The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 195
As usual, Chang Feng stepped across the Jinshui Bridge and came to the courtyard in front of Fengtian Gate to attend the morning court.

Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the morning court, Xiao Jing read out a decree closely related to Changfeng on behalf of Emperor Hongzhi, at the top of his voice.

"Decree. From now on, the South and North Town Fusi will be in charge of the commander. The left and right colleagues are not allowed to interfere with the specific affairs of the town Fusi. I respect this."

After the decree was announced, Chang Feng felt a "thump" in his heart: Doesn't this mean that I have been emptied?

He couldn't help but think of the birthday gifts piled up like a hill in the hall.

Chang Feng knew well that Emperor Hongzhi felt resentful because of his excessive power in the past few years.

Chang Feng understood Emperor Hongzhi very well.The emperor, always have to strike a balance.The emperor technique has always been like this.

After the court, Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei.

Commander Mu Bin gathered more than a hundred households in Weizhong to convey the will of Emperor Hongzhi.

Qian Ning, Shi Wenyi, Fatty Xu and others were all dumbfounded after hearing the order.

The small calculations in everyone's minds were crackling.

Fatty Xu thought to himself: Your Majesty is too outspoken.Employ people forward, not backward.

Qian Ning thought to himself: It seems that Master Chang is about to lose power.It doesn't matter, my godfather is still in front of the governor of the East Factory.Even if Master Chang falls, I still have a backer.

Shi Wenyi thought to himself: Lord Chang has lost his power, so I have to get closer to him in the future.Don't let him think I'm snobbish.Although Shi Wenyi doesn't have any great skills, we are people who know how to repay kindness.

Shi Wenyi is very righteous.Ten years ago, he didn't control his own pipe, and murdered the female family member of the criminal official's family.Chang Feng helped him escape the crime, which he will remember forever.

Mu Bin explained to the brothers: "Everyone, it's not me, Mu Bin, who is greedy for power. It's really hard to go against my will."

"In the future, the affairs of the South and North Divisions will be reported directly to me."

When he said this, Mou Bin looked at Chang Feng with apologetic eyes.

Chang Feng immediately stated: "Commander Mou is the big treasurer of our Jinyiwei. From now on, brothers must obey all his orders."

Chang Feng made his statement, and Qian Ning, Shi Wenyi, Fatty Xu and others all agreed.

After the discussion was over, everyone went back to the duty room.

Sun Guishou found Chang Feng.

Chang Feng quickly helped Sun Guishou onto the chair: "Please sit down, old man, I'll make you tea."

Sun Guishou coughed violently, and he suppressed the cough after drinking half a bowl of tea.

Sun Guishou persuaded Chang Feng: "Master Chang, don't be disappointed. The emperor did not feel dissatisfied with you."

"On the contrary, he is too satisfied with you and regards you as someone who cannot be left behind. This is why you are deprived of power."

"The leaders of Jinyiwei in the past dynasties, those with great power, such as Mao Xiang, Jiang Yu, Ma Shun and others, did not end well."

"You need to know that power is the most poisonous poison in this world."

Chang Feng said with emotion: "The old man is indeed a person who has experienced the world. I think so too. Don't worry, I can think about it."

Sun Guishou said: "Well, Master Chang is a smart person. Not to be happy with things, not to be sad with oneself is the way of a smart person to live in the world."

On weekdays, Changfeng's housekeepers come and go, all of them are hundreds or thousands of households who come to report various affairs in the guard.

Today, Changfeng's value house is empty.

Chang Feng is at ease.He read the book for a day in the value room, preparing for next spring.

In the evening, he rode home from his errands.

The old man Liu Bingyi stood in the front yard, playing with his grandson Chang Ponu.

Chang Feng smiled and said, "Lao Taishan is here? I'll ask the kitchen to cook more good dishes. Let's have a good drink tonight."

Liu Bingyi sat on the reclining chair: "My son-in-law, I have something to tell you. I took a leave of absence for several years and did not go to Nanjing to take up my post. It is shameful for others to see it."

"Tomorrow I will hand over the memorial to the emperor."

