Fang Yuan and others were discussing the holding of the imperial examination.

Xu Shihui will be the first to express his opinion, and others will also express their own opinions.

Zheng Mingzhu has been responsible for the safety of many imperial examinations, and has also put forward a lot of valuable opinions.

The crowd was deliberating.

At this time, the gatekeeper knocked on the door and came in to report.

The county lord of Shouchun and Yang Yuzhi arrived and said that if there is something, please see Chang'an Order.

"You continue to discuss, you have to have a first draft before you get off work today."

Fang Yuan thought for a while and said.

Everyone got up and watched Fang Yuan leave.

In the front yard of the county government, the county lord of Shouchun and Yang Yuzhi, as well as two middle-aged people who Fang Yuan didn't know, were already sitting on the coffee table.

Seeing Fang Yuan walk out of the conference room, several people didn't stand up, they all looked proud.

"Fang Yuan has seen the county lord of Shouchun."

Fang Yuan ignored it and saluted in front of the county lord of Shouchun.

"Fang Yuan, we meet again."

"It's only been more than a year since I saw you, and you're already in Chang'an, sit down."

The county lord of Shouchun said with a smile.

A pair of beautiful eyes stared at Fang Yuan, with amazement in their eyes.

behave as if she was the master of Chang'an County.

"It's just luck."

Fang Yuan responded with an indifferent smile, and then sat down.

"Fang Ling, this is a little meaning for my father to congratulate you on your promotion to Chang'an Ling."

Yang Yuzhi picked up a small box from the ground, put it on the coffee table, and pushed it to Fang Yuan.

From the outside, it was a small box, nothing special, eighty long, sixty high, fifty wide, and so on.

"Thank you, as long as you have the heart, the gift will be free."

Fang Yuan pushed the box back and chuckled.

If you want to congratulate, you have already given gifts when you arrived in Chang'an City.

It seems deliberate to give gifts in the form of congratulations now, probably because of the imperial examination.

Yang Yuzhi's father, Yang Shidao, was still a servant of the Ministry of Officials when he was in Wuling County before, and he had been promoted to Taichang Siqing some time ago.

"Fang Ling, even if you refuse the gift of Taichang Siqing, you won't look down on me Hongnong Yang, right?"

Yang Yuzhi's hand pressed the small box, his smile became gloomy, and he pushed the small box back to the position just now.

"Fang Yuan, don't listen to his nonsense."

"This time we came here to ask for something."

"Be careful, please accept it, otherwise we will all be embarrassed to speak."

The county lord of Shouchun slapped Yang Yuzhi's hand away and glared at Yang Yuzhi.

Yang Yuzhi shrugged his shoulders and poured himself tea to drink.

"The county lord of Shouchun has something to say, please say it clearly."

Fang Yuan didn't look at the small box again, and said expressionlessly.

To refuse a gift is to look down on Hongnong Yang, and Yang Yuzhi also takes Hongnong Yang too seriously, right?

"We want to provide food and accommodation for the candidates who participated in the imperial examination this time, free of charge."

"In response to His Majesty's strategy of attaching importance to the imperial examination, I also ask for permission from Fang Ling."

The county lord of Shouchun said with a smile.

"Free?"

Fang Yuan was slightly surprised.

Although he did not pay attention to the situation of the Beijing examination in the past year.

However, judging from the discussion just now, the imperial court did not pay attention to the imperial examination in previous years.

In previous years, although ministers from all sides intervened, they rarely involved money.

Hongnong Yang actually provided food and accommodation for the candidates for free, which greatly surprised Fang Yuan.

Although Yang Yuzhi's attitude was not good, Fang Yuan felt that it was okay to think about the candidate's behavior like this.

"Yes."

"What does Fang Ling think?"

The county lord of Shouchun smiled and asked.

"What's your plan?"

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and asked.

The county lord of Shouchun did not speak, and pushed Yang Yuzhi.

"It is to provide food and accommodation for the candidates for free."

