The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

Early the next morning, Li Wen wore a crescent white new dress to attend the appointment of General Zhao Zhuo.When he arrived, General Zhao's men had not yet arrived, but Zhao Xiangyi was already here, obviously waiting for him here, Li Wen couldn't help laughing, and asked, "Why are you here too? "

"Afraid your father will eat me up?"

The child was worried about his own father, and even ran over himself.

Li Wen was not worried that General Zhao would beat him, but he was a little worried that General Zhao would not be able to help beating his own son when he saw his son here.

"Cough!" Zhao Xiangyi clenched his fist against his lips and gave a low cough. He was really worried that his father would embarrass Li Wen, so he didn't feel at ease after thinking about it, so he ran over anyway.

Seeing the man's appearance, Li Wen knew that he guessed right, he reached out and patted the man's chest, raised his eyes and looked at the man with a smile, and said, "Don't worry, there are not many people in this world who can bully me. "

Unless he is willing to be bullied, there are really not many people who can bully him.This General Zhao is not an unreasonable person, so he shouldn't embarrass him, but maybe he won't have a good face towards him?

"Let's come in and have a cup of tea." Now that everyone is here, let's have a cup of tea together.

Li Wen stepped over the threshold and walked into the box.Today he deliberately came out a little earlier, no matter how the other party is regarded as an elder, he is also Zhao Xiangyi's biological father, his father-in-law, he should have come earlier and waited.

Zhao Xiangyi went in behind, and the two entered the box together.

The boy in the restaurant brought tea and snacks, and Li Wen asked people to go outside.

Picking up the tea on the table and taking a sip, the sun came in through the open window, and he stood by the window basking in the sun.

Sitting at the back, Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man bathed in the sun. The young man seemed to be covered with a layer of golden light, as if he was far away from him all of a sudden. The young man seemed to fly out at any time and leave him.As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, he stood up, grabbed the boy's hand, and held him in his hand.

"Huh?" The hand was grabbed suddenly, Li Wen turned his head to look at the man who was holding his hand, and asked him what's wrong with his eyes, why did he grab him so hard?

Zhao Xiangyi lowered his head, looked at the young man's grasped hand, met the young man's eyes, and he stretched out his hand to hold the young man in his arms.Being hugged suddenly, Li Wen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, pushed the man, and said, "Why are you holding me? Let me go, and your father will come and see you soon."

The two of them woke up in the same bed this morning, and now they meet and hug each other again, why doesn't he know how clingy this man is?But Li Wen didn't hate it, on the contrary, he enjoyed the physical contact between two people a little bit. He liked the feeling of being held in this man's arms.

However, General Zhao asked him to meet here today, and General Zhao would come at any time. If the other party saw the two of them hugging and hugging here, I was afraid that it would irritate General Zhao.

"Don't move, let me hug you, just for a while, my father hasn't come yet." Even if he comes, he is not afraid of him, Zhao Xiangyi added in his heart.He didn't let him go, rubbed his lips against the boy's ear, and said, "Promise me, no matter what happens in the future, you won't leave me."

Hearing the man's words, Li Wen understood what this man was worried about, and said a little dumbfounded, "Didn't you say that your father agreed to our affairs? If your father refuses to agree and asks you to leave me, shouldn't I be more Are you worried that you will leave me?"

How did this person worry about him leaving?

Zhao Xiangyi shook his head, knowing that the young man didn't understand what he meant, and he didn't intend to tell the young man the thoughts that flashed through his mind just now, but just said, "I won't leave you." Li Wen let the man hold him , Two people are leaning against each other, the two shadows on the ground are intertwined, it is impossible to distinguish between you and me.

There were footsteps outside the door, followed by a knock on the door.

They knew that General Zhao was coming, and the two separated quickly. Li Wen lowered his head and straightened his clothes, while Zhao Xiangyi walked over to open the door for his father.

When Zhao Zhuo saw that it was his son who opened the door, he stared and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Father." Zhao Xiangyi yelled Dad, and invited someone to sit inside.

Li Wen, who was standing not far behind, saw General Zhao coming in, cupped his hands and saluted, and said, "I have seen General Zhao

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From the moment he entered, Zhao Zhuo's eyes fell on the young man standing in front of him. Is this Li Liuyuan too young?With such an appearance and demeanor, Zhao Zhuo couldn't dislike the young man in front of him.

This is the first Liuyuanlang from Dacheng Country, and he is the most educated person in the world.As a general who doesn't like reading, General Zhao will never admit in his heart that he has a natural liking for literati.His eyes shifted from Li Wen to his son, and then to Li Wen, why did he feel that his son took advantage?

