On March 26, the first year of Jingtai, Chen Yichen and Yang Hongze sat in the lobby of the Ministry of Rites, waiting for the newly admitted 300 tribute scholars to come and pay homage.

Only after experiencing the "apprenticeship" can Chen Yichen be considered to be one of the "Three Divisions". A new tribute or a quasi-jinshi will become his disciple.

Originally, the ceremony of apprenticeship should have been held immediately after the results were released, but it happened to be famine in the north, and the current situation in the court was shaky and could not handle many things. Therefore, the palace examination, which was originally scheduled for March, was postponed by one month to April, which also delayed the ceremony of apprenticeship.

At this moment, Chen Yichen and Yang Hongze sat upright, showing a posture of being a master's dignity. However, after waiting for a long time, it was impossible to stand like a withered sculpture. Yang Hongze hesitated for a long time and finally spoke: "I didn't expect that the food crisis in the north can really be solved in your hands."

When he said this, Yang Hongze spoke with a sigh in his tone. He once held his original intention of being a child and believed that he was the official who made his life for the people. As a result, after entering the turbid officialdom, he saw the unfair things and realized that he was far from as noble as he thought he was.

On the contrary, Chen Yichen, who has always been regarded as a despicable villain and has been tempted by the enemy, has done things that many people cannot do and dare not do.

Compared with the outside world's praise for the achievements of water control and rebellion, this kind of shock brought by witnessing the tide can better touch Yang Hongze's heart.

"A lot of things are done by man, and when you do it, you will find that it's just like that."

Chen Yichen Dandan replied, "The overall situation of famine in the north is almost entirely under his control." Even if the grain shop under the name of the Huichang Boss Sun Zhong's party was sealed, they could not provide any strong countermeasures except for asking the emperor to protest and blowing the wind in the empress dowager's ears.

The biggest weakness of the Empress Dowager Sun's family is that she is a female. When she announced that she would retreat to the harem and no longer interfere in the government affairs, she would completely cut off her influence on the previous dynasty. Unlike the Supreme Emperor Zhu Qizhen, even if she is imprisoned in the Nangong, she can still control her loyal ministers from afar.

Even a step back, even if the three million stones of rice and grain transported from the south were not transported from the south, as long as you could go out and turn the table and seal it, it could still alleviate the food crisis in the north. It was nothing more than that the southern expedition army would delay leaving Beijing, waiting for the rice and grain harvested in the south to arrive in the capital through the canal transport, and then take the next action.

The latter is not only Chen Yichen can do it, but Yang Hongze can also do it with the power of the Minister of Rites Hu Yi's civil servant group. The biggest difference between the two is whether he is willing to do it in a decisive way.

"Is that so? Then I am not as free and easy as you."

Yang Hongze showed a bitter smile on his lips. This was the first time he publicly admitted that he was not as good as Chen Yichen. What made people feel even more desperate was that he realized that the distance between him and the other party seemed to be getting farther and farther away.

Not long after, a group of new Kegongs walked in outside the house. Huiyuan was the first to enter the lobby. So the first person to enter the lobby was Chen Yichenli who was defeated by the public.

Chen Yichen relied on the words and words of history books. He had never had any contact in private. Today is the first time we met.

Peng Shi was born in Yongle in his 14th year. Now he is in his early thirties. Compared with Chen Yichen, he seems to be a little older in Chinese, but in fact, he can pass the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty about thirty years old, which can be called the four words "young and promising".

Many candidates cannot enter the Forbidden City Palace Examination for their entire lives, and their heads are covered in silver hair when they are in the finals.

Compared to the calm and composed expression on the Taishi Chair, Peng Shi felt an uncontrollable excitement when he saw him as a teacher. This not only contained the gratitude of taking Huiyuan, but also the excitement of seeing the life tutor.

The concept of "Shen Xue" has accompanied Peng Shi for countless days and nights. He wanted to become an official who does practical things for the people of the world like Chen Yichen. His emotions at this moment were almost exactly the same as He Wendao at the West Lake Gathering, and when he saw Chen Yichen!

The first batch of people who came in to pay homage to the teacher were not only Peng Shi, but also the Five Classics Kuais entered the lobby. He Wendao and Feng Zheng had similar feelings in their hearts. Compared with Peng Shi, they could be said to be similar.

They are all followers of "Chen Xue" and have long regarded themselves as their disciples of Chen Yichen.

