Chapter 208 The Imperial Examination (1)
When he returned to his bedroom, some queens served the drunken emperor. Zhu Youzhang looked at a palace maid washing his feet and said whimperingly: "Have I forgotten something?"
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On the other hand, the conversation between Wang Zaijin and Tang Bohu continued.
"Tang Qianhu is really open-minded." Wang Zaijin said again: "I admire Tang Qianhu's talent and knowledge very much, and I have long admired him for a long time and have not been able to meet Tang Qianhu."
Speaking of this, Tang Bohu finally understood everything. This guy really wanted to cling to himself. It was a big deal that a minister of War, one of the six ministers, wanted to cling to himself. Tang Bohu didn't want to express his opinion so quickly, just said, "If the officials are free, they will definitely come to Lord Wang's mansion to raise a glass to talk about the wind and moon in the south of the Yangtze River."
Wang Zaijin nodded with a smile and said, "It's getting late, and I should go home."
"Sir Wang, walk slowly." Tang Bohu said goodbye.
At the royal banquet, Tang Bohu met the Six Ministers of the Six Ministers. The Six Ministers of the Court were the core of the civil service group in the true sense. The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Justice. These six ministers were the power distributed in the court to the Ming Dynasty.
Tang Bohu naturally ignored Wang Zaijin's invitation to him. It was already the Spring Festival that the capital was full of lively and joyfulness. In the new year, people are looking forward to a happy life in the coming year.
These days, Zhu Houzhao's confinement was also lifted. After winter it was spring. Tang Bohu and the prince were either in Tangzhuang or in the East Palace, or by the river or in the woods.
Living a free and carefree life of turning a blind eye to the window and hiding into a small building. If you can be lazy, you won’t do serious things. If you can be sloppy, you will never be serious.
For two months, Zhu Houzhao and Tang Bohu lived a very lazy life...
After the Spring Festival, February is the first major event in the capital, which is the test.
The autumn examination was held at the Jiangnan Gongyuan. The autumn examination was the provincial examination and the largest examination for Ming students held in the Ming Dynasty. The spring examination in the capital, that is, the outstanding students selected after the provincial examination, are eligible to enter. It is the second-last mark of the imperial examination. After passing this mark, it is the palace examination. The examination chaired by the emperor himself. If you can pass the examination list, it is just one step away.
Now Tang Bohu is blowing the spring breeze, drinking wine, and sunny at home, and is planning to have a sleep comfortably. At this time, the doorman at home hurried to report, "Young Master, someone said that he was your childhood friend from Jiangnan and was coming to visit you."
Jiangnan’s friend? Tang Bohu had an idea, “Is Zhu Zhishan back again?”
The concierge replied, "The person who came was not Mr. Zhu, but a young man named Xu Jing."
Xu Jing, who is Xu Jing, Tang Bohu thought for a long time, and Tang Bohu sat up and asked, "Is this person named Xu Jing a person from Jiangyin?"
Not long after, the concierge came back again and reported: "Young Master, this person is Xu Jing from Jiangyin."
Tang Bohu's mouth twitched. It turned out that Xu Jing was really there. Tang Bohu's imperial examination fraud case in history was inseparable from Xu Jing.
However, he is already an Jinyiwei and will not participate in the imperial examination again. The incident that he made in Jiangnan made officials from the Jiangnan group quite afraid of Tang Bohu. If he took off the Jinyiwei's official uniform and went to participate in the imperial examination, he would inevitably be counterattacked by civil servants. Tang Bohu understood this and would not cause any trouble.
A very strange feeling was that there was a fork in history here and there was a turning point. Tang Bohu no longer went to the imperial examination, so what would the current imperial examination look like? What would the situation be like when the imperial examination fraud case of the original student? Tang Bohu said to the doorman: "Call Xu Jing, I want to see him."
When he saw Xu Jing, he found that this guy looked like he was four or five years older than him and about twenty years old.
In this life's memory, Tang Bohu is very unfamiliar with Xu Jing. Even from time to time, Tang Bohu has never seen this guy, but he keeps saying that he is a good friend of Jiangnan.
"Xu Jing, a grass-roots man, met Lord Tang." Xu Jing said carefully Tang Bohu.
"I don't know you," Tang Bohu observed him and said, "But I don't understand this when you say you are my friend of Jiangnan."
Xu Jing smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Tang, we are all scholars born in Jiangnan. At the beginning, you and me were both ordinary scholars, but now Lord Tang has transformed into a thousand households in the Jinyiwei, which is really envious of me, a scholar in Jiangnan."
"Mr. Tang's talent and knowledge can only be submissive to the Jinyiwei. This Qiu Ba Martial Officer is really a pity, but Master Tang. Why did he join the Jinyiwei?"
"We are not familiar with each other, why should I tell you?" Tang Bohu said in a concealment.
"This time, Caomin came because he knew that Lord Tang was busy with all kinds of things. If Caomin wanted to see Lord Tang as an ordinary scholar, he would definitely not see me." Xu Jing explained
"You are right, I don't want to see you at all." Tang Bohu said very directly.
"But why did Lord Tang meet me?" Xu Jing asked back.
Tang Bohu really dislikes talking to guys like Xu Jingjing. The other party always keeps a very high attitude to look at him, which makes Tang Bohu very uncomfortable.
"So you came because you admire my talent. So have you admired enough now?" Tang Bohu shook his fan and said, "People are here to see you off."
"Stop it, stop it, stop it, Lord Tang." Xu Jing said anxiously: "This son of Caomin came to represent my many students in Jiangnan. Only ask Lord Tang to be with us at the Cultural Station for a while."
Xu Jing hurriedly said, "I wonder if Lord Tang is interested, so I will come to make our Jiangnan students clear their reputation."
"You want me to help you pull the tiger's skin and pull the flag." Tang Bohu looked at Xu Jing with a smile: "You are saying something strange, but I know it in my heart, and you know it in my heart that if I help you to clear your name this time, then I will definitely be responsible for what happened to the imperial examination for the Jiangnan students in this imperial examination. What I said is not right."
At this point, Xu Jing was silent. What happened to the imperial examination this time? After passing the provincial examination, Xu Jing knew that his talent was not as good as other students. He was mediocre and wanted to pass this examination but had no chance of winning. However, why did Tang Bohu say this? Before coming to the capital again, Xu Jing did think about how to deal with the imperial examination.
What a scholar can experience several imperial examinations is clear in his heart that he is now a good opportunity for young people to show his talents. He doesn't want to miss it. He just wanted to do what he wanted to do in the imperial examinations, but Xu Jing flashed through the sea and did not say it to anyone, but Tang Bohu's eyes told him that the man could see his thoughts at a glance.
Xu Jing bowed and said, "I have disturbed you, I hope Lord Tang will forgive you and the people will give up."
Chapter completed!