Don't go back to hometown

Jiang Xianyu was immersed in the joy of Xie Chengkao winning Huiyuan, unaware that he had attracted the attention of Emperor Wenqing.

There were wave after wave of official messengers and guests who came to Xie's house to announce the good news, but Xie Cheng and Duan Shuwen, except for meeting the guests on the first day when the list was released, closed the door to thank the guests afterwards, and concentrated on preparing for the palace examination.

In the afternoon of the day when the list was released, some bodyguards of the Ping An Bodyguard Bureau arrived in the capital from Yangzhou, and lived in the house that Jiang Xianyu had rented a few days ago.

The bodyguard not only brought Jiang's father Jiang's mother's letter, but also quietly handed Jiang Xianyu a secret letter and an account book.

"The governor asked me to give this to the young master, saying that the young master and Mr. Xie will understand after reading it."

Confused, Jiang Xianyu opened the secret letter and read it, but the more he read it, the more frightened he became, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He hastily put away the secret letter, told the bodyguard to keep silent, and brought the things back to Xie's residence.

After reading the secret letter and ledger, Xie Cheng was as surprised as Jiang Xianyu. He frowned and said, "No wonder, this year Jiangnan had a bumper harvest, but when the snowstorm happened, there was still a shortage of food."

Who would have expected that the Duan family would be so daring to invade the people's land and charge such a high rent in turn.

"Can this account book be used to punish the Duan family and King Zhong?"

Thinking of the tens of thousands of victims who suffered from hunger and cold during the snow disaster, Jiang Xianyu felt righteous indignation: "Master Fang gave us such an important thing, didn't he just ask us to keep it?"

Xie Cheng looked at the ledger in front of him, and said calmly: "We will write two copies and quietly send them to Prince Rui's residence and Xu Jing's house."

"Xu Jing?" Jiang Xianyu was surprised and puzzled, "Since it was given to Prince Rui, why should it be given to Xu Jing?"

Xie Cheng: "Although Xu Jing intends to marry Li Mingya, it doesn't mean that the upright Xu Yushi is willing to join Prince Rui's command. If Prince Rui takes the account book and keeps it secret and plans to deal with King Zhong later, we You can also use Xu Yushi to expose this matter."

"The teacher and Jiu Wang sent the account book at this time, they must think that the current time is the most suitable."

"Then why not give it directly to Xu Yushi, but also to Prince Rui?" Jiang Xianyu said, "It is too cheap to give him the handle of King Zhong for nothing."

Xie Cheng: "Only relying on Xu Yushi to fight against King Zhong is still somewhat weak, but if Prince Rui also knows about this, he will definitely cooperate with Xu Yushi."

Jiang Xianyu felt that it made sense, picked up the ledger and walked towards the desk, "Then let's copy it quickly, I will go to Prince Rui's residence later, and you go to Xu's residence."

Xie Cheng stepped forward to hold his wrist holding the pen, and said in a deep voice: "I'm going to Prince Rui's residence."

Jiang Xianyu was stunned for a moment, but hadn't reacted yet.

Xie Cheng: "Be obedient, you go to Xu Yushi's residence."

The guards of Prince Rui's Mansion must be stricter than Yushi's Mansion, and there may be many hidden guards lurking, which is more difficult and dangerous to sneak into than Yushi's Mansion.

Coupled with the previous life's reasons, Xie Cheng didn't want Jiang Xianyu to take another step, whether it was Prince Rui's Mansion in Xi'an, or Prince Rui's Mansion in Beijing, even Li Mingya couldn't invite him to be a guest.

In the previous life, the rainy night when he reunited with the boy's icy corpse outside the dungeon of Prince Rui's Mansion was a hurdle that Xie Cheng could never get over in his heart.

Jiang Xianyu caught the tension and worry in Xie Cheng's eyes, as well as a trace of lurking uneasiness, and couldn't help but twitch his heart.

Everything in this life is so smooth that Jiang Xianyu thinks that they have cast aside the haze of the previous life and are heading towards a future that is completely different from the previous life.But he forgot that some people and things can be let go and ignored for him, but for Xie Cheng, they hate to the bone and cannot be forgiven.

Xie Cheng loves Jiang Xianyu even more than Jiang Xianyu, hurts what he hurts, hates what he hates.

This was the case in the previous life, and it is the same in this life.

