"So what? Jinshi Yijia, when you get to the palace exam, you don't necessarily have to be the top three, right? The names of champions, top eyes and tanhua may not be determined like this, right? Wu Sanfu said.

Wu Sanfu's words attracted the approval of all the scholars.

At this time, Wei Bao, who had never spoken, found a person, a person he knew - Wu Kongjia.

Wu Kongjia was originally from Anhui, and it stands to reason that he should stand among the people of Nanzhili.

But Wu Kongjia already claimed to be the disciple of Gonggong Wei, and it was impossible for him to stand with the Jinshi of Nanzhili, so he also stood in the wave of Jinshi of Beizhili, but he never spoke.

At this time, Wu Sanfu followed Wei Bao's gaze and also saw Wu Kongjia, and said strangely: "It's you?" Listen to your accent, are you our northern student? ”

Because of the test, even if everyone doesn't know all their peers, at least they are all familiar.

The rest of the Beizhili students also sensed that something was wrong and asked Wu Kongjia where he came from.

"It doesn't matter where I'm from, the important thing is that I'm a student of Master Wei Guangwei!" Wu Kongjia identified himself in Anhui dialect. Although the expression is not very clear and a little vague, everyone understands that this person is a eunuch.

No one said anything anymore, but everyone was very polite to Wu Kongjia and asked him about his surname.

Wu Kongjia said his name, and everyone heard that it was the first name of the second class, and they respected Wu Kongjia more.

Wei Bao, the second place in the second class, leaves an impression far less than the first place in the second class.

Most people are only impressed by the people who are in the first place.

"Wu Gongzi, I have admired the name for a long time, and don't forget our friendship in the same year in the future."

"Wu Gongzi is not only the top of the second class, but also the person of Wei Gonggong, and eighty percent still have hope of entering the top three of the first class! I wish Wu Gongzi in advance the champion, the leader, and the flowers. ”

"Yes, Wu Gongzi has a lot of hope, can't the top three of the first class all be from Donglin, right?"

A group of students outside Donglin kept currying favor with Wu Kongjia and whispering.

Wu Kongjia was calm, quite a general, and he didn't seem to be overjoyed because of everyone's stuttering.

"Wei Gongzi." Wu Kongjia actually took the initiative to say hello to Wei Bao, but no one came, and the two of them were more than twenty meters away.

Wei Bao was a little surprised that Wu Kongjia would take the initiative to greet him, nodded his head, and responded to it.

"This person is quite capable of pretending, he almost got into a fight with our people in the alley last night, and today he is like a nobody." Wu Sanfu whispered in Wei Bao's ear: "It seems that the city is quite deep, so be careful." ”

President Wei hummed softly, this is where he thinks Wu Sanfu is reliable, Wu Sanfu is playful on the surface, and he doesn't care about anything, but he is actually quite scheming, he will pay attention to anyone, and how to deal with whom, Wei Bao feels that Wu Sanfu is very measured, even more sophisticated than him.

Whether it is practicing martial arts, being a person, studying, or being an official, Wei Bao feels that he is not much better than ordinary people, and even in some aspects, he can't even reach the average score of ordinary people.

Fortunately, in this life, President Wei will not be easily discouraged, and the strong foundation laid in the first year has left him with a united team, even if the team is not very strong.

Even if millions of people may not be able to create any value at present, maybe even self-protection, even food and clothing are difficult, maybe it is still his drag, but Wei Bao is confident that his team will grow in the future.

Because of the team, he has confidence.

Because of the large number of people who wanted to enter the mansion of Lord Gu Bingqian, the first assistant, the door reported the number and let the jinshi enter one by one.

Generally, in order of ranking, there are also individual children of the powerful who have preferential treatment, and they can be given priority without waiting.

Wei Bao ranked second in the second division and was the fifth to enter.

Although theoretically, Wei Bao still has the hope of entering the top three in the palace examination, but this possibility is too small, so except for Wei Bao himself, who still has faint expectations, others will not pay attention.

Gu Bingqian's mansion is not big, and the front and back yards are almost the same size, which is also the characteristic of the mansion in the capital.

Even if it is a mansion, it also maintains the pattern of a quadrangle, the front yard and the back yard, four in and four out, if it is placed in the future generations, there is such a quadrangle in the inner city of the capital, which is worth at least billions.

It's a pity that this is the Ming Dynasty, even if it is a first-class mansion, it can only be bought for two or three thousand taels of silver.

Therefore, when President Wei returned to the capital, he asked people to quietly buy hundreds of yards, and even bought all the idle shops in the capital, bought them and rented them to others.

