But Xu Yan returned home after the banquet.

Dad Xu Huaiyuan prepared a grand welcome ceremony for his son.

Men, women, young and old in Dinghai County also rushed to the streets to see the style of Wenquxing. After all, since the establishment of Dinghai County, there has never been a strange thing like the Sanyuan of Little and Medium.

Xu Yan also truly realized the glory of scholars with fame and fame, and felt that the Ming Dynasty was indeed the Ming Dynasty of scholars.

Xu Huaiyuan's illness has been completely cured and his body will be well maintained.

Seeing his son Lianzhong County, the government and the court's three-test case, Xu Huaiyuan was so excited that he burst into tears and called for his ancestors' blessing. The ancestral tomb of the old Xu family was filled with smoke.

Xu Yan thought to himself that this is too exaggerated. This is the scholar who won the imperial examination. If he passed the imperial examination, wouldn’t his father be happy?

However, seeing my father so happy, Xu Yan couldn't say anything.

If you are filial, you must follow your father.

Xu Yan cooperated with his father to express his feelings about winning three yuan in a row, which was to earn enough face for his father.

Xu Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he returned to his home.

"Dad, can we keep a low profile in the future?"

Unexpectedly, Xu Huaiyuan shook his head repeatedly: "My Xu family finally found a scholar, how can he keep a low profile?"

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"By the way, since my son has passed the exam, he has already started a career."

Xu Huaiyuan suddenly changed the subject and said, "After starting a career, you will start a family. I have thought it through for my father, and the Hong family's daughter is very suitable, so I decided to have a marriage for you."

Xu Yan was surprised.

"Dad is already engaged?"

"For my father, I know that my son is embarrassed to speak this, so for you, I will do it for you!"

Xu Yan was completely speechless.

However, since my father has decided on the marriage, Xu Yan is not easy to refute.

After all, in this era, marriage matters pay attention to the parents’ orders and the words of the matchmakers, and resisting the father’s orders is a rebellious approach.

Fortunately, he and Hong Miaoyun had met before, and they had a good impression of this girl.

In terms of appearance, Xu Yan seems to have made a profit...

"Why is my father so urgent?"

"Of course it's because Lord Hong was transferred from the Hanlin Academy to the Secretary of the Secretariat not long ago."

Xu Huaiyuan said happily: "Although the Hanlin Academy is quiet, it is all free-standing positions for the Ci ministers. But the Secretariat is different. He is a close minister of the Emperor!"

Xu Yan suddenly realized that this Lord Hong was Hong Cheng.

Hong Cheng was the son of Hong Zhong, the former Minister of Justice. He was a Juren at the age of 16 in the fifth year of Zhengde. He was famous at a young age.

According to records in Ming Dynasty, this boss became the senator of the Central Secretariat.

Although the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat was only a seventh-rank official, he had great power. This was very similar to the Inspector Censor.

Because they had too much power, the court could only lower their ranks to form checks and balances.

The Secretariat of the Central Secretariat was in charge of copying edicts, making edicts, silver books, iron vouchers, etc.;

In addition, Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall should be directly under the cabinet imperial edict room. There are also Zhongshu Hall members, whose posts are not fixed. Wenhua Hall members are responsible for copying books according to the orders; Wuying Hall members are responsible for sealing and writing treasures, books, and albums according to the orders; imperial edicts are responsible for writing clerical documents, translating imperial edicts and foreign documents, revealing posts, and the Ministry of War records, and checking the bottom books; imperial edicts are responsible for writing imperial edicts, edicts, edicts, lists, treasures, jade letters, sermons, steles, memorials, and other documents, and imperial edicts of each royal palace.

In short, the greatest job of the Secretariat is to draft imperial edicts for the emperor, which is basically equivalent to the secretary's duties. This is a true minister of the emperor!

The emperor's decision was the first to know about the Secretary of the Central Secretariat.

Basically, the Secretariat of the Emperor was the absolute confidant of the Emperor.

It can be said that except for the fact that there was no such knife below, the Secretariat and the eunuch were no different, they all served the emperor.

My father really has a unique vision and found him such an old Taishan.

But Xu Yan always feels something is wrong.

Hong Cheng was 16 years old when he passed the imperial examination in the fifth year of Zhengde. He should be fifty-three now, but Hong Miaoyun seemed to be only 14 or 15 years old. Judging from the early marriage and early childbirth of the Ming Dynasty, this age is not very good.

She is really Lord Hong’s daughter? Is she sure she is not from Lao Wang next door?

"Dad, this daughter of the Hong family is not the old girl of Lord Hong, right?"

Xu Huaiyuan exclaimed: "How can my son know that Lord Hong gave birth to Miss Miaoyun at the age of 40, and loved her very much. No matter what request she made, Lord Hong was satisfied. Her brothers could not enjoy this treatment."

Xu Yan thought to himself that this is right.

The Hong family is a true family of officials, and countless officials have emerged from the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty.

Then he said that several ministers of the Ming Dynasty were published.

Dad has a really good vision.

To be in the Ming Dynasty officialdom, you must have a backer.

Although the teacher is important, the most reliable thing is Old Taishan.

It is said that Old Taishan is picking a son-in-law with a lantern, but he doesn’t know that his son-in-law is also picking Old Taishan.

If Xu Yan remembers correctly, Hong Cheng has a son named Hong Yu, who is Hong Miaoyun's brother.

This Hong Feng is quite famous in history and once worked in Prince Yu's mansion.

Emperor Jiajing had poor children, and he had four sons in total, one died prematurely. Three were left.

In the 18th year of Jiajing, the emperor appointed the second son Zhu Zaike as the crown prince, the third son Zhu Zaike as the king of Yu, and the fourth son Zhu Zaizhen as the king of Jing. However, the crown prince was really short-lived and died in March of the 28th year of Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing was very sad and stopped the court for three days.

At this point, Emperor Jiajing had only two sons left. Prince Yu Zhu Zai-ji should be the crown prince when he was older. However, Emperor Jiajing was appointed as the crown prince after Zhu Zai-ji died early, and believed that it was because he was defeated, so he was reluctant to enthrone the crown prince. At that time, Taoist slandered Emperor Jiajing and proposed the saying that "the two dragons did not meet each other", which made Emperor Jiajing very indifferent to Zhu Zai-ji.

If Xu Yan remembers correctly, in February of the 32nd year of Jiajing, the two kings of Yu and Jing would leave the palace and establish a vassal state in Beijing.

The Jing faction led by Yan Song and the Yu faction led by Xu Jie will also appear in the court.

As a time traveler, Xu Yan certainly knew that the final successor was King Yu Zhu Zai-je, who later became Emperor Longqing.

It won't take long for Hong Wei to come out of the mountain and go to Zhu Zaiyu to study with the little prince.

Isn’t this the legendary prince’s team?

Although Hong Qing did not achieve such achievements as Gaogong Gaoxinzheng in the end, he must have a place in Longqing's heart.

Tsk, Lao Taishan is a close minister of the emperor.

My brother-in-law is the future close minister.

It smells so good!

In fact, Hong Qi was not only a good official, but also a writer, a book collector, and a sculptor. He liked to collect stories, novels, and dramas very much. In his later years, he established the Qingpingshan Hall in Renxiaofang, Chengnan, Hangzhou, and was one of the most famous bookstores in Hangzhou during the Jiajing period.

It seems that my brother-in-law is still with him.

If you have the opportunity, you can join forces and even discuss drama novels together.

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