You Di returned to the palace to restore his life, which can be regarded as a brief description of what Ma Rong told in the academy.

Zhu Houzhao was draped in a big hat, and said as he walked: "At the age of twenty, he can have this calm atmosphere, no wonder he can also calm down and make decisions on the battlefield." Let's find an opportunity to announce him into the palace and see him. ”

"Yes, slave and maid."

But lately, I'm out of time.

The trial release list and the emperor's wedding are approaching, and Zhu Houzhao is busier than he imagined.

The cabinet and the ministers of the ministries have been handing slips into the palace,

Not to mention the side, at least the name of this champion, the eye, and the flower is determined.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao practiced a little calm, opened his eyes to read a few very obscure answer sheets, and glanced at his ministers in the interval.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you have to say?"

"Weichen, something to do." Gu Zuo lowered his eyebrows, and his speech was still so neutral.

"Say."

Among today's dozens of answer sheets, there is a son of Wenzhou Mansion in Zhejiang, surnamed Zhang Mingxuan, and Weichen and Dazong Bo have some differences. Da Zongbo thinks that this person is full of flattery, and he is fortunate to be close to each other, and he is really not suitable for an official. Weichen thought that the officer had a deep insight into the policy of the imperial court, and the truth in it was to the point, which showed that although he was far away from the rivers and lakes, he would also ponder the policy of the imperial court every day, and look at his answers, he was also a person who knew the way of Confucius and Mencius and the gift of the Ming monarch and ministers, why couldn't he take it? ”

"Zhang Xuan?"

Zhu Houzhao showed a look of reminiscence, and always felt familiar with this name.

At the same time, Lin Han said: "Your Majesty, this person is not pure-minded, and he will be a traitor in the future." ”

oh

Zhu Houzhao remembered.

Speaking of Zhang Xuan, isn't he the one who supported Emperor Jiajing and Yang Tinghe in the Great Rites Discussion Incident.

However, Zhang Zhang's real appearance on the historical stage was in the Jiajing period, and now it is only the first year of Zhengde......

"What year was he born?"

Gu Zuo replied: "Eleven years of Chenghua." ”

Zhu Houzhao's brows furrowed, Chenghua eleven years...... Isn't that in your early thirties?

According to the historical trend, Zhengde also has 16 years, so this guy is 50 during the Jiajing period.

Isn't it a person...... Zhang Xuan was the first assistant, and he only came up during the Jiajing period, but how could a person emerge from officialdom in his fifties, and then jump up all at once.

At least something is unusual.

However, Zhang Xuan in the Jiajing period was indeed an opportunist, he was keenly aware of the contradiction between Yang Tinghe and Xinjun, and chose to be the first to jump out to create a civil official and support the emperor, thus gaining Jiajing's trust and reuse.

But there is one thing to say, speculation is speculation,

Zhang Xuan later did a little bit as the first assistant, and the history books record him: ruthless, revengeful, and not protective.

It is this person who is more ruthless, especially 'hates dirty officials', advocates the promotion of "honest and capable people who love the people", and even believes that people who are honest and honest should be promoted without restrictions on qualifications.

Moreover, during the Jiajing period, the problem of the Huangzhuang and the kings, the lords, and the Zhongguan Zhuangtian was very serious, especially in the land of Gyeonggi, where basically the good fields were occupied by the powerful.

Emperor Jiajing was a non-stick pan, some people said to get it, and he agreed, but he couldn't get it and he didn't want to be that villain, so he cleaned up Zhuangtian twice without a problem.

Until Zhang Xuan ascended to the throne, he was like a cold-faced Hades, four words, resolutely cleaned up.

In addition, the scope of the cleanup has been expanded from Gyeonggi to various provinces.

is also because Zhang Xuan's methods are hard and ruthless, so he can't help but look domineering, and there are many people who offend, which causes him to be the first assistant to be unstable, and there are three ups and downs.

For more than 40 years, the Jiajing Dynasty was enlightened in the early stage and mediocre in the later stage...... This early enlightenment has more or less something to do with Zhang Xuan.

However, Zhu Houzhao doesn't remember more accurate information about Zhang Zhang, even if there is one more place of origin,

He can also tell if this Zhang Xuan of Wenzhou Mansion is the one he remembers.

But this kind of thing,

He would rather do something wrong than do nothing.

Stay and say, yes it's good, it's not pulling down, what can you lose?

When his thoughts slowly returned, Zhu Houzhao saw that Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also joined the debate, and they also thought that Zhang Zhang's answer sheet was a sycophant, and there was not much literary talent to speak of.

But Gu Zuo still insisted, and it was put to good use in the world.

It's not that there is nothing at all, otherwise how can you raise people in the examination of a place like Zhejiang.

"I have listened to all of you've listened to your opinions." Zhu Houzhao said slowly: "I think this person's article is indeed average, but some of the opinions are also true. According to what I can see, it is better to give him a general ranking, that is. ”

The difference between the general ranking and the first class is huge.

