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"How?" Ma Shiying asked his junior brother with concern.

"Don't say it, Tiancheng's method is really good, I ate the chicken soup rice noodles he taught me for the first three days, and even the old soldiers who watched the scene drooled." Yang Wencong replied with a look of unfinished business.

"Who's asking you what you eat? It's how well you did on the test. ”

"Wrapped." Yang Wencong was single, but he still replied, but immediately turned his head to look at Wang Xingping, "Tiancheng, it's a pity that you didn't take the test this time, you actually guessed two of the three scriptures, it seems that I will not be difficult this time." ”

Ma Shiying glanced at Wang Xingping suspiciously, many people will do the things of guessing questions before the exam, but they are all one of the hundred, and the second of the three questions is indeed rare, but such things have not been done in the past. But he seems to remember that Wang Xingping's scripture is not the Book of Songs, and he is still only white, and he has only taken the children's exam in Guiyang. Nai asked Yang Wencong again: "What are the two questions in it?" ”

"One is 'Watching the Formation', and the other is 'Shi Gueryu, Huaiyi is captured'."

Wang Xingping smiled when he heard this, "It's a fluke, it seems that the princes in the hall can't get rid of the word current affairs." ”

Yang Wencong said: "I really convinced you this time, and what I said outside the game is really right." ”

The original text of the first paragraph is 'King Wen has a voice, and the horse has a voice. Seek to be peaceful, and look at it. This is a customary text to praise the wisdom of the king, but the last two sentences of 'Seeking Tranquility, Seeking Prosperity' are the meaning of praying for peace in the four seas and prosperity of the country, which has a profound meaning at the moment.

The latter question is from the last paragraph of the article "Pan Shui" in "Lu Song", "Shi Gu Eryu, Huai Yi died." Pian Pian flying owl, gathered in the pan forest. Eat my mulberry and have a good voice for me. It describes the martial arts of Lu Xi and the fairness of Huaiyi.

Both of these questions focused on pacifying the frontier, and it was already very obvious what the examiner was thinking about when he came up with the questions.

All kinds of news from the front, the military department even issued a red flag to urge Yang Hao to fight, and everyone can see the emperor's eager attitude, although Zhu Yijun doesn't seem to care much about the logistics of the soldiers in front, but the examiners will naturally not let go of a chance to observe the sacred heart.

In fact, I don't dare to think about it, if I can think of this layer in advance, then this will undoubtedly become two questions, and there are not many sentences like the entire "Book of Songs", and now Yang Wencong is benefiting from Wang Xingping's unintentional mention, and Wang Xingping will not be stupid enough to tell his senior brother that he has already read the exam questions of the Ming Dynasty annual examination and the palace examination.

So a few people and servants together, all the way back proudly.

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Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was almost half a month past, during this half month, the lifters were drinking and traveling for half of the time, and there were also familiar organizations of the literary and poetry clubs, especially in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi provinces The halls are the most lively, Yuan Chonghuan is one of the eye-catching ones. In short, the meeting has passed, and there is no more thing to pay attention to the people of Jingshi at the moment, whether it is the ditch that has been rebuilt, or the melting snow and ice are indicating that spring is really coming.

Today is February 28th, and Mingshifang has already returned to its usual scene, and the entire Jingshi seems to be gradually waking up from winter. According to the rules of the previous session, the grass list of the inner curtain should have been out at this time, and there is no news today, so we are just waiting for the list to be released tomorrow, and the results of the test will naturally become a topic of discussion in the streets of the capital.

It's just that in this capital, not everyone just cares about the test, and the small people in the market have come out to work before they finish Shangyuan, and some people prefer things related to themselves.

In addition to enshrined the statue of the former prime minister of the former dynasty, there is also the shadow hall of the 'black-clothed prime minister' Daoyan monk Yao Guangxiao who has the merit of supporting the policy of the ancestor of the current dynasty. However, at present, there are few people here except for the people who spend the night and the street vendors who come to the market to do some small business, and no one will run to pay homage to the ancients in the cold wind of early spring, after all, even the officials rarely think of the worship here.

On the fork in the intersection of Chongguo Temple Hutong and Cotton Hutong outside the temple, there is a restaurant called Liuquanju, the pattern of Liuquanju is not big, and the reputation is not obvious, but it is better to be clean and less disturbed, it is said that even the master in the temple will occasionally come to patronize when there are few people.

The roast duck from the bargain shop, the pickles from Liubiju, and the roasted steamed buns, the staple food that is most common in local taverns in early spring, are all dishes that can be paired with wine in this season, and they are the best to pair with the home-brewed rice wine of Liuquanju.

