Mrs. Rebirth

At the end of March, the naval garrisons along the coast intermittently ushered in their new peaks. As soon as these generals arrived, they began a vigorous and comprehensive rectification.

In the past few years, Dayang sent most of his troops to the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, and elite soldiers and robbers were transferred from all over the country one after another, leaving most of them aged or incapable.

Since the navy was basically paralyzed, gradually some poor civilians were mixed up in it for military pay. There were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they had the right to be named.

Many generals felt dizzy seeing this situation, and when the situation was found out, their hearts were even more chilled, and the letters of complaints flew to Crane City like pieces of paper.

The headquarters of the Cao Gang in Hecheng, where Lu Zheng and some of his subordinates live, his plan cannot be implemented without the Cao Gang. Good for messaging.

After reading those complaining letters, Lu Zheng replied with one word: Change!

The old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled were kicked out, the ones with bad intentions were kicked out, and the rest were used as long as they could be used. If they couldn’t be used, they were all kicked out, and then recruited again. Just like this, the entire coastal navy was boiled over this matter. .

The news that Lu Zheng asked people to spread was that the imperial court was dissatisfied with the naval forces from all over the country taking up the military pay but doing nothing, and was planning to reduce the number of personnel.

The civilians naturally don't care about this, the pirates are raging every year, and these sailors have never seen any meritorious service or killing anyone.

The local civil servants are happy to build this. It is important to know that the navy's military salaries are all allocated from local taxes. If this part of the money can be saved, the purse of the official will naturally be even bigger.

Some people applauded and others were unhappy, especially those sailors who were kicked out. They could no longer get a salary that they didn't have to work.

Not only bad people but also bad soldiers came out of poor villages. The navy in many places made a fuss, and some even called up the kicked-off soldiers to drive away the dignified general.

Those new generals are not vegetarians either, they are all gearing up to show off their skills.

It's good to make trouble, they are worried that they will not have the opportunity to train soldiers, and they have to be tougher than them if they want to drive them away.

The navy was in turmoil, and the rumors became more and more exaggerated. Yang Yi led his confidants to drill around the coastal towns of Hecheng County every day, spreading the news that the imperial court was planning to abolish the establishment of the navy.

He didn't care about the reaction of the people who heard the news. There must be some people who were happy and others who were worried. The ones who were worried were naturally the local villagers who wanted to be protected, and the ones who were happy were the eyeliners of those pirates stationed there.

A few days later, the wind direction changed, and the local governments posted the emperor's list. The emperor ordered Zhen Guogong to rectify the navy. A month later, Zhen Guogong will go south.

Those eyeliners who had just sent the news back were taken aback, and quickly sent back the new news, and began to inquire about the situation of the navy station.

At this time, most of the naval forces in various places have been laid off, so they are naturally empty. Seeing this situation, those eyeliners made a combination of two and decided to make another big vote before Zhen Guogong went south.

And at this moment, they learned that a gorgeous merchant ship was loaded with goods and went to sea.

What happened along the coast did not reach the capital. Zuo Shaoqing received a letter from Lu Zheng every three days. The letter was not long, but only wrote a few words of concern.

Even so, Zuo Shaoqing was quite cheerful. When he replied, he always wrote down several pages, from his own life records to the gossip and gossip of the capital, to the important affairs of the court, even if he knew that he would not write. Lu Zheng must have known this too.

Ten days after the examination, it was the day when the results would be released. Early in the morning, the housekeeper of Zuofu took two strong young men out to check the results at the place where the results would be released.

The rest of the Zuo family waited anxiously, Xue's heart was a little complicated, on the one hand, he wanted Zuo Shaoqing's high school to improve the level of the Zuo family, on the other hand, he didn't want his high school to prevent this bastard from becoming lawless.

Zuo Yunwen naturally begged the god Bai Buddha to wait for his son to be on the list. He woke up before dawn, and offered a stick of incense to the Bodhisattva in a rare way.

Zuo Shaoqing got up when he heard the commotion, and stayed in the room to read after eating breakfast. The discussion outside became louder and louder. Grandpa is hopeless in high school.

