Cui Xian said to the two elder brothers: "Big brother and third brother, I saw that you have been communicating with some students in the past few days. ”

Speaking of exchanges, that is an exaggeration, Zheng Lang occasionally with Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and they are called exchanges, from learning to the country, the livelihood of the people, the means of governance, and so on, to a certain extent, this is really doing the right thing. As for Cui Dalang and Cui Sanlang, it was not an exchange, it was a visit between students from Caizhou on New Year's Day.

Cui Youjie is the governor of Caizhou, and many students also came to Caizhou, and they can't say anything wrong if they visit each other. After all, there are few people like Zheng Lang, who are also talented, otherwise people will ridicule you for pretending to be high, which is very unhappy.

"Hmm." The eldest brother and the third brother nodded at the same time.

"Big brother, third brother, next time, you will say that the surname of the Lu family Saburo is Gwen Hou, and he is loyal, very similar to Zheng Lang."

"Little sister, why?"

"Don't ask, let you say it."

"Okay."

The eldest brother and the third brother didn't know what to do, so they really went to say it, and then Cui Xian said it to Zheng Lang.

Zheng Lang hesitated for a while, Cui Xian is kind, as long as the news spreads, it will be very beneficial to himself, Lu Yijian, I accepted your son as a student because of the same surname and talent, and I have no fart relationship with you, the prime minister. Yanchen listened, and it was not easy to make a sound, the talent and morality of the individual that people valued, if Kun was not successful, would Dayu not be allowed to succeed in controlling the water? Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu are two despicable and shameless ministers, are they not allowed to have a martyr like Xu Yuan in his descendants?

Zheng Lang's crisis is gone.

Not only that, but it really doesn't matter at all, but people are your son's teacher, you know!

And Yanchen couldn't find a handle.

After listening to some of Zheng Lang's discussions, Cui Xian also felt that it was better for this Lu Yijian to provoke less. Don't look at Kong Daofu, they almost knocked down the palace gate, they are always direct ministers, and they have to be afraid of some face. I'm afraid that people like Lu Yijian have the means, status, and shamelessness. Once a person is shameless, no matter how much means, status, and strength he has, who else is his opponent?

This old fierce brother, can you provoke him?

Her thoughts are a little biased, Lu Yijian is terrible, and these direct ministers are also terrible.

"Little lady Cui, the idea is good, but you are ...... young"

Cui Xian disagreed, aren't you also very young? We have a difference between the front and back, but it is only a month, but we don't distinguish it.

"If you encounter something like this in the future, it's best to discuss it with me."

"Well," Cui Xian nodded, her husband sang with her wife, she still knew, and then said with a smile: "Zheng Lang, concubine, this can be regarded as a crime of merit?" ”

"Count ......" Zheng Lang looked at her beautiful face, and then remembered that she was a child after all, no matter how smart she was, like Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, she didn't grow up. Is he too strict with her, thinking of this, his eyes softened, and said: "If there is something in the future, it is better to discuss it, a good man and three gangs, understand?" ”

"I know, also, here is a robe sewn by the concubine for you, you must wear it."

Huan'er took out a new robe from the baggage, which used some embroidery techniques, painted some floral patterns and some mythical beasts, atmospheric and solemn. Zheng Lang looked at it and said, "This is from the Weaver Girl in Zhuangzi?" ”

"Yes."

"You're smart."

"The concubine is trying to learn to be stupid."

"Don't be stupid, it's okay to be smart, but you can't be smart but be mistaken by smart."

"Wow," Cui Xian spat out her cute little tongue.

…… Then, more than 200 Weaver Girls were transferred from Sanjing one after another, and all the Weaver Girls were willing to stay, and only ninety-five Weaver Girls remained. Picking up people and giving them away, buying land and building houses, the money was used like running water, and Chai Keming came to the capital to try it again. However, he came late, and arrived in the capital near New Year's Day, and went to the Ministry of Rites to report his name and go through the motions. In desperation, Zheng Lang had no choice but to write a letter and ask Uncle Zhang to help at home.

Not only that, it is not suitable for so many Weaver Girls to be placed in Zhengjiazhuang, there are too many people, there is not so much land to build houses, and there is not enough arable land around, so a group of people are divided and settled in the east of the Zhuangzi of the uncle of the Zhang family.

Out of the weaver girl is only the first step of the little emperor, he has a beautiful and powerful dream in his heart, so the thin figure took the second step and issued an edict: The world has been peaceful for a long time, the four Yi and the attachment, and the military revolution does not try. The ruling ministers will change the system, and the soldiers and peasants can benefit the world and become the law of future generations.

As long as you have a good way to deal with the army and agriculture, no matter who you are, you can write a book, and I will promulgate it as a legal system for the world and pass it on to future generations. And Zheng Lang's strategies, except for the Khitan strategy, were all announced to the public.

