Before Zhu Hao went to Xishan to "serve his labor", he could go home for one night according to the emperor's "gift".

But in fact, he couldn't spend that night at home, because he had to say goodbye to Zhu Si and explain some of his things by the way, but he went home near dusk and handed over the family affairs to Sun Lan.

Especially when Zhu Niang mentioned before, if her son is away, it is best for her daughter-in-law to go home to see if she is fine, Zhu Hao is in mind, and then Sun Lan is allowed to go back to her parents' house to visit her parents and family occasionally...... After all, he has to go out for two months at a time, and casually communicating with his home will make people aware of the clues, so he decided not to contact him for the time being after leaving Beijing.

「…… The government and the opposition are calm, why does Xianggong want to leave Jingshi again?"

Sun Lan was vague about the situation in the DPRK and China, and he didn't know the current situation of Zhu Hao at all.

I only think that Zhu Hao went out on business for two months, before that, she sewed clothes for Zhu Hao, and one of them was cut out of the cloth she had woven by herself, and the handiwork was very good, but it didn't look like a winter coat, but it looked like it was worn in spring and autumn.

Zhu Hao smiled, "Just go out for a trip."

"Travel?"

Sun Lan didn't quite understand this new term.

Zhu Hao said: "Traveling, and touring, is equivalent to going out to wander around the famous rivers and mountains, walking around, and it is almost time to go home."

Sun Lan thought for a while, felt that such a description seemed inappropriate, and shook his head and said, "The Hanlin Academy has always been a place for saints, and if you don't do a splendid errand, why do you want to travel? Xianggong remember to come back earlier."

"Hmm."

Zhu Hao nodded.

……

……

In the evening, Zhu Hao saw Zhu Si, and Zhu Si was holding the recital sent by Tang Yin from Xuanfu, and bragged to Zhang Zuo.

It probably means that now Tang Yin has stabilized the situation in Xuanfu and Datong, and as a person, he has temporarily become a qualified governor of Xuanda without being favored, and even Zhu Sihai is ready to let Tang Yin further become the governor of the three sides and coordinate the military affairs of the northwest......

After Zhu Hao arrived, Zhu Si's attention was only on Zhu Hao.

「…… You're going to leave again, and I'm going to have no one to help me in the capital, so I always feel like I'm missing something." Zhu Si was reluctant to let Zhu Hao go out again, and said depressedly.

Zhu Hao said: "This time I just went to Xishan, and Kuaima interpreter can even make a round trip in half a day, and if there is something important, it will not be delayed."

Zhang Zuo smiled and comforted on the side: "Yes, Your Majesty, this time Mr. Zhu didn't go far, even if he went back to Beijing once in a while, as long as he was not noticed, it was feasible."

Zhu Hao glanced at Zhang Zuo.

You're full of tricks, don't mess around.

"Don't say it, I know that Zhu Hao will definitely not give up halfway, after all, it is around the capital, and the surname Yang has a lot of eyeliner, and it is estimated that there will be some arrangements in the mine by then, so as not to show his stuffing...... Zhu Hao, as long as I can find you."

Zhu Si was a little depressed, and said with a calm face, "I used to come here, I thought it was very lively, you, Mr. Tang and Uncle were all here, but now that you are leaving, this place is too deserted, and I don't even need to leave the palace."

Zhu Hao knew that Zhu Si still had someone in this courtyard who couldn't give up, and that was Gongyeling.

But now Gongyeling obviously does not have the qualifications to enter the palace.

How do you introduce this woman to outsiders?

Said it was a happy woman whom the emperor met outside the palace? Or did you know each other when you were in Anlu? Ten years older than the emperor? Emperor Chenghua's favor for Concubine Wan has formed a psychological shadow among the ministers, so before Zhu Si fully controlled the court, there was no way to take this woman into the palace and arrange a title for her.

Of course, if you receive it in the palace, you can also ...... without giving it a name The problem is that Empress Dowager Zhang now has too much influence in the palace, and Empress Dowager Jiang has to lower her voice when she sees Empress Dowager Zhang, and it is impossible for Gongye Ling to enter the palace without knowing it.

"After a year."

Zhu Hao said, "It is estimated that when I return to Jingshi, Mr. Tang will be back soon."

Zhu Si smiled, "You just like to engage in those mysterious things...... If Mr. Tang returns, who will be the governor of Xuanda?"

Zhu Hao said: "

Zang Feng, he is a qualified minister...... Even if Mr. Tang can control the situation now, it is more because he is a person close to His Majesty, can gather people's hearts, and has the victory of Juyongguan as a support, but if he stays in the Xuanfu for a long time, the weakness of his ability to govern the government will be exposed, and then maybe the northwest will not be as stable as it is now."

"Oh, I understand, just let Mr. Tang transfer him back and replace him with an experienced minister before exposing his shortcomings...... Zang Feng is actually quite good, and I am optimistic about him."

In the past, Zang Feng was definitely not from Zhu Si's camp, at most he was a centrist.

But as Zang Feng was impeached and removed from power by Yang Tinghe in the northwest, he almost ended up in prison, forcing Zang Feng to sell himself to the little emperor.

Next, Zhu Si used Zang Feng, even if he didn't make any publicity to the outside world, everyone would regard Zang Feng as the new emperor, including Yang Tinghe and Zang Feng himself, they had to think so.

Zhang Zuo asked tentatively, "Then Mr. Tang is not in the northwest, will he ......?"

