Jinyi champion

Zhu Hao, please rest.

Yang Shen wanted to ask Zhu Hao about Su Xigui, but he couldn't find anyone.

Zhu Hao took ten days off at once.

During these ten days, Zhu Hao is preparing for a "retreat".

"...Mr. Zhu, Your Majesty has sent a lot of memorials. I am afraid that you will be busy recently. As for your family affairs, please rest assured that there will be someone watching over you. If anyone comes to your house, they will be there immediately. You will be notified to avoid any misunderstanding that you are not at home."

Zhang Zuo regarded Zhu Hao's retreat as a way to concentrate on dealing with government affairs, and thoughtfully considered Zhu Hao's reason for asking for a break.

The old lady is sick and needs to stay at home to take care of her. If someone visits halfway and finds out that this is not the case, then wouldn't Zhu Hao be evading the responsibility of the court because of his mother's illness?

He will change from a filial son to an unworthy son that everyone despises!
"Eunuch Zhang, what I mean is that I will stay at home and not go out for the next few days."

Zhu Hao showed a straightforward attitude.

Since it is said that it is necessary to take care of the sick mother at home, it will not engage in those fancy things.

Being at home is being at home.

Others may not care whether his old lady is really ill, but that bastard Yang Shen is now focused on using him as a weapon, and he may run to visit him at any time, what will he say then?
Zhang Zuo said with a bitter face, "The memorial..."

"If it's convenient, send it to the lower mansion. I'll spare as much time as possible to deal with it." Zhu Hao said.

"Ha ha."

Zhang Zuo shook his head and smiled wryly.

It is a taboo to take memorials outside the palace, and now Zhu Hao is planning to take them back to his private house?Wouldn't the place where Zhu Niang lived become the Palace of the Golden Luan?

"If Eunuch Zhang is worried, you can leave the memorial here, and I will deal with it when I come back in ten days." Zhu Hao said, "Your Majesty, I have already said hello, and there should be no deviation. In fact, if there is something wrong , you can also directly discuss with Mr. Tang, doesn’t he have time recently?”

Zhang Zuo said: "Mr. Tang has been busy meeting guests recently, I'm afraid he doesn't have the heart to deal with these..."

"Then... please take care of Eunuch Zhang..."

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In fact, Zhang Zuo has already seen it.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, Zhu Hao started to go to Nanjing, and Zhu Hao tried his best to avoid helping Zhu Si to review the memorials.

Zhu criticized and adopted the opinions of the cabinet more.

Previously, he took more advice from Yang Tinghe, but later he relied more heavily on Liu Chun. In Zhang Zuo's mind, Zhu Hao might want to avoid being a "hidden figure". No matter how capable Zhu Hao's staff is, it's unreasonable to participate in Zhu's criticism.

Now among the foreign ministers, only Sun Jiao knows that Sun Jiao and Zhu Hao are Weng's son-in-law, plus he has no desire to compete for fame and fortune, so naturally he will not pay more attention to it.

If the courtiers find out in the future...

That's great?

From this, Zhang Zuo couldn't help thinking, could it be that Zhu Hao repeatedly evaded the errands entrusted by the emperor in order to avoid the truth?
Zhang Zuo had doubts, and when he was out of the palace, he specially dressed in ordinary clothes to meet Tang Yin.

Tang Yin was in a state of desperation during this time. Hearing that there was a guest coming, Tang Yin almost vomited. Fortunately, Jin Yiwei, acting as the gatekeeper, informed that the person who came was Zhang Zuo, so he packed up his mood and went out to greet him in person.

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Tang Yin's study room.

With curiosity, Zhang Zuo looked around after entering, as if he had never seen the world.

"...Mister recently renovated the house? It feels more magnificent than when I came last time." Zhang Zuo looked at the glazed windows and tiles, the room was bright, and couldn't help asking questions.

Tang Yin sighed: "Recently, someone tidied it up, but it was just replacing the transparent tiles."

It is said that it is just changing the tiles, but in fact, many places have been repaired. How could Zhang Zuo not see the huge changes?

At this time, Tang Yin had come to realize that his wish of returning to Suzhou to plant peach blossoms in this life seemed difficult to realize, so he concentrated on staying in Beijing.
The city closed its doors to live his little life.

And recently, Tang Yin is planning to adopt a child to his knees... Adopting from his brother, the Tang family now regards Tang Yin as a symbol of family prosperity, and it is simply a supreme honor for any child to be adopted under Tang Yin's name.

But in fact, Tang Yin brothers' offspring are very weak.

Since Tang Yin planned to live in the capital for a long time, of course he wanted to renovate the courtyard in the capital, and he happened to have a lot of money on hand.

Literati have always attached great importance to the environment of their residences, especially celebrities like Tang Yin who boast of being noble.

The two chatted for a while.

Tang Yin sighed again: "Recently, I have met many people. They are very insightful about the affairs of the court, but they are still far from what His Majesty needs. Most of them are Jinshi who have raised people or have no ambitions. There are also officials from the court who came to visit , but the content of the discussion is mostly superficial and not in-depth.”

Zhang Zuo said, "Sir, you have worked hard."

Tang Yin frowned: "Didn't Eunuch Zhang come here for this?"

Zhang Zuo smiled, and immediately told Zhu Hao the whole truth when he said that he was going to retreat recently.

Tang Yindao: "Jing Tao always likes to hide things when he does things. He always has some weird ideas, and I don't know what he is thinking about in his mind."

"Sir, don't you know?"

