"Dao Qing, do you have any resentment in your heart?"
As soon as the provincial examination yellow list was announced, Ding Wei recruited Ye Qingchen to his residence and told Ye Qingchen all the twists and turns.
Originally, according to the ranking of tribute officials, Ye Qingchen was among the top ten, but now there are only more than fifty Ye Qingchen.
"It's all up to the adults to decide."
After learning the whole story, it would be a lie to say that Ye Qingchen had no resentment at all, but he could understand it.
After all, his status is relatively special.
If it really ranks among the top three, it will inevitably arouse criticism.
Compared with the reputation of the prospective father-in-law, his personal honor and disgrace are insignificant.
"Um."
Ding Wei nodded confidently: "Young man, neither arrogant nor impetuous, is very good."
Although Ding Wei didn't mention it in particular, one thing is certain, he will definitely not treat Ye Qingchen badly.
According to the current situation, even if he decides to take up his official position in two years, he should be able to do so smoothly.
The previous scandal involving Ding Qi will probably never happen again.
Perhaps Liu Demiao's disappearance was actually directed and acted by Liu Demiao.
Apart from this, Ding Wei could not think of other possibilities. After all, if it was a political enemy who did it, the matter should have been revealed long ago.
"certainly."
After thinking about it, Ding Wei suddenly drew another big cake for Ye Qingchen.
"Dao Qing, don't be discouraged. According to my observation, the officials should be very satisfied with your strategy."
"As long as you perform at a normal level during the imperial examination, your final ranking will definitely be good."
"In the next few days, you can take my name card and visit Zhang Daizhi."
"Both Zhang Daizhi and his son were Jinshi, and his father Zhang Wengu was a learned scholar highly praised by Li Yu, the late emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty."
Hearing Zhang Pin's name, Ye Qingchen's heart suddenly moved.
He had long heard about the Zhang family in Pucheng, especially Zhangwengu, for whom even Li Yu, the later master of the Southern Tang Dynasty, spoke highly of them.
This shows the loftiness of his diction.
When Ye Qingchen's father was young, the Southern Tang Dynasty had not yet been destroyed, and his father almost grew up listening to Li Yu's reputation.
When did the spring flowers and autumn moon come? How much do you know about the past?
There was an east wind in the small building last night, and the motherland cannot bear to look back. In the bright moonlight, the carved railings and jade masonry should still be there, but the beauty has changed.
Asking you how much sorrow you can have is like a river of spring water flowing eastward.
This poem was written by Li Yu when he was living in seclusion in Bianjing. A song of mourning, like crying and complaining, fell on the white paper, and it was already filled with blood and tears.
At the same time, this poem is also Li Yu’s swan song.
Of course, Ye Qingchen only liked Li Yu's words, not Li Yu the person. As the leader of the country, Li Yu was undoubtedly unqualified.
But as a poet, Li Yu's achievements are beyond the reach of ordinary people.
After a while, Ye Qingchen came back from his thoughts and saw him slowly standing up and bowing to Ding Wei respectfully.
"Lord Lao, thank you for your trouble!"
Unlike the lock-down during the provincial examination, so far, examiners for the imperial examination do not need to lock up the hall.
Because the purpose of locking the courtyard is to put an end to the trend of asking for favors, and the examiner of the imperial examination is the emperor, who can ask the emperor for favors?
Even if the important ministers in the DPRK have this qualification, who would dare to ask for help?
Therefore, there is no lock-in system in the palace examination, so it is not inappropriate to ask Zhang Pin to give instructions on Ye Qingchen's diction.
"That doesn't need to be the case."
Ding Wei waved his hand with a smile: "You and I, my father-in-law and son-in-law, why do you need to be so polite?"
"By the way, Thirteenth Mother has been talking about you in my ears lately."
"Well, I still have something to do, so you can go directly to the garden."
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A few days later.
Lu Mansion.
After hearing the rumors from the outside world, Lu Yijian couldn't help but look gloomy.
Not long ago, a piece of news suddenly came out in Beijing.
It turned out that Ye Qingchen only passed the exam with more than fifty, not because Ye Qingchen was a parallel importer, but because Prime Minister Ding Wei specifically begged the officials to lower Ye Qingchen's ranking in order to avoid suspicion.
If Ding Wei hadn't begged, Ye Qingchen's ranking would have been in the top three.
Lu Yijian suddenly heard the news and immediately thought of who let him go.
Besides Ding Wei, who else could be there?
I have to say that this wave of news has indeed earned Ding Wei a wave of praise.
Although Ding Wei's reputation was not very good before, the past was before and the present is now.
Under deliberate guidance, some people have begun to praise Ding Wei for being an upright person.
Ding said he was upright?
This is the biggest joke Lu Yijian has heard this year!
This guy is really shameless!
Looking at the candidates for the imperial examination, Ding Wei’s partisans accounted for more than half!
There is no doubt that most of these people were recommended by Ding Wei himself.
It is not difficult to come to this conclusion.
Before the list was announced, only Ding Wei had entered the palace and met the officials. Apart from him, there would be no one else!
In fact, there is one thing that Lu Yijian still hasn't been able to figure out.
How could such a smart person from the official family be so stupid about Ding Wei?
Since the official ascended the throne, Ding Wei's position has always been as stable as Mount Tai.
When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
Ding Wei's party members were also promoted.
Like Zu Shiheng, he is now the chief officer of the third division.
There was also Zhang Pin, the examiner of the palace examination, who had always been friendly with Ding Wei. In the last year of Tianxi, Zhang Pin offended the Queen Mother by impeaching Liu Mei and was demoted from the capital.
Nowadays, Zhang Pin can be said to have had a happy life after all his hardships.
Not only was he appointed by the officials as an examiner for the imperial examination, but he was also named Longtuge to be made.
As usual, Zhang Pin's next stop is probably Hanlin Academy.
Hanlin bachelors were the most important people in the Qing Dynasty. Since the Tang Dynasty, they had the title of "internal prime minister". Entering the bachelor's academy was basically equivalent to joining the prime minister's reserve army.
Throughout the dynasty, most of the prime ministers and ministers had the experience of being Hanlin bachelors.
From this we can see that Hanlin scholars are noble and noble.
It's a pity that Zhang Pin is Ding Wei's man.
Thinking of this, Lu Yijian could not help but feel a sense of crisis in her heart.
Ding Wei's power is getting bigger and bigger now.
I don’t know if the current situation is intentional on the part of the officials.
If it was really the government's tacit approval, then his little moves would probably be useless.
The most noble person in the world is the Emperor.
The king, the king, and the ministers, with the power of the ministers, can only advise the monarch. If the monarch is really determined, the ministers are powerless.
'Pucheng Zhang is worth winning over.'
Suddenly, Lu Yijian thought of Zhang Dexiang who was still locked in the courtyard.
Zhang Pin, there is no hope of winning him over.
But Zhang Dexiang is different.
Zhang Dexiang is from their group. Although he and Zhang Dexiang don't have many interactions, they are at least standing in the same trench.
To win over Zhang Dexiang, in a sense, is to win over the Pucheng Zhang family.
This is a curved plan to save the country.
If there is a chance, it would be best to bring Zhang Pin to their side.
Of course, Zhang Dexiang has to come forward in this matter.
As for the rumors between Zhang Dexiang and Zhang Pin, Lu Yijian had naturally heard of them, but he would not believe a word of such rumors.
Pucheng Zhang made it clear that he was hedging his bets!
As the leader of the Lu family in Donglai, Lu Yijian should not be too clear about this method.