Following the Dragon Boat Festival Taiye Pond Dragon Boat Race, there are Zhongyuan Wanmin River Lanterns, Mid-Autumn Festival Thousand Men Lake Center Moon Appreciation, now Xiyuan has been the most popular place in Beijing.

Not to mention the large-scale festival events, there is also an endless stream of tourists on ordinary days.

In addition to the beauty of the garden and the wonder of the beast garden, the water surface of the Taiye Pond is extremely wide, and all kinds of water playfulness such as water puppets, water swings, stepping on mixed trees, and making tides can be displayed, which is extremely attractive.

Now, not to mention that the shops in the Xiyuan Scenic Area are hard to find, even the rents of the shops in Yongfang around the West Garden have also doubled.

Subsequently, the imperial court issued a so-called "scenic spot" taxation decree in response to this phenomenon in Xiyuan, and the commercial tax levied on the surrounding areas of Xiyuan was two to three times higher than normal.

Many officials in the DPRK and China have shops in Xiyuan, and they themselves are resistant to tax increases, so there are excerpts in the imperial history that say that it is not appropriate to expropriate and extort tyranny.

But for some reason, the elder Jiao Fang and the celebrant Liu Jin were resolute about taxation.

All officials know that Gonggong Liu is establishing his authority recently, and he thinks this is a new way.

And old Jiao Ge, well, I heard that his son is going to take the next year exam, but I'm afraid that he will have to behave well in front of the emperor at this time.

Fearing the power of the two people, the DPRK and China gradually lost their opposition, and the tax increase order was successfully passed.

In fact, the shop itself in Xiyuan is very profitable, and the management of Xiyuan is becoming more and more perfect, there are special patrols for daily patrols, there are not many petty thieves, and the ruffians and hooligans who specialize in blackmail are completely extinct, it can be said that the business environment is very good, and on the whole, the merchants still make more money than the side, so they do not resist this slightly higher tax.

As a result, there is a significant amount of money coming into the treasury.

And since Emperor Zhang's family opened a head of donating military expenses during the Dragon Boat Festival, after the Zhongyuan Dynasty and the Mid-Autumn Festival, Emperor Zhou, Emperor Wang, and even the upstart Emperor Xia, Emperor Shen, and Emperor Wu began to donate silver through competitive lotteries, and civil and military officials had to follow suit. So whether it's military spending or disaster relief, this donation is always used on the "blade".

The treasury is even less stretched than it was in the early years of Zhengde.

The little emperor became more and more satisfied with the idea of developing Xiyuan. After the autumn season, when he saw Shen Ruizhong and understood Yuan, he was also happy in his heart, and made an appointment to meet Shen Ruihu Fenglou on the non-open day of Xiyuan, and repeatedly praised Shen Rui as an expert in breeding goods, and asked Shen Rui with a smile what reward he wanted.

Shen Rui said with a smile: "The emperor has given 'Huanxi Sha' three treasure lands, and Rui has already received the grace of heaven, so he doesn't dare to ask for it." ”

Brother Shou laughed, and poked Shen Rui again: "This time, the Huanxi Sha is much stronger than the dilapidated place next to the Hanlin Courtyard, and it shows your ability to breed this goods. ”

But at the beginning, Shen Rui wanted to have a teahouse shop in Xiyuan and build a Huanxi Shacha House branch, Brother Shou was very generous, and raised his hand to promise three shops for the imperial store, you must know that the location left by the imperial store is the best scenery and the largest passenger flow, and it is also a place where "business" families must fight.

Although it was a big face, Shen Rui did not directly thank him, but invited his two uncles, Shen Zhou and Shen Run, to look at each other.

The second master Shen Zhou is just right, and the third master Shen Run is good at calligraphy and painting, and he has a unique vision, and sure enough, only one of these three stores has entered his eyes, but he still feels that if there are many people, he is afraid that it will be too noisy.

The third old man took the green oil car back and forth to the West Garden several times, and finally chose two places, because it is slightly remote, ordinary tourists rarely pass by, but it is really a grass and a tree suitable for painting.

These two places still have their own merits, and it is difficult for the third master to choose which one to choose which location is better.

However, the second master praised it greatly, so he immediately made a decision, and opened a total of three Huanxi Sha branches, including the royal store that the third master fancied.

Shen Rui said with a smile that the good places can't be occupied all at once, but looking at the distance between the three places, it is still okay from a business point of view.

In order to take care of those Hanlin who are not easy to live in the capital, Xiyuan opened a branch and did not "raise the price", but the decoration was improved by more than one and a half stars.

The overall decoration of the three stores was discussed by the second master and the third master, and Shen Rui only briefly mentioned two "previous life" experiences.

The new Huanxi Sha branch only has a small number of scattered seats on the first floor, and there are private rooms above the second floor, in order to give tea customers an independent space without interfering with each other.

The private room also has themes such as watching the sea and listening to the waves, Hanmo Danqing, etc., the former is pure viewing, and the room has a comfortable bamboo couch; The latter is equipped with long cases and pen and ink paints, if the tea customer has Yaxing can splash ink at any time, and the store also accepts calligraphy and painting, whether it is famous or not, as long as it is a masterpiece, there are polishing pen materials.

The shopkeeper of the teahouse invited the shopkeeper of the calligraphy and painting shop for many years, and he has a considerable appreciation of calligraphy and painting, and can talk to the guests without being bored.

Because the dim sum with tea is cheap, it is impossible to be very exquisite, but it is all made clean with care, and the taste is good. The tea set dishes and bowls are not expensive but simple and atmospheric, which is in line with the overall style.

Huanxi Shayin itself has a certain reputation next to the Hanlin Academy, but now in such an environment, the fees are as low as ever, and it has immediately won a good reputation and become the favorite place of Qingliu.

Shen Rui listened to Brother Shou's ridicule at this moment, and couldn't help laughing: "The place in the city can't be moved, and it can't be rebuilt, and there is no scenery in that area, and it's useless to build it." ”

Brother Shou laughed, pointed at Shen Rui and called him cunning, and said, "Listening to this, I still want to ask me for a place in Xiyuan?" ”

Shen Rui didn't dare to say in a hurry, but said with a smile: "Shengming is no better than the emperor!" I have a side thought, Xiyuan has a hundred beast garden, and there should be a 'Ten Thousand Scroll Pavilion' to match. ”

Brother Shou was not interested in reading, so he drooped the corners of his mouth and said, "You haven't entered the Hanlin Academy yet, and you are going to do Hanlin business." ”

Shen Rui couldn't help laughing, and hurriedly explained: "The emperor Mingjian, I don't want to study more scriptures and historical classics, but I saw a letter from Songjiang Mansion saying that there are some gains in the experimental field this year, and after the weaving factory re-appreciates the weavers who have figured out the new loom, the weavers are also working harder, and some people have summed up the skills of weaving more work." I thought that many technologies could be replicated across the country for the benefit of more people. ”

Hearing that it was a test field, Brother Shou was somewhat interested, because he said: "Yes, the Xia family has also planted an experimental field, but the harvest is mediocre, not as good as Songjiang." If Matsue has any good ideas, write a notebook and bring it to see. ”

Shen Rui smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you also think that you should write it down, I also think that relying on word of mouth alone is really troublesome and easy to make mistakes, so it is better to write it on paper." I have two bookstores in my house, and I want to sort out these results and publish them in a book. ”

Brother Shou sighed, raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you still want to write "Qi Min's Technique" and "Nongsang Jiyao"? ”

Shen Rui straightened his serious expression: "Don't dare, Rui doesn't have that ability, he just thinks that such a good experience should be left and promoted." And not only this method of farming, but also some of the old farmers' slang and slang also contain the method of farming, I think these experiences are written into a booklet, in the vernacular that the common people understand, written into limerick poems, the people memorize well, spread widely, and benefit a lot. ”

"In addition to farming, it is also like a loom, how to build it, how to improve it; For example, horse-drawn carts and donkey carts, how to transform them to save animal power; It's like smelting, it's like forging, it's like pottery......" Shen Rui stared at the thoughtful Brother Shou and said, "I think of some books that promote skills, and they also educate the people." When the people are rich and live and work in peace and contentment, the court will be rich. ”

"Heavenly Creations" came out during the Chongzhen period, and Shen Rui really hoped to promote it and promote some technologies early.