It's a compromise.

"The general ranking that Your Majesty said, but the top three?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little helpless, this Lin Shangshu was really an axis, so his answer was not as he expected, "Let's give a second-class finish,"

As for the top three people.

In the end, it was determined to be Zhou Le, Jing Yang, and Yan Wenqi.

Zhou Le was a native of Guizhou, and there were very few champions in these provinces during the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Hou pointed out to him, in addition to the basic article skills, there is also the fact that this person is from a remote background.

Most of the scholars who are ranked higher are from Susong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang. finally came in a person from Guizhou, and Zhu Houzhao simply let its influence be greater.

One of the thoughts of the people in the Qianqing Palace is the fate of the son outside the palace for a lifetime, and even the fate of his family.

As the old saying goes, it is often said that the cave room spends candle nights and the gold list is inscribed.

It's time to be lively in the capital again.

And the emperor also suddenly had an idea, he took advantage of the joy of Yongshou Palace to announce Mei Huaigu to enter the palace, on the one hand, of course, to tell him that Huaixiao and Huaiyan were pregnant.

On the other hand, there are other thoughts.

It's that Yuezhuang.

"Now that it's been built, when will I be invited to take a look?"

Zhu Houzhao's heart has actually been itching for a long time, and recently, people have been talking in his ear about the changes in Jingshi.

But all this is in the middle of the song for him, and it has never been left in his eyes.

So, of course, he wanted to take a look.

But Mei Huaigu was a little hesitant when he first heard it, the last time the emperor left the palace, he encountered some 'small' unpleasantness, which made a little bit of people lose their lives......

This time I have to go out of the palace again.

The emperor was a little unhappy when he saw him hesitating, "What? You also learned from those old Confucian ministers? ”

"Of course not, Weichen doesn't dare." Mei Huaigu immediately corrected, "Weichen is just thinking, Yuezhuang has six floors above and below, and it is more than ten zhang high. Although the minister is full of confidence, but after all, it involves His Majesty's golden body, and if there is any mistake, the minister is only afraid of death. ”

"I don't stay there for long. You just have to rest assured. ”

After that, the emperor called Zhang Yong again.

Zhang Yong is now in charge of Shenwuwei, and the selection of people has been selected for a few months, and more than 1,900 people have been selected, and the commander of Shenwuwei is Xu Guan, who is burly and powerful, and is a brave general.

When Zhu Houzhao leaves the palace now, he will use them as close guards.

Around him, there were seven or eight people, including Xu Guan, and there were also ten squads, with ten people as a team, deployed around to prevent emergencies.

Regarding this, Zhu Houzhao is still very honest.

After all, this is his own life, and he has killed a lot of people in the past few years, in case there is one who will die together.

In addition, it is also true that the courtiers said that 'Your Majesty is a member of the country', so it is not possible to be willful without a little defensive force.

Early the next morning, the emperor habitually exempted from court.

The minister also habitually handed the note to the chamber,

And Zhu Houzhao himself has already walked out of the palace in a blue shirt, he has a jade belt tied around his waist, embroidered pedals on the soles of his feet, and his black hair is washed extremely softly and spread behind him, and the whole person is quite spiritual.

Xu Guan and Zhang Yong lined up behind him on the left and right.

They also wore plain casual clothes.

Soon after the group left the palace gate, they came to the city that never sleeps.

Zhu Houzhao was tall, looking up at this series of towering buildings with his hands.

The golden words 'City That Never Sleeps' have been written on the plaque and hung up.

And there are already people inside and outside the door.

It was they who shouted and shouted, "A few people, there are several cars behind, waiting to carry things inside." I wonder if there's something wrong? If not, can you let it? ”

"Oh." Zhu Houzhao did bring nearly ten people, and he retreated to the side as he spoke.

Take a closer look, the young people talking to them should be Jinyiwei, otherwise ordinary people would not dare to come over and say this kind of thing that you are in the way.

In fact, the grooms who were driving the car behind waited for a while, and tried to hide their eyes when passing by.

"Childe, do you want to go in?" Zhang Yong asked.

"No, it's going to open recently, so I'm not in a hurry at this time. Let's go to Yuezhuang. ”

Coming out of Zhengyangmen, the atmosphere on the street is obviously lively, there are mostly people in the market, but compared to the last time I came, there are a lot fewer snail dwellings built up with a few wooden boards.

It's still crowded, but at least it's in order.

Yuezhuang also needs to be further south, because it is high, not too close to the imperial city, and it is more open, but it will not be deserted.

It won't be deserted today, because the emperor list is about to be posted today, who will have the heart to sleep?

In the midst of the crowd, Zhu Hou climbed up to the sixth floor of Yuezhuang under the escort, which was divided into two rooms by the capital pillars, but when he walked inside, he found that they were actually connected.

On the west side is the reception party, the main seat is a soft chair, and on the side there are eight square soft collapses, which are preceded by brown wooden tables.

