Spring sleep is horizontal, the jade body is coquettish, the wind and rain come at night, and the flowers bloom to welcome each other.

Li Guolou indulged himself, after a sleepless night, he slept during the day, until it was dark, then he got up to eat, watched the family get along with each other, personally served the dishes and bowls, set the dining table, and took out the exquisite dishes and chopsticks during the New Year's holidays, and there was a bouquet of flowers in the middle of the round table.

Li Guolou touched his nose and said with a smile: "It's so fragrant, how can you put on a perfume and smoke me to death!" ”

"Daddy." Li Lingling's milk voice rushed over, and she was suddenly lifted above her head by Li Guolou, and there were laughter, exclamations, and scoldings in the room.

"Lingling is also so fragrant, it's creamy." Li Guolou praised his daughter and began to chat, waiting for the food to be served.

Li Guolou hugged his daughter and sat down, now this family, Li Guolou and his daughter Li Lingling have a fixed seat, the two sit together, another seat next to them, and eight grandmothers take turns to sit in the seat, so as to show family harmony and fairness, as for the maid Bai Lian is not qualified to sit next to Li Guolou, and now sits on the opposite seat of Li Guolou.

Looking at the spring in front of him, Li Guolou sighed with emotion: "Hey, time is like an arrow, at this time last year, I was still alone, and now there are full plates and bowls, and eleven people are seated, and when Mayuko and Yelia give birth to a child, our family will open two tables!" ”

Chen Xiangfang's eyes flew, her eyes sparkled, and she said coquettishly: "Xiaolou, take care of your body, the country cultivates you, don't mess around anymore!" ”

Yingying Yanyan sneered and laughed, one by one, and had a dinner, all of them were carefully dressed, Li Guolou looked comfortable, and said with a smile: "Oh, I know, I promise not to mess around before entering the Qianqing Palace exam, I will go to work tomorrow, there is still a big case waiting for me to solve, practice calligraphy at night, second grandma, Anita told you no, read Li Hongzao's book for me!" ”

Xie Xiuzhu was in a happy mood, she was about to enter the cave room this month, and she got married before the mourning period, only their family did it, she smiled, and said delicately: "Xiaolou, Li Hongzao's books, I bought them all today, and I read them all night at night, don't worry, I will take good notes, and I won't delay your future!" ”

Li Guolou was still not at ease, and said: "Grandma, tomorrow I will go to ask Xiao Liuzi to collect the teacher's word panels, no matter how high the price is, I will buy some to decorate the façade, remove the boxing ring in the living room outside, and place it in the inner house, in a few days, the threshold of our house will be broken, hahahaha!" ”

Here Li Guolou doesn't need to pretend to be a gentleman and not be shocked by his makeup, he smiled comfortably, and his strength was undoubtedly revealed, Zhen Yuhuan sounded the alarm bell and admonished: "Mike, don't get carried away, be careful of making a fool of yourself in the Qianqing Palace and shake out the old bottom!" ”

Every time the imperial examination is taken to get a scholar, about two or three hundred lifters, but also to enter the palace "big examination", that is, to write an article, the title is determined by the emperor himself, write a flowery article, but also to add the ideological connotation, from these two or three hundred lifters, the emperor to look at the article, appearance, origin and other comprehensive factors to determine the first class "champion", "list eye" and "tanhua", the next ranking has several examiners to decide, of course, the top three rankings, generally there is a chief examiner to discharge a ranking, but in order to show the imperial power, The emperor always changes the ranking slightly, sometimes it is a person's name, changing a person's fate, and there was a Jinshi in the Qing Empire who became the champion and the first because his name entered the eyes of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

It is not difficult to see that if you want to cheat on the scientific examination, you must also have a strong eight-strand literary foundation, and the font is also written well, otherwise the Son of Heaven writes an article at his feet, and it will be revealed immediately, the Qing Emperor has studied Bagu Wen since he was a child, and his literary skills are very good, from the founding emperor Taizu Aijueluo Nurhachi to the Tongzhi Emperor Aijueluo Zaichun, all of whom are emperors with both civil and military skills.

If you want to cheat in the scientific examination and open the back door, you must first weigh whether you can write a splendid article in the Qianqing Palace, and if you can pass this pass, you will be qualified to want to be a scholar, and the kind of Ming Dynasty emperor who does not care about political affairs will have the joke of "three consecutive promotions" during the Wei Zhongxian period.

