Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.

What could be more daring and exaggerated in this world than openly bargaining with the emperor?

As soon as Zuo Xiangyu was about to speak, he saw the Holy Lord Lin Mubai gently waving his hand towards him, and he immediately closed his mouth.

"Hahaha...... If I hadn't listened to Pingyang explain the reason, I would really be wrong to blame Fang Zhengcheng today, since I came uninvited, and I did eat a lot, then I can't repay the debt, just follow your bet with Fang Zhengcheng, one hundred taels a bite!" Saint Lin Mubai didn't seem to have any intention of being angry.

This made Zuo Xiangyu Yiping's whole mouth open wide, completely in disbelief.

A hot pot for one hundred taels of silver......

The Holy Lord actually agreed?!

"Lord Zuo Xiang, Your Majesty has agreed, you don't have any more opinions, right?" Fang Zhengzhi heard this, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

"You...... Today, the prime minister didn't have so many silver taels on him, you can go to the prime minister's mansion to get it yourself!" Zuo Xiangyu Yiping froze slightly, and shook his hand vigorously.

"Okay, then please ask Zuo Xiangda to write down the credentials, right?" Fang Zhengzhi said as he took out a blank piece of paper from his arms, and got an inkstone out, grinding there with a smile on his face......

Shengshang Lin Mubai looked at Zuo Xiangyu Yiping, who was flushed, and then looked at Fang Zheng, stretched out his hand and touched Pingyang's hair, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

In fact, after listening to Pingyang's words, he was also a little surprised, if a hundred taels a bite is for ordinary people, it can indeed be regarded as too expensive to bear.

But......

It was nothing for the food in the palace.

It has been recorded in ancient books for a long time. There was a king, in order to let the people in the palace eat a little fresh lychee, it was transported by 800 li by expedited horse.

The cost of manpower and material resources consumed in it is far from a hundred taels that can be counted, and a thousand taels is considered a small amount.

The Great Xia Dynasty was founded for thousands of years, although there were wars from time to time. But the background is deep enough.

Besides, there have not been any large-scale wars in the past ten years, and the treasury is certainly abundant, and eating a hot pot of one hundred taels of silver is not a big deal.

How could the king's heart really be honest and upright?

As the famous saying goes, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king.

I have given you the money. Is that really yours?

It's still mine.

This is the heart of the emperor.

Only, there is one point that the saint Lin Mubai is a little unsure, Fang Zhengzhi dared to ask him for silver, is it because he guessed his own thoughts, or is he really bold?

"Fang Zheng, I also didn't bring enough money today, you see...... What should I do?" Saint Lin Mubai looked at Fang Zhengzhi with a smile on his face, and a coercion rose invisibly on his body.

"Your Majesty didn't bring enough money? Or do you want to write a credential like Lord Zuo Xiang?" replied without thinking about it.

"Bold! Do I have to write an IOU to a courtier? You are not afraid at all...... Will I let you take off your court clothes and go home to farm right away?" Saint Lin Mubai originally wanted to say cut off his head.

I thought about it. No matter how Fang Zhengzhi's current identity is, he is also a sword envoy of the fourth grade, and he was personally sealed, if he really wanted to take off his head for such a trivial matter, it seemed a little unreasonable, so he changed his words. It became to go home and farm.

"Don't be afraid. Fang Zhengzhi said with an affirmative face.

"Oh, why?" said Saint Lin Mubai with a puzzled expression.

"The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die, and His Majesty wants his ministers to farm, which naturally has His Majesty's deep meaning. What is there to be afraid of?" said Fang Zheng solemnly.

Saint Lin Mubai was slightly stunned, and then laughed as well: "Hahaha...... Well, that's right, I'll make an exception today and write you an IOU, and you can go to the treasury to get it. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, but can you dare to ask, can you not take it?" Fang Zhengzhi nodded immediately, and then, after thinking about it, he asked again.

"Why is this?" Saint Lin Mubai was a little puzzled, and secretly said in his heart, could it be that this kid finally knew his mistake and repented?

"The minister has calculated, the emperor just ate a total of forty-seven bites, removed the first free bite, and gave the minister a thousand taels, and the rest is only three thousand six hundred taels, three thousand six hundred taels is really nothing compared to the emperor's IOU, if the minister casually takes this IOU to auction it outside......"

"Okay, you are upright, you dare to take my IOU to auction, can you be guilty?" Saint Lin Mubai heard this, and a trace of anger appeared on his face.

