Idle courtiers

Chapter 326 Future Examiner
Zhou Nan lowered his voice: "Report to Enxiang, I have found out the military salary privately raised by the Yan Party."

"What, where is it now, how did you find it?" Xu Jie whispered.

Zhou Nan: "Now the silver boat has been detained by the lower officials at the Tongzhou Wharf. Perhaps Mr. Yan Ge knew about it at this moment and must deal with it as soon as possible. The lower officials did not dare to delay for a moment, and hurried back to the capital. Zou Yunqing is already writing about the impeachment of Yan Song. The book, and contact the official censor."

He explained the ins and outs of the matter in detail.

After listening, Xu Jie showed ecstasy. He knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for for many years had finally arrived.

Further, it is to rule the world.

In the past, Yan Song was like a big river lying in front of him, but now it has become a trickle.

A foot of water can be passed through.

"Brilliant job!" Xu Jie gritted his teeth and said, "Go back and tell Yun Qing to let him do it, and the censors will stand by him. But..."

He hesitated suddenly, lost in thought.

Zhou Nan groaned in his heart, the old man was going to be indecisive again.

The tortoise has been forbearing for too long, and he has become a coward.

For the sake of Shigong and Ah Jiu, we have to start another fire.

Zhou Nan: "But I'm worried about His Majesty's side."

Being caught by Zhou Nan, Xu Jie hesitated for a moment, and then said openly: "Your Majesty looks strong and ruthless. In fact, this old man can see clearly, but he is nostalgic. If you let old Yan Ge go at the critical moment, old man Isn't it because you can't beat a snake, but you suffer backlash?"

Yan Song has been in power for more than ten years, and it is not that he has encountered troubles, but every time he seizes the opportunity to turn the situation around and take revenge on his political opponents.

Xu Jie couldn't afford this eventuality.

Zhou Nan suddenly laughed lowly: "Enxiang thinks he has figured out His Majesty's thoughts, but the officials don't think so."

Seeing him being so rude, Xu Jie looked displeased: "How do you say?"

Zhou Nan: "Enxiang is a fan of the authorities, but it is not as clear as us onlookers. It is true to long live the old days, but don't forget, Your Majesty still loves money."

"Love money?" Xu Jie was moved.

Zhou Nan continued: "Mr. En, I came from a poor family. When I was young, I often had a hungry meal and a full meal. I saw a lot of human accidents. / In our countryside, the folk customs are simple. When a big family is together, it is the father and mother. Kind son loves, brothers are harmonious, but that is just a normal day, when it comes to personal interests, there is no human kindness to talk about."

"The so-called clothes are enough to reflect etiquette, honor and disgrace. You can't even eat enough to eat, and you don't even talk about morality and ethics. When brothers separated, there were too many things where they were beaten to death for a hoe, a chicken, and a quilt. .At that time, where is the old relationship between the brothers?"

At the end, Zhou Nan said with a smile: "Yes, Yan Song is indeed guilty of privately raising military pay, but it is true to say that it is for the country and the people. The emperor may be able to let him go when he thinks about his past affection. However, There is a premise here, the premise is that the Yan Party did not take advantage of it to enrich its own pockets. With Yan Party's greedy nature, is it possible?"

Zhou Nan was in high spirits: "In His Majesty's mind, all these military expenditures belong to him. If Yan Song dares to take even a cent, it will be stealing money from him, and there will be no mercy. As long as the investigation continues, Yan Song will definitely not be able to pass this test .”

This is not to be described as opaque, it is already naked.

Xu Jiehuo stood up and said, "Wonderful, great things come true!" He is a big corrupt official, how strict the party's mind can't figure it out - the money is in my hands, naturally I have to scrape some of it first - the so-called know you best is of the same kind.

After saying this, he looked at Zhou Nan with bright eyes.Excited, he grasped his hand and couldn't help shaking it: "Zimu, Zimu, you are really the old man's Hu Ruzhen!"

Who is Hu Ruzhen?

Hu Zongxian is the number one officer under Yan Song, the face of the entire Hu Party.

The fact that Zhou Nan was able to get such an evaluation from Xu Jie showed how high his status was in Kame Xiang's mind at this moment.

Originally, there was no shortage of talents under Xu Ge's old sect who had been an examiner for the examination.But since his reputation was ruined, serious students like Zhang Juzheng refused to get close to him, and the number of talents in his staff became scarce day by day.