Brother Shou sighed noncommittally.

Shen Rui suddenly changed the topic and said: "Kaifeng Jinming Pond was originally built in the Song Dynasty for the internal water war......

Before he finished speaking, Brother Shou's eyes lit up, and he looked at Shen Rui with a smile.

Shen Rui also showed a smile and said: "Now that Shandong and Songjiang have begun to build ships, I also think that some of the shipbuilding processes can also be engraved out, not for promotion, but can be retained, and taken out when the new shipyard is built, wouldn't it be much less laborious than the master bringing new apprentices?" ”

Brother Shou rolled his eyes and pouted: "After talking for a long time, I am still thinking about your printing workshop, your 'Ten Thousand Scroll Pavilion'." ”

"The emperor likes water drama so much, doesn't he want to reproduce the "Jinming Pool Winning Bid" on the Taiye Pool?" Shen Rui smiled and looked at him directly.

Brother Shou narrowed his eyes, the water trainer was indeed his favorite. Moreover, it is also of practical significance.

Recently, Ning Fan has become a little restless again.

At the beginning of the year, the clan was cleaned up, but Ning Fan asked for music work, and after that, almost every month he could receive a song from Jiangxi, and he invited the concubine Fang's Xu family to be titled, and asked his biological mother to be a concubine (he was a concubine), please give the temple ritual music, Zu Ningjing's burial place is not auspicious to beg for burial, please seal his grandmother Hu's ......

It's just nonsense.

In October, Ning Fan actually said that he was now repairing the temple of filial piety, hoping to record his filial piety and etiquette and other virtues in the history museum.

As for his virtues, what did he taste the decoction for his sick father, why did he donate 100 gold to help repair Bailu Academy, forbade the official school to invade the fishermen, and talked about the history of books with the auxiliary ministers, and ...... Don't you come close to advocating excellence......

When Brother Shou got this recital, he was watching it while having fun, and by the way, he made a few "bah" and scolded two nonsense.

There are many brazen people in the clan, but this person must be the most.

Brother Shou smiled, and couldn't help but be curious, he really wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in King Ning's gourd.

Don't think about sealing the living, the court doesn't have the money to help you raise a concubine; Don't think about sealing the dead, don't think about becoming a concubine if you are a concubine. Written into the record of the filial piety temple, daydreaming?!

Brother Shou was very dissatisfied, snorted a few times, and said straightly, "You are also worthy!" ”。

Picking and choosing, in the end, Brother Shou pinched his nose and sent a few musicians to King Ning, of course, among them, he also let Jinyiwei mix nails into it.

Then, the latest letter from Ning Fan was that the palace was short of people, and asked the emperor to return the palace guards.

The excerpts were all handed over clearly, the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang, the second assistant Wang Hua, the first assistant of the cabinet, Yang Tinghe of Zhan Shi, and Zhang Yong, the eunuch of the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor, all rushed to face the saint as soon as possible.

They all knew the inside story of the Songjiang War.

In particular, Zhang Yong, not only investigated the matter in detail as a messenger, but also was ordered to destroy the bandits raised by Ning Fan in Taihu Lake in the name of suppressing bandits.

Brother Shou didn't seem to take it to heart, and said casually: "What is a few hundred guards, since he wants to be tempted, then give it to him and see what he does." ”

Even if the three Wenchen said anything, Brother Shou sent them away with this sentence "I have my own considerations".

Only Zhang Yong knelt at his feet and refused to go, hugging his thighs, tears fell, and almost wailed and asked his master to think twice: "The wolf is ambitious, today he is promised 300, and tomorrow I don't know if it is 3,000, 30,000 My sons died on the battlefield." ”

Looking at Zhang Yong like this, Brother Shou also felt a faint sentimentality in his heart, but after a while, he still patted Zhang Yong's shoulder and said in a low voice: "Big Companion, I know what you want, and your worries are not unreasonable, but ......" His expression turned cold, but he just said, "I have my considerations, Big Companion, you train well, he wants to use you on the nine sides, not the south." ”

When Zhang Yong heard this, he swore an oath again and again, and then let go.

Brother Shou turned his head to look out the window, it was winter, the grass and trees were decaying, and although the water surface was not frozen, it looked extremely bleak.

Looking at the dead and silent lake of Xiyuan Taiye Pool for a long time, Brother Shou pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "Did Jin Mingchi win the bid...... Very good. ”

He turned his head to look at Shen Rui and said, "I'll talk to Zhang Yong when I get back." He had been in charge of the water war in the south, and he was in charge of this matter. ”

Shen Rui bowed and saluted, "The emperor is sage." ”

Brother Shou waved his hand, turned to a smile, and said, "That's it, you first thought about the charter of the Ten Thousand Scrolls Pavilion and wrote a notebook." Wanjuan Pavilion, hehe, it sounds like it fits the mind of the old Confucian students in the cabinet. It's just that if they know that you have mixed in with private goods, and you are a craftsman, or even a boatman, hehe......"

Shen Rui spread his hands and said: "If the Wanjuan Pavilion can really be erected, please allow ordinary people to hold household posts or introduce the pavilion to view the book, just like the people can enter the Hundred Beasts Garden, but the Hundred Beasts Garden collects ticket money, but the Ten Thousand Scrolls Pavilion is free, think about it, educate the people, persuade people to be kind, and seek benefits for the readers...... This, this, you bosses won't be embarrassed boys. ”

Brother Shou slapped the table and laughed, and said, "What you said is reasonable, then let's see what the old gentlemen say." ”

He looked at the liquid pool again, smacked his lips and said: "This season is the most boring, if it is frozen, it can be used as an ice play, and the curling ...... that year"

For a while, I fell into memories again, remembering the carefree teenage days of the past.

Shen Rui was also stunned for a moment.

After a while, Brother Shou smiled and said, "I made an appointment with you and He Tai to play another day." It's just that I still have to think about informing him in advance, lest he be greedy again and his stomach won't come. ”

But the day before yesterday, the Shen family had another clansman go to Beijing, He Taizhi has not been happy since the list, when he was entertaining, he couldn't help but be greedy for a cup, he woke up in the middle of the night and vomited once, he was hungry, and he didn't know what to eat, but he had a bad stomach, he had diarrhea for two days, and his legs were weak when he walked, so he couldn't follow Xiyuan today.

He Taizhi also met Brother Shou twice after coming to Beijing and knew Brother Shou's identity. Seeing that Brother Shou was as cordial as before, Shen Rui's attitude towards Brother Shou had not changed much, so he was also generous and played as in the past, without any fear, which made Brother Shou even more like.

Knowing that He Taizhi was unwilling to take the entrance examination at the age of tomorrow and prepare to study for another three years, Brother Shou was still a little disappointed, and jokingly said that he would transfer Bachelor He to Beijing, so that He Taizhi could return to Beijing to study and see each other every day.

"Then you told me earlier, and I will take a good look at his greedy mouth." Shen Rui also laughed, and said helplessly: "It's just that he can only play curling with you for a while, Shu Rui has to prepare for the next year's spring ......."

Brother Shou squinted at him, but still waved his hand and said, "Good student to prepare for the exam." He couldn't help but smile again, and teased: "If you don't win, you can also donate officials, so you can go to the Ministry of Industry, just use your belly idea." ”

Shen Rui said with a bitter face: "If you don't get it at the age of tomorrow, you have to take the exam again in three years." ”

Brother Shou shook his eyes and said, "It's still three years to wait!" Hurry up and pass the exam, I will use you a lot. ”

Every triennial talent ceremony, the capital is always lively.

