Lin Xuan of the Red Chamber

The fourth prince has also been a little worried about these matters of the Zhen family these years. There are always some people in the imperial court who think they are loyal and patriotic, and they come out to impeach the Zhen family.Although they are suppressed by the emperor every time, and those people are suppressed by the Zhen family every time, it is really annoying to always be like this.

As for the Zhen family, they didn't actually do anything outrageous, but why they were being targeted by others? This has to start with today's sage.

Today's emperor is very happy, and always likes to take the imperial concubine and brothers to the south of the Yangtze River every now and then. It is called inspecting the river affairs, but in fact, he is tired of staying in the capital and thinking about the law. Go out and have fun.

If you want to play it, just play it, it is indeed boring to stay in one place all the time, but can the emperor go on tour the same as ordinary people go on tour?Where is the face of the emperor, the expenses of receiving officials from various places, the expenses of the palace, these are all vain money.

However, this emperor still cares about face extremely, and he doesn't want to leave a notoriety of wasting the treasury in the history books. Every time he tours the south, he must issue an imperial edict in advance, saying that everything should be kept simple.

Although the emperor said so, do these officials who understand the emperor's temperament really dare to keep everything simple?If they really dared, the emperor would not say anything on the surface, but after three or five days, he would let you go home for dinner.

What's the use of officials who don't know how to speculate on the holy will and how to do things.But in this way, the money on the books of the treasury is saved, but the money received by the local governments is all apportioned by the local officials.Among them, the members of the Zhen family were the most prosperous, received the most visits, and spent the most money, making the burden extremely heavy.So what should we do? These officials have also figured out a way, that is, borrowing from the treasury. This kind of money spent for the emperor, the Ministry of Households dare not refuse to borrow, and the emperor turned a blind eye to this. Eyes, do not hear or ask.

It was because of this that the Zhen family owed a large amount of silver to the treasury. The Zhen family never thought about repaying the money, nor did the head of the family think about asking for it. However, those Qingliu censors and civil officials have their eyes on Zhen because of this matter. Home.Although they also knew that the Zhen family owed so much money, it was not for themselves.

But there is no way, who will let the treasury be empty, for the money of the treasury, for the people everywhere, these Qingliu civil servants can't care so much.What's more, the Zhen family is also very rich, otherwise, even if these people think about the world, they would be embarrassed to stick to the Zhen family.

This matter is not limited to the Zhen family, the four major families and some established families are also like this, but who made the opponent of the Zhen family the Cui family, and who made the Cui family have the greatest influence in Qingliu? Who made the Zhen family owe so much money?

There is a saying that is good, it is called a big tree attracting wind, so many factors add up, who will be impeached if they don't impeach you.

The subsequent development of the situation was exactly as Lin Ruhai thought. The fourth prince launched a series of attacks on the third prince's lineage and the Wen family because of Wen Sheng's private slander of court officials. Of course, these things have little to do with Lin Xuan No, he is not qualified to participate in these things now.

Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important point is that the date of the test will start soon, Lin Ruhai's test for Lin Xuan is extremely important.According to his original words, your father and I are both elders, if you don't give me a top three in the exam, where will I put my face.

Therefore, in the past few months before entering the exam, Lin Xuan fell into dire straits, and the tension in the atmosphere was comparable to that of the college entrance examination in his previous life.No, the tension now is even worse than in the college entrance examination in the previous life. At least there are not only three admission places in Tsinghua University. The challenge set by Lin Ruhai for him is really too difficult.

The only thing that comforted Lin Xuan was that Huang Chang and Zhao Cheng's group were also locked up at home by his father and elders, asking them to work harder and harder.

After knowing that he was not alone in the pain, Lin Xuan felt much better. After making an appointment with everyone to go out to relax after the exam, Lin Xuan began the painful life of studying hard behind closed doors.

However, in the past few months of studying behind closed doors, Lin Xuan's unexpected, probably because of more contact, his view of Lin Daiyu has changed.In other words, he had a new understanding of Lin Daiyu. In Lin Xuan's eyes, Lin Daiyu was no longer a character in a book, but a person with flesh and blood who could cry and laugh.

It may sound ridiculous to everyone, but in fact, Lin Xuan's views on Lin Daiyu have been largely based on his subjective knowledge, that is, from the book Dream of the Red Chamber.Although Lin Xuan clearly knew that this was a real world, no one could control this subconscious reaction.

In the past few months of contact, Lin Xuan could clearly feel Lin Daiyu's intelligence and talent, which also made Lin Xuan's attitude towards Lin Daiyu change a little, and he appreciated her more.Although this appreciation is not enough for Lin Xuan to do something for Lin Daiyu, it can be regarded as a kind of progress.

Speaking of the pre-examination raids in the past few months, Lin Xuan really felt that there was no need. In this era, the exams are all about stereotypes, relying on your usual accumulation. That's all.

But Lin Ruhai didn't think so. For Lin Xuan's test this time, it really took great pains. Every two days, he came up with a problem for Lin Xuan to solve.He even took some unimportant documents from the cabinet home to deal with in order to spare more time to supervise Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan was forced to stop most of the social activities on weekdays. Lin Xuan was naturally extremely dissatisfied with this, but his fists were not as big as others. Under the oppression of evil forces, Lin Xuan could only keep silent , obediently.

