Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 187 The champion?

Not long after, the Tongjin Emperor's imperial pen was approved and handed over to the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch immediately took the list and began to read it.

"Approved by His Majesty's imperial pen, the first-ranked Jinshi is as follows. No.1 champion, Zhang Wei, Jinhua Mansion, Jiangnan Road!"

When Zhang Wei, who was standing below, heard it, his original casual expression was swept away, and he turned to look at the high platform in amazement.

He could hardly believe his ears, he is No.1?He is the champion?This is impossible!

The people who heard this also had different expressions.

Before announcing the list, the emperor specifically said that there was an article whose thinking was very similar to that of Di Li.Everyone has read the article, so they naturally understand that it is Zhang Wei's article.And now Zhang Wei's article is ranked first.

What does this mean?
Did the emperor support the reformers?
In the past, Emperor Tongjin was ambiguous, and he didn't care about the disputes between reformers and conservatives, but the cabinet was very interesting, and most of the elders in the cabinet were neutral...

After 20 years in power, no one can regard Emperor Tongjin as a fool.

So, now Emperor Tongjin wants to reform?

It's frightening to think about it carefully!

All the officials had to think this way. None of the people who can stand here as officials is a fool. They are all politically wise. Every word and deed of the emperor is observed by them under a magnifying glass.

After announcing the rankings, the emperor smiled and said, "The number one scholar came out and let me have a look."

Hearing this, Zhang Wei immediately walked out from the crowd, bowed to the emperor and said, "My subject Zhang Wei, I have seen Your Majesty."

He is a Jinshi, and he can become a minister.

Emperor Tongjin looked Zhang Wei up and down for a while, then nodded in satisfaction and said, "Sure enough, you are a good-looking talent, that's all right, you can step back."

His behavior made Zhang Wei very strange again, asking himself to come out just to take a look?Don't ask about the article?

What the emperor did made the hearts of some ministers jump again.

Sure enough, the emperor didn't care who the number one scholar was, he was just expressing an attitude!

Some ministers figured this out, and began to think about future administrative countermeasures.

Afterwards, candidates like Zhang Wei were kicked out.The ceremonial officer led them out of the hall, and after a short walk, someone bowed to Zhang Wei and said, "Congratulations to the champion!"

Zhang Wei hurriedly returned the gift: "Happiness, same joy!"

Next, it is the process that every champion must go through.

Walk around the streets!

Zhang Wei sat on a tall horse and walked around the imperial city under the leadership of the guard of honor.Accept the envy, jealousy and hatred of people from all sides.

In this way, I have been busy for several days.Zhang Wei just finished a series of celebration activities.

On this day, the newly promoted Jinshi came to the Ministry of Officials and began to accept the arrangements of the Ministry of Officials.

Zhang Wei, the new champion, was naturally invited into the room of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials alone.It is an unspoken rule that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials personally interviews the champion, which expresses the importance he attaches to the champion and the scholars.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is Cao Bin.

After Zhang Wei entered the room, he suddenly found that Master Di Lidi was also there.This adult met once in the court, and he still knows him.

However, this is the first time that the two have officially met.

When Di Li saw Zhang Wei coming in, he smiled and said, "Thanks to my grandson who praised you many times in letters, you didn't come to visit me even once when you came to Beijing!"

Zhang Wei hurriedly saluted and said, "Your Excellency, you misunderstood me. I really want to visit you. But firstly, I don't know why I should visit. Secondly, Mr. Cao told me not to visit you in a hurry."

Cao Bin smiled and said, "That's right. What's the use of him visiting you early? There's no benefit at all other than making a few more enemies."

Zhang Wei saw that Cao Bin and Di Li were talking and laughing, and they seemed to have a good relationship.It seems that the Cao Bin said in the court is not entirely correct.

Cao Bin looked at Zhang Wei, and said with a serious face, "It's the same sentence, what are your plans now, should you stay in Beijing or go out?"

Zhang Wei said: "The junior thought about it and decided to leave Beijing."

Hearing what Zhang Wei said, Di Li smiled and said, "Have you thought about it? After leaving the capital, you will be far away from the center of power. I am afraid that you will have to spend a long time in the future."

Zhang Wei smiled and said, "Actually, I'm not very interested in being an official. I just thought that if I want to do something, it's more convenient to be an official."

The two bosses looked at each other after hearing this, and then Cao Bin said with a smile: "Since you want to go out, you must be mentally prepared. You won't be allowed to go to good places."

Zhang Wei nodded indifferently, and said, "I also didn't want to go to a good place to enjoy happiness."