Chang Feng was a little strange.In my impression, my father-in-law is an official fan, why is he so open-minded now?

The minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing is at least one of the 36 ministers of the imperial court, so he resigned after talking?

Liu Bingyi saw Chang Feng's confusion: "Oh, I'm getting old, and I've taken a lot of things away. It might be a good thing to resign from the office and stay away from court gossip."

Chang Feng suggested: "Old Taishan, you resigned from the official position, why don't you just move into my house. You gave me this house. From now on, our family will be lively and harmonious."

Liu Bingyi smiled and said, "Okay. People like to be lively when they are old."

Ten years ago, Chang Feng hated Liu Bingyi so much that he hated him for breaking the engagement.

Liu Bingyi also hated Chang Feng so much that his teeth itch. He hated Chang Feng for causing his daughter to swear to death not to marry those officials' children whom he arranged.

In the span of ten years, the hatred of that year has long since disappeared.It was replaced by an inseparable family relationship.

At this moment, Xiao Jing led several imperial cooks into Changfu.

Xiao Jing said with a smile: "Chang Feng, the emperor really values ​​you! No, the Imperial Dining Room has just recruited some chefs who cook Suzhou and Hangzhou dishes."

"The emperor asked them to come to your house and treat you to a meal of authentic Suzhou and Hangzhou cuisine."

Emperor Hongzhi was implying Chang Feng: Although I have cut your power today, I still regard you as my confidant and favorite minister.

Chang Feng naturally knew the intention of Emperor Hongzhi.He said: "The emperor's kindness is really hard to repay in a lifetime."

Morning the next day.

Liu Bingyi handed over the petition papers.He has been an official for decades, but he has no political achievements and belongs to the mediocre generation.

Emperor Hongzhi specially made him Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, and retired with the title of Minister.After he became an official, he retained the salary of Shangshu.

Liu Bingyi knew in his heart that the emperor gave his son-in-law an exceptional favor only for the sake of his son-in-law's face.

Giving the cook and treating Liu Bingyi generously are sweet dates given to Changfeng by Emperor Hongzhi.If you slap someone in the face, how can you not give a sweet date?

In the next six months, Chang Feng became an idle official in Jinyiwei.

In the prosperous age of Hongzhi, there were virtuous ministers in power in the cabinet, and two of the three giants of the Silijian were virtuous eunuchs.There are few major cases that require Chang Feng to handle in person.

He was at ease.Every day, I will discuss art articles with Huang Yuan and Zhang Cai.Or study flowers, birds, fish and insects with my father-in-law.

Occasionally, he was forced by Fatty Xu to Yihonglou to study the body structure of Datong's mother-in-law and aunt.

Mu Bin was in charge of the affairs of Wei Linan and Beizhen Fusi.He doesn't care about anything.

Since the emperor thought I was too powerful.I'll just be the second shopkeeper.

The days of ease passed by day by day.

In the spring of the ninth year of Hongzhi, outside the gate of the Gongyuan.

Those who will try will sound the gong after the trial.Chang Feng, his prospective brother-in-law Huang Yuan, and his little friend Wang Shouren walked out of the gate of the Gongyuan.

Chang Feng stretched his waist: "It can be considered that the exam is over. I don't know how many laps it is this time."

The chief examiner of this subject is Xie Qian, the elder of the pavilion.

The two national uncles, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, drank too much alcohol last month and said that if Xie Qian didn't take their elder brother Chang, they would smash Xie Qian's dog's head.

To put it on the line, this matter is the foreign relatives intervening in the national talent promotion ceremony.

Chang Feng used his contacts to suppress this matter, and did not let the public opinion in Beijing ferment.

Wang Shouren is full of confidence: "I will be in the apricot list this time."

Now Wang Shouren's father, Wang Hua, serves as the daily lecturer of Emperor Hongzhi.He is the emperor teacher of the Eight Classics.

Chang Feng laughed and said: "Then I will wait for your Bagong wedding banquet. Your father was the number one scholar in the 17th year of Chenghua. If you can be the number one scholar in the ninth year of Hongzhi, it will be a good story of 'father and son number one scholar'. "

Chang Feng returned to the mansion.The house is very lively.

