Meng Zezhi came out of the Gongyuan with his front feet, and the case of ginseng soup with his hind feet came to light.

"I didn't expect Concubine Xu to be so courageous..." Shiqin served Meng Zezhi while washing, and said, "That maid is a newcomer who just entered the mansion two months ago. There was no money to treat him, and her family was desperate, so she was sold into the house for three taels of silver."

Shiqin doesn't sympathize with her at all. Being poor is never a reason for a person to do evil: "The other day, her father's illness worsened, and she couldn't sleep all night in a hurry. If she doesn't sleep this night, she won't have the energy during the day. Work, just for this, she was scolded by the concubine's stewards a lot that day."

"Aunt Xu didn't know where she found out about this, so she sent her own younger brother to find a thug on the street and sent a letter to the maid, with a 20 taels silver note in the letter. If you give her another hundred taels of silver, won't that girl be moved?"

"On the day of your exam, Master, her cronies are hiding in ambush halfway, and when Shi Qi is passing by, she will be knocked unconscious by sneak attack from behind while she is not paying attention, and then let the maid change into Shi Qi's clothes. , and mixed in with a cup of ginseng soup mixed with arsenic. Fortunately, God opened his eyes, that maid ruined things because she was too nervous!"

"Aunt Xu thought that her plan was flawless, and even if things were revealed, she would not be able to find her head. As a result, her own younger brother drank a little too much wine yesterday, and couldn't help complaining to his group of friends. The maid came and said that if it weren't for the useless maid, his eldest nephew would be Yunyun, the prince of the future government, and his group of friends and friends who saw money were the masters, and sold him without even thinking about it. exposed..."

Meng Ze knew but laughed silently.

How can there be such a coincidence in this world, I'm afraid that person shot.

"The truth is out of the water, no, this morning, Madam sold Concubine Xu, the fifth young master... Zhao Yikang and Zhao Yide were also sent to Zhuangzi by the grandfather of the country. If nothing else happens, in this life It's impossible to come back. There is also the second lady, I'm afraid she will be returned by her husband's family in a few days, and I feel relieved when I think about it."

Meng Zezhi didn't have too many thoughts on this, but he didn't want him to pity Zhao Yikang's family for this.

In late February, it will try to release the list.

Zhao Lingwu couldn't wait to take the good news sent by the newspaper, and opened it: "Good news, Zhao Mingyian, the young master of your house, Huiyuan, the first place in the Bingshu Division Examination High School."

"Okay," Zhao Lingwu's face was flushed, excited, and then he waved his hand: "Rewards, all rewards, heavy rewards!"

Xiao Shi also had a happy look on his face, and said at the right time: "Butler Qiao, tell me to go on. Today, every servant in the whole house will be rewarded with a month's monthly money, and the ninth master's yard will be rewarded for three months."

"Yes." Qiao Renyuan replied immediately.

Hearing this, the smiles on the faces of the maids and servants instantly became two points of sincerity, and they shouted in unison: "Master Xie, Madam Xie, congratulations to Master Jiu, Master Hexi Jiu..."

In the evening, the state government held a large banquet.

There is another compliment and flattery in between.

It's already the second watch after eating and drinking enough to see off the guests.

Under the service of the servant, drank hangover tea, took a hot bath, and came out of the wooden barrel, and most of the chaos in mind dissipated.

Suddenly hearing a commotion outside the door, Meng Zezhi asked casually, "What's wrong?"

After a while, Shiqin walked in: "If you go back to the son, the son will send two hundred taels of gold with two big boxes."

"Yeah." Meng Zezhi replied, saying that he knew it, and then he seemed to remember something, he said: "By the way, I remember that it will be my mother's birthday in two months. Well, you put this The two hundred taels of gold and the gold ingots I have saved over the years were sent to the Jinfu Pavilion in the east of the city, so that they could cast a gold statue of Maitreya Buddha and make it more delicate."

Since five years ago, when Xiao sensed his future situation in Huguo Temple, he was completely fascinated by the ritual Buddha.

"As for those two boxes, I'll register them with the gifts I received today, and store them in the warehouse."

"Yes."

Talking, as if sensing something, Meng Zezhi raised his brows slightly and said, "Okay, you all go down."

"Yes."

"Also, you don't need to stay on duty tonight." Meng Zezhi opened a small room next to his bedroom, and there were usually maids on duty in turn.

Hearing this, Shiqin was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, vaguely as if he had guessed something, but didn't say anything, and only replied: "Yes."

After all the maids and servants had retreated, Meng Zezhi opened the window and said, "Since you're here, come in, it's very cold outside."

For a while, there was no movement outside the house.

Meng Zezhi let him be shy, so he just found the Book of Treasures of Flowers from the bottom of the box and flipped through it casually.

After about a quarter of an hour, Xu Shi was mentally prepared, only to hear the sound of light footsteps, and a figure appeared under Meng Zezhi's feet.

"Don't run away?" Meng Zezhi looked up at the approaching person, half-squinted, looking lazy.

Lu Li didn't say a word, his eyes touched the pages of the book in Meng Zezhi's hand, and suddenly his throat was dry.

Then he was pulled into his arms.

Lu Li subconsciously tightened his spine.

"Relax." Meng Zezhi dropped the book in his hand, forcibly pressed the person to his thigh, put his head on his neck, took a deep breath, and smiled.

He said in a hoarse voice, "Did you come here after taking a shower?"

