"Sir once taught that the emperor must be upright, empty-minded, and determined. Therefore, whether Shen Yichen can win the champion cannot be completely judged by my saint, but also depends on his own knowledge and ability. ”

Zhu Qizhen did not take Wang Zhen's compliments seriously, on the contrary, he kept in mind the imperial scholarship he once taught.

As an emperor, you can't make decisions based on your own preferences, but you have to take into account the overall situation and the way of balance, which is what makes a qualified emperor.

"Your Majesty, the slave is deeply grateful."

Wang Zhen still maintained a humble style, and he was not proud of his achievements, but the corners of his mouth still subconsciously showed a smug smile.

After all, what an honor it is to be able to become an emperor's master?

After chatting a few words, Zhu Qizhen continued to scan the list of apricots, and he also felt a little familiar with the names of several of them.

But today's Zhu Qizhen is no longer the "child emperor" under the protection of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

After eight years of orthodoxy, he understood the truth that when the water is clear, there is no fish, and the sons and daughters of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee will inevitably be given preferential treatment in the examination, and it is not an accident that he can be on the apricot list.

As long as it doesn't go too far and blocks the way for ordinary people to rise in the imperial examination, Zhu Qizhen can only turn a blind eye and pretend not to see it.

The famous "North and South List" case during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was that the southern officials at the bottom went too far, and they didn't even give a sip of soup to the northern scholars to drink, which led to the final correction of the past.

However, even if the heads are killed, in fact, it has not fundamentally changed the status quo of the imperial examination, and the civil official group of the later imperial examinations is still playing very wild.

In the second year of Jianwen, Gengchenke, the son of the political secretary of Jiangxi in the south, once again occupied the top three positions.

In the next section, the second year of Yongle, the operation is even more excessive.

The first seven of the palace examinations were all taken by Jiangxi Juzi, and the chief examiner of this subject and the seven cabinet scholars who participated in the reading of the paper and the ranking were all officials from Jiangxi.

Even if you don't shy away from your mother's relatives, you don't play like this, you just write the foolish emperor on your face, and you don't even bother to pretend.

is as strong as Emperor Taizu and Emperor Yongle, and the officials of the imperial examination dare to play monkeys openly, not to mention other emperors who are in the mean?

Therefore, the rise of the civil official group party competition at the end of the Ming Dynasty has actually laid the foundation in the early Ming Dynasty, and it is better to fight with the sky and the earth than with the emperor, which is really fun......

After simply scanning the apricot list, Zhu Qizhen handed it over to the officials of the Archives Department for archiving, and then ordered the cabinet to prepare the palace examination of the Yi Chou Branch.

The Ming Dynasty palace test Hongwu years were basically placed on the first day of the first month of March, and began to be reformed in the Yongle period of Zhu Di, and the time of the palace test was no longer fixed, from the first day of March to March 15 in the half month, it was possible to hold the palace test.

In the Xuande years of Zhu Zhanji, Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, the time to worship the ancestral tomb was often placed on the first day of the first month of March, so the palace test was forced to give way, and the test was moved to March 15.

Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen inherited the ancestral system and also liked to worship the ancestral tomb on the first day of March, so the palace test during the orthodox dynasty was also postponed to March 15 most of the time.

In the eighth year of Chenghua, in order to mourn the death of Prince Gong, the palace examination was again changed to March 15. Since then, it has basically been fixed, and the time of the Ming Dynasty palace test has not changed.

Wang Zhen had already withdrawn from the hall at this time, beckoned a little eunuch under his command to come over, and then whispered a few words in his ear. After the little eunuch kowtowed to receive the order, he immediately rushed towards the palace gate, not daring to stop for a moment.

On March 2, the tenth year of orthodoxy, Shen Yichen was practicing calligraphy in the West Chamber, and the time of the palace examination had been announced in the morning, and it was scheduled to be held on the 15th of this month, which means that there were still ten days of free time.

These ten days were spent on serious study, which was naturally impossible. Let's not talk about whether you still have this state of mind, the palace exam will test a "current policy", all on the spot, what else can you read in the four books and five classics?

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the new Kegong scholars who are waiting for the palace examination spend all kinds of time drinking and visiting celebrities in the past ten days, thinking about making some contacts for their future careers.

Shen Yichen has always been not interested in participating in various cultural banquets, and in his eyes, most of the so-called celebrities and celebrities are also people who sell their reputations.

