Prosperous advisors

Chapter 623 The Bad Idea of ​​the Northern Han Emperor (2)
"Eleventh brother, don't go!" Heng Wang wailed, but unfortunately, his hands and feet were severed so that he was powerless.Seeing King Heng lying immobile in the chair, Rong Jin was in a good mood, raised his hand to call for his bodyguards, and said with a smile: "Send it to Bu Yutang in Fengtian Mansion, and lock him up with Mu Yunrong." After more than a month, the two annoying guys were finally dealt with. Both the annoying Gu Xiuting and Ge Shuhan left, and Young Master Rong Jiu was in a very happy mood.

All the envoys were sent away, and the entire imperial city gradually restored its proper order.In the past half a year, the princes fought openly and secretly. After the death of the first emperor, the princes and ministers fought with the new emperor. The new emperor ascended the throne, and many people in the royal family died.So many things, in fact, everyone is quite tired.Now that the new emperor ascended the throne, got married, and everything was finally done, they all heaved a sigh of relief.It seems that this tumultuous alternation of the throne has just passed.

Although the new emperor has just ascended the throne, it is obvious that in the future history books, the young emperor has nothing to do with the words "benevolence, generosity, generosity" and so on.

The new emperor is not benevolent and generous, which can be seen from the fact that he killed the royal descendants without mercy.The new emperor was not diligent in political affairs, and many things were left to the prime minister and several ministers.Gradually, although Mu Qingyi was still criticized by others, her ability was gradually recognized by most people.What's more, many shrewd ministers found that the court could not do without the prime minister, because whenever the emperor lost his temper, they could only ask the prime minister to put out the fire.

The ministers in charge of the household department and the people of Xiyue had a good impression of His Majesty Xihuang and the prime minister.There is only one female family member in the palace, and she is also a female family member who does not like extravagance. The silver bills that the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs need to spend are greatly reduced.Although Xiyue is not short of money, it is always good to have a full treasury.

As for the common people, as long as they look at the talented and beautiful couple of His Majesty the Emperor and the Prime Minister, the impression will be improved by three points.Not to mention, His Majesty the Emperor who had just ascended the throne ordered to reduce taxes, and a large number of maids in the palace were abolished, etc., which made the common people feel that although the new emperor was a little ridiculous when he was young, no one had a young and frivolous time. Has he rectified his evil ways soon after he ascended the throne?

Therefore, ordinary people are the most forgetful and the easiest to be grateful.Even if they were notorious before, as long as they are nice to them, they will soon forget the past.

In a blink of an eye, it was early July.

The Enke exam was scheduled for mid-July, and as soon as July arrived, there were many more civil and military candidates in the imperial city who came to attend the exam.

Tianranju is the favorite place for every candidate to live in, because it has won the number one scholar in Jinke for three consecutive times, so it is also known as the number one scholar building.Although the business in the imperial city can only be regarded as mediocre on weekdays, with this living sign, as soon as the imperial examination period comes, there will be a lot of guests here.Even if some people come late and have no room, it is considered auspicious to come here to drink two cups of Zhuangyuanhong.

Mu Qingyi and Rong Yang sat in a corner of Tianranju in an ordinary plain dress, watching the scholars coming and going with great interest.When she was a child, her eldest brother also took her to a place where scholars were specially received to watch, but at that time, she was not sensible and could barely join in the fun, and it was not the same as the observation now.

"Mu... Well, Mr. Mu, what's so interesting about this?" Rong Yang asked while sitting in a corner uncomfortably.He was born in a wealthy family, and everywhere he went, there were crowds of servants. Where had he ever seen such an experience of sitting in a bustling inn with people in a commoner suit?The most important thing is, if His Majesty knew that he came out alone with Mu Xiang, wouldn't he eat him?Although he admired Mu Xiang's talents very much, and wanted to ask her for advice, but it is really... There are differences between men and women.

Mu Qingyi smiled lightly and said, "These people will most likely be officials in the same court as you in the future. The county king doesn't want to take a look first?"

Rong Yang didn't take it seriously, even if these people were high school champions, they could only study for a bachelor's degree from the Imperial Academy at most, and when they really had the weight to participate in the government, it would probably be three to five years or even ten years later.But since Mu Qingyi said that, Rong Yang naturally wouldn't take her face off, and sat aside to look at her.

These princes who came to take the exam are naturally different.Some were born in a scholarly family and were born in the midst of wealth, some were born in poverty, some were young and did not reach the weak crown, and there were also those who had gray beard and hair for half a year.

Rong Yang was a little dazed, "This... is also here to take the imperial examination?"

Mu Qingyi glanced at the person he was looking at, and there was a Confucian scholar sitting at a table not far from them. His face was already wrinkled and his beard and hair were graying.Mu Qingyi nodded and smiled, "Isn't it?"

In the past, Emperor Xiyue did not allow his grandsons to participate in government affairs. Even Rong Yang, the son of Prince Zhuang, didn't know much about these things.He just said with some distaste: "What kind of imperial examination are you taking at this age? Don't be carried out of the examination room then." I followed Mu Xiang to see what the examination room looked like before, and I knew how to take the exam.What's more, "Even if you pass the exam, what can you do when you're old?"

Mu Qingyi nodded slightly and said, "Indeed." It wasn't that Mu Qingyi didn't like his age, nor did he disapprove of people who struggled persistently.After all, many people are late bloomers, but there are more people like this who just take the exam without doing anything all their lives. Even if they pass the exam, they are just a sour scholar who can study hard, and it is impossible to achieve any achievements in official career.Such a person, even if he passed the exam in the end, would probably be thrown into the Imperial Academy for retirement.

It was probably because the demeanor of the two was too leisurely, which attracted the attention of others after a while, even though the young man who had been talking loudly came over.The leader cupped his hands and laughed, "The two young masters are also here to take the test?"

Rong Yang glanced at Mu Qingyi, smiled lightly and said, "Exactly."

The young man glanced at Mu Qingyi in surprise, and said, "This son is so young, but he is also a master. It's amazing." Mu Qingyi looked much smaller in men's clothes than in women's clothes. Wearing a plain Confucian shirt, he looked like a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old.It's not that there are no people who can take part in the examination at the age of fourteen or fifteen, but they are very few, and such people must be rare geniuses. For a while, everyone's eyes on Mu Qingyi became a little complicated.Surprised, admired, doubted, and jealous.

Only Rong Yang complained silently on the side: What is a child?The person in front of you is obviously the prime minister of the current dynasty, how about the future queen of Xiyue?
"I don't know the surnames of the two sons, where are they from?"

Mu Qingyi said lightly: "Mian's surname is Zhang, from Pengzhou."

"Pengzhou? I haven't heard that there is such a young candidate in Pengzhou?" Someone asked with some doubts.Mu Qingyi smiled faintly, but did not open her mouth to refute.Everyone didn't care, they just asked casually, "The two young masters are very generous, why don't you study with us so that everyone can learn from each other, how about it?"

(End of this chapter)