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"Although I have persuaded the fourth sister for a long time, the fourth sister has an arrogant personality and is still more willing to marry into a noble family. Wen Juzi comes from such a poor family, no matter how talented and potential, if he wants to be famous, he has to wait too long , and the fourth younger sister is not willing to marry."

Perhaps because he felt that he had failed Sheng Changbai's entrustment, Hai Chaoyun's expression was not very good-looking.

"You don't have to pay too much attention to it. I didn't expect much from this matter, and I asked you to go and persuade me. I just hope that the fourth sister will be willing to marry as soon as possible."

If Mo Lan really wanted to pursue her love, Sheng Changbai might still support Mo Lan.

The current situation is that Mo Lan simply wants to cling to the rich and powerful, dislikes the poor and loves the rich, Sheng Changbai cannot support Mo Lan.

If this matter cannot be persuaded, I will not persuade it. According to the orders of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, and the tradition of this era, it is over if Mo Lan is married.

Wen Yanjing was also Sheng Hong's carefully selected son-in-law candidate, and he didn't intend to cheat Mo Lan.

Considering Sheng Hong's preference for Mo Lan, Mo Lan's dowry will not be too small.

A few hundred acres of good paddy fields and a few shops are enough for Mo Lan to live comfortably for the rest of her life.

I don't know if Lin Xishuang, Mo Lan's mother and daughter will accept their fate in marriage.

Sheng Changbai sent more people to guard the door of the house and prevent Mo Lan from going out alone, so nothing major could happen at home.

Compared with Mo Lan's trouble, Ru Lan's side is much better.

Rulan knew exactly what kind of character she had.

Although he can't be said to be smart, he has self-knowledge, and after Hua Langao got married, it can't be said that his life is very good.

Ru Lan had no idea of ​​marrying high, but wanted to find a wealthy official family who was not as good as the Sheng family to marry.

With the face of Sheng Hong and Sheng Changbai, Rulan will most likely not be bullied in her husband's house, and can live a more comfortable life.

Back then, Mrs. Sheng and Wang Ruofu's family also thought so, but things didn't go smoothly.

But it can't be said that it doesn't make sense.

Being able to think this way means that Ru Lan usually looks silly, but in fact she is quite transparent.

Although the conditions of the Li family are not as good as Rulan's idea.

As a family of merchants, with some money, it can be said that the family is well off.

But the reason why no one in the family is an official is that there is no social status.

The business has been able to start these years, more or less because the Li family and the eldest family of the Sheng family are related by marriage.

But Li Yu's talent is really good, after Li Yu became a Jinshi.

The Li family can be regarded as a well-off family of officials.

Perfectly fit Ru Lan's goal, Ru Lan and Li Yu's contact was smooth.

Minglan is more at ease here, He Hongwen, who does not need the imperial examination, is much freer.

And he is very proactive. Everyone else is busy studying their homework and has no time to find girls. Only He Hongwen wants to go to Sheng's house to flirt with girls all day long.

Judging from the passion between He Hongwen and Minglan, they can be regarded as the love period of this era.

At least for He Hongwen, he was in the stage of passionate love.

When the Spring Festival came, the Sheng family still invited Juzi who lived in the backyard to celebrate the festival with their family.

After two months of inspection, Sheng Hong was basically satisfied with the character of several candidates.

The character and character performance are basically in line with the rumors.

Sheng Hong finally respected Wen Yan and Li Yu, and revealed that he wanted to marry a female wife.

In fact, there is only so much that the woman can do. After all, the woman still has to be reserved in matters of marriage, and most of them should be proposed by the man.

Both of them gave a positive response. After reporting to the elders in the family, and after the old emperor's funeral, they asked a matchmaker to come to the door.

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The three orchids in the family were all arranged, and Sheng Changbai turned his focus back to the court.

The new emperor Zhao Zongquan presided over the New Year Ceremony, and changed the year name to Zhiping.

He probably presided over a lot of ceremonies and did a lot of things that only an emperor could do. Many people in the world also knew that he was the new emperor.

Thinking that his throne had been secured, Zhao Zongquan had the desire to take back his rights.

I want to get myself back from the jade seal that was given to the queen mother, and I also want to send myself back to the harem who invited me out to listen to the government behind the curtain.

The honeymoon period with my cheap mother has not lasted for half a year.

"Sheng Yushi, what do you think of the Empress Dowager listening to the government behind the curtain?"

If he didn't want the queen mother to continue to listen to the government behind the curtain, Zhao Zongquan would of course think about how to get the queen mother down.

The first thing is to talk about the ritual system. The new emperor is not underage, so there is no reason for the queen mother to hang the curtain.