Don't do business, every day full of benevolence, righteousness and morality in the boast, with this kung fu to eat and drink with them, it is better to cultivate self-cultivation and practice words.

You must know that the level of the palace test is very likely to determine your ranking in the eyes of the emperor. During the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, a candidate named Shi Dacheng was hand-picked as the champion and the first by virtue of his elegant and upright calligraphy and dignified and beautiful calligraphy.

At this moment, Ah Niu held an invitation card in his hand, and rushed into Shen Yichen's study in a panic and said, "Brother Chen, there is an invitation here, take a look." ”

"Isn't it just an invitation, I've received a lot in the past two days, calm down."

Shen Yichen's expression was as usual, since he released his high school meeting, he has received a lot of invitations and greetings in the past few days.

After all, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, as long as they are not stupid, they can understand the value of Huiyuan backed by the Chengguo Mansion, and if they can climb with them in the same township or in the same year, they will be a solid thigh in the future!

For these invitations, Shen Yichen chose to decline politely, most of the people who rushed to the door at this time were people who tended to be inflammatory, and there was really not much value in making contacts.

"It's not Brother Chen, this invitation is different, it was sent by Jinyiwei!"

Jin Yiwei?

Hearing this name, Shen Yichen put down the ink pen in his hand, and his first reaction was that Zhao Hongjie sent him an invitation.

But after thinking about it, it doesn't feel right, with his relationship with Zhao Hongjie, if he wants to meet, just let the porter pass it through, and there is no need to engage in red tape operations such as invitations.

But the question is that apart from Zhao Hongjie, I don't know other Jinyiwei, why did I receive an invitation?

With this question, Shen Yichen took the invitation in Ah Niu's hand, opened it and looked at the payment, and was shocked in his heart!

Because of the name of the person who signed this invitation, it was actually Wang Shan, the commander of Jinyiwei!

Seeing the name Wang Shan, Shen Yichen's first reaction was that he had copied his incriminating evidence and leaked it.

After all, after getting drunk that day, Wang Shan's incriminating evidence was placed on the desk, although Ah Niu said that no one had entered his house, but Shen Yichen was not 100% sure, and there were always hidden dangers.

In addition, it is also possible that there is a problem on Zhao Hongjie's side, and this kind of thing is a high-risk operation from ancient times to the present, and it is difficult to ensure that there is no omission in the whole process.

"Brother Chen, what's wrong?"

Ah Niu's face changed when he saw Shen Yichen taking the invitation, and asked with some concern.

"It's nothing, let the coachman get ready to get off the carriage, I'm going to go out."

No matter what the reason, now that the invitation has been received, I have to go if I go, and I have to go if I don't go, and I have no choice at all.

But Shen Yichen vaguely felt that it should have little to do with Wang Shan's incriminating evidence, otherwise what he received would not be an invitation, but a summons from Jinyiwei.

"Got it, Brother Chen."

Ah Niu also realized that the matter must be a little serious, otherwise with Shen Yichen's concentration, it would be difficult for him to look so solemn.

So he didn't dare to delay, and immediately ran out of the courtyard and informed the coachman of the public mansion to prepare the carriage.

The place where Wang Shan invited him to meet was in his mansion, not far from the Chengguo Mansion, which was in the residential area of the nobles in the northwest of the inner city.

Shen Yichen came here in a carriage, looking at the gate of the magnificent and luxurious mansion, and couldn't help but feel Wang Zhen's power at this time. A nephew of a fourth-grade military attaché, the scale of the house is not inferior to that of ordinary relatives, which is really a bit too ostentatious.

showed the invitation to the porter, Shen Yichen was immediately invited to the mansion, and walked through the courtyard to the main hall, but saw a middle-aged man in a vermilion python robe, standing in the middle of the lobby!

The Ming Dynasty came out with regular official uniforms, and in order to show the emperor's favor, there were four different types of uniforms. According to the level, they are python robes, flying fish suits, bullfighting suits and unicorn suits.

Among them, the unicorn suit is also the official uniform of the Xun Qi concubine, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, will wear the unicorn suit once he has something serious to do in the court.

"History of the Ming Dynasty and Public Opinion" recorded: "Giving pythons is not easy to obtain for civil and military officials." ”

This means that even if a civil and military officer wants to be given a python suit, it is not an easy thing. Only the pinnacle ministers who have made outstanding contributions and are extremely popular ministers are qualified to be added to the python robe.

The orthodox period was in the early and middle Ming Dynasty, and the clothes had not yet been flooded, and there were only a handful of people who had won the honor of python robes.

