The Spring Festival of Kangxi's fifty-fourth year finally passed in the busy entertainment, and the old fourteenth still didn't dare to launch a proposal to mobilize the new army at the court meeting, not that he didn't want to, but the situation dictated it, no side, since the conflict with Hongqing, a small gossip suddenly spread among the children of the Eight Banners, saying that the old fourteen was cowardly before the battle, with 300,000 troops in hand, he didn't dare to go to the rebellion on the Pingxi Front, and he actually wanted to transfer the new army of the Fengtai battalion to help the war, it was purely incompetent, and the commander should be changed. There are even several Eight Banners who slapped the table in the Dutong Yamen and scolded their mothers, saying that they were planning to go to the old man, and proposed that the old thirteen should take command of the expedition, so as not to suffer another fiasco.

There is no doubt that the fastest thing in the world is the rumors, especially the New Year, when there are a lot of entertainment, and in a few days, the whole Beijing division knows the old fourteen's intentions, so that not only the eight banners are scolding their mothers, but the flagmen under the head also blame the old fourteen for incompetence, there is no other, the new army is used to rotate the soldiers stationed in Dongying, and now, nearly half of the interests of the "Eight Banners Firm" are from Dongying, and the children of the Eight Banners do not want their own interests to be damaged. Since no one is willing to speak for the old fourteen, under the finger of thousands of people, the old fourteen had to say in public many times that he had no intention of raising the new army, so to put it mildly, he finally calmed down the Yi Shuai turmoil.

Time flies, in a blink of an eye, it has reached the ninth day of February, the triennial spring boudoir **** began again, the old man made the university Shi Maqi as the main examiner, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Heshen, and Dr. Wang Ming became his deputy, more than 3,000 children gathered in the Gongyuan to participate in the examination, and the ninth, twelfth, and fifteenth exams were held three times in a row.

Once every three years, the excitement is lively, but there are not many people who usually pay attention to it, but the current branch is an exception, the people who pay attention to the whole Beijing division, not only the court officials are waiting to see the results, but the ordinary people are also looking forward to the day of the list, there is no side, Zhang Tingyu's son Zhang Ruocheng led by the four talents of the Beijing division are among the exams, and there is also a scandal with the prince of Cheng's mansion Ihanna, Xiao Xuanwu, the son of Suzhou, also participated in this department, whether he can finally become a dependent, it depends on how Xiao Xuanwu plays, It seems that the marriage of such talented and beautiful women is undoubtedly the most talked about entertainment by idlers, and it is not surprising that there is a lot of discussion about it.

Hongqing is also paying attention to this ****, caring about Xiao Xuanwu is only secondary, and more is paying attention to the performance of the eight lifters from Xiaoskeanzi Hutong - the orphanage of Xiaoskewers Hutong has been established so far, it has been eleven years, and it can be regarded as a large number of backbone talents for Hongqing's dark forces and the manufacturing warehouse and research institute of the Ministry of Industry. Hongqing will never do anything about the door, and whether the eight lifters can really become talents depends on their own abilities. Updates are the fastest and most stable

On the fifth day of the third month of the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi, the results of the meeting were announced, a total of 280 tribute students were taken, and the four talents of the Beijing Division were all ranked above, and Xiao Xuanwu was also very competitive, ranking third in the examination, as for the eight lifters from Xiaoskeong Hutong, only Zhang Chengfeng, Sun Yaozong, and Chen Qishan were able to be on the list, and the three of them were not particularly ideal, but they were also quite good. Just wait for the palace to pass, and it will be officially reported to the Zongren Mansion for record.

March 15 of the 54th year of Kangxi is the day of the palace examination, and the sixteenth is the time when the list is released, although by virtue of his identity, Hongqing can go straight to the inner to refer to the list in advance, but Hongqing did not do so, in fact, not only did he not go to the inner city, but he did not even go to the Ministry of Industry, he deliberately took a day off and accompanied Ihana in his own house, in addition to avoiding suspicion, he was also afraid that if Xiao Xuanwu could not be ranked in the top three, Ihanna might do something stupid.

"Master, great joy, great joy, Xiao Gongzi is the first in high school, Zhang Chengfeng and Sun Yaozong are ranked in the second rank, one is in the ninth, one is in the eighteenth, and Chen Qishan is ranked in the top three and eighteen!"

Just after the hour, Hongqing was chatting and laughing with Xiao Xuanwu in the West Flower Hall of his palace, but he saw Guanyu rushing into the hall sweating profusely.

"What? You repeat! ”

As soon as Guanyu's words came out, Hongqing's hanging heart immediately fell to the ground, but before he could say anything, he saw that the bead curtain in the back hall was shaking wildly, and Ihanna had rushed out like a whirlwind, and asked with a face full of surprise.

"So that the county lord of Nana will know that Xiao Gongzi has won the first and third grades, Tanhua!"

Seeing that the person who asked the question was Ihanna, Guanyu didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took a breath, and hurriedly repeated the good news again.

