For Chu Rui, the most worrying thing is the border pass.

First of all, there was a mistake in the Dingbei Army in the north, Zhenbei General Yuan Xi returned to Beijing to confess, and Wang Taihe, the general of the Northern Army, defected with tens of thousands of troops.

If he says that there is no place to answer outside the gate, he will not believe what he says. The supply and survival of more than 10,000 people is not so simple to be satisfied, and the appearance of more than 10,000 people in the bitter cold land outside the Guan, even the most hospitable herdsmen have to avoid their edge, if they want to do something outside the Guan, this is the situation that forces these Hu people to hate the Han people.

Although Beihu is not as strong as Xihu, there are many tribes in Beihu, and their personalities are tenacious.

Relatively speaking, the hermitage, the clan's tilting towards other factions, and the situation of the dominance of the family in the harem, etc., are also stubborn diseases, but there is still time to slowly get rid of the ills, so that they will not attack quickly and urgently like the Hu people.

Therefore, the topic of Chu Ruidian's examination was set as "Bian Yi", which naturally had his good intentions.

Among the so many tribute students present, the students of Guozijian were the fastest to think of His Majesty's concerns about the border pass. Although this question refers to "border passes", it is actually "border passes" that are in charge of politics. Many of them had heard Zhang Xuan's speculation about the Great Cold outside the Guan, and then contacted Yuan Xi, the general of Zhenbei who was about to enter Beijing, and they could also stick to the topic and immediately write a strategy.

This is the benefit of entering the Guozijian. Entering the Guozijian does not mean that you can get much advanced knowledge in it, but there are many children of officials and eunuchs in the Guozijian, and long-term information sharing, plus the doctors and Confucians often take some cases in the court as the topic of current affairs, and their horizons are much broader than those of ordinary people.

There were also many tribute students who did not understand the meaning and began to write freely about how to educate the border Yi, how to let them learn etiquette, and so on; There are also some bold ones, and they even write words like "although they are far away, they will be punished".

After everyone finished the papers, checked them again, and handed them in, the six Shangshu and the eight examiners of the Hanlin Academy and Honglu Temple passed the papers one by one, and reviewed the papers that they were satisfied with.

Among so many tributes, Qi Shao wrote the most wonderful, and Li Jun wrote the most pragmatic.

Qi Shao rose to the height of "potential", starting from the situation at the border passes, and talking about how to use "raze" to control "raze", he even had insight into the reasons why the imperial court allowed the border passes to buy Hu slaves as labor, and put forward many hidden dangers and suggestions for solving this policy.

There are a lot of people who can see the subtleties, but the lower officials who can come up with several solutions for others to choose from are undoubtedly the most satisfying to the upper officials.

Several directors of the six ministries already wanted to play the emperor, and begged the saint to hire Qi Shao exceptionally, and not to throw him into the Hanlin Academy to hone him. If he can enter the sixth department and directly make a seven-grade product, whoever can grab him will have a new right-hand man in the next few years.

And Li Jun's current affairs policy is the most straightforward and pragmatic. He started with the people he met at his uncle's house, and then talked about their concepts and habits, and how to deal with the different outcomes that might result. He gave the example of the Qiang people to show that once the Hu people were naturalized, they could also help the Great Chu make many contributions. And no matter how Hanhu is, as long as he can fill his stomach and is not oppressed, he is a cloud of hope for peace.

Li Jun had already been taken by Honglu Siqing, and when he was outside the examination room, he had already sent someone to inquire about his identity. Honglu Temple is in charge of diplomacy and Zhuyi's tributary greetings, although it is not a prominent yamen, but now there is a meaning of opening the Hu market to each other, and Honglu Temple has become important.

This Honglu Siqing saw Li Jun's righteous words outside the examination room, and felt that this son had a gentle personality and a heart of compassion and righteousness, and was most suitable for serving in the newly established feudal division "Du Tingyi" in the Holy Lord, and dealing with the Hu people in the mutual market.

