Chapter 117 went to Beijing to catch the exam

March 12th!

Early morning. Xiao Xiao didn't sleep lazy, got up early, and made breakfast for her husband with his own hands with his wife. I double-checked the bookcase that she had prepared to see if there were any omissions. Yao Shan set a carriage outside the villa, this is not rented, as early as the beginning of last year, Xiaoxiao spent hundreds of taels of silver to build two luxury carriages for the Jiang family to enter and exit the distant door.

When everything was ready, Xiaoxiao went to the bedroom in person and dressed up for her husband. That's right, it was Xiaoxiao who dressed up Jiang Zhixuan.

In Xiaoxiao's previous memories, most of the men in the Tang Dynasty were talented and suave. But what she didn't know was that the bearded men of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to being "self-effacing with poetry and books", their attention to their posture was not below that of women, so they cultivated so handsome and elegant. They came dressed in women's clothes, painted their lips, and incense. It's just stinking and sullen. The poet Du Fu once had a poem: "The lipid and face medicine follow the grace, and the green tube and silver poppy go down to the nine heavens."

In the past, the Jiang family was so poor that it was difficult to even make ends meet, so naturally they didn't pay much attention to this. And Li Qin is not very old, so he has never dressed like this. But later, as the life of the Jiang family got better day by day, Jiang Zhixuan gradually became stinky and beautiful. Although it is not enough to wear women's clothes to paint her lips, it is common to dress up and apply some incense before going out. This once made Xiao Xiao exclaim, isn't Husband Mo psychopathic? Less words

It wasn't until later, when I saw Wu Pei and Mo Shaojie again, that these two people began to pay attention to their appearance as they grew older, and Xiaoxiao knew that this was actually a living habit that was very popular among scholars in these years. In addition to asking the sky speechlessly, Xiaoxiao could only accept this fact that made people laugh and cry. Every morning, the husband and wife dress each other up and raise their eyebrows, which is probably how popular it is......

For the husband, carefully coil his hair, take out the bronzing hairpin and tie it tightly on the top of his head, leaving two strands of loose hanging buns on the left and right sideburns. He also smeared it on his face with facial fat, a handsome man with a jade-like face...... The cream is freshly baked.

Then put on a silk woven moon white lining, put on a cotton middle single, and put on a royal blue scholar's gown that is also silk. Tie a moon-white belt around your waist. When I looked in the mirror again, I saw a long, fit, and personable son of the turbidity world, ">!" If it is paired with a folding fan, in this warm and cold March day, it will be ......

Belch......

It became a neuropathy......

Dressed up for the husband, the couple went to the flower hall of the villa for breakfast. Xiao Xiao naturally inevitably gave some advice, said to relax the mind, don't suffer from gains and losses. As for the sorrow, it is far less intense than when we first separated. First, both husband and wife knew that this parting was only a month. Second, Xiaoxiao now has more important things to distract him from - the tiger head and the second little guy in his belly; Jiang Zhixuan also temporarily put aside the love of his children because the spring was the most important juncture in his life.

However, Jiang Zhixuan is still very useful for his beloved wife's advice and chatter. Therefore, while nodding his head again and again, he carefully tasted those on the table, which was obviously the love breakfast prepared by his wife herself.

After running out of breakfast, Fu'er moved the bookcase out and handed it to Yao Shan's hands:

"Mr. Yao. Uncle will be handed over to you, you must take care of your uncle, if your uncle comes back with a headache and brain fever, Miss "> have to settle accounts with you!" ”

Yao Shan grinned: "Miss, please" > and Miss Mulberry rest assured, you can save it!" ”。 As he spoke, he took the bookcase in his hand and another heavy bag. It was two hundred taels of silver ingots and dozens of large coins, which were used to pay for Jiang Zhixuan's expenses during the examination in Beijing. In addition, there is a 1,000-tael ticket, but this ticket was handed over to Jiang Zhixuan by Xiaoxiao personally.

In fact, Jiang Zhixuan didn't need any money to take the exam this time. The carriage is his own, and before the exam and waiting for the release of the list, he can live in the house of his stepfather Li Rusong. Unlike other scholars, you have to go to an inn that is ridiculously expensive! It is said that every three years, the prices of the major restaurants and inns in Beijing will rise like sesame seeds. Its increase may be comparable to that of the hotels in Sanya, Hainan in later generations......

