The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

Twelfth lunar month twenty-four, small year.

It snowed heavily during the night and stopped early the next morning.

Every year at this time, every household starts to make New Year’s goods to prepare for the New Year. The streets are full of vehicles and pedestrians, and the roadsides are full of small stalls selling various groceries.There are more caravans coming to the capital this year than in previous years. Goods from all over the country are transported to the capital. The shops are full of goods, and the trade market in the western district is booming.

The most indispensable thing here in the capital is people and money, and the various governments have sent purchasing managers to buy things in a big way.

When the goods of the merchants are transported to the capital, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell them. As soon as the good goods arrive in the capital, everyone rushes to buy them.

According to the practice of previous years, every year at this time when the emperor seals the jade seal, the yamen of the imperial government will start to close, and the officials will start to rest and not go to the yamen, and they will not start to go to the yamen until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year.But this year is an exception. At this moment of the new year, the emperor has not yet sealed the jade seal, the government offices are still open, and the officials below are still on duty, so they have not been able to rest and go back to celebrate the new year.

Not long after the new emperor ascended the throne, he announced his son Yang Xuan as the crown prince.

The crown prince Yang Xuan was born by the empress, he is the eldest son of the emperor, he should be the No. 1 choice to be the crown prince, and the officials in the court could not find any reason to object to this.It's just that since the new emperor got married, he has only one child under his knees, and the number of heirs is too thin. For this reason, the officials in the court all submitted their proposals one after another, asking the emperor to draft a concubine, so as to spread the branches and leaves for the experts.

The new emperor postponed the matter for further discussion on the grounds that the government was busy.

What this means is that this matter is not in a hurry, and I will talk about it when I am done with my work, but the new emperor has no intention of accepting a concubine at all.

"Heh, these people even care about how many concubines I have in my harem. I think these people are idle and have nothing to do." Yang Shaomu threw away the brochure that invited him to choose a concubine, and snorted.Don't think that he doesn't know what these courtiers are thinking. They all want to stuff people into his harem, and he has to be willing to do it!

When he was a prince, he didn't like other people stuffing women with ulterior motives into his backyard. Now that he's an emperor, he won't let others stuff his backyard with women he doesn't want to sleep with.He does have someone who wants to sleep, but is that person he can touch?

Now that the household department is in his hands, and Li Wen, the God of Wealth, is helping him solicit money, so he doesn't have to worry about the household department being short of money in the future.The money was used to support the army and engage in weapons production. Both the Zhao family and the Wang family stood behind him, the emperor, and the military power was in his hands. Yang Shaomu didn't think his harem still needed women to help him Containing the court, the wishful thinking of these courtiers is probably going to fail with him.

Zhao Xiangyi raised his eyelids, and glanced at the stack of papers on the emperor's desk. Are these papers for inviting the emperor to accept his concubine?That's quite a lot. "These people have nothing to do when they're idle, why don't you find more work for them, Your Majesty?" General Zhao Xiao made a small suggestion.

"You're right, these people are indeed too idle, they just know what to think about all day long." Why did he, the emperor, work so hard, and the officials below had nothing to do all day, and they came to him as the emperor? Trouble?The new emperor said that he was unbalanced in his heart.

Following a decree from the palace, the officials of the six ministries were so busy that they couldn't rest and go back to celebrate the new year.

Didn't you see the emperor didn't stop yet?Why do they have the nerve to call Xiu Mu? The officials below all want to perform well in front of the emperor, and they are all motivated to do a good job.

This year, the new emperor was in charge of the government, and all the affairs of the court, large and small, were handled in an orderly manner. The officials below could not find any faults with the new emperor.The only shortcoming is probably that the new emperor has too few concubines in the harem, and the number of heirs is too thin. The emperor is still unwilling to listen to their opinions in selecting concubines. Some officials below are often troubled by this matter.

Some ministers have not given up on this matter, and are still on the road of persuading the emperor to choose a concubine.

Li Wen was aware of the fact that the officials in the imperial court submitted a booklet to let the emperor draft a concubine.

But he thinks, whether the emperor marries a concubine or not, and whether he sleeps with his concubine and has a baby, these servants really can't control the emperor's harem.Don't these officials understand why they are still at work and can't go back to celebrate the New Year on vacation?Li Wen rolled his eyes in his heart, thinking that some officials' careers here have come to an end.

Anyway, their Ministry of Industry and Commerce doesn't have a holiday at the moment. It would be better if someone works overtime with you. It's better to work overtime alone than to work overtime.

The beginning of the new year, the end of the old year, it is almost a busy year.

There was no need for him to ask about the purchases at their house, someone had already done it.

Li Wen found that since Butler Sun came, he basically didn't have to worry about the affairs of the house, so Butler Sun arranged for someone to take care of everything.

