Zhu Hao asked for a leave of absence.

Yang Shen wanted to ask Zhu Hao about Su Xigui, but he couldn't find anyone.

Zhu Hao took ten days off at a time.

In the past ten days, Zhu Hao is preparing for a "retreat".

「…… Mr. Zhu, Your Majesty has sent a lot of notes, I am afraid that you have been busy recently, as for your family affairs, please rest assured, there will be someone watching, if someone goes to your house, they will notify you as soon as possible, so as to avoid any misunderstanding caused by your absence at home."

Zhang Zuo regarded Zhu Hao's retreat as concentrating on dealing with the government, and also considered Zhu Hao's reason for taking a leave of absence.

The old lady is sick and needs to stay at home to take care of her, if someone goes to visit halfway and finds that this is not the case, then wouldn't Zhu Hao become a mother's illness to evade the responsibility of the court?

will go from a big filial son to a bad son who everyone spurns!

"Father-in-law Zhang, in fact, what I mean below is that in the past few days, I will stay at home and not go out."

Zhu Hao showed a direct attitude.

Since he said that he would take care of his sick mother at home, he would not engage in all those bells and whistles.

To be at home is to be at home.

Others may not care if his wife is really sick, but Yang Shen is now bent on using him as a gunman, and he may run to visit him at any time, what will he say then?

Zhang Zuo had a bitter face: "That is a ......."

"If it's convenient, send it to the lower mansion, and I'll take the time to dispose of it as much as possible." Zhu Hao said.

"Huh."

Zhang Zuo shook his head and smiled bitterly.

It is already a taboo to take Song Shu outside the palace, and now Zhu Hao is actually ready to take it back to the private house? Wouldn't the place where Zhu Niang lived become the Jinluan Palace?

"If Grandpa Zhang is not at ease, you can also leave the song fold here, and I will come back in ten days before dealing with it." Zhu Hao said, "Your Majesty, I have already said hello, there should be no deviation. In fact, if there is something wrong, you can also discuss it directly with Mr. Tang, doesn't he have time recently?"

Zhang Zuo said: "Mr. Tang has been busy meeting customers recently, and I am afraid that he has no intention of dealing with these ......."

"That...... Father-in-law Lao Zhang bothered a lot......"

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……

In fact, Zhang Zuo has already seen it.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, Zhu Hao went to Nanjing to start, and Zhu Hao had avoided helping Zhu Si to read the music as much as possible.

Zhu criticized the cabinet's opinions.

In Zhang Zuo's mind, Zhu Hao may want to avoid being this "hidden phase", after all, criticizing and reading is what the emperor and the celebrant eunuch should do, even if Zhu Hao, a staff member, has the ability, it is unreasonable to participate in Zhu Pi's affairs.

Now only Sun Jiao knows that Sun Jiao and Zhu Hao are Weng sons-in-law, and his heart of not competing for fame and fortune naturally won't pay much attention to it.

If the courtiers found out later......

Is that worth it?

Therefore, Zhang Zuo couldn't help but think, could it be that Zhu Hao was trying to avoid telling the truth, so he repeatedly pushed off the errand entrusted by the emperor?

Zhang Zuo had questions, and when he left the palace on this day, he specially went to see Tang Yin in a regular suit.

Tang Yin was anxious during this time, and when he heard that a guest had come to the door, Tang Yin was about to vomit, but fortunately, the doorman who acted as a Jinyi guard informed that the person who came was Zhang Zuo, so he packed up his mood and went out to greet him personally.

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Tang Yin's study.

Zhang Zuo was curious, and after coming in, he looked around, looking like he had never seen the world.

「…… Has the house been renovated recently? It feels even more imposing than the last time I came." Zhang Zuo looked at the glazed windows and tiles, the room was bright, and he couldn't help but ask.

Tang Yin sighed: "Recently, people have cleaned it up, but it's just a replacement of transparent tiles."

said that it was just to change the tiles, but in fact, there were many repaired places, how could Zhang Zuo not see the huge changes?

At this time, Tang Yin had already come back to his senses, and his wish to return to Suzhou to plant peach blossoms in his life seemed to be difficult to realize, so he concentrated on staying in Beijing

The city closed its doors and lived his little life.

And recently, Tang Yin is preparing to take a stepchild to his knees...... Inherited from his brother, the Tang family now regards Tang Yin as a symbol of the family's prosperity, and it is simply a supreme honor for whose children can succeed to Tang Yin's name.

But in fact, the heirs of the Tang Yin brothers are very thin.

Tang Yin planned to live in Beijing for a long time, of course, he wanted to renovate the courtyard in the capital, and he happened to have a lot of money on hand.

Literati have always attached great importance to the environment of their residences, especially celebrities like Tang Yin, who prided themselves on being high-minded.

The two chatted for a while.

Tang Yin sighed again: "I have met a lot of people recently, and they have a lot of insight into the affairs of the DPRK and China, but they are still far from the needs of His Majesty. Most of them were high-minded or unambitious jinshi, and the ministers of the DPRK and China also came to meet them, but the content of the discussion was mostly superficial and did not go deep."

Zhang Zuo said, "Mr. has worked hard."

Tang Yin frowned: "Isn't Gonggong Zhang here for this matter?"

Zhang Zuo smiled, and immediately told Zhu Hao that he was going to retreat recently.

Tang Yin said: "Jingdao does things, he always likes to hide and tuck, there are always some strange ideas, and I don't know what he is thinking in his head."

"You don't know, sir?"

Zhang Zuo looked anxious.