The reason why Xiaoxiao still gave her husband so much silver was not for him to bribe officials. With Jiang Zhixuan's literary brilliance and true ability, even if he does not dare to guarantee the champion, there is still no problem with Jinshi and the first. And with his identity as Xie Yuanlang, as well as Qin Yifeng, He Jin, the two great gods in important positions, no examiner dared to open his mouth to ask him for bribes. I'm afraid that even if Jiang Zhixuan takes the initiative to give it, these people will throw it back to him like a hot potato.

These silvers were used by the husband to make friends. As the saying goes: "There are people in the court who are good officials!" ”。 Every year, a large number of mermaids leap over the dragon gate and become members of the ruling class. And the reason why Xiaoxiao did it. But it's because of another saying: "It's easy to put icing on the cake, but it's hard to send charcoal in the snow!" ”。

Among the tens of thousands of candidates who are rushing to take the exam, there are definitely people from poor families. And these scholars from poor families are often outstanding in their talents. "Since ancient times, heroes have suffered a lot, and they have never been a great man"! In terms of the officialdom style and scientific examination system in the early years of Zhenguan, these poor scholars, as long as they have real talent and real learning, still have a great chance of getting ahead in the spring festival!

Xiaoxiao gave her husband these silvers so that he could make friends with these poor gentlemen. The official start of the spring festival is March 18, and the time for Jiang Zhixuan and others to arrive in Beijing will not exceed March 15 at the latest. Xiaoxiao told her husband to use these three days to make friends with those poor people who lived in the slums. Fight for righteousness and squander money, and solve the livelihood problem for them during their time in Beijing. If you feel that some scholars are indeed talented, you can even "throw papers" on your behalf!

Throwing papers was a kind of atmosphere in the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty. Before the Rite Examination, scholars who took the Jinshi Examination compiled their literary works into scrolls and presented them to the examiner and people of status in order to express themselves and to win the recommendation of powerful people. These poor scholars, because they don't know any high-ranking officials and nobles, often have no way to get involved. And Jiang Zhixuan has Jingzhao Mansion Shaoyin Li Rusong, and Guozi Siye Qin Legacy. He Jin, the young eunuch in the palace, and a few others, relatives and friends and elders above the fourth rank of the official residence, can completely solve the problem of submitting papers for these scholars.

The reason why Xiaoxiao asked her husband to do these things is because of what I said earlier. When these students are in the "snow", they are given life-saving salaries. After the Spring Festival, once these talented scholars leap into the dragon gate, have a friendship with their husbands in the same year, and are taken care of by their husbands when they are most helpless, they will naturally become a big help to their husbands. Let the husband be like a fish in water when he becomes an official in the court in the future.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the husband falls in the middle of the spring. In the future, there will be reliable people in the court, and it will be beneficial and harmless to the Jiang family. And to do this, all you need to pay is a few thousand taels of silver, as well as the connections of your father-in-law and the other two elders. Such a cost-effective deal, Xiaoxiao will naturally not let go!

It can be said that whether it is the Jiang Jiayi School or the Spring Helping School. Xiaoxiao is doing all this for the long-term. She is compiling a net for her husband's future way of being an official. This net has not yet been formed. Even if it takes shape in the future, it can't be seen or touched. However, the power that this net can exert is incredibly powerful. Unless the big boss Li Shimin is completely offended to death, otherwise, other troubles, this net can keep the Jiang family safe all the way.

Since she was pregnant with the tiger's head, she has nothing to do, and she thinks about these things from time to time. After several in-depth conversations with his father-in-law Li Rusong, he learned about the officialdom of this era. Xiaoxiao has always had this idea to compile a protective net for her husband in the court. Later facts proved that the power of this protective net compiled by Xiaoxiao was indeed extraordinary......

Of course, Xiaoxiao has explained these ideas to her husband. We explained a long time ago that although Jiang Zhixuan is a scholar, he does not have the pedantic atmosphere of ordinary scholars. Therefore, he has no objection to this practice of his beloved wife. Jiang Jiayixue, that is indeed a good thing for the benefit of neighbors, a good deed. And to subsidize those poor scholars who go to the examination, even if they are small and do not arrange it, if they are met by him, I am afraid they will do so. Because he himself was as poor as those people, and he knew what it was like! Now that he has this ability, he naturally won't sit idly by!

Merely. The small requirement is to go from passive encounters to active searches!

