The weather is sunny and the sun is crisp, and it is the time when the apricot blossoms are in full bloom.

The weather is slowly getting warmer, and the people have stopped the briquettes for heating, and the choking smell is missing: breathing is much easier.

Outside the Jinghua Gate of the Imperial City, there were many people waiting on the third floor and the outer three floors early in the morning, crowded with people, all wanting to occupy a good position. Nearby teahouses and restaurants were also set down early.

There are also various shops such as major bookstores in the capital, the four treasures of the study, etc., which are also lined up and come to shout. On the one hand, I want to be happy and extravagant, white today, and tomorrow's prime minister; On the other hand, it is also aimed at the scholars on the list, so as to sell the champion book and champion pen.

There are even more tabloids in Beijing, and they have already sent the best writers and painters to prepare a picture album to give everyone a good name, and then go to find out the interesting anecdotes and romances of the first-class jinshi, so that Luoyang paper is expensive.

Yanting Lu Yin and Tan Yin and Lu Qing waited early, waited outside the Jinghua Gate to Li Zheng and Zhang Ziqing, and saw Zhao Xu and Gu Zijun.

The time is right, and the apricot list is finally out.

There are three people in the first class, and sure enough, Xu Linhai is among them, and the top three will participate in the palace examination.

Zhao Xu won the top 57, and Li Zheng won the top 95.

Everyone hurriedly congratulated Zhao Xu and Li Zheng, and from time to time acquaintances came to congratulate them, and several people congratulated other high school people. Although Lu Yin, Zhang Ziqing and Gu Zijun did not have high school, they had already expected it in their hearts, and after all, they were rare, but they were also peaceful.

A few families rejoiced and a few were sad, and some people were overjoyed and wept, shouting that they had been hit; Some people burst into tears, saying that God does not favor me; Some people were sad and hesitated.

Tan Yin was extremely happy in her heart that Li Zheng's talent and hard work for more than ten years had finally paid off. Li Zheng looked back at Tan Yin, there seemed to be tears in his eyes, and the girl in front of him accompanied him, all the way hard, and always encouraged and motivated himself. Yan Ting saw that the two were affectionate, and he was also happy for the two of them.

Everyone was happy, and it was almost noon, and a group of people poured up to the champion building next to them.

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The champion building outside the Jinghua Gate is very famous, it was not originally called this name, but because it will try to be patronized by the capital, in the end its original name is not remembered by anyone.

In a private room on the third floor of the Zhuangyuan Building, the window is facing the apricot list, and the various states of the living beings are clear at a glance.

Xu Linfeng looked at these moves downstairs, and many people were about to become Jinshi, and said with a smile: "I can expect to be a pillar of the Zhao. ”

Yang Che turned his head to look at Xu Linfeng and chuckled: "The sea is treacherous, I don't know how many people are immersed in it without being swallowed up. ”

Xu Linfeng said: "Snow Field, God has heaven's arrangement, each person has his own creation, and the saint just chooses those who want to walk with him." ”

Yang Che seemed to remember something, and pulled the corners of his mouth slightly, "Zijian, we are standing here today, it seems that we are choosing others, but in fact, we are no different from them. ”

Xu Linfeng looked straight at Yang Che, "Xueyuan, I know your intentions, we have worked so hard, isn't it also to make a change!" ”

Yang Che smiled thoughtfully.

The two are both princes and ministers, and it is easy to disagree, and many people also expect him to compete for favor, or even slander the two. But although the two are not close friends, they also have a good relationship.