So Zhao Zongquan went to Sheng Changbai, the supervisory censor of the Ministry of Rites.

"Officials, although the system of the queen mother listening to the government behind the curtain has always existed in our dynasty, but after the court is stabilized, the queen mother should naturally return to the emperor."

Now that Zhao Zongquan found Sheng Changbai, Sheng Changbai would always agree with Zhao Zongquan.

Although Zhao Zongquan's practice of employing people forward and not using people backward is very shameless.

But politics still has to pay attention to interests.

It is really inappropriate for the country's military and state affairs to be decided by the Queen Mother, a woman in the palace.

"Then Yushitai is planning to participate in the Queen Mother's book?"

Zhao Zongquan obviously wanted Sheng Changbai to target the queen mother, bring down the queen mother for himself, and charge into battle.

"Official family, although the new king is old, it is not in accordance with the etiquette system for the queen mother to attend the court. But last year, the official family personally presented the jade seal, and invited the queen mother to come to the court for special matters, and it does not hinder the etiquette..."

Zhao Zongquan wanted Sheng Changbai to go against the queen mother, Sheng Changbai's attitude was very clear, I would not participate in such matters.

Don't ask me about your family's affairs. It was you who gave the jade seal to the Queen Mother.

If you want to get back the jade seal, you have to go there yourself.

Sheng Changbai has no interest in fighting for power and profit.

The emperor Zhao Zongquan really didn't have much face in Sheng Changbai.

Most of the civil and military officials in the court had the same attitude as Sheng Changbai, and they did not fully approve of Zhao Zongquan.

If it is not approved, no one wants Zhao Zongquan to hold too much power.

It is not necessarily a good thing for one person to monopolize power, especially if one person is not capable enough.

Zhao Zongquan has managed at most dozens of people in his family, so it is impossible to manage the world well by just getting started.

After such a period of time, Sheng Changbai discovered that the current situation of the three-legged confrontation in the court is not necessarily a bad thing.

With the three parties restraining each other, there is no possibility of passing some random orders in the court.

As for not giving the emperor face, it was not a big deal in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Some big trolls often spit on the emperor, but the emperor can only accept it.

If the emperor is not happy, the worst thing is to find an opportunity to drive Sheng Changbai out of the capital.

If the emperor really had this capacity, he wouldn't be able to do anything.

After all, in the court, apart from a group of cronies that Zhao Zongquan brought from Yuzhou, no one would fully support Zhao Zongquan.

Sheng Changbai was actually not afraid of leaving the capital.

With insufficient status and influence, Sheng Changbai didn't like spending time in the capital either.

After working in the position of censor for such a long time, I have cleaned out some moths.

Since there was no one in Bianliang who could play the role, Sheng Changbai no longer had much interest in the position of censor.

Being an idle official in Bianliang can't do much.

In fact, it's not as good as going to the local government to be a chief official. You can do whatever you want, and do whatever you want.

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During this period of time, Zhao Zongquan kept making small moves, and he didn't just find Sheng Changbai alone.

I met many people one after another and tried to win over many officials, but the results were not good.

An official like Sheng Hong who was promoted by Zhao Zongquan, although he was grateful to Zhao Zongquan, could not completely sacrifice his life for Zhao Zongquan. He would stand unprincipled for Zhao Zongquan above the court.

Because of his status as emperor, it is not difficult for Zhao Zongquan to want officials to do things for the country.

But if you want officials to help you fight for power and profit, and deal with the queen mother, then no one is willing to go.

After all, the queen mother has been a queen for decades, and she is much more familiar with the officials in the court than Zhao Zongquan.

Another one is to talk about interests, Sheng Changbai is a political rookie.

They all feel that the situation of the three-legged confrontation in the court is good, not to mention other veterans in the officialdom.

If rights are not restricted, they will inevitably be abused.

No one wants to see an emperor who has monopoly power, can do whatever he wants, and has no restrictions.

The bottom-up approach didn't work, so the emperor could only go from top to bottom, and found Prime Minister Han Daxianggong.

The two people didn't know what they talked about, and they didn't know what kind of benefit exchange they had.

Or Zhao Zongquan, what he promised the prime minister.

The current situation is that Zhao Zongquan and the prime minister have achieved a certain tacit understanding.

Now the emperor has put aside the queen mother and started to cooperate with the prime minister again, trying to take back the rights in the hands of the queen mother.

The emperor plus the prime minister still has some advantages over the queen mother.

But the reason why the Empress Dowager holds the jade seal in her hands is that the imperial edict will have no effect without the empress dowager affixing the jade seal.

With the jade seal in hand, the queen mother's basic rights are guaranteed to a certain extent.

