After the dispersal of the dynasty, Wei Yishen and the six Shangshu and the attendants, and the nine Qings of the five temples and three supervisors came to the Zichen Hall as usual to discuss matters. Everyone looked solemn, thinking about how to persuade the Son of Heaven to give up the copper system.

Shi Fangzhen saw their plan, and preemptively spoke: "I don't need to say anything about Tongkuang, I also know that this is a double-edged sword, I promise you, Tongkuang will only collect and find out the matter of the battle of acres, and after the national war is over, I will immediately issue a decree to revoke Tongkuang." ”

Everyone was gagged by the Son of Heaven, and it was not good to say much. Wei Yishen took out a document from his sleeve and said: "The prince is about to settle in the East Palace, long live the old minister to select the Chongwen Pavilion bachelor and the straight bachelor, the minister has drawn up some lists, please long live the royal review." ”

Obviously, the list drawn up by Wei Yishen did not suit the taste of the Son of Heaven, Shi Fangzhen put the document on the table after reading it, and said: "These people proposed by Wei Xiang are all old and serious people, obviously they have put some thought into it, I have seen that these people's moral articles are enough, it is enough to select the best part, and if the four bachelors and eight straight bachelors all choose such people, they will repeat." ”

"Hooray, please."

"The prince is young, I intend to choose some young and promising people to assist him, these people must be young, have good articles, and be able to work hard, such as Wei Youcheng, I think it's very good."

With the depth of Wei Yi's deep city mansion, he couldn't help but smile, and said with a smile: "Long live the praise, you still need to be tempered, but there is a little old minister who can pack a ticket, and my Wei family's loyalty to Long Live and the prince can be seen by the sun and the moon." ”

No wonder Wei Yishen is very happy, if his grandson Wei Youcheng becomes a straight bachelor, he will have a teacher-student friendship with the prince, and next year his grandson will marry Princess Anshou, the prince and his sister have a deep relationship, with these two relationships, the Wei family can be described as powerful, at least fifty years undefeated, and it ranks third and fourth in the family. As for Youcheng is still young, it is very likely that he will become prime minister in the future.

The other people smiled on their faces and echoed in their mouths, muttering in their hearts, your two parents' families are obviously fat and water that does not flow into outsiders' fields, and they are fake for public and private interests.

To everyone's surprise, Shi Fangzhen looked at Yu Zhijie and said with a smile: "Jiang Anyi is also very good, Master Master is a high apprentice, Yu Aiqing has meritorious service in educating people." ”

Yu Zhijie was secretly ashamed in his heart, most of this credit belonged to Fan Yanzhong and Zechang Academy, speaking of which, this cheap disciple helped him a lot. Yu Zhijie said humbly: "An Yi acted impulsively and thoughtlessly, and the ministers were busy with official business, so they did not discipline him enough. ”

"Yu Shangshu should take care of this 'second stunned' well, so as to save him from causing trouble everywhere and sticking to the flowers." Wang Kefu sneered strangely on the side.

Ding Dawei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was fined for half a year because of Liao Jianhui's affairs, and he did not have a good impression of Jiang Anyi, and interjected: "Jiang Anyi is frivolous, and the minister heard that he is quite famous in the Qinglou, and it is rumored that the glamorous words he wrote in the Qinglou bid ten taels and one words, which is really insulting. Recently, the minister heard that he took a concubine, and his concubine was obtained during the Qing war in Inju. ”

If it weren't for the "five hundred taels of silver" incident, Shi Fangzhen knew something about Dong'er and Tong'er, Jiang Anyi's image in the heart of the Son of Heaven would have been greatly reduced.

Shi Fangzhen waved his hand, signaling that Yu Zhijie didn't need to explain, and said: "The reason why I am optimistic about Jiang Anyi is that he is dedicated to the country, and he does not think about things as much as you, weighs the pros and cons, and puts his selfish interests before the country, and I take his heart." As for other small things, I still have a little bit of belly. ”

Ding Dawei touched his head and didn't dare to say anything more. Wang Kefu did not give up, and continued: "Long live, the crown prince is the foundation of the country, and the minister thinks that people with bad virtue are not suitable to hold the position of direct bachelor. ”

Looking at Wang Kefu's fair-skinned thin face, Shi Fang's true anger was a little out of place. Not long ago, Shi Fangzhen still arranged Wang Zhizhi to serve as the chief of the Ministry of Officials, giving the mother face. As a result, Long Wei reported that Wang Zhizhi spent 2,000 taels of silver on this kid, chartered the Spring Building, and celebrated all night with his fox friends and dog friends.

