reborn monarch

In the spring of the ninth year of Qiyuan, the third imperial examination in the reign of Qiyuan had just ended. As soon as Sanding Jia went to Fengtian Hall, the hearts of civil and military officials were indifferent. Facing Sanding Jia who was as young as the previous two sessions, they could no longer give birth. Feeling too surprised.

It's not that they don't understand, but that the world is changing too fast.

Am I getting old?As long as the ministers in the palace have passed the age of forty, they all have such doubts.

The three tripods are kneeling on the ground, the number one scholar Liu Ying, the second place Shi Juncai, and Tanhua Zhuoyuan.

Gu Zhen swept across their faces, and exchanged a glance with No.1 Xie Jiuyuan on the right, both of them were surprised.What surprised the two of them was not only that this Sanding Jia was completely different from the previous life, but also because of an acquaintance.

Liu Ying, that is, Liu Ying, the only female number one scholar in the Qiyuan Dynasty, was supposed to be the top student in Qiyuan's 12th year, but now she ends up three years ahead of schedule, and what Gu Zhen said when dealing with Jiang Luofu about three years ago played a role .

Sure enough, Emperor Qi Yuan clicked the No. [-] Scholar to answer, Liu Ying revealed her identity, and the civil and military forces of the whole court were in an uproar. Even Shi Juncai and Zhuo Yuan beside her couldn't help but look at her.

That Liu Ying was tall, with a heroic appearance, dressed in men's clothes, she looked like Pan An, and her gestures were chic, without the look of a boudoir.

"Your Majesty", Liu Ying bowed and bowed, "In the sixth year of Qiyuan, Your Majesty made a golden speech in this Fengtian Hall, saying, 'If there is a high school for girls who can enter the first grade, they can enter the court as an official with the approval of the Gaotang at home,'" Although Liu Ying is a woman, she also has the ambition to help the country, and she is unwilling to be trapped in the back house. However, Liu Ying can't do it in the high hall of the family. She promised Liu Ying that she would never marry. Now that she is named on the gold list, I beg Your Majesty to keep her promise and allow Liu Ying to enter the court as an official!"

She spoke impassionedly, but Xie Jiuyuan and Gu Zhen knew that she had actually lied. In the previous life, the champion woman was forced to marry by her family, and she ended up miserable. In this life, she suddenly changed her attitude. The two regretted what happened to her, so naturally they would not expose her.

Wen Jinli immediately retorted: "It's absurd, how can a woman show her face in public! This precedent must not be set, Your Majesty, how can you laugh so much in a solemn court!"

Liu Ying raised her eyebrows, and said angrily: "The literary minister is so frivolous! If the student is the number one scholar in the examination based on his true talents, if he is lucky, he will also be an official based on his true talents. Where did the word laughing come from! Absurd!"

Wen Jinli didn't expect that she, a mere girl, dared to challenge him in Fengtian Temple, and was about to scold her, but Xie Jiuyuan took the conversation away.

"Okay! The number one scholar makes sense." Xie Jiuyuan smiled brightly, and looked at Gu Zhen, "Your Majesty will not contradict what you say, but the number one scholar has the ambition to rise to the top, so he certainly doesn't want to be a court lady. I also want to ask, has the number one scholar ever expressed any concern for his official career?" Have you considered it?"

Seeing that Xie Xiang supported her, Liu Ying immediately knelt down facing Emperor Qi Yuan, bowed to Emperor Qi Yuan and Xie Jiuyuan, and said: "I am a big Chu and a vast country. Your Majesty is diligent in government and loves the people, but you can't see it with your own eyes. If students are lucky enough to help you Patrolling, private visits, no matter big cities or small towns, if there is a grand scene, it will be pictured; if there is a good policy, it will be written; The people of the country!"

These words made people feel proud. Although some officials couldn't accept Liu Ying's entry into the court, they couldn't help but say hello from the bottom of their hearts.

