For several days in a row, Hongli did not meet with the officials in Kaifeng City, and every morning when he got up, he called Xing Jianye and others in, and ordered them to go to various towns on the outskirts of the city to inquire about the wheat harvest and the price of grain sold in rice stores and noodle shops. The amount of grain available, the entry and exit of livestock in the mule and horse markets, the high and low fodder, the fork handles, brooms, cow cages, hoes, milling, poutings, ploughshares, axes, sickles, and shovels, how much is imported from other places, and how much is produced locally, must all be heard and asked clearly, and a register should be made. Everyone didn't know what he was doing with this, and they didn't dare to ask, but they went out every day, confused, and asked the price when they saw the goods, and they didn't buy it if they asked. Hongli is not in the post house during the day, because the township test field is about to open the dragon gate, Xiangguo Temple, Huijihe Street, Baofukeng, Nanshi Lane and other shops and hotels are full of talents from various prefectures and counties who come to the province to take the exam. Invite each other to eat and drink today, and date with you tomorrow, which is lively. Hongli mingled with this crowd of people, and sometimes didn't come back until midnight. Six days passed, and seeing that the exam was about to start on the second day, Hongli came back earlier that day, and ordered someone to "call Liu Tongxun over".

"Fourth master, this is the price of the department store collected as of yesterday." Liu Tongxun rubbed his eyes that were a little dizzy, gently put the thick books on Hongli's desk, and said with a smile: "In addition to bamboo, jade, sedan bars, and silk, even soy sauce, vinegar, firewood, tea, and vegetables have also been made. There is no master, I have copied it by hand. It's easier for you to check it this way. ”

Hongli nodded, browsing one by one, passing by with a smile in some places, but looking very carefully in some places, sometimes closing his eyes as if recalling something, muttering words in his mouth, and not knowing what to say, it took an hour to finish reading. He stood up in a trance, walked around the room a few times with a little anxiety and calm on his face, and said to Liu Tongxun, who was sitting and looking at him: "A few copies of the booklet, ask someone to transcribe one copy and keep it." Your original copy is sealed and presented to the emperor. ”

Liu Tongxun was stunned, stared at Hongli with his mouth open, and said after a while: "The slave understands!" ”

"You don't necessarily understand." Hongli smiled and said, "It's just the two of us here, I might as well tell you bluntly." I hate Tian Wenjing very much, and I have to admit that he is a clean official, a good official, and a rare capable person! You know that, I won't admit it. ”

"Fourth Master!"

"Look at the price of grain," Hongli opened a book casually, pointed to a column and said, "The price of wheat is three dollars and four." Last year, it was three dollars and seven, and the year before last, it was six dollars; The year before last, Tian Wenjing lowered the price of wheat from six yuan to four yuan five, and usually the price of wheat at this time was around six yuan five or six yuan. That is to say, Tian Wenjing presided over the government affairs of Henan, and the grain price in the disaster year was similar to that of the past ordinary years - three dollars and four, which was too cheap, and the price of rice in the harvest year in Jiangnan was about the same. But I also have to think that Henan wheat will be opened, and the grain store owner will vacate the warehouse, and it is natural to sell it cheaply, they are in the local area, and if Henan has a bad wheat harvest this year, he will have to accumulate it. And you see, Wang Er's Mazi sickle and the local Caijia iron shop sickle, the price is the same, both are five money. Remove the freight of Wang Er Mazi, the local sickle is still half a child more expensive, don't underestimate this - what are you laughing at - this is the people's livelihood! Liu Tongxun said with a smile: "The slave dares to laugh at the master, the slave thinks it is interesting." I didn't expect this book to be so useful and learned.。 The slave reads two lists of jinshi, and the sage book does not talk about these economic ways! ”

