Lu Jianxing couldn't wait to give him two big ears to scrape, he patted Shen Lian's shoulder and said with a smile: "What do we have to do with Shen Lian, the entire Beizhen Fusi, just count the relationship between us and the other, Brother Shen has a bite to eat, he won't forget our brothers, isn't it, Shen Lian?" ”

Shen Lian was not very accustomed to intimate contact with others, and said with an embarrassed smile: "That's natural, Brother Lu usually takes a lot of care of Shen, and Shen remembers it all." ”

Lu Jianxing laughed with satisfaction: "Brother Shen is refreshing, I don't think it's going to pick a day, just today, I'm in for a treat, let's marry Jinlan and worship him!" ”

……

Jia Baoyu did not return home, but went to Liu Zongzhou's house.

When he arrived at Liu's mansion, he was told that Liu Zong had gone to the Shangzao Dynasty on Monday morning, saying that he had conquered Zhuozhou in the south and that Emperor Longqian had summoned the cabinet ministers overnight.

Jia Baoyu frowned when she heard this.

In my previous life, I didn't hear that there were any big people in Gyeonggi at this time, could it be that my butterfly wings instigated and disrupted the timeline?

stayed in Liu's Mansion for a long time before waiting for Liu Zongzhou to come back.

"Teacher, how is the situation in Gyeonggi these days?"

"What else, people are panicking, this morning, Fan Gelao and Zhou Yanru of the cabinet personally inspected the city defense, and found that there will be a lot of shortage of city defense soldiers, and several city defense guns are in disrepair and cannot be burned."

Liu Zongzhou said quite easily: "Several people from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Household have been dismissed, and the emperor also let the Jinyi Wei Tiqi go directly to the edict, probably because he wants to torture some silver." ”

Jia Baoyu remembered Emperor Chongzhen, who was forced by his ministers to raise his own food and salary in the history books, and felt that Emperor Longqian was similar to him, but it was not exactly the same.

"Listen to Wang Ziteng, you won a battle outside the city? He also received a reward from the emperor. ”

Liu Zongzhou glanced at Jia Baoyu, and the embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist looked extremely eye-catching.

Jia Baoyu said respectfully: "Master, the apprentice has no choice, he caught up with the Liukou Slaughter Village, and the apprentice couldn't be killed, so he organized the villagers to fight back, and killed a few thieves by luck, but he didn't expect to alarm the emperor." ”

Liu Zongzhou shook his head and sighed: "Didn't you kill a few thieves, the emperor praised you today, saying that you are loyal to the monarch and patriotic, with a group of mountain villagers, you forced the siege of tens of thousands ......of Liukou, killed several generals of Liukou, and captured it is not counting."

Jia Baoyu: ......

"Master, do you believe it?"

"Of course I don't believe it for the teacher, but what the emperor said has a nose and eyes, and he also scolded the commander of the three major battalions, and by the way, he didn't let go of the border army and the general soldiers of all walks of life.

Liu Zongzhou sat down and thumped his legs.

Jia Baoyu's eyes were quick, and he quickly squatted down to pinch Liu Zongzhou's legs, and said with a bitter face: "I know that the emperor's reward is not so easy to take, this is using me as a teaching material."

In this way, the soldiers of the three major battalions still hate their disciples to death? ”

Liu Zongzhou said with a smile: "It's not so serious, everyone knows that the emperor has moisture in his words, but you did win the battle, which is much more than the teacher expected, you can tell me in detail how to defeat the Liukou." ”

Although Liu Zongzhou was over sixty years old, he had the style of a literati in his bones, and after the Qing army entered the customs, Liu Zongzhou died of hunger strike.

Jia Baoyu had to tell Liu Zongzhou the truth about the matter.

Liu Zongzhou heard that Jia Baoyu really relied on a group of rural villagers to defeat the Liukou, and he was quite interested, and inquired in detail about the tactics of the battle and arranged the troops.

For someone like him, who has never been on the battlefield in his life, war is both distant and vague.

"You said that Zhao Yun can really be a hundred?"

"This is still a conservative estimate, if the enemy army does not use bows and arrows, firearms, it is not difficult to take a thousand."

Jia Baoyu said matter-of-factly.

Liu Zongzhou asked anxiously, "Where is Zhao Yun now?" Such a fierce general, why didn't he report to the court and let the court reward him, as long as he has been in the border army for a few years, he may not be able to become the next Lu Xiangsheng. ”

Jia Baoyu chuckled: "Master, what about becoming the next Lu Xiangsheng?" Is the Great Zhou Dynasty lacking Lu Xiangsheng? ”

Liu Zongzhou was silent.

