The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

He has an important position, there are many things in the household department, and the emperor will send people to him from time to time, so he has to go into the palace to see the emperor from time to time.Li Wen had to take two days off to accompany his father for two days. After the two days passed, he could only go back to the household department to work. Only when he came back from the household department at night could the father and son sit down. Have a drink and talk together.

Time flies, five or six days passed in a blink of an eye, his father and the others were about to go back.

Li Wen felt a little guilty about this, "Father and you have come to the capital for the past few days, and I don't have much time to accompany you, it's really wrong." Knowing when he will be able to see the above, he feels very uncomfortable.

"Father is not a three-year-old child, and I want you to accompany him on a special trip." Li Shanshan reached out and patted his son's shoulder, his nose a little sore, and said, "Father just wanted to visit you and Xiaobao in the capital. Dad is relieved that you are all right here, and when you go back and ask your grandma and grandma, I can tell them that you are all well here.”

"Seeing that you have grown up now, Dad is very comforted. Our old Li family has been mud-legged for eighteen generations, and your generation has a champion, and the ancestors are honored. You are here in the capital. When you are an official, my father and your mother are living in the country, and they are living a good life, if it is convenient for you in the future, you can go back and visit us."

The father and son sat in the study and talked.

Li Wen knew that many people in the capital were watching his every move, and it was inevitable that some people would know about his father's visit to the capital.His father is going back tomorrow, Li Wen specially asked Zhao Xiangyi to borrow a team of people to escort his father back, so as not to have any accidents on the way, this is beyond the boundaries of the capital, some things are hard to say, he has to prevent .

Li Wen told his father about this in advance, "Dad, you are going back tomorrow. I found a friend to borrow a few people, and I will escort you back tomorrow. You should pay more attention on the way back. When you return to Nanyang It'll be fine over there."

There is his teacher in Nanyang, even if his teacher has resigned and went back to teach now, the prefect of Nanyang will still sell his teacher's face.

"Father, now that I am favored in front of the emperor, I will inevitably attract people's envy." It is not easy for Li Wen to talk too much with his father about some matters in the officialdom. If he talks too much, he is afraid that his father will worry.

However, Li Wen still wanted to mention some things to his father, so that his father could have a psychological defense.

Li Wen said, "If you have friends in the officialdom, you will inevitably have enemies, so I am afraid that those people will be against you.

"It is inevitable to have enemies. Some things he does will definitely hinder the interests of some people. Enemies in the world are all caused by conflicts of interests. If there are no conflicts of interests, there will be no so-called enemies.

Li Shanshan is not a dull person. Hearing what his son said, he seemed to understand something in his heart. He couldn't help feeling a little worried, and asked, "Then you are here in the capital..."

Will something happen?

"Father, don't worry, I will be fine here in the capital, but you have to be careful on the way back." Li Wen looked at his father and said, "Father, you and A Niang are my closest friends." My dear, I don't want you and A Niang to have anything to do with them. As long as you are safe, I am here in the capital, and there is nothing that can threaten me. "

Li Wen lowered his voice and said, "Here in the capital, the past two years may not be very peaceful. You and A Niang and the others try to stay in Lijia Village as much as possible, and stay with the people in the clan. If you haven't heard from me, don't It’s easy to believe what outsiders say.”

"I mean, if something happens here in the capital, and you hear the wind, take the villagers and hide in the mountains. Outsiders can't find you, and come out after you have escaped the limelight." Whether this official is a good thing or a bad thing, while it can bring glory to the clan, it actually puts relatives and clansmen in danger. One is prosperous and the other is damaged. The fate of the family is tied to his personal fate.

That's why he didn't want to take his aunt and grandma to live in the capital after he arrived in the capital. Although the capital is prosperous, it doesn't have the freedom and freedom of Li's Village.Now their Lijia Village is not the Lijia Village of the past, and it is much better in Qingping Town than here in Beijing.

When he is this official, he will definitely not work until he is old, and he will work for a lifetime.Whenever he didn't want to do it, he would learn from his teacher's last note, pack up his things and leave.

If you want to find a place to retire in the future, you must find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and their Lijia Village is a good place.

Seeing the nervous look on his father's face, Li Wen smiled and said, "Father, I mean just in case, it might not happen..." He is in the officialdom, and sometimes some things are out of his control. This side will definitely be prepared to retreat, so at the same time, he has to remind his father that if there is any trouble, the lives of the clansmen should be put first.

Where there is life, there is hope.

