I am the king of the dead

Four sheets of yellow paper were vertically glued to the head of the list, and the list of candidates who passed was written in heavy ink.

The new list of Li Wei moved the capital, and everyone in Jiumo took a look at it.

There was a huge crowd of people, and there was a huge crowd of spectators. Not only did people come to watch the list, but there were also many people who joined in the fun.

In the fifth year of Jingtai, the students of Guozijian stepped through the thorn fence surrounding the list posted outside Donghua Gate from the east, and almost knocked down the wall where the list was posted.

This time the list is released, outside the wall of the list, there is a half-person-high wall, made of cement, which will never be stepped on again.

Outside the Donghua Gate, on the side of the moat, there is a building called the Chanting Building, also known as the Zhuangyuan Building. There are main halls, Chunqiu Buildings, and corridors communicating with each other. The overall layout is in the shape of "工".

The top of the chanting building is the top of the cross resting mountain, and the surroundings of the seat are peacock blue glazed railings with embossed dragon and peony patterns, which are dazzling in the warm spring sun.

Many candidates gathered downstairs in the chanting, waiting nervously for the clerk upstairs to call their names. After all, they were a little lucky, afraid that they would miss it outside the Donghua Gate.

There was a clerk who went up to the second floor and kept calling names in rhythmic rhythms. Someone would go upstairs when he sang his name. Often at this time, all the students looked at the person who went upstairs with admiration.

The person who goes upstairs is the person who ranks first in the list.

Even if he was born as a third-class Jinshi, he is still the dragon and phoenix among tens of thousands of students.

After going upstairs, after checking the identity of the person, before coming to the long table, write a wedding invitation with golden dye. This wedding invitation will be sent to the hometown, and the academic officer will receive it and send it back home, shining on the lintel!

It is exactly that: after the paper was expensive in the capital, when overseas gold filled in the surname.

The name of Jinke Zhuangyuan Lang is Li Chun, who is from Huarong, Yuezhou Prefecture, Huguang. He is the Huarong Road where Cao Cao walked. He was 34 years old at the time. After he wrote his name, he wrote on the wedding invitation: The number one scholar was originally determined, so Chang'e was sent to report his name!

How high-spirited and high-spirited!

"Zhejiang Henglin Fei Yiying, 143 fellow Jinshi, please come up to the tower!" The clerk shouted loudly.

Fei Yiying stood in the audience, and suddenly he was a little surprised that he really hit it!

Although he was only from the third class and was born as a Jinshi, he was also a Jinshi and entered the threshold of an official. He had already read the yellow list and saw his name, but he was still a little dazed. When he came back to his senses, his face was full of surprise, and he shouted loudly: "Hey! I've won, I've won!"

The clerk watched the crowd, and continued to watch: "Luo Bingzhong, Jinkou, Zhili, 146 fellow Jinshi, please come to the tower!"

Luo Bingzhong, Shi, the chief of Prince Xiang's mansion, and His Royal Highness Xiang fled to the capital to escape the rebels, and followed His Royal Highness southward to Guizhou where he was born and died, and then went to Helin with His Royal Highness Xiang to frighten the prefect of Ara. King Ming Hua Tatar worked hard.

Luo Bingzhong took a wedding invitation and left the chanting building. His family all lived in the official residence, so he didn't have to send wedding invitations to Jinkou at all, and he knew yesterday that he had won the list.

To be exact, when he was on business in Prince Xiang's mansion yesterday, King Xiang told him that he might have won. Luo Bingzhong was also taken aback at that time, and was not very happy.

His official is the chief history of the palace, he seems to be a low-level teacher, but he is the chief history of Prince Zhide, this Jinshi background is just icing on the cake for him, and he doesn't need it.

If he really wanted to leave Prince Xiang's Mansion, he would join the Daming Anti-Corruption Office just like Shi Zhouying, the Chief of Prince Zheng's Mansion. He was also an ambassador at the beginning.

But his situation is completely different from Zhou Ying's. Zhou Ying's prince, His Royal Highness Zheng Wang, is not the first emperor's uncle; Zhou Ying will also remind King Zheng in Beijing, such as the case of Zhang Zhao's transfer to the palace last time.

He, Luo Bingzhong, never planned to leave Prince Xiang's mansion in his life.

If one day he dies, or if his waist sword stabs into the heart of His Highness King Xiang, or when King Xiang and even Demei die, his long history will come to an end.

This is also a life and death agreement.

