[Red House] That natural stay

Mo Jue waited to test ten people, and was already waiting outside the palace gate at dawn.The sun rose slowly, and the dazzling sunlight hit the majestic and magnificent palace, setting off the smooth palace tiles, bringing sparkling light.

The deep bell sounded slowly, and the magnificent palace gate opened in response.A palace maid holding a whisk walked out of it.

"All the tributes, let the old slave say a few more words. When you are in front of the Holy Master, you must not look directly at Longyan, and you must not look away."

"Yes, Eunuch Xie made a point." Several people nodded in thanks.No matter who wins the number one prize today, the status of the other nine people will not be too low, so even if it is the chief eunuch next to the emperor, there is no need to be too polite.What's more, the status of literati in southern China is not low.

"Then come along with the old slave!" the chief eunuch said softly, turned around and raised his voice:

"Xuan, all tributes enter the palace!"

In the quiet palace courtyard, it was exceptionally loud.Immediately afterwards, they reported one after another, and then led a few people inside.

Several people walked through the palaces without looking sideways, and stopped at the entrance of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.Along the way, you can see the majesty and majesty of the royal family through the carved railings and jade bricks, the beautiful scenery and towers.

They didn't go in until a majestic "Xuan." came from inside.

Mo Jue ranked first.

As soon as he entered the door, he felt a hot gaze from above.

Mo Jue remained calm, and continued to bow his head to follow the crowd.

"You don't need to be too polite." The majestic middle-aged man's voice said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I have read all the test papers of my dear friends, and you are worthy of being the pillars of the future of my southern country!" The words were obviously very satisfied.Of course, whether this satisfaction is for one person or all is unknown.

"Your Majesty is wrong!"

At this time, in the spacious Hall of Supreme Harmony, there are only the current emperor and the ten tributes below him, as well as the attendants standing on both sides.

"I won't say much more. The barbarians have harassed our border many times. The amount of military pay is huge, and the people are complaining. What do you think should be done?" This problem is not new recently. Emperor Shenghe was still a courtier, and he frowned every time he mentioned it.

"Your Majesty, I think that the taxes of the people in rich places such as Jiangnan should be increased to pay for the military." One person stepped forward and spoke first.

"No! Although the south of the Yangtze River is rich, it is not the wealth of the common people. In the past two years, there have been frequent floods. If the tax is raised rashly, it will only cause complaints in the south of the Yangtze River. Besides, how much tax do the common people have? How many soldiers do we have in the South?" Immediately, someone raised doubts.

"According to what I see, the emperor should open the treasury..."

For a while, each expressed their views and refused to give in to each other.

Emperor Shenghe frowned slightly, and glanced down. The young man in blue shirt called the leader hadn't expressed his opinion from the beginning to the end, and recalled those two policy theories, he couldn't help but said: "Hui Yuanlang, what's your opinion? ah?"

As soon as he spoke, the hall fell silent instantly, and all eyes were on the young man in charge.There are various meanings.The other nine people who entered the hall together did not have any intersection with this young 'Hui Yuanlang'.I have never spoken to her before, and my short-term impressions are only adjectives such as silence and aloofness.Seeing that he was named by Emperor Shenghe at this time, it seemed like he was watching a good show for a while.

Mo Jue was silent for a while before slowly opening his mouth and said: "In my opinion, the most unavoidable thing is to increase the taxes of the people when the huge amount of military pay is difficult. The people on the frontier suffer from conquest, the people in the south of the Yangtze River suffer from floods, the capital and other northern places There are also occasional droughts and natural disasters, which are the suffering of the people. Your Majesty must not increase taxes, on the contrary, you should reduce taxes. Appease the people."

"Where does the military salary come from?"

"Where does the military salary come from? Two places can solve your majesty's worries: the barbarians come and invade, mostly in winter, when the water and grass are dry up, so they want to snatch resources and store them for the winter. Why don't your majesty use the power of the whole country in summer and autumn to train alone The wolf's division? The strong generals are not good enough, and the old and weak soldiers are sent back to their hometowns to cultivate the fields. After their own use, the imperial court buys the rest of the food and uses it as military pay. Of course, this method is applicable to the people of the whole country. This is a method The second method is that the sons and daughters of the royal family take the lead in raising donations to raise military pay. Seeing this, officials will not sit idly by. There are many rich merchants in Jiangnan, Nanjing, and other affluent places. Your Majesty can order that those who donate more than a thousand taels, Then you can get the words that His Majesty personally mentioned. Applying the two methods together can temporarily relieve Your Majesty's worries." After speaking, Mo Jue bowed and saluted.

A silence.

After a while, Emperor Shenghe laughed loudly: "Okay! This method is wonderful!"

Several other people also echoed repeatedly.Mo Jue still looked neither sad nor happy. In fact, the system thought he had gone too far, and his performance was too dazzling. Besides, this method would definitely touch some bureaucratic rights, which would be detrimental to Mo Jue's future career.

