The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

two days later

There were two carriages parked in front of the gate of the small courtyard, the carriage in the back was full of things, and the carriage in front was vacant for people.

When it was time to go back, Li Jinwan decided not to go back with her brother this time.They had discussed this matter yesterday, and when they were about to leave, Li Wen asked again, "You really don't want to go back with us? It's still too late for you to change your mind."

"Brother, I've already made up my mind, and I won't change my mind." Li Jinwan shook her head and said, "I'll stay here to look after the yard and wait for you to come back." Thinking of the long carriage ride on the way back and forth, Li Jinwan couldn't mention it. With the courage to go back, they came to the capital after the year, and it wasn't long before her fear of riding in a carriage hadn't passed.

In addition, she has been making spices recently, and now she finally has some clues. She wants to continue making spices here. Otherwise, she will have to start all over again next time, and all the previous work will be wasted.

"Actually, don't worry about the spices. You won't be in a hurry to get them when we come back from home." Li Wen knew that the little girl has been obsessed with refining spices recently, and they plan to open a shop here in the capital, but It was postponed because he was going home to visit his relatives.

It's hard to find a suitable shop in the capital, and the price of a shop in a good location is very expensive, and he can't afford it.It will take a little time and thought to find a suitable shop, so the matter of opening a shop can only be dealt with when he returns to the capital.

"Brother, I know 3" Li Jinwan understood that her brother wanted her to go back with him, but she still didn't want to go back. Now that the decision was made, she didn't plan to change it temporarily, "Brother, go, you Don't worry about me, I'm here with Yingchun Magpie and Aunt Wu, nothing will happen."

On weekdays, she seldom goes out if there is nothing to do, so she can have something at home.

"Okay, since you don't want to go back, then next time you want to go back, I'll have someone take you back." After making sure that his sister doesn't want to go back with him, Li Wen will not tie him back with a rope .

After returning to his hometown to visit his relatives this time, he will not be able to return home until three years later. After entering the court and becoming an official, he will no longer be as free as before, and he can go wherever he wants.

But the girl at home is different from him, if she wants to go back, she can go back anytime, just arrange someone to take her back.

Li Jinwan took a food box and handed it to her brother, and said, "Brother, this is the food I prepared for you to eat on the road. Brother, go back and say hello to uncle and aunt for me, and tell me about my father and mother , It’s good that I’m here, so they don’t have to miss me.”

Since she was a child, her father and mother didn't like their sisters. Li Jinwan used to think that it would be great if she was a kid, maybe her father and mother would care about her a little bit.It's a pity that she was a girl from birth, which cannot be changed.In the past, she would expect the love of her parents, but now she doesn't care about those things anymore.

In the end, Li Jinwan still had resentment towards her father and mother in her heart.If it wasn't for her aunt's persecution, she would not have escaped from home and went outside.

"Silly girl, I understand." Li Wen took the food box and asked someone to take it to the car and put it away.

The family is full of female relatives, Li Wen is not very relieved, so he still let Ah Wu stay here in the capital, and he only brought Ah Chen and Li Tong back together.

The carriage was waiting outside, it was almost time, and it was time for Li Wen to leave.

"Brother, have a good trip. We'll be waiting for you in the capital." Li Jinwan stood at the door and sent her brother out.

"good.,'

Li Wen got into the carriage, waved to the person who saw him off, and lowered the curtain.

At the exit, they joined Lu Zhishu and his chariots, and a group of people went to the gate of the city.

It was still early in the day, and the city gate had just opened. Outside the city gate, there were people and caravans lining up to enter the city, and there were not many people leaving the city.Vendors on the street are setting up small stalls, and the shops selling buns on the street are open for business. There are meat buns steamed in the steamer, and the fragrance can be smelled from a distance. Passers-by will pay for two meat buns. Buns to eat.

"Stop, boy, go and buy two baskets of buns." The person in the carriage said aloud.

"Yes, master." The little boy got out of the car and walked quickly to buy buns from the bun shop.

When Xiao Tong bought the buns and went back, the stopped motorcade continued to move forward.

At this time, there were not many pedestrians and horses in the city, and the road was smooth, so they left the city gate smoothly.

At this moment, there is a team waiting to escort them back outside the city gate.

