CHAPTER XXIII

Yoo Joong Ki was already very surprised.

Su Tiancheng has changed too much, he can't believe it, when he was studying in the same house, Su Tiancheng was silent, almost didn't speak, after class every day, he went straight home, and rarely participated in all kinds of gatherings, but this guy's grades are good, Pingyang Mansion can admit forty students every year, and Su Tiancheng can actually get into the top five, which is quite good.

passed the government examination, and it is said that Su Tiancheng can go to Guozijian to study and prepare for the township examination.

There are four types of prisoners in the Guozijian, namely the eunuch, the tribute eunuch, the shadow eunuch, and the regular eunuch.

The status of the eunuch is the highest, and all of them are unsuccessful in the examination, and generally do not study in the country, and after being named, they go to the capital or local government to serve as petty officials.

Gongjian is an outstanding talent selected from all over the country, and he enters the country to study, but it is a pity that this kind of selection is just a formality, and in the end it is sorted according to age, and some people who are old and do not have much knowledge are full of them.

The status of the shadow eunuch is the most noble, and they are all the children of high-ranking officials above the third rank, or the children of Xun Qi.

The regular eunuch spends the most money, and these people are all the children of businessmen or commoners, and they spend money to buy the quota and enter the national prison to study.

Liu Zhongji believes that Su Tiancheng is knowledgeable, if he can go to the Guozijian to study and become a regular supervisor, there will be absolutely no problem in the township test next year.

And Su Tiancheng's elder brother Su Tianhao, who didn't have much knowledge, barely got into the Tongsheng exam, and actually went to the Guozijian and became a regular supervisor.

Su Tianhao is the eldest son, and Su Tiancheng is a concubine, which is the reason.

Liu Joong Ki also knew it, but he just felt that the old man of the Su family had no beads, and the silver was thrown into the water.

He had never seen Su Tiancheng enter the Qinglou, and today he also wanted to try it to see if Su Tiancheng had really changed, he didn't expect Su Tiancheng to be so cheerful and able to deal with it decently, but it was really strange, and he should be impressed by it for three days.

Su Tiancheng had a different idea, he was concerned about how much silver it would cost to come to Qinglou.

"Brother Liu, I'm really embarrassed to spend so much."

"Brother Su, don't say that, let's drink and have fun, last year's government test, some people looked down on Liu, thinking that Liu was useless, Brother Su gave Liu a lot of encouragement, this affection, Liu will always remember."

"Brother Liu is righteous and bold, friends are all over the world, it is better to be respectful than to obey his fate, and I must respect Brother Liu for a few glasses of wine."

"That's right, Liu has always admired Brother Su's talent, and today we won't get drunk or return."

"So thank you Brother Liu, it's the first time I've been to the Qinglou, and I don't know the rules of Lu Dao, if there is anything abrupt, please Brother Liu for advice."

"Brother Su is careful, when it comes to this Qinglou, there are no rules, it depends on whether you have silver, if you have silver, what you say is the rules, if there is no silver, mother's words are the rules."

"I see, I don't know how much silver taels it will cost to come to the Qinglou once."

Liu Zhongji was a little angry, he didn't expect Su Tiancheng to ask such a thing, it was too cheap, but he still held back, maybe Su Tiancheng was enlightened, and he would often go to Qinglou in the future, and it was not a bad thing to know the price.

"It depends on how to consume, one hundred taels of silver is not much, three or five taels of silver is not less, if you want to invite the top girl of the Qinglou, there are no dozens of taels of silver, it will definitely not work, as for ordinary consumption, three or five taels of silver is enough."

Seeing that Su Tiancheng's face was a little pale, Liu Joong Ki misunderstood the meaning.

"Hehe, don't talk about this, the banquet will come up in a while, and the girl will also come, let's have a good time today, Brother Su must let go."

The wine and food came up quickly, there were not many dishes, probably because the bustard's mother thought of it, that is, two people, but the girl didn't come for a long time, and Liu Zhongji couldn't help it.

People's face is very important, throughout the ages, I don't know how many people in Ludao, for the sake of face, fight, and even fight with their lives, Su Tiancheng knows the stakes in Ludao, but he knows better that face and identity are closely linked, and it is stupid to die without self-strength.

The bustard's eyes are very poisonous, and they can also grasp the details of the frequent guests, and they tend to be inflammatory, of course, all to make money.