The two brothers of the Zhang family and a group of idle nobles were fighting cocks with Liu Bingyi in the backyard of the Chang Mansion.

Chang Tian likes cockfighting the most.I didn't care about the princess's ceremonies, and shouted with a group of gentlemen: "Bite it, bite it", watching two fighting cocks peck each other.

Chang Feng came over and asked, "Have you made your bet?"

Zhang Yanling said: "Just at the beginning, you can play even if you are equal. Should I play my 'Bite Qinglong General', or Uncle Liu's 'Red Crown Commander'?"

Chang Feng said casually: "I naturally hope that Lao Taishan will win. 50 taels for the Red Crown Commander."

After a cup of tea, the "Red Crown Governor" was defeated and was pecked all over the ground.

Chang Tian said angrily: "What a waste! The 100 taels are gone, that's my dowry money!"

Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Sister, I can give you any kind of money. I can't give you only the money for betting. There are no fathers and sons in casinos, let alone brothers and sisters?"

The idle nobles fought for a long time, and the game ended in the evening.

Zhang Heling asked Chang Feng: "Brother Chang, did you finish the exam? How did you do? If you can't get into the apricot list, I'll take Xie Qian's dog head."

Chang Feng hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense. Last time you said that in front of so many officials and nobles. The spokesperson of the Metropolitan Procuratorate almost impeached you."

Zhang Heling said with a smile: "If there are too many lice, I am not afraid of biting. There are still few people who have impeached me these years."

Chang Feng was very troubled by the mudslide in the circle of these two relatives.Every day, I pinch my ears and tell them to abide by the law and be cautious in their words and deeds.They fall on deaf ears every time.

Soon after, I will try to release the list.

When Chang Feng came back early, he immediately changed into casual clothes, gathered with Huang Yuan and Wang Shouren, and went to the entrance of the Gongyuan to look at the apricot list.

After the tedious ceremony of the Ministry of Rites, the red cloth of Xingbang was uncovered.

A total of [-] tribute scholars were selected for this test.

Chang Feng started to read from the bottom of the list.When he saw more than 250 people, he shouted excitedly: "Huang Yuan, you have won!"

Huang Yuan was overjoyed: "I got it, I got it! Eleven years in the cold window are not in vain!"

Huang Yuan was only 17 years old.He was enlightened at the age of six and had just read books for 11 years.

For a 17-year-old young Juren to be named on the apricot list for the first time in the exam, it is definitely a remarkable thing.

Chang Feng and Wang Shouren looked at the top of the list from the bottom, and then from the top to the bottom of the list. They didn't see their names after reading it twice.

Chang Feng sighed: "Oh, I'm still a little talented and unlearned."

The 25-year-old Wang Shouren showed no sign of disappointment.

He laughed and said, "I failed the ranking three years ago, and I made a Fu for the No.

"It seems that my No. [-] Fu will be kept at the bottom of the box for another three years."

March [-]th in the ninth year of Hongzhi.Three hundred tributes gathered outside Fengtian Gate before dawn to take part in the palace examination.

Chang Feng came here specially to send Huang Yuan to the exam.

At dawn, the tributes lined up, passed the Jinshui Bridge, passed the Fengtian Gate, and entered the main hall of the Qianqing Palace.

After roll call, unraveling papers, praise, salute and other etiquette, the palace examination officially begins.

The examination will take three sessions and nine days in a row.The palace test is not the case, only one test per day.

And the test is not the classics, but the theory.Question two or three hundred words, answer one thousand words.

At dusk, candidates hand in their papers.

Palace examinations are generally graded at night.Rankings are listed the next day.The gold list was released on the third day.

When marking the papers, the eight examiners drew circles, triangles, slashes, vertical bars, and crosses in the test papers, a total of five marks.

A circle is five numbers, a triangle is four numbers, a slash is three numbers, a vertical bar is two numbers, and a cross is no number.

The examiner ranks according to the number of "numbers".Then it will be handed over to the emperor Zhu Pi.

at noon the next day.

