After discussing a few more things, it was not too early, and Liu Weiguo, the big eunuch beside Shi Fangzhen, saw that the Son of Heaven was tired, his eyes were slightly closed, and he leaned back in the chair, knowing that the Son of Heaven was tired. It just so happened that the ministers were silent at the moment, Liu Weiguo shook the dust and said sharply: "There is nothing to retreat from." ”

The ministers bowed and left one after another, and Shi Fangzhen got up and walked out of the Zichen Palace. Wei Yishen walked out of the palace gate, stood in front of the door for a while, and sure enough, when he saw Liu Weiguo coming in a hurry, he smiled from afar, and said, "Wei Xiang, long live, please go to the study to talk." ”

Wei Yishen followed Liu Weiguo to turn through the Zichen Hall with a light car, the left side is the side hall, step into the hall, full of light, the large row of Nanmu bookshelves are full of books, the walls are hung with landscape flowers and birds paintings, red sandalwood, carved lacquer furniture is inlaid with gems and ivory, luxury with elegance, this is the place where the Son of Heaven reviews and reads.

Shi Fangzhen had already taken off the dragon, revealing the bright yellow plain clothes inside, and when he saw Wei Yishen coming in, he motioned for the eunuch to give him a seat. Wei Yishen bowed slightly and sat down steadily. Shi Fangning said with a smile: "The prime minister in the main hall just now didn't say a word, I don't know what Wei thinks about the matter of fighting the world's acres of land and acres?" ”

"Long live is very worried, when today's land annexation is serious, the people suffer from having no land to cultivate for a long time, long live the battle of the world's acres of land, it is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and the old minister is in favor of it." Wei Yishen sat upright and answered sincerely.

"It's still the prime minister's understanding of my painstaking efforts." Shi Fangzhen sighed: "Liu Shangshu thought that I wanted to compete with the people, but he didn't know that the land was decreasing year by year, the treasury was empty, and once the army was used abroad, the country would have no grain and grass, how would it be good." I took the opportunity of clearing the acres of land to pay off the arrears, unblock the government decrees, change the situation of uneven taxes, enrich the treasury, make the country rich and strong, and revitalize the heroic style of Qingyuan. ”

Shi Fangzhen said that he was excited, stood up, and walked around the imperial study. Wei Yishen knew that this son of heaven wanted to learn from Zheng Gaozu, who founded the country, to govern martial arts and reproduce the rule of Qingyuan. Now the border is restless, the domestic Yuan Tianjiao is revived, money is needed everywhere, and the treasury is stretched. Objectively speaking, this Son of Heaven is very diligent and thrifty, the palace cost is only one-third of Emperor Xuan, and he has been on the throne for eight years, he has never built and repaired the palace, and he eats only four dishes and one soup every day, but the world's taxes are not as good as those of Emperor Xuan, which makes this ambitious Son of Heaven not in a hurry.

But if you clean up the fields, you will definitely offend the powerful. Not to mention anything else, the ten great families occupy about two to three percent of the world's land, and the magnates, large and small, divide the land cleanly, and if they want to clear the acres of land, don't they want the officials to cut their own flesh with knives? At the beginning, Zheng Dynasty Wei was established, and the family contributed a lot, and Zheng Gaozu once said that he shared the world with the family. Later, Emperor Zheng, who succeeded to the throne, continued to suppress the family, during which there were ups and downs, and there are still ten major families to this day, these families have long been intertwined, pulling together and moving the whole body, and even implicating the royal family itself. Do you want to start with the royal family itself?

Seeing Wei Yishen replying to the old monk's dry sitting state, Shi Fangzhen's eyes flashed with hatred, and asked, "I don't know what Wei Xiang's good plan is?" ”

"The old minister thinks that the matter of clearing the acres of land involves too much, and the resistance is not small, so he should not be in a hurry. It is better to choose a few states to try it out, so that you can find out the problems and then push it out after the results are achieved. Long live the appointment of Yu Zhijie as the chosen winner of the Qing war, Yu Zhijie This person is calm and resolute, brave and courageous, and will be able to live up to the trust of Long live. But no matter how capable Yu Zhijie is, he is only one person, long live may as well choose some capable people as his deputies, everyone collects firewood and the flame is high, and the acres of land can be achieved naturally. ”

Shi Fangzhen glanced at Wei Yishen with emotion, this person is scheming, thoughtful in all aspects, worthy of being a prime minister for many years, if he can help me wholeheartedly, he can indeed save worry. Shi Fangzhen smiled and said, "The prime minister is in charge of a hundred officials, do you have any good people to recommend to me?" ”

"Long live, the minister's meaning may wish to select some talents from today's science and technology scholars, first, these people are new to officialdom, brave to do things, can use their sharpness, not like the oilman who has been in the officialdom for many years has too many worries; Second, through this incident, we can see which people are real talents and can be used by Banzai in the future, the old ministers are old, and the court needs some young people to take over; Third, we can choose some scholars from poor backgrounds, these people will definitely hate the annexation of the acres, and they will definitely do their best to clear the acres and return justice to the people. ”

Wei Yishen's words went to his heart, Shi Fangzhen nodded frequently, and said: "You Cheng Jinke also has to take the exam, with his talent and learning, it is easy to get a middle jinshi, I intend to let him have more experience, and in a few years, the Wei family may have another famous appearance." ”

Wei Yishen stood up, bowed and said, "Long live the praise, Youcheng is still very immature and unbearable." As Banzai said, there is still a lot of sharpening. ”

"With Wei Xiang's training, Youcheng's achievements can be imagined. I don't know if there will be a masterpiece in Yucheng recently, next time Wei Xiang might as well bring it to me to see, and appreciate the strange text, I can't put it down on "Kyoto Fu". Shi Fang really saw that Wei Yishen supported him to clear the country, and he also came up with a lot of good ideas, and he was in a good mood.

