On this day, Luo Hongguang bid farewell to the crown prince and other attendants, took his homework, walked to the gate of the palace, rode on the pony specially prepared for him at home, and walked home in a bumpy manner.

On the way, he had no time to appreciate the scenery on both sides of the street, and kept thinking about the homework taught by the Hanlin bachelor today.

He is the youngest son of Zuo Shilang of the Household Department. He has several elder brothers, some of whom have already entered the court as officials, and some with mediocre qualifications, so they donated their officials to become county magistrates in other places, and one of them participated in this year's Spring Festival.

After what happened to the Sun family, the emperor investigated the people around the prince over and over again, and the ones left in the end were all innocent and loyal children.He has good aptitude, he has been studying with the prince since he was a child, and if there is no accident in the future, he is the prince's confidant, so he naturally knows that the prince will end this time.

They hid it from the Imperial Academy together, and that experience was amazing.But the Hanlin scholar didn't know that the prince was going to take the scientific examination, but he answered all kinds of questions raised by the prince truthfully.After getting the permission of the prince, he planned to teach the content taught by the Hanlin bachelor to his elder brother at home.

If he can pass the Jinshi examination together with the prince and have the friendship of the same subject, maybe his elder brother will also be favored by the prince.

Luo Hongguang, who was lost in thought, didn't notice that a little miracle doctor and a little donkey followed behind him.

Pedestrians on the road have already noticed it.

The people in the capital all recognized the little princess, most of them didn't think that the little princess was following a young man, and a few noticed it, and didn't intend to remind the young man.

The cute and kind little princess will not hurt that young man, what to remind, what should I do if I scare the little princess?
Yan Zhizhi and the little donkey followed Luo Hongguang to the Luo Mansion in such a fair and aboveboard manner.

There was a porter at the door of Luo's house, and when he saw the young master coming back, he stepped forward to lead the horse, but when he noticed Yan Zhizhi, he froze.

"You are……"

Only then did Luo Hongguang realize that there was someone behind him, and after seeing Yan Zhizhi's appearance clearly, he hurriedly saluted, "Your Highness the Princess."

"No gift, no gift."

Yan Zhizhi quickly waved his hands while looking at him eagerly, trying to convey his thoughts.

Luo Hongguang blinked, and then blinked again.

Yan Zhizhi became anxious, "Zhizhi is here."

Should I invite her in for a cup of tea and some snacks?

Luo Hongguang is a stunned young man who only knows how to read, and he didn't react at all. Mrs. Luo heard the movement and saw a soft and cute little princess at the door. She enthusiastically welcomed people in. Not only did they bring hot drinks and cakes, but also a large plate of candied fruits secretly made by the house.

Seeing the familiar candied fruit, Yan Zhizhi turned his head and looked at the little donkey, and at the same time made a "hehe" sound.

Delicious candied fruit, here they come!

One person and one donkey ate happily.

Mrs. Luo felt relieved when she saw it, "Your Highness loves it so much, why don't you take some away later?"

"OK!"

Yan Zhizhi, who had icing sugar on his hands, thought of his father and master in the palace, and quickly shook his head.

"Zhizhi can come and eat once in a while."

Does this mean that you want to be a guest from time to time?
For a moment, Mrs. Luo suspected that the princess came to visit because she liked their candied fruit.

But after thinking about it, there are all kinds of delicious food in the palace, and the princess would not go here for candied fruit.Maybe the princess will come, with instructions from the emperor.But why did the emperor do this?
Mrs. Luo couldn't figure it out, and when the left servant of the household department returned home at night, she immediately talked about it.

Luo Boshi had the same thoughts as his wife, the princess could not follow their youngest son to the house because of stuttering, there must be an emperor's intention behind this move.

The emperor sent the princess to remind him?beat him?

Luo Boshi couldn't help recalling the recent official duties of the Ministry of Accounts.

Hube has been doing pretty well lately.

In the past, when the national treasury was empty, whoever came to him for money or food, he would cry poorly together with Shang Shu.But recently, the paper mill under the name of the princess and the white salt that has been popular for many months have provided a lot of tax revenue.

The agricultural tools promoted by the Shaofu Supervisor and the Ministry of Industry also allowed the common people to harvest a lot of wheat and rice.

In previous years, the common people did not have much left after paying their taxes, and every household was still very poor, and they had no time to do part-time jobs or do small businesses, let alone send their children to school.

It is different now. The same field can save a lot of time and get more food. Farmers can temporarily leave the field to start a small business or go to a big family to find some work.

The common people handed over the food on time, and because of the recent thunderous action of the new emperor, there were a lot less petty actions in various places, more food was collected, and there were fewer places that needed disaster relief.The clan's expenses are not as high as before, and the monks have spit out a lot of fertile land.

With all these things, the national treasury was finally filled.Although their household department is still crying for poverty every day, they are happy in their hearts.

Luo Bo really couldn't think of any problems with the household department, and apparently the emperor recently planned to rest and recuperate instead of fighting, and that didn't cost much, so why did he send the princess to their house to investigate?
"Could it have something to do with our son?" Mrs. Luo guessed.