Hongli raised his body, his delicate eyebrows slowly frowned, and he said after a long time: "The sage set up a way and had a bird's-eye view of all things, how can he relish these details?" In fact, the first sentence in "University" talks about this. 'The way of the university is to be close to the people, and it is to stop at the best. 'Educating the people, being diligent and seeking goodness, are all integrated into this 'Tao'. He paused, "Some people persuaded Huang Ama with Huang Lao's inaction, saying that it was 'doing nothing and doing nothing', it seems that this is a universal avenue, but in fact, I don't understand that the Tao is not dead, it is flowing like qi and water." The world is cumbersome, and it should be corrected with leniency; The world is indulgent, and you have to pay attention to the little things when it should be cumbersome. Therefore, it is said that 'one piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and martial arts' - Master Zhu first gave us the emperor's brother as soon as he started talking, and it was this lesson. As he was talking, he saw Yu Hongtu hurriedly walking in from outside, saluting in the patio, and said, "Fourth master, the slave is talking to Zhang Xingren, Xing Jianye just saw the slave, and he is late, please forgive the fourth master." Hongli smiled: "It's not too late, it's long now, and there are still two hours before it gets dark; I'm going to go up to the Yellow River embankment, let's ride horses, look at the embankment, and talk at the same time. As he spoke, he walked out of the hall. Liu Tongxun just said, "Fourth master-" Hongli smiled: "There is nothing to avoid, you also go together." The Xing brothers have been waiting under the corridor of the West Wing, and they went to the backyard to lead the horses in a hurry, and they also wore weapons, and they all followed on horseback.

"Fourth master," Yu Hongtu got on the horse, sent him with the bridle, and said worriedly, "According to the minion, something will definitely happen in the Kaifeng Science Field." Liu Tongxun behind him trembled in shock, but he heard Hongli say: "I know this in my heart." Didn't you listen to what Zhang Zhimei said? Yu Hongtu looked left and right for a while, and said: "I talked to Zhang Xingren, and I will take the exam." It has never been the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and even the previous generation is very rare, please pay attention to Brother Zhimei. He said that he has made it clear that all those who have unprovoked provocations and harassment of the examination room will be strictly investigated, and there is no leniency in the law. - It seems that Zhang Zhimei has made up her mind to see how good-looking Tian Wenjing is? ”

Hongli looked at the sparse pedestrians in the alley, and said for a long time: "This Zhang Xingren doesn't know the general situation. He forgot that he was a scholar and a member of the imperial court in charge of Henan's study and politics! Yu Hongtu said: "Listen to his voice, the minister and the minister have a letter to him." He said, my uncle was also bitten by a snake once, and he was afraid of the well rope for ten years. Zhang Tinglu is a hand leader and committed bribery, isn't it a joke to compare me with him? Some people say that I relied on Zhang Tingyu's talent and Tian Wenjing's waist, but in fact, as long as I look at my resume, if it weren't for Zhang Tingyu's hypocrisy, how would I just be a provincial student and politician? People say that I am resting under the tree, and I still think that my grass will not grow tall when it shades the sun! Liu Tongxun hurriedly asked: "Zhang Xingren or Zhang Tingyu's clan?" Hongli nodded and sighed: "It's the uncle and grandson of the clan in the five suits." Zhang Tingyu is a famous person for a generation, and the people in the clan are both touching him and suffering from him. ”

He paused for a moment, and then asked: "What did the Yamen of the Zhensi say, did you find out that you instigated Xiucai to boycott the exam?" ”

"I'll go see Ke Ying first." Yu Hongtu's face tightened, "These officials in Henan are all oil hammers, slippery and hard. He said that the boycott of the examination is a matter for the academic and political yamen, and even if the prisoner is obtained, it will also be tried by Zhang Xingren. There are both laws and regulations in this matter, and the Yamen of the Priest cannot control it. Liu Tongxun sighed and said, "There is too much difference between here and the atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River. I think that as soon as I enter Henan, everyone talks about the 'doorway', and everyone has a 'backstage' behind them. The land of Zhongzhou, the earliest civilization of China, how to come out of such a bad habit, is really strange. Yu Hongtu said with a smile: "It's not surprising, it's close to Beijing, riding a fast horse for two days and two nights, and writing a round trip!" A stone was thrown in Beijing, and the sound could be heard in Henan. The window paper is broken over there, and the wind is blowing here. This is different from Gangnam. ”

