Wei Zhongxian received the Thirteenth Princess and the Forty Young Princess in one meal, and gained a lot, but his relationship with Zhu Youcheng was gradually leaking.

The two remarks at the banquet were heard by Taibao and Xiaotaibao. After asking around, Zhu Cheng turned out to be Zhu Youcheng, the grandson of Wei Zhongxian; he had a very good relationship with the emperor; this time the Donglin Party was suppressed was said to be his idea; the Zongren Mansion was demolished a few days ago, but after the demolition, nothing happened. The old clan of the Zongren Mansion ordered the Qin King Zhu Yiheng to step down, and even the throne was not saved, so he abdicated to his son in advance.

The Taibao and the Little Taibao wanted to flatter Zhu Youcheng, but Zhu Youcheng asked him to throw away all the gifts, which broke the idea of ​​establishing a good relationship with Zhu Youcheng. But it doesn't matter, Zhu Youcheng and Wei Zhongxian have a relative relationship. He is Wei Zhongxian's Taibao, so he is considered to be a kiss. Although Zhu Youcheng seems to be the most reckless person in the Ming Dynasty, he is actually meticulous and does nothing, so he has to give himself some face in the future.

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Before the Chinese New Year, the Jinyiwei sent to Jiangnan finally brought Ling Mengchu back, and now he can finally comfort Emperor Tianqi's desire for talent.

Ling Mengchu is a delicate and gentle middle-aged man with thin eyebrows and long eyes, a thick beard and a short beard under his chin.

Just like Zhu Youcheng imagined, Ling Meng first heard that he could get a position of deputy Qianhu from the sixth rank, so he followed the Jinyiwei to the capital. No wonder, people often say: "Learn from the civil and military skills and sell goods to the emperor's family." Only by becoming a superior official can he work for the emperor and seek benefits for the people.

When he met Zhu Youcheng, Ling Mengchu made the same request as Feng Menglong, which was to ask the Qianhu to allow him to take the scientific examination. This is easy to understand. The policy of the Ming Dynasty was to use civil service to build military affairs. No matter how high the rank of military officers was, they had to behave properly when they met civil servants.

Zhu Youcheng agreed immediately. Like Feng Menglong, he was an unlucky scholar with poor luck in the exam. No matter how many times he took the exam, it would be useless. Zhu Youcheng was not afraid of his deputy Qianhu leaving.

When Ling Mengchu first entered Beijing, Feng Menglong happened to finish writing "The Sound of the Wind in the East Lin". When he saw Ling Mengchu, Feng Menglong took out his work and studied it with him. The more they talked, the more they became more and more speculative. Feng Menglong took out the paradise wine he had collected for many years, and the two talked while drinking.

As the name suggests, Paradise Wine is a good wine produced by Children's Paradise. However, unlike other products, this thing is not sold to the public and is only used as gifts or prizes. Zhu Youcheng knew that many people could not resist the charm of white wine, so when refining alcohol, people leave a little as white wine, and paired with exquisite glass bottles, becoming another popular product in children's paradise. Many Beijingers are proud of having a bottle of Paradise Wine at home.

Wang Chengen once asked why not bring Paradise wine to the market as a flagship product. Zhu Youcheng told him that there is no special brewery in Children's Paradise, and they buy wine brewed from outside and refine it. The quality is difficult to guarantee and put it on the market, which can easily affect the reputation of Children's Paradise.

Feng Menglong and Ling Mengchu drank until midnight, and they talked about Yi Xing and were drunk. As a result, Feng Menglong delayed his visit to Emperor Tianqi and delayed his honor to serve as the head of the Ministry of Rites for one day.

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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is time for the third year of the Apocalypse Examination.

Because he knew that Zhu Youcheng was very talented, Wei Zhongxian did not go to the examiner to take care of him this time, otherwise he would have won Huiyuan and was questioned and left the back door, which would have been unbeautiful.

Huiyuan was presided over by the Ministry of Rites, and the undergraduate exam was Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites and Wang Tu, the Left Minister of Rites.

The former Minister of Rites Gu Bingqian was promoted to the position of Chief Secretary of the Cabinet, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge and Minister of Rites, and the position of Minister of Rites was empty. There were very few people in the court, and Sun Shenxing of the Donglin Party was promoted to the position of Minister of Rites with shackles.

