The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

This time, Lin Zhao won the first prize in the imperial examination, Yang Su did well in the examination, and Chen Mian was not as good as the three of them.

But fortunately, it's just that the ranking is a little behind, so he can earn an official position anyway.

In the end, Lin Zhao went to the Hanlin Academy and became a fifth-rank Hanlin bachelor. Yang Su was assigned to the Ministry of Punishments, and was appointed a sixth-rank member of the Ministry of Punishment, Wailang.The Ministry of Criminal Justice is a good place. There are many old cases in it. If talented people go there, if they can solve a few major cases, they will be promoted very quickly.

Chen Mian's ranking was lower, and it is reasonable to say that he was sent outside to be a county magistrate, but he was lucky and was assigned to the Ministry of Rites, and became the chief director of the Ministry of Rites from the seventh rank.Although the rank is not high, he is still a Beijing official anyway.

On the contrary, Lin Zhao went to the Hanlin Academy, whose daily task was to compile and repair books, just like the Ministry of Rites, they were idle jobs.

However, there is a custom in the Great Wei Dynasty that non-Hanlin officials are not allowed to join the cabinet, but all officials who enter the cabinet, the core administrative organ of the country, are all from the Hanlin.

However, Lin Zhao did not want to suffer in the Imperial Academy, but now that the imperial decree has been issued, it is difficult to change it, so he can only stay in the Imperial Academy for a year.When the time comes, look for another job.

Jiang Ziyan was very happy for Lin Zhao to serve in the Imperial Academy. In his eyes, the Imperial Academy was equivalent to a civil servant in his previous life, with good and stable benefits, and he was decent when he said it.

After Chen Mian and Yang Su confirmed their appointments, they each wrote letters to their families. There was still some time before they took office, so they could bring their family members here and arrange them before going to their posts.

Since Lin Zhao passed the No. [-] examination, every day there were posts sent to his door inviting him to a banquet. Among them were some high-ranking nobles who wanted to be listed to catch their son-in-law.

Although Lin Zhao felt impatient about this, he could not push some posts, so he had to bite the bullet and go.

On this day, I went to the literary appreciation event held by the eldest son of the Jinyang Prince's family, and many young talents in Beijing were invited.On the surface, it is said that he will make friends with literature, but in fact he wants to find a reliable husband-in-law for his sister.

After all, it was a post from Jinyang Prince's Mansion, Lin Zhao couldn't refuse it, and there would be many places where he would have to socialize in the future, so he was so soft-spoken now, so he had to go.

Lin Zhao came not too early or too late, and not long after he took his seat, there was a sudden commotion around, talking about the man who was walking in from the gate.

Lin Zhao calmly asked a literati next to him, "Who is that person? Why does everyone seem so excited?"

"Oh, you don't know this, he is the famous Mr. Huaiyu in the capital!"

"Master Huaiyu? Chu Huaiyu?"

"That's right, it's him. You don't know how good he is in poetry and prose. He is only 25 years old now, and he is already a third-rank Zhongshu servant. The future is so bright, but I don't know why. I heard that in the past two years It seems that the person in the palace is not very favored."

Lin Zhaozheng was thinking that this person's name was a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, when he saw the person coming in and chatted with others for a while, looked around, and then walked towards him.

He looked polite, and Lin Zhao thought it was just an ordinary greeting, but he didn't expect to say: "Brother Lin, I wonder if the teacher is still in good health?"

Such an intimate address made Lin Zhao feel a little uncomfortable. When he first heard it, he wondered who the teacher he was talking about was, and whether he had misunderstood the person.

But when he heard him clearly talking about Brother Lin, he knew that he was not mistaken. He thought of Mr. Cen at home, and the master once said that he was the second such smart person he had ever seen.

I think the first person who is so intelligent that the master has met is probably the gentle and handsome man in front of him.

Lin Zhao returned the salute and said, "I don't know what the teacher you are referring to is...?"

Chu Huaiyu smiled and said, "It's Master Cen who has been teaching you all the time. We are also brothers of the same school. You don't have to be so alien, just call me Huaiyu. In the future, if you need my help, please come to me .”

Chu Huaiyu was very friendly to him, but Lin Zhao always felt uncomfortable. Besides, if he was Master Cen's direct disciple, why didn't Master Cen mention it to him after so long?

