Just after more than 20 days of begging for peace in the Jumping Mountain Palace, Zhuo Youzhu Suiliang and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites were the masters, and there were several examiners outside the Lang to help, and there were not many things that really made him do.

These days, most of the time he stays in the hall of the papers, and a few times he accompanies Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji, soaking in hot springs, scraping his tongue or something, although he has not done a few things, but the relationship with the emperor and a number of important ministers is increasing day by day, and the more they get along, the better.

Li Shimin originally wanted to pressure Wang Ping'an and leave it to his son, but after getting along these days, I feel that although Wang Ping'an is talented, he is a very "innocent" good boy, no wonder everyone says he is a good person!

As a minister who governs the country, especially an important minister in the court, a good boy is not good, he has to be scheming, and a good boy cannot cope with all kinds of government affairs.

On this day, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji soaked in the star soup, and there was no one left and right, only his monarch and ministers were talking in the pool.

Li Shimin leaned on the edge of the pool, took a hand towel, wiped his sweat, and said: "Wuji, do you say that Wang Ping'an, a child, is he up to the task?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji has seen it these days, and the emperor's good impression of Wang Ping'an has increased greatly, and he asked himself this sentence in private, indicating that he is considering adding a burden to Wang Ping'an, and he may have to entrust him with a heavy task in advance.

He thought for a while and said, "It's too immature, it still needs to be tempered, and the jade can't be made without cutting." According to the old minister, he should be assigned some specific duties, so that he can understand the government and learn to deal with matters as soon as possible. Li Shimin hummed and said, "Lian thinks so too."

Last time, Zhi'er said that he wanted to be a scholar, but you stopped him, but why? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji secretly said in his heart: "Of course I want him to be the Zhongshu squire, and in the future, he will be in charge of Zhongshu Province, and if he is in charge of Zhongshu Province, isn't it equivalent to me being in charge." But this road has to be paved for him by myself. ”

He said: "Wang Ping'an is still too young, and the old minister sees that he has a good grasp of the overall situation, but he has great deficiencies in the implementation of various matters. If you make an idea and do something, but you can't implement it effectively, you can only be regarded as a minister, not a godminister. ”

Li Shimin nodded slightly, he also felt this way, but still asked: "How can you see that what things are he just talking about, but not really doing it?" ”

"That's too much, almost everything." The eldest grandson Wuji grabbed the tray floating in the pool, took a cup of tea from it, and presented it to Li Shimin, while he himself took a glass of wine, took a sip, and moistened his throat.

He said: "Like the new disaster relief law, this was proposed by him, but it was the Xuzhou Thorn History that was implemented. There is also a running conference, which was also his idea, but it was the cooperation of various departments. Don't talk about it from afar, the old minister heard that he asked Xu Jingzong to go, so he was going to get some kind of pedestrian street. Why did he want Xu Jingzong to go, it's not that he can't do it himself, so he is looking for help. ”

Li Shimin took a sip of tea, put the teacup on the edge of the pool, and said: "If you want to say so, Lian feels that this is indeed the case, Wang Ping'an's execution ability is far inferior to his planning ability." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji intended to make the emperor feel this way, and when the matter was done, he could say to Wang Ping'an, the emperor told me in private how you were doing, and then how I recommended you, so that Wang Ping'an could be grateful to him, and felt that it was not enough to rely on the prince alone, and the emperor did not listen to the prince's words, but only listened to him.

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "So the old minister said that Wang Ping'an still needs to be trained!" ”

Li Shimin smiled: "Training is a must. Lian has been thinking these days, what Zhongshu Province is doing is planning, if Wang Ping'an goes there, he can use his strengths. If he is good at execution, then he doesn't have to go to Zhongshu Province, he will directly enter your Shangshu Province and be your deputy. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled, and was about to push the boat down the river, persuading the emperor to directly let Wang Ping'an enter Zhongshu Province.

Li Shimin's next sentence came next, and he said: "But as soon as you say this, Lian thinks that it is unnecessary to let him go directly to Zhongshu Province, anyway, he is already good at planning, even if he is tempered, he does not have to hone in Zhongshu Province." ”

Eldest Sun Wuji's eyes were long, and he thought, "You don't want him to go to my Shangshu Province, right?" I'm a turnip and a pit, and if you go in, you have to take one away, who will you take away? ”

Li Shimin said: "If you want to exercise your executive ability, then the best thing is to become a magistrate." Going to the poorest place to be a magistrate can help him understand the sufferings of the people, and know what it means that water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat; Second, to deal with civil affairs, the most important thing is to exercise executive ability, which can make up for his shortcomings. Only in this way can Lian rest assured that he will be left for Zhi'er to use! ”