Hongli was silent, and he also felt the same way in his heart: Li Wei's side has unified affairs and powers, and he pays attention to political performance, although there are also personnel disturbances, and the officialdom is still upright. Tian Wenjing is determined to reform politics, but he is rigid in handling things, lacks human feelings, and blindly hardens himself, making himself embattled. Just thinking about how to see Tian Wenjing and talk, Yu Hongtu raised his whip on the horse and pointed ahead, and said: "This is the iron tower, and the tall earth dragon in the past is the hanging river!" Hongli raised his head in a daze, and then suddenly realized that he had come to the suburbs unconsciously.

At this time, the sky has been dusk, the high river embankment is almost level with the tip of the iron tower, like a great wall without pheasants, the black and heavy pressure on the river bank, from the west to the east stretching out. The muffled roar of the river seemed to carry purple-brown water vapor across the embankment, and the watery river breeze swept the vast sandy beach in the embankment. The lush peanut seedlings on the beach, the blue and quiet watermelon fields, and the yellowed wheat fields in the east and west seem to be unable to withstand the throbbing river whistle and smoked wind, and they are frightened and swaying with the wind, making a shivering sound from time to time. The sunset in the distance to the west is closing its last rays, and it struggles to descend among the silhouettes of the mountains as if unwilling to sink. Hongli stepped on the zigzag steps to climb the earthen embankment, but his mood was different from that in the embankment. Tian Wenjing is not exaggerating at all, from the top of the embankment to the riverbed, all of them are tightly built with large stone wrappers, a color of lime hooks, a few concave bays between Hongli pick the stone, even a piece is not loose, look closely at the glutinous rice flour slurry filled with seams. At this time, the cauliflower flood has not yet passed, the traces of half of the water on the embankment are still there, it has fallen to half a trough, look at the embankment less than a mile wide on the opposite bank, the muddy yellow torrent is wrapped in weeds, river algae, swirling, a downstream, the swell is someone to come high, as if endlessly, from the center of the river turbulent drainage, on the embankment stirred up two or three zhang high splash, and helplessly retreated, the sound of the waves drifted in the terrible whistling, like a sigh was closed silently.

"It's spectacular!" The corners of Hongli's robe were lifted high by the strong wind on the top of the embankment, his eyes flashed with surprise and excitement, and he turned back to Liu Yu and the others who were waiting on the side, "Look at it, how much work does it cost and how much does it cost?" Even if Tian Wenjing came to Henan and didn't do anything, this embankment will be of great merit. He was wrong a thousand times, and this one was still enough for an exemplary governor! "That's what the fourth master said." Yu Hongtu also said funny, "The Holy Ancestor Shi Zhihe can minister Jin Fu Chen Huang, he has never built this major embankment in his life, and the slaves also think so, the common people are unbearable to labor, and they can come back after escaping the famine." If you lose your talent and take the exam, you can wait for the next subject, so what's the matter? The people who should really be attacking Tian Wenjing should come here to take a look! Liu Tongxun didn't say anything, he squinted and stared into the distance like a drunken man, until Hongli beckoned to go down the embankment before he woke up, occasionally turned his face to look east, and saw a person walking along the top of the embankment with his hands behind his back, and said busily: "Fourth master, that person looks like a field platform!" Everyone turned around and stared at it for a while, and then the man approached, and sure enough, it was Tian Wenjing. He looked at the river scenery while walking, and did not pay attention to the Hongli people. It wasn't until two feet away that Hongli said in a loud voice on the embankment: "Tian suppressed the light, muttered in his mouth, who are you talking to?" ”

"It's the fourth master!" Tian Wenjing was stunned for a moment, only to recognize it, and walked down to the waist of the embankment, it was inconvenient to kneel on the platform, so he only bowed and saluted, and said: "My heart is very stuffy, and I will be more relaxed when I walk on the embankment." ”

Hongli glanced at him, Tian Wenjing's face was blue and yellow, his hair was a little unkempt by the river wind, and the corners of his forehead and mouth were full of wrinkles like knife carvings, but he was motionless like a solidified stone statue. It was only when he was so close that he noticed that the governor's hands were calloused, and the backs of his hands were as rough as pine bark. Hongli couldn't help but shrink in his heart, and said, "It's boring, I'm in Kaifeng-" suddenly remembered that he had issued an eviction order, so he stopped saying a word, and walked down to the embankment one by one.