The second floor of the restaurant was empty, and there were three people sitting in the corner between the charcoal fires, it was Zhang Bingfang, Zhang Jiebin and Li Kezhuo.

After a sip of hot wine, the conversation increased.

Zhang Bingfang's eyes were full of slyness, and he smiled and teased Li Kezhuo: "Little brother has to congratulate Brother Li first." ”

Li Kezhuo's expression changed slightly, but he still replied calmly: "I am so happy, but I heard that Erhan has recently sold a batch of overseas strange goods, and you have made a lot of money in Xuanwumen." ”

There is an inner market in the capital, located outside the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the imperial city, the market is opened on the fourth, fourteenth and twenty-third days of each month, and the sales are mostly some rare treasures at home and abroad, and the main buyers are the concubines of the inner court and the Ermine Temple. Of course, this kind of business is not easy to do, so the people who can do the business in the domestic market have some background, and the goods in their hands are not bad, Zhang Bingfang can find the way so quickly is indeed impressive, and the business in the inner market is still secondary, and it is also of great help to make friends with one or two major domestic figures in it, Li Kezhuo has heard about it a long time ago.

Zhang Bingfang said embarrassedly: "It's just some yellow and white things, and they are all the threads that Brother Huiqing (note: Zhang Jiebin) helped from the Dingxi Hou Mansion, where can you get the Sacred Heart compared to the meal." ”

Li Kezhuo was stunned when he heard this, "Who did you listen to?" ”

"I know a lot about this now, you don't have to hide it from me and the secretary, long live the lord in front of the elder of the pavilion to call you a loyal minister, I just want to congratulate you on the time of the meal."

"It's just a coincidence."

"It's good that it's a coincidence here, there are many people who want to give medicine to the palace, and there are not many people who can get rid of the disease, not to mention the wonderful timing."

After meeting Wang Xingping, although Li Kezhuo still had doubts about the pill he gave, he did not delay at all. After all, it was about his future, and he immediately found someone to try the medicine, and after seeing that it was effective, he found an opportunity to offer it. Of course, the foreign official's offering of medicine does not mean that it is offered, but the truth that the medicine is three parts of poison is more or less understood by the world, so the palace has always been very cautious about such things.

It's just that the emperor had a gout attack, even if the imperial pharmacy used opium again, it still had little effect, and at this time the emperor knew about Li Kezhuo's offering of medicine, and the cabinet princes and the palace officials on duty in the Shengji Hall naturally tried their best to dissuade him, but he couldn't stand the emperor's illness, and it was worth a try. Li Kezhuo was also bold, he took one pill in front of the emperor, and the emperor followed the next pill, and the pain of kung fu was greatly reduced when he didn't want to be a moment, and under the joy of the dragon's heart, he even called Li Kezhuo a 'loyal minister' in front of Fang Congzhe. At this time, although it is a secret in the inner palace, the affairs in the capital have always spread very quickly, not to mention those like Zhang Bingfang.

After that, Li Kezhuo even offered a small bottle of the autumn water elixir given by Wang Xingping, a total of ten, although the current will has not yet come down, but his errand will be promoted to another half level, it is almost a certainty. But after all, because of this incident, he offended the cabinet ministers and the father-in-law of the imperial pharmacy, and Li Kezhuo has become more and more cautious in his actions recently, and he asked him with Zhang Bingfang, he was still a little alert.

But after all, it is a great achievement, and it is inevitable that it is a little proud to be said to be itchy.

Zhang Jiebin, who had been listening to the two of them, pondered at this time: "What did Er Han say about Brother Li's offering of medicine to the saint?" I've heard of it, isn't the elixir of Dianshan also a strange thing from Australia? ”

Li Kezhuo's eyes flickered, and he didn't reply to him head-on, but smiled: "It's strange now, but all good things seem to be related to Australian goods, and even the Long Live Lord arranged Qin Tianjian that day and took the Australian wall calendar out to talk about it." ”

He didn't say nonsense, he took Li Kezhuo's colchicine pill for gout that day, and then listened to Li Kezhuo talk about the cause of gout, Zhu Yijun scolded the 'quacks' of the Tai Hospital and the 'eunuch' of the imperial pharmacy, and remembered that all the stars on the Australian wall calendar in the past few days had been fulfilled, and it was an accurate forecast of 'Mars retrograde entering the Suzhou at one degree and fifty minutes', so he piggybacked on a dry 'rice bucket' of Qin Tianjian and scolded him.

