Yang Fan took the time to accompany Xu Rong back to her parents' home. Originally, three days after the wedding, the husband and wife should go back, but Yang Fan had a lot of things to do, and he delayed until the end of the imperial examination, so he had to pay a visit.

The people of the Xu Mansion also greeted the new official and Xu Rong happily when they saw him returning. Mrs. Xu held Xu Rong's hand, the smile on her face couldn't be suppressed, and she pulled her to pull her parents. Xu Ji is not at home, but the atmosphere in this room is a lot more harmonious. Xu Ji's eldest son and second son are already married, but both of them are officials outside, and they are not above the fourth grade, so they are not allowed to bring their daughters. The sister-in-law is holding a baby, and it seems that she is her eldest nephew.

The third son is studying abroad and has not come back yet, and there is only the fourth son who has been painted by Yang Fan with a turtle on his face, Er Heng, sitting next to Yang Fan at the moment, and said sarcastically: "I heard my father say, you are in big trouble this time." The imperial court for this imperial examination, not only the imperial court, but also the scholars who entered Beijing to catch the examination, all complained in the guilds around the country, and they jointly wrote to complain, to sue, hehe, something happened, right? ”

Yang Fan looked at the gloating face and said nonchalantly, "So what? ”

This brother-in-law said angrily: "If you can't suppress those old men in the court, they will definitely be able to kill you if they catch you for the failure of the imperial examination reform." This is an official in the court, you have to follow the road paved by the people in front of you, and go to the troubled waters yourself, and don't give those villains a chance to take advantage of the loopholes. ”

"You know a lot." Yang Fan didn't expect that this looked like a gentleman, and the kid who teamed up with his two brothers three years ago to knock his stuffy stick was also quite thoughtful.

"Cut, I don't hesitate to be an official. Otherwise, it would have been on the rise a long time ago. He was a little proud to put one foot on the stone pier. But to be honest, except for your brother-in-law, who is more under-beaten, I still admire you. At least. If you want me to be a big official, you don't dare to play like this. ”

"Then tell me, how can I remedy this?" Yang Fan took the freshly brewed tea on the table.

"Huh. Isn't it easy? First of all, you have to stand on your own, be reasonable, and convince the saints and the people of the world, and that's it. As for these courtiers. They have always been right about people, even if you are doing the right thing, then they are against it. It's like that. ”

"This is the first tusk that comes out of your dog's mouth."

Xu Erheng, who was still thin and raised his eyebrows just now, lowered his face. "You haven't paid the debt you owed last time!" Out of nowhere, he suddenly took out a pen and swiped it towards Yang Fan's face.

Yang Fan turned his head sideways, grabbed this kid's wrist with his hand, and said with a smile: "You kid can bear it enough." It's been with me for so long. I took advantage of my lack of attention to come out like this. ”

"Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge."

Yang Fan twitched his pen and said, "Then you wait for another ten years." With that, he picked up the pen and drew a big king on that white face.

"Bastard!"

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Old shop street

The spring breeze blew through the big banyan tree in front of Limindang's door. Xiao Nanbei squatted under the tree, washing the white monk's robe. Yang Fan had instructed, and the guys who were in Limin didn't call the little monk too much. It's just laundry, sweeping, chopping wood, these things. It is a must-do in the small north and south. He looked up at the old mansion and muttered, "Old uncle, don't play hide and seek with the north and south." North and South have seen you several times. ”

A breeze blew, and the little felt hat on Nanbei's head fell into the wooden basin, and Xiao Nanbei pouted, "It's time to wash, you don't need to be reminded by the old uncle, Nanbei will be angry if you do this again." ”

Nanbei was still concentrating on washing clothes. The leaves of the newborn banyan tree fell from the ground for no reason, and they were still so tender green and verdant, falling straight down on the heads of the north and south. In the wooden basin in the north and south, the little hands rubbed vigorously. The soap bubbles increased, and a few droplets of water splashed in the tub, which flew strangely towards his head and hit the leaves.

There are more and more green leaves, and Xiao Nanbei is a little irritated to lead the water in the basin into the air, forming a water dragon, which directly collects the green leaves in the air in the water column.

The wind is calm.

Leaf stop.

Xiao Nanbei sat back on the bench and stomped his feet in a bit of anger, "It's okay to bully Nanbei, this clothes are going to be washed again." What a bad old man......"

"North and South! It's time to eat, there are your favorite bean paste buns! The pawnshop was closed, and the man saw Nanbei who was still washing clothes under the banyan tree, and beckoned. Nanbei's eyes lit up, his little hands wiped a few times on his clothes, and he picked up the small wooden basin and trotted over, "Come on, come on." The bean paste bun remains, and the bean paste bun remains......"

The lights of the Qianqing Palace were lit up early, and the six Shoufu University scholars stood in the palace together, waiting for Zhu Youzhen's summons. Zhou Yanru leaned over and said, "Qi Qi Sheng, the matter of the imperial examination, you ...... it."

Zhu Youzhen didn't sleep well in the past two days, on the one hand, he wanted to support Yang Fan's reform, and on the other hand, he also wanted to maintain the stability of the court, especially at this critical time, "Master Zhou, how did I tell you a few days ago?" ”

Weichen was panicked, but the situation was no longer controllable. A few days ago, the fashion book also went to the Gongyuan in person, wanting to persuade Ning Guohou, hoping not to go it alone, but Yang Hou had to do it, and now the scholars gathered in front of the Gongyuan and asked for justice, so ...... Chenshi ...... Please also make it clear to the Holy Lord. ”

Another scholar also stood up and said, "This imperial examination was ruined beyond recognition by Yang Hou, and it is inevitable that the scholars will be indignant, and the saint must also consider public opinion." ”

Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes, leaned on the dragon chair, and listened to the suggestions of several auxiliary ministers of the cabinet one by one.

"Done, right? Let's go when I'm done, I'm tired. ”

"Holy ...... In the six sections, he is still waiting outside the palace. Zhou Yanru's body bent even lower. They didn't dare to disobey Zhu Youzhen's will, but that didn't mean they didn't even dare to say it. Now, they, including those outside the palace, can stand up their waists and come to talk to Zhu Youzhen, because they represent thousands of Ming scholars, this source of power in the imperial court, even Zhu Youzhen doesn't dare to give up.

"If you have anything to say, just ask Ning Guohou yourself tomorrow, what I want is just the result. Only time can test how talented people are, so I can't guarantee whether Ning Guohou's imperial examination reform will succeed, but ...... What I saw, except for a few humerus ministers, the rest were a group of rice buckets. ”

How harsh these words were, Zhou Yanru and the others didn't know how to say it anymore, so they had to retire. In too many explanations are redundant, the battle of Linghe City was won by Yang Fan; One million quintals of grain was levied by Yang Fan; The defense of the important town of Huguang also has the shadow of Yang Fan, and even Lin Dan Khan of Mongolia has been handled by him. This sentence of rice bucket is indeed a bit of a slap in the face.

However, the scolding is so appropriate. It's not right for people, this is the state of the court today, and no matter how much it says, it's just a superfluous explanation. (To be continued.) )