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Chapter 147 Gathering in Bianjing
Following Princess Pingning to Duke Qi's mansion, Duke Qi was running around anxiously in the front hall.

Speaking of it, Qi Guogong is also a bit bleak. A good Duke of the country ended up marrying such a powerful wife as Princess Pingning, who is backed by the Marquis of Xiangyang and can talk to today's officials. Noble, but he doesn't even have a concubine room, and his heirs are also weak, only Qi Heng is a single seedling.

"I've seen Duke Qi." Qin Hao bowed slightly.

Qi Guogong hurriedly said: "Brother Hao, there is no need to be polite. It is great that you are here. Go and help us persuade Brother Heng. You are always the best, and only you can listen to him."

Qin Hao couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Speaking of which, he was the one who initiated this incident.

"Okay, I'll go see Yuan Ruo right now."

Qi Guogong hurriedly brought Qin Hao to Qi Heng's yard: "Nephew, go in, this child hasn't had a drop of rice for three days, I'm really afraid that he won't be able to carry it."

Qin Hao entered the room as soon as he cupped his hands.

Outside the door, Qi Guogong looked at Princess Pingning with some complaints: "Why do you say this?"

Princess Pingning raised her chin and said proudly: "Why bother? Isn't it for the foundation of Duke Qi's mansion? You don't know what the situation is now. As the founder of the country, you don't have military power in your hands. You, the salt envoy How many people are jealous of the transfer envoy, maybe one day he will be kicked out, my father is old, and the official's health is not good, right now there is a lot of trouble in the city for the establishment of the reserve, who else can the Duke of Qi rely on in the future ?”

"Could it be that Brother Heng just finds a commoner girl to be a big lady, and you are also willing? In the future, you won't let the honorable families in the capital city laugh at us?"

Duke Qi put his hands behind his back, and said anxiously: "But, if you are like this, Brother Heng can't think about it for a while."

"No, I know him well, he wouldn't do such a thing." Princess Pingning was actually a little guilty when she said this, otherwise Qin Hao wouldn't have come to persuade Qi Heng, but he was strong For the rest of her life, she would never allow anyone in Duke Qi's mansion to challenge her authority, not even her own son.

In the room, the valet didn't see Qin Hao coming, and wanted him to help persuade Qi Heng.

In the end, Qin Hao sat down on the dining table and picked up his chopsticks.

"Well, this roast goose is not bad. As expected of the cook of Duke Qi's mansion, his craftsmanship is much better than ours. It's really delicious."

Not because his face turned dark, but he secretly slandered in his heart: Are you really our young master's friend?

Qi Heng on the bed actually knew that Qin Hao was here, and there was a high probability that his parents had invited him to persuade him, so he kept lying on the bed with his back on his side, ready to ignore Qin Hao's words, this time he was planning to I swore to the death to defend my right to freely marry a wife.

However, after waiting for a long time, Qin Hao didn't say a word, and was still eating and drinking, Qi Heng's saliva was about to flow down.

"Zihan, you."

As soon as Qin Hao turned his head, he saw that Qi Heng had sat up from the bed, his face was pale, and he was staring at him with resentful little eyes.

"Didn't I see so many delicious things, it's a waste for you to leave them alone." Qin Hao said with a smile.

Qi Heng was speechless for a while, then he waved his hand: "You go down first, I have something to say to Zihan."

Buwei hesitated for a moment, and finally walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

Seeing Qi Heng's appearance as a sick young man, Qin Hao couldn't help but shook his head, hating iron for being weak and said: "Is this the way you came up with to fight?"

Qi Heng said weakly: "Otherwise what else?"

"What you do will only make Princess Pingning and Qi Guogong feel that you are a child. Which adult have you ever met who would listen to a child?" Qin Hao said without stopping the movements of his hands. He was really hungry up.

Qi Heng was taken aback, walked to the dining table in a nonchalant manner, sat down beside Qin Hao, and asked eagerly, "Then what should I do now?"

"Do you know what Princess Pingning is most worried about now?" Qin Hao asked back.

Qi Heng shook his head blankly.

Qin Hao spread his hands: "Look, you didn't even understand your opponent's needs, and you just went on a hunger strike here. How can you fight against Princess Pingning with this method?"

Qi Heng quickly grabbed Qin Hao: "Zihan, you are resourceful, you must help me."

"Are you hungry?" Qin Hao scratched the table full of food with his chopsticks.

Qi Heng said resentfully: "Can you not be hungry, I haven't eaten for three days, so I drank some water."