The imperial court has a clear designation of the honor guard team for the champion to return home to visit relatives. He is worried about what accidents will happen to the champion on the way home. Why do you have to wait until three days before you can leave for your hometown.

"Brother Zhao, Yunfei, why are you here?" Li Wen saw Zhao Xiangyi riding on a horse, and Xie Yunfei and Zhang Mingyu who were behind Zhao Xiangyi. There were several people here, and they had a drink together two days ago. liquor.

As soon as Ben Xun saw him, he walked towards him, Li Wen reached out to touch Ben Xiao, and said hello to Ben Xiao.The man on the horse lowered his eyes and looked at the boy sitting in the carriage.

"We are here to send Zhuangyuan Lang back to his hometown to visit his relatives." Xie Yunfei rolled over from his horse and said with a wink at Li Liuyuan.

Anyway, they have nothing to do, the capital has been calm recently, no foreign enemies have invaded, and no turbulent officials and thieves have made trouble.The emperor's body is still quite strong, even if the princes can't make any troubles, they take the time to send Li Liuyuan back to his hometown, and take a look at Liuyuan's hometown by the way, what kind of place is there for outstanding people to raise him? Pay a six yuan.

One champion comes out every three years, but six yuan is not seen in a hundred years. If it weren't for the good feng shui in that place, or the green smoke from the Li family ancestor's grave, how could there be a six yuan.

"..." Li Wen looked at Xie Yunfei and was a little speechless. Are you a bit too talented and underutilized?

He was only a minor who was compiling from the sixth rank, yet he wanted a regular fourth rank General Mingwei to send him off?Li Wen felt that the old emperor was crazy.I don't know who came up with the idea, Li Wen looked at the man on the horse, intending to see something from his face.

"I have seen Mr. Zhao." Lu Zhishu got off the carriage and saluted Zhao Xiangyi.

Seeing Lu Zhishu salute to Zhao Xiangyi, Li Wen remembered that the other party had a higher official position than him, and when he became an official in the court in the future, he would salute when he saw people who were older than him, and kneel down when he met the emperor.Thinking of the deep and strict hierarchical system in feudal society, where a higher official can kill a person, Li Wen immediately felt overwhelmed. Should he also salute Zhao Xiangyi?

"Editor Lu doesn't need to be too polite. I am sending Li Liuyuan back to his hometown to visit his relatives according to the order of the sage. When I am away from home, all the etiquettes are kept simple. You don't have to follow these etiquettes when you see me in the future." The young man's thoughts were written on his face. A smile flashed in Zhao Xiangyi's eyes, and he said, "If nothing else, let's set off immediately."

"Yes." Lu Zhishu stood up and returned to the carriage.

"Oh, let's go." Li Wen invited Lu Zhishu to ride in a carriage with him, and the two of them could still talk on the way without feeling bored.Zhao Xiangyi glanced at the two people in the carriage, turned the horse's head, and made a gesture, and the soldiers on horseback followed.

When the carriage followed, Xie Yunfei led a few people to follow behind the team.

A group of chariots and horses left the capital and headed towards Nanyang.

They would pass through Nanyang Mansion on the way back. Li Wen planned to go to Nanyang first, to meet his teacher first, and then transfer to a big boat in Nanyang to go back home.In this way, nearly half a month's journey can be saved in the middle, and it doesn't matter if he can stay at home for a few more days in the extra time.

As long as the time is not delayed too long, it will be fine to return to the capital within the budgeted time.

In the past, when the number one scholar returned to his hometown to visit his relatives, the guard of honor he followed would go back in a lively and lively way, so that local officials, gentry, and common people would know that this was the team of the number one scholar returning to his hometown to visit his relatives. Come out to meet, and the common people will watch the excitement all the way.

This time, Zhao Xiangyi temporarily replaced the work of others, and replaced the guard of honor for sending the champion back to his hometown with his own people. Zhao Xiangyi had no idea about the ceremony of sending the champion back to his hometown to visit his relatives, and Li Wen himself didn't know much. up.

In the team, Junshi Xie, who knew the various rules on the journey of the number one scholar back to his hometown, kept silent, and Lu Zhishu also knew about these rules, but neither of them said anything about it.