Letting go is never easy, Jiang Xianyu was able to do it, but because Xie Cheng avenged him in his previous life.

But no one can dispel the hatred and hatred in Xie Cheng's heart for him.

In the previous life, even if he killed his enemies, he couldn't revive his youth. In this life, even if Jiang Xianyu was reborn, he couldn't erase the torture he suffered in the previous life, let alone the pain and pain of Xie Cheng's parting with him.

He could break free from the obsession of imprisoning and raising the boy, and let the boy fly in the vast sea and sky, but he couldn't let go of his hatred for Ren Xiaoyao and Prince Rui.As long as there is something related to these two people, he will still subconsciously spread his wings to protect Jiang Xianyu.

Jiang Xianyu felt very sorry for such a Xie Cheng, and thought more than once that he would rather Xie Cheng be reborn and not remember anything, only the youthful love in his heart, without all the heart-breaking pains later.

Jiang Xianyu took a deep breath to suppress the soreness in his heart, put down his pen and turned to look at him: "I listen to you."

"But you also have to do what you can, leave things behind and withdraw, don't confront them head-on." Jiang Xianyu looked at him solemnly, waiting for his answer.

"Well," Xie Cheng leaned over to hug him, "I'll listen to you too."

……

On the day of the palace examination, Xie Chengtong, Duan Shuwen and others got up early, ready to enter the palace.

Several children in the family did not wake up, only Xie Sangrou and Jiang Xianyu got up and sent them into the palace gate.

What followed was a long wait.

Xie Cheng and others finally met Emperor Wenqing in the main hall after repeated name checks and physical examinations.

It was almost the first time for all the candidates to meet Tianyan, so they were naturally overwhelmed by the majesty of the emperor, and respectfully knelt down to salute.

Xie Cheng, on the other hand, gave Emperor Wen Qing a casual look.The other party's aging was more obvious than he had imagined, and his breathing sound was rough and muddy, and his body seemed to be unhealthy.

Xie Cheng secretly kept these in his heart, sat down in front of the table according to the instructions, and opened the test questions when the gong sounded for the start of the test.

There are only four words in the title: How to rejuvenate the country?

The moment Xie Cheng read the question, he had the answer. He quickly conceived in his mind, but he was not in a hurry to answer the question. Instead, he picked up a pen and wrote down his thoughts on the manuscript paper.

Candidates in the hall began to write one after another.

Emperor Wenqing observed for a while on the dragon chair, then slowly got up, and with the support of the eunuch in charge, he walked among the candidates.

The first candidate who passed by was the Huiyuan who was at the front——Xie Cheng.

Just a few days was not enough to investigate Jiang Xianyu clearly, not to mention that Shen Zhui did not dare to reveal that he did not report the current situation of Jiang's family, so he only reported some superficial information to Emperor Wenqing, which was only better than King Zhong presented it to Emperor Wenqing. The informant has some more interpersonal relationships.

Including the relationship between Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng.

At that time, on the eve of the announcement of the meeting, Emperor Wen Qing repeatedly read Xie Cheng's resume and the article, and finally decided to designate him as Huiyuan.

But now, the first sentence Xie Cheng wrote on the manuscript paper went straight to his heart.

"Agriculture is the foundation of strengthening the country, business is the key to rejuvenating the country, and soldiers are the weapon to protect the country. Promoting business through agriculture will make the people rich; enriching the country through business will make the country prosperous and the army strong; this is the way to rejuvenate the country."

Emperor Wenqing's gaze made Xie Cheng pause, but he quickly continued writing as if nothing had happened.

"If you want to develop agriculture, you must first reform the land system and innovate farm tools... If you want to develop business, you must first redefine the business system and master the manufacturing process... If you want to develop an army, you must first rectify the military system and forge weapons..."

Every item was detailed to the point, there was no empty talk, and there were even some minor details that Emperor Wenqing and his courtiers hadn't thought about, but under Xie Cheng's deduction, they could play a pivotal role. The more Emperor Wenqing watched, the more excited he was, His breathing became rapid.

"Ahem..." He suddenly coughed violently, but his old face was glowing red with excitement.

The chief eunuch quickly helped Emperor Wen Qing aside, and offered warm water to moisten his throat.

Xie Cheng's pen tip paused slightly, he raised his eyes to look at Emperor Wen Qing, and before the other party looked over, he lowered his head and continued to answer.Many people were hesitant to write because Emperor Wen Qing's sudden cough disturbed their mood.