The son she was talking about was the one who participated in Chunwei this year.

"It's the only special thing about our family."

"Maybe."

Luo Boshi pondered: "Chunwei, Chunwei... Could it be that what will happen in Chunwei this year, His Majesty has already expected it, and hoped that our son would inquire secretly, so that the princess came to remind our family?"

His eyes lit up, "This is an opportunity to make meritorious service!"

There are more than 100 Jinshi every three years, plus Yin Bu's children. In fact, there are many officials in Dacheng, but those are the only good positions.

Everyone wants to go to a good department. Their son may be able to get into the second-class department, but he may not be able to be assigned to the sixth department. Even if he is released, he may not be sent to a more populous county.

But if you have done meritorious service, it will be different.

Even if he couldn't stay in the capital, it would be no problem to go to a county to be a county magistrate.

"It's just that most of the people who pass the exam every year are from aristocratic families, what else can happen?" Mrs. Luo came from a small family, but Luo Boshi came from a poor family.Because her natal family used to target Luo Boshi, not allowing him to be promoted, and giving her a good name, Mrs. Luo has rarely interacted with her natal family.

She is a married woman, even if she thinks she is still the daughter of her parents, her family may not think so.Father, brother, uncle, cousin, cousins ​​all wished to drag his husband down from his high position so that he could rise to the top.Should she believe in the husband who is already Zuo Shilang, or should she believe in her natal family and help them gain benefits?If she really helped her natal family, is there still a way for her husband to survive?Do her children still have a future?She is not a fool and knows how to choose.

Her background made her see clearly that today's imperial examination is a stage for the competition of noble families.There are more than 100 Jinshi every year, and it is a miracle that there are ten peasants from poor families.

She really couldn't think of any accidents that could happen in such an exam.

Luo Bo actually thought a little deeper, and boldly thought in the direction of fraud.

Even if the imperial examination has become a stage for aristocratic families, everyone still competes fairly for their own interests.If a family made a small move, it might not be the emperor, but another family that made the first move.

The couple chatted for a long time, and the next morning they instructed their son Luo Hongxu.

What my family said was straightforward, Luo Hongxu understood, and was a little excited, "My son will inquire carefully, and he will not disappoint his parents, nor His Majesty!"

Yan Zhizhi had no idea that the Luo family had such a guess.

She and the little donkey came to Luo's house just because their candied fruit was extra delicious.

Before that, the attendant Luo Hongguang secretly brought some to the prince, and the prince gave it to them.

It's a pity that they were too busy later, and the officials were always staring at the prince and the prince. Luo Hongguang didn't have the guts to bring candied fruit, and Yan Zhizhi could only support himself.

And since the last success, every time Luo Hongguang went to the palace to accompany him to study, and when he was going home in the evening, there would always be more tails behind him.

The princesses are coming to the door, it would be bad if they didn't entertain them.

The reception is all kinds of hot drinks and refreshments and candied fruits special in Fuchu, and there are various kinds of tables set up.

Yan Zhizhi laughed so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes, but in the eyes of the Luo family, it was because the emperor was not satisfied with the progress of their investigation and asked Yan Zhizhi to come over every day to remind him.

As for why the little princess didn't speak up, it is of course because everyone knows this matter well, and it can't be put on the bright side.

A beautiful misunderstanding arose, but no one noticed it was wrong.

Yan Xiaofeng thought that his daughter was going out of the palace for something important, and the Luo family thought the emperor was dissatisfied, so they always entertained Yan Zhizhi and the little donkey with all their heart.If it weren't for the fear of being discovered, they would still be able to eat and take away.

In this beautiful misunderstanding, the candidates gathered in the capital ushered in the general examination.

After the general examination, the candidates had to stay in the capital for a period of time, waiting for the results to come out.

The examiners mark the papers in a closed place.

Yang House.

Yang Jian met Fang Wenxing in person.

Fang Wenxing suppressed his excitement and recited his answer sheet smoothly.

Yang Jian was very satisfied, "Hui Yuan, that's enough."

Yang Jian himself is the number one scholar, the former number one scholar, and now the deputy prime minister said so, Fang Wenxing, who was already confident in his talent, was completely relieved.

He is the representative of talented scholars in Jiangdong, and also an in-law of the Yang family. After the examination, countless people wanted to invite him.The self-satisfied Fang Wenxing chose a few poetry clubs at random, ate and drank, and the arrogance revealed in his words seemed to regard himself as the winner of the club, no, the champion.

But at the poetry meeting, there were not only Jiangdong talents like them, but also Huaizuo, Jiangbei, and Hedong talents, and they were all led by the children of the aristocratic family.

The Wang family came from Huaizuo, and they also had a deputy prime minister, and other high-ranking officials in the court, but some people couldn't understand Fang Wenxing's behavior.

The examiners are still grading the papers, and quickly select the test papers they are optimistic about to prepare for ranking.

Although it is a vague name, these examiners know the origin of the test paper.

For example, at this moment, when several examiners were arguing over who should be the first, the chief examiner took a look and chose one of them without hesitation, and put it first.