Zhang Jiebin said without being salty or indifferent: "I heard that Wang Xingping went to Brother Li's mansion a year ago, and I vaguely remember that the last time Brother Li mentioned this person was recommended by a friend in Linqing, he didn't know what to do with Brother Li. ”

"What can I do, it's just that I have some business at home, and I want to go my way to inquire about the news in the court, and such things have been common in the past."

"Often? But why wasn't that what he told me? ”

Li Kezhuo panicked: "Have you seen Wang Xingping? ”

"Brother Li, didn't I say that he also sent a letter to my house at the party a year ago."

"What did he say to you?"

"It's nothing, just some pharmacology, and it also talks about gout. He also said that Brother Li also has a lot of research on gout, and I originally thought it was just a polite thing for him, but I didn't expect it to be true. After speaking, he glanced at Li Kezhuo meaningfully.

"He visited Brother Zhang just to ask for medical advice?"

"It's also a little interesting, he actually wanted to invite me to Guizhou to join the army."

"I guess he inquired about your past, but I think this matter is feasible." Zhang Bingfang glanced at Zhang Jiebin and became a lobbyist, he didn't plan to tell the other party that he was the one who told Wang Xingping about these things, let alone tell the other party that he could get those Australian strange goods and accept Wang Xingping's favor, but continued, "I think you have been in Liaodong for many years, and seeing Jiannu become bigger, but it seems that Yingzhou Xianggong (note: Zhang Heming) is about to make a contribution to the land reform and return to the river in Guizhou. ”

"Erhan also sees it that way?"

"Don't you want to?"

"I think I've thought about it, but after all, Wang Xingping is only a child, and he is only fourteen years old, so I want to see how his ability can be redone."

Li Kezhuo was also interested when he heard this, "How do you plan to see his ability?" ”

"When he saw me before, he said that if Yang Hao divided his troops and attacked together, the officers and troops would be defeated."

Zhang Bingfang heard this, "You still don't know, at least he is right about the division of troops, a few days ago the news from Liaodong Jingluo said that on the 21st of this month, Yang Hao ordered the army to divide into four routes, out of Fushun Pass to attack Jiannu under the city of Hetuala. ”

Li Kezhuo replied: "How did I hear that the troops were not sent because of the heavy snow. ”

Zhang Bingfang replied, "It's just delayed for a few days, and as soon as the heavy snow stopped on the 25th, it was still pulled out as usual, and the Tang newspaper in front of it had just been sent to the military department this morning, and Brother Li naturally didn't know about it." ”

Li Kezhuo is in Honglu Temple, and Honglu Temple has now assumed some of the responsibilities of the General Administration, and he can naturally know about it as soon as the court report is issued, but the Tang Newspaper, which transmits the information from the front, first goes to the military department and then directly presents it to the first assistant and the emperor, and it is natural for him not to know. However, Zhang Bingfang was indeed suspected of being pretentious when he said this, in order to show his good relationship with the officials of the Ministry of War, but he would never mention that the news also came from Wang Xingping.

As the three of them were saying this, they heard a commotion at the intersection, and suddenly gongs and drums rang out in unison, and a group of people and horses headed towards the Huguo Temple.

The leading strong man in red held aloft a gold-lettered post with the same red background, and shouted in a long voice as he walked.

'Good news! ——Fujian Zhuang Lao Ye Jichang High School will try the first place in the first class of the first class Huiyuan! ’

[References]

1, "Daming Huidian"

2, "Records of Emperor Mingshen Zongxian"

3, "History of the Late Ming Dynasty" Fan Shuzhi

4. "The Economic Life of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty" Xu Daling

5, "Wanli Shuntianfu Chronicles"

6, "Wanli Ye Ed" Shen Defu

7, "Chronicles of the Middle" Liu Ruoyu

8, "Wan Department Miscellaneous Notes" Shen Bang

9. "Wanli Shuntianfu City Restoration Map"

10, "Huangming Tribute Examination" Zhang Chaorui

11, "Tianyi Pavilion Collection Wanli Forty-seven Years Meeting Trial Record"

12, "Ming Dynasty Tang Newspaper and Its Characteristics Exploration" singing

13. "On the Role of the General Political Division in Public Opinion in the Ming Dynasty" Wu Xiaolu

14, "The Inner City and the Lamp Market of the Ming Dynasty" An Yizhou

15, "On the Battle of Salhu" Li Hongbin

[Note: There is an error in the examination in the previous chapter, and it was He Zongyan who tried to go to the sacrificial hole in the 47th year of Wanli, instead of Fang Congzhe, a scholar of Dongge University, as previously written, which has been revised]