The system forced me to eat soft rice [Quick Transmigration]
Chapter 60, The 3st World (4)
When it comes to mid-spring, the temperature rises, warm and cold.
The peach blossoms in the Royal Garden are in full bloom, and the Wenhua Palace has also attracted the first sutra feast lecture of this year.
The emperor's throne is placed in the middle of the front of the hall, and the red table is set directly opposite the throne, and the handouts written in regular script are displayed on it.
Xie Jun, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, is the person in charge of the emperor's sutra banquet. The lecturer is Zhang Hebi, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy selected by him, and there are two other lecturers and exhibition officials, dressed in red robes and blue robes respectively. Listed on the left and right sides of Zhang and Bi.
And Qin Hezhou, as a speaker, also needs to be listed together.
All the six ministers, cabinet scholars and courtiers who have been awarded official titles will be present together today. They are wearing scarlet court clothes and black gauze hats, and they are listed on the left and right of the book case.
Inside the Wenhua Hall, the scene is magnificent and the atmosphere is solemn and quiet.
Xie Jun, on the other hand, had a serious face, ranking first among the civil servants, with a dignified and solemn expression on his face, and a meticulous demeanor, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to have stopped. He was dressed differently from other civil servants. Python pattern, tied with a horn belt.
This is the highest honor bestowed on him as the former prince's assistant minister and now the emperor's assistant minister, and it is also the symbol of his "level minister".
What Zhang Hebi was teaching at this time was the "Four Books". The contents of these four books were the emperor's contact with them since he could read, and the contents had been told over and over again, and he had memorized them thoroughly.
The time for the lecture was very early, and everyone present got up before dawn, and the content was boring and lasted for a long time.
Zhang Hebi's tone of voice was like rotten wood, without sadness or joy, and without fluctuations. He just read out word by word, but everyone had to listen attentively.
Under such a hypnotic background sound, the emperor maintained the posture of sitting upright in front of the emperor, but a tired look gradually appeared on his face, which attracted Xie Jun's gaze to the throne frequently.
As the chief assistant of the cabinet, he claimed to be "the teacher of the emperor", so the emperor's etiquette and behavior were all within the scope of his discipline.
Qin Hezhou stood neatly behind the speaker, taking in all these details.
But at this moment, the emperor seemed to be unable to stand the boring lecture, so he tilted his body and rested his chin with his palm.
Next second,
"Stop." Xie Jun asked the lecturer to stop the lecture in public.
Everyone's drowsiness disappeared immediately, and the scene was eerily silent.
Everyone saw Xie Jun looking serious, looking at the emperor with reproach, and raised his voice: "Is it disrespectful to be a king?"
The emperor paused for a moment, put his hands down immediately, resumed his sitting posture, looked at Xie Jun with a smile on his face, and said: "Sir, the training is right, but the sutra feast takes a long time. Can't you move?"
It was not difficult for Qin Hezhou to hear the dissatisfaction in the emperor's words. It can be seen that Xie Jun disciplined the emperor in everything, and the two were respectful on the surface, but there had already been a gap in the dark.
"As the supervisor of this sutra banquet, I have the obligation to maintain the etiquette and manners at the sutra banquet. If there is any disrespect, I will blame myself for doing so. I hope your majesty will forgive me." Xie Jun looked at the emperor with burning eyes and did not retreat halfway. step.
Seeing this, the emperor smiled at him again and said, "I know."
Then she turned around and stopped looking at him.
Only then did Xie Jun wave his hand to signal the lecturer to continue.
A sutra feast lasted for two hours, and when the sutras and history were finished, the officials of Honglu Temple removed the tables and cases one by one, and the ministers also filed down to the hall, and went to the altar to kowtow to the throne.
At this time, only the emperor, Xie Jun and several Hanlin scholars were left in the Wenhua Palace.
The emperor gave Xie Jun a seat, and then Xie Jun began to ask about the emperor's recent food and clothing expenses and daily necessities.
During the conversation, the emperor mentioned the banquet at Guanglu Temple a few days later, and wanted to ask the Ministry of Households to allocate [-] gold.
After Xie Jun heard this, his complexion sank immediately, "Your Majesty, the household department is unable to make ends meet, and there may be floods and droughts in all directions, so we should save these useless expenses in case of emergencies. Your superiors, It is not advisable to spread extravagance and waste, but to be frugal in everything.”
Hearing this, the emperor's expression was flat, he didn't even lift his eyelids, obviously he was used to this kind of reaction from him, he just silently waited for his next words,
"Also, Your Majesty, I kindly ask you to set aside the reviewing of the memorial and the daily lecture in the morning." Xie Jun continued.
The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Oh, sir, can you tell me why?"
Xie Jun looked at him and said, "In this way, the fee for candles at night can be exempted, and the state treasury can be saved."
"Mr. is compassionate and loves the people. I am very grateful for making plans for me. Then, as you said, change the time to morning." The emperor smiled at him, and then ordered his servants to remove all the candles for the night.
Qin Hezhou stood aside and suddenly understood.
He met Xie Jun that day in the Lu Mansion, whether it was Xie Jun's family members or servants, all of them were dressed in extremely luxurious clothes, the most exaggerated one was his son Xie Ruoxuan, who wore jewelry of a style that Qin Hezhou had never seen before. Pass.
