Wei Yi arched his hand and didn't say much. Of course, he wanted to be in the middle, once he won the Jinshi, he could choose to stay in Beijing for half a year and then consider staying in Beijing or being released, Wei Yi planned to return to Fuzhou, and the military attache could be released directly, Xu Xingwei and Xu Zixian would definitely return to Fuzhou, especially Xu Zixian.

What Wei Yi hopes is that he can make a marriage contract with Xu Zi first after winning the match...... It's not in a hurry to welcome the marriage, the little sister is not yet fifteen, Xu Zixian can't let the little sister leave home now, it is estimated that it will be two or three years at the earliest, Wei Yi just ended the period of watching politics and entering the scholars, returned to Fujian to elect officials, and after spending the early adaptation period, he could really consider marrying at that time.

As for whether the little sister of Nan'an Hou Mansion is a suitable wife, Wei Yi has already vaguely mentioned it with the family, and of course his parents and relatives and elders are extremely agreeable, and even very excited.

The Wei Yi family is a second-class official gentry family, far worse than the Changwen Marquis Mansion, and these civil official families are all headed by the Fengchang Wenhou Mansion, and now the marriage between the Nan'an Marquis Mansion and the Changwen Marquis Mansion has been contracted, if the Wei family can marry Xu Zixian's little sister, the whole family will benefit from it!

Of course, Wei Yi did not regard his marriage as a bargaining chip in family politics, but he also felt quite happy and relieved about the attitude of the people in the family.

Xu Zixian and the others first passed through the Renhe Gate, and after passing the tax card, they entered the inner city, and most of them were newcomers to Yanjing, and there was no lack of curiosity and disappointment in their eyes.

For Gao Shilai and Tian Heng, a young man from the countryside of Zhangzhou, Jingshi has always been the highest and most important place in the rumors, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how many imperial relatives and high-ranking civil and military officials, how many literati and have left legends, and how many martial arts masters have become famous in Beijing. This is a magical place, it is the center of the military and political affairs of the Great Wei Dynasty and the northern frontier, and it is also the place where various national policies are decided.

From the military, political, cultural and educational point of view, Yanjing is of course the center of the Great Wei country, Jiangling, Fuzhou and other places, far behind.

The human-looking scholars you can see just by sweeping the eyes in front of you, wandering around the city in groups, chasing joy and laughing in restaurants, you can't see it in other cities.

There are also many scholars in Gangneung, but most of them are self-proclaimed celebrities, and some of them have real knowledge and most of them have become famous. And in the inner city of the Great Wei Jingshi, these scholars in front of them all have the identity of a lifter, and this identity is not easy to obtain. With more than 100 million people in the Great Wei Dynasty, there are only 3,000 and dozens of people who are qualified to go to Beijing every year to take the Jinshi examination as a person.

At the insistence of Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty, there were many schools in various parts of the Great Wei Dynasty, and the literacy rate was greatly improved compared with the previous dynasty, and now the literacy rate of the Great Wei Dynasty is about 15 percent, and there are nearly 20 million literate people in the country.

Among them, there are 500,000 or 600,000 people who have been studying and taking the examination and have the status of a showman, while only about 3,000 people have been insisting on taking the Jinshi examination and can take the examination as a lifter.

These more than 3,000 people are not considered to be among the dragons and phoenixes, once they don't hit, they return to their original form, go back to their hometowns and wait for the re-examination.

Only when you get a jinshi and become one of the three hundred lucky people can you be qualified to be called the dragon and phoenix among the people, and it is also the first choice for the people of Beijing to catch a son-in-law.

Among the crowds of people rubbing shoulders on the street, there are some sneaky strong men, who have been staring at those young lifters, and even following them to inquire about the background, no one will suspect that these strong men are trying to be detrimental to those little fresh meat, and everyone knows what it means.

Of course, in addition to the Wenju people, there are still hundreds to thousands of Wuju people.

