"No, I don't want to read with Jia Qiong the eight articles of the imperial examination of Nalao Shizi, they are all things that only Lu beetles read. No, I never. ”

Jia Qiong didn't expect Jia Baoyu to react so much, only to see him slowly turn his head and look around, his body also slowly retreated, and everyone looked at him in surprise.

I don't know what I remembered, I pulled off the red rope of Tongling Baoyu, and fell to the ground fiercely, scolding:

"What kind of rare things, even the level of people is not chosen, and there is no distinction between good and bad knowledge. He also said that psychic is not psychic, and I don't want this Laoshzi anymore. ”

With a 'bang', Tongling Baoyu was thrown on the red carpet.

Everyone in the frightened field was stunned, stunned for less than a breath, and rushed up, scrambling to pick up the jade.

Jia Mu hurriedly hugged Baoyu and said: "Evil obstacles, you are angry, it is easy to beat and scold people, why bother to drop that life." ”

Jia Baoyu, who was in Jia's mother's arms, secretly glanced at Jia Qiong, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked a little arc, and slowly converged, he knew that if he didn't show the intensity today, he would have to follow Jia Qiong to study and practice martial arts tomorrow like Second Brother Lian.

Then a few tears squeezed out of the corners of his eyes, and he sobbed and said:

"I don't want to follow Jia Qiong to learn the eight strands of the imperial examination of Nalaoshzi and be a Nalu beetle."

"Don't learn, don't learn."

When Jia Mu heard this, she hugged Jia Baoyu and said comfortingly.

It's just that for some reason, Jia Qiong saw a sense of regret in Jia Mu's eyes, and then a sense of relief.

Let's get off the book

Jia Qiong watched the original matter of Daiyu falling jade turn to herself, thought for a while, and couldn't help but take a few steps forward and said:

"Brother Bao, you don't practice martial arts, so what will you do after that, you are already seven years old this year."

"I, I, me. It's enough for me to learn from the gentleman in the clan, I don't want to learn from you. ”

Jia Mu looked at Jia Qiong who walked in front of her, half-squatting down and looking directly at herself, feeling Jia Baoyu shrinking into her arms, and a trace of apology flashed on Jia Mu's face. Then he said:

"Brother Qiong, it's mine, no, let you stay until now. Since Baoyu doesn't want to study, let's go two or three years. ”

When Jia Qiong heard this, he couldn't help but nodded and looked down at his wrist and said, "Since the ancestor said this, there is no reason for the clan grandson to disagree, it's just a pity." ”

Following Jia Qiong's gaze, he saw the Buddha beads on his wrist, and knew what Jia Qiong was sorry for, and then a trace of darkness flashed in his eyes.

"Grandma Zhu, Brother Lan is crying for you."

Hearing this voice, everyone looked at the door of the back room, only to see Jia Lan's nurse holding Jia Lan and looking at the situation in the field for a moment, and then walked straight to Li Kun.

Jia Qiong, who was about to say goodbye and leave, heard this, so she also walked over and looked at Jia Landao, who was still in her infancy:

"Senior sister, let me hug Brother Lan, he will have to call me Mr. or Teacher in the future."

When Li Kun heard this, he saw that Jia Qiong's hands had stretched out towards him, so he turned around and approached, and carefully sent Jia Lan to Jia Qiong's arms.

Seeing this, Jia Qiong couldn't help but reach out to pick it up, but one hand inadvertently touched something soft and firm.

Xu was too close, and maybe his softness was inadvertently touched, Li Kun's cheeks couldn't help but blush slightly, but fortunately, he was half covered by himself, half a cup of Jia Lan, but no one found it.

Holding back his shame, he took half a step back, looked at Jia Qiong who was hugging Jia Lan, and remembered that his father-in-law had never hugged Jia Lan, a touch of sadness flashed in his eyes, and his eyes were also red, but he completely suppressed Fang Cai's shame.

Although Jia Qiong was also unintentional, at least he didn't have any thoughts about Li Kun now, and he didn't say anything, just looked at Jia Lan in his arms, he didn't recognize his life, he just stared at himself, Jia Qiong couldn't help but say:

"Lan'er, call the teacher to listen."

As he spoke, he simulated the shape of his mouth and said, "Teacher, teacher"

Now Jia Qiong is already a person, and in the spring of next year, if he is a high school jinshi, or he wins the first class, no matter which one he is, he can go further, even if it is the name of Sun Shan, it is not much worse than the champion, after all, Jia Qiong is too young.