And the jewels, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings that he gave to Lu Honglang were enshrined by local officials somewhere, and the gifts he gave alone were enough to hold several Guanglu Temple banquets.
Xie Jun's name is Chief Assistant, but he actually controls everything in the cabinet. Now that the cabinet is powerful, Xie Jun even has the right to directly arrange the promotion of courtiers. Therefore, in recent years, people have repeatedly reported that Xie Jun calls officials based on his personal preferences.
But now, Qin Hezhou thinks that he should have received a lot of bribes from the local officials below him in private to seek public affairs and control the government, but on the surface he puts on an upright and honest appearance, speaks frugally, and constrains the emperor with propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame.
And the emperor has already seen all this in his eyes, the more respectful he is on the face, the more dark tide is surging behind his back.
It is good evidence to point this poor family as the number one pick.
"Zhang Aiqing, how are these new Jinshi doing in the Imperial Academy these days?" The emperor changed the subject at some point and looked at Zhang Hebi with a smile.
Zhang Hebi naturally praised them all, especially Qin Hezhou who was present today.
The emperor immediately showed a very gratified expression, his eyes became darker, and he twisted his beard and thought: "Qin Qing's performance is outstanding, and I love it. If this is the case, it is better to give him an official position and let him experience it. In my opinion. …”
When he said this, he was clearly looking at Qin Hezhou, but his peripheral vision kept falling on Xie Jun, and his gaze seemed to be quite meaningful.
Qin Hezhou bowed and stood there waiting for the emperor's next words,
"How about the position of Zhan Shi, the young master of Zhan Shifu?"
As soon as the emperor said this, it was like a huge boulder smashed into the lake, causing waves to rise.
Xie Jun's hands and feet flickered suddenly, surprise flashed across his eyes, and his brows frowned.
Qin Hezhou withdrew his gaze from looking at Xie Jun lightly, and in just a split second, he had already gone through the ins and outs of this matter in his mind.
Zhan Shifu is an institution to assist the prince, and this young Zhan Shi is a high-ranking official. In Xie Jun's eyes, the emperor placed him next to the future prince, that is, the future emperor's assistant minister, and gave him a poor family Arranging such an official position is tantamount to weakening the future power of his cabinet.
It was impossible for Xie Jun to agree no matter what.
Qin Hezhou looked at the emperor's expression again. The emperor was sitting in front of the imperial court, and he still had that meaningful face. How could he not know the key points of this.
Thinking of this, Qin Hezhou straightened his expression, and said word by word: "I would like to thank Your Majesty for your appreciation, but my qualifications are still young, and Zhan Shifu's young Zhan Shi is an important position. I am afraid that I will not be able to take on this great responsibility."
Having said that, he turned to Xie Jun again, with a smile on his lips, "I don't know what Mr. Xie thinks?"
"I agree with Shaoyou's point of view." Xie Jun took a step forward with a serious expression, and said following Qin Hezhou's words: "Shaoyou is indeed highly qualified and quick-witted, but Zhan Shifu, the young master of Zhan Shifu, is the prince's assistant minister. Great, Your Majesty might as well assign him another position first, let him experience it, and he will be able to entrust him with important tasks in the future."
The emperor nodded, and said again: "Sir, what you said is that since this is the case, it is better to let Qin Qing enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate and serve as the censor of the capital. After a while, he will correct and impeach all officials for me. All ways, clear eyes and discipline."
As if premeditated,
This time Qin Hezhou did not refuse any more, but immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and said in a loud voice: "My humble minister, thank you Lord Long En, you must be loyal to your duties, share your majesty's worries, and will not hesitate to die."
The two sang and cooperated very quickly, and before Xie Jun could make a sound, Qin Hezhou stood up, turned to look at him, and said with a smile: "What Master Xie said just now is very true, Shaoyou is going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate this time. When you take office, you must be proud of Mr. Xie, strictly disciplined and disciplined, and live up to His Majesty's high expectations."
Seeing the performance of the two, Xie Jun finally came to his senses, his heart seemed to be devastated, who would have thought that the two were acting in front of him, and the emperor used Zhan Shifu as a cover, but the real purpose was to put Qin Hezhou was inserted into the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The Procuratorate is naturally the place responsible for the supervision and impeachment of hundreds of officials.
Together with the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, it is called the Three Judiciary.
Xie Jun looked down on Qin Hezhou's status as a poor family, and naturally objected to the emperor's placing him in a high position.
It's just that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is subtle. On the surface, civil and military officials should be more afraid of it, but in fact, the cabinet is now powerful, and the decision to impeach important officials has to go through his hands. With the post of censor, what splash can he make?
Thinking of this, although Xie Jun's face was gloomy, he stopped talking.
Seeing that he no longer objected, the emperor pursed his lips slightly, and said, "If I remember correctly, the Guozijian will hold a wine sacrifice ceremony this afternoon. I have nothing to do here for the time being, and all the ministers can retire."
When everyone heard the words, they said "resignation, my minister" and left in a file.
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The ceremony mentioned by the emperor earlier was called "Shi Brown Hairpin Flower". In this ceremony, the number one scholar will lead a group of new scholars to the Imperial College, change into court clothes, bow down to the sacrificial wine and Siye, and use it as a sign of Zhang Ming respecting the teacher and respecting the way. The wind, and in the past two days, activities such as a big shooting ceremony and a poetry meeting will be held in front of all the students in the Imperial College.