Those who are close to the road, such as Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan, may be able to leave at home after the New Year, and those who are far away are afraid of being delayed by snow, so they will enter Beijing early.

There are also people like Zhu Yunming's family, when they learned that the West Garden was open, they heard that the West Garden was like a fairyland in the storyteller's mouth, and thought of the grand occasion of Jin Mingchi in the notes of the Song people, and they couldn't help but yearn for it, which was to enter Beijing in advance for a tour.

As a result, the West Garden, which was gradually deserted due to the poor scenery after winter, ushered in another wave of peak passenger flow after November.

The head office is located next to the Hanlin Courtyard in Huanxi Sha, which is mostly patronized by Hanlin Qingliu, because of the fermentation of word of mouth, now the Xiyuan Huanxi Sha branch and the young men of the township halls know it, and it has naturally become the first choice for the lifters to visit the Xiyuan after seeing the scenery.

In addition to Zhu Yunming's family, the Shen clan who entered Beijing this time also loved Huanxi Sha very much.

There are a lot of clansmen who went to Beijing to take the exam this time, and there are several clan uncles who have repeatedly failed to try, and they are already desperate, thinking that it will cost a lot to enter Beijing, so it is better to keep the money and take the exam again with their children and grandchildren.

However, after the He family fell, the Shen family received a lot of He family property, and the patriarch Wufang was not greedy, but instead bought a wide range of sacrificial fields and learned fields, and shared them with all the clansmen, and these clan uncles' families were also very passable.

And the clan has set up new rules, Zhongxiucai and Zhongju people respectively reward acres and industries, and produce pen and ink silver from the clan. If you want to go to Beijing to take the exam after the middle lift, you will have to spend a lot of money in the clan and a small head for the individual.

A few clan uncles also rekindled their thoughts of ending up again.

And since the young Shen Zhuangyuan Shen Jin returned to his hometown to guard filial piety, he has to teach in the clan study every day, not only the primary school students are making rapid progress, but they also benefit a lot from these old Confucian students.

This time, there is another son named Shen Yu in the side branch of the sixth room of the Shen family, he is already in his early thirties, and after years of accumulation of articles, he has been assigned by Shen Jin again, and this time he has been selected.

Shen Ying and Shen Jin studied his article and felt that they could give it a try, so the patriarch Shen Qi invited those old Juren uncles to come, and in the name of entrusting the younger generations, they were invited to accompany Shen Ying into Beijing.

In fact, although Shen Jue has never been to the capital, he is also in his thirties, so why should he be accompanied by his elders, but it is just a reason for the uncles to take the exam again.

Several clan uncles not only did not worry about the money, but also had face, and heard that the Xiyuan in Beijing was famous, so they were full of mouths, and brought their children and grandchildren into Beijing together, thinking that they could not reach the first, and it was good to bring their children and grandchildren to see the world.

After hearing the hospitality of the second room and soliciting the clansmen, knowing that Shen Yu and Shen Chen are now developed, they can't help but be moved, and they also go to Beijing together, so the team is extraordinarily large this time.

Shen, who has the reputation of "Songjiang Genius" and is famous for his paintings, is also among them, he also came to the exam, and last time, he and Zhu Yunming fell off the list. He didn't bring his son, but he was Shen Qin from the seventh room and Shen Bao from the eighth room.

Shen Qin and Shen Bao previously guarded the filial piety of the eight old ladies, and after the filial piety last year, Shen Qin passed the government test in one go and became a showman, but he did not succeed in the autumn of this year. He knows his own level and is not discouraged.

Shen Qin once worshiped under the third master Shen Run, and heard that the second master Shen Zhou is now teaching in the hall, and the students he taught have obtained good grades, so he discussed with his father that he wanted to study in Beijing.

And Shen Bao has always been good at calligraphy, but he didn't succeed in his studies, so he naturally still didn't pass the boy's test. However, he is also not very interested in his studies. Because of his friendship with Shen Qin, he heard that Shen Qin was going to Beijing, and knew that his teacher Zhu Yunming had entered Beijing to take the exam, so he also wanted to go to Beijing to take a look.

It's just that among the six sons in the eighth room, Shen Baoxing is four, he has never been taken seriously, and he has no talent for reading, although Shen Liu is now supervising the family property, and the clan gives him a lot of dividends, but he can't stand the original thin foundation, there are too many children and grandchildren in the family, and the eldest son and the second son have all married and have the next generation, and this life is not easy enough to casually take out a hundred and ten taels of silver to let a son go to Beijing to play.

Shen Qin felt pity for his friend in his heart, so he thought of an idea and persuaded Shen Baodao: "Uncle Liu is now stumbling on the affairs of the clan, and he no longer wants to go to Beijing to take the exam, but if you brothers want to study, he is categorically reluctant to let you not study, so you can go to Beijing to study like me, don't you know that the uncles in the second room are people?" Uncle Runsan also likes you very much. And then there's Regoer. ”

Shen Bao sighed and said, "No matter how much I read like this, I can't do it." Why waste money at home? I also thought about simply not reading it, and getting an errand, I am also a person who is about to reach the crown, and it is not good to rely on my family to provide for it all the time. ”

He is now well-known in Songjiang Mansion, and he is still thinking about whether to open a calligraphy and painting shop in the future, and it is comfortable to write and paint.

Shen Qin frowned, thought about it and said: "I'll tell you the truth, don't be angry with me, we are in Songjiang like this, but we just get a little bit of thin fields, even if we go to the clan to teach, I am afraid that we will not accept it (the gentlemen of the Shen family are all from Xiucai, and most of them are the older generation of people who come to teach students. You have a lot of brothers in your family, but if the uncle of the same stream said, how about going to Beijing to find an errand, everyone said that the second room is now inviting people to Beijing. ”

Shen Bao was stunned for a moment, and snorted: "But I don't know anything." ”

Shen Qin smiled: "You are more solid than me." Do you want to find someone like Uncle Lian who is good at running in the second room? There are a few more like Uncle Lian! I heard a few clan uncles talk to Brother Ying that day, and the meaning of those words is probably that the clan can still be trusted, just ask the clan to help sit in the town. Your surname is Shen, that's enough. ”

Shen Bao shook his head with a smile and said, "I also said that I am more solid than you, in the end, you are solid!" Is it really enough to have only one surname Shen? Didn't have to drag down Brother Ree. ”

Shen Qin said: "You don't know what kind of person Rui Ge'er is? And Uncle Runsan. In any case, if you go with me now, you can't do it, and then you can come back. Don't you also want to meet Mr. Zhu and Uncle Runsan? ”

Shen Bao was moved by the words, Shen Qin begged for mercy in the fifth room, Shen Ying and Shen Qi originally liked that they were stable, and now Shen Liu was also very effective in managing the family's property, so he responded to the help of the clan and persuaded Shen Liu to let Shen Bao go to Beijing.

It has been many years since the last time he went to Beijing with the second room with the teenagers, and when he stepped into the door of the second room again, Shen Qin and Shen Bao were also full of emotion, especially the teenagers who were with him back then, Shen Jue was deceased, Shen Zhu was sentenced to exile for thousands of miles, and Shen Lin was also held hostage by the ninth master and exiled with Shen......

Shen Rui reunited with them in the second room, and he also sighed in his heart.

Looking at Shen Qin again, he has not changed much, but he has grown a lot taller, and he is already mature and stable.

Shen Bao is no longer the fat and dundun appearance he used to be, and the whole person has lost weight, although he is not handsome, but he is also delicate and bookish.

Shen Rui only knew the sadness behind Shen Bao's "becoming handsome" after talking with Shen Qin in private.

