Zhuo Qihua

When Da Lu drove out of the city gate, Zhuo Ji opened the curtain for the first time.Zhuo Ji, the three imperial guards riding horses beside the chariot, was no stranger to them.Emperor Yong'an had eight imperial guards, Lin Yi went to the firearms camp, Qin Zhongyi was preparing for a special camp, and now there were only six imperial guards left beside Emperor Yong'an.Among Emperor Yong'an's imperial guards, Zhuo Ji was only familiar with Lin Yi and Qin Zhongyi, and the other six were familiar, but they had never spoken to each other. Zhuo Ji also avoided contacting them proactively.

Putting down the car curtain, Zhuo Ji turned around: "Your Majesty, it is impossible for Lin Yi and Qin Zhongyi to be imperial guards anymore, don't you plan to add two more?"

Emperor Yong'an: "The selection of imperial guards is stricter than that of concubines in the harem. Not only must they be strong in martial arts, have a clean background, but they must also be absolutely loyal. You are always by my side now, and I must choose carefully. After the battle in the Erjin Department is over, I will select a few suitable ones from the Pan family or the Firearms Battalion."

Zhuo Ji moved over and hugged Emperor Yong'an: "Your Majesty, you don't need to go that long. The war is about to start, so it's not wise for you to leave Beijing at this time."

Emperor Yong'an pinched Zhuo Ji's chin: "Now I'm just a fool who loves the harem."

"Pfft!" Zhuo Ji couldn't help laughing, "Your Majesty is a fool, so I have to be a demon concubine? No, I am a demon servant."

Emperor Yong'an was also amused.Then he squeezed Zhuo Ji's chin lightly, let go and said, "I have already foreseen the outcome of the war in Tarkin's Department. Lin Xieshan sits in the capital, and Guan Minghui is in charge of the military department. I have nothing to worry about. I have arranged everything, Pan Yuzhi If there is still a mistake for me, then God wants to save his Atutai's life."

Zhuo Ji: "I hope that the war in Tarkin's Ministry will end before the Chinese New Year, so that Your Majesty can have a happy New Year."

Emperor Yong'an: "If this war can be ended a year ago, I will give you some pocket money during the Chinese New Year."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward~"

Zhang Xian heard the conversation between His Majesty and Shun Zuo outside, with a smile on his lips.He is the happiest that His Majesty can take you to another courtyard to recuperate.The gate of Dongluo City fell far behind the convoy, and Zhuo Ji's consciousness began to blur as he lay beside Emperor Yong'an's legs.The blood-tonifying decoction that Hu Pengju prepared for him contained sleep ingredients, and he would feel drowsy after drinking it.After Zhuo Ji fell asleep, Emperor Yong'an tucked him in the quilt and went out.

"Long live." Zhang Xian said softly.

Emperor Yong'an lowered his voice: "Shun Xie fell asleep, let someone come over to serve you."

"Yes."

Emperor Yong'an went to the front, Zhang Xian called Xiaohui to come and guard.

After Emperor Yong'an left the capital with his beloved attendant, the long-overdue Kuihu list was finally posted.The students didn't bother to ask the officials of the Ministry of Rites why they were three days late this time. Everyone crowded in front of the list, hoping to find their names in it.Du Bing, Cai Fanmao, Luo Qizheng, Shen Peinian, and Chen Yige also squeezed into the crowd looking for their names.Du Bing is a junior member of Kyoto Prefecture. The five people looked at the first list first, and sure enough, Du Bing ranked first.The other four immediately congratulated: "Brother Du! Congratulations on Jie Yuan in high school."

Du Bing suppressed his joy and said reservedly: "It's a fluke."

The other four were envious, but also anxious about their grades.Du Bing felt relaxed now, and helped the four of them find out if they were on the list. After searching for a while, Du Bing said, "Congratulations Brother Cai."

