The Prosperous Era of Longwan

In the evening, after dinner in the lobby outside, Lao Kanyou began to organize a game to play for money. This was the only fun for these Jinshi who had not yet been assigned a place to go.

Wei Guangde waved his hand, "I'll just play with myself today. I received a letter from home today, and I have to go back and fix one. If I go back to my hometown in Jiangxi, I'll ask someone to take it back with me."

"Why are you anxious about this? It's not too late to write a letter after the results of the North Korean exam are out and the place has been decided. Just ask who here has written a letter."

When Lao Kan heard Wei Guangde's reason, he immediately smiled and said.

"That's right, I have to wait until the arrangements are finalized before I write back. Now my family may have received the results of our palace examination, and there is nothing to say. I will tell my family after I get my official position."

Zhang Ke answered.

"What are you going to write back to now? Is there an official position? If you pass the first-level exam and you have obtained the official position, it will still make sense when you write the letter. Let's take a walk and play a few games before we talk."

Wei Guangde heard this and felt that it made sense. He had not yet decided on his official position, and he didn't know what to say in the letter. As for the land matters, he was not in a hurry.

The fields around Jiujiang Prefecture are not so easy to buy. It is normal to have a price but no market.

Jiujiang Mansion, Wei Zhai.

"You heard what my elder brother said before. Xiao Er is definitely going to be an official in the capital. You can find someone to take the money there when you can."

Mother Wei sat on the bed and said leisurely that her son had been away from home for several months and Mother Wei missed her son.

"Wait a minute. When Guangde left, he said that he would definitely become an official when he left. He sent us a letter then, asking us to go to the capital to live for a while."

Father Wei looked at his wife and smiled and said, "Wait a minute, when Guang Dexin comes back, we will write to him."

"In fact, you should write to him now, tell him about the incident, and see what your son's attitude is."

Mother Wei thought of another thing, so she said again.

After hearing this, Father Wei just thought for a moment and shook his head: "That's not necessary. We have already agreed. Parents make the final decision on their children's marriages. This has been the case since ancient times. He can still change the world."

"But, at least tell your son."

Wei Mu still insisted.

"Okay, I'll write a letter tomorrow and ask someone to take it with me. I don't think Guangde will refuse this marriage. It will only be good for him and not harmful."

Father Wei thought about it before saying.

"Yes, I think so too, but I don't know if my son has anyone else in his heart."

Mother Wei said.

"What are you talking about? Is it my son?"

Father Wei opened his eyes wide and asked in surprise.

"No, no, I just thought that the waiter couldn't stay at home and often ran out." Wei's mother explained the reason for his guess.

"No, that kid went out to play with his classmates at night. I heard Shigui said that he and Zhang Hongfu both like to go to Cuixiu Hall to drink and listen to music. It's not what you think."

Dad Wei breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile. Wei Guangde and his classmates went to a brothel to hang out. Dad Wei bumped into them, but he didn't say anything. As long as he didn't mess around in there, he just drank and listened to music.

"Do you think the waiter will be unhappy? After all, we just listened to the Zhang family and agreed without even seeing it."

We are still worried.

Well, no matter how good others say it, Wei’s mother still feels insecure and worried about being cheated without seeing it with her own eyes.

"You are worrying too much. You have seen Mr. Xu's appearance before. His biological sister should not be too different."

In fact, the ancients were also obsessed with appearance. Regardless of the appearance of the person who started his family, as long as he had money, he would marry a beautiful woman. No matter how bad the genes were, they would become good after several improvements.

The Xu family is like this. The ancestors of the Xu family are not bad. Naturally, a woman who can enter the palace of the Duke of Wei cannot be a crooked melon. Under normal circumstances, the men born are all good-looking, and the women are also delicate and charming. Under normal circumstances, they are Those things that Mother Wei was worried about wouldn't happen.

As for whether Mr. Xu can inherit the title in the end, it is relatively unimportant.

In the Ming Dynasty, the daughter of the Xu family who married into the Wei family had nothing to do with the Duke of Wei.

What's more, as far as now is concerned, if the Wei family was still a vassal of the Xu family before, it is different now.

Wei Guangde has become a Jinshi, and his superior will only be the emperor and not his Xu family.

When will civil servants be afraid of nobles and nobles?

Besides, Zhang Qing and Zhang Tongzhi made a special trip to the Wei family regarding Wei Guangde's results in the palace examination. Together with Zhang Shigui and Wu Zhankui, they analyzed in detail the signals behind Wei Guangde's first place in the second class.

Wei Guangde must have been spotted by some big shot in Beijing. Not to mention becoming a successful person, at least he is not bad at all.

Wei Meng naturally also noticed that Zhang Shigui, who had a vague sense of superiority in front of him before, was very different from before in his behavior today and seemed much gentler.

