What to do with a full-scale life

Chapter 603 Shut up and read!
Brother Zhang was locked up.

Strictly speaking, he was under house arrest, and he was still under house arrest by the princess.He never expected that even though the princess had no memory of Miss Jin, she still had such a strong and domineering personality.

Anyway, the name is to let him have a good environment to study, but in fact it is to catch him to cook for himself.

But what can I do, this is not someone else, even Brother Zhang can only pinch his nose to recognize it, so he starts the cycle of reading, cooking and eating every day.

Fortunately, because the capital has just been moved here, the rules have not been fully established, and the management of the entire system is still relatively chaotic. Otherwise, there is a healthy and big man living in a palace, so Zhao Zhen must not let the spitting stars of the civil and military courts give it to him. Flooded?
And he himself knew it was wrong, but seeing his daughter like that, he really couldn't bear it, so he turned a blind eye, didn't ask, inquire, or meet, and sent Brother Zhang to her. Just stuff it in a small courtyard next to the princess bedroom.

What?Worried about the two young girls and boys sneaking around?It's not that Zhao Zhen has never been young. How can he not know that some things cannot be stopped at all? When he was called Zhao Yiyi before he became an emperor, the 26-year-old Yan Shu, who was the prince Zuo Shuzi at the time, took him He went out and lingered in the place of fireworks, there was nothing he could do if something happened, besides, that idiot didn't seem like the kind of sneaky person, although he felt that he was somewhat incapable of being a human being, but Zhao Zhen was willing to turn a blind eye One eye also shows that he is quite optimistic about the character of this idiot.

For a period of time after that, Zhao Zhen would always take advantage of his walking time to stroll there at night, but basically every time he went to see it, it was his daughter who came to the door. Sometimes he secretly stood under the window and listened for a long time, That idiot cherishes words like gold, but his own daughter is asking questions there, which is embarrassing.

"Officials, don't be angry. Rong'er is lonely in the palace, and her brothers and sisters seldom interact with each other. She is naturally happy to meet a talented young man of the same age."

The speaker was Zhao Rong's mother, the Zhou family, who was originally a noble concubine. Later, because Empress Cao was shaved and became a monk, the Zhou family was made a queen, and Zhao Rong, the old son of Zhao Zhen, was born the next year.

"Then I don't worry about the maid being by my side, I'm just worried about that idiot..." Zhao Zhen flicked his sleeves: "Oh, don't make a bad relationship when one person is intentional and the other is unintentional. Rong'er's body It's bad..."

"Officials, if that child is really the fool you said, the fool who is not afraid of death, then you don't think that a palace wall can keep him?"

Zhao Zhen raised his head: "Huh?"

"It seems like wishful thinking, but in fact it's just mutual affection. The mind is clear and there is no doubt or suspicion."

"Hahaha, it has to be you, I really can't see it."

Zhao Zhen was in a good mood immediately: "In a few days it will be Jiake, and I don't know if that idiot can do it."

"Whether you can do it or not, it's all the child's good fortune. It doesn't matter what you can do. Rong'er has a weak body but a strong temper. If you really marry him casually, even if he is a well-known talent in the world, if she doesn't like it, don't let him go." After a few years, I'm afraid she will die in depression. If she really meets someone she likes, even if it's a farmer in the mountains? She is a woman, and she can't bear the country of the Song Dynasty. It's better to let her live happily .”

Zhao Zhen sighed with his hands behind his back: "It would be great if my mother was like you back then. I... I really am not the material to be the emperor. Da Song suffered a crushing defeat in my hands. I am extremely ashamed to say it."

"Officials, you are good enough. To keep the people from being slaughtered and withdraw from the Central Plains, the people have their own sense of proportion."

Zhao Zhen just gave a wry smile after hearing this. He indeed withdrew from the Central Plains on his own initiative, and before quitting, he wrote a letter to the Liao Kingdom to announce to the world, that is to say, his retreat in the Song Dynasty was not because of fear but because he did not want the people's livelihood in the Central Plains to wither and suffer. It's unbearable to say, I hope that the Liao Kingdom will treat the people of the Central Plains kindly, and don't impose excessive taxes and fish the world.

The Liao Kingdom, in fact, is doing okay. After all, it is also a country that is struggling for dominance. It is not a simple barbarian. After entering the Central Plains, it did not continue to expand, but began to recuperate. The peace treaty, known as the Xinchan League, Liao is the elder brother and Song is the younger brother, and the sword will not be added to the body for 50 years.

