The princess is soft! The sick villain is crazy

Chapter 138 Hongmen

Author: Raising cats every year

Chapter 138 Hongmen

A young man from a poor family, without any background or clinging force, won the championship and became the top scorer in the dynasty!

Looking down one by one, these names become more and more unfamiliar with them. The first few who had been in the provincial examination and the young children sent to the exam from big families were almost gone.

On the other imperial list, there was a strange list of people who participated in the palace examination in those three days and the official positions granted by Emperor Yong.

Official positions are all-encompassing, ranging from political affairs, taxes to fields, laws, and a list of military officers. They even saw Xie Yanzhou's name here.

Isn’t that the most promising legitimate son of the Xie family?

Oh, since the Xie family offended Emperor Yong, they have been living in seclusion and have hardly shown up. The Prince of Taiyuan was also deposed. However, the Xie family is still one of the five major surnames in the capital. Xie Yanzhou can still inherit the kindness of his ancestors and get a large official position without any effort. What did he do when he went to participate in the martial arts ceremony?

Not only the people in the capital were confused, but the Xie Mansion was also in a mess.

Xie Hong was so angry that he rarely moved his family law. He whipped Xie Yanzhou on the back: "Xie Yanzhou, what exactly are you going to do!"

Even if it was his own grandson, Xie Hong was not ruthless at all. He whipped Xie Yanzhou so hard that his skin was blooming. Xie Yanzhou didn't say a word and swallowed his moan, "Grandfather, grandson only likes Princess Huaxi, and she will not marry her in this life."

Some time ago, Xie Yanzhou had a high fever and had many strange dreams.

The scenes in the dream are familiar but not similar, but the emotions conveyed are very real, as if they were personally experiencing them.

During the two years of escaping to the northwest, Xie Yanzhou was always in guilt and regret.

Why did she choose to give up her and escape at a critical moment? She almost became his wife...

Returning to the capital to save Shu Yao became the only obsession that supported Xie Yanzhou's life. When he returned to the capital, the man had passed away. The little princess who was so cute and domineering and arrogantly called him "Brother Yanzhou" would never appear again.

No one knew how glad Xie Yanzhou was after waking up from his dream and realizing that the little princess was still alive. He gritted his teeth and said, "Grandfather, the capital is not peaceful this year. I went to be a military officer and wanted to start exploring from the bottom."

During the reign of Emperor Taizu of Yong, it was known that 400,000 elite soldiers were guarding the capital. This group of troops could be called "elite soldiers" forty years ago. Forty years later, most of them were a group of ignorant playboys, with generous salary and slack training, and even the most ordinary soldiers on the border were inferior to those on the most ordinary soldiers.

Because of this, when the rebels in the dream attacked the city, the guards of the capital were like paper windows, and they were broken with a slight poke. Zhang Sheng, commander-in-chief of the Hall, took the lead in rebelling, and the city gate was wide open, and there was no other way except to escape.

However, Xie Yanzhou discovered that what he had experienced now seemed to be different from what he had dreamed. For example, Zhang Sheng, who posed a threat to the capital in his dream, had long been removed from prison, and the group of imperial guards guarding Emperor Yong were not that weak and incompetent.

"Grandfather, listen to me..."

He originally wanted to tell Xie Hong about the shortcomings of the capital army, but Xie Hong didn't listen to him at all. He whipped it down again, "The Xie family just protected you so well and never let you suffer. Have you ever fought a war? What's the use of saying this? It's all about war! If you put aside the identity of the legitimate son of the Xie family and become a seventh-rank pawn, this is the face of the Xie family!"

The old general was so angry that his face turned red and his neck was thick. The commander of the army was once his loyal subordinate, and the soldiers were also chosen by him personally. How could there be any problem? However, Xie Yanzhou and Emperor Yong...

On the list of newly awarded officials, most of the children of aristocratic families were rushed to work as editors, and the idle positions like the chief clerk were at best nine ranks. And those who did not pass the exam and rely solely on self-recommendation were even bigger than those of aristocratic families! It’s unreasonable!

He drove Xie Yanzhou to the ancestral hall and instructed his servants not to leave his house afterwards. Xie Hong walked into the main hall of Xie Mansion, looked at the statue worshipped in the Buddha's treasury, and held the statue's arm.

Under the altar, a secret square like a drawer popped out, and a tiger talisman was quietly lying inside.

Xie Hong's expression was clearly extinguished in the candlelight.

...

The day after the palace examination was released, all the candidates who were awarded the official gathered in Qionglin Garden in the west of the city to celebrate the banquet. This was a celebration banquet prepared for the new imperial examination. Some ministers and petite ladies planned to capture their son-in-law below the list and find a good man for themselves.

At the banquet, the students looked different and shared their recent experiences. Many of them were candidates who were beaten in the provincial examination, but they passed the "self-recommendation" examination by Emperor Yong and also had their own official titles and rankings.

Especially the top scholar Zhou Rong, who was appointed as the Minister of the Central Secretariat, went directly to the center of the palace!

Although the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat was only a seventh-rank official, he was directly responsible for drafting the emperor's edicts and was most likely to enter the Political Affairs Hall or even approach the prime minister. Wen Mao, the first in the palace examination, was originally scheduled to be in this position.

But even he never thought that he would be awarded this position as soon as he joined the position, which shows Emperor Yong's preference for the top scholar.

However, what Zhou Rong talked about is the case of the Ministry of Rites announced by Dali Temple a few days ago.

Dou Wenxiao, a Hanlin bachelor and minister of the Ministry of Rites, had a large amount of gold, silver and treasures that had received bribes, and even boxes of gold ingots. Over the years, he has made money by expending imperial examination issues. Not only has he built private gardens outside Beijing, but he also has land, houses and shops in many places.

A large number of officials from the Ministry of Rites were removed from office, and this group of new officials happened to be on the way.

Even the imperial examination can be manipulated, this is really a shocking case.

Zhou Rong had no intention of chatting with the candidates. He stood by the river, absent-mindedly playing with the sachet in his hand, and finally saw his beautiful figure on the other side of the river, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "A Yuan..."

On the bridge, Emperor Yong frowned at the strange guards around him. Perhaps he had been used to Li Mingji staying outside the hall recently and was accompanied by the little princess. He didn't see the two of them today, and he felt a little uneasy.

Not far away, Zheng Lian and the political affairs officer Lu Ye walked over. They left a few days ago, but Zheng Lian seemed to think that it had never happened before and smiled at him, "Your Majesty, the new Jinshi are all waiting for you in Wenxi Hall."

...

Princess's Mansion.

Today, the ministers and powerful men gathered in Qionglinyuan, and even Princess Jiayi went to chase her good Zhou Lang. Shu Yao sat on the swing with her cat in her arms, shaking and shaking.

The Persian cat, which is usually lazy in her arms, is particularly active today. Its four paws are squeezing her arms, as if she wants to jump off her body. Shu Yao glared at Li Mingji in front of her, thinking that the cat must have been captured by the beauty in front of her, after all, it used to want to get close to Li Mingji.

Li Mingji's thin lips curled lightly, and was about to say something to tease the little princess. A wind blew outside the wall, causing a sharp sound of weapons colliding.

He narrowed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)