Chapter 152: 151: Young Master Donglai

The three teams of reports of the good news soon walked out of the Jiujiang Prefect's Office and moved towards their respective destinations.

The prefect did not come out. The people who delivered the good news were led by the clerk, and the people from the sixth house. They blew and beat the ball along the way, constantly lit firecrackers, creating a lively and festive atmosphere.

At the same time, a large group of people came out from the Jiujiang Guard Commander and rushed to the Jiujiang Wharf. The leader was naturally Zhang Qing and Zhang Tongzhi.

Zhang Tongzhi was old and could no longer ride a horse, so he could only ride a carriage. Behind the carriage, Zhang Shigui, Wu Zhankui and others also rode horses to follow him.

The luxuriously decorated carriage and many military officers quickly left Jiujiang Prefecture City under the escort of a large number of followers and soldiers to the riverside pier. After the carriage arrived at the pier, Zhang Qing helped Zhang Shigui, who came up behind, got off the carriage and came to a large ship.

At this time, a beautifully dressed noble man standing at the bow of the boat also got off the boat through the pedal. Zhang Qing led the people to come forward and clasped his fists and said, "Greetings to the prince."

"Uncle Zhang, don't say that. I'm not a prince. Just call my name."

The noble son shook his head and said.

"I dare not, I dare not. Even if the prince is deceived, he will understand sooner or later."

However, Zhang Qing did not dare to answer the conversation, but replied honestly.

"Uncle Zhang, if you really do your best for me, don't call me the prince. If I pass it back home, I don't know what will happen."

The young master just whispered and reminded him again.

"Then I'll call you a young master. Shigui, why don't you come up to pay homage to you?"

Zhang Qing had already said to his eldest son beside him.

"Meet the young master."

"Okay, Brother Shigui, it's not the first time we have met, so don't be so disagreeable."

The young man waved his hand and said.

Zhang Qing was now letting him aside and then winked at his son-in-law.

Wu Zhankui understood it, and took Wei Meng forward two steps and bowed to salute.

"Okay, I have heard Brother Fugui mention your name many times, and I've seen it today."

The young master heard the names of Wu and Wei, and then smiled.

"Young Master, let's go into the city. The wind is strong here, and the place to live is ready."

Zhang Qing made an act of inviting him as he spoke.

Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng immediately lined up on both sides and gave up the way in the middle.

“That’s good.”

The young man looked back at his boat, and his face, which was full of smiles, became slightly bitter. "Wait for two days, the fleet will be crossing Jiujiang. I'll ask Uncle Shi to take care of him at that time."

The young master was joking and walked forward with Zhang Qing, left Jiujiang Wharf, and walked towards the place where the carriage was parked.

Zhang Qing and Zhang Shigui immediately responded, not daring to neglect the slightest.

Soon, they walked to the carriage. While they were getting on the carriage, a fast horse was coming from Jiujiang City in the distance.

Although it was far apart, Wu Zhankui, who had good eyesight, still saw the visitor clearly at first sight and said to Wei Meng, who was about to turn over the horse next to him: "It seems to be from your family."

When Wei Meng heard this, he frowned slightly and stopped his hand and looked over.

As the horse approached, he also realized that he was indeed a servant in his house.

Zhang Shigui, who had just brought his old father into the carriage, had already come over, and looked at the two of them staring at the way they came, and asked strangely: "What's the matter? It's time to get on the horse and set off."

"Old Wei family members are here, maybe there is something to do at home."

Before Wei Meng could answer, Wu Zhankui said to Zhang Shigui.

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shigui looked at them. The horse was approaching them. The horse knight immediately tied the reins and slowed down the horse's speed. At the same time, he quickly searched in the crowd, and then saw Wei Meng behind the carriage.

When he was a few steps away from the convoy, the man had already dismounted and led his horse to quickly walk around the carriage and ran to Wei Meng.

"Master, the official who reported the good news from the yamen has arrived at home. The second young master has passed the provincial examination this time."

When Wei Meng just saw that his family was about to come and search, he felt a slump in his heart, thinking that something had happened at home.

But when the clerk approached, Wei Meng felt relieved when he saw that his face was full of joy. When the clerk reported the clerk, Wei Meng was instantly knocked out by happiness and felt as if he was soaked in a honey pot.

"Home."

Later, Wei Meng saw the dick open and close his mouth, and he couldn't hear what he was saying.

After finally calming down my excited heart, I felt that my shoulder was being patted heavily.

