"Feng Qing, I'm a little tired today, you should go back and rest early." The little emperor said.

Since this year, as soon as he said "The Book of Filial Piety", the emperor shouted tired, not the first time. had to retire, Feng Yuan sighed in his heart, he didn't know if the emperor was doing the right thing, but the queen mother had gone too far.

As the emperor grew older, the contradictions began to intensify.

It can't be said that the emperor is not filial, he is in his twenties this year, and the queen mother has not assigned any rights to the emperor. Before Wu Zetian ascended the throne, he also gave some rights to her third son Li Xian. Later, when he became the emperor, he took back all his rights.

What is the difference between the emperor today and Li Dan back then? At most, the queen mother did not send eunuchs over and whipped the harem ladies with leather whips.

He didn't know how to persuade him, and every time he saw the emperor's troubles listening to the "Book of Filial Piety", he had to smile bitterly in his heart.

Feng Yuan left, and the little emperor beckoned to his henchman, the great eunuch Yan Wenying, and said, "What's the good news outside?" ”

It's very pitiful, he can't interfere in government affairs, and he doesn't know the situation in the outside world, so he has to learn from the mouths of some eunuchs around him.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Zhengzhou Zheng Jiazi is going to participate in the scientific examination this year."

"Scientific expedition?"

"The court did not stop the exam.

"I forgot, he's still clothy."

"But it's not going to be a cloth cloth soon.

The little emperor was happy. The ministers he could come into contact with, all of them were much older than him, not without young ones, and some of the courtiers were only in their twenties, such as Ouyang Xiu, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi and others, but these people had not yet reached the status of being qualified to see him. Even these young courtiers are mostly older than him, even if they are similar, they are also serious, so he has to sit upright and deal with it.

The reason why he never forgot the little emperor Zheng Lang was that Zheng Lang's words made him happy, and age was also an important factor.

"Alas, I owe him a favor last year." The third cousin of the eighth uncle's family really didn't do much of this, and his eyes rolled and said: "That's it, he loves words, you pick a copy of Yan Lugong from the secret pavilion......"

After thinking about it, it was not appropriate, so he changed his mouth and said: "Give it to him, but I will write a letter and ask Dongfu to convey it to Zhengzhou with the official document, and bring a box of Korean ginseng." "Whew." Yan Wen should go down.

The little emperor sat down to write a letter, it can't be said to be a gift to Zheng Lang, it was written in a very tactful tone, I am very happy to hear that you participated in the imperial examination, and I hope you will go to high school as soon as possible and serve the imperial court. I will give you a picture of Yan Lugong's words as a reward. However, this is a reward, not for you to give up your studies and concentrate on practicing calligraphy.

You also said to me last time that words are the way of entertainment, and you can't delay your karma because of words. And the queen heard that you are studying very hard, so she gave you a box of Korean ginseng to replenish your body.

Let the eunuch be sent to Zhongshu Province.

Several prime ministers looked at it, but in fact, they all knew in their hearts that the people didn't know what happened last year, but how could they hide it from their ears and eyes. This is the emperor to make some compensation again. There was no objection, and he took the official document and sent it to Zhengzhou as a note.

The eunuch sent these two things, but Yan Yingwen was a little worried, and asked, "Your Majesty, will the Queen Mother object?" ”

"I only give away two small things, why should the queen mother object!" The little emperor said displeasedly. "The minister is worried that the queen mother will be angry......"

"I'm not a child, how can the queen mother get angry casually!"

"Whoa!" Yan Yingwen didn't dare to say anything.

But this sentence made Zhao Zhen sulk again, and then his eyes stared at the palace in front of him, and suddenly he had an idea, and at this time, a raging fire ignited in front of him...... What a big fire.

But I thought it would cost a lot of money, and I hesitated...... The old lady's biggest headache is here!

is guilty of Zheng Lang's little emperor, and at some point he has subconsciously regarded Zheng Lang as a pillar of power in the future. What's the matter, it's really not worth it to let my ridiculous third cousin send a few evil slaves to beat him up.

The angle of consideration is different from that of Zhao Yuanyan, and the surname of the problem is different. Zhao Yuanyan thought that he was just a little kid with a little talent, while the little emperor thought that Zheng Lang would be an important minister of the Song Dynasty in the future, and maybe even an important rank of Zaifu, and the two would inevitably have different handling methods.

What's the point of giving only one character and a box of ginseng?

Not only did he think so, but several Zaifu also felt that Zheng Lang had been wronged, so no one objected.

However, although these two things are small, they mean the same thing below. It's a precedent, Kochi Prefecture can announce it on his behalf, but Kochi Prefecture is a little dizzy, what queen appreciates ginseng, can the Zheng family not afford to eat ginseng? If you haven't participated in the imperial examination yet, you will be rewarded with ginseng to replenish your body.

Looking at this box of ginseng, several officials in Kochi Prefecture and Zhengzhou gasped.

The throat and the daring are all threatening the rattlesnake.

This grace ...... Hao Long, the eyes of several officials are a little red.