Lin Zhao has always known that Mr. Cen has an old affair, and he has been thinking about it and never let it go. Could it be related to this Chu Huaiyu?

He felt that when he went back, it was necessary to ask Mr. Cen.

However, Lin Zhao won the number one prize and became the youngest Sanyuan Jidi in the history of the Wei Dynasty, younger than Chu Huaiyu's Sanyuan Jidi.

And because many people had seen him when the No. [-] scholar paraded the streets that day, he became famous in the capital all of a sudden, that's why there were so many posts asking him to go out to a banquet.

This banquet was originally held by Li Heng, the eldest son of Jinyang Prince's Mansion, to choose a husband for the daughter of the princess. After Lin Zhao came, he knew the meaning of it and didn't want to get involved. Now he has a partner.

But this Li Heng talked to him frequently, and praised him so much in words.Lin Zhao frowned. He didn't want to be a princess for the princess of Laoshizi, but he couldn't leave for a while, so he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he knew this was the way it was today, he should have found all kinds of reasons to shirk.

Li Heng seemed to have noticed that he was not in high spirits, and the conversation gradually became less and less, and Lin Zhao responded one after another.

In addition to the various literati who were invited to the banquet today, there were also people from Rong Wang's Mansion, but the one who came was an old housekeeper.

The old butler came here today to give something away. He said that the old prince Rong got a new good bow and arrow, and when he learned that his son Li Heng was entertaining guests today, he asked someone to bring it to him to cheer him up.

Li Heng was very happy to get the bow and arrow, and someone next to him said enviously: "Your Majesty is so lucky! Not only is King Jinyang's favor, but even the old prince Rong loves you so much!"

Li Heng was also happy in his heart, his great grandfather was really kind to him.

Speaking of Lord Rong, he is also a poor man.When the old prince Rong was young, he led soldiers in battle. His wife died young and he had only one son.Later, the only son joined the army not long after he got married, but unfortunately died in battle.After finally leaving behind an unborn grandson, he died young because of the insidiousness of the woman in the back house.

The first emperor felt sorry for the old prince Rong, and always wanted to take one of the clan to be his son, so that no one would die when he was old, but he refused.

Li Heng is somewhat similar to his only son who passed away, so he has a special preference for his brother, Li Heng, the child born to King Jinyang.

Over the years, Li Heng has been used to the Rong Palace sending him some things from time to time. He immediately thanked Steward Chen of the Rong Palace, "Chen Steward, thank Grandpa Rong for me. It's getting late, why don't you eat it?" Let's go after dinner."

Butler Chen refused, "The old prince still needs my care. The old slave won't eat here anymore. The son should have fun, and the old slave will leave first."

Li Heng nodded, and asked the boy to send Butler Chen out.

Chen Butler went out with the boy. The Jinyang Prince's Mansion is a very large garden. On the way, he passed the hand-painted verandah, and when he passed through the carved door, Chen Butler suddenly pointed to a person sitting in the pavilion next to him and said, "Who is that person?"

The servant explained: "Oh, that is this year's champion of the new division, named Lin Zhao. I heard that he is only sixteen this year, three yuan and ranked first, and his talent is not inferior to that of Mr. Huaiyu, and he is very praised by the sage."

Butler Chen frowned and said, "His surname is Lin?"

"Yes, it's Lin Zhao."

I thought Steward Chen was just asking a few questions on a whim, but he suddenly changed direction and walked towards the small pavilion behind the carved door.

Lin Zhaogang sat here to be lazy, knowing that he is the champion of the new department this year, and there are too many people who come up to talk to him, he doesn't like this kind of entertainment.

It's still early now, everyone is talking about poetry and romance, the banquet has not started yet, and he can't leave for the time being, so he found such a secluded place and waited for the banquet to begin.

After Chen Butler walked in, the excitement in his heart became more and more obvious. He murmured: "Like, it's so similar."

The boy didn't know what happened to Steward Chen, so he stepped forward and asked concerned: "Butler Chen, are you feeling unwell?"

Steward Chen settled down, turned around and said, "It's okay, I'll go back first."

