Xiao Houye's seven-year imperial examination and five-year road to Kaifeng[75]

Pang Yu was also very sad. He finally developed hazy abdominal muscles. Once he returned to the pre-liberation period, with the giant feeding machine Zhao Jue, he never had a free mouth all the way.

Soon his hazy eight-pack abs will slowly disappear, and after returning to flat, a small belly will grow.

But he couldn't see Zhao Jue's disappointed expression. Of course, his prince was pampered by him. He just eats, and if he gains weight, he will gain weight.

Who is not a beautiful fat man!

The big deal is to secretly lose weight!

The construction of Fucheng is even worse than that of the port. The outer city here is larger. It is estimated that because of more land, combined with the local architectural model, many craftsmen were drawn and revised countless times before the final decision was made. design draft.

In fact, the architectural planning is still similar, the main thing is to take good fire protection measures.

The place where Zhao Jue lived was originally the residence of the nobles of the grassland country. After a little renovation, they can live in it, but when the weather gets cold, they have to burn charcoal.

There is no way, this dilapidated place cannot be demolished. The newly built houses are all insulated, and then there are heating pipes. The places where ordinary people live are equipped with collective boilers for heating. At most, the boilers are shared equally in winter. silver.

The wealthy districts are different, independent small courtyards and houses have to burn their own coal.

However, when designing, it is also very good. The design for this heating is either warm or cold.

If you want the master's room to be warm and the servant's room to be cold, it's impossible, even the kind that can't even be remodeled, unless you have the ability to tear down the house and rebuild it.

However, Zhao Jue made a rule that unless the house collapsed by itself and it was determined that no one could live in it, rebuilding was not allowed.

He knew that what Pang Yu hated the most was the differential treatment. After several years of getting along, he still didn't know that his little boy had a steelyard in his heart. In his mind, nobles and ordinary people were the same.

Therefore, the rules set by Zhao Jue are also people-oriented, trying to be as fair as possible.

But in this world, fairness is inherently difficult to achieve.

Even in modern times, who can be completely fair?

"When we go back, I'll take the imperial examination, just in time for the spring exam." Pang Yu said in a low voice, he was not going to travel south anymore.

The big deal is that when he gets old, he resigns and travels again.

"Are you sure?" Zhao Jue asked Pang Yu seriously.

"You can't escape for too long. I'm a 16-year-old adult, so I can protect you instead." Pang Yu said with a grin.

"You have been protecting me all this time." Zhao Jue said, stroking the cub's head.

Compared with what Zhao Jue paid, he thought that Pang Yu had given more. What changed the situation this time was the sweet potatoes that Pang Yu took out back then. If it weren't for these, he would not have been able to win over the local people so quickly.

These foods gave them hope, which allowed him to conquer so many places in just half a year. In fact, it was said that many cities were opened by the people themselves because they wanted to survive.

Not moving the common people stitches and stitches brought him an excellent reputation, which made it all go so smoothly.

When Zhao Jue's carriage entered the city, there was no need to check it. As long as the guards guarding the city saw the convoy representing King Xiangyang, they would immediately let it go.

It wasn't because they were afraid, on the contrary, in their view, Zhao Jue was their savior.

"I don't know if this negotiation will go well." Pang Yu said with some concern.

"It's not their turn to chatter." Zhao Jue frowned, "If they dare to talk, they just keep hitting."

"That's right, brother Jue, you are really amazing this time." After hearing this, Pang Yu didn't feel that Zhao Jue was talking big, and said with admiration.

"It's not my fault alone." Zhao Jue felt embarrassed, who could resist the fiery eyes of the little boy.

"It's spread all over Jiangdu, especially when the news of your successful counterattack is very exciting." Pang Yu didn't feel that there was anything wrong at all, and continued to praise, "It's so handsome!"

The imperial court wanted to subdue the north, but the value of force was simply not enough, so let’s just forget about it. In the past, they were harassed by the grassland country from time to time, which was really annoying.

This time it can be said to have a long face!

Especially the officials, who had a lot of fun. He also fought against the Prairie Country back then. Although he was lucky to win later, it left him with a psychological shadow. He was very dissatisfied with the prime minister who forced him to face the war at that time, and he held grudges to this day.

There was no way, both the imperial army and the Xiang army were in a slump at that time. If the officials did not conscript themselves, what they lost would not be the previous territories, but the entire Central Plains.

If it weren't for the prime minister not being the emperor, he would have gone into battle himself, and it would have been his turn to go to the official house.

Even if they understand this truth, the officials still can't forgive them, mainly because when they think about it, they will remember their ugly behavior of greed for life and fear of death, which cannot be tolerated by individuals.

