Peach Fortune Ring

Someone immediately ran to Song Yan's dormitory to inform him.

When he got the news that he had won Tanhua, Song Yan wasn't surprised at all. After a little tidying up, he went outside to receive the order.

The student of the Taiyuan Academy won the Tanhua, and the whole Taiyuan Academy felt honored for it, and Song Yan was summoned again for the sacrifice.

After being encouraged by offering wine, Song Yan went to visit Cai Zixiao's mansion again.

The other party is his teacher, and he must tell him the good news.

Similarly, Cai Zixiao had already known the news that he had won Tanhua.

Therefore, he had already ordered that if Song Yan came, he would be led directly to his study without a pass.

Cai Mansion, in the study.

Cai Zixiao looked at Song Yan with a look of relief: "Ziyu, you really did not live up to your expectations as a teacher. I am very happy to be a teacher!"

"It's all teachers who teach well!"

Song Yan said modestly.

"You, don't be humble. You can have today because of your own hard work. It has nothing to do with being a teacher. According to the rules, a first-class Jinshi will enter the Imperial Academy. When you enter the Imperial Academy, you have to behave well. !” Cai Zixiao exhorted.

"Teacher, the students want to be released!" Song Yan said.

Hearing this, Cai Zixiao's complexion changed slightly, and he said solemnly: "Ziyu, you have to think clearly, to enter the Imperial Academy, you must be at least a sixth-rank Beijing official, and it is easier to be promoted in the Imperial Academy, but if you are released If you can't get promoted in three years, it will take at least six years, and after you are released, if you want to enter Beijing in the future, it will be extremely difficult!"

"Also ask the teacher to complete it!" Song Yan resolutely said.

"You!"

Cai Zixiao's eyes flashed with helplessness: "Generally speaking, Beijing officials will be released to their hometowns. Your hometown Huangshan County is just a low-level county, and the county's honor is only a ninth-rank county. As the magistrate, you have no That seniority, so you can be a magistrate at most, and you are also subject to the prefect. The old man suggests that you stay in the capital for a few years, and then promote your official position to the sixth rank, and then release it to the outside world. You will be qualified to be the fifth rank magistrate Yes, but only in terms of locality, if you want to be promoted to prefect in three years, it is simply impossible!"

"It doesn't matter where the teacher puts it, the students only want to benefit one side!"

Song Yan said again.

"Hey!" Seeing that Song Yan couldn't be persuaded, Cai Zixiao couldn't help sighing, and a little disappointment flashed in his eyes: "Well, you go back first, and I will inform you as a teacher when there is news!"

"Students let teachers down!"

"Go!" Cai Zixiao waved his hand.

Farewell to Cai Zixiao Song Yan was about to leave Cai's mansion, but was stopped by someone.

"Ziyu met senior sister!"

Song Yan bowed to a beautiful girl who was dressed as a lady, this girl was wearing a green dress, no makeup was applied on her face, she had an oval face, her eyes were like autumn water, she looked extraordinarily gentle.

She is the youngest daughter of Cai Zixiao, whose name is Cai Qiang and style name Cai Xueji.

Because she was still keeping a filial piety for her fiancé, she was dressed plainly and mainly in dark colors.

"If it's the first time in life, what's the matter with Qiufeng sadly painting a fan, Junior Brother Ziyu, you're so talented!" Cai Xueji said with a smile on her face, with a bit of admiration in her autumn-like eyes.

"Senior Sister, thank you!" Song Yan said modestly. Although Cai Xueji was born as a daughter, she has read poetry and books since she was a child, and she is also one of the famous talented women in the capital.

"Junior brother, I'm sorry, I just heard the conversation between you and daddy, are you really going to let it out?" Cai Xueji asked.

"Yes, Senior Sister!"

Song Yan nodded.

