Jiang Xing'er suddenly said uninterestingly: "Everyone is happy, but who remembers the little lady of the Qin family?" ”

The heart is stupid, I don't know the serious surname, and I take it for granted.

"Little lady of the Qin family......" Zheng Lang sighed and said, "Sima Sanlang, Wang Sanlang, Sun Xiaolang, you start studying, I'll go to the palace." ”

"To the palace?" Si'er asked strangely.

"There are a few things to say to Your Majesty, I will go back to Zhengzhou as soon as the list is released, with the help of Lu Xianggong, it is estimated that when I come back from Zhengzhou, I will go down to the south of the Yangtze River, so I will talk about it in advance. My current status is a student, and as a wait-and-see person, if I am an official, there must be many taboos. That little lady of the Qin family is also one of the things I want to talk about today. Zheng Lang didn't stop this because he didn't have the ability to stop it, but he was always ashamed in his heart when he watched it. Even Jiang Xing'er couldn't stand it, so she just went into the palace and said it together.

"Shengyuan, it's better not to say," Sima Guang said.

"Why?" Jiang Xing'er said.

"It's been a long time since the list caught the son-in-law, and the matter of Wang Xianggong was too rude, but the other surnames are reasonable, and many similar phenomena will occur every time, which is also a huge force, it doesn't matter if ordinary people say it, the provincial yuan is now famous, every word and deed is the world's sideways, and the provincial yuan unveils it, I think it's not very good......"

"You, people need to know their surnames, and sometimes they also need to feel their surnames, knowing that they can't do it, it's wisdom, it's their surname, it's the Master's encouragement, but knowing that they can't do it is also a righteous festival, and it's also encouraged by the Master. The former is wisdom, and the latter is courage and righteousness. It is okay for people to occasionally do things that are pure and irrational. It seems to be a contradiction, but in fact it is not a contradiction, the master opposes irrational sacrifices, but he also does not educate people to be a philistine for the sake of interests, how to adjust is also the golden mean. Zheng Lang said.

"Whoa."

"Uncle Song, prepare the car."

Song Bobei, who had just returned to Beijing from Zhengzhou, got into the carriage and carried Zheng Lang to the palace.

Zhao Zhen happily let him enter the palace, met him and said, "What is there to see me at this night." ”

Seeing the little emperor, Zheng Lang was also a little happy in his heart, but the identity of the monarch and the minister made their friendship invisibly cross a chasm. Xu Xu said: "The minister originally had something to do to Your Majesty, but there was an incident with the prince and the princess, and it was delayed for more than two days. ”

"This Wang De uses!" Zhao Zhen scolded angrily and funny again, and said, "You sit down." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Zheng Lang sat down calmly, and said slowly: "The minister occasionally reads history books, Han Li Guang is brave, why hasn't he made great achievements?" ”

"Bad luck and bad fate; Feng Tang is easy to be old, and Li Guang is difficult to seal. ”

Zhao Zhen replied with the previous paragraph of "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng".

"Why do Zhou Yafu and Cheng Buzhi both achieve meritorious achievements?"

"Zheng Xingyuan, what do you want to say?"

"When King Xiang sees people, he is respectful and loving, his words are vomiting, people are sick, he weeps and shares food and drink, so that he makes people meritorious, and when he is knighted, he seals and cheats, and he can't bear to give, and this so-called woman's benevolence is also. Xiang Yuhongmen was soft-hearted and did not kill Liu Bang, so there was a disaster in Wujiang. Xiang Yu is soft-hearted? No, he is soft on those who should not be sympathized, but he loves the people far less than Liu Bangye. Therefore, Liu Bang Xianyang established three laws, and Xiang Yu was tyrannical in Guanzhong, so that Liu Bang came out of Bashu, and won Guanzhong, confronted in the chasm, and won the victory under the core. Li Guang is the same, he is kind to the soldiers, and the soldiers are happy, but they cannot be disciplined in peacetime, and when the war comes, they will either win a big victory or be defeated, or delay the state affairs by delaying the military period. Therefore, if you are a little benevolent, you will also be harmful. ”

"Shengyuan, do you mean ......?"

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, you issued an edict to let all the children who have not been tested many times perform the famous exam, is it because you see how many of these students have studied hard, from the green silk exam to the white hair, and you have mercy in your heart, give them a chance?"

"Exactly."

