Zheng Mingjie is not the kind of person who relies on cheating or speculation to win the election as people imagine. As mentioned earlier, he took the exam three times, losing two times and winning one. He was born in a merchant's family in a small county town and has no bureaucratic background, so he also

He did not go around among the ministers and submit his masterpieces to them like well-connected candidates. In other words, because he was born in a small country, he did not use the method of submitting papers. Instead, he directly submitted the official papers to the Ministry of Rites to participate in the imperial examination.

Passed the exam.

Cui Jianfeng was different. Although he was a general, he could pass the investment banking examination for dignitaries, but he did not do so. First, he followed his father to fight in the border areas, and then returned to Chang'an and passed the military examination. He joined the Tang Army as a grassroots school.

He started as a lieutenant, that is to say, he came from a hereditary father-son soldier background, which was not on the same level as Zheng Mingjie.

From this point of view, it is understandable that Cui Jianfeng looks down on Zheng Mingjie who cries when bad things happen.

Zheng Mingjie's father was originally the owner of a cloth and clothing store in Jiangyang County, Guangling County, Yangzhou, Huainan Road. He bought cloth and clothing.

Of course, the clothing stores at that time were those who sold clothes and also engaged in tailoring. However, the sewing of clothes in those days was all done by hand.

Zheng Mingjie was born into such a family, which is of course different from those who farm in the countryside. The place where he grew up determined that he did not work in the fields like farmers, and had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child.

Helping his parents to work in the fields. In this way, he will be like a scholar who passes the exam, passes the examination, and becomes an official.

It is natural for a person who grew up in such an environment to be timid and afraid of things. However, his journey to the imperial examination was not so smooth.

As soon as he reached the age of seventeen, he began to take the provincial examination. Although he successfully passed it and became a civil servant, he was very happy. However, he failed twice when he went to Yangzhou to participate in the exam. Disappointed, he returned home to help his father manage the accounts.

In any case, he won the imperial examination and his face was revealed. The county magistrate of Jiangyang County personally went to his store to present him with a plaque and commended him, saying that he was a rare scholar who might surpass him in the future. He had the hope of becoming a county magistrate, governor, or even an inspector.

Everyone has hope.

An ignorant bystander (a customer buying cloth) didn't know what to do after hearing this. He pointed at Zheng Mingjie and jokingly asked the county magistrate: "Is this guy really so powerful? Can he be an inspector? I don't believe it. It's so easy to be an inspector."

What?"

"What is impossible?" The county magistrate glared at the guest disapprovingly: "As long as a person has ambition, he can do anything."

"Then he might become an emperor in the future?" the customer asked with a smile.

"You, you," the county magistrate turned pale with fright, "are you looking for death?"

"What's the matter?" The guest may have come from the countryside, and he didn't know that the imperial power of the past was inviolable. Talking nonsense could lead to the death penalty.

"Asshole." The county lieutenant who followed the county magistrate to see Zheng Mingjie's face sank and shouted angrily: "Is your Majesty the one you make fun of casually?"

"Here, I come from the countryside, so I don't know why I can't joke like this." The guest panicked, knelt down and apologized, then got up and tried to escape.

"Put him in a yoke." The officer beside the county magistrate shouted, "Put him in death row."

"Oh," the county magistrate waved his hand to the county captain: "Forget it, don't arrest people randomly. He was just joking, there is no harm."

What did the county magistrate do? The main reason was to arrest someone for treason, which was a serious case. During the trial, the state sent a judge to observe or review the case, which would be a troublesome problem. After all, the laws of the Tang Dynasty did not allow people to lose their heads while joking.

.If the emperor learns that his subjects were sentenced to death for making fun of him, and if he gets angry and orders the execution of the officials who sentenced the common people to death, can he still be an official in peace?

Therefore, the reckless behavior had to be stopped. Just because being an official is also a matter of playing with your head. If you accidentally anger the officials above, you will be beheaded for your own trouble.

Zheng Jieming was deeply moved when he saw what happened in front of him. The county magistrate also invited him to dinner that day and grandly welcomed him, a young scholar who helped his father with accounting, in a restaurant on County Yaqian Street.