"No, prepare two bowls of porridge for your young master."

"Why do you eat and drink so much, I can only drink porridge?"

"You haven't eaten for three days. You can't bear such a greasy stomach all at once. Let's have some porridge to nourish you."

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Outside the room, Qi Guogong was overjoyed when he heard that Qi Heng was going to eat, and hurriedly asked the kitchen to prepare it quickly.

Princess Pingning also secretly heaved a sigh of relief, despite her superficial indifference, in fact she was really distressed that she was her own son.

Qi Heng quickly finished his two bowls of porridge. Seeing Qin Hao eating there, his throat wriggled and he swallowed several times.

Finally, Qi Heng couldn't bear it anymore, and pressed Qin Hao's hand holding the chopsticks: "Zi Han, you've been betrayed, if there is anything you can do, please tell me quickly."

Qin Hao put down his chopsticks, and said seriously: "Princess Pingning is most worried about the future of Duke Qi's mansion. Unless you can prove to Princess Pingning that you can carry the full glory of Duke Qi's mansion alone, she will definitely help you. Find a good Yue family to pave the way for you."

Qi Heng was taken aback when he heard the words, but hesitated: "But how can I prove it?"

"The only way is the imperial examination. You might as well make a bet with Princess Pingning. If Chunwei can pass high school next year, I will let you choose your own wife. If not, you can just accept your fate." Qin Hao said.

Qi Heng asked suspiciously: "What if mother refuses?"

"Then you just play it badly. You can play how my cousin Gu Tingye played before he was 12 years old. Who is not a playboy?" Qin Hao took Gu Tingye as a negative teaching material very unkindly.

Qi Heng's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea!"

After the task is completed, Qin Hao doesn't need to stay any longer, lest the city gate catch fire and cause Chiyu, the rest of the problems will be left to Princess Pingning to worry about.

At night, Princess Pingning was not only distressed, but was so angry that he almost demolished the house.

After venting, Princess Pingning yelled at Qi Guogong: "Look at your good son! If I don't obey him a little bit, he will be like that prodigal Gu Tingye. He will go to sleep in flowers and sleep in willows without scientific research. Who is this threatening?"

The corner of Qi Guogong's mouth twitched, and he secretly slandered: You are not the same, if I don't obey you, I will have no good fruit.

Princess Pingning sat down on the edge of the bed angrily, Duke Qi asked cautiously: "Then, why don't you just follow his wishes?"

"What can we do now? If he is really as slutty as that Gu Tingye, which noble girl would still marry him? This rebellious son really pissed me off!"

Two days later, Qi Heng happily came back to class. Apart from his pale face, he was more energetic than before.

Sheng Changbai thought that Qi Heng was really ill, so he asked with great concern.

Qi Heng secretly pulled Qin Hao aside, and said excitedly: "My mother has promised me that as long as I am on the list of this subject, I will be allowed to choose among the officials' families."

Qin Hao nodded. This should be the biggest concession Princess Pingning can make. At least the daughter-in-law cannot be a commoner.

"Don't be too happy too early, it's only half a year away from Chunwei, if you don't pass the exam this time." Qin Hao reminded.

Qi Heng's face was a little dignified. Although he was confident in his talent, the examination was after all a gathering of talents from all over the country, and there was no fixed standard for marking papers. Are you absolutely sure?

Thinking of this, Qi Heng completely put his mind on his studies, even in order to save time at noon, he didn't even go back home, and stayed directly in Shengfu to eat.

Wang Ruofu is naturally happy, how much is a meal worth?This is a great favor.

Mo Lan was also very happy, and from time to time she used the excuse of adding food to the two elder brothers Sheng Changbai and Sheng Changfeng to get close to Qi Heng.

Speaking of which, Mo Lan is also 12 years old at this time, and will be 13 years old after the Chinese New Year, and she is becoming more and more slim. Unfortunately, Qi Heng only has scientific research in his eyes now, and women will only affect his speed of drawing his sword. Lan's hospitality turned a blind eye.

At this time, Ru Lan would take the opportunity to ridicule Mo Lan, making Mo Lan so angry that the two quarreled about it. Every time, Mo Lan would pretend to be pitiful to win the sympathy of his father Sheng Hong. It must be that Ru Lan bullied Mo Lan by relying on her status as a prostitute, and often pulled sideways.

This also exacerbated the further deterioration of the relationship between Mo Lan and Ru Lan.

