Journey Through the Plane of the Lord God

When Huang Liji, the chief minister of the cabinet and the civil servant leader of the eunuch clan above the court, saw Wei Zhongxian's arrival, he quickly stepped forward and welcomed Jiu Qiansui into the exquisite and secret room on the right side of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Inside the side room.

Because the emperor and cabinet officials from other factions were not present, and the side room was filled with members of the eunuch party, Huang Lizhi was so eager to please Wei Zhongxian that he even went so far as to directly call Wei Zhongxian "Qiantai."

"Chitose."

"We'll make arrangements as usual!"

The so-called convention in his mouth is that except for the top three who have clearly entered the Hanlin Academy to serve, the other Jinshi are scattered in various departments of the government and the public according to their closeness to the eunuch party.

Those who have eunuch party backgrounds, or who have clearly joined the Nine Thousand Years Old, and have built a shrine for Wei Zhongxian in their hometown, are naturally placed in powerful and key departments; and for example, except for Lin Pingzhi, those who are from Donglin

Some Jinshi scholars and those with local factional backgrounds but not strong enough backgrounds were arranged to enter some Qingshui yamen with no future.

It can be seen that the imperial examination at this time has become an important means for the eunuchs to absorb new blood, so Wei Zhongxian attaches great importance to it. After listening to the report of the chief minister of the cabinet, he lowered his head and thought for a while.

After a while, the eunuch who had already stood at the pinnacle of power in the Ming Dynasty slowly spoke.

"Others can follow the usual arrangements, but the number one scholar Lin Pingzhi cannot!"

"As soon as this number one scholar enters the Hanlin Academy, he is a sixth-rank Hanlin scholar and is qualified to attend the 'Sutra Banquet' and contact the emperor."

"Our family must be on guard!"

The "Jing Banquet" in the name of Duke Wei was a special imperial lecture held during the Ming Dynasty for the emperor to lecture on the classics and history. To put it bluntly, it was a lecture for the emperor.

Of course, because Emperor Tianqi was usually busy with carpentry work, he did not like to hold "Sutra banquets" very much, but throughout the year, he would still hold them several times as if to meet errands.

Probably because Lin Pingzhi was the first to submit the paper in the palace examination, and Emperor Tianqi felt very satisfied after reading the content of the article in person, which undoubtedly left a deep impression on today's emperor.

This morning when the emperor was doing carpentry work, he specifically asked about the life of the number one scholar Lin Pingzhi, and he seemed to be very interested in him.

This kind of behavior instantly made Wei Zhongxian alert.

It is one thing to give Lin Pingzhi, who has the title of No. 1 Scholar, to the royal family to decorate the face of the clan and please the emperor and the old monsters in the clan's mansion; but to give an official of the Hanlin Academy with Donglin background contact with the emperor and make contributions

The opportunity for "slander" is another matter.

He didn't want to give Lin Pingzhi a chance to compete for the "emperor's favor"!

No matter how small the risk is, Wei Zhongxian, who is cautious, cannot take that risk!

Huang Liji, who stood opposite Wei Zhongxian, was able to become the chief minister of the cabinet, even if it was largely due to the influence of the eunuch party, he was not without talent.

Otherwise, there are many officials who defected to the eunuch party, so why would he become the chief minister?

Huang Liji reacted immediately when Lin Pingzhi's name was mentioned in Nine Thousand Years Old's words. He was keenly aware of the possible risks after Lin Pingzhi became a Hanlin official, and he couldn't help but frown.

This eldest man in the eunuch party, who could be said to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, after thinking carefully for a moment, he replied to Wei Zhongxian.

"It is a rule of our Ming dynasty that the number one scholar becomes a Hanlin official of the sixth rank. It is best for us not to change this."

"But the rumors about Lin Pingzhi and the princess of Prince Xin's Mansion have been circulating for a long time. For the sake of the reputation of the clan, I would like to ask Chitose to ask the clan mansion to put pressure on Lin Pingzhi as soon as possible and let him go to court to marry the princess."

Huang Liji had a serious expression, stroking his long beard and continued calmly.

"If this happens, then Lin Pingzhi will not be a Hanlin official for a few days, but will become the guest of honor of the princess and a noble noble of the clan."

"Then we will do some more manipulations, put it outside Yingtian Mansion, and finish it off with our idle duties!"