But so what?It's not that Mo Jue didn't think of the system's worries.Shouldn't you have to do whatever you want to live a new life?What's more, if plots and tricks come at him, it will definitely turn him upside down!

After that, Emperor Shenghe asked a few more questions, and the young man hit the nail on the head.The gazes of the other people looking at him kept changing, and finally fixed into admiration and admiration.With the light of their fireflies, how dare they compete with the sun and the moon?

The results of the palace examination are self-evident.Emperor Shenghe wished to stay with Mo Jue to talk at night by candlelight, but he reluctantly let him go because he wanted to have a long life in the future.

The results of the palace examination will be announced in three days, and Mo Jue and others followed the chief eunuch out of the palace.As soon as he left the palace, other people immediately surrounded him.Compliments and praises are endless.Mo Jue also smiled back one by one.

After waiting for the crowd to disperse, Mo Jue walked towards the ordinary carriage beside the road.

"Xiao Jue, congratulations on winning the No. [-] Scholar." As soon as the curtain was lifted, Mo Yu's voice came with a smile.Although he was sitting in the car, he could clearly see the scene outside.From the courteous attitude of the others, it is not difficult to see how much the emperor appreciates the young man.

"Ah, I'm a little hungry. Brother Mo." Mo Jue didn't pay much attention to the position of No. [-] scholar, or he had already regarded it as something in his pocket.Therefore, his attitude will not change.

Mo Yu was a little surprised. This was the first time the boy called him 'Brother Mo' after that incident. Can he think that he has been forgiven?

"Juxianlou is ready, let's go there soon." Mo Yu couldn't hide his joy.

Mo Jue nodded, then lay down on the soft couch in the carriage, closed his eyes and meditated.Just now, the system threw him a big thunder, which almost made him lose his composure.

Mo Yu is his half-brother. (This joke is not funny at all.)

The system said that he wanted him to find out by himself, but thinking that Mo Jue was about to enter the court as an official, he was afraid that he would consider a thief as his father (the Jia family), so he had to tell him in advance.

So, since he is Mo Yu's younger brother, why is he also Jia Zheng's illegitimate son?It's a really complicated question.

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This is a very long story. Mo Jue's mother was originally with his father, that is, Mo Yu's father. The two fell in love and had Mo Jue again, so they planned to marry Mo Jue's mother in as a concubine.Because of their status, they felt wronged by their mother and son, so Mo Jue's father doted on his mother very much.So, at this time, Mo Yu's mother, the wife of the main house, quit.After many times of suppressing and framing, he finally turned black. One time, taking advantage of Mo Jue's father's absence, he secretly disposed of Mo Jue's mother.Unexpectedly, Mo Jue's mother did not die, but was rescued by Jia Zheng who happened to play here.Jia Zhengren, as his name suggests, is a prudish man at all. Seeing her beauty, he took the body of the woman he accidentally saved.He brought it back to the capital and kept it outside.

At this time, Mo Jue's mother felt that she was no longer worthy of her husband, so she endured the humiliation and only wanted to give birth to the only sustenance in her belly and raise her up safely.Fortunately, Jia Zheng didn't explore these things, and only regarded this concubine as a premature baby.

After that, they lived together peacefully until an "accident" when Mo Jue was 13 years old changed the fate of mother and son again.

After recounting the love and hatred of his parents several times in his mind, Mo Jue couldn't help sighing.It is hard to tell who is right and who is wrong. In short, it is the change of the fate of several people.Mo Yu's mother did not take back her husband's favor because of this, but she became endlessly indifferent.In the end, when Mo Yu was five years old, he died of depression.During this period, she did not keep her eyes on the youngest son for even a minute.There is only one man who doesn't love her in her heart.

No wonder he felt an inexplicable closeness to Mo Yu when they met for the first time, it turned out to be a blood brother.Let the past go, the two of them are still brothers no matter what.What's more, Mo Yu was really kind to him.It's just that I don't know how the other party will react when they know the news. They should be very happy, right?Mo Yu thought. (you sure?)

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, he does not intend to tell Mo Yu yet.After all, this is a buff that comes with the system, there is no evidence, and the explanation is not clear for a while.He didn't have any intention of admitting his relatives, it was enough for him to understand.As for the biological father, hehe, let's just leave it at that.

"Xiao Jue, wake up, we're here." Mo Yu gently pushed the young man on the bed a few times.

Mo Jue opened his eyes, there was some misty water vapor.He yawned a little, and got up with Mo Yu's hand.

Mo Yu carefully pulled him out of the carriage and entered the private room that had been prepared earlier.

This time, the two of them were really alone, watching the boy finish the food he picked up bite by bite, his cheeks puffed up like a little hamster.Mo Yu was extremely satisfied in his heart.

As for Mr. Fu, who hasn't been on stage for a long time, his old man has been busy with work recently, and he can't spare a single bit of time.Therefore, I can only miss the precious time with the teenager again.

The author has something to say: Dear friends, please take two days off on weekends, and resume updating on Monday. (please don't abandon me...)