When he learned that he was the cousin of Li Mao, the Duke of Xinguo who brought Hu Ren back to the capital, and he was not a concubine, this Honglu Siqing sighed the providence of heaven.

Originally, when he heard that this person was the cousin of the Xinguo Mansion, he had no hope, if this person was prominent and trusted by his uncle, he would not look down on the seven-grade petty officials in this partial courtyard.

But I heard that he was just a concubine, and Li Mao didn't have anything to do with him this year, and this Honglu Siqing rose up again.

Hearing that this person's nickname is "Li Qianzhan", Honglu Siqing couldn't help but laugh with joy. The most feared thing about the officials of their Honglu Temple was to drink with foreign envoys, but when dealing with these people, it was not possible to drink without drinking. Just like this time when the people entered Beijing, they set up a feast to entertain them, and there were 14 officials and officials who accompanied the wine in Honglu Temple, 12 of them were drunk, and two of them left the table halfway and ran away.

With this person in Honglu Temple, isn't it a treasure?

He has read the papers that Li Jun will test, this son has a pure heart, and the most important thing is that although he seems to have a straightforward temperament, he is not reckless, like this, he often does not go very high, but he rarely makes mistakes, for this kind of position of dealing with foreign races, maybe it is easy to do errands with a straightforward temperament.

Looking at his paper for this palace test again, he didn't say anything big about it, but started from the people's livelihood and customs of Bianyi, which showed the importance of mutual respect and mutual restraint between Hanyi.

The volume of Zhao Dan, the son of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, is also very interesting, and he has a lot of circles. After the last, the ten volumes with the most red circles were presented to the front of the emperor, and after Chu Rui read them, the ranking was set.

The champion is Qi Shao, the son of Guozijian Wine, the list eye is Chen Xiu, another poor student of Guozijian, and Tanhua is Zhao Dan. And the first place in the second class is Li Jun.

At this time, some poor students were unhappy and felt that the eight marking officers were suspected of favoritism.

Qi Shao, the son of the Guozi Priest Restaurant, won the champion, and they were not surprised at all. This person was originally a Huiyuan who could try, and when he interacted on weekdays, he also admitted that he was talented, and his character and talent were all bad. If he hadn't been a prisoner, he wouldn't have had to take the township and provincial exams, maybe it would have been possible to even get three yuan.

But this Tanhua Zhao Dan usually doesn't see how talented he is, and the Chunyu list is only the eleventh, not to mention Li Jun, who is the first in the second class.

One of the two of them is the son of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and the other is the nephew of Master Li of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Guogong and the Army.

But in fact, Li Mao only gave his nephew a triangle, and so did Zhao Heng, the secretary of the Criminal Department. If it's favoritism, they really don't do it.

It was Chu Rui who told the truth when he assigned the "Flower Explorer".

"Actually, Li Jun's current affairs are also very well written, but I think that the position of 'Tanhua' is always a good story for the young and handsome Jinshi. Zhao Dan is sixteen years old this year, and he writes so well about current affairs, he can be said to be a young talent. looks so handsome, I heard that after the Chinese New Year, the threshold of Zhao Aiqing's family has been broken by the matchmaker who said that he was pro? ”

Zhao Dan's face turned red, he didn't know that this was how his third place Tanhua came. He quietly glanced at Li Jun, but found that Li Jun also had a smile on his face, and he didn't look unhappy at all, so he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

It's just that many of His Royal Highness's newly promoted Jinshi can't help but show unwillingness on their faces, and some of them wish that they were also young and handsome, and they could only get this tanhua by their cheeks.

Chu Rui's words, although he solved the suspicion of favoritism by the criminal department and the military department, but it made Zhao Dan very embarrassed, and if Li Jun was not open-minded, I am afraid that the two of them would have a quarrel at this time.

Li Jun didn't know that he could still get a "legend", he was happy to be smirking all the time, and Li Mao couldn't bear to look at it directly, he really didn't want to admit that this guy who didn't have a city government was his cousin.