Shen Bao was not favored at home, but because of his talent in calligraphy, he was blessed by the eighth old lady.

When I went back from Beijing, the second room sent a lot of clothes, Shen Qin was a mother who generously took out things and gave them to her brothers and sisters, but Shen Bao was searched by her mother for checking her luggage.

The eighth old lady was dissatisfied with what Mrs. Liuda did, and came out for Shen Bao to get things back, but this hurt the relationship between mother and son, and even brought several brothers from the same mother to complain about Shen Bao.

The eighth old lady was fine when he was there, but Shen Bao only followed his great-grandfather to learn calligraphy, and he had no distractions. After the death of the eighth old lady during the chaos, Shen Bao's life at home also became difficult.

No one abused him, but no one cared about him.

He was already grieving too much for the death of the eighth old lady, and he was really filial piety for the old lady, but he was not satisfied at home, so he naturally became thinner and thinner.

The third master was also happy to see Shen Qin and Shen Bao, and then spread out the paper and let Shen Bao write two strokes, seeing that Shen Bao's words became more and more atmospheric, he couldn't help but be even happier.

Zhu Yunming has also corresponded with Shen Bao over the years, and Shen Bao also sent words to the teacher to ask for guidance. It's just that after the eighth old lady passed away, it was not convenient for Shen Bao to find someone to send a letter, and the contact between the two was less.

Now I haven't seen Shen Bao's words for almost a year, and when I saw Zhu Yunming today, I nodded again and again.

With the approval of the two famous artists, Shen Bao's spirit returned to his body, and the smile on his face gradually increased.

Shen Rui also took pity on him, and Shen Bao's word could also help him a lot, whether it was Huanxi Sha Tea House or the Printing Workshop, he had a place to use.

Therefore, in the month before the year, as long as Xiyuan was open, Shen Rui would take Shen Bao and others to Xiyuan Huanxi Sha Teahouse.

Shen Bao liked it as soon as he arrived in Huanxi Sha, and he commented on the calligraphy and paintings left by tourists on the wall with the third master and Zhu Yunming.

However, the most fascinated of all the people in the West Garden is Shen, he is the best at Danqing, he has been fascinated by the scenery once he came to the West Garden, even if it is already deep winter at this time, ordinary people feel that there is no good scene, Shen is the beauty of the branches and leaves, the beauty of the dead branches and leaves, he is stop-and-go, a hundred paintings are not tired, a stone and a pavilion can be painted for half a day, I can't wait to live in the West Garden.

In a blink of an eye, the end of the year, the twentieth day of the lunar month was the last time the West Garden was opened, and because of the preparation for the Lantern Festival, it was temporarily decided that the West Garden would not be opened again until the fifteenth day of the first month after this closure.

Recently, it has snowed heavily for two consecutive days, and it is sunny in 20 days, and the West Garden after the snow is wrapped in silver like a fairyland, and there are many tourists on this day.

And there is not only the Shen family on the Huanxi Shalou at this time, but Shen Rui also invited Yang Shen, Li Yanqing and others as a small gathering before the year.

Although Huanxi Sha does not provide wine and food, but also does not prohibit eating out, many people who come to watch the scenery are to bring wine and food to come, enjoy the beautiful scenery with wine, many people are full of poetry, and begin to chant poems against each other

Upstairs is noisy for a while, there are local dialects, although there is a private door, but the talented people are very lively, a moment of fighting poetry, then the door of the private room is opened, and the downstairs scattered seats are not much different.

Yang Shen went out for a walk and saw acquaintances in Shuzhong, so he couldn't help but socialize. Several acquaintances knew that Yang Shen was known as a poet, so they coaxed him to compose poems.

It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, so Yang Shen smiled, groaned slightly, and casually chanted a few words to meet the situation.

The Sichuan people here applauded, and on the opposite side were a few lifters from the Fujian Hall, and those Fujian people also high-fived and cheered, and pushed another person out to fight poetry.

But when I saw that it was a young man, he was not tall and quite slender, and when he looked at his appearance, he was unusually handsome.

Speaking of which, Yang Shen, Shen Rui, and Li Yanqing are all good-looking, especially Yang Shen, who can also be called a beautiful man, but compared to the young man in front of him, they are much inferior.

This young man looks no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, and his face is still childish, but when he opens his mouth, a poem is bold and quite atmospheric.

Everyone couldn't help but have a heart of love to make friends, several Sichuan people were thirty or forty years old, and Yang Shen was the youngest among them. A few people laughed and said: "The son has been promoted at a young age, it is really terrifying, I am old." ”

The Fujian people over there heard that their fellow villagers were praised, and they were also honored, and one of them said in a strong official dialect: "Bin Zhong is not a mortal, he can compose poetry at the age of five, and he won the show in the thirteenth year of Hongzhi in the eleventh year, and the twelfth is to lift people!" And it is the third place in the township test! If it weren't for the fact that his family didn't allow him to leave too early, he would have been a jinshi long ago. ”

Everyone couldn't help but sigh again, although there were the twelve Ganluo in ancient times, but in the end they were all ancients, and the teenagers around them were called prodigies, not to mention that this thirteen was a lifter, and he was the third in the township test!

Everyone couldn't help but say: "Sure enough, the young man is handsome, and my generation is not too many." Another humane: "Such a genius, not to mention the champion and the first in the next year, must be a first-class famous." ”

For a while, the people around should also get along and praise non-stop.

Counting his age, this one is also eighteen, not a teenager, but looking at his tender face, he can't help but be called a teenager.

At first, Bin Zhong bowed his hand again and again to show his humility, but when he heard someone mention Yijia, his face changed color slightly, and he was silent.

But there was another twenty-four-five-year-old young man beside him with a black face, and he didn't know what to say in Fujian.

The faces of all the Fujian people were a little unbearable, and they were quiet for a while.

The others didn't understand, but when they saw the young man's face was indignant, and the Fujian people didn't speak, they couldn't help but be curious. And the grumpy man thought that the young man was scolding, and he said angrily, telling them to make the words clearer.

The young man had a fire in his stomach, so he said loudly: "What do you say, I don't know how many Yannai in this department, how can I wait for my turn!" It's to learn how to be rich and five cars, how can you fight that one who has a good father! ”

Everyone was in an uproar for a while, and Na Binzhong pulled the sleeve of his fellow villager and whispered a few words in Fujian.

The young man instead shook off his hand, his voice was higher, and he said angrily: "Yang Shen, the disciple of the first assistant Li Dongyang and the son of Yang Tinghe, the second assistant Wang Hua's apprentice grandson and the son of the former criminal department Shangshu Shen Rui, the son of the pavilion elder Jiao Fang, the son of Liu Yu, the son of the military department Liu Yu, and the son of the Ministry of Industry Li Yanqing......"

He sneered and said loudly: "With these people here, where is there still a place for Sanding Jia?!" ”

Yang Shen exchanged glances with Shen Rui and Li Yanqing, and their expressions became serious.

Shen Rui had already staggered and whispered to Zhang Chenglin, the elder behind him, "Go check on these people." Zhang Chenglin took the order and went quietly.

A Fujian juzi with such a strong local accent would not have spent a lot of time in Beijing, and if he had only been in Beijing for a short time, how did he know that so many sons and nephews of the DPRK and Central Committee had participated in the examination?

And what did he think when he chose to say this at this time of the New Year's Festival when the children gathered in Xiyuan?

The possibility that this matter is aimed at the Shen family is almost zero, and the Shen family has nothing worth plotting against now, but after saying this in the Huanxi Sha Teahouse, he pointed out Shen Rui, and the Shen family has been involved.