Seeing Jia Qiong like this, everyone couldn't help but feel happy for Li Kun, at least she was not helpless in Jia's family, and she also had a junior brother and a teacher for her own children.

Jia Baoyu saw that everyone's eyes were focused on Jia Qiong, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, in the past, he was the center of everyone.

looked at Daiyu on the side, and saw that this new sister was also staring at Jia Qiong, and her heart was even more unhappy, so she couldn't help breaking free from Jia's mother's arms and coming towards Daiyu.

"Sister, what are those two words?"

Seeing that Daiyu glanced at him, he simply said his name, and then looked at Jia Qiong, although he was not happy, and then asked:

"Sister, do you have a table?"

When Daiyu heard this, she couldn't help but feel that this second brother Bao was like Brother Qiong said, he liked to circle around women, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, thinking that he was now sending someone under the fence, he couldn't help but move, and turned his head slightly to look at Baoyu and said:

"Wordless."

"If I give my sister a wonderful word, Mo Ruofeng is a wonderful word."

Listening to Bao Dai and the two chatting, Jia Qiong and Li Kun, and everyone turned their looks, and heard Tanchun ask, "Is there a source?" ”

Seeing that someone finally answered, he couldn't help but look around, and saw that everyone's eyes were looking over, and couldn't help but look at Daiyu, who was still looking at Jia Qiong and Li Kun, suppressed the displeasure in his heart, and said with a smile: "There is a stone name Dai in the West, which can be used as the ink of the thrush, and Sister Lin's eyebrows are frowning, wouldn't it be wonderful to use these two words." ”

Tanchun smiled: "I'm afraid it's your invention again." ”

Baoyu said with a smile: "Except for the "Four Books", there are too many fabrications, but I can't make them up? ”

The surroundings were noisy, Daiyu turned a deaf ear, looking at Jia Qiong holding the two-year-old Jia Lan, Li Kun stood aside, more like a family, only she was alone.

I can't help but think that my brother was like this when he was two years old, his father hugged his younger brother, his mother leaned aside and laughed, and he circled around the two, hoping that his father and mother would pay more attention to him for a while.

My heart couldn't help but be sour, and there were tears in my eyes, and Brother Qiong, the only one close to him, didn't think of himself now, leaving himself to be teased by this annoying second brother Bao.

However, Daiyu also knew that it was not to Brother Qiong, and it was already clear when she talked that this sister-in-law Zhu was Brother Qiong's senior sister, and Brother Qiong still wanted to accept Brother Lan as an apprentice, which was normal.

Baoyu saw that Daiyu just looked at Jia Qiong with lack of interest, ignoring herself.

I couldn't help but feel a little bored in my heart, but this new sister looked like a fairy, and asked with the last trace of spirit in my heart:

"Does my sister have jade?"

Daiyu knew that if she arrived today, if she provoked the second brother of the most favored treasure in the house, she would be unhappy in the future, and she might be unhappy, so she endured the impatience in her heart and said:

"I don't have that jade, I think that jade is a rare thing, how can everyone have it."

When Baoyu heard this, his eyes were suddenly round again, and he was blind, and he started to fall into madness, as if he was going to take off the jade again and fall away again.

Seeing this, Daiyu suddenly felt as if she had become an orphan, with no one to care for, and she couldn't help but whimper and cry.

Looking at the crying Daiyu, Jia Baoyu was wondering, where is my jade? Where did it go?

Seeing this, Jia Qiong couldn't help but laugh out loud, this is a big move that has cooled down.

This laughter made Baoyu, who was stunned, and Daiyu, who was sobbing, look at it suspiciously, and saw that he had interrupted two big moves at the same time. Jia Qiong couldn't help but restrain her face and handed Jia Lan to Li Kun.

It's just that when I pulled my hand, the back of my hand inadvertently rubbed a trace of firmness and softness.

Feeling the strength heavier than before, thinking that Fang Cai would hold Lan'er to his junior brother, he could control it, and now it was the junior brother who took the initiative to pull away, and the strength was a little too big, Li Kun only felt that his whole body was soft, maybe he was too sensitive.

looked at Jia Qiong's back with a blushing face, and looked at everyone carefully, fortunately, it was getting late, the room was dim, and the faces of everyone reflected by the red lantern were a little ruddy, and no one would find it.

However, the junior brother is still young, and he is only thirteen after the New Year, so he understands this.

Jia Qiong didn't know what Li Kun thought, but walked towards Bao Dai and the two, and said with a smile:

"Sister Yu'er, your second brother may know that you don't have jade, and your sisters don't have jade, so you are a special person, so you may be a little happy and excited."