His son abducted Liu Yuanlang, whom Fu Yihan worked so hard to cultivate. Didn't Fu Yihan beat his son?

When thinking of Fu Yihan, Prime Minister Fu, Zhao Zhuo remembered that the young man in front of him was Fu Yihan's disciple.If you want to say that General Zhao Zhuo is afraid of his wife, there is another person who is afraid of him, and that is Fu Yihan, Prime Minister Fu who was invited by the emperor to come back to the capital as an official.

Not to mention that Fu Yihan is still the prime minister now, he really can't afford to offend that one.

"Well, get up. Today you and I meet, not in the court, so there is no need to talk about so many rules." Today he came to see his daughter-in-law, not to meet any court official, Zhao Zhuo withdrew his question to Li Looking at it carefully, he walked in, sat down on the chair, and said, "You two don't have to stand, sit down."

It was the first time Li Wen saw this General Zhao, and he secretly took a look at General Zhao's appearance.Discovered General Zhao and

Zhao Xiangyi's facial features look quite similar, so I don't know if Zhao Xiangyi will look like General Zhao when he reaches General Zhao's age.Hmm, seems good too?

"Yes, dad." Zhao Xiangyi pulled the boy to sit down, and he sat down after him.

Li Wen sat down next to Zhao Xiangyi, and sitting across from them was General Zhao.Zhao Zhuo noticed his son's pulling action, could he restrain himself a little in front of him?

"General Zhao, please drink tea." Li Wen poured a cup of tea for General Zhao himself, met General Zhao looking at him with appraising eyes, smiled slightly, and sat down in his seat.

The three of them sat, and no one spoke for a while, and the scene was slightly awkward.

"Ahem, I'm looking for you today..." Zhao Zhuo broke the embarrassing situation aloud, looked at Li Wen, and said, "I also know about the two of you here. Li Wen, right? At the border, I have heard people mention you, I have been at the border all year round, not on the capital side, so I know a little about some things in the capital."

Li Wen had a smile on his face, not knowing what to say, he waited for General Zhao to continue.

"I've heard people say something about the things you did. It's thanks to your efforts and help that the soldiers in the army can get paid." Zhao Zhuo is a person who distinguishes between public and private, and the court's pay can be paid. , this amount of money is nothing to the officials in the capital, but to the soldiers at the border, it is the money they exchanged with their lives. Some people are still waiting for the money to be sent back to their mothers at home. Can't help but send them down.

It's just that the imperial court was poor in those years, the household department had no money, and the papers written by him as a general many times were sent back to the capital, but they were like stones falling into the sea, and the imperial court did not respond.

The environment at the frontier is harsh, and the imperial court has no food and salary, so the lives of their soldiers at the border are even more miserable.Without military pay to the soldiers below, he, a great general, was speechless to face the soldiers below.It wasn't until the year before last that the imperial court sent so much silver and rations over, that the great general Zhao Zhuo could finally stand up straight in front of the soldiers, and his voice became louder.

It was only later that Zhao Zhuo found out how the rations came from, and it was at that time that he remembered Li Wen's name.

After returning to the capital, Zhao Zhuo also heard about the things Li Wen did, arresting corrupt officials, starting businesses, laying bridges and roads, etc., just because of Li Wen's doing these things, he should be praised as a good official.So long before the meeting, Zhao Zhuo already had a preconceived impression and idea of ​​Li Wen in his heart.

"These are the things that subordinate officials should do. Being an official does not make decisions for the people. It is better to go home and farm the land. In his position, he should seek his own government. The subordinate officials are just doing what they should do. You cannot be a general like this." Praise." These things Li Wen did were not for the sake of himself, let alone for himself, in fact, the greater part was for the people of the world.

The soldiers guarding the border are also one of Dacheng's people.

"Haha, okay, even though he is young, he is not arrogant and impetuous." Zhao Zhuo became more and more satisfied as he watched Li Wen, and thought that it would be great if this kid was a girl, and he was definitely in favor of the eldest son marrying Li Wen.But if this kid is a girl, I'm afraid he won't be able to take the scientific examination, won the top prize, or become an official. If this kid didn't become an official in the court, would the court default on the food and salaries of the soldiers at the border or continue to default?

Thinking about it this way, Zhao Zhuo thought that Li Wen should be a kid.

"I heard that you entered the household department and brought down all the officials in the household department. Tell me what happened?" Zhao Zhuo was not in the capital at that time, but he also heard about this incident, so he knew about them The big reason why the food and salary cannot be paid is actually because these moths in the household department have greedy the money into their pockets.

"This matter..." Li Wen cleared his throat, and talked about the matter of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The case and General Zhao talked about it.

Of course, I just picked out some things that can be said, and skipped the things that couldn’t be said.