The examination time of the meeting is in autumn, when the cold wind is biting. Fortunately, Lin Xuan has not given up his work of practicing martial arts these years, and his body is better than others, so that he can spend the next nine days hard. Get over it so that you won't be carried out halfway.

Carrying a box containing all kinds of test items into the examination room, I looked around and felt the dilapidation of the Gongyuan, which was not at all stronger than that of the rural test.

After lamenting that the next nine days would be difficult, Lin Xuan also quickly found his own test booth.

The exam questions are not uncommon, they are all serious four-book and stereotyped articles, according to the consistent thinking, there is nothing to be ingenious, the test is the foundation of human beings and the understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics.

After going through a test, and having an elder Ge father from Tanhua give him a little advice, Lin Xuan's current mental state is still very good.Answer the questions when it is time to answer, and eat and sleep when it is time to eat and sleep. Although it is inevitable to complain that the food is cold and the place to sleep is really uncomfortable, but overall the test is still very good.

Even so, at the end of the examination, Lin Xuan fell asleep as soon as he got into the carriage. People who have never experienced this kind of examination in ancient times really don't know. These nine days are not a life for a human being. Persist until now Lin Xuan is very strong.

The procedure was similar to that of the last provincial examination. Lin Xuan woke up after a day's sleep, devoured a meal, washed up, and went to see Lin Ruhai and Shen Shuang.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Lin Xuan not only saw Lin Ruhai and Shen Shuang in the hall, Lin Junyao and Lin Daiyu were also waiting for his arrival in the hall.

Seeing that both of them looked at him worriedly, Lin Xuan was moved, and then stepped forward to salute Lin Ruhai and Shen Shuang. Sometimes Lin Xuan really hated these rules.You have to salute wherever you go, and you have to salute everything. This is such a sad thing for a modern person who is used to freedom. Those who have not experienced it really don’t know.

It's just a pity that the arms can't twist the thighs. If you want to survive in this era, you have to get used to this kind of life. Hey, if you talk too much, you will cry.

However, Lin Xuan sometimes has a weird sense of enjoyment. After all, some things in this era cannot be enjoyed in modern times, such as the groups of servants, the high status of men, and the three wives. The rationalization of four concubines.

Seeing that Lin Xuan was in good spirits, Lin Ruhai was also relieved. He had seen too many candidates who were carried out in the general examination, so he was inevitably a little worried.In the past few days, he has been a little absent-minded in handling affairs in the cabinet. Fortunately, the other cabinet elders also knew about his situation, so they didn't say much.

Seeing that Lin Xuan is in good condition now, Lin Ruhai was overjoyed, and his tone was rare gentle: "Xuan'er, you are tired these days, go down and rest first."

Although Lin Ruhai said so, Lin Xuan shook his head. Although he was very confident in his own test this time, but when things came to an end, he was really worried if he didn't write down the article he would test for Lin Ruhai to have a look.After all, the general examination is different from the rural examination, which is a competition with all the talents from all over the country.

Although he has always been very confident in himself, he has never dared to underestimate the talents of this world. When it comes to stereotyped articles, these ancients sometimes have a lot of advantages over him.Leaving aside, just talking about Huang Chang and the others, he is not absolutely sure that he can win them.

Before Lin Xuan came to the hall, he had already silently written his essay for this test, and at this time he just took it out for Lin Ruhai to have a look.

But I didn't expect that after Lin Ruhai took a look, he put the piece of paper into his sleeve, and said to Lin Xuan very calmly: "Xuan'er, don't be too impatient in doing things, you should go back and have a good rest. , there is no need to worry too much about everything.”

Lin Xuan was stunned at Lin Ruhai who had a calm face, his lips moved, he didn't know what to say.

Lin Xuan really didn't expect that Lin Ruhai could do such a thing, it's fine if he doesn't give himself peace of mind, what's the matter if he just took away the article he silently wrote.If you don't want to read it, you don't have to read it, and no one forces you, but now you tell me not to be too impatient and calm in doing things, and at the same time take the piece of paper away. What do you want to do, be a man You can't be so shameless.

Lin Ruhai also seemed a little embarrassed, coughed twice, and drove Lin Xuan back to the room to rest.

In fact, Lin Ruhai had good intentions. He showed Lin Xuan the article because he saw that Lin Xuan came together. He felt that Lin Xuan was a little unsteady and took the exam too seriously.Although he didn't ask Lin Xuan to be able to face the collapse of the mountain without changing his face, at least he should have some city.

Lin Ruhai wanted to suppress Lin Xuan's temperament, but from the fact that Lin Ruhai was a little absent-minded when handling affairs in the cabinet, it could be seen how much he valued Lin Xuan's trial this time.So when faced with the few pieces of paper that he could know some results in advance, so that he could have a bottom line in his heart, Lin Ruhai couldn't hold back and took them.

But after taking it over, seeing Lin Xuan looking at him as if he was complaining, Lin Ruhai suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and it was not surprising that he kicked Lin Xuan out out of embarrassment.