Hearing this, Jia Baoyu couldn't help but look at Jia Qiong with his eyes, looking incredulous, is this the idea on our side? Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, I suddenly felt panicked in my heart, I really didn't think so.

Every time she thinks about this, Jia Qiong just feels a little unbearable.

Looking at Jia Qiong who was smiling to herself, the mandarin duck couldn't help but pick up the teapot and refill the tea in Jia Qiong's cup.

"Master, what kind of happy thing did you think of again, but because the palace test answer was good?

Yesterday's palace exam ended, my wife didn't know how the master was doing, but she could remember it in her heart, but she didn't want to bother the master, and she was afraid that the master was not confident enough, so she didn't ask. ”

When Jia Qiong heard this, she couldn't help but glance at the mandarin duck beside her, who was the same age as herself, and a few months older than herself, and now she was getting more and more beautiful.

At the age of thirteen, he had already begun to develop, with a slight bulge on his chest, a bee's waist and shaved shoulders, a duck egg face, black hair, a high nose, and a few freckles on both cheeks.

never relied on Jia Qiong and Shen Xian's trust in him to bully other maids, and the others liked to call her Sister Mandarin Duck.

The housekeeper's ability is also extraordinary, and now Shen Xian has delegated all the affairs of the house to the mandarin duck, and the mandarin duck also returns to Shen Xian every time.

After Jia Qiong returned, she also checked her account books, although they were a little immature, but they were all perfect.

Thinking of this, my heart moved, and I couldn't help but reach out and touch the pretty face of the mandarin duck, looking at the mandarin duck who was blushing, but shy to the side and pinned his head slightly, and did not avoid it.

Jia Qiong was also a little itchy in her heart, but it was a pity that both herself and she needed to wait a few more years, so she retracted her hand and said:

"What about you, mandarin duck? Aren't you afraid of being troubled and worried about your master? ”

When the mandarin duck heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head, looked at Jia Qiong and said with a smile:

"The master is to tease the servant, the servant accompanies the master every day, looks at the master laughing all day long, thinks about something to laugh, and thinks that it is a good test.

When the master participated in the Spring Festival, the mandarin duck took a fancy to his wife and accompanied his wife to Xiangguo Temple to pray for your blessing. ”

Listening to the mandarin duck's words, Jia Qiong couldn't help but become interested, and then asked, "Have you encountered anything interesting?" ”

When the mandarin duck heard what Jia Qiong said, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and he forced a smile:

"I didn't encounter any interesting things, but I just saw a lot of homeless people, hungry with yellow faces and thin muscles, fighting for a steamed bun and a bowl of rice soup, and fighting for the head and blood.

I heard that there were many little brothers and sisters outside the city who starved to death, and no one even cleaned up the corpses, and the maidservants and sister Zijuan who listened to it cried. ”

Hearing Mandarin Duck's words, Jia Qiong also understood the reason.

Last year, locust plagues in Shandong and Henan were all over the sky, and there was no grass growing in the places they passed, not to mention the fields, and the hungry people could only go to Shenjing to eat.

There was a severe drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and there was no harvest of grains, and there was a lot of water in the south, and the fields were flooded.

Huaiyang, Henan, the first month is cold, the trees are broken, the grain in spring and autumn is not harvested, and there is no food to eat.

Huaiyin, Jiangsu, heavy snow on New Year's Day, several feet deep, hail in April is as big as a bowl, the ground is five inches deep, ripple water, hail kills wheat, April 16, 17 are heavy snow.

With so many disasters, displaced people naturally spread around, and some people even paid attention to the grain.

Jia Qiong is already a person and is qualified to receive some non-confidential Tang newspapers to view, so these things are known later, not to mention that a year has passed, but some of the homeless people who have eaten have not dispersed.

During the palace examination, the examination paper mentioned how to deal with these, and Jia Qiong put forward a few opinions on this.

To sum up, it is that things have happened, when the warehouse is opened to release grain, but it is not fair to release grain, and it should be cashed out by work.

Whether it is an arid place or a lot of water, dig an artificial lake, dig a lake in a drought place to prevent a major drought and have no water available, and dig a lake in a watery place to prevent the water from having nowhere to drain it, so as to divert the water to the east and reconcile yin and yang.

In the locust plague areas of Shandong and Henan, the fields are burned with dead branches and broken leaves, and the eggs in the soil are killed to prevent recurrence in the next year. Clean up more canals, use the river silt to fertilize the fields, and widen the canals, which is convenient for water and convenient for the canals to be smooth.