This dynasty originally paid equal attention to civil and military, a hundred years ago, civil officials gained more and greater right to speak, and there were many talented people who were not determined to join the army and could directly serve as military officials in the status of martial arts, which led to a great shrinkage of the people who were determined to take the martial arts examination, and the quality also deteriorated, which made the court officials have enough shells to attack the martial arts.

In the past 20 years, the crowd of people who have been selected for the martial arts have begun to rise sharply, and the world will be chaotic, which is the consensus of many people, rather than being a civilian official, it is better to serve in a military position, especially in some big families with local roots, to train some children to serve as military officials, to master the local military strength, but also began to deploy 20 years ago.

Chen Duzhong of the Changwen Marquis Mansion is one of them.

In addition to the Wujinshi, there are also martial arts schools, the assessment of the children of the hereditary generals, and the conversion of literati to military positions, the different ways, resulting in the number of military attachés fluctuating, and the number of admitted students in each subject is not necessarily.

Xu Xingwei said that Xu Zixian must be successful, first of all, because Xu Zi first locked the hall test, as long as the clan is enterprising, as long as the ability is not too sparse, the court will not be too suppressed, Xu Zixian is talented and martial, including equestrian riding and archery is the best choice, there is no reason not to win, and there is a great contribution to Nan'an, the court is for the public opinion of the people of the world, and it is impossible to press Xu Zixian to call him not a jinshi.

Of course, based on Xu Xingwei's vision and the news of contact, he does not fully understand the fierceness of the secret struggle between the DPRK and China, Xu Zixian has already been implicated in the battle with Han Zhong, the left minister, and Liu Zhiyuan, the great staff, and the matter involves party disputes, and even state affairs can be put behind him, not to mention a small clan martial artist.

Everyone followed Xu Xingwei forward, and Gao Shilai couldn't help but say: "Jingshi is too dirty." ”

"Not really." Tian Heng pouted and said: "What did I think before entering Beijing, but now it seems that it is bigger than Fuzhou, not necessarily more prosperous than Quanzhou, but it is too dirty, messy, and the sky is gray, and it makes people uncomfortable and depressed." ”

When Xu Xingwei heard this, he turned around and smiled: "The weather in Jingshi is the best in autumn, and the nearby West Mountain is full of red leaves, which is a good place to play." In winter and early spring, because of the use of charcoal fires and briquettes for heating, there is a lot of smoke discharged, and it is originally cloudy, but it is not such a gray sky. ”

Gao Shilai said: "This garbage and feces all over the place are really disgusting." ”

Xu Xingwei said with a smile: "Originally, these things were all Jing Zhaoyin's affairs, but later they were pushed to the county, but the people living in this Jingshi City were all powerful people, and the inconspicuous courtyard may also be inhabited by officials from a certain department, and their families came out to take out the garbage, how dare the county take care of it?" It's been a long time, but that's not it. ”

Gao Shilai pursed his lips and said nothing.

Everyone realized that this place was different from Fuzhou after all, and a middle-aged man walking around at random was likely to be a fourth- or fifth-grade red-robed man.

In Fuzhou, he can be regarded as a big man who stamped his feet and shook the party, and in Jingshi, that is, in an ordinary mansion that lived in the depths of the alley, when he changed into a civilian robe and went out to hang out, he was an ordinary person.

"There are powerful people everywhere here, and even a sneeze can splash a few red-robed officials." Jin Jian, who had been to Jingshi, was very emotional and said sincerely.

"This is the Good Relatives Hall." Xu Xingwei pointed to a huge mansion in front of him with a horsewhip, just at the east end of Suzaku Street, covering a wide area, the eaves arch bucket weather is thousands, the door of the five bays is painted vermilion, most of the people who come and go ride horses or sedan chairs, and there are also people who sit in cars, and the temperament and appearance are extraordinary, and the appearance is also quite good.

"Most of them are clans from all over the world, don't look at the temperament, most of them are just like goods." Xu Xingwei is also a member of the clan, but he is from a family with a national surname of five suits, and now he is no longer qualified to live in the Harmony Pavilion, so there is a lot of emotion in his words, and there is also a slight sourness.

