Xu's house, study.

Xu Hao was writing something, and Xu Hu said, "Brother, I invited you to have dinner tonight, and I made an appointment with Brother Li and my brother-in-law." ”

Xu Hao asked as he wrote, "Location?" ”

"Yes, it's Gusu Qing'er's house." Xu Hu couldn't figure out whether the third brother knew the inside story, probably he knew, and it was impossible for Hongye not to say it.

"Shen Qing'er?" Xu Hao sneered, "The one I saw a few days ago?" Well, it's a beauty who can sing. ”

Xu Hu rubbed his hands embarrassedly and said, "Brother, I didn't plan to take her home, but to be a pair of confidants in the red dust, I didn't live up to Wenjun." ”

"What does it matter to me if you take it home or not? Whether you can live with Wen Jun or not, that's Wen Jun's business. Xu Hao put down the pen and raised his head, "Let me ask you, if the other party is pregnant, how can you prove that the child is your blood and bones, and what to do with it?" ”

Xu Hu was stunned for a moment, didn't know how to answer, and said for a long time: "If I can find out that it is indeed my flesh and blood, I should take my mother and son home, even if Wenjun and Daimu are unhappy, I can't break up their mother and son, or go outside." ”

Xu Hao smiled at this time: "It's good to have this responsibility, you don't have to take it home for a headache, just send it to Xiaojia Village, and your cousin will take care of it properly." ”

Xu Hu asked tentatively, "Brother, are you not disappointed in me?" ”

Xu Hao smiled and said, "What is there to be disappointed about? Are you really Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai when you and Wenjun are you? Ordinary people are just ordinary people, and it is inevitable to like the new and hate the old. You should be glad that you were born now, otherwise you will be troubled. ”

Xu Hu didn't understand, Xu Hao didn't continue to explain, Lao Qi's face was to be given, he stood up and stretched, "Prepare the car, as the host, you should go early." ”

"Alas!" Xu Hu laughed, hurriedly put on his coat, and waited for his brother to change his clothes.

Yingchun and Lan Chun pouted early. With a dissatisfied face, Xu Hao smiled and said, "I'm just going to socialize, or why don't you two go with me?" Do supervision? ”

"Uh-huh." Lan Chun immediately became happy, "I'll go change into a nice dress, hum!" can't be compared to outsiders and lose our family's face. ”

Yingchun asked strangely, "Why did you take us out?" ”

Xu Hao said: "Isn't she unhappy for Xu Wu in the past two days, let's lead her out to relax, sit for a while and we'll slip out." Take a boat to visit the night view of both sides of Qinhuai. ”

"Okay, then I'll help her find a beautiful dress, so that she can dress up." Yingchun smiled and went out.

Xu Hu said enviously: "Why don't I spoil the girls so much as the third brother, but the girls kick their noses in the face one by one?" On the contrary, one of you in the house counts as one, and they are all so sensible and generous. ”

"Why?" Xu Hao smiled, "The knowledge here is big, you can slowly experience it yourself." ”

At the same time, in the teahouse, Liu San said happily: "What is there to be ashamed of." Although I can't get close to dignitaries like me all the time, in the end, I am also an official of the court, and both of us brothers are getting ahead. Come on, let's have tea. Come with me for a drink. ”

Li Zhongnan has no ability, he is studying at Shandong Maritime College, he doesn't like new homework, and adheres to the traditional Four Books and Five Classics. It's been a mixed year like this.

Who knew that he was lucky, just in time for the Criminal Department to select a group of young people with professional talents to replace the increasingly corrupt and corrupt families of officials from all over the country who had been handed down from the Song Dynasty. In some local counties, the oil officials from father to son are in the hands of the top and bottom, and the officials have left them, and the government decree cannot get out of the gate.

Xu Hao was quite surprised by this, he didn't expect the imperial court to change the traditional rule of officials, but also because of the choice, in the past, there was a imperial examination for the selection of officials, but there was no standard for the selection of officials, and officials were also regarded as one of the lower nine rank industries, and they were discriminated against in the Song Dynasty.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty undoubtedly turned over, their status was greatly improved, and because of the well-known reasons in the Hongwu Dynasty, many experienced officials were appointed as officials, and it happened that now it is the Hongxi Dynasty that inherited the Hongwu Dynasty, and the triennial imperial examination is far from filling the vacancies of officials at all levels, which gives the officials an opportunity, and a lot of things have happened, some good and some bad.

In short, the students who graduated from the new-style college also coincided with this opportunity, and were able to save the country by virtue of the knowledge and concepts they learned, and stood out from the status of scribes, and gradually made the officials of the six ministries of the cabinet realize the shortcomings of traditional officials.

There is no doubt that Xu Hao failed to achieve his wish to reform the imperial examination, but he indirectly contributed to the birth of a class of professional local government officials, that is, equivalent to the group of civil servants in later generations, which had a far-reaching impact on the Ming Dynasty and was extremely significant.

Liu San led his cousin out, walked for a while, and said, "Sit inside." ”

Li Zhongnan looked at the gate, was stunned, and asked, "What kind of place is this?" ”

"Ask anything, go in horizontally and vertically." Liu San smiled and pulled him into the second door.

A middle-aged woman with heavy makeup came out of her face, and sneered at Liu San: "You still know that when you come back, as soon as you leave my eyes, you will immediately make trouble." As he spoke, he saw the scholar behind him and hurriedly asked, "Who is this master?" Hurry inside the house. San'er, why don't you introduce you. ”

Liu San smiled: "Don't worry, this is my cousin." ”

Widow Sun was silent, and Liu San said to Li Zhongnan: "This is the mother of the girl in my family, and the left and right are my own people, so let's do a common courtesy." ”

Li Zhongnan didn't know why, Widow Li looked down on Liu San's relatives, bent down slightly, turned around and left.