"Yucheng has been concentrating on poetry recently, preparing for the battle."

"I remember that the first test was to try four books and poems, and most of the past years were to make poems, so this year I might as well change to do Fu, and see what good works Yucheng has, I'm looking forward to it." Shi Fangning looked at Wei Yi and said with a deep smile in his eyes.

Wei Yishen knew that the Son of Heaven intended to change his poems into endowments, which was to return the peach to the plum and sell himself a favor, so that he could vigorously support him in the Qing Dynasty. Wei Yishen bowed again and said, "Thank you, long live." ”

Coming out of the imperial study, under the guidance of Liu Weiguo, Wei Yishen walked out of the palace, and the carriage stopped by the palace gate and waited. Wei Yishen sat down in the carriage, lowered the curtain, and the inside of the carriage became gloomy. The carriage walked slowly, and there was no vibration in the car, Wei Yishen frowned,

This time, the Son of Heaven decided to clear the fields, and because of the relationship between his grandson, he reached a tacit understanding with the Son of Heaven, it seems that the Wei family is going to make some concessions, since the Wei family wants to make concessions, as for the other families, if they are interested, they naturally know how to choose, as for those small shrimps, they always have to take out a few sacrificial knives.

The carriage stopped, and the prime minister's house arrived. With the help of the coachman, Wei Yishen got out of the car and ordered: "Let Youcheng see me at the East Academy at noon." At this moment, there are still a lot of official affairs to be dealt with in the political hall, Wei Yishen cheered up and walked to the political hall surrounded by everyone.

At the end of the afternoon, Wei Yishen dragged his tired body back to the East Academy, after all, he was an old man in his sixties, and the fatigue of four or five hours in a row was a little unbearable. Wei Youcheng helped his grandfather to sit down in the chair, stood behind him and pinched Wei Yishen's shoulders to relax his muscles, Wei Yishen closed his eyes and leaned on the circle chair without making a sound, silently enjoying the joy of family.

After a while, Wei Yishen opened his eyes, reached out and patted his grandson's hand, and said with a smile: "Let Cheng'er pinch like this, grandpa feels much easier." Okay, sit down, grandpa has something to say to you. ”

After pondering for a moment, Wei Yishen said: "The main examiner of this examination is Li Shihong, a bachelor of Jixian Palace, this person is Jinghe's fourteenth year of Tanhua, and it happens that I am the chief examiner that year, and he is my protégé." ”

Taking the ginseng soup handed over by Wei Youcheng, Wei Yishen took a sip, and then said: "I have deliberately kept my distance from him over the years, but I have taken care of him secretly, Li Shihong is an understanding person, and he knows it in his heart, this time he is the main examiner of the examination, so he will naturally take care of you." With your talents, it is not difficult to pass the test, the key is to get the right ranking. Grandpa wants you to be a high school member, I wonder if you can be confident? ”

"My grandson did his best." Wei Youcheng thought of Jiang Anyi's demeanor on Fengshan Mountain, and became a little hesitant.

Wei Yishen saw his grandson's hesitation, and said indifferently: "No matter how difficult the world is, only those who are not afraid of difficulties will prevail." Those who participate in the examination are the best in the world, if you don't have the ambition to try, it doesn't matter, my grandson Wei Yishen is a cowardly and incompetent person. ”

Wei Youcheng was aroused by his grandfather's words, and said proudly: "My grandson doesn't dare to be arrogant, and he will not let my Wei be ashamed." ”

Wei Yishen nodded with satisfaction, and said with a little pride: "My Wei family's sons should have this confidence, Cheng'er, you don't have to worry, the Son of Heaven also appreciates your talent and learning, and today I specially asked you what you have done recently." The Son of Heaven personally promised his grandfather that he would try to give up poetry and write Fu this time. Cheng'er, you wrote "Kyoto Fu" at the age of sixteen, Yongchang is expensive for it, is there anyone in the world who writes better than your Fu? ”

When it comes to writing, Wei Youcheng is full of energy, and even every pore reveals confidence.

Wei Yi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Even so, Cheng'er, you are still cautious, and you should not underestimate the heroes of the world." Li Shihong likes imposing and eloquent writing, and pays attention to the use of classics......"

In the afternoon, Jiang Anyi learned about the candidates for the main examination and deputy chief examiner of the examination in Yufu. Yu Zhijie obviously didn't want to talk about it, Jiang Anyi got up to say goodbye, and returned to the hotel to tell Fan Shiben and Zhang Zhicheng the news. By the early morning of the next day, all the examinees in Yongchang City knew who the examiner was, and the Li Mansion and Duan Mansion became the holy places that the examiners must go.

At this time, the bookstore has to make a lot of money, collecting the articles of the two people who take the examination and the articles that flow out on weekdays into a book, and the thin booklet is sold for five taels and one book, which is really a paper made of silver. Rich people naturally rush to be the first, and those who have no money have to be cheeky to borrow someone to copy it.

Li Shihong was born in the Anqi Li family, and his mansion was in Taipingfang, close to the imperial city. After learning that he was ordered by the Son of Heaven to take the main exam, Li Shihong closed the door to thank the guests, let his family scald the pot of wine, and sat in the garden to drink alone.

Duan Cizong rented in Ande Fang, close to the Qixia Gate in the southern city, one south and one north are far apart. Duan Cizong, who is now Chinese New Year's Eve six, is tall, not like a literati but like a martial artist, and his beard with sideburns is becoming more and more powerful.

The Li Mansion is closed to guests, and the Duan Mansion is also difficult to enter. From the gate, it looks no different from ordinary people, but there are two vicious dogs tied in front of the door, barking when they see people, and everyone avoids them.