The day in April in Beijing is not very hot, but after the rain of Qingming, this day is hot day by day, the jacket has long been unable to wear, but wearing a single coat is a little cold, hot enough during the day, but it is cold at night, it is really nerve-wracking to dress in this weather, so people on the street are often on the top of the single coat on the top clip, hot to understand, cold plus, annoying is annoying, but it is better than being sick, isn't it? In the crowd of people coming and going on the street, a young man dressed in a water-colored single coat covered with a lynx leather jacket led a servant to rush to the road, although his face was calm, but his steps were a little hurried, and he hurried to the Yuan Restaurant to seem to be relieved, spread the folding fan in his hand, and walked into the restaurant with a gentle rock.

The Yuan Restaurant is not too famous among the thousands of restaurants in Beijing, at most it is only mid-range, not to mention that it is not as luxurious and luxurious as the Moon Tower, even if it is inferior to large restaurants such as the Lion Building, there is one thing that other restaurants cannot compare, that is, the humanistic atmosphere. The owner of the restaurant may be in order to solicit business, or maybe it is just a pure respect for the reader, the restaurant was established at the beginning of the clear stipulation: but anyone who can give a good poem on the spot, half price of wine and food, this point alone has attracted the attention of most of the literati, it is reported that the former emperor Kangxi also came in casual clothes, and also exchanged poetry for wine, leaving a good story, every year of the big competition, the Yuan Restaurant is full every day, and the people who come and go are meritorious and famous, or indulge in wine and sing, or meet friends with literature, or come to a debate, which is very lively, It has become a beautiful scenery in Beijing.

Today's Liyuan Restaurant is very noisy as usual, but there are a lot fewer guests, which is not surprising, Dabi is nearing the end, only the palace test is left, there is no high school has returned to their hometowns one after another, and the rest are about to participate in the palace examination of the elite, and these people are only more than 300 people, each has its own place, can come to the Yuan Yuan Restaurant to relax naturally will not be too much. There are fewer guests, but the quality is very high, most of them are about to participate in the palace examination, and the allusions are flying around with each other, but it is also very lively.

The young man who hurriedly walked into the restaurant did not stay on the first floor for long, but just glanced at it and climbed the stairs, went straight to the private room on the second floor, took out a piece of broken silver and threw it to the shopkeeper who came forward with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Master is looking for someone, there is no need to wait." After finishing speaking, he ignored the flattery of the shopkeeper and entered the No. 2 box by himself.

"Ha, Xiaohong is here, you're late, you have to be fined three glasses of wine." As soon as a young scholar with a national face saw the boy enter the box, he immediately burst out laughing.

Xiao Hong? Of course, it's not really Xiaohong, this person is today's big brother Hongli. Hongli, who is only twelve years old, inherited Yinzuo's tall genes, and inherited Qiu Ju's beautiful appearance, since he was a child, he has cultivated both civil and military, riding horses and archery, and has a good body, although he is only twelve years old, he looks like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, coupled with a polite smile and a bookish atmosphere, people can't help but have a sense of intimacy.

"Brother Zhai, the younger brother is late, please forgive me, oh, these big brothers are ......" Hongli smiled and arched his hand to the young man who opened his mouth to say hello, and asked very politely.

Brother Zhai, real name Zhai Jia, the word Liao right, twenty years old, Jiangxi Jiujiang people, known as the literary name, five years old Xi Wen, twelve years old in Xiucai, sixteen years old, the first time to enter Beijing to catch the exam was selected, just when the spring breeze was proud, today I specially invited a few people to drink together in the same year to celebrate.

"Xiaohong, come, I will introduce you to a few contemporary handsome figures." Zhai Jia waved happily, motioned for Hongli to sit in the vacant seat beside him, and pointed to a long-bearded scholar in his early thirties on the right hand side and said: "This is Brother Zhao, Zhao Xiongzhao, Wujin people, and there are no two poems in one hand. ”

"Junior brother Hong Mingfu has seen Brother Zhao." Hongli bowed very politely.