Yang Yuzhi said.

"Don't have a detailed plan?"

Fang Yuan's brows furrowed slightly.

There are not 800 candidates who take the Beijing exam, but 1,000.

For such a large number, at least a detailed plan must be present.

"I have a mansion in Anyi Fang, just place the candidates there."

"It's close to the East Market, so it's easy to buy groceries and cook for them, killing two birds with one stone."

Yang Yuzhi thought for a while and said.

"Dongshi is making trouble, candidates need a quiet place, isn't it okay to arrange it in Anyifang?"

"And a mansion that houses hundreds or thousands of candidates, will it be too crowded to live?"

Fang Yuan's brows furrowed even deeper.

Judging from Yang Yuzhi's statement, it seems that they have not done their homework.

It is directly to think about the result, and there seems to be no concern about what the process is.

"Fang Ling was overly worried, and he didn't know that the exam environment was bad."

"If the candidates can't even bear the noise in the East Market, how can they concentrate on the exam?"

"My mansion is hundreds of times better than their exam room, they can't live and sleep on the ground, anyway, the weather is hot now, and it is cooler to sleep on the ground."

Yang Yuzhi looked at Fang Yuan and said with a smile.

It seemed to be a little ridiculous that Fang Yuan didn't understand anything.

"The exam environment may be very poor, but at least they have to make sure they are energetic and comfortable before the exam."

"It's hard for your officials to agree to this plan."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said in a deep voice.

In previous years, the imperial court did not attach much importance to the imperial examination.

When candidates enter the examination room, it is as if they are in a cage.

During this period, all eating, drinking, and Lazar were not allowed to leave the small room where they were.

If you leave without permission, then you will be accredited to the completion of the problem and will not be allowed to do it again.

But these are not things that Fang Yuan can decide, they are the shortcomings of the imperial court, Fang Yuan just wants to do what he is responsible for.

For example, accommodation problems, even if the environment is not guaranteed to be too good, but at least it is guaranteed to be quiet, and no one will affect their rest.

Later, Fang Yuan also took the college entrance examination and knew the importance of it, and also knew how important a quiet rest was for a candidate.

"What does Fang Ling mean?"

"I've accepted all the gifts, and you're still refusing my Hongnong Yang?"

Yang Yuzhi's face immediately sank, and he said coldly.

The county lord of Shouchun and the other two also looked at Fang Yuan with unkind expressions.

"First, this official is not rejecting you, but rejecting this plan."

"Second, the official has never received a gift from you, and you will take the gift back."

"Third, you have a sentence on the left and a sentence from the Hongnong Yang clan and a sentence on the right from the Hongnong Yang clan, and take the Hongnong Yang clan to press the official?"

Fang Yuan's face turned cold, and he said in a deep voice.

Once or twice, Yang Yuzhi's attitude made him very dissatisfied.

He is not afraid of the happy news Pei family represented by Pei Lin and the Lanling Xiao family represented by Xiao Yu.

Are you still afraid of the Yang family?

"You!"

Yang Yuzhi suddenly froze.

He was so angry that he immediately stood up and pointed at Fang Yuan.

"Fang Yuan, we are all for the good of the candidates, do you really want to do so well?"

The county lord of Shouchun grabbed Yang Yuzhi, stared at Fang Yuan, and said in a deep voice.

The other two were also staring at Fang Yuan, their eyes hostile.

"Joke!"

"Where did this official do it?"

Fang Yuan was speechless, and couldn't help but laugh angrily.

This couple is wonderful, right, where can they do it?

"Don't accept gifts, don't give Hongnong Yang face."

"Reject our plan and slap Hongnong Yang's face."

"It's not a must, so what is a must?"

The county lord of Shouchun sneered, and his face became more and more ugly.

"Lord Shouchun, please go back."

"This official is very busy right now, and he doesn't have time to entertain you."

Fang Yuan was even more speechless, and directly ordered the expulsion.

This kind of person takes himself too seriously.