Wei Meng came to his senses and heard the servants continue to report: "I went to the yamen to find you just now, and I realized that you were here at the dock. I borrowed a horse from the yamen to chase me. The good news from the magistrate's yamen was also copied to the garrison. When I came out, I started to set off firecrackers."

"Okay, OK, OK."

Wei Meng didn't want to listen to the nagging of the clerk at this moment, and only spoke three good words.

"Congratulations, Brother Wei's Qilin'er, this year he is a juren and next year he will be a Jinshi."

Zhang Shigui reacted quickly and immediately said with a loud laugh.

Wu Zhankui next to him was also crazy about being very happy. This was his nephew, his own nephew. If he was so young, he would naturally have a bright future.

My son had no choice but to be unable to take the imperial examination. The boy had tried it very easily, but when he came back after a college entrance examination, Wu Dong said he couldn't take the exam.

If Wu Dong was sure to be a juren, Wu Zhankui might try to think about trying his best and submit a message to the Duke of Wei State in Nanjing through his father-in-law's relationship and request to be exempted from his post.

According to the "Military and Political Regulations" promulgated by the Ming Dynasty, there is a provision: "Therefore, there is only one person under the military household, and the rechargeable personnel will be appointed to the Ministry of War and apply for the Hanlin Academy to take the examination. If there is any effect, the army will be opened as usual. If there is no effect, the army will still be exiled."

This regulation was promulgated in the year of Hongwu. If the son has achieved some success in his studies, he can ask for a military service.

At that time, only scholars were required to be famous. Now, scholars must not succeed, at least they could be exempted from licensing.

Nowadays, it is becoming less and less likely to hold a pen holder.

Wu Dong himself felt that scholars had no chance, so naturally Wu Zhankui would not let him continue to study.

Well, it is also a good thing to have a nephew who can study and become an official, at least someone is protecting him.

"I won't go home if I'm drunk tonight."

After Wu Zhankui came back to his senses, he patted Wei Meng's shoulder and said loudly.

"Don't go home if you don't get drunk."

Wei Meng nodded quickly. It was a great thing for his son to pass the imperial examination. He immediately invited Wu Zhankui and Zhang Shigui.

"Why is it going to happen? Why haven't you left?"

Zhang Qing on the carriage in front suddenly opened the curtain and asked.

"Dad, that, Guangde passed the imperial examination."

Zhang Shigui immediately trotted two steps to the carriage and said to the old man in the carriage.

"I'm so lucky?"

Zhang Tongzhi was also happy when he heard about this.

No matter how far the Wei family and the Zhang family are, they are still related. It is good to have a relative of the juren these days, not to mention that Wei Guangde is still so young.

At that time, Zhang Tongzhi prepared for Wei Guangde to pass the exam three or five times before he passed the exam. At that time, he would have at least three more exams. Otherwise, he would not have thought about their Wei family’s share.

Military merits and abilities are not bad in the eyes of superiors. If you want to suppress them, you should suppress them. It is too simple.

"Oh, who is the Guangde you are talking about?"

The noble man in the car asked curiously at this moment. He understood and seemed to be among the people who came to greet him. Someone had a Juren from his family.

Juren, he is a good identity these days.

"The Wei family, named Wei Guangde, is the youngest son of Wei Mengwei Zhenfu family. He is only sixteen years old this year. He passed the county examination continuously when he was thirteen years old, the government examination and the college examination, but he regretted defeating the provincial examination that year."

Zhang Tongzhi immediately introduced it.

"Oh, Wei Guangde, it seems that there has been someone who has heard of this name."

The young man smiled, but then his smile froze and asked, "Which Wei Guangde is only sixteen years old?"

"Yes, it's sixteenth this year."

Zhang Tongzhi replied immediately.

At this time, Wei Meng and Wu Zhankui had already walked to the carriage.

"Young Master, Lord Zhang, today I was the son of a happy juren. I would like to invite the two adults to come to the humble house for a wedding wine."

Wei Meng leaned against the window and said, "As a Shangguan, no matter whether others come or not, they must invite them, and the etiquette must be thoughtful."

Before Zhang Tongzhi could speak, the young master smiled and nodded to the outside and said, "Okay, a sixteen-year-old juren is rare. I can drink this cup of wedding wine."

"Okay, the young master said something. You can ask someone to go back and prepare and get some decent meals."

Zhang Qing immediately ordered Wei Meng.

"I understand, so I'll ask people to go home and report the news."
To be continued...