Zhu Si had asked him before, what Zhu Hao was doing recently.

Zhang Zuohe was surprised, Zhu Hao asked the emperor to take a leave of absence, and he couldn't hide at home, it would be ten days at a time, and he wouldn't be tinkering with any big killers, right?

asked Zhu Hao but refused to say, the emperor also wanted to ask now, he couldn't come up with an answer so he had to ask Tang Yin for advice.

Tang Yin suddenly remembered something and said, "I remember Jing Dao said that his plan is to let Yang Ge Lao retire this year, right?"

"Ugh...... It seems so." Zhang Zuodao.

Tang Yin said: "That may have something to do with this, otherwise he has always acted in a measured manner, why would he deliberately make trouble for himself this time? A Hanlin, a rest in the house is a ten, there will always be someone to ask...... I guess if he comes out again, there might be some trouble."

Zhang Zuo shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I hope so."

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End of February.

The results of the examination are finally out.

There are a few happy and a few sad, Sun Ru and Gongsun Yi did not return to the capital to participate in the examination this time, they have been determined to wait for the imperial court to release the officials, for them, they have given up the pursuit of the imperial examination early, and after having a little fame and fortune, their hearts drifted.

Zhu Hao couldn't care about Gongsun Yi, who had nominally been his teacher, but for his disciple Sun Ru, Zhu Hao agreed to let him no longer take the exam.

Sun Ru's recent academic regression has been obvious, and people like to work hard, if such a person is admitted to the Jinshi, he may really become a burden to him Zhu Hao, and others will think that this time the test is boring.

Not surprisingly, Yang Tinghe's son Yang Dian was admitted to the Gongshi, but he was relatively low in the rankings and looked very inconspicuous.

Even so, the people of Jingshi also began to discuss, thinking that Yang Dan's ability to win the tribute may have something to do with his father's protection.

「…… You don't know, do you? The second son of the Yang family is a wreck, proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and two days before the exam, I saw him playing drunk madness in a wine shop."

"I've seen him compete with people in the Workshop Division, and use his father's name to oppress people, which has a very bad impact......

"When?"

"It was last month."

"I'm going to take the exam soon, why do you linger in the place of the wind and moon, is he really so confident? Will it ......?"

"I heard that before the exam, he boasted that he would definitely be able to get into the Jinshi, why do you think he was admitted?"

Yang Dan people do it at home, and disaster comes from heaven.

Just in the examination of the Gongshi, the banquet celebrated at home has not yet opened, and the folk discussion has intensified, as if someone deliberately targeted Yang Dan, and it didn't take long for the streets to hear about it, the rumors are outrageous, and people are saying that Yang Dian is relying on his father's relationship to pass the examination.

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Just two

In a few days, the capital was already full of wind and rain.

Originally, Yang Tinghe was in control of the government, and the requirements for the literati tended to be rigorous and harsh, and for the Great Rites Discussion, it was necessary to agree with Yang Tinghe's concept of succession and succession in order to be recognized by the mainstream society.

Isn't that what a strong man does?

Usually it is just a matter of asking for opinions, but now even the exams at all levels have increased the discussion of the great gifts, and the intention is to formulate a norm, that is, those who do not agree with the view of succession and heirs cannot even pass the most basic children's exams.

There happened to be the matter of Yang Dian being admitted to the Gongshi, which gave the suppressed literati a vent for the people.

As a result, there was a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition, and everyone thought that Yang Tinghe was shielding his son, and Yang Dian was lucky enough to pass the test.

As for yes or no......

That is not the focus of the people's scholars, just like in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, the people in the same department didn't care whether Tang Yin really accepted the leak, they only hated Tang Yin before the exam, vowed to pass the test, and wanted to pull this arrogant guy off the horse.

Once the literati fight, the ferocity is called a tragedy.

"Big brother, don't you say those people are malicious slander? You know best how I learned, right?"

As a party, Yang Dian felt that he was very innocent.

Obviously, he is a tribute who has been obtained by relying on real talent and real learning, why should those people maliciously slander?

I wanted to ask for some psychological comfort in front of my brother, but I didn't know that in Yang Shen's opinion, his younger brother Yang Dan's knowledge was really uncompromising, and Yang Tinghe had indeed said that Yang Dian would be a Jinshi, and even Yang Shen felt that maybe this younger brother was really a tribute who was only admitted by some unconventional ways.

"With the narrative, do you really ......?"

Yang Shen also asked clearly.

Yang Dian was anxious when he heard this: "Big brother, you won't doubt me too, will you? I've usually done some unpleasant things, but as a woman, I don't care about it!"

Yang Shen nodded, seemingly convinced.

But inwardly he scoffed.

It doesn't matter if you accept the question, it doesn't matter if you cheat, the point is that you are a member of the Yang family, if your father really wants to help you, maybe you don't need to notify you, just say hello to the marking officer, and use it to let you know that you are actually a tribute through private teaching?

The reason why you are at the bottom of the noun is also to not attract people's attention.

But your surname is Yang, and others know that you are a member of the Yang family, which makes it difficult to keep a low profile, and now it is not the same as being suspected?

Or, you shouldn't have taken the exam in the first place so that you wouldn't be criticized.

"In terms of narrative, when I won the top prize in the exam, I also endured a lot of criticism, so it's good to get used to it." Yang Shen didn't argue anything for his younger brother, but patted him on the shoulder.

It means that you just know it if you don't do it, and you don't have to force it.

Anyway, I think you did.

In the future, you don't come to compete with me for favor in front of my father.