Scholar and old attack

At the beginning of February, Jiang Jingyuan took Fang Xinli, Wei Liangjun and Xiao Zilei all the way northward, arrived at Jingang on February [-], and then transferred to Kyoto by carriage.

It was already the evening of February [-]th when he arrived in the bustling Kyoto. Looking at the bustling city full of shops, thriving trade, restaurants, teahouses, and tiles, Jiang Jingyuan felt dazed for a moment.

It was as if he was in the prosperous ancient capital of later generations.

"Wow, this is Kyoto, so magnificent and prosperous."

Fang Xinli, who was following Jiang Jingyuan, was immediately dazzled. No wonder everyone said that Kyoto is good. Only by taking a look with your own eyes can you know how prosperous it really is.

The bluestone floor covers the entire street spotlessly, as well as the patchwork of tile-roofed houses, and various shops and shops selling on the street, showing the prosperity of the city everywhere.

"Hey, that's the palace, right?"

Wei Liangjun's eyes were also blurred for a moment, and he looked at Wei'an farther away, which was a building that was a hundred times more prosperous and exquisite than the street.

Under the sunshine of early spring, the golden building complex seems to be shining with a layer of holy light. It is tall and mysterious, which makes people daunting.

The four looked at the stalwart building like bumpkins, and the passers-by smiled and said nothing, they had long been used to the look in the eyes of foreigners entering the city.

Spring is just around the corner, even if a few people want to take a stroll in this bustling city, they are powerless. After a day off, No. [-] was sent to the examination room.

When they came out of the examination room, everyone looked like they were constipated. It was too uncomfortable. The questions were a hundred times more difficult than in the provincial examination, and the examination room was not much better than that of the rural examination.

Spring has just started, and we are in the north, and more people are not acclimatized, and they start to have a fever, etc. In short, less than [-]% of them survived.

Even after Jiang Jingyuan came out, his face was a little tired. No wonder many people never took the scientific examination after they came out.

In ancient times, there was no insurance. If you die, you will die in vain, and the government will not pay any compensation. You can live well in this dynasty with the status of a scholar and a candidate, and you don't have to take the road of imperial examinations.

Xiao Zilei was the youngest one, and his body was still in the stage of development. This kind of environment was undoubtedly the most difficult for him, and his face turned red when he left the examination room.

Jiang Jingyuan stepped forward and touched his forehead, it was burning hot.

"Go back to the inn."

Jiang Jingyuan carried him on his back, gave instructions to Fang Xinli and Wei Liangjun, and went back to the inn.

Wei Liangjun originally wanted to find a doctor on the road, but there were no doctors in the several pharmacies he passed by, and they were all invited away, so he couldn't help feeling a little downcast.

"Don't waste your energy. Thirty percent of the people in the examination room are sick. All the doctors in the capital will be very busy. When I get back, I will write a prescription for wind and cold to get the medicine, so that I don't need to call a doctor again."

Jiang Jingyuan had expected this kind of situation a long time ago. All the candidates who came out of the examination room needed to have a look at the doctor. Those who left the examination room before them would snatch the doctor away.

Fortunately, when he was ill, he specifically sought advice from the upright old doctor in Wutong County, and he gave Jiang Jingyuan a wind-cold prescription that worked very quickly.

As soon as he returned to the inn, Jiang Jingyuan opened all the doors and windows to ensure the air circulation in the house, and wrote a chapter of the prescription as quickly as possible, asking Fang Xinli and Wei Liangjun to go separately to get the medicine.

Fortunately, the time was not too urgent, and the medicinal materials needed had not been sold out. Fang Xinli and Wei Liangjun both caught the medicinal materials.

When he came back, he made two patches of medicine, and the four drank them separately. Jiang Jingyuan was afraid that the three of them would also have some low-grade fever, so it would be safer to drink some medicine.

It took nearly half a month for Xiao Zilei to recover from his illness. The three of them took turns taking care of him until the day when the list was released, and the four of them made it to the list without accident. However, because they had to take care of Xiao Zilei, everyone didn't hold back too much from the list. surprise.

"What grade did you pass?"

After Xiao Zilei got better, he was quite concerned about the ranking.

"You are the tail of a crane, we can't get up or down, but Jiang Jingyuan did pretty well in the exam, and the next thing is to wait for the palace exam."

