Prime Minister

Chapter 268
Faced with Wu Anchi's enthusiasm, Zhang Yue also understood.

From now on, the two will be a family, and I will call him brother-in-law.But such a sudden intimacy still made Zhang Yue a little uncomfortable.

Especially when I saw Wu Anchi, I thought of his father-in-law Wang Anshi.

Zhang Yue recalled the first time he met Wang Anshi, and he was indeed too greedy, and he was a little eager to express himself. It is no wonder that the boss has a good impression of such an ambitious young man.

At this time, there were fewer people in front of the screen wall of the Gong Yuan, so Zhang Yue immediately went to look at the list.

When Zhang Yue squeezed into the front of the list, from the beginning to the end, No. 1 was Jiang Yan, and his name was written under it.

The word Zhang Yue was written on the list in thick ink, and then wrote his hometown, family history, etc. in small characters on the side.

No.3 is Wang Kui.

……

Later, Zhang Yue saw Huang Lu's name, No.10.

Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief, his good brother can accompany him to the palace examination.

After that, there were some names of acquaintances, such as Han Zhongyan and Liu Fengshi who chatted with me and Huang Lu that day were also on the list.

Now they are not here, they must have read the list, and then went somewhere.

However, these people will all be of the same age as themselves in the future, and they will also have official relationships second only to in-laws.

After reading the Jinshi section, Zhang Yue looked at Mingjing and other subjects.

There is also a separate list for Mingjing subjects, but there are not as many people who see it here as there are not as many Jinshi subjects.

In front of the Ming Jing Ke's list, Zhang Yue's heart beat a little.In the end, Zhang Yue searched up and down for a long time, but he couldn't find Brother Guo's name after all.

Zhang Yuechang sighed.

Brother Guo should be disappointed and sad at this moment.

There are always some flaws in life that are not perfect, but if he let himself know that the person who framed Senior Brother Guo is on the list, he will definitely make this person pay the price.

The more Zhang thought about this, suddenly someone patted himself on the shoulder.

Zhang Yue turned his head to look, but saw a familiar face, he was stunned and smiled in surprise: "She Zhang!"

The other party nodded, this person was not someone else, but Liu Zuo, the head of the same dormitory Zhang Yuechu had met from the Taixue.

"Duzhi, congratulations!" Liu Zuo looked at the list with a smile and said, "The second place in the provincial test."

Liu Zuo's words were both joyful and sentimental.

"It's just a fluke. You also took the provincial exam, head of the house? Why didn't I know?"

Liu Zuo shook his head and said, "No, since I returned home from the Taixue two years ago, I just took care of the family business and made a living. I have already put aside my poetry and books. Didn't I just go to the Xinyang Army and then returned Bianjing."

"When I entered the city from Nanxunmen, I heard people along the way say that the provincial examinations have released the results. Although I have broken the road of imperial examinations now, I still miss you old people in my heart. I came here to take a look, but I didn't expect to meet you , I know the news about Gaudí."

Zhang Yue was very happy, he remembered that when Xiang Qi passed, Liu Zuo left without saying goodbye, and when he passed, he congratulated himself face to face, full of joy for himself.

Now Xiang Qi's official career is going smoothly, but Liu Zuo has also started business, and his former classmates are now on different paths.

Zhang Yue showed a little nostalgia when he heard the words.

"Okay, now you are Gaodi, I can meet you here to congratulate you, and I will catch up with you sometime." Liu Zuo said goodbye, one of them is in business, and the other is going to be an official in the future. Too much to say.

"Don't dare, let's talk about it another day," Zhang Yue paused at this point, and talking about it another day is a bit vague, which is usually a far-fetched statement.

He walked a few steps and wanted to say something, I will always remember the relationship between the head of the house and my classmates.

But when the words came to an end, Zhang Yue couldn't speak, so he saw Liu Zuo and left.

At this time, Liu Zuo stopped and looked back at Zhang Yue, who was hesitating to speak after a few steps, and then said with a smile, "Duzhi, I'm really happy for you. Although I won't take this road anymore, I'm coming here The purpose of reading the list is to tell you that today's glory is worthy of you."

"Sheriff!"

Zhang Yue nodded. At this time, I don't know why people are particularly moved by this scene. He immediately stepped forward to hug Liu Zuo and patted him on the shoulder vigorously.

Seventeen Niang and Wu Anchi also looked here and saw the scene of Zhang Yue embracing his classmates.

Seventeen Niang couldn't help but recall the scene of her first acquaintance with Zhang Yue.

It was cold and snowy that day, and a young man stepped on the snow and came to the library to borrow books...In the library, the young man was reading seriously while baking his snow-wet clothes. At that time, she thought, like this A man who studies hard with his heart will surely have a brilliant future.

On this day, the sky and the earth are boundless, the snow is like Zen, there are astonishingly young people who are as idiotic as a young man brave the snow to borrow books, and some as idiotic as a young girl are looking for a bosom friend. .

But now the boy who borrowed the book at the beginning got his wish.

Thinking of this, Shi Qi Niang stopped crying and fell again.

"Brother, let's go home!"

Wu Anchi was taken aback and asked, "Why didn't we wait for him?"

"I've waited for it just now, now it's him who came to the door." After speaking, Seventeen Niang got into the carriage.

Wu Anchi understood after a little thought, and immediately admired his sister's insight, so he said to the left and right: "Let's go back to the house."

