As early as the day when the Ministry of Rites announced the time of the palace test, the major gambling houses in Beijing opened a handicap, and the top ten of the gold test list of the gambling hall were matched, but Xu Jin, the first place in the test, became the biggest unpopular, and there were very few people who bet on him to win the championship. The news that Xu Jin offended Yang Ge Lao and Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has already spread in the community, and these two are the examiners of the palace examination, and the first assistant Yang Tinghe even holds the right of "one veto", so very few people are optimistic that Xu Jin will be able to fold in the Toad Palace.

Like Guo Shouqian, the children of the nobles who are full of food and support, usually like to cause trouble, not to mention that the last time the Four Seasons downstairs help medicine failed to plot against Xu Jin and others, they have been "stubborn", and at this time, they encountered it, otherwise they would take the opportunity to mock a few words, and if they could, they even planned to beat Xu Jin.

At this time, Zhang Ruihe, the grandson of the Marquis of Shouning, said with a smile: "Han Shouqian, Xu Jin is Huiyuan anyway, you bet one penny too much to look down on people, so I bet two pennies, twice as much as you!" ”

The pests burst into laughter again. Fei Maozhong was about to scold, but Xu Jin made a gesture to stop him, and smiled calmly: "Then thank you two for being able to afford it." ”

After Xu Jin finished speaking, he turned around and walked freely, a group of well-fed straw bales, Xu Jin didn't bother to pay attention to them at all, not to mention that these guys had too much energy, and the more they paid attention to them, they would definitely get more and more energetic.

Fei Maozhong snorted contemptuously, flicked his sleeves and turned to catch up with Xu Jin.

The people in the government couldn't help but look at each other, and at the same time they were extremely unhappy, it felt like a crazy green building, just arrived at the key point, and it was over before they entered the door.

"Grandma's, this Xu sour seed is too unplanted!" Han Shouqian said stupidly. This thing originally wanted to provoke Xu Jin, but when the other party replied, he beat him up with his head, but who knew that Xu Jin left lightly, so he didn't even have an excuse to do it.

At this time, a noble disciple said: "Let's humiliate Xu Suanzi like this today, what if he really wins the champion by then?" ”

Guo Xun pouted and said: "Offended Yang Tinghe, Xu Suanzi still wants to win the champion?" Dream about it, it's impossible! ”

"You can't say that, the list hasn't been released yet, isn't it rumored that Xu Saozi's roll was deposed by Shi Xuan, and then he didn't take the huiyuan!"

Guo Xun said disdainfully: "That time it was an oolong, and with Liang Chu's strong support, Xu Jin took Huiyuan." There are only 300 people who participated in the palace examination this time, and it is not easy to make some small moves, and there will definitely be no such thing as an oolong. What's more, can Shi Xuan be compared with Yang Tinghe? Hey, don't talk about the champion, if Xu Sour can enter the top ten, Ben Shao will write the name upside down! ”

The pests couldn't help but nod their heads, indeed, how could Shi Xuan compare with Yang Tinghe? Now in the court, Yang Ge Lao said something more effective than the one in the palace, it is really too easy to rectify a new science and technology scholar.

"Xu Huiyuan, please stay!"

Xu Jin and Fei Maozhong were just about to get into the carriage when they saw a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, carrying the hem of his robe, trotting to catch up, it was the oldest Xinke Gongshi Zhang Xuan.

Xu Jin stopped and said with a smile: "Is there anything wrong with Brother Bingyong?" ”

Zhang Xuan walked to the front and stopped, and said with a smile: "It's still early, I want to invite Ziqian and Minshou to have a drink at the restaurant in front of me, I don't know if the two of you are willing to appreciate their faces." ”

Zhang Xuan has participated in seven consecutive exams before and all of them fell to Sun Shan, last time he took Xu Jin's question back to practice, it was really beneficial, and he also won a question during the exam, and finally got his wish to win the list, just the hundredth, as long as the palace exam played normally, there should be no problem in entering the second grade.

Xu Jin smiled and nodded: "It's better to be respectful than to obey!" ”

I have the impression that Zhang Xuan started to make his fortune through the discussion ceremony, and he is a guy who is very good at seizing opportunities, Xu Jin wants to see what the purpose of inviting him to drink before the palace examination is.

Someone treated, Fei Maozhong naturally had no opinion, but he was a little curious, why Xu Jin would look at a guy who was nearly fifty years old and only passed the exam. Moreover, Zhang Xuan only took the 100th place in the exam, this kind of achievement is destined to make a big difference, at best, it is a county order, and he is so old, the room for rise is extremely limited.

The three of them found a fairly clean restaurant near Guozijian, asked for two pots of wine and a few side dishes, and chatted while eating.

