During the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, the Rebellion of Prince Ning was single-handedly suppressed by Wang Yangming. When Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, heard that Prince Ning had rebelled, he led his troops to suppress the rebellion in a panic. However, he found that Wang Yangming had already defeated Prince Ning by himself.
The most speechless thing was that at that time, Prince Ning had many soldiers, but Wang Yangming didn't have many people who could fight. However, Wang Yangming had deceived Prince Ning with his schemes and tricks, and he had been subdued by Wang Yangming.
Wang Yangming was also invincible as an official. There were so many capable people during the Ming Wuzong period, but none of them were Wang Yangming's match.
Although Yang Tinghe was an elder of the four dynasties, he couldn't defeat Wang Yangming in the end. In the end, he had to find a way to transfer Wang Yangming away from him, but he didn't dare to attack Wang Yangming.
As for Jiang Bin, although he held the military power of the four prefectures, he was still respectful in front of Wang Yangming and did not dare to provoke him. Because Jiang Bin knew that he couldn't beat Wang Yangming in politics, but he couldn't beat Wang Yangming in military affairs either.
In terms of martial arts, Wang Yangming was a famous archer in the Ming Dynasty. He shot wherever he pointed with his bow and arrow, and his arrows never missed. As for taking in disciples, it was even more terrifying. The most powerful cabinet chief Xu Jie during the Jiajing period was Wang Yangming's disciple.
Therefore, when Zhu Houzhen heard that Wang Yangming was in the capital, he was very happy and wanted to visit him.
"Your Majesty, is this Wang Yangming really that powerful?”
"Of course! Ha, you'll understand once you follow me!”
"Ah, alright!"
However, just as Zhu Houjin was about to follow Lu Bing to find Wang Yangming, they suddenly heard a noise from afar. It seemed that someone was making a noise there.
"Oh! Lu Bing, let's go and take a look!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
In the distance, in front of a fortune-telling stall, a young man in blue clothes was beating up the stall with a broom.
"I'll kill you, Wang Banxian! What the hell are you calculating? You're not accurate at all!”
"Two days ago, you clearly said that I could rise to the top, but I still fell behind. Tell me, who else can I find for this debt if not you?”
The young man roared as he beat the fortune-telling stall with his broom. The fortune-teller was so scared that he hid behind the stool and did not dare to stand up and argue with the young man.
Zhu Houjiu and Lu Bing felt that the voice of this youth was familiar, so they went over to take a look. This person was none other than the High Scholar Zhang Cong whom Zhu Houjiu had met a few days ago when he had left the palace in civilian clothes for the first time.
"Haha, isn't this Brother Zhang Cong? What are you trying to do?”
Just as Zhang Cong was angrily beating up the fortune-telling stall, Zhu Houyu walked to Zhang Cong's side with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face.
"Oh, so it's you!"
Zhang Cong was originally so angry that his entire body was on fire. However, when he saw Zhu Houjiu coming over, he hurriedly stopped. He patted the dust off his body and greeted Zhu Houjiu with a smile.
Although Zhang Cong was very arrogant to the fortune-teller, he was very respectful in front of Zhu Houjin.
This was not just because Zhang Cong saw that Zhu Houzhen was dressed differently from ordinary people. More importantly, Zhang Cong felt an unprecedented aura from the 15-year-old youth in front of him, so he did not dare to be rude to Zhu Houzhen.
"Brother Zhang Cong, didn't I see you looking for Wang Banxian to read your fortune a few days ago? Why do you want to destroy his stall now?”
"Hai, don't mention it. I get angry when I talk about this!”
Zhang Cong angrily pointed at Wang Banxian and said,""You also heard it that day. This person said that I could rise to the top, so I believed his words and participated in the imperial examination. However, who knew that I still didn't pass the examination.”
After Zhang Cong finished speaking, Wang Banxian stood up with a bitter face.
"I didn't say that you could get in that day! What I said was that you can't get in, but you can rise to the top. You misunderstood!”
"You still dare to say that? If he didn't get in, how could he rise to the top? You're simply making fun of me!”
As Zhang Cong spoke, he wanted to attack Wang Banxian again, but Lu Bing frowned and stopped him.
"Hehe, so that's how it is!"
After hearing Zhang Cong's words, Zhu Houzhen couldn't help but laugh. He thought to himself that this kid's heart was really dark. He himself failed the imperial examination, but he actually took his anger out on a peddler and beat him up. This person's moral character was really not good.
"Mm, Brother Zhang Cong, sit down. Don't hit him!”
"Humph!"
Although Zhang Cong was still very angry, he listened to Zhu Houzhen and sat down.
Seeing that everything was fine, Wang Banxian crawled out from under the stool. Lu Bing walked to the side and chased away the people who were watching.
"Brother Zhang Cong, how many places did you get?”
"Sigh, don't mention it! I didn't even get in!”
"Oh, so that's how it is! I wonder what your rank is in the provincial examination!”
"Provincial examination? Hmph, I'm not bragging. I came first in the provincial examination, which was why I was so confident in coming to the capital. But who knew, sigh…"
"Mm, so you are the first place in the provincial examination. Hehe, since you are the first place in the provincial examination, then I believe you must have some ability!”
Zhu Houzhen listened to Zhang Cong's words and pondered for a while before nodding his head.
"Brother Zhang Cong, I think you're not lucky enough to take the exams, so don't take them in the future. You came in first in the provincial examination, so you must have passed the imperial examination. You can still be an official!”
"What? How could this be! Although he passed the provincial examination, he couldn't be a capital official. He could only be a local official. There was no day for him to become rich!”
When Zhang Cong heard that Zhu Houzhi wanted him to be an official, he couldn't help but complain in his heart. In fact, Zhang Cong could not be blamed for this. For scholars, there was basically no future for them to be officials in the provincial examination.
If an official did not become an official in the capital, it would be very difficult for him to make a name for himself. Because he could not see the emperor in the local area, there was no chance of promotion at all.
Moreover, even so, the chances of becoming an official in the provincial examination were minuscule. This was because the Ministry of Official Personnel did not always have vacancies. Unless an official retired or died, only then could the provincial examination candidates take over the position.
If he couldn't wait for a vacancy in the Ministry of Personnel Affairs in his lifetime, then he could only blame his bad luck. He would probably die on the road of waiting for an official.
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