The corner door opened quickly, and Zhang Jingrui walked in leisurely and looked at a few small people.

"Is my dad home?"

The little guy hurriedly shook his head, with doubts on his face, today is the day to watch the list, didn't the young master go to see the list?

Why did you come back so quickly, and with this expression on your face, you didn't hit it again, and you instantly cheered up one hundred and twenty points.

"The master hasn't come back yet."

Zhang Jingrui waved his hand, "Okay, don't talk nonsense, you go and ask my father to come back, you have to delay for a quarter of an hour to come back and break your leg!" Find another person to go to the gate of the Gongyuan and find Zhang Huaping, this kid is separated from me, I don't know where he is! ”

As soon as he heard the order, several people quickly moved, and Zhang Jingrui walked directly to the back without saying anything.

Anyway, all the little guys didn't dare to come out, after all, today is such a special day, and the two little guys who were ordered to run away.

After Zhang Jingrui returned to the room, he changed into a brand new shirt, and the cloth towel hanging on his arm was also changed to the same color, looking in the mirror and feeling that there was nothing missing, there was a shout at the door.

"Childe, Childe! The lord has returned home, and I will tell you to go to the front yard to reply! ”

Zhang Jingrui hummed a small song, shook his arms, strode towards the front hall, crossed the threshold, Zhang Zhongtang looked up at him, sighed slightly and waved his hand at Zhang Jingrui.

"Come, come to your father, you have an injury on your hand, and you can take the test with an injury, which has made you proud of your father, just work hard, after all, you are still young, and it is okay to fight again in three years."

Zhang Jingrui instantly understood that his father felt that he had not passed the exam, and he was a little dumb for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

But it seems to be noisy outside, and I don't know what's going on.

"No, father......"

At this moment, the little guy who had just gone to deliver the message ran in and rushed to Zhang Jumian in a panic.

"Master, it's a big deal!"

Zhang Jumian frowned, with anger on his face, when did everyone in the family be so rude?

"What's the matter, say it slowly!"

The little guy was startled and hurriedly said:

"The people from the old man's mansion came over, beating gongs and drums in front of the door, saying that it was good news!"

Zhang Jumian was stunned, stood up with wide eyes, and hurriedly looked at Zhang Jingrui.

"You went to the Tribute Academy early in the morning, but you saw the list?"

Zhang Jingrui nodded, his face lost the initial excitement, why didn't his father have the posture of a master at all, I heard that the excitement of the good news was a little too much!

"Look, Shizun Zhongyuan Uncle went with me, and Xue Mingyu, I am a first-class Tanhua, Xue Mingyu is better than me, he is the champion!"

Zhang Jumian rushed to Zhang Jingrui excitedly, grabbed his son, tears flowed down uncontrollably, and after groping for a long time, he held back a word.

"Good, good, good!"

The little guy was in a hurry, and the gongs and drums in front of the door were still beating.

"Master, the person at the door is still there, how do you reply?"

Zhang Jumian hurriedly waved his hand and pulled Zhang Jingrui's hand and came out directly.

Sure enough, the gongs and drums in front of the gate were still ringing, and Zhang Jumian couldn't close his mouth with a smile, so he hurriedly stepped forward.

"You've done a great job!"

The man who looked like a leader, as soon as he raised his hand, the sound of gongs and drums stopped temporarily, and he hurriedly bowed his hand and sent the good news to Zhang Jumian.

"Congratulations to Zhang Zhongtang, your son Zhang Jingrui is a first-class Tanhualang in high school, congratulations!"

Zhang Jumian took the good news and hurriedly waved his hand to the person who looked like a housekeeper.

"Reward quickly, rejoice and rejoice!"

When those people got the money, they smiled from ear to ear, and hurriedly saluted Zhang Jumian.

"The little ones don't bother much, and they have to go to the Zhongyuan Bofu to report the good news, one step ahead!"

Saying that, the hula people walked out, the sound of gongs and drums sounded again, and they did walk in the direction of Zhou Heng's mansion, Zhang Jumian took the good news and looked at it left and right, and handed it to the housekeeper.

"Hurry up and hang the good news in the ancestral hall and show it to the ancestors of the Zhang family, such a happy event should be celebrated."

Zhang Jingrui was not in a hurry, looked left and right at the scholar who found him, and waved his hand at him.

"You kid still want to come back?"

The scholar's face collapsed, "The son is lost, the slave and maid have to look for it!" ”

Zhang Jingrui grabbed the scholar and approached him, and asked mysteriously:

"Have you seen whether Zhu Xiaochang is on the list?"

The little scholar grew up with Zhang Jingrui, and his mind was naturally very clear, the list of the imperial examinations, the most concerned was Gongzi and Xue Mingyu, followed by this Zhu Xiaochang, and nodded quickly.

"The little boy carefully looked at it three times from front to back, but he didn't find Zhu Xiaochang's name!"

Zhang Jingrui was stunned, his eyes widened, and he grabbed the scholar's arm and got closer.

"Are you sure?"