"The fourth master asked." Tian Wenjing was expressionless, and casually followed Hongli on the wheat ridge, and said slowly: "The slave is talking to the emperor." Some people, there are some things I don't understand, some people sit and talk about the road like a hanging river, don't do any practical things, but the left and right are straight up, and some people are tired and want to do something for the court and the people, but they are scolded by others. Some people do things as if they are sailing with the wind, and they can break the waves and ride the wind effortlessly; Some people are constrained and bumpy everywhere, and they can't get a good deal with them even if they try their best...... Minion...... I hate myself for being incompetent......"

This is a suffocating topic, Hongli lowered his head and thought for a long time, and asked, "What happened?" Tian Wenjing saw an old farmer in front of him mowing wheat, so he opened his mouth and did not answer. Hongli didn't ask anymore, Xu Bu stepped forward and asked the old farmer softly: "Old man, why did you open the sickle so early?" ”

"This piece was planted early, the terrain is high, and it is ripe!" The old man only lowered his head to cut the wheat, but he didn't expect that someone would talk to him at this time, so he was so frightened that he shook his body, straightened up, and saw that a few strangers did not look like villains, and his face was unguarded, and he held the "waist" of the wheat bundle with wheat stalks with both hands, and said: "I am scared of the water, and I plant it every year, and when it is almost ripe, I will turn around on the edge of the ground with a sickle, and cut as much as it is cooked." ”

Hongli looked at the land he had cut, one in the east and one in the west, like a ghost shaving his head, and everything that was not ripe was left, and he couldn't help but smile: "You are so diligent and careful." What about the sons? They're tired of your old man alone? ”

"They said that there would be no water this year, and it didn't matter if they waited two more days to cut, so they wouldn't come. Alas, these young men ......"

"Do you think the embankment will be broken this year?"

"No, it won't." The old man glanced at the embankment, did not raise his head, and said, "One year our family planned to open the sickle on the second day, and that night there was a rain, and the river rose and the sun collapsed. From now on, I will cut a sickle when I am cooked, and I am scared. Hongli thought about comforting Tian Wenjing beside him, and said: "You have to thank this embankment, if it wasn't for blocking the flood, your wheat field would have been gone this year." The old man said, "I have to thank God for not putting my life in when I built the embankment!" ”

Hongli was puzzled, and asked, "How much wheat does this land harvest per acre?" ”

"Let's kill five birds with one stone."

"That's a good year, isn't it?"

"In a good year, you have to hit two stones." The old man fanned the open button on his chest with a straw hat and said, "This year can only be considered medium, sandy land, and fertilizer is needed." The more grass manure, manure and fumigation, the better. Don't look at the thinness of the ground, but still produce food. It's a pity that we don't have the money to buy manure! Tian Wenjing couldn't help but interject: "Kaifeng Chengdong has set up a special manure farm, a penny and a load, it's cheap, buy him dozens of stones per acre, and there is no shortage of water here, that is the ironclad drought and flood land!" The old man smiled bitterly and said, "Tian Zhitai doesn't know how to calculate." He only knew about fertilizer, but he didn't look at how far the fertilizer field was from the ground, forty miles back and forth, the price of one hundred miles and one pound, and the price of tofu into meat. Foot power money is also money! ”

