In Yang Qingzheng's mansion, Qi Dan, who was sitting in the guest seat, still had a smile on his face. Although Ji Jushan, who was standing beside him, did not dare to make any expression, he was secretly feeling happy.
Only Yang Qingzheng, who was offering wine at the Imperial Academy, looked extremely ugly.
"Yang Jijiu, do you recognize this person?" Qi Dan blew the tea served by Yang Jijiu unhurriedly.
"If you don't recognize him, then you are committing a crime of deceiving the emperor... This person was once a student of our Imperial College, Ji Jushan." Yang Qingzheng tried hard to control his expression.
Qi Dan smiled softly: "Brother Ji and I hit it off like old friends. He is a talented man with real talents. I heard that he was also among the best in the Imperial College back then - then I want to ask Yang Jijiu, how can such a person be so good? Gao Jun, but he is not an official in the court?"
"Haha... everyone has bad luck sometimes. Although Ji Sheng was not able to become an official in the court back then, it is a great blessing to be able to call His Highness brothers and brothers today and gain your appreciation!" Yang Qingzheng He pretended to be happy.
"Yang Jijiu can indeed talk... How about taking a look at the gift I gave you first?" Qi Dan waved, and Ji Jushan immediately placed the gift box in front of Yang Qingzheng.
His Highness the Fifth Prince really gave himself a "small gift" today. When he opened the box, it was just a few thin pieces of paper, and underneath were piles of gold foil.
On these pieces of paper was the list of some students whose rankings had been changed by Yang Qingzheng. Ji Jushan told Qi Dan based on his own impressions.
"Your Highness... what is the meaning of this?" Yang Qingzheng originally saw that the pieces of paper were very large, but after opening them, he discovered that there were such valuable things hidden underneath, and he couldn't help but turn his attention to Qi Dan again.
It has to be said that He Nan's influence on Qi Dan was much more profound than what Jiang Xian and Jiang Wenbing saw. He first believed that "tiger and leopards are hidden in the mountains, and unicorns are buried in the fields", and conquered Xiaolang'er, Ji Jushan, etc. who had previously been in his eyes. He is the "untouchable" character; and the solitaire story also made Qi Dan develop a bad taste of "choosing one of the two". At that time, He Nan offered Qi Dan a choice between two options, which led to Qi Dan now also likes to let others choose between two - he gave Xiao Lang'er a choice between two, and now he also gave Yang Qingzheng a choice between two.
"Qi Dansu heard that Yang Jijiu was thoughtful, versatile, and had a photographic memory...I think you can probably guess what happened." Qi Dan paused and observed Yang Qingzheng's expression. With a look on his face, he immediately said: "Nowadays, how many talents in our Sheng Kingdom have been lost through your hands, does Yang Jijiu still know what he is doing?"
Yang Qingzheng had just made up a set of words to fool him, but Qi Dan suppressed him again: "Although the evidence in my hand is insufficient, it is just enough for the two of us to complete a conversation that no one else knows. , if Yang Jijiu still knows the importance of me as the prince and the king of Zhao, it is better not to say those nonsense that even you yourself do not believe."
The implication is - I have slapped the evidence on your face, you can either tell the truth, or I will punish you for deceiving the emperor.
These words scared Yang Qingzheng to the point of breaking into a cold sweat - no matter how proud he was of Yang Jijiu now, and how much His Majesty valued him, he would not dare to talk nonsense in front of the fifth prince - the world belongs to Qi, and he is the emperor. son.
"Your Highness... the old minister also... has no choice." Yang Qingzheng said hesitantly, "Although the name of our Imperial Academy's wine ceremony sounds quite deceptive, but you said that among the high-ranking officials and nobles in the court, who would not be under pressure? On my head? If you don’t look up when you look down every day, their Liner Yang will naturally have to take care of it, otherwise it won’t look good, right?”
"Haha..." Qi Dan closed the lid of his tea. He turned his head and looked at Ji Jushan who was standing behind him: "Brother Ji, what do you think?"
After hearing His Highness's order, Ji Jushan immediately blushed: "Reporting to Your Highness, according to the opinions of the grassroots, Yang Jijiu did have his helplessness, but as the saying goes, poor people must be hateful, and those of us who are innocent and excluded How come students don’t have the same suffering as we do? As far as I know, Yang Jijiu also came from a poor family back then, but he didn’t expect that he would actually break the hearts of his own people in the end.”
"Did you hear that?" Qi Dan glanced at Yang Qingzheng. Although the latter even had the intention of killing Ji Jushan, he did not dare to show it.
"Yang Jijiu, I actually don't want to embarrass you. If you can cooperate with me - all the contents in this box will be yours to do with, and I will help you."
"Help me...what?" Yang Qingzheng said, "If you don't come to me today, you will be doing me a huge favor."
Qi Dan looked at Yang Qingzheng and said in a very complicated tone: "Help you put the name of 'Jin Fan Tan Hua' on top of 'Gong Mastiff'."
"this……"
Looking at the dumbfounded Yang Qingzheng, Qi Dan finally gave him a choice: "Of course you have a choice - if you think you can go further in the court with your ability and qualifications, I can help you. It is not impossible to replace Li Zhanchun and Shanhe Mansion with a handful of money. If you feel that you have earned enough in this life, then write a resignation letter to my father and return home. What about you? I’m too lazy to pursue it, so you can just settle down and be a rich man.”