However, the other two of the Five Classics Kuais showed a very different look. They were juniors selected by the civil servant group. Originally, one of them had to be a senior high school student.

As a result, Chen Yichen stopped him and had no Huiyuan Master, he could only be ranked one of the Five Classics. Although the rankings were almost the same, in fact, a hundred runner-ups were often not as good as one champion, and the same was true for the imperial examination.

So when they saw Chen Yichen, they were as good as seeing their "killing their father's enemy", and they could suppress their true emotions and face coldly. It was already considered a good concealment.

"Students Peng Shi, Tao Zhongxuan, Qiu Yongshi, He Wendao, Yue Zheng, pay homage to his mentor!"

After saying that, the Five Classics Kui knelt down in unison and gave great teachers and students to Chen Yichen and Yang Hongze.

"You are the pillars of the country. I am very pleased to see your energetic appearance today. Let's get up and take your seat."

Chen Yichen replied with a smile, then Xunkong raised his hand, signaling that the few people could get up.

"Get up."

Yang Hongze also responded at this moment, although the Ming Dynasty did not have the identity of the chief and deputy chief examiner as clearly as the Qing Dynasty, everyone knew who the real president was the one who was the one who was in the exam.

In addition, he admired Chen Yichen for resolving the food crisis in the north, this time Yang Hongze did not compete for the top and bottom, and placed himself in the position of vice president.

"Thank you."

After Wu Jingkui and others stood up, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, who were standing beside him, immediately came over with tea and asked them to offer tea to the two presidents of the examination. To know the process of visiting the teacher, you have to submit a post to the disciples and give the teacher and apprentice tea, you will be considered to have officially decided the teacher-student status.

The five people, led by Huiyuan Peng Shi, respected the tea to Chen Yichen and Yang Hongze in turn, and performed the bowing ceremony of apprenticeship. According to previous practices, the attendants said some polite scenes, encouraging the new tributes to achieve good results in the palace examination tomorrow.

However, just as everyone was about to go out and replace a group of new tributes in the guise, Yang Hongze looked at the energetic Five Classics and couldn't help but say a few more words with emotion: "Looking at you, it's as if I saw my former self, and I was so excited and nervous to visit the teacher, looking forward to showing off my skills in the officialdom in the future."

"In fact, the most important thing for an official is not to forget your original intention, don't forget the books of sages you read, and don't forget to be worthy of the king and the people."

"Worry about the world first and worry about it, and then enjoy the world later. Let's encourage you all!"

Yang Hongze's heartfelt words may not have much feelings about the Five Classics, but Chen Yichen was deeply touched after hearing this.

After all, he was in the same subject and age, and he could barely be considered an old rival. In Chen Yichen's eyes, Yang Hongze was a standard nerd and corrupt scholar. He held the Confucian Neo-Confucian classics that had not changed for thousands of years, but could not see the real world.

Perhaps because he was beaten by the officialdom and saw the dark side, Yang Hongze realized how ridiculous the words of the saints he had insisted on in front of fame and fortune. At the same time, he realized that he was not so noble and noble, and he was just a casual person in the fame and fortune world.

His words were not so much to warn these younger students, but to say that they were for themselves. Don’t forget that he was the original intention of taking Zhong as a tribute scholar and about to enter the officialdom to change the world.

"Students should follow their teachings."

The Five Classics Kui bowed respectfully, no matter whether he really listened to it or not, at least the scene should be respectful and done in full.

Influenced by Yang Hongze's words, Chen Yichen gave up the usual politeness and sighed and said, "Everyone, Yang Zhongtang has already said everything he should say, I just want to remind you a little."

"That is, instead of writing about peace, it is better to bow down to the people."

"I hope that in the future, you will still see yourself as you were."

Chen Yichen said this, Peng Shi, He Wendao, Yue Zheng and others obviously understood it, and their faces were quite moved.

This is what the teacher has always emphasized in his academic concept that he should never talk about justice and reason. He should take governing affairs and saving the world as his life goal. No matter where he is, he should never look at a higher place. When he reacts, he should look down at the sufferings of the people at the bottom.

"Mr. Xie's message is remembered by the students!"

Before Tao Zhongxuan, Qiu Yongshi and the others reacted, Peng Shi and others bowed deeply to Chen Yichen and realized their future direction.

"Go."

Chen Yichen waved his hand with a hint of relief on his face, indicating that these people could leave.

