On this day, Luo Hongguang said goodbye to the prince and other attendants, walked to the gate of the palace with his homework, rode on the pony specially prepared for him by the family, and walked towards the house.

On the way, he had no time to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the street, and he kept pondering the homework of today's Hanlin Bachelor Professor.

He is the youngest son of the left servant of the household department, and there are several brothers above, some of whom have entered the court as officials, and some of whom have mediocre qualifications, so they donated officials to other places to serve as county magistrates, and one participated in this year's Spring Festival.

After the incident of the Sun family, the emperor investigated the people around the prince over and over again, and in the end, those who remained were innocent and loyal to Dacheng. He has good qualifications, he has studied with the prince since he was a child, and there will be no accidents in the future, he is the prince's henchman, so he naturally knows that the prince will also end up this time.

They hid it from Master Hanlin together, and it was an amazing experience. And the Hanlin scholar didn't know that the prince wanted to take a scientific examination, but he also truthfully answered all kinds of questions raised by the prince. After obtaining the permission of the crown prince, he was ready to teach the elder brother of the family what the Hanlin Master taught.

If he can be admitted to the Jinshi with the prince and have the friendship of the same subject, maybe his brother can also be favored by the prince.

Luo Hongguang, who was deep in thought, didn't notice that he was followed by a little miracle doctor and a little donkey.

Pedestrians on the road have long noticed.

The people in the capital recognized the little princess, and most of them didn't think that the little princess was following a young man, and the few who noticed it didn't plan to remind the young man.

The cute and kind little princess won't hurt the young man, what to remind, what if you scare the little princess?

Yan Squeak and the little donkey followed Luo Hongguang to Luo's Mansion so openly.

There was a porter at the door of Luo's house, and when he saw the little master coming back, he stepped forward to lead the horse, but he noticed Yan squeak and was stunned.

"You ......"

Only then did Luo Hongguang realize that there was someone behind him, and after seeing Yan Squeak's appearance clearly, he hurriedly saluted, "Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

"No courtesy, no courtesy."

Yan squeaked and waved his hand quickly, while staring at him, trying to convey his thoughts.

Luo Hongguang blinked, blinked again.

Yan squeaked urgently, "Squeak is coming." ”

Shouldn't you invite her in for a cup of tea and a snack?

Luo Hongguang is a stunned young man who only knows how to read, and he didn't react at all, but Mrs. Luo heard the movement and saw a soft and cute little princess at the door, and warmly welcomed people in, not only let people serve hot drinks and pastries, but also brought a large plate of secret candied fruits from the house.

As soon as he saw the familiar candied fruit, Yan squeaked his head and glanced at the little donkey, and at the same time made a 'hehe' sound.

Delicious candied fruit, here they are!

One man and one donkey ate happily.

Mrs. Luo was also relieved when she saw it, "Your Highness loves it so much, do you want to take some away later?" ”

"Good...... Not good! ”

Yan Squeak, who had frosting on his hands, thought of his father and master in the palace, and quickly shook his head.

"Squeak, just come and eat once in a while."

What does it mean to be a frequent guest?

For a moment, Madame Locke suspected that the princess had taken a fancy to their family's candied fruit, so she came to visit.

But when I think about it, there are any delicacies in the palace, and the princess will not run here for candied fruits. Maybe the princess will come, with the instructions of the emperor. But why did the emperor do this?

Mrs. Luo couldn't figure it out, and when the left waiter of the household department returned home at night, she immediately said about it.

Luo Boshi's thoughts are the same as his own wife, the princess can't follow their youngest son to the house for a stutter, behind this move, there must be the meaning of the emperor.

The emperor sent the princess to remind him? Knock him?

Luo Boshi couldn't help but recall the recent official duties of the household department.

Tobe has been doing well lately.

In the past, the treasury was empty, and whoever came to him to ask for money and food, he would cry poor with Shangshu. But recently, just the paper mill in the name of the princess, and the white salt, which has been popular for many months, have provided a lot of taxes.

The agricultural tools promoted by the Ministry of Industry also allowed the people to harvest a lot of wheat and rice.

In previous years, the people did not have much left after paying taxes, and the families were still very poor, and they did not have time to work part-time jobs or start a small business, let alone send their children to school.

Now it is different, the same field can spend a lot less time, and more food can be obtained, and the farmer can temporarily leave the field to start a small business or go to a large family to find some work.

The people paid the grain on time, and because of the recent thunderous move of the new emperor, there were a lot fewer small actions in various places, more grain was harvested, and there were fewer places in need of disaster relief. The expenses on the sect's side are not as big as before, and the monks still spit out a lot of fertile land.

In this way, the treasury is finally full. Although they are still crying poor every day, their hearts are happy.

Luo Boshi couldn't think of anything wrong with the household department, and obviously the emperor planned to recuperate recently, and didn't plan to fight, so it didn't cost much, so why did he send the princess to their house to investigate?

"Could it have something to do with our son?" Mrs. Locke guessed.

The son she said was the one who attended this year's festival.

"It's the only thing that's special in our family."