Hongli had a burst of amusement in his stomach, and when he saw Tian Wenjing stunned, he pulled it and left, saying, "It's late, and the city gate is about to close." Let's go back. Tian Wenjing had no choice but to follow them to the post road next to the iron tower, and Xing Jianye saw that he was not riding, so he hurriedly came over and let his horse ride for him. Tian Wenjing admitted the stirrup and got on the horse, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "If I don't shine on my sincerity during the day, the country will have nothing to worry about." I'm a bit of a fool, thinking that my heart must be known. I'm so stupid—" He coughed violently twice, took it with a handkerchief, saw that it was blood, his hand trembled, pretended to be fine, tucked the handkerchief into his sleeve, and said while letting go of his braids: "Fourth master, I am really tired, and I am not happy in my heart, come out for a walk." Li Fu went from Huguang to Beijing, passed through Henan, hurriedly watched the flowers, dissatisfied with me, and forgivable, Ashanbro, Ke Ying, Zhang Xingren, they are in the same city with me every day, I don't know if I am loyal or treacherous, honest or greedy? Last night, the three of them jointly bowed to me and impeached me for 'selling favors and inviting merit, and being cruel to politics', and specially copied a copy and gave it to me, and the long-lived lord also transferred a copy of the fold with his name pasted, saying that I was 'practicing the holy way and deceiving scholars', and the emperor asked me to understand the recital. I thought about it all night, and I couldn't write a word. Maybe I'm really wrong? But I don't know what's wrong.

"I have been an official in the Kangxi Dynasty for almost twenty years, and when the Holy Grandfather died, he was just a six-grade Cao. Yongzheng Ye ascended to the pole, I was ordered to declare Shaanxi, passing through Shanxi, impeaching the "world's first minister" Nuo Min, and the holy lord met the situation, within three years from Kaifeng Mansion Yin to the governor, and in Henan special governor Yamen, commissioned me to be the governor, became a very human minister of the feudal official. Let's not talk about loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, my Tian Wenjing is so gracious, I don't know how to repay desperately, am I still a person?

"But now I've become a traitor like Wang Anshi!" Tian Wenjing tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and his hand holding the reins turned white, "I don't see the scholars, nor the common people." We Henan people have tightened our belts for three years, and this embankment is repaired, and everything can be safely and calmly adjusted. Now that the embankment has been repaired, those who fled the famine said that I forced it out, the people said that I urged workers to donate like a tiger and a wolf, and the officialdom said that I invited merit and flattery, and said that I sold favors and invited merit - I hated it in my heart! I hate myself for being incompetent, for not being able to make people know my heart, and for hating these foolish fools! Fourth master, you probably don't know that I have already suffered from liver disease, and I am in my sixties, and I know that I will die soon. Only this piece of loyalty is left on the land of Zhongzhou, and he doesn't care about anything. Within three years, if the people of Henan can't have enough food, the fourth master, please take my old man's head with the sword! ”

The words that had been stored in Tian Wenjing's chest for a long time poured out, and tears rolled out like beads. Yu Hongtu and Liu Tongxun listened to these heartfelt words, their hearts were sour, and they couldn't help but cry and feel sad.

"This is the so-called 'it is difficult to know people, and it is especially difficult to be known'." Hongli was silent for a long time in the sound of the horse's hooves, and his face was already pleasant, and he smiled lightly and said: "The people of the country are said to be killed, and I have mercy on you." Don't be so sad and sad, since I am here, of course I will support you to the end. You are the emperor's model governor, you need to be more open-minded, and your measurements should be bigger! I just looked at the embankment, and I was also very touched, it is incredible that you can do such a big thing with the power of a province and not delay the rest of the government affairs. I want to play Huang Ama, if anyone talks about Tian Wenjing's rights and wrongs, he must be asked to come to the Yellow River embankment to have a look! ”

Hongli was trying his best to soothe Tian Wenjing, and there was a sharp sound of horses' hooves in the dim distance, and a beige watermelon lamp swayed and approached. As they got closer, they saw that it was the lantern of the governor's yamen. Tian Wenjing saw at a glance that his master Qian Du and Bi Zhenyuan were also at the head of Goshhari, and the nominator shouted: "You are so open-minded, are you rebelling?" The fourth master is here, don't be surprised! ”