Compared with the alliance of the emperor and the prime minister, it will not be too disadvantaged.

Another wave of struggle for power began in the court.

It's time to fight in the court, but the imperial examination is still here.

The emperor and the queen mother still have certain expectations for the new Jinshi.

The original officials in the imperial court were difficult to win over, but these new scholars were different.

When entering the court for the first time, it was the time when they were most likely to be wooed, and they all hoped to recruit some manpower from the new Jinshi.

On the day when the provincial examination results were released, Sheng Hong waited at home with Sheng Changbai, waiting for Sheng's third son's examination results.

Although I know that Sheng Changfeng's chances of winning are not high, there is still a sense of ritual for the whole family to wait for the results.

After all, for a scholarly family, there is nothing more important than the imperial examination.

"I hit it, I hit it!"

While drinking tea, I heard the voice of a servant shouting happily outside.

"Don't worry, who won, did Saburo win?"

When Sheng Changbai went out, he called a delighted servant over and asked in surprise.

Thinking about whether Sheng Changfeng performed supernormally and was liked by any examiner, it is really possible for him to pass the exam.

"It's hit. It's Sanlang who is hit. Sanlang of the Wu family who lives in our backyard is hit."

"Go to the backyard to announce the good news and get the money."

The Sheng family's rules are still somewhat casual, and the servants in the family dare to follow Sheng Changbopi.

After returning to the house, Sheng Changbai said to the expectant Sheng Hong:
"Father, Brother Wu won the prize. I think it won't be long before Brother Wu will thank you for coming."

If Sheng Changbai had no expectations for Sheng Changfeng at all, Sheng Hong still had some expectations for Sheng Changfeng.

In every provincial exam, there are some candidates who could not get on the list according to their usual performance, but they performed super long in the exam to get on the list.

After all, this is the scriptures, strategies, and theory of the exam, and the stability is not that high.

As long as you can think of a more beautiful solution to the problem, there is a possibility of extraordinary performance.

"Again!"

"Also hit!"

"All hit!"

The servants at home made a fuss three more times, and Sheng Hong had hope, but was disappointed three more times.

The backyard of the Sheng family can really be regarded as a treasured geomantic omen. It has taken in a total of five candidates, and four of them have passed the provincial examination.

Wu Sanlang, Liu Dalang, Wen Yanjing, and Li Yu all passed the Jinshi examination.

The pass rate is 80.00%, which is much more auspicious than the No. [-] building in the city and the high school residence.

If the Sheng family's backyard is to be rented out during the next imperial examination, it will definitely help the Sheng family earn a lot of money.

Of course, the Sheng family has a shame, it is impossible to rent out their own yard just to make money.

But there must be many people who would like to come to Sheng's backyard to prepare for the exam.

"Father, although Chang Feng didn't win, it's a happy event for the senior brothers to win. I'll go and order the kitchen to arrange the table."

Two are old friends of the Sheng family, and two are the future sons-in-law of the Sheng family. The Sheng family did not lose money in the imperial examination.

Absolutely a big profit. After these people pass the palace examination and enter the officialdom, the political power of the Sheng family will increase a lot.

"Prepare generously." Sheng Hong instructed after adjusting his mentality.

When some people are happy, there are naturally others who are unhappy. The three people in the room of Lin Haoshuang are very unhappy, and they are all self-inflicted.

Sheng Changfeng failed the ranking again, of course he will not have a good life.

Even Sheng Hong didn't have much hope for Sheng Changfeng's end this time.

But looking at the six candidates living at home, four of them passed the exam.

Of the two who failed, one of them was his son Sheng Changfeng.

It was inevitable that Sheng Changfeng would be reprimanded again.

Sheng Changfeng was trained by Sheng Hong, and when he returned to Lin Xi Pavilion, he was still disgusted by his wife and younger sister.

The third child Sheng was playful and neglected his homework. After failing the imperial examination, he was reprimanded, disgusted, and cold-faced. Sheng Changfeng asked for it and deserved it.

Lin Zongshuang and Mo Lan were unhappy partly because of Sheng Changfeng.

A bigger part is because Wen Yanjing passed the Jinshi examination.

Originally speaking, the future son-in-law of the family has passed the Jinshi examination, no matter who it is, it is a happy thing.

But it's different for Lin Haoshuang and Mo Lan, the two are only worried about this matter, and have no happy thoughts at all.

If Wen Yanjing fails the Jinshi examination, just a poor student, Wen Yanjing and Mo Lan's marriage, there is still room for maneuver.

Now that Wen Yanjing has passed the Jinshi examination, there is absolutely no possibility of changing this marriage. (end of this chapter)