"Maybe."

Luo Boshi pondered: "Spring, spring...... Could it be that what will happen in the spring of this year, Your Majesty has long expected it, and hopes that our son will secretly investigate, so that the princess will remind our family? ”

His eyes lit up, "This is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions!" ”

Every three years, more than 100 jinshi are produced, plus the children of the shadow, in fact, there are many officials in Dacheng, but there are only those good positions.

Everyone wants to go to a good department, and their son may be able to get into the second class, but he may not be able to get six departments, even if he is released, he may not be released to a more prosperous county with a large population.

But if you make a meritorious service, it will be different.

Even if you can't stay in the capital, it's always okay to go to a county to be a county magistrate.

"It's just that most of the people who take the exam every year are children of the family, what else can happen?" Mrs. Luo is from a small family, but Luo Boshi is from a poor family. Because his mother's family once targeted Luo Boshi, did not let him be promoted, and called her well, Mrs. Luo rarely had contact with her mother's family.

She is a married daughter, even if she thinks she is still her father's daughter, but her mother's family may not think so. Fathers, brothers, uncles, cousins, and cousins are eager to drag his husband down from his high position so that he can ascend to the throne himself. Should she believe in her husband, who is already a left servant, or believe in her mother's family and help them benefit? really helped her mother's family, does her husband still have a way to live? Does her child have a future? She's not stupid and knows how to choose.

Her background made her see it through, and now the imperial examination is a stage for competition among high-ranking families. Every year, there are more than 100 Jinshi, and there can be 10 farmers in the poor family, which is a miracle.

She really couldn't think of any accidents that could happen to such an exam.

Luo Boshi thought deeply and boldly thought in the direction of fraud.

Even if the imperial examination has become a stage for high-ranking families, everyone still competes fairly for their own interests. If there is a small move in a family, it may not be the emperor who strikes first, but another family.

The couple chatted for a long time, and the next morning they instructed their son Luo Hongxu.

His family said it bluntly, Luo Hongxu understood, and he was also a little excited, "My son will inquire hard and live up to his father and mother, and not to his majesty!" ”

Yan Squeak didn't know that the Luo family had such a guess.

She and the little donkey would come to Locke's house simply because of the extra taste of their candied fruit.

Before the attendant Luo Hongguang secretly brought some to the prince, and the prince gave them to them.

It's a pity that they were too busy later, and the officials always stared at the prince and this prince, Luo Hongguang didn't have the courage to bring candied fruit again, and Yan Squeak could only support himself.

And since the last success, every time Luo Hongguang enters the palace to accompany him, when he wants to go home in the evening, he can always have more small tails behind him.

The princess has come to the door, and it will not be good if she does not entertain her.

The hospitality is all kinds of hot drinks and refreshments and special candied fruits in the house, and a large table is always set up.

Yan squeaked and smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, but he didn't know that in the eyes of the Luo family, this was because the emperor was not very satisfied with the progress of their investigation, and asked Yan Squeak to come over every day to urge him.

As for why the little princess didn't open her mouth to urge, it was of course because everyone knew about this matter, and it couldn't be put on the bright side.

A beautiful misunderstanding arose, but no one noticed that it was wrong.

Yan Xiaofeng thought that his daughter had something important to do when he left the palace, and the Luo family thought that the emperor was not satisfied, so they entertained Yan Squeak and the little donkey every time. If they weren't afraid of being discovered, they would have to finish eating and take it away.

In this beautiful misunderstanding, the candidates gathered in the capital ushered in the examination.

After the exam, the candidates have to stay in the capital for a while, waiting for the results to come out.

The examiners, on the other hand, mark the papers in a closed place.

Yang House.

Yang Jian personally met Fang Wenxing.

Fang Wenxing suppressed his excitement and recited his answer sheet smoothly.

Yang Jian was very satisfied, "Huiyuan, it's enough." ”

Yang Jian himself is the champion, the former champion, and now the deputy minister said so, Fang Wenxing, who was already confident in his talent, was completely relieved.

He is the representative of Jiangdong's talents, and he is the in-law of the Yang family, and after the exam, countless people want to invite him. The complacent Fang Wenxing chose a few poetry clubs at random, eating and drinking, and the arrogance revealed between his words seemed to regard himself as a huiyuan, no, it was the champion.

But at the poetry meeting, not only these Jiangdong talents, but also Huaizuo, Jiangbei, and Hedong talents were also there, and they were all headed by the children of the family.

The Wang family is from Huaizuo, and there is also a deputy minister, and there are other high-ranking officials in the court, and some people are very unaccustomed to Fang Wenxing's style.

The examiners are still grading the papers, and they will soon select the test papers they are optimistic about to prepare for the ranking.

Although it is a vague name, these examiners have a good idea of the origin of the test papers.

For example, at this moment, when several examiners were arguing about who to put in the first place, the chief examiner took a look and did not hesitate to choose one of them and put it in the first place.

The night before the list was to be posted, Luo Boshi took his son Luo Hongxu into the palace.