And if Zhao Zhen actually wants to fight, he can still fight. His 80 troops are hardly moved. It is precisely because of the severe drought in the past few years. The past two years are just a little bit better. If there is another military disaster, the people may not be able to survive. , So he moved his capital and retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, dividing the north and the south with the Yangtze River as the boundary.

No matter how many people scolded, anyway, Zhao Zhen's move could at least keep the 800 million people on both sides of Song and Liao alive.And because of this, the historians of Song and Liao gave him the temple name in advance, either Renzong or Dezong. Now it seems that Renzong is basically stable, and the emperor of Liao Kingdom did not have this treatment.

In this way, Brother Zhang was locked up to study. It was September, and the autumn exam finally came. Brother Zhang, who had not been out of the palace for two or three months, was almost pushed into the examination room.

After walking around the scene, candidates began to enter the tent to take the exam one after another. Because the time was relatively long, they had to bring their own water and dry food. Brother Zhang had a large bag of palace snacks in his bag. It is indeed more luxurious than others.

The chief examiner was Ouyang Xiu. He began to stroll around the examination room after the candidates entered the arena. When he walked in front of Brother Zhang, he stopped for a while, looked up at Brother Zhang and his examination paper, and then Keep going as if nothing is wrong.

Sometimes, the emperor's decree is to be understood by himself. A few months ago, the government gave him a blank imperial decree. After receiving the decree, he paid attention to it. Naturally, he knew that there was such a person as Brother Zhang. .

But how to give the grades after that is a question for a university. First of all, it must not be lowered. If the grades are given under the passing line, the emperor will be unhappy. This is not a good thing.Can it be too high?That's not impossible, but the problem is that he has to have that ability, because these contestants will have to take part in the palace examination, and the articles in the palace examination must be posted to show off. If he doesn't understand shit, he will lose the royal dignity and the imperial examination if he hangs up. reputation.

Therefore, if this person is an idiot, he must be given a score that is neither high nor low. If he is a genius, he must be given a score that is neither low nor high, because the son-in-law cannot participate in politics. If he is given a sky-high score, It will be unreasonable at that time, so this just right is the same as a little amount when cooking, and it is not static.

And Ouyang Xiu came to take a look, in fact, to look at his handwriting.It may be impossible for others to remember such a thing at a glance, but for Ouyang Xiu, it is like playing. After all, this is Ouyang Xiu.

After a torturous exam, it's time to mark the papers. In order to prevent other examiners from rejecting the people handpicked by the emperor Lao Tzu, the first round of papers was graded by Ouyang Xiu himself. After seeing Brother Zhang's papers, he frowned Woke up, because the things on his paper were too bizarre.

In fact, as far as he is concerned, it doesn't matter what he wrote, but Ouyang Xiu couldn't even believe his eyes, because what was written on it was actually a strategy to seize power.

As an old fritter who has been struggling in officialdom all his life, Ouyang Xiu is an absolute conservative, but at the same time he is also a firm legalist. The biggest problem in the Song Dynasty now is that this system cannot be achieved. Although Song and Liao made a 50-year treaty, But if it continues like this, it may not take 50 years, and the rule of the Song Dynasty will be gone.

But the problem is that now there are a series of solutions here. Although the writing is weird, but if you think about it carefully, it can make people overwhelmed.

But after reading the entire article, Ouyang Xiu broke out in a cold sweat, because this is not a policy theory, it is a national policy at all, and people don’t talk about it with you, so they just wrote "You just do it like this to make sure you are right", and Ouyang Xiu slightly changed his mind. After thinking about it, I found that it can be done.

But the problem is that this article can be called a national policy. If others see it and use it first, even if the emperor doesn't kill people, he will have to hang himself on the beam at home.

So he stopped talking nonsense, stuffed the thing into his arms, greeted the other examiners and left, and then went straight to the palace.

At this moment, Zhao Zhen is sitting in the study and playing with the bird. This bird is the canary that the idiot secretly caught with Rong'er in the imperial garden a few days ago. It is quite beautiful, and he can't put it down these few days.And just when he was indulging in a moment of leisure time in the autumn afternoon, the notification from outside came, saying that Ouyang Xiu had come.

Zhao Zhen was full of suspicion: "What is he doing here?"

"Master Ouyang refuses to say, saying that he must meet the official."

"Okay, these scholars have a lot of problems." Zhao Zhen waved his hand with a smile: "Go, let him in."