During the dinner, when Zheng Mingjie boldly asked the county magistrate why he didn't punish the countryman, the county magistrate who was condescending to stand up and pour him wine didn't know what had just happened, so he stopped pouring the wine and looked at the county magistrate with the wine flask.

The county captain smiled hurriedly and explained to the county magistrate what had just happened. But he did not blame Zheng Mingjie. Why? This is actually an unspoken rule in officialdom.

Just because these Tang officials are facing undetermined officials in the future, they cannot be offended. The dangers in officialdom are also unfathomable. The career of an official is very particular and cannot be messed with. Therefore, the county

Naturally, Wei did not dare to be disrespectful to the young scholar in front of him who was flourishing in his official career.

Think about it, if the little bastard in front of you is suddenly promoted to the county magistrate in the future, comes to you, and becomes the county magistrate, he may resent him for offending him now, and give him glass shoes to wear, wouldn't that be self-conscious?

Are you looking for hardship?

The county magistrate didn't say anything after hearing the county captain's words, and continued to pour him wine and flatter him, as if he had become his chief official. This is not surprising, in ancient officialdom, who can guarantee this kind of thing?

The scholar suddenly gained power and suddenly became his boss?

After returning from dinner in Salou, Zheng Mingjie seemed to be a new person. Only then did he truly understand what it was like to be an official. After becoming an official, he rose to prominence, allowing officials who were usually hard to see him to praise him uninvited.

It was so comfortable to be condescending and flattering in front of him. He couldn't help but feel happy.

In this way, the desire to be an official became the motivation for him to study hard and rush for the exam. However, he still failed in the provincial exam the next year. After that, the Jiangyang County Grand Master did not come again, maybe because he thought he had no hope.

.Anyway, after he came back from the provincial examination, he was eager to see the county magistrate and invite him to a restaurant for a meal. However, he waited for several days and still didn't see anything, so he became frustrated.

However, his father is also a person who is very good at planning. He feels that his son has passed the provincial examination and has become a scholar. This means that he is only one step away from becoming a prince. How can he give up this

What about a rare opportunity?

Since then, the old man and his younger son have unified their goals, and Zheng Taozi has worked harder to read and practice calligraphy. As a result, he not only "read" more than ten thousand books, but also practiced good calligraphy, especially official script, regular script, and writing.

It has to be amazing.

In this way, in the ninth year, he rushed for another provincial examination, and he passed the examination and became a Jinshi. Although he was not received by Tang Ruizong Li Dan, he was received by the Minister of Civil Affairs, Sheng Sheng. He was also satisfied.

As soon as he came back after becoming a Jinshi, his father sent more than ten people riding tall horses and two luxurious carriages to Yangzhou to greet him. It turned out that the Jiangyang County Magistrate heard about the scholar who had been neglected by him a few years ago.

He was dumbfounded when he was awarded the "official title" - Jinshi. He hurriedly prepared to send a car and four horses to be taken by the county magistrate to Yangzhou to pick him up. Unexpectedly, the father of this Jinshi hated him for neglecting him three years ago.

As for his son, he thought his size was too small, so he paid a lot of money to hire more than ten horses and two cars from wealthy families in the county, and took his relatives with him to Yangzhou to greet him.

Mr.

Have you become a state prosecutor or a road official?

After that, the old man paid his son to go to Chang'an for activities. Unfortunately, although his son's writing skills were good, his speaking skills were not good. After staying in Chang'an for several years, although he speculated and worked hard, he still did not get an official position and stayed in Chang'an, not even nearby.

I have not yet obtained the qualifications to serve as an errand in the Taoist government.

The result? The old man couldn't hold it in any longer and went to Chang'an in person. He begged his grandfather and his father to ask someone to help him find a way. Finally, he finally got him a Jiupin County Prime Minister in a county near Zhoushan in the Linhai area to the east of Jiangnan Road.

One position. He reluctantly helped him reach officialdom.

Two years later, he was promoted to the seventh rank and was transferred to the magistrate of Wucheng County.

Unexpectedly, being a county magistrate has become a risky business. The excitement he showed when he went to Chang'an to take the exam has now been replaced by fear.
Chapter completed!