At this time, the Guozijian was holding a big shooting ceremony.
A group of ceremonial officials cleared the courtyard in the center of the Guozijian as the shooting hall. There were more than a dozen tables in the courtyard, on the east and west sides, and musical instruments were placed on both sides. There will be music to celebrate after shooting.
If an arrow pierces the bull's-eye, it is called "red arrow", and the ritual officials next to it will play music and flute.
If three arrows are fired in a row and all of them hit the bull's-eye, it is called "Three Lianzhu".
There is an archery target in front of the white wall of the courtyard, and a red line is drawn 99 steps away from the target. Archers need to stand behind the red line.
In the side hall on the side, there are many straw targets and shooting tools for the players to practice.
As the champion of the new division, Qin Hezhou stood in the middle of the crowd. He was dressed in white, his long black hair was tied up, a few strands of hair beside his cheeks fluttered in the wind, and his cuffs were neatly rolled up. Behind him were red bricks and green tiles, willows swirling.
According to the order, he was also the last to go up, and at this time, there were already people standing in front of the red line, with bows and arrows, eager to try.
Because of being an apprentice at the Imperial Academy, Xue Shaoyi could clearly feel that Qin Hezhou's relationship with Lu Lingchuan seemed to be much closer in the past two days.
For example, today when he stood next to the No. [-] scholar and Tanhua, the atmosphere was not so awkward.
"How does Shaoyou usually practice riding and shooting?" Xue Shaoyi was acquainted. Since Qin Hezhou is considered Lu Lingchuan's friend now, he is also his friend, so he casually found a topic.
This archery is one of the six arts, and it is also a skill that they, the children of the aristocratic clan, must learn every day, so he blurted it out without thinking too much.
However, the next second,
Qin Hezhou: "I haven't practiced before."
What he said was actually correct. After coming to this world, he really hadn't even touched the handle of an arrow. Thinking about the shabby home before, it didn't look like he could practice riding and archery.
Hearing this, Lu Lingchuan and Xue Shaoyi looked up at him together,
Xue Shaoyi was stunned for a moment, then said: "...Ah, this, in fact, archery is not very difficult. If Shaoyou can't, why not..."
"I can teach you." Lu Lingchuan took his words and turned to look at Qin Hezhou.
Xue Shaoyi quickly echoed: "Hey, yes, isn't there a shooting range next to it? Zi Chuan is superb at archery, let him teach you, and I can teach you too..."
"Then there will be Lao Zichuan." Qin Hezhou directly interrupted Xue Shaoyi, and smiled at Lu Lingchuan.
Lu Lingchuan nodded: "Okay, let's go."
After finishing speaking, the two left the shooting hall together, leaving Xue Shaoyi standing alone in a daze, he scratched his head in confusion.
Why do I feel a little redundant?
Is it an illusion?
On the other side, Qin Hezhou stood in front of a grass target, took out an arrow from his quiver and put it on the bow, his fingers seemed to have no place to rest, he raised his head, blinked, his long eyelashes quivered slightly, and there was a hint of awe in his eyes. With a confused expression, he looked at Lu Lingchuan leisurely.
"That's it." Lu Lingchuan lowered his head, put his fingers lightly on the back of the opponent's hand, and sandwiched the arrow tail between his middle finger and index finger.
When Lu Lingchuan spoke, he deliberately avoided the other party's eyes.
For some reason, every time he met Qin Hezhou's jet-black pupils, his heartbeat would suddenly speed up.
"Oh, is that so?" Qin Hezhou responded in a low voice, allowing Lu Lingchuan to fiddle with his movements.
"Ah."
While speaking, Lu Lingchuan put one on his waist. Even through the clothes, he could still feel the warm body temperature of the other party and the feeling of skin touching. At this moment, there was a tingling sensation in his fingertips, as if There was an electric current jumping through, Lu Lingchuan seemed to feel something was wrong, and the next second, he suddenly moved his hand to Qin Hezhou's back.
Qin Hezhou had a panoramic view of his cramped movements, he curled his mouth imperceptibly, then immediately retracted his gaze and focused on looking forward.
Lu Lingchuan put his other hand on the hand holding the bow arm, leaned close to him, and raised the bow in his hand to be level with the ground.
At this moment, Qin Hezhou suddenly turned his head. At this distance, the tips of their noses were almost touching. Qin Hezhou pursed his lips, speaking slowly, and the warm breath seemed to have no place. It landed on Lu Lingchuan's side face, making his heart itch slightly,
Qin Hezhou said word by word: "Have we crossed the line?"
"Huh?" Lu Lingchuan looked down suddenly, it was more than just crossing the line, it was more than 01:30, but he was a little distracted just now, so he didn't notice it at all.
After thinking about it, he still said: "It's okay. Just treat it as a practice, and then slowly increase the distance later."
"Okay." Qin Hezhou smiled, and focused his gaze on the target again.
"put."
Following Lu Lingchuan's voice,
Both hands loosened together.
With a "pop", the arrow left the string...
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When Lu Lingchuan and Qin Hezhou had almost practiced, when they returned to the shooting range, half of the competition was over.