"The emperor is wronged, the emperor eats forty-seven hot pots today, although you are the honor of the nine kings, you have never defaulted, and wrote an IOU on the spot, which is a fair and fair example, and it also shows the emperor's letter-based policy of governing the country, and the minister will publicize this IOU to the world, it is to promote the emperor's fairness, fairness and integrity.

"Shameless!When did this guy learn to pat on the back?" Pingyang heard this, and immediately pursed his mouth and muttered with disdain.

And the saint Lin Mubai was stunned again, his eyes looked at Fang Zhengzhi, his eyes were obviously bright and bright, he really didn't find it before, this kid has a very powerful mouth!

"So, I also want to thank you for taking my IOU to auction?"

"The emperor doesn't have to say thank you to the ministers, just reward the silver directly. Fang Zheng smiled brightly.

"Hahaha...... The silver is gone, I have a warrant for you to hold here, if you are willing to go to the Ministry of Rites, you can go and help!" Saint Lin Mubai smiled, his expression suddenly became serious, and immediately, he also took out a golden warrant from his arms and threw it into Fang Zhengzhi's hand.

"Ministry of Rites?" Fang Zhengzhi stretched out his hand to take the warrant, and the heavy hand was actually pure gold, with a pen engraved with the holy word of a golden dragon in the front, and a lifelike golden dragon carved in the back.

What is this thing for?

In the previous world, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of the imperial examination and the diplomacy of the Fanbang, but in this world, because the Taoist examination was too important. Therefore, the Imperial Academy was set up to manage it.

And the responsibilities of the Ministry of Rites have mainly become the activities of the main secretary of the state diplomacy and the royal festivals, such as the last hunting horse race, as well as the worship of the heavens, the worship of ancestors and so on.

"Ministry of Rites?!" Zuo Xiangyu Yiping looked at the warrant in Fang Zhengzhi's hand. The expression finally changed completely.

Before, of course, he heard the words of the saint and Fang Zhengzhi clearly, and the so-called anger of the saint, he probably guessed that it was not really anger.

But it doesn't matter......

The important thing is that the Holy Lord actually asked Fang Zhengzhi to go to the Ministry of Rites!

For a long time, Fang Zhengzhi has been a nominal courtier in the court, although he has the title of Zheng Sipin, and he is also a Beijing official personally given by the saint.

But. After all, he is an official with no power or office.

But now it's different, the saint's last sentence, let Fang Zheng go to the Ministry of Rites, although he didn't say that he had any position, but he already represented a heart.

The saint wants to use the square integrity!

A person with the rank of the fourth rank of the main rank, once he enters the Ministry of Rites......

Zuo Xiangyu Yiping doesn't have to think about this consequence, Zheng Sipin is nothing, but. The meaning of the square integrity of the four products is different, and it will definitely make the entire court shocked.

"Could it be...... When a horse race is hunting. Is your guess about to come true so soon......? This kind of thing must not be allowed to happen!"

Just as he was thinking like this, Fang Zhengzhi spoke again.

"The emperor asked the minister to go to the Ministry of Rites, and the ministers had nothing to say, but the last time they were hunting in the horse race, the ministers offended the Ministry of Rites, so they ......, "Fang Zhengzhi means that I can't go?"

I love freedom!

"When you go to the Ministry of Rites, it represents me. There is no need to worry!" Saint Lin Mubai waved his hand lightly, indicating that the matter had been decided and there was no need to discuss it again.

What a bully!

Can you respect other people's opinions?

Fang Zhengzhi pursed his lips, but he didn't say much. He no longer knows the severity, and he still understands the truth that the Holy Lord's order can be violated.

It doesn't matter if you ask the saint for money and play tricks, because the Sacred Heart is grand.

But......

Blatant disobedience.

The meaning in that is different, that is the basis of the exercise of the right of the Son of Heaven, even if it is the same as an army, as a sergeant, you only have to obey.

The same is true of royal power, which is extremely domineering, even more so than in the army.

"Obey the order!" Fang Zhengzhi finally took the will, and at the same time his heart moved, anyway, your will is free to see, then, on the other hand, of course, you can not go when you are not available.

......

Two days later, before the sun came out, Beishan Village ushered in a golden sticker to announce the good news, different from the previous good news team, this time, the county Tai people personally sent the gold sticker to Beishan Village.

The villagers of Beishan Village looked at the top few characters of the double list of the imperial examination written on it, as well as the name of the bronzing stamp, and closed their mouths with complete excitement.

