Master Shen's Journey Through Time

The day before the palace examination, Taichang Temple received envoys from Southern Chu, and the envoys brought the letter of credence of Emperor Chuxi.

The content is nothing more than that when the border of Tianlong was invaded by the barbarians of the Xiongnu, Nanchu hoped to cultivate Qin and Jin with Tianlong.

The object of the marriage is Prince Yubin, and he proposes to marry Princess Anqing, who will become the crown princess of Nanchu and the future queen of Nanchu.

If it wasn't for the fact that Xiao Chuan's affection for Yuci was much deeper than that of other royal fathers and daughters, there was nothing wrong with this marriage letter.

Yubin is now the Crown Prince of Southern Chu, and his position is relatively stable.

After that Yuci married as a princess, she will be a queen in the future.

Southern Chu is not a remote and backward area, and Yubin is also a young married man with outstanding talents.

One of the two is the princess of the royal family, and the other is the prince of the dynasty, so they are well matched.

It's a pity, Xiao Chuan couldn't bear Yuci to be too far away from him. Before that, he and the queen mother preferred to let Yuci stay in the capital and live by their side for the rest of their lives.

Now I am waiting for Yang Hui to make military exploits, so this time against the Huns, Yang Hui, as a military leader, followed Yuqing to fight bloody battles on the front line.

So I found a reason to prevaricate.

And began to discuss with Nan Chu whether they could change to another princess.

Xiao Chuan has no son, but the princess has a bunch.

It's a pity that such a good marriage has been postponed, it's better to have another daughter.

The concubines with daughters also agreed to change to another princess to get married. This matter is a good thing no matter how you look at it.

That woman doesn't want to be a queen, the mother of a country is much higher than the princess of a country.

Except for Princess Anqing crying to the emperor that she doesn't want to get married and she doesn't like Yubin, everyone in the palace seems to have a good feeling for Yubin.

The marriage turmoil did not cover up the palace examination.

This time, I stood on the main hall as the Marquis of Liu Chuan, and watched my great apprentice Shuyan proudly stand under His Highness with the fifth place in the Beijing Examination.

Compared with other examinees who were trembling, my Shuyan's calmness really made people think it was cool.

Maybe three years ago, I also looked so cool.

Shuyan answered the questions very well, and the written test was also very good, and everyone was convinced by her good handwriting.

That is, for the absolute perfection of my senior apprentice, I can beg Yanran to accept my family Shuyan as a disciple and teach him calligraphy.

Yanran is probably also afraid of losing the family's craftsmanship, so he can be regarded as teaching Shuyan, a young genius, with all his money.

Look at other candidates.

The quality of civilians among the candidates this time has obviously improved. It seems that the development of grassroots education driven by the imperial examination system has achieved remarkable results.

Although the number one in the capital is still the son of an aristocratic family.

But there are three outstanding commoners in the top ten of the Beijing Examination, and their performance in the Palace Examination is not bad.

But Shuyan can think about it, he wants to get a second-class exam and travel at public expense.

Just like Liu Shan and Mr. Chen Yang, they have seen all the great rivers and mountains and left some ancient quatrains.

But the result is definitely not according to his wishes, because my eldest apprentice won the top prize in high school.

I was also surprised by this result.

It will not be a black box operation.

At the meeting of the House of Lords, I raised my objection, thinking that making Shuyan the number one scholar might be a disappointment.

As a result, everyone felt that it didn't matter, they didn't want the son of the family to become the number one scholar, which violated the original intention of the imperial examination system (in fact, they were afraid that the new family would rise up and share the pie in their hands).

But this time, none of the civilians was worthy of being the champion, and they didn't even make it to the top three.

However, it is already an ideal result to have commoners in Yijia.

Shuyan's power is indeed extraordinary, both in opinion and calligraphy are top-notch, and Shuyan's handwriting is even better than what I wrote three years ago.

It is true that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves are beaten to death on the beach.