There is only one person in Wang Shan's mansion who can be qualified to wear a python robe, and he is theoretically only one person, and he is Wang Zhen!

Sure enough, as Shen Yichen approached, he saw clearly that the middle-aged man's face was pale and beardless, and the answer was about to come out. He really never thought that he could meet the supreme power behind Da Ming under such an accidental situation!

"Late Shen Yichen, meet the prince!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Shen Yichen made a big salute to the middle-aged man in front of him. It's not that his knees are weak, but that Wang Zhen is currently powerful, even if he is a prince and a relative, he has to make a big salute when he sees him.

A little shrimp like himself dares to pretend to be forced, and life and death are completely in Wang Zhen's thoughts!

It can even be more exaggerated to say that if you offend the emperor in today's Ming Dynasty, you may open the net and pick up a dog's life. If you offend Wang Zhen, you will definitely die, and the emperor will not protect you.

And Shen Yichen also played a little careful in the title, that is, he claimed to be a late student, which implies the meaning of a junior student.

In Wang Zhen's life, the proudest identity is that of the imperial teacher, and in a sense, it can be regarded as his favorite.

Seeing that Shen Yichen directly guessed his identity, Wang Zhen said with a playful smile on his face: "Hui Yuanlang is really smart and witty, and he recognized our family's identity at a glance." ”

"I dare not be ashamed to be late, because the python suit on my father-in-law is too conspicuous, and it is difficult to know it."

This kind of obvious thing, Shen Yichen did not pretend to be mysterious, but told the truth.

His "simple" style made Wang Zhen nod with satisfaction, he is worthy of being a scholar with a fist heart in Shangshu, and his words are more sincere and sincere.

"Is Hui Yuanlang curious in his heart, why did he see our family here?"

"Wansheng is really curious in his heart."

Shen Yichen didn't think carefully about this answer, he really didn't know why he met Wang Zhen here, and what did the other party want to do with him.

"Your Majesty watched the apricot list yesterday, and he emphasized a few words about Hui Yuanlang, and he appreciated it in his words."

"Our family has also read Hui Yuanlang's Shangshu about the Dasi clan, and the content in it can be described as a deep memory. So in the name of Wang Shan, I wanted to see what kind of young talent Shen Huiyuan was, and today I got what I wanted. ”

Originally, Shen Yichen couldn't help but have a secret joy in his heart when he heard that Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen admired him, but then he heard about the wine of the Guozi Priest, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead in an instant.

Whether Wang Zhen's words were praise or vague threat, Shen Yichen couldn't figure out the other party's mind at all.

"Why, Shen Huiyuan dares to lead the sparse, are you afraid now?"

may have noticed the change in Shen Yichen's mood, Wang Zhen added another sentence gloomily, the threat of this sentence is self-evident.

Sure enough, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, Shen Yichen originally wanted to admit it, and thought carefully to please Wang Zhen, and passed today's pass first.

Now it seems that for a master of Wang Zhen's rank, in the face of the absolute power gap, any strategy and means are meaningless.

"Neglect is for the public, fear is for oneself, and there is no conflict."

Shen Yichen replied with a wry smile, if Wang Zhen was determined to seek revenge, it would be useless to admit it, so his attitude was much tougher.

"A good one is sparse for the public, afraid of himself, Hui Yuanlang is really able to bend and stretch, more courageous than our family imagined."

Although Shen Yichen showed a very cowardly look, many things need to be compared in order to show the difference. At least in Wang Zhen's eyes, he has seen countless people who are thousands of times more humble and flattering than him.

It is not an exaggeration for a young man who is only eighteen years old and does not have any official status to say such words in the face of his own threats and not being scared.

"Our family came here today, not for the sake of the sparse matter, but to think that Hui Yuanlang is talented and has the best qualifications."

At this point, Shen Yichen's advance and retreat have reached the standard recognized by Wang Zhen, and he has begun to get down to business.

Today, Wang Zhen went out of the palace to meet Shen Yichen, just thinking about recruiting the other party under his command and becoming a general among the party members in the future.

Objectively speaking, there is no shortage of people in the eunuch party at present, and there are countless officials inside and outside the court who want to befriend Wang Zhen.

However, this kind of official is all a flatterer who has no ability, and he is corrupt and corrupt with his thighs, and he can't count on it at all when he does the right thing. Especially in the face of the civilian-bureaucratic clique that has not yet fallen into party disputes, Wang Zhen always feels that there is no one under him to use.