After being silent for a full stick of incense, Yang Jijiu nodded slightly: "Please give me some advice from the fifth prince."
He was not familiar with Qi Dan, but he had heard the reputation of His Highness the Fifth from many people - they all said that His Highness was extremely smart and had superb methods, but they couldn't tell what was so superb. Only then did Yang Qingzheng understand.
The real strength of the fifth prince is "attacking the heart". He can accurately pinch the opponent's seven inches. He is aloof and generous, but he is not stingy with his kindness - but in fact, his kindness is more terrifying than the cruelty of many people. many.
Take this matter as an example. In the past few decades, Yang Qingzheng not only "conscientiously" placed himself in the position of offering wine in the Imperial College, but he also catered to and sold well to various high-ranking families all the way to this day. What is it for? Of course, it is for the career of myself and future generations. If it's just about making money, of course he can find more and safer ways with his brain, but if there is a way that can best integrate himself into the huge network of "prominent families" - that is undoubtedly him The Imperial College has been run with painstaking efforts for so many years.
If an ordinary person is asked to become a wealthy man who lives his whole life, there will be people rushing to fight for this opportunity, but if Yang Qingzheng is asked to get out like this - then he would rather die.
For humans, being a human is daily life, but for the gods above, it is tantamount to the most severe punishment.
"I... am a person who doesn't like to make friends very much, but smart people are an exception." Qi Dan breathed a sigh of relief: "Brother Ji is a smart person, so he has become my friend now, and he—— And I asked you, Yang Jijiu, to become my friend. So as Yang Jijiu, who is also a smart person, do you also have to introduce me to some smart people who are qualified to be my friends? "
"Let me think about it, old minister..." Yang Qingzheng frowned and began to think - no matter how good his memory is, the number of smart people he has "kicked" out over the years has ranged from 100 to 80, and as a person entrusted to the fifth prince He must choose carefully when applying for a certificate.
In the end, Yang Qingzheng wrote down the names of several people and his impressions of them.
Lu Chongya, a native of Yang County, Fenlang County, studied at the Imperial College for three years. Because of Yang Qingzheng's fraud, he did not get the honors and had to study for another three years. Finally, he became a Jinshi. Now he works as a small registrar in Fufeng County. Among the people selected by Yang Qingzheng, they have the best treatment. He is an honest and dull person, not good at words, but his writing style is very good, and his breath becomes a poem.
Shi Luo, a native of Yinshan County, Yinshan County, studied at the Imperial College for two years. He is considered a contemporaneous person with Lu Chongya. Contrary to the former, he is articulate and has excellent eloquence, especially good at debating. He has refuted several Imperial College doctors, but it is precisely because of this , these Imperial College doctors felt that this boy was too bohemian, so they rejected him - this person's downfall was not directly caused by Yang Qingzheng.
Zhang Wenwen was originally from Tongcheng. He came from a wealthy family and was a son of a merchant. However, he did not study in the Imperial College. Instead, he went to the capital to participate in the examination in accordance with his status as a candidate. Therefore, Yang Qingzheng took his title and gave it to him. own students.
The last one is named He Yuanlong, and he is different from the first three. This He Yuanlong was not expelled due to fraud in the Imperial College or others. He was a serious Jinshi and ranked second on the list. The person who expelled him was Qi Dan's father - at that time, He Yuanlong was awarded by His Majesty himself. He was so dissatisfied with being ranked second that he took advantage of his status and wrote a memorial. In the article, he praised Qi Changgeng for his praises - but the bad thing was this praise. This person suddenly mentioned the change of the reign name, saying that it should be changed. The reign name "Wangping" was changed to "Gengshi". His original intention was to praise the prosperous Emperor Qi Changgeng for being like the Emperor Taizu and for his contribution to rebuilding the prosperous country, but the problem lies here - let's not talk about whether changing the reign name is something you, the second-placed person who has not yet had a formal official position, should mention. , just say that your reign name has the same pronunciation with "Gengshi", the short-lived dynasty's reign that Zhongdao collapsed, and it also makes people think that you are mocking His Majesty for starting to govern the country. In the end, Qi Changgeng Longyan was furious and used this People were stripped of their official positions and demoted to common people, and even exiled to the wild lands in the north of the Great Wall.
After listening to Yang Qingzheng's description of these few people, Qi Dan had only one thought in his mind - he was quite speechless. As for the last brother who came in second place, he felt that he deserved it.
But no matter what, since these people were selected by Yang Qingzheng and were serious talents with Jinshi ability, Qi Dan would more or less extend his olive branch to them.
"Old minister Rong, I would like to ask... What is your highness asking me to do to find these talents?" Yang Qingzheng finally couldn't help but ask. After all, you don't need to spend so much effort to find these talents to appoint yourself an official. Make a wish.
"Although I really want to tell you not to ask questions that you shouldn't ask, but I still tell you, so that you don't have random thoughts." Qi Dan replied with a smile: "It would be a pity that these people cannot serve the country and honor their ancestors because of their origins. Why not I'm looking for a job here, and there happens to be a meeting of literary friends in the capital in a few days, and I also want to go and see the excitement."
Just when Yang Qingzheng was still secretly cursing whether he had misjudged the person and thought too highly of His Highness the Fifth Prince, Qi Dan also had another thought in his heart: "There is another thing - I want to see, your Imperial College Can the people under Jijiu's command be better than those trained by Li Mastiff Chun?"
"I've given you people a fast path to fame. Don't let me down..."
