Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 93
When the Kuaguan from Yujie came back, Wang Daoqiu, Yin Zhengmao, Yuan Hongyu, Zhang Juzheng, and Gaoyi bought wine and meat to eat and drink at home.

At the dinner, Wang Daoqiu tried his best to pretend to be a grandson, and consciously acted as the younger brother, responsible for pouring wine for the other four people to appease the jealous hearts of the four brothers.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, alcohol gradually took over the control of their brains. Yuan Hongyu and Yin Zhengmao could no longer control their demeanor and began to be their true selves.

Yuan Hongyu blushed, smacked the table with a breath of alcohol, and cried out: "God, you are unfair! I, Yuan Hongyu, have been a responsible person all my life, and I have never committed any crime, and I have never owed anyone anything. Why are you doing this?" Are you teasing me like this? How can I live? The dignified Jieyuan of Nanzhili only got No. 40, the top three in the exam. How can I explain to the scholars of Nanzhili! Ugh! Oh, God, you are treating Yuan Hongyue unfairly! Woohoo!"

The Daming Palace trial list is divided into three echelons, namely the top three.There are three fixed people in the first class, the number one pick, the second pick and the third pick.There are 90 people in the second class, and the remaining people are the third class.Yuan Hongyu, a dignified Jieyuan from Nanzhili, actually only got No. 40 in the top three exams this time, which is 139th in the overall list. How do you think this will make him explain to Shilin from Nanzhili?
Undoubtedly, as soon as the gold list came out this time, Yuan Hongyu was the worst Xie Yuan in Nanzhili, and he was the shame of the entire Nanzhili scholar community.After all, Nanzhili is the most powerful province in the country. Except for Tang Bohu, who was convicted of cheating in the exam, his provincial exam Jieyuan was basically in the top ten of the second class, and basically he would be selected as Shuji later. Scholar, he was sent to the Hanlin Academy for key training.

Now Yuan Hongyu's No. 40, the top three, can be said to have pioneered all previous reforms in Southern Zhili. His worst result in the palace examination was a disgrace to all scholars in Southern Zhili.Therefore, Yuan Hongyu is in pain now. He doesn't know how he will face his hometown elders in the future.

Yuan Hong thought more and more that he would not be able to see Jiangdong's elders in the future, so he lay down on the table and cried loudly, looking very pitiful.

Seeing Yuan Hongyu's appearance, Wang Daoqiu and Zhang Juzheng didn't dare to go up to comfort them. After all, one of them was ranked No. [-] and the No. [-] scholar in this subject, and the other was No. [-] in the second class and was ranked No. [-] in the overall ranking. These are the candidates. Shujishi, who entered the Hanlin Academy.So if they go to comfort Yuan Hongyu now, it will inevitably make people think that they are talking while standing without pain.So when they saw Yuan Hongyue crying, Wang Daoqiu and Zhang Juzheng did not say anything to comfort him, but just sat aside and accompanied him silently.

Being named on the gold medal list is one of the three great blessings for a man, but now the atmosphere of the celebration banquet has become so depressing that it makes people want to escape, which is very boring.

Just when Wang Daoqiu couldn't sit still here, Yin Zhengmao drank another glass of wine and jumped out to join in the fun.He pulled a face and said with a sad look: "I am better than Lao Yuan. I was not the Jieyuan of Nanzhili in the provincial examination, I was only No. 30, so few people would care. I was ranked on the gold list. How many. But this time I am ranked 197 in the top three, second to last in the overall list, I am afraid that there will be no future with this result in the future."

"According to the regulations of our court, as a top 197 person, I am only qualified to be an eighth-grade errand runner in the Pingren Department. I can work for a few years. If I work outside, I have to start from the county magistrate. I will work hard all my life to become a prefect. , that is the blessing of the ancestors! Hey, the future is slim, and what’s more terrible is that I am nearly forty years old, how many more years can I still fight for? "

What Yin Zhengmao said is true. In the Ming Dynasty's civil service era, the first academic degree of a civil servant was generally very important for his future promotion, just like the undergraduate school you studied in later generations was very important for you to apply for a famous company in the future.

For example, if there is a promotion position now, a top-level No. 197, and a second-level No. 70, two files are sent up.When no one knows each other and has no interactions with each other, you ask the official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, after reading these two files, which file will he choose?So Yin Zhengmao was heartbroken when he thought about his difficult career in the future.

Wang Daoqiu had read information about Yin Zhengmao and Yuan Hongyu in the library, and knew that they had passed the imperial examination.Yuan Hongyu would be appointed as an official, a member of Zhongshushe, and go to the Yamen to be responsible for copying official documents. He was commonly known as an office clerk.Yin Zhengmao was assigned to the Pedestrian Division as a pedestrian. In the era when there were no telegraphs, computers and mobile phones, he was responsible for sending official documents and messages between various yamen.

Both of them have low diplomas and a low starting point in their official career. Fortunately, Ming Dynasty is not like a big country. If a person has no background, then you will only have your back in the official career.In the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty, official promotion channels were still very normal.Not only are there many officials with excellent character and abilities, but there are also many talented people who appreciate these characters and abilities.

