These two balls were made by Liu Ziqiu when he came to Luoyang at the beginning of that year, one was given to the eldest grandson Wujian and the other was given to the little princess. Just now, the little princess also came here with a leather ball and followed Queen Xiao. Although Liu Ziqiu did not immediately agree to choose a husband for her, he also promised to arrange it for her when she was a little older, and asked her what kind of husband she wanted to find. But I don't know which nerve angered her, and I dropped the ball in a rage before leaving. Now, the eldest grandson Wujian has actually returned the ball as well.

Although they look a little old, the two balls are indeed quite well preserved. It can be seen that these two leather balls are very precious toys in the eyes of their owners. However, even so, they were finally abandoned by their owners, which made Liu Ziqiu a little disappointed.

The eldest grandson Wujian sneered: "Your Majesty, don't be a fake anymore!" ”

Seeing that Vanilla was about to scold again, Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the eldest grandson, the last thing I like to do is to be fake." When people live in the world, they should be upright, there is nothing that cannot be seen from people, and there is nothing that cannot be said to people! ”

Of course, this is only for his personal situation, and if it involves the interests of the entire Han Dynasty, there are still many secrets that cannot be known to outsiders.

Speaking of which, the eldest grandson Wujian also let go, and said loudly: "Since the emperor has never been a fake, why did he let Wang Yufeng recruit Li Shimin as his son-in-law?" Could it be that he deliberately humiliated the slave and maid to avenge his brother's abduction of your wife and children? ”

Liu Ziqiu was slightly stunned, then shook his head, and sighed: "I recruited a son-in-law for Wang Yufeng, and I have already been on the list, and the applicants are purely voluntary, and I have never forced anyone." If Li Shimin himself did not attend the son-in-law election conference, how could Wang Yufeng pick him? Speaking of which, when your brother participated in the kidnapping of my wife and children, Li Shimin was the culprit. I remembered him when he was young, and then I forgave him without sin. Even so, I don't have a good impression of him, so how could I take the initiative to marry Wang Yufeng to him? You should also know that the dowry I gave was very rich, enough for him to eat for several lifetimes! ”

In fact, this is also a result that Liu Ziqiu did not expect. At the beginning, he held a son-in-law election conference for Wang Yufeng, just to attract Wang Shichong. It's not terrible that the enemy is strong, it's scary to hide in the shadows, and you don't know when they will come out and bite you. Among the forces that opposed Liu Ziqiu, Li Yuan's family was in the open, but Wang Shichong's whereabouts were unknown, and as for the other forces, they had been wiped out one after another. Liu Ziqiu has been sending people to pursue Wang Shichong's whereabouts, but there has been no result, so he came up with such a solution. But what Liu Ziqiu didn't expect was that Wang Shichong was indeed brought out, but it also led to a Li Shimin.

Liu Ziqiu is a person who came from later generations, so he naturally knows the relationship between the eldest grandson Wujian and Li Shimin. However, after Li Shimin became the concubine of Jiangdu, he was even more under the control of the imperial court, and Liu Ziqiu was also happy to see it. Therefore, he pretended not to know, and asked, "Eldest grandson girl, I remembered one more thing. Even if Wang Yufeng recruited Li Shimin as his son-in-law, it has nothing to do with the girl, right? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji's face flushed slightly, and he whispered: "Li Shimin was originally the fiancé of the slave, and he already had a marriage contract. ”

Liu Ziqiu let out an "ah" and said, "I really don't know about this!" ”

He didn't lie, although he knew that the eldest grandson Wuji was the famous eldest grandson queen in history, and he also knew that Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji had a close relationship, but he really didn't know that there was a marriage contract between the eldest grandson Wujian and Li Shimin.

The eldest grandson Wujian found that it was a little ridiculous to come to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, the marriage contract between him and Li Shimin was not publicized publicly, how did Liu Ziqiu know that Li Shimin was a person who already had a marriage contract? It seems that she thinks that Liu Ziqiu is playing a conspiracy to humiliate her, which is a complete misunderstanding. And Liu Ziqiu is right, if Li Shimin himself doesn't want to be this concubine, how can Wang Yufeng have a chance to pick him? Thinking of this, the eldest grandson Wujian only felt that his eyes were gloomy, and sighed faintly: "It seems that the slave misunderstood the emperor." The slave and the maid knew that they were wrong, and the slave and the maid retired. ”

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and shouted, "Wait! ”

The eldest grandson stood on his feet, suddenly understood, sighed again, and said: "The slave and maid collided with the emperor, it should be a capital crime, please punish the emperor!" ”

Liu Ziqiu laughed and said, "What kind of mess is thinking about all day long in your little head, how can I punish you for a few words?" I want to ask you, if you are bent on maintaining the marriage contract with Li Shimin, I can declare the result of the son-in-law election meeting null and void! ”

The eldest grandson Wujian was surprised and said: "The son-in-law election conference has been made public, how can the emperor lose his trust to the people of the world?" ”

Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "If I can't even meet your little request, how can I call you a big brother?" ”

When he said this, he remembered his own sister in another world. His younger sister Liu Chaofan is eight years younger than him, and now he should be about the same age as the eldest grandson Wuji, and he now regards the eldest grandson Wujian as his own sister. As an elder brother, he naturally feels the most sorry for his sister, if the eldest grandson Wujian asks for it, it doesn't matter if he really breaks up Li Shimin and that fake Wang Yufeng. Anyway, the purpose of the son-in-law selection conference has been achieved, and the real Wang Yufeng has been accepted into the harem by him, and it is not a big deal whether the fake Wang Yufeng marries or not.