In this time and space of the Ming Dynasty, the princess's husband-in-law "consort" and the princess's husband-in-law "yibin" are very much like a noble title that cannot be hereditary. Among them, the treatment of "consort" is above that of earl and below that of marquis.

The treatment of "Yibin" is almost the same as that of an earl.

In addition, after a normal person is granted the title of "Consort" and "Honored Guest", the court will usually grant an additional vacant post of third rank or above, allowing the person to receive two "salaries".

However, such good treatment does not come without a price.

As mentioned before, after becoming the "Consort" and "Honored Guest", not only were they unable to take up actual positions, but even the scholars from the kinship families within the Five Servers had to resign and go home if they were awarded an official position. For the Ming Dynasty,

For the officials and aristocratic families, the cost is not small, and they avoid it like a tiger or a snake.

Through "rumors", Lin Pingzhi "smoothly" became the husband-in-law of a noble daughter of the clan. This was originally the arrangement planned by the eunuch party, and Wei Zhongxian could not disagree.

After hearing the arrangement in Huang Liji's words, Wei Zhongxian stood with his hands behind his hands, nodded and said calmly.

"Very good, let's arrange it like this!"

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A few days after the imperial examination, in the east city where the dignitaries of the capital lived.

"Bang!"

"Crash!"

This was the sound of a delicate vase being smashed to the ground by its owner in the main hall of Prince Xin's Mansion, breaking into pieces.

The only prince who existed in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's younger brother Xin Wang Zhu Youjian, and the future famous emperor Chongzhen of the subjugated country, was roaring with anger on his face.

"Those eunuch traitors are really bullying people!"

Because his previous mentors were all from the Donglin school, King Xin Zhu Youjian was extremely inclined towards officials from the Donglin lineage and disliked the powerful eunuchs from the eunuch lineage.

He has not yet been severely beaten by reality, but he stubbornly believes that the imperial court controlled by the eunuchs is in the midst of cholera, making it difficult for the people on the mainland of China to survive.

This noble prince has not expected at all now that although the eunuchs are corrupt and domineering, there will be very few large-scale popular uprisings during the Apocalypse, and the nine-sided army will never lack food and grass; on the contrary, he will come to power in the future.

Afterwards, with the help of the re-establishment bureaucracy who was known as the "All Righteous Dynasty", due to lack of money and food, the peasant army continued to revolt, and the braided man entered the customs several times, successfully making him the emperor of the subjugated country and the last emperor.

The emperor selected a candidate from Donglin whom he admired as the number one scholar.

His daughter got a unique and good son-in-law in the Ming Dynasty.

If you look at these two things separately, they are both things that make Zhu Youjian happy, but when these two happy things are put together, they make him extremely angry now!

Zhu Youjian, who had been taught by Donglin for several times, was much more responsible than the current emperor of Tianqi. He knew that the imperial examination was to select talents for the country, not to select a son-in-law for the royal family.

In the long history of ten thousand years since the birth of the imperial examination, there was only one champion prince-in-law in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and the ending ended in tragedy. Therefore, in the thousands of years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, except for the founding period, the clan nobles

A daughter's husband is always chosen from among the people.

Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of Prince Xin's Mansion, followed closely behind Zhu Youjian. Seeing his master's rage, he quickly walked over with a tea bowl in hand and whispered comfort.

"Your Highness, calm down, the clan's reason..."

However, he didn't expect that he would be interrupted directly by Zhu Youjian just as he spoke his words.

"Absurd! Yu Ning's palace guard sand is still there, and Lin Pingzhi is basically innocent."

King Xin Zhu Youjian was able to stay in the capital all his adult life and was not driven to a fiefdom by the eunuchs. Naturally, he was not as harmless as he usually behaved in front of the eunuchs. He saw the conspiracy of the eunuchs.

"Does Wei Wei think I don't know?"

"Isn't it just that he doesn't want a Donglin champion to enter the court and get in his way?"

"I am Yu Ning's father. I don't agree with this marriage. I want to meet the emperor!"

After that, Zhu Youjian walked directly out of the gate of Prince Xin's Mansion and strode towards the direction of the Forbidden City.

At this time, Zhu Youjian had no idea that the eunuchs would be so effective when faced with threats! Lin Pingzhi was already in the imperial city, standing in front of the emperor and the elders of the clan, personally preparing to marry him.

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