He also proposed to use new grain and salt as exchange conditions, so that large households could release old grain and old grain to save the people. New grain is exchanged for old grain and old grain, and salt is exchanged for old grain at the official price.

If this method is followed, not only can the large households avoid worrying about the food being eaten by ants and rats, but also exchange it for new food. You can also gain prestige in the country, and the court will be respectful, if you are not extremely short-sighted or extremely greedy, you will obey.

At that time, he wanted to add a sentence to the volume, if it was too short-sighted or too greedy, let the local government directly strangle it, but then he thought about it and stopped doing it again.

First, it is inevitable to be hated by civil officials, and secondly, this kind of killing and decisiveness of the emperor naturally exists, is there still a place for the emperor to behave after saying everything?

Besides, these suggestions have been put forward, and they will already be remembered by various forces and parties in the imperial court, so it is better to keep Taoguang in obscurity.

It's just that what Jia Qiong doesn't know is that the court is already arguing about this at this time.

Imperial Palace, Taihe Palace.

Emperor Yang Biao of Longxing sat on the dragon chair and watched the ministers in the hall debating.

Seeing this, Gao Panlong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, frowned slightly, and when he saw the second assistant Gu Xiancheng handing over his gaze, he couldn't help but nod slowly and walked out.

"Your Majesty, Jia Qiong is too young, and as Wei Chen can see, the talent of the champion is absolutely undesirable, and he should be the last one.

In case he got this high position at a young age, he was too arrogant and domineering, and it would be inconvenient to be an official in the future, as the former Ming Dynasty's first assistant Yang Tinghe is an example. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal."

"Your Majesty, the minister also seconded the proposal."

Seeing the two servants on the left and right come out to the backyard of the criminal department, Niu Jizhong couldn't help but be stunned. Is this civil official planning to join forces to suppress the hope of the noble line?

The reason why Jia Zhu was killed last time was because Jia Zhu was a descendant of the Rong Mansion after all, and if it was a rise in the future, the other families of Xungui would have no future.

Therefore, the appearance of Jia Qiong is the hope of the nobles, Jia Qiong is not a descendant, and there is no background, Ning Rong's second mansion will not support without a bottom line, and will also rely on the help of many nobles in the future.

When the honors and nobles join forces to send Jia Qiong to the military department, in the future, they will owe everyone favors with their civil and imperial forces, and other honors will also have great hopes, rather than the benefits of the Jia family.

So at this time, Jia Qiong must enter the first class, the champion is the best, and the starting point for entering the Hanlin Academy is a step higher than others, but he is young, and it is indeed a little difficult.

couldn't help but look at the old Beijing prince, only to see his hands folded, seeing Niu Jizhong looking at him, he couldn't help but gently raise three fingers, and then withdrew them.

Niu Jizhong blinked knowingly, and then said: "Ladies and gentlemen, although I am a military attaché, I also know that ambition is not old, but also knows the truth that the master is a teacher. Therefore, I would like to ask all of you, whether there are any mistakes or omissions in this Jia Qiong Palace's test answer. ”

When the waiter of the Ministry of Works heard what Niu Jizhong said, he also moved a few steps sideways, and lightly glanced at Jia Zheng at the end of the station, and his heart was horizontal, which could be regarded as repaying the kindness of the year.

"What Lord Niu said is very true, it is right for the master to be the teacher, and what Jia Qiong proposed is a pragmatic strategy, I think Jia Qiong can be the champion and awarded the Hanlin Academy to compile it."

When the right capital Yushi heard this, he also took a few steps forward and said:

"What Lord Cao said is wrong, although what Jia Qiong said is a pragmatic strategy, but it is difficult to have new ideas, all of them are picking up the wisdom of predecessors, some exaggerated, I don't know the difficulties.

And it asked the imperial court to exchange new rice for old rice for disaster relief, which is a policy to bring disaster to the country, provoke the displaced people, and do not treat the displaced people as human beings. ”

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Seeing that everyone was still arguing, Yang He, the secretary of the military department, couldn't help but look at the old Beijing King, and saw that his face was expressionless and everyone was noisy.

Thinking of the great drought last year, the nine sides were also greatly affected, if it weren't for the pressure of Xungui, otherwise there would already be a danger of mutiny, this time let's ease the relationship between the military department and Xungui.

After thinking about it, he also took a step forward, bowed to the emperor and said:

"Your Majesty, Jia Qiong is young after all, and the champion is a little too heavy for him, I'm afraid that he is young, so it is better to give him a list to explore the flowers, or the top ten in the second class."