Yang Shen thought about it for a while, then took a step forward and walked out, bowed his hand, and said, "This benevolent brother is invited, I wonder if Brother Tai can recognize those few ministers in your mouth, have you read their poems, books and articles?" ”

The young man was stunned, and then sneered: "No, so what? ”

He saw that Yang Shen was dressed ordinarily and did not look like a high-ranking official's son, so he mocked: "What, am I not right, or is it that Brother Ren has your sore spot?" Do you also have relatives who have benefited from them for high-ranking officials? Brother Ren, what do you have to say?! ”

Yang Shen said coldly: "You don't recognize them, and you haven't read their articles, how do you know that they don't learn and only rely on Zuyin?" I have always only heard of the family of poetry and hairpins, and I have never heard of any dynasty or generation that does not allow the children of eunuchs to enter the imperial examination. Before the test even started, you gave them a cheating hat! If Brother Ren thinks that it is fair for the children of official eunuchs and even as long as their relatives in the family are officials, they should not take the imperial examination, then after Brother Ren is named on the gold list, why don't he let his children and grandchildren stop studying, lest he be said to be because Brother Ren is an official as soon as he enters the imperial examination! ”

When everyone first heard the Fujian man say that there were so many court officials, they were in an uproar, and they all felt that there must be fraud.

The most concerned about the lifters present is the spring of the next year, although many people are fortunate to be nominated on the list, they have never thought about the three tripings, the children of high-ranking officials have nothing to do with them, and there are always more than 300 people in each subject, and how many children of high-ranking officials in Beijing are there, it can't affect them or anything.

But students are originally impulsive groups, and they are a lifelong event, as long as someone ignites the fire, it will naturally happen immediately.

However, after listening to Yang Shen's words at this time, most of them calmed down, and most of them, the elders of the family, were officials.

In such an era, it is too difficult to provide a scholar without a little family background, not to mention the bundle of Mr., that is, ordinary pen, ink, paper and inkstone is a large expense.

There are very few students from poor families in the real sense.

At this time, those who came to Xiyuan to play can also enter the teahouse to consume, nine out of ten are well-off, and such people are more or less always have relatives and friends who are officials.

Yang Shen said the last sentence of letting the descendants of Fujian Juzi High School Mo study, which also attracted the laughter of a group of "official eunuchs".

At first, some people stood on the side of the eunuchs, ridiculing the Fujian juzi, saying that they couldn't eat grapes, but that the grapes were sour, but that people were not right to grow grapes.

The Fujian Juzi was embarrassed for a moment, and said sharply: "Have you read their articles?" Do you know that their fame was not earned by their fathers and ancestors? Can you guarantee that they will not rely on their fathers and ancestors in their careers in the future? ”

Yang Shen's face sank, and he suddenly asked, "Brother Tai is a five-year-old who can poetry?" ”

The Fujian Juzi was stunned for a moment, then blushed and said loudly: "Although I can't, my cousin can." As he spoke, he pushed the young man beside him and said, "What are you doing?" If you are not convinced, you will compete for poetry! ”

Na Binzhong frowned and whispered, "Cousin! ”

The Fujian Juzi immediately stiffened his neck, "Bin Zhong, you are so good that you are writing poems to convince these people." Everyone is witnessing, if it is not you, if it is those old ministers and sons, it will be unfair! ”

Nabin Zhong was in a hurry and said, "How dare my cousin say anything!" There are many talents in the world, how can Sanding Jia be easily desirable? ! A few poems are nothing! ”

The Fujian Juzi sneered: "Was it young and frivolous to deal with the phrase 'old man in the official residence' when you tried it in the county?" If it is not Dingjia, how can he enter the cabinet one day? ”

This is a strong word, don't say that this Bin Zhong was only twelve years old in the year of the county test, just say that even the elders of the pavilion are not all born in Sandingjia.

Bin Zhong was just about to speak, but the people around him had already coaxed, "What a great ambition, twelve will already have the heart of the face!" "What a twelve-year elder, let's fight quickly, and let's take a look at the demeanor of the five-year-old young pavilion elder who can poetry!"

Everyone coaxed together like this, and that Bin Zhong couldn't help but feel angry, in the end, he was a young man, and he had always been sought after in his hometown because he was a prodigy, when he was so angry, he didn't say much at the moment, he straightened his clothes, took a step forward, saluted Yang Shen, and said, "Brother Tai, please." ”

Yang Shen nodded and said, "Since it is Yongxue today, I will still use this topic as a rhyme." Yu Fang only occasionally got a song of 17 orders, and he was ugly first. ”

He cleared his throat, and when he saw that his surroundings were gradually quieting down, Fang recited:

"Snow.

Clear, clear.

Flying jade dust, Buqiong crumbs.

The clouds are the same, and the rock wind is goodbye.

The deep mountains are sealed, and the fishing boats in the far water are extinct.

The south branch suddenly reported the plum blossom, and the north door was shocked.

Ten thousand trees have flowers and spring is not red, and there is no moon for nine days and white nights. ”

Everyone held their breath for a while, and suddenly someone shouted hello in the middle of the night, and for a while the applause was thunderous and cheering.

The 17th Order originated from Bai Juyi, but it is not difficult to say that it is difficult, but it is exquisite and ingenious. Bai Juyi's "One Seven Orders of Poems" and Yuan Zhen's "One Seven Orders of Tea" are both excellent works.

Na Binzhong was stunned for a moment, his brows tightened and he began to think.

That Fujian lifter can neither be lifted nor a straw bag, as soon as he hears it, he knows that the other party's talent is not inferior to his cousin, goodbye cousin's appearance, his heart is not good, he is afraid that his cousin will lose, just to make up two sentences, thinking that he will find the field if he does not win.

saw a middle-aged man walk out of the private room over there, shook his hand, and unfolded a long scroll with a young man next to him.

On it is the snow scene of the West Garden, the painting is very simple, but only a few brushstrokes, but it is extremely expressive.

What makes people even more unable to take their eyes off is a pair of wild grass on the right side of the painting, which is written by Yang Shen's seven orders, but seeing that the pen is bold and indulgent, strong and unrestrained, the style is majestic, and varied, which is really a rare masterpiece.

There are really not a few good Hanmo Danqing in the audience, and when they saw it, they couldn't help but applaud loudly, and some people came over to appreciate it carefully.

Someone saw a small chapter engraved with the word "Xizhe", and the man recited it silently twice, and suddenly exclaimed: "Isn't it Zhu Zhishan?!" ”

Zhu Yunming called himself "Zhishan" because of his six fingers, and most of the books written in the early years of Hongzhi were small seals of Zhishan, or eighteen years after Hongzhi, and only used "Xizhe" seals. At this time, although he was not the Zhishan Laoqiao who was famous all over the world in cursive in later generations, he was already quite famous.

In particular, the name of the four talents of Wuzhong has been called.

Two middle-aged people, one tall and one short, walked out of the private room, one was nearly half a hundred years old, with gray hair, saluted to the surroundings, and said loudly: "I wish Yunming in the Zhishan of Lower Cheung Chau." ”

The other person smiled and arched his hand: "Shen in Xiahua Pavilion." ”

In fact, these two people are not flamboyant personalities, but in today's situation, if they don't refute each other and don't have half a chance, the impact will inevitably be very bad.

Therefore, the two quickly discussed countermeasures after Yang Shen stood up, and the painting was originally painted by Shen earlier today, and Zhu Yunming wrote Yang Shen's poem on it.

Although Shen's reputation is far less loud than Zhu Yunming, there is also a number one in the Susong territory, and many people from Nanzhili, Suzhou and Hangzhou have come to greet the two, and some people praise the good calligraphy.

Seeing this, Na Binzhong shook his head helplessly, not only could he think of verses that could beat the other party, but he couldn't compare with the scene, so he smiled and said: "I am only shallow in the next year, and I am willing to bow to the ......."

