Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 61 Roll Call (Two in One)

Luoyang, Qinghe Palace.

"I heard that Gao Zihui has done great things in Hebei. He divided the land and presided over the scientific examination."

Yuan Quan and everyone in the hall laughed.

Yuan Baoju and Gao Cheng have always had quarrels, upon hearing this, they said disdainfully:
"The so-called scientific examinations are only awarded to lowly officials. The real important positions still have to wait for his father to discuss with King Qinghe."

There is some truth to this statement. Yuan Quan was in charge of Shangshu Province, and in name he took six departments. If Gao Huan wanted to appoint and remove local guards, he had to send them to Luoyang for seals.

Everyone thinks it is true, as they are close to the clan, they are favored, and they have been awarded the title of king, so how can they think highly of those lowly officials.

Yuan Quan agrees:
"That's right, Gao Zihui was young and frivolous. He thought he could win people's hearts with this, but in the end it was just a waste of work. What effect can it play if it affects such a wide range of officials who can be thoroughly investigated and dismissed?"

He completely forgot that She Diqian led 3 people to station on the slide to deter them.

Ever since he tried to rejoin, but was rejected by Gao Cheng on the grounds of recovering from illness, Yuan Quan became more and more displeased with this son-in-law.

While everyone was talking and laughing, someone suddenly asked:

"Why haven't you seen King Pingyang these days?"

Only then did everyone realize that Pingyang Wang Yuanxiu hadn't appeared in front of people for a while.

Yuan Baoju immediately angrily smashed the wine glass in his hand on the long case.

Yuan Xin, who was recently changed from King Peijun to King Guangling, seems to know the truth:
"It's not because of Gao Zihui!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Yuan Baoju, as if hesitating whether to publicize this matter.

Yuan Baoju snorted coldly:

"King Guangling can say whatever he wants, why should we cover up his scandalous deeds?"

Yuan Xin then continued:
"Gao Zihui coveted Nanyang King's sister, spoke to his father, and drove away Sun Teng and Feng Longzhi successively. In order to intimidate Mingyue, he actually tricked Pingyang King into Mingyue's mansion, bullying wantonly to intimidate Mingyue. Now that he has left Luoyang, many Send soldiers to guard Mingyue Mansion, even the King of Nanyang is not allowed to enter."

After hearing the words, everyone accused:

"How could this Gao Zihui insult Zongwang so much that he wouldn't even let a widowed woman go."

"Hmph, if you don't love women, why would you be eager to bring Er Zhu Ying'e into the mansion at the age of 12?"

Someone seemed to have heard some news and said with a smile:

"I heard that Gao Zihui was eager to marry Er Zhu Ying'e because he was worried that his father would get her first."

"What's going on here?"

The man explained:
"I heard that Gao Huan had many concubines in Yecheng and Jinyang, and they were all widows."

After listening, someone said with a lewd smile:
"Er Zhu Ying'e entered Gao's house, so she might serve someone."

Everyone laughed at the sound, and Yuan Quan saw that everyone was interested, so he ordered people to recruit dancers, and let them have fun together.

The backyard of Qinghe Palace.

"That's what they really said?"

Yuan Zhonghua puffed up his cheeks and said angrily.

The little maid confirmed:

"My servant heard with my own ears that King Guangling said that the son of King Bohai had an affair with the sister of King Nanyang, and King Nanyang did not refute it."

"It must be the husband that Yuan Mingyue seduced."

Yuan Zhonghua was indignant about this.

Another little maid echoed:
"That's right, before the eldest son accepted the Erzhu family, the princess ordered the servant to inquire about the news of the Bohai palace. The people in the palace can tell that the marriage was arranged by the king of Bohai. The servant heard that the son is very respectful, and has never exceeded the courtesy. .”

Yuan Zhonghua's small chest swelled with anger:

"Yuan Mingyue is 13 years older than her husband, how can she be so shameless?"

"You all go to find her with me, I can't let this person ruin my husband's reputation."

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Yuan Zhonghua said to the maids around him.

"Princess, I heard that there are people from the prince guarding Yuanmingyue Mansion, and outsiders are not allowed to enter."

The maid who listened in the lobby before and came back to report the news persuaded.

Another person said disapprovingly:

"The princess is the wife of the son of the world and the sister of the son of heaven, who dares to stop her."

Yuan Zhonghua was greatly encouraged, and in the name of visiting a friend's house in the boudoir, with his mother's approval, he led a group of maid servants and rushed to Yuan Mingyue's house in a hurry.

"Please stop the girl, you are not allowed to enter this place!"

Before approaching the gate of the mansion, someone stepped forward to block the way, apparently the leader guarding the gate.

"Do you know who I am!"

Yuan Zhonghua had his hips akimbo, but because of his short stature, he had to look up at others, without any imposing manner at all.

"The son has an order that no one is allowed to enter unless he is a person in this mansion."

The man said coldly.

Seeing that Gao Chengzhen and Yuan Mingyue were getting involved, Yuan Zhonghua became impatient: I knew that Yuan Mingyue was shameless, first made it known to the whole city with Sun Teng and Feng Longzhi, and now he came to seduce my husband again.