"Fourth master, make the table!" Qian Du was sweating hotly, led the horse and approached, panting and said, "The talents have stopped taking the exam!" More than 500 people surrounded the academy, please see the governor, please see Zhang Xuetai! We couldn't find the governor in the city, so we went to the prince's inn, and people said that the prince went out of the city to see the river, so he rushed here! ”

Tian Wen's camera "buzzed": I am afraid of the exam every day, and I say that I will take the exam every day, but I still can't avoid the disaster, this group of shows are really red-eyed, don't die! didn't have time to think about it at the moment, and immediately turned back to Hongli and said: "The slave will deal with it, and the fourth master will just go back to the post house and wait for the slave's letter!" The reins flicked, the legs clamped, and the horse neighed and went away like a splash of wind.

"Fourth master," Liu Tongxun saw Hongli hesitating in Ma, and said, "It is right for Tian Wenjing to go. You are the prince, and you are also the minister of the Qincha, and you and the talents should not be good at listening and seeing. Look at what he does in the province, you step aside, and there is room for maneuver. Hongli nodded and said, "What Yanqing said is true, but it's not good that I don't have anyone here." Yu Hongtu went for a walk - just look and listen, don't talk, go! After that, he turned his horse's head and returned to the post house, and played a chess game with Liu Tongxun, but he was only restless and distracted.

Yu Hongtu put his horse and came to the academy, only to see that martial law had been imposed at the entrance of the Confucian Temple, and there were fifty or sixty lanterns hanging under the eaves of the shops along the street. Under the torches as bright as day, thousands of people and merchants gathered to see the bustle, stretching their necks to look stupidly into the Confucian Temple Street. Some people were silent, some were buzzing, some were shouting excitedly, but they also had different opinions:

"Tian Zhitai is also here, look at what these dogs are going to do!"

"Xiucai rebelled, and it didn't work out for three years. Hi ......"

"This is all a disaster caused by the failure to repair political affairs. The students of the Eastern Han Dynasty made a big fuss in Luoyang, and they were not politically dim? ”

"You're a fart! These things are all fed and supported, and if he takes one and cuts off his head, he will be alive in peace! ”

"Amitabha, sin, all are so young, it's a pity to die!"

And so on and so forth. Yu Hongtu tied the horse to the entrance of the street and squeezed for a long time to reach the entrance of the Confucian Temple, but was stopped by two soldiers and said, "You are blind, and you are still squeezing in?" It's not a showman, it's going out! Do you want to go to the West Market with these bastards? Yu Hongtu was inconvenient to explain his identity in public, and explained for a long time, but the soldier was actually made by elm pimples, so he didn't let him go. Yu Hongtu was annoyed by sex, and slapped a soldier with a "snap", causing a soldier to stumble a few steps:

"You go to tell Zhang Xingren, say that Yu Hongtu is here, and ask him if he is called in?!"

"I don't care about your mother's fish red and turtle black pictures, Lao Tzu is ordered to block people!" The soldier couldn't help but be furious, "Take a pee on your shadow - and find us Zhang Xuetai!" - Take it! Several soldiers immediately rushed up, and walked into the street with Yu Hongtu on their feet. Yu Hongtu saw Qian Du hurriedly coming over with a few scribes, and shouted: "Qian Du, Qian Du!" ”

Qian Du was stunned by him, and when he saw that it was Yu Hongtu, he hurriedly retreated from the soldiers and said, "My lord is frightened, this is not the time to make amends." I still have to go ahead to see the Kaifeng City Gate Collar. [1]

Ask them to take you to the production table. So saying, he hurried away. Yu Hongtu held back the fire in his belly, and it took a long time to calm down, and followed the officials to the academy located in the north of the Confucian Temple, and as soon as they arrived at the gate of the academy, they were stunned by the scene.