However, just as Qin Hezhou stepped into the courtyard with one foot, a voice suddenly sounded from the center of the Temple of Shooting:
"Just now I have been searching for a long time in this shooting range but I haven't found the champion. I thought Shaoyou was hiding secretly, but I didn't expect that he went to practice in that side courtyard. He deserves to be the champion of the new department. He strives for perfection in everything he does. Shaoyou won His Majesty's appreciation in this imperial examination that day, surpassing all of us, and he deserves to be number one, but..."
Speaking of this, the man changed the subject and looked at Qin Hezhou with a rather meaningful look in his eyes, "I wonder if this archery skill is as superb, and I wonder if I can take the liberty to ask for advice today?"
The person who spoke was named Xu Ziling, he was No. 1 Jinshi Erjia in the same period, this person also came from a distinguished background, his ancestors were all officials in the capital for three generations, he was immersed in this environment since he was a child, so he was inevitably a little arrogant.
But on the day when the gold list was announced, he came in second place. He felt unwilling for a while, but he saw that one of the top three had a name he had never heard of.
Needless to say, Tanhua Lu Lingchuan's identity, second place Xue Shaoyi is also his old acquaintance, but who is this champion Qin Hezhou?
What ability can the emperor appoint him as the number one scholar?
From that moment on, he was dissatisfied, but he never found a chance to confront Qin Hezhou head-on.
This one was found by him.
Xu Ziling had a strict family education since he was a child, and he began to cultivate his six arts since he was a child, so he is still quite confident in his shooting skills.
Only then did he put forward the request to compete with Qin Hezhou in shooting skills.
As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes naturally fell on Qin Hezhou.
Everyone had different reactions, some thought Xu Ziling was deliberately provoking trouble, while others thought it was funny.
But most people don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, they just want to see them compete.
Immediately, someone started booing.
Seeing that most of them started booing, Xue Shaoyi went to see Qin Hezhou's reaction,
Xin Dao said that if Qin Hezhou shouldn't do it now, it would be unreasonable, but he has never even touched an arrow in his life, so it would be a bit deceiving to compare him with Xu Ziling.
However, the next second,
"Zi Ling made a mistake, I should ask you for advice." Qin Hezhou readily agreed, and made a "please" gesture to Xu Ziling, with a faint smile on his lips.
"Then I'll be disrespectful." Xu Ziling walked up to the red line, drew his bow and arrow, narrowed his eyes slightly, and aimed at the bull's-eye.
I saw that the archery butt was filled with densely packed feathered arrows, some of them were completely off the target, and some were only a hair away from the red heart, but no one hit the red heart alone, so the ceremony officer has been sitting by the side and never heard the music.
But at this moment, Xu Ziling exerted all his strength, drew his bow to the full, and with a sound of "嗖", the arrow hit the bull's-eye.
His movements were clean and neat, without delay, which stunned everyone present.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then thunderous applause broke out in the shooting range.
The applause woke up the ceremonial officer who was about to doze off, and the music was played, and the sound of drum beating was loud for a while.
Amid the applause of the crowd, he raised the corners of his lips, bent down slowly, and made a "please" gesture to Qin Hezhou.
All eyes naturally turned to him again.
However, under the focus of Wushuang's gaze, Qin Hezhou's expression remained calm, and he just leaned into Lu Lingchuan's ear and whispered,
"Come and test what you just taught me."
There was a faint smile in his voice.
The scorching breath fell on Lu Lingchuan's ears, making him slightly stiff.
The moment he raised his head, Qin Hezhou had already walked to the center of the arrow field, stood behind the red line, spread his legs, and straightened his body.
Lu Lingchuan stared straight at his figure.
However, the moment Qin Hezhou raised his bow and drew his arrow, his expression suddenly changed. He raised his brows and eyes, his lips were tightened, a cold light flashed through his long and narrow eyes, and a fierce aura emanated from his whole body.
This was the first time Lu Lingchuan saw him showing such an expression. It turned out that Qin Hezhou looked like this when he was concentrating on one thing.
At this moment, Lu Lingchuan's black pupils only reflected his figure, and in the next second, an arrow flashed in his eyes,
The arrow was as fast as a flash of lightning, and in an instant, there was the sound of arrowheads colliding. Qin Hezhou shot the arrowhead, piercing the bullseye by three inches, and dropped the original arrowhead on the red heart to the ground, taking its place .
Before everyone could react, the ceremonial officer had already raised the gong, and just as he was about to ring it,
But seeing Qin Hezhou take out two more arrows from his quiver,
They only heard "嗖!嗖!" twice, and when they came back to their senses,
In the middle of the bull's-eye, three feathered arrows have been nailed neatly, all piercing the red heart...
Three in a row.
Amid the deafening cheers from the crowd, Qin Hezhou turned around slowly and looked at Lu Lingchuan.
He didn't seem to be able to hear the cheers, nor could he see the noisy crowd around him.
At this moment, Lu Lingchuan was the only one in his dark pupils.
The author has something to say: Jinshi of the new department must enter the Shuchang Hall as a trainee for three years until the end of the tour. He will not be awarded an official so quickly, nor will he be granted such a big one all at once. I... um... .. is for the needs of the plot.
