"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray......"

The night of Chinese New Year's Eve in the second year of the Great Song and Yuan Fu was a snowy night, and the snow was extraordinarily heavy until the next day, that is, the early morning of the first month of the third year of Yuan Fu. In just one night, the sky and the earth were white. The cold wind swept by, and between the Fengle Pavilion opposite the Donghua Gate, it was like fog. However, such a vast snowfall still did not stop the enthusiasm of the citizens of Kaifeng Mansion to come to Donghuamen to worship the Son of Heaven.

When Zhao Xu, a generation of faint monarchs of the Great Song Dynasty recognized by later generations, accompanied by Empress Liu and a group of palace officials and several princes and nobles, ascended the Donghua Gate Tower, the ministers, envoys, juzi and the people gathered outside the Donghua Gate and on Mahang Street let out earth-shaking cheers.

The people who came here this year to congratulate Zhengdan are better than they thought in previous years! Standing on the tower of Donghua Gate, looking at the countless people standing in a snowy scene, cheering in the snowflakes that were still falling, Zhao Xu felt some emotion in his heart. He knew that the people braved the snow not only to see their holy face, but also to celebrate the hard-won peace in the world.

That's right, the world is under the governance of this official Zhao Xu, and it has barely reached the level of peace.

The Western Xia lost Hengshan and Tiandu Mountain, and there was no longer enough strength to invade the six roads in Shaanxi. The leaders of the Qingtang Dynasty and Tubo blindly conquered the dynasty and annexed it, and the land of Hehuang was also peaceful. And the Liao State is now building the Jiehe Commercial Market with the Great Song Dynasty, which can be regarded as a brotherly state.

As for Dali, Annam, Goryeo, Uighur and other countries, they also knew the power of the Great Song Dynasty and did not dare to pick quarrels and provoke trouble on the frontier.

In other words, the years of war that began in the Renzong Dynasty finally ended completely in the second year of Yuanfu (it was only a very brief peace, but Zhezong did not know it, and neither did the cheering people).

This also means that the people of the Great Song Dynasty can finally live a comfortable and prosperous life for a period of time, and the forced labor and exorbitant taxes that are pressed on them can finally be reduced slightly.

There can be at least ten years of recuperation...... Zhao Xu, who was standing on the Donghua Tower, thought to himself.

Now the four are weakened and China is strong. War or not, in the Song Dynasty is no longer in Yi. The people of the Great Song Dynasty have also suffered for decades, and they should be allowed to recuperate for ten years. At the same time, these ten years can also be used to train a strong army...... After all, soldiers have to be trained, and it is impossible to win the Northern Expedition without elite soldiers.

When the people have recovered their vitality, the strong soldiers have been successfully trained, and the Jiehe Shang City has begun to become large-scale, you can consider the Northern Expedition to restore Yan!

Of course, the Northern Expedition cannot be rushed. With the people, elite soldiers, and reliable strongholds, we also need to have good looks, good generals, and good opportunities.

If everything goes well, after ten years of recuperation, there will be another ten years of fighting, and Pingliao can be restored.

After recovering Yanyun, if there is another ten years of governance, the world will be really peaceful, not to mention eternity, at least there will be a hundred years of prosperity, right?

The official Zhao Xu looked up at the vast sky, and thought in his heart: If the heavens have mercy on the people, let me live for another thirty years!

"Uh-huh, uh-huh......"

Standing in the corner of Donghua Building, Wu Haogu, who was quickly recording the cheering scene in front of him with a pencil on a set up drawing board, suddenly heard a faint coughing sound in his ears.

Wu Haogu turned his head and looked at the place where the emperor was standing, only to see Zhao Xu, an official with a thin body and who seemed to be a little swaying in the cold wind, covering his mouth with a handkerchief.

It's also cold this day, and now Wu Haogu, who pulls a bow and carries a small stone lock every day (the big one can't move) and rides a horse to exercise, is a little unbearable, not to mention Zhao Xu, who is terminally ill?

To tell the truth, with Zhao Xu's current physical condition, he may be able to live a little longer if he lies down, if he has to brave the wind and snow...... A cold may induce an acute kidney failure or something, and it will be difficult for the gods to save it at that time!

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu glanced at Zhao Ji who was standing next to Zhao Xu, a tall and strong young man, who was not wearing too thick clothes, and there was nothing wrong with carrying the wind and snow. Among Emperor Shenzong's group of children, he is the best in health. No wonder everyone says that he has a blessed life, and I don't know if he can have a good death in the future?

……

In the open square outside the Donghua Gate, Ji Yi, who was huddled together with a group of Jiupin civil officials, had just bowed to the Son of Heaven on the Donghua Tower.

According to the etiquette of the Song Dynasty, only at the real court ceremony, or when Xuanma worships the prime minister, the courtiers need to bow down. Today's etiquette to meet the Son of Heaven for laymen at Donghua Gate is not a great pilgrimage, so there is no need to kneel. However, Ji Yi would rather go to the Daqing Hall to kowtow to the official Zhao Xu, because there is only one reason why the court ceremony is not held in this peaceful and prosperous situation...... The official's body is really not good.

"The official family seems to be gone!"

"yes, it's really gone!"

"How fast?"

"It's cold, isn't it?"