Sometimes Luo Bingzhong wondered, His Royal Highness King Xiang, who can write about the three realms of life, the theory of sharp handles, and the theory of public morality, really didn't know that he was carrying a waist sword and could kill him at any time?

I probably know it, but His Royal Highness King Xiang keeping him by his side is probably one of the means to make His Majesty feel at ease.

"Your Highness, here are the wedding invitations." Luo Bingzhong returned to Prince Xiang's Mansion with the wedding invitations, and said quite calmly.

Zhu Zhanqian was a little bit rich, but after reading the wedding invitation for a long time, he slapped the table and shouted loudly: "Okay! Very good!"

"Our Prince Xiang's Mansion has also produced a Jinshi. Let's see who will say that my Prince Daming is ignorant! Very good, come and watch! Today is a big banquet at the Palace!"

Zhu Zhanqian gave Luo Bingzhong five hundred silver coins as a reward for winning the gold list, and everyone in Xiangwang's mansion received ten silver coins.

A big banquet was also held, and Luo Bingzhong's relatives were also invited to the palace. They could play music and dance vigorously to celebrate.

Xiang Wang Zhu Zhanqian has always been kind to others and very rich, not to mention Luo Bingzhong who has lived and died with him for so long.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

A trace of worry flashed across Zhu Zhanqian's eyes and he said: "Luo Changshi, this spring is over, your Majesty should go on a southern tour, and we are going to Fengtian Hall to sit on the square stool again, this is the fourth time. "

"Luo Changshi, you must take good care of your orphan."

"Lungong, I am the direct prince of Ming Dynasty alone. I am alone in the safe and stable prison country in Beijing. Only when I deal with state affairs, can my Majesty do my best in Nanya. You and I will see the damage of the Ming Dynasty's Winter Order. It is miserable."

"In terms of personal interests, we are life and death friends. We escaped the military disaster together in Xiangyang, fought against the Miao people in Guizhou together, and faced the scimitar of the Wala people in Helin together."

"You must take good care of the orphan!"

Now, Luo Bingzhong is different, he is now a Jinshi.

Luo Bingzhong looked at Zhu Zhanqian inexplicably, what he said was a little strange, he won the Jinshi, isn't it him?

6Chapter 17 If you abandon the Western Regions, the world will be in trouble

Although Luo Bingzhong wants Zhu Zhanqian's life, Luo Bingzhong is indeed the person Zhu Zhanqin trusts the most.

This is not a contradiction, it is precisely the expression of King Xiang's selflessness and lack of confusion in his heart.

To be precise, when Luo Bingzhong was still a Juren, King Xiang knew that as long as he did not commit heinous crimes, Luo Bingzhong's dagger would never stab him to death from the back.

Luo Bingzhong is loyal to Daming, loyal to His Majesty, and finally loyal to him.

Now that Luo Bingzhong has won the Jinshi, everything is different.

First of all, the upper limit. The family background of Ming Juren is not good. Even if Luo Bingzhong followed King Xiang to supervise the country, followed King Xiang to Anding in Yunnan, and went to Helin with His Royal Highness, he was still a Juren and left Xiangwang's mansion. Luo Bingzhong's upper limit is just the six ministers of Nanjing.

The powerful officials in the capital, and the leaders of the cultural affairs department in the capital, both disdain to make friends with Luo Bingzhong, because Luo Bingzhong is just a juren.

Now, Luo Bingzhong is a Jinshi. Even if he was from the same Jinshi background, there is a possibility that he will serve as a minister in six books in the future, and he will go up to nine days. Moreover, Luo Bingzhong is also the chief history of Prince Xiang's mansion, so there will be more people who deliberately make friends.

In case Luo Bingzhong and the group of Wentong Minggongs wore a pair of trousers, King Xiang's supervision of the country this time can be said to be close to death.

Obviously, Luo Bingzhong didn't even think to understand why King Xiang would say that you want to protect me, because Luo Bingzhong never thought of making friends with Wentong people, never thinking of being a clean rumor officer, and even more so. Never thought of leaving Prince Xiang's Mansion.

He and Zhu Zhanqian can only have a life-and-death agreement.

"Come, let's drink this cup together." Zhu Zhanqian looked at Luo Bingzhong and smiled bitterly. To be precise, he was a little worried that Luo Bingzhong would not be able to resist the temptation of Wen Tong.

Zhu Zhanqian really didn't want the day when he and Luo Bingzhong parted ways would really come, but there were some things that couldn't be stopped at all.

Luo Bingzhong didn't know why, so he drank it all in one gulp.