Luo Hongxu entered the palace for the first time and trembled, but when he thought of his future, he still mustered up the courage to talk about his recent discoveries.

Yan Xiaofeng was originally coaxed by his daughter to look gentle, but after listening to Luo Hongxu's words, his face was slightly calm, "What does Luo Qing think?" ”

Luo Boshi learned the news from his son early, and he also came up with several ideas along the way.

To be a minister, you must not only have the ability to find problems, but also have the ability to solve them. Otherwise, if you don't solve the problem just by discovering it, what will the court do with you as an official? The emperor will not like this kind of person who looks for trouble but does not solve it!

Luo Boshi can maintain neutrality while fighting his way out of the family, and he has his own way of being an official. At least his way of being an official has won the love of the emperor and the hearts of the people.

Luo Boshi proposed several solutions.

Yan Squeak, who was originally playing with his friends in the side hall, couldn't help but run over and listen to it in the emperor's arms.

[Squeak wants to see how his head grows]

Little Donkey: [I want to see him too, I feel that he is very smart, we have to learn]

Yan squeaked: [Uh-huh! 】

The appearance of Yan Squeak confirmed Luo Boshi's previous speculation.

Sure enough, the princess was instructed by the emperor to go to their house.

He said the solution according to the merits.

The first method is to take down the people involved before the yellow list is posted on the side of the Ministry of Rites, eliminate those candidates who have problems, and then rank them from the rest of the examination papers. The advantage of this is that it will not make the people of the world question the relative fairness of the scientific expedition and question the imperial court. The disadvantage is that because they can't be made public, they can only be dealt with secretly. Even when someone is upset about the fraudster, he doesn't say anything.

Glancing at the emperor's expression, he couldn't see his joy or anger, and Luo Boshi hurriedly said the second way.

The second way is to wait for the yellow list to be posted, and guide some candidates to question, His Majesty is unwilling to let the people of the world chill, and intends to investigate it thoroughly, spread out this matter openly, and let everyone see the ugly face of the fraudsters and the conspiracy of the people behind them.

Doing so will inevitably make people question the imperial court and the imperial examination, but, in Luo Boshi's view, the imperial examination has long been controlled by the family, even if it is questioned, the imperial court will lose face, and those who are scolded are those families, what are you afraid of?

The advantage is naturally that those people can be thoroughly investigated, and even shake the foundation of some families, after all, as far as his son heard, the Yang family, which is now the most powerful, is also involved. The other party must have felt that the emperor was jealous of the rat, so he dared to be so arrogant. On the other hand, as long as the emperor moves the wrath of thunder, he may be able to bite off a piece of the Yang family's meat.

Luo Hongxu heard his father's idea clearly, and the sweat on his forehead continued to flow down. His father did this to completely stand on the emperor's side and make enemies of the family. Cheng, three generations of the Locke family will not fall. defeated, their family will definitely be liquidated by the family.

Thinking that his father was thinking about them, no matter how afraid Luo Hongxu was, he straightened his back and knelt there.

The emperor didn't say whether it was good or bad.

"What's the third way?"

Luo Boshi was silent for a moment before he said, "Tell Wang Xiang and a few people about this." ”

Which people? Naturally, it is the high-ranking officials whose families are not involved, such as Deputy Prime Minister Wang Yuansi, such as some Shangshu and Siqing.

This is a family infighting.

In the case of Baiyan before, the Wang family and the Cui family chose the emperor and betrayed the family, and they have been targeted recently, and they have been divided a lot.

Sending this matter to them now is not only to give them a chance to revive themselves, but also to make the family completely unstable, and let the remaining wavering people make a choice.

Is it to surrender to the emperor, and after that, An An divides it, and like the Wang family, he gets the way to make white salt or other good things, or is it like the Yang family, which completely becomes a thorn in the emperor's side, and unless the emperor is ousted from power, he will always fight with the emperor?

Yan Xiaofeng glanced meaningfully at this left servant of the household department.

"Luo Qing has great talent."

Luo Boshi couldn't hold back the joy in his heart.

Yan squeaked his head up, "Daddy, what do you mean by being talented?" ”

Yan Xiaofeng didn't know the role she played in it, patted her head, seemed to explain to her, and seemed to hint to Luo Boshi, "There is talent to enter the cabinet." ”

Luo Boshi almost didn't catch his breath.

What does Your Majesty mean? Could it be that if the Yang family is overthrown, can he enter the cabinet and become one of the deputy ministers?

He had never thought about it before!

In the past, it was not that there were no left and right attendants to enter the cabinet, but generally entering the cabinet either required the joint recommendation of the prime ministers of the political affairs hall, or the emperor needed to have the determination to work with the prime minister. You must know that once the prime ministers are collectively rotten, it will be difficult for the court to function normally.

The emperor has this determination, he has the courage, for him, for the Luo family to fight for the monstrous wealth!

In fact, Yan Squeak didn't understand it yet.

She was going to continue asking, but she found that Luo Boshi's whole body momentum changed, as if a raging fire was burning behind her.

"Wow."

She opened her mouth wide and stared intently.