Seeing that the two of them were about to break out into a civil war, Zuo Zongtang, who received a satisfactory answer, hurriedly fled, "The minister retreated." ”

"Ah......" Li Yunzhong covered his waist, "Didn't you say that you are not allowed to pinch your waist!" ”

Su Sanniang grabbed Li Yunzhong's ears again and said, "Hmph! Who told you not to help me? Don't you often tell us sisters that men and women are equal! It turns out that what you said was lying to us, and now I know that our three sisters are bald people who pick up a flat shoulder and have a hot head, hum, I won't let you do any embarrassing poses at night in the future! ”

Li Yunzhong hurriedly covered Sanniang's jade hand and explained: "My aunt, you misunderstood, you also saw it just now, Mr. Zuo is against it!" ”

Su Sanniang let go of her hand and said unrelentingly: "One Zuo Zongtang will make you retreat, in your mind, the three of us sisters are not as important as one Zuo Zongtang, right?" ”

The woman's pettiness is up again! Li Yunzhong didn't dare to be more serious, and hurriedly raised the height of the question, "Mr. Zuo, he represents the opinions of all the people who read the world, Sanniang, you don't want me to stand on the opposite side of the whole world!" That way, we don't want to leave the stench for 10,000 years! ”

Su Sanniang heard that her small personality was actually related to the life and death of the Han Kingdom! is no longer messing around, and unwillingly: "Then forget it?" Can I promise many of my sisters? ”

Li Yunzhong flickered: "Women's emancipation must come slowly, they can participate in the imperial examination today, and they can run a school tomorrow for them to study!" There are as many intellectuals as there are men in women, and who else can stop women's emancipation! Seeing Su Sanniang's puzzled look, she added, "Of course, this is a long process, and it will be realized one day." ”

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Suzhou City

Looking at the corpses being carried out of the city, Zhang Guoliang's expression was complicated, although the thieves no longer attacked the city, but still captured the counties and towns around Suzhou, Suzhou was originally a big city, with a population of hundreds of thousands, and now it has been besieged for a month, the food has almost run out, and people are gradually starving to death.

He Chun felt more and more that Suzhou could not stay for a long time, and the officers and soldiers relied on the courage of the moment to block the thieves, and now the news of the fall of the surrounding towns came, and the morale of the army began to be unstable, and every time they inspected the city wall, the expressions of the officers and soldiers became more and more numb, and if they continued like this, they would collapse on their own sooner or later.

"Mr. Zhang, how long can you hold Suzhou, I heard that the short hair is divided to the west, I am afraid that now Jiangxi is also difficult to protect itself, and the Zhejiang Green Battalion was evacuated when the Jiangnan battalion was built, and there are no reinforcements!"

Zhang Guoliang closed his eyes, and remembered Xiang Rong's dying entrustment, and he didn't know what to do.

He Chun seemed to know what he was worried about, "As the saying goes, keep the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood, now it's the time when the short-haired people are rampant and the officials and soldiers are frustrated, one day I will kill Nanjing and take Li Yan's head to pay tribute to the spirit of the marshal in the sky." ”

Seeing that Zhang Guoliang was unmoved, he shouted: "Do you think I am a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? You're wrong! We're sorry for the handsome people who died here senselessly, and now ......"

"The Divine Decree to ...... and spring to receive the decree"

After He Chun and Zhang Guoliang verified the identity of the comer as the imperial guard Rong Lu and the eunuch An Dehai next to the emperor, they put on the incense case to receive the order.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: I heard that Xiang Rong was not sick, and I was very sad...... Feng Hechun was the minister of Qincha, and Zhang Guoliang was appointed as the governor of Jiangnan, controlling the military affairs of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, preventing and blocking the short-haired bandits from going south, and hoping that the two would work together to eliminate the anti-thieves as soon as possible. ”

"The ministers obey the order, long live the emperor, long live, long live."

Rong Lu respectfully presented the holy decree to He Chun, and flattered: "The emperor was furious because the Jiangnan camp was broken by anti-thieves, and the court council will ask Rong to dismiss his post, and later it was Lord Su Shun who pleaded with the emperor to make meritorious service to Rong Dai, and later heard that Xiang Rong died of illness due to state affairs, and he was very pity, and ordered a thick burial, and he also gave high hopes to Xiang Rong's deathbed recommendation!" ”

Zhang Guoliang and He Chun looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

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Zhenjiang, tavern

"Brother Wang, I heard that the ceremony of Confucius will be held in the beginning of autumn in Nanjing, and the imperial examination will be opened, I don't know if I will be willing to do it then?" A white-robed gentleman mysteriously said to his partner who was drinking at the same table.

"Poof, cough, cough......" The scholar who was called Brother Wang was very surprised, got up and looked outside the door of the private room, "Brother Xian, be cautious, this is going to be listened to by others, you and I will study hard for twenty years in vain!" ”

"I, Li Shiqi, am doing right, sitting upright, just going to participate in the sacrifice hole, who can take me!" Li Shiqi saw that his companion was dumbfounded, so he had to say what was in his heart, "Brother Wang, you and I are both talents, and we didn't even get into the exam, so I didn't think to try it in Nanjing?" ”

Brother Wang shook his head with a wry smile, and asked rhetorically: "Is it possible to go to Nanjing to win the lift?" Where is it still different! Besides, if we go to Nanjing and be reported in the future, not only will our talent be ruined, but the whole family will be beheaded! ”

Li Shiqi smiled proudly, "We are not good at Baguwen, but we are very proficient in Jingyi, Ming Arithmetic and other knowledge, and we may not be able to pass the Jinshi exam in Nanjing." ”

Brother Wang was surprised: "How can you say this? ”

"I heard that Nanjing's scientific examination should be unconventional, not to test the eight strands, but to test the scriptures, policy theories, clear laws and other knowledge, isn't this exactly the subject I am proficient in! At that time, Jinshi is not a sure thing. Li Shiqi was overjoyed, and couldn't help but tell the truth about the news he had finally inquired about.

Brother Wang worried: "Alas! This is good news, but after all, the Nanjing imperial examination is run by anti-thieves, and if the imperial court investigates it......"

Li Shiqi was indignant and said, "Phew! What kind of imperial court, it is not a falling flower that has been beaten, maybe the Han Dynasty will also fight to Beijing one day. ”

"Brother Xian, why are you so rebellious."

"Brother Wang, to tell you the truth, I have decided to go to Nanjing, I have studied hard for 12 years and was laughed at for being a showman, it is better to go to Nanjing and be directly admitted to the Jinshi!"

"Why doesn't Nanjing need to take the exam?"

"Ha Luha, this is where I am optimistic about the big man, meritocracy, regardless of birth and eight shares! As long as you take the first exam, even a white body can be the champion! ”

Li Shiqi looked at Brother Wang, who was already hesitating, and persuaded: "Brother Wang, you are thirty and one this year, do you want to take the test for the rest of your life?" With your talent, it is more than enough to take the Jinshi exam in Nanjing, why do you have to hang yourself on the tree of the imperial court! ”

"If you fight, I'll take a gamble, I will change my name to Wang Qinglu in the future, and you will also change your name, so as not to be investigated by the court and affect the whole family."

Li Shiqi said excitedly: "I, Li Shiqi, will break off with the imperial court from now on, if the Han Dynasty is really defeated, I should be martyred, how can I still have the face to live in the world." ”

Wang Qing was ashamed when he appeared, hugged his fists and said: "The virtuous brother is noble, and he is ashamed of himself." ”