Fang Xinli was always worried before the announcement of the ranking, but after the announcement, he completely relaxed.

Xiao Zilei couldn't help but twitched his mouth when he heard the words "drop the tail of the car", why is he always the tail of the crane.

"Not satisfied, not satisfied, look outside the inn and cry bitterly, they wish they could hang the tail of a crane."

Fang Xinli knew that Xiao Zilei would pass by every time, and felt somewhat uncomfortable, but compared to those who didn't pass the exam, he was already pretty good.

Jiang Jingyuan passed the medicine bowl to Xiao Zilei with his injured hand, "Drink the medicine, and then focus on the palace exam."

"What happened to your hand?"

Xiao Zilei was a little puzzled when he saw Jiang Jingyuan's hand.

"I didn't make the decoction for you. We are all spoiled and spoiled. We have never done anything to serve others. This is the first time this decoction is done. It is always unavoidable to bump and scald."

Jiang Jingyuan didn't want to speak at first, but Fang Xinli's mouth was too fast.

Xiao Zilei's eyes were a little moist. It was the first time he felt that someone cared so much for him. With his tongue against the roof of his mouth, he thanked Jiang Jingyuan in a muffled voice, "Thank you."

"Thank you, elder brother should take care of younger brother."

Jiang Jingyuan rubbed his head, the child after illness is quite good.

The day of the imperial examination came in mid-March, and Fang Xinli started to get nervous again early in the morning. He had passed the first two rounds of the imperial examination by mistake, and he wondered if he would be lucky in the last round.

The inspection was indeed strict, and the eunuchs wanted to take off all the clothes on everyone. Fortunately, they restrained themselves and didn't take off their clothes, they just touched their whole body.

Fang Xinli endured the disgust of being eaten tofu and survived the inspection.

Wei Liangjun stood not far from Fang Xinli's side, staring fiercely at the eunuch who was inspecting Fang Xinli. If the other party was not a real man, he would beat him until his face was full of peach blossoms.

The questions of the palace examination are not difficult, and it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult, but the emperor is sitting in the hall, and the atmosphere in the whole hall is so oppressive that people dare not even breathe.

There are still many candidates who want to raise their heads to see the true face of the emperor, but every time they can only glance from the corner of their eyes, but they dare not look directly.

The majestic emperor sitting above did not pay attention to the small movements of these candidates. Instead, he looked directly at the person sitting in the middle who was identified by Gu Renhuai as Jiang Jingyuan.

He didn't want to pay attention to it. The treasury is now so empty that only rats are left guarding the door. The corruption case at the beginning of last year and the rebellion case at the end of the year did bring a lot of money to the treasury, but all the money was used to subsidize people's livelihood.

Last year's military pay was distributed, but this year's military pay has not yet been paid. The borderland Wara tribe and the Jin Kingdom continue to enter the border to harass the border people. When people bully you, you are not far from the country being destroyed.

Fortunately, Jiang Jingyuan has quite a strategy. In just one year, the country has become much more stable. By pulling out these thorns for him, it will also reduce the worries on the frontier.

He was so afraid that once the war broke out, there would be internal strife in the country. It didn't matter if he died, and his fifth son was still in the frontier.

It is said that it is good to be a king, but only when you actually sit in this position do you realize how tiring and hard it is to sit in this position.

It has been almost 30 years since he ascended the throne. He has never had a good night's sleep in the past [-] years. Sitting on the dragon chair with his own body, he asked himself if he was really happy.

Sometimes he also wants to act willfully, and wants to leave a prosperous and powerful country to his children and grandchildren, but every decision he makes needs money to support it.

So far, he, the emperor, owed nearly [-] million taels of silver to the Lin family, and just [-] million taels of silver forced him to kill the donkey. He desperately hoped to have an inexhaustible money bag.

Before Jiang Jingyuan appeared, he really wanted to slaughter the Lin family and take their gold mines as his own, but thinking about the rich and expensive banks all over the country, he held back.

Once he did this, it would be really difficult for the people to live.

Fortunately, Jiang Jingyuan appeared. Gu Renhuai said that he was the money bag, and he believed it. As long as Jiang Jingyuan is willing to give him money, it doesn't matter if he is a high-ranking official.

Anyway, the imperial court now raises a group of pigs who can only eat dry food. After they are completely fattened, they can be slaughtered for a fortune.