Not to mention his tall and mighty image, at least as an emperor, he shouldn't be like that.

Zhao Jue knew that his brother was timid. After all, he was so timid even in the face of the ministers. If he wanted to fight in person, he might just show his face. The rest were all due to others, and all the credit was his.

He has nothing to say if he still remembers and hates others like this. In Zhao Jue's view, as long as he can work, it's no use remembering those little things, and it can't change anything.

"It's not that powerful..." Zhao Jue said with a shy smile under the gaze of his own cub.

Zhao Jue can't go back to Bianjing without authorization before the official ordered him to go back, otherwise those people in the court will start to chatter again.

He could guess what those people were going to say, it was nothing more than great achievements, wolf ambition and so on.

If it was me in that dream, it might be true, anyway, he is not that interested, not to mention that he really wants the position, he and Xiao Zai are both men, and it is impossible for him to give birth. After he grabbed that position, he worked hard. Work until he dies, and then pass the position to his nephew?

Isn't that simply sick?

Is he too tired to kill himself, or how?

As long as his brother doesn't waver and doesn't think he has the heart to rebel, Zhao Jue is safe.

In fact, the officials didn't think his younger brother had that kind of heart, not to mention that Zhao Jue was still unmarried and didn't even have a woman around him, let alone a child.

As long as he wants to have a son, the officials will probably believe it. Even if they don't believe it, the seeds of doubt will take root and germinate.

Zhao Jue has nothing, why does he want to take the position of emperor?

The official knows his younger brother better than those blind courtiers. His younger brother is the most impatient when someone bothers him, and he doesn't like to deal with official affairs. Don't think he doesn't know. When he was in Xiangyang City, official affairs were all Pang Yu handled it.

Every day is not to go hunting, or to lead the guards to fight bandits.

Seeing bandits is happier than seeing gold, and he has no sense of dignity as a royal family at all.

How did the officials know that Zhao Jue felt that there was a shortage of labor in his own mine, and bandits were not equal to free labor, and if they were not caught, they would not be caught.

After waiting for almost two months, the envoys from the Prairie Kingdom to seek peace arrived in Bianjing City. After arriving in Bianjing City, these people couldn't help but marvel at the magnificence of this place, which has undergone earth-shaking changes from a few years ago.

It's not that the envoys in Bianjing didn't write a letter to tell them, it's just that those people didn't want to believe everything written in the letter. Think about how it is possible.

That's the fact, the officials were impatient to listen to those envoys wrangling, so they let them hang out for a few days.

In the previous words, those envoys would have been angry a long time ago, and now they are the defeated side, and they can no longer babble.

Who knows if they go crazy in Bianjing, will Zhao Jue in the north go to war directly again? They can't afford to hurt him, mainly because Zhao Jue is too scary, and his weapon, could it be the latest from the Song Dynasty? arms?

It's just that they didn't find anything in Bianjing City, and they haven't seen such weapons in Bianjing City.

As for the spies who were arranged here in the early years, all of them were caught a few years ago, and they were like blind men in Bianjing.

After a few days, the officials finally received the envoys, and after hearing a bunch of nonsense from them, they got into the main topic. Of course, they hoped that Zhao Jue would retreat.

It's a beautiful thought, his younger brother has set up camp there, the city has been built, retreat?What about trouble?

Even if he was willing, his younger brother would not.

Anyway, the officials are determined not to retreat. If they spit out the meat after eating, they will be stupid.

He told the ministers about his consciousness, let them go and talk about it, it has nothing to do with him.

As he got older, he lacked energy. Recently, when he was approving memorials, he was a little powerless, but he couldn't get the palace people around him to approve memorials, so Mrs. Liu...

Among other things, Mrs. Liu is still very talented in this area.

It can't help but remind the officials that when they were in Xiangyang City, his younger brother was very bold in hiring women to work.

There are women from all walks of life in Xiangyang City, and they have proved by facts that they are no worse than men.

Even though he may not be able to compare in terms of strength, he is not afraid when he uses his brain.

The officials didn't insist that men should not be allowed by women, it was just that he was approving memorials, and it was impossible to let outsiders come.

At this time, I miss my younger brother more and more, and it's not that I want my younger brother to work, but mainly because I envy Zhao Jue that there is Pang Yu beside him who can help.

It is true that there is a queen by his side, but the queen's vision is still too narrow. As for his son, he is only ten years old, and there are limits to what he can help.

After another two months of wrangling, some compensation was finally obtained. That's right, as the victorious country, unless they were crazy, they would pay the grassland country instead. Even if the courtiers agreed, the officials would not agree.

