Chapter Thirty-Five: A Thick Thigh

At that time, Zhongzong Li Xian ascended the throne for the second time for just over a year, and this Zhongzong was the same as his old son Tang Gaozong, although he cared about the old feelings, he was a cowardly emperor without a backbone, and Empress Wei of the East Palace was a strong woman who had the heart to emulate her mother-in-law Wu Zetian, echoing with Wu Sansi, who was powerful in the court. Li Chongjun, the prince of the East Palace, is fighting to the death with Wu Sansi for his own status, and there is also the Taiping princess with great potential power next to him, such a court situation format will inevitably make the officials who are always concerned about the court situation worried, and they will have more scruples when gossiping about the court situation.

Lin Xuezheng naturally knew Zhang Xianling's thoughts, so he didn't say anything about Li Longji, and Shunfeng turned the topic to the beautiful scenery of early spring, and the full moon was appreciating, but Lin, Zhang, and Yan didn't notice that since they heard the name Li Longji, Tang, who was still very active just now, lost his mind for a long time.

This wine tasting and moon appreciation did not end until the moon jumped high behind the willow tops, before Tang Que left, Zhang County, who was full of wine, exhorted him a few words, and Lin Xuezheng also sent him a few steps, and told him to go to the county school after settling down at home.

Coming out of Liu Lizheng's house, Tang Que first sent Old Master Yan home, and then walked to his house, walking on the country road in a moonlight, the night breeze was like water, looking at the mountains and fields that were pale white under the hazy moonlight, Tang Que couldn't help but feel some feelings.

A county school quota, if you want to come to the history books of the Tang Dynasty in later generations, you will definitely not feel embarrassed and remarkable. If it is difficult for rural people to enter the city in the seventies and eighties in later generations, then in this era of minimal population mobility, it is even more difficult for a poor rural person to get rid of the fate of digging in the soil, and entering the county school is the first threshold to get out of the land.

In the three or five villages within a radius, he is the second person in twenty years to successfully enter the county school, how did he get this place? In the final analysis, it's just because I have the opportunity to get along with the prefectural order. A thing that is difficult to compare with the sky in the eyes of rural people is just a fluttering sentence in Zhang Countyling's mouth. Through this incident, Tang Que truly felt the magic of power for the first time after crossing over.

Different from the improvement of the status of industry and commerce in later generations, entrepreneurs and big money in the world, in this era of the Tang Dynasty, if you want to live well and live with dignity, you can only squeeze into the ranks of civil servants, officials, good, lowly and so on, only by squeezing into the ranks of officials, can you really have a background and a future. Otherwise, no matter how big the business is, no matter how much money you have, you may not have much security. For example, the family of Chen Ziang, a talented son in the Celestial Dynasty, was famous and wealthy in Jiannan, but once Chen Ziang lost his position, he was unjustly killed in prison by a little-known small county order, even if his family had money, he could not save his life.

"Breaking the county order, destroying the door order Yin", this is the most real reality of an official-based society.

When Tang Que, who was slightly drunk, pushed open the door of his house, what he saw only startled him, the house that few people came and went in the past is now almost a room full of people, seeing him push the door in, these villagers who have never been able to speak actually stood up together like welcoming distinguished guests, their faces in addition to a slight restrained color, but also with a touch of flattery...... Yes, it's a flattering smile, and the only person who could enjoy such a smile in the village before was Liu Lizheng.

"Why are you all standing up? Everyone just sits casually", Tang Que already has a sense of wine, and now he is not in a quiet mood, he originally didn't like to be noisy, but when he saw Tang Zhang's family who was pouring tea for the villagers with a red face, he also changed his mind, "I have been accompanying Zhang Xianzun and Lin Xuezheng to eat wine at night, and I have a smell of wine, mother, you boil some hot water and I will wash it."

Although what he said was casual, but after the villagers heard it, their faces that had just relaxed became solemn again, and the villagers who had guarded the land all their lives almost never lived a hundred miles away, and they were always careful when they saw Liu Lizheng, not to mention the respect of a county? It's an honor to see it, let alone Tang Que talking with him like this, if he hadn't won the love of the county magistrate, he would have been able to accompany him to eat and drink until this time?

Grandpa! This kid from the Tang family really got on the **** luck this time, and he hugged a thick thigh all of a sudden.

Since Tang Que followed Old Master Yan to greet the county order in the morning, the blush on the faces of Tang Zhang's two people has hardly faded in the past half a day, and after handing the stoneware tea pot in his hand to his son who stepped forward, Tang Zhang's smiled and went to light a fire and boil water.

Seeing that Tang Que personally came to add tea, the villagers seemed to be a little frightened, and they all stood up and put their hands in a gesture to give a salute, and such actions were only used when facing the "decent people" in their eyes.

Tang Que laughed and gossiped with the villagers while adding tea, nothing more than how the county magistrate was dignified, and how rich the preparation of today's banquet was seven bowls and eight plates, and the villagers liked to listen to this.

The villagers still didn't have any arrogance after seeing Tang Que's big face today, and they couldn't help but laugh with them, and it was inevitable that they would praise Tang Que for his calm temperament and not being arrogant. After the lack of praise and Tang, he will say that the old couple is blessed, and the ancestor has accumulated virtue and gave birth to such a good son who can go to the front of people.

The flattering words that Tang and Zhang have heard in the past ten years are added together, but I am afraid that there are not as many as today's night.

In the end, Tang Que lightly mentioned that he was about to go to the county school, although he said it casually, but the shocking effect of the news itself was too great, so there was a moment of silence in the whole house, and even Tang Zhang, who was scooping water, was so surprised that he didn't know when the water scoop in his hand fell to the ground.

At this point, the eyes of the villagers looking at Tang Que have completely changed. Go to the county school! Counting the nearly ten villages in Fang Yuanzuo, Tang Que has been the only one in the past ten years. The villagers don't have any idea of whether they are in the middle school or not, after all, in the Tang Dynasty, the admission rate of Jinshi was too low, and it was too difficult. What they know is that once they go to the county school, they will be able to go to the county government office to find a clerical job in the future, and then they can also go to the city to be a big gentleman in charge of accounts, and even if they are poor, they can also teach a Mongolian school, and no matter which of the above three things is much better than the hard work of digging in the land.

In short, in a word, this kid of the Tang family can now be regarded as a real change of life! From today onwards, he is no longer a peasant, but a decent gentleman who really wants to rely on pen and ink to eat.