Fei Hong is also from Jiangxi, and the Fei family is said to be the successor of Fei Yi, the Ming Dynasty Prime Minister of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period.
Yang Tinghe was a Jinshi at the age of nineteen, while Fei Hong, now fifty-three, was the top scholar at the age of nineteen.
Yang Tinghe was appointed Zuo Zhongyun of Zuochunfang in the eighth year of Hongzhi's reign, and Fei Hong was appointed Zuo Zanshan of Zuochunfang in the ninth year of Hongzhi's reign. Both of them were Zhu Houzhao's teachers.
Yang Tinghe was older and entered the cabinet in the second year of Zhengde, and Fei Hong also entered the cabinet in the sixth year of Zhengde.
But Fei Hong did not become the first assistant. At this moment, he was already on the road. Looking at the scenery along the way as summer entered, he said leisurely: "The imperial examination has started soon, right? Now that my father is returning to the court again, I am afraid that he will miss the people." ah."
He was talking about his nephew Fei Maozhong, who was a Gongsheng student in Jinke like Zhang Cong and Huang Zuo.
After hearing Fei Hong's words, his 21-year-old son Fei Maoxian said: "Brother Min Shou is profound in knowledge, and all the officials in the court should have a discerning eye to recognize talents. I dare not say that, but there will definitely be someone in the forefront of the second armor."
Fei Hong shook his head in disbelief and continued to read the letter while sitting in the boat on the canal.
Fei Hong has been away from the court for seven years since he hated Zhu Chenhao and Qian Ning and became an official, and even his ancestral graves were dug up by Prince Ning and his fellow villagers.
Now that King Ning has been conferred and Qian Ning is in prison, does the new king know why he became an official in the first place? Do you know the discord between him and Yang Tinghe?
"...Wonderful, wonderful!" Fei Hong sighed silently at the news coming from the capital, even though it was only the part before mid-May.
The confrontation before he ascended the throne, his kindness and power during the imperial meeting, his calmness after the disaster at the Rijing Sect, his observance of etiquette at the banquet, and his intentions in pursuing Yu Qian's posthumous title... Fei Hong couldn't wait to meet the new king in person.
Even Liang Chu, an old fox, finally opened his eyes. Yang Tinghe must have aged a lot in just ten months, right?
Fei Hong kept smiling.
…
Under the rules of the imperial examination, who can climb to the top of the Ming Dynasty officialdom is not a child prodigy?
Yang Yiqing was known as a child prodigy when he was seven years old. He was elected as a Hanlin scholar after passing the imperial examination at the age of fourteen. At that time, he was taught by teachers selected by the cabinet under Emperor Xianzong's order.
Eighteen-year-old Jinshi, thank you.
This top student was also driven home by Qian Ning and Jiang Bin. At the age of sixty-seven, he really didn't want to go back to the court to fight again.
But Zhang Yong also wrote a letter, which mentioned a sentence: "Your Majesty has something to say. King Xingxian taught your Majesty many times when he was still alive: There are three heroes in Chu, Liu Dongshan, Li Xiya, and Yang Sannan."
His ancestral home is Yunnan, he was born in Lingnan, and he grew up in Jiangnan. This is the origin of Yang Yiqing Sannan layman.
Although Yang Yiqing is old, he is in good health and is very discerning.
He was still thinking about how to refuse, but then the news that His Majesty was going to reset the three major camps reached Zhenjiang.
In the mind of Yang Yiqing, who had twice ruled the three sides, he, a layman from the south, always cared about the north.
Yang Yiqing, who has spent more than ten years in the frontier, is very aware of the corruption of the guard station, the greed of the border town officers, and the incompetence of the guards and supervising eunuchs.
"I'm just afraid that thousands of years from now, when the monarchs, ministers and people of the new dynasty look at the history of the Ming Dynasty, they will laugh at the fact that the Ming Dynasty began and ended at this moment."
This is what Xinjun said in the friend's letter in his palace. Yang Yiqing untied his clothes: "It's really getting hot."
Is it the passion of youth, or is it scheming?
Yang Yiqing is not sure, so he might as well go and take a look.
…
The edict to revive Sun Jiao came even later, but Cui Yuan had not set off after all.
This time, Xinjun's biological mother and biological sisters are coming to Beijing together, and there are too many things to arrange and prepare.
So Sun Jiao happened to return to Beijing together.
Sixty-eight-year-old Sun Jiao has been in office for eight years, and he is really too lazy to bother with it.
Why bother?
Sixty-eight-year-old Sun Jiao also had a daughter who was fifteen years old. Back then, she had rejected King Xingxian's idea of proposing a marriage, so now she was even more embarrassed.
"Mr. Jiu Feng, this exam has taken a long time."
Across the chessboard, Cui Yuan smiled and spoke.