"Don't dare, under Zhao Xiong's edict, the word Hou Chi." Zhao Xiongzhao saw that Hongli was extraordinary, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he politely introduced himself.

Zhai Jia pointed to a solid white-clothed scholar on the left-hand side, made a grimace and said: "This is Brother Wang, Wang Shichen, a native of Changzhou, the article is popular all over the world, and the public expectation of Shenfu Shilin, the top three in this department is a certainty, even if it is not impossible to win the laurel, it is called a certain jealousy to death." ”

"Brother Tai, don't listen to Brother Zhai's nonsense, Wang Mou just wants to be able to enter the second grade, but your brother Zhai is about to make fun of him, and he should be punished with three glasses of wine." Wang Shichen stroked his beard lightly and said with a slight smile.

"That's it, Brother Zhai wants to pick up the yuan by himself, but he uses Brother Genfu as a method, he should be punished, he should be punished!" A scholar in Tsing Yi sitting opposite Zhai Jia got up laughing, and picked up the wine jug to fill Zhai Jia's cup without hesitation.

"Don't panic, don't panic, drink for a while, and have to introduce this autumn wind blunt scholar, haha, if it's a light paper, I'm not his opponent, this guy has a lot of things, every time there is always an accident in Dabi, either diarrhea or headache, or Ding Wei, this is the third big competition, I thought that this goods should also be transferred, I didn't think that this cargo was muddy in the examination room again, forgot to avoid it, a good article was ruined, it was really embarrassing. Oh, this guy's name is Cao Liangdong, the word is Ming, a native of Zibo, Shandong, and he is the most romantic person. Zhai Jia blocked the mouth of his wine glass with his hand, and told Cao Liangdong's origin with a grin.

"Haha, that's, that's, so-and-so is a missed fate, left and right is just that, but you wait for the dragon gate to jump, the dragon can be expected, and then there are a few more places to fight the autumn wind, come, drink, oh, this little brother is ......" Cao Liangdong didn't care about his own bad luck at all, he drank all the wine in the cup very chicly, looked at Hongli with a smile, and asked tentatively.

"Oh, this little brother Hong is amazing, don't look at his young age, I'm afraid that an article is not under you, and he will definitely be one of my generation in the future, come, let's have a drink together." Zhai Jia did not go into detail about Hongli's origin, and laughed at the past.

"Oh, that's fine, don't be as obedient as Cao. Come, Cao Mou toasts you with a glass" Cao Quandong's eyes suddenly flashed a strange color, and he didn't ask any more questions, he raised the wine glass with a smile, took a sip of the wine that had just been filled again, took the wine glass, and showed the bottom of the glass.

"Okay, little brother will accompany everyone to have a drink today, but if there is no wine, it will not work, otherwise, everyone will come to Lian Shi, how about a drink if you can't connect?" Hongli drank the wine in the cup very happily, and proposed with a smile on his face.

Everyone here is the choice of the literati, poetry and other things are naturally a Chinese expert, but no one is willing to show weakness, Zhai Jia smiled and said: "Okay, little brother, let's start with a sentence: the moon is bright outside the window." ”

Hongli quickly answered: "Yan Ruyu in the room." ”

Cao Liangdong said with a grin: "Little brother is thinking about "Green Xiao Says Network" at this time, haha, drunk and lying in the arms of a beauty." ”

Zhao Xiongzhao said casually: "The long song should be laughing." ”

Wang Shichen shook his head and smiled: "You're thinking about good things, hey, when Fu Dabai is white."

"No, no." Cao Liangdong shook his head and said: "I am already drunk and lying, how to drink again, Brother Genfu's sentence is a big fallacy, according to a certain opinion, it should be the two whites of Dangfu, hahaha......"