Just the night before the list was to be posted, Luo Boshi brought his son Luo Hongxu into the palace.

When Luo Hongxu entered the palace for the first time, he was trembling, but thinking about his future, he still mustered up the courage to talk about his recent discoveries.

Yan Xiaofeng was originally coaxed by his daughter to look gentle, but after listening to Luo Hongxu's words, his face was slightly sullen, "What does Luo Qing think?"

Luo Boshi had already learned the news from his son, and came up with several ideas along the way.

To be a minister, one must not only have the ability to discover problems, but also have the ability to solve them.Otherwise, if you just find the problem and don't solve it, what does the court support you as an official?The emperor would not like this kind of people who make troubles but don't solve them!

Luo Boshi was able to maintain his neutrality and fight his way out of the aristocratic family at the same time, because he had his own way of being an official.At least his way of being an official won the favor of the emperor and the hearts of the people.

Locke proposed several solutions.

Yan Zhizhi, who was originally playing with his friends in the side hall, couldn't help but ran over and nestled in the emperor's arms to listen.

【Zhizhi wants to see how his head grows】

Little Donkey: [I want to see it too, I think he is very smart, we need to learn]

Yan Zhizhi: [Hmm! 】

The appearance of Yan Zhizhi confirmed Luo Boshi's previous guess.

Sure enough, the princess was ordered by the emperor to go to their house.

He said the solution according to the advantages and disadvantages.

The first method is to take down the people involved before the yellow list is posted in the Ministry of Rites, eliminate those candidates with problems, and then rank them from the remaining examination papers.The advantage of doing this is that it will not make scholars in the world question the relative fairness of scientific research and the imperial court.The downside is that since it cannot be made public, those people can only be dealt with secretly.Even when someone complains about the cheater, they don't say anything.

Glancing at the emperor's expression, Luo Boshi hurriedly said the second way.

The second way is to wait for the yellow list to be posted, and lead some candidates to question that His Majesty does not want to chill the hearts of the literati in the world, and intends to conduct a thorough investigation, and spread the matter openly, so that everyone can see the ugly faces of the fraudsters and the conspiracy of the people behind them.

Doing so will inevitably make people question the imperial court and the imperial examination, but in Luo Boshi's view, the imperial examination has long been controlled by the aristocratic family.
The advantage is naturally that those people can be thoroughly investigated, and even the foundation of some aristocratic families can be shaken. After all, as far as his son found out, the most powerful Yang family is also involved.The other party must feel that the emperor dared to be so arrogant.On the other hand, as long as the emperor is aroused by the fury of thunder, he may be able to bite off a piece of Yang family's flesh.

Luo Hongxu heard his father's idea clearly, and the sweat kept dripping from his forehead.His father did this to completely stand on the emperor's side and make an enemy of the family.Success, the three generations of the Luo family will survive.If they fail, their family will definitely be liquidated by the family.

But thinking that his father was thinking about them, no matter how afraid Luo Hongxu was, he straightened his back and knelt there.

The emperor did not say good or bad.

"What's the third way?"

Luo Boshi was silent for a moment, then said, "Tell Wang Xiang and others about this matter."

Which people?Naturally, it was the high-ranking officials whose families were not involved, such as Deputy Prime Minister Wang Yuansi, such as some ministers and ministers.

If this is family fighting.

Before the Baiyan incident, the Wang family and the Cui family chose the emperor and betrayed the family. Recently, they have been targeted and have settled down a lot.

Sending this matter to them now is not only to give them a chance to revive, but also to completely cause civil strife in the family, and let the remaining wavering people make a choice.

Should he surrender to the emperor, and then settle down, like the Wang family, get the method of making white salt or other good things, or be like the Yang family, completely become a thorn in the emperor's eyes, and unless the emperor is kicked out, he will continue to fight against the emperor forever?

Yan Xiaofeng took a meaningful look at the left servant of the household department.

"Luo Qing has great talent."

Luo Boshi held back the joy in his heart.

Yan Zhizhi raised his head, "Daddy, what do you mean by big talent?"

Yan Xiaofeng didn't know the role she played in it, so he patted her on the head, seemingly explaining to her, but at the same time implying that Luo Boshi, "has the talent to join the cabinet."

Luo Boshi almost lost his breath.

What does your Majesty mean?Could it be said that if the Yang family is brought down, he can join the cabinet and become one of the deputy prime ministers?
Before this, he had never thought about it!

In the past, it was not that there were no left and right servants to join the cabinet, but generally, to join the cabinet either required the joint recommendation of the prime ministers of the political affairs hall, or the emperor had the determination to fight against the prime minister.You know, once the prime ministers collectively behave poorly, it will be difficult for the court to function normally.

If the emperor has this determination, he has the guts to fight for the sky-high wealth for him and for the Luo family!

In fact, Yan Zhizhi still didn't understand.

She planned to continue asking, but found that Luo Boshi's whole demeanor changed, as if a raging fire was burning behind him.

"Wow."

She opened her mouth wide and stared intently.

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