The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

Although at this time Zhao Ruichen didn't understand why his elder brother didn't let him call Master Li, but asked him to call Master Li as the second brother, but he obediently changed his name to "Second Brother".

Li Wen looked at Zhao Xiangyi and raised his eyebrows. The two people's eyes met and they exchanged a look.Zhao Xiangyi hadn't greeted him beforehand, but Li Wen still readily accepted the fact that he had an extra younger brother.

Indeed, in terms of the current relationship between the two of them, Zhao Xiangyi's younger brother is also his younger brother, and he responded with a smile when he said "Second Brother".

This change of mouth will require a change of mouth fee, right?Li Wen didn't bring any gifts with him, but luckily he wore a jade pendant around his waist when he went out today. He took off the jade pendant from his waist and gave it to the child, and said with a smile, "Hey, this jade pendant is for Brother Chen .In the future, I will be your elder brother just like your elder brother. In the future, if you encounter people bullying you outside, and you can’t find your elder brother, you will come to your second brother, and your second brother will deal with it for you. "

As a brother-protecting madman, it's okay to bully him, but if he dares to bully his younger brother, it's simply impossible to live.

"Thank you, second brother." Zhao Ruichen happily accepted the gift from his second brother, and he quickly accepted the fact that he had an extra second brother.

Zhao Xiangyi watched Li Wen give the jade pendant to Brother Chen, and this jade pendant was given to the boy by him.But he didn't say anything, he just picked a few jade pendants and gave them to the boy when he got back.

When it was over, seeing the man still standing here, Li Wen asked, "Don't you still have something to do? You can go and do your work, and Chenchen and I are fine here." There is such a good place to hide and be quiet. Naturally, I didn't want to go to a crowded place outside.

With his current status in the court, there are many people who come to curry favor with him, and he is not yet needed to curry favor with anyone.

Don't want to see me so soon?Zhao Xiangyi saw that Li Wen would not be bored if he was accompanied by someone here, so he nodded and said, "I'm going to do my work first. When the banquet starts later, I will send someone to call you over."

"Okay, go and do your work." Li Wen waved him away.

Zhao Xiangyi glanced at the young man, took his men away, and left two servants here to wait on him.

"Brother Chen, what have you learned from your husband recently, come and tell the second brother." Li Wen hadn't seen the child for a while, and when he saw someone now, he took the child's hand and asked about the child's recent past. What have you learned from your husband and what books are you reading?

The two chatted after asking and answering.

Long before, Li Wen found out that this kid was a very smart kid, at least smarter than the kid in his family.

It's just that when he came to the General's Mansion today, thinking that there were too many people here, Li Wen didn't bring his little boy here.Children at this age should still focus on reading and playing, and make some friends of the same age. Li Wen didn't want to bring the child into the circle of the capital prematurely, but only wanted to make the child's world pure and clean.

On weekdays, Brother Chen had a good time with his little boy, but he didn’t see him bring anyone here today, and he asked him why he didn’t bring him here. Li Wen only said that they went to the academy to study today. No one was brought over, "But if you want to play with Xiaobao and Yangyang, after two days when their academy is on vacation, the second elder brother will let someone pick you up to play with the second elder brother, do you think so?" Li asked asked.

"Yeah, okay." Zhao Ruichen nodded, thinking that it would be a good thing for him to have an extra second brother.

In the past, Li Wen gave the child a set of military chess. Now that the two of them have nothing to do, they let people put up the military flag and walk in the pavilion.

chess.

A person's temperament can be seen from playing chess. This kid plays chess at a leisurely pace. He will think clearly about every move before making a move.It has to be said that this child has inherited the excellent blood of their Zhao family, and has a certain amount of brains and acumen in combat. After discovering this, Li Wen was also happy to play chess with this child, and by the way, he would also give Children tell some inspiring little stories.

The two played chess here for a long time, until Zhao Xiangyi sent someone to call them out, telling them to go outside, "We are going out, let's play chess when we have time some other day." With a sad face, he knew that the child still wanted to continue.

Li Wen didn't count just now, and couldn't remember how many games they played at the moment.

In the beginning, they ended a game of chess relatively quickly, but later it took longer and longer, and Li Wen even lost two games later.This child has learned to use the method he used and the method he taught to deal with him later.

I'm afraid that General Zhao and Zhao Xiangyi don't have this little intelligence. If this child is trained well, his achievements will definitely be better than his father and elder brother.This child will be the next Patriarch of the General's Mansion in the future. With this child leading the Zhao family in the future, there is no need to worry that the next generation of the General's Mansion will decline.

"Okay." Zhao Ruichen had no choice but to be reluctant to let go, and asked someone to put away his military chess, and took his second brother to see his brother.

Chang, "Second brother, Chen'er will lead the way for you."

Li Wen followed the child and listened to the child introduce him to the various courtyards of the General's Mansion along the way, which was much better than his brother.