Li Guolou smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this, I now have to write a report every day in the Criminal Department, and I have read too much, and I haven't abandoned the writing format of the eight-strand essay, the 'Devil Six' values me and asks me to take the exam, just because I said a long eight-strand essay when I answered, plus the font on my Chen Tiao is qualified, and my ideological character also meets the 'Devil Six' standard, so I have the opportunity to go straight to the Jinshi and the first!" ”

Prince Gong Yixun is the sixth oldest, and he is the head of the Westernization faction, and those Qing factions in the court call him "Devil Six", this nickname is even called by the people, Li Guolou's inner house, these people call themselves "emperors" and "concubines", they all have a name order, what else dare not say.

"Hmph, the devil six screams quite smoothly, you are also a fake foreign devil." Zhen Yuhuan did not forget to ridicule Li Guolou's name.

"Hey, who told us to see the same and like Shih Tzu." Li Guolou also ridiculed Zhen Yuhuan, the two were not ashamed, but proud, and called "Devil Six" smooth.

Zhen Yuhuan was complacent, she was very satisfied with Li Guolou's title of her, the first of the four beauties of Xi Shi in ancient times, with her appearance, she won the first place, and she deserved it, the only pity is that the person sitting next to Li Guolou tonight is Wu Peipei, not her, otherwise she will seduce Li Guolou now, so that he can't stop, and he will go tonight.

"Mike, I'm going to talk to you about it in the evening, the rules of the palace." Zhen Yuhuan didn't forget to say a secret word, there is a place for "egalitarianism" in the family, she occupies one tonight, and no one can rob her, of course the meritorious person has to be favored.

Li Guolou coughed and said, "It's time to eat." "Glancing at a table with a spring lady in her eyes, young and lovely, all blooming with fresh flowers, her heart remains rational and restrained, he is still young, there is still a long way to go, and he can't waste a woman's belly.

The wine and food were served, and the topic of conversation was inseparable from the imperial examination, and they talked about the two empress dowagers of the palace, the Empress Dowager Ci'an of the East Palace, and the Empress Dowager Cixi of the West Palace, when these two would remove the curtain.

At this time, in addition to the emperor's seal on the national text of the Qing Dynasty, there are two queen mothers' seals, although the Tongzhi emperor has been in power, but not yet eighteen years old, the court has made major decisions, the two queen mothers are still hanging the curtain to listen to the government, and they are stamped with two chapters of the queen mother's seal, and the national language is valid.

Of course, the two queen mothers are divided into high and low comparisons, the Empress Dowager Cixi can personally write the national language, has the ability to be a politician, and many wills are written by her personally, the power in this palace fell to the Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun's biological mother Empress Dowager Cixi, but the Empress Dowager Ci'an of the East Palace is not inferior to the Empress Dowager Cixi of the West Palace from a legal point of view, and her name is higher than that of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Zhen Yuhuan stopped eating, raised his head and said: "I heard that when Jinshi Qianqing Palace did the defense, the two mothers will also hang the curtain and watch Jinshi write articles, if you take a fancy to the Queen Mother, there is hope for the next level!" ”

Zhen Yuhuan is looking forward to what a glorious moment it will be to be appreciated by the two queen mothers and squeeze into the first-class ranks with Li Guolou's outstanding appearance and majestic body.

Li Guolou smiled and said: "I'm not greedy, in case the devil is jealous, wouldn't I have given up my previous efforts, I can get into the second class, and when I go back to my hometown in May, I will take you back to the scenery!" ”

The grandmothers laughed loudly, Zhen Yuhuan took a sip and said coquettishly: "Mike, you are necrotic, where do you want to go, that is our mother of the Qing Dynasty, how can you be allowed to blaspheme, this palace wants to slap your mouth, slave An Dehai, give this palace a beating!" ”

Li Guolou smirked, and there were daughters and old mothers next to him looking at him, how could he slap his mouth.

Laughing and laughing, at the happy banquet, the family was happy, the fourth Xie Liya was jealous of the good lives of the three grandmothers in front of her, and when she could be named on the gold list, she spent candle night in the cave room, and asked in time: "Mike, then my marriage, can I let you go to your hometown in Hefei." After speaking, Xie Liya used a pair of sapphire-like eyes, flashing mist, emitting a sultry heart.

