This year, the capital will hold the general examination and the palace examination. Since the beginning of this month, candidates from all over the world have arrived in Beijing one after another.

Compared with the general examination and the palace examination three years ago, there are many more candidates taking this year's general examination and the palace examination.

Although this year's general examination and the palace examination are the second time, they are much more mature than the previous one. The most important thing is that the last imperial examination allowed students from all over the world to see the attention of the imperial court, and also allowed them to clearly see their future. Therefore, this year, there are more candidates who take the general examination and the palace examination.

When it comes to this year's imperial examination, we have to mention the King of Chu. This year's township examination and meeting examination in the capital were presided over by the king of Chu.

Because the king of Chu was in charge of the imperial examination in the capital, the status of the king of Chu in the hearts of the world's scholars has improved a lot, which makes the acting king jealous, angry and unwilling.

The acting king also wanted to preside over the imperial examination, and for this reason, he also went to beg the emperor, but was scolded by the emperor severely. As a military general, the acting king rarely studies on weekdays, and if he is allowed to preside over the imperial examination, he will definitely be laughed at by scholars all over the world.

In recent years, the situation in the court has become a confrontation between the acting king and the king of Chu.

The battle between the acting king and the king of Chu was fierce, and the forces of the two sides did not give in to each other.

Although King Jing and King Wei also participated in the seizure of the heir, the two of them were not very favorable. Besides, most of the ministers in the court believed that the king of Chu was the crown prince, but the emperor did not announce it.

Since the deposed crown prince was deposed a few years ago, the ministers have been urging the emperor to appoint a new crown prince. At the beginning, the emperor was heartbroken by the deposed prince and did not want to set up a new prince for the time being, but the country cannot be without a prince for a day. In addition, the ministers repeatedly urged, and the emperor had no choice but to agree to the new crown prince, but in order to prevent the sons from killing each other again, the emperor said that he would not announce who the prince was, but the holy decree of canonizing the prince had been written and placed behind the plaque of "Zhongzheng Renhe" in the Zichen Palace. After the death of the emperor, the holy decree of canonizing the crown prince was taken out from the plaque, and the prince would inherit the throne at that time.

Naturally, the ministers opposed this approach of the emperor, because it was unheard of before. The ministers still felt that it was too child's play for the emperor to do this, but the emperor insisted on doing so, and the ministers could only obey. This is the reason why the emperor has not canonized the crown prince for a long time in the past few years.

Everyone wanted to know who the crown prince was written on the holy decree behind the plaque of "Nakasho Renhe". The acting king once had the idea of stealing the holy decree, of course, he just thought about it, and did not dare to really steal it. If he did steal, there was only one way to die.

Not to mention that the palace is heavily guarded, let's just say that the Zichen Hall has always been guarded by the Praetorian Guards. There are also invisible secret guards watching, and it is impossible for anyone to steal the holy decree of canonizing the crown prince from the Zichen Palace.

The idea of hiding the holy decree of canonizing the crown prince behind the plaque in the Zichen Hall was still from Zhao Yao. At that time, Zhao Yao did not tell the emperor, but Liang Concubine. He talked to Concubine Liang about the succession, and then he mentioned the history of Zhao Yao's nine-dragon succession in the world in his dream, saying that after the emperor won the succession, he was worried that his sons would take the throne like their brothers, so he no longer set up the crown prince, but put the holy decree of canonizing the crown prince behind the plaque in the main hall of the upper dynasty.

After Concubine Liang heard this, she told the emperor about this matter. The emperor thought the idea was a good one, and he adopted it.

At this time, Zhao Yao was sitting in a teahouse next to Suzaku Avenue, drinking tea, while hearing that Mr. Storyteller said that the last champion took the Jinshi to parade through the street.

There were many candidates in the teahouse, and they heard Mr. Storyteller talk about the grand occasion of the champion crossing the street on horseback, and they all showed envious and yearning on their faces. For the world's scholars, the most glorious, majestic, and proudest time in this life is to be the top student in the examination and cross the streets.

"Your Royal Highness, listening to this storyteller talk about the champion crossing the horse and parading the streets, the slave maid was excited, and I can't wait to take the champion exam immediately, and then have a good time." When the champion of the last session crossed the horse and paraded the street, Tongxi followed Zhao Yao to see it.