Zhao Xiangyi has been marching and fighting for many years, and he is used to keeping everything simple on the road. General Zhao is followed by a group of his subordinates, all riding behind him.

Their team was a group of men, and there were no female relatives to follow them, so there was no need to worry about the fatigue of the female relatives because of the rush of the journey, so their traveling speed was much faster.

Often a few horses run in front, followed by a carriage in the middle, and a few horses behind are the finale, raising smoke and dust along the way.

The carriage was running too fast on the road, and Li Wen was jolted to death while sitting in the carriage. If he stayed in the carriage for a long time, he would also run out to ride a horse for a while.Although he really wanted to ride Ben Xiao with Zhao Xiangyi, but he thought that two people riding on the same horse would add a lot of weight, so he was reluctant to sit on Ben Xiao's back and chose another horse Walk with Zhao Xiangyi.

Li Wen didn't even think that he and Zhao Xiangyi had met strangers twice a few months ago. He met Zhao Xiangyi on the way to Beijing for the exam. The first time he got lost in Yizhuang, it was Zhao Xiangyi who helped him. The second time they encountered a robber in the inn, Zhao Xiangyi pulled him out of the ghost gate again.

Before going to Beijing, he was just a candidate. In the palace examination, he was selected as the number one scholar by the emperor, and he was also given a number one scholar's mansion.The Emperor's Mansion for the First Scholar has been approved. It is located in the Dongcheng District. It used to be an official's mansion. Now it is the emperor's preferential treatment for him as a young man. The number one scholar has never been given the number one scholar's mansion by the emperor, he is the first one.

However, none of the champions in previous years had a six yuan, which shows that the emperor likes this six yuan.

Before, people from the Ministry of Industry came to him to confirm the repair of the mansion. Li Wen and the people from the Ministry of Industry went to see the courtyard. It will take half a year to live in, and it will be uncertain if it is three to two years.After Li Wen discussed with the people from the Ministry of Works, he asked the people from the Ministry of Works to repair the house and keep everything simple. The wood does not need to use the best wood. He drew a drawing and asked the people from the Ministry of Works to replace the doors and windows according to his requirements. , The overall repair and perfection will be completed.

Repairing the mansion is a matter of spending money, and the Ministry of Household Affairs will not allocate too much money, and he does not have so much money in his own pocket to fill it in, so it is enough for the courtyard to be repaired and live in. Li Wen's request for this is not not tall.

As for how to modify it, after he lives in it, he can arrange it according to his own preferences.

If everything is simply repaired, it may not take half a year to repair the Zhuangyuan Mansion for him to live in.

Anyway, he has a place to live now, so Li Wen is not in a hurry, let the people from the Ministry of Industry do it slowly.Even if the people from the Ministry of Industry want to delay the repair for three to five years, they don’t even look at how to explain it to the emperor, so he is not worried that the people from the Ministry of Industry will delay. Maybe the people from the Ministry of Industry think more quickly than him. Repair the yard and cross.

Before he went to the capital, he was just a small candidate. After the examination, he became the number one scholar and was awarded an official position, even though he was only a sixth-rank official.As far as he is concerned, a great change has taken place in his identity.

And with Zhao Xiangyi, they were just strangers to each other not long ago, but now they have become friends.

Li Wen didn't expect that Zhao Xiangyi would send him back this time when he went back to his hometown, and they rode side by side on the road.On the way back, there are friends and acquaintances I know, so the way back will not feel boring. There are also many happy things on the way, laughing and laughing along the way, and the journey passes quickly.

When the team of champions returning home to visit relatives passed by, the local officials were still puzzled, and asked the master next to them, "Didn't it mean that the team of champions returning home to visit relatives has already started? Why didn't the team of champions come to our side?"

"This... Maybe it hasn't arrived yet?" The master didn't know why.

Along the way, local officials and country gentry and wealthy people were waiting for the number one scholar to return to his hometown to visit his relatives. I heard that this year's number one scholar is still a young man who has not reached the weak crown. Waiting to meet Liu Yuan.Those who have a daughter who has not left the court at home are even more anxious, looking forward to seeing Liu Yuan.

Many people are waiting to see the champion, but everyone has not seen the team of the champion returning home to visit relatives passing by.

These people don't know that the team for the number one scholar to return to his hometown has already passed...