Jiang Jingyuan was earnestly answering the questions on the rice paper. Of course he knew that the burning gaze from above was on him, but he still needed to put on a show.

When the time comes, the eunuch will take away the examination papers and wait for the emperor to review and give the rankings.

There are more than 200 people in the Jinshi, the emperor can't see it, he just said lightly in the review room, "Which one is Datong Jiang Jingyuan's test paper."

Naturally, a responsible eunuch sent the answer sheet to the emperor. The emperor took it without even looking at the answer sheet, and praised, "Good handwriting, good handwriting, even this beautiful handwriting should also be named this year's flower, everyone. How about Ai Qing?"

"Your Majesty's oral order."

None of the ministers who read the answer sheets in the review room dared to say no, this is the right of the emperor.

However, they all have a heart for Jiang Jingyuan who came from Datong. It seems that Jiang Tanhua will be reused in the future, let's see if he can win one or two.

Only Gu Renhuai still shook his head and looked at the answer sheet in front of him, silent.

On the day when the list was released, many wealthy and powerful families in the capital were waiting at the bottom of the list, waiting for them to catch their sons-in-law.

It is said that people from powerful families are limited to people from small counties. For people in the capital, they have some kinship with some real high officials.

That's why they are eager to find a son-in-law to consolidate their position in the capital.

There was such a person in the previous dynasty. He was not considered a very important person in the capital, but it was strange that he gave birth to three beautiful daughters.

The rankings of the three people who happened to be caught were not too low. In the end, the three of them became very famous ministers in the court, and his father-in-law also rose with the tide.

This true story has greatly stimulated the upper middle class in the capital. Even if the son-in-law cannot become a famous official, as a Jinshi, he will not be too bad.

For those who passed the entrance examination from a small county, it is an honor to be able to marry the daughter of a person from the capital.

This can be regarded as a win-win situation, so some young scholars will not marry wives before they are admitted to Jinshi, and wait to see if there is a better family after they arrive in the capital.

It is said that modern people are realistic. In fact, the ancients were more realistic than modern people. They knew how to follow others.

Looking at the crowds of people in front of the imperial list, Fang Xinli teased Wei Liangjun, "Hey, you are too old to get married, so you are also waiting to find a girl from the capital."

Wei Liangjun's face turned red. He did have this idea before, but now, he suddenly felt that this is not bad.

"Virtue, you will be so fascinated by the girls in the capital that you can't find the north." Fang Xinli was sulking, and the bad news poured out, "I heard that the girls in the north are all tough, not as delicate as our southern girls."

Wei Liangjun glanced at Fang Xinli and muttered, you are not delicate.

"What did you say?" Fang Xinli was a little far away and couldn't hear Wei Liangjun's words clearly.

"I said I just like unruly people."

Wei Liangjun repeated again.

Jiang Jingyuan silently lit a piece of wax for him, brother, let's go, don't give it away.

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Of course, the announcement day was very lively, Jiang Jingyuan led everyone to squeeze in with great difficulty, and when he looked up, he saw his name written on the top.

Seeing the champion and the second place surrounded by many unmarried families, Jiang Jingyuan quickly concealed his surprised expression, and turned into a frown.

Xiao Zilei has also learned to be good now. He didn't look at the top of the list at first, but looked at the bottom of the list. As expected, he saw his name in the top two list, and his eyebrows were a little ecstatic.

There are several 17-year-old Jinshi in Henggu. As long as they do something in the officialdom, they will not be lost to everyone.

Fang Xinli and Wei Liangjun were also in the first class, and they were naturally overjoyed, but this time Wei Liangjun overwhelmed Fang Xinli, which made Fang Xinli a little unhappy.

"If you don't want to be besieged, it's better to pretend."

Seeing their joyful expressions, Jiang Jingyuan hurriedly stopped them. He didn't want to be chased and forced to marry his daughter on the street.

The three hurriedly expressed their epiphany, and immediately became frowning. When others saw their expressions, they knew that these people must have a bad ranking, and that's why they had such expressions.

He didn't ask any questions, and continued to embrace those smiling people.

"It's terrible, I feel like I'm going to be crushed." Fang Xinli clutched his chest and walked out of the crowd, feeling that his chest was going to be crushed.

Wei Liangjun frowned, his chest was crushed, should he check it out.