Cai Fanmao's name is No.20.The top 40 candidates are selected in the northern region's annual township examination, and only 40 candidates are selected from a thousand students. The fierce competition is unspeakable.In addition, this year's questions are really perverted, and many students who are stable in high school have failed the rankings.Cai Fanmao's literary talent is not particularly outstanding among the five, at least not as good as Chen Yige and Shen Peinian.Du Bing will not talk about it, but Cai Fanmao High School, Chen Yige and Shen Peinian failed.Luo Qizheng didn't expect much at first, and he wasn't too disappointed at this time, but the disappointment of Chen Yige and Shen Peinian was clearly written on their faces.Luo Qizheng didn't know how to comfort them, so he could only pat them on the shoulder.

Shen Peinian was very sad, he thought he would bring his wife and daughter to the capital after high school this time.Life may be difficult, but he has the identity of Juren, so why worry about not being able to find a way out.This time, I failed the ranking, and my hope is empty.High school, ecstatic.Those who fail the rankings cry loudly.Many people are shouting: "How could I not win, XXX has won!"

The same is true in Shen Peinian's mind: 【Cai Fanmao has won, why did I fail the ranking! ] He was very puzzled. He thought he answered the policy theory well.Regarding the Academy of Sciences, he has always been very concerned about it, and the "Nature" journal also managed to get a copy and read it, and he still knows something about it.

Du Bing: "The last policy theory is too slanted, and I didn't have much confidence at first."

Shen Peinian lowered his head, wiped the corners of his eyes, and squeezed out of the crowd in despair.The other four followed, some were happy while others were hurt.

"Dang, clang, clang!" Tongluo sounded, and the students in front of the kuihu list all looked sideways.

"Enrollment at the Academy of Sciences, Military Industry Research Institute, Military Medical Research Institute, and Economic Research Institute - interested students should go to the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of War and Ministry of Households to register before the tenth day of this month - no waiting for expiration - the opportunity must not be missed, Time never comes, pass by, don't miss—"

clang clang

After shouting three times in a row, the guard posted the bright notice next to the kuihubang, and then left with a gong beating.There was a sudden silence at the scene. The students who were already in high school did not move. The students who failed the exam were the first to walk to the announcement and walked over one after another.

At this time, an officer walked up to the five people, looked at them once, picked up the booklet in his hand and asked, "Who are Shen Peinian, Luo Qizheng, and Chen Yige?"

Luo Qizheng looked at Chen Yige in surprise, and said first, "This is Luo Qizheng."

Chen Yige: "I am Chen Yige."

Shen Peinian suppressed his heartache: "I am Shen Peinian."

Officer: "The three of you are from..." The officer mentioned the origins of the three, and the three nodded repeatedly: "Exactly."

As soon as the officer's booklet was collected: "The three of you come with me."

Luo Qizheng: "I don't know why this big brother asked me to wait?"

Officer: "I don't know about this, it's an order from above. Don't delay, follow me quickly."

Du Bing stretched out his hand to stop the guard, and said: "This big brother, this time, Du Bing is Xie Yuan."

When he heard that the other party was Xie Yuan, the guard's attitude improved a lot, and he saluted: "What's the matter with Mr. Xie Yuan?"

Du Bing: "I don't know who is looking for the three of them, but they are all my friends."

The officer said: "I don't know who is looking for them, I just follow orders, but I want to take them to the Yamen of the Ministry of War."

"Military Department?!"

Shen Peinian grabbed Luo Qizheng's arm with weak legs, why did he go to the Ministry of War? !The officer said: "Don't make things difficult for Mr. Xie Yuan, I must hurry up and take them to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and wait at the peak."

Although Du Bing is Jie Yuan, he is not yet an official. The guards give him face, but they don't say too much to him.Amidst Du Bing's deep thinking and Cai Fanmao's worry, Shen Peinian, Chen Yige and Luo Qizheng followed the guards anxiously.Cai Fanmao: "They won't have any trouble."

Du Bing frowned: "Just wait for them to come back and ask."

The three of them followed the guard all the way to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and the guard handed them over to another person and left.The man brought the three of them into the yamen, Luo Qizheng took out a small piece of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the other's hand, whispering: "Brother, who the hell wants to see the three of us?"

But the guard stuffed the silver back with his backhand, and said with a smile: "I'll say 'congratulations' to the three scholars first."

Congratulations?

Luo Qizheng: "Where does this joy come from?"

Officer: "Isn't it a joy to have the Duke, Lord Hou and the two Shangshu adults meet in person?"

what? !