If you don't accept gifts, you don't want to accept bribes and be impeached.

Rejecting the plan is because you feel that the plan is not working.

Forget it, they think whatever they want.

This kind of person can't stand communicating for half a minute on his own.

"Still driving us away?"

"Fang Yuan, you're amazing!"

"Do you know who they are?"

The county lord of Shouchun smiled even colder, and pointed to the two people he brought.

The two middle-aged men have not spoken since they appeared, and they have a proud look throughout the whole process.

When they were pointed at by the county lord of Shouchun, the pride on the faces of the two of them was even stronger, and their heads were slightly raised.

"The officer is not curious about their identities."

"Zheng Jiu, send off!"

Fang Yuan didn't have any interest in their identities.

Because of the behavior of Yang Yuzhi and the county lord of Shouchun, Fang Yuan no longer had any good impression of them.

Moreover, the two accompanied Yang Yuzhi and the county lord of Shouchun throughout the whole process, and neither of them refuted them, so it can be seen that they are a raccoon dog.

After speaking, Fang Yuan ignored Yang Yuzhi and the others' faces were ugly, and he got up and went back to the conference room to continue the meeting.

"Hmph, I don't know what to do!"

The county lord of Shouchun snorted coldly.

Glared at the two men.

The two men blackened their faces and got up to leave.

Zheng Jiu opened his mouth to ask Yang Yuzhi and the county lord of Shouchun to leave, but the two ignored Zheng Jiu and still sit.

Not long after Fang Yuan sat down, and before the meeting could continue, there was a knock on the door of the conference room again.

"Fang Ling, His Royal Highness the Third Prince has arrived!"

Zheng Jiu personally came in to report.

When he asked Yang Yuzhi and the county lord of Shouchun to leave just now, they ignored it.

When I was thinking about whether to forcibly invite them out, the two people who had left earlier came back.

also brought back one person, the third prince Li Ke.

"The Third Prince?!"

Everyone was shocked and looked at Fang Yuan one after another.

"Keep the discussion going."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment and got up.

It's just a prince, and you don't need everyone to greet you yet.

Fang Yuan walked out of the conference room again.

This time, Fang Yuan saw that there was an extra teenager in the front yard.

The young man is handsome, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, like a gentleman like a jade, and he is seven or eight points similar to Emperor Li Shimin.

Although Fang Yuan had never seen Li Shimin when he was young, he felt that the young man in front of him was Li Shimin when he was young.

There is no doubt that this young man is the third prince Li Ke.

At this time, Yang Yuzhi, the county lord of Shouchun, and the other two were all standing, standing behind Li Ke, looking at Fang Yuan with a smile.

"Minister Fangyuan, meet His Royal Highness the Third Prince."

Fang Yuan walked up to Li Ke with an expressionless face and saluted.

"Fang Ling, no need to be polite."

"This king has disturbed me today, please forgive me."

Li Ke was very polite.

When Fang Yuan was halfway through his salute, he quickly stepped forward to help Fang Yuan up.

Don't look at his young age, but he doesn't look like an ordinary mature and sleek.

In fact, from the outside, Li Ke doesn't look like he is eleven or twelve years old, but like a young man, and his height is only half a head behind Fang Yuan.

"Don't dare, Third Highness, please take a seat."

Fang Yuan shook his head slightly and said indifferently.

"Fang Ling, this time, I came to ask you for the candidate's right to food and housing."

Li Ke said with a smile.

Pushing the gift on the coffee table towards Fang Yuan again.

"Third Highness, are you going to give these two powers to yourself, or to the Hongnong Yang family?"

Fang Yuan did not refuse, nor did he accept it.

just looked at Li Ke calmly and said indifferently.

"Does it make a difference?"

Li Ke smiled and said.

"Yes, please quote Your Highness!"

Fang Yuan's brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice.

If he guessed correctly, what Li Ke meant was that he and Hongnong Yang were indistinguishable from each other.

