the ambition in my heart, you will definitely think that I am deliberately currying favor with you, and you will also think that I have long known about my uncle seeing you, and I am not a new science and technology jinshi now, but a tribute.

We didn't have any friendship in the past, and we are not the same school, we can't beat the eight poles, and even I have a holiday with your good friend Yang Weicong!

"Oh, in "Spring and Autumn", I have learned a lot of ways to live in the world." Zhu Hao's words were calm and mellow, leaving no traces.

Just don't talk about it deeply!

Yang Shen didn't ask Zhu Hao about his inheritance, probably thinking that Anlu would not have any famous teachers in such a remote and remote place, and he hadn't heard of any famous schools born in Anlu, so he didn't think about it.

If he knew that Zhu Hao had learned from Tang Yin, he would probably be shocked.

"The palace test will be held in a few days, are you ready?" Yang Shen inquired.

Zhu Hao muttered in his heart, is this a test of my knowledge of the affairs of the DPRK Bureau? Now that the emperor is in a dying state, even if the palace examination is held, it is difficult for the emperor to appear on the scene.

"I am preparing for the exam seriously, and the ten-year cold window is only for the title of the gold list, and I dare not slack off."

Zhu Hao is still talking about the scene.

Yang Shen tried several times, but did not achieve good results, although he had doubts, but listening to Zhu Hao naturally accosted, without the slightest hesitation, all blurted out, coupled with the lack of understanding of Zhu Hao, he did not think about it.

"Childe, there is something at home, please go back."

Just when Yang Shen wanted to ask a few more questions, someone from the Yang family next to him came to pass the word.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, there are only three days left before the death of Emperor Zhengde in history, do you still have time to test me here?

Yang Shen got up and saluted to say goodbye, and the number of courtesies was also thoughtful.

"Zhu Gongzi, when we have time, we will talk about it again, and I hope you will be ranked first in the palace examination, a young talent like you is a vital force that the court urgently needs to replenish."

After a brief farewell, Yang Shen left with his entourage.

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