The hectic review of papers lasted until the end of the year. When the last paper belonging to Wang Xuance was packaged and sent to Tang Jian's house for him to review again, all the papers were reviewed.

There are 483 papers, 4 excellent papers, 20 on the top, 50 on the middle, and the rest are all in the middle, and the next needs to be rewritten, whether there is any. At this time, the students have not yet learned to play tricks, and none of them can cope with it.

Because the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries participated in the audit, Li Chengqian, as the vice president of the college, gave everyone a generous gift. The last page of the student's paper, even if it is a comment of "Zhongping", is a wealth for these students, and it is worth being proud of for a lifetime.

As for the students in the three stages of excellence, upper and middle school, they suddenly became the targets of the three provinces and six departments. If they are willing, they don't even have to go through the process of the big examination, and the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries can recommend him and directly enter the office. Li Chengqian did not stop this, and he also wanted to see if these students could withstand the temptation.

But fortunately, there are no people who are willing to take shortcuts, this, probably thanks to Du Ruhui. The lesson he gave to his students was "how to become a useful person for the family, the country and society", and in the sub-category of officials, he focused on judging "taking shortcuts".

Luckily, it has always been a taboo for officials. Even if it can be beautiful for a while, it will definitely fall into the bottomless abyss in the end.

As the secretary of the Ministry of War, Du Ruhui's courses undoubtedly have a huge gold content, and the students listen very carefully.

Under the emperor's order, all the papers were sent to the palace, and he was ready to go through them in general, but only two dozen papers, which did not make him happy.

When the New Year is approaching, it is simply to stock up on supplies and give gifts.

Because he always likes to scratch on his mouth, Li Chengqian knows a lot about the specialties of many places, so he will send a caravan every year to prepare ingredients for the East Palace. This year, the body has improved a lot, and the resistance has also come up? So I asked people to go to the East China Sea to buy a lot of seaside specialties. For example, kelp, seaweed, and sea fish.

Unknowingly? On the item of "eating", Donggong already has an absolute right to speak? Especially Lao Cheng? After the success of "Sauce Beef", the recipe of the same dish will be bought in the East Palace every one or two months? Everything is successful. Seeing that Zuifeng Lou made a lot of money, other restaurants could only watch it greedy. Is this something that can't be helped? On identity? They are not qualified to visit the East Palace, and the prince is willing to sell to Lu Guogong, but he may not be willing to sell to merchants. And, even if you accidentally get the recipe? Even if it's simple? They didn't dare to do it.

This kind of unspoken rule similar to the maintenance of intellectual property rights has been slowly cultivated by the merchant and craftsman class for thousands of years, and no one dares to trample on it without authorization.

Dried sea cucumber is still a little worse than fresh ones, and seaweed is a masterpiece for making soup, although there is a big cart? But each family sends a little, and there is not much left in the East Palace. How much better is kelp? It's all dried, as long as it's soaked in water? The volume will become larger.

The East Palace will write according to the characters, and they are all copying the production methods and tonic effects of these things. Will these notes come with the gift box? It was sent to the mansions of various princes and county kings. Of course? The most important thing is to send it to the imperial dining room.

Are the ministers used to the gifts from the East Palace? As soon as you get it, you will be impatient to let the kitchen do it.

After tasting the deliciousness of seaweed soup and the benefits of kelp on the body, it is certain that the people of the seaside will be able to live a good life.

Good things naturally can't forget the daughter-in-law, so when Changle went to Su Mansion with the queen's reward, he also brought the gift from the East Palace.

The same gift, Li Chengqian has not forgotten Ashina Xue, since Ashina Helu returned to the Western Turks, she has been a lot quieter, and she has not been out of Yichun Beiyuan all winter.

For the sake of her body, Li Chengqian felt that it was better to go and see her, and if she went down like this, good people would be suffocated.

Yichun North Garden is different from the front of the East Palace, and no one has cleared the snow here. It's not that those palace maids and eunuchs are snobbish, but Ashina Xue asked that they couldn't be cleaned up.

