Yang Cong came here inexplicably and left inexplicably. He had not understood until he got on the carriage. What was the reason why Chengyi Bo came to him?

Liu Yu seemed to want to match him, but he seemed to want to win him over. However, whenever he said something, he would not continue to talk about it, which made him confused.

So, why did Liu Yu look for him?

In fact, it is very simple. Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei, invited sincere uncle Liu Yu to be a mediator.

However, Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei, did not say that he would marry his youngest daughter to Yang Cong. He just asked Liu Yu to take the school entrance exam first to see if Yang Cong is qualified to marry his daughter.

The children of this Duke and Prince's noble seem noble, but in fact they are not the case. Except for the eldest son who can inherit the title, the others are basically tools for marriage, especially women. They can enjoy the full glory and wealth at home, but their marriage cannot be controlled by themselves. No matter whether they like it or not, as long as it is beneficial to the family, they have to marry.

The Duke of Wei seems to have not reached the point where he has to rely on his daughter to obtain benefits, but the Hongwu nobles have been dealt with so miserably. For more than a hundred years of Yongle Dynasty, the Duke of Wei has basically been a commander with only one force. He has to be wary of the Zhu Ming royal family turning against them and cutting them off their titles.

The Zhu Ming royal family is famously ruthless. No matter who you are or how much credit you make, if they want to deal with you, they will deal with you.

For example, Li Shanchang, the Korean Duke of Han who was comparable to that of the Han Dynasty Prime Minister Xiao He, was inexplicably implicated in the Hu Weiyong case. The family of 71 people were all sentenced to death. You must know that his son was also Zhu Yuanzhang's son-in-law.

For example, Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, was sentenced to death because Zhu Yuanzhang suspected that he and his son, Feng Sheng's son-in-law, Zhu Shi, had a bad intention.

There is also Fu Youde, Duke Ying Guo, who has made great achievements in military affairs, who is not guilty at all and is also sentenced to death by Zhu Yuanzhang!

The Duke of Wei did not think that their ancestors could rest assured if they had a queen. If the old Zhu family was ruthless, they would kill their brothers and nephews, let alone their in-laws.

Originally, they were all desperate, so they could only wait in a hurry every day, waiting for one day when the emperor didn't like them and clean them up.

Unexpectedly, shortly after Emperor Jiajing took office, he suddenly became nervous and renewed the five Hongwu nobles, and handed over all the governor's offices of the Five Army of Nanjing to them.

This incident really made the contemporary Duke of Wei Xu Pengju overjoyed. However, the situation of the Hongwu nobles has not been completely changed because he only had a few nobles under him. Moreover, at this moment, it was no longer the world of military generals, but the world of civil servants. Even if they control the Governor's Office of the Five Army, they do not have the power to transfer troops. To put it bluntly, they have the title of governor and nominally manage the garrisons of some garrisons. If they want to transfer troops, they will also need the transfer order of the Ministry of War.

He really didn't want to continue to be so worried. He wanted to weave a protection net for himself to preserve the glory and wealth of the Duke of Wei.

It is no longer possible to marry the royal family at this moment, and it is not safe. Only by joining the civil servant group in power can you rest assured.

Just so happened that Yang Cong came to him. He didn't expect that a merchant's son would be admitted to the scholar. Yang Cong's performance later made him even more impressive. This kid actually took the sixth place in the provincial examination. His score was not far from the Golden List.

So, he wanted to try it. He wanted to marry his daughter to this promising civil servant to see if he could give Hongwu a chance to protect himself.

To put it bluntly, Yang Cong and his own young daughter are just his test subjects.

If the experiment is successful, then develop according to this model and form an alliance with specific civil servant groups to protect themselves.

If the experiment fails, it doesn't matter, and I will just "lose" my daughter.

Yang Cong didn't know that he had become the subject of the Duke of Wei, so he just wanted to get the documents and go to the capital immediately.

He waited anxiously for two days, and the Lu Ming Banquet finally began. More than 60 tables were placed on the open space near Mingyuan Tower in the Gongyuan Courtyard.

This Lu Ming Banquet is not something you can eat as soon as you run over, and there are many rules.

At the beginning, the chief examiner Yan Song and deputy chief examiner Zou Shouyi and Zhan Ruoshui delivered speeches, which roughly meant to congratulate them on high school juren, hoping that they would continue to work hard and strive for the title of the gold list.

Then the issuance of documents, which are official documents proving the identity of the juren.

Then we sang "Deer Song" together. After singing the song, everyone was hungry and putting their chests on their backs. The deer song banquet officially began.

Although the process of the Luming Banquet is relatively rigid and complicated, the final banquet is quite relaxed. It is probably because the candidates attending the Luming Banquet have all the juren and are already considered a member of the gentry. Therefore, examiners at all levels are very polite to the candidates. Who do you want to toast at the dinner? It is casual, and no one will shy away your face.

This Lu Ming Banquet is naturally the most sought after examiner Yan Song, because the examiner is nominally the attendant of these candidates. As long as the candidates are attached, the master-apprentice relationship will basically be confirmed.

Moreover, Yan Song is also the hometown party of Xia Yan, the Minister of Rites in the capital. The rumors that Xia Yan is about to take power have long been spreading. If you don’t stick to this time, then when will you wait!

The so-called "Heaven, Earth, Master and Teacher" is that the relationship between teachers and students is even closer than that of father and son these days. If you want to be a good teacher, it is more useful than reincarnation. Therefore, most candidates flocked to Yan Song to toast, making Yan Song's table crowded.

Naturally, Yang Cong would not stick to Yan Song. At this time, he was considering whether to toast Zou Shouyi and Zhan Ruoshui.

He has been labeled as the Yangming lineage. Two bigwigs from the Yangming lineage are right in front of him. Is it appropriate not to flatter him?

Of course not suitable!

Nowadays, if you want to stand in a team, you must stand firmly in the same team. The fence-bearing grass is the most shameless. Generally, people will take these shameless fence-bearing grass to sacrifice flags before the two factions start fighting. He will not be able to do so in the end, and he will be jointly attacked by Yan Song's party and Yangming's lineage.

At this time, there was nothing to hesitate. He directly called Yu Dayou and others, and then walked towards Zou Shouyi's table with a glass of wine.

Just so happened that Zhan Ruoshui ran to Zou Shouyi's table because there were too many people at the Ministry of Rites, so he didn't have to go to Yan Song to "provoke".

Zou Shouyi and Zhan Ruoshui were very satisfied with Yang Cong's performance. They not only drank a glass of wine with him, but also pulled him down to encourage him.

Only now did Yang Cong realize that the provincial examination is the touchstone for the imperial examination and the palace examination, and it is also a reference for the ranking of the imperial examination and the palace examination. The top 100 provincial examinations can basically be ranked in the list. Not to mention the top 10 in the provincial examination, the top 10 in the provincial examinations, basically the second one is fine. Sometimes, if the candidates’ articles are similar, it is possible to directly refer to the provincial examination rankings.

This means that as long as nothing unexpected happens, it is a foregone conclusion for his title on the gold list!

Yang Congzheng was trembling all over excitedly. In an unexpected blink of an eye, he saw Yan Song's cold gaze glance at him.

He was really shocked. Now he was really into a fight with Yan Song.

Old guy, you are proud of yourself first, there will always be a day when you cry.
Chapter completed!