"It's better for the big brother to be a slave." The eldest grandson smiled miserably and said, "The world can't force it, maybe this is fate!" ”

Liu Ziqiu looked at her face full of loss, but he was worried that something would happen to her, so he couldn't help but say, "It's best if you think like this." It's your first time in the palace, so why don't you stay here for a few more days. ”

The eldest grandson shook his head and said, "Thank you for the emperor's kindness, but this move is not in line with etiquette, so the slave and maid should retire first." ”

Liu Ziqiu then remembered that although the eldest grandson Wujian was only a teenage girl, in this era when early marriage was commonplace, it was really inappropriate for unmarried women to stay in the palace. Thinking of this, Liu Ziqiu didn't hold on anymore, waved his hand and said, "In that case, Xiu'er, please send her out of the palace on my behalf." And he said, "Innocent, this ball can be taken back." ”

The eldest grandson Wujian bit his thin lip lightly, the expression on his face suddenly became complicated, he shook his head vigorously, and said, "Forget it, let's stay here with the emperor!" ”

Speaking of which, the eldest grandson Wujian is worthy of being a famous virtuous queen in history, and she is much more reasonable than the little princess, and she believed Liu Ziqiu after a conversation, but in the end she still refused to take away the gift that Liu Ziqiu gave her in her early years, but Liu Ziqiu only had a wry smile.

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Time will eventually dilute a qiē. After a few months, no one mentioned the much-talked-about son-in-law election meeting, and everyone's attention was focused on the second imperial examination, which will be held on the first day of the fifth month. Since ancient times, Huaxia has been an official-based society, and becoming an official is the ultimate goal of many people, especially scholars. However, since the Han Dynasty of the Sui Dynasty, Liu Ziqiu has imposed strict restrictions on the way to become an official. If you want to become an official, there are only two ways to go, either to get ahead in the imperial examination, or to fight for military exploits on the battlefield.

Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is all over the world, and if you want to make meritorious contributions, unless you go overseas with the sailors, there is only one way to go through the imperial examination. In addition, the students who were named in the gold list of the last imperial examination have walked out of Tai College and have been assigned to various places to take up important positions, which has also made many scholars enthusiastic. Therefore, in this year's imperial examination, there are as many people who sign up as a carp crossing the river. However, with the experience of the first imperial examination, this year's imperial examination has taken a new turn.

In terms of engineering, there is no need to make zuò on site, as long as the drawings and objects of the work are handed in. In this way, candidates have enough time to carefully make and revise their work, which can ensure that they will get a higher level of work.

In terms of martial arts, candidates go directly to the local military camp to register and accept the screening of the military camp. After three months of military camp life, the selected candidates will be selected to be sent to the Dahan Lecture Hall in Luoyang to receive systematic military training. After graduating from the lecture hall, you can directly serve as an officer at or above the rank of captain.

Of course, the main focus of the imperial examination is still in the liberal arts, which is an examination that directly selects officials at all levels at the central and local levels, and is also the examination that the imperial court attaches the most importance to. At the time of the first imperial examination, all scholars could come directly to Luoyang as long as they were willing to take the exam. This time, however, it was different, the imperial court allocated the examination quota to each county, and all candidates needed to take the preliminary examination in each county. Candidates who pass the guò preliminary examination are eligible to travel to the capital to take the final examination. After all, the imperial examination is for the imperial court to select talents, and all the costs are borne by the imperial court. In this way, the number of candidates who came to the capital to take the examination could be greatly reduced, and the burden on the imperial court was also reduced.

The examination room for the liberal arts examination is located in the newly built Gongyuan on the outskirts of Luoyang, and candidates need to undergo strict searches before entering the venue. The exam was also set in May because of the hot weather in midsummer, and candidates were less clothed, which made it easier to search. The exam is divided into three sessions, the first is calligraphy, the second is poetry, and the third is strategy. It is said that words are like people, and the purpose of examining calligraphy is to see a person's character. And poetry can understand a person's writing skills. But the most important thing is the third strategy. Policy reflects a person's thoughts and determines whether or not he can govern a county well.

Although there is a limit on the number of people who take the exam, there are not many people who come to the capital, many people just want to see this event, some people want to see who this year's champion is, and even the daughter who wants to take this opportunity to choose a good son-in-law. There are too many people, all the inns in the capital are full, and the market is extremely prosperous, but it also brings great pressure to the security of the capital. At this time, the strength of the leading yamen alone was no longer enough to maintain social stability, and the forbidden army was also fully invested, and they had not taken a break for three months.

However, the effort pays off. After several months of open investigation and covert visits, they really discovered a number of suspicious characters.