The east side is the place to sleep, the bed is huge, about six or seven people can sleep, in addition to the bed there is a bookcase, the wall behind the bookcase puts a thousand miles of landscape map, very ancient.

Zhu Houzhao walked around and looked around, "Nostalgic." ”

"The minister is here."

"Don't call yourself a minister outside. Also, how do you price this place for one night? ”

Mei Huaigu said with a smile: "This is the highest place in the capital, and His Majesty the Ming Dynasty is the highest, so there is no silver here." ”

"Then you have gone to great lengths to arrange it, wouldn't it be a waste to put it here?"

"It doesn't cost a few dollars, Your Majesty comes this time, and it will be worth the silver taels spent by the ministers."

"You have a mouth. Okay, then let's all sit down and try the feeling. ”

Zhu Houzhao beckoned, and asked everyone to sit down on the soft floor of the living room, he sat down on the main seat, and Zhang Yong waited beside him.

And on the other side,

On the second floor of Yuezhuang, people slowly gathered on the side facing the street.

People all know what is going to happen today, so there is no excitement at all, but they all sit down, either drink tea or chat in a low voice.

Until a certain moment, a crisp gong sounded, piercing through the space.

"Good news! Huzhou Yao Mansion Master Yao Qingqing is the thirtieth Cijin Shi from the second grade!! ”

……

Zhang Xuan didn't go to the East Courtyard to see the gold list today,

He has failed the imperial examination three times in a row,

I went there the first two times, but then I felt bored, why did I go? He sees others happy, others see him laughing?

So this time he honestly went to Nancheng to see the private school built by the imperial court.

On the side, it was the old man he had met twice.

The old man's surname is Qu, his name is Sanjie, and he is from Ningbo Prefecture.

This old and young walk between these newly built squares, but I think it's interesting,

The old man pointed to a small bridge in front of him, and on the edge of the bridge was a small vegetable garden near the river, in which a woman was hoeing, and beside her was a yellow-mouthed child sitting on a stone stone and studying.

"Guotai and Min'an, that's it."

Zhang Xuan was also a little touched, "After the current imperial pole, there are many new policies in the DPRK and China, although they only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, but only the symptoms can also live countless people." ”

"You and I are still less likely to discuss the government and politics."

Seeing that Zhang Xuan was a little unconvinced, the old man said: "When people are young, they always feel that things in the world are simple, and when they get older, they will know that things in the world are complicated...... Cure? That's easier said than done. ”

"Don't do what is not easy? The imperial examination is still difficult, hasn't Qu Lao done it all his life? ”

The old man couldn't fight, and he slowly walked in front of a private school.

"Red walls and black tiles, like walking on the ground."

…… As he spoke, a figure ran in the distance,

Zhang Xuan looked at it, wasn't that the Ge Dabao he knew before?

"Brother Zhang! Brother Zhang! ”

Ge Dabao ran very quickly, and he couldn't breathe.

Zhang Xuan's heart moved, and Qu Lao seemed to have thought of something.

"It seems that Zhang Xiaoyou is happy today."

Goo-dong.

Zhang Xuan silently swallowed a mouthful of saliva and greeted himself.

"Brother Ge, you ...... What do you have to say? ”

"Whew...... ...... Huh," Ge Dabao pressed his hands to his knees, panting heavily, "...... everywhere I can't find you anywhere. So you're here. Brother Zhang, you've been hit! ”

"I hit?!" Zhang Xuan suddenly couldn't control himself, his whole person's blood was surging towards his head, he didn't know what to do for a moment, and his speech stammered, "Brother Ge, what you said is ...... Hit, what does it mean...... in,"

"Jinshi! Seventy-eighth place in the second class! ”

"Really?!"

"It's true!!"

For a moment, Zhang Xuan only felt that the whole person was thrown into the sky, and it fell rapidly.

After that, he calmed down a little, and then pointed at Ge Dabao again, "Brother Ge, you ...... What about you? ”

"I'm not as good as Brother Zhang, but I'm also a top three, and I'm very satisfied with the same Jinshi."

"Hahaha!"

Both of them looked at each other and smiled, and the joy of the title of the gold list was really a great joy in life.

Fortunately, Zhang Xuan hadn't forgotten Old Qu yet, he turned around and ran to the old man again.

The old man's eyes were actually a little confused and a little sad, and he wanted to go back to his youth. Although he never won the Jinshi, he was like this when he was raised in junior high school.

Seeing Zhang Xuan approaching him, he hurriedly came back to his senses, "Yes, I want to give it to Master Zhang......"

Zhang Xuan stretched out his hand and pressed the old man's arm, "Elder Qu reminded me a few times, for me, there is a sense of sudden enlightenment, Elder Qu is a kind person under him, so there is no need to be polite." ”

"I hope that you will not blame or blame. The old man is here to wish Master Zhang a prosperous future. ”

Zhang Xuan clenched his fists, "Thank you Elder Qu!" I have made up my mind to assist the monarch and help the world. Only in this way can we have no regrets in this life! ”

(End of chapter)