"Wang Kefu, when it comes to virtue and loss, probably no one can match Ling Gongzi, so he will celebrate the Spring Building, what a big deal. Liu Weiguo's birthday, what do you send no less than a thousand taels, what is Jiang Anyi sending, it's just a congratulatory message written by himself, whose virtue is at a loss compared to the two? Pan Qing, this time the dispatch of manpower to various states to investigate, people like Wang Zhizhi still don't need to be surprised. ”

Wang Ke's soul is not possessed, he only knows kowtow when he lies on the ground, and he is disgusted by the Son of Heaven, and this day is over.

Shi Fangzhen shouted in disgust: "For the queen's sake, I don't plan to dispose of you." You don't have to go to court in the past six months, read more sage books at home, and tell your mother-in-law not to run to the palace all the time. ”

Wang Kefu left embarrassed with a flushed forehead, and Shi Fangzhen said in a heavy tone: "The world has been peaceful for a long time, and some people whose ancestors have contributed to the country lie on the merits of their ancestors to eat and drink, and they do not want to forge ahead. Anointing Liang came out and saw what Wang Zhizhi had become. ”

The atmosphere in the hall became a little embarrassing, half of the people present were from official families, like Prime Minister Wei Yishen, and Lu Jialin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was born in a family, and Yu Zhijie, the secretary of the household department, Wu Huaren, the secretary of the criminal department, and Ding Dawei, the secretary of the military department, came from a cold family, and the emotion of the Son of Heaven made the courtiers a little uncomfortable.

Guo Congshi rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Long live, you don't agree with what you said." To say that the world's largest rich family is the royal family, not to say long live you are wise and martial, the prince has been smart and studious since childhood, both civil and military, long live and choose virtuous and virtuous, the prince will be able to continue the unification in the future, and I will be able to pass on the great Zheng Guoye for thousands of generations. ”

The words of Shi Fang were really long, and the ministers were also secretly relieved, and the reputation of "Guo Xiaohu" was really true.

Lu Jialin said: "What Guo Shangshu said is reasonable, needless to say, the grandson of Prime Minister Wei Cheng, the minister also knows that Zhu Yifeng, the grandson of Taiwei Zhu, is young and promising, and the fourth son of Han Hou is either literary or martial ...... among the people, and the children of the family are full of talents."

Good guy, Lu Jialin said a pillar of incense, and there were nearly 100 people who were named by him, most of whom were children of official eunuchs. Shi Fangzhen smiled: "Lu Qing, I think you have to change positions with Pan Qing." ”

Pan Linfeng, the secretary of the ministry, said with a smile: "Lord Lu is like a treasure to the younger generations of the family, and Pan is indeed inferior, but Pan, as a secretary of the ministry, sees the world's talents, if it is limited to a corner, long live will accuse me of dereliction of duty." Since Lord Lu has started, the minister also recommended some talents from the court to Banzai......"

The butt determines the head, Pan Linfeng was born in Zhangyi Academy, it is considered a academy faction, most of the officials he recommended were from Zhangyi Academy, Zechang Academy and Guozijian, a large list of names were spoken, and people were drowsy when they read it, and even Shi Fangzhen was a little distracted, and he didn't pay attention to what he said.

As a result, the hall is like a porridge, you say a word, I say a word, everyone recommends their talents to Long Live to Long live, even Yu Zhijie is not exempt from vulgarity, and Zhang Yucheng is pushed out by the way.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Wei Yishen was getting old and his energy was a little lacking, so he sat on the stool and shook it.

