Jinyi champion

Chapter 29

The selection is finally scheduled to take place on June [-]th.

If all goes well, the results will be announced the same day.

If Zhu Hao can be admitted to Xing Wang's mansion as a companion student, then no matter whether Zhu Niang can pay the family's forty or two shares of money at the end of the month, Zhu Hao can get rid of the family's control.

The day before the selection, on the twenty-fourth day, Zhu Niang went back to Zhu's house, but it was Zhu Jia who called her back to discuss the family's internal affairs, and when she came back she looked relatively good.

"Mother, grandma didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"

Zhu Hao hurriedly pulled Zhu Niang to sit down at the table, and made inquiries while pouring tea.

Zhu Niang shook her head: "Your grandmother just summed up the income of the family in the past two months, and only our side turned in the most profits. Your grandmother asked us to continue to work hard."

Zhu Niang was pleased with the old lady's affirmation.

Zhu Hao said: "Mother, I think grandma wants to kill you?"

"What is flattery?"

Aunt Li on the side asked if she didn't understand.

Zhu Hao didn't explain, but asked instead: "Did grandma test whether we can continue to pay for our share at the end of the month? Or made indirect remarks, wondering how our business is going this month?"

"This……"

Zhu Niang thought about it, and even though she didn't want to admit it, she still nodded.

Zhu Hao smiled wryly and said: "If it's as expected, if we can pay the full amount of money at the end of the month, the next step in the family will be to take me back and take me back. It's called reading, but in fact it's guarding and forcing my mother to submit. .”

Aunt Li felt that Zhu Hao's words were a bit extreme, so she couldn't help but remind her: "Master Hao, the Zhu family is always our own family, so we can't treat people so badly."

"Auntie, it's better to plan for the worst...Mum, tomorrow I'm going to take the exam for the selection of accompanying students in Prince Xing's Mansion, do you have any opinions?"

Zhu Niang has been busy finding a husband for her son for the past few days, so she forgot about it a long time ago. After being reminded, her face immediately became serious: "Xiaohao, even if you are lucky enough to pass the exam, your grandmother will not allow you to be a companion ..."

"Mother thinks about it, why don't you go back to Zhu's house? After all, you are blood relatives. It won't be too embarrassing to think about it, but after entering the palace... the high-walled compound, it is difficult for mother to see you."

Zhu Hao said: "Mother, I'm going to be the little prince's classmate, to study and grow up together, when you say it, it seems like I'm going to jail."

Aunt Li also persuaded: "Master Hao, it is said that once you enter the Hou's family, it is as deep as the sea, let alone the palace of the prince? It is better not to go."

I don't know where I heard a few crooked poems, which seem to be inscrutable, but in fact they don't make sense. Do you think I'm going to marry into Xing Wang's mansion, and Xiao Lang will be a passerby from now on?
"Mother, auntie, I heard that the new magistrate of Jing County has sent his son to Xingwang's mansion to be selected, and he will take the selection test together tomorrow... It won't be too humiliating for me to go, right?"

Zhu Hao told the news he had inquired again.

Zhu Niang shook her head: "How can the magistrate's son be selected as a companion?"

"Mother, why don't you believe it? It's not a secret. Besides, I'm going to the palace as a companion, and I'm not a servant. I don't need to sign a contract of sale. , or if my mother wants to pick me up, will Xingwangfu be unreasonable?"

But no matter how Zhu Hao persuaded her, Zhu Niang was determined not to let her son take the exam.

"Mother, anyway, I won't go back to Zhu's house... I heard that after my grandmother took me back, she would send me directly to the family's workshop as an apprentice. At that time, all the things like raising livestock, leading mules, and dumping horse manure will be left to me." do it."

Zhu Hao's words startled Zhu Niang: "This...this...can't it?"

Zhu Hao said: "You can't underestimate the cruelty of the Zhu family's attack on their own people... If grandma is sincere, why would she report us to the government twice in a row? Doesn't she know what entering the yamen means to a chaste woman? What else is there to do? Sending your own woman to a cell, something more despicable?"

Originally, Zhu Niang disagreed no matter what, but after hearing Zhu Hao's words and reminiscing about the past, her heart suddenly became cold.

I entered the cell by myself, but luckily I came out that night. Even so, if the matter spreads, how much damage will it do to my reputation?A woman in this era goes to a prison cell, which is similar to going to the gate of hell. The Zhu family took the initiative to report to the Yamen twice, which is like being framed.

"Then... will you succeed in the election tomorrow?" Zhu Niang finally let go.

Zhu Hao nodded his head heavily: "It depends on man's effort. I have Mr. Lu to teach me, so it shouldn't be too bad... Believe me, I will definitely be able to enter Xing Wang's mansion successfully."

Zhu Niang sighed softly: "I'm afraid you won't be chosen, and even if you are chosen, your grandmother won't let you go... well, prepare well."

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Passing the level of Zhu Niang and Aunt Li is considered a huge improvement for Zhu Hao.