Two whites? Everyone was stunned for a moment, suddenly woke up, and suddenly each laughed straight down, Wang Shichen picked up the wine jug and was about to pour it into Cao Liangdong's mouth regardless of it, and scolded with a smile: ", there is only one big white here, there is nothing two big white, drink, drink." ”

A wine drank to the fullest, from noon to Shenshi, a group of literati did not bear the strength of the wine, as soon as the wine was up, there were more words, astronomy and geography, laughing and scolding, each of them expressed their minds directly, and there was a lot of emotion to point out the country, at the end, only Hongli and Cao Zhidong could still maintain a certain sanity, and the rest of the people had already talked nonsense. After a full meal and a full meal, it was time to break up, and the gangs swayed out of the restaurant, made an appointment for a reunion, and dispersed. Hongli saw that it was getting late, and he didn't dare to stay any longer, so he privately asked Cao Liangdong's residence, so he hurried to the palace. Hongli couldn't take care of it, hurriedly rinsed his mouth with tea, wiped his face, and followed the little eunuchs to the Heart Cultivation Hall where Yinzuo was.

"The retainer knocks on the emperor Amma." As soon as Hongli saw Yinzuo, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to say goodbye.

"What, enough to drink?" Yinzuo sat at the desk and made a fold, asked without raising his head, and didn't wake up, letting Hongli kneel on the ground.

As soon as Hongli heard this, he understood that he had failed to go out of the palace to drink in private, and the cold sweat on his head suddenly gushed out like a spring, and he didn't dare to quibble, but just lowered his head and said: "Back to Emperor Ama's words, the son did not ask for a decree to leave the palace today, which violates the ancestral system, and the son does not dare to quibble, please ask the emperor Ama to punish him." ”

"Oh? You're very honest, anyway, how should I punish you? The pen in Yinzuo's hand never stopped, and he said lightly.

"Erchen asks Huang Ama to forgive his sins, and Erchen won't dare next time." Hongli kowtowed.

"Well, let's go, you've drunk enough wine today, you must have eaten enough, and you're in good spirits, so go back to your room and copy the Analects ten times." Yinzuo said calmly.

Hongli didn't expect the punishment to be so light, his heart was relieved, he quickly kowtowed and thanked him, and lowered his head and planned to exit the room, Yinzuo raised his head suddenly, and a cruel smile flashed on his face: "I only give you one chance, there will be no next time, you have to do it yourself, don't go the wrong way, otherwise I will not spare you, go." ”

Hongli's face suddenly turned white, and he didn't dare to wipe the sweat on his head, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Thank you Emperor Ama Hongen, your son will retire." As soon as the words fell, he retreated in a little panic.

Alas, this child! Yinzuo looked at the door of the room in a daze, his heart was a mess, and the scenes in his mind flickered like a movie, knowing that Hongli had begun to cultivate henchmen in secret, but Yinzuo didn't have the heart to deal with it, what should I do? Yinzuo was really a little hesitant in his heart......

On April 28 of the first year of Yuanzhuo, the first palace examination in the Qianqing Palace was held in the Qianqing Palace, Yinzuo personally presided over the palace examination, the topic was the policy theory - the theory of friends, and three hundred and three tribute students waved their pens and quick books in the hall. Two hours later, all the scholars completed the test papers, each handed in the papers and retreated, all the test papers were unified by the Minister of Military Aircraft, the ranking was drawn up, and the pre-imperial review was planned, and the list was released three days later.

According to the old example, after all the test papers are judged, the top 20 will be handed over to Yinzuo for review to determine the final ranking, but this time Yinzuo has stipulated that the top 100 test papers must be reviewed by Yinzuo, in addition to Yinzuo wants to understand the level of today's students' articles, from which to tap some talents, the main thing is to select some excellent articles from these test papers to publish in the world, and intends to use "Friends Theory" to build momentum, and prepare public opinion for attacking the many disciples of Lao Ba, This was originally Yinzuo's intention for this question, but there is nothing to say. Of course, Yinzuo will not judge all the test papers in person, then the workload is too much, there is a cadre of military aircraft ministers to help, Yinzuo can also rest assured, Yinzuo does not need to take everything into his own arms, and Yinzuo still has something to do now - see Fang Bao, so after the palace test, Yinzuo hurriedly explained a few words and went back to the study by himself.

