To Rule in a Turbulent World

You Miao said: "Just give my brother a jar of green bamboo leaves from the cellar."

The boy left, and You Miao was dressed in a brocade robe, and stepped out of the room. The boys followed You Miao in two teams, and walked through the corridor towards the main hall like stars holding the moon. When passing through the garden, Li Zhifeng Step over and look at You Miao.

You Miao: "Are you done packing?"

Li Zhifeng nodded slightly, walked in front of the servants, and entered the hall in a mighty way.

You Miao has grown taller over the years. He is a young master of Yushu Linfeng, Pianpian, who is taught by Sun Yu to study and learn to be a man. A scholar can't hide his bookish air, but because he practices martial arts on weekdays, there is a kind of unrestrained and free and easy look of a warrior in his brows, and there seems to be an unconcealable sharpness under his two clear eyebrows.

Qiao Jue, You Hange and Zhang Wenhan were sitting drinking tea when they saw You Miao coming and said with a smile, "I got up so late today."

You Hango said: "Brother."

You Miao nodded slightly, took the main seat, and said with a smile: "I have to go out today, and I can't bear to stay at home, so I snooze for a while, let's have dinner first, I'm already hungry."

The servants of the family came in to prepare the meal, and the table was full of dishes. When there were outsiders leaving the meal at home, Li Zhifeng stood behind You Miao serving the dishes and serving the wine. You Miao said, "Is the elder brother going to Beijing too?"

You Hango laughed at himself: "No, it's better to stay at home."

Zhang Wenhan said: "Brother Shuofang is already a candidate, and he has studied for several years, why don't you take the exam?"

You Hange said: "Daddy specially told me to come here to see you off today. Although I have studied in the past few years, I still can't do it after all, and there is no one to take care of me at home."

After hearing this, You Miao just nodded. He is no longer hostile to You Hange as before. Although his Jiangbo Villa is not as good as his father's Chashan, it is enough to be self-sufficient.In the past few years, Tokugawa never mentioned the family property, and You Miao didn't bother to ask, so she pretended not to know.

Qiao Jue tapped her fingers on the table, and the servant poured out the wine. Qiao Jue smiled and said, "Hango has the same temper as me. He doesn't like to read and write articles. It's good to do business at home."

You Miao hummed, and Qiao Jue said, "Come on, Miaozi, may you be blessed by Wenqu, order a number one scholar to go home!"

Several people rejoiced, You Miao held the cup, tilted her head with a smile, and glanced at Li Zhifeng.

Li Zhifeng picked up a cup, You Miao poured half of Zhuyeqing to him, and You Miao said to Zhang Wenhan, "Zhang Er, you have to study hard too."

Zhang Wenhan nodded with a smile, and said: "I don't have the life of the champion, I only hope to be a tribute, so I won't embarrass the young master."

You Miao said: "Whatever you read, count wherever you go, everyone!"

Several people drank it in one gulp.

After drinking and eating, You Miao came out of the mountain gate a little drunk, and all the servants in Shen Yuan came out to see them off. The whole Jiangbo Villa learned that the young master was going to Beijing for the exam today, and all of them were dragging their children and bringing their daughters along. , come to ask for a lottery.

You Miao finally felt a little timid, and everywhere said congratulations to the young master, wishing the young master's title on the gold list, etc., You Miao just wanted to get in the car as soon as possible.Qiao Jue smiled and gave the tenants a lot of money, Li Zhifeng put on the carriage at the gate, Changyuan and Shaowei each drove a carriage and waited.

"Okay, okay." You Miao said with a smile: "Let's all go back, I must be named on the gold list, definitely!"

You Miao has been running the villa for these years, and he is a generous person. He will give food to anyone who brings his family to join him. Even today, when he is going to Beijing, the tenants stand for nearly half a mile, but they are very reluctant to part with him.

You Hange walked to the car, and said to You Miao: "Brother, this is what Dad asked me to give you."

You Hange's servant came over with a heavy carved box. You Miao opened it and took a look. It was full of square boxes the size of a palm, and immediately understood that they were all tribute tea.The sandalwood box for tea alone is worth a lot.

"Put it in the car." You Miao nodded and asked Li Zhifeng to take it.

You Hango said again: "This is a little bit of brother's kindness. I know you are not short of silver taels, but these are light and light. You can carry them with you. You can also protect yourself if you need them in case of emergencies." He weighed it and rubbed it with his fingers, knowing that it was filled with gold leaf.

"What about you?" You Miao said sternly, "Brother, after studying for a few years, don't you want to go to Beijing?"

