Now that he has won the Jinshi, the so-called bet before can be completely discarded. Why do you let me join your sect if you are already a Jinshi?
If your husband is standing here, even if I worship him, you actually want to accept me on behalf of your teacher? Do I, Mr. Tang, have no face?
"The Tang Dynasty was in the same year, so don't take these things to heart." Someone came over to advise Tang Yin, "They are all in the same year, why should we take it seriously?"
"Yes, even if you want to become a master, there is no reason to accept disciples on behalf of the master, right?"
A group of people who were Jinshi in the same year were chatting away.
Zhang Mao stood aside and smiled without saying a word. He almost wanted to say, you ignorant people, this is called giving an opportunity in front of people. How can you persuade others to give up the opportunity?
Tang Yin said in a very calm tone: "It is important for a person to abide by his oath. How can I break the contract?"
After saying this, Tang Yin took it very seriously and knelt down in front of Zhang Zhou in front of everyone and said respectfully: "Master, my disciple Tang Yin, I will never forget my master's teachings in my pursuit of knowledge and study."
Because he knelt down in front of the Jinshi of the same year at the Enrong Banquet. Although he said that he was a disciple, it was also detrimental to the dignity of a scholar, not to mention that Tang Yin was older than Zhang Youian, and the two of them had a relationship before.
So many festivals.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "A man is capable of bending and stretching. Besides, I have not humiliated anyone by becoming my disciple. From now on, I will call you Junior Brother Tang. Get up."
"call."
Tang Yin took a long breath.
No one knows what he is thinking.
When he stood up, he did not look at the faces of the people around him. He probably knew that others would be prejudiced and contemptuous of him.
With his arrogant heart, it would take half a lifetime of courage to kneel down to Zhang Zhou.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Junior brother Tang, please come to my door soon to do the formal apprenticeship ceremony. I will accept you as my master in the near future."
Tang Yin raised his head and glanced at Zhang Zhou.
If it doesn’t work once, a second time?
I'm already on my knees for you.
Not only do I want to thank you for your help on the project, but I also want to fulfill the bet, but you still refuse to give up?
You are not trying to humiliate me by accepting me as a teacher, but are you serious about it?
"Okay, the honor banquet will continue." Zhang Mao said with a smile, "From now on, you will all be ministers of the same palace, and you should help each other."
Tang Yin was originally sitting at the second table, but because of this incident, he seemed embarrassed to sit in front and went directly to the wine table at the back.
While everyone present was talking, they didn't seem to take this incident into their minds, but from time to time someone looked in Tang Yin's direction, which made Tang Yin somewhat embarrassed.
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The Enrong luncheon ended.
Zhang Mao was about to send Zhang Zhou out, but it was Lin Han who called Zhang Zhou aside.
As the prince of the country, Lin Han holds the title of Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Ceremonies, so there is no need to attend the Enrong Banquet. However, there was still a decree for him to come here today, and even he himself did not understand the situation.
"Zhang Bingkuan, do you know why the senior official sent a message to me to come here?"
Lin Han still had a bad face.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "I don't know."
He really didn't know, but he thought that the emperor wanted him to get closer to Wen Ru, and Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and the others didn't want to think about it. The emperor probably wanted to find another way. After all, Zhang Zhou was nominally from the Imperial College, so let him and Lin Han
There's nothing wrong with getting closer and letting Lin Han be the one to pave the way for him.
At least when others want to criticize him, they should also consider Lin Han's face, right?
Lin Han first looked around to make sure no one was approaching, and then asked: "Is there anything more to what the Empress Dowager mentioned earlier?"
"What thing?" Zhang Zhou asked.
Lin Han said: "Just let the little girl enter the palace..."
"Oh, I haven't seen the Empress Dowager recently, and I don't know if she has any plans for the next step. I'll ask you when I get the chance later." Zhang Zhou smiled.
Lin Han realized that he and Zhang Zhou were not from the same group, so he did not want to talk to Zhang Zhou.
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All the Jinshi went outside the Ministry of Rites and said goodbye with their hands folded.
Just as the sedan chair of Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites, stopped, some people wanted to go over to establish a relationship, but they were blocked by the people from the Ministry of Rites.
There were too many people, and the Rites Yamen was so big that the entrance was a bit messy.
On Zhang Zhou's side, there was a royal guard who made a special trip to take him into the palace. After all, the emperor wanted to tell him about becoming the prince's teacher.
As for Lin Han, he wanted to say hello to Xu Qiong before leaving, but found that Xiao Jing's carriage also stopped, and Xiao Jing came down with a eunuch whom Lin Han did not recognize.