"Lao Fang's family, your son has won again, this time he is the top of the double list of the Korean exam!"

"It's terrible, we have a four-grade official in Beishan Village, and it is still the top of the double list of the court test, and there are not many in the entire Great Xia Dynasty!"

Voices echoed in Beishan Village.

And those dozens of teaching gentlemen from the five prefectures of the Northern Desert who were resting in Beishan Village heard these voices, and they were all looking at me and I looking at you, completely incredulous.

The double list of the four courtiers and the court test is at the top of the list, and the meaning of this is completely different.

"Really hit?!"

After all, there are not only villagers in Beishan Village, but also villagers from Shili and Eight Townships who have built a college for Beishan Village.

The news spread quickly.

The village chiefs were preparing carts of gifts, driving the snail horses to Beishan Village, hoping to be the first to go to pay their respects.

And Nanshan Village, which is closest to Beishan Village, is staring wide one by one at this moment.

"What are you waiting for? We didn't send anyone to Beishan Village to build the academy, are you really going to nest here and not go out? Do you really plan to resist like this?!"

"Gotta go!"

"And you have to be the first to go, old village chief, Li Zhuangshi, don't you say?"

When the villagers of Nanshan Village were talking, they also looked at the former village head Meng Bai, as well as Li Zhuangshi and Li Hu'er who was standing behind Li Zhuangshi.

"Prepare a gift! I'll drag the old man over myself!" the village chief Meng Bai gritted his teeth.

"Old village chief, Huzi and I will come with you, and ...... You can go too!" Li Zhuangshi sighed softly, looked at the aunt of the Li family next to him and said.

"Why, why do you want me to go with an old lady?"

"You can not go, but I will definitely break your leg here, believe it or not?" Li Zhuangshi said as he stood up.

"Hey...... Ouch! I'll go, I'll go!"

......

Kitayama Village is bustling with activity at the same time.

In Yanjing City, the first event of the Great Xia Dynasty, the palace examination of the Taoist examination has finally officially begun.

The hall test of the Taoist examination is set up in the white jade square outside the main hall of the palace, and the holy lord personally selects the test questions on the spot, and there is no possibility of fraud.

Early morning.

Autumn is in full swing, the cool breeze is coming, the autumn wind is blowing up and the fallen leaves are flying above the palace, and in front of the main gate of the palace, two rows of gold-armored guards are waiting for them.

On either side of the gold-armored guard, rows of armoured sergeants were raising their spears horizontally, keeping out the crowd of onlookers outside, leaving a wide avenue paved with red silk.

The avenue leads directly to the main entrance of the palace.

At this moment, the palace gate has been wide open, and rows of talented people wearing brocade clothes and gorgeous clothes have rushed in, walking towards the palace gate in a queue, but after entering the palace gate, they all stopped, and stood at the city gate one by one waiting for the decree.

"Look, that's Fang Zhengzhi and Yan Xiu, right?"

"It seems that yes, Fang Zhengzhi is the top of the double list of the court test, and Yan Xiu is also the top of the martial arts test, I don't know if I can get a good ranking in this palace test. ”

"Fang Zhengzhi has always been at the top of the double list from the county test to the government test and then to the court test, and this time the palace test will definitely be able to get the top spot again!"

In the crowd, some people who were dressed a little shabby also started talking when they saw Fang Zhengzhi and Yan Xiu coming side by side in the distance, and they were extremely excited.

"Fang Zhengzhi can get the top spot in the double list of the palace exam?

"That's it, a group of ignorant villagers are also watching the excitement here, this time the palace test is attended by Wu Feng, how can Fang Zhengzhi get the top spot in the double list?"

Hearing the crowd's discussions, some gorgeously dressed sons immediately ridiculed each other.

"Hmph, I also watched it when I was taking the test, and no one thought that Fang Zhengzhi could get the top spot in the double list, what was the result?

"That's it, what about Wu Feng? Maybe it's just a showcase, we just think Fang Zhengzhi can get the top spot on the double list!"

The shabby people did not show weakness, and they all spoke in return, obviously standing on the side of Fang Zheng.

"Villagers are villagers, they are simply sitting in a well and watching the sky, Wu Feng is the apprentice of the Four Sages, how can a commoner-born person like Fang Zhengzhi be able to defeat it? Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Wu Feng loses, there is still one person who will never lose, right?"

"Who?"

"Nangong Hao!" (To be continued.) )