In Wang Xu's eyes, trouble is like a campus loan, it is in front of you, if you avoid it and don't provoke it, it will not come to provoke you.

Wang Xu has always believed that the strong must endure loneliness.

Since the current capital has become a whirlpool, it is better to avoid it, the door is not out of the second door, what does right and wrong have to do with me.

A month, two months, three months...

Wang Xu is just like everyone else, he stays in the house honestly, except for occasionally teaching Xue Yun, he doesn't set foot in the red dust for half a step.

Someone came here and wanted to ask him for poetry, so he ate a few times and left.

Some people thought that he was a deception and wanted to compete with him, and he also hit his head at the door and broke his blood.

No matter who came, what purpose he had, or what he wanted to do, Wang Xu's door was closed, and he didn't even have the best intention to meet.

The scholars in the capital gave him the nickname Wang Sharen, saying that he was ashamed to see people, and the so-called talents and learning were all fake, but Wang Xu was still not sad or happy.

True or false, what does it matter if it's true or false.

Those who laugh happily are not necessarily good at laughing, and the winner is the one who laughs at the end.

Three months, four months, five months...

Time is like flowing water, always coming and going, and people can't catch it if they want to.

In the capital, the storm surged, and the precarious prince drank and had fun all day long, and finally at the time of the spring festival, he was dismissed by the emperor on the grounds of not following the ancestral teachings and not abiding by the law.

In this regard, the civil and military officials had long expected that the prince was like a rag doll that was played bad, when it was good, it was a treasure, and after it was broken, it was a grass, and he kicked it away with a disgusted face.

The Li family of Longxi did not react to this, some people said that the prince was immoral, and even his mother's family couldn't see it.

But why, outsiders are insignificant, but Wang Xu thinks about it himself, and the Li family in Longxi may not give up.

The crown prince was deposed, and the new prince candidate was soon put on the agenda.

The country cannot be without a king for a day, and it is also a taboo for a dynasty to have a king without a prince.

The Han Party, the Zhu Party, and the emperor's own henchmen respectively launched the three princes, the fifth prince, and the eighth prince as candidates for the crown prince.

For a while, the court became a pot of porridge, you said that the three princes knew how to make good use of people, I said that the five princes were the most filial piety, and he said that the eight princes abided by their duties, and the lively ones almost started fighting.

Seeing that the situation was a bit deadlocked, the Son of Heaven directly waved his hand, and if he couldn't choose it, he would compare with each other, the three princes entered the department, the five princes entered the Ministry of Rites, and the eighth prince entered the Ministry of Industry, to see who could make more achievements.

So far, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the prince opened a cabinet to build a government and participated in the government.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Wang Xu, he is still hiding in his small courtyard, reading quietly, preparing for the exam.

Six months, seven months, eight months...

The six princes wrote to the procuratorate, bluntly stating the pros and cons of the Inspectorate and applying for reform.

The Son of Heaven was allowed to play, and the six princes entered the Inspectorate, opened the cabinet and built a government, and gave them the resources to participate in the court's deliberations.

Nine months, ten months, eleven months...

The four princes were good at dancing with long sleeves, stirring up the storm with the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Inspectorate.

Dawu, a decadent and declining dynasty, is like a new sprout from an old tree, exuding a different style from the past.

Similarly, the situation of the four princes fighting openly and secretly has gradually become clear and intense, in addition to maintaining restraint on the surface, they have secretly been old and dead.

Even, in order to accumulate strength, all the princes frantically gathered their wings, the three princes who backed the Zhu Party may win over the ministers of the Han family, and the five princes who are backed by the Han Party will also talk and laugh with the members of the Zhu Party.

Because of their different philosophies, members of the Zhu Party who do not agree with the views of the Three Princes may switch to the Five Princes and the Eighth Princes.

On the contrary, the courtiers who were born in the Han Party will also switch to the side of the three princes for the sake of profit.

For the first time in the history of the Great Wu Dynasty, the partisan division that was as solid as Mount Tai was loosened, is all this really a coincidence?

The Son of Heaven sits in the center, training the prince by raising Gu, stirring up the storm, his purpose is really just to cultivate the prince?

