Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

Although this battle was won, the price was extremely high.The victory report was sent back to Jianye, and Pei Linzhi proposed to rest for a period of time before dispatching troops.Because the next step is to fight on the plains, Anguo's cavalry is not dominant, and it is necessary to train a team that can compete with the Xirong cavalry.

Of course Xiao Yu immediately agreed, and ordered heavy troops to guard the recaptured city, and the rest of the soldiers returned to the court for a rest.

When Pei Linzhi left to return to the imperial court, it was the time when spring flowers were blooming.

The year's plan lies in spring, and Xiao Yu has been busy for a while.Hybrid rice seeds have been distributed all over the country, and full-fledged schools are about to start.

Jianye City is also busy at the moment, there is an endless stream of passenger boats and carriages every day, and the southern dialect and northern dialect converge in one city, because the test is about to start.

The 26 candidates who came from all over the country arrived at Jianye one after another before the first day of March.

Students from other places first go to the Taixue Journal to register, and the government will provide certain board and lodging subsidies and provide a place for learning and exchange.

Xiao Yu also opened the branch of Yiming Tea Club to Jianye, saying that it is a branch, and the scale of Jianye's Yiming Club is much larger than that of Panyu, and the flow of people in the capital is obviously not comparable to that of the state capital.

Candidates from Yazhou also arrived at Jianye in mid-February, and it was Meng Hong who sent them here.This surprised Xiao Yu very much, after all he hadn't seen Meng Hong for many years.

After meeting, Meng Hong reported the situation in Yazhou, and said to Xiao Yu: "Your Majesty, I have one more request for my visit this time. I beg you to grant me an amnesty. I want to go back to my hometown."

Xiao Yu smiled and said: "Of course, I will write to you." Meng Hong is over 40 years old, and has been away from his hometown for more than 20 years, and has never left Yazhou for half a step. Even if I go back, there are not many people I know.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Yu picked up the pen and immediately wrote an amnesty order to Meng Hong.Although Meng Hong was pardoned long ago when he ascended the throne, the news did not spread back to his hometown Jiangling. He brought this imperial decree back to give an explanation to the people in his hometown and also asked for an amnesty talisman for the Meng family. .

Xiao Yu said: "With this pardon, it doesn't matter if your whole family moves back to Jiangling."

Meng Hong smiled and shook his head: "I don't have any obsession with moving back to Jiangling. If my mother is still alive, I would still like to go back to fulfill my filial piety. My mother has passed away for many years, and I just go back to mourn. Brothers and sisters have their own lives, we It doesn't matter if you're there or not."

Xiao Yu nodded: "It's fine, if you don't want to go back to Jiangling, it's good to come to Jianye."

"I'll just stay in Yazhou. I'm used to the climate there. It's really cold here when I come back," Meng Hong said.

Meng Sigui said from the side: "Father, if you don't come to Jianye, I can't do my filial piety to you and mother."

Meng Hong turned his head and looked at his son: "You don't have to worry about that, your sister is still with me and your mother. Didn't your Majesty also say that men and women are the same. Your Majesty saved our whole family and gave us a new life. You Just repay His Majesty for our family and do our best for His Majesty."

Meng Sigui nodded: "Understood, Dad."

Xiao Yu smiled and said: "Brother Meng won't come here easily. Let's make Sigui's marriage later. When it's convenient for you, you can go back to Yazhou to get married, or it's the same in the capital. I'll officiate the wedding for you." When chatting in private, Xiao Yu didn't put on airs at all, just like when he was in Yazhou.

Meng Sigui blushed: "Thank you Your Majesty!"

Meng Hong was both surprised and delighted: "Which girl does Sigui have a crush on?"

Meng Sigui blushed and didn't know what to say, Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Who else? Isn't that girl Yu'er."

Meng Hong was overjoyed, he clapped his hands and said: "Okay, okay, that girl Yu'er is doing well, it's all due to His Majesty's trouble."