Xiao Jing's target was Lin Han. He came over and made an introduction first: "Lin Jijiu, this is Eunuch Jiang Lujiang, the imperial eunuch. He has the wishes of the Empress Dowager and wants to convey them to you."
"Um."
Lin Han felt the pressure on his shoulders.
Then Jiang Lu and Lin Han walked to the corridor of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.
"Mr. Lin is offering wine, and the Empress Dowager has given instructions. He said that he wants to help you find a matchmaker and betroth your daughter to a family. Are you willing?" Jiang Lu was still very polite.
Even though this was almost an order from Queen Mother Zhou, he still had to pretend that he was here to discuss with Lin Han.
Lin Han said: "My daughter is married..."
Jiang Lu smiled and said, "It is your second daughter, Lin Yi, who once went to the palace with your wife to meet the Empress Dowager. As far as our family knows, she has not yet been betrothed to anyone else."
Lin Han frowned.
Do you even want to know clearly whether I am marrying my daughter or not? It seems that the Empress Dowager is serious about it.
But the old lady is so anxious to get a concubine for your grandson, what does the queen think?
When Jiang Lu saw that Lin Han didn't answer, he also wanted to finish talking and go back early: "He is the top candidate in this year's imperial examination, Mr. Zhang Zhouzhang."
"Ahem."
Lin Han was not expecting this.
Didn’t you say that you were keeping concubines for the emperor? How come you were keeping concubines for that kid...?
"Eunuch Jiang, is this Zhang Bingkuan? Isn't he already married? What does the Empress Dowager mean by this?"
Lin Hanxin said, this old lady is quite interesting. She just plainly said that my daughter was born as a concubine, but now she wants to betroth my daughter to a married man. How dare she say that this is called matchmaking and fiber-stretching?
Are you asking me, Lin, to sell my daughter?
Jiang Lu probably guessed Lin Han's attitude, so he took out a letter and said, "This is the Emperor's decree. It's very clear. Take a look."
Lin Han looked hesitant, but still took Yizhi over.
Seeing the above content, the more she looked at it, the deeper her frown deepened. In it, the Queen Mother Zhou could not hide her admiration for Zhang Zhou, thinking that Zhang Zhou should form a good relationship with Lin Han between Qin and Jin... but she did not mention that Zhang Zhou was already married.
thing.
"The Empress Dowager knew clearly that Zhang Bingkuan had a family, yet she still acted like this, but she forced him to do something difficult?" Lin Han also gave up.
Who said that the Empress Dowager can act recklessly?
Is there any more royal method?
Jiang Lu said coldly: "Mr. Lin is offering wine. The Empress Dowager not only wants to make your family happy, but also wants to help Mr. Zhang and His Majesty. You are highly respected in the court, but you should also know that you are not a minister."
You can question it. Also, do you want your concubine to enter the palace?"
Although Jiang Lu was usually polite, as a close confidant of Queen Mother Zhou, he couldn't do it without some skills.
Lin Han was stunned on the spot.
Jiang Lu said: "Eunuch Xiao is still waiting for our family to reply. The Empress Dowager is still waiting for news. Please don't mess with this."
"Father……"
Just as he was talking, Lin Han's son Lin Ting wanted to go back with him after leaving the Ministry of Rites, but he couldn't find anyone. He finally saw him standing aside and came over while shouting.
Lin Han then stretched out his hand to signal his son to step aside.
Lin Han said: "Please let me go back and think about this matter again."
"What do the Empress Dowager and Eunuch Xiao say?" Jiang Lu thought to himself, it's really shameful that you still want to consider such a good thing?
Do not care?
Lin Han said helplessly: "I will give an explanation to the Queen Mother, but please give me time..."
After saying this, Lin Han ignored Jiang Lu who asked for a clear answer and walked straight away.
"Father."
When Lin Ting saw his father finally approaching, he hurried over to greet him.
"Walk!"
Lin Han was resolute and headed towards the street with his son.
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Xiao Jing went to the palace gate with the news of being a matchmaker for Zhang Zhou and took Zhang Zhou into the palace with him.
"Why bother?"
Zhang Zhou couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard about this.
In order to help him, the emperor was really willing to use his connections, even doing things like marrying Lin Han.
The problem is that Mr. Lin has such a high status in the academic world. Even if he marries his concubine to an ordinary scholar as his wife, he would not be willing to let his daughter become a concubine, right?
Xiao Jing smiled and said, "If His Majesty granted me the marriage, everything would be different."
Zhang Zhou smiled.