Li Huang looked at Xu Linhai, "Zifei, you said that you came here, why didn't you go to see it in person under the list, but stay here." ”

Xu Linhai looked at the crowd below and said lazily, "Now that you know the result, why bother going." ”

Li Huang quipped: "Are you afraid that you will be surrounded by those women and won't be able to get out!" Isn't it, Snowfield! ”

Yang Che looked at the affectionate two people below, the man could not hide his joy under his calm face, and the woman smiled and smiled, like a bird jumping on a branch in spring. Although the man is from a humble background, he is studious and progressive, pine and green, the woman is smart and pretty, and she is also a childhood sweetheart.

was called by Li Huangyi, Yang Che turned around, "Some people don't think so, and some people are ecstatic when they are on the list." ”

Xu Linfeng looked at his younger brother, although he didn't show a look, but his eyes were staring at Gao Yanting's group of people and others, but there was no person he wanted to see.

"Alas, isn't that the eldest son of the Gao family and the little son of the Lu family? Last time we met in Xianpinju! Li Huang's eyes were sharp, and he pointed at Gao Yanting and said.

Xu Linfeng nodded at Li Huang.

"Look at it like this, some of them are in high school."

"The man in the brown shirt is named Zhao Xu, from Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and there are fifty-seven in the top three this time, and the man in the green clothes is named Li Zheng, from Suzhou, Jiangsu, and there are ninety-five in the top three." Xu Linfeng is very familiar with the situation of the scholars.

"What do they have to do with the Gao family's Lu family?"

"Then Zhao Xu and Gao Yanting are friends, but this Li Zheng is Miss Gao's sweetheart, and the two families intend to get married."

"It's a good match." Li Huang looked at the pair of people, shook his fat and stocky body, and looked at Xu Linhai without saying anything, "What's wrong with Zifei today!" On weekdays, the belly is full of splendor, and the export is a chapter, and today's high school is a top one, which should be a surprise, how can it become a gourd with a sawing mouth! ”

The Jokhang will take the exam once every three years, and sometimes it will be enke, just like this time it was selected, but this time it was selected in addition to the imperial examination, and there were various kinds of subjects.

Every time I try to get about 150 of the top three, I don't necessarily have to start it immediately, and many lifters still need to be vacant.

Yang Che chuckled and said: "Brother Li, this high school top three is confident for their brothers, and there is no accident, they are happy, but they will not be surprised." It's just that Zifei is suave and happy, and usually those beautiful girls flock to him, and they don't want to be deflated now. ”

Li Huang thought about it for a while, and knew the reason for today, "I can still make your kid deflated, I want to meet this Gao girl, this is really fucking refreshing." ”

Xu Linhai looked at someone gloating, and said quietly: "I went to Yuehua Tower the day before yesterday, and Xi Niang said that I hadn't seen Master Li for a long time, so I asked me to bring a word, saying that I miss it very much." Brother Li must have been tightly pinched by his sister-in-law, why don't I go talk to her? ”

Li Huang's face changed greatly, and he immediately closed his mouth.

Li Huang is a well-known strict wife, he is in an important position, and it is inevitable that he will participate in various banquets and meet girls from various Qinglou families. That month, Hualou Xiniang was the most tightly entangled, and her mind was also lively, and she was known by Li Niangzi, and punished Li Huang for kneeling in the courtyard all night in winter, freezing him to get sick and have a high fever, and it dragged on for a long time, and it became a joke in Beijing for a while.

Li Huang turned to Xu Linfeng and said: "This apricot list has just been revealed, and Enke will be selected next, you have to be busy." ”

Xu Linfeng continued to look at the expressions and actions of the lifters below, and said lightly: "Youxueyuan has felt the information of these lifters clearly, and the cabinet elders will discuss and give opinions, and His Highness will also take the first and second class jinshi one by one, I am just doing my duty." ”

These lifters are not like officials, who did not have a file before. Yang Che is in charge of the military department, and there is an information scout under him. On the one hand, the prince asked the prefectures and counties to report the situation of the lifter, and on the other hand, he asked the military department to understand the words and deeds of the lifter, and then asked the ministry to comment on it, and the cabinet drafted the opinion, and then he himself personally examined it.

Traditionally, His Majesty will personally decide on the important ministers of the imperial court, and the appointment of lower-level officials will be determined by the cabinet according to the opinions of various ministries, so the Son of Heaven can only balance the parties and make use of them, just to prevent one party from becoming bigger, or only looking at the interests of his own party and ignoring the interests of the people.