When the two adults heard this, they both laughed and said, "Okay, if you have this idea, then we can rest assured, well, you can go."

Zhang Wei bid farewell and left.

After he left, Cao Bin said to Di Li: "In the past few months, during his stay at my house, I also sent someone to observe him secretly. He is indeed a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune. And he is very curious, it seems Interested in everything."

Di Li also nodded and said: "I have also investigated his life. He was seriously ill when he was young and almost died. Then he recovered somehow, and then he joined the Qingwei Sect, went to Eshan to eliminate demons, and went to Gaotang to kill dragons. Everything he did , are beneficial to the country and the people.”

If Zhang Wei was here, he would probably blush when he heard these two people speak so highly of him.He just did something he thought was right, but he didn't expect that he was here for the country and the people!
The two big brothers thought for a while, and Cao Bin said, "In this case, where do you think it is suitable for him to go?"

Di Li thought for a moment and said, "It's nothing more than the southern border, the northern region, and the west. The east is rich, and they will not allow Zhang Wei to become an official there. Southern border is their base camp, and it is useless for Zhang Wei to go there. Do you want to go to the Northern Territory?"

Cao Bin thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "The northern regions are more man-made disasters, while the west is more plagued by demons. I think it's better for him to go to the west."

Di Li nodded thoughtfully and said, "Are you considering his lightning skills? That's fine, at least he has the ability to protect himself."

Cao Bin thought for a while and said, "Then go to Suzhou Prefecture and Tianmen County to serve as the county magistrate."

When Di Li heard this, he couldn't help but say, "This is too far away! It's like being exiled."

Cao Bin smiled and said, "That's good, so I won't be on the same road as you."

Di Li suppressed her smile, finally sighed, and said, "Then arrange it like this."

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A few days later, the Ministry of Officials notified Zhang Wei of his appointment and dismissal.

Holding the appointment letter, Xiaoqian asked curiously: "Young Master, where is this Suzhou Prefecture? Is it far from Jinhua? The county magistrate of Tianmen County, this is a sixth-rank official, isn't it a seventh-rank magistrate?"

Zhang Wei touched the Yunlei Pill on his body, smiled and said: "This Suzhou Prefecture is in the northwest, tens of thousands of miles away from the capital. The area under the jurisdiction of Tianmen County is almost half the size of Jiangnan Road, so this is a high-end Sixth rank official."

Xiaoqian seemed to understand but half understood, she didn't understand these things at all, and thought it was a very good job!

So she smiled and said: "Then I have to thank Mr. Cao, he is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, so he must have worked hard."

Zhang Wei said dumbfoundedly: "Yes, it's all thanks to Mr. Cao!"

Just when Xiaoqian asked innocently, the door of Zhang Wei's room was knocked open.Chen Zhirui walked in hastily, she grabbed Zhang Wei's hand anxiously, and said, "Brother Zhang, you and I will go beg Uncle, how can he arrange for you to go to Suzhou Mansion!"

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Why can't we arrange to go to Suzhou Prefecture? He is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and this is his duty!"

Hearing what Zhang Wei said, Chen Zhirui was about to cry.She stomped her feet and said, "It is precisely because he is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials that he can't make such an arrangement. That Suzhou is the westernmost prefecture of Dagan. There is no one inhabited for thousands of miles, and there are many goblins there. This arranges for you to be a county." Didn't Ling push you into the fire pit?"

Zhang Wei smiled and patted her hand and said, "Don't worry too much. Since Mr. Cao arranged for me to go there, I naturally have his plans. I can't be an official anywhere."

Chen Zhirui made everyone cry.She said: "This is different. He put you there. From then on, you and I are separated from each other. He is clearly breaking us up!"

Until now, Chen Zhirui is going all out, she grabbed Zhang Wei's hand and said, "I don't want to leave you."

This sudden confession made Zhang Wei numb.How should this be rejected!
He immediately said: "Sister Chen, you have to understand, I just regard you as a good sister..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Chen Zhirui ran away crying.

Xiaoqian looked at Chen Zhirui who was running away, a little happy, but also a little regretful and said: "Master, sister Chen will hate you."

Zhang Wei sighed and said, "It's better for her to hate me now than to hate me later!"

Chen Zhirui went all the way back to the room, locked the door, hid on the bed and started crying.The maid who followed her was startled and kept knocking on the door, and some of them immediately went to report to Mrs. Cao when they saw something bad.

On the same day, Zhang Wei was kicked out of the Cao Mansion... Mrs. Cao is really swift and resolute in her work.

Zhang Wei, Xiaoqian and a dog were living on the street, so they hurried to find an inn to stay.