He put the chopsticks on the wine glass and stopped drinking. His eyes flashed with yearning and he said: "This time I won the list. In the evening, there will be a feast of grace and glory. There will be many Minggongs in this feast of grace and glory." go."

The Luming Banquet is a banquet that both new imperial examination candidates and Jinshi will attend. The host will set up the guest and host, Chen Zudou, the orchestra will be prepared, and the young prison will be used for livestock.

The grand banquet held by the imperial court to entertain new scholars was originally called the Qionglin Banquet, which was an advanced version of the Luming Banquet. In the Ming Dynasty, in the eighth year of Xuande, it was renamed the Enrong Banquet.

Deer is a homonym for Lu, which of course means that Xinke Jinshi is an official.

Zhu Zhanqian's eyes were a bit gloomy. The Qionglin Banquet and the Enrong Banquet are the first steps for the new scholars to step into the officialdom, and also the first step to enter the world from the ideal country where they study. first step.

These Jinshi who are full of vigor, full of righteousness, self-cultivation, family governance, and world peace will discover for the first time that the reality is so cruel.

The Enrong Banquet will be co-hosted by the chief examiner, the Zuo Dudu of Jinyiwei, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites.

And on this day, at the Enrong Banquet, most Jinshi will choose a mountain top.

The first is the Kodao speaker.

There are 140 censors at all levels in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and there are 60 people in the northern and southern yamen in the six divisions. Because Jing'an Province and Ryukyu Province were newly established, the southern yamen was divided into four, and the number of censors at all levels in the Ming Dynasty has increased by nearly The establishment of more than [-] people.

The official position of the Metropolitan Procuratorate seems to be very small. For example, the right and left censors of the Chief Constitution are no more than three grades, but they have great power. If there is no emperor behind them, no one would dare to confront the Metropolitan Procuratorate head-on.

The functions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are to correct and impeach all officials (supervising and impeaching all officials), to discern injustice (one of the three judicial departments), to admiral each way (the post of governor), and to be the department of the emperor's eyes, eyes and discipline.

Due to its functions, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has a natural ability to coordinate across departments.

The three divisions of the local provinces have the Chengxuan Zhengshi Division in charge of civil affairs, the punishment and inspection department in charge of punishment and prisons, and the command and envoy division in charge of local military affairs.

On weekdays, the three local divisions live in peace and harmony, but for things such as war, salt administration, horse administration, auditing accounts, etc., which require the cooperation of the three divisions to deal with, the three divisions make equal grades, who will listen to?

Naturally, they listen to the governor, and the admirals of the provinces (provinces) themselves are the functions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to inspect and inspect the censors. Therefore, at the local level, the governor has the function of coordinating the three divisions.

Yu Qian was once impeached by the Metropolitan Procuratorate for one crime.

Gu Yao and others impeached Yu Qian, but Zhu Qiyu chopped off his head for the crime of bullying disrespect for ignoring his reprimand to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Expertise, Yu Qian, as Minister of the Ministry of War, commanded the six ministries and arranged the battle of the capital as a whole. That is to say, to be expert, to work across departments. The power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

There are many people, great power, long hands, and low positions. No one dares to mess with them.

Even in the face of the impeachment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, without the emperor's acquiescence and support, Hu Wei would not dare to confront the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate head-on, but with the emperor's support, Hu Wei has a completely different combat power.

From Xu Youzhen at the beginning, to He Zhang impeaching him for being unethical, to Chen Xunru, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, going to the palace, every time Hu Wei got the emperor's acquiescence, and then he slammed his nose at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who was the picket of hundreds of officials, Otherwise, Hu Yan would not dare to do it.

The Qing rumor officer is Luo Bingzhong's first choice after Jinshi.

The second is to be admitted to the Hanlin Academy as a Hanlin, and then receive the salary of the imperial court, revise books, dream, occasionally write a memorial, criticize current politics and scold the emperor to gain a good reputation, follow the steps, and finally win a chance to enter the cabinet and enter the Ming Dynasty. center of power.

This road is the Wentong route. It goes smoothly and there is no great danger. Of course, there is no great credit, but the victory is safe.

For example, Lang Qiujun, the number one scholar in the fifth year of Jingtai, and Chen Xun, the number one scholar in the Yongle period, took this route, dreaming, outlining the Utopia, and depicting the world of Datong.

The third way is to get out of the office and finally join the Sixth Ministry. Ke Qian, who was in the second year of Jingtai, took this way. He went to the border town to catch spies.

For example, Yu Qian, who was tired and sick, and Wang Wen, Wang Ao, etc. who had been held in the local area for 25 years, were all of this kind.