The scholar nodded, and before he could continue, Zhang Jumian was already there urging.

"Jingrui, what are you still doing, hurry up and prepare a gift for your father, and then go to Zhongyuan Bo's mansion, thank you is a must."

When Zhang Jingrui heard this, he hurried to his father and said with a smile:

"Father, did you agree with me to recognize Uncle Zhou as a teacher?"

Zhang Jumian glanced at him, but the smile on his face still couldn't be hidden.

"Bastard, when did you disagree, by the way, you changed your words today?"

Zhang Jingrui nodded and described the situation in front of the Gongyuan, of course, he didn't let go of Zhu Xiaochang's surprised look, and said it vividly.

Zhang Ju paused, frowning slightly and looking at Zhang Jingrui.

"Zhu Xiaochang? By the way, can you see if he is in high school this time, is he a second or a third grade? ”

Zhang Jingrui raised his chin and waved his hand at the little scholar.

"I was in a hurry to come back just now, and the master asked me to go home and wait for the good news, leaving the scholar behind, he carefully read it three times from front to back, and said that Zhu Xiaochang was not on the list at all this time."

Zhang Ju was stunned, this result really surprised him, but after thinking about it, he nodded indifferently, waved his hand at Zhang Jingrui, and said while walking towards the hall.

"This time, the chief examiner is Chen Wenyao, a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, because of his father, in order to avoid suspicion, he has not spoken to him for a while, but I heard that Chen Wenyao was summoned by His Majesty early in the morning of the policy discussion, so the topic of the policy discussion was directly changed by His Majesty."

Zhang Jingrui sighed, smash it, smash it.

"What I said, the original prepared strategy was not used, but what I saw and heard in Beishan and Tongzhou came in handy."

Zhang Jumian never dared to ask Zhang Jingrui, after all, if they were asked to answer such a factual policy, they might not be able to get the Sacred Heart, let alone his own son, what virtues he usually had were naturally clear.

"Okay, there is no need to mention Zhu Xiaochang's dismissal, follow me to Uncle Zhou's mansion to thank the teacher."

Zhang Jingrui smiled, kept up with Zhang Jumian's pace, prepared things, and the two came directly to the Earl's Palace.

When I came over, I found that the front of the Earl's Court was still very lively, and there were many children shouting around the front of the Earl's Court.

Someone was handing out candy, which was a rarity, and the adults kept saying congratulatory words, and the children were laughing happily.

Zhou Heng stood in front of the door, and when he saw Zhang Ju encouraging them to get out of the car, he quickly greeted them with a smile.

"Why did Zhang Zhongtang come here, please come inside!"

The two followed Zhou Heng into the main hall, and the little guy holding the gift behind him, put down the things, and quickly withdrew, the tea was served, Xue Mingyu also came to the hall when he heard the news, and sat down with Zhang Jingrui.

It's a good thing to be able to get closer to Zhuang Yuanlang, especially with such a master, and it won't lose face.

"I came here today to thank Uncle Zhou for his teaching to the dogs, and our father and son personally brought the thank you ceremony."

Zhou Heng waved his hand with a smile on his face.

"Zhang Zhongtang is polite, these are not a big deal, you care too much, Jingrui is a person with his own observation and judgment ability, but he needs to be calm in adversity."

Zhang Jumian nodded, don't say Zhou Heng's words, it did get to the point, Zhang Jingrui just did everything too smoothly, but the palace test three years ago really made him seriously frustrated.

"Although the old man is also known as a scholar, he knows what it means to educate talents after reading Uncle Zhou's teaching methods."

Zhou Heng smiled, his teaching to Zhang Jingrui is more like a refinement in exam-oriented education, but the training for the imperial examination is still different from the real education, but the old man seems to be more interested in whether to participate in the imperial examination, and what is the ranking, this is a matter of the glorious lintel.

"Actually, I didn't do anything, just to let him know how to cater to the exam, but the real way to be an official, this is what he needs to feel and explore, after all, I am not an official."

Zhang Jumian waved his hand, sighed and said earnestly:

"Liu Renli's qualifications back then can only be said to be mediocre, he has served in Qingping County for many years, and his political performance has not improved, so it can only be said that there is no mistake.

But as far as I know, you helped him deal with the plague, treat the victims, carry out isolation and prevention and control, and control the epidemic to an almost perfect situation, only dozens of people died, and then went to Tongzhou, but also built water conservancy, carried out planting, and now has to start learning, this step-by-step measure really makes the old man admire.

The old man also knows that this is not exactly his idea, but Liu Renli's advantage is here, he will definitely stick to what he recognizes, and he will be more stubborn, so I know that the person who really helped him get to this point is you. ”

Zhou Heng smiled and didn't refute, it was useless to say anything at this time, it was more like showing off, Zhou Heng looked up at Zhang Jumian, patted his leg and said.

"Since Zhang Zhongtang talked about Xingxue, let's talk about the content of Xingxue......"