How could Li Guolou be willing to chill the fourth Xie Liya's heart, and return to his hometown when he became famous, can't this be done, the elders and eldest brothers of the family will not object to his hometown holding a banquet and marrying a few concubines.

looked around, full of arrogance, and said: "Don't worry, Xie Liya, as long as I am admitted to the Jinshi, I will go back to my hometown to hold dozens of tables of banquets, and I will take you and Mayuko, Xiao Xiangyu, Anita, and take care of him, Sister Pei Pei will also go through the door together, Hefei will not be a goof!" ”

The whole family clapped their hands and said that they were overjoyed, and after the grandmothers were happy, Chen Xiangfang sighed: "Xiaolou, you are doing this and stealing the limelight from your eldest brother, be careful that he implements the family law to clean you up!" ”

Li Guolou shook his head and said: "No, as long as you do a good job in "Please Come to the Bank", my eldest brother, I still have to pat your ass, isn't the future loan of his "Yadong Textile Factory" approved by Yelia, and besides, my eldest brother also wants me to be admitted to the Jinshi in his dream, and he won't say half a 'no'!" ”

The grandmothers were reassured, relaxed, and had a great appetite, eating and drinking non-stop.

Zhen Yuhuan sighed: "It's better to be a jinshi, all of a sudden there is a teacher, a house teacher, the same door, and the same department, and Mike will have a large group of friends in the future, and the trend of the friends will be successful, and cultural people will say good things about our family's business, and our family will gain fame and fortune. ”

Li Guolou glanced at it and said: "Anita, don't say it if you can't speak, what kind of friends, that's called like-minded friends, gentlemen's friendship is as light as water, friends are traitors and criminals get together, foxes and apes, despised by the world, Emperor Yongzheng also wrote a special article "Friends Theory", specifically criticizing you for saying those dark relationships, so that the world can take warning, don't use the metaphor wrong in the future, don't let people laugh at our family for not having taste!" ”

"Hey." Zhen Yuhuan dared to commit public anger, hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake, punished him with a glass of wine, and asked: "Mike, then let me ask you, if you are a big official, will you be like your uncle Li Hongzhang, your subordinates will use Huaijun as the team and use people with selfish intentions, or will you be like your teacher Li Hongzao, out of public heart, and take talents for the world!" ”

Li Guolou put down his wine glass and said without hesitation: "The building near the water is the first to get the moon, of course, it is to use people I am familiar with, even if there are shortcomings, I can tolerate it, I have already engraved a degree in my heart, just like that bazi, his little flowery intestines, I know it clearly, public heart, what is public heart, some people implement your policies when you are in a high position, and when you die, your original form will be immediately revealed, another set, and even belittle you to nothing, or a student, even if he wants to say that you are not, he does not dare to say a word in public, just like me, Can you argue with Li Hongzao about right and wrong, whatever he says, I will say 'yes' to my face, how can I have a verbal fight with the teacher! ”

Chen Xiangfang sighed: "Xiaolou, the more I listen to you, the more I feel like a gangster in the court, do you also have to accept apprentices, otherwise you have no power, how can you argue with others!" ”

Li Guolou pondered silently, his mood was depressed, sectarian disputes, there are rivers and lakes, and there are also in the court, the trend of "friends" is not successful, don't think about having the right to speak, spitting Xingzi will drown you, "Devil Six" wants to reuse and promote him, isn't it because he is also a fake foreign devil.

Unless you have the same eloquence and power as Emperor Yongzheng, you can implement a series of reform policies such as "spreading the land into the mu", "the squire is one errand boy", "changing the land and returning to the stream", the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty has been changed beyond recognition by the Yongzheng Emperor, and the evil consequences are that the Yongzheng Emperor was scolded by the literati, and even the imperial power was enthroned, and it was also criticized as illegal, and it was written as a tyrannical king of the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, Li Guolou is a reformist, Prince Gong Yixun and Li Hongzhang are both reformers, and they want the Qing Dynasty to engage in the Westernization movement, but the court can't get through, the pressure is too great, and it is impossible for the court to pass it, so they are now called "reformists", exploiting the loopholes in the state system, taking the first step, using the resources in their hands, and starting from little by little.

In a trance, Li Guolou saw a beautiful scene, and couldn't help laughing: "Xiaofang, you are right, I also want to run a school in the court and recruit disciples, the alliance is an unreliable person, and it will become a political enemy at any time, only disciples all over the country can move forward, and the world will praise you!" ”

The ladies of the family all looked at Li Guolou with reverence, he spoke, they all understood, and the opening of an ideological and cultural school has been in Li Guolou's blueprint, and when the protégés are all over the world, the sparks are burning the prairies, and its momentum has been achieved, and the future can be promising.