Today is the old lady's birthday. People from all the big families in the capital came to celebrate the old lady's birthday. The old lady sat at the head of the main hall to receive everyone's congratulations.On the table in the center of the courtyard were the gifts from the guests. The gifts on it were piled up like a hill, and there were still many that couldn't be put down, which had already been put into the warehouse.

Li Wen followed Zhao Xiangyi to celebrate the old lady's birthday, and saluted respectfully, "Junior Li Wen wishes the old lady a blessing like the East Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan."

He has been to the General's Mansion so many times, and this is the first time he has seen this old lady.On weekdays, the old lady is in the backyard and rarely comes out. He is an outsider who visits the general's mansion, so it is not easy for him to enter the backyard where other women's family members live, so he has never seen this old lady. .

I didn't expect this old lady to know him. When she saw him coming to celebrate his birthday, she smiled and said to him, "You are Li Liuyuan, Master Li. I didn't expect Li Liuyuan to be so young. He really is young and promising. Although the old man is here In the General’s Mansion, I heard someone mention your name, Mr. Li.”

Hearing what the old lady said, Li Wen smiled.

Many people came to celebrate the old matriarch's birthday today, and there are still many guests waiting to celebrate the old matriarch's birthday. The guest's seat went over there.It's just that he didn't expect Zhao Xiangyi to bring him to General Zhao's table.

"Father asked me to bring you here." As if knowing what the young man was thinking, Zhao Xiangyi said in a low voice.

"The student has seen the teacher." He didn't see his teacher when he came, and Li Wen thought that Dean Fu didn't like this kind of crowded occasion, so he would not come.Unexpectedly, when he came here at this moment, he saw his teacher and General Zhao sitting together. The two of them were chatting happily.

Those who can sit at the main table are all people with identities like General Zhao and his teacher, and those who sit are all important officials and elders in the court.Logically speaking, with Li Wen's official position, he would not be able to sit at this table, but Zhao Xiangyi did not expect Zhao Xiangyi to bring him to this table.At this table, he was young and had a low official position, so when he saw these bigwigs, Li Wen would salute and greet them one by one.

These people in the court all know the relationship between Li Wen and Prime Minister Fu, not to mention that Li Wen is now being trusted and reused by the Holy Majesty, and he sat in this position at a young age. Studying, have not yet entered the court to become an official.

With such a comparison, these people who have only climbed to this position at a young age really have nothing to show off.

So no one here dares to underestimate Li Wen anymore. In another ten years, people like them who have already half-buried in the soil don't know if they will still be alive.And ten years later, Li Wen is only in his twenties, not even [-] years old, and their grandchildren are even older than Li Wen, not to mention that none of their grandchildren can match Li Wen, Even among the sons, none of them could compare to Li Wen.

If there were still people who looked down on Li Wen, a student from a poor family, but now, no one dares to mention Li Wen's background.

What does birth matter?If you can be a scholar at the age of nine, and you can be admitted to the number one scholar at the age of 16. You are still the only six yuan in Dacheng, and you have a teacher who is the prime minister and is reused by the emperor. This person must be extraordinary in the future, and it will be a matter of time before he enters the cabinet and worships the prime minister.

"Prime Minister Fu has such a good student, I really envy you." Someone in the room said.

Indeed, this is something to envy.They all knew that after Fu Yihan resigned from office and left the capital, he returned to Nanyang Mansion to open an academy to teach, and his subordinates taught many students, among which Li Liuyuan was the most important.

Why didn't they have such good luck to meet such a good student?

But this is nothing to be envious of. They don't have the luck of others, and they probably don't have the ability to teach such a good student.In the early years, Fu Yihan was the prince's Taifu, who is now the teacher of the Holy Majesty. Look, what kind of students did they teach?

"It's just luck." Fu Yihan smiled and dealt with the crowd, saw Li Wen sat down next to him, and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Where did you go just now?" , why didn't I see you when I came?"

This is where Xingshi asks the blame?Li Wen rubbed his nose, and only said that he was in another place just now, not daring to say that he ran away to hide, leaving his teacher here alone to be tortured by others, otherwise Dean Fu would punish him for copying books when he returned.

"Really?" Fu Chengxiang was a little disbelieving.

Li Wen smiled sincerely, do you think I am lying?

The teacher and the student flirted with each other and talked together. In the eyes of outsiders, the relationship between the teacher and the student was extremely good.

Knowing that today is Mrs. Zhao's birthday, although the Son of Heaven did not come to congratulate him in person, some palace servants brought birthday gifts and personally issued an imperial decree to make Mrs. Zhao the first-rank imperial wife.With the decree coming down, the birthday of the old matriarch entered the climax stage of the day, and everyone was boiling.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live—"

Everyone knelt down and shouted a hundred years old.

The old matriarch accepted the imperial decree tremblingly, and thanked the emperor for his grace.