Yes, don't talk about Lu Xiangsheng, even if the generals Qi Jiguang, Huo Quai, and Xu Da are reborn, I'm afraid they won't be able to save this Great Zhou Dynasty.

I'm afraid I can only become the next Yue Fei and Lu Xiangsheng.

The state has decayed to this point, and non-personal bravery can be saved, unless ......

Liu Zongzhou didn't dare to think about it anymore, because it was already a big rebellion.

"No matter what, even if such a hero goes to the border, he will be made into a domestic slave by Zu Dashou's son, who has no king and no father, and becomes their personal soldier."

Liu Zongzhou said.

"The emperor appointed you to be a brocade guard, this position is not easy to do, you are still interested in the imperial examination?"

Jia Baoyu replied stubbornly: "Master, the apprentice's official is given by the emperor, and it can't be shirked, but the apprentice still has to take the imperial examination, even if he can't pass the championship, he can take the exam."

You also know that I am in the family, my status is not high, and I am still under the pressure of the eldest lord and father, and if there is an identity of a person, it will be easier to act. ”

Liu Zongzhou did not criticize him for his rebellious remarks.

Scholars take the imperial examination, all in order to get ahead, glorify their ancestors, and it is not without those who really want to establish their hearts for heaven and earth and their lives for the people, but there are not many, even if there are, they will be squeezed out of the officialdom of the Great Zhou.

Bad money drives out good money, this is the law, and no one can change it.

"Master, that intruder is nothing more than a group of rogues, as long as the court dispatches troops, it should not be difficult to eliminate, why don't you see the court move for a long time?"

Jia Baoyu was a little incomprehensible.

Liu Zongzhou sighed and said: "How can it be as easy as you say, although Liukou is a disease of scabies, but the imperial court is also under great pressure now, Liaodong Jiannu is eyeing the tiger, and the Guanning army can't move; Li Zicheng in Henan and Zhang Xianzhong in Hubei have already involved most of the surrounding troops.

The imperial court now has no soldiers available, so it can only sit back and watch the thieves grow, but it only suffers the people of this Gyeonggi land. ”

Jia Baoyu was silent, speechless.

Liu Zongzhou continued: "Today's court, Niu Jizong, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, also went, there are many shortages, the weapons are in disrepair, and the soldiers have no will to fight, and they will collapse at the first touch.

Nine times out of ten, he was not killed, but trampled to death by his own people.

The old man sounded like a joke in the world, I raised soldiers in the Great Zhou Dynasty for 200 years, and I raised this waste dim sum! ”

Jia Baoyu was still silent, because he could see clearly that Liu Zongzhou's family also had several soldiers from the Beijing camp as house slaves.

"Zhong'an, there are ten days left before the Shuntian Mansion's hospital exam, are you sure?"

Jia Baoyu bowed down and said, "The apprentice has memorized the master's notes and the books in circles, and it should not be difficult to pass the college exam." ”

Liu Zongzhou nodded and said: "In the imperial examination, the township examination can be called the most difficult, and the hospital examination does not need to deliberately seek blame and innovation, as long as the reason can be explained clearly." ”

That's how important it is to have a good teacher.

The reason why the imperial examination is difficult is because the difficulty and standards of each hurdle are different.

If you take the standard of the township test to the institute test, you may not be able to pass the test, but the reality is so cruel and absurd.

The experience of others can be learned.

And a good teacher is like a guiding light on the dark road, so that you don't go into the pit and don't go the wrong way.

Ten days later.

Rongguo Mansion.

The starlight outside the window was dim and icy, and Jia Baoyu got up from the entanglement of Qingwen and Musk Yue.

At this moment, countless students in the capital are doing the same thing from the inn, on the street, and from their sleep at home, but they don't have Jia Baoyu's treatment.

The day before the hospital exam, he was still in the dark with two women.

This is the day that decides the fate of the unmath student, and the college examination in Tuesday begins.

The college examination is also known as the county examination, and after passing the examination, it is a show.

Xiucai also has many privileges, such as exemption from miscellaneous labor for two people in the family, and the field tax on a few acres of land increases or decreases according to the production of the land. There are also other things such as not kneeling when you see the county official, not being easily punished during litigation, and buying slaves and maids.

When Jia Baoyu left the courtyard gate, he saw Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng, Li Kun and others guarding the door.

"Baoyu, this is the champion and the first porridge, you should drink it quickly."

Mrs. Wang took out a bowl of steaming porridge from the food box.

Jia Baoyu took it and said: "Mother, this is the hospital test, not the palace test, where did the champion and the first place come from, and the first place is only the head of the case." ”

"Silly boy, isn't this an auspicious picture?"

Seeing Jia Baoyu drink all the bowl of porridge, Mrs. Wang was satisfied.