After reading it, Jiang Anyi handed over the memorial to Li Mingde. After reading it, Li Mingde's face was mixed with joy and sorrow, and he wanted to speak but stopped.

Jiang Anyi asked in surprise: "Li Donghong is the Yushu Tingzhi of the Li family. Such a talent should be cultivated with great effort. I think Mingde is in a difficult position. Could it be that there is something hidden?"

Li Mingde sighed and invited Jiang Anyi to the back hall. Then he spoke: "Donghong is the son of my fourth brother. He is from a concubine. The Li family has great business. There will inevitably be differences between legitimate and illegitimate families. Donghong's family is average, but as a member of the Li family, he still has food and clothing. Donghong's child is talented. He became a scholar at the age of 18 and passed the juren at the age of 22. The clan also attaches great importance to him and goes to the government to help him go to Beijing for the exam. His eldest brother Mingxing asked him to live in the mansion and take him to attend the Beijing party, paving the way for him to become famous."

In this way, the Li family has high hopes for Li Donghong, so why does he look down on his face?

"Donghong failed to take the exam. My eldest brother advised him not to return home and stayed in Beijing to prepare for the exam. However, Donghong's child was not lucky and failed to take the exam twice in succession. He lived in Beijing for a long time and spent a lot of money. He had complained in the clan, and even his family in the eldest brother's mansion had a cold voice and ridicule him. So Brother Mingxing asked him to help with some official duties and familiar with the official system. Donghong got it very quickly, and Brother Mingxing handed over most of the official documents and letters to him to manage, so Donghong was able to write this memorial soon today." Li Mingdedao.

"I failed to get a chance to try it for a long time and lived in the capital. Donghong's child could not help but miss his family. After being depressed for a long time, he would go out to drink to drown his sorrows. In April of the 17th year of Fengle, he had a conflict with Shi Chongfang, the grandson of Prince Ningling (the emperor's uncle), in a restaurant. Afterwards, Shi Fanggui, the prince of Prince Ningling, sent someone to send a letter to Brother Mingxing, saying that Donghong's behavior was frivolous and reckless, which led to the loss of the jade pendant on his son. This jade pendant was given by the emperor and was of great significance."

Ningling County Prince Shi Qingguang is the younger brother of Emperor Xuan. Today, he is the uncle who is born in a concubine. Although he is a prince, Shi Zhiguang's favor is far above Anyang King Shi Qingfeng. Jiang Anyi heard that the emperor intended to favor Ningling County Prince to show his deep affection for the family. The Ningling County Prince was obviously a smart man, never mixed with political affairs, and was determined to make money. It is not an exaggeration to describe the wealth of Ningling Prince Mansion as a country. Jiang Anyi heard that the royal mansion had 50,000 hectares of land, manors and private houses were everywhere. Yunshanfang, one of the four major gambling houses in the capital, belonged to him. It is rumored that the wine and yellow suzui also had shares. There are thousands of other shops and industries. Jiang Anyi is rich, but it is nothing compared to Ningling County Prince.

Jiang Anyi frowned slightly. He said that he had a little holiday with the Prince of Ningling. When he was ordered to go to the casino to scrape silver, he won 420,000 taels from Yunshuifang. Afterwards, Ningling Prince's Mansion had no reaction. It was because he knew that he was instructed by the emperor and did not want to argue with him, so he became indifferent to his affection with the emperor. However, Jiang Anyi heard that Prince of Ningling Prince Shi Fanggui found an excuse to find Cheng Xiquan at Duke Wen's mansion and wanted to leave Erzheng shares of the Cheng family's silk and satin farm from him.

This prince was not arrogant, and Jiang Anyi had never seen him, but from the fact that Yunshuifang incident, the prince was a ruthless character. It is said that he often purchased rare treasures from north to south in the name of his father to offer them to the palace. When he was in the Qing Dynasty, he voluntarily paid more than 10,000 hectares of land and owed 100,000 taels of taxes. The emperor issued an edict to praise him as "my good horse"

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"My brother Mingxing had to take Donghong to Ningling Prince's Mansion to accompany him and compensate him with 10,000 taels of silver. Shi Chongfang said coldly that Donghong would not allow Donghong to stay in the capital again. In desperation, Donghong had to give up the imperial examination and return to the clan." Li Mingde shook his head and sighed: "At that time, the Li family had a shortage of income and expenditure. Because Donghong's mistakes cost ten thousand taels of silver, many tribe members were dissatisfied and asked Donghong to pay out of his own pocket. Although I tried my best to speak for Donghong, I could not defeat the public's wishes and had to let him teach in the private school, and he would pay 16 taels of Shu Xiu every year as compensation. Donghong has an old man and a wife and children, and the family was not wealthy at first, so I could only secretly subsidize some silver to make him make a living."

No wonder Li Donghong was dressed out of date and had a haggard face. He was originally just doing things without paying money and owed a large amount of debts. It was somewhat similar to his own back then. Jiang Anyi was sympathetic and said, "This brother Li is a talented man. Jiang is willing to hire him with a lot of money. I wonder if Mingde Gong would rather give up?"

Li Mingdedao: "An Yi's view of Zhongdong Hong is his luck, but he followed An Yi to Beijing, so it is hard to explain to the Prince of Ningling."

Jiang Anyi smiled slightly. Zhang Keji's affairs could be settled back then, but Li Donghong's affairs were insignificant. After his general Li Donghong wrote the "Memorial on the Construction of a Group" written by him, he would find an opportunity to explain the reason to the emperor. The emperor cherishes his talents and will definitely return to protect Donghong.

