1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2618
The terms of cooperation negotiated between Chen Yixin and the Dewang Mansion have not been approved by the Forbidden City, and the Haihan Executive Committee cannot endorse this kind of action with unknown prospects in advance, so strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as a very serious matter. Cooperation of an official nature.The pressure of cooperation is also mainly concentrated on the side of the Dewang Palace. Once the descendants of Dewang openly enter the Haihan bureaucracy, this is tantamount to a betrayal of the Zhu family. I am afraid it will be difficult to get the approval of the people in the Forbidden City. In this regard, they turned against each other, and no longer recognized the status of De Wangfu in the Ming clan system.

But De Wang's Mansion finally chose to cooperate with Chen Yixin. The reason is very simple. Daming has already lost the world, and De Wang's fief has also become the territory of Haihan. If they do not cooperate, De Wang's line will only sink all the way. , until it disappears in the long river of history.Moreover, Chen Yixin's words are very clear. Even if De Wang refuses to agree, Haihan will continue to look for the next cooperation partner, and such cooperation conditions can only be enjoyed by the first person to eat crabs. After passing this village, But this store no longer exists.

Therefore, according to Chen Yixin's request, De Wang's Mansion selected several men between the ages of 30 and [-] from the clan, and went to Jinzhou, Liaodong to take the initial test, and Zhu Zian was naturally one of them.

Zhu Zian was born in a prominent family. He was taught by famous teachers and Confucians since he was a child. He has learned a lot about being a man and governing the country, so he naturally has some lofty ambitions.It's just that he is limited to his status as a descendant of a vassal king, and it is almost impossible for him to have the opportunity to inherit the throne. At most, he is just a local prince.

However, with the rise of Haihan, Zhu Zi'an's way out even as the prince of Xiaoyao is basically blocked. At this time, the opportunity provided by Haihan made him see the possibility of re-choosing the direction of life.Perhaps being an official in Haihan will not be as easy and pleasant as being a vassal king, but there is more room for him to develop, allowing him to use the skills he has learned in the past. A tempting challenge.

Zhu Zian's initial test in Jinzhou went very smoothly. With the accumulated knowledge, he easily passed the test, and finally won one of the only two places in this internal competition.In fact, he and another cousin who was selected at the same time performed almost the same in the written test interview, so in the end Chen Yixin asked them to draw lots to decide, one of them stayed in the northern region to take the test, and the other was arranged to go to the Donghai region to take the rural test.In the end, Zhu Zian got the lottery to go to Zhongnan to rush for the exam, so he appeared in Hangzhou.

Tao Hongfang said: "Brother Zhu's talent, he must pass the provincial examination and high school, but I don't know what plans Brother Zhu has next?"

Zhu Zi'an said: "Success in the provincial examination is just the beginning for me, but I still have to follow Master Shi's arrangement on how to proceed."

Zhu Zian's humble attitude undoubtedly shows that he has recognized the situation clearly, and is willing to lower his figure for his own future and obey Shi Diwen's arrangements.

Shi Diwen seemed to be very satisfied with this, and said with a smile: "In a few days, the list will be released. Candidates with excellent results in this provincial examination will receive training for three to six months, and then they will be trained by the East China Sea. The regional management committee assigns specific tasks. At the beginning, they may be stationed in a county as a deputy county magistrate, and after they are familiar with grassroots government affairs, they will be adjusted according to their performance."

Seeing the eyes of Bai Letong and others focused on him, Shi Diwen knew that these arrangements were not what they were concerned about, so he continued: "From the moment the list is published, the authorities will arrange to publicize Zi'an's identity. Newspapers will also have corresponding special reports, focusing on the authority of the new imperial examination hosted by our country in the selection of talents."

The children of the Zhu family took part in the imperial examination sponsored by Haihan, and won the titles on the gold list, becoming the first batch of literati who successfully obtained the honor of Haihan. Such a theme undoubtedly has a strong publicity value.Tao Hongfang and others have been reading various newspapers and periodicals under the influence of their parents since they were young, and they can roughly imagine how the propaganda agency will report this matter. There is no doubt that this will trigger a new wave of public opinion.

If nothing else happens, the practice of Zhu's children publicly voting for Haihan will greatly shake the position of some centrists, prompting those groups who are still waiting to see the trend to vote for Haihan as soon as possible.And those diehards who still have illusions about Zhu's Ming Dynasty will suffer a serious blow to their beliefs.

As for Zhu Zian's own ability or the height he can achieve in Haihan's officialdom in the future, that is secondary.If there is a practical need, the official will definitely continue to escort his official career, so that he can make full use of his value to achieve publicity effects.

When Shi Diwen talked about this, he basically didn't have any reservations.Of course, this is actually telling Tao Hongfang and the others that this matter has been settled and no further changes are allowed, and they don't need to bother to investigate any undisclosed inside stories.

Tao Hongfang and the others had no reason to refute Shi Diwen's arrangement at this time.They thought earlier that all kinds of chaos in the township pilot office were caused by this, but the conclusion of the investigation later should be that the relevant officials wanted to hitch a ride to arrange their own related households, but Zhu Zian, who the officials really wanted to protect, was not a useless idiot, but a He has a good knowledge base, and his vision is far from comparable to that of folk literati.

Even regardless of Zhu Zian's identity, with his own knowledge as a reference, he would probably be able to stand out in this provincial examination. Shi Diwen's measures are just an extra insurance for this, so the fairness of Bai Letong's questioning is not fair. Not so tenable.

But Tao Hongfang vaguely felt that Shi Diwen's purpose for arranging this meeting today was probably not just to explain to them the reason why Zhu Zi'an was allowed to participate in the imperial examination.If you just want them to get rid of the knots in their hearts, there is no need for Zhu Zian to come forward at all. Shi Diwen's arrangement is more like letting them get to know each other. This may mean that they will have opportunities to deal with each other in the future.

Sure enough, Shi Diwen took the initiative to explain the reason: "Zi'an is about the same age as you, and his family background is also similar. I think that instead of letting him stay in Hangzhou for training, it's better to go out with you first to gain knowledge. Maybe It will help him learn the means of governing the region in the future."

Tao Hongfang and the others couldn't help being a little surprised when they heard this. Dare Shi Diwen wanted Zhu Zian to visit overseas with them. This arrangement was even more exaggerated than Zhu Zian's participation in the imperial examination.You must know that for so many years, Haihan's missions to other countries have always only included officials and soldiers from his own country, but there have never been "idle people" like Zhu Zian.

(End of this chapter)