His younger brother is still waiting for the news. If word spreads that they cowardly send things to the prairie country, his younger brother may be angry and come to the prairie country again.

You can always trust his younger brother's violent temper, so the elder brother can't be cowardly. After compensation, let the younger brother come back by the way.

Pang Yu spent the New Year with Zhao Jue in the north, and felt the enthusiasm of the northerners. The quantity of each dish was astonishingly large. Pang Yu suspected that it was all cooked according to Zhao Jue's appetite.

By the way, his 17th birthday has passed, so it will be Tianxi's five years.

Zhao Jue received the order to recall, so he left some of the Xiang army, dispersed and stayed in the north. In fact, many people here married wives and had children. Zhao Jue didn't ask them not to marry wives here.

They even built a village for them that belonged to the family members of the Xiang Army, which was safer than ordinary villages, and each household was given land.

When it was harvest time, Xiang Jun was also allowed to go home to help harvest.

Because Pang Yu wanted to follow Zhao Jue back to Bianjing City to take the imperial examination, Zhan Zhao left the team. He still thanked Pang Yu for leading him out. He learned a lot from Pang Yu's side and became more confident. You can travel alone.

Zhan Zhao's martial arts skills are indeed high, he can be said to be the most talented existence among the three brothers in their family.

Except that his brother felt that he was inexperienced, there was basically nothing wrong with him.

Although Zhan Zhao said that he was leaving, Pang Yu still planned to give him some things, such as free food at the Yuefeng Building, and free accommodation in the inn.

This alone can save Zhan Zhao a lot of expenses.

Going home is faster than the way Zhao Jue came. He took a sea boat in Chenzhou, landed near Qingzhou, and then changed the inland river. The carriage galloped all the way.

Finally, before the opening of the imperial examination, I finally arrived at Bianjing City.

Zhao Jue took Pang Yu to meet his brother first, the officials were not surprised at all, his younger brother loved to take Pang Yu with him everywhere, but Pang Yu was really easy to use.

As expected of the talent he was optimistic about, after a few words, he lost energy and let Pang Yu go home first.

"Brother, why is your health so bad?" Zhao Jue couldn't help asking with concern seeing his brother's complexion.

"Perhaps he didn't care about it when he was young, but now that he's getting older, he can't do it anyway." The official said indifferently, and he was very happy to see his younger brother back.

Therefore, it is not advisable to be lustful or anything. It is strange if there are a bunch of wives and concubines.

"The thing I'm most worried about is you." The official grabbed Zhao Jue's arm. This younger brother is still so young, how can he be relieved.

"I have nothing to worry about." Zhao Jue was speechless, and didn't feel that he needed his brother to worry about anything.

"You haven't gotten married yet, how do you want me to meet your father in the open?" the official said with a dissatisfied face.

"Can you blame me?" Zhao Jue said nonchalantly. It was impossible for him to come up and say that he wanted to marry Pang Yu. If he really wanted to say it, his brother would definitely not agree, unless his brother suddenly lost his mind and went crazy. .

This topic was exhausted by the officials, and finally ended, and Zhao Jue returned to his palace.

His palace is still built in the inner city, half of which has become the inner city of the palace, and there is still a lot of space, enough to build a palace of his level.

On the second day, he received his brother's award, and the title did not change. At the beginning, his brother made him a prince, and if he went up, he could only be the emperor.

So Zhao Jue didn't even look at the silk jewelry, etc., and threw them into the warehouse.

As for jewels, he wouldn't go crazy and inlay them on clothes or swords.

Pang Yu was angry because he was going to take the imperial examination and couldn't meet him!

Zhao Jue directly closed the door, refusing to see any visitors, and he would not see anyone until Pang Yu's results came out!

Pang Yu was also very upbeat. He had seen his parents, grandparents, and younger brother when he returned home. His sister would definitely not be able to see him. After all, he couldn't freely enter and leave the palace.

Anyway, after the reunion, he started to study in seclusion. Earlier, Zhao Jue had invited his husband to teach him. In Xiangyang City, not only the schools that light up technology, but also the ones for the imperial examinations, all invited very good teachers.

Pang Yu also went to attend many courses and benefited a lot. When he came back this time, he just revisited the past and learned something new.

Today's imperial examinations have changed from before, and it turned out to be like Pang Yu's original proposal. Everyone takes a bath and then distributes clothes. Of course, the bath is in a single room.

With the shower equipment, it is much more convenient to take a bath. If the whole body is wet, even if there is a little stir, it will be blurred.

What's more, I have to change into the clothes uniformly issued by the imperial court. The white clothes have a little bit of ink that is very clear.