Although the boy thought it was strange, but the other party was the housekeeper of Rongwang Mansion, there were some matters that he should not be involved in, so he honestly sent Steward Chen back.

Lin Zhao stayed until the banquet was over. Fortunately, Chu Huaiyu came today, and there were more people who wanted to curry favor with him, so Lin Zhao was much more relaxed.

After drinking a few glasses of beer wine during the dinner, he said that he was too drunk and quickly left quietly.

Early in the morning of the second day, Lin Zhao was going to meet the chief examiner of the scientific examination according to the rules. He was the candidate for this test, and the chief examiner was his teacher. Logically speaking, this was a very close relationship. , In the future, when you go out, you can say that this is a so-and-so student.

If the teacher appreciates it very much, he can further accept it as a personal disciple.If he can be accepted as a personal disciple, then his future will surely be great and limitless.Unless they were in the wrong team, but now the emperor has only been in power for a short time, and there is no prince taking the throne, except for the empress dowager and the emperor's face-to-face discord, the court is considered stable.

Today is the holiday, Lin Zhao is going to visit the chief examiner this time, Zhang Yundao Zhang Shoufu, one of the three chief ministers of the cabinet, he is said to have been the teacher of the current emperor, and his reputation is very prominent.

Jiang Ziyan helped him prepare gifts early on, and he couldn't go empty-handed when he came to thank him, Jiang Ziyan took care of all these very well.

Lin Zhao's eyes were full of smiles, and he took his hand and rubbed it where no one saw him, and said, "I'll be back soon."

When Lin Zhao arrived at Zhang Yundao's mansion, the No. [-] and Tanhua of this year had already arrived, and they were all talking with Zhang Shoufu in the main hall.

After Lin Zhao entered, he also briefly introduced himself. Zhang Shoufu asked him a few questions. He answered with reason and evidence, and he was respectful and humble. Zhang Shoufu liked him more and more, and even proposed to accept him as his personal disciple suggestion.

This can't help but make the second place and Tanhua next to him very envious.That's the chief minister of the cabinet. If you climb up to him, you'll be on the rise.

However, none of them expected Lin Zhao to refuse.

"Thank you for your love, sir, but Zhao already has a teacher, so I can no longer worship you as a teacher."

Zhang Shoufu feels regretful, this son has a tough heart, and he got three yuan at a young age, the more he looks at it, the more he likes it.But he is not such an unreasonable person. It is not that others do not want to worship him as a teacher, so he wants to blame others.

It's just that he still felt it was a pity, so he took a step back and joked: "What a pity! The old man found out about you too late, otherwise there would be no role for your teacher!"

But the more he talked, the more curious he became, and he couldn't help asking: "Which master of knowledge is your teacher? It must be very good to be able to let you join his school willingly!"

Lin Zhao nodded, thinking of Mrs. Cen, the image of Mrs. Cen sometimes being stern and sometimes concerned in his mind.

"The student's teacher's surname is Cen, and his name is Cen Yan. He is not a famous teacher. But he is very knowledgeable, and the students benefit a lot from following him."

Hearing this, Zhang Yundao frowned slightly, "Cen Yan? Surname Cen..."

"Why, do you know each other?"

"I don't know." Zhang Yundao shook his head, but he did know a Confucian named Cen, named Cen Xun.It's a pity that he left Beijing a few years ago, and he doesn't know where he is now.

Lin Zhao sat at Zhang Shoufu's house for another meeting, then got up to leave.

Although Zhang Yundao was over fifty, he looked hale and hearty, with a very open mind, and he was not angry because Lin Zhao refused to be his student.

When I was going out, I suddenly bumped into a young lady. They were in the front yard. This young lady came from the backyard specially, and she had a food box in her hand.

After Lin Zhao and the others left, the young lady went in to look for Zhang Yundao, and said coquettishly as soon as she entered, "Grandpa, why did you let them go before the pastries I asked the small kitchen to make?"

Zhang Yundao touched his granddaughter's head, and said lovingly: "Don't mess around, this is the front yard, and there are foreigners coming and going, what does it sound like for a daughter's family to come here in front of other people?"

"But grandfather, I-"

"Grandfather knows, tell me, which one are you looking for?"

The little girl bowed her head shyly, and said after a long while, "That new champion, looks pretty good."