"Great, great......"

Hearing such confirmation as watching the rain, Ihanna's heartstrings, which had been tense for many days, immediately loosened, her face swelled with a flush, and she fell to the ground softly after muttering twice.

Alas, it's hard for this girl!

Before Ihana really fell to the ground, Hongqing, who had been prepared, had already flashed his figure, and the person had already flown to his side like a shock, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he had already helped Ihana up, and shook his head distressedly, but his mouth was broken: "Come on, take Nana County Lord to the back hall to rest!" ”

"Yes!"

Hongqing drank like this, and several maids immediately poured out of the back hall, and hurriedly ran forward, supporting Ihanna, who was unconscious, back to the back hall.

"Luoshan Xiao Xuanwu's words), Nana is fine, but she is too excited, just rest for a while, you can come with this king."

After sending Ihanna away, Hongqing glanced at Xiao Xuanwu quietly, and saw that he was not carried away by the high school flower exploration, but stared at the bead curtain in the back hall with a little melancholy, obviously worried about Ihanna's physical condition, Hongqing saw this, and praised himself in his heart, but he didn't say much, and after appeasing Xiao Xuanwu, he immediately commanded in an unquestionable tone.

"The students obeyed."

Hearing Hongqing's instructions, Xiao Xuanwu hurriedly gathered his mind, respectfully agreed, straightened his waist, got up, followed Hongqing silently, and walked all the way to the study in the inner courtyard.

"Sit down."

After entering the study, Hongqing led Xiao Xuanwu to the reception place, waved his hand relaxedly, and said very kindly.

"Thank you, Lord Wang, for giving me a seat."

Xiao Xuanwu is a delicate person, and he knows that Hongqing has invited him to the study, and he must have confidential things to say, so he can't help but feel a little nervous in his heart, but he didn't show it, and he didn't rush to get to the bottom of it, he just thanked him as usual, and sat down, respectfully but not humble.

"Luoshan can get the flowers in this time, it is indeed gratifying, however, in terms of official career, but it is just the beginning, so to speak, my dynasty literary style is prosperous, since the first year of Kangxi, Jinshi and the first do not know how many, among which there are many people who have learned people, but those who may be of great use are rare, Luoshan can know why?"

Hongqing glanced at Xiao Xuanwu indifferently, and asked meaningfully.

"The student is stupid, and I ask the prince to teach me."

As soon as he heard Hongqing's words, the self-satisfied emotions that were originally hidden in Xiao Xuanwu's heart instantly turned into nothing, and with a dignified expression, he hurriedly and respectfully surrendered his hand to seek advice.

"There is no other, not grounded, oh, according to the practice of our dynasty, the three tripods are all into the Hanlin, Qinggui is of course noble, if you get the holy blue eyes, the promotion is even more unhindered, more than ten years of mixed up, to the poor can also boil out a four-grade official, and then released, the platform, the domain is not a difficult thing, but such an official is just a bureaucrat, do not know the people's feelings, do not understand local governance, governance is not inaction, or nonsense, after all, it is difficult to become a big tool, but those second, third-class people start from a county, down-to-earth, Anyone who can go all the way to the clouds, must be a capable person, if there is a real talent, then must be the pillar of the country is undoubted, Luoshan thinks so? ”

Hongqing smiled and pressed her hand, signaling Xiao Xuanwu to be exempt, and then said her own view of talent indifferently.

"The lesson of the prince is that the students know what to do."

Xiao Xuanwu is very shrewd, and he knew the subtext of Hongqing's words as soon as he heard it, and after a little silence, he immediately expressed his posture calmly.

"Luoshan doesn't have to rush to make a decision, so let's go, this king can give you two ways to choose, one, is to go according to the routine, a Hanlin Academy compilation is categorically not less, mixed for a few years, when the time comes, the squire may not be in time, but the Ministry of Lang is indispensable, as for the second, the road is more difficult, not only the king, the father will never interfere in the future, a governor of the county, whether he can be promoted, it depends on the actual performance and opportunities, and then go back to think about a few days, after looking back to praise the official, you go to the official part to say good, There is no need to inform the king of this, and the matter is so decided, and then there is no way to go. ”

Hongqing was not moved by Xiao Xuanwu's decision, let alone praised, but waved his hand, and gave Xiao Xuanwu a chance to choose again with a calm face.

"Yes, student farewell."

Hongqing had already issued an order to expel guests, Xiao Xuanwu didn't dare to delay any longer, so he hurriedly got up and saluted, and then hurriedly withdrew from the study and left the Renjun Palace.

"After all, you have to go by yourself, and it depends on how you decide what to do!"

Hongqing didn't get up to send Xiao Xuanwu, but shook his head slightly, and muttered a few words of emotion, no, for Xiao Xuanwu and his people, Hongqing still has a good feeling, and he also has the heart to cultivate him, of course, the opportunity, Hongqing can give it, but the way, but Xiao Xuanwu has to go by himself, and others can't replace it......