Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 138 Benefits?

"what a small world!"

Thinking so in her heart, Zhu Xiongying paid more and more attention to that side.

Although Zhu Biao's expression remained unchanged, he was obviously a bit surprised to see Huang Zicheng here again.Turning his eyes slightly, he quietly paid attention.

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"Brother Zhang, I'm late!"

Huang Zicheng started to salute from a distance, and bowed deeply again when he got close.

The man surnamed Zhang sat down and said with a smile, "Yixing (Huang Zicheng's character), I haven't seen you for many years, you are still the same!" Then he looked at Huang Zicheng and laughed, "You are still so informal and unique! "

Zhu Xiongying watched with cold eyes in his heart, and his impression of this person surnamed Zhang was even worse.

The two words he said seemed to be a compliment, but they were actually mocking.

The people sitting at the table surnamed Zhang are all dog-like people, and they are all well-dressed.It doesn't mean that they are rich or expensive, but they can be distinguished from ordinary people at a glance.

Although Huang Zicheng was wearing a new suit, how could the clothes bought from a tailor shop compare with the ones sewn on their bodies.Besides, in a hurry, the clothes didn't fit well, and looked a little loose.Moreover, he doesn't have any accessories on his body. As a scholar, he doesn't even have a folding fan in his hand.

Sure enough, Huang Zicheng was slightly embarrassed when he looked at his attire.

"Come on, let me introduce you!" The person surnamed Zhang pointed to the other people on the table and said, "These are Brother Chen, Brother Wang, and Brother Liu. They are all Langzhong Yuanwailang in the sixth department of the capital." He smiled and said, "Didn't you say that you want to find an errand in the Yamen? These few people may be able to help you a lot, why don't you hurry up and greet!"

Hearing this, Huang Zicheng bowed again, "Wansheng has met all of you adults!"

Everyone present nodded rather reservedly, neither affectionate nor unfamiliar.

"Come sit beside me!" The surname Zhang laughed, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen you for some years, but I met you when I didn't want to be in the capital!"

"Yes, when I first heard that Brother Zhang was transferred to the capital, I couldn't believe it!" Huang Zicheng laughed.

"Can't believe I'm here, or can't believe that I'm an official?" The surname Zhang laughed.

Huang Zicheng quickly waved his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Zhang was joking!"

At this time, the person surnamed Zhang smiled and said to everyone at the table, "I'm not afraid of your jokes. In fact, in the academy of my hometown, I was ten times more talented and learned than me. The master of the academy said, I am lucky in this life. At best, it’s a Juren. But for Yixing, at worst, it’s a Tanhua!”

As soon as the words fell, the people at the table looked at Huang Zicheng differently.

Even Zhu Biao looked sideways.

In the hearts of the world, the palace examination is the highest honor.Not to mention Tanhua, even a first-class ordinary Jinshi, in the hearts of ordinary people, he is like a Wenqu star descending to the world.

"Oh, so to speak, Huang Xiandi's talent should be very good!" On the table over there, another person said, "How come, it really looks like a son on the ground now? How many times have you taken the imperial examination?"

"Last year, Qiu Wei got sick late, and came out before finishing the exam, so he failed!" Huang Zicheng shook his head in shame, "I can only make persistent efforts this autumn!"

"Although we are not Jinshi, we also know how difficult it is to reach the sky!" Someone else at the table said, "If you work hard, you can pass the exam, but if you fail once, it will be as difficult as reaching the sky. Although Huang Xiandi When I was in my hometown, I excelled in learning, but the capital is the center of the world. There are countless talents in every province, and there are countless hidden dragons and crouching tigers!"

Huang Zicheng said in a low voice, "Wansheng understands, so I don't dare to slack off studying on weekdays!"

"Just reading is not enough!" The surname Zhang laughed again, "Now I know the mystery of the saying when I was young that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles!" In [-], I managed to pass the provincial examination, knowing that the palace examination was not that material, so I took part in the selection of officials!"

"It's only after working as an official in the past few years that I discovered that, in fact, whether it's the imperial examination or the flower search, it's life! A man is alive, and he doesn't ask for those false names, and some names can't be obtained. It's better to settle for the second best. Look at me now. , being a petty official is also very happy!"

"You are not a petty official!" A person on the table said with a smile, "After working in the capital for a few years, you can be said to be a fourth-rank inspector."

"To put it bluntly, Brother Zhang, you are a blessed person. Your life is only a few decades, and you have become an imperial court official at a young age. Your future is limitless. Think about many scholars, their hair is gray, Thirty old boys, fifty old Jinshi."

"50 years old is old, and Jinshi can still be an official for a few days. What else can I enjoy?"

It is the normal state of the world to step on highs and lows.

I think that the surname Zhang was studying in the past, and Huang Zicheng suppressed a lot of limelight.Now that the spring breeze is proud, there is inevitably some subtle sarcasm between the words.

Less than 20 years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there was a shortage of officials everywhere in the world.Therefore, after the imperial examination, anyone above the Juren can be an official.Nowadays, there are only scholars who do not want to be officials, and there is no official position for those who do not want to be scholars.

In this way, there are still too many people and too few people.

The words of the surname Zhang mean nothing but the same meaning.

Look at you, Huang Zicheng, how powerful you were back then. The teacher praised you and said that you were a talented person.

But the reality is, you are out!
Look at me, no one thought highly of me back then, but I raised someone to be an official, and now I'm not an official?

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Zhu Biao and Zhu Xiongying heard the words on the table over there.

Zhu Biao took a sip of wine slowly, and laughed in a low voice, "Complacent, arrogant, short-sighted!"

Zhu Xiongying said with a smile, "The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan!"

Jiang Yu also jokingly said, "When a villain is proud, he is rampant!"

Zhu Xiongying thought about it, "Your sentence is more appropriate!"

"The small ones are villains, and they know villains best!" Jiang Yu said hurriedly.

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"Life is actually good luck, and time is fate!" On the table over there, the person surnamed Zhang smiled again, "It's like Yi Xing, the talent that others say is a talent, but now he is in the middle of the capital, and he wants to find him. A job for a living!"

"That's not exactly the case!" Huang Zicheng said awkwardly, "Now my little brother lives in my father-in-law's house, so I don't want to have nothing to do."

"You got married in the capital?" the one surnamed Zhang asked in surprise.

"Not married yet!" Huang Zicheng immediately told the story.

Several people at the table were amazed and envious of Huang Zicheng's good luck.

The one surnamed Zhang kept shaking his head.

"Yixing, Brother Yu didn't say you, you are also a scholar after all, and you want to marry a merchant's daughter?"

"His family is very good at taking Yudi, and without them, Yudi would not be able to stay in the capital long ago!"

"But you can't be so indiscriminate! You are a person of merit and fame, and you will be required to be a Jinshi in the future. A family of merchants will definitely drag you down in the future!"

"Hehe!" Huang Zicheng lowered his head and smiled, but did not speak.

"But having said that, it's actually not easy for you to find a job as a petty official!" The surname Zhang continued, "Nowadays there are few officials in the yamen, and all the people who handle things are officials. Don't think that officials are not officials, But the power is no less than that of an official!"

"Those who want to harm the yamen, those who are in charge of practical affairs, if you don't give me some benefits, I'm afraid you won't get it!"

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Suddenly, the voice over there just fell.

Zhu Biao's eyes turned sharp.

(End of this chapter)