Stepping on the snow, I entered the courtyard of Yichun Beiyuan, which is very deep in summer, and it is a good place for self-cultivation, but in winter, it is a little desolate, giving people the feeling of being like a cold palace.

For Ashina Xue, Li Chengqian felt very entangled, as a victim of her relatives, she is now homeless, and said unceremoniously that the East Palace does not want her, and it is really difficult to accommodate her elsewhere. After all, the current Helu does not have the strength to shelter her.

Marrying must be married, but I don't know what the reason is, it is difficult for him to be as attentive to Ashina Xue as he is to Su Yuan.

Qutuk was also a remnant of his sentence, so he was able to enter the East Palace and rule over the Turkic servants in the small courtyard. Although he is a Turkic, he has a good control over people's hearts, at least he maintains Fang Sheng and others very well, so that when the servants of the East Palace improve their food, they will also have one or two sheep to give them.

Seeing the arrival of the prince from afar, Ou Tuke lay on the ground regardless of the snow and made a five-body bow.

When he got closer, he said, "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, your most humble servant, Ou Tuke, greets you. ”

I have to say that it feels really good to be treated like a god, no wonder many Western lords and the like are so good.

"Get up, I want to see Ashina Xue, lead the way ahead."

Only then did he stand up and lead the way.

It's strange that instead of going to the courtyard, I'm going to a place close to the back wall of the East Palace.

Walking through a mess of snow, I came across a stable.

Seeing the horse shed, Zhang Yun was immediately angry, how can you raise horses in a holy place like the East Palace? Horse manure or something, how dirty and messy!

Seeing Zhang Yun angry, Li Chengqian glared at him, and waited for him to lower his head before entering the stable.

The construction of the stable is very particular, obviously it is not completely sealed, but there is a warm feeling after coming in. There wasn't much horse manure in it, and it looked like it had been cleaned regularly.

Ashina Xue was combing a pony, and when he saw the horse next to the pony, Li Chengqian remembered that his favorite mare was about to give birth when they met for the last time. However, before Horu left, he left the matter behind.

Seeing Li Chengqian, the pony began to retreat with a wince.

Ashina Xue glanced back, saw that it was Li Chengqian, and said, "Do you think about it now?" On the day this horse gave birth, it was difficult to give birth, but I pulled it out with my own hands. ”

grabbed a large handful of beans from the corner of the stable and put it into the mare's trough, Li Chengqian sighed and said, "Thank you, I really forgot about this matter, thank you for your hard work." ”

Ashinaxue, who was waiting for the quibble, didn't expect Li Chengqian to be so sincere, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

After touching the mare's facebone, Li Chengqian looked at the pony.

Just as I looked at it, I had to shout obediently.

The horse is pitch black, but only the hooves are white.

"Look good, such a horse, even in the Western Turks, is only worthy of the head of a large family, and the possession of a small tribe will invite great disaster. It doesn't have a name yet, and since you're its owner, give it a name. ”

After getting along for a while, the pony was not afraid of people, and even came to Li Chengqian's side to smell it, wanting to taste what the prince's robe tasted like.

Looking at its appearance, Li Chengqian remembered the name "Treading Snow".

But after glancing at Ashina Xue, he could only change his words and say: "It's called Lingyun, do you look at its hooves, does it look like it's stepping on clouds?" ”

Ashina Xue read the name Lingyun twice before handing the comb to Li Chengqian.

Brushing a horse is also hard work, after all, there is not only a small one, but also a large one.

After a long day of work, Li Chengqian threw away the comb, and now he felt that he was probably overwhelmed by the smell of the stable.

After filling the mare with horse feed, Ashina Xue followed Li Chengqian out.

The moment you come out of the stable, you can feel the huge difference between cold and fresh.

