The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

The court meeting of this day did not end until nearly noon.

Officials who were going to court early got up very early in the morning, and most of them didn’t know how to eat or even drink a lot of water, just to avoid being unable to hold back and want to go to the toilet in the middle of the court.Although people have three urgencies, this kind of thing is disrespectful in front of the emperor, so it is pitiful for these officials to go to court early when they are hungry, hold back their feces and urine, and cannot leave halfway, after the morning court is over to pull.

There is a row of small sedan chairs parked at the gate of the palace, all servants from various houses waiting to pick them up. The clothes worn by the servants of each family have different family crests embroidered on them, so as to identify whose family slaves it is. .Normally people would come out at this time of day, but today it was a long time since no one came out from the palace, and these waiting servants were all looking forward to it. "Why haven't we seen our master come out today?"

"Why hasn't our master come out yet!"

These frail civil servants had been hungry all morning, and all of them were so hungry that their faces turned blue and their lips turned white, and they almost had to lean on the wall to walk.

Compared to the civil servants who couldn't even walk, the strong military generals still looked as usual and walked like flying. Seeing these civil servants whose feet were weak when they stepped down, they sneered and left these civil servants far away. In the back, it seemed that when military generals passed by the civil servants, they sneered, fully expressing their disdain.

Just like civil officials look down on military generals, most military generals also look down on these civil officials. They are all so weak, let alone going to the battlefield to fight against the enemy, whether they can go to the battlefield is the same thing. They disdain to be with these weak civil officials.

Therefore, after going to court, most of the civil officials and military generals will not go together, and each has its own circle. The civil officials and the military generals go their own ways and have nothing to do with each other.

Li Liuyuan is probably an exception among the civil servants, he is one of the few civil servants accepted by military generals, probably because even a civil servant dares to stand up to fight the barbarians, so these military generals have a high regard for Li Liuyuan, and they usually meet him. Say hello to Li Liuyuan and invite him out for a drink.Somebody leaked the news that Li Liuyuan made a good wine, and the taste was simply amazing.

These military generals have no other hobbies. Apart from fighting, each of them likes drinking and eating meat the most.I heard that General Zhao and Li Liuyuan have a good relationship. Li Liuyuan even invited soldiers under General Zhao Xiao to drink, and the wine he drank was the good wine Li Liuyuan brewed himself. How could this not make them envious? !

After the morning court was over, the emperor didn't send anyone to look for him, so there should be nothing wrong, so Li Wen left the palace, he walked fast, and met a group of generals on the way.

"Hey, Li Liuyuan." Seeing Li Liuyuan's eyes brighten up, Wang Hao almost wanted to reach out and hook Li Liuyuan's shoulder, but thinking that this kind of behavior was too rude to Li Liuyuan, he had no choice but to give up.Grinning a little silly at Li Liuyuan, he didn't hide the intention in his eyes at all, "I heard that you make good wine, when will you invite us to drink the wine you brewed by yourself?"

General Wang is the son of General Wang Hong, the Wang family, like the Zhao family, is a family of generals, and all the children in the family have practiced martial arts since childhood.The only difference from the Zhao family is that the Wang family stays in the capital and never leaves the capital if there is no war, to protect the safety of the capital area and the imperial city, while the Zhao family army guards the border.

Wang Hao and Zhao Xiangyi are old acquaintances, and because of this, Li Wen had dinner at the same table with Wang Hao twice, and everyone knew each other.

Regarding Wang Hao's request, Li Wen did not refuse, and said with a smile, "Okay, when I'm free, come out sometime, and I'll buy you a drink."

The people next to him will not follow, how can they be spared if they have wine?Someone said shamelessly, "Li Liuyuan, you can't just invite Wang Hao to drink, you missed us^"

"Yes, those who see it have a share."

All of them are wine jars. How much wine did you get from inviting these people to drink?But Li Wen still nodded with a smile, and said, "Okay, make an appointment at that time, and everyone will come out together, and I will invite everyone to drink." The wine I drank last time was almost done, and the new wine needs to be left for a while before it tastes good. You can brew a little more in advance and leave it alone.

"I think today is a good day, why not choose another day?"

"I can see it."

Face can't be drunk as wine, if there is good wine to drink, none of these generals will lose face.

"Master Li."

When he went out to the palace gate, Li Wen saw the person standing in front of him. He recognized that this was the person next to His Highness the Crown Prince. It should be that His Highness the Crown Prince asked someone to wait for him here, so I am afraid that today he will not have time to talk to Young General Wang and the others. Went for a drink together.

Li Wen turned around and apologized to the generals around him, "I still have something to do here, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient today, why don't we make an appointment and invite everyone to drink another day, I'm in the capital, this wine must be run away can't

What he said was full of sincerity, and these people didn't really want him to buy a drink. Of course, this wine can be drunk at any time.

