The Favorite of the Court of Joy

Zhao Minghan and Zhao Yunxuan in the carriage frowned and listened carefully, and heard the person still say with righteous indignation: "We candidates have studied hard for ten years in order to gain fame and serve the country and the people one day. But now? Because The selfishness of those officials, they exchanged our test papers privately, and changed the content of our test papers to be written by other people. But we wrote something that is not popular. We failed. Those who could not write us Such talented officials are all on the list. What a tragedy. This is not only our tragedy, it is the tragedy of the entire Dongyue Kingdom. If the future officials of Dongyue Kingdom are all these lacking officials The family of the children. In the future, there will be a few officials who will really benefit the people, and they will all be scumbags who only know how to protect each other, bully the people, and domineering."

"Good scolding." Zhao Yunxuan said in the carriage.

"Brother Zhou, I understand what you mean. But things have developed like this, so what can we do? Can we go to the court? Can those people in the Ministry of Rites see the emperor? Maybe we won't see him at all, so we will They were assassinated." This was another person talking, and he went on to say, "I, like you, studied hard for ten years in order to one day be able to benefit the people. But after I came to the capital, I Only then did I realize that the water is deeper than the water in our poor villages. Children from poor families with no power and power like us are doomed to have nowhere to serve."

The candidate surnamed Zhou didn't speak, so he sighed and said, "I'm planning to pack my luggage tonight and leave the city and return to my hometown tomorrow. There are so many people in the general examination every three years, it's nothing special for us to fail." The villagers will understand the embarrassing thing. Besides, we are at least a juren, so it is relatively easy to find a job in the countryside. Since we can't fight the official, let's live a good life."

"No, I can't just go back like this. Is our passion going to be trampled to the ground like this? I'm not reconciled, I really am not reconciled."

Although Zhao Yunxuan and Zhao Minghan in the carriage hadn't seen him yet, they were enough to get a sense of how angry and unwilling he was.

"Aren't you willing to be useful? Is it useful? Is it useful?" The speaker became louder and louder, and finally burst into tears, and then said while crying, "Do you think I am willing? Day and earth embroidery, a pair of eyes are almost pierced blind, and I have to wash clothes at night to earn subsidies. The whole family also expects me to be named on the gold list, honor the ancestors, and seek an official position. At least there is an official in the family so that people will not let people Bullied to go."

"Brother Li, let's go and sue the imperial court. I believe that if the emperor knows about this matter, he will never sit idly by." The surnamed Zhou said.

The examinee surnamed Li wiped away his tears, looked up at him and said, "I knew you had this idea, so I dragged you to this remote bamboo forest. Aren't you afraid that the examiners will kill you? The truth is important. Didn't you hear that the young emperor is actually just a puppet emperor, and the court has been controlled by Li Taishi and Prince Rui, even if we sue the imperial court, the emperor may not be able to help us settle our grievances."

Li Kao's words made Zhao Yunxuan in the carriage very annoyed.

However, under Li's persuasion, Zhou still firmly said: "The truth is important. This is not only for myself, but also for all future candidates and the future of Dongyue Kingdom."

"You also said that it might not be, that is to say, it is possible that the emperor will help us to settle our grievances. If we can't sue, let's go to Prince Rui for a try. At least Prince Rui's surname is Zhao. He can't look at Dongyue. The future is going to perish."

"What a scholar who thinks about the future of Dongyue Kingdom."

"Who is it? Who is listening to us? Who is eavesdropping on us? Ming people don't speak secretly, please show up."

"Brother Zhou, let's go, maybe the examiners came to catch us."

"What are you afraid of? We didn't break the law."

"You two speak so loudly, I'm afraid that someone will overhear you." Following the sound, Zhao Minghan and Zhao Yunxuan jumped out of the carriage and appeared in front of them.Zhao Yunxuan said: "Speak out about your grievances, and we can help you with the court case."

"Who are you?" From the tone and behavior, the uncle and nephew of the Zhao family immediately judged that the person who spoke was the examinee surnamed Li. Then the person standing upright and not timid in front of them was the passionate and righteous Zhou just now. Candidates.

"You don't need to worry about who we are, as long as we can help you." Zhao Minghan said, "Don't worry. We are not bad people, we are people who specialize in punishing rape and eradicating evil. And we have friendship with the emperor and Prince Rui , it is very easy to meet them.”

"Why do you help us?" Candidate Zhou resisted the two strangers in front of him.

Zhao Yunxuan said: "What we admire is your great ambition and fearlessness of power. What Dongyue Kingdom needs are officials who work for the welfare of the people, not those scum who form cliques for selfish interests."

Li Kao was very pleasantly surprised that someone wanted to help them. "Brother Zhou, since they can see the Emperor and Prince Rui, then the matter of our test paper being swapped will definitely be resolved, maybe they can retake the test, or put us on the list directly."

But Candidate Zhou still looked dubious.

