"Your Majesty, can you give the memorial to the minister?"

A young official in his thirties stepped forward and bowed and said.

Except for Qian Mingdu, the other three people who stayed, were all innocent. The young man who just spoke was Zhou Biming, who had just been transferred from the governor of Luzhou. Although the governor of the Central Secretariat was only a false position, he was a close minister of the emperor. He had little power, but had a great influence. Everyone knew in their hearts that those who could be the Secretary of the Central Secretariat must be the emperor's confidant, and this was just a transition. With the opportunity, the emperor would definitely promote and reuse it.

Zhou Biming is not Zhao Xun's old man in the Prince's Mansion. The reason why he is valued by Zhao Xun is entirely due to his own abilities.

Zhou Biming is serious, upright, not limited to laughing, but generous, fair and selfless.

I think everyone is familiar with another person with the same surname as Zhou Biming, that is Zhou Qing. Both of them are very similar in life and personality. They are both poor and have a good brain. They are good at studying. They are less than twenty years old and have won the Jinshi. Zhou Qing is the top scholar, and Zhou Biming is Tanhua. The same young man became famous, and they are also very honest because of their upright personality and dare to directly confront the emperor. In the end, not only are they not punished, but they attract the emperor's attention.

Unlike Zhou Qing, an angry young man, whoever communicates with others and has a disagreement, he will say a few words. Zhou Biming doesn’t speak much and is a little taciturn. He either doesn’t say anything, and he will definitely talk about the key points when he says something. He doesn’t talk nonsense, and the same is true for criticizing others. Or he doesn’t argue. Once he speaks, he will directly push you off the stage.

After passing the Jinshi, those with high rankings will generally not be placed outside the place immediately, but will stay in Fengjing and hold some leisurely positions. These people are the Ministry of Personnel and even the emperor's key inspection targets.

At that time, Zhao Zhi invited this group of talented Jinshi. When he was drunk, he suddenly said with emotion: "Scholars in the world are still happy."

Zhao Zhi just drank a little wine and just said casually.

After hearing this, Zhou Biming immediately said loudly: "I have come all the way north, thousands of miles away, and it's more than a month's walk, so it's so hard."

Zhao Zhi smiled and said, "What is this little suffering compared to fame and fortune?"

Unexpectedly, when Zhou Biming heard this sentence, he burst into tears: "There are so many scholars in the three places of Lingnan, Shannan and Jiannan. Every year, there are only a few who go to Beijing to take the exam, or even a thousand people, but there are very few who get the exam. This year, the entire Lingnan Road comes to Fengjing with me to take the exam, and I have 325 students. But only me get the exam. They come thousands of miles away and thousands of miles away. It's so hard every year!"

Zhou Biming's words immediately shocked everyone present. Almost everyone was stunned. In this case, he dared to say in front of the emperor, "Do you want to die?"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhi was furious and became murderous, but the mind was so strange that when he saw Zhou Biming finishing his words, he cried endlessly, but he became a little curious. How could this person's emotions be so intense? Is there a mental problem or is there a reason for the incident?

Therefore, Zhao Zhi pressed his intention to kill, but only sent Zhou Biming to death for the crime of disrespect for the emperor.

Afterwards, Zhao Zhi sent someone to inquire and investigate, and then he learned the truth.

The Zhou clan where Zhou Biming was located was also well-known in Lingnan. After his Emperor Gaozu became a juren, he worked as a low-level official in the government, while continuing to study hard, hoping to pass the imperial examination. At that time, it was the time of Wuzong. The emperor was very talented and had a clear political strategy, and the imperial examination was once every two years. It lasted for decades without interruption, and it was relatively fair and just. That period was the spring of all poor children.

Unfortunately, Zhou Biming's Gaozu was not knowledgeable enough. He never passed the exam for the rest of his life. He had only ambitions, had insufficient fame and fame, and was a low-level official for the rest of his life and could not be promoted. However, before he died, he left his last words, and later descendants, if two brothers, one farms and the other studied, the Zhou family must produce a Jinshi. His last words became the goal of future descendants and their lifelong struggle.

Unfortunately, sometimes, the fate of some people has been destined to be changed long ago.

Zhou Biming's great-grandfather was very smart. He was known as a child prodigy since childhood and was very good at studying. However, at that time, it was no longer the time of Emperor Wuzong. After Emperor Wuzong's death, the imperial examination was forced to be interrupted under the powerful opposition and resistance of aristocratic families. Without the imperial examination, the lower-level people, no matter how good you study and have knowledge, what's the use of being full of knowledge? You can't enter the official career.

Zhou Biming's great-grandfather and grandfather were both famous scholars at that time, but for the rest of their lives, they could only teach and educate people. They had only psychological thoughts and ambitions, but could not relax and ended in depression.

By the generation of Zhou Biming's father, it was already the Pingzong dynasty. Pingzong had just ascended the throne and was full of ambitions. He immediately restored the imperial examination that had been interrupted for decades and began to carry out drastic rectification and reform. Zhou Biming's father did not forget the wishes of his ancestors, studied hard and prepared for the imperial examination.

Zhou Biming's father was also very smart and very good at studying. He passed the scholar at the age of 22 and passed the Juren at the age of 26, and his exam rankings in this state are very high. Everyone said that Zhou Biming's father would definitely pass the Jinshi exam without any accidents. He did have this ability and knowledge, but unfortunately, he had a platform, but he did not have the chance.

Pingzong was an ambitious emperor, but he also had to have a supporting personality and ability. In fact, Pingzong was weak in character, suspicious, and valued relatives and eunuchs, intending to seize power. Therefore, the two sides formed a sharp confrontation with the aristocratic family group that controlled the government at that time. Although the imperial examination system began again, it immediately became a toy for the rectification struggle and became the Emperor Pingzong and the aristocratic family group. Both sides increased their efforts to improve their own interests. In this environment, it was too difficult for the lower-level people to enter the official career through the imperial examination. It was not that there was no, but it was rare. There were only a few people every year. Zhou Biming's father could become such a rare existence?
Chapter completed!