At this time, the Jiupin sesame officials around Ji Yi suddenly began to discuss, and it turned out that the emperor had withdrawn early...... It is not the first time for most officials to visit Donghuamen, so they naturally know that the time is short.

This does not bode well!

Ji Yi's heart was beating fast, he knew that the emperor's body was failing, and he was afraid that he couldn't help this weather and endless tossing.

What if anything?

Is it to follow Zhang Dun all the way to the dark, or to betray it...... One wrong step is a dead end!

If you go right, Ji Yi thought to himself: At least thirty years of glory and wealth, maybe there will be ten years of Xuanma, a very popular minister!

……

Standing at the crossroads of life is not only Ji Yiji, this year is the year of the imperial examination, between the 21st and 23rd days of the first month, the imperial court will appoint Zhigongju (that is, the main examination, usually the Hanlin bachelor to do), and then it is the examination room of the Guozijian to enter the country.

Therefore, on the first day of the first month, most of the people who should be raised have already gathered in Kaifeng Mansion. Today, they also came to worship the emperor outside the Donghua Gate.

Among them is Fan Zhijin, who is as sick as Zhao Xu, who entered Kaifeng Mansion lying down. However, the good people of the Han Governor's Mansion did it to the end, and they also paid to find a good doctor for him in Kaifeng Mansion, and after drinking an unknown number of bitter medicines, he actually cured his pneumonia (it should be pneumonia)...... Well, of course, it's not better, these days I still have an old cough, but I haven't vomited blood, and the problem doesn't seem to be big.

But it's hard to say whether you can live or not...... It's not that his condition will be fatal immediately, but if he doesn't go to high school on this list, he still has to die!

The predicament he is facing now is much greater than that of Ji Yi, Ji Yi has at least one grandfather-in-law who is the prime minister to betray, and he will definitely be able to enter the Jinshi in high school - for Ji Yi, the Jinshi is not a problem, the problem is the number one?

For Fan Zhijin, if he is not in high school, he will hang himself - now that the river surface of Kaifeng Mansion is frozen, it is impossible to throw himself into the river, so he can only choose to hang himself.

If Heaven let me live another thirty years...... Not only can the blood feud of the Yanggu Fan family be avenged, and they can prosper, but they can at least have the future of the second envoy (pacification envoy and transfer envoy), right?

"Uh-huh, uh-huh......"

Fan Zhijin, who was not well (presumably suffering from chronic bronchitis), coughed violently again, and a young man in his early twenties, dressed in a Confucian costume (Juzi had special clothes when he visited the emperor on New Year's Day), stepped forward to help him.

"Brother Jin, are you okay? The official family is gone, so why don't I let my servant send you back to Daxiangguo Temple." ”

"It's okay," Fan Zhijin arched his hand at the man, "Brother Maohe, I'm okay, I can go back." ”

The person who was called "Brother Maohe" by Fan Zhijin was named Huang Qianshan, who was a small official and eunuch, and his father Huang Jingguan worshiped Chao Sanlang, the school manager of the secret pavilion, and the attendant of the Xu Wangfu. Xie Yuan, who was admitted to his hometown of Shao Wujun in Fujian last fall, did not arrive in Kaifeng Mansion for a long time - Fujian's examination is very difficult, because there are too many talents and too few places, so those who do well in Fujian can generally be admitted to the Jinshi. So he was not busy hanging his head and stabbing his hair, but made friends with You Shilin and met many friends, including this "Fan Jin" who always coughed.

Although "Fan Jin" is not in good health, his temper is surprisingly good - he is weak now, he is a good man in Liangshan, where do you dare to look down on people? So he speaks kindly, is low-key, and always holds Xie Yuan elsewhere. Therefore, everyone is willing to make friends with him (it would be better for him to be like this earlier), and Huang Qianshan naturally befriended him.

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Five people from the martial arts family also put on the clothes of Juzi today and came to worship the emperor outside the Donghua Gate. But they are not together, Wu Haogu is with a bunch of Tai students, and he is now a big celebrity in Taixue! Not only is this subject "must be hit", but he also got married to the daughter of the Han family in Xiangzhou, and his brother is standing on the Donghua Tower with the emperor at this time!

As for Wu Zhongyi and the three Bai Boyi Men martial artists, they had little hope, so they were also arranged at the end of the lifting procession, and they didn't even squeeze into the square outside Donghua Gate, but swayed the emperor on Mahang Street.

Oh, by the way, Wu Zhongyi has also gone to meet friends these days, and they are all some white-bearded "old people", who are also fallen people in the scientific field, so they naturally have a common language.

Speaking of which, these people gathered in Kaifeng Mansion are actually divided into circles, the popular people are one circle, and the white-bearded poor Cuo is another circle, the two circles rarely come into contact, and it is polite to meet them rarely - they are all "masters of Chinese studies", and they will not be so unqualified......

Now standing with Wu Zhongyi is Zhao Jiaren from a famous mansion, the two old men are old acquaintances, and they have a little sympathy for each other, and now they are also encouraging each other.

No matter how you have to live until you are old, you have to take the test for another 30 years, and you must take the test to be a famous Jinshi!

However, although he said it very well, Wu Zhongyi's heart was really a little shaken, 66 years old, he didn't get this subject, is there the next one?