"With your brain, you'll never get the top prize."

"The slave maid failed the test, but if you go to the test, Your Highness, you will definitely be able to pass the test." Tongxi really wanted to see his family win the top prize in the exam and cross the horse to parade the streets. "It's a pity, Your Highness, you can't take the test."

"Even if I can take the test, I won't pass it." Zhao Yao is very self-aware, "I can't write articles, let alone poems and songs." ”

"Your Highness, isn't the imperial examination not only about writing articles and writing poems and songs?" Tongxi still has some understanding of the imperial examination, "If you take the others, it will be difficult for Your Highness." ”

"You really look down on your Highness and me." Zhao Yao waved his hand and said, "I can't pass the test." ”

"Your Highness, you are humble again, have you forgotten that you also gave questions to the imperial examination?" In the last township examination, the general examination and the palace examination, plus this year's township examination, the general examination and the palace examination, His Royal Highness has all come up with questions.

When Zhao Yao heard this, he glared fiercely.

"It's just your mouth."

Tongxi raised his hand and slapped himself twice, "The slave has a lot of mouths." ”

Few people know about Zhao Yao's question.

After drinking the tea and listening to the book, Zhao Yao took Tongxi to find He Lianfang.

Seeing that there were a lot of large and small boxes in the courtyard, Tongxi asked curiously, "Your Highness, is General He going to move?" ”

"Aren't you talking nonsense, in a few months, the second uncle will go to Lingnan with me, of course he will pack up his things and move."

"Yes, the slave forgot about it."

"In a few days, the second uncle will send these things from the family to Lingnan."

"Your Highness, do you want to send our things to Lingnan?"

"Are you afraid that others won't know that I'm going to Lingnan?" Zhao Yao glanced at Tongxi, and said angrily, "I haven't been crowned king yet, and I can't let others know that my fief is in Lingnan." ”

"Your Highness, Lingnan is not a good place, even if the ministers know in advance that you are going to Lingnan, there is nothing." His Royal Highness is good at everything, but his mind is too heavy, and a simple thing is very complicated and dangerous.

"You know what."

"Your Highness, isn't Lingnan a place of exile, no one wants to go except you."

"Have you forgotten that there are other countries near Lingnan?"

"The slave knows, what does this have to do with you?"

Seeing Tongxi's dazed look, Zhao Yao didn't bother to explain to him again.

"Your Highness, what are you shaking your head for?" Tongxi hurriedly chased after him.

Zhao Yao went directly to the study to find He Lianfang, and saw that his second uncle was sorting out the books, so he hurriedly walked over to help.

"Second uncle, do you want to send all these books to Lingnan?"

"These books are useful."

"Second uncle, you go to rest, I'll help you clean up."

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, He Lianfang stepped aside and asked Zhao Yao to help him pack up his books.

"Second uncle, I saw people moving boxes just now, have you packed up your things?"

"Almost."

"Second uncle, you don't have many things."

"How many things can I have as a prisoner."

Zhao Yao put the books in the bookcase into the box at his feet, "Second uncle, Lingnan has always been a place of exile, and there is no prince who uses it as a fief, so there is no prince's mansion in Lingnan, where do you say I should place the palace?" ”

When He Lianfang heard this, she raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "Didn't your father arrange a palace for you?" ”

"My father said that there is a mansion of a former general in Lingnan that can be used as my mansion, but I don't like it."

"The mansion of the former general?" He Lianfang thought for a while, "Is it the mansion of General Fan of the former dynasty?" ”

"That's right, it's the famous General Fan, who was wrongfully demoted to Lingnan, and then beheaded by all over the house." This General Fan was a general during the period of Emperor Xia Heng of the previous dynasty. According to historical records, he was a beggar when he was a child, and then became a general with his outstanding combat ability. He had made a lot of military exploits, and even reached the point of high merit and shocked the lord, and then was jealous and excluded by the ministers of the DPRK and China, and was demoted to Lingnan. When he went to Lingnan, he was wronged and colluded with foreigners, and finally ended up beheaded.

"You dislike his mansion?"

"It's not that I don't dislike General Fan's mansion is bad, but I think it's not in a good location."

