The six Shangshu, the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, and the General Administration Secretary are collectively known as Jiuqing, all of whom are the bigwigs of the center of the imperial court, and Fei Hong actually said that he has the talent of the minister, which is quite high.

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "Master Fei praised it falsely, Master Sun doesn't have to take it seriously, Xu Jin is still too bad to guard a county!" ”

Sun Sui smiled and said: "Ziqian was fifteen years old and talented, why bother to be self-indulgent, he will definitely be the pillar of my Ming Dynasty in the future." ”

Sun Sui is not exaggerating, Xu Jin is fifteen years old Zhongxiu can be regarded as a prodigy, if he can pass the next township examination and the meeting examination, he will only be seventeen years old at that age, even if he slowly boils his qualifications, he can survive to the position of Jiuqing, and it is not impossible to even enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister.

Looking at the cabinet chief assistant of our dynasty, such as Shang Chen, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, etc., are all prodigies, and Fei Hong is also a prodigy of the thirteen-year-old Xiucai, although he has never served as the first assistant, but he is also a cabinet scholar. Therefore, if Xu Jin can maintain the current momentum, it is possible for him to enter the cabinet and worship the prime minister in the future, let alone the six ministries and nine secretaries.

Of course, there are also prodigies who fell halfway, for example, there is one in Nanchang City at the moment, Tang Bohu was the first person to take the hospital examination at the age of sixteen, but unfortunately he was indulgent and uninhibited, and he spent years of time, and he was only promoted in the examination at the age of twenty-eight, and later he was involved in the imperial examination fraud case and was stripped of his reputation.

However, Xu Jin is not interested in the so-called minister, how tired it is to be a Beijing official, he has to get up in the middle of the night to go to the court, and the best thing is to let go to any county master and be at ease.

Xu Jin diverted the topic and said: "By the way, when it comes to the water thieves in Poyang Lake, the students have remembered one thing!" ”

"Ziqian, talk about it!" Sun Sui suddenly became interested, this is his own lucky general, the last time he exterminated the lead mountain bandits, Xu Jin brought it, and even caught the bandit leader Wu Basan in the end, Xu Jin discovered it first.

Xu Jin said: "Last month, the students came to Nanchang to catch the exam, detoured to Ruihong Town, Yugan County to visit the old man, and later took a boat from Poyang Lake to the Ganjiang River, and met a group of water thieves near the tributaries of the lower reaches of the Gan River. ”

Then Xu Jin told him how he had encountered the water thieves, and Sun Sui couldn't help but sweat after hearing it, and said: "You are really bold, those water thieves are extremely cruel, if you find your fishing boat, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Xu Jin nodded and said: "The student is also shocked when he thinks about it now, but fortunately, the old man and brother-in-law are both experienced fishermen and are extremely familiar with the terrain in this area of Poyang Lake!" ”

Sun Sui's heart moved, and he took a map of Poyang Lake from behind the book case and opened it: "Ziqian denied that he had encountered the location of the water thief!" ”

Xu Jin stood up and glanced at the rudimentary hand-drawn topographic map, and said with a wry smile helplessly: "The student just passed by by boat, how can he recognize it, but the student's brother probably recognizes it." ”

Sun Sui nodded and said: "That Ziqian will let him come to see the official, oh yes, Ziqian's brother is very skilled, there is a shortage of manpower around the official, and the official wants to recruit him as a personal soldier, do you think it will work?" ”

Xu Jin groaned: "This ...... Let's ask him what he means! ”

Originally, Sun Sui was the governor of a province, and now he is the marshal of Jiangxi's suppression of bandits, and it is obviously very promising to be a personal soldier by his side, but Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, is very likely to rebel next year, Sun Sui, as the governor of Jiangxi, is also in Nanchang, once the king of Ning suddenly makes trouble, Sun Sui will definitely bear the brunt, so it is also very dangerous to follow him.

Xu Jin knew the historical trend, so he naturally refused to push his second brother-in-law into the fire pit, but he couldn't directly refuse Sun Sui, so he could only euphemistically say that he wanted to ask Xie Erjian first.

Sun Sui didn't care, after all, he was not a military attaché, and it was impossible for him to command the army all the time, and it was understandable for Xu Jin to think about the future of his brother, so he nodded and said, "Okay, the official will ask him in person later." ”

Xu Jin hesitated for a moment and said, "In addition, the student has something to ask Master Sun for help!" ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" Sun then closed the map.