Zhang Zuo looked anxious.

Zhu Si had asked him earlier what Zhu Hao was doing recently.

Zhang Zuohe was surprised, Zhu Hao asked the emperor to take a rest, and he could not come out at home for ten days at a time, so he wasn't tinkering with some big killer, was he?

Asked Zhu Hao but refused to say, the emperor wanted to ask now, but he couldn't come up with an answer so he had to ask Tang Yin for advice.

Tang Yin suddenly remembered something, and said: "I remember Jingdao said that his idea is to let Mr. Yang Ge retire this year?"

"Uh...it seems so." Zhang Zuo said.

Tang Yindao: "That may be related to this, otherwise he has always acted properly, why did he deliberately make trouble for himself this time? He is a Hanlin, he stays in the mansion for ten days, and there will always be someone to intervene... I reckon he will If you come out, something may happen.”

Zhang Zuo shook his head and smiled wryly: "I hope so."

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end of February.

The test results finally came out.

Several families were happy and some were sad. Sun Ru and Gongsun Yi did not return to the capital to participate in the examination this time. They were determined to wait for the imperial court to release their officials. After gaining a little fame and fortune, my heart fluttered.

Zhu Hao didn't care about Gongsun Yi who had been his teacher in name, but Zhu Hao agreed not to take the exam for his disciple Sun Ru.

Sun Ru's knowledge has regressed significantly recently, and people like leisure and hate work. If such a person passes the Jinshi exam, he may really become Zhu Hao's burden. Others will think that this exam is tricky.

Not surprisingly, Yang Tinghe's son Yang Dun was admitted as a tribute, but his ranking was relatively low, which seemed very inconspicuous.

Even so, people in the capital began to talk about it, thinking that Yang Dun's success as a tribute might have something to do with his father's protection.

"...You don't know, do you? The second young master of the Yang family is just a wimp. He is proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Two days before the exam, I saw him go crazy in a wine shop."

"I've seen him compete with others in the Jiaofang Division and use his father's name to overwhelm others. The influence is very bad..."

"When did this happen?"

"It was last month."

"I'm going to take the exam soon, why does he still hang around Fengyue, is he really so confident? Will..."

"I heard that before the exam, he boasted that he would definitely be a Jinshi. Why do you think he passed the exam?"

Yang Dun people do it at home, and the disaster comes from the sky.

He had just passed the Gongshi exam, and the celebration banquet at home had not yet started, and the public discussion had intensified, as if someone was deliberately targeting Yang Dun. It didn't take long for the street to hear the rumors. The rumors were outrageous, and people were saying that Yang Dun was Passed the test by relying on his father's relationship.

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just two

For a few days, the capital was already full of wind and rain.

Originally, now that Yang Tinghe is in charge of the government, the requirements for literati tend to be strict and harsh. For the grand ceremony, one must agree with Yang Tinghe's concept of succession to succession in order to be recognized by mainstream society.

Isn't this difficult for the strong?

Usually it’s nothing more than just asking for opinions, but now even the examinations at all levels have added discussions about the gift, and intend to formulate a norm, that is, scholars who disagree with the idea of ​​succession to succession can’t even pass the most basic children’s examination.

It just so happened that Yang Dun passed the tribute examination, which gave the suppressed literati a vent.

Ever since, the ruling and opposition parties have been discussing a lot, and they all believe that Yang Tinghe protected his son, and Yang Dun was lucky enough to pass the test.

As for yes or no...

That is not the focus of civil scholars' concern. Just like in the 12th year of Hongzhi, people in the same department didn't care whether Tang Yin really accepted the leaked questions. They only hated Tang Yin's teeth and claws before the exam. Get this arrogant guy off his horse.

Once the literati fight, the ferocity can be called tragic.

"Brother, don't you think those people are malicious slanders? I only learned how to do it, you should know it best, right?"

Yang Dun, the person involved, felt innocent.

Obviously, he is a tribute scholar who was obtained by virtue of his real talent and learning, so why do those people maliciously slander him?
I wanted to ask for some psychological comfort in front of my brother, but I didn't know that in Yang Shen's view, his younger brother Yang Dun's knowledge was really not up to par. In addition, Yang Tinghe did say that Yang Dun would be a Jinshi, even Yang Shen felt that this might be the case. The younger brother is really a tribute who was admitted through some unconventional channels.

"Yongshu, are you really..."

Yang Shen also asked clearly.

When Yang Dun heard this, he became anxious: "Brother, you don't doubt me too, do you? I usually do some unflattering things, but being a female sex offender, I don't care about it for fun!"

Yang Shen nodded, it seems that he believed it.

But he scoffed inwardly.

It doesn't matter whether you accept the test or not, and it doesn't matter whether you cheat. The point is that you are the Yang family. If your father really wants to help you, maybe you don't need to inform you. Just say hello to the examiner. Is it through private teaching and receiving talents to pass the Gongshi examination?

The reason why your nouns are at the end is also to avoid attracting people's attention.

But your surname is Yang, and everyone knows that you are from the Yang family, so it is difficult to keep a low profile. Isn't it the same as being suspected now?
Or, you shouldn't have taken the test in the first place so that you don't attract criticism.

"Yeah, back then I won the first prize, and I also suffered a lot of criticism, just get used to it." Yang Shen didn't try to defend his younger brother, but instead patted him on the shoulder.

It means that you just know in your heart whether you have done it or not, and you don’t have to force it.

Anyway, I think you did.

In the future, just don't come to compete with me in front of my father.