People who come to the Qinglou to entertain, three religions and nine streams, everyone has it, if you lose your temper indiscriminately, maybe you meet a big person, and you don't know what is going on with Lu Dao.

Every green building has some background behind it.

But Liu Zhongji is a student, Liu Zhongji's father is also a pawn of Pingyang Prefecture, according to his status a few hundred years later, he is the deputy director of the Organization Department, such an identity is already good, why would such a situation occur.

"Brother Liu, I would like to give you a drink, thank you for Brother Liu's hospitality."

"Brother Su, I'm sorry, you see, the girl didn't come until this time."

"Brother Liu, don't have such thoughts, we came here to have fun, not to be angry, it doesn't matter if the girl doesn't come, it's no big deal, try to relax."

Liu Zhongji's amount of wine is obviously not good, after two glasses of wine, his face began to turn red, Su Tiancheng sighed softly, such a amount of wine, it is definitely not possible to come to the Qinglou.

Yoo Joong Ki's words obviously began to increase, and this situation is indeed a manifestation of not being able to drink.

"Brother Su, it's not peaceful now."

"What do you say?"

Yoo Joong Ki's face turned even redder, and he unconsciously looked around to see if anyone was eavesdropping.

"The rogue is rampant, the Shaanxi bandit leader Gao Yingxiang and Wang Zishun have fled to the area of Pingyang Fucheng to make trouble, making people panic, this Shaanxi Zhang Xianzhong, originally a Yansui soldier, violated military law, was whipped a hundred, and also rebelled, I don't know what happened to Shaanxi, why are there so many rogues."

Su Tiancheng smiled secretly, he knew all these situations, and said that Li Zicheng was a post pawn before, because Hu Ke gave Liu Mao a twist in the matter, thinking that the waste of the post station was too big and should be abolished, Zhu Youzhen Zhun abolished the post station, and Li Zicheng was unemployed, so he also rebelled. Some people even said that Liu Mao was married to a concubine, and the original wife rushed to the capital quickly through the post station, destroying Liu Mao's good deeds.

However, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, who really succeeded in the rebellion, were not real peasants.

The reason why he knows the Tao is mostly because he has read the official newspaper, and his father is in the Pingyang Mansion office, and he can see the newspaper.

"Brother Su, you know about the killing of Yuan Chonghuan."

Su Tiancheng narrowed his eyes, Yuan Chonghuan was killed by Emperor Chongzhen, there were too many disputes in it, most of them complained about Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, but there were also different opinions, thinking that Yuan Chonghuan should be killed.

At this time, it was only three months since Yuan Chonghuan was killed.

"I've always been at home in Xia, I don't know much about it, I don't know what Brother Liu thinks."

"Alas, there are a lot of people who shout grievances for Yuan Chonghuan, this is a major event in the middle of the court, I can't talk nonsense, I met Brother Su today, and I want to solve the doubts in my heart."

Liu Zhongji picked up the wine glass and drank it all, without waiting for Su Tiancheng to speak, and spoke again.

"I heard a saying that Wei Zhongxian's party members were waiting for an opportunity to take revenge, causing the emperor to kill Yuan Chonghuan."

Su Tiancheng suddenly thought of his evaluation of Yuan Chonghuan, which was a piece of information he had read: Yuan Chonghuan is a person with a very noble character, selfless and fearless, but his tragedy lies in his noble character and clear conscience, so when he does things, he prides himself on serving the country and the public, without scruples, and even when he does the wrong thing, he is so straightforward and so frank.

In fact, there were many such ministers in the Ming Dynasty, and this may also be one of the tragedies of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that he has crossed over, Su Tiancheng needs to have his own opinion.

"Oh, what does Brother Liu think, I really haven't heard of it."

"Where do I have any opinions, it's all a big matter in the imperial court, it's not something we care about, I still admire Brother Su, I only read sage books, and I will definitely go to high school next year."

Su Tiancheng was a little discouraged, he couldn't imagine that this Liu Zhongji was also very smart, and he must have an opinion on Yuan Chonghuan's killing, but he didn't say it.

After drinking a pot of wine, the girl still didn't come, Su Tiancheng was a little angry, and wanted to go out to find the bustard's mother theory, isn't this bullying.

Yoo Joong Ki was already drunk, lying on the table, still muttering to himself.