My Daming New Empire

Of course he knew the reason for this. In fact, he did it on purpose when evaluating Xie Zhenqi's character in front of the eight examiners.

Unlike many officials who came from the bottom, Xie Zhenqi's life was smooth sailing from the beginning.

It is precisely because it is so smooth that it is difficult for him to appreciate the sufferings of ordinary people in the world, and he is full of a romantic spirit.

This kind of spirit is good when you are a scholar, but it seems out of date when you become an official.

Taking the promotion of mathematics, geometry, letters, and punctuation marks as examples, Zhu Zhanji is full of expectations for Xiejia.

They are also very serious in their attitudes. No matter what Zhu Zhanji asks them to do, they will do it with their heart without complaint.

But doing it with heart doesn't mean they will do well.

Several members of the Xie family, from Xie Lun, Xie Jin, and Huang Jinhua, to the two brothers Xie Zhenqi and Xie Zhenliang, they are all the kind of people who are full of scholarly spirit and are not suitable for official positions.

This is the character of their entire family, and it is difficult for anyone to correct it.

This is like many economics teachers, let them teach theory, they can speak clearly.But if they are allowed to do business, they will lose money in a mess.

After promoting geometry for several years, all they can do is use their reputation to publish a few books, and then they don't know what to do.

In this regard, they are not as good as the Ministry of Industry.

Relying on craftsmen, the Ministry of Industry opened the first craftsman school in Ming Dynasty on the east side of Zhu Zhanji's Xiamaqiao Farm.Not only vigorously promoted these knowledge, but also directly put these theoretical knowledge into the application stage.

In Zhu Zhanji's heart, several members of the Xie family had already been given the symbol that they could only study theories and not serve as officials.But Xie Zhenqi's current choice made him have higher expectations for Xie Zhenqi.

"What's the schedule for the new Jinshi today?"

"In the morning, report to the Ministry of Officials, and in the afternoon, go to the Confucian Temple to offer sacrifices. In the evening, hold an honor banquet in the Imperial Academy."

Enrong Banquet is also known as Qionglin Banquet. Because the Yuan Dynasty changed its name to Enrong Banquet, the ministers of Ming Dynasty also used this name.

"It is said that Xie Zhenqi will enter the palace to meet you, and Gu wants to see him at noon today."

The Xie family is a typical example of Zhu Zhanji standing among scholars, and Zhu Zhanji believes that he is also benevolent and righteous to the Xie family.

Therefore, he was unwilling to make any mistakes. If this solution was reliable, then he would reuse it. If he had resentment towards himself because of it, then he would be sent to Luzon and let him fend for himself.

Today is the second day of Chuan Lu's roll call. In the past few days, the daily schedule is not tight for the enjoyment of the newly promoted Jinshi.

As the number one scholar, Xie Zhenqi was the first to be registered in the Ministry of Officials.This kind of registration is equivalent to the personnel files of later generations, which records the individual's household registration, family population, personal specialties, etc. in the file.

Because there are no photos, there are still many records about personal appearance and even body privacy in the file.

For example, where there is a birthmark on the body, a tooth is missing, or six fingers, etc., it must be clearly recorded.

This is also to prevent someone from impersonating their identity.

Xie Zhenqi was the first to register, and when meeting Jian Yi face-to-face, he made a request to the big man in charge of Daming's personnel arrangements that he didn't want to enter the Imperial Academy, but wanted to let him out.

Jian Yi was of course very surprised, he didn't expect Xie Zhenqi to be so arrogant, because of Zhu Zhanji's words, he wanted to go overseas to prove himself.

Of course he persuaded and persuaded, although Xie Jin was a little unreasonable, but because of this, there was not much conflict between him and the court officials.

Jian Yi is also willing that a "simple" person like Xie Jin stay in the cabinet and occupy the position of the cabinet's chief assistant.In this case, the cabinet does not have the ability to directly influence the six ministries.

When he knew that Xie Jin had agreed to understand Zhenqi's plan, Jian Yi had nothing to say.

After leaving Jian Yi's public house, Xie Zhenqi couldn't help but sigh.Of course he knew that his choice was a bit risky. If he could make good grades, he would be able to return to the capital in three years, at most six years.

But if he fails to achieve results, he will never even think about entering the Hanlin Academy in his life.