You Hange laughed at himself and said: "No, brother is not that kind of material, and he will be satisfied if he can pass the exam."

You Miao joked: "Just think of it as going to Beijing for fun."

You Hange leaned into You Miao's ear and said, "It really won't work. It would be embarrassing for our family to go to the exam. You don't know. During the township exam, Dad invited his master and wrote the article accordingly. I wrote a stroke. I copied it by heart..."

When You Miao heard this, she immediately had an indescribably strange expression.

You Hange laughed again and said, "Go ahead, get some meritorious service, and return home in a splendid manner."

You Miao nodded, and got into the car. At the turn of spring and summer, the green wheat waves rolled to the sky. He sat in the car, looking at Jiangbo Villa, looking at Shen Garden, looking at his home...until he can no longer can not see.With infinite emotion in my heart, I leaned on Li Zhifeng's arms.

"What are you thinking?" Li Zhifeng said.

You Miao: "I'm thinking about my brother."

Li Zhifeng: "Your brother?"

You Miao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I said, how could he pass the exam after only a few months of reading, even if he couldn't read all the words! It turned out that he invited his master to write an article and memorized it by rote!"

The corner of Li Zhifeng's mouth twitched, and You Miao said again: "It's true that money can turn ghosts around, no wonder my husband doesn't want to see him."

The front window of the carriage was open, Chang Yuan, who was driving the carriage, turned his head and said with a smile: "Young master is going to Beijing this time, but he has learned from his real talents, and he will definitely be on the list!"

You Miao really has no idea. Although she has studied with Sun Yu for the past three years and has read everything she should read, she is still not sure where she is, whether she can be a Gongshi or a Jinshi. , or the title of the gold list, really won the number one?Sun Yu said that he has read these books, but it is impossible to win the number one scholar, and he is satisfied when he is a Jinshi.

"How much money did we bring?" You Miao's heart moved, and he forgot to ask such a big thing as money when he was traveling.However, for the accounts in the villa, Li Zhifeng and Qiao Jue are the ones who come in and out. Knowing that I have more than 5000 taels of silver and four warehouses of hundreds of thousands of catties of grain.Presumably going to Beijing is the top priority, even if he was careless and forgot to ask, Qiao Jue would definitely change the bank note for him.

Li Zhifeng replied: "At the beginning of the year, I went to Yangzhou to exchange 2000 taels of silver bills, and I carried all of them with me. Qiao Jue took another 300 taels of silver in the box, which is enough for you for a year. price."

You Miao didn't expect that Li Zhifeng was still thinking about this incident back then, and couldn't help laughing, leaning on Li Zhifeng, rubbing and pressing him, laughing until tears came out.

Li Zhifeng said again: "Is it enough? If it's not enough, there are still a few hundred taels in the store in Yangzhou. Let's go buy it now."

You Miao thought for a while and said, "It should be enough."

"Hey!" Changyuan couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

You Miao said: "You should be talking about ostentation, there is no such thing, your young master has a lot of friends, and now everyone has made a fortune. In the future, the imperial court will be the world of that bastard Li Yan, so we have to sort out the mess. 2000 taels of silver is really not enough to spend.”

Li Zhifeng pondered for a while, and then said: "Not enough? Take a detour to get it."

"Enough." You Miao said, "Let's use it like this first."

When You Miao spent money, he would spend tens of taels or hundreds of taels casually; he was still young at that time, but now he has to spend money again, which is no longer what it used to be.

When he entered Beijing, he wanted to meet many people.

Imperial Academy of the Imperial College, Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Yan, Pingxi, Lin Luoyang... the sons who hang out together in the past have all reached the age of officialdom, maybe everyone has changed, and they are no longer in the state of mind when they were young, especially Li Yan, every time Beijing officials go to Jiangnan, the ones who talk the most are the Li family and his son.

Today, the Li family is so powerful that it has become the mainstay of the Tianqi dynasty. The Li party is powerful, and it has been appreciated and supported by the prince... and You Miao's comrades-in-arms who once lived and died together, and now they have suffered a defeat and are blinded in the capital. The third prince Zhao Chao.

There are undercurrents in the capital, and I am afraid that spending money, factional disputes and intrigues are indispensable.You Miao suddenly found out that she had to go back to face the one day she left unintentionally three years ago.It seems that the years have given them a leisurely time, but in fact it is like a sharpening stone, forcing them to grow up by themselves.

Fortunately, You Miao was not the rusty sword thrown in the corner.

You Miao couldn't help sighing: "Am I going to take the exam to serve the country? Or go to the battlefield!"