This month is September.

This year, Wang Xu is eighteen years old, and it is another imperial examination year.

On this day, the sound of reading that had not been extinguished for a year was no longer sounding, Wang Xu took off the avoidance sign outside the door and looked at the rising sun.

"There are three more days until the end of September, and the day of the exam will be held, and it will be time for me to go out of the mountain."

After living in a shallow place for a year, avoiding the ups and downs outside, Wang Xu finally waited for the test.

As long as he gets through this difficulty, he will have the initial strength to protect himself, and he will finally no longer be a weed.

"Teacher, the exam will be held in three days, I plan to prepare, and I will be out in three days."

After leaving the customs, Wang Xu found Xue Mushan and told him his plan.

It's another year, Xue Mushan is even more old, his eyes are full of tiredness, obviously supporting the six princes behind his back, fighting wits and courage with the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, consuming too much energy of this old man.

"I'll try!"

Xue Mushan sat on the chair and didn't speak for a long time, as if he was deep in thought.

After a long time, he raised his head slightly and said, "Xu'er, what do you think if I let you serve as a staff member of the Six Princes after you become a Jinshi?" ”

"Teacher, you're laughing."

"No, I didn't..."

Xue Mushan looked at Wang Xu deeply, and said softly: "Above the court, chaos is frequent, I hope that after you are admitted to the Jinshi, you will be a staff member for the sixth prince for three years to help him ascend to the throne of the crown prince." ”

As soon as Wang Xu heard this, the smile on his face gradually converged, and he asked, "Teacher, are you serious?" ”

"Yes, the current situation of the six princes is very difficult, and I am fighting wits and courage with the princes, and I can't hold on anymore. I hope that you can take my place and help the Six Princes with advice, the Six Princes are the only Ming Monarch, and only he can lead Great Wu to new glory. ”

When Xue Mushan said this, he was afraid that Wang Xu would not agree, so he added: "I know you don't like trouble, but this time is different from the past, the foundation of the six princes is too shallow after all, and if you lose again, I'm afraid you can only be an idle prince." ”

"Teacher, the Sixth Prince invited you to be a lobbyist?"

Looking at Xue Mushan, who was getting older and older, Wang Xu felt a little unfamiliar, how much charm the six princes had to make Xue Mushan make such a change.

You must know that a year ago, the teacher swore to him that the prince's seizure of the throne was comparable to a sea of swords and fire, and there were very few people who retreated.

It's only been a year, and the teacher's attitude has changed greatly, and he even said good things for the six princes, persuading himself to support the six princes, which is like a different person.

"It's not the same time it used to be..."

Xue Mushan still said the same thing, and then said: "Being a teacher is not an old fool, and this arrangement is also for your future." If you can be a staff member to help the six princes ascend to the crown prince, what is the difficulty of the six princes ascending the throne in the future. ”

"Teacher, please allow me to refuse, I don't want to be in the court, and I don't have the heart to get involved in the rights and wrongs of the court, I just want to focus on learning, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you."

Wang Xu shook his head slightly, no matter how good the sixth prince is, he is also the Ming Jun that Xue Mushan thinks, not his.

No one deserves to be called out to him, and he will not waste his time on these deceits.

After all, his dream has never been to worship the marquis, his pursuit is only one, that is, to achieve the saint of literature.

After the scientific examination, he is a Jinshi, and the next step is Confucianism.

To be a staff member for the six princes for three years and help the six princes ascend to the throne of the crown prince, let's not talk about the difficulty here, just the six princes he wants can't be given.

In this way, why did he serve as a staff member for the six princes, could it be that the six princes were handsome?

"You..."

Seeing that Wang Xu didn't agree, Xue Mushan's face was a little ugly, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it for a while, and waved his hand weakly: "You have grown up, you can make your own decisions, you can go down." ”

"Teacher, disciple retires."

Words are not speculative, Wang Xu is helpless.

It is impossible for him to waste three years to be a staff member for the six princes, let alone three years, not for three months.

However, Wang Xu was very curious about what the six princes had to do to fascinate the teacher.

Xue Mushan is not a person who follows the crowd, and this sixth prince seems to be a person.