Also, why brother Qin shoots so accurately, because he has the memory of the last world (dog head)
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The peach blossoms in the Royal Garden are in full bloom, and the Wenhua Palace has also attracted the first sutra feast lecture of this year.
The emperor's throne is placed in the middle of the front of the hall, and the red table is set directly opposite the throne, and the handouts written in regular script are displayed on it.
Xie Jun, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, is the person in charge of the emperor's sutra banquet. The lecturer is Zhang Hebi, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy selected by him, and there are two other lecturers and exhibition officials, dressed in red robes and blue robes respectively. Listed on the left and right sides of Zhang and Bi.
And Qin Hezhou, as a speaker, also needs to be listed together.
All the six ministers, cabinet scholars and courtiers who have been awarded official titles will be present together today. They are wearing scarlet court clothes and black gauze hats, and they are listed on the left and right of the book case.
Inside the Wenhua Hall, the scene is magnificent and the atmosphere is solemn and quiet.
Xie Jun, on the other hand, had a serious face, ranking first among the civil servants, with a dignified and solemn expression on his face, and a meticulous demeanor, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to have stopped. He was dressed differently from other civil servants. Python pattern, tied with a horn belt.
This is the highest honor bestowed on him as the former prince's assistant minister and now the emperor's assistant minister, and it is also the symbol of his "level minister".
What Zhang Hebi was teaching at this time was the "Four Books". The contents of these four books were the emperor's contact with them since he could read, and the contents had been told over and over again, and he had memorized them thoroughly.
The time for the lecture was very early, and everyone present got up before dawn, and the content was boring and lasted for a long time.
Zhang Hebi's tone of voice was like rotten wood, without sadness or joy, and without fluctuations. He just read out word by word, but everyone had to listen attentively.
Under such a hypnotic background sound, the emperor maintained the posture of sitting upright in front of the emperor, but a tired look gradually appeared on his face, which attracted Xie Jun's gaze to the throne frequently.
As the chief assistant of the cabinet, he claimed to be "the teacher of the emperor", so the emperor's etiquette and behavior were all within the scope of his discipline.
Qin Hezhou stood neatly behind the speaker, taking in all these details.
But at this moment, the emperor seemed to be unable to stand the boring lecture, so he tilted his body and rested his chin with his palm.
Next second,
"Stop." Xie Jun asked the lecturer to stop the lecture in public.
Everyone's drowsiness disappeared immediately, and the scene was eerily silent.
Everyone saw Xie Jun looking serious, looking at the emperor with reproach, and raised his voice: "Is it disrespectful to be a king?"
The emperor paused for a moment, put his hands down immediately, resumed his sitting posture, looked at Xie Jun with a smile on his face, and said: "Sir, the training is right, but the sutra feast takes a long time. Can't you move?"
It was not difficult for Qin Hezhou to hear the dissatisfaction in the emperor's words. It can be seen that Xie Jun disciplined the emperor in everything, and the two were respectful on the surface, but there had already been a gap in the dark.
"As the supervisor of this sutra banquet, I have the obligation to maintain the etiquette and manners at the sutra banquet. If there is any disrespect, I will blame myself for doing so. I hope your majesty will forgive me." Xie Jun looked at the emperor with burning eyes and did not retreat halfway. step.
Seeing this, the emperor smiled at him again and said, "I know."
Then she turned around and stopped looking at him.
Only then did Xie Jun wave his hand to signal the lecturer to continue.
A sutra feast lasted for two hours, and when the sutras and history were finished, the officials of Honglu Temple removed the tables and cases one by one, and the ministers also filed down to the hall, and went to the altar to kowtow to the throne.
At this time, only the emperor, Xie Jun and several Hanlin scholars were left in the Wenhua Palace.
The emperor gave Xie Jun a seat, and then Xie Jun began to ask about the emperor's recent food and clothing expenses and daily necessities.
During the conversation, the emperor mentioned the banquet at Guanglu Temple a few days later, and wanted to ask the Ministry of Households to allocate [-] gold.
After Xie Jun heard this, his complexion sank immediately, "Your Majesty, the household department is unable to make ends meet, and there may be floods and droughts in all directions, so we should save these useless expenses in case of emergencies. Your superiors, It is not advisable to spread extravagance and waste, but to be frugal in everything.”
Hearing this, the emperor's expression was flat, he didn't even lift his eyelids, obviously he was used to this kind of reaction from him, he just silently waited for his next words,
"Also, Your Majesty, I kindly ask you to set aside the reviewing of the memorial and the daily lecture in the morning." Xie Jun continued.
The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Oh, sir, can you tell me why?"
Xie Jun looked at him and said, "In this way, the fee for candles at night can be exempted, and the state treasury can be saved."
"Mr. is compassionate and loves the people. I am very grateful for making plans for me. Then, as you said, change the time to morning." The emperor smiled at him, and then ordered his servants to remove all the candles for the night.
Qin Hezhou stood aside and suddenly understood.
He met Xie Jun that day in the Lu Mansion, whether it was Xie Jun's family members or servants, all of them were dressed in extremely luxurious clothes, the most exaggerated one was his son Xie Ruoxuan, who wore jewelry of a style that Qin Hezhou had never seen before. Pass.
And the jewels, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings that he gave to Lu Honglang were enshrined by local officials somewhere, and the gifts he gave alone were enough to hold several Guanglu Temple banquets.