Lu Li breathed slightly, feeling that he had become a piece of meat that was brought to Meng Zezhi's mouth.

"Then I'm welcome."

Saying that, he bit Lu Li's Adam's apple, put one arm around his waist, undid his belt with the other, and touched it.

While dazhuang, Meng Zezhi bit his ear and asked, "Do you know that Zen Master Huihe gave orders for me?"

"Yeah." Lu Li gasped, Zhangkaitui, a tear slid from the corner of his eye.

If it weren't for this, he would never appear in front of Meng Zezhi again.

He is really crazy, and he has a deep-rooted love for a young man who has only been with him for less than a month, and even abandons his own principles to secretly rejoice that the other party cannot marry a wife in a short period of time.

He thought that four years was enough for Meng Zezhi to get tired of him.

Meng Zezhi asked again, "Do you think we're cheating like this?"

Lu, who was full of drama in his heart, felt a little sour in his heart. He wrapped his arms around the waist of his body and felt his youth.

All thought in mind seemed to be a lot bigger than the last time.

Clouds sell rain.

Meng Zezhi hugged Lu Li and fell asleep. He asked, "When will you come over next time?"

In the words, it is like an outer room waiting for the adulterer to come to the fortune.

Lu Li reluctantly regained his strength, thought and thought, and then hummed: "The sixth day of next month."

"good."

On the first day of April, the palace exam begins.

Different from the general examination, the palace examination was held in the Hall of Preserving Harmony in the Forbidden City. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, Zhang Yuan, a tribute scholar who had been deposed in the imperial examination, fled to Xixia in a rage, and later became the Grand Master, causing huge damage to the Northern Song Dynasty. So so far, the palace test has not failed the tribute, but the ranking has been re-arranged.

After inspection, roll call, dismantling, praise and other etiquette, the test questions were finally sent to the candidates.

Compared with the other extremely nervous Gong Shi, Meng Zezhi seemed much more relaxed, because everyone knew that Jinke's champion was already in his pocket.

"Today's southern provinces, ancient barbarians... There are people who are erudite and proficient in literature and who are in the position of the emperor to sacrifice wine, there are champions and those who are the first and the second official to the Hanlin scholar, there are blunt voices that are not secretive and who are honest and quiet at that time... ...and the northern provinces, it is impossible to see each other after being a person, why are there so few well-known officials from the north..."

The content of the test question is translated as, the southern provinces, which used to belong to the barbarians, now have so many outstanding people, and the northern provinces, which were originally the birthplace of the Central Plains culture, why can’t there be a few famous officials now? ?

After a little thought, Meng Zezhi knew the intention of Emperor Guangde for this question.

The reason why northern officials are inferior to southern officials is that the number of northern officials in the courtroom is far lower than that of southern officials.

As mentioned earlier, the southern style of writing was prosperous. It was only 25 years after the founding of the Great Yang Dynasty, and thirteen examinations were held. A total of more than 2,000 jinshi were admitted, of which three-quarters of the candidates from southern China.

Besides, there were more than 4,300 candidates who took the exam, and 200 honorees were admitted. Among them, 85% of the candidates from the south were from the south, and only 15% of the candidates from the north.

If things go on like this, the court will be occupied by people from the south. Once the scholars from the north become passive, their confidence in the new dynasty will be shaken, and the consequences will be disastrous.

As for how to solve this problem-

It's simple, follow the example of the Ming Dynasty in the present world, and get a North-South list.

Thinking of this, Meng Zezhi made a belly.

Let me first say the reasons for this phenomenon. It is nothing more than three times of clothing and clothing to the south, and the Mongolian Yuan massacres the Han people in the north.

Write your own point of view, northern scholars are not good at scientific examinations, but it does not mean that they are not good at being an official.

Finally, the solution is proposed, and the test is divided into the list. On the basis of the southern six and the northern four, the provinces and regions are divided in detail.

Only in this way, it is bound to greatly damage the interests of southern scholars.

Meng Zezhi had no psychological pressure on this, after all, he was a scholar from the south and the north.

That's why, when most of the candidates were frowning, Meng Zezhi had already started drafting a draft.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Guangde stood up from the dragon chair, walked down the steps, and stood beside Meng Zezhi until he finished writing.

Half a month later, when the palace exams were released, Meng Zezhi was indeed named the champion.

At the Grand Ceremony, Emperor Guangde summoned the top three of the first class, and when he asked Meng Zezhi, he was dressed in the official uniform of the Gongshi, wearing a crown of three branches and nine leaves, and he looked arrogant, and his love for talents was even stronger in his heart. In fact, he couldn't help asking: "Can Aiqing have a marriage partner?"

His favorite sixth princess is 16 years old this year, and is the perfect match for Meng Zezhi.

"This..." Meng Zezhi hesitated.

The great eunuch Tao An immediately attached to Emperor Guangde's ear and whispered, "If you return to Long Live, Zen Master Huihe gave Zhuangyuan Lang an order a few days ago..."

"Is that so..." Emperor Guangde looked disappointed, because he was seriously ill in bed during that time, and he really didn't know about it.

When Meng Zezhi turned twenty-two, the sixth princess was already twenty, which was really inappropriate.

But this did not prevent Emperor Guangde's love for Meng Zezhi, he waved his hand: "I will give you six yuan and the first government, and confer a bachelor degree from the Fifth Grade Hanlin Academy, a reward of sixty taels and six hundred taels of silver. Six pieces of palace silk."