During the Chinese New Year, there are all kinds of etiquette contacts. Some of them are gifts from them, and some are gifts from others. Now that his status is different, there will always be some people who want to have a good relationship with him and climb into his relationship. , So those who know and those who don't know all send things to him.How to deal with it is a big question, anyway, Li Wen didn't understand it.

In previous years, when it was New Year's Eve, he would have a headache on how to deal with these etiquette things.The gifts sent this year are several times more than last year's. When I came back to look at the thick stack of gift lists, Li Wen's eyelids twitched, "Are these received today?"

Is this too much?

"Yes, master." Butler Sun told the master which house these gifts were from, what they gave them, and how they returned.

It was a troublesome matter for Li Wen, but Steward Sun arranged all these things properly just by talking about it.Sure enough, professional people should come. Seeing such a long list of gifts, Li Wen thought to himself, once again he was very glad that Butler Sun chose to come to their house to provide for the elderly and continue to use his spare energy.

"Master, some gifts that can be accepted are still acceptable. If you refuse to accept them all, it will make outsiders feel that you are not easy to get close to." When the water is clear, there is no fish. This sentence is not unreasonable, and it is the same in the officialdom. Most of these gifts from outsiders during the New Year's Day can still be accepted first before processing.

Steward Sun gave a lesson to their masters about giving gifts at the age of age, and by the way, he also talked about some things in the various prefectures of the capital.

Happening.

"..." Li asked, he had a headache, "Isn't there you, Steward Sun? You can make up your own mind about these things, and let Xiao Suzi and Yingchun take care of them."

He sent two people to the chief steward's subordinates to run errands for the chief steward, so as not to exhaust the old man.

"The master trusts the old slave, and the old slave will help the master take care of these things in the house." Butler Sun can see that their master doesn't like to take care of these trivial things. Originally, these things should not be handled by men. There is still a lack of a lady in charge of the house.

But thinking about that little general, I'm afraid they won't let their adults marry their wives, and it seems that their adults have no intentions towards General Zhao.

Not many people outside knew that Sun Haide possessed martial arts, and his martial arts were not inferior to the hidden guards in the palace. This was one of the reasons why he was able to stay by the late emperor's side to serve him.

On the first night when he came to their lord's house, Steward Sun discovered that the little general had entered their lord's yard at night and did not leave until the next morning, so the relationship between little general Zhao and their lord It's not hard to guess.He didn't expect Li Liuyuan and General Zhao to have such a relationship. Eunuch Sun really didn't notice it when he was in the palace.

Although he is in the palace, he knows a thing or two about the things outside.Sun Haide has heard about some things about this little general Zhao. It is rumored that this lonely star of fate, if not, he has not married a wife by now, and there is not even a concubine in his family. , this kind of person is doomed to be lonely all his life.

How did you get on good terms with their adults?

Their adults can pass the examination at a young age, judging from their faces, they are born with good luck, and their horoscope must be excellent.Sun Haide thought about it in his heart, but he was able to analyze everything. No wonder their adults got along well with General Zhao, and their adults were not affected by General Zhao's fate at all.

When he first arrived in Liuyuan Mansion, Eunuch Sun discovered that Liuyuan Mansion is a place where crouching tigers hide dragons. People who feed horses in the stables, those who raise flowers and plants in the yard, and those who are responsible for sweeping the floor in the mansion, etc., all of these people are master.Sun Dehai probably guessed where these people in this mansion came from. It seems that this little general Zhao really took them into his heart, so he planted so many masters in this Liuyuan Mansion.

The matter between your lord and General Zhao is the master's private matter. Eunuch Sun knew that he, a slave, could not take care of the master's affairs, so he didn't plan to take care of them.

Their adults' parents and elders did not follow them to the capital, and Sun Dehai still knew something about their adults' hometown.

In addition to their adults, there is also a Fourth Miss and a Young Master in this house. The Fourth Miss and their adults are not even close to each other. It is said that they are already engaged and will marry into someone else's family sooner or later.The young master and their adults are brothers of the same mother, and their adults treat this brother very seriously.Although the young master is not as intelligent as their adults, it is rare that he is a person with a sincere heart. With their adults teaching him personally, even if he becomes an official in the future, he will definitely be a good official.

Brothers and friends are respectful, brothers are harmonious, these are the human relations and family relationships that cannot be seen in Tianjia.

Now after arriving at Liuyuan Mansion, Sun Haide found that living in Liuyuan Mansion is no worse than living in the palace. It is very cold, the house is not cold at all, and although the food is not very expensive, the taste is very suitable. human taste.It's not difficult for adults to serve at all. Perhaps it can be said that they don't need people to serve at all for things that adults can do by themselves. There is only one servant around, not even a maidservant.

When he was the housekeeper of Liuyuan Mansion, he was in charge of talking and telling the people below to do everything. Eat well, sleep well, and work less. The master didn't need him as a slave to serve him. It's much more comfortable. Sure enough, it was the right time for them to come to Liuyuan Mansion.

Author's gossip: Thank you Chongya y (yahou) for supporting me,