Chapter 118 Arriving in Beijing (Can or Cannot Be Seen)

watched the husband's carriage disappear at the end of the bluestone avenue. Xiao Xiao cleaned up his feelings, took his son's little hand, and wanted to pick him up and go back to the house. Who knew that the tiger's head was like a small 'Wangda Stone', standing and refusing to move. At the same time as the little heart was sour, there was a throbbing: does his son know how to leave sorrow at such a young age?

So, instead of forcing him, he squatted down. Stretched out his hand and patted the tiger's little buttocks, then hugged him to his side, and accompanied him to look at the direction of his husband's departure. After a long time, Xiaoxiao suddenly realized that something was wrong. I saw the tiger head standing up, and suddenly opened his small mouth, revealing a few white baby teeth and laughing. While laughing, he stretched out his small right hand and kept waving it somewhere in front of him, as if trying to grab something. A little fixed eyes, okay, it turned out to be in the flower garden next to the arch, on top of the blooming gentleman's orchid. Two colorful butterflies are fluttering up and down there. When I looked at my precious son again, he was staring at a pair of big black and shiny eyes. The eyeballs flew up and down with the butterfly, and they kept dripping up and down.

Xiao Xiao was angry for a while, and thought that the stinky boy was sensible, and he was reluctant to let his father go. Unexpectedly, he had already put aside the matter of his father's departure and turned his attention to something else. Looking at the pair of fluttering butterflies, Xiaoxiao suddenly felt something: Can she and her husband fly together like these two butterflies for a long time?

Thinking like this, my thoughts drifted farther and farther, and I couldn't help but be like a tiger's head, gradually becoming stupid......

At the same time, in the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, Li Shimin, the big boss of the Tang Empire, was convening a meeting of several younger brothers of the Personnel Department of the Tang Empire. These younger brothers include Li Xiaogong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Qin Yifeng, the son of the country, and others. The reason why these people were summoned was because these people were related to how many capable workers the Tang Empire could recruit in the next three years.

In the spring of Zhenguan's eleventh year, Li Xiaogong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was the main examiner, and Qin Yifeng, the son of the country, was the deputy examiner. Take a small official with five or six grades for the first test. Among them, Li Xiaogong himself was born as a military general, and the arrangement as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites was just Li Shimin's order to take care of his old brother who followed him. If he is put in charge of the exam, he may come up with something.

However, our Second Majesty Li Er knows people well. He also knew this, so he arranged for Guozi Siye Qin Yifeng to be Li Shangshu's deputy. Qin Yifeng once presided over the township test of Jingzhao Mansion in the eighth year of Zhenguan, and was familiar with the business, and now he is a senior official of the fourth grade. Plus the official residence of the three products of the Ministry of Rites. It is enough to show that Li Shimin attaches great importance to this township test.

The boss and the employees conducted an in-depth study and discussion, and carefully inquired about the preparation progress of the spring festival, and learned that the spring festival of the eleventh year of Zhenguan, just now the registered scholars, there are as many as 6,000 people, at least thirty percent of the scholars have not or have not had time to report, can not help but feel good. That shows that the Tang Empire under his Li Shimin rule is politically clear and the people are safe. If it is in troubled times, where can there be so many scholars vying to participate in the Spring Festival, and there can be one tenth of these people who burn high incense.

At that moment, Li Shimin instructed in a deep voice:

"Filial piety, legacy, during the spring season, we must pay attention to the situation of these scholars. They are all the future pillars of the imperial court, and they have ordered Jingzhao Mansion to strengthen the inspection of pedestrians entering and leaving Beijing during the Spring Festival, and they must ensure that these pillars of the Jingzhao Mansion will not be harassed in any way during the Spring Festival! ”

The two adults bowed down and said 'yes'. After that, Qin Yifeng asked a question in a hurry:

"Your Majesty, the minister still has a message to tell!"

"Aiqing has something to say. This is the Inner Dynasty, there are not so many rules! ”。 Li Shimin waved his hand generously and said to Qin Yifeng with a pleasant face. This is the bearing and means of the king of a country, even if you have the talent to learn, he can also clean you up and obey!

"Back to Your Majesty, during the Spring Festival, the cost of accommodation in the major restaurants and inns in Beijing was quite high, and some scholars from poor families were poor. During the period of waiting for the spring exam and the release of the list after the spring festival, I am afraid it will be very difficult! ”

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this: "Aiqing, why is this?" ”

Qin Yifeng clasped his hands into fists, and then replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the Spring Festival is held every three years. Every time the spring comes, there are countless scholars from all over the country who go to Beijing to take the exam. Taking Jinke as an example, according to the minister's estimates, the number of scholars who participated in the spring festival will eventually reach 9,000. In addition to some scholars' scholars, coachmen, maids, servants, etc., during the Spring Festival, the major restaurants and inns in Beijing increased by at least 30,000 people. ”

Li Xiaogong added next to him: "In addition, most of these scholars are from wealthy families, and they have spent a lot of money. Nowadays, in order to participate in the Spring Festival, they do not hesitate to spend a lot of money, and they also have to do everything possible to find some accommodation with good conditions. As far as the minister knows. There are even people who specialize in reselling inn rooms. The guest room of the Jingshi Zuiyue Building has been fried to fifty times a night yesterday. Even so, there is still no price! ”

Li Shimin nodded frequently, and when Li Xiaogong finished speaking, he frowned and said:

"Since you can't afford to live in a high-end restaurant, poor scholars can also choose low-end inns and houses, what's so difficult?"