"Father, you don't have to worry about us being here. It's okay that we are here in the capital. This is at the feet of the emperor. Some people still have to worry about the emperor when they do things. We are not in danger here in the capital." The biggest danger is the one above up.Companion to the monarch is like companion to the tiger, the emperor is the most dangerous person, but now the emperor still needs him, and he will definitely not let him have trouble.

Li Wen said, "Usually there are people following me when I go in and out. Except for going to the academy to study on weekdays, they are usually at the house and nothing will happen. Father, you don't have to worry about me. If I go out, people will follow me." , nothing will happen."

With Zhao Xiangyi here, he will have nothing to do here in the capital, even if he has something to go out, Zhao Xiangyi will follow him.

"Well, that's good." Hearing what his son said later, Li Shanshan's face softened a little, and he said, "You and your brother are here in the capital, if you have anything to write back to tell the family, Dad may not be able to help much, but he can still help with small things."

"Also, father came this time and brought you some money, so you can keep it..."

"Father, I really don't need this, you can just keep it at home."

"The family doesn't need so much silver. You and your brother are here in the capital, and there are many places to spend money..."

The father and son pushed back and forth, but Li Wen refused to take it, and his father insisted on giving it to him. In the end, he had no choice but to accept it first.He found that his father's favorite hobby in recent years was to give him banknotes, and he was very afraid that he would go hungry if he had no money outside, but it was also because his father had money at home that his father could give it to him.

There are many places to spend money here in the capital, and he has invested all the money in his hands into business, but judging from the current situation, these projects he invested in are doing well, and he will definitely not be short of silver in the future, so Li Wen told his father about these things, and asked his father not to send them any money in the future, and the extra money would be kept at home for emergencies.

The father and son chatted in the study until late at night before going back to their respective rooms.

And this night, the man lying on the bed remembered what his son said today. When he came to the capital these few days, Li Shanshan didn't just go out and wander around every day. He would care about what the people were talking about. There are quite a lot of things, and I feel that the capital is a place of right and wrong, and it is not as good as it looks on the surface.

The old father couldn't help but think in his heart, his two sons here in the capital, don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing...

Tossing and turning in bed at night, full of random thoughts, the old father suffered from insomnia.

At this time, Li Wen was still explaining to Zhao Xiangyi about sending someone to escort his father back tomorrow, and Zhao Xiangyi personally arranged the person, so Li Wen was also relieved.During the few days when his father came to the capital, Li Wen didn't specifically introduce Zhao Xiangyi to meet his father. He drew circles on the man's chest with his hand, and asked with a little entanglement in his heart, "Will you?" Blame me for not letting you see my father?"

But Zhao Xiangyi originally sent Li Wen back to his hometown to visit relatives, so Zhao Xiangyi had met Li's father and mother.

"No, you have your considerations, I believe you." Zhao Xiangyi grabbed the boy's troublesome little hand, kissed his boy, and said.

"Thank you." Li Wen hugged the man's waist with both hands, buried his face in the man's chest, and thanked the man for his trust.

"Just say thank you?" Men want a more practical thank you, not a verbal thank you

"..." Li asked.

Li Wen glared at this increasingly shameless man, and said, "My dear, I found that you have changed."

"Oh, is that so? Tell me, how have I changed?" Zhao Xiangyi put a smile on his eyes, lowered his head and kissed the boy's lips.

darkening night...

"Father, when you go back this time, we don't know when we will meet again next time."

In the early morning of the second day, when the sky was bright outside, Li Wen sent his father and his party out of the city, "Father, take care on the way, and go back safely."

"Well, Dad will. You are here in the capital, and everything is fine. Dad and your uncles have gone back, and I will come to see you next time." Li Shanshan patted his youngest son's head and told him The son must listen carefully to his elder brother here in the capital.

The father and son said goodbye.

Li Shanshan got into the carriage, waved to the children, told them to go back, and said to the driver, "Let's go."

Seeing the long-distance team, Li Wen felt a little uncomfortable.

"Brother." Li Haopeng put his arms around his brother's waist, weeping silently.Li Wen patted the child's head and comforted the child, "When we have time later, we can go back and see Father and Mother. You can write more letters to Father and Mother in the future."

"Yeah." Li Haopeng nodded, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, the eyes were still a little red.When the leaving carriages and horses were no longer visible, Li Jinwan said, "Brother, Xiaobao, let's go back, Uncle and the others have already left."

"Let's go." Li Wen led the people back to the city.