"Your Majesty saw them gray-haired and crowded among the young students to participate in the scientific examination, and felt pity in his heart, but have you ever seen how many people in the vast territory of our dynasty have left their hometowns because of poverty and the harshness of some bad officials, sold their sons and daughters, and even strangled the children they gave birth to because of hunger and cold? Your Majesty's mercy has certainly enabled these nearly 1,000 elderly people to fulfill their wishes, and once they went to high school, they became officials, but in order to pay the salaries of these officials, how much burden did the people add? As soon as this example was opened, many people flocked to it, and everyone held an idea, it doesn't matter if you don't pass the exam, as long as you make up the number of several scientific examinations, I can also enter the court as an official. Every time a person comes to the capital, he has to pay all the expenses for the imperial court, and some of the people who originally wanted to seek another way also put down their affairs and entered Beijing one after another. Five hundred and fifty? Where do these costs come from? Or spend it from the treasury, and take it from the people. The people are your people, and the people are your people, so please think twice, Your Majesty. ”

The reason why there is this edict is Li Shu's proposal. He is also a prodigy, Song Zhenzong went out on patrol to Bozhou, the twelve-year-old Li Shuxian wrote poems, for Liu E will not work, Zheng Langqi people strange words and strange words, and did not give any official position, but Song Zhenzong is good at this mouth, as soon as he heard the twelve-year-old prodigy wrote, so the edict was given a poem, written well, given to the boy from the background, tried to be the secretary of the provincial school Shulang, and in the Jinshi and the first. However, his person is not very good, and there are still some controversies about Lu Yijian, that is, Xia Zhu is more or less genuine, and Li Shu is useless except for making a good article, and he is very smart.

Speculating about the thoughts of his boss and the emperor, Zheng Lang sometimes disdains it, such as today's admonition.

But he is not as unreasonable as Kong Daofu, a direct minister, and the little emperor has to listen to me. is very reasonable, and talks about the stakes eloquently. However, Li Shu ignored these, this person was a minister who was very good at speculating about the thoughts of his boss and His Majesty, and saw that the little emperor took pity on these old men, so he gave ten advices, two of which said the place of tribute.

If Sima Guang was here, he would definitely oppose Zheng Lang's advice and spread it, and he would offend countless people with this advice.

In this way, Zhao Zhen is easier to accept.

The main Zhao Zhen was too young, and Liu E was trained to be an authentic and well-behaved baby, and his heart was still soft, so many strange things happened in the early days of his reign. Later, it was polished again and again and became slightly better, but because of his soft-heartedness, he hindered the normal development of the country many times.

Just because he's not smart.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I did something wrong, but the edict has been issued. ”

"People don't stand without faith, besides, Your Majesty, although the edict is down, the quota is ultimately interpreted by Your Majesty, and the edict will be made up after the special name is examined, which is a special case of the country, and he will not be allowed to take the annual scientific examination."

"That's a good idea, why are you the only one?" Zhao Zhen asked confusedly.

"Your Majesty's edict is good news to hundreds of thousands of students in the world, and it is not too many to admit 500 people in a special examination, which is to give 500 opportunities to students all over the world. Who would dare to raise an objection? ”

"Yan Duzhi, destroy today's record." Zhao Zhen finally understood the reason why the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces were silent, and in order to protect Zheng Lang, he gave this order, that is, tonight's conversation made it not pass on the law, and only a few people present knew it. Then a look of disappointment.

"Your Majesty, don't be disappointed, human nature, since ancient times, our dynasty has done a good job. But the minister has one more thing to say, one day in order to please the little lady of the Cui family, the minister will serve the two little maids around him, what does Your Majesty think? ”

"Why?"

"The minister is just making an analogy, or the minister values the little lady of a certain dignitary family, and he has some talents, His Majesty is very kind to the minister, so he resigned the marriage contract of the little lady of the Cui family, how does Your Majesty look at the minister?"

Zhao Zhen knew what he was going to say, and said: "I was also deceived by Wang Deyong, he tied Cui Quanzhong to the boudoir of the little lady of the Wang family, locked it up for a while before releasing it, and then told me that Cui Quanzhong went to his little lady's boudoir to stay for a long time, and his innocence was dirty, and I had no choice but to give permission." ”

"......" Zheng Lang almost fell.

"Shengyuan, forget about this matter, it's just a marriage contract, and there is no formal proposal, if it is formally discussed, it may be controversial......"

"Your Majesty, it is not officially agreed to marry, why did the Cui family not directly regret the marriage when the minister was young? Also, when he went to Beijing last winter, the minister came to the capital, the Cui family was too deeply involved, and the minister was very dissatisfied. Dislike the poor and love the rich, people are ashamed, climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, and people are ashamed. Refusal of family affairs is common among the people. Husband and wife are not in harmony, and the husband's family often leaves, and the wife's family often separates, which also happens from time to time. It also depends on the reason. If the other party is unruly, does evil, is lazy, has an improper style, is rebellious, commits bullying, and other behaviors, it can be used as a reason for repentance or outright. However, the marriage of the Cui family Saburo and the little lady of the Qin family are not bad examples. The minister also heard them say that this woman has a good character and a decent family style, why do you regret it? As soon as this wind opens, how will Your Majesty educate the people in the future? ”

"I can have a ...... before" is a had, although it is not as direct as Wang Deyong, and the surname is almost the same. But in the end, it was a grievance, Zhao Zhen said with a weak heart.