Liu San took him to his room, and Li Zhongnan saw that the room was located in the corner of the second gate, with a bed in it, and the walls were covered with opera cards and musical instruments such as the huqin.

With a table and three chairs by the window, Liu San beckoned his cousin to sit down, and said with a smile: "You sit down first, and I'll come back when I go out to deal with it." ”

Li Zhongnan also knew his livelihood, and agreed, and when Liu San went out, he rummaged through the book on the table, what kind of drama books such as cutting yellow robes and empty city plans, there were all kinds of things, he was not good at this, and he didn't know the way in it, and finally turned out the account book.

Open it and take a look, the first is the long history of a certain palace, and then what six directors, a certain official of the five temples, the so-called five temples are Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taifu Temple and Honglu Temple, as well as what Gonghou Bofu, the prefect of a certain province, are all some great nobles.

Li Zhongnan looked at it over and over again, thinking to himself. "I can't see an inconspicuous house, but there is a signature book on the court."

Since he was a child, his parents have repeatedly warned him not to associate with his cousin's family, his family has no ambition, he has changed the dynasty, and he shamelessly lives on the kiln.

Of course, the Li family, who has become a commoner, is not rich, just an ordinary farming family, and for so many years, I am deeply ashamed to have relatives like the Liu family.

So Li Zhongnan felt uncomfortable as soon as he came in. It was also Nian Zai's cousin who helped him out of the siege, and the brothers hadn't seen each other for many years, so they thought they would be brought to his house, but who knew that they still entered the kiln.

Li Zhongnan said in his heart that I should excuse myself and leave, but after reading the account book, my butt was like an iron cast on a chair, and I couldn't get up again.

Quietly listen to the sound of cars and horses outside, please be quiet, laughter, and look out through the crack in the door. I saw people in brocade clothes walking inside, and my cousin Liu San changed into a green cloth robe, and was leading in the front hall, and many people stood in the courtyard with vigor. Receiving the pomp and circumstance of the nobles in the capital, Li Zhongnan didn't dare to take a mouthful, and stretched out his tongue and quietly retracted his head.

Soon it was dark and there were lanterns hanging outside. It was pitch black in the room. There was nothing to eat or drink in the house, and the hungry Li Zhongnan wanted to see his cousin, but there was not even a shadow. couldn't help but smile bitterly, and he was under house arrest in disguise for a long time.

Just as he was thinking about it, someone broke in and asked, "What about Liu San?" ”

Li Zhongnan couldn't see who was coming, and suddenly said: "I've been waiting here for a long time, please talk to him and say that I'm leaving." ”

The man spat at the foam, turned around and left. Li Zhongnan was stunned, and said in his heart, "I'm a good man, but I haven't won fame, and I'm not a dirty person, so I want to spit on me when I see it?" ”

After waiting for a while, I saw a little guy walking in with a lantern, looked at him, put the lantern on the windowsill, lit the oil lamp, and said: "Brother Liu said that today is Xu Qiye's wine party, Xu Sanye is here, and he is too busy, please wait for the old man." ”

Li Zhongnan didn't know who Xu Sanye was, looked at the little guy, and saw him bald robe, crooked eyebrows and eyes, and he smiled when he spoke, which was very cute, and he couldn't help but respond. And what was his name? What errands to do? How much is the monthly interest?

The little girl smiled and said: "Where do I have any ministry, just pour a spittoon and wipe the table for the guests, a month's income, depending on the number of guests, is only a dozen taels of silver." ”

Li Zhongnan exclaimed: "Why is there so much money? I took a second-class exam and was assigned as an assistant to the county magistrate, and even if I went to work, I wouldn't be as good as you poured a spittoon. ”

The little guy didn't understand, and he thought what he said was nondescript, is there such a comparison? Knowing that he was a nerd and uninteresting, he smiled and said, "You always sit, I'm going to go in and work." ”

After speaking, he turned around and left, Li Zhongnan listened to the singing of a silk bamboo inside, smelled the tempting aroma of food from time to time, and became more and more hungry in his stomach, and he still didn't see Liu San for a long time. The longer I waited, the more hungry I became, the more hungry I became, the more anxious I was, the more I couldn't wait for Liu San to arrive, so I could only wander around in the big room alone.

I don't know how long I waited, but it was about midnight, and suddenly I heard a burst of laughter inside, followed by a shout of waiting.

Outside agreed, and in an instant, the car outside the door neighed, and turtles and turtles stood in two rows, and under the light, a group of distinguished guests came out.

Li Zhongnan stood at the door and looked around, and saw one person walking over, the wheels outside the door were moving, and the stars were scattered for a while, and he unconsciously said to the moon with ambition: "He will get his ambition every day, and I, Li Zhongnan, will also follow the gourd, so as to be worthy of this life!" ”

was thinking about it stupidly, and saw someone inside say: "The girl is out, turn on the sedan lamp, the girl is going to stay overnight in the painting boat tonight." ”

Li Zhongnan looked at the past curiously, and saw a pretty maid helping a big beauty out, under the night, I only felt that her person was like the posture of the goddess of Luochuan, the color of Chang'e on the moon, and instantly became stunned again, and drew a circle with his finger in mid-air, and wrote: If it weren't for the jade mountain, I would have met Yaotai under the moon. (To be continued......)