Looking at Ashina Xue's somewhat emaciated face, Li Chengqian said: "What I told you before was not a joke, if you want to find your brother, I can help you." I see that since you have entered the winter, you have not even been out of Yichun Beiyuan, and it is not good for your health to stay in the house all the time. ”

Ashina Xue sighed and said, "Even if I can go, it will only be a drag on Helu now." It's not bad for you here, the palace maids and eunuchs in your East Palace didn't embarrass us people, and if you don't go out, it's just that I don't want to go out. This is not a grassland after all, and even if you go out, it is difficult to raise the interest. ”

Looking at the empty land in Yichun Beiyuan, Li Chengqian suddenly had an idea, took Ashinaxue's hand and said: "Actually, you don't need to be so pessimistic, you see if this is good, next year I will plant grass in this yard, and then tear down your house and build a grassland tent in the middle, as for the grass in the yard, you can raise sheep if you want to raise sheep, and feed horses if you are willing to feed horses." ”

Zhang Yun was about to say that he would be impeached by the official for doing so, but when he saw the prince's fierce eyes, he could only shut up.

Hearing this, Ashina Xue immediately became happy: "Really? You don't need to give me many sheep, just give me a few lambs, and find me a small one, my horse was lost during the war, and I would love to have another one. ”

Li Chengqian naturally agreed with a smile.

After following Ashina Xue to plan the transformation of Yichun North Garden, it was evening, and Li Chengqian left.

Before he came out of Yichun Beiyuan, Zhang Yun frowned and said: "Your Highness, if you do this, you will be impeached by the officials, and Your Majesty will be held accountable, how can you do such a thing because of a woman?" ”

Li Chengqian said indifferently: "The East Palace is Lone's territory, how to change it to Lonely, and besides, this is not for Lone's own use, compared with King Zhou You, there is no comparison." How did you become so timid during this time? ”

Of course, Zhang Yun couldn't say that he had been interrogated by the emperor because of the "Laojunguan incident", so he could only keep his mouth shut.

Since I came to Yichun Beiyuan, I can't afford to go back to the restaurant of the Chongjiao Hall to eat. At the end of the day, this fine dining restaurant is just for entertaining outsiders.

Human survival is actually very simple, just eat, drink, wear and live. If you don't dress really, you are not poor, if you are well-fed, you are not hungry, and if you live in a place where you don't shiver at night, you are comfortable. Eating with delicate utensils and elegant movements in a delicate interior is not eating, but finding guilt for yourself.

Therefore, Li Chengqian went directly into the kitchen of the East Palace, had a full meal here, and went back to the study.

After processing a few letters that had been specially sent by the emperor, Fang Sheng walked in and put a gift slip on the table.

These are the New Year's gifts harvested by the East Palace today, and in the final analysis, giving New Year's gifts is a process of exchange or appreciation. The East Palace gave gifts to the ministers and the royal family, and they would return the gift. It would be a shame for the dignified princes and princes to send a sack of grain to the East Palace, so many people gave valuable things, and their son's papers were praised, and they also gave heavy gifts.

For things like gold, jade, pearls, and stones, skip them directly, and specifically look for interesting things.

The things that Li Tai sent were very good, this guy wandered around the gunpowder weapon workshop for a while, and he actually had a crooked mind about gunpowder, and he mixed a little other materials into it with a big heart, and made a fun thing called "fireworks".

Seeing the description, Li Chengqian knew that Li Tai had come up with the game of "Flowers". It's fun, but it's also dangerous. The most important thing is that if this thing spreads out, then the New Year's firecrackers will become a little "firecracker". Thinking about the smoke clouds that always linger in the sky every New Year's festival in later generations, and the pungent smell in the air, Li Chengqian felt that it was better not to promote this thing. Isn't it fun for everyone to make a fire and burn bamboo together?

Skipped Li Tai's gift and met Li Ke's. Li Ke is now the king of Wu, and he also opened the palace of the king of Wu, and there is still no shortage of good things in his fiefdom, so he sent some specialties of Wudi. Knowing my brother's temperament, I eat something.

However, after turning over Xungui's gift list, he also saw the gift from Changle, which was strange.

A pot of flowers? Can this girl grow live flowers? If you think about it, you know that it was given to you by Su Yuan.

