On the seventh day of March in the 59th year of Kangxi, the emperor issued two edicts, one of which was that the king of Renjun resigned due to physical reasons, which was allowed; Second, Liang Xuwen, the former servant of the Ministry of Officials, has been verified to be greedy for ink and lawlessness, and the crime is not forgiven. These two edicts were issued at the same time, which inevitably attracted a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition, but it was just a gust of wind, and soon it became a passing cloud of smoke, and it never stirred up any waves.

On the ninth day of the fourth month of the 59th year of the Kangxi reign, Lang Erheng, the secretary of the Li Fan Yuan, and Wang Yan, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, rushed to the front of the Western Front Army with the holy decree, and the emperor ordered the old fourteenth to be the mainstay, supplemented by Lang and Wang, to negotiate with the Dzungar Department, and the two sides held the first round of talks on April 23 at the site of Qiuci City, and the conditions of the two sides were too different -- the Dzungar Ministry took advantage of the victory of the Qing army, demanded an independent state, and the vassals required by the Qing Dynasty were far from the gap, and the two sides debated fiercely for several days, but to no avail, and on May 19, they held talks again, still fruitless, When the news came back to Beijing, the emperor was very angry, but in the end, he did not raise troops to conquer again, but only ordered the old fourteenth general to station the army on the sandbank, and the camera moved, and the war became a stalemate of confrontation.

Time flies, in a blink of an eye, the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi has reached the end of the year, most of the year has passed, the situation is stable, all the forces have died down, the waves are not alarmed, but the dark tide is quietly surging, the big guys are actually waiting, waiting for the old man's dragon body problems, but the old man is living a dragon spirit fiercely, stunned that he has never even had a cold or flu.

The feeling of others is good or bad, that's the business of others, Hongqing won't pay attention to it at all, and he himself is living a very leisurely life, for most of the past six months, Hongqing in addition to going to Changchun Garden to ask for peace, almost the door is not out of the door, occasionally going out, that is also at the invitation of the old fifteen brothers, every day just stay in their own house, but, not idle, using this rare free time, Hongqing just relied on extraordinary memory, sorted out the mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge of the previous life, All the textbooks from elementary school to high school were compiled, but they were not announced, but were put on the shelf after they were completed, and there was no need to stir up any more stirring up trouble before the knowledge could really come in handy.

The New Year's Festival is always very busy, even if it is an ordinary people's home, maybe you have to visit relatives and friends, not to mention Hongqing and other juniors in the children of the heavenly family, Changchun Garden has to go to ask for peace, each family has to visit one by one, and you have to deal with the people who come to visit, etc., this busy is busy until after the Lantern Festival, only then can you deal with the New Year's Festival, I thought that this is the case, it should be able to rest for a while, but I never thought that such a wish was still not realized, this is not, Just after noon on the 16th day of the first month, Hongqing was about to take a nap when he saw Zhao Fushun, the head of the palace, hurrying over, saying that Li Dequan had come to deliver the decree and that he had arrived outside the palace gate.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Renjun Wang Hongqing is filial piety and virtuous, outstanding talent, for the Xin Chou Ke main exam, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Heshen, the Hanlin Academy cabinet scholar Jiang Tingxi as the deputy, hope to be good and heavenly heart, do not be arrogant and impatient, select good materials for the country, Qin this!"

Although the holy decree came suddenly, the whole palace of Renjun had long been accustomed to the procedure of receiving the decree, and after being busy, all matters were quickly ready, and after Hongqing led the crowd to kneel in front of the incense case, Li Dequan unhurriedly unfolded the holy decree in his hand, and procrastinated it.

What the? Examiners? What are you kidding, the old man can't make a mistake!

The holy decree is not long, just a few sentences, but in Hongqing's ears, but it is like a thunderbolt, stunned for a long time and has never come back to his senses, no side, Hongqing thinks to himself in Confucianism, although it is also a deep foundation, but really want to say how strong, I really can't talk about it, to take the exam may barely be able to win, but it is really compared with those well-educated Confucians, it is just just a hall, not even to enter the room, just such a level to be the chief examiner of the spring boudoir, Hongqing is still very self-aware, For a while, I was really made to cry and laugh by the old man's will.

"Ahem."

Hongqing was completely confused by the old man's strange will, Li Dequan had already announced his will, Hongqing hadn't reacted at all, and when he saw this, Li Dequan couldn't wake up with words, so he could only fake coughing twice.

"Minister, love Xin Jueluo? Hongqing is grateful, long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

was so disturbed by Li Dequan, Hongqing finally woke up from the shock, hurriedly restrained his scattered thoughts, and respectfully thanked him according to the rules of the court.

"Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince."

When Hongqing got up, Li Dequan hurriedly stepped forward with the edict in his hand, and said with a smile on his face.

"There is Lao Li's father-in-law, can you go inside and rest?"

Although he was puzzled by the old man's strange will, at this moment, Hongqing didn't dare to ask casually, so he could only stretch out his hands to take the edict handed over by Li Dequan, and politely invited him.

"Thank you for your kindness, it's just that Your Majesty is still waiting for a reply, the old slave really doesn't dare to delay more, you stay, the old slave has left."

Li Dequan's reply was very polite, but it was just polite, as soon as the refusal was finished, he didn't give Hongqing a chance to speak again, and led the two little eunuchs to leave.

it, this old thing slipped away fast enough!

Hongqing still wanted to get some news from Li Dequan's mouth, but he didn't expect that this old gelding would leave without leaving a hand, and in desperation, Hongqing could only scold secretly.

"The child knocks to his father."

The old man's will came strangely, Hongqing didn't dare to be good at it, whether it was to resign or accept it calmly, it had to be discussed with the third master, because of this, as soon as Li Dequan left, Hongqing entered Prince Cheng's mansion from the side door, and hurried to the study, Moyu and others went separately to invite the third master and Chen, Li The two strategists came to discuss the way to deal with it, Chen and Li lived close to each other, and arrived quickly, but the master of the third master arrived last, this line entered the study, yawning again and again, and the spirit was obviously not very good, However, Hongqing didn't dare to be the slightest slack, so he rushed forward and paid homage in a proper manner.

"Excuse me, this noon is called Amma, but is there anything important?"

After more than two years of unsent career, the third master is obviously much lazier than before, and because of the indulgence of a little time, the person is a little older than in previous years, although he is only forty-three, but his body is already full of a faint twilight atmosphere, and his mouth is also broken a lot, no, knowing that Hongqing is so urgently invited, something big must happen, but the third master still can't help but complain about the last sentence.

Looking at the third master's slightly old face, Hongqing couldn't help but roll through a burst of worry in his heart, there is no other, if the third master's body and bones can't hold on, Yu Hongqing, it is really a matter of old life, but as a son of man, Hongqing is not good at indulging in the third master's voice, so he can only pray that the third master can last longer than the old man, otherwise, Hongqing can only take the road of "Xuanwumen Change", and this is a big taboo among the taboos, it is a last resort, but Hongqing does not want to do this.

"Back to Amma, here's the thing, Li Dequan came before and passed on the edict of Huang Mafa, saying that he wanted the child to serve as the main examiner of the current subject, and the child was inexplicable, and he didn't dare to make a decision, and asked Ama to make it clear."

Although Hongqing muttered in his heart, he did not bring it to his face, but bowed respectfully, and hurriedly explained the old man's decree briefly.

"What? Examiner, you ......"

As soon as he heard Hongqing's words, the third master's sleepiness immediately disappeared, his eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Hongqing with a strange face, and asked half of the words suspiciously.

"That my father may know that this is what the decree of the Emperor Marfa says."

Hongqing was not surprised at all by the third master's surprised and inexplicable appearance, because he himself was also wondering, and he really couldn't understand why the old man had made such an edict.

"So, is this true?"

Although Hongqing has confirmed it again, the third master still doesn't believe it, there is no side, this will is really unbelievable, that is, his third master himself does not dare to say that he can be the main examination of the imperial examination, not to mention Hongqing, who has never been particularly outstanding in literary affairs, if you really want to talk about qualifications, the two palaces combined, only Old Master Chen is qualified.

"That's true."

Hongqing nodded with a smile, and confirmed again helplessly.

"Hmm...... Master, Zicheng, do you have any opinions on this?"

Hongqing has repeatedly confirmed that the third master has no doubts about the authenticity of this matter, but he is at a loss for the old man's intentions, frowning and thinking for a while, but he can't come up with a reason, and in desperation, he can only groan and throw the problem to Chen and Li.

"Lord Mingjian, his subordinates think it's a good thing."

Chen and Li only knew a little earlier than the third master, and when they heard about it at first glance, the two were also surprised and inexplicable, but fortunately, there was a buffer for a while, but it could be regarded as stabilizing their minds, while the third master and father were talking, both of them had already thought of some reasons, the difference is that Old Master Chen was not in a hurry to explain, but Li Minquan was happy to give a good life, no, the third master's voice had just fallen, and Li Minquan had already given a conclusion with a smile.

"A good thing? This ......"

Li Minquan was extremely sure, but the third master was at a loss and didn't know what was good, and his frowning brows didn't relax......