What he was pleased was not that Peng Shi and others understood their gifts, but that the Ming Dynasty would have more good officials in the future, and that his concept of "using people in the world and seeking truth from facts" would be passed on.

I once despised the Ming Dynasty's cliques and private affairs, and it can be said that the Ming Dynasty had a large part of the responsibility for the destruction of the party struggle. Now he has a more rational concept. There is no difference between good and bad in the word cliques itself. The key point of the decision lies in the word "private" later.

It is absolutely impossible for a lonely man to accomplish something big. Yu Qian eventually died on this, and the civil and military officials in the court could not find a fellow practitioner.

No matter what the future direction will be, at least now Chen Yichen will implement the formation of a clique and gather a group of like-minded people to change the world of Ming Dynasty step by step.

For Chen Yichen, his own exam was just the beginning.

The long ceremony of the teacher finally ended after the last group of new kogenists left. Chen Yichen breathed a sigh of relief, then moved his body and bones that were a little stiff, sighing that it was not easy to recruit students.

However, at this moment, Zhao Ranyuan, a clan of the Secretariat, suddenly ran in and reported to Chen Yichen: "Old Ge, Mr. Chen, Mr. Yang, Yuan Fu summoned all the cabinets to discuss matters, please go there now."

Cabinet discussions?

Chen Yichen was a little surprised when he heard Zhao Ranyuan's words. He has been in the cabinet for almost half a year and has never had such a precedent for suddenly summoning cabinet members to discuss matters. Could something major happened in the palace?

When Chen Yichen thought of a big thing, the word "palace change" naturally appeared in his mind, so he hurriedly asked Zhao Ranyuan: "Zhao Zhongshu, Yuan Fu convened the cabinet to discuss matters, what is the matter?"

"The Xiaguan only knows the changes in Liaodong, but he doesn't know the specific matters."

When Chen Yichen heard that it was Liaodong, he breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the Wasaka tribe was ready to move, which was already as expected.

"Our cabinet department knows it, let's go now."

After saying that, Chen Yichen looked at Yang Hongze and said, "Yang Shaoqing, let's go together, please."

Hearing Chen Yichen's name to him, Yang Zhongtang, who had faced his student disciples before, turned back to Yang Shaoqing with a belittlement. Yang Hongze snorted coldly, got up and left directly.

Looking at Yang Hongze's angry look, a smug smile appeared on Chen Yichen's face. Although the relationship between the two has been eased recently, they are still the kind of people who are different and do not plan to work together. They are far from being able to shake hands and make peace.

Now that I don’t tease Yang Hongze, this kid will come to trouble him again sooner or later, and the one who starts first will not lose.

The Wenyuan Pavilion is in an extremely solemn atmosphere at this moment. The cabinet chief Chen Xun sat in the main seat in the center at the top, and the number of cabinet ministers below sat in sequence according to their official titles, and at the same time it corresponds to the time of entering the cabinet.

In theory, in the Jingtai Dynasty, there was still no clear title of prime minister in the cabinet. However, Chen Xun could convene a cabinet meeting and serve as the chief congress, which was enough to highlight his special identity, which was also inherited from the Sanyang Cabinet.

Miao Zhong, Gao Yu, Shang Lu, He Pingyan and others were already sitting in their positions, waiting quietly for the arrival of Chen Yichen and Yang Hongze. If something major had not happened, the two of them would not have called them suddenly when they were holding a ceremony to apprenticeship.

The distance between the Ministry of Rites and Wenyuan Pavilion is not far away. After about a stick of incense, I saw Chen Yichen and Yang Hongze rushing over.

After entering the Wenyuan Pavilion Conference Hall, Chen Yichen and Yang Hongze first bowed to Chen Xun: "I have met Yuan Fu."

"You don't have to be polite to Chen Zhongtang and Yang Zhongtang, take your seat."

"Yes, Yuanfu."

After the two bowed their hands and sat in their seats.

Compared with Yang Hongze, Chen Yichen's seat is arranged in the upper position with his left hand, which is the most advanced among the four new ministers. Many differences in status in the officialdom are reflected in casual details.

After the cabinet ministers arrived, Chen Xun glanced at his left and right before clearing his throat and said, "I believe that all my colleagues have been summoned to discuss matters, and I must be guessing what happened in my heart."

"The court received several memorials almost at the same time, all of which were about the military information of the Liaodong Dushi. One of the most important ones was the letter from the Mongolian Wasat Tribe."
Chapter completed!