Look at the fact that he is just a teenage hairy child, and he has come up with so many ways to share the burden for me, how many people of the Song Dynasty are in this world, nearly 100 million.

Then use rice to help the hungry people in Jingdong, some refugees fled to the vicinity of the capital, opened porridge sheds to save them, and the same is true for Zhulu, and the people cannot be starved to death. All this was infested by locusts, so he ordered the people in the locust-stricken areas last year to dig up locust eggs and give five buckets and two buckets of rice for every liter. Then he set up a field outside the gates of the capital, saying that he would give the poor a household of rice, and Jianghuai would stop giving money for a year.

Isn't it a good emperor?

Even Cui Xian sighed: "It's a good emperor." ”

"Not necessarily......," Zheng Lang muttered.

"Why?"

"Little lady Cui, he saved the people, not the scholars, so the ministers will not be very happy."

"What do you mean?" Cui Xian was stupid when she heard it, the so-called direct ministers are good ministers, the emperor saves the people, and he loves the people is a good emperor, is he still opposed?

"What they want is an emperor who listens to them and does what they want, an emperor who can make great achievements and work hard, and for them, they don't like it."

"Who is the emperor?" Cui Xian said in surprise.

"You, don't think so much, it's not just you, it's me, even if you know it now, you can't participate in it."

Of course, Zhao Zhen didn't know that he wanted to make a difference, he actually "did something wrong", the new year and the new atmosphere, and issued an edict that made countless people happy, on the sixteenth day of the first month, with the Hanlin bachelor's chapter to get the right to know the tribute, the knowledge of Zheng Xiang, Xu Yan, Li Shu, and the initiates of the Zhishi Museum Note Song Jiaoquan Tongzhi Gongju.

It was originally a very glorious thing, but after Zhang Dexiang heard the edict, he immediately refused, saying: "The ministers are shallow in their learning, and they are not able to bear this heavy responsibility." ”

Pressure, let Zheng Jiazi make a fuss, Confucian benevolence, courtesy, loyalty and forgiveness, have been controversial, I heard that he is going to attack the mean again, so what is left of Confucianism? Not only Zheng Jiazi, but also Ouyang Correction, under the guidance of Feng Yuan, revised the "Original Meaning of Poetry", and Mao's poems were also defeated. It's not Zhigongju, it's the volcanic crater that sits on its own initiative, and if it can't get a volcanic eruption, it sprays itself into the air at a height of several thousand meters.

The chapter seems to be difficult to say, and a serious person is not good enough to refuse.

When the little emperor heard this, he didn't think about it, so he asked Li Di and Lu Yijian: "Li Qing, Lu Qing, Zhang Dexiang doesn't want to know about the tribute, who do you think is suitable?" ”

"No one is suitable, no one is suitable." Lu Yi said.

"Why?"

"Your Majesty, as long as the next edict is issued, the answers to the examination papers, whether they are Jinshi or Zhuxue, are based on the original interpretation of the scriptures as the criterion, and there is no objection to the reinterpretation of the scriptures by the new students, but they cannot be used as the answers to the scientific examinations. No student should question the final admission result because of this. Then Zhang Dexiang will not refuse. ”

Li Di's forehead.

This is what puzzles Zheng Lang, Lu Yijian's character is low, Hugh wants to say how noble he is, that's nonsense, but after getting Fan Zhongyan and others out of the court, including the actions of the little emperor, it was rare for Zhao Zhen to be in power. Including the disaster as big as last year, only a few months later, from Shandong to Jianghuai, the people have gradually recovered their vitality. If it weren't for the bursting of the Yellow River, this year would have been a year of great governance.

But without these direct ministers, what would Lu Yijian develop into?

Only by looking for the mean, this search for the mean will be sublimated, instead of the mud and mud that future generations think, be a good person, and be low-key.

So another edict was issued, and the little emperor personally met with Zhang Dexiang and gave him relief. Zhang Dexiang had no choice but to agree, although he made up an edict to relieve his pressure. However, there was one person who also gave him a headache.

What if Zheng Jiazi doesn't do well in the exam? Even if it is lower than thirty or forty, there will be people who will question his test paper again. It doesn't have to be a provincial yuan, but Zheng Jiazi's talent can't fall outside a hundred, so what has become of it?

There must be something unfair or greasy in it.

It's not the worst result, if you lose your name to Sun Shan, you will be even worse. Let's see how many people are paying attention to this teenager. The emperor wanted him to go to high school and train him around him, Cai Qi said that he had the style of an ancient scholar, what is the difference between this ancient scholar and the current scholar? And what about Lu Yijian, what, the little teacher that Lao Tzu's son is going to worship didn't even pass the provincial exam?

