Yang Cong looked at the back of Mr. He who was leaving in panic, snorted softly, and then he brought Hu Zongxian and others to the banquet that had been prepared long ago to sit down.

To be honest, he really doesn't take it seriously at this moment, as the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. This is not because he is young and frivolous, and he doesn't know that he is so confident because the Yangming lineage has a large influence in Nanjing.

Xu Jie didn't just send him a commission for dispatch signed by Wang Dong. When he set off, Xu Jie came to him personally and sent him a few letters, three of which were written to the bosses of the Yangming lineage in Nanjing.

These letters were written by Xu Jie. They were roughly written by Yang Cong for the opportunity to go to the two capitals to take the exam, and asked him to send a message to all the big men from Yangming's lineage and contact each other. They said something inexpensive. However, at the end of the letter, they mentioned that Yang Cong is a disciple's best friend. Please take care of all the elders of the masters. The disciples are grateful.

The meaning of this letter is that the Yangming ranks in the two capitals can naturally be understood at a glance. The words without nutrition before are nonsense, and only the last sentence is the point. Xu Jie means that Yang Cong is very promising. Dear masters, please cultivate them well.

So, what are the officials of the Yangming lineage now? Let’s not talk about the capital for the time being. The three Yangming lineage masters in Jinling City have quite a lot of power.

One of them is Zou Shouyi, one of the seven sons of the Yangmen. He is now serving as the Imperial College Priest in Nanjing. Although the Imperial College Priest only comes from the fourth rank, he is in charge of the teachings of students and the academic research in the southeastern provinces, and has great power.

There is another one who has a higher qualification than Zou Shouyi, because this one is Zhan Ruoshui, the boss who founded the Yangming lineage with Wang Shouren. He happened to be the left minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing. A small head of the Ministry of Rites was nothing in front of him.

The rest of the person is older than Zou Shouyi, and his official position is very high. He is also Wang Shouren's best friend, named Zhang Bangqi, who is the Minister of Personnel in Nanjing. The southern capital is left behind in the court but there is no cabinet. Even the Secretary of the Six Ministers is a top official, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel is even more a heavenly official among the heavenly officials.

Any one of these three can kill Mr. He’s father. Yang Cong is afraid of the ball.

Hu Zongxian was really shocked when he saw Yang Cong's awesome posture. Although his father was the Jinyiwei, he was just the most ordinary one, that is, the Jinyiwei was on duty. To put it bluntly, he was the guard in the imperial city and had no power to deal with any officials.

In fact, not everyone in the Jinyiwei killed people without breaking the law. Only those Tiqi, who were specifically responsible for going out for business, and those who were seeking life in the King of Hell Hall in the Beizhen Fushishi, had the right to deal with officials at all levels, and the others had no such power at all.

Therefore, his identity as a military clerk in the Jinyiwei can only be used to scare the common people. He can't even scare the postmaster like Old Man Zhao who has no grade.

This is different from Yang Cong. The son of the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites was scared away in a few seconds. This guy is so awesome!

Such awesome persons naturally have to make friends with them. No matter what purpose they are, they have to stick them on them.

This is his personality. No matter who he is, as long as it is beneficial to him, he will find ways to make friends with him.

Perhaps, he believes that the use and being used between people is mutual. If others can use him, he can also use others.

Or maybe, he thinks that as long as he gets things done, it is better than anything else.

Unfortunately, there are signs of party struggles in the court at this time. Those so-called Qingliu, regardless of whether you have the ability or not, do not depend on your achievements. In order to fight for power, they can do anything.

This is also the reason why he was implicated by Yan Song in history and died unjustly in prison. He did not expect that those so-called pure streams would become even more illegitimate than corrupt officials!

Of course, Hu Zongxian met Yang Cong at this moment, and it was time to go. However, Yang Cong knew Yan Song's final outcome, so he could not take his own people to seek death.

Yang Cong also attaches great importance to Hu Zongxian's ability. He knew that this guy has a very strong ability to do things, even better than Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang. If he could fool this guy into his own hands, he would definitely be like a tiger.