When he enters the palace, he must first obtain the support of his relatives. As for the attitude of the Zhu family... it is not in his consideration.

On the twenty-fifth day, the weather was a bit hot, and Zhu Niang specially prepared a new silk dress for Zhu Hao. As a mother, she couldn't guarantee her son's education, and she felt guilty. In terms of outfits, she didn't treat her badly at all, and she was still tight on money, but It is better to let my son go to the election in a good way.

Zhu Niang and Aunt Li were not accompanied, so Yu San was by his side.

The place to register for the exam is outside the east gate of King Xing's Mansion, not far from the Flower and Bird Market.

Yu San was not eligible to enter the palace, so when he arrived, he handed over the cloth bag Zhu Niang sewed to Zhu Hao, and then walked aside to wait.

There was a lot of noise outside the east gate of the palace. Zhu Hao took a closer look. The children who came to apply for the election this time were well dressed, but the accompanying parents were basically in coarse linen clothes. It can be seen that the family background can only be considered average. Think about it. , the real rich and powerful families disdain to send their children to Xingwang's mansion as companions.

Zhu Hao saw an acquaintance in the crowd, he was Jing Zhongkuan, the new magistrate of Changshou County who had met once before.

Today, the magistrate of Jing County wore a Taoist gown with a straight skirt and a flat top scarf, looking gentle and refined.

Prince Xing's mansion sent an official to entertain him, Zhu Hao glanced at him, and saw that the official of the mansion was also dressed upright, with no rank in sight, and Jiang Lun was nowhere to be seen.

Just after the hour, more than a dozen palace guards drove the parents who were taking the exams aside, and then arranged a group of children to enter Xingwang's mansion one by one.

Soon a group of children came to the east gate under a big elm tree with four or five people hugging each other. The dense shade covered a large area, and there was a cool feeling under the scorching sun.

A swing was hung on the branch of a tree that stretched out from the side, and it swayed slightly in the breeze, and it was unknown who it was for.

There were about [-] children participating in the selection, generally between the ages of six and ten, and a few were only four or five years old. Zhu Hao thought about it, and the selection condition said that he had to memorize both "The Analects" and "Mencius". Four books, what can these four or five-year-old brats do?You can't speak well, right?
"Wow!"

There was a child who had never experienced such a scene, and actually burst into tears in public.

It doesn't matter if you cry this time, the children are already very nervous, but now they are all restless. A child who is about the same age as Zhu Hao sternly shouted: "Don't cry! If you cry again, I will drive you out!"

Zhu Hao looked sideways.

Although this child is young, but his expression is firm and resolute, his eyes are calm and sharp, shining with a brilliance that penetrates people's hearts, his temperament is very different from ordinary children at first glance.

The frightened child was the youngest one. Hearing this, he ran towards the direction where the guards were gathered, crying and howling, and grabbed a captain of the Wangfu Yiwei Division with a knife across his waist, crying and pointing to this side, as if he was complaining.

Zhu Hao's heart shuddered.

It turned out that the crying boy was actually a candidate for election within the palace. Needless to say, he went to complain to the adults in his family.

An eight or nine-year-old child joked with a smile: "Hey, you are going to be unlucky, I have a backer."

The person who said the harsh words just now rolled his eyes: "It's not certain who is unlucky."

While he was talking, the captain of the Wangfu Yiwei Department came here with the child. I don't know if the crying child is his son or a child of the same family. At the same time, Jing Zhongkuan left with the officials of the Wangfu who entertained him. come over.

"Lu Dianzhan, what's the matter?"

Officials of the palace directly questioned the captain of the Department of Etiquette and Guards.

Hearing this address, Zhu Hao's eyebrows showed surprise.

Lu Dianzhan?
Could it be that this broad-faced, square-eared, handsome man with a touch of heroism is the famous Lu Song?
Lu Song used to serve as a military officer in the Xingwang Palace, and he had the merits of being a dragon, but that brat who cried and complained...is Lu Bing?
Lu Bing was born in the fifth year of Zhengde, he was four years old in the ninth year of Zhengde, and his false age was five years old. This is probably an important reason why four or five-year-old children came to apply for companionship.

Relationship households!

Lu Dianzhang said: "I heard that there are some small disputes among the candidates here, so I came here specially to have a look."

The Dianzhang of the Royal Guards Department is a sixth-rank military officer, but since the Tumu Fortress change, Daming has emphasized culture and restraint. A military officer of the sixth rank is not just a Dianzhang of the Wangfu, even if it is the commander of the Qianhu and the guards, seeing the seventh-rank The county magistrate may have to kneel down and kowtow, and the class gap is almost insurmountable.

Jing Zhongkuan smiled and pointed at the child who was threatening people just now: "Zhang Fengzheng, this is a dog, please take care of it."

Fengzheng is the leader of the palace eunuch.

Fengzheng, whose surname is Zhang in Xingwang's mansion, is naturally Zhang Zuo, the future eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Hao immediately felt that it was not easy to pass the selection.

All the people who came were related households, layer by layer.

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