"There are few people in the clan." Xu Zixian said with a smile: "Brother Zizhang will definitely be able to revive the family's reputation and return the family to the clan." ”

"I hope so." Xu Xingwei said indifferently: "I have always thought like this before, and now I just want to be able to make a career, and it is enough to live in vain." ”

"Brother Zizhang has been in Beijing for a few months, and it seems that there have been a lot of changes."

"A king does not have the dignity of a king, and a courtier does not have the appearance of a courtier." Xu Xingwei smiled bitterly: "The chaos in the world comes from Jingshi, and after seeing too much, my heart is cold." ”

"Brother Zhang, please, give me an example?"

"Don't talk about money." Xu Xingwei said: "Recently, the court is going to discuss the Northern Expedition again. ”

"Won't it?" Wei Yi said: "Isn't it enough to suffer losses? The forbidden army of the Great Wei, according to the famous city, to the pass, with heavy garrison, the camera moves, but also can defeat Donghu, if you take the initiative to attack, with heavy troops and Donghu wilderness waves, will be defeated. Now there is still a Northern Expedition, why? ”

"The emperor is in a hurry." Xu Xingwei said: "After winning the first battle last year, the morale of the main battle between the DPRK and China is also high, and the troops are dispatched to summon the old ministers of the main battle to return to Beijing, and they look arrogant, and they don't want to think about how they won the Donghu people?" Now the tax is insufficient, the people are in hardship, the north has suffered disasters year after year, this spring is rainy, people say that the Yellow River is in danger, local officials report to the two governments, Han Xiang is sent to the palace every day, the officials do not look at it at all, saying that there is no money for disaster relief. When it comes to the Northern Expedition, the amount of money raised is as much as 10 million, and it costs more than 10 million to mobilize 200,000 forbidden troops and 100,000 van troops. Han Xiang strongly objected, and when the Xuanzheng Palace was discussed, he quarreled with Liu Zhiyuan, the chief counselor, on the spot, and the official family threw all the water cups on the palace, and rumors came out, saying that the official family was dissatisfied with the minister's lack of ministers, but in fact, this was to express dissatisfaction with the left minister in person...... Whose truth is this? ”

Xu Zixian was silent when he heard this, when today's son is such a temperament, he panics when he encounters setbacks, is too worried about potential threats, and inappropriately handles them. And once there is a turnaround, they will be too optimistic and even complacent.

The Son of Heaven regarded the worry and caution of Han Zhong and other old bureaucrats as a conservative retreat, and his dissatisfaction with Han Zhong and others grew day by day.

"Liu Zhiyuan, as a big counselor, how can he not know what the national situation is? His arrogance and arrogance, the so-called support for the Northern Expedition is just a move to obey the will of the Son of Heaven, and it is also a plot to seize the power of the left minister, is it really to crusade against Donghu? Xu Xingwei showed a look of anger on his face and said: "The right minister is old, and many honest and cautious ministers have either passed away, or are disheartened and do not care about state affairs. ”

"Is the Northern Expedition really not successful at all?" Wei Yi said cautiously: "With Yue Zhi as the general, Li Youde as the striker, and then with Hebei East Road to pacify Li Guorui as the commander, 300,000 troops, and the famous ministers and brave generals are under the command, may there be no chance at all?" ”

"The Son of Heaven thinks so too." Xu Xingwei said coldly: "But I never thought that Li Guorui had commanded more than a dozen armies before, and he had just been added as a privy deputy envoy, and he had always been under the command of Zuo Xiang, why did he contribute to Liu Zhiyuan?" Among the rest of the forbidden armies, Li Guorui's prestige has not yet been established, and at least he must lead dozens or hundreds of armies to conduct joint combat exercises, and after being in command for a long time, he will transfer old generals to master various armies, gradually become proficient in military affairs, establish prestige, and work together to order military affairs to be accessible, and only then can he consider slowly advancing to Liaodong. The best way is to defend and attack......"