Emperor Hongzhi checked the list of gold list reported by Xie Qian in Qianqing Palace.

The eight examiners knelt under His Royal Highness.

Emperor Hongzhi lowered his voice, and asked Qian Neng, who was standing beside him, "What's the name of the young man engaged to Princess Wanping?"

Qian Neng replied, "Huang Yuan."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at it, and Huang Yuan ranked first 59th in the top three.This is not a high ranking, and the official taboo "given Tong Jinshi's background".

After all, he is his righteous brother-in-law.Emperor Hongzhi was famous for treating his relatives and relatives generously.

So with a swipe of his pen, he transferred Huang Yuan to the No. 90 fifth place in the second class.

Entering the second class means "granting a Jinshi background", and the name is better.

After Huang Yuan and Chang Tian got married, they were the guests of honor in the clan's mansion and could not hold real positions.Emperor Hongzhi's change of his ranking will not affect his appointment.

On the third day, release the gold list.

A group of tributes arrived outside Fengtian Gate early.

Not all cats and dogs can come outside Fengtian Gate.Chang Feng had an official position, so he was able to accompany Huang Yuan to see the gold list.

After another cumbersome ceremony, the gold list was finally revealed.

Chang Feng and Huang Yuan concentrated on searching among a bunch of names.

There is no judgement in the imperial examination.The two were much calmer than when they were watching the apricot list.

Finally, Chang Feng found Huang Yuan's name in Erjia: "Second Jia No. 90. Hey, he was born as a Jinshi! Wonderful!"

"After the Chuanlu and Qionglin banquets are over, you can prepare for the marriage, my brother-in-law!"

Chang Feng, this belongs to "catching a son-in-law under the list".

Huang Yuan was overjoyed: "It's actually the second best! I thought I'd be the third best!"

How did he know that he was able to enter the second class purely because of Chang Tian's favor.

Chang Feng was more excited than Huang Yuan when he became a Jinshi. He put his arms around Huang Yuan's shoulders: "Tangtang is going to marry Xinke Jinshi. I have to visit my father's grave and tell him the good news."

After the release of the rankings, the Ministry of Rites began to carry out the ceremony of passing on the cohorts, and the emperor summoned the new scholars.

Chang Feng watched Huang Yuan enter Fengtianmen.

He returned home contentedly.As soon as he got home, he yelled: "Tangtang, clean up and go visit our father's grave."

Chang Tian asked, "Huh? How many names is Huang Yuan?"

Chang Feng stretched out two fingers: "Second Class No. 90, Jinshi background. You got a good husband!"

Liu Xiaoyan was elated: "Oh, I have to hurry up with Jiumei to help Tangtang prepare the wedding things."

Chang Feng said: "Don't feel bad about money. Everything you use should be the most expensive and the best!"

Liu Xiaoyan said: "It's time to prepare the wedding invitation."

Chang Feng hastily reminded her: "Only invite the nobles who are idle in the capital, Jin Yi Wei Pao Ze, and a few people in the palace who have a good relationship. Don't invite any foreign ministers."

Liu Xiaoyan was a little strange: "Huh? No foreign ministers?"

Chang Feng lowered his voice: "The emperor has been very taboo in the past six months that I have had close relations with foreign ministers. Unless the emperor orders the foreign ministers to attend Tangtang's wedding. Otherwise, let's not take the initiative to invite them."

Ever since Emperor Hongzhi deprived him of power half a year ago, Chang Feng has become very cautious.

Chang Tian got a good son-in-law and is about to get married soon.

Chang Feng finally fulfilled his life ideal ten years ago: let his younger sister marry a good man.

For the wedding, Chang Feng wants to keep it low-key.

Emperor Hongzhi and Queen Zhang did not allow him to keep a low profile.After all, Chang Tian is the favorite of the Beijing group.

Emperor Hongzhi ordered the Ministry of Rites to be in charge of the wedding of Princess Wanping.And took out 3000 taels of silver from the inner carrier warehouse to handle this matter.

Emperor Hongzhi also decreed that on the day of the wedding, he and Queen Zhang would come to congratulate him in person.

(End of this chapter)