In fact, after Mr. Xu came to Jiujiang Mansion again, his attitude changed a lot, but today the change was even more obvious.

In the inner room of Duke Wei's Mansion in Nanjing, Xu Bangrui stood at the head with his hands down.

He just returned to Yingtian from Jiujiang Mansion this afternoon, but when he returned to the mansion, he got the information about Wei Guangde's ranking in the palace examination.

To be honest, Mr. Xu Bangrui was still very surprised at that time.

First place in the second class, this is no longer a normal palace examination result.

Although he was disliked by Wei Guogong Xu Pengju, he still understood all the education and things he needed to know. If he ranked low in the National Examination, he should be in the top three.

However, Wei Guangde's ranking in the palace examination really surprised him. Even Yan Song and his son, who are in great power today, may not have the ability to influence this result. Moreover, Yan Song cannot decide on the position of Chuanlu, nor can he take care of the little fellow. care law.

There are so many Jiangxi fellows in this imperial examination, why is it Wei Guangde?

And what happened to Huiyuan Jinda?

There's something weird about it.

In the evening, when his father Wei Guogong Xu Pengju returned to the house from a banquet, Xu Bangrui immediately invited him to see him.

Of course, he was not looking for Xu Pengju to inquire about the imperial examination. His father could not reach out to Beijing, so he still had some energy in Nanjing. After all, he had been stationed in Nanjing all year round and had shown signs of alienation from the royal family.

The main reason is that during his trip to Jiujiang Mansion, Wei Guangde of the Wei family did not get engaged. He also expressed his intention to betroth his sister to Wei Guangde in a very subtle way. Wei Meng only hesitated briefly and then happily took the initiative. Mention this.

Wei Meng was certainly not an idiot. After Xu Bangrui asked about Wei Guangde's marriage, he also said that he had a girl who was fifteen years old and was not betrothed yet, so he naturally understood the meaning of Xu Bangrui's words.

They had talked about it in Jiujiang, and now they were just waiting to report it to the helmsman of the family, Wei Guogong Xu Pengju. He would make the decision. He would then write to Jiujiang. The matter was settled, and it was time to go through the follow-up matchmaking process. .

After hearing Xu Bangrui's report, Xu Pengju just glanced at his son casually. To be honest, he looked like him, but he was not as well-behaved as the younger one and was a bit dull.

In fact, maybe it's not that he is dull, but that he is used to hiding his thoughts. Xu Pengju always feels that his eldest son is a bit private and seems to like to do little things behind his back.

Perhaps it was due to the family environment. After his mother passed away, he felt that no one cared about him anymore, so he became more and more distant from him.

However, Xu Pengju always disliked this somewhat private son, so he did have the idea of ​​​​making his younger son the heir apparent.

Before, when Xu Bangrui mentioned Wei Guangde, he was just a young and exaggerated person, so Xu Pengju naturally didn't care.

His daughter must at least have an official status if she wants to marry. Although he can have an official status if he is a civil servant, it is still far behind.

Later, when he became a Jinshi, he was barely suitable, at least to the minimum.

The top three, it can only be said that the fourth grade is promising, and it will be difficult to go up.

From the perspective of family stability, he felt that it seemed to be a good choice.

If Wei Guangde really became his son-in-law, he would definitely help Xu Bangrui but not Xu Bangning.

Naturally, the influence of a low-ranking woman will be small. If a woman is married and has no worries about food and clothing, then she can be considered worthy of her mother-in-law.

But two days ago, when the imperial examination results were sent from the capital, Xu Pengju felt a little regretful. The reason was very simple. He naturally knew that Wei Guangde must have been lucky and was favored by Emperor Jiajing. Otherwise, he would not have such a huge ranking in the palace examination. Variety.

Although I don’t know the reason, the fact is obvious and it is very troublesome.

If he doesn't handle it properly, he might offend a future minister of the emperor.

Although he is a top noble, he is not afraid of a fledgling boy like Wei Guangde, but it will be troublesome if he turns a deaf ear in front of the emperor every day in the future.

Whatever you want to do in the future, you should report it to the emperor, and then someone will say in front of the emperor that this is not good or that is wrong, and you will be punished for big things and scolded for small things.

Well, Xu Pengju is actually very conflicted inside now.

He didn't want to accept the marriage, but he was worried about offending others.

"You should know the situation he wants to be in."

Xu Pengju seemed to say casually: "The first place in the second class, Chuanlu, is definitely going to be an official in the court, but the officialdom in the capital is very chaotic now, and a careless move will cause big trouble.

I just received the news today that Wang Yongbin was sent to Nanjing as Minister of Civil Affairs because of the Li Mo case.