The pool water was already hot, and the eldest grandson Wuji had already been sweating, and after listening to Li Shimin's words, he sweated even more! He thought to himself, "Send him to the poorest place to be a magistrate?" It doesn't have to be this way! If you really send Wang Ping'an to a poor place, it will not be me who paves the way for him, but I will set up a card for him! ”

He said: "Your Majesty, this is not necessary. In fact, the old minister had already had an idea and wanted Wang Ping'an to hone and hone in his fiefdom, but he didn't want him to stay away from Chang'an. ”

Li Shimin said curiously: "Why don't you want him to stay away from Chang'an?" Oh, you're afraid that the Yiren will marry him, and if he gets far away, the Yiren will be homesick. There is no need to worry about this, the Yiren is actually very reluctant to her, and after the family affairs are settled, the date of marriage will be set. After a year or two, he can return to Beijing, and then enter Zhongshu Province and marry Yiren as the deputy ruler, so that he can show that he loves his young daughter and is worthy of your sister. ”

When it came to the first queen, the eldest grandson Wuji was immediately speechless, Li Yiren was his niece, the eldest grandson's own young daughter, Li Shimin was reluctant to marry her early, it was normal, he couldn't say anything else, it would be a suspicion of separation.

The eldest grandson Wuji thought about it for a long time, but didn't come up with any good ideas, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the old minister doesn't want Wang Ping'an to be too far away from Chang'an, mainly because "the old minister's health is not good, and many ministers in the court are old." That Wang Ping'an has high medical skills, and he stays in the capital, isn't there a lot of protection, so it's convenient to call! ”

Li Shimin frowned, a little unhappy in his heart, but he felt warm. He thought to himself: "It's not necessarily for you, it's for me, I want Wang Ping'an to stay in Beijing to see me." Alas. Or Mowgli thinks about me a little more! ”

He waved his hand, raised a splash, and said: "The last time I heard the monk Xuanwan say, he said that birth, old age, sickness and death are all arranged by God, and they have their own fixed numbers, and they cannot be forced. Keeping Wang Ping'an in Beijing and treating people specially, what has become of it, is he a doctor? It's not a doctor who wants it, but a dog who can be left to the treatment of the child. ”

The eldest grandson was embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers are all old,"

Li Shimin said loudly: "It is precisely because you are all old that you want to find a young person to take over, and the joint decision has been decided, so there is no need to discuss it again!" After a pause, he felt that the words were a little too choking, and said gently: "You arrange a county for Wang Ping'an, forget it, arrange a state, let him do the assassination history, but don't get too close, too close, it's the same as not being sent abroad, if you have anything to do, run to Chang'an, what is it called training." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji had no choice but to say: "Yes, the old minister obeys the order." ”

Although it is comfortable to soak in the hot springs of the Fishing Mountain, you can't always soak in the hot springs. Zhu Suiliang deliberately extended the time for batching the papers, and approved them for a full month, and could not delay any longer, so he had to sort out the test papers and hand them over to the emperor for review.

Li Shimin has always been cool in doing things, and there is no palace test in this era, the real palace test was started by Wu Zetian, she selected the ministers very carefully, and the scholars just made the article full of flowers, but also had to talk and behave to please her. However, Li Shimin does not have this habit, as long as the answer to the paper is good, then everything will be fine.

With a stroke of the pen, the list of Jinshi has not changed, how did Zhu Suiliang report it, and he ordered it himself. The first Jinshi is the head, that is, the champion of later generations, and has become Qiu Renjie's bag without any suspense, and the second Jinshi is Qiu Tingxuan, the son of Xuzhou Shizi and the famous scholar Qiu Wenpu.

These two people are both Wang Ping'an, Qiu Renjie's ranking cannot be changed to Suiliang, the emperor said that his scroll was eye-catching, if they didn't let Qiu Renjie light up, wouldn't they be saying that the emperor has no eyes. As for Qiu Tingxuan's volume, Sui Liang had carefully considered it, and felt that Zhongjin Shi was enough, but the second place seemed to be insufficient.

Wang Ping'an told him privately, didn't you scold the three people I recommended at the end, I gave in, I don't recommend the three of them, but you also have to give in, and recommend Qiu Tingxuan to the adults with me, so that he can be the second place, even if the two of us are even, we will be good buddies and good colleagues in the future.

In officialdom, compromise is a must! The waiter of the Ministry of Rites is willing to give in, then Qiu Tingxuan's article is doing well, and there is a father of a famous person, so it is okay for him to win the second place.