As soon as everyone sat down, Yang Cong began his plan to win over.

He knew Hu Zongxian's temperament quite well. To put it bluntly, this guy is just a person who is tempted by the flames and attached to the power. Of course, Hu Zongxian's temptation by the flames and attached to the powers is not for personal glory and wealth, but for the purpose of doing things well.

In essence, this kind of person who is dedicated to doing things well is for the country and the people. Therefore, objectively speaking, Hu Zongxian is not a bad person, but a good person, a good person who is inclined to the point of being in power.

It is not difficult to win over such people. As long as you show enough power, people will naturally find ways to cling to them.

Yang Cong thought a little, then poured a glass of wine for Hu Zongxian himself, then raised his glass and said, "It's a fate to meet each other. Today I'm really happy to meet a hero like Brother Hu. Come and have a drink."

When Yu Dayou and others heard this, they really muttered in their hearts, where did this guy tell him that he was a talented man? No matter how he looked, he was a scoundrel who used a knife to scare the postmaster Zhao!

Of course, it was impossible for them to say this. On the surface, they still keenly met Hu Zongxian.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong began to introduce everyone. He not only introduced everyone's names and names, but also introduced his family background roughly.

Hu Zongxian was really surprised when he heard this. This guy, Yu Dayou, was actually a real-time Qianhu, and Tang Kekuan was actually the son of the General of the Yuan Jiangfang. Yang Cong was really awesome. Such people all called him brothers.

Also, although Wang Xuan, Xue Nantang, and Li Du’s family backgrounds are not very good, they all have one thing in common, that is, they are not children of officials. Invisibly, he also felt that he was closer to everyone because he was not children of officials.

Nowadays, an invisible gap has appeared between officials, gentry, farmers, military households, craftsmen, and merchants, and the two seem to be people from the same world.

Of course, whether it is the children of farmers, military households, craftsmen and merchants, they all want to gain fame through the imperial examinations and enter the privileged class of officials and gentry, but there is still a gap before they step in.

Everyone is the same kind of people, and the atmosphere becomes a little harmonious invisibly. After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere between the meal gradually becomes lively. Yang Cong suddenly patted Hu Zongxian's shoulder with the "drinking spirit" and said, "Brother Hu, I'm going to tell you that I have already made a marriage with the daughter of Lord Lu Songlu, the assistant commander of the Jinyiwei Commander, and I will get married after this exam. So when I heard that you are also a military household in the Jinyiwei, I feel particularly close."

He seemed to be explaining why he was so intimate with Hu Zongxian for no reason. When Hu Zongxian heard this, he was secretly shocked.

Who doesn’t know Lu Song in the Jinyiwei? He is an old minister of the Xingxian Palace. Moreover, Lu Song’s wife Li is also the wet nurse of the current emperor. The emperor treats the Lu family just like his own.

Yang Cong is so awesome that he actually made a marriage with Lu Song's daughter.

At this point, Hu Zongxian had secretly made up his mind that no matter how much he was, he had to follow Yang Cong. This guy's future was limitless!

Seeing that he was moved, Yang Cong hurriedly took the opportunity to say that since everyone was so close, it would be better to go to Jinling to take the exam together, and said that he would have to buy food and accommodation along the way.

Hu Zongxian naturally agreed happily.

In order to show that he was not eating and drinking for nothing, he also showed his understanding of the situation in Jinling City to Yang Cong.

It is rumored that the most awesome person in Jinling City is not the Minister of Personnel Zhang Bangqi, nor the Minister of War or the eunuch of the garrison, but the Minister of Rite Yan Song.

It is rumored that Yan Song is not simple. No one who goes against him will have a good ending.

His meaning was roughly to make Yang Cong be careful, after all, he had offended the son of the head of the Ministry of Rites before.

Of course Yang Cong knew that Yan Song was not simple. This guy was too simple. He was famous in history, and of course, he was all stigmatized.

However, the more people like this, the more careful they should be.
Chapter completed!