Zuo Shaoqing pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth, and calmly buried himself in the book.

It's just that Luo Xiaoliu suffered a lot, sweating profusely, walking up and down the room, asking from time to time: "Master, do you think you can win?"

"Stay here, dazzle Grandpa!"

"How can you still see it? The housekeeper hasn't come back at this hour, so he must not dare to come back." The more Luo Xiaoliu thought about it, the more his heart became colder, and his high emotions gradually subsided.

If the third master can't become an official, he can't be the official's personal servant, and his goal is to go to the position of the housekeeper. Now, it seems that he can only continue to be a third-class servant up.

How did he know that the place where the list was released was crowded with people, and it was very difficult to squeeze into that street. The time for the butler to go out was not too late, but it was obviously not early compared to the servants and students who were waiting here all night.

So when he arrived, it was announced that the inner three floors and the outer three floors were full of human heads, and it was densely packed.

Not only most of the students from the city came, but also the lively people of Kyoto came to see the list one after another. Many families even went for the unmarried men on the list, planning to recruit them as sons-in-law.

The students crowded together to contribute, some saw their names, some wept with joy, some worshiped their parents from afar, and some thanked God.

Of course, some people are happy while others are disappointed. Many students read the list from beginning to end and from end to beginning several times but couldn’t find their own names. , Crying and shouting.

The butler pushed forward desperately with two young servants, but there were too many people, and he was not young and strong, so he was always squeezed out two steps before taking one step forward.

Someone at the front also read the list loudly. The steward heard the words "Zuo Shaoqing", but unfortunately couldn't hear the ranking clearly, so he pushed forward even harder.

"Ouch..." Pushing aside, the housekeeper didn't know how many feet were trampled on. He was old, and he was out of breath after a while, and was pushed further and further away by the crowd.

After being squeezed out completely, the expert wiped the sweat off his face, moved to the side of the road and sat down, looking for the servant who followed him out.

There were too many people, and when the young servants squeezed out to find him, the sun was already close to noon, and at this time, the official messenger who announced the good news was beating gongs and drums to find him in front of the Zuofu gate.

According to the usual practice, the higher the ranking, the later the notification. Therefore, at this time, the Zuo family has lost patience, and the Xue family has even thought about how to deal with that bastard whose eyes are higher than the top.

Just as Zuo Yunwen was sighing in despair, the porter rushed in, tripped over the threshold, still lying on the ground smiling obsequiously, "Master... the official messenger to announce the good news is here!"

"What?" Zuo Yunwen's heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and he accidentally touched the teacup on the table. There was a crisp "clang" sound, which woke Xue Shi who was resting behind.

While Zuo Yunwen was in a daze, another servant came in leading the official who announced the good news, followed by a few white-faced youths who didn't need to be dressed as servants, and everyone's faces were full of ecstasy.

"My son... Is my son noble?" Zuo Yunwen still couldn't believe it. He had counted the time, and the people who came to announce the good news at this time were probably the top few.

"Congratulations to Mr. Zuo, congratulations to Mr. Zuo, the third master of the family is full of talent, and has been appointed as a member of the Huiyuan. Hurry up and set up an incense table to accept the order."

"Oh, oh..." Zuo Yunwen nodded blankly, then reacted, and shouted with wide-eyed eyes: "Hurry up, ask Madam to set up an incense table."

Since the Zuo family was resigned from the capital by an imperial decree 20 years ago, they have never been honored to accept the grace of the saints. The maids and servants are inexperienced, and they are in a hurry for a while.

Mrs. Xue suppressed the unhappiness in her heart, ordered everyone to set up the incense table, and ordered the masters and ladies to be called quickly, even Zuo Shaoling, who was locked in the room all day, had to come out to receive the order.

After the Zuo family knelt down according to their seniority, the leading servant opened the bright yellow imperial decree, and read out the imperial decree in a cadenced manner. It was nothing more than admiration for Zuo Shaoqing's outstanding literary talents, noble character, full of classics, erudite scriptures, and bestowed upon him Try the head name, and take part in the palace test three days later, hereby!