"Bad location?" He Lianfang said with a strange expression, "I remember that General Fan's mansion is in Taichuan Mansion, and Taichuan Mansion is in Shangling, which is the richest state capital among the twelve states in Lingnan, and this location is not good?" ”

"It's because it's in Taichuan Mansion that I don't like it."

"You don't want to stay in the upper mountains?"

"Yes, I want to go to Zhongling." Zhao Yao said, "Shangling is indeed the best place in Lingnan, but I don't want to stay in a good place. ”

He Lianfang asked, "Which state do you want to go to in Zhongling?" ”

"Swamp House." Zhao Yao said, "The Swamp Mansion is located by the sea, so it is more convenient to place the Royal Mansion here. ”

"Swamp House?" He Lianfang didn't expect Zhao Yao to choose this place, and said with a shocked face, "What is the situation in the Swamp Mansion, do you know what?" ”

"Clearly, the reason why the swamp house is called the swamp house is because there are many swamps in the area. Not only that, but there is also a lot of miasma in the swamp province. "Of the twelve states in Lingnan, the worst geographical environment is Marsh Mansion, and the poorest is Swamp Mansion.

"Did you know that the Swamp House is so poor that even pirates don't want to go?"

"Yes, but it's by the sea, and that's enough."

"There are many state capitals near the sea in Lingnan, and there are many that are more convenient than Marsh Mansion, why did you choose Marsh Mansion?"

"Second uncle, don't you know?"

"Should I know?"

"Since you don't know, second uncle, then I won't talk about it." Zhao Yao smiled slightly, and said mysteriously, "When you arrive at the Swamp Mansion, Second Uncle, you will know why I chose it." ”

"What's so special about this swamp house?"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't tell you." Zhao Yao smiled proudly, "It's really rare to have something that the second uncle doesn't know." ”

He Lianfang seriously thought about the situation in the early swamp mansion and didn't find anything special about it.

"What kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?"

"You'll know when you go."

He Lianfang saw Zhao Yao's mysterious appearance, and her heart became more and more curious.

"Does your father approve of you placing your mansion in the swamp mansion?"

"I definitely didn't agree at first, but I agreed." Zhao Yao stopped his movements and turned to look at He Lianfang, "Second uncle, there is no decent mansion in the Swamp Mansion to be my palace, so we have to have someone build one." ”

"Won't your father send someone to build it for you?"

"I asked my father to give me money, and I built it myself." Zhao Yao said, "It's best to find local craftsmen in Lingnan to build it, after all, they understand the local situation." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange someone to build it for you." He Lianfang asked, "What kind of palace do you want?" ”

"Second uncle, you call the shots." Zhao Yao didn't care and said, "As long as it's comfortable, I don't care about the rest." ”

"Okay."

"By the way, there must be a training ground."

"I don't need you to tell me."

"Then I'll leave it to you, Second Uncle, and I won't talk much." Zhao Yao is too lazy to worry about this. "And the dock, we have to build the largest dock in the swamp house."

"You chose Swamp Mansion because you built a dock?"

"That's just one of the reasons, but it's not the main reason." Zhao Yao deliberately sold Guan Zi and didn't say anything.

"Second uncle, you have to arrange for someone to go to the swamp mansion quickly."

"It's scheduled for these two days."

Zhao Yao didn't say anything about the Swamp Mansion anymore, because he didn't need to say more, He Lianfang would arrange everything.

"By the way, second uncle, you help me think about my title of king."

"Let me help you think, didn't your father think about it for you?"

"My father gave me several titles, such as King Qin, King Qi, King Zhao and the like." Zhao Yao said with disgust, "I don't think it's good, you can help me think of one." ”

"Qin, Qi, and Zhao, these three names are all good, especially Zhao." He Lianfang said with a deep expression, "Your royal surname is Zhao, wouldn't it be good to use your own surname as a title?" ”

"Using Zhao as a title, isn't this blatantly telling everyone that I am my father's favorite cub." Zhao Yao's face showed an exaggerated look of horror, "Then won't I become the target of public criticism?" ”

"You don't like King Zhao, King Qin is not bad."

"The two titles of King Qin and King Qi are too heavy." Zhao Yao suddenly thought of a title, and hurriedly asked He Lianfang, "Second uncle, what do you think of the word Han?" "In the history of Zhao Yao's world in my dream, there is a great Han Dynasty, which is very remarkable.