Ming Lan was forced to witness the whole process of their struggle, and was often implicated by them. In addition, Ming Lan changed drastically and became the most beautiful of the three daughters of the Sheng family, which made Mo Lan very afraid. The old lady of the Sheng family took care of the place, and Minglan's life was not easy.

Amidst these turmoil, the time soon came to November of the lunar calendar.

As the winter solstice approached, the weather in Bianjing began to turn cold. On this day, a carriage from Dongchanghou's Mansion suddenly arrived at the pier, and the people nearby all looked sideways at it.

After about half an hour, a merchant ship docked, and a tall, handsome young man walked towards the carriage.

This person is naturally Gu Tingye, Qin Hao stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Cousin, welcome back."

Gu Tingye said with some emotion: "It's been five years, and I'm finally back!"

Gu Tingye was only 16 years old when he left Bianjing, and now he is 21 years old.

Fan Lou, the No. [-] restaurant in Bianjing, the restaurants in the Song Dynasty generally had the function of hotel accommodation in addition to the restaurant. Gu Tingye didn't want to go home for the time being, so he stayed in Fan Lou directly, and invited Qin Hao to have a meal by the way. dinner.

Qin Hao was not polite either, anyway, Gu Tingye's family was rich, and the property left to him by the old master Bai alone was enough for him to squander and spend his whole life.

"Cousin, why don't you come to the Sheng Family School too, just in time for us to attend Chunwei together."

Gu Tingye was a little moved. He had just been admitted to Juren and was qualified to participate in the general examination. The general examination was held only once every three years. It would be a pity to miss it. Even if he failed the test, it would be good to accumulate experience.

"Will it be too troublesome?" Gu Tingye was actually worried that his previous reputation would be too bad.

Qin Hao waved his hand: "Don't worry, Brother Changbai and I will go talk together, Master Sheng and Xuexue Zhuang will agree."

Gu Tingye didn't speak, but directly picked up the wine glass and offered a toast.

In the afternoon of that day, Qin Hao brought Gu Tingye to visit. Sheng Hong was originally not happy that this famous wanderer from Bianjing City came to study at home, but when he heard that Gu Tingye had passed the Juren examination, he was secretly surprised, and then thought of Gu Tingye The identity of the son of the Ningyuan Houfu, he did not refuse.

"It's just Zhuang pedantic there"

Qin Hao said with a smile, "I'm the one to talk about Zhuang's pedantry."

Sheng Hong has no objection, if Zhuang Xuexue rejects Gu Tingye, the villain will also be done by Zhuang Xuexue, it has nothing to do with him.

When I arrived at Xuejiao Zhuang's place, I checked Gu Tingye's essays and saw that he had real materials, so I agreed to let him enroll.

Now the Sheng family school is very lively, besides the two sons of the Sheng family, there is one son of a duke and two sons of a marquis, who are envied by many so-called Qingliu families.

Soon to enter the exam preparation stage, Xuexue Zhuang directly canceled the ancient prose appreciation course in the morning, and focused on policy theory.

"Today, you will make an article about Qin's unification of the six countries."

Qin Hao and the others are fine, but Minglan and the others are blinded. To them, policy theory is like days. Even Mo Lan, who is the best among them, picks up the pen and puts it down again, not knowing where to start.

Zhuang Xueyuan didn't care about them and just read the book to himself.

Almost half an hour later, Qin Hao handed in the paper, and after another incense stick of time, Qi Heng was the second to hand in the paper.

An hour later, Sheng Changfeng was the last to hand in the paper, but he could tell from his expression how stumbling this article was.

Zhuang Xuexue just glanced at it and threw Sheng Changfeng's paper aside, but he was not too harsh. After all, Sheng Changfeng didn't even pass the Juren exam, and he didn't even have the qualifications to take the exam.

Picking up Sheng Changbai's article and looking at it, Zhuang Xuejiao nodded calmly. Sheng Changbai's policy theory is well-regulated and stable. It is not amazing, but it is very solid.

When it was Gu Tingye's turn, Zhuang Pedantry frowned slightly. It wasn't that Gu Tingye's article was not well written, on the contrary, Gu Tingye's article was very distinctive, mainly analyzing why Qin was able to unify the six countries from the perspective of the Qin army.

It's just that this article is a bit too radical, and the vision is not wide enough. If it is in the general examination, unless you meet an examiner who has a good understanding of the military, there is a high probability that you will fail.

After listening to Zhuang Xuexue's comments, Gu Tingye was also sincerely convinced, saluted respectfully and sat down.