There are more than 500 Xiucai who have boycotted the examination, and they all sit behind the wall outside the gate of the academy, and there are hundreds of dead wind lanterns hanging high around the eight-character wall of the academy, and there are about thousands of lanterns of various colors collected from the yamen, which illuminates the front of this highest university in Henan. The talents were all dressed in green clothes, looking at the blue patch under the lamp, sitting cross-legged and precarious, almost coughing up and not smelling a word. Two large stone lions more than one zhang high each hung a piece of white cloth, on which were written blood-red cinnabar characters:

Sven Yan's ability to sweep the floor and the officials to deceive is a hundred generations of traitors, and the big and small officials would rather not be afraid?

Those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people, this ancient sage has taught wisdom and foolishness, how can it be easier!

Dripping and energetic. There are also more than a dozen masters and scribes from various yamen outside the sit-in, flipping through the album and glancing at people as if they are checking something, and there are three teams of black crows and crows standing in the shadow of the lamp in front of the wall, all of them are sergeants, but they are not armed with weapons, so although this is the scene, it is just dull and depressing, not as solemn as the entrance of the Confucian Temple.

"Master Yu, please come here, enter through the Yimen." The clerk who led the way saw that he was about to go up the steps after reading the scene, and hurriedly let his hand go to the east and said: "They are all discussing in the public court!" ”

Yu Hongtu nodded and followed him into the academy, and saw that Tian Wenjing, Ke Ying and Zhang Xingren were all in the court. There are only two thin candles lit here, which are much darker than outside, and under the faint and flickering candle shadows, the faces of the three provincial and Taiwan officials are changing, Zhang Xingren is sitting, Ke Ying is standing, Tian Wenjing is pacing, and the figure of Qingzhi is ghostly from time to time passing through the large glass window in front of the hall. Seeing Yu Hongtu coming in, Zhang Xingren owed his body and said, "The fourth master has sent someone to ask Lord Yu to preside." Yu Hongtu hurriedly relayed Hongli Jun's purpose, and said with a smile: "I am Xu Shu who entered Cao Ying without saying a word, what should you do according to your charter." ”

"The talents did not rebel, nor did they slander the court." Ke Ying's shaved head reflected the light like a wine jar under the lamp, and he said, "They just sit hard like this, and invite the adults to come out and talk." I didn't violate the king's law, how do you tell me to start, and who should I cut on? Yu Hongtu sat next to him in a chair without saying a word, and listened to Tian Wenjing: "Resisting the order of the imperial court, it is not illegal to gather a crowd to refuse the exam?!" Anyone who comes here is a stubborn person, I think they should be taken down all, cut out clearly, the first must be corrected, the one who instigated the trouble will be removed from the fame, and the rest will be allowed to take the test. That's it! ”

Yu Hongtu just had a little pity for Tian Wenjing on the embankment, and suddenly disappeared cleanly: the students were just unfamiliar with the new policy of the imperial court's "officials and gentry as one errand and food", and they didn't understand it, so they honestly sat outside and asked to see the adults. No matter how noble you are, you can't escape this heavenly reason, so go out and persuade you, declare the inner intention of the emperor's will, and turn big things into small ones, isn't it also a merit? As soon as you open your mouth, you will have bad intentions, and you will rectify it all! Just thinking about it, Zhang Xingren had come back coldly: "I'm afraid I can't deal with it like this." Here are more or less ten years of hard work, or some handsome talents will enter the phase in the future, and the career fame is not under us. Make such a note on the file first, maybe it will ruin their lives, Henan's literary atmosphere is normal, I still count on a champion in it, this thing can only be good, if you want to destroy, I can't make sense here! ”

