Cannon Fodder is King [Quick Transmigration]

Meng Zezhi's departure date was set on the second day of October.

Prior to this, Xiao Shi busy himself as a spinning top.

"I heard that there are a lot of mosquitoes in Jiangxi, so I have to wear this green gauze curtain."

"Also bring a few more cotton-padded clothes in winter. The weather over there is not as humid as in the capital, and it is not easy to dry the changed clothes... It is also possible to dry them with charcoal fire, but be careful to open the doors and windows for ventilation."

"There is also Tuanlong tribute tea that you love to drink. There is only this can left at home. You take it with you first. When the palace rewards it again, I will send it to you quickly."

"It's thousands of miles away, and the journey is long. I'm worried that if you run into bandits or unsightly people on the way, you should bring a few more guards. Just Hong Wu and the others, they are from the mansion. The elderly are old, and I feel relieved to have them follow me."

……

Meng Zezhi listened carefully, echoing from time to time.

After tidying up the luggage, Xiao led his people to check it twice, making sure that there was nothing missing, so he was relieved.

Seeing this, Meng Zezhi quickly handed over the prepared teacup: "Mother, you are tired too, drink some water."

Xiao Shi reached out to pick it up, and as soon as she drank the tea, she seemed to think of something, she put down the tea bowl again, and looked back at Madam Zheng: "By the way, Madam Zheng, bring over the things I prepared for the young master."

"Hey." Madam Zheng agreed, and immediately took the maid Shiqi to put the things in her hand on the table.

Mrs. Xiao opened the top wooden box, and what caught his eye was a stack of 100 taels of silver bills, judging by the thickness, at least 1 taels.

She said: "You take this money with you, spend it when you need it, use it when you need it, don't wrong yourself, our family does not lack your money. When you run out, I will send someone to give it to you."

Meng Zezhi's eyes lit up, and he smiled happily: "Thank you, mother."

Xiao accepted it with peace of mind. The most important thing she lacks now is money. You must know that matches alone can bring her a net profit of more than 20 taels of silver every year. .

The maidservants around looked at their eyes, their noses, their hearts, their hearts, and lowered their heads to stare at the patterns on the shoes intently, motionless as a mountain.

"And these." Xiao Shi opened a wooden box that was as big as a drawer and a half.

The wooden box was divided into two halves of different sizes. The big side contained small and exquisite gold and silver nudes ranging from one tael to three taels, and the small side contained golden melon seeds, all of which were engraved with the words of Song Guogong's mansion.

"Your father is very senior, even the patriarch of the Zhao family has to call him uncle. When we get there, the members of the Zhao family will come to visit us. Our family is powerful and powerful, and the relatives over there are all out of three clothes. Yes, so you don’t need to look at the dishes, each family prepares gifts, just give a red envelope.”

Xiao said in detail: "For the relatives within five clothes and several clan elders, the older ones will be given two taels of golden nude seeds, and the younger ones will be given one tael of golden nude seeds or a golden melon seed. After five clothes, For those within seven servings, give three taels or two taels of silver nude, and for those who are out of seven servings, just give one tael of silver nude to send away."

"I estimate that after dealing with these relatives, there will be a lot of money left over, and you can keep it for others to use."

At present, the Dayang Dynasty has only been established for 25 years, and the people have just come out of the war, so the people are not rich, and one tael of gold can often be exchanged for 12 taels of silver or even more.And a golden melon seed weighs half a tael, which is equivalent to six taels of silver.

"it is good."

Xiao Shi has considered all aspects of this, and it's Meng Zezhi's turn, so he just nodded his head and said yes.

"This is the peace talisman I came back from the Longevity Temple, you wear it with you, don't lose it."

Saying so, Xiao took out a purse and bent down to fasten it for Meng Zezhi himself.

The purse was embroidered by Mrs. Xiao himself, and on the front is the picture of tiger food and five poisons, which is vivid and lifelike.

"And this." Xiao Shi finally took out a jade pendant that was not of good quality, tied it on him as well, but said: "This is a relic left by your biological mother."

Meng Zezhi's complexion changed slightly.

I only heard Xiao continue to say: "I didn't want to give it to you, but after thinking about it, if she is alive in the sky, knowing that you are about to take the exam, she will definitely keep you safe. I will feel more at ease if I have one more person to protect you." .”

Meng Zezhi looked down and felt that this jade pendant was inexplicably familiar, but he didn't care to think about it, so he just looked moved and said softly: "Mother——"

Xiao's brows and eyes were gentle, and he said with deep emotion: "My An'er has grown up."

A few days later, Xiao Deren sent a steward from his house over.

The steward's surname is Liu, and he has served Xiao Deren's two sons when they returned home to take the exam, so they have a lot of experience.

In this way, Meng Zezhi embarked on the journey southward with a group of twenty or so people.

Traveling all the way through mountains and rivers, Xu Shi was intimidated by a group of guards, but he didn't meet anyone who was short-sighted on the way.

It was already the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month when the group arrived in Jiangxi.

The patriarch of the Zhao clan personally brought someone to pick him up at the post station.

Song Guogong Zhao Lingwu's ancestral home is Zhaojia Village, Wannian County, Raozhou Prefecture. Zhaojia Village is located in the deep mountains, with inconvenient transportation and poor livelihood.

After Zhao Lingwu made his fortune, he built ancestral tombs, genealogy and ancestral halls for the clan, and set up [-] mu of clan land (land owned by clan members) to worship ancestors, provide relief to clan members, and establish righteous schools (clan established for the children of the clan) private school), etc.