"The grass people knock on the saint, long live my emperor, long live, long live." As soon as Fang Bao saw Yinzuo marching into the upper study, he immediately knelt on the ground and said loudly.

"Hmm." Yinzuo nodded noncommittally, didn't shout, walked to the dragon chair and sat down, with a weird smile on his face, looked at Fang Bao and said: "Mr. Fang is really difficult to invite, if I don't let people urge, I'm afraid that Mr. will still refuse to come." ”

Fang Bao knelt on the ground, and didn't dare to raise his head and said, "The grass people don't dare." ”

"Don't dare? Hey, Mr. Fang, why don't you dare, I took the position, and you went back to your hometown, have you ever asked me? Yinzuo said with a smile.

"If you go back to the saint, the grass people are a scholar, they are old and decayed, and they dare not have to listen to the saints, and the grass people are in accordance with the edict of the first emperor, and they dare not violate their hometown." Fang Bao replied calmly.

"Oh, really?" Yin Zuo smiled and said: "If I remember correctly, the edict of the first emperor was issued in July of the 47th year of Kangxi, but I still saw you in Changchun Garden in November of the 47th year of Kangxi, how can this be explained?" ”

"This ......" Fang Bao paused and said, "That's just the emperor ordering the grass people to help sort out some documents, and the grass people are just doing things according to their orders." ”

Haha, Lao Fang, Lao Fang, the edict you made at the beginning made Lao Tzu's legs sore, and now we will let you taste it too. Yinzuo looked at Fang Bao who knelt down in front of him, and felt quite happy in his heart, deliberately didn't speak, picked up the fold on the table and picked it up, and let Fang Bao kneel there. After a long time, Yinzuo seemed to suddenly wake up, slapped his forehead and said: "Ah, Mr. Fang, please get up, alas, I forgot that Mr. Fang is still kneeling, hehe, it's my fault, get up." ”

Forgot? Can you forget about this? How could Fang Bao not know that Yinzuo was intentional at all, but how dare he break it, and besides, he had a ghost in his heart, so he could only kowtow and say: "The grass people thank Lord Longen." Unexpectedly, after kneeling for a long time, his legs and feet were numb, and he just got up, stumbled under his feet, and almost fell to the ground again, and finally stabilized his body, and he didn't dare to say much, so he stood aside with his hands down.

Well, it's time to get down to business. Yinzuo's face was pale, and he waved his hand and said, "Sit." The little eunuch in the study quickly moved a few pieces of paper and placed them in front of Fang Bao. Fang Bao hurriedly bowed down and said, "The grass people don't dare. ”

"I asked you to sit, and you sat down, I still have something to ask you." Yinzuo pressed his hand and motioned for Fang Bud to sit down, Fang Bud had no choice but to sit down, but he only dared to sit on half of his buttocks.

"Mr. Fang is so bold, hey, it's amazing to participate in the succession of the emperor with a cloth cloth." The corners of Yinzuo's mouth grinned, and he said with a smile.

Yinzuo's words were a little heavier, Fang Bao couldn't bear it anymore, he didn't even dare to sit on half of his buttocks, he fell to the ground on his knees, and said with a sad face: "The saint's words are serious, the grass people are just cloth, how dare you do this." ”

"Dare, why don't you dare?" Yin Zuo smiled and said: "On the second day of October in the forty-fifth year of Kangxi, what did you say to the saint?" ”

Yinzuo's words hit the secret in Fang Bao's heart, Fang Bao's face turned white, and he said forcefully: "No, it's nothing." ”

'Hey, really?' Who said this? Yinzuo laughed and took out a yellow silk masked notebook, slowly paced in front of Fang Bao, handed it over and said, "The emperor has always had the habit of keeping a diary, and everything you say is on it." ”

The sweat on Fang Bao's head suddenly gushed out, and he didn't dare to pick up the diary, and said with a wry smile: "The minister is vain, and the minister is guilty." ”

Yinzuo was about to say something, when a little eunuch at the door hurriedly ran in and said, "Qiqi Shengshang, Yang Mingshi and Ah Ling'a of the household are scuffling and asking to see each other outside. ”

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