It's a good thing that Fang Xinli didn't know what Wei Liangjun was thinking, otherwise he would have stripped naked for him to examine.

Jiang Jingyuan also frowned, his clothes were all crumpled.

The four of them didn't dare to stay in front of the list for a long time, so they quickly returned to the inn, and let them see a few unexpected people outside the inn.

Jiang Jingyuan saw He Yuzhu and Chen Xiuxiu taking his son and daughter, and Xu Shuizhou pulling Jiang Lu.

Xiao Zilei saw his parents.

Fang Xinli and Wei Liangjun also saw their parents.

"Xinli, are you okay?"

The most urgent thing here is Fang Xinli's parents. After all, their son's identity is too special and sensitive, and they are always in fear at home.

When the news of Fang Xinli's Jinshi came back to Wutong County, everyone praised them for having a good son, only they knew in their hearts the shock of this incident to them.

Standing in front of his parents, Fang Xin finally let go of the edges and corners of his body, turned around, and showed them his intact body, "Father, mother, don't worry, I'm fine."

Jiang Jingyuan took Xu Shuizhou's soft hand, turned his head and asked the two mothers who were holding the child, "Are you all right on the way, why did you arrive so late?"

As early as when Chunwei released the rankings, Jiang Jingyuan sent a letter to his family, asking them to come to Beijing. If they passed the exam this time, they would definitely not go back again. Instead of making another trip, it is better to let them go north directly.

"It's okay, the two children are also doing well, all thanks to the care and care of Zhifu Xiao."

Chen Xiuxiu hugged the two sleeping soundly children and said softly.No matter how good the ships outside are, they are not as good as the official ships, and the magistrate takes good care of them, no matter how bad they are.

"It's also arranged at home, don't worry."

Xu Shuizhou responded with a bright smile. A Yuan has been away for another month, and every night when he turns over and finds no one next to him, he will wake up in fright.

Now that he saw someone, he felt at ease, and with A Yuan by his side, no matter how hard it was, he would not be afraid.

"you lost weight."

Xu Shuizhou touched Jiang Jingyuan's cheek, and found that his face was slightly less fleshy than when he left, and his cheekbones were a little sharper.

Jiang Jingyuan himself didn't think that he had eaten well and slept well in the capital these days, and he felt that he had gained some flesh. Maybe it was because Chun Wei had tossed too hard that time.

"It's your illusion. I think it's about the same weight when I walked with me."

Jiang Jingyuan hooked Xu Shuizhou's nose lightly with his index finger, not wanting to make him worry, it's all in the past, and it doesn't make much sense to mention it again.

Xu Shuizhou's eyes were bright, and his tone was firm, "You are my husband, and I know exactly how much meat you have on your body."

Jiang Lu listened to the words of the two elder brothers, closed his ears automatically, and covered his eyes with his hands, expressing that he heard nothing and saw nothing.

But in fact, the ears can't be blocked, even the tips of the ears are slightly protruding out, and the hands covering the eyes are also opened a crack.

"Don't teach the child badly." Jiang Jingyuan was a little embarrassed seeing him like this, he didn't mean to do this in front of Jiang Lu, but he hadn't seen Xu Shuizhou for a full month and a half, he was too excited.

Jiang Lu signed in sign language to indicate that he didn't see anything, he didn't hear anything, he was blind and deaf.

Only Xiao Zilei stared blankly at his parents at a loss, he will never forget what his parents said to him the day he ran away from home.

He couldn't figure out why he was always compared with others when he was their own son.

He admits that he has many shortcomings, but he did those things just to draw the attention of his parents, why they just can't feel it.

They should be happy now that he's gone, and they don't have to endure the humiliation brought to them by his worthless son.

"Xiao Lei."

Mrs. Xiao stepped forward to hold her son's hand full of tears. In fact, she has been crying all day long since Xiao Zilei ran away from home.

She still loves her child, but the way she loves her is wrong. She wanted to come to Xiao Zilei a long time ago to admit his mistake, but her husband said that the child is grown and he should not be detained at home, so he has been dragging on.

Xiao Zilei felt distressed when he saw his mother crying, but when he thought of what his mother said, he ruthlessly shook off his mother's hand, "Madam Xiao, please respect yourself, I am no longer your son."

"Only people who are as smart as Wang Bowen are your children, and only those who study hard in the government office are your sons."