Speaking of this, Xu Xingwei shook his head slowly, obviously his opinion would definitely be reprimanded as too conservative, or even timid.

"Recently, students have been making trouble." Xu Xingwei said: "Yesterday, hundreds of students went to the political hall to petition for the approval of the Northern Expedition. After making trouble for a long time, Han Xiang did not come forward, and later asked Jin Wuwei to drive him away. ”

"Has anyone been fined?"

"Of course not."

Xu Zixian nodded very calmly and said: "Hundreds of thousands of students, regardless of the troubles in the future, of course, there are people behind them to encourage and support. There is no shortage of some students on Hebei East Road and West Road who are really worried about national affairs and are afraid that their hometown will be brutalized again, and most of them are still young fools who don't know the world and come out to join in the fun. The real instigators are the big names behind them. ”

"Not really." Xu Xingwei said worriedly: "National politics, my generation still dare not say too much. Those students are just Xiucai enrolled in school, and after completing their studies, they can be selected as officials by the Ministry of Officials, but they are just nerds who have a way out and can't study. What do they understand? But no one dares to say this now, and if anyone really says this, I'm afraid they will be stung by a bee on the head......"

"Forget it, forget it." Wei Yi could see that Xu Xingwei's mood was really heavy, and he said at the moment: "Our current status and status can't talk about these militaristic policies, it's better to settle down quickly, it's true that we have a good drink and catch up with the past." ”

"Reasonable." Xu Xingwei laughed and said, "I should fight, and I will talk about these boring things when we meet." ”

Xu Zixian shook his head and said: "I am willing to listen to it more, after entering Beijing, my eyes are black, and I listen to Brother Zizhang talk about these things, my heart is much brighter." ”

For Xu Zixian, the memory is that in the fourteenth year of Chongde, the imperial court dispatched a large number of forbidden troops to the north, along the direction of Jizhou and Yongzhou, and a big war broke out with Donghu in the area of Songshan and Xingshan.

This battle is still a fiasco of the Great Wei, the 300,000 army only fled back less than 60,000 people, Yongzhou and Jizhou were shaken, hundreds of people fled with the old and the young, martial law was imposed in Beijing, and the imperial court mobilized soldiers and horses from the Yongxing Army and Qinfeng Road in the west and Hedong Road, resulting in the chaos of the Qiang people in the west.

Wars and disasters also caused chaos in the Central Plains and other places, and a large number of elite forbidden armies were wiped out, which made the imperial court lose the power to suppress the displaced people.

Liu, Ma, Luo, Zhang, Cao and other giant thief leaders also got the opportunity to start at this time, they started on Yongxing Military Road and Hedong Road, and flowed to Xunyang Mansion, enveloping hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and successively captured the state capital, all roads were unable to suppress, and finally the thieves occupied the Central Plains and Hedong Hebei Zhulu, Donghu re-entered at this time, the thieves surrendered one after another, Yanjing became a lonely city, the forbidden army in the city was less than 60,000, under the strong attack of hundreds of thousands of thieves and Donghu people, 100,000 soldiers and civilians including Emperor Chongde were martyred, Yanjing fell, The Great Wei has since become history.

From the 14th to the 19th year of Chongde, it took five years for the Donghu to invade again, which shows that the Donghu people in the 14th year of the Northern Expedition were also injured, and they gradually recovered after a few years.

If this battle had not been fought too carefully, too urgently and nervously, and eager for quick success, Li Guorui, Yue Zhi, Li Youde and other famous generals would have been used to guard everywhere, and at the same time reduce taxes and provide relief to the victims.

Therefore, Xu Zixian's evaluation of Emperor Chongde is quite low, that is, a pure fool who does not do not die, and has to die against himself and Dawei.

