Chu Qiangzhi walked out of the gate, said goodbye to the officials at all levels in Huayin who sent him, he rode a bad horse, escorted the convoy on the road, Chu Qiangzhi saw Li Rizhi in the crowd, so he beckoned him over.

Chu Qiangzhi said: "There is no huge amount of money of 8,000 yuan in the county, wait until you get to the household department, go to Huayin's account, transfer the money to you first, and then I will go to the nobleman, or, when the time comes, I will take you to meet him, and he will transfer the bounty to Huayin County, which will save you the embarrassment of asking for it." ”

Li Rizhi hurriedly said: "Chu County Order, the students don't expect to make a fortune with this bounty, so there is no need to be so troublesome, the two hundred bounty will be given to the officials in the county, let them share, after all, if they don't patrol the streets every day, the people can't live and work in peace and contentment, they are the real hard people." ”

"Are they working hard, what's the use of just working hard, but they still let Liu Chengzhen, a murderer, do evil for so long, they should feel ashamed!" Chu Qiangzhi said angrily, but then sighed and said, "I am also responsible, not only the fault of my subordinates. ”

Li Rizhi had to comfort a few words, he was also relieved, fortunately he only cashed the bounty after arriving in Chang'an, if he really gave him eight thousand guan here in Huayin, he couldn't take it on the road, even if it was all exchanged for silver, or exchanged for gold, it was too much, and with so much money, it would also be remembered by thieves!

The wooden cage prisoner car is not fast, and it can't be fast, after going out of Huayin County all the way, but after traveling for more than 20 miles, Chu Qiangzhi ordered to rest, he called Li Rizhi, and said: "After you arrive in Chang'an, it's best to live outside the city, don't live in the city, living in the city is just expensive, you can't study at all, the three sects and the nine streams will come to you, all kinds of reasons emerge in endlessly, if you can read the book, it's really weird!" ”

Li Ri knew: "If that's the case, then the student will live outside the city, but I don't know if it will be inconvenient." ”

"It's not inconvenient, when I went to Beijing to take the exam, I lived outside the city, and that was when the first emperor was alive!" When it came to the first emperor, Chu Qiangzhi's face darkened, he respected the first emperor Li Shimin very much, and was willing to die for it.

Hearing Chu Qiangzhi mention the first emperor, Li Rizhi was silent for a moment, his father was also an official in Chang'an, but he was a medical officer and also worked for the first emperor, his father Li Zhengchun often said that the first emperor was shengming, but he never said what the specific shengming method was, of course, once a son of heaven and a courtier, there is no need to say more, if you want to study, it is best to study the habits of today's son.

Li Ri knew: "Chu County Order, I wonder if today's son is the same as the first emperor, and he is also a resolute and courageous person?" ”

Chu Qiangzhi hesitated slightly, and after a while, he said: "Today, the resolute and courageous did not show it, because the world is peaceful now, but the generosity and benevolence are the first people who deserve to be from the previous dynasty to the present!" ”

The first half of Chu Qiangzhi's sentence is quite tactful, and the second half of the sentence is a fierce boast, but it is also a fact, starting from the previous dynasty, that is, starting from the Sui Dynasty that has perished, if you want to talk about generosity and benevolence, no one can compare to Li Zhi, of course, at this time, no one knows how things will develop in the future!

Li Rizhi thought to himself: "I see, no wonder Chu Qiangzhi dares to go to Chang'an to ask for guilt, ordinary people really don't dare, if it turns out to be true, wouldn't it be bad, only people who know that today are very, very, very generous, dare to take such a risk, it seems that Chu County Ling really has acquaintances in the palace!" ”

After a while, Chu Qiangzhi said: "Li Gongzi, I think you are from a rich family, but there is someone in the family who is an official?" ”

Li Rizhi nodded and said: "My father worked as a doctor in Chang'an in his early years, and now the student's uncle Zheng Zhengang is a county magistrate in Xingyang, and the student's family is well-off, but it is not a rich family. ”

Chu Qiangzhi sighed, he said: "I am different from you, I am a poor monk, although the Chu family is a big family, but when I get to my family, it is already dilapidated when I reach my father's generation, in order to boost the family business, my father urged me to study hard, I studied at that time, but it was very hard, you can't imagine." ”

Li Rizhi thought for a while and said: "The student has a junior brother, who is also from a poor family since he was a child, he has to study in the academy at the same time, and at the same time work to make a living and take care of the family. ”

This sentence immediately came to the bottom of Chu Qiangzhi's heart, he just likes to tell others about his hard work when he was studying, and then refer to his current achievements, praising him that all his hard work is worth it, and he is also a person with perseverance.

Chu Qiangzhi smiled and said, "At that time, there were many people studying with me, and there were students who were even poorer than me. ”

Immediately, his face became gloomy again, and he said: "One of the classmates, because the family really can't afford to read, let alone study, even the livelihood is a problem, so he can only be sold by the family and sold to Chang'an, and when I reunite with him for many years, he has already become a deacon in the palace!" ”

Li Rizhi understood what Chu Qiangzhi meant, Chu Qiang's classmate when he was a child, was sold by his family, and the traffickers brought his little classmate to Chang'an, sent him to the palace, and became a little eunuch after castration, and the little eunuch has not stayed in the palace for so many years, and has become a deacon, and the person who can become a deacon in the palace is quite remarkable, perhaps, it is precisely because of this that Chu Qiangzhi can know the temper of today's son!