Shi Fangzhen caught a glimpse, interrupted everyone with a cough, picked up the document and read: "In this way, the bachelors of the Chongwen Pavilion are mainly recommended by Wei Xiang, Mao Huacheng, the right Cheng of the Political Affairs Hall, Wei Huaichao of the Imperial History, Chen Yinguang, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, and Duan Cizong, the secretary and young eunuch. ”

Every time the Son of Heaven says a person's name, everyone is thinking in their hearts, Mao Huacheng is an old man in the political hall, rigorous in his work, and upright; Wei Huaichao probably got appreciated and squeezed into the list today, Chen Yinguang sent an envoy to the Northern Desert to live up to his mission, as for Duan Cizong, he was originally just a criminal department, and he was inconspicuous among the courtiers. The year before last, the Son of Heaven elected him as the deputy chief examiner of the imperial examination, and then moved into the political hall, and was promoted to three levels within two years.

After appointing the Chongwen Pavilion Bachelor, Shi Fangzhen threw the document back on the table and said, "Zhu Qing said so many talents just now, it is difficult for me to choose them for a while. You can fill in the name, resume, and talent of the recommended person to the official department for filing, and ten days later, I will personally try in the Xuanzheng Palace to select a direct bachelor of Chongwen Hall for the prince. That's all for today, let's disperse. ”

Long live the news that he was going to try the Chongwen Pavilion Straight Bachelor in person spread quickly, and this palace test was the Qingyun level of promotion, and its role was no less than the title of the gold list. The Beijing officials who were qualified to participate were all moved, and even some squires and langzhong were crowded into the list, and there was a lot of traffic in front of the six Shangshu, and there was an endless stream of visitors.

Long live the selection of talented people to go to 27 prefectures to check the acres of land, and select a group of people to secretly supervise. The Qing War envoys in the last pilot project were all promoted to one level, which made many low-level officials red-eyed, and they could not squeeze into the circle of Chongwen Pavilion direct scholars, and there may still be hope for this Qing War envoy and supervision envoy. Rats have rat paths, snakes have snake paths, if the entire Yongchang Emperor is compared to a huge spider web, then spiders large and small are agitated by the word fame and fortune.

And another major news has been ignored by officials of all sizes intentionally or unintentionally, that is, the restart of Tongkuang, it seems that no matter what the system is, it can't stop everyone's hot desire to be promoted to become rich.

Prime Minister's Mansion, East Academy. Wei Yishen, who had been tired for a day, reclined on the couch, Wei Youcheng carefully pinched his grandfather's feet, and after a while, the snoring sounded. After waiting for a while, Wei Youcheng got up quietly, gently covered the brocade sheet next to him on his grandfather, and stood on tiptoe to leave.

"Yucheng, you wait." The old man felt shallow, and Wei Yishen woke up when the brocade fell on him.

Wei Youcheng helped his grandfather sit up, Wei Yi patted his grandson's shoulder lovingly, and said with a smile: "Grandpa is old, the Wei family is going to see you this year." ”

"Grandpa, you are still young, and your grandson still thinks about you nurturing great-grandchildren." Wei Youcheng suppressed the sadness in his heart and pretended to be cheerful.

"Hehe, you and An Shou won't get married until next year, but you're in a hurry." Wei Yishen smiled and took a sip of the tea handed over by his grandson, and sighed with satisfaction: "Don't worry, grandpa won't close his eyes if he doesn't see your child born." Judging from the fact that today Long Live wants to appoint you as a straight scholar of Chongwen Pavilion, the Wei family's grace has not diminished, and it is not in vain that Grandpa is standing behind Long Live in the matter of clearing the fields. ”

"Youcheng, with your cleverness, coupled with the relationship between An Shou and the crown prince, you should be able to ensure the prosperity of my Wei family. But you have to pay attention to Jiang Anyi, this son is no less holy than you in the heart of the Son of Heaven, this person is from a poor background, whether he is willing or not, he will be regarded as a representative of the poor family, and you are from a family, you will become the spokesperson of the family in the future, and the two of you are born enemies. The Son of Heaven has to weigh the differences, and he doesn't want to see the two of you as friends, so if you encounter political disagreements with him in the future, even if the Son of Heaven supports him, you must speak out loudly, because the more this is the case, the more you will be valued. ”

Prime Minister Wei taught his grandson, but Jiang Anyi leisurely painted his eyebrows for Dong'er, and the little ceremonial member Wai Lang never thought that he would be so valued by the prime minister of the dynasty, so that he wanted to teach his grandson the foundation of his foothold.

The imperial capital in June is destined to be turbulent.