The academic school won the number one prize twice, which also made my master Meng Fang shine once again.

Then academies sprang up in various places. The Jinling Academy and Menglin Academy built by Jian Xiang in Jinling were called the originator of the academic school by later generations, and the Jiangnan two academies.

But this is all for later.

This year's number one pick is Shuyan, and Tanhua is a handsome muscular man, a general of a family, he is a rebel, he wants to be literary...so he has this burly appearance and a sensual heart.

The second place is a descendant of the collateral line of the Zhou family. He is a little older and already has a pair of children.

At the Luming banquet, the emperor announced the resignation of Prime Minister Jian, and officially bestowed Jianyan and Mingtan on marriage.

Shuyan, who was granted the title of fourth-rank deputy envoy of Jinling, went to Jinling with Jian Zhi and his family exactly half a month later.

Originally, I was worried about the safety of Shuyan and wanted to be escorted by Qingxing, but now I feel relieved.

Because Shuyan went to Jinling, I asked him to lead the intelligence network in the south as the landlord of Wangqinglou.

And the intelligence network in the capital can only be done by myself.

Prince Jing had an accident, Yuqing was in the northwest, and Liu Shan was no longer in the capital, so the current Wangqinglou is under my sole control.

After Zhang Deng was exposed before, I was worried that Zhang Deng would find us, and he would even report to the emperor, and then the emperor would find Wang Qinglou.

And the way to cover up lies is half-truths.

So I began to let various places set up Baixiaotang, which specializes in selling information.

The hall master of Baixiao Hall in the capital city was handed over to a dealer who was too old to be a young lady.

In order not to make the emperor suspicious, I asked the croupier to come forward and persuade King Yi to take a stake in Bai Xiaotang, and then Yanran persuaded Fu Yan to take a share, and asked Fu Yan to tell the emperor about Bai Xiaotang.

But Baixiaotang doesn't sell all information, we don't sell what the emperor doesn't want to sell, and we don't sell information that is related to the safety of the five of us.

The remaining information is also divided into paper leaves, copper leaves, silver leaves and gold leaves.

The operation process is that if someone wants to buy news through Bai Xiaotang, they must register first, and the registration fee is a copper coin.

Then the staff will tell you what level the message belongs to.

If the price is acceptable, then shell out for the leaves.

For example, if it is a silver leaf grade, the staff will give you a silver leaf and inform you of the time and place.

Arrive at that place according to the time, put down the silver leaf, and after a stick of incense, someone will tell you the information you want.

Different ways, adapt to the situation.

And Baixiaotang opened in less than a month.

.......

Ming Tan was given to Princess Huayang, so Jian Yan and his wife would have nothing to worry about for the rest of their lives.

Along with Jian Xiang and the others, there were also envoys from Southern Chu.

In the end, the emperor confirmed that the princess he married was Xiao Yuji, the daughter of the former concubine Xian. Although Xiao Yuji is only 7 years old now, Yubin is not too old. It is normal for the couple to have a 20-year-old difference in the royal family.

Yuji was born as a virtuous concubine, and now she is at the knee of Concubine Shu, so she is considered to be of noble birth.

When they got married in the future, the emperor promised that Yuji would be conferred the title of princess, and the fiefdom would be at the border with Nanchu.

But these are all our ideas, and we don't know what Nanchu's plan is.

This year's imperial examination has been completely over, and Huang Taifu and Zheng Cheng's parade has also returned.

Huang Taifu, who lost Huang Guifei, is more cautious in his words and deeds. After returning, he will never attend non-important occasions.

Until mid-May, the situation between North Korea and China was very good.

The battle with the Huns was also more victorious than defeat.

But I always have a feeling that "the mountain is about to come and the wind is all over the building". As expected, before June, the emperor took the initiative to ask me to talk about Prince Jing in detail.

That day, I had just returned from attending the blind date held by Princess Jiahe with Qingyuan when I was summoned by the emperor.