A seemingly simple grace banquet, teacher appreciation banquet, is the first step in life choice.

Why did Zhu Zhanqian's eyes dim, because he saw Luo Bingzhong's eagerness to try.

After being a Jinshi, Luo Bingzhong might no longer like the pool of Prince Xiang's Mansion.

Prince Zhide seems nice to hear, but a prince who sees things is really out of place in Daming. The ax may be added at any time, and the big ship of Prince Xiang's Mansion capsizes.

It is human nature for Luo Bingzhong to plan early.

"Your Highness, some of the group of people we are staring at at the Enrong Banquet and the Nursing Home will be there. I will contact them as a new scholar. Although they are on guard, they will still be slack!" Luo Bingzhong said extremely Excitedly said: "The matter of the nursing home cannot be delayed any longer. If His Majesty makes a southern tour, it will be much more difficult for us to do it!"

The gleam in Luo Bingzhong's eyes is not the expectation of Jinshi and his career, but the expectation of making a nest and closing the net!

Zhu Zhanqian was quite surprised. He thought that Luo Bingzhong was full-fledged and ready to fly solo, but now it seems...isn't that the case?

Did Luo Bingzhong use the status of Jinshi to handle the case? !

Luo Bingzhong listed out his plan in detail, which is actually very similar to the way Li Binyan partnered with Tianzi Tiqi in Shandong to wipe out corrupt officials in a nest in Shandong.

Scene reconstruction.

The corner of Zhu Zhanqian's mouth twitched, scholars are indeed insidious and cunning!

It's just that he asked a little strangely: "Is Luo Changshi planning to go out to work in the government?"

Zhu Zhanqian chose to speak directly, which is also His Majesty's style. Some things are boring in his heart, and it becomes a gap.

The mouth under the nose is for talking, not for misunderstanding.

Luo Bingzhong shook his head and said, "Being loyal to Daming is the same wherever you are."

Of course, Luo Bingzhong thought about going out to serve in the mansion. Seeing how majestic Zhou Ying, the original chief clerk of Prince Zheng's mansion, Luo Bingzhong also thought about it, but he quickly held back.

His existence is part of the mutual trust and friendship between His Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Xiang. He can be more loyal to Daming in Prince Xiang's mansion, and he can also realize himself.

In Guizhou, in Helin, and in Daning, the credit is indeed His Highness's, but there are also his.

"So that's the case, then follow your ideas and try to solve the filth of the Nursing Home before His Majesty's southern tour." Zhu Zhanqian smiled.

Luo Bingzhong knew exactly what he wanted, and he didn't feel wronged by staying in the palace, that was enough.

Prince Xiang's Mansion has also figured out the tricks of the Nursing Home to hide the filth. Now that it's time to collect the net, Luo Bingzhong needs to confirm a few things before he can communicate with the Jinyiwei and prepare to collect the net.

The spring has passed, and the news that the Ming emperor wants to tour the south spreads all over the north and south of the river as if he has grown wings. Countless government orders have been spread from the six yamen to the localities on issues such as the accompanying officials, the list of retinues, reception along the road, and so on.

Before the southern tour, Zhu Qiyu had one more thing to do, and that was Ye Mili Huo Zhe, or Xia Zhiyi.

Yemi Li Huo Zhe brought the Turpan Khanate to defect to Daming. After repeated consideration, it was a good decision for everyone after the merger of Liucheng Kingdom, Huozhou Kingdom, and Turpan Khanate.

Zhu Qiyu wanted to meet Xia Zhiyi, and announced a series of issues such as naming, title, and appointment.

Zhu Qiyu didn't want to leave a mess for King Xiang. The emperor's uncle is very capable, but after all, he lacks the throne, and he is tied up when dealing with some matters.

Xia Zhiyi attached great importance to this knighthood. To be precise, Daming's attitude towards the Western Regions was very important to Xia Zhiyi, so he traveled thousands of miles to go to Beijing in person.

Xia Zhiyi entered the Fengtian Hall with a unicorn on his right lapel, bowed three times and kowtowed five times, and shouted respectfully: "Chen Xia Zhiyi, I greet Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Bo Xia Zhiyi listens to the seal."

Big and small Yule Dusi is a place name, and it is also a test for the management of the capital in the Yule area of ​​the Western Regions after the Ming Dynasty established the Seven Guards of Kansai in the Yongle period. It is an ambition of the Ming Dynasty to reopen the Western Regions.

During the Yongle period, Zhu Di once appointed the Tongzhi of the two capitals.