Meng Sigui hesitated for a moment: "Should we wait for the two brothers to get married first?"

Xiao Yu said: "Ji Hai will come back after a while, I'll ask him about his plans. Ji Shan let me ignore it, he has his own arrangements."

Meng Hong was very excited: "It's so fast, I didn't expect Sigui to get married."

"That's right, you just wait to be a grandfather and hold a grandson." Xiao Yu laughed.

Meng Hong smiled and said: "Okay. Then I will go back to my hometown to have a look before I take the exam. Sigui will go back with me."

"Of course I want to go back with my father. Your Majesty, I want to take a leave of absence." Meng Sigui said.

Xiao Yu waved his hand: "Go. Bring a few more people back." He knew very well that riches and honors do not return home, just like brocade clothes walking at night.

Xiao Yu remembered something: "Brother Meng, has that female student come to take part in the examination?"

Meng Hong said: "Here, His Majesty asked her to come. How can she not come. But her family really doesn't want her to come, saying that it's time to get married."

"how old are you?"

"It's eighteen this year."

"You haven't gotten married yet?" Xiao Yu was a little surprised. Girls in this era usually get married when they are fifteen or sixteen years old. Most of the unmarried ones are delayed by something.

Meng Hong said: "This girl is the only daughter of a wealthy businessman in Yazhou City. She is very smart and clever. She is very precious at home. She has been in a private school since she was a child, and then entered a school. She had a marriage contract since she was a child, but the fiancé had an accident before getting married. She died suddenly, her husband's family was not very righteous, and she vented her anger on others, saying that this woman was unlucky, Kefu. Because of this, this woman's reputation was damaged, and she has never been able to find her husband's family. This woman has a strong temperament, so she devoted herself to her studies. Last year Passed the test the first time I took it.”

"Since that's the case, why doesn't her family want her to come to Jianye?" Xiao Yu asked.

Meng Hong said: "It's not because she was in a hurry to go to the doctor. She felt that the girl was too old to marry, and she couldn't really become an official. She planned to recruit a clerk from her shop to be her son-in-law."

Xiao Yu frowned: "What's the girl's name?"

"Surname Su, single name Ying."

Xiao Yu smiled: "Su Ying? What a good name! It really stands out." He is a student of agriculture and has a special preference for the word "Ying".

Meng Hong said: "I finally persuaded his parents and brought His Majesty out, so they agreed that Ms. Su came with me to start a business. Although this Ms. Su is a girl, she is generous and insightful. She is really a hero among women. .”

Xiao Yu smiled: "That's good. After the test is over, I'd like to meet this girl well. Have you made arrangements for her place?"

Meng Hong said: "Her family has a lot of money, and she has already rented a house to live in."

"Then explain to Guan Shan before you leave, and ask him to take care of Miss Su at any time." Xiao Yu said, because Guan Shan was in charge of guarding the capital and often ran around the city, it was more convenient for him to take care of her.

"it is good."

Xiao Yu really wanted to set Su Ying as a role model, and let the world know that women can also be officials like men, instead of being confined to the backyard of a boudoir all their lives.

On the first day of March, the general examination finally began. The examination venues were divided into Taixue and Fuxue. The largest number of people who took the political theory examination was arranged on the first day, and other subjects were arranged on the second day of March.

After the exam, the test papers will be stitched together, the name and place number will be concealed, and then the examiners organized by the Ministry of Rites will uniformly mark the papers.

After the exam, it will be the Shangsi Festival on the third day of March, and the people in Jianye City will go out for an outing.Today's Shangsi Festival is particularly lively, because there are many young students who come to Beijing to rush for the exam, and these young people who have studied hard for many days and have just been liberated naturally have to relax.

The aristocratic families gathered in the suburbs and organized Qushui Liushang as in previous years.