"Yes, Wang Xianggong did it too directly, and even the ministers didn't dare to walk on the street alone. And the matter of catching sons-in-law under the list is getting more and more intense, and after the king and the prime minister make this trend public, it will be even more intense, and the high-ranking officials and nobles and the rich chamber of commerce have formed a huge network because of this layer of kinship. For example, the minister, whose conduct is not too noble, saw that Cui Jiaerlang missed many times, and stretched out his hand to pluck. They even fell into the wrong way, letting them speculate on the examiner's surname and review the answers. If it weren't for kinship, why would the minister do such a bad thing? What if it is a minister, but what if there are other people of worse moral character? Take a look at the Cui family now, because of the joint relationship, they have a very deep relationship with the ministers, and then they are related to the Wang Xianggong family, the Cui family is still not the Cui family in the past? If you go through all kinds of kinship relationships, especially the relationship between Wang Xianggong in the northwest, even if the ministers go to the northwest, they will have a very thick network. It is beneficial to the Cui family and ministers, but what is the benefit to the country? The more expensive the noble, the cheaper the cheaper, does Your Majesty want to see this happen? ”

is not only a joint relationship, but also other relationships, the magnates did begin to twist into a net, and it is also one of the reasons why Wang Anshi's reform in history was unsuccessful.

"I was negligent, but the two families have already done it, how can I remedy it? Why didn't you say it yesterday? ”

"The ministers are small-spoken, and they are juniors, and they are not directly related to the ministers, and on the other side is the prince of the king, who has made great achievements for the country, how can Your Majesty take care of it?" It didn't help to say it yesterday! He also said: "But the matter has come to this, Your Majesty can use two strategies to remedy it, one is to choose an excellent poor person from among the children and let him marry the little lady of the Qin family." ”

Yan Wen should be happy.

What has become, messing up the mandarin duck spectrum.

Zheng Lang was helpless, Wang De didn't know how to force his mother-in-law to come to the capital in person, and asked the little emperor to agree to this absurd family business. Suo's surname is a little more messy.

Zhao Zhen said the severity of the matter through Zheng Lang, and he was also quite depressed, I am the emperor, not a married wife, although such a move is easier to find. But I made a mistake, and after thinking about it for a long time, I had to say: "I am ready to play." ”

"Your Majesty can issue an edict that if there is a young lady in the family who is engaged to the provincial examination, or if the family has married a wife, during this period, those who regret their marriage and regret their relatives will be removed from the fame of the year in order to open up a moral style." can't kill them all with a stick, they don't have any little ladies, they don't have any fiancées, and they don't let their families get married. Originally, when the gold list was titled, the candle night in the cave room was the happiest thing in life. That's overkill.

"No, I promised the prince to hold a jinshi ......," he said.

When Zheng Lang heard this, he immediately stood up and admonished, and said: "The main means of selecting scholars in the country is scientific examination, and Jinshi is equivalent to the national famous weapon. Your Majesty, this move is even more inappropriate. ”

"Cui Jia Saburo is your uncle." Although Zheng Lang's surname is gentle, he is also a direct minister, and he will definitely not allow himself to be a minister privately with Jinshi, what should I do, Zhao Zhen diverted this topic.

"Your Majesty, the minister is not a stubborn person, there is a law, but there is no degree of relaxation in this law. As for Cui Sanlang, he does not avoid relatives and enemies, and punishment should not avoid relatives and enemies, this is the real ancient style. ”

"Qing's words are reasonable," Zhao Zhen said solemnly.

"Resignation." Wang De used the matter of snatching relatives to talk about it in passing, mainly about the special performance system.

Seeing him go away, Zhao Zhen sighed: "This son is the future pillar of the imperial court." ”

"The rarest gentleness." Yan Wen responded.

"But it's coming," Zhao Zhen thought of the palace test and immediately became happy.

…… Jiang Xing'er and Si'er were happily packing their luggage.

Wang Anshi did not comment on Zheng Lang's entry into the palace yesterday, but Sima Guang still did not approve. It's not that you can't give advice, if it's for the sake of scientific research, you can still be called a direct minister. But for Wang De's advice on catching his son-in-law, the little master also committed what he called the precept of being a direct minister.

