Prime Minister

Chapter 318 Suppression
On August [-]th, the list of court exams has not yet been released.

Zhang Yue waited at home for a day, but he disappeared, but he was not in a hurry.Because I can definitely pass six, even if there are flaws in the diction, it won't even fail me.

Therefore, he is comfortable reading in the room.

Zhang Yue didn't speak, but saw that Zhang Shi was standing at the door and looking around, and kept urging the family's servants to go to the street and wait to see the official sent.

Yu's heart was a little bit uneasy, but after Zhang Shi did this, it made him a little bit more.

"Why don't you miss someone?"

Seeing his brother and sister-in-law fidgeting, Zhang Yue also felt that he couldn't read the book and went out.

Zhang Shi asked: "Third brother, where are you going?"

Zhang Yue said, "I'm going to have tea."

"Don't go, the envoy is coming soon."

Zhang Yue said: "I'm in the teahouse in front of the door."

"That Zhang Er, you follow the third brother, don't let him drink."

Zhang Gongzheng was eating suet pancakes, swallowed the pancakes whole after hearing Zhang Shi's words, reached out to wipe his clothes, and followed Zhang Yue out.

Zhang Yue went into the teahouse, found Ji Chu's table, sat down, ordered two bowls of tea soup, and after a few plates of stewed vegetables, he thought that it would be inconvenient to live with his brother and sister-in-law, so he had to move out.

While eating tea, Zhang Yue watched the busy streets and alleys of Xuanwai, the common people rushing to beg for a living, and the officials in a hurry.

Zhang Yue suddenly thought that if he stayed in Beijing as an official, he would become one of them in the future. There are still many leisurely days like this.

It feels good to live a small life in such a calm and unhurried manner.

Zhang Yue finished his tea and was about to go down to the teahouse with Zhang Gong, when Tang Jiu was catching up to the teahouse and said, "Congratulations, master."

Zhang Yue nodded as expected, and stretched out his hand to signal the other party not to talk about things in this crowded place.

Immediately Zhang Yue, Tang Jiu, and Zhang Gong returned home.

When I arrived at the hall, I happened to see an official who was in the door talking with Zhang Shi.

Zhang Yue knew that those who could serve as Hemen officials were the emperor's confidantes, and most of them were honored officials. Although the official positions were not high, they had a very important status. Officials who wanted to see the emperor or have any imperial edicts were sent through Hemen officials. .

Sima Guang's father, Sima Chi, offended a Hemen official. Originally, the imperial court wanted to appoint him as the Tuiguan of Kaifeng Prefecture, but when the imperial edict reached Hemen, his appointment was changed to Tuntian Yuanwailang who went to know Yaozhou.

But at that time, Queen Zhang Xian was in court, and that incident was just a special case.

Zhang Yue knows that although the other party has a low official position, he has a lot of power. He can't help you, but he can do bad things.Moreover, in the officialdom, the high officials usually don't show off, but the small ones put on a full show, for fear that others will look down on him.

But seeing the gatekeeper come forward with a smile on his face, he said: "Congratulations to the champion, congratulations to the champion, you can enter the third class in the court test, this is really unprecedented."

Although Zhang Yue was prepared in his heart, he was still surprised and happy to hear that he entered the third class.

Of course, the third class in the pavilion test does not mean that you will get the third class in the end, but the ranking will not be much different.It's like getting provincial yuan in the provincial examination. Even if you don't rank well in the palace examination, you can still ask the emperor for the same treatment as the top three.

Zhang Yue didn't show his emotions, and said calmly: "It's Your Majesty's recruitment of talented people, which gave the courtiers the opportunity to stand out. Come, let's sit down and talk."

The other party admired Zhang Yue's honor and disgrace.

Zhang Yue and the Hemen officer talked about the family life first, and learned that the other party's surname was Cao Mingda, and now he is the only envoy of the Hemen, and he turned out to be the nephew and grandnephew of Cao Li, the former secret envoy of the Central Committee.Seeing the other party's proud face, Zhang Yue smiled. Back then Cao Lili was indeed powerful, but now that his family has declined, it would be meaningless to mention the old Huangli.

Cao Da talked about his family background, Zhang Shi kept answering the conversation, and the two chatted more speculatively.Brother Zhang Yuezhi paved the way for himself, but in fact, with his current status, it is not possible to be so frivolous and only associate with an envoy.

"I heard that the No. [-] Scholar and Su Zizhan were tied for third place. As soon as the news came out, the officials of the two governments and the two systems had some disputes, so it was delayed. But in my opinion, the No. [-] Scholar deserves his name."

Only then did Zhang Yue feel relieved.

The other party told Zhangyue Pavilion about his ranking in the examination, and the officials asked him to go to Chongzheng Hall for the imperial examination on August 25, so he got up and left.

Zhang Yue got up and sent each other a few steps, but Zhang Shi stepped forward and stuffed a golden bean into the opponent's hand.

Cao Da declined a few words, then thanked Zhang Yue with a smile, "You are too polite, Mr. Zhuangyuan, if you have any orders from the palace in the future, just ask."

Then Zhang Shi sent him all the way to the intersection.

After Zhang Shi returned to the mansion, he told Zhang Yue that he had a good chat with Cao Da. When he was leaving, he told him where he lived.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but said: "Brother, I know that you are all for your own good, but that's not how you give gifts, and you also have to weigh your own financial resources to handle things. A person who closes the door only wants to come to the door to announce the good news and give golden beans. If two people come Give two? Come three people and give three? Later, when you meet a door-to-door envoy, a deputy envoy to the door, and general affairs, why don’t you send gold and silver?”

Zhang Shi said nonchalantly: "I don't know these rules. I made a joke if I was less, and I was looked down upon by others, so I gave more. I will weigh it next time."

"Okay, third brother, I got into the third class in the court test, shall we congratulate him well, I will send someone to call Xi'er back from the Imperial Prison."

But at the moment in the Sherenyuan.

Wang Anshi had just returned from Fangya, and his face was slightly tired.

Because the imperial court ordered the Sherenyuan not to apply for the deletion of the text of the imperial edict, Wang Anshi took the lead in objecting, which offended Han Qi and other ministers.

The housemates who went to the shu with him at the beginning all backed down and withdrew their objections, but Wang Anshi was the only one who insisted on this matter, and was targeted and suppressed by Han Qi at every turn.

In the past, many friends who had made good friends with him gradually alienated or even broke up with him.

Today, the officials who came to the Sherenyuan from Zhongshu made him furious with one sentence, thinking that it was Han Qi's instruction, but even though it was found out that the words were unintentional, Wang Anshi felt displeased.

Ouyang Xiu once sent someone to tell him to lower his figure and confess his mistake to Han Qi tactfully, but Wang Anshi flatly refused.

Wang Anshi thought that Fu Bi had recommended him to serve as the judge of the Third Division when he first came to Beijing, but now that Fu Bi is no longer in the position, it would be a big deal for him not to be this official, so why bother to bow down to Han Qi and make compromises.

But after thinking about it, I didn't want to compromise, but I wanted to continue in the Sherenyuan.Since he was an official, he has always been clean and upright, and now he wants to see how Han Qi can win him.

While Wang Anshi was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a person on the side of the road stepping forward and said, "Wang Sheren also asks you to uphold justice for me no matter what?"

Wang Anshi was thinking about the affairs of the officialdom, but he was startled when he saw a person suddenly barging in.

Wang Anshi saw that this person looked familiar, but at the moment he was depressed and couldn't remember who the other person was and asked, "Who are you?"

The other party said anxiously: "I am Wang Kui, Wang Sheren doesn't remember me at all."

(End of this chapter)