Xie Jun's name is Chief Assistant, but he actually controls everything in the cabinet. Now that the cabinet is powerful, Xie Jun even has the right to directly arrange the promotion of courtiers. Therefore, in recent years, people have repeatedly reported that Xie Jun calls officials based on his personal preferences.
But now, Qin Hezhou thinks that he should have received a lot of bribes from the local officials below him in private to seek public affairs and control the government, but on the surface he puts on an upright and honest appearance, speaks frugally, and constrains the emperor with propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame.
And the emperor has already seen all this in his eyes, the more respectful he is on the face, the more dark tide is surging behind his back.
It is good evidence to point this poor family as the number one pick.
"Zhang Aiqing, how are these new Jinshi doing in the Imperial Academy these days?" The emperor changed the subject at some point and looked at Zhang Hebi with a smile.
Zhang Hebi naturally praised them all, especially Qin Hezhou who was present today.
The emperor immediately showed a very gratified expression, his eyes became darker, and he twisted his beard and thought: "Qin Qing's performance is outstanding, and I love it. If this is the case, it is better to give him an official position and let him experience it. In my opinion. …”
When he said this, he was clearly looking at Qin Hezhou, but his peripheral vision kept falling on Xie Jun, and his gaze seemed to be quite meaningful.
Qin Hezhou bowed and stood there waiting for the emperor's next words,
"How about the position of Zhan Shi, the young master of Zhan Shifu?"
As soon as the emperor said this, it was like a huge boulder smashed into the lake, causing waves to rise.
Xie Jun's hands and feet flickered suddenly, surprise flashed across his eyes, and his brows frowned.
Qin Hezhou withdrew his gaze from looking at Xie Jun lightly, and in just a split second, he had already gone through the ins and outs of this matter in his mind.
Zhan Shifu is an institution to assist the prince, and this young Zhan Shi is a high-ranking official. In Xie Jun's eyes, the emperor placed him next to the future prince, that is, the future emperor's assistant minister, and gave him a poor family Arranging such an official position is tantamount to weakening the future power of his cabinet.
It was impossible for Xie Jun to agree no matter what.
Qin Hezhou looked at the emperor's expression again. The emperor was sitting in front of the imperial court, and he still had that meaningful face. How could he not know the key points of this.
Thinking of this, Qin Hezhou straightened his expression, and said word by word: "I would like to thank Your Majesty for your appreciation, but my qualifications are still young, and Zhan Shifu's young Zhan Shi is an important position. I am afraid that I will not be able to take on this great responsibility."
Having said that, he turned to Xie Jun again, with a smile on his lips, "I don't know what Mr. Xie thinks?"
"I agree with Shaoyou's point of view." Xie Jun took a step forward with a serious expression, and said following Qin Hezhou's words: "Shaoyou is indeed highly qualified and quick-witted, but Zhan Shifu, the young master of Zhan Shifu, is the prince's assistant minister. Great, Your Majesty might as well assign him another position first, let him experience it, and he will be able to entrust him with important tasks in the future."
The emperor nodded, and said again: "Sir, what you said is that since this is the case, it is better to let Qin Qing enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate and serve as the censor of the capital. After a while, he will correct and impeach all officials for me. All ways, clear eyes and discipline."
As if premeditated,
This time Qin Hezhou did not refuse any more, but immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and said in a loud voice: "My humble minister, thank you Lord Long En, you must be loyal to your duties, share your majesty's worries, and will not hesitate to die."
The two sang and cooperated very quickly, and before Xie Jun could make a sound, Qin Hezhou stood up, turned to look at him, and said with a smile: "What Master Xie said just now is very true, Shaoyou is going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate this time. When you take office, you must be proud of Mr. Xie, strictly disciplined and disciplined, and live up to His Majesty's high expectations."
Seeing the performance of the two, Xie Jun finally came to his senses, his heart seemed to be devastated, who would have thought that the two were acting in front of him, and the emperor used Zhan Shifu as a cover, but the real purpose was to put Qin Hezhou was inserted into the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The Procuratorate is naturally the place responsible for the supervision and impeachment of hundreds of officials.
Together with the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, it is called the Three Judiciary.
Xie Jun looked down on Qin Hezhou's status as a poor family, and naturally objected to the emperor's placing him in a high position.
It's just that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is subtle. On the surface, civil and military officials should be more afraid of it, but in fact, the cabinet is now powerful, and the decision to impeach important officials has to go through his hands. With the post of censor, what splash can he make?
Thinking of this, although Xie Jun's face was gloomy, he stopped talking.
Seeing that he no longer objected, the emperor pursed his lips slightly, and said, "If I remember correctly, the Guozijian will hold a wine sacrifice ceremony this afternoon. I have nothing to do here for the time being, and all the ministers can retire."
When everyone heard the words, they said "resignation, my minister" and left in a file.
·
The ceremony mentioned by the emperor earlier was called "Shi Brown Hairpin Flower". In this ceremony, the number one scholar will lead a group of new scholars to the Imperial College, change into court clothes, bow down to the sacrificial wine and Siye, and use it as a sign of Zhang Ming respecting the teacher and respecting the way. The wind, and in the past two days, activities such as a big shooting ceremony and a poetry meeting will be held in front of all the students in the Imperial College.