This time, Wen Jinli went straight out of duty, saluted Emperor Qi Yuan, and retorted: "Your Majesty, this is alarmist and nonsense! The local government has its own parents and officials to watch over for His Majesty, and the supervision also has its own censor, The six divisions and the inspectors of the provinces perform their duties. These are loyal and responsible courtiers, and they are all His Majesty's brothers and ears. The little girl's exaggerated words are useless! Prime Minister Xie has been in power for many years, and he still applauds such ulterior motives. It surprised the old man."

Liu Ying couldn't help but wanted to reply again, but Xie Jiuyuan took the lead.

Xie Jiuyuan showed doubts on his face, he cupped his hands at Wen Jinli, and said suspiciously: "Mr. Wen calmed down, where did you start? Xie really couldn't see where the champion's words had ulterior motives. There are bound to be omissions, and there is only one inspector in each province, so who dares to guarantee that they can cover everything? How did the number one scholar make such a fuss about Wen Xiang? I hope Wen Xiang can enlighten me."

Wen Jinli couldn't argue with him, after all, there were some things that couldn't be put on the table, so he snorted angrily, pretending to disdain to break up with him.

After the two of them quarreled, Emperor Qi Yuan spoke slowly.

"There is no distinction between men and women if you have ambitions. Of course, I will not contradict what you say. The number one scholar Liu Ying listens to the order!"

Liu Ying blushed with excitement, bowed solemnly, and knelt down to accept the seal.

"In the ninth year of Qiyuan, Liu Ying, the number one scholar, expressed her lofty aspirations in Fengtian Palace. I was very moved, and I sympathized with Liu Ying's loyalty to the country. People's sentiments, patrolling the officialdom, chartered directly to listen to the sky, respect this."

She never expected that this would be reused so much, Liu Ying burst into tears, bowed to the ground, and said in a loud voice: "I accept the order! I will remember my ambition of studying hard, and I will definitely live up to your majesty's entrustment!"

Emperor Qi Yuan looked at the second place, he was also a newcomer, he didn't know the details yet, so he was sent to the Imperial Academy together with Zhuo Yuan for further observation.

Ever since, the officials pondered about Emperor Qiyuan's reluctance to get married.

Could it be, what does His Majesty think about Liu Ying?

The ministers looked at me and I looked at you, their eyes met each other, but they didn't dare to say anything. After all, Emperor Qiyuan had a tough attitude on the matter of marriage, and he just refused to accept it. After being beaten by the court stick, all officials would not touch this bad luck easily.

"Okay." Emperor Qi Yuan looked at Gu Lan below, and hooked the corners of his mouth, "Let's talk about a happy event. In three days, the son will leave the palace to build a mansion. In the future, Lan'er will not be in the palace. My lords, please take care of me for a while." .”

Everyone responded again and again, Gu Lan took advantage of their lowered heads and blinked at his uncle.

"Your Majesty!" A young eunuch rushed over, knelt down outside the Fengtian Hall, and shouted, "Your Majesty! The navy defeated the fleet of Fran's robots and returned to camp victoriously! One warship was lost and 23 soldiers were killed. Obtained a merchant ship from Franz, Master Wen Chongde said that the steam engine in the ship is intact, and has already taken it to the shipyard for research!"

Since Emperor Qiyuan took back the military power two years ago, he has never established a new minister of the Ministry of War.

"it is good!"

Emperor Qiyuan was overjoyed, awarded him a reward, and specially ordered Xie Jiuyuan to go to announce the decree.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Ze, Minister of the Honglu Temple, stood up and said that several small overseas countries had sent envoys to do business with Great Chu.In the past two years, sea trade transactions have been rising steadily, and the national treasury has been filled a lot, and the status of Wang Ze, the minister of the Honglu Temple, has also risen with the tide.All the ministers and Emperor Qiyuan liked to hear the news, and the atmosphere became better for a while, and Emperor Qiyuan smiled and said hard work to Wang Ze.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry mentioned the matter of covering the warship with iron armor. Emperor Qiyuan allocated the funds generously, but gave the money directly to Wen Chongde, and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry had no choice but to thank him. A few, at this moment, they stretched their faces again, and gave Minister of the Ministry of Industry a blank look, which made Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry so angry that he was hurt internally.