When the time comes, you can think of your own sorrow.

Or in case of winning a provincial yuan, the emperor is happy, but the trouble below is big. Why is it Zheng Jiazi again? Think of the sensation in Zhengzhou. How is it that no one does not doubt? And the first few times, because there were too many years backlogged, it seemed that God was joking, and one by one the geniuses were lowered. There are differences in the top 100 papers, but it is really difficult to say what the top 10 papers are. It's not in Zhengzhou, it's only one state, and the Zheng family's test paper is opened for everyone to take a look, which is worthy of the name. Is it possible to change in the provincial test? If the difference is not big, it will not be convincing, and some people will think that he flattered His Majesty and deliberately did his tricks, and it will be equally reasonable and unclear when the time comes.

With an angry look, he entered the Gongyuan together with the four Tongzhi Gongju, several Linmen officials, inspectors of the courtyard, inspectors of entry and exit, inspectors, frontispiece officials, transcription officials, and other related more than 100 officials, as well as related engraving workers and forbidden soldiers, as many as thousands. Then the gate of the Gongyuan closed with a bang, and the entire Gongyuan was blocked. Not only are they blocked from the outside, but they are also blocked from the inside, and they are not allowed to interact with each other.

"Finally save the test." Cui Xian breathed a sigh of relief. Zheng Lang is not in a hurry, if it weren't for the fact that the future provincial examination would be delayed until four years later, it would be too long, and he would have thought that he would come to the scientific examination in a year or two, and he would have a greater certainty. However, Cui Xian doesn't think so, the longer the time drags on, the more trouble it seems, and the more dangerous this family business is. After passing the test and passing, you will be able to discuss family affairs. It's not too late to get married at the age of seventeen. Thinking of this, his face was red and cloudy, and he launched a little nymphomaniac.

"You go back first, and I'll be at the inn later."

"Go to the inn."

"Help your two brothers."

"It's too late."

Once the examiner enters the Gongyuan Academy, the test papers are out quickly, and the test papers are out, and the carver is immediately sent to engrave the engraving, and then the test papers are printed with engraving printing, and the candidates are called to enter the examination room of the Gongyuan Academy. This is very fast and can often be completed in a few days. So Cui Xian has some doubts.

"Don't be wordy."

"Yes," Cui Xian stuck out her tongue and went back with a few mothers first.

After a while, Zheng Lang also went to Yan Ji Inn, and the shopkeeper Yan greeted him affectionately and asked, "Xie Yuan, why didn't you come for so long?" ”

"Time is tight, there is no delay." Everyone's expectations for him made Zheng Lang suddenly feel a pressure. But when the scientific examination came, he was not like those candidates, and began to retreat, because he had also learned what he should have learned, and now he was only reviewing, so he sat cross-legged on the bed, recalling and reviewing in his mind every day.

"Xie Yuan will definitely go to high school."

"It's what you say, I may not be able to go to high school," Zheng Lang said.

The shopkeeper Yan was puzzled.

However, it is not as serious as Zheng Lang's words, his surname is scattered and influential, but it is not very big. But if you encounter someone with poor psychological quality, the more people look forward to it, the greater the pressure will be, and they will not be able to play it when the time comes.

Then he asked, "How is your grandson's studies?" ”

"He's still working hard, but where can he compare to Xie Yuan."

"It's okay," Zheng Lang talked to Yan Jiazi a few times, his qualifications are middle and upper, not too stupid, at least far better than his seven good brothers, and he also worked hard, and said: "I don't know the results of the provincial examination, if you can pass the examination, the palace examination is over, you can hand over your grandson to me." ”

"Xie Yuan......" Shopkeeper Yan knelt down suddenly and said, "I have the guts." ”

People teach genius children, the son of Lu Xianggong, what is his own family? It turned out that he still thought about it, and the further things developed, he couldn't even think about it.

"A gentleman's words, the horse is difficult to chase. If you can't even keep your promise, what kind of gentleman is there? Also, you want to come, it's too fat, I can't help it. ”

"Yes, yes," Lotus flowers bloomed on the big fat face of the shopkeeper Yan.

Zheng Lang shook his head, he hadn't passed the exam yet. Everything to do is the test scores. But now the acceptance rate of the exam is lower, and it can be more surname-based. For example, what is the college entrance examination later, it is such a short time, you must finish the exam, even if you have a thousand kinds of brocade rust in your belly, if you don't react quickly, and you don't finish the test paper in a short time, I'm sorry, you are eliminated. Now the scientific examination time is very generous, three full days, three days to write some fill-in-the-blank questions, explanation questions, a small poem, a small fu, a few essays. It is more suitable for his calm surname, and he pondered it slowly.