The Fujian Juzi was still not convinced, and deliberately said coldly: "But one person can't compare, do you want a helper to compare calligraphy and painting?" ”

Zhu Yunming smiled and said lightly: "I am not talented, and I am also a candidate for Chunqiu." In the next grandfather, Tianshun Dynasty, Zeng Guan went to Shanxi to participate in politics. ”

Shen even said loudly: "I am also a candidate for the Spring Festival, and I am a bachelor for the Hanlin Servant in the Yongle Dynasty, the ancestor of the Lower Ancestor." ”

The Fujian Juzi was stunned for a moment, not wanting the two of them to block him here, and couldn't help but blush on his face.

And Yang Shen stepped forward slowly and arched his hand: "Under Yang Shen, my father is currently a scholar of Zhan Shi Mansion and Hanlin. ”

The Fujian Juzi subconsciously exclaimed, "You are Yang Shen?" Yang Zhanshi's son? ”

Yang Shen said lightly: "Brother Tai still thinks that the children of the official eunuchs have gained fame by relying on their ancestors? ”

The Fujian Juzi couldn't help but be extremely embarrassed and speechless.

The people around them didn't care about that, they all laughed.

That Bin Zhong took a step forward, took a deep look, and said: "Brother Yang is talented, Bin Zhong is ashamed of himself, my brother misbelieved people's words for a while, Bin Zhong apologized to your brothers, and asked you to ......."

Yang Shen didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then stretched out his hand to help him, and said lightly: "Brother Bin Zhong is talented, and the furrow in his chest can be seen in the snow foot of a song." It is better to be cautious, so I have to take advantage of the seventeen orders to justify my name. ”

Nabin Zhong became more and more ashamed, and only his face was flushed, but his cousin was dejected, and was extremely reluctant to come and salute.

The people around were noisy, Shen Rui glanced at Li Yanqing, and asked with a smile: "Why doesn't Zi Che show his hand." ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "I can't do poetry, calligraphy and painting, the only thing I'm good at...... Well, I don't have to make a drawing. ”

Shen Rui laughed and said, "That's better than me, but I'm really not good at it." But it's good that ......."

He didn't finish speaking, shook his clothes, stood up, inserted himself between the eldest brother and Na Binzhong, and said with a smile: "In Xia Shen Rui, my father was the secretary of the criminal department, what is the name of my brother?" ”

Na Binzhong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned around to look at his cousin, and the Fujian Juzi's eyes were even more wide-eyed.

Li Yanqing also stood up at this time and said: "Under Li Yanqing, my father is currently the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. ”

That Fujian Juzi also blushed like Bin Zhong, he was chewing his tongue behind his back and saying bad things about people, but he didn't expect that the parties were on the scene one or two, and he was really ashamed.

Shen Rui smiled when he saw this, and first said in a low voice: "Brother Bin Zhong met his brother, if he met Rui, he would have won." Rui doesn't have such a poetic talent, but he is ......"

He coughed and said loudly, "It turned out to be a misunderstanding." Today, everyone meets here is fate, and the New Year's Festival, but also should be celebrated, Rui Bucai, it is the owner of this Huanxi Sha Tea House, today in the next host, please enjoy the face in Huanxi Sha tea and watch the snow. There is no wine in the teahouse, Rui only replaces wine with tea, respects all brothers, after he releases the list every day, we will still gather here to recount the friendship of the same year, okay? ”

The crowd heard his words decently, which not only exempted everyone from spending, but also made everyone decent, and that sentence in the same year was to wish everyone the title of the gold list, which made people feel ironed, and everyone was happy and loud.

Xiao Er of the Tea Doctor Shop shuttled through various private rooms, changed hot tea and fresh snacks, and watched the lively lifters return to their private rooms one after another to enjoy the refreshments, and the atmosphere in the tea house became warm again, and the embarrassment of Fang Cai was swept away.

Li Yanqing looked around with a smile, and whispered to Shen Rui: "Brother-in-law, this is not just a little better, I can't chase the horse." ”

Shen Rui smiled and said, "What else ......?"

As he spoke, the opposite Bin Zhong and his cousin and the Fujian gentlemen who were traveling with him had already approached and said, "Dai Dabin in Xiaputian, this is Lin Fuyu, and this is Xu Naiyi ...... Anxi."

They all saluted each other.

Lin Fuyu, the Fujian lifter, said stubbornly: "It's really reckless, I heard two sentences of instigation in the guild hall......"

Shen Rui put away his smile and said solemnly: "Although Brother Lin has listened to the gossip of others, there is a sentence that is also true, how can I know how much knowledge he has if I haven't read people's articles." ”

Lin Fuyu was stunned for a moment, a little unable to answer, he had heard Shen Rui speak smoothly and decently before, and he was here to relieve himself, but at this moment, this sentence ...... Why does it sound like a reversal......

Shen Rui said: "I want to come to you after you have succeeded in your career, there are also bookstores to contact you for Mobao articles, right?" ”

Everyone nodded suddenly.

At this time, the best books to sell were not the miscellaneous books that later generations thought, but the art and literature of these scholars.

Some states and counties will post all the articles on the list after the autumn season, and some will not. Needless to say, in this era without copyright, a small workshop can hire someone to copy the text for a few copper plates, and reprint a set to sell it for money.

If it has not been posted, the more particular booksellers will spend some silver taels as the money to polish the pen, and ask the old men to silently write out the articles on the autumn scroll. The small workshop that is not particular about it is waiting for the new book to come out, buy a copy and go back to reprint it......

Many of the people present have received such polishing materials, and they are no strangers to this.

Shen Rui said with a smile: "There also happens to be a bookstore in the next house. ”

As he spoke, he looked around, and everyone's eyes followed him, and there were many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls and on the doors of the private rooms.

These people had already asked when they entered the store, knowing that it was left by the customers in the store, and they also knew that there was a lot of money to polish the pen.

At this time, they all understood what Shen Rui meant, so someone nodded and said, "It would be an honor for us to be able to publish the article all over the world." And knowing each other's knowledge, no one will believe it if there is a villain instigating it. ”

Many of the doors of the private rooms were never closed, and all the people inside listened to the movement outside, and many of them responded with their voices.

Writing books and biographies was the highest pursuit of literati at this time, but not everyone could write books, and even if they could be written, it would be a large expense to publish them.

Then settle for the next best thing, and include a few of your own articles in the collection of essays at such a time, especially this kind of collection that also includes articles by other celebrities, and you will be considered famous.

When many people looked at Zhu Yunming, Shen, Yang Shen, Dai Dabin and other people from junior high school, their eyes couldn't help but become eager.

Shen Rui saw that the time was ripe, so he smiled and said: "If you are interested, you can send the Qiuyu article to Huanxi Sha next to the Hanlin Academy, leave your name and address, and the store will give you the money to moisten the pen, and after it is printed, it will also present ten sample books." ”

Everyone responded one after another.

When he returned to the private room after the entertainment, Yang Shencai thanked Zhu Yunming and Shen, and said to Shen Rui: "There are many strange things today. ”

Shen Run also said with a dark face: "I don't know what kind of villain is behind the scenes, but we heard it today, and the rumors spread before and after this year, and I don't know what the situation will be." ”

Shen Rui hurriedly said: "Third uncle, don't worry, eldest brother, I have sent someone down to inquire, and I will also arrange for someone to spread today's words, go to various guild halls to ask for the autumn season with great fanfare, and then hang this poem and painting in Huanxi Sha, when the time comes, even if someone wants to use the topic to play, they will not be able to make waves." ”

Shen Run's face turned slightly pale, and he said, "It's so good." ”

Yang Shen also nodded, and couldn't help frowning: "Although it seems to be above board to solve it like this, but ...... Do you really want to print those many contemporary texts? ”

Shen Rui nodded and said, "Originally, my Qingzhen Bookstore was just a small fight, but in fact, I originally wanted to publish books for the second and third uncles as a pastime. Now I think that if we take this opportunity to make a name for ourselves, when everyone knows the name of 'Green Seal', the Green Seal will be famous when it is printed and published. ”

He took this opportunity to expand his influence, which was very beneficial for him to promote agricultural books and even technical books such as "Heavenly Creations".