Now the only thing that can be taken out is Qiangshizhong, and now the Secretary of the General Administration is counseling Zou Yinglong.

To be honest, when Zhou Nan first appeared in front of him, he still couldn't catch Xu Ge's eyes.In Xu Jie's view, this is a young scholar with corrupt conduct, a miscellaneous official.Fly camp dog dog, it's okay to do some dirty work down there, but it's a bit of a loss to push it to the front desk.

Arranging him to go to the Military Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, that is, the next step of idle chess, did not expect him to be of great use.

Who would have thought that this little pawn would burst out with enormous energy, directly obtain the evidence of overthrowing the strict party, and accurately grasp the emperor's will.

This is not a talent, who dares to call it a talent?

Xu Jie immediately got up to cultivate Zhou Nan's heart.

With this son's resourcefulness and methods, he has been trained for more than ten years, and he may not be able to become the pillar of the Xu family.In comparison, his son and Zou Yinglong were really far behind.

However, Zhou Nan has a huge shortcoming - no diploma - at least you have to be a Jinshi!Even if you can't order Hanlin, with the support of the old man, if you carve it well, the governor of a province is expected.

Zhou Nan was praised by the old man Xu, and he felt a little flustered, and said: "What's the matter with Enxiang, just ask, dare not refuse."

Xu Jie: "The following matters have nothing to do with you. You still go back to the General Secretary to inquire about the news. If you have any evidence of impeachment against the Yan Party and faction, assign it to the cabinet as soon as possible. In addition, the autumn is coming, so don't delay any longer. Studies. Your mentor Wang Shizhen is a well-known Confucian in the world, study hard under his disciples, and try to get a Jinshi."

Hearing what Xu Jie said, Zhou Nan thought about his master, and said in tears, "I tell you, my mentor, I'm afraid that my mentor has no intention of teaching lower officials knowledge at this moment."

Xu Jie asked, "But because of the Wang Shu case?"

Zhou Nan: "Exactly, the teacher's kindness is as important as a mountain, and I ask the kindness to help me." As he spoke, tears flowed even more.

Seeing Zhou Nan so sad, Xu Jie felt emotionally: Although Zhou Zimu has a bad character, he is a grateful person, and it is worthwhile for the old man to support him.

He said: "The Wang Shu case was framed by Yan Song. If the Yan Party can be eradicated this time, the old man will naturally express his feelings to His Majesty."

Zhou Nan was overjoyed, and quickly bowed down: "Thank you, Enxiang, I will tell my teacher the good news about his old man."

Xu Jie: "However, this case is an imperial case. Back then, Wang Shu was not good in battle and the emperor was furious. It's not entirely because of Yan Songjin's slander. This old man can only do his best."

After bidding farewell to Xu Jie and coming out of Xiyuan, Zhou Nan wiped his eyes, feeling suddenly a little embarrassed in his heart.I cried twice today, my acting skills are excellent, it's really embarrassing.

Hey, have I already entered the ranks of greasy middle age and become sentimental?
He hurried to Wang Shizhen's place, wanting to tell his teacher the good news.

As soon as they arrived at the ground, they saw many cars and horses parked in front of Wang's house, and a lot of people were moving things out of there and loading them onto the cars in a mess.

Wang Shizhen and his wife just came out and were about to get into the sedan chair.

Zhou Nan hurriedly went up to salute: "I have met my teacher and my wife, where are you two old people going?"

The wife smiled and said, "I was about to tell someone to go to Zimu to say that your benefactor has already bought a house, which is only one mile away from here. It is really impolite to keep renting at Mr. Yingde's house."

Only then did Zhou Nan suddenly realize that housing prices in the capital have risen sharply recently.Most people in the world buy up and not down. Wang Shizhen has always had the intention of buying a house or land, but she was concerned that the price was a bit ridiculously high and wanted to wait.

But I don't want to wait more and more expensive, and I can't wait any longer.

His new home is only one mile away, which is convenient.

"Congratulations, teacher, congratulations, teacher's wife."

Wang Shizhen: "Zimu, why are you looking for a teacher today?"

Zhou Nan said in a low voice: "Men, teacher's wife, the student of the master's case heard some news, and he didn't dare to delay to report it."

Wang Shizhen and his wife both looked shocked, and said at the same time: "Zimu, let's go home and talk."

Soon, the three arrived at Wang Shizhen's new home.

This courtyard is still big and new, much better than Tang Shunzhi's.It can be seen that the Taicang Wang family is rich.This kind of big house, buy it when you say it.