When they came to the courtyard inside, the two eldest brothers were very pleasantly surprised. Time is not the same, and people are different. The name of this little brother-in-law is on the edict of the imperial court, and the future is unimaginable.

Sitting down, Zheng Lang said, "I'm here to talk about the scientific expedition. ”

"Please."

"I will also teach you the skills of the ten paragraphs, talk about poetry, many people like to use allusions."

"Yes, Dalang, you say it to my heart." The eldest brother said happily.

"Big brother, you don't have to worry, I haven't finished my words yet, but there is a degree of allusions, at most two allusions are used in a poem, and if there are more, they will be piled up, and if there is less, it will be too bland. Big brother and third brother, it's good that you can neutralize it. There is also Fu, and there can be no more than five allusions in a poem. These allusions are best used in Confucian classics, Taoism, law, names, miscellaneous, ink, yin and yang, soldiers, agriculture, vertical and horizontal, etc., not that they cannot be used, and it is best not to use them. Because you are the children of Confucianism! If you get this balance right, you'll be half successful. Then think about it, try to make the poem have something to say, distinguish the key relationships, and remember, don't write it on the test paper without thinking about it. If you think about it, write it on a blank piece of paper first, and then make a transcription, which will get twice the result with half the effort. ”

That is, writing skills.

There is a lot of time, and it is easy to play, like the college entrance examination in later generations, just a little time, and the clumsy ones don't even have time to do the test papers, let alone make drafts?

"Thank you."

"Speaking of which, we can also be counted as our own family, no need to say thanks."

Cui Xian was very happy to hear this, her face turned red, she brought a cup of tea, and said, "Zheng Lang, please use tea." ”

Only poured it for Zheng Lang alone, as for the eldest brother and the third brother, they are very conscious, and they will not find themselves bored and ask for this cup of tea.

"Let's talk about Zhang Hanlin, he is studious, dignified, doesn't like to make friends, likes to be quiet and inactive, and has a conservative surname. Therefore, when you are studying these days, you should pay attention to this, and you should pay more attention to it during the exam, and do not use fierce and angry words or have radical ideas. Then another half of the success. ”

"Thank you," the two uncles said again with gratitude. Don't think that these words are very general, but they can help them more effectively than the previous ones.

"After all, it's to figure out the examiner's intentions, and it will be controversial to pass it on, and you can't say it to anyone." Zheng Lang said. If this is the case, if they still fail the exam, it is better to go home and rest early to prepare for the future.

Only then did he turn to Cui Xian and said, "The lantern festival will end soon, and you will accompany me to return to Zhengzhou." ”

Cui Xian hesitated.

It's not like falling in love later, what can be done, and now they can see each other like this often, which is already rare. At the age of seventeen, it is the time when the love is first opened, sometimes some small surnames, sometimes some little smart, but the heart is very sweet, reluctant to go home.

"Accompany, you have reached the word "An" you said. I know that if you stay any longer, you want to see the results of the provincial test, which may not be until the end of the month, and after a long time, there will be criticism outside. "What's in this? But living in the Song Dynasty, there is something! will not only say Cui Xian and the Cui family, but also say it yourself. The surname is light, so I don't want to cause too much trouble, otherwise if he really talked about open source and throttling that day, just those three, thirty can be said!

But everything else is controversial, so I didn't say it.

…… Time was very fast, and on the twenty-second, the officials of the capital began to post everywhere, asking candidates to go to the Gongyuan. This can only be entered by the candidates themselves, even if they bring ten little maids, they will not be allowed to enter. Jiang Xing'er carefully packed up Zheng Lang's clothes and said, "Zheng Lang, take care of your body these days. ”

If it weren't for the test in Zhengzhou, the weather was neither hot nor cold, and now the New Year is over, and the weather is still a little cold.

"Don't worry, there is a charcoal fire in the Gongyuan, and the conditions are even better than the inn."

Sitting in a carriage, when they arrived at the tribute courtyard, they were introduced by the forbidden soldiers, and their respective bedrooms and seats were arranged in advance.

But there is no exam today, just let the candidates enter the exam room and prepare in advance. Looking at the countless forbidden soldiers around him, Zheng Lang suddenly remembered a TV series he had watched in his previous life, saying that the young man Bao Qingtian had solved the case in the examination room, and he laughed dumbly, Hugh said that the murder case, even a fly may not be able to fly into the examination room.

However, several candidates in the same room were very surprised, and they came over one by one, and then congratulated. Zheng Lang said humbly: "The results have not come out, so I can't say anything." ”

There was no word all night, and the sky soon dawned. A few magpies chirped outside the window, and a man from Mingzhou said with a southern accent, "Good sign." ”

With that, the sun rose from the sky!