Chapter 16 To Chang'an

After Li Jiancheng and Du Ruhui returned from their trip to the mountain, they sent Du Ruhui and the stele back to Du's mansion. As soon as the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info entered the door, a loud shout came:

"Keming, you are not studying at home, where have you been in the past few days, why don't you hurry up and roll over to the labor. Well! When Du Ruhui heard this voice, he immediately hid behind Li Jiancheng, and his body was still trembling slightly. The head showed out and the hippie smiled and said to the man:

"Daddy, isn't the boy back? The child was just bored in his heart, and went out for a walk, didn't the sage also say that it is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles! Who knew that he was in distress in the mountains, but fortunately this Li Gongzi came to the rescue, otherwise I wouldn't have come back. After saying that, he quickly retracted his head.

At this time, a woman dressed gorgeously and with a quiet face walked over with a concerned face, "Ah! Son! Let my mother see, where is the injury? Master, it's not that you don't know Keming's personality, it's just that you go out to visit the mountains, and you don't go to any flower street and willow lane, I think it's better to forget it! Although Master Du's face was still very serious, he could ease it up a bit.

"Clever words, since ancient times, the sages have a cloud: a loving mother has many defeated children, you should get used to it! Childe saved the dog, and he was grateful, so please go to the living room for tea. Please! In the living room, the guest and the host sat down, and Du Ruhui stood next to his father. Refreshments were served.

"Li Gongzi, my Du family is such a lone seedling, and he is usually more stern, and Gongzi smiled. I don't know where Gongzi's family lives, where is Ling Zun proud? ”

Maybe it's because I can't get used to Master Du's condescending tone, maybe Li Jiancheng doesn't have a stand in front of others like others. Li Ping interjected dissatisfiedly: "My son-in-law is the eldest son of the Tang Mansion, and now lives in the inner courtyard of the Qizhou Thorn History Mansion. Li Jiancheng glanced at him dissatisfied.

"Alas! It turned out to be the son of Lord Li, the official Du Zha, the current envoy of the governor of Qizhou, Lord Li's great achievements in Longzhou, famous in the government and the opposition, and he admired it very much! Li Jiancheng laughed and then left.

"Ru Hui, go to the study with the labor and management, and tell the labor and management in detail about your acquaintance with Li Gongzi." Du Ru followed his father.

After Li Jiancheng left the Du Mansion, he reprimanded Li Ping and warned him that he must be low-key in the future and not to oppress people with power. After entering the door, Li Yuan sent someone to find him.

"It's done! It's good for you to come back, my father wants you to go to Chang'an, Yue Gong Yang Su's birthday is coming, I prepared some birthday gifts for my father, you sent it on behalf of my father, you have been away from home for a long time, your mother often writes to say that she misses you, and it will be the New Year soon, so take this opportunity to go home and see her by the way. ”

"Yes! Father, it's just that the child has something to do, Yang Su has nothing to do with our Li family, why do you want to be courteous to him this year? ”

"It's done! You are still young, and you have not yet seen through the things in officialdom. According to the report of the palace a few days ago, Prime Minister Gao Xi became the Pingnan supervisor of the King of Jin as the prime minister. And he is the most powerful supporter of the crown prince. Before his father left Beijing, the second saint had already revealed that he would abolish the crown prince and establish the king of Jin as his heir. Yang Su and the King of Jin have always been good friends, and they are also very trusted by the saints, and when the King of Jin became the governor of Yangzhou, Jiangnan, Yang Su immediately took over the captain. So I have to rely on it a lot in the future. It's not easy to be an official! Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan's old face and nodded as if he didn't understand.

On the second day, Li Jiancheng was ready to go out with several carriages loaded with gold, silver and jewelry, and Du Ruhui was already waiting at the door.

"Brother Jiancheng, the younger brother heard that you are going to Chang'an to celebrate the birthday of Yue Gong, and it just so happens that the younger brother is also going to Chang'an, why don't we do it together."

"Brother Du, did you sneak out, aren't you afraid that your father will scold you?" Li Jiancheng said with a smile.

"Brother Li said with a smile, it was my father who asked me to come, my grandfather is old, and he wrote a few days ago that he had an illness, so my father asked me to go back to Chang'an, first, to take care of my grandfather, and second, to prepare for the imperial examination in the coming year, and to prepare for the future office." Du Ruhui said shyly.

"Brother Du has lofty ambitions, and his future will definitely be great. Congratulations in advance for my brother. The two talked as they walked, all the way to Chang'an.

P.S.: Many people say that China's imperial examination originated from Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, in fact, this is wrong, the idea of the imperial examination originated at the end of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, in order to strengthen the imperial power, change the source of officials, the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was formally implemented, but it also formed a contradiction between the royal family and the family. It became one of the reasons for the fall of the Sui Dynasty. It was Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who carried forward the imperial examination system. From the Tang Dynasty to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, it was the main source of Chinese officials, which was also recognized by later generations as one of the historical achievements of Emperor Yang of Sui.