The two deputy examiners unanimously recommended Qiu Tingxuan, and Zhu Suiliang was indispensable, ranking Qiu Tingxuan second. Jinshi is the most important, after the ranking is decided, the other miscellaneous subjects are also done one by one, and the marking is over.

Leaving Chang'an in early January, Li Shimin drove back to Beijing. Returning to Chang'an, the crown prince Li Zhi left Chang'an and greeted Li Shimin halfway. The father and son met, rested for one night on the way, and went on the road together at dawn the next day and entered Chang'an City.

On the first day, he returned to the capital, and on the second day, he posted the list, and the results of the scientific examination were announced to the world.

On this day, Wang Ping'an did not go to the court, it was not a big court meeting, he didn't have to go to the court, he stayed in the Inspiration Temple, accompanied Qiu Renjie and other news. He had already told Qiu Renjie that the emperor had named him as a head.

But before the news fell, Qiu Renjie was not at ease. He was restless in the backyard of the Temple of Inspiration, walking up and down, muttering something he didn't know what he was talking about. Ouyang Li saw him like this, and said to the two little girls: "Didn't the master say that he was hit by the head, why is he still like this, what is he in a hurry, he actually runs to the thatched house one by one?" ”

The two little girls had just finished serving Wang Ping'an to wash, Ding Danruo held a basin in his hand, splashed water on the ground, and said, "Hurry, I have to go to the thatched house." Why don't you rush to the thatched house! ”

Ke Lianwu said: "I'm afraid of a temporary change of hexagram, I'm afraid that the emperor will temporarily change his ranking, then he won't be in shape." ”

Wang Ping'an walked out of the house, heard their conversation, and said, "Because he has too high expectations, that's why he is so nervous." In the past, when he was going to take the Ming Sutra, he didn't see that he was nervous at all, but later he changed to the Jinshi exam, and he began to be concerned, and now he knows that he is going to become a leader, so if he doesn't run the hut a few more times, he will be too calm, "Or, it's dry stool!" ”

The two little girls grimaced together and looked at Qiu Renjie. Qiu Renjie saw Wang Ping'an come out and trotted over, and said, "Big brother, do you want to send someone to see the list?" Brother Ouyang, you run fast, why don't you go! ”

Ouyang Li smiled: "Okay, I'll go and see it for you." "I said yes, but I didn't move.

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said: "No need, you have to be calm now, understand, you just can't be nervous, you have to be as steady as Mount Tai, this is the demeanor of a celebrity." You can be careful, don't tell the good news that when the person comes, you faint with joy, and you can only wake up by slapping you, which is a big shame. "Fan Jinzhong's matter, don't be born on him.

Qiu Renjie sighed, it was impossible for him not to be nervous, and after a few more turns in the yard, after the circle, he ran to the thatched house again.

Suddenly, someone came at the back door, but it was Hamiti and them. Hamiti, Ayiddin and Yin Jiu are all coming, three. The car was filled with four or five baskets full of copper coins, and each copper coin was tied with a small red rope to serve as happy money.

As soon as Hamiti entered the backyard, he shouted, "But what the?" Xiaoqiu can be a jinshi? ”

Wang Ping'an said with a smile: "I didn't send anyone, I already knew the result, so why make me so nervous." ”

Yin Jiu said: "How can you not be nervous, this is a big deal!" ”

Hamiti and Ayidin are also the same head, Zhongjin Shi is a big thing about the green smoke of the ancestral tomb, if he is hit, then the ancestral tomb of the Qiu family will be like the green smoke, the smoke is billowing out!

While speaking, Ouyang Yi ran up and shouted, "Great joy, great joy!" ”

Wang Ping'an said: "Yes, it's great joy, the person who reported the good news has arrived in the front yard?" ”

From afar, I heard Qiu Renjie shouting: "Is it hit, is it the head, hasn't it changed?" He ran in from behind with his pants in his hand, not even his belt.

Ouyang Li said: "I don't know if he just opened it big or if he wiped it clean!" ”

Ouyang Yi glanced at Qiu Renjie and said to Wang Ping'an: "Master, it's not the people who put the list to report the good news, it's our lord and wife who have arrived from Xuzhou, and they haven't entered the city gate yet, and the family who reported the news is blocked in front of the temple, and there are too many people to enter." ”

Wang Ping'an shouted: "Father and mother have arrived? Great, come out with me to meet you! As he spoke, he ran away, and hurriedly turned back halfway through the run, but there were too many people at the front door to get out, so he had to go through the back door.