You must know that Wang Zhen's ideals are not limited to a eunuch who is dictatorial in the inner court, he has lofty ambitions and wants to be able to make contributions and return to his hometown.

This is why Wang Zhen will pick up Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen to personally drive to Mongolia, because the ideal is too ambitious, so he finally got rid of it. If you are a little corrupt and degenerate, you can do whatever you want in the inner court, and maybe you can get out of the way.

Shen Yichen is like a piece of jade to Wang Zhen, but he was born in a civil official line, and it seems that both sides have been stained a little, but in fact, both sides have not been completely integrated.

If you can use the fame and fortune of the champion to lure Shen Yichen to himself, it will inevitably become a big help.

Only by recruiting more people like Shen Yichen who have real talents and real learning, can he wash away the notoriety of being blackened by the pen of civil officials and achieve the great cause of leaving a name in history!

Shen Yichen listened to the other party's praise, and he knew very well in his heart that for a eunuch of Wang Zhen's level, what kind of champion is definitely not a polite word, and he really has the ability to hold himself to the position of champion.

But there is no free lunch in this world, and accepting the olive branch thrown by Wang Zhen means that he will be labeled as a eunuch in the future and become a member of it.

Who is Wang Zhen, from the perspective of God in history, there may be no one who knows better than Shen Yichen.

He solicited what he wanted to do, and Shen Yichen also understood it very well in his heart.

In the face of Hu Hui's overtures, Shen Yichen did not want to become a sharp blade against Wang Zhen in the hands of civil officials, and now he also does not want to become a pawn in Wang Zhen's hands against the civilian clique.

"I am grateful for the praise of the princess in my later life, and I am really afraid that I am not a scholar."

Shen Yichen's tone was still respectful, but he didn't take what Wang Zhen said before.

Suddenly, the smile on Wang Zhen's face froze, and his eyes kept scanning Shen Yichen, wanting to see through the other party's thoughts.

Because Wang Zhen not only heard the rejection in Shen Yichen's words, but also felt the change in the other party's momentum, this kid has no groveling style in his bones, and he is far tougher than he thinks!

"Ten years of cold and bitter windows, once Han Moxiang, Hui Yuanlang never thought about the scene after the world?"

"I naturally thought about it in my later life, and I am very grateful to the prince for his love, but I am still young and afraid that I can't afford it."

What Shen Yichen can do at present is to keep showing weakness, and reveal that he is not on the opposite side of Wang Zhen, and he is not the same as the civil official group.

Wang Zhen also heard the meaning of Shen Yichen's words, and the expression on his face was a little complicated, this kid was not only tougher than he imagined, but also much more shrewd than he expected.

At a young age, he actually learned to protect himself.

"In that case, it's not too early for our family to go back to the palace, so Shen Huiyuan, please go back."

"Yes, late retirement."

Shen Yichen still bowed respectfully and retreated, if he hadn't politely rejected Wang Zhen's solicitation, his attitude would be no different from that of a person in the eunuch party.

Looking at the back of Shen Yichen's departure, Wang Zhen's eyes became deeper, because he had realized that he was thinking about things too simply, and he was underestimating this new science and technology association.

Leaving Wang Shan's mansion, in the cold of early spring, Shen Yichen's underwear was soaked with sweat.

In the face of a person in power like Wang Zhen, the pressure brought is really huge, not to mention that he has to refuse the other party's solicitation, and the psychological pressure is even more terrifying.

If you are a little careless, don't say anything about the high school champion, your little life may have to be explained here.

To be honest, Wang Zhen's words are very tempting, and the champion is at his fingertips, not everyone can resist it.

Especially for Shen Yichen, he did not have the consciousness of becoming a Qingliu celebrity, and even in order to save his life, he could completely compromise in front of Wang Zhen.

But just when his heart was moving, he always remembered Mr. Li Tingxiu's sentence of establishing virtue before learning, and the oath of taking the world as his own responsibility on the canal side of Zhenjiang Mansion.

Joining Wang Zhen means that he has to watch the decline of the Ming Dynasty and step on the bones of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Tumu Fort. This is something that Shen Yichen can't bend over with the literati bones, even if the title of champion is three yuan and the first is at your fingertips!

I saw that at this time, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yichen's mouth, he was also reading sage books, and he should be pedantic.

The big husband acts, regardless of right and wrong, regardless of success, regardless of success, regardless of life!

149 Champion in Interior? (2-in-1)