It can be said that the more than [-] families in Zhaojia Village are all supported by the Duke's Mansion, and they are reciprocating. Over the years, the Zhao clan in Zhaojia Village has restrained each other and never caused trouble for the Duke's Mansion.

But Meng Zezhi knew that Zhao Lingwu did so much purely to silence the mouths of these Zhao clan members.

Because they all knew that Zhao Lingwu was married before entering the Xiao family.

Because of this, Meng Zezhi didn't like to see them, but who made him bear the name of the young master of the Duke's Mansion now, and he still had to say what should be said on the scene.

After asking about the recent situation in the Duke's mansion, the patriarch of the Zhao clan said: "Your family's ancestral house has already been tidied up. Ninth young master, do you think you should go directly to Zhaojia Village or not?"

"I won't go to Zhaojia Village." Meng Zezhi picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, probably feeling that it was not to his taste, so he put it down again.

"What?" The members of the Zhao clan present looked at each other in blank dismay. This was the reason why no one would go in even though they were at the door of the house.

Meng Zezhi said indifferently: "This time, Zhaojia Village is too far away from the county, so it's inconvenient to come and go. Second, brother, I forgot, I'm a bastard."

According to clan etiquette, concubines are not eligible to enter the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors.

As for the ancestral graves of Zhao Lingwu's branch, they had already been moved to the capital.

So it's the same if you don't go back this time.

Hearing this, the patriarch of the Zhao family looked embarrassed. The Zhao family has only made a fortune for more than [-] years, and they are still farmers in their bones. At least they, the older generation, have never heard of anyone who took a concubine and made a concubine. Come.

Looking at Meng Zezhi's demeanor, didn't they forget his identity?

But even if they knew it now, they didn't dare to underestimate Meng Zezhi.

Looking at the silk and satin that he was wearing, and then looking at the servant girls beside him, and thinking of what the Duke's wife said in the letter, it is conceivable that even if Meng Zezhi is a bastard, he is also a favored bastard. , Thousands of times stronger than their mud legs.

Thinking of this, the patriarch of the Zhao clan tightened his silk clothes that he had found out from under the box, and laughed along with him: "Is that so, have you arranged your residence, Master Ninth?"

"It's all arranged, just—" Meng Zezhi's voice froze.

Guanshi Liu, who was waiting at the side, immediately said: "If the head of the Hui clan is concerned, we will arrange it on Xishui Street outside the county government office."

"Okay," the patriarch of the Zhao clan immediately stood up with a cane, "Then we won't bother Young Master Ninth today, and we'll come to pay New Year greetings to Young Master Ninth in a few years."

Meng Zezhi then stood up: "I'll send some clan brothers off."

"Master Ninth, please stay."

After seeing off these Zhao clan members, Meng Zezhi raised his folding fan and patted his palms, then looked back at Guanshi Liu and the others: "Pack up your things and go into the city."

"Yes."

After moving into the county seat, Meng Zezhi began to thank guests behind closed doors. Except for members of the Zhao clan, no one else was seen.

In mid-February 20 in Guangde, the county trial released the list, and Meng Zezhi was named the top case in the county as he wished.

"Master." When Ji Liang hurriedly pushed the door and entered, Meng Zezhi was writing a letter to Xiao Shi.

"What's wrong?" He put down his pen and dried the ink on the paper.

At the beginning of this month, Song Guogong Zhao Lingwu's class teacher returned to the court.

"Several failed candidates blocked the entrance of the county government, shouting that the students of Wannian County are famous in Jiangxi. If it weren't for County Magistrate Dong to cling to the powerful, young master, how could you be the top case in the county?"

The style of writing in the south is at its peak, especially in Jiangxi. It was only 25 years since the founding of the Dayang Dynasty. Thirteen scientific examinations were held, and more than 15 Jinshi were admitted.Among them, candidates from the south accounted for two-thirds, and candidates from Jiangxi accounted for one-fifth.In Guangde's [-]-year scientific examination, candidates from Jiangxi even won the top three in the top three.In recent years, Wannian County has emphasized education and cultural development, and has achieved excellent results. There have been stories of five Jinshi in the first street.

All of a sudden, a student from the north beat all the famous talents in Wannian County to win the case. This was again at the time when Song Guogong's class teacher returned to the court and was in the limelight. It's no wonder that some people felt unbalanced.

"Naive." Meng Zezhi disagreed.

Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been no imperial examination fraud case where blood flowed like a river. The 18-year imperial examination fraud case in Guangde directly abolished a prince (the eldest prince).

These examinees don't even think about it, the county magistrate can't think of things they can think of, if he really wants to do one or two, the most he can do is give Meng Zezhi a better ranking, and he will be the top of the case directly, this is not a gun Hit the bird!

Sure enough, after only half a day, the turmoil subsided.

Dong county magistrate acted vigorously, posted Meng Zezhi's test papers, and dragged several candidates to Caishikou for a public trial.

Only after the first trial did I know that these were a few candidates with great ambitions and talents who were not successful in the test after repeated attempts, and their hearts were not clear, and they committed a mess after getting drunk.

They were drunk, but County Magistrate Dong was very sober. If this happened accidentally, it would be fatal. He directly asked the yamen servants to beat the examinees for [-] boards, and then sentenced them to admission. After one year in prison, three generations of descendants are not allowed to take the imperial examination.

This is undoubtedly a disaster for a student.

After this incident, Meng Zezhi participated in several literary conferences in a row. Although he performed quite well in poetry and prose, he beat all the talents in Sishu prose and parallel prose, which can be regarded as indirectly rectifying his name.

Killing chickens to warn monkeys, thanks to this incident, no one dares to make trouble in the subsequent government and hospital examinations.

Until the township examination comes.