Even Luo Qizheng was dumbfounded.He heard it wrong!Luo Qizheng wanted to ask again, but the other party made a small gesture and said: "The three scholars will naturally know about it later, but the younger one can't say much."

The three followed the guards to the backyard of the Yamen of the Ministry of War in a daze. The more they walked in, the more people there were, but everyone was in a hurry, looking very busy.The guard brought the three of them to a big room, and a person standing at the door came over, the guard said, "My lord, you have brought them here."

"Ah."

The face of the other party is serious, and it looks like he was born in the army.The other party did not say a word, and after confirming the identities of the three people, he led the three people to the front of the house, first knocked on the door, then opened the door, and said to the three people, "Go in."

The legs of the three of them were a little weak, as if they were following the execution ground.Chen Yige took a deep breath, pressed Shen Peinian and Luo Qizheng's shoulders hard, and the three of them suppressed their panic and walked over the threshold together, and walked in, and the door closed behind them.Glass windows let as much sunlight as possible into the house.In front of the three of them were several tables, and behind each table sat a person, even two of them were children.The three stepped forward and saluted in two steps: "Student Chen Yige/Shen Peinian/Luo Qizheng have been ordered to come—"

A majestic voice exploded above the heads of the three: "His Royal Highness King Qin and King Qi are here, so don't neglect them."

His Highness King Qin and King Qi?The knees of the three of them softened instantly, and they knelt down with a plop.Having a reputation as a scholar shows that officials do not kneel, but they must kneel when they see the royal family and nobles.

An immature but equally majestic voice sounded: "Sui Guogong, Chang'an Marquis, Ministers of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry are all here, are you still rude?"

The three hurriedly kowtowed again in panic.

King Qin: "Get up."

The three of them stood up weakly.Lin Xieshan didn't give a shit, and said directly: "Chen Yige, Shen Peinian, Luo Qizheng, the last policy of the three of you in the rural examination is very insightful. Chen Yige, I heard that you want to try the 'Military Industry Research Institute', Can you tell me what you think of the 'Military Industry Research Institute'?"

Chen Yige was shocked, tried to calm down, and said his understanding of the "Military Industry Research Institute": "Mr. Hui, the students heard that it was the cannon made by the 'Military Industry Research Institute', which easily calmed down the Tarkin Ministry's attack on me. The students are full of admiration for Beigu's attack, and they yearn for it..." Chen Yige gradually calmed down when he talked about the things he was interested in.

After he finished speaking, Lin Xieshan asked: "If my lord orders you to enter the 'Military Industry Research Institute' today, you want to study artillery together with those illiterate craftsmen in the institute, would you like it?"

Chen Yige said excitedly: "Students are willing!"

"Okay, you read this thing carefully, and if there is no problem, write your name and stamp it with your fingerprint."

Chen Yige stepped forward and took a copybook with both hands. After he read it carefully, he said, "The student has no problem!"

"Then sign and stamp."

Half an hour later, the three of them were taken out of the Yamen of the Ministry of War by the officer who brought them here.Standing at the gate of the yamen, the three of them looked at each other, still unable to believe what just happened.Shen Peinian looked at his right thumb, there was still a mark of red mud on the thumb, he looked at Chen Yige and Luo Qizheng, and asked uncertainly: "Let's, this is it, are we going?"

Chen Yige was also looking at his thumb, and then took out an iron plate from his pocket, looked at it carefully and said: "If I remember correctly, the Duke of the Kingdom told me to go to the Military Industry Research Institute tomorrow to be on duty."

Luo Qizheng became excited belatedly: "I didn't expect Mr. Nian to want me. I have to go back and write to my father!"

Shen Peinian took out his badge: "I still can't believe it, I'm going to the Academy of Sciences." Speaking of this, he said greedily: "If you can go to the 'Academy of Military Medicine', you say, Will I be able to get the fertility drug?"

Luo Qizheng: "Brother Shen, you are worrying too much. Brother Chen is in the Military Industry Research Institute. The Military Industry Research Institute and the Military Medical Research Institute are both under the Ministry of War, and they are all under the command of the Duke. We are led by two Highnesses, The Duke and the two adults interviewed in person, which shows that they attach great importance to us, and it should be no problem for Brother Chen to get you some fertility drugs in the future."

