It's autumn, and some of the villages on the outskirts of Beijing have been planted early, and the seedlings have already survived, and all the way to look pleasing to the verdant color, you can imagine that when the autumn harvest comes, the road is full of golden rice, and the situation is very happy just thinking about it.

"I have lived for 70 years, and I have never seen seedlings that grow so well and survive so well! This year is sure to be a bumper year! ”

"The promotion officer of the imperial court is really too timely, and there is no shelf at all, food and accommodation are in the village, my family is too busy to grab seeds, and they still come to help! Wearing official uniforms, stained with mud, people smiled and said it didn't matter, the old man and I wanted to keep them for dinner, and then they said that they were not used to eating farmhouse food. ”

"You don't understand that, do you? It's not that they can't get used to eating farmhouse meals, but the promotion group has a rule that they can't touch the people's stitches and threads, and if they stay at the people's homes, they have to pay for accommodation, and they have to clean the place when they leave. ”

"Really?"

"Yes! My relative's friend's son's neighbor's cousin is on an errand in the promotion group, and this is what he said, and whether there is such a rule is obvious to everyone, have you ever seen the people of the promotion group eat our food and drink our water? No! This discipline is good! ”

"In the past, officials went to the village to eat, drink, and take a drink, and they had to play prestige and bully people, but now these officials are different from before. If all the officials in the future are like these officials of the promotion group, we people will be blessed! ”

"Have you noticed? The people in the promotion group, whether they are big or small, are all young people! The head of the regiment is the champion of this session, and the deputy head is Tanhualang and Bangyan! What a start! In the future, when those old officials die, Zhao Zhuangyuan and they become bigger officials, our people will only get better and better! ”

Zhou Mujiao drove for a day and a night, and was resting on the side of the road at the moment, and the horses were drinking water by the stream, so they happened to hear the people's discussions about the promotion group.

However, not everyone is praised.

Someone said: "The new official took office with three fires, Zhao Zhuangyuan and they are not because they haven't tasted the sweetness of being a big official, so they work so hard, and when he becomes a big official, you see if he will come to the field!" ”

"That is, to speak of them so fast and great, as if without them we would starve to death! As everyone knows, we are grateful every day on this day, and people just use us as a ladder to climb up! When they become high officials, they will casually throw us aside! ”

"Those scholars have studied hard for ten years, and finally got the fame and became the champion of the work, people want to change the lintel of the ancestors, if they are admitted to the fame or go to farming, why should he take the top prize, just come to farming? So, the people in the promotion group are just doing these things just to climb up! ”

Some people were not convinced and retorted: "Lao Li, it makes no sense for you to say this. Farmers farm for a good harvest, merchants sell goods to make money, scholars study for fame, so what is wrong with officials doing things for promotion? He can't be an official, he can't have any worldly desires, right? If you can't go up, why do people want a ten-year cold window? Why don't people just farm? If you don't have a harvest, will you continue to plant? ”

"That's it. Not to mention anything else, now the promotion group is doing practical things that are beneficial to the people and the beams, and now you can still find officials who are really willing to do practical things in the court? No! Although Zhao Zhuangyuan may ignore the people after they become big officials in the future, before he becomes a big official and ignores the people, we can't accuse him of being a 'bad official' in advance! Would you be happy if I said you were a murderer for no reason? ”

A young man who looked like a scholar spoke up: "We have been hard-working and hard-working officials for a long time, and everyone should cherish it more!" ”

"Cherish and cherish, what does the future of others have to do with us, of course we cherish it!"

The villagers moved on to the next topic, when the horse was full of water, and Zhou Mujiao was almost rested, she glanced at the young scholar and continued to hurry.

It was already autumn, and although the sun was not as dry as the road surface in summer, the horses of dozens of people still raised dust when they passed by, and the group of villagers covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves, and their voices were not lowered, but raised a lot.

The scholar-like young man stared at the horse team for a moment, squinting and smiling.

"Alas Li Xiucai, you don't grow grain here, what are you laughing at here?"

"Seeing the nobleman, when I feel that I will come to work, do you think I should laugh?"

"What nobleman? There are only peasants here! Where did you come from! Go and go, I'm stupid to read books, and when I see someone, I say that I'm a noble person who came to pull me out, it's crazy! ”

The scholar was not annoyed, his eyes were clear, and there was a heat surging in his chest, he felt that he should do something to change his current situation.

After thinking about it all night, the next day, the scholar went to Canglan Academy with a burden, and at this time it was already past the time to enter the autumn semester, and Canglan Academy was not short of students, so he asked him to come back after the year.

The scholar said: "When Zhao Zhuangyuan went to Huilan Academy to study, it was not the time to recruit students, but Huilan Academy recruited him, and as far as I know, eight of the twenty sons in Taohua County entered Huilan Academy in this way. If Huilan Academy had turned these people away because it was not the enrollment season, would there still be Zhao Zhuangyuan and the food promotion team today? ”

The gatekeeper frowned: "You have a point, but this is not in accordance with the rules, not to mention-"

"Are you trying to say that even more, I'm not Zhao Yunjing, so I can't become the champion of the sixth yuan and the first? But Xia has never said that he wants to become the second Zhao Yunjing, and he wants to be the first like Zhao Yunjing. ”

The doorkeeper opened his mouth, and someone in the door spoke: "Uncle Yu, Canglan Academy is not a non-champion academy, our teaching purpose of Canglan Academy is to teach without class, as long as he is sincere in learning, he will fail the entrance examination, and the academy should not reject him." In each imperial examination, there is only one champion, is it possible that the champion is useless? My eldest brother said that everyone has their own strengths, even if the talent is not high, if you know a few more words and read a few more books, you can broaden your horizons, not to mention, the academy is originally a place that can turn decay into magic. ”

A young man walked out from behind the door, the young man had a handsome face, although his body was not very majestic, he looked very eye-catching at a glance, the young man walked towards the scholar and bowed his head gently: "Brother Tai, please wait for a while, go back immediately and inform the academy of this matter, you can rest assured, as long as you are dedicated to learning, Canglan Academy will open its doors to welcome." ”

The scholar's heart moved: "I don't know my brother's surname? ”

"Zhao, Zhao Yunfei, but everyone calls me the sixth junior high."

The sixth junior high school went directly to Ning Xian, who happened to be idle enough to swatt flies in the teaching office, and when he heard about it, he personally came out to examine the scholar.

The scholar didn't expect Ning Xian to come out in person, he was finally nervous, and it was only after the sixth junior high school that he calmed down slowly.

After half a cup of tea, Ning Xian handed the scholar to the sixth junior high: "Sixth junior high, take your new classmate to the living house!" ”

Chu Liu was very happy and led the way in front, but the scholar whispered after Ning Xian left: "Zhao Yunfei, don't be so good to me, because I'm here to compete with you for the next champion." ”

"What's your name?"

"Yu Huaizhi."

"Well, I remember, Huaizhi. In the next two years from now, I will do my best, and I hope that Brother Yu will do the same. ”