At this time, the Guozijian was holding a big shooting ceremony.
A group of ceremonial officials cleared the courtyard in the center of the Guozijian as the shooting hall. There were more than a dozen tables in the courtyard, on the east and west sides, and musical instruments were placed on both sides. There will be music to celebrate after shooting.
If an arrow pierces the bull's-eye, it is called "red arrow", and the ritual officials next to it will play music and flute.
If three arrows are fired in a row and all of them hit the bull's-eye, it is called "Three Lianzhu".
There is an archery target in front of the white wall of the courtyard, and a red line is drawn 99 steps away from the target. Archers need to stand behind the red line.
In the side hall on the side, there are many straw targets and shooting tools for the players to practice.
As the champion of the new division, Qin Hezhou stood in the middle of the crowd. He was dressed in white, his long black hair was tied up, a few strands of hair beside his cheeks fluttered in the wind, and his cuffs were neatly rolled up. Behind him were red bricks and green tiles, willows swirling.
According to the order, he was also the last to go up, and at this time, there were already people standing in front of the red line, with bows and arrows, eager to try.
Because of being an apprentice at the Imperial Academy, Xue Shaoyi could clearly feel that Qin Hezhou's relationship with Lu Lingchuan seemed to be much closer in the past two days.
For example, today when he stood next to the No. [-] scholar and Tanhua, the atmosphere was not so awkward.
"How does Shaoyou usually practice riding and shooting?" Xue Shaoyi was acquainted. Since Qin Hezhou is considered Lu Lingchuan's friend now, he is also his friend, so he casually found a topic.
This archery is one of the six arts, and it is also a skill that they, the children of the aristocratic clan, must learn every day, so he blurted it out without thinking too much.
However, the next second,
Qin Hezhou: "I haven't practiced before."
What he said was actually correct. After coming to this world, he really hadn't even touched the handle of an arrow. Thinking about the shabby home before, it didn't look like he could practice riding and archery.
Hearing this, Lu Lingchuan and Xue Shaoyi looked up at him together,
Xue Shaoyi was stunned for a moment, then said: "...Ah, this, in fact, archery is not very difficult. If Shaoyou can't, why not..."
"I can teach you." Lu Lingchuan took his words and turned to look at Qin Hezhou.
Xue Shaoyi quickly echoed: "Hey, yes, isn't there a shooting range next to it? Zi Chuan is superb at archery, let him teach you, and I can teach you too..."
"Then there will be Lao Zichuan." Qin Hezhou directly interrupted Xue Shaoyi, and smiled at Lu Lingchuan.
Lu Lingchuan nodded: "Okay, let's go."
After finishing speaking, the two left the shooting hall together, leaving Xue Shaoyi standing alone in a daze, he scratched his head in confusion.
Why do I feel a little redundant?
Is it an illusion?
On the other side, Qin Hezhou stood in front of a grass target, took out an arrow from his quiver and put it on the bow, his fingers seemed to have no place to rest, he raised his head, blinked, his long eyelashes quivered slightly, and there was a hint of awe in his eyes. With a confused expression, he looked at Lu Lingchuan leisurely.
"That's it." Lu Lingchuan lowered his head, put his fingers lightly on the back of the opponent's hand, and sandwiched the arrow tail between his middle finger and index finger.
When Lu Lingchuan spoke, he deliberately avoided the other party's eyes.
For some reason, every time he met Qin Hezhou's jet-black pupils, his heartbeat would suddenly speed up.
"Oh, is that so?" Qin Hezhou responded in a low voice, allowing Lu Lingchuan to fiddle with his movements.
"Ah."
While speaking, Lu Lingchuan put one on his waist. Even through the clothes, he could still feel the warm body temperature of the other party and the feeling of skin touching. At this moment, there was a tingling sensation in his fingertips, as if There was an electric current jumping through, Lu Lingchuan seemed to feel something was wrong, and the next second, he suddenly moved his hand to Qin Hezhou's back.
Qin Hezhou had a panoramic view of his cramped movements, he curled his mouth imperceptibly, then immediately retracted his gaze and focused on looking forward.
Lu Lingchuan put his other hand on the hand holding the bow arm, leaned close to him, and raised the bow in his hand to be level with the ground.
At this moment, Qin Hezhou suddenly turned his head. At this distance, the tips of their noses were almost touching. Qin Hezhou pursed his lips, speaking slowly, and the warm breath seemed to have no place. It landed on Lu Lingchuan's side face, making his heart itch slightly,
Qin Hezhou said word by word: "Have we crossed the line?"
"Huh?" Lu Lingchuan looked down suddenly, it was more than just crossing the line, it was more than 01:30, but he was a little distracted just now, so he didn't notice it at all.
After thinking about it, he still said: "It's okay. Just treat it as a practice, and then slowly increase the distance later."
"Okay." Qin Hezhou smiled, and focused his gaze on the target again.
"put."
Following Lu Lingchuan's voice,
Both hands loosened together.
With a "pop", the arrow left the string...
·
When Lu Lingchuan and Qin Hezhou had almost practiced, when they returned to the shooting range, half of the competition was over.