There is still Wang Mingshan's matter here that has not been settled, and the emperor is going to cause him more trouble than Lin Yi.
But think about it...
A man.
I say it's troublesome, but my body is still very honest. Thinking about it, I'm still a little excited.
I think of Lin Yi, that literary young woman who loved preaching and wanted to reason with others every time. She then became a concubine. She obviously wanted to argue with him but didn't dare to... and then let her wait on the embroidered couch to "serve him in bed".
"...Tsk, tsk.
"Mr. Zhang, today His Majesty wants you to come in to talk about matters in the East Palace." Xiao Jing said.
"Lectures? It's a little early, isn't it? I'm just a editor." Zhang Zhou said.
As a historian editor, I usually organize lectures for lecturers, which is a matter of pride, but I was actually asked to give lectures?
Xiao Jing said: "That's right. Your Majesty originally wanted to promote you as a minister directly, but Mr. Liu Ge said that doing so would mess up the rules. Your Majesty has discussed with Mr. Liu Ge and the others to make a compromise and let you first compile it with Hanlin.
Gong Jin said, I will promote you to the position of minister in a month or two, but I will give you some grievances first..."
Zhang Zhou wanted to say that if this was called grievance, then all the scholars in the world would probably end up in the ditch.
It is something that many people would envy.
"Your Majesty also said that you should strictly discipline the prince, and you don't have to show any mercy to the prince. He will be beaten when he deserves it, and he will be punished when he needs to be punished." Xiao Jing said.
Zhang Zhou heard that he was asked to discipline his son on behalf of the emperor.
But the problem is...
Your Majesty, that's your son, not my son. My son has no problem with fighting. If you don't like it, you can beat him first and then think of a reason.
If I beat your son casually and you say you support him, I'm afraid you'll feel very distressed in your heart, right?
If you don't want to fight yourself, let others do it?
When you are a parent, you will always have this ideal, but when you implement it, your thoughts will be different.
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Inside the Qianqing Palace.
When Zhu Youtang met with Zhang Zhou, he looked very happy. Instead of talking about teaching the prince, he first took out the memorial that Zhu Feng had given to the emperor after arriving in Ningyuan, explaining the preparations for the war in Ningyuan.
"... Zhijie is a kid who knows how to get things done. Within two days of his arrival, he has already made arrangements in an impressive manner. Even Zhang Yong and Chen Rui praised him. Even Ren Liang and the others thought that I had chosen a capable person to come over... …”
Zhu Youtang looked very proud, and seemed to be proud that he had made the right choice.
Zhang Zhou frowned secretly when he heard this.
Your Majesty, you can't hear the good words, can you? Those people really think Zhu Feng is a capable person?
They basically know that you elected him. Even if Zhu Feng is a idiot, they will blow Zhu Feng’s rainbow fart in front of you, which is indirectly flattering you.
Do you still need me to explain this to you?
"The deadline for Di Yi's invasion is approaching, and I have high hopes for Duo. If Zhi Jie can lead his troops to Ningyuan and deliver another good news, the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty will be peaceful and peaceful. I estimate that in the next one or two years, I will not have to worry about the border people anymore. Worry about things."
"But it doesn't matter if you think about it, after all, you are here."
Zhu Youtang had a look of expectation on his face.
Zhang Zhou was also embarrassed to undermine Zhu Youtang's self-confidence.
There are many factions in the grassland, and the situation in the grassland has not been good in the past two years. The grass is not fat and the horses are not strong, but the appetite of the hungry wolves in the grassland is not small. If Wang Weining has not died, there may be some confidence.
Then you can ask me to predict when and where there will be an enemy situation... With the existence of the butterfly effect, it is no longer possible to control it in real time. We can only rely on the soldiers on the border to adapt to the situation and fight in a bloody battle.
"Bingkuan, the Empress Dowager wants to help you with the matchmaking, have you told me?" Zhu Youtang said with a smile.
The emperor was also very considerate. He did not ask Zhang Zhou about becoming his son's teacher first, but asked Zhang Zhou about the matter first.
Zhang Zhou cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this will embarrass Lin Jijiu."
Zhu Youtang sighed: "I have asked people to search for the daughter of Linji Restaurant. She is good in talent, education and appearance, but she is a commoner. If it is the Empress Dowager who mediates the matchmaking and I personally provide the title, I don't think there is any unfair treatment. .On the contrary, it is a kind of favor."
The general meaning is that you, Lin Han, are the daughter of a concubine, so why would you want someone else to marry someone else as a matchmaker?
Don't you know that a wealthy family is unwilling to marry you?