Zhao Dan and another eighteen-year-old Jinshi because of their youngest, were appointed as "flower explorers", and they would go to the famous gardens of various families in Beijing to pick flowers and send them to the flower exploration banquet to write poems.

After leading all the scholars to thank the emperor, the officials of the Ministry of Rites wore red and hung colors, holding the emperor's golden edict for the imperial examination, stepping across the golden saddle and red mane horse, wearing the crown of the champion, leading the white horse and the brown horse to see the eyes and flowers, hugging each other and hugging the road, and going to the "Dragon Shed" in the east city all the way.

The main entrance of the palace can only be entered and exited by the emperor, and the queen can also enter from the main entrance once when she enters the palace when she gets married. And the others, unless they are the champions, Bangyan, and Tanhua who won the palace examination, can go out from the main gate once when they receive the Golden Bang Holy Edict.

This is the highest courtesy that a scholar can get, even if it is a royal family and noble, a nobleman and a powerful minister, it is a delusion to want to enter and exit through the main gate.

Qi Shao, Chen Xiu and Zhao Dan are all young people, the eldest Chen Xiu is only twenty-seven years old, the three of them can be said to be proud of the spring breeze, full of contentment, under the support of the people along the road, all the way to the "dragon shed" in the east market, the holy edict handed over to the official Zhang Bu of the Ministry of Rites, and after the roll call, he rode a horse again, and then passed through the West City, went around a circle and then returned to the outside of the palace, and met with other students to go to the Ministry of Rites for the ceremony.

Three days after the palace examination, the emperor would summon the new jinshi in front of the court. The Jinshi who passed the examination wore official uniforms and Jinshi scarves, stood in front of the Zichen Hall to listen to the page, and then entered the Zichen Hall with the princes and ministers. If you can enter the Zichen Palace, it means that you have the qualifications to be an official, and they will solemnly listen to the name and rank of the Jinshi who have been examined, and after the completion of the "passing", the first three people will have the emperor personally assigned the place, and the first class will sometimes be assigned exceptionally, which is the most important thing.

Li Jun won the first place in the second class, and he always felt that he was smiling when he walked in his dreams. Seeing Li Jun's appearance, Zhang Ning smiled and said to Li Mao: "Master Li's cousin is very interesting. ”

Since Li Mao listened to the words of the red lady, he had a great guard against the Zhang family, and he had assigned Wu Yuzhou to investigate this matter carefully, and the shop called "Hongyan" was also controlled, and he was waiting to close the net. What is the purpose of this Zhang family, and what is the identity of his sister-in-law Zhang Jing, it is still impossible to draw a conclusion, but what he can be sure of is that he cannot be concerned with this Zhang Ning.

It's just that he was a little wary in his heart, but he still said with a smile on his face: "This kid is also lucky this time, if you talk about talent, in fact, it is not as high as other Jinshi in the second grade." "He's telling the truth, not being modest.

"How far can you go in officialdom, it is useless to learn by virtue alone. Master Li's cousin is a pragmatic person, and now there are fewer and fewer pragmatic people. If there is no change in the middle, Lord Li's cousin and nephew will probably go to Honglu Temple, and when you go home, talk to your cousin and nephew. ”

When Zhang Ning said this, he was selling it well to Li Mao.

In this kind of situation, officials come to greet the officials in advance, usually for the sake of the children and nephews of the family. This Honglu Siqing specially came to say hello, in order to be Li Jun again, and his purpose is self-evident.

Honglu Temple fell in love with Li Jun for some reason, and if he could be sure that Li Jun would be taken to Honglu Temple before he entered the Hanlin Academy, he must have already passed the qi with the emperor, otherwise he would not have said it so surely.

Li Mao, who is the secretary of the military department, naturally will not know about this matter. When he heard Zhang Ning's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what it meant.

It's just that Honglu Temple wants Li Jun to do what? Could it be because he brought the people back, and Honglu Temple wanted to use this relationship to let Li Jun and the people carry out mutual market matters?

But isn't the Duting Station set up by Honglu Temple in order to manage the mutual market already full?