Zhao Minghan thinks that this scholar surnamed Zhou is really cautious, and he will be a good official in the future, "Why? Don't you believe that we can help you? Do you still want to sue the imperial court? You know that the imperial court needs to be faced. what?"

"First of all, you have to beat the "Dengwen Drum" in front of the palace, and then you have to roll the nailboard, and recite the content of the complaint while rolling. You can't make a single word wrong before it can be accepted. Take a look at your own weight and taels Heavy, I still want to sue for imperial court, I am afraid that when the iron nails are rolled, my life will be lost. Wouldn’t it be happy if we can help you avoid this process?”

"Brother Zhou, let's not sue for impeachment. If we lose our lives, the gain will not be worth the loss. Let's trust them. They seem to be upright, not like bad guys." Li Kao heard the iron nail rolling His whole body went numb, and he only pinned his hopes on the two people in front of him.

"Isn't he a bad person just looking upright?" Candidate Zhou rebutted his statement, "Look at that Mr. Shubu, Minister of Rites, doesn't he look like a decent person with a gentle personality? What did you say before the exam, don't try to take shortcuts in vain , Who knows how many bad things he has actually done? This time our test papers were swapped without his participation, could those examiners do that?"

"This..." Although what he said was true, Li Kaoao still muttered, "But, the two of them don't look like bad guys."

It is necessary to guard against others, and this is indeed what everyone should have. Zhao Yunxuan did not blame Candidate Zhou for not believing him.He said to them: "Although you don't believe in our ability, we can show you a clear way. You can go to Master Shi Zhengshi of Jingzhao Mansion. He is a really good official. If you don't believe me, you can go to the capital The common people inquire about it, and then decide whether to go and beat the drums to express their grievances."

Zhao Minghan took out a jade pendant, and then Zhao Yunxuan said: "If he doesn't dare to accept the gift, you can take this jade pendant to Prince Rui's mansion, and you will definitely see Prince Rui. Of course, you can also take this jade pendant to pawn, This jade pendant is very valuable, besides it can be exchanged for travel expenses back home, it can also save a lot of money."

Candidate Zhou frowned, feeling that the jade pendant was meant to insult them, and identified them as people who were greedy for life and fear of death for money. "Thank you two gentlemen for your kindness and suggestions. This matter is of great importance, and I don't want to involve you two. I will leave."

"Oh, Brother Zhou..."

"What about you? Do you want to take this jade pendant?"

After hesitating for a while, Li Kao took the jade pendant, and said: "I am not greedy for this jade pendant, but I just want to ask Prince Rui for help. I will return the jade pendant to you when our matter is settled. Can you leave the address, sir."

"When you see Prince Rui, just give the jade pendant to him, and he will give it to me." Zhao Minghan said, "We have to hurry back, you still don't want to go after your good friend."

Candidate Li swayed, and immediately ran after Candidate Zhou, "Brother Zhou, slow down, wait for me."

"Good nephew, what do you think of these two candidates?" Zhao Minghan asked.

"Each has its advantages and disadvantages." Zhao Yunxuan said, "Although the candidate surnamed Zhou is passionate and upright, he is too cautious and doesn't know how to adapt. If he becomes an official in the future, he will surely offend many people. But such a person It is also suitable to serve in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it is most suitable for avenging the common people."

"As for the candidate surnamed Li. Although he is timid and fearful, he is more observant and flexible. This kind of person is the most able to use methods to benefit the people." Zhao Yunxuan continued, "It's just that this kind of person is also the most likely to become a corrupt official. It needs someone to supervise it. If there is no one to restrain it, this kind of person will become arrogant and arrogant once they make achievements as a guest official, and even start to exploit the common people and abuse their power. Let's see, the good fortune of these two people What will happen?"

"The emperor's analysis is very good, and this king thinks so too." Zhao Minghan has gradually stopped calling him "good nephew", his good nephew is no longer a simple-minded child, he is gradually able to cope with many things , can grasp the power, truly worthy of the throne of the dragon chair.

At this time, Zhang Xiaoqian lifted the curtain of the carriage, "I asked you two nephews and uncles if you have something to say, can you talk about it after you return home. It's boring in the carriage, and it's a bit cold."

"Okay, let's go right away." The uncle and nephew returned to the carriage without further delay.Going straight to the palace all the way, Zhao Yunxuan parted ways with them halfway and went back to the palace.

Thinking of going back to the palace, Zhao Yunxuan's head hurts.One Li Minghui left in the palace, and the other two girls from the Li family, Li Mingzhu and Li Mingshan, came.When these two people entered the palace, they said something to accompany the queen mother, but they came to the Qinzheng Hall every now and then, and the queen mother even created various opportunities for him to favor the two daughters of the Li family.Although it was resolved in the end every time, it is not a long-term solution. I am afraid that Queen Mother Li will use tough methods, so I have to find a way to take back the power in Queen Mother Li's hands.