The Holy Will is like this, and we all know how to arrange it. It is really well arranged, there are policies and countermeasures, although the policies formulated seem to be very good, but the phenomenon of fraud during scientific research has never been interrupted. For example, change the papers, buddy, you are talented, the test papers are done quickly and well, we have money, when you are done, give it to me, and I will redo the blank papers for you. Easy number, that is the blood capital, spend a lot of money, let poor and talented students exchange their numbers with each other. There are even people who have the ability to go out with rolls, and let the masters outside do a good job before sending them in. The transcription was cracked, and in collusion with the clerk who copied the paper, the transcription was deliberately cracked, revealing the handwriting of the real scroll inside, so that the examiner could identify it. Or the old Confucian sells essays, and the examiner does not pay attention to selling them in the examination room, so there can be dozens of test papers that are the same. There are also excessive, swapped in, A name and B exams, so that talented students can ghostwrite.

In the end, the imperial court had no choice but to pay a reward and let other students report fraud such as coercion, passing on questions, passing manuscripts, and taking the exam on behalf of the whole body. Let the students supervise each other. But it still can't be eliminated.

In short, every year the scientific expedition will happen all kinds of strange and strange fraud.

In fact, it doesn't take much, a small official who copied the test papers, a judge, and a Zhizhou acquiesced, they don't need to say it explicitly, they just give each other a look, and they understand. Then Zheng Lang's back door will be unimpeded.

Where did Zheng Lang know the story that happened behind the scenes, and he knew that he would make these officials angry to death. If you pass the test, you will be in the test, and if you don't pass the test, you will be criticized, and you will be angry.

Again, the angle is different, and the ideas are also different.

What your eldest young master thinks about is only passing the exam, we can't, not only to ensure that you pass the exam, but also to ensure that you are at least in the top five, what if you don't do these "preventive" measures?

The sweltering weather finally gradually stopped, the August exam is coming, and it will take the test for three days, there are many people participating this year, all the inn rooms in Zhengzhou City are empty, and some students have to temporarily rent into private houses at high prices. But Zheng Lang is not in a hurry, there is a room in the store, which is not very convenient in the end, but there are many good buddies in the city.

Several good buddies invited Zheng Lang to stay one after another, and after listening to what Song Bo said, they almost got into a fight. In the end, the lottery was decided, and Zeng Shilang was drawn.

Fourth Brother Zeng jumped up happily, and several other people were not convinced, and forcibly pulled him and asked him to have a treat.

At this moment, Song Bo suddenly changed his previous impression of them, although his studies were poor, he was really enthusiastic about his little master, and there was merit.

Don't treat yourself first, after returning home, vacate two houses and arrange where Zheng Lang lives. Naturally, the Zeng family had no objections, on the contrary, they were very happy. The seventh brother dragged Zeng Shilang to a restaurant for dinner.

So Zheng Lang is very calm, and this alone has an advantage. The inn can be booked in advance, but don't think about it, so many people are crowded, and the inn environment will be very bad.

It's also time to go.

The Zheng family was packing their luggage, and Jiang Xing'er was singing while packing, like a happy lark.

"Don't you be happy, what if I fall off the list?" Zheng Lang said jokingly.

"Zheng Lang, don't talk nonsense," Jiang Xing'er was so frightened that her face was discolored, this sign was very bad, she ran up and covered Zheng Lang's mouth with her little hand, and then said: "It's done, kiss your mouth." ”

Lying on Zheng Lang's mouth, he stretched out his little tongue.

Kiss it, and there is nothing, it is also the most intimate action between Zheng Lang and the two little beautiful girls now.

After kissing, a sweet girlish breath came from the tip of his tongue. Jiang Xing'er lay softly in Zheng Lang's arms and hugged him tightly.

"Don't tempt me, don't be distracted now."

"Hehehe," Jiang Xing'er let out a silver bell-like laugh and ran away.

In the distance, Si'er walked over hesitantly, a little confused, didn't know what to say or do, only knew that he wanted to ...... in his heart, "You come here." ”

Si'er also ran over quickly, also learned from Jiang Xing'er, kissed it, and then raised his little fist and said, "Da Lang must be done." ”

After packing his luggage, Song Bo prepared the carriage.

It was this carriage, along with a horse, that made Kochishu put down his frame and come to visit Zheng's house. The compensation for Cui Youjie was brought by the old lady. Anyway, the position of Caizhou Zhizhou happened to be moved, and Cui Youjie was not a capable official, so he could make do with it. It's invisible and not visible to the average person.

Then he made another excuse, saying that the ox cart used by the Zheng family was too shabby, so he gave a horse and a carriage, which was not a real horse, but it happened to be a four-year-old horse, and it was in use. The carriage was also not very luxurious, but solid. With a sense of proportion, the little emperor is still far from catching up with the old lady.

The horse was delivered at the right time, and Da Hei was also old, and gradually he could not run.

But Uncle Song has a deep affection for Da Hei, so he adds some concentrate feed to feed Da Hei every day, and at this time, Xiao Qingma is mischievous and mischievous to grab food with Da Hei. Probably realizing its extraordinary origin, Dahei reluctantly stepped aside, "moo" in protest.

"Delicious!" Song Bo knocked on the green horse, took it out, and put it on the carriage.

Jiang Xing'er and Si'er loaded their luggage into the carriage, and under the instructions of several mothers, Zheng Lang boarded the carriage and set off for Zhengzhou City.

In the distance, the sorghum is yellow, and it is harvest season!