When Qin Yifeng heard this, he hurriedly clasped his fists again and said:

"Your Majesty, together with this trend, even ordinary inns and private houses have also increased in price. According to yesterday's investigation by the ministers, nowadays, even if it is an ordinary room in an ordinary inn, the price of a night's accommodation is always higher. The guest rooms of ordinary houses are also at least 500 yuan. This price, even for the children of ordinary and honest families, is a lot of expenses, not to mention those who are from poor families! ”

Li Shimin pondered when he heard this, and after a long while, he asked out loud:

"Two Aiqing, do you have a good idea?"

Li Xiaogong and Qin Yifeng glanced at each other, and they both saw a kind of helplessness in each other's colors. This kind of price increase trend is not the norm, and those restaurants and inns clearly want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money. Moreover, to a large extent, this trend was fueled by those scholars from well-to-do families. They don't care, it's just that those poor scholars are suffering, and there are many people in the firewood room and stable of the guest house!

Seeing that the big boss was still waiting for his reply, the two of them couldn't pretend to be bored anymore. After hesitating for a while, Li Xiaogong tentatively opened his mouth and suggested:

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests. Ordered Jingzhao Mansion to issue a notice informing all restaurants and inns in Beijing that they should not charge high accommodation fees for scholars who entered Beijing to take the exam. If there is a disobedient, it will be ...... heavy penalties". is worthy of being a general, and his words are full of murder. His word "full", let's guess what he wants to say......

Li Shimin vetoed his proposal without hesitation, and between the inn and the scholars, most of them were willing to fight and suffer. If Jingzhao Mansion is allowed to stir up like this, I don't know how many things will happen before this spring. When the following is the wind of the Qin relics:

"Qin Aiqing has a good way?"

At this time, it is time to test his character, and Li Xiaogong, as a Shangguan, has come up with a method that is not good. Qin Yifeng, as a subordinate, if he came up with a brilliant idea, where would Li Xiaogong's old face go? At that moment, Qin Yifeng frowned and thought bitterly, and then slowly shook his head:

"Your Majesty forgives your sins, and there is no better way for the minister than Lord Li......"

Li Shimin's brows also wrinkled even tighter, and after a long time, he said helplessly:

"In that case, let's put it aside for now. Let these pillars be tested again! As he spoke, his brows suddenly stretched again: "Well, yes, let's see if these scholars of mine can survive it." However, after the release of the spring list, each poor student will be given a return fee of five yuan, which will be paid by my inner son. I think it's my love for these students! ”

Where can the two adults let the emperor pay for his private house, and hurriedly said: "The minister is willing to share the worries for His Majesty, this money ...... It's better for the ministers to come out! ”

Li Shimin laughed when he heard this: "Haha, that's good, it's also your share, so let's do it quickly, and we will definitely make the imperial court's talent ceremony beautiful for me!" ”

The two adults gave up their hands in unison. Then slowly retreated. When they went out of the door, the two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw a look of pain in each other's eyes: one person has five guan, and if you count five hundred poor scholars, it is also two thousand five hundred. Even if it was evenly divided, the two of them would have to come up with 800 yuan each. What's more, both of them knew that the number of these poor scholars was far more than five hundred......

They each stroked their chests dripping with blood, and the two adults gritted their teeth and went back on an errand.

On March 14, the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Jiang Zhixuan, Wu Pei, and Mo Shaojie's carriage finally drove into Chang'an City and arrived at the mansion of Li Rusong, the young Yin of Jingzhao Mansion. This is not an official office, but Li Rusong's real house, that is, Li Qin's real home!

Li Qin had been waiting impatiently at home for a long time, and if he hadn't been in Jingshi, he might have gone to Huayin County to find his brother-in-law and two other classmates.

After Li Rusong set up a banquet at home, entertained Jiang Zhixuan and his party, and settled them down. As soon as the emperor ordered him to strengthen the investigation and patrol, he was strictly prevented from disturbing the scholars during the Spring Festival. Second, he also knew that he couldn't put too much pressure on these young people before the spring season.

As a result, Li Qin finally gained the freedom to go out and play on the fourth day before the spring festival. immediately excitedly pulled his brother-in-law and two classmates to wander around Chang'an City. Jiang Zhixuan was worried about what his beloved wife had ordered, so naturally there was no reason not to go.

The group walked in a roundabout way, and soon left the Li Mansion and headed towards the most prosperous east and west cities in Beijing and Suzaku Street!

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