Yang Shen thought about it for a while, and knew that it was a good thing, so he didn't ask anymore.

However, Li Yanqing listened to it for a long time, and finally praised Shen Rui and said: "Brother-in-law, this is not only 'a little better', Ziche really admires such a backhand." ”

Shen Rui looked at Li Yanqing and said with a smile: "Zi Che just said that he is good at drawing machine pictures? Some time ago, I was afraid of disturbing you to study hard, so I never told you, but now I will ask, are you willing to write a book about machine and engineering? ”

In this year's festival, the hottest event in the literati circle in the capital is the time when the Qingzhen Bookstore asks the students for the autumn festival with real money.

is not only the text of the autumn squirt, but also the text of the spring puff.

Generally, after the exam, they will write down their essays, and the source of the articles is not a problem. The problem is that these articles were bought first, and after the list was released, if the name fell to Sun Shan, then the articles naturally did not need to be published.

And the money that had been put into it was lost.

However, the Qingzhen study is particularly wealthy, and he doesn't care about these at all.

In this way, word of mouth spread, and soon Qingzhen had a certain reputation.

After the grand lantern festival fireworks display in the West Garden of the Shangyuan Festival, there were also some directors and staff members in the Ministry of Industry who were "invited" by the Qing Seal, mostly on engineering and construction topics.

As a result, Qingzhen Bookstore has become more and more famous in Beijing.

Shen Rui didn't participate in these things, he planned a general direction, and handed over the matter to the bookstore shopkeeper, and at the same time asked Shen Qin and Shen Bao to pay more attention, while he closed the door and studied hard, preparing to sprint to the spring.

As for the conflict that happened that day in the Xiyuan Huanxi Sha Teahouse, Zhang Chenglin inquired about it because someone spread the rumor in the Fujian Hall, and although Dai Dabin was not Fujian Xie Yuan, he was a rare prodigy, and he had always been optimistic that he could win the first class, so that rumor made the Fujian lifters unhappy.

Shen Rui sent a letter to Liu Zhong and Zhang Hui, asking them to help them check and pay attention to the movements of the DPRK and China.

As a result, both of them replied that he didn't have to worry about this matter anymore, and Jiao Ge Lao had his own hand in this matter.

The sons of the others are all really talented and learned, and they are not afraid of such rumors, but his old son Jiao Huangzhong is really a little worse, and it is difficult to be on the list, and his old man has now entered the cabinet, how can he be willing to let his son fall into the first place? ! At this time, Jiao Fang was so angry that she jumped to her feet, but she still wanted to think about smoothing out this matter before the exam.

Shen Rui completely put his mind at ease, didn't care about anything at all, just studied steadily.

On the sixth day of the second month, the palace issued a decree ordering the young master and the prince and the prince to be the scholar of the Wuyingdian University, and the scholar of the Ministry of Ministers and the scholar of the Hanlin Academy, Liang Chu, as the examiner of the examination.

On the ninth day of February in the third year of Zhengde, the Wuchen Branch Examination began. The examination will be held in three sessions, one on three days, the first on the 9th of the first month, the second on the 12th, and the third on the 15th.

On February 24, 350 people were selected for the meeting.

After the big exam, the movers who rushed to the exam were relaxed, although there was still a palace exam behind, basically they would not be dethroned again, except for the three tripod lifters who were still working hard, most of them began to socialize and make friends.

At this time, officialdom pays the most attention to "fellow villagers" and "same year", supporting each other and supporting each other.

At this time, most of the socials were made in the same year.

At this time, no one knows whether they are in the middle or not, so they can communicate more, if both of them are hit, they just want to be a helper to each other and help each other; If you don't win, and someone else does, you just have to take a good stutter, and you can ask for help in the future.

Of course, if you are hit by others and don't win, it won't be a loss, and no one has a front and back eye, who knows what will happen in the future, it's always right to have more good karma.

Everyone is in this state of mind, and for a while, the Beijing restaurants and teahouses are all full.

On February 26, the weather was excellent, the sun was shining brightly, and there were no clouds.

The lifters were still running among the various halls and wine shops in Sijiu City, pushing glasses and changing lamps, socializing, and socializing, only to see smoke coming from a distant place.

On this day, there was no wind, and the black smoke rose straight into the air, like a wolf smoke, which did not disperse for a long time, and was particularly conspicuous in the blue sky.

Half of the people in the capital saw it.

"It's on fire!" "Hurry up and put out the fire!" The screams came and went.

The streets were in a mess.

At this time, the houses were still made of wood, and the people on the street were afraid of affecting their homes, so they went home in a panic to prepare a basin and bucket.

The restaurant teahouse was also afraid of being affected, and if the guests were killed or injured, they couldn't afford to pay for the burning of the store, so they immediately began to discuss from table to table and invite the guests out.

Many of the gatherings were interrupted.

But when they heard that there was a fire in a place, they were afraid of burning themselves, and no one borrowed alcohol to play crazy and didn't leave.

Many people stood on the street, holding pergolas to shield themselves from the harsh sun, looking at the black smoke and asking each other, where was the fire? Mainly, can you go back to the guild hall?

I don't know who it is, so I suddenly shouted: "It seems to be the direction of the Gongyuan!" ”

There was a dead silence in the street for a moment, and the lifters stopped talking, and looked over their necks stiffly, trying to see through the unfamiliar houses around them to see what was on fire.

“…… Yes, it's Gongwon......"

Someone responded, the capital in February is actually not so cold, and today is a sunny day, but the man still seems to be frozen, his teeth are fighting badly, and he can't speak.

"Is it the ...... of the Tribute Temple" "Is it the Tribute Temple?!" "Oh my God, how could it be Gongyuan?!"

In an instant, the voices came back, but they were all screams of terror, and panic filled the street.

Many people shouted like crazy, and everyone desperately wanted to know how it was done, how the Gongyuan could catch fire.

The point is that the fire in the Gongyuan will affect the results of this examination!

Because this is not the first time that Gongin has caught fire since Ariake.

The most tragic one was the Gongyuan fire in the seventh year of Tianshun, which burned more than 90 people and destroyed countless test papers. In the end, he was forced to hold another examination in August of the same year.

This time...... The examination has ended, and there will be no casualties.

This time...... If you still ruin the test paper, will you retake the test, or ...... Directly counted?!

There was a complete chaos on the streets, and the lifters ran wildly, but not to escape from the fire scene, on the contrary, many people ran towards the burning Gongyuan.

They are desperate to know the outcome.

However, no one told them the answer.

On February 29, Liu Jifang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, reported that after the examination was completed on the 26th, because the supervisors were transferred to the court room to wait for His Majesty, they left behind the Zhu Mo test papers and candidates' files in the public court, and some of them were burned by fire. Please take care of the officers and go to the law department to deal with them.

The small hall on the east side of the Qianqing Palace, the Hongde Palace

Li Dongyang, Wang Hua, Jiao Fang, Wang Wei, Yang Tinghe, Tu Yuan, the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Liu Yu, the secretary of the military department, Liang Chu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Gu Zuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Wang Jianzhi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Li the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Wang Chang, the envoy of the General Political Department, were all present.

These people are also the officials who have just been promulgated for a short time.

Originally, Li Dongyang, Wang Hua, Jiao Fang, Yang Tinghe, Liu Yu, and Li all resigned as their children in undergraduates.

The little emperor did not allow it, saying that there are too many of you, and if you resign, the number of officials in the court examination will not be able to make up. He also said: "I already knew about the turmoil before, it was all rumors, and all the children of the Qing were full of poetry and books, and I believe that the Qing would be impartial." ”

The people repeatedly asked for their resignation and were not allowed, so they had to stay in office.