"Tian Wenjing!" Ke Ying abruptly nominated the surname and shouted, "The talents are dissatisfied with your harsh government and gather to petition." Why can't you deign to go out and meet you, isn't it better to be reconciled? "Ke Ying is Silan Bu's second son, and his father was a personal soldier when he accompanied Kangxi on his western expedition, and he was killed in Kobdo to cover Kangxi's breakthrough and block the arrows flying like feathered locusts to protect Kangxi. Kangxi got rid of the big difficulty, that is, he built a feed for Silan Bu in Liangzhou City, and was named a city god, and the descendants of Silan Bu entered the hereditary count rank of yellow flag. is not only a genuine flag person, but also has no worries, and often does not look at Tian Wenjing in his eyes. Henan Hetian Wenjing made a fuss, he was the first to tear the dough. At this time, Ke Ying was so angry that his muscles protruded, he took a sip and scolded: "Born Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen - I can't get along with you, how the are you?" Zhang Xingren hurriedly said: "Lao Ke, if you have something to say, slowly reason with him, don't be rude!" "Rough?" Ke Ying's nose is not a nose and an eye is not an eye, "Depending on my temperament, I still want to beat him!" ”

Tian Wenjing stared at the two people, his eyes flashed, and then disappeared, he squinted his eyelids, like two movable earthen walls covering the dim pupils, for a long time, Gege smiled and said: "The article on impeaching me has been read, except for two wild foul words, there is nothing new." The emperor's new policy will has already been announced to the world, and the students are the protégés of the Son of Heaven, and they themselves have the responsibility of preaching and disseminating, so they will have to teach them again? This is the first boycott of the founding of the country, if we can't be vigorous and resolute and strictly suppress, and the group will follow suit, who of us can bear the word 'initiator'? As for what kind of cool official I am, you can still write excerpts! ”

"You are a cool official, and there will be a day when you will be invited into the urn!" Ke Ying said sharply, "The people of Henan are not happy, just because they have you as a 'model'!" ”

"The model is what the emperor said, not me. You just ask for another excerpt! ”

"You think I wouldn't dare?"

"Of course you dare, don't you have a good old man?"

Ke Ying was so angry that he trembled, and the chair was about to smash over. was held down by Zhang Xingren, and he was panting heavily. Tian Wenjing sneered: "I know that Li Fu also joined me, and there are only four of you." I waited for the emperor's punishment, and I also wrote a defense. However, at the moment, I am still the governor, and I still carry the burden of Henan's military, civil, financial, and civil affairs. You are afraid of being wicked, I am a Wang Anshi, a young man, I am not afraid. Since the scholar is unwilling to come forward and take people, my governor Yamen is going to handle this case. ”

"Make a table," Zhang Xingren stood up, and under the light, his face was bloodless, "I'll do it." But there is a compromise. I will go to announce the constitution of the Taiwan system, and if it is dismissed, it will be fine. Then calmly track down the leader, and ask the Holy Order to do it according to the decree. Fortunately, tomorrow is the exam date, don't add the word 'boycott' to meditate today, is it done? We impeach you above board, and if you are comfortable, you will be dragged down. The virtue of a gentleman's lover is not malicious in his heart. If I don't give you this advice, you will have to listen to the command. ”

At this moment, Tian Wenjing had completely calmed down. The boycott of the examination is a big case that has caused a sensation in the world and future generations, the same "model", Li Wei's Jiangnan, Ortai's Yungui have not been in chaos, they are the strongest in themselves, and they are in Henan, and they are not very decent. Thinking about it, Tian Wenjing took a heavy breath and said, "Okay! Do as you do. This is the leader, one is called Qin Fengwu, and the other is called Zhang Xi - I have already found out, you must not do the kindness of women and let them slip through the net. As long as the rest understand that they should take the exam on time, I will open up and never ask. As he spoke, he took out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Xingren, then turned his face to Ke Ying and said, "Leave the matter here to Xuetai, you don't have to worry about it." ”

"Please Lord Yu return to the post and ask for peace for the descendants of the post, everything here is taken care of by Lord Zhang!" Ke Ying snorted, waved at Yu Hongtu, ignored Tian Wenjing, and left. Tian Wenjing also snorted, and only when he was far away did he go out of the instrument door alone, viciously glanced at Xiucai, who was sitting quietly, pulled the horse with the light shadow on his back, whipped the horse's buttocks, and went away.

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The four-rank military position is equivalent to the commander of the city defense.