Therefore, although Yuan Hongyu and Yin Zhengmao had low diplomas and low starting points, their character and ability were quickly discovered by Bole in their daily work.So later Yuan Hongyu was promoted to Shangshu, and Yin Zhengmao was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, becoming a feudal official with real power.

He knew that his two friends had a bright future, but now he looked at them dejected and confused about the future.Wang Daoqiu felt uncomfortable, he drank a glass of wine, and slapped the table again, startling Zhang Juzheng, Yin Zhengmao, Yuan Hongyu, and Gao Yi. Look at Wang Daoqiu.

He saw the three of them staring at him with strange eyes.Wang Daoqiu was honest, and said as if he was an expert: "Three brothers, the younger brother predicted the results of the three brothers before the examination. At that time, he even bet a lottery with the three brothers, and immediately We made a bet. Three brothers, have you not forgotten this matter?"

"You brat, do you still dare to mention that bet? I dare say that the reason why I, Yin Zhengmao, fell behind this time is because of the curse of your crow's mouth. Alas, I, Yin Zhengmao, made a careless friend and made a mistake with the disaster star. ah!"

As soon as Wang Daoqiu mentioned the bet that day, Yin Zhengmao felt unhappy immediately. He started to act like a monster, accusing Wang Daoqiu of ruining his luck in the exam.And seeing Yin Zhengmao's current deceptive and pitiful look, Wang Daoqiu guessed that his knot in heart might have opened up a little.So Wang Daoqiu said with a smile: "Brother Shi Ting, you said that I have a bad mouth! But that day, I also predicted that Uncle Brother will be in the top ten of the second place, and now he is ninth in the second place. So what do you say about this?"

"Foolish boy, you still dare to ask me what to say about this? Why did you predict that my uncle would be in the top ten of the second league that day, while I would only be at the bottom? Speaking of which, it's better that I made friends with my uncle a long time ago. You Why can't you predict that I will be in the top ten of the second-tier league based on this kind of preference?"

"Pop, pounce."

"Ha ha ha ha"

"Ha ha ha ha"

"Ha ha ha ha"

Yin Zhengmao's theory!No matter how you sound, she sounds like a woman who is being arrogant and unreasonable.So when Zhang Juzheng heard it, he couldn't control it and just sprayed it.Wang Daoqiu, Yuan Hongyu, and Gao Yi couldn't help laughing when they saw Zhang Juzheng squirting.

After laughing, Wang Daoqiu smiled and said to Yuan Hongyu and Yin Zhengmao: "Brother Shi Ting and Brother Yizhi, this scientific examination has indeed wronged the two brothers. But this is not God's injustice to the two brothers. On the contrary, this This is God's great love for the two brothers. When Heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to these people, they must first work hard on their minds and muscles. Since ancient times, heroes have suffered many hardships. There has always been a dandy and a great man, and people will always be naive without being beaten. Three of them Brother, your future career will have twists and turns, but the result is bright. If the three brothers don't believe this, now I can make a bet with the three brothers, a bet about the future career of the three brothers. .”

Before the joint examination, Wang Daoqiu's prediction of the three people's imperial examination results was too accurate.Therefore, now Yin Zhengmao, Yuan Hongyu, and Zhang Juzheng all think that Wang Daoqiu learned the real skill of fortune-telling from those Taoist priests in Baiyun temple.So now that Wang Daoqiu said that he wanted to predict the future official careers of the three of them, Yin Zhengmao, Yuan Hongyu, and Zhang Juzheng all held their breath, watched Wang Daoqiu, and waited quietly for the next article.

Being stared at by Yin Zhengmao and the others, Wang Daoqiu was a little scared and had no intention of showing off anymore.So under the attention of Yin Zhengmao and the others, he said with the air of a master: "Brothers, the younger brother has something to say first. What the younger brother says next, God knows and the earth knows you and I know. If any brother can't control it, My own mouth spread the words of the younger brother, and the younger brother will not admit that the younger brother said those words."

"Liangzhen, don't worry. If anyone dares to spread the private words of our brothers today, they will be your and my brothers' mortal enemies and will fight to the death."

"Yes, yes, yes, I, Zhang Juzheng, swear here that if the predictions of the wise brother Liangzhen are spread, I, Zhang Juzheng, will be destroyed by heaven and earth."

"I swear, I, Yuan Hongyu..."

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Next, Yuan Hongyu, Yin Zhengmao, and Gao Yi all swore that they would never spread Wang Daoqiu's next prediction to the outside world. Gao Yi also asked Wang Daoqiu to help him predict his future career.

Now that Yin Zhengmao and the others have taken the oath, Wang Daoqiu has nothing to show off.So facing the four brothers who looked forward to it, Wang Daoqiu said solemnly: "Four brothers, I look at the faces of the four brothers, they all look like great fortune and wealth. I dare to say here that the three brothers will be in the future None of them are fish in the pond. Within 20 years, Brother Shu will join the cabinet and join the military, Brother Yizhi will be honored as a minister, Brother Shi Ting will be the governor of one province and the governor of two or three provinces, and will be the official of a frontier."

"As for Brother Zixiang, he is too honest and doesn't like to compete with others, so it will be later for him to join the cabinet. In a word, in the end, the four brothers will all reach the first rank. The only difference is whether they have real power or not. To be an official of the first rank, or to be granted a posthumous title of the first rank after death."

(End of this chapter)