After the court, Xiao Yu also left the palace and drove his horse for a walk outside the city.He didn't want to make a big show, so he took a light car with A Ping Yu'er and others, and naturally there were more than a dozen guards accompanying him.

The sun is very bright in March, and the flowers are already blooming, singing and singing everywhere, and the eyes are full of light yellow and fresh green, which makes people feel very relaxed.

After noon, there were still many tourists outside the city, and everyone enjoyed the beautiful spring.

Xiao Yu stood on the edge of the Yangtze River, looking at the rolling water flowing eastward, and then looked far northwest towards the opposite bank. At this moment, Linzhi was probably on his way back. He didn't know where he was already, and he couldn't wait to see him.

Yu'er and Xiaochun laid out a Persian blanket under a tree, and arranged the tea, wine and snacks: "Lang Jun, come over for tea."

Xiao Yu turned around, looked at the familiar people behind him, felt happy, and said: "Today we also have a scene, arty, let's compose poems. With spring as the theme, each person writes a poem, at least Two sentences, you don’t have to stick to the word Chun, but it has to be Chunjing. If you can’t write it, you will be fined to drink.”

Everyone is not very good at composing poems, but they are all holding back their poems in a serious manner, and their attitude is particularly valuable.

Xiao Yu also doesn't know how to compose poems, but he can memorize them. He can amaze everyone by dismantling Tang poems and Song Ci poems and then mixing them together.

A group of people were playing, when they suddenly heard applause and laughter not far away, Xiao Yu couldn't help but look over there, it turned out that it was a group of tourists who hadn't returned.

A guard came over and said, "Your Majesty, some of those people seem to be students from our Yazhou. I heard the Yazhou accent."

Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows: "Oh, it really is such a coincidence? Then go meet them."

Xiao Yu stood up and walked towards the group of people.When I got closer, I realized that it was a group of students who moved the debate competition from Yiming Club to the banks of the Yangtze River. The debates were about agriculture and commerce, mainly whether commerce should be valued and promoted.

Xiao Yu stood on the outside and listened. Most people still think that farmers are more important than merchants, and merchants value profits over righteousness. They should be restrained and marginalized as much as possible.

At this time, Xiao Yu heard a voice saying: "I disagree with the opinions of my dear friends just now. It is true that businessmen value profits, but the importance of business cannot be ignored." This is clearly a female voice.

Xiao Yu looked up, and it was indeed a woman who spoke.The people around were also very surprised. Some people thought this was a family member of some student, but they never thought that she would speak up.

The woman stood up and bowed to everyone: "A certain surname Su, from Yazhou, like everyone else, is a candidate for this exam."

As soon as she said this, many people showed extremely surprised expressions, and some people exclaimed: "There are still female candidates?"

Xiao Yu smiled, he didn't expect to meet Su Ying here.He took a closer look, and found that Su Ying was a woman of modest stature, with good features, and skin similar to that of Yazhou people, not fair, but quite heroic.

I only heard Su Ying say: "The foundation of a country is naturally the land. People rely on it for food and clothing, so no agriculture is unstable. However, commerce is also indispensable. Compared with beasts, people lack sharp teeth and mouths, and they are compared with cattle and horses. For example, there is a lack of brute force, so people need to live together so that they can resist fierce beasts, and use their ingenuity to obtain the food, clothes and tools we need. However, personal power is limited after all, so people invented the method of exchange The method is that I get more food and exchange extra clothes and tools with you, and vice versa. This is the most primitive business. With business, society becomes more efficient and life becomes better and better. The imperial court can also improve people's livelihood by collecting commercial taxes. You know, how much tax does a shop with an annual profit of [-] yuan pay to the imperial court? [-] yuan. The imperial court has banned the poll tax, which is reducing the burden on the people But the imperial court is still setting up free schools and lonely gardens all over the country, supporting hundreds of thousands of troops, and paying salaries for officials. Where does the money come from? Some people think it can only come from business.”