Li Mao thanked Zhang Ning for his kindness, and at the same time accepted the invitation of Zhao Heng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to entertain.

His son-in-law got Tanhua, whether it was by his face or by his talent, it was always a happy event, and his own cousin and nephew also got the second-class inheritance, so naturally he couldn't run away from this entertainment.

All of a sudden, except for Lu Yuanhao, the head of the Hanlin Academy, who refused, the other examiners all went to Zuixiao Tower together.

At the banquet, Li Mao found an opportunity to quietly pull out Cui Mingen, the secretary of Honglu Temple, arched his hand to him, and asked, "I heard that Lord Cui has taken a fancy to my nephew and wants him to enter Honglu Temple?" ”

Cui Mingen knew that Li Mao would ask. Zhang Ning and his family are in-laws, how can there be a reason to be impermeable. He had also prepared for this question a long time ago, so he generously explained how he saw Li Jun and spoke up, how he appreciated him, how he hoped that he would enter Honglu Temple to study, and go to the Fenzhou border to manage the mutual market in the future.

Li Mao didn't expect his somewhat wooden cousin to have such luck, in his opinion, the outspoken Li Jun would either enter the Hanlin Academy and learn the way of being an official after him, or he would enter the Yushitai and be an offending official, but he didn't expect his opportunity to be here.

Thinking that his cousin and nephew were getting along well with the matriarch girls (fog) in the family and Lu Mo's gang of matriarch boys, Li Mao couldn't help but admit that for Li Jun, this may not be a way out.

Zhilu Dao Honglu Temple values Li Jun himself, rather than wanting to borrow his relationship, Li Mao is also very happy for this cousin, not only for Li Jun to thank Honglu Temple for his appreciation, but also to let Li Jun come to the door to thank him after the Golden Palace.

Seeing that Li Mao did not dislike this small official position, slow promotion, and difficult conditions, Honglu Siqing also praised Li Mao's open-mindedness in his heart, and had expectations for Li Jun.

After the two returned to the banquet, they talked happily at the banquet, and even the other adults were puzzled.

These two people basically didn't have much intersection before, why did they suddenly become so familiar?

Only Zhang Ning, who knew the reason, was smiling, and he was curious about how far Li Jun could go in the future.

In the afternoon of the same day, in the Shinkoku Mansion.

"Mrs. Tai! Mrs. Tai! The family members of the annunciation quickly ran into the North Park and reported loudly at the gate of Zhiyun Courtyard: "Young Master Tang has won the first place in the second class, and the gold list has been released, great joy, great joy!" ”

Gu Qing was sitting in the room talking to the three children, when he suddenly heard the report from the family who watched the list, and stood up with joy. "Hurry up, hurry up, call him in and talk back!"

The family was a young man, very energetic, as soon as he entered the house, he knelt down and kowtowed to Gu Qing neatly, and then reported with a smile: "It's just now, the prince of Qi who is the chief priest of the restaurant won the champion, rode a horse to the street, and personally went to the dragon shed to send the golden list holy edict, and the small one saw that the first place on the second class yellow list was Young Master Jun, and immediately hit the horse and came back to report the good news!" ”

"My eldest brother is the first in the second class?"

"Qi Shao really won the champion!"

"Who are the top eyes and flowers!"

The three children said in unison.

Li Zhao was puzzled in his heart. When his eldest brother was at home, although every master said that he was good at reading, he had no concept of this "good", and his mother also said that only in this rural place did his eldest brother read like this. At the beginning, the eldest brother passed the township test and the provincial test, and everyone boasted that his eldest brother was young and talented, and his mother said that it was all about the relationship between his family and Li Guogong's clan, otherwise it would not have been so easy.

Later, the eldest brother became a tribute student, no one said that the eldest brother was good at reading, and no one praised him for his young talent, many people said that they were afraid that they had taken the path of their cousin, so they could be a tribute so easily.

Didn't you see that the first place in the provincial test in the township was on the list! That is a man of great learning who is praised by everyone in the country!