Sun Jiao frowned: "It's hard to advance, and it's hard to retreat. What can I do?"
It seemed that he was just talking about the chess game, but Cui Yuan joked: "Today we found out that Duke Jiu Feng is almost the head of the country. In this way, this junior is a relative of the country like Duke Jiu Feng. Your Majesty is kind, the Queen Mother is kind, and Duke Jiu Feng is Where does the sorrow come from?”
At the first court meeting, Mao Cheng was demoted to the rank of civilian, Yuan Zonggao accepted the decree, and Princess Xingxian could now be called the Queen Mother in private.
"Brother Daiping, you are a traitor to the country. You don't know where my worries come from?" After all, Sun Jiao gave birth to a son. "I have no party or faction. This time I came to Beijing with old friends and old friends." Even though she is half-hidden in the palace, the Queen Mother has summoned her daughter to see her again, and I have been unable to sleep for several days!"
Cui Yuan looked at him with a smile.
What Sun Jiao said is indeed correct.
He was recommended by Wang Qiong and could not stand up to Yang Tinghe; he was from the emperor's hometown, so he should naturally stand with Yuan Zonggao; he and His Majesty almost had a relationship as son-in-law, but now the Queen Mother seems to have not given up on this idea, Sun You may not be able to be a civil servant.
"Don't worry, Mr. Jiu Feng. Now that His Majesty has become the emperor, there has been no precedent in the Ming Dynasty for the daughter of an important official to become a concubine." Cui Yuan answered his son, "As for old friends and old ministers hiding in the residence, Mr. Jiu Feng is another person after all. There is a holy family that others can only envy, so why worry about it in vain?"
"... In the past, it was because I didn't want others to misunderstand that I was greedy for wealth, so I had the courage to speak politely to the prince. This holy family..." Sun Jiao shook his head and sighed, "It's not what I want."
Cui Yuan smiled: This is probably why Cui Yuan was able to chat with Sun Jiao relatively quickly.
If he hadn't been selected as Princess Shang without any choice, he, Cui Yuan, would probably be a high school Jinshi today and show off what he has learned.
Being a relative of the country is a noble status, but it is also a shackle that is difficult to break through.
Some people pursue this kind of holy favor all their lives, while others prefer to speak on their own merits.
"It is true that the Heavenly Official recommended Jiufeng Gong with some calculations, but several things have already happened since His Majesty entered the capital." Cui Yuan sighed, "With Your Majesty's heroic appearance, could this edict be issued just because of an old relationship? Your Majesty, this is a great talent that has always been known to the public, and it is the right time to employ people."
Cui Yuan received letters from various people one after another on the road.
Very magical.
Even Guo Xun wrote to him, not to mention Liu Long, who inexplicably became the official of daily life.
Cui Yuan also fell into deep self-doubt after hearing about the court meeting after leaving Beijing, the disaster at Jingmen that day, and the posthumous posthumous title of Yu Qian. Cui Yuan also fell into deep self-doubt: Isn't the Sutra Banquet a battlefield? Your Majesty actually prepared so many killing sticks and honey?
If it weren't for the Sun Jingmen's fire, how could the emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Chiang, worry so much that she summon her grandson to hand over her daughter?
She was now thinking that the people around His Majesty were really considerate. She even packed her bags faster and rushed to the capital to protect the calf with great urgency.
As for the possibility of his daughter entering the palace with Sun Jiao's status, Empress Dowager Jiang didn't bother to consider it at all.
What happened to the mother choosing a wife for her son?
Therefore, Cui Yuan's consolation had no effect, and Sun Jiao should still be worried.
And if Cui Yuan didn't understand this, how could he be so close to Sun?
A relative of the country, a civil servant at the level of Jiuqing.
But it doesn't matter, they will probably all be relatives of the country from now on.
Cui Yuan felt good to have someone he could talk to among the country's relatives who mostly had nothing to lose.
In terms of the difficulty for the daughter of the Sun family to enter the palace... at worst, Sun Jiao only came to the capital to enjoy wealth, so why not be a behind-the-scenes consultant?
In various places in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, many people were allowed to be rehabilitated and exonerated after the new king ascended the throne.
A group of people who will be in prominent and important positions after entering Beijing are on the way, or are starting their journey.
Many people who had been suppressed and imprisoned walked out of their prisons and looked at the center of the empire with renewed vigor.
The old power, the new character, in the few words I know now, I look forward to the stage set up by the new king.
The center of the stage today belongs to young people.
Zhang Cong and Huang Zuo looked at each other and smiled.
After going through ups and downs, I finally got here.
In the rising sun, many people looked at the magnificent palace with tears in their eyes.
Everyone believes that they will be regular guests here in the future!
【End of Volume 1】
[Thank you everyone for reading the first volume, which is full of talk and calculations. The next volume is about money. 】