In the inn, while making Zhang Wei's bed, Xiaoqian said, "Master, when are we going back?"

Zhang Wei sat on the side drinking tea and said lightly: "Maybe I won't be able to go back."

Xiaoqian was taken aback when she heard this, and asked, "Why?"

Zhang Wei pointed to the letter of appointment and said: "The Ministry of Officials asked me to report to Tianmen County before June. Tianmen County is tens of thousands of miles away from the capital, and most of them are by land. We have to hurry now."

Xiaoqian is not sensitive to distance at all, and said optimistically: "It's only March now, and there are still three months left!"

Three months, that time is very tight.Zhang Wei shook his head, if he was alone, he would arrive there in a few days by riding Xiao Jinfei.But he still needs to bring Xiaoqian, Huangdou, and three great immortals, so he can't fly away.

He took out a pen and paper, and began to write a letter to his family, explaining all these things clearly.

Zhang Wei is writing a letter here, and the imperial court's reward has also gone down there.

As a new champion, the imperial court has rewards.First of all, his donated father was conferred the rank of Ninth Grade 'Scholar Lang', the lowest rank of a casual official.He doesn't even have the qualifications to receive a salary, it's just an honorary title.

But with this title, strictly speaking, he has an official status and is an orthodox gentry class.

Sealing of the living is stingy, but sealing of the dead is much more generous.Zhang Wei's mother, Zhou Wan, was conferred the title of Mrs. Qipin Xiande.

Zhangjia Village is allowed to build the No. [-] Scholar and No. [-] memorial archway, and the word "No. [-] Scholar" is allowed to be added to the Zhangjiamen card.Eshan County allows monuments to be recorded.

When this news spread to Jinhua Mansion, the whole Jinhua Mansion was shocked, especially Zhang's father, who even opened a water banquet for a month.

Zhangjia Village in Eshan also trembled, raising funds to build the No. [-] Scholar and the No. [-] memorial archway, rebuilding the ancestral hall, erecting a monument to record in the county government, erecting a monument to record in Zhangjia Village, and erecting a monument to record in Zhangjia's Eshan house.

After knowing that his son was going to serve as magistrate in Tianmen County, Zhang's father immediately presided over a family meeting, selected more than ten young couples from the family, and set off to Zhang Wei's side to listen to Zhang Wei's orders.

Outside the capital, on the road to the west.Zhang Wei rode a horse and set off with Xiaoqian and Huangdou.When they arrived at Shili Pavilion outside the city, a man was already waiting for him there.

In the ten-mile pavilion, several servants brought Zhang Wei into the pavilion, and then Zhang Wei saw Di Li waiting for him.

Today Di Li is wearing casual clothes, followed by two servants.

Seeing Di Li, Zhang Wei saluted and asked, "Does Master Di have anything to say?"

Di Li nodded, and he said to Zhang Wei, "How do you feel about the capital when you come to the capital this time?"

Zhang Wei was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "It's not bad, there are a lot of talents in Beijing, and there are a lot of treasures."

Di Li interrupted him with a smile, and said: "100 years ago, my father was expelled from the capital. At that time, he didn't know that the court had been occupied by goblins in disguise, but he just thought that the officials were corrupt beyond belief. He was at odds with those officials, and was eventually dismissed from office and sent back to his hometown in Jinzhong."

"Later, the goblins in the court finally showed their feet. My father was also the one who announced the overthrow of the goblin court in Jinzhong."

"He dissipated all his family property and led the disciples in the clan to fight against the evil spirits. But the human nature is low, and the evil spirit is soaring, so what can we do?"

"If it wasn't for the landmine that wiped out the filth in the capital, we might still be fighting against evil spirits."

"The old dynasty was occupied by demons, which naturally explains a lot of problems. But the demons are also thinking about restoration. This time you go to Suzhou, which is the rear area after the retreat of the demons. The situation there is complicated and the human race is weak. I hope You can do something."

After hearing what he said, Zhang Wei nodded and said, "I understand, I will do well."

Di Li looked at Zhang Wei, and said with a smile: "By the way, Guang'er said that you are looking for the Iron Mother of Wannian. This is something researched by Leihuo Palace. I don't know why you are here. But I will help you Asked for a piece."

After speaking, he clapped his hands.The servant next to him immediately brought a big box.

Di Li said to Zhang Wei: "Tianmen County is high and the emperor is far away. Many things have to be done by yourself. The help that the court can give you is very limited. You can also let go of your worries and flex your muscles."

Zhang Wei nodded and said, "I understand, I will not disappoint my lord's expectations."

(End of this chapter)