Of course, this can not be said with Xu Xingwei and Wei Yi, although the Great Wei is now stormy, but the image of the death of the country is just a sign, people generally still have the idea of loyalty and patriotism in their hearts, to wait for a few years, people with lofty ideals have the idea of self-reliance on behalf of Wei, and at that time, Emperor Chongde tossed the anger of the people, there is no hope at all, to Yanjing is trapped, Emperor Chongde hopes that the officers and soldiers of Shandong East Road will go north, open up the road from Jinhai to Beijing, so that the imperial family and civil and military officials can escape from Jinhai across the sea...... As a result, Shandong pacified all the soldiers of the forbidden army, and none of them were willing to answer the call of King Qin.

Meritorious service is not rewarded, there must be punishment, behavior is at a loss, to the nineteenth year of Chongde, the Son of Heaven has lost the heart of the world, the name of the emperor, seems to be extremely noble, but it is definitely not worth the hearts of the people.

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There are many officials in the building, and the servants are not small, and the place is even greater, covering an area of more than 100 acres and 1,000 houses.

This is the Taizu in his later years ordered to build a large mansion, Taizu has many heirs, or princes or princes, most of them live in Jiangling or Fuzhou, probably in anticipation of the world's clans will increase day by day, Taizu ordered the construction of this good family hall, so that the clans in various places can live in the same place when the Beijing master is doing Hajj, and enhance some feelings with each other.

The old man is eloquent and strategic, when he is old, he also attaches great importance to his relatives, Taizu thinks about the sons at night, often makes the princes make pilgrimage, and the Son of Heaven often holds a jade axe to drive to the Harmony Pavilion, and sets up a banquet in the hall to entertain the clan relatives, which is cited as a beautiful talk by later generations.

After arriving in Xuanzong, the clan gradually drifted away, and the emperor's visit to the Muqin Pavilion never happened again.

Although the royal family and the clan are drifting apart, this goodwill hall is still a very lively place in the Kyoto Division.

In Jiangling and Fuzhou, as well as the clans that were officials outside the country, they were allowed to live in the Harmony Pavilion when they entered Beijing to do business, took the title, reported on their duties, and transferred to the Harmony Pavilion, except for a very small number of clans that were left in Beijing and had mansions, all foreign clans were not allowed to live in the Beijing without authorization, and they must live in the Harmony Pavilion.

This hall is not only a gorgeous place for the royal family to be close to the clan and pay attention to the way of kinship, but it can also be regarded as a cage where Xu Zixian and all the other clans are imprisoned in one place.

Xu Zixian and his entourage did not attract much attention and attention, Xu Zixian was already an important town in Fuzhou, a person in the power structure, in Jingshi, that is, a slightly famous prince of the country, he was not a big man at all.

In front of the door of the pavilion, there was a prince of the prince who also came to handle the raid, with more than 300 people with his attaché, when he saw that Xu Zixian was just a prince, this prince of the same twenties glanced at Xu Zixian, and a sense of arrogance arose.

Xu Zixian didn't mind, smiled slightly, and waited for the other party to check in first, he was not in a hurry.

There are a lot of people coming and going, most of them are dressed beautifully, and they are accompanied by ten or eight princes, some of whom are wearing the clothes of the prince or the prince, and some are wearing the robes of civil and military officials.

Two young sons of about twenty years, together in Beijing to handle the raid, together to live in the Harmony Pavilion, also aroused a lot of attention, Xu Zixian saw that the prince of that country has been staring at himself, obviously more and more dissatisfied, he smiled slightly, arched his hand and said: "In Xia Nan'an, the prince of the Hou Xu Zixian, I have seen my brother." ”

"Wu Guogong, Xu Zicheng."

Xu Zicheng responded, with a thoughtful look on his face, and arched his hand: "It turned out to be a close brother." ”

Xu Zixian smiled and said, "It's really a coincidence." ”

They are all in the same lineage of Wenzong, and today's official family is the same generation sequence, at that time Wenzong set the order, is to take "An Yingzi harmony, Qin Dynasty in Su Gong, Shao Lun Fu Huirun, Zhao Ke Guang Dengyong" these two cross generation order, passed to Xu Zixian, Xu Zicheng's generation, but only the fourth generation, Xu Zixian and Xu Zicheng are cousins, parents are cousins, ancestors are brothers.