When Emperor Longxing heard this, he couldn't help but bow his head slightly, thought for a while, and then understood what Yang He meant, and then said:

"Yang Aiqing, this is a serious statement, but what ranking should be chosen, Aiqing has suggestions."

Everyone was stunned when they heard Emperor Longxing's words, how can a Jia Qiong's position be considered an old man, some astute people have already remembered the things of the last year, and they understand in their hearts that Jia Qiong's position can only be set in this range.

However, the role model Tanhua is still too high, and the second class is the most suitable.

Thinking of this, Yao Chongwen, the secretary of the ministry, glanced at the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, and saw this imperial history take a step forward and said:

"Your Majesty, a few years ago, when Jia Qiong was in Jinling, he teamed up with Jia Zhu of Rongfu and the Xue family of Huang Shang to hoard food, but I am afraid that his words and deeds are inconsistent, and it may be inappropriate to give him a high position.

Seeing that it was already at the last moment, the king of Dong'an couldn't help but glance at one of the things, and then saw this person come out.

"As Qian Yushi said, if it weren't for the three of them joining forces, the price of grain in Jinling would have risen far more than so low, or would have been starving all over the place. I think it's a bit too low, but it's more appropriate. ”

Seeing this, the king of Dong'an County couldn't help but say: "What Li said in the matter is true, and we Wuxun also understand the truth, if you Wenchen still use this as an excuse, it will be a little ridiculous and generous."

I heard that Qian Yushi is also a southerner, and there is a lot of money and grain in his family, how can he not know the truth about the fluctuation of food prices, it can be seen that Lord Yushi knows very little about people's livelihood.

What's more, Your Majesty values your Excellency, and hopes that your Excellency will give you some opinions, not let your Excellency make decisions for Your Majesty. ”

As the words of the king of Nan'an fell, the field suddenly fell silent, and everyone understood that the matter was almost over.

If you continue to fight, Wu Xun will reveal everyone's old bottom, saying that Qian Yushi's family has a lot of money and food, which is nothing more than saying that his family has earned less in this incident.

Thinking of this, Shoufu Shen has always understood, and he couldn't help but glance at Cifu Gu Xiancheng.

Gu Xiancheng also understood that now that the king of Beijing County had not spoken, if Shen had spoken first, then Wenchen would have lost the upper hand this time, which would have made Wu Xun arrogant.

However, the second-in-command of the martial arts of Nan'an Junwang had already spoken, and it was not a shame for him to go up as a second assistant, so he immediately moved sideways and glanced at everyone in the field, then turned around and said:

"Your Majesty, Jia Qiong is young after all, and she still needs to be experienced, and the minister thinks that it is best to be authorized to explore the flowers."

Seeing that Gu Xiancheng's voice fell, he no longer argued, knowing that this was a result that several families were satisfied with.

Emperor Longxing also felt a little happy in his heart, just with the official position of Jia Qiong, he tried to find a few people who were installed in other parties, and no matter how many Jia Qiong is, whether it will be revised or edited in the future, it mainly depends on whether he is willing to use it.

However, this Jia Qiong's answer is good, much better than those who persuade themselves to sacrifice to heaven and sin themselves, and it is a practical material, but it does need to be polished for a few years.

"What you Aiqing said is reasonable, so according to what Gu Aiqing said, it will be used as a flower exploration and edited by the Hanlin Academy. All of you love it can be meaningful. ”

Emperor Longxing waited for a while, and when he saw that everyone in the audience was speechless, he immediately prepared to discuss something else, after all, Jia Qiong's matter was his means to test people's hearts.

At this moment, the left attendant of the military department said: "Your Majesty Shengming, it is right to give Jia Qiong the post of Tanhua, but it is still to be discussed if he is awarded the editing of the Hanlin Academy." ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience was shocked, His Majesty has already closed the coffin, what is the significance of this Zuo Shilang coming out, just now the military department Shangshu has spoken to help Xungui, and everyone should also give some face, so that the military department can return the favor.

Why did this Zuo Shilang say again, is it to raise Jia Qiong's position to the same level as the champion? That plan will not work, all the imperial histories are gearing up for the matter, ready to fight again.

Emperor Longxing is also a little unclear, so he doesn't know what this military department Zuo Shilang means, whether he really wants to improve this Jia Qiong's grade, and he is afraid that other ministers are unwilling.

Then he stretched out his hand and signaled: "Aiqing said bluntly." ”

Seeing the emperor's permission, Zuo Shilang immediately said: "Your Majesty, this Jia Qiong's father died at the hands of the Tatars in Yuezhan, and he should be filial piety for three years before he can be awarded an official." ”