The capital still does not look deserted in such a disaster year, and President Wei really has some credit.

The place for the banquet is in the courtyard of the backyard, and there are tables on the corridor, otherwise the courtyard alone will not be able to sit so many, three hundred people, plus officials, at least four hundred, ten people a table, and more than forty tables.

Because it was in the Shoufu Lord's mansion, all the Jinshi were well-behaved, and after entering the mansion, they no longer talked casually, and they watched and listened to all directions, for fear of making mistakes.

Wu Sanfu followed Wei Bao closely and said softly: "Lord Shoufu's mansion is just like this, it is not as big as my family's mansion in Shanhaiguan, and it is not as big as my family's mansion in Yongping Mansion. ”

"This is Jingshi, compared with Shanhaiguan and Yongping Mansion? What is the price of land in Beijing? Wei Bao chuckled slightly.

It took half an hour for all the jinshi to take their seats.

Although he was not treated like Wu Kongjia by the stars of the non-Donglin system.

But Wei Bao is young, among all the Jinshi, there are very few people between the ages of twenty and thirty, and people in their early thirties like Wu Sanfu are extremely young.

The mainstream is between forty and fifty, and there are even many jinshi over fifty.

In this way, Wei Bao, a teenager, is a little conspicuous.

Fortunately, it was only the second place in the second class, and it didn't get in anyone's way, so although some people talked about Wei Bao's age in private, it didn't cause widespread discussion.

Compared with the fifteen-year-old junior sergeant, everyone seems to be more interested in Wei Bao's businessmanship.

It's not the kind of interest that looks up, but a little contempt in it.

Because in this era, no matter how successful a businessman is, he must be despised in front of officialdom.

One of those present counts as one, or is an official, or is about to become an official.

Compared with the entry of the jinshi, when the officials came, the speed was much faster, because they had official uniforms and invitations, and they did not need to spend time identifying them.

President Wei sat quietly and did not speak, listening to the officials being polite to each other, as if most of the officials who came were officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, all of whom were officials related to this examination.

No matter how you look at it, Wei Bao will not be the protagonist of the banquet today.

As the guests gradually arrived, the invited officials arrived, the atmosphere began to liven, and the jinshi dared to chat quietly.

However, Wei Bao could feel the embarrassment of the Jinshi.

Because when they were outside, everyone was gathered according to Donglin, the eunuchs, and the neutrals.

But inside, there were basically seats arranged according to the ranking, Wei Bao and Wu Kongjia sat together, and Wu Sanfu sat on the corridor.

The more than a dozen tables on the corridor are all from the top three Tongjinshi.

Wei Bao and Wu Kongjia can actually be regarded as the same camp, they both belong to the Wei Zhongxian sequence, but they really have no common topic.

Donglin students and students from other areas have no topic, so that the Jinshi at a table will automatically be divided into two factions, or three factions, where can the atmosphere be harmonious.

Fortunately, everyone will not be at the point of saber rattling, knowing that the other party is not in the same camp as themselves, so it's a big deal not to talk.

Just as the feast is about to begin, the protagonist enters.

In addition to the Jiliao Governor Sun Chengzong, several ministers of the cabinet have arrived.

Gu Bingqian, the current cabinet chief assistant, the young master of the first month of the Jin Dynasty and the secretary of the prince and the prince, is a scholar of the Jianji Palace.

Zhu Yanxi, the first month of the Jin Dynasty and the prince and the prince, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, the scholar of the Jianji Palace.

Wei Guangwei, the first month of the Jin Shaobao and the prince Taifu Rite Department of Shangshu, Jianji Hall University Scholar.

Zhou Rupan, Fellow of Dongge University.

Huang Liji, Fellow of Dongge University.

Ding Shaoshi, Fellow of Dongge University.

Feng Quan, a waiter of the Jin Rite Department and a scholar of Dongge University.

Sun Chengzong, out of town, young master and prince and prince.

Wei Bao knew that Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei were members of the Wei Party, or people who were inclined to the Wei Party.

Zhu Yanxi is the leader of Donglin.

As for the other ministers, President Wei can't figure it out for the time being, and he doesn't want to figure it out.

As far as he is a newcomer to officialdom, the Ming officialdom is not much about his business, and when he reaches the level of a cabinet minister, it is even less about his own business.

Originally, Wei Bao wanted to distinguish which ones were the Donglin Party and which were the Eunuch Party from the attitude of the officials, but it was obvious that the officials had more city governments than the Jinshi, and they really couldn't tell from the surface.