If you don't enter the Imperial Academy, you still have a chance to be a court official, but if you want to enter the cabinet, you have no chance.

However, he has no regrets.

Because of the road of entering Hanlin, he can already see the end.Now that the political situation in the imperial court is stable, at least until his uncle returns home, he has no chance to enter the cabinet.

At most, he studied history books in the Hanlin Academy, or acted as a lecturer, gave lectures, performed at a sutra banquet, or enlightened the children of His Royal Highness.

He stayed in the Imperial Academy for 20 years, and when his uncle Xie Jin retired and returned home, he was only in his 40s. At that time, he would also become a bachelor and just entered the cabinet to serve as the speaker of His Highness.

Because of his personality flaws, he didn't think he would have the chance to run a department, let alone realize his political ambitions.

Just like my uncle, even as His Highness's teacher, he never had the chance to hold real power, and was always a speaker.

If you want to change, you have to change from the beginning of entering the officialdom, take a more difficult path, and correct your established personality from the beginning.

More importantly, let His Highness know his determination.

Xie Zhenqi is smart, his thinking is clear, and the development route he has planned for himself is also very feasible.

But in the face of such a huge change, he was inevitably a little uneasy.

"Brother Zhongping, have you met Master Shangshu?"

The person who spoke was Chen An, a Jinshi of the same period. Chen An was also the No. [-] in this scientific examination. He and Xie Zhenqi had met last year, and they made an appointment to have dinner together at Fuqian Street at noon today.

In the afternoon, we had to worship the Confucian Temple, so no alcohol was allowed, and the Qionglin Banquet was arranged in the evening. However, as long as the Jinshi gathered together for a small gathering at the same time, as long as they didn't drink alcohol, it didn't matter.

Xie Zhenqi faced several fellow subjects, bowed to the end and said: "I have already met Lord Shangshu first, so I will go ahead and wait for your visit at Zuixianlou on Fuqian Street."

This is the Ministry of Officials, so of course it is not a place for idle talk. Except for people like Xie Zhenqi who had been an official in the early days and knew the capital well, most Jinshi have not seen much of the world, and they are trembling in this center of power.

Several people made an appointment, so they left, Xie Zhenqi took the lead out of the official department.

Chengtianmen Square is overcrowded everywhere, especially at the railway station platform, where the people queuing up are extremely crowded.

Xie Zhenqi didn't need to squeeze the train, their Xie family had settled in the capital for many years, and they also had a carriage.After finding his own carriage, he immediately went to Zuixianlou on Fuqian Street.

And when he left the Ministry of Officials, the news about his invitation to go to Nanyang was spread by the officials of the Ministry of Officials, which shocked countless people.

When Liu Wan came to the Ministry of Officials, of course he made a fool of himself. Hearing that he had gone to Zuixian Tower, Liu Wan stopped looking for it by himself and told Xiao Huangmen beside him. "Let's go back to the Jinshen Hall first. You can go to the Zuixian Tower to announce Jiezhenqi's entry into the palace. Don't delay too long."

Xie Zhenqi was still chatting with a few fellow subjects who had arrived earlier in Zuixianlou, when he received Zhu Zhanji's oral order from two small yellow gates.

No matter how important a dinner party is, it is not as important as Zhu Zhanji's summoning.Under the envious eyes of others, Xie Zhenqi repeatedly pleaded guilty, followed Xiaohuangmen into the carriage, and entered the palace along Xihuamen.

At this time, it was already [-]:[-] noon, and it happened to be the time to prepare for lunch, and the news that Xie Zhenqi had asked him to release it had already spread.

In the hall, only Xie Jin was left by Zhu Zhanji's side at this time.After Xie Zhenqi saluted, he straightened up, and Zhu Zhanji asked Xie Zhenqi who was standing tall in the audience: "In the Ming Dynasty, there was never a precedent for the number one scholar to invite himself to the outside world. Zhongping has a heart for me." Resentment?"

Xie Zhenqi, who had just stood up, quickly knelt down again, bowed his head and said: "Your Highness, the minister did not complain to His Highness, but after His Highness pointed out the shortcomings of the minister, he faced it bravely and tried his best to correct it."

"Get up and talk!"

Zhu Zhanji winked, Liu Wan stepped forward to help Zhenqi, and asked him to sit down on the seat next to him.