After the imperial decree was announced, everyone in the Zuo family did not respond. Their expressions were different. Zuo Shaoqing was the one who was in the most stable state of mind. He stepped forward to accept the imperial decree, and said loudly, "Students accept the decree and thank you! Long live, long live, long live!"

No matter what mood the Zuo family was in, they immediately kowtowed to thank Zuo Yunwen. Zuo Yunwen stood up, his cheeks blushing with excitement.

But he didn't know that Zuo Shaoqing was in Huiyuan, and felt that the reward he had prepared was too little, so he took off the jade pendant from his belt and stuffed it in, and then put the purse into the hands of the servant who declared the decree.

"I'm bothering you all to make a trip, please accept any kindness."

The servant weighed it unobservably, and stuffed it into his arms with satisfaction. Originally, this kind of imperial decree was declared to be a good job, and no one would hold them accountable for accepting bribes according to law.

"Third Master Zuo is young and promising. He is not only Jie Yuan, but now he is also a high school Hui Yuan. After three days, the number one scholar will be hand-picked in the palace examination, but he will be the number one. The 14-year-old number one scholar is still the number one. It's time to measure the first portion."

Zuo Yunwen couldn't help laughing out loud, thinking of Zuo Shaoqing's Sanyuan and the scene after that, his whole body was light and light, and his eyes almost disappeared from laughing.

The servants spared no effort to flatter him, boasting that Zuo Shaoqing was a Wenqu star descending to earth, boasting that there is nothing in the sky and nothing on earth, Zuo Yunwen was in a good mood, and in a daze let Xue take another 20 taels of silver as a reward.

Zuo Shaoqing's eyebrows twitched, and she thought to herself: Zuo Yunwen is really generous in his actions. I have never given him so much money since I was a child, and I don't know if I will feel heartache afterwards.

Zuo Yunwen probably wouldn't be heartbroken, but Xue's face was extremely ugly when she took out the 20 taels of silver. If you look carefully, you can see that her hands are shaking.

When the servants walked out of the Zuo mansion with their purses in their arms, the Zuo family gradually quieted down. The servants looked at each other and moved away from Mrs. Xue and the other young masters and ladies.

Only Zuo Yunwen was not affected, holding Zuo Shaoqing's hand, Lao Huai comforted him, "Shao Qing, you really lived up to your father's expectations, haha... Yuxiang really gave birth to a good son!"

Zuo Shaoqing lowered his eyelids slightly, and only at this time, Zuo Yunwen still remembered his biological mother, Ruan Shi. He secretly glanced at the pregnant Aunt Yue behind him, and said in a low voice, "It's all because of my father's good teaching."

"Okay, okay!" Zuo Yunwen said three good words in a row, and ordered a servant, "Go and call the second master's family, and invite Cheng Shaoqing too. Let's celebrate tonight."

"Master..." Mrs. Xue called out sharply, with a gloomy expression, "My brother-in-law is busy with work, how could he be running around over such a trivial matter?"

Xue Shi clenched her fists, full of depression and unable to vent, invited her sister's family to celebrate for being a bastard, didn't this deliberately hit her in the face?

Zuo Shaoqing swept across everyone's faces, and saw that all of Xue's lineage were frowning, and the rest were indifferent. The only one who was very happy about his high school was Luo Xiaoliu.

The corner of his mouth slightly raised, and he said understandingly: "Father, the imperial examination will be in three days, and my son wants to hurry up and prepare. Why don't we talk about the celebration after the examination is over?"

Mrs. Xue hurriedly nodded in agreement: "Yes, master, if we hold a big banquet now, in case...wouldn't it be embarrassing for Zuofu?"

"Shut up!" Zuo Yunwen was angry, obviously dissatisfied with Xue's crow's mouth. He suppressed his heart and looked at Zuo Shaoqing lovingly, "Since you still want to read, then this matter will be over." Let's talk in a few days."