Xu Jin told the story of Ning Wang Shizi's trial in the courtyard, and Sun Sui's slightly upside-down brows suddenly stood up, and he said angrily: "Whoever dares to take the imperial examination, and selects talents for the country, this is the foundation of the country, and how can others be allowed to interfere, let alone to vent personal anger." How can this be reasonable, this matter will be talked to Ru Deng, Ziqian does not need to worry too much, he can rest assured to participate in the second session tomorrow, and the official will investigate thoroughly afterwards! ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, he came to Sun Sui today, in fact, he was mainly worried about the second day of tomorrow's college exam, and Ning Wang Shizi would let people secretly do things, and now that he got Sun Sui's promise, he finally put his mind at ease, stood up and arched his hand: "Thank you Lord Sun for presiding over justice, then the student will retire first." ”

Sun Sui nodded and said, "Go, rest early!" ”

Xu Jin got up and left, and after returning to his residence, he called Xie Erjian.

"What, Lord Governor wants to see me?" Xie Erjian said in surprise.

Xu Jin said a little apologetically: "I told Lord Sun about the water thieves I encountered in Poyang Lake before, and Lord Sun asked you to identify the map." In addition, Lord Sun intends to recruit you as a personal soldier, so you'd better not ...... Forget it, you can do it yourself! ”

Xie Erjian glanced at Xu Jin inexplicably, before he refused to be a personal soldier for Yu Baihu, because he looked down on the hundred households in a local health center, but Sun Sui was the governor of a province, and now he was still on duty to suppress bandits, and there were many opportunities for meritorious service, why did his brother-in-law seem to not want to agree to himself?

Xu Jin couldn't help but remind: "King Ning has the intention of rebellion, and it is very dangerous to follow Lord Sun!" ”

Xie Erjian couldn't help but be stunned, and said with a smile: "Wouldn't that be better, Lao Tzu has long seen that King Ning is not pleasing to the eye, if King Ning dares to rebel, I will help the governor to destroy him, as Yu Baihu said, a good man should immediately look for a seal, and quelling the rebellion is a great achievement!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, he was worried about the danger, but the second brother-in-law saw the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but also, risks and opportunities coexist, since the second brother-in-law chose it himself, what else could he say.

Xie Erjian patted Xu Jin on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, the second brother has no other skills, but he has the ability to run away, and I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet!" ”

Xu Jin is a little funny, when you become Sun Sui's personal soldier, can you still abandon the master and escape? It's good to be a little disciplined!

However, Xu Jin had already seen that Xie Erjian's ambition was not small, and he would definitely not miss such a good opportunity, and it was useless to persuade him by himself, no matter what, the road was chosen by himself, and he had to bear the risk himself.

Xie Erjian left Xu Jin's room and went to the study to see Sun Sui.

On the fifth watch of the next day, Xu Jin and the Fei brothers rushed to the Admiral Academy to participate in the second session of the college examination. The number of candidates participating in the second session was more than half of the first, only about 700 people, and all of them soon entered the venue.

Today, it is not Liu Zhong who is in charge of singing and protecting the imperial history, but an official of the Admiral Academy. Because of Sun Sui's guarantee, Xu Jin is very relieved today, as long as no one does anything, Xiucai's fame will be decided.

The second re-examination was simpler than the first, with two eight ancient texts, one trial poem, and then a silent writing of the "Sacred Oracle".

Xu Jin is now familiar with writing Bagu Wen, and the trial poem is written about autumn scenes, which is even more difficult for him, and there are many poems that write autumn scenes in later generations.

As for the "Holy Oracle Guangxun", Xu Jin also remembered that the melon was ripe, so he completed the paper at three o'clock in the afternoon, and left the examination room easily after releasing the cards.

Xu Jin is relaxed, but the same examiner Liu Zhong is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and now he already knows that he has put an oolong, and the seat number "Bingsanlu" is not Xu Jin at all, but Yuan Cheng, the head of Nanchang Mansion, this idiot actually changed seats with Xu Jin, and the strategy also used the "recruitment system", so that he thought that this volume was Xu Jin's, what a pig!

It is said that the task given to Liu Zhong by the prince of Ning Wang is to make Xu Jin unable to pass the hospital examination, and now Xu Jin is already ranked third in the inner circle in the first game, if he has no major fault, it is a sure fact that he has passed the college examination.

The major mistakes here refer to: cheating, adulterous criminal department, etc., but this is obviously unlikely, this test is over, how to catch Xu Jin cheating, and it is even more impossible to frame him as a traitor, people have been living in the governor's yamen, and there is the governor's support!

Liu Zhong thought about it and decided to talk to the chief examiner Xu Kui tonight.