Think about it, what is the relationship between Cui Saburo and the little lady of the Qin family? It is very likely that he has never even seen each other, and he doesn't know whether the other party's character is good or bad, here Wang De used violent means to persecute him, why would he rather die than obey? This is only the housework of the three families of Wang Cui and Qin, and the little teacher is married to the little lady of the Cui family, so he can't interfere. At the beginning, Cui Youjie was an elder, and he kindly asked Gao Yanei to come over to show the little teacher's belly, and the little teacher was still unhappy!

Besides, there are so many uneven affairs in the world, and even this one has to be managed, even if Confucius is alive, he can't even think of managing it!

This is exactly the small section, forgetting the big thing.

And if it goes on like this, there will never be a grain of sand in the eyes, no, it's a grain of dust, yes, there are too many things in this world that hide dirt and dirt, go to Zhongnan Mountain or Huashan to find a deep mountain ravine to go to seclusion, out of sight and out of mind. Don't be an official, don't have too many intrigues in the officialdom, who can allow you to be inserted by a saint!

Sitting in the carriage, Jiang Xing'er said admiringly: "Zheng Lang, you are so good. ”

"Ephemera shakes trees, doesn't it?"

"That's not right."

"The mantis arm is a car, right?"

"That's not right."

"Isn't it right to pick up sesame seeds and throw melons?"

"That's not right."

"I did it all last night, right?"

"The slave didn't understand."

"I gave a advice last night, can I make the people of this world no longer hate the poor and love the rich?"

"I can't."

"But when my advice got out last night, how many people would be disgusted? It has made so many days of abhorrence, it is better to enter other admonitions, which will make Wan family laugh, and it has become a fact. Now I can only ask for a small justice for a little lady of the Qin family who I never knew, and I have offended countless people, am I doing the right thing? ”

"This is conscience and morality," Jiang Xing'er said hesitantly.

"You really have a conscience and morality in this officialdom, except for Fan Zhongyan, who can take on these two words?" Even Fan Zhongyan can't offend the powerful people in the whole world for a sesame seed-sized thing. Take a look, how long has the ugly son-in-law been around under the list? Who has ever objected to it, on the contrary, almost all ordinary people have taken it as a joke, but they have done it themselves.

"It's not that serious, is it?"

"I'm talking about the third brother, but what I'm against is the arrest of my son-in-law, but in order to persuade Your Majesty, I also poked out the powerful and relatives to increase their respective forces, do you think I'm playing with fire? This time, I know why Sima Saburo is unhappy, right? ”

"It's not good to be a slave, you shouldn't talk too much last night."

"No matter what you do, there are too many uneven roads in the world, and if you don't shovel him, there will be no way to go. I haven't been an official yet, so let my heart be a little cleaner. ”

Coming to Wei Zhongzheng's Taoist temple, Zheng Lang took Jiang Xing'er and Si'er to jump down from the carriage.

Wei Zhongzheng greeted him happily and said, "Zheng Xingyuan, why did you remember coming to my cold land?" ”

"It is not a cold place, but a quiet place."

"Wouldn't it be better for the great monk?"

"The great monk saw that I had brought too much cheesiness, and saw that I was tired and couldn't leave, so he came out of sight and out of mind, and ran to Wutai Mountain and didn't come back. Without a great monk in charge, the monastery could not stop the invasion of the rolling customs outside. "Originally, I wanted to further mention the two uncles, so Wang Deyong intervened, and the surname Suo was not mentioned.

Wei Zhongzheng was happy and said, "It's okay, if you want to be quiet, don't think I'm shabby here, and let Xingyuan be quiet for the time being." ”

welcomed Zheng Lang in, because he sang peace with Zheng Lang, and entered the palace again, his reputation gradually became apparent, the piano was sold expensive, and Wei Zhongzheng Xiaozi seemed to be better, and the Taoist temple was arranged and looked new. It's not really a shabby place now.

After looking at it, Zheng Lang said, "Not bad." ”

"I don't care, there are still two little apprentices, I'm afraid that they will suffer, and I have a few blockages in my hands, so I use them."

"That's right, this must be a thing, if you don't bring it in life, you don't bring it in death, it's better to use it."

The two looked at each other and laughed.

Sanxiao and a few little maids packed their luggage, and Zheng Lang said: "I haven't touched the piano for a long time, can Wei Jun play another song with me?" ”

"Okay."

The ensemble played a song "Yangchun White Snow", and after washing his soul, Zheng Lang thought of a poem and chanted: "Sit alone in the secluded grate, play the piano and howl." People in the deep forest don't know, and the bright moon comes to take pictures. ”

Although the poet's loneliness and disappointment can be seen from this poem, the artistic conception is quiet, but it is the most quiet poem. Thinking of this, he whistled three times, put his fingers on the strings again, and a beautiful and quiet song "Spring Flower River Moonlit Night" immediately burst out!