Luo Qizheng had a vague feeling that Duke Guo clearly said that the three of them had good insight in their last essay, but in the end they failed the ranking. Could it be that...

Chen Yige: "This makes sense. Brother Shen, don't worry, if we can make some achievements, as the Duke of the State and the two Ministers, it will not be difficult to get some fertility medicine."

Shen Bainian took a deep breath: "It feels like a dream."

Luo Qizheng said in a low voice, "Do you feel it, you two brothers? Just now, whether it was the two Highnesses or the two Shangshu adults, it seemed that they looked down upon the students of this high school in their words? The Duke of the State said the three of us The last policy answer was a good one.”

Chen Yige: "This is not your illusion. I also thought that I answered the last policy essay well, but I failed the exam. This is unreasonable."

Shen Peinian naturally felt it too, and asked, "Why?"

Luo Qizheng shook his head: "I can't guess, anyway, I have an errand. Think about it, even if Brother Du and Brother Cai won Jinshi, they can only start from the Imperial Academy, but we have to Just follow the Duke and the two ministers to do things."

Chen Yige: "Don't bring this matter up in front of Brother Du and Brother Cai, just say that I'm waiting to fail the exam, and the Fourth Court wants me to come for an interview."

Both Luo Qizheng and Shen Peinian nodded heavily.Coming out of it, the three of them also learned the word "interview".

As soon as the three of them returned to the residence of Luo Qizheng's family in the capital, Du Bing and Cai Fanmao, who lived with them, immediately greeted them. Cai Fanmao asked, "Then why did the servants ask you to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War?"

Luo Qizheng replied first: "The three of us have the highest grades among the students who failed the rankings this time. The steward of the Fourth Court wanted us to go over and asked if the three of us would be admitted to the Fourth Court. Anyway, I have no hope of the imperial examination, so I go to the Fourth Court to be a craftsman Not bad."

Shen Peinian sighed: "Entering the fourth courtyard, I can at least take over my wife and daughter."

Chen Yige: "I originally planned to go to the Fourth Academy. If I failed this time, I can go to the Fourth Academy first and take the exam after three years."

Shen Peinian immediately said: "I think so too."

Cai Fanmao said: "That's good, at least brother Shen can stay in the capital and bring his wife and daughter over."

Shen Peinian nodded: "No matter how difficult it is, at least I won't starve to death in the fourth hospital."

Du Bing: "Since that's the case, congratulations to the three of you first."

Luo Qizheng: "Compared to Brother Du, this is nothing to congratulate me. Brother Du got married in high school, this is a big event, let's go, I will treat you tonight, 'Fuyang Restaurant'."

Luo Qizheng invited the four of them to "Fuyang Restaurant", but if it wasn't for Du Bing and Xie Yuan, who were already famous in the capital, they would have to wait at the door like everyone else, not knowing when they would be able to eat. "Fuyang Restaurant" was overcrowded, and after the private rooms on the second floor were opened, it was even more difficult to find a room and a table.After Fuyang Restaurant changed its owner, the food tasted a lot better. A while ago, Fuyang Restaurant launched a series of wild mushroom dishes from the Ministry of Talkin, which not only received great praise, but also caused a wave of eating.The number of wild mushrooms is limited, and only a certain amount is released every day. Only rich or expensive can afford it.Luo Qizheng's family is considered to have a small fortune, so today he ordered a plate of stewed chicken with hazel mushrooms.Just this plate of stewed chicken with hazel mushrooms cost 5 taels of silver, even Luo Qizheng felt very painful.If you order more good drinks, more delicate and rare dishes, it is possible to have a meal of a hundred taels of silver.

Because Du Bing is Xie Yuangong, the shopkeeper of the restaurant gave Du Bing and the others a private room.This private room has a minimum consumption of 40 taels of silver.Luo Qizheng bit the bullet and sat down to order. With the minimum consumption of 40 taels, Luo Qizheng ordered 50 taels of food and drinks, and he came all the time, so he couldn't seem too petty.But thinking of how he would work under Nian Shangshu's subordinates in the future, Luo Qizheng took this meal as a reward for himself.