"Qingxue, you tell him."

The little maid named Qingxue stood up and proudly said:
"My princess is the wife of the prince of Bohai and the sister of the emperor, Princess Feng Yi, you still have to stop it!"

When she heard that she was the wife of the eldest son, she was immediately embarrassed, and immediately confessed, saying that she would wait for the person in charge to come to meet the princess, and hurriedly went back to report.

Yuan Zhonghua didn't make it difficult for him, he rushed towards Yuan Mingyue who had seduced her husband in a fit of anger, what to do with others, he was waiting at the bottom of the steps right now.

Soon, a scribe came in a hurry.

After the scribe respectfully notified his name and greeted him, he immediately let the guards let him go. He naturally knew the truth about Yuan Mingyue.

Yuan Zhonghua walked to the door in a few steps, slapped the door hard, and shouted inside with a childish voice:
"Yuan Mingyue! Open the door, Yuan Mingyue! Yuan Mingyue! Don't hide in there and make no noise, I know you are at home."

After a long time, the door opened, and Yuan Mingyue moved to meet each other, still dressed in white and plain, looking lovely.

"Whether the princess misunderstood something, please come to the mansion to talk."

The two had naturally met.

Yuan Zhonghua looked at Yuan Mingyue's appearance, but he didn't notice it before, but now he looked at her bulging chest, and then looked down at his dry figure, with his mouth flattened, his momentum suddenly weakened a bit.

It turns out that he likes this kind of thing, no wonder he doesn't let me accompany him.

But the loser does not lose the battle, Yuan Zhonghua still holds out his chest and said:
"I'm not going into your house. I'm here to tell you, don't think about my husband."

"The princess really misunderstood. I have nothing to do with the prince of Bohai. I also invite the princess into the mansion. I will explain it for the princess."

Yuan Mingyue was not annoyed, and said patiently.

Yuan Zhonghua was skeptical, so he followed her into the mansion.

After taking her seat, Yuan Mingyue turned away the attendants at home, and then looked at the maid behind Yuan Zhonghua.

Yuan Zhonghua saw the look of pleading between her brows, his heart softened, and he ordered the maidservants to back down.

There were only two of them left in the room, Yuan Zhonghua hurriedly said:

"If you have anything to say, you can say it now."

"It's the way it is."

Yuan Mingyue let out a long sigh, and intermittently talked about the bullying of Yuan Xiu.

"The prince is also worried about the rebirth of King Pingyang, so he sent people to protect my house."

After all, he covered his face and wept.

Hearing these words, Yuan Zhonghua was furious, and cursed:
"How could the King of Pingyang do such a disgusting thing! Yet he still has the face to tell others that he was wronged, why so, so."

Yuan Zhonghua didn't know how to describe it, he stomped his feet angrily, and immediately went to find Yuan Xiu's trouble.

But Yuan Mingyue firmly held her back:
"Princess, please don't say anything. This is also the meaning of the son. With Sun Teng and Feng Longzhi in front, if such unbearable things are reported again, I am a widow. Others will only say that I have shamelessly seduced you." King Pingyang."

Yuan Zhonghua was so ashamed that she couldn't bear it, that's what she thought at the beginning.

Taking a deep breath, he turned around and said soothingly:

"Good aunt, don't cry. I don't want to say anything. Don't worry. When my husband returns to Luoyang, I will let him decide for you. None of those who ruin your reputation will escape."

It turned out that Yuan Mingyue was the elder of Yuan Zhonghua's generation, and was related by aunt and nephew.

Receiving Yuan Zhonghua's comfort, Yuan Mingyue stopped crying, choked up and said:

"If the son speaks for me again, others will not know how to arrange our relationship."

Yuan Zhonghua said proudly:
"If my husband is afraid of people's words, he will not send someone to protect my aunt, but please rest assured, aunt, if necessary, I can also testify for my aunt's innocence."

Yuan Mingyue was full of gratitude for these words, but she still shook her head and said:
"Widowed at home, there is a lot of right and wrong. Others love gossip, so why bother to involve the princess again. I am fate. I plan to wait for the son to return to Luoyang, thank him, and then find a temple to practice. I will be with you forever." Lantern Buddha."

"How could Auntie do such a stupid thing!"

Yuan Zhonghua was in a hurry, but he also understood how Yuan Mingyue could survive with the harassment of King Pingyang, Sun Teng, Feng Longzhi and others.

After struggling for a long time, she made up her mind and said:

"If it doesn't work"

Before she could say anything, Yuan Mingyue seemed to have guessed Yuan Zhonghua's idea, and interrupted quickly:

"Princess, don't say that. Outsiders are already spreading rumors. If I, if I really entered the Bohai Palace, wouldn't it be true for their gossip?"

"Hey! Let's make plans after my husband returns to Luoyang."

Yuan Zhonghua had no choice but to sigh.

Yecheng.

"Your Majesty, the ranking of the examination papers for each subject is from top to bottom. Please, Your Majesty, please uncover the paper yourself, so I can copy the rankings and award positions according to the rankings."