Seventeen Niang got into the carriage, glanced at the people in front of the tribute courtyard who still refused to disperse, then lowered the curtain, and then the carriage of the Wu Mansion galloped away.

After Zhang Yue and Liu Zuo recounted the past.

Zhang Yue thought that Wu Anchi and Shi Qiniang were still waiting for him, so he bid farewell to Liu Zuo immediately.

But when Zhang Yue returned to the original place, Wu Anchi and Shi Qiniang were gone, and he was taken aback. What's going on?Where did people go?
At this moment, an old man next to him tentatively stepped forward and asked, "Dare to ask your Excellency, but Zhang Yuezhang Duzhi?"

Zhang Yue was wondering where Shi Qi Niang went?Before he could react, he subconsciously nodded and said, "I am."

Immediately the old man was overjoyed and said: "Your Excellency is really the second Zhang Duzhi on the list?"

Seeing his excited words, Zhang Yue couldn't help but asked, "What does this mean?"

As soon as the old man saw Zhang Yue's hand, he was overjoyed and said: "If you really save him, I wonder if you have time to come to the humble house to talk about it?"

Zhang Yue was surprised and said: "This old man, we have never met before!"

"Hey, although the gentleman doesn't know the old man, but the old man has admired him for a long time. Especially the little girl... I admire him even more!"

"Stop, stop, I met Ling Ai?" Zhang Yue asked with suspicion in his heart, this is not dancing for the whole fairy.

The old man looked up to the sky and laughed and said: "Don't panic, sir, I'm here to tell you now. My surname is Xue and I live in Bianjing. I have been running a herbal medicine shop on Mahang Street for many years. This family's wealth is not worth a million, but There are also one hundred thousand, and now there is an only daughter under half a hundred knees this year, who is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her appearance can be said to be overwhelming, but the old man has been looking for the right person for the little girl, and now I have met Mr. , it is the son-in-law who rides the dragon quickly."

Zhang Yue thought to himself, it turned out that they were talking about their relationship, why don't they say it so directly and so nakedly, it's almost like a transaction.

I refuse this.

Just as Zhang Yue was about to speak, the old man took the lead and said: "The old man's carriage is outside, please follow me to the house to talk, there will be hundreds of money for you!"

As he spoke, the old man pointed to his carriage.

Baiguan!This is fine.Why don't you come to see how the girl looks like?

However, we are engaged... Zhang Yue shook his head, and was about to decline.

Another person came over here and said, "Your Excellency, are you a provincial tester for Chapter 2?"

When the old man saw it, he panicked and said: "The old man came first, how dare you do that?"

The other party was a middle-aged man in his forties and immediately said: "How can there be a first-come-first-served approach to this matter? What a joke."

After finishing speaking, the other party looked at Zhang Yue and said, "Zhang Duzhi, my subordinate is Yu Mingde, who is now the prime minister of Dali Temple, and my father is the famous Yu Shenglang, and I also have a daughter who has never been married. The little girl is virtuous and kind." De, the age is just right for Mr. Zhang Lang, it can be called a match between a dragon and a phoenix."

The old man suddenly said in a hurry: "How can this be so? Mr. Zhang Family, please follow me into the carriage first, come here."

Speaking of which, the old man wanted to call his servant Qiang Yongzhang to get on the carriage.

However, Mingde immediately reprimanded him: "Mr. Zhang's family has achieved high status at such a young age, and he has such a talented appearance. How could he talk about marriage with you, Jia Nu, who is full of copper stink? Identity?"

After being scolded, the old man was very dissatisfied immediately, but he didn't dare to refute, so he had to look at Zhang Yue humbly, hoping that he would agree.

Zhang Yue said: "Thank you both, I really have no intentions now...I have a marriage contract..."

Zhang Yue was in the middle of speaking, but was interrupted by Yu Mingde: "Mr. Zhang's family doesn't need to agree in a hurry, but I have to tell you something first. You will know when you enter the officialdom. It is difficult to move an inch, so we must find a reliable helper."

After Yu Mingde finished speaking, another person asked: "Is this Mr. Zhang Duzhi? My master wants to ask you to meet. He said that if you agree to the marriage, you can pay a dowry of [-] guan!"

Zhang Yue was dumbfounded. When he was on a blind date in Pucheng, the matchmaker said it was only five hundred guan, but now his value has risen like the second senior brother.

A dozen people gathered around here.

Zhang Yue listened to the general conditions, good guy, all of them are amazing.

The first is to fight for the family background, anyway, there is a chain of contempt, the bottom of the businessman, followed by military generals, and finally the emperor's relatives and officials.

Although the royal relatives are prominent, officials don't like to marry them.

Officials also look at family background, official rank, and whether they are noble or not. These conditions are almost the same, and then the dowry is generous.

No wonder it is said that it is difficult for a woman from a noble family in Bianjing to marry, that is not bad at all.In the past, the palace examinations were released and the son-in-law was caught after the list, but now it's better, so it's time to save the test.

But the upstarts are also picky and picky. There is a popular saying in the Song Dynasty called "the son-in-law of the son of heaven".

A disciple of the Son of Heaven is a Jinshi, that is to say, he becomes the son-in-law of a disciple of the Son of Heaven, the prime minister, and a scholar pursues it all his life.

A dozen people reported themselves to Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue said that he had a marriage contract, but no one believed him.

Zhang Yue couldn't hold back but cursed from the bottom of his heart. This is really a bad habit of catching a son-in-law under the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)