Within half a month, Li Mo died in the prison. This was the official minister. "

Seeing what Xu Bangrui wanted to say, Xu Peng raised his hand and said, "Let me think about this for two more days. After all, it is related to your sister's lifelong happiness. I must treat it carefully. This is only worthy of your mother.

In fact, his ranking was very low in the test. After the government inspection was over, it would be good for me to find someone to transfer him to a wealthy county in the south of the Yangtze River to be an official. Unfortunately, with his ranking, I was destined to be unable to take care of him. "

Hearing what his father said, Xu Bangrui felt as if he was worried about whether his brother-in-law would be able to stand firm in the court, or rather worry about the expansion of his brother-in-law's influence in the court.

Having no choice but to do so, Xu Bangrui lowered his head and said, "Yes."

"It's been a hard day on the road for you, so go back and rest early."

Xu Pengju continued, and when he saw Xu Bangrui turning to leave, he suddenly stopped him and said, "Tomorrow you go to the inner treasury to choose two boxes of jewelry to send to your sister.

Well, you can also choose two boxes for your wife. "

After saying this, Xu Pengju waved for him to leave.

After Xu Bangrui walked out of the room, Xu Pengju smacked his lips. This matter was really difficult to handle.

If only the ministers of the court were optimistic about Wei Guangde, Xu Pengju could use some small tricks behind his back to suppress him. But looking at the situation now, I am afraid that the court ministers are not interested in him. Only that man has this method to raise his ranking by more than 200 places.

Xu Pengju, the one who was optimistic, didn't dare to play tricks. If Lu Laogou found out, he was afraid that he would shed his skin even if he didn't die.

After the imperial examination, Wei Guangde spent a few days of leisurely time. On this day, someone came from the Rites Yamen and informed Wei Guangde to go to the Rites Yamen tomorrow morning.

Well, at this time, the results of the imperial examination have not been known to the visitors, but Wei Guangde knows very well that when he goes to the Rites Yamen tomorrow, arrangements must have been made for him, whether to go to the Hanlin Academy to become a concubine, or to be sent Go to that yamen to observe the government and you will know everything.

The time for Lao Kan to go to the Ministry of Etiquette was scheduled to be in the afternoon, and the remaining Zhang Ke and Xia Kefan were to go there in the morning the day after tomorrow.

After sending away the clerk of the Ministry of Rites, the four people gathered around a table and started discussing.

"Guangde, according to this arrangement, it is safe for you to enter the Hanlin Academy. I should be hopeless."

Lao Kan shook his head and sighed.

Obviously, this is the time to go to the Ministry of Etiquette determined according to one's personal destination.

Tomorrow morning, if you go to the Ministry of Rites, you will most likely be admitted to the Hanlin Academy as a scholar.

I can only go to the Ministry of Etiquette in the afternoon, so I might be one of the people staying in Beijing, but I don't know which yamen they will be arranged to watch the government.

The remaining two are both in the top three, and they won't have a share tomorrow. Obviously, they may be released after observing the administration.

"I don't know. I'll find out when I go tomorrow."

Wei Guangde was not in a good or bad mood at the moment.

It seems normal to enter the Hanlin Academy and serve as a scholar. It is not surprising to stay in Beijing. After all, this is his normal reaction.

Although he didn't know why the Yan family took special care of him, Wei Guangde also knew that this relationship was not so easy to repay, even though he had already sent hundreds of taels of silver in gifts.

Their future career will all depend on the arrangements made by the Ministry of Etiquette tomorrow based on their results.

If the yamen arrangement is good, after the government inspection is over, the official department may arrange it in a better position.

Seeing that Zhang Ke and Xia Kefan had bad expressions, Wei Guangde whispered again: "Anyway, there is still a period of observing the government. During this period, pick up your colleagues and be polite to the superiors. When it is time to confer officials, go to Mr. Xiao Ge to send some As for local specialties, we are all from the same hometown, I think Mr. Xiaoge must like our Jiangxi specialties."

"Well, during this period, we will pay attention to the goods sent from Jiangxi to see if there are any good ones. We can keep them and make gifts."

Lao Kan nodded slowly and said.

"It would be great if I could go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to observe the government affairs and spread the salt luck."

Zhang Ke said with a smile now. Apparently he had listened to what Wei Guangde and Lao Kan said, and there was always a way.

Whether it is Lao Kan or Zhang Ke, it is not difficult to spend money to find a good job. Xia Kefan's financial conditions are slightly worse, but for Jinshi, there are many ways to get money.

At the very least, during this period, brokers from the capital kept coming to ask the four Jinshi whether they needed to borrow money to make a living.

Xia Kefan only hesitated slightly and then felt relieved. At worst, he could just borrow some money temporarily and make up for it later.