In previous years, the main examinations of the general examinations could receive a large number of talented disciples, and they were full of energy; but this year's main examinations were much worse, and they actually entered the examination room with shackles and did not release them until the exam started.

The imperial examination is a national scientific examination. Those with excellent grades are tributes, that is, future Jinshi, because the next palace examination is just to further establish the ranking of candidates for the Jinshi, and they rarely dismiss the candidates. Moreover, this year's scientific examination has accumulated two classes of candidates for the provincial examination, and the admission rate is more than twice that of previous scientific examinations. By becoming examiners, you can become the attendant of this group of Jinshi, and the power in the court will increase greatly. Unfortunately, the two examinees this year, Sun Shenxing and Wang Tu were involved in the rebellion case of the Donglin Party. If the emperor had too few ministers, how could they keep their posts in shackles? Now they only wait for the members of the eunuch party to grow up and leave their posts and return to their homeland. This time, the chief examination is purely for others to make wedding dresses, so how could these two people be happy?

Sun Shenxing whispered: "Mr. Wang, I heard that Zhu Youcheng will also take the exam this time."

Wang Tu was a little surprised: "Who is Zhu Youcheng?"

"You are really deaf and only read the books of sages. Zhu Youcheng doesn't know that our Donglin Party has failed this time, but it is in his hands. Without him giving advice for the emperor behind the scenes, why would we be defeated so miserably?"

"So that's how it is. I said, why did the carpenter emperor become so decisive and actually brought out the Taizu to make law to repair us. This trick not only cleaned up the ministers who had objections in the court, but also would not cause the government to collapse due to the large-scale arrest of ministers. It's so smart, so smart. But what does Zhu Youcheng have to do with us? Even if we give him the throne of the top scholar, he will not join our Donglin Party."

"Of course he will not join the Donglin Party. He said that the Donglin Party has become a cross-border rat today. Even when the Donglin Party is in its prime, he will not join the Donglin Party. According to reliable information, he is the grandson of the old eunuch Wei, how could he join the Donglin Party?"

"There will be retribution. This kid will be punished too much and he will definitely be retribution."

"Mr. Wang, now there is a great opportunity in front of us, it depends on whether we can catch it. If we grasp it, we don't have to wait for God to repay Zhu Youcheng. We can repair him directly."

"What opportunity? Is there any danger? Everyone saw the fate of the Guangxi Censor You Shiren a few days ago. He died and his clan was destroyed. His wife and daughter were sent to Jiaofangsi. Lord Sun, it wasn't me that I became timid. I am a family and a career, so I have to consider my children and grandchildren. If I contribute my life to the Donglin Party, I will have no regrets. But my wife, daughter, son, and grandson are so innocent. I can't push them into the fire pit for my own reputation. Now, working with shackles is already the great grace of the emperor. When the emperor finds someone to replace us, we can retire and return home. If something happens, no matter how kind the emperor is, I am afraid that we will not be able to tolerate us."

"Mr. Wang, please relax. You have a family and a career. Am I alone alone? This method is absolutely foolproof. I heard that Zhu Youcheng had a very good mentality when taking the exam. He entered the exam room and did not sit and wait for the papers to be distributed, but covered his head and fell asleep. We adjusted all the candidates around him, on the surface to create a good test environment for him, but in fact, we did not let others wake him up and let him sleep until the next day. At night, we woke him up to see how he answered the questions. If he woke up early, it wouldn't matter. I prepared the second trick to deal with him. In this exam, we did not write the test questions on the test paper, but read it aloud. In this way, even if he woke up, he didn't know how to answer the questions."

"Is it a violation of etiquette to recite the topic? Don't be faulted by others."

"Don't worry, there are precedents in this matter. In the 22nd year of Wanli, in the 44th examination of Wanli, the chief examiner read the questions and asked everyone to answer them. Moreover, all the palace examinations were answered. We followed the examples, who dared to say what, and who could say what?"

"My dear! Lord Sun, in this way, Zhu Youcheng will definitely lose his reputation this time."

"Hmph, huh, Zhu Youcheng, we can't kill you, but we can at least suppress your imperial examination for three years and break your bold words of winning six yuan in a row." Sun Shenxing said viciously.
Chapter completed!