However, just as Qin Hezhou stepped into the courtyard with one foot, a voice suddenly sounded from the center of the Temple of Shooting:
"Just now I have been searching for a long time in this shooting range but I haven't found the champion. I thought Shaoyou was hiding secretly, but I didn't expect that he went to practice in that side courtyard. He deserves to be the champion of the new department. He strives for perfection in everything he does. Shaoyou won His Majesty's appreciation in this imperial examination that day, surpassing all of us, and he deserves to be number one, but..."
Speaking of this, the man changed the subject and looked at Qin Hezhou with a rather meaningful look in his eyes, "I wonder if this archery skill is as superb, and I wonder if I can take the liberty to ask for advice today?"
The person who spoke was named Xu Ziling, he was No. 1 Jinshi Erjia in the same period, this person also came from a distinguished background, his ancestors were all officials in the capital for three generations, he was immersed in this environment since he was a child, so he was inevitably a little arrogant.
But on the day when the gold list was announced, he came in second place. He felt unwilling for a while, but he saw that one of the top three had a name he had never heard of.
Needless to say, Tanhua Lu Lingchuan's identity, second place Xue Shaoyi is also his old acquaintance, but who is this champion Qin Hezhou?
What ability can the emperor appoint him as the number one scholar?
From that moment on, he was dissatisfied, but he never found a chance to confront Qin Hezhou head-on.
This one was found by him.
Xu Ziling had a strict family education since he was a child, and he began to cultivate his six arts since he was a child, so he is still quite confident in his shooting skills.
Only then did he put forward the request to compete with Qin Hezhou in shooting skills.
As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes naturally fell on Qin Hezhou.
Everyone had different reactions, some thought Xu Ziling was deliberately provoking trouble, while others thought it was funny.
But most people don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, they just want to see them compete.
Immediately, someone started booing.
Seeing that most of them started booing, Xue Shaoyi went to see Qin Hezhou's reaction,
Xin Dao said that if Qin Hezhou shouldn't do it now, it would be unreasonable, but he has never even touched an arrow in his life, so it would be a bit deceiving to compare him with Xu Ziling.
However, the next second,
"Zi Ling made a mistake, I should ask you for advice." Qin Hezhou readily agreed, and made a "please" gesture to Xu Ziling, with a faint smile on his lips.
"Then I'll be disrespectful." Xu Ziling walked up to the red line, drew his bow and arrow, narrowed his eyes slightly, and aimed at the bull's-eye.
I saw that the archery butt was filled with densely packed feathered arrows, some of them were completely off the target, and some were only a hair away from the red heart, but no one hit the red heart alone, so the ceremony officer has been sitting by the side and never heard the music.
But at this moment, Xu Ziling exerted all his strength, drew his bow to the full, and with a sound of "嗖", the arrow hit the bull's-eye.
His movements were clean and neat, without delay, which stunned everyone present.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then thunderous applause broke out in the shooting range.
The applause woke up the ceremonial officer who was about to doze off, and the music was played, and the sound of drum beating was loud for a while.
Amid the applause of the crowd, he raised the corners of his lips, bent down slowly, and made a "please" gesture to Qin Hezhou.
All eyes naturally turned to him again.
However, under the focus of Wushuang's gaze, Qin Hezhou's expression remained calm, and he just leaned into Lu Lingchuan's ear and whispered,
"Come and test what you just taught me."
There was a faint smile in his voice.
The scorching breath fell on Lu Lingchuan's ears, making him slightly stiff.
The moment he raised his head, Qin Hezhou had already walked to the center of the arrow field, stood behind the red line, spread his legs, and straightened his body.
Lu Lingchuan stared straight at his figure.
However, the moment Qin Hezhou raised his bow and drew his arrow, his expression suddenly changed. He raised his brows and eyes, his lips were tightened, a cold light flashed through his long and narrow eyes, and a fierce aura emanated from his whole body.
This was the first time Lu Lingchuan saw him showing such an expression. It turned out that Qin Hezhou looked like this when he was concentrating on one thing.
At this moment, Lu Lingchuan's black pupils only reflected his figure, and in the next second, an arrow flashed in his eyes,
The arrow was as fast as a flash of lightning, and in an instant, there was the sound of arrowheads colliding. Qin Hezhou shot the arrowhead, piercing the bullseye by three inches, and dropped the original arrowhead on the red heart to the ground, taking its place .
Before everyone could react, the ceremonial officer had already raised the gong, and just as he was about to ring it,
But seeing Qin Hezhou take out two more arrows from his quiver,
They only heard "嗖!嗖!" twice, and when they came back to their senses,
In the middle of the bull's-eye, three feathered arrows have been nailed neatly, all piercing the red heart...
Three in a row.
Amid the deafening cheers from the crowd, Qin Hezhou turned around slowly and looked at Lu Lingchuan.
He didn't seem to be able to hear the cheers, nor could he see the noisy crowd around him.
At this moment, Lu Lingchuan was the only one in his dark pupils.
The author has something to say: Jinshi of the new department must enter the Shuchang Hall as a trainee for three years until the end of the tour. He will not be awarded an official so quickly, nor will he be granted such a big one all at once. I... um... .. is for the needs of the plot.
Also, why brother Qin shoots so accurately, because he has the memory of the last world (dog head)
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Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 4 bottles of Miss Fu; 1 bottle of Civil Affairs Bureau who can run;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
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