Afterwards, Xuexue Zhuang began to check Qi Heng's article, after reading it for a while, he said to Qi Heng.

"Tell me about your thoughts on writing this article."

Qi Heng stood up and said in a loud voice: "Since Qin Xiaogong, the Qin State has carried out reforms, encircled horses to train soldiers, dug mountains and smelted iron, the direction of strength, and the unity of people's hearts, so Qin is one, and the countries are six, which is one. It is easy to return, and the six are easy to divide. Then there is what Su Xun said: Six countries bribe Qin, and then there is what Su Zhe said: The countries do not know the greatness of the Han and Wei countries, but Qin knows it."

Zhuang Xuexue nodded slightly, and after Qi Heng finished speaking, he picked up Qin Hao's article again, and said with a smile, "Zihan, tell me about your article too."

After Qi Heng sat down, Qin Hao got up slowly and said.

"Yuan Ruo just said a lot about the advantages of Qin, but he just summarized the reform as one of the factors for the unification of Qin. But in my opinion, the terrain, vertical and horizontal are all secondary to the unification of Qin. What truly makes Qin the most powerful country among all other countries lies in the aspirations of the people's hearts."

"Shang Yang's reform implemented the system of prefectures and counties, private ownership of land, and the system of granting land for military merit, which strongly linked the local government with the central government. The people of other countries feared war like a tiger, but the people of Qin State rushed to join the army, because on the battlefield They can raise their ranks by accumulating military merits, Qin State has a 20-rank military merit system, from the lowest level of first-level public servants to the highest level of Chehou can be obtained from the battlefield."

"Qin is the only country among the countries that has opened up the channel for class advancement. Gathering sand into a tower and collecting armpits into a fur, that's why trickles converge into rivers and seas. In my opinion, the victory of Qin is actually the victory of the system."

After the words were finished, Gu Tingye's eyes lit up, and Sheng Changbai was also thoughtful.

The three girls of the Sheng family, except for Minglan, Molan and Rulan all looked blank. They were kept in the boudoir all day long, and their perspective had not yet reached such a height.

Qi Heng retorted: "If that's the case, then why did the Qin Kingdom perish after only the second emperor?"

Qin Hao shook his head and said: "The reason for the death of Qin II is that even after there was no external pressure, he still adopted a policy of coercion. Instead of letting the people recuperate in time, they built large-scale construction projects. The people's hearts were scattered and Qin was destroyed. In a sense, Qin has not perished."

As soon as the words fell, Zhuang Xuejiao slapped his hands and said with a smile: "Haha, it's a good thing that the Qin Kingdom is still alive."

Qi Heng also stood up and saluted Qin Hao: "Every time I listen to Zihan's high-level remarks, it is refreshing."

Qin Hao lifted him up and said, "If you're so polite in the future, I won't speak in class anymore."

"Haha~~~" Everyone laughed.

In the blink of an eye, the New Year's Day holiday, but the exam will start soon, Shengjia Academy has not closed classes, only the first day to the fifth day of the first month is off.

Qin Hao also inevitably followed Qin Junye to various relatives' homes to pay New Year's greetings. Because the life in Dongchanghou's mansion was gradually prosperous, and Qin Hao himself was good enough, many relatives were also thinking about him.

On this day, Qin Hao followed Qin Liu's family to Liu's house to pay New Year's greetings, and encountered something that left him speechless.

The eldest lady of the Liu family actually wanted to marry her daughter-in-law to Qin Hao, saying that it was more intimate.

Qin Hao was speechless immediately, that was his cousin!Haven't released five suits yet.

What made Qin Hao even more speechless was that Qin Liu seemed to be a little moved.

After returning, Qin Hao went to find Qin Junye. Qin Junye was immediately unhappy. After all, the Qin family produced such a unicorn, and the glory of the Dongchang Hou Mansion was tied to him. Naturally, he wanted to find a reliable Yue family, the Liu family. Since the death of the old uncle, he has been reduced to a viscount, and he is no longer in the same class as the Marquis of Dongchang, and it's nothing more than fighting the autumn wind in ordinary times. This kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable.

Immediately, Qin Liushi was called to scold him. In front of his son and his mother's family, Qin Liushi still chose his son, so he rejected his sister-in-law's proposal.

However, this incident reminded Qin Hao that the imperial examination was about to take place. If he passed the exam, more people would definitely think of him. The choice of this wife should also be decided, otherwise Qin Liu's It's enough to upset him to make such a fuss again.

"Unfortunately, Hua Lan is already married."

(End of this chapter)