After thinking about it, Xiao Zilei was still a little suffocated. Every time he remembered that his parents always compared these two people with him, he would hate his parents even more in his heart.

Seeing that his son was still angry, Xiao Kaiqi couldn't help laughing, "It's my father and mother's fault, my son is the smartest person in the world, they haven't even passed the exam, are you in good health? "

Xiao Zilei was puzzled, how did his parents know that he was seriously ill, but he was still angry in his heart, "It's because they didn't pass the exam that they thought I was good, so they came to me? Where were you when I took the provincial exam? When I ran away from home, none of you came to look for me."

Mrs. Xiao shook her head desperately, choked up, and said, "That's not the case. We were there when you took the provincial examination. We just knew you were angry so we didn't bother you."

Xiao Zilei had a look of disbelief, he didn't see his parents when he left the examination room, and they didn't send anyone to look for him afterwards, that's not how they cheat.

Really treat him like a three-year-old ignorant child.

"What your parents said is true. I went to find them the day after you left home. In fact, they had sent someone to look for you at that time. I asked them to call them back."

After Jiang Jingyuan finished speaking with Xu Shuizhou, he saw that Xiao Zilei and his parents had actually quarreled, so he rushed out to explain.

There is no child who just ran away from home without fear. Xiao Zilei wrote an apology all night, crumpled it up and threw it away. Jiang Jingyuan found a complete one and took it to Xiao's residence.

He knows that it is every parent's wish to have a child become a dragon, especially when born in this kind of official family, grades are especially important, and prefect Xiao is eager to prove that he is not dependent on his uncle's relationship, so he made mistakes in Xiao Zilei's education .

However, Xiao Zilei has been oppressed by such an environment for a long time, which has seriously affected his self-esteem and self-confidence, which has led to rebellion and an extreme desire for respect and praise from others.

Parents have a great influence on their children, and if one is not handled well, both will suffer.

That's why he asked Magistrate Xiao and the others to let Xiao Zilei go out on his own for a while. Children without their parents have to learn to grow up.

Judging from the observation during this period, Xiao Zilei is actually a very sensible person. He knows that he should try his best not to cause trouble for others.

From the rural examination to the general examination, he endured such difficult conditions without saying a word. Even with a high fever, he insisted on completing the questions and endured it for nine days.

He has completely transformed from a child into a man, so Jiang Jingyuan thought of writing a letter to ask Xiao Kaiqi and his wife to go north to resolve the misunderstanding between them and Xiao Zilei.

"Really?"

Xiao Zilei's breathing was a little heavy. In fact, his parents hadn't seen him for so long, and he felt a lot of resentment in his heart, but he still missed it more than resentment.

After all, there is no resentment where love comes from.

"Really, Xiaolei, both parents know they are wrong, they have forced you too hard all these years."

Prefect Xiao gently patted Xiao Zilei's head, there is no parent in the world who doesn't love their children, it's just that everyone loves in a different way.

They also used the wrong method. Fortunately, Jiang Jingyuan woke them up and made them repent, so that their son was brought back on the right path.

Even Zhifu Xiao didn't expect that any kindness to Jiang Yuanmao would be reciprocated more than ten years later. He also helped out of sympathy for this classmate, but Jiang Jingyuan still remembered it.

"Father, mother."

Xiao Zilei didn't restrain himself at this time, and rushed into the arms of his parents. As early as when he saw other people's parents loving others, he thought how good it would be if his parents were by his side .

Now he finally got his wish.

Seeing the stubborn boy reconcile with his family, Xu Shuizhou and Jiang Jingyuan looked at each other and smiled, as long as everyone is well, they will be fine.

Everyone was preparing to find a restaurant to have a good gathering, but they didn't expect that a group of guards surrounded the inn in the palace, Fang Xinli's legs trembled a little in fright, could it be something happened?

The author has something to say: Thank you for your concern and greetings. I talked a lot with the doctor today. I will pay attention to everything that should be paid attention to. Thank you very much.

It’s a bit late today, mainly because Dad’s spine is also fractured, he’s bored lying down, I use my mobile phone to watch TV for him, and occasionally chat with him, I’m a chatty person, let’s talk, I’ll forget I wrote it.

The bed-accompanying aunt in the next bed also came to chat with me, everyone in the hospital is very enthusiastic.