With singing and dancing, wine and food fragrant, the Qionglin Banquet was naturally extremely lively and festive.
Su Rong did not sit upright. Instead, he stood up with a wine glass in his hand and walked from front to back where the new scholars were sitting.
The first one, who bears the brunt, is Nangong Che.
Su Rong stood in front of his seat and toasted to Nangong Che with a smile, "You deserve to be the number one scholar."
Nangong Che stood up quickly and suppressed the emotions in his heart, "My dearest daughter, I am not talented. I trouble my dear daughter to grind ink with my own hands. I am ashamed of myself."
Although he has not yet been awarded an official position, he can already call himself a minister. After all, it is certain that he will join the court.
Su Ronxiao, "What are you ashamed of? Your article is worthy of my ink grinding, can't you see? I am a corporal of Li Xian."
Nangong Che didn't expect Su Rong to be so straightforward. He didn't know what to say for a moment and opened his mouth. After a while, he said, "I'm honored."
Su Rong looked at him, "You are honored. After all, except for my brother and my fiancé, I have never worked for anyone."
Nangong Che quickly lowered his head, "I am flattered."
Su Rongxiao then said: "Oh, I also attracted Zhou Gu. He probably has never polished ink for anyone except the Prince of Daliang. This is my guess. Maybe he has never polished ink for the Prince of Daliang. After all, he doesn’t buy anyone’s fault.”
Nangong Che even lowered his head, "I am scared."
Su Ronxiao said, "Okay, what are you worried about? Your article was really worth it. After all, it made me and Zhou Gu look straight in the eye."
She usually calls Zhou Gu, but she doesn’t like to call the concubine too much. She always calls him by his first name.
Nangong Che felt relieved, "It's an honor for me to be able to see the queen and her husband."
Su Rongxiao asked: "Which of the six movies do you want to be in?"
Nangong Che was stunned. Can he get into any movie he wants? According to the usual practice, isn’t it arranged by the king? Oh, the king doesn't care, the **** supervises the country and has full power to govern, but doesn't the **** directly make arrangements for him?
In addition, according to the usual practice, as long as the number one scholar is favored by the king, he will enter the Hanlin to study for qualifications. This is a traditional rule. If he is not favored by the king, he will be assigned to the state and county to be a seventh-rank sesame official.
It is rare for people to directly join the Six Tribes. Unless someone in the clan is an official in the court and is an important minister in the court, they can work around it to get into the Six Tribes and find a job they want.
Perhaps he had been in a daze for a long time, and Su Rong asked: "You haven't thought about it yet?"
Nangong Che said honestly: "I have never thought about it at all. Can I choose by myself?"
Nangong Che finally dared to meet Su Rong’s eyes.
Su Rong said to him seriously: "Maybe I couldn't do it before, but now that I am the prince, I can naturally do it. After all, I also want my ministers to go where they want to go and do what they want to do, so that they can be better and more motivated." The land is for the benefit of the country, isn't it?" Nangong Che finally showed an moved expression. This was when he personally polished the ink for Su Rong in the imperial examination, and suppressed the students who had not appeared in the same department. When everyone gathered around him to say congratulations and envy to him, they also suppressed their inner excitement and never showed it. Only in the dead of night did he realize that he was really different from before. He stepped on the ladder that Kai Enke used after the queen returned to the court, and finally Let your talents be exposed to the sun and receive full recognition and illumination.
Even though his surname is Nangong, he has not been suppressed, stepped into the dust, or hidden from the light of day because of this surname. Instead, he is thriving.
But because of this, he is also more cautious, not daring to make mistakes or getting carried away.
Now, the princess asked him this. For a moment, he was so moved that he couldn't restrain himself. After a while, he said, "Can you please think about it now?"
"Okay." Su Rong clinked glasses with him, "Here, let's have a drink first, and I would also like to say congratulations on your success."
Nangong Che quickly picked up the wine glass, not daring to collide with the concubine's wine glass, but gently and cautiously leaned against it. The hand holding the glass was held tightly by him, for fear that it would fall off if he couldn't hold it. .
At this time, Zhang Yun suddenly came over with a wine glass. He was very relaxed when facing Su Rong. He smiled playfully and spoke very casually, "Hey, Madam, Brother Che, if you haven't thought about it yet, Wherever you go, come into my military headquarters."
Su Rong turned to look at Zhang Yun and raised his eyebrows in a funny way, "You are smart enough to rob someone first."
Zhang Yun sighed, "My dear daughter, it's not that I was so happy when I saw the talent that my eyes glowed red. You don't know that the Ministry of War is really short of people. You asked me to join the Ministry of War, and I was very happy, but I didn't expect that Nan Chu's The Ministry of War is really hard to explain. If you want to meet your requirements for me, you have to give people, especially talented and smart people, which I am lacking now."
Su Rong shrugged, "Anyway, the military department is entrusted to you. If you can persuade him to join your military department, I have no problem with it."
Zhang Yun knew that Su Rong would naturally have no objection. He looked at Nangong Che again and said, "Brother Che, let's go. How about we talk in private?"
Nangong Che never thought about joining the Ministry of War. Even if Su Rong asked him to choose, he looked at Zhang Yun and said honestly: "Master Zhang, I am studying my essay."
"I know you're studying essays. I've read your paper three times. You answered the questions really well, especially in the palace examination. Your performance was extraordinary. It's not in vain that my concubine and brother Zhou polished the ink for you." Zhang Yun hooked his shoulders, and the two brothers said nicely: "But just because you are studying essays, it doesn't mean that you can't join the Ministry of War. You know, our Ministry of War doesn't want you to go to the battlefield. Now that we have made peace with the Wei Dynasty, at least within ten years , won’t be able to fight, well, I can’t say for sure, anyway, I won’t be able to fight in a short period of time. What does the Ministry of War do now, you use your smart head to think about it. In short, it doesn’t matter if you don’t practice martial arts. , as long as you are smart and practical, you are qualified to join the Ministry of War and show your talents with me."
Nangong Che heard this and looked at Su Rong.
Su Ronxiao said, "You can go find a place to chat and let me know the results."
Nangong Che finally nodded to Zhang Yun, "Okay, Mr. Zhang, please."
“Okay, let’s go.” Zhang Yun took Nangong Che out to find a place to chat.
Su Rong smiled and walked to the next seat, smiling at the two cousins from the Cui family, "Two cousins."
Cui Xingyu and Cui Xing also stood up quickly and said, "My dearest daughter."
They feel that they are different from Cui Xingzhi and Cui Yanjin. Although all the descendants of the Qinghe Cui family who came to Nanchu with Cui Gong are not as good as those two people, how can they dare to call the princess a cousin, and how can they dare to call them a cousin?
Su Rong said with a smile: "The two cousins are also very talented and have the character of the Cui family. I want to ask personally, which of the six movies do the two cousins want to go to?" After a pause, She added, "It's okay if you don't want to join the Sixth Division. Jingzhao Yin, Dali Temple, Zongren Mansion, or the Five Cities Military and Horse Division are all fine." (End of Chapter)