Yang Min, Chen Yuankang, and Cui Jishu led Zhao Yanshen and other officials who were reviewing, and presented the accepted test papers to Gao Cheng, asking for instructions.

Gao Cheng looked at the piles of test papers, and he didn't know how many test papers he had to pick out. He quickly expressed condolences to everyone for their hard work, and ordered someone to record their merits, and reward them when they returned to Luoyang.

Gao Cheng only took the first three pages of each subject, and nodded his head pretendingly. The unlearned little Gao Wang couldn't bear to read the tedious ancient prose.

After that, one by one, the paper was uncovered for the admitted people, and the civil servants copied the names on a piece of red paper. The names were preceded by the official titles that had already been written.

It turned out that Gao Cheng had already ranked the positions according to their importance, and there was only one requirement, that he was not allowed to work in the local area.

For this recruitment, all the confessions were made by lowly officials and small officials, which had been announced long ago, so the direct descendants of the gentry naturally looked down on them.Therefore, when ranking, there are fewer relatives who come to ask for entrustment, and Gao Cheng can let Gao Cheng like it.

Gao Cheng was the first to uncover the first topic of the agricultural department. There is no doubt that farming is the issue he cares most about.

The No. 1 person is from Xiangzhou, and the first official position in the Agricultural Affairs Department also happens to be Xiangzhou Juntian Officer, newly established by Gao Cheng, who specializes in the recovery and distribution of acres.

According to the previous regulations, the first place was moved to the second place, and he was appointed as the official of Jizhou Juntian.

Then uncover the white paper pasted on No.2. Fortunately, he is no longer from Xiangzhou.

On the sixth day of September, in Ye City, just after Mao, a large group of people were waiting outside the Bohai Palace. The street outside the Palace was crowded, which made the guards a little nervous, fearing that something might go wrong.

'Why does the prince have to choose the place to post it outside the mansion. '

Some guards were puzzled, but they did not dare to confide in others.

Zhang Dexing waited outside the door early, although he was somewhat sure, he was still unavoidably apprehensive.

After waiting in Yecheng for three days, I also exchanged names with several Cangzhou fellow villagers. I wanted to chat with them to relieve my anxiety, but seeing that these people were also absent-minded, I had no choice but to give up.

After waiting for a long time, at the hour of Chen, the gate of Bohai Prince's Mansion opened, and a team of guards escorted Gao Cheng out.

This time he will call the roll himself.

Seeing the crowd outside the mansion kneel and salute one after another, Gao Cheng raised his hand and said with a smile:

"Don't be too polite, it's not easy to review, let you wait for three days, but please rest assured, there is only one principle for this recruitment, and that is fairness! If you have real talents and real learning, you will not be buried."

The soldiers guarding the post loudly spread Gao Cheng's words,
Everyone knelt down in gratitude after hearing the words.

Only now did Gao Cheng take a list from the civil official, and said loudly:
"No. 1 in the Division of Preparing Thieves, Zhao Yanping from Lunu County, Dingzhou, should be awarded"

As the soldiers sang their names and official positions one by one, people cheered on the crowded street:

"I hit it!"

"I got an official position!"

Overjoyed, he even lost his posture.

And after the first list of the preparation section was sung, the candidates who were not on the list cried and wailed.

After Gao Cheng sang the first list, he was not in a hurry to get the second list. He said loudly to everyone:

"Those who take the exam, regardless of whether they get the job or not, can receive a piece of money from the Bohai Prince's Mansion to cover the expenses of this trip."

It won the gratitude of the crowd again, and even the candidates for the preparation department who failed the rankings also sincerely thanked them.

Everyone is aware of Gao Cheng's various measures to ensure the fairness of this exam, even as the son of the Prince of Bohai, he is considerate of everyone's difficulty, giving everyone money, who wants to say anything Right and wrong, really wolf-hearted.

When each name was sung, Zhang Dexing was full of envy, and he was more and more worried about gains and losses. Although the Bohai Palace would provide expenses for this trip, how could his wife make up for the hard work these days.

Seeing that Gao Cheng finally opened the last list, Zhang Dexing couldn't stop shaking.

"Agriculture Department No.1."

Zhang Dexing felt his breathing became more and more rapid.

"Cangzhou Fuyang people"

At this moment, he even felt that he was about to suffocate.

"Zhang Dexing, should be awarded the Xiangzhou Juntian official"

Zhang Dexing's mind went blank, and he didn't even hear the salary clearly. The fellow villagers around came up to congratulate him with smiling faces, and someone beside him pointed at him and shouted:
"Look, this is Zhang Dexing, No. 1 of the Agriculture Department!"

"I got an official?"

he murmured.

"I got an official!"

Thinking of the figure he saw standing by the edge of the field that day, Zhang Dexing squatted on the ground, crying and laughing loudly, unable to control himself.

　I overslept before and woke up and wrote two chapters together.There are two more chapters tonight.There is also the issue of Daxing culture and education. I think there are priorities. Now is not the time to spend money and food to build schools, so I will slow down this matter a little. The reason why I wrote this exam is just to plant a seed, just like As mentioned in the previous chapter, encourage the heart of learning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)