"Go ahead and bring that pot of flowers, be careful, don't get frozen by the cold wind."

Fang Sheng agreed, and walked out step by step.

Seeing Fang Sheng's inconvenient legs, Li Chengqian stopped him, and said helplessly: "If you are not in good health, you don't have to go to work, if you feel that your physical strength is not enough, you will go out of the palace to the farm to care for the elderly, a lot of people are still busy in the East Palace when you are old, aren't you looking for guilt yourself?" ”

After saying a few words, he directly made Fang Sheng cry, knelt down and said: "The old slave also knows that he is about to become a waste now, but he is reluctant to do things under His Highness, and always wants to do things under His Highness, since His Highness thinks it is inappropriate, the old slave will leave the palace tomorrow." ”

Li Chengqian still didn't like to force the people around him to do things he didn't like, so he could only drag Fang Sheng up and say, "If you are willing to stay in the East Palace, then stay, just let others do it." Tomorrow I will be a prisoner and ask for a wheelchair, you are also the head of the dignified East Palace, and you are pushed by the young eunuch, how majestic. ”

This paragraph made Fang Sheng laugh again, and without hesitation, he ordered a eunuch at the door to get flowers, and he stayed in the study.

After Changle, they were all gifts from some academy disciples, because they were not qualified to give gifts, so they were sent to the East Palace in the name of Changsun Chong after integration.

Speaking of it, they are all worthless things, or a handwritten pair, or handmade things, and those who can give a chicken are estimated to be rich peasants at the very least.

This is very good, he helps these students, and he does not have the idea of coercing them to repay the favor, and it is good for them to give gifts and give a heart.

When he saw the words "ship model", Li Chengqian ordered someone to bring the ship model over.

Not surprisingly, it should be a gift from Qiu Haiqing.

The first to be sent into the study was Su Yuan's flowers, which were obviously winter, but they were blooming brightly, and there was a fresh fragrance of flowers when they were close.

It's vanilla.

The pot was also replaced with pine leaf soil, and in the middle of the vanilla leaf, there was a hidden note.

When he opened it, Li Chengqian was immediately happy.

"If you die, don't come to see me."

It is really surprising that Su Yuan can use such an arrogant tone. Li Chengqian could almost guess such a scene: a beautiful girl crouched in front of the desk, writing a line on a piece of paper, thinking that it was not possible, so she could only throw it aside. In the end, I had no choice but to write such a paragraph under the abduction of my future sister-in-law....

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian suddenly stopped thinking about it, and made trouble for a long time, it turned out that it was Changle's abduction that made her write this paragraph.

Placing the flower pots on the desk, the jade paperweights, pen holders, and so on were suddenly eclipsed.

Soon, the ship model was also delivered.

Good guy, it is said that it is a model ship, but it needs two people to lift it, the hull of the ship is more than one meter long, almost everywhere is made of simulation, and the eunuch who carries the boat is afraid of damaging the fine parts on it.

Instructed the eunuch to put the ship model on the ground, Li Chengqian directly started to dismantle it, and when he saw the existence of the "keel" inside the cabin, he was immediately relieved. A ship with a keel is strong enough, at least except for ironwood and other wood, before the appearance of ironclad ships, sea ships are inseparable from keels.

The whole ship model is polished very brightly, and it is also oiled, and the combination of cabins and weapons is very reasonable.

In this era, if you want to go to sea to do business, the ship has no combat power and is purely looking for death. You must know that the first fear of sea people is hurricanes, the second fear is the lack of water, and the most feared is pirates.

Hurricanes can fight it, and if you're lucky, you might find a suitable haven so that no one dies. Water scarcity can last a day or two with perseverance, and maybe fresh water will be available on the third day. But when you meet pirates, there's not much to say. After chatting with Qiu Haiqing's father, Qiu Yue, Li Chengqian learned that there was no talk of taking hostages and taking prisoners at sea at this time. Fresh water is the lifeblood, and both of these are wasted for no reason. Therefore, killing has become the only option.