"Okay, with your words, you can drink at any time." Wang Hao asked Li Wen to go to him if he had something to do. They didn't care, and it was okay to make an appointment on another day, and then he took a group of people away.

"Master Li, His Highness asked the younger one to invite you."

"Let's go...

Li Wen left with the people sent by His Royal Highness.

The domestic slaves outside the palace gate waited for a long time before their master came out, and one by one rushed forward to help, "Master."

The house slave helped him into the sedan chair and shouted, "Get up the sedan chair."

The bearer lifted up the sedan chairs steadily, and the sedan chairs were carried away in an orderly manner like small boats moving in the river, so that no one's sedan chair accidentally bumped into another's sedan chair.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the restaurant. When Li Wen arrived, His Royal Highness’s people had not yet arrived. He waited in the wing room for a while, and then His Royal Highness, who had changed into ordinary clothes, arrived with his people. Zhao Xiangyi followed His Highness’s Come with me.

Recently, they will come to [Kezhi] for their private meetings. Firstly, it is their own place, secondly, the environment here is good, and thirdly, the chefs here come out with new dishes every month, so you can come and taste them.

Li Wen got up and saluted, "I have seen Your Highness."

"Didn't you say that you don't need to be polite outside?" Yang Shaomu asked people to get up, with a smile on his face.But if you want to distinguish carefully, His Highness the Crown Prince's smile at his own people is different from that at outsiders, and to His Highness the Crown Prince, this little junior can be called one of his own.

"Your Highness, courtesy cannot be abandoned. You are a good person, so I don't have to salute, but I can't see you, His Royal Highness, and don't salute." Therefore, the way of monarch and ministers must be strictly abided by. The emperor and the prince are monarchs. Courtier, how can there be any reason why a courtier should not salute when he sees the monarch?His Highness the Crown Prince treats him well, but he cannot be arrogant because of favors. Li Wen insisted that no matter whether it is inside or outside the palace, he must salute when seeing His Highness the Crown Prince.

"Okay, what you said makes sense." A smile flashed in Yang Shaomu's eyes, making Li Wenping die.

Li Wen invited His Royal Highness to the table. He saw the man who came with His Royal Highness and saw Zhao Xiangyi looking at him. He gave the man a big smile.If it weren't for the prince here, Zhao Xiangyi would have wanted to hold his boy in his arms and kiss him, but of course he couldn't now.

"I just ran into something, and it took me a while to keep you waiting." Yang Shaomu saw that there was no food on the table, and he waited for a long time until Li Wen waited for him here.Of course, the crown prince has not eaten any rice since morning. If you want to ask His Royal Highness if he is hungry, he must be hungry, but he is already used to it. Sometimes when he is busy, it is not uncommon for him to miss three meals a day. thing.

"Fortunately, I didn't wait too long." Li Wen would not say that he just strolled to the kitchen and took some of the delicious food and ate it with his hands, otherwise his stomach would have been so hungry by now. .He finally understood why all the ministers in the court looked older than their actual age, and all of them were sick. It was definitely because of too much hard work, and their stomach problems were caused by starvation.

His Royal Highness hasn't arrived yet, so he can't help but order something first, right?Even with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's permission, he would not have such a low EQ to do such a thing.It's one thing for others to allow it, but it's another thing to be able to do it yourself.

It's like the prince being polite to him, he can't take other people's politeness for granted, he still has to abide by it if he obeys too much, Li Wen still knows a little about the world, and he won't be so stupid.

Before the prince arrived, Li Wen had already ordered the dishes. The dishes were already prepared in the kitchen and ready to be served at any time. He sent people to serve the dishes, and the maid serving outside quickly brought them out.His Highness the Crown Prince sat at the main seat, and Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi sat under His Highness the Crown Prince one on the left and one on the right. The people who served the food went to those in front of His Highness the Crown Prince before coming to them.

Li Wen introduced several new dishes to His Royal Highness, and this dish was the recipe he gave him. Naturally, he understood the names and methods of these dishes, and by the way, he explained these dishes to His Royal Highness, "here There are a few dishes that are new, Your Highness, you can try them later to see if you like them."

After taking a sip, Yang Shaomu nodded in satisfaction.

After a meal, the atmosphere was pretty good. During the period, there was Li Wen's commentary, His Royal Highness nodded in cooperation, and would ask a few questions. If you don't know, you really think they are just here for a meal.

After the meal, tea was served below, and Yang Shaomu asked all the waiters around him to go down, and in the wing room only

Li Liuyuan and his companion Zhao Xiangyi were there, and eunuchs and guards were guarding outside the door, all of whom were around His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The door of the wing room was closed for a long time before it was opened, and then the crown prince and Zhao Xiangyi left quietly, and Li Wen also went back to the Ministry of Household Affairs.