After several days of exams and the food distributed by the court, everything went smoothly.

The most important thing is that even if you take the test next to the toilet, the stench will not be unbearable. This toilet is full of flush toilets, how could it be very smelly.

After Pang Yu finished the exam, someone sent by Pang Ji took him home. God knows how much Zhao Jue wanted to take his cub back, but it's a pity he couldn't do that, otherwise all previous efforts would be for naught.

If he did this, it would be easy for the censor to catch him and attack him.

It's okay to attack yourself, Zhao Jue absolutely does not allow anyone to attack his cub.

Counting the days, he hasn't seen his prince for more than half a month, but for the sake of the future, he can only endure.

On the day when the list was released, Pang Ji sent someone to check it out early. Seeing that Pang Yu's name was ranked first, the servant hurried back to report. Pang Ji was very satisfied with this, honoring the ancestors!

At the beginning, he was also admitted to Jinshi, and the top few were already very good, but his son actually got the first place in the exam.

Only then did Pang Yu heave a sigh of relief. If his ranking was too low, he couldn't afford to lose that person.

Now only the palace test is left...

"Let me just say, what I like, how can I be wrong." The official was very happy, and had a meal at the Queen's, showing off by the way.

"That's right, Pang Yu has been smart since he was a child." Empress Li was also very happy. She had no enmity with the Pang family, and Pang Feiyan was a good helper by her side.

If Pang Feiyan's twin brother is healthy, it will only help her more.

With the lack of energy of the officials in the past few years, it has made the Liu family stronger. If the Liu family had not had children and made mistakes in the early years, Empress Li would have to worry about her succession.

She thought that Pang Yu would continue to travel with the King of Xiangyang, but what happened in the grassland country, she never expected that the King of Xiangyang would be so strong.

"After the palace examination, I will give Pang Yu a marriage, and I will give Jue'er a good match." The official said happily.

If you want to match the King of Xiangyang with a woman from a good family background, Empress Li is 1 unwilling.

The officials are confident that their younger brother will not be greedy for that position, but Empress Li, who became a sister-in-law halfway through, doesn't think so.

Si Tianjian sent a lot of birthday horoscopes, all of which were unmarried women from aristocratic families in Bianjing.

It's a pity that all of them are crossed out, which makes the officials unacceptable. His younger brother is so good, but there is no one who can match him? !

Si Tianjian also had a helpless face, and told the officials that he might be barely worthy before, but now it is hard to say, King Xiangyang has committed a lot of murders this time, and the evil spirit is even more powerful. Ke wife.

Ordinary fate could not suppress the evil spirit of King Xiangyang.

As soon as these words came out, the official family was almost pissed off. His younger brother is good everywhere, so how could he be so angry...

Moreover, there is no hidden place in the palace, what Si Tianjian said, probably spread throughout Bianjing City the next day, everyone should know that his younger brother restrained his wife?

Who dares to marry their daughter!

The Sitianjian could only say with a strange expression, "There is one person whose horoscope matches."

"Say, who is it?" The official asked anxiously.

"It's the official that you asked us to be the second Pang family man with a horoscope." The Si Tianjian said helplessly.

"What?" The officials were dumbfounded. Is this a human language?

"It's Mr. Pang's family, but it's almost meaningless." Si Tianjian continued.

"Almost mean?" the official asked puzzled.

"If he can be named on the gold list, he should be able to suppress the prince's evil spirit." The Si Tianjian said solemnly.

If Pang Yu was here, I'm afraid I'd die laughing, what kind of serious nonsense is this.

But the ancients were superstitious, and the emperor believed it even more. He was kind to Zhao Jue, so he naturally had a certain emotional foundation. Another point was that Zhao Juewang was him.

As long as Zhao Jue is involved in matters that have something to do with him, then bad things will definitely turn into good things. Doesn't this mean that his ninth younger brother favors him.

"If the lord's evil spirit is not suppressed, I'm afraid it will affect the fate of the country..." Si Tianjian said again.

"That's the only way?" The official glanced at the other party and gritted his teeth and asked.

"That's the only way." The other party gave him an affirmative look in reply.

The officials had no choice but to make a choice. They couldn't affect the fate of the country just because of their younger brother. If this was the case, he would not be able to face the Zhao family's ancestors even if he died.

Pang Yu, who finally ushered in the palace examination, never expected that Zhao Jue had done a lot of things, but he just used what he had learned. After reading the papers, the officials announced Pang Yu as the number one scholar on the spot.

Happiness came too fast, and before he could react, another decree came down, a marriage!

It's just that the object of the marriage, the envy of others from the beginning, after hearing the main character who gave the marriage, everyone turned into sympathy.