So when he heard that the eldest brother took the palace exam today, he didn't think that the eldest brother could get any good rankings and come back.

The emperor's eyes are bright, no matter how powerful his cousin is, the emperor will not roll out the names indiscriminately.

But as soon as he heard that the eldest brother had become a second-class heir, Li Zhao suddenly felt that the image of this cousin was extremely tall, even taller than the emperor's master.

Gu Qing saw that this Li Zhao was neither happy nor angry, but seemed to be confused, so he looked at it twice.

"Li Zhao, what's wrong with you?"

Li Zhao said with a puzzled face: "How can my brother get fourth? ”

He doesn't look like he's going to be a herald anywhere!

"Naturally, it's because your brother is well-educated and lucky." Gu Qing said as a matter of course.

Although most of the time it depends on strength, sometimes luck is also crucial. When she took the college entrance examination, she bet on many math questions correctly, which is called luck. So many classmates who had better grades than her asked her, "Why did you get so many points?" The shock was similar to that of the child.

But those classmates still have a competitive relationship, and this kid is confused and what kind of energy.

Li Zhao himself didn't know what he was confused about, he hadn't figured it out yet, so he just nodded stupidly.

"Oh, luck."

Gu Qing wanted to roll her eyes at the sky. The point she said first was obviously "good learning", why did this child automatically only hear the latter sentence "good luck"!

Li Rui heard that the family said that the first champion was Qi Shao, and he was also relieved.

He has been holding Qi Shao's letter for a while, although he doesn't understand what Qi Shao said about saying that unless he wins the champion, this letter should not be given to his uncle, but his friend can get the champion, and he is naturally happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

His friend really doesn't do it if he doesn't do it, and he wants to do his best when he does.

"This time, the list is Guozi Jian Supervisor, Tongzhou student Chen Xiu; Tanhua is Zhao Dan, the son of Shangshu of the Criminal Department. The family heard Li Ming ask the other two and replied: "I heard that Zhao Gongzi was also ordered to explore the flowers, and tomorrow he will pick flowers in various famous gardens in Beijing, and enter the palace to send them to the Tanhua banquet." ”

Although their house is a house given by the emperor, there is no famous garden in the house, and all the families in Beijing who have gardens are basically home-built houses. Gu Qing and the others were also not interested in the Flower Exploration Banquet, but they were very curious about what official position Li Jun could get.

Li Zhao listened to Gu Qing and his cousin and cousin talking about what official office it would be better for the eldest brother to serve, and couldn't help but say:

"If my eldest brother is released as an official, who will teach me to read?"

As soon as he said this, the whole room looked at him.

Li Ming, who has the best relationship with Li Jun, couldn't help but say coldly:

"Your brother has won the second-class inheritance this time, and at worst he is an official from the seventh grade, and his future will only be better in the future. If he really wants to be released as an official, is it possible that he will not have a future until you read it? ”

"Ming'er, don't talk nonsense! Brother Zhao has just arrived in the capital, and he is not familiar with the place, so he can only rely on his brother, if he leaves, you will naturally worry about him leaving him alone in our house. I told you to go to a strange place, and your brother left again, so don't you ask? ”

Gu Qing reprimanded Li Ming with a straight face.

Li Ming turned his head a little unwillingly.

Grandma, this is to give Li Zhao face. Everyone could tell that Li Zhao didn't look worried and suspicious at all!

Li Zhao bit his lip and said again.

"When he comes back, I will tell him that he will not be allowed to go out as an official."

At this moment, even Gu Qing was speechless.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Thinking that his cousin and nephew were getting along well with the matriarch girls (fog) in the family and Lu Mo's gang of matriarch boys, Li Mao couldn't help but admit that for Li Jun, this may not be a way out.

Girls of the Karma people: We don't want him to manage Hu Market, he is too good at bargaining!

Boy Karma: Who said we had a good relationship with him? We all have an enmity with him......

One more grunt, and the world spun around in front of me.

Again...... Lost again.

it! Next time, let him pour first! This revenge is not a hero!