Not long after, Ouyang Xiu came to the study in a hurry, and after a simple salute, he handed over the policy theory to Zhao Zhen. When Zhao Zhen just untied it, he looked Ouyang Xiu up and down, his eyes were quite reproachful, and he told him before. Discretionary, why did he just bring it over?This makes people know, does the emperor not want to lose face?
But after Zhao Zhen saw the content above, his hands trembled, and the cup fell to the ground.He looked roughly at it before, but now he looked at it carefully three times.

"Is this method feasible?"

Zhao Zhen raised his head and asked Ouyang Xiu, Ouyang Xiu just thought for a moment and then nodded: "It is possible."

"Go and call them all."

After a while, a bunch of people crowded into this small room, all important officials of the court, Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi and others, after passing the test paper around, they were all amazed.

When it was Han Qi's last turn to read it, he frowned: "This method is feasible, but this son's strategy seems to teach people how to do things, but it messes up the principles."

Zhao Zhen laughed loudly after hearing this: "You don't know, this kid is a fool, he is extremely upright, he would rather bend than bend. A few days ago, I threatened him with death, but he stood still. It is already polite to be able to write like this. "

"Well... since the officials recognize it, then I have nothing to say, but this method still needs to be demonstrated, and it will take some time." After Han Qi finished speaking, he was ready to put the things in his arms.

This time Ouyang Xiu didn't want to do it: "Master Han... Hey, Mr. Han, this is a student's test paper, you took it, what should I do?"

Han Qi glanced at Ouyang Xiu and then at Zhao Zhen, and then took out the paper: "It's okay to give it to you, but if it is leaked to others, does Master Ouyang plan to go to Lingnan to eat lychees or Leizhou to eat crabs?"

Ouyang Xiu clicked his tongue: "Then if it leaked out on Mr. Han, then Mr. Han loves sweets so much, he must be going to eat lychees."

Seeing that the two were confronting each other, Zhao Zhen waved his hand: "You, you and you, the three of you stay here, rewrite a copy for him, and let Han Qi take it."

The three people Zhao Zhen pointed to were Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and Sima Guang, the historian.The three of them looked at each other, but there was no way, the emperor had spoken, so the three important officials in the court and the super writer squatted at the desk and began to write a fake article for Brother Zhang.

Since ancient times, this has been the first in literature and the second in martial arts. When this was written, there were big differences. Sima Guang, the youngest of the three, was almost fifty, and Ouyang Xiu, the oldest, was sixty. stand up.It can be seen from this that people with abundant martial arts in Song Dynasty are all holding pens!

At this moment, Brother Zhang was squatting in a small courtyard drying lotus root powder, and it was Zhao Rong who was swinging on the small swing next to him.This hut was bought by Zhao Rong with private money and borrowed from Brother Zhang to live in. It was said that he was living in the palace to prepare for the exam, but now that the exam is over, it would be impolite to live again, so he just moved here today.

"Idiot, how did you do in the exam?"

"Your father might kill me to silence you."

"Bah, bah, bah...why are you talking nonsense all day long?" Zhao Rong pointed at Brother Zhang and said, "Don't say it next time!"

At this time, Brother Zhang took a piece of lotus root powder and smashed it into pieces, made a bowl, put it in it and melted it with clean water, then slowly added freshly brewed sweet-scented osmanthus honey in boiling water, and handed the bowl to Zhao Rong.

"I can't say specifically, anyway."

Zhao Rong took the bowl, ate it slowly, and then looked up at Brother Zhang: "When the time comes, you will become the county magistrate, and I will also go to play. What do you think I should be? Is it good to be a catcher?"

"Isn't it good to be a princess?"

"No, I'm going to be suffocated to death. I have lived in the palace for more than ten years! It's so boring. You also know that the relatives of the royal family are not very close. My oldest brother is almost forty. The rest of the brothers My sister has also started a family and started a family, and I spend all day in the palace looking at flowers and fish, and it has long since lost its meaning."

Brother Zhang was about to speak but was interrupted by Zhao Rong: "Don't say it! I'll say it! Anyway, it's useless for anyone to persuade me this time, I'm going out to play. Besides, you traveled hundreds of miles, if I can't eat I was starving to death when you came back."

"Didn't I see that you eat deliciously? You didn't go hungry during my exam yesterday."

"It doesn't matter, I will definitely starve to death if you are not here." Zhao Rong insisted abnormally: "That's it!"

(End of this chapter)