"Junior brother, why don't you stay in the capital? You're the class of this class, and with daddy's help, you're sure to be successful!" Cai Xueji persuaded, and then she told Zhou Qing that her father Cai Zixiao's appointment Has come down to serve as the right servant of the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites is the head of the six departments, and the left servant of the Ministry of Rites is concurrently held by the old man, but the old man does not care about the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, so the right servant is the second in command of the Ministry of Rites.

Absolutely has a bright future, and its influence is not even weaker than that of a Shangshu.

With such a big backer, if Song Yan stayed in the capital, he would definitely be able to achieve a prosperous official career, but he knew that Weiguo was not far from collapse, and in the future, no matter how big the official in the capital was, it would be useless.

If you want to have the right to speak, you still need to go to the local government to serve as an official, and train an elite army by the way, so that it is in line with the general trend of the world.

But he would not reveal his true thoughts to the Cai family's father and daughter, so he could only say: "Senior sister, junior brother was born in a poor family and knows the suffering of the people. Therefore, junior brother swore since he was a child that if he can pass the exam in the future Jinshi must benefit one side, so that the people under my jurisdiction can eat enough and wear warm clothes!"

Hearing what Song Yan said, Cai Xueji couldn't persuade her anymore: "Young brother's spirit is admirable, but you should think about it carefully!"

"Thank you world, junior brother will think about it carefully!"

Suddenly, Song Yan's heart moved, and he took out a jade pendant and handed it to Cai Xueji: "Senior sister, this jade pendant was consecrated by an expert, and you can keep you safe by wearing it on your body!"

Seeing the jade pendant handed over by Song Yan, Cai Xueji blushed pretty, but hesitated slightly, she reached out to take it, and then took out a folded snow-white handkerchief with a plum blossom embroidered on it and handed it to Song Yan : "Junior Brother, this is a gift from Senior Sister, this is just embroidered by Senior Sister and has not been used yet!"

"It doesn't matter, even if it's used!" Song Yan smiled, put away the handkerchief with a smile, and put it in his sleeve: "Senior sister, then the younger brother will bid farewell!"

Cai Xueji whispered: "Wait, Junior Brother, can you send me a poem?"

Song Yan was taken aback for a moment, then thought for a while, and recited: "There are several plum blossoms in the corner of the wall, and Ling Han opened them alone. I knew it wasn't snow, so there was a faint fragrance."

Cai Xueji's cheeks became redder when she heard Song Yan's verses.

Because she likes plum blossoms very much, otherwise, she would not embroider a plum blossom on the handkerchief, and there is a word snow in her handwriting, so she completely thought that this poem was Song Yan's compliment to her.

"What's the name of this poem, Junior Brother?"

"Mei! Senior Sister, Junior Brother will bid farewell!"

After saluting to Cai Xueji again, Song Yan turned and left, but didn't notice that Cai Xueji looked at his back with a little crazy eyes, but Song Yan didn't know that the jade pendant he gave Cai Xueji just now was completely regarded as an exchange token by her.

And he also accepted the handkerchief and the poem from the other party in return, so Cai Xueji already had a strange feeling for the other party in her heart.

In the next few days, more people invited Song Yan.

But he refused all of them. On the tenth day, Emperor Wei summoned all the new scholars, and Song Yan and the No. [-] scholar would have a dialogue with Emperor Wei.

[Author's Digression]: One more

Chapter 75 Zhizhou

Entering the palace again, Song Yan had already put on a bright red official uniform, and Wu Xun, the No. [-] scholar, and Ma Yuan, the No. [-], walked side by side in the first row, followed by hundreds of Jinshi.

Soon, a group of people arrived outside the Taiji Hall, but they could only enter the hall after being summoned by Emperor Wei.

About a quarter of an hour later, a rather shrill voice came from the hall: "Xuan Xin Ke No. [-] Scholar Wu Xun, Xin Ke No. [-] Ma Yuan, Xin Ke Tanhua Song Yan entered the hall to have an audience!"

The three of them looked at each other, then led by Wu Xun, Song Yan and Ma Principle a little behind him, entered the hall.

Then, it was a prostration.