At this moment, everyone stood on the temple, and their faces were darker than the charred tribute courtyard.

"Fortunately, no one was killed." Brother Shou was not too nervous, knocked on the dragon chair with his hand, and said, "The guards and officials have sent an edict to prison, let Jinyiwei ask how this fire started." ”

The corners of his mouth pulled out an arc, "This twenty-six is not burned clean, and twenty-seven is again, this is a grudge against the meeting." ”

Hearing this, all the courtiers were a little unable to hang up, and they all bowed down and said that the ministers were panicked.

Brother Shou smacked his lips and said, "The disposal of the burned test papers?" ”

Liu Ji's thick court clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and he would never have dreamed that he could do such a thing.

He gritted his back molars and said: "The orthodox three-year Shuntianfu Township Examination, and the Tianshun seven-year examination are all in Gongyuan, both of which are in the Gongyuan, and they all encounter fires. ”

Before the little emperor could speak, Liu Jin, who was standing next to him, had already said coldly: "Lord Liu, you should know how much it costs for the imperial court to hold a talent ceremony. ”

Liu Ji didn't raise his head, and said: "Since it is a talent ceremony, it is worth it." ”

Liu Jin snorted coldly and said: "It's really in response to that saying, if you don't know the price of firewood and rice, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, but you are worth it." Let's not talk about the cost, just say that if the retake is in August, many people will be stranded in the capital in the past six months, full of resentment, and they are afraid that something will happen. ”

Liu Ji frowned and said: "These are people who are full of poetry and books, not exiles who are not obedient to education, and they know that the imperial court cherishes talents before they will retake the exam, how can something happen?" ”

Jiao Fang suddenly came out of the queue and interrupted the conversation between the two, because he asked, "I don't know how many test papers have been ruined, but there is a fixed number?" Where? ”

Liu Ji sighed: "More than 100, it's the southern volume." ”

Everyone present looked stunned.

Just a few days ago, the cabinet agreed to increase the amount of relief from various places played by Zhao Duo in the matter, and the amount that was originally divided into the north and south of the middle volume was equally shared, and the Sichuan solution in the middle volume was added to the south volume, and the rest was merged into the north volume, so far only the north and south volumes were divided.

The officials set up by the palace are from the south and from the north, and who doesn't want their hometown to have more jinshi to help.

Jiao Fang seemed to be silent for a moment, and Fang said: "The destruction is not much, for the sake of more than 100 volumes, it is really inappropriate to leave more than 1,000 people to retake the exam." If the test paper is damaged, it will be regarded as invalid and will be judged as a failure. There are many talents in the south, more than 100 volumes, and the impact is not great. ”

Liu Jin said at the right time: "To tell the truth, real gold is not afraid of fire refining, although the southerners are landing this time, if they have enough knowledge, they will also be successful in the next subject in three years." ”

Jiao Fang is from Henan, and Liu Jin is from Shaanxi. These two northerners made a big fuss here, and most of the southerners present looked at each other angrily.

Brother Shou didn't seem to care, glanced at Wang Wei and Liang Chu, and asked, "What do the two examiners say?" ”

Although Wang Wei was born in the Ministry of Officials and had a good relationship with Jiao Fang, he was a native of Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture. Liang Chu is a native of Shunde, Guangdong. Both are authentic southerners.

On the theory, the old Wang Wei of the Pavilion replied first, but Prince Liang took a step forward first, and said: "Your Majesty, after the ministers and the king read the papers, they think that Yang Shen's outstanding literary talents can be Huiyuan, Dai Dabin in Putian, Fujian is the second, and Shen Rui is the third, however, the examination papers of these three people are all burned. ”

Wang Wei was silent, and only nodded in acquiescence.

Everyone's eyes then fell on Yang Tinghe, one of his sons and the other of his sons-in-law, if they retake the exam, they will be fine, if they are invalid......

Liang Chu threw this sentence out, and he was going to force him to retake the exam.

Jiao Fang's face was also difficult to look at, and he looked at Liu Jin quickly. Anyway, his son's roll paper didn't burn.

Liu Jin's eyes narrowed, and he squeezed out a smile, but he didn't smile at all, because he asked Yang Tinghe: "What does Lord Yang think about this?" ”

Yang Tinghe's face was expressionless, and he said, "Obey the emperor's holy judgment." ”

Liu Jin laughed dryly, retracted his gaze, and said, "Lord Yang has always been loyal and patriotic. ”

Li Dongyang was very angry when he heard it, but because Yang Shen was his disciple, he should avoid suspicion, and it was not easy to come out and say anything, and Wang Hua, Liu Yu, and Li couldn't come out to speak as far as he could see, so his eyes fell on Wang Chang, the general political envoy.

Before Wang Chang could speak, Brother Shou suddenly opened his mouth again.

Brother Shou touched his chin just now, as if he was wandering out of the world, and he didn't pay attention to the conversation of everyone in the hall at all, but then he suddenly came back to his senses, smiled, and looked at Wang Liang Chu again, and said, "I heard that the two examiners have the ability to never forget?" ”

Everyone was stunned.

What the emperor meant, didn't he want the two examiners to be silent about the exam papers? !

The little emperor has always been a strange elf, and if he asks this question, everyone will not be too surprised. There are only two adults who suffer, it is more than 100 exam papers, and it has only been sentenced for a few days, and it is not that they are all silent, but that they are immortal spells!

Liang Chu didn't expect the little emperor not to play cards according to the routine, he choked for a while, and wanted to say that he couldn't, but he was afraid that the little emperor would borrow the donkey from the slope and say, "Since you can't, then it's invalid". If you can...... He really can't do it.

While hesitating, he heard Wang Wei say: "Minister...... Give it a try. ”

Hey, if someone else enters the cabinet, this brain is the spirit.

Liang Chu slandered in his heart, and said something that he could give it a try.

Liu Jin also added fuel and vinegar on the side and said: "Long live, the two adults are old, and they should not be overworked, and they are afraid that they will be exhausted by the more than 100 exam papers." ”

Jiao Fang also said below: "Your Majesty, although the ministers believe in the character and ability of the two adults, but in the end, it is a great ceremony of talent, and there is no room for mistakes. ”

Brother Shou's eyes skimmed over everyone's faces, taking in everything, and suddenly burst into a smile, "It's not that you are asked to silently write out all the papers, but I know where there is tacit goodness, since you have never forgotten it, can you pick it out and be consistent with the exam papers?" ”

At this moment, Liang Chu's brain suddenly became extremely bright, and he immediately said: "The minister can do it!" ”

Wang Wei slowed down for half a beat, but still said, "The minister tried hard." ”

Jiao Fang secretly screamed in her heart, but Liu Jin didn't know what was going on, so she couldn't help but be very surprised, opened her mouth in a gaffe, and didn't close it for a long time.

Hearing Brother Shou said: "Wear brocade clothes and go to the Qingzhen Bookstore, and bring all the test articles he received into the palace." If the two examiners have no objection to it, they will seal the file and announce the jinshi according to the examiner's original ranking. ”

Jiao Fangyou did not give up, and said: "In case there is any omission, there is a discrepancy with the original manuscript...... But the stakes are very high, and the emperor should think twice. ”

Brother Shou waved his hand impatiently and said, "I've thought about it twice, if it's much worse and it's polished, can't the two examiners see it?" If it's just a small omission, it won't hinder the taking. ”

Jiao Fang said again: "If there is a person who has not handed over the text to the bookstore, and the examination papers have been burned, wouldn't it be unfair......

Brother Shou pouted and said, "Isn't it the southern volume that was destroyed." This bookstore is the bookstore of the southerners, and the southerners will sell it to the bookstore for face, and sell it to the bookstore. If someone doesn't give face......"

He rolled his eyes, "Who is the blame?" Count him out of luck! ”