"Young man, don't be anxious, you have time, and there are some places you shouldn't go to or don't go again!" Faced with Li Zhang's pretending to be confused, Lu Yijian patted Li Zhang's shoulder and smiled at this time, and without waiting for him to answer after speaking, he turned around and left alone.

Of course Li Zhang understood what Lu Yijian meant, it seems that he not only knew about the last time he went to the imperial tomb to see his aunt, but also guessed that he already knew about Zhao Zhen's life experience, instead of thinking that he didn't know anything like Liu E, which made Li Zhang also secretly vigilant, it seems that he has to be more careful in the future, after all, the court is full of old foxes, even if he can sometimes deceive Liu E, but it is difficult to deceive the eyes of these people.

When Li Zhang returned home, he found that Han Qi had already returned, which made him laugh and said, "Brother Han, didn't you stay to marry the little lady who robbed you?" ”

"Brother Li, don't be joking, I have a wife waiting at home, so naturally I can't let him down, but Brother Li, where have you been, why did you come back so late?" Li Zhang first smiled bitterly, and then asked curiously, he was the first to be snatched away, so he didn't know what happened to Li Zhang later.

"Don't mention it, after you were robbed, I and others also suffered......" Li Zhang said and told his story, of course, concealing the conversation with Lu Yijian just now, but Han Qi couldn't stand up with laughter after hearing it, thinking about Li Zhang, a five-grade member of the imperial court, was also robbed of his marriage, it is indeed very interesting.

The new science and technology jinshi has been announced, and the next thing is the palace examination that the emperor will personally assess, but just like Zhao Zhen said, the palace examination only determines the ranking of the jinshi, and generally the jinshi on the list will rarely be removed, so Han Qi These new science and technology jinshi are also very relaxed, and after the list is announced, people invite him to drink almost every day, and he is happy to make some friends.

In addition, Li Zhang also learned a news from Han Qi, not only was he robbed that day, but Ouyang Xiu, who was traveling with him, was also robbed, but unlike him and Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu was not married or engaged, and the person who snatched him was also a court official, named Xu Yan, who was an official in the Sansi Du Zhigou Academy, with a similar grade to Li Zhang, and he also held real power in his hands, and Ouyang Xiu may have agreed to this marriage out of various considerations, and now he and the Xu family have been engaged, and it is estimated that the marriage will be completed soon.

In fact, this situation like Ouyang Xiu is very common, and those who generally refuse to marry are people like Li Zhang and Han Qi who are either married or engaged, as long as the others are not married, and the other party's family background is enough, and the woman's appearance and grade are not bad, they will generally not refuse, after all, such a marriage will bring great convenience to their future, for example, Ouyang Xiu was recommended by Xu Yan and is about to enter the Guozijian as a prisoner, and it will be much more convenient to be an official in the future.

A month later, the palace examination was also held as scheduled, compared to the examination, the time of the palace examination was much shorter, the day began at dawn, and the paper was handed in after dusk, nominally presided over by the emperor himself, in fact, it was just the beginning of Zhao Zhenlu, let the new science and technology Jinshi look at the sky, and wait until the end to show a down, and encourage these students on the line.

The top three in the palace examination are the champion, the list of eyes and the flower, if the previous township test, the examination can get the first, the palace examination can also get the champion, this is often said to be the three yuan and the first, but there are very few people who can do this step, looking at the entire history of the imperial examination, only fifteen people can do it, and there are only six people in the Song Dynasty, and the current prime minister Wang Zeng is one of them, which is also the most awesome place for Wang Zeng, after all, there are not many people who do well in the exam and do the prime minister.

It's just that what Li Zhang didn't expect was that the young Han Qi played very well in the palace examination, and he actually ranked second, that is, the eye of the list, according to the inside information that Li Zhang heard, Han Qi was actually ranked first, but in the ranking, the examiner felt that Han Qi was too young, so he moved him down one place.

But even if it is the top eye, Han Qi's performance is still very amazing, you must know that he is not yet twenty years old this year, it is rare to be on the high school list at such a young age, speaking of which, this year's champion Wang Yaochen is also very young, but he is already twenty-five years old, but Han Qi is six or seven years younger than him, so his potential is no worse than Wu Yaochen.

It is a good thing that Han Qi did well in the exam, but it was a trouble for Li Zhang, because Han Qi did so well in the exam, and as a result, he suddenly attracted the attention of many people, and many yamen were scrambling to recruit Han Qi over, so that Li Zhang's desire to recruit Han Qi to the firearms prison increased a lot of resistance. In contrast, Bao Zheng's ranking is average, neither high nor low, and it is much easier for Li Zhang to ask him over.

In fact, Li Zhang also knows that it is not a good thing to let a friend be his subordinate, because it is too easy to cause conflicts due to official affairs, but the reason why Li Zhang is in a hurry to arrange Han Qi and Bao Zheng to the firearms supervisor is mainly because he has his own selfish intentions, that is, he wants to resign from the position of firearms supervisor.

The firearms supervisor is specially set up for muskets and gunpowder, and now it is on the right track, and even began to develop some new firearms, such as grenades, which are very popular with the lieutenant generals of the Great Song Army.

However, now that the firearms prison is on the right track, Li Zhang's deputy Liu Shu is also a shrewd and capable person, and now Li Zhang has handed over most of the affairs in the prison to him, and with Liu Shu's ability, he can completely take over the entire firearms prison.

It can be said that the firearms supervisor is now very little dependent on Li Zhang, in contrast, the money bank is in the midst of vigorous development, and the money issued covers almost the entire capital, and the ambitious Li Zhang even decided to open branches in Luoyang and other places, so that the money bank needs a person to preside over the overall situation.

Huozi, Ugly Niang and Douzi are very capable and grow quickly, but they can't take on this important task for the time being, so they can only be taken by Li Zhang, of course, Li Zhang, as an official, can't do business, but he can command behind the scenes, which also requires him to spend a lot of energy and time, which is also the main reason why he wants to quit the firearms superintendent.

However, since Li Zhang wants to resign, he definitely needs to find a few helpers for Liu Shu, who took over, and Han Qi and Bao Zheng are the helpers that Li Zhang chose for him, but unfortunately now Han Qi is too eye-catching, and it is a little troublesome to come back, and Li Zhang also needs Liu E's permission if he wants to resign.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Li Zhang, after thinking about it for a few days, finally decided to come to the Vertical Arch Hall again on this day, whether it is a resignation or a person, Liu E's nod is needed.