Yao Shan loaded the bookcase into the carriage, climbed up himself, sat in the driver's seat, and drove the carriage to the bluestone avenue outside the villa to wait. At this time, it is better to be interesting and set aside a little time for Mrs. "> and Uncle to say goodbye alone!

Xiaoxiao had a big belly, holding the tiger's soft little hand, and stood face to face with Jiang Zhixuan:

"Husband, when I arrived in Beijing, I was taken care of by my father and mother, and I was accompanied by my brother and classmates, and the concubine didn't worry about her husband's food, clothing, housing and transportation. Just ask your husband to remember that when he arrived in Beijing and settled down at his father's place, he went around looking for poor and talented people and helped them! ”

Jiang Zhixuan nodded lightly.

When it was time to part, he was still a little reluctant after all. My beloved wife is pregnant with Liujia, and she should have someone by her side, but she had to leave her at this time and go to Beijing to take the exam! Looking at his beloved wife's bulging belly, and looking at the cute Lin'er held by his beloved wife, listening to the words that his beloved wife has been babbling many times, my heart still can't help but be sour:

"Xiaoxiao, during this time, it will be hard for you, alone at home, the fetus in the womb, the tiger head in your hands, and all the affairs at home will be pressed on your shoulders!"

Xiaoxiao smiled softly at him: "Where is the husband so serious, there are two uncles on the farm; The affairs of the school have two husbands, Xiao He. The tiger head has the old mother you asked to come back to help take care of it, and the family affairs are handled by the concubine. The concubine is afraid that she will be idle and panicked! ”

Jiang Zhixuan saw that she was relaxed, and his heart was not even more pleasant. He knows that these people have their own people to carry out specific matters. But the real hard decision is still to worry about the beloved wife. He also knew that his beloved wife said it so easily, in fact, to let him take the exam with peace of mind and not be distracted by everything at home. Therefore, after hearing this, he reluctantly smiled:

"It's so reassuring to be a husband! It's cold outside, and Madame'> "Let's go back to the house quickly, and I'll start my journey for my husband!" ”

When it was finally time to part, Xiaoxiao nodded lightly:

"The husband can go with confidence, the concubine is still waiting for the husband to earn back a life for the concubine!" As he spoke, he bent down and said softly to the tiger's head:

"Tiger Head, come, say goodbye to Daddy!"

When the tiger head heard this, he didn't even make trouble with his father, and obediently raised his white and tender, fleshy right hand, and waved it a few times at Jiang Zhixuan. There were a few sounds in his mouth, and only he knew if it meant 'goodbye'......

Seeing this, Jiang Zhixuan was reluctant for a while, squatted down, stretched out his two arms, and said softly:

"Tiger head, Daddy is going to a far away place, come, give Daddy a hug!" As he spoke, he looked at his son expectantly.

The tiger tilted his head, looked up at his mother, and saw that his mother was also looking at himself with a smile on her face. He also seemed to know that his father was going to go far away, and after a little hesitation, he finally opened his legs very face-savingly, staggered, and walked towards his father tremblingly. As a result, he stopped after taking a step, raised his two chubby little hands, and cried out pitifully with a small mouth:

"Daddy...... Embrace...... Hug ......". He is only a year and a few months old now, and he is not at all steady when he walks, and if there is no one to help him, he will fall after taking a step or two at most.

Jiang Zhixuan looked at his son's sobbing expression, watched his baby son's long little hand stretched out towards him, and listened to his son's milky call. A heartwarming feeling rushed up instantly, and he hurriedly took two steps forward and held his son's little hand in his hand.

The tiger's small hands have a place to borrow strength, and his courage finally grows. Take the kitten step again, and in three or two steps he will run into his father's arms. Jiang Zhixuan cheered and picked up his son. The handsome face kept rubbing back and forth on his son's white and tender, pink little face......

The tiger head also rarely cooperated, a pair of small hands hung on Daddy's neck, giggling non-stop!

After a long time, Xiao Xiao looked at the sky, and saw that the father and son were still reluctant to separate, and finally urged:

"Husband, let's get off quickly. If it's too late, you should miss lunch when you arrive at the county seat! ”

Jiang Zhixuan reluctantly handed the tiger head into Xiaoxiao's hands, and told again:

"Madam" >, take care! Then he turned around to the bluestone avenue outside the villa, boarded the long-awaited carriage, and headed towards the county seat......

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