Listening to their greetings, Wei Bao seemed to know that Wei Guangwei was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhou Rupan, Huang Liji and Ding Shaoshi seemed to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

This is a bit confusing President Wei, a Ministry of Rites, could it be that there are four Shangshu? Two at most, right? One left book, one right book.

There was also a scene of harmony among several ministers.

This made President Wei more and more incomprehensible.

However, when the last big man entered, President Wei understood everything.

"Nine thousand years old!"

With a trumpet, everyone stood up.

The quiet pin drop in the audience can be heard, and this quiet atmosphere feels like a royal car.

Wei Bao saw Zhu Yanxi and Zhou Rupan showing disdain, and knew that the two of them must be the leaders of the Donglin Party.

Zhou Rupan is a native of Qingpu Village, Lianjiangli, Putian. Born in the first year of Muzong Longqing (1567), he lost his father at an early age and was raised by his widowed mother. In the twenty-second year of Wanli (1594), the township examination was lifted. In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli (1598), Zhao Bingzhong was selected as a Jinshi, and he was selected as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and he was awarded a review.

In the 40th year of Wanli (1612), he was the chief examiner of the Jiangxi Township Examination, and was transferred to the right concubine, in charge of the Economic Bureau. In the first year of the Apocalypse (1621), he was the right attendant of the Shengli Department, and was the president of the "Records of Shenzong" and "Records of Guangzong". In the fifth year of the Apocalypse (1625), he was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites with Ding Shaoshi and Huang Liji.

And although Ding Shaoshi is not as disdainful as Zhu Yanxi and Zhou Rupan showed, he can also see that he does not respect Wei Zhongxian very much!

Therefore, Wei Bao felt that Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi, like Zhu Yanxi, were both Donglin Party.

And the other two ministers, Huang Liji and Feng Quan, were a little exaggerated, nodding and rushing towards Wei Zhongxian, and fools could see that they were eunuchs.

Huang Liji was a scholar in the thirty-second year of Wanli. Tired officials and young Zhan Shi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites. After Ming Xizong ascended the throne, he became a close confidant of Wei Zhongxian, and in the fifth year of the Apocalypse (1625), he was promoted to the Ministry of Rites, and he was also a scholar of Dongge University, and entered the cabinet to participate in the maintenance of the aircraft.

Feng Quan is a native of Zhuozhou, Shuntian, and this person Wei Bao knows that he is an authentic minister.

Ming Wanli Jinshi, grant review. In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian, who was a waiter of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Dongge University, entered the cabinet, and soon became a scholar of Jin Shangshu, and added Shaobao and the crown prince.

Wei Bao knew that this person was because he had read a book by Kangxi before, this Feng Quan was also cut to the people after the fall of Wei Zhongxian, but when he entered the Qing court, he surrendered to the Manchu Qing as soon as possible, and he rose again in the Manchu Dynasty, and he was still a cabinet minister, still in charge of the Ministry of Rites.

It can be said that it is quite reused.

The cabinet ministers plus Sun Chengzong are a total of eight people.

Wei Bao knew that Sun Chengzong was a neutral, so it seems that of the seven ministers in the court, four were eunuchs or inclined to eunuchs, and three were Donglin or inclined to Donglin parties.

From the point of view at the highest level, it was the eunuchs who prevailed.

What's more, the first assistant Gu Bingqian is also Wei Zhongxian's person.

President Wei didn't think of this Feng Quan at first, but Feng Quan's reputation was not as good as Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui. Fan Wencheng is just a big deal.

"I really didn't expect the nine thousand years old to come, I just sent someone to deliver the post, I didn't expect you to really come." Gu Bingqian personally greeted him out.

Wei Guangwei followed behind Gu Bingqian and did not speak.

Huang Liji and Feng Quan were able to enter the cabinet because of Wei Zhongxian's relationship, and they really respect Wei Zhongxian as if they were his biological father, and one left and one right have taken the initiative to act as Wei Zhongxian's handrails.

The two of them kept saying that please slow down at the nine thousand years old and beware of Yunyun.

Wei Bao Khan, what should you watch out for on this flat ground? You're already a minister, do you want to flatter in public like this?

"I didn't want to come, but I think I should come to get a little joy, so many new science and technology scholars will be pillars of the court in the future." Wei Zhongxian smiled very gracefully.

But in terms of temperament and appearance, President Wei really admires Wei Zhongxian, and feels that if he is filming a TV series, he must at least find Chen Daoming to play the image of Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian is really a handsome and aura person, who is not politically charged, and even makes people feel revered and willing to follow him.

If you put aside the political color, just from the appearance, the aura of Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi together will not be able to catch up with the nine thousand years old.