After entering the study, Zhou Nan explained in detail the matter between himself and Xu Jie, and finally said: "The situation in the court is about to change drastically, and the Yan Dynasty is here. Once Yan Song falls, it should not be difficult to rescue Master from prison."

After hearing what he said, Mistress hurriedly clasped her hands together: "It's really God's blessing!"

Wang Shizhen also had tears in his eyes: "God bless, it all depends on Zimu. The old man accepted a good student, and the old man did not misunderstand the person."

After finishing speaking, he wiped away tears: "I will contact my comrades immediately, and I will also impeach the strict party and traitors."

Just as he was about to leave, Wang Shizhen suddenly stopped and said to Zhou Nan, "Zimu, the candidate for the examiner for Shuntian Mansion Qiuwei you want to participate in has been determined, so there must be trouble."

"Is it settled?" Zhou Nan said, "Anyway, it's not Gu Yan, it's the same for anyone."

At the beginning, he moved his household registration to Beizhili. According to Wang Shizhen, Gu Yan, the head of the Ministry of War, intended to be the chief examiner of Beizhili.This person had an old grievance with his mentor, and because of this, Wang Shizhen knew this person very well.

Knowing his taste and thinking about the topic, he can easily hit the topic.

In this way, there is a bit more certainty in winning a Juren.

Now the Chaohe Institute in Miyun, where Zhou Nan was located, was inexplicably assigned to Shuntian Mansion, so Gu Yan probably wouldn't be able to pass his main exam.

It's the same for other people to be the examiner. With the ability of Wang Shizhen's examination machine, it doesn't necessarily mean that you can't figure out what kind of articles the examiner likes if you think about it carefully. To Zhou Nan, it doesn't make any difference.

Wang Shizhen: "The final exam is over. It just so happens that Gu Shangshi has become the chief examiner of Shuntian Mansion."

It turned out that officials who were above the seventh grade in Beijing and below the servants in the final exam, and officials with Jinshi achievements could sign up for the exam.After passing the exam, the imperial court negotiated and dispatched them.It's not that you can go wherever you want.

Gu Yan wanted to be lazy and wanted to be an examiner in Beizhili.But the imperial court considered that there were too many talents in Shuntian Prefecture, and it really needed a person with outstanding knowledge and reputation among scholars to be able to hold down the candidates.

Gu Shang felt that Jiangsu Shilin was quite famous, so he was the right candidate, so he ordered this job.

Zhou Nan: "That's a coincidence, isn't it just right?"

However, Wang Shizhen looked worried: "I forgot to tell you. Gu Shangshi is from Jiangyin, and he is from the same town as Tang Yingde. He has a bad temper and has enmity with Yingde. You are from Tang Yingde's curtain, and you are my student. I am afraid that I will hurt you. Unfavorable. The worst thing is that Gu Yan's sixth son-in-law is the favorite student of Xu Yang's uncle Xu Qian, the governor of Fujian Province. You made a big bet with Xu Yang and ruined his reputation. I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this time."

"Ah!" Zhou Nan was dumbfounded.

I stepped on Xu Yangda and even stepped on Gu Yan, so that I could not die, and Gu Yan even became my own examiner.

Will the surname Gu De let me go, Zhou Nan?

That's right, during the Qiu Wei exam, the examinee's papers had to be transcribed in anonymity, to prevent favoritism and fraud to the greatest extent.But in the affairs of the world, it is too easy for a person who holds great power to find loopholes.

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan became extremely angry: the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was inbreeding, and if they met anyone, a large group of people could be drawn in as soon as they were involved.Anyone can make trouble for you, the atmosphere is really bad.

Seeing her student's complexion changed drastically, Wang Shizhen scolded: "If you study hard in the past, and you really write articles so that people can't make mistakes, who can harm you, why don't you go back and study hard."

"Yes, yes, sir, the lesson is right." Zhou Nan retreated resentfully, and returned to the state of studying hard.

What follows is a battle of wits between big shots, which has nothing to do with a small official like him.

That's right, the downfall is a historical inevitability, and there is no suspense anymore.This matter is of great benefit to Zhou Nan. With Xu Jie's support, he has been able to successfully enter the threshold of the seventh rank.

"However, this is not enough! Without a diploma, you will end up being a fourth-rank magistrate for the rest of your life. What a waste of such a good platform as Xu Jie. You need to study hard, otherwise how can you be reconciled?" Zhou Nan made up his mind.

(End of this chapter)