Chu Qiangzhi's face became better again, and he said: "However, he is doing well now, because he has read books, not only can he read, but he can also write...... Well, it's a passable article, so in front of Queen Wu, it's still very favored, and the days are much more nourishing than my county order. By the way, Li Gongzi, have you heard of Empress Wu? ”

Li Rizhi shook his head and said: "This, I have never heard of it, how can people in our small place know about the things in the palace!" ”

Chu Qiangzhi became excited, and said: "If you want to say that today's son loves Queen Wu, it is really rare since ancient times, even if the courtiers oppose it, but the emperor still made her the queen, not only that, but last year there were courtiers who shouted to abolish Queen Wu, but it was defeated, Queen Wu was not only unharmed, I heard that she was pregnant with a dragon seed again, and she was going to give birth to a dragon for the emperor!" ”

Obviously, it may be the influence of his classmate in the palace, so Chu Qiangzhi is not disgusted with Empress Wu, but is happy for the consolidation of Empress Wu's position, he paused, and said: "But I heard that Empress Wu wants to give birth to a princess, and Empress Wu prefers her daughter, presumably if she is really a little princess, it must be a collection of three thousand favors!" ”

Li Rizhi was very surprised when he heard it, the current queen's surname is Wu, he knows, but the courtiers don't like Queen Wu, he doesn't know, and Queen Wu likes her daughter and wants to give birth to a little princess, which is even more unimaginable.

However, it seems that Chu Qiangzhi doesn't understand too much, this kind of palace matter, even if he has acquaintances in the palace, he shouldn't talk too much to him.

Li Ri knew: "I see, if this is the case, if the student goes to Beijing to invest in the bank, in case he votes for the home of a courtier, and the courtier is against Empress Wu, then wouldn't this be tantamount to offending Empress Wu!" ”

Chu Qiangzhi said with a smile: "Of course there is this danger, every time there are many scholars from other places who do not understand the situation in Chang'an, they go to the investment bank paper indiscriminately, even if they have some talent, but they will not be admitted, you are considered to have asked the right person, and when you ask me here, you can know the situation in Beijing in advance, otherwise you will inquire after entering Beijing, and the true and false news will be piled up together, you don't want to be dizzy, I'm afraid it won't be available!" ”

Li Rizhi scratched his forehead and thought: "I don't know if that Ma Shilang is against Empress Wu, against Empress Wu, if he doesn't give the emperor face, then the emperor may not like him, if I enter the examination room and don't get good grades, then that's it, I have nothing to say if my skills are not as good as others, I can only study harder, but if I vote for the wrong person in the investment bank, then I am really wronged!" ”

The purpose of the investment bank roll is to make a name for itself, if it is voted into the hands of the opponents of Queen Wu, the greater the fame, the deeper it will offend Queen Wu, the key is that it can't be done, he can't be guilty of offending Queen Wu because of this, he hasn't even seen Ma Shilang, although there is a letter from Ma Wenshang, but he doesn't have to go to Ma Shilang's scroll.

Fortunately, I learned the news in advance, otherwise I don't know how to offend people, of course I am not afraid of offending people, how can there be people who cannot offend people in life, but offending people for no reason, and offending the emperor's wife, it will be too much to offend!

Li Ri knew: "I don't know the Ma Shilang and Empress Wu of the Criminal Department...... What is the relationship between the family? ”

He felt that he couldn't answer this question, Chu Qiangzhi was the county magistrate of Huayin County, even if he had good friends in the palace, but the courtiers and Empress Wu didn't necessarily know a lot, he couldn't directly ask Ma Shilang if he had opposed Empress Wu, so he had to change the question.

Chu Qiangzhi didn't understand the reason, he said: "Who knows if it's true or false, you better be careful, you'd rather not invest in the bank paper than the wrong line paper!" ”

Li Rizhi sighed, listening to this tone, it is estimated that Ma Shilang and Empress Wu are not very good on the surface, but what is actually going on, Chu Qiangzhi is not clear, he is tactfully persuading himself not to take risks.

It turns out that the water in the capital Chang'an is so deep!

Li Rizhi couldn't help but think: "Now the imperial court's scientific examination system is still in the initial period, and now it seems that there are really many drawbacks, especially the investment bank volume, which is actually forcing the scholars to stand in line in advance and find a wealthy family that can take refuge, so that the power of the gate valve is not getting bigger and bigger, and the battle between officials is not getting bigger and bigger, but how to get rid of the bad habit of investment bank paper, I can't think of a good way, maybe, after understanding the actual situation in the future, I will come up with it!" ”

Could it be that some big people in the DPRK are also thinking?

Li Rizhi thought about it for a long time, and then he shook his head, the ministers of the court will not have too many people thinking about this, because the investment bank paper is a good way for them to show favor to Shizi in advance, how can they want to abolish it, the person who wants to abolish this vice must be the royal family, or even the son of today himself, but if the son of today is generous and benevolent, then in terms of means, I am afraid it will be softer, if the ministers oppose it, he should not change.

Therefore, if you want to change the behavior of investment banking papers, you must be a very powerful emperor.

Just thinking about it, someone suddenly came over to call Li Rizhi, Li Rizhi looked up and saw that the team had already started to go on the road again, he patronized and thought about things, but he didn't even notice it.

Fu Guibao came over and asked in a low voice, "Big brother, what's the matter, what news did you hear just now?" ”

Li Rizhi took a breath and said, "It is estimated that Ma Shilang's door is not needed, who would have thought that Empress Wu and the courtiers have a bad relationship!" The investment bank roll, the investment bank roll, really killed me, I can't do it if I don't vote, I still can't do it, I still can't do it, after entering Beijing, my eyes are black, I really feel sorry for me! ”

Fu Guibao said: "Empress Wu? Is the queen's surname Wu? ”

"yes!" Li Rizhi sighed, Empress Wu, what kind of character is she?