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere began to heat up, Zhang Xuan coughed lightly and said: "It is said that the court and the central government are discussing the matter of giving the title to King Xingxian and Princess Xingxian recently, I don't know what Brother Ziqian and Brother Minshou think?" ”

The scholars of Guozijian like to discuss the government and politics, especially during the period of Emperor Hongzhi, Hongzhi was relatively generous, opened his way widely, and never stopped feasting on large and small scriptures, and was deeply loved by civil officials. Therefore, in the Hongzhi Dynasty, officials were willing to advise, and civil politics also reached a small peak, and under the influence of this, the scholars who were studying were keen to discuss current affairs.

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the power and prison of the Zhengde Dynasty have almost been swept away, and civil politics has once again prevailed, and the literati seem to have seen the "good times" of the Hongzhi Dynasty again, so the scholars of the current Guozijian have begun to discuss the government again.

During this time, the most discussed issue was naturally the issue of giving honorific titles to the new monarch's biological parents, and the scholars of the Guozijian were divided into two factions, one group supported the results of the cabinet's resolution, and the other group opposed it. Of course, the vast majority of scholars supported the cabinet's resolution, and Fei Maozhong was one of them.

So at this time, Fei Maozhong replied: "I agree with the resolution of the cabinet, the Xingwang line is a small sect, and the first emperor is a large sect, and the new monarch will succeed the big sect with a small sect, so it is natural to change the door and change the court, and it is natural to call Xiaozong (Hongzhi) the emperor's filial piety." ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head and said: "I don't dare to agree, the new monarch inherits the Ming Dynasty, whether it is the Xingwang lineage or the first emperor's lineage, it is the bloodline of Taizu, why should it be divided into large and small sects." What's more, King Xingxian only has one son, Jinshang, and according to the etiquette, the only son cannot be passed on to others. ”

Fei Maozhong frowned and wanted to refute, but he couldn't think of a reason for refutation for a while, so he kept silent.

Xu Jin couldn't help but feel a move in his heart, it seems that Zhang Xuan has worked hard in this regard.

Seeing that Fei Maozhong was speechless, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but feel a little proud, and asked Xu Jindao instead: "What does Ziqian think?" ”

Xu Jin didn't have much research on ancient etiquette, and this thing was meaningless in Xu Jin's opinion, spending too much effort on it would be useless for the country and the people, and would only waste time and financial resources.

If Yang Tinghe forced Zhu Houxi to recognize Zhengde as his father, Xu Jin would definitely oppose it, after all, recognizing his cousin as his father, even he, a modern person, could not accept it, but he could accept love by recognizing Emperor Hongzhi as his father. Of course, if Zhu Houxi is really unwilling to recognize Emperor Hongzhi as his father, Xu Jin will also stand with him, regardless of right or wrong, even emotionally.

Xu Jin smiled and said: "It's not our turn to decide this matter, so I won't express my humble opinion in the future!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled when he heard this: "What Ziqian said is very true, let's eat salty radishes and worry about it, hehe, let's talk about something related to us, the day after tomorrow is the palace test, what kind of exam questions does Ziqian think the emperor will have?" ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, it seems that this is the real purpose of Zhang Xuan inviting himself to drink, this guy was calm, and he made a big turn before asking.

The palace examination was presided over by the emperor, and the questions of the palace examination were also issued by the emperor, and there was only one policy question, which was to govern affairs and govern the government, not to test the scriptures and righteous articles.

Now who doesn't know that Xu Jin once saved Xinjun, and Xu Jin was a guest of Xingwangfu before Xinjun ascended the throne, so Xu Jin must know Xinjun quite well. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Xuan asked Xu Jin to explore the situation.

Xu Jin said: "I'm not a worm in the emperor's belly, how do I know what questions will come out of the emperor's palace exam, but as far as I know, the emperor seems to be more interested in expanding the territory." ”

Zhang Xuan's eyebrows moved, and he was secretly happy in his heart, this wine was not in vain, and said with a smile: "Brother Xie Ziqian pointed out!" ”

Xu Jin smiled, Zhang Xuan, the future first assistant's favor, he was still willing to sell one. Of course, Xu Jin didn't dare to guarantee that the little slave would definitely come up with a strategy in this regard, and he hadn't seen that kid since the enthronement ceremony that day.

They talked for a while, until it began to get dark, and then they left the tavern.

Zhang Xuan looked at the carriage driving away, smiled and stroked his beard, he invited Xu Jin to drink this time, and the probing tone was only secondary, but the real intention was to be close to Xu Jintao.

The icing on the cake is not valuable, and sending charcoal in the snow is precious, when others are alienated from Xu Jin, Zhang Xuan does the opposite, because he sees it longer than others!

With Zhang Zhang's conditions, if he doesn't find a unique way, he is destined to make great achievements in this life!