"Bingkuan, in fact, this is also to pave the way for you to serve as an official in the court in the future. Lin Jijiu is old and frail, and he may not be able to stay in the Imperial College for long. My original idea was to transfer him to Nanjing... He has been in the Sixth Department in the North of Beijing. It is difficult to make room for him. But if we are to marry you, I will keep him in the capital no matter what."
Zhu Youtang showed his kindness to Zhang Zhou and gave Lin Han a chance.
No matter how awesome you, Lin Han, are, there is still a gap between you and the mainstream civil service system of the dynasty. You are now the right assistant minister of the Imperial Academy's Liquor and Ceremony Department. If you want to go further, you can only go to Nanjing to become a minister.
Historically, it was in the thirteenth year of Hongzhi that Lin Han was transferred to Nanjing as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
But Nanjing... is just a place to raise idle people. A Nanjing official minister is not even close to the official minister of the capital in terms of authority. In the end, Lin Han became a minister of the Nanjing military department and counselor of machine maintenance. This is better than the Nanjing official official minister. better.
After all, among the six ministries in Nanjing, only the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs have some authority.
But now the emperor also said that if Lin Han knew each other and married Zhang Zhou, it would appear that Lin Han was leading Zhang Zhou, but in fact it was Zhang Zhou who was leading Lin Han to take off. No matter what the emperor did, even if he knew he had offended Liu Jian and others, If he disrupts the order of the officialdom in the capital, he will be given a chancellor from the Northern Sixth Department.
"Bingkuan, I am helping you as well as him." Zhu Youtang sighed.
The emperor means.
Dear brother Bingkuan, do you think my brother is helping you?
As for Lin Han...if he knows how to marry you, then I will help him. If he doesn't know how to marry you, then I have no reason to help him. Basically, he can leave for Nanjing as early as possible.
"It's hard for me to say." Zhang Zhou smiled bitterly.
In fact, it depends on what Lin Han thinks.
Zhang Zhou also knew that if he told Lin Han clearly that if you marry me, you can become the six ministers of the capital, Lin Han would definitely sneer and say that he doesn't need it.
But does Lin Han really don’t need it?
After serving as an official all his life, why should a highly respected old scholar with good abilities have no choice but to become a minister in Nanjing? Who doesn’t want to stay in the capital for greater development?
Zhang Zhou can probably understand.
The emperor regarded Zhang Zhou as his own faction and began to crowd in around him.
Lin Han was the first.
"I won't let you say it, I will tell him personally." Zhu Youtang said, "You don't have to worry about this. Even if Lin Jijiu is not good at it, you can still discuss it with others. This is not a famous lady in the capital. This is the only one..."
Zhang Zhou was quite surprised.
It seems that the emperor is very determined to help him get married and pursue an official career.
This made Zhang Zhou feel embarrassed.
"There is one more thing. I want you to come to the palace early to tell the prince. This child is too noisy. No one except you can make him concentrate on studying. I didn't discuss this matter with you in advance. I’m afraid you’ll be in trouble.”
Zhu Youtang was a little embarrassed to mention this.
Zhang Zhou thought to himself, I am a minister, and I won the first prize in the exam. Isn’t that just to do this kind of thing? What else do you want to discuss with me?
When a decree comes down, I have to do it even if I don’t want to do it.
"Your Majesty, this is my duty." Zhang Zhou said.
"Don't say that to Bingkuan. Your military strategy is for governing and safeguarding the country. Teaching the prince is overqualified for you. If you don't like teaching the prince, tell me at any time and I will make other arrangements for you. Errands. You may be very busy in the next period of time, and you will be required to participate in morning meetings..."
The emperor was embarrassed not only by asking Zhang Zhou to become Zhu Houzhao's teacher.
According to Zhu Youtang, you have already been selected as Jinshi. From now on, it will be your duty to join the imperial court and participate in government affairs. You may even serve as my staff in the future... You will have to shoulder all kinds of tasks alone.
You, Zhang Bingkuan, may be more tired than the chief minister.
Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, you appreciate me so much, but it makes me feel a little embarrassed."
"No!" Zhu Youtang heard that Zhang Zhou was embarrassed, so he quickly walked out from behind the desk and stood together in front of Zhang Zhou.
"Bingkuan, I treat you as a friend. You don't always have to treat yourself as a minister of the Ming Dynasty. You and I can talk freely. Go to the Royal Garden with me today. I have something to ask you about health care."
"In addition, when we have dinner in the palace, I will ask the prince and the queen to go to the empress dowager...she is a matchmaker for you, you should also thank her..."