Zhu Si smiled and said, "It's better to go back to the capital, I will be very pleased to see Mr. Tang at any time...... I've missed him."

Zhang Zuo then understood why there was Tang Yin's descendant in the northwest to take charge of the troops, and the emperor wanted to change to Zang Feng, who was not a descendant, just because the emperor had no sense of security in Beijing, and he needed Tang Yin, a person with certain ability, to help him support the scene, as the emperor said, this courtyard was too deserted.

"Zhu Hao, you are leaving tomorrow, let's have a good drink tonight, I want to talk to you more about the future, I want to know, when are you going to drive the surnamed Yang out of the court......

……

……

The friendship between the monarch and the minister was late.

Zhu Hao only slept a little in the second half of the night, and before dawn he had to report to the Yamen of Jinyiwei, and was "escorted" by Jinyiwei's people to the "garrison", that is, the Xishan Coal Mine.

The main ones who went to Xishan were the prisoners who were assigned to Guozijian, and Cai Ang, who was relatively high in the Hanlin revision.

Zhu Hao and Cai Ang ride in the same carriage, which is equivalent to taking care of each other.

"A handful of old bones, it won't last a few days......

In front of Zhu Hao, Cai Ang always felt that the years had passed.

In fact, Cai Ang is only over forty years old, and in the Hanlin Academy, this age is the year to fight...... If you want to be promoted to a bachelor, you have to know the year of the destiny of heaven, as for entering the cabinet, those in their fifties are early, and those in their sixties abound...... Cai Ang himself didn't have so many feelings, just because Zhu Hao was too young.

Younger than his son, Cai Ang couldn't help but sigh.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Brother Cai doesn't have to feel sorry for himself, just go to Xishan, after a few steps, someone will arrange our daily life, just think of it as a quiet past." Wouldn't it be nice to have someone find us a few more books, study them, and discuss them?"

"Huh."

Cai Ang didn't know how Zhu Hao could have such an open-minded personality.

"By the way, Brother Cai, I heard that among your fellow villagers, there is a young man named Wu Chengen, do you know him?" Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

Cai Ang was very surprised, and he didn't know why Zhu Hao suddenly mentioned this, so he nodded and said, "I do know...... That little friend is very interesting, when he returned to his hometown, he visited the door, and he was very good at learning, but he always liked to say some rumors about fairies and monsters. Oh yes, I heard that someone in Huguang wrote a book about monkeys, and it was also compiled into a play, and he liked it the most......

Zhu Hao thought to himself.

Isn't it, "Journey to the West" is Wu Chengen's masterpiece, and now I made it out in advance, so Wu Chengen looked at what he wrote in the future, even if he won't touch it again in this life, the more he looks at it, the more intimate he becomes, and he feels that his thoughts are similar to the ups and downs of the story, so he can't live in the shadows?

Cai Ang asked, "This carriage is really bumpy...... By the way, why did you suddenly mention the little friend of the Wu family?"

"Hey, hey."

Zhu Hao smiled: "I'm a young man, isn't it normal to hear about young talents from all over the world? Actually, I've written some weird stories."

"Huh? You still wrote this?"

Cai Ang was surprised.

You are a young man, and you are the top student in the exam

,I guess I've been forced to do learning since I was a child, right? Still thinking about those strange things?

Zhu Hao smiled: "The book about monkeys that Brother Cai said was written by me."

"Ahem......

Cai Ang coughed violently.

Boy.

This kid in front of him is really a prodigy, not only learned, but also touched on some strange knowledge?

"Brother Cai is alright, right?"

"It's okay, it's okay, if you see the little friend of the Wu family, he will definitely pester you...... Then again, he's a few years older than you, but he didn't go well in the imperial examinations, or he cares too much about things outside of the scriptures."

When Cai Ang said this, he was already drowsy.

Zhu Hao asked, "Can you contact him and let him go to the capital?"

Cai Ang closed his eyes, shook his head and said, "It's difficult, the Wu family is counting on him to leap into the dragon gate, how can he let him go out to study? But if you are concerned about him, when I go back and write a letter home, I will mention you in passing, so that he will know that the famous man he admires is actually working by my side...... Or they may be able to understand the obstacles in his heart and devote himself to learning."

Cai Ang admired Wu Chengen very much.

But one is always a jinshi, and the other is just a small people, and they don't have much to do with each other, and it's hard to talk about what is important if they have appreciation, and Cai Ang himself hasn't made a name for himself in the court now.

Zhu Hao understands that if Wu Chengen is asked to give up the imperial examination to come to the capital, it is basically unrealistic, and the scholars with this idea are placed high hopes on the family, and most of them are based on the imperial examination, how can they say that they will give up if they give up?

Without the fame of the imperial examination, how can you get ahead and shine on the lintel?

This society only recognizes Jinshi, of course, there is also a certain social status for the people, but at most, the students are just a little prestige in the local area.

The carriage traveled through the bumps.

The escorted soldiers and brocade guards drove the carriage forward quickly.

Although the journey was not very hurried, and the group would definitely arrive at the Xishan mine before dark, so as not to spend the night on the road, this was an exile after all, not a real tour, and the soldiers still had the attitude of escorting prisoners.

Zhu Hao said: "Brother Cai has time to write a letter back, I want to discuss the next knowledge with you, a little friend of the Wu family, or I can help him operate and see if he can accept a prisoner."