No wonder Yang Yuzhi treats Hongnong Yang as one thing so much, it turns out that there is also a prince who is one of their members.

Seriously inferred, Fang Yuan actually understood that Li Ke had a great relationship with the Hongnong Yang family, because his mother, Yang Shufei, was from the Hongnong Yang family.

"To Hongnong Yang!"

The smile on Li Ke's face faded, and he pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Third Highness, the minister feels that Hongnong Yang's plan is inappropriate, and he can't hand over these two powers to them."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"Presumptuous!"

"Fang Yuan, do you know who you're talking to?"

Yang Yuzhi immediately scolded.

The voice was so loud that the officials on duty all looked at it.

But after seeing that it was the prince, they were very interested and turned their heads to look elsewhere.

"Are you deaf or are you blind?"

"Didn't you hear this official just call His Royal Highness?"

Fang Yuan's face sank and he said coldly.

Even if Li Ke is here, he won't give Yang Yuzhi face.

If Yang Yuzhi scolded himself in the county government today, if he didn't react, how would the people in the yamen think of his Chang'an order tomorrow?

"You!"

Yang Yuzhi's face instantly turned the color of pork liver.

He never expected that Fang Yuan would dare to scold himself in front of Li Ke.

Anyway, he is also half a member of the royal family, and the third prince Li Ke is still here.

"Fang Yuan, you're too much!"

"Apologize to my husband, otherwise I will report to Zongzheng Temple!"

The county lord of Shouchun was also furious and shouted.

"Whatever!"

Fang Yuan snorted coldly.

Soshoji Temple is in charge of the affairs of the imperial family.

If a member of the royal family commits a crime, or a member of the royal family is bullied, there will be a Zongshoji Temple to hold them accountable.

"You!"

The county lord of Shouchun immediately stood up angrily.

She glared at Fang Yuan angrily, her face full of shame and anger.

"Okay, what are you doing, sit down."

Li Ke frowned slightly, slightly dissatisfied.

The county lord of Shouchun, who stood up, looked stiff and sat down in a huff.

Yang Yuzhi no longer expressed his dissatisfaction and straightened his body.

But the husband and wife looked at Fang Yuan very badly.

"Fang Ling, why do you want to reject Hongnong Yang's plan?"

Li Ke frowned and looked at Fang Yuan.

He was not angry, but he looked not angry but threatening, and his eyes were sharp.

"The minister thinks that the East Market is noisy and not suitable for candidates to live."

"And a mansion is too small to meet the needs of each candidate per room."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Hongnong Yang's plan is not to help the candidates for free, but to make it difficult for them.

Those who can study in this era are not poor, and they will not even be able to afford to live in an inn.

and a group of candidates crowded together on a mansion. Then it's better to let them go to the guest house on their own.

Of course, as the imperial court attaches great importance to the imperial examination this year, some ordinary people have also joined the examination, or there are really those who can't afford to live in an inn.

But that's a minority after all, and the scope is no longer discussed.

"What's the plan?!"

Li Ke frowned slightly and looked at Yang Yuzhi and the county lord of Shouchun.

The two quickly told Li Ke what they had just planned.

"Confused!"

"How can you let a candidate sleep on the ground?!"

After Li Ke heard this, he immediately scolded in a low voice.

Yang Yuzhi smiled embarrassedly, and when Li Ke stopped looking at him, he looked at Fang Yuan gloomily.

"The plans just now are all minor problems, so Fang Ling can rest assured that one person has one room."

Li Ke turned his head to look at Fang Yuan and smiled indifferently.

"Third Highness, food and accommodation are the top priorities, can you give the plan to the ministers before deciding?"

Fang Yuan thought for a while and said.

"Does Fang Ling believe in this king's guarantee?"

Li Ke's smile slowly faded, and his eyes became sharp.

A momentum slowly poured out of his body, which made people feel awe-inspiring, and the expressions of Yang Yuzhi and the others changed.

Fang Yuan's face also changed, and his brows furrowed.

(End of chapter)