After discussing all matters, the ministers had nothing to say, so they withdrew from the court.

After Gu Zhen retreated from the imperial court, he entered the imperial study, and after a while, Father-in-law Sanbao passed on a message, saying that it was Xie Guangxie who asked to see him.

Xie Shiyi spent three years in the Hanlin Academy, during which time he revised the remnant "Wood Wind Notes" from the previous dynasty. He is well-known among the Qingliu in the ruling and opposition circles and among the literati, especially because he did not rely on Xie Jiuyuan for his rapid promotion. This point is highly praised, so he is still neither arrogant nor impetuous, which is very valuable.

This year is the time to relocate him. Xie Jiuyuan mentioned it to Gu Zhen a few days ago, saying that Xie Shishi seems to have the idea of ​​going abroad. He is reluctant to be the eldest brother, but it is not good to go against his younger brother's ambition. Gu Zhen made fun of him.

Well, coming here at this time is probably to talk about this matter.

"Xuan."

Xie Shishi tremblingly entered the imperial study.

He is not a close minister of the emperor, and the chances of entering the imperial study are few and far between, and when he thinks that the cold, majestic Emperor Qi Yuan is still his "sister-in-law", Xie Shishi has the urge to kneel down for his elder brother.

Gu Zhen could see through his nervousness at a glance, he was amused in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, and said, "Why is Xie Aiqing facing the sanctuary?"

Xie Xie secretly adjusted his breathing, bowed respectfully, and said: "Your Majesty, I invite you to be sent abroad to practice, and I am willing to go to a place with poor mountains and rivers to do my part for the people's livelihood."

"Oh?" Gu Zhen feigned surprise, "Why, Xie Hanlin doesn't want to be an official in the court?"

After saying his request, Xie Shixi calmed down and explained: "It's not that I don't want to avoid you, but that if I stay in the court, my brother Xie Xian is the right minister of the court, whether it's good or bad. , will affect my brother, and my brother's words and deeds will definitely affect my minister. I don't want to let people talk, and I don't want to add disputes to my brother."

"Besides, if you don't serve as a parental official, you don't know the hardships of the people and the hardships of small officials. I want to do some practical things."

Recalling the chat with Jiulang that day, I commented that Xie Shiyi had his own opinion. In fact, Xie Shixi back then was still a little bit worse, but now Xie Shixi is indeed assertive.

Seeing him growing up, Gu Zhen felt comforted in his heart.

In fact, according to the selfishness of taking care of Zhen, he also wanted Xie Shixi to go to the local government to suffer. So far in this life, although the Xie family brothers have not had any suspicions, the differences are clearly visible.Gu Zhen really didn't want Xie Shishi to be harsh on Xie Jiuyuan again. If it wasn't for the fact that his control over the local area was not strong in the past two years, he would have to repeat the mistakes of Yun Province in his previous life. Gu Zhen would have sent him to practice a long time ago.

"Okay", Emperor Qi Yuan nodded slightly, "Since Xie Aiqing has the heart, I will consider it. There is no rush, you can step back for now."

Xie Shishi didn't expect it to be so easy, he was taken aback for a moment, his brows beamed with joy, thinking that the strategy of talking to His Majesty while the elder brother was away was right, he bowed respectfully, and retreated.

He went out of the palace gate and walked back to Xie Mansion on foot as usual.

Passing by Xiguifang on the road, I couldn't help but stop. This Xiguifang is one of the most luxurious restaurants in Beijing. It was newly opened not long ago, because the special collection of sweet-scented osmanthus wine is famous in the capital, and the people who come and go are rich and noble. Tian waits for my uncle to return to Beijing and let him treat guests to come here for a rubbing meal.

Thinking beautifully, he saw the eldest son Gu Lan getting off the carriage at the gate of Xiguifang, Xie Shixi opened his mouth to shout, his eyes turned cold, and he shut his mouth.

The person who greeted Gu Lan was actually a counselor from Wen Jinli's residence.

How could Gu Lan get along with this person?