The prince attaches so much importance to personnel, and takes the opportunity to knock on the important ministers, and it is even more intentional to take the school examination, how the six cabinet departments do not understand, and they are even more cautious.

Li Huang smiled secretly, the two brothers of the Xu family have completely different personalities.

Xu Linfeng is deep and cautious, he does things and speaks without leakage, he is not very old, but he is very old. Now that his status is important, there are many people who want to cling to the government and the opposition, but he cherishes his feathers very much.

Xu Linhai became famous at a young age, fresh clothes and angry horses, free and uninhibited. He had traveled to various places for three years before, saying that he had traveled to study and visit the masters, but in fact, the East Palace had another explanation, and when he returned from his travels, although he was still arrogant and conceited on the surface, there were many things precipitated in the mainland.

Yang Che heard Xu Linfeng mention himself, "Don't use suspicious people, don't doubt people." If the states and counties want to let the local lifters be promoted, firstly, it is the beauty of adults, and secondly, it is also to be able to take care of their hometowns in the future. ”

"Your Highness asked me to send someone to investigate, just to get the information more comprehensive, you need to know that these people have just entered the officialdom, if this first pass is not done well, the disaster is still the people. It's just that once you enter the office, you must be examined by the cabinet officials, and you can't make a big deal about spying, otherwise the king will regard the minister as a mustard, and the minister will treat the king as an enemy, and there will be countless lessons from the past life. ”

What Yang Che said was to say that he would not break through the principles, people's hearts are fickle, and those who play with people's hearts will also be played by people's hearts.

Li Huang looked at Yang Che, he was wearing a dark blue brocade robe today, and it was rare to see him wearing red clothes recently. The bun is raised with a white hosta, and it is not crowned, and it looks more and more white as jade.

I remember that when I first met seven or eight years ago, he was only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, and when I first saw him walking slowly from the east palace, he seemed to be carrying a peony in the breeze, and the golden and brilliant palace could not hide its prosperity. At that time, everyone flattered him in front of him, and behind his back, he called him a servant and a servant of Israel.

Even after contact, I feel that this person is a great talent, but I can't help but feel a little contempt in my heart, thinking that he can be reused by the prince, and his appearance is the main reason, after all, there are many talents in the world.

When he defeated Daxia in one fell swoop, captured Yingzhou, an important town in Hexi, and made Daxia control Risong in Hexi, the name of the god of war has spread all over the world, and the spirit of the people of Dazhao has been greatly boosted. He also set up a large horse farm, trained cavalry, and secretly sent people to contact the countries of the Western Regions and the border people of Qiangtang, and his plans were far-reaching. Later, he put down the rebellion against Li Xiang and the king of Xiangyang, completely eliminated the hidden dangers in the heart of His Royal Highness, and also set the pattern of the Jokhang court. Only then did I know that this person was strategic, thoughtful, and decisive. Under the East Palace, he knows how to make good use of it, and he is still tender in the end.

A few years have passed, taking off that youthful youth, and now he is full of slaughter, who else would dare to mention the word "minister".

Li Huang smiled: "Xueyuan, you are the same age as Zijian, ordinary people are waiting for your age, and children will have to play soy sauce." Zijian is also about to get married, Zifei is three years younger than you, and he is also thinking about marrying his daughter-in-law into the door as soon as possible, but you are still in the Qinglou Youye, His Royal Highness was still saying last time, starting a family, your business has been completed, and there is no family! ”

Yang Che was not forced to marry by his parents, but was forced by the Li brothers, he raised his eyebrows and said: "If I ask for a lady like Mrs. Sister-in-law, I will not be allowed to go to that Zhangtai Chu Pavilion in the future, those girls will have to cry blind, how can I bear it!" ”

When the people saw him like this, they knew that he was perfunctory, so they didn't continue.