The relieved Emperor Wen Qing went around the field again, but he never saw Xie Cheng's incisive articles again.Some people even trembled when they noticed Emperor Wenqing's approach, their thoughts were completely confused, and they couldn't make a sentence.

Individual examinees also mentioned issues such as farming, commerce, the military, and restructuring, but they were not as in-depth as Xie Cheng.

Most of the candidates talked about the way of governing the country or the way of being an official, citing classics and piling up a lot of great principles, but said little about practice.It seems that as long as officials can memorize history books and state policies, be honest and diligent, the court will be clean and the country will be prosperous and prosperous.

Emperor Wen Qing didn't think they were wrong. It is important for officials to be familiar with history books and national policies, to be honest and diligent, but what is more important is the wisdom of reforming the past and making good use of it.

Unexpectedly, Xie Chengnian was only a weak crown, but his thoughts were more profound and reasonable than some older candidates and officials.In contrast, those articles that quote classics and pile up rhetoric are too inferior.

There were more than [-] tributes who participated in the palace examination this year. Emperor Wenqing did not read all of them, and only returned to the imperial study at noon.

In the evening, the gong rang to close the papers, and the examinees left the palace and went home, waiting for the papers to be graded.In recent years, more and more tributes have been selected in the imperial examination. It is difficult to complete the marking and release of the palace examination on the same day.

During the review period, the imperial court sent out good news that the disaster in the south of the Yangtze River was completely over, the ice melted and the snow melted, and the spring blossomed.

Sure enough, Li Yi and Fang Zhizhou, who experienced several "accidents" along the way, finally arrived in Beijing safely one day before the release of the palace examination.The prefect of Yangzhou, who was rewarded in Beijing for his outstanding disaster prevention effect and minimal human and financial losses, and the Jiedu envoy of Jiangnan, who was suspended for investigation, also came with him.

Jiang's father, Jiang's mother and Jiang Baizhou also arrived in the capital on the same day. So far, all the old parts of the Tibetan Sword Villa have been imported into the capital in batches.

Su He's fourth senior brother, Guo Lei, did not come. First, his wife had just given birth and had to stay to take care of him; Generally equivalent to the Jiang family's adopted son, Jiang's father thought twice, and still didn't want him to take the risk of getting involved.

At the end of March, the palace examination results were released.

According to the previous practice, in the morning, the martial arts tributes will perform martial arts first, and His Majesty will bring all the civil and military officials and the civil and military tributes to watch, and then sing the civil and military performances respectively, and finally there will be the civil and military champion parading through the streets, and the Qionglin Banquet in the evening.

Xie Cheng got up earlier than the day of the palace examination, while Jiang Xianyu had a light sleep all night, and woke up when he noticed Xie Cheng getting up.

"Going?" he murmured sleepily.

"Well," Xie Cheng leaned over and kissed him, "Go on to sleep and wait for me to come back."

Jiang Xianyu let out a "huh", took the little glutinous rice balls sleeping on the side of the bed into his arms, and said vaguely: "Later, let's watch you parade through the streets together."

Xie Cheng agreed, changed his clothes, washed and left the door.

……

The military tribute ceremony is held in the square outside Xuanwu Gate. His Majesty sits on the throne on the steps, accompanied by several princes, and hundreds of officials are lined up on both sides. This year, the new civil and military tributes are lined up under the steps, and the space in the middle is convenient. It is the martial arts arena.

In previous years, the performance of martial arts was just a formality, to show the spirit of the warriors, to please the Holy One, and it would not have any impact on the established ranking of Wugong warriors in the test.

But this year, it was proposed by the Ministry of War to play a new trick--representatives selected by the Imperial Army and the Gyeonggi Guards will compete one-on-one with the Wugong soldiers.

In this way, it is indeed more entertaining, and it can also show your personal style, but it is also clear at a glance whether you win or lose, which is not a good thing for some Wugong fighters.

Xie Cheng glanced up the steps, Li Yi happened to look down, and the two exchanged a look from a distance, Xie Cheng knew that this was the beginning of a good show.

Sure enough, Xu Jing was the first to play.He was dressed in Gyeonggi Guard armor, holding a long spear, majestic and handsome, and said loudly:

"Gyeonggi Guard Xu Jing, please give me your advice!"