After hearing Jiang Anyi's plan, Li Mingde smiled happily and said, "Donghong met Anyi, which is his personal blessing, and it is also my Li family's blessing. Donghong will ask you Anyi."

Back in the front hall, everyone's memorials were almost finished. Jiang Anyi looked and chose, and ten people, including Li Donghong. Li Mingde knew it and encouraged everyone to disperse. He secretly sent someone to call the candidates selected by Jiang Anyi to the study to drink tea.

Jiang Anyi smiled and said, "The Li family is full of talents, and those who come to run for the election are all talented. You are also the best among the best. You have to take you all into Beijing according to Jiang's wishes. Not to mention being an aide, with your talents and knowledge, if you participate in one or two imperial examinations, you may have to go to high school."

Everyone smiled reservedly. Jiang Anyi said good things. Everyone who sat there asked about his talent and knowledge, but only 2000 people were selected for the imperial examination every three years. How difficult it is to choose only 2000 people. Not to mention others, Li Donghong wrote a thousand words, and was able to wait for his talents. Even Li Mingxing praised him for winning the title. He also failed twice. He hoped that he would be more direct than becoming Jiang Anyi's aide. Moreover, he listened to Jiang Anyi's words and did not oppose his aides participating in the imperial examination. Compared with the two, everyone knew how to choose.

After random comments on a few good aphorisms from several people's memorials, Li Donghong heard that he wrote "Soldiers can fight, people can hold on" as a wake-up call by Jiang Anyi, and couldn't help but smile. It seemed that Jiang Anyi was quite satisfied with the memorials he wrote. If he could be chosen by him, his embarrassment might be changed. Both Li clan members are uncles and brothers, and everyone knows each other's bottom line. Jiang Anyi only needs two aides, and he doesn't know who the flowers are falling, so he can't help but feel a little nervous.

"Jiang is transferred to the capital this time, and I don't know the depth of the capital. I hope all the wise men will tell you what it is to be an official in the capital? How should we deal with it?" Jiang Anyi asked.

As soon as the words were finished, someone on the left responded loudly: "It is not easy to be an official in the capital, there are all princes and nobles, and the officials are mixed with each other, and the relationship is complicated.

As soon as he moved his whole body, there might be a big man behind a small chief. Shu Dongliang said bluntly that although the emperor was favored by the emperor and was a high-ranking official in the fourth rank, his foundation was still shallow and he had no ability to rely on except Lord Ling Shiyu."

The speaker is Li Dongliang, who is about the same age as Li Donghong, and he is also a juren. Seeing Jiang Anyi looking at him with a smile, Li Dongliang became more and more energetic. He started to take the lead. He must have left a deep impression on Jiang Anyi's heart when he was the first to speak.

"The adults must gain a foothold in the capital. In addition to following the emperor and the prince, they must form alliances and consolidate the foundation so that they can advance step by step."

Jiang Anyi asked with a smile: "How to do it specifically?"

"My Li family is one of the aristocratic families. My uncle Li Mingxing ranks as the nine ministers and has a great influence in the court. The adult is the son-in-law of my Li family. My Li family is naturally a solid support for the adults. Secondly, the adults are from Zechang Academy and have many officials in the capital. Adults must integrate into it. If they can become the leader of the Ze party within three to five years, great things will be accomplished..."

Jiang Anyi listened with a smile. Li Dongliang's ideas sounded beautiful, but Mr. Zhang and Mr. Fan both warned him to be cautious in forming clans. Forming clans has always been a taboo by the emperor. The party in the court seems to be powerful, but in fact it is just a means used by the emperor to check and balance aristocratic families. There are many princes and nobles in the capital, and they have been intricately married for more than a hundred years. Jiang Anyi came to learn to form clans and build clans. Isn't it a joke? It's better to be straightforward and open-minded.

As soon as Li Dongliang finished speaking, a scholar on the opposite side shook his head and argued: "Brother Dongliang is such a bad word. The way to be a minister is loyal and diligent. The adults are just thirsty, and it is time to be enterprising. How can scholars be complacent and complacent..."

Everyone spoke, each of them was passionate, but Li Mingde noticed that Jiang Anyi's smile was a little stiff. He knew in his heart that his children seemed to be very confident, but in fact they were just talking about it based on hearsay. Such general talk was hard to impress Jiang Anyi.

When the voice stopped, Jiang Anyi's expectant eyes fell on Li Donghong. Li Donghong hesitated for a moment and said, "Donghong is good at writing memorials, managing documents, handling miscellaneous matters, and giving advice. Since I have asked, Donghong will dare to say a few words. The situation in the capital is complicated. When the adults first arrive in the capital, it is better to be quiet than to move. You might as well be familiar with the situation step by step and wait until you have a firm foothold before you develop. Just now, Brother Shiping said that being an official lies in the word "loyalty and diligence", which makes it very reasonable. As long as you are loyal, you will naturally be valued by the emperor if you do more or less, and even if you have some twists and turns, you will not be too generous. You are only a little older, don't be too anxious to achieve success. You have more than ten years of operation and a high-ranking minister is just around the corner."

Jiang Anyi nodded. Li Donghong's words were inconsistent with Fan Shi. Being a Beijing official is not as good as an external position. There are fewer restrictions on external position. You can follow your own will with great decisiveness. The Beijing official is always in a state of mind. It is better to be quiet than to move and to be on the right track. Li Donghong has been in the capital and has better knowledge than others.
Chapter completed!