The sky was dark, Zhang Jingrui patted his stomach after nibbling on the last piece of melon, and looked at Xue Mingyu.

"My dad hasn't finished talking yet?"

Xue Mingyu glanced at the main hall and shook his head slightly.

"It seems that I had a good conversation with Childe, and it's not good for us to disturb in the past."

Zhang Jingrui patted it, but his hands were still wet.

"It's Childe again, you can't change your mouth!"

Xue Mingyu smiled awkwardly, scratched his head and said:

"I'm not used to it, but do you know what the master said about the new learning?"

Zhang Jingrui shook his head and nodded, leaning closer.

"When I was in Tongzhou Mansion, I heard that there was a royal academy to be built, and then many disciplines that were not available before, such as arithmetic, statistics, medicine, and many technical courses, all of which were professional disciplines for all walks of life."

Xue Mingyu nodded, as if he understood.

"Tongzhou wants to build roads, but also to lead businessmen from all over the country to build workshops, these people are still in short supply, Shizun means, do not want all scholars to be just for the imperial examination, after all, there are many people who participate in the imperial examination, but there are very few people who are really officials.

Some people even spend their whole lives on the road to the imperial examination, and even with regrets, let their sons and grandsons fulfill their wishes, and no one thinks about it, there are actually other uses for studying, and the idea of the master is always so simple and unpretentious, but it is admirable. ”

Zhang Jingrui stood beside Xue Mingyu and hurriedly wiped his hands.

"It seems that my time to study with the master is too short, not as deep as you know, let's go and see my father, if I continue to talk like this, I am afraid that the master's trip tomorrow will be delayed."

Xue Mingyu nodded and stood up.

"I thought about it, since I went to Tongzhou to help Lord Liu deal with many matters related to the autumn harvest and road repair, I also want to follow, at least some statistical things can still help."

Zhang Jingrui smiled and hurriedly grabbed Mingyu.

"I think so too, hurry up and tell my father."

The two entered the hall with a smile, Zhou Heng and Zhang Jumian talked happily, the two were looking up and laughing, seeing the two of them coming in, Zhou Heng hurriedly waved his hand, although Zhou Heng was younger than Zhang Jingrui, but this master was not called in vain, it was already a different generation.

Zhang Jumian also looked outside at this time, and found that the sky had darkened, with an apologetic face.

"It's better to talk to you than to read for ten years, the old man is bothering Uncle Zhou today, and he will retire today!"

Saying that, he stood up, Zhang Jingrui walked closer and saluted Zhou Heng with Xue Mingyu.

"Master, we heard that you are going to Tongzhou tomorrow, and the two of us discussed it, and wanted to follow over to help, we may not be able to do anything else, and we are still competent for statistics or arithmetic courses."

Zhou Heng smiled, in fact, he originally wanted to take Mingyu with him, but he didn't expect that this guy gave himself such a big surprise and taught a champion, which was definitely a long face for himself.

Zhou Heng looked at Zhang Jumian, and saw that Zhang Jumian was relieved, obviously very much approved of his son's decision.

"It's just that Jingrui's hands haven't been raised yet......"

Zhang Jumian waved his hand, "It's okay, it's safest to follow you, the peace before the recent storm in the capital, it's better for you to go to Tongzhou, I can also do things with peace of mind, and I only need to go to Hanlin Academy after three months, it's better to follow my uncle to Tongzhou during this time." ”

Zhou Heng looked at Zhang Jumian, this passage revealed several pieces of information, one is that everyone knows what they are investigating recently, and it is entering the most critical period, and there may be big moves.

The second is that the matter of Tongzhou, the old emperor told them that he must attach great importance to it, and Tongzhou will not be affected.

Zhou Heng looked at Zhang Jumian and hurriedly saluted.

"Zhang Zhongtang rest assured, I will take care of Jingrui, then early tomorrow morning, let him follow us to Tongzhou, after all, the Tongzhou branch of the Rejuvenation Hall will also be built, so there are a lot of people going, please don't worry about safety, the prince will also go together."

Zhang Jumian didn't stay long, but just said that at dawn the next day, he asked Zhang Jingrui to come over, and the father and son left in a hurry.

Seeing that the people were walking away, Zhou Heng looked at Xue Mingyu and Boss Xue, who was still excited.

"I heard that Zhu Xiaochang has fallen off the list, have you inquired?"

Boss Xue was the most enthusiastic, and rushed to the front, obviously his younger brother could compare Zhu Xiaochang to him, making his face extremely bright, after all, that person used to be a leader in Taixue, such a big gap is really surprising.

"I inquired, Zhu Xiaochang did fall off the list, I heard that after we left, there were still people who troubled him, and then he returned to Shangshu Mansion with a muddy body."

Zhou Heng narrowed his eyes, it was really not easy to endure it like this, but it should not be in their plan to fall off the list.

A person who has won the name of a prodigy since he was a child, and now his name is Sun Shan, such a gap may be very uncomfortable, Zhou Heng nodded.

"Okay, rest early, let's go to Tongzhou tomorrow!"