The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

After drawing the execution scene, Lu Xiuyuan left the scene quickly without waiting for a long time.

He was afraid that if he was recognized by the next door and trouble would arise, it would be better to leave early.

Back at the Hanlin Academy, he asked his brother to hand in the task. He was free again and was arranged to wander around the yard and wait for news.

His senior brother went to meet the saint with a copper cabinet of books and picture scrolls.

When Lu Xiuyuan was sitting in the yard drinking tea and reading a book, he bumped into the previous Wan Xueshi. The other party couldn't understand his laid-back appearance, so he sneered.

"I'm really envious of Lu Xiuzhuan. He has such a good senior brother. If anything happens, he can just shrink back and he will be safe."

This was to ridicule him for not being able to solve the ancient books, and then let Senior Brother Wu stand up for him. He smelled the strong sourness in the other person's words, and he responded with a smile while holding the teacup.

"Yeah, I'm envious of my good luck when I meet senior brother."

Seeing that he was not ashamed but proud, the other party suddenly felt that he had nothing to say, so he could only turn around and leave with a flick of his sleeves.

There is no need to be angry, the last cabinet of ancient books was destroyed, no matter how much face Wu Zhangyuan has, Lu Xiuzhuan will definitely be punished!

After the people left, Lu Xiuyuan continued to drink tea, but changed his seat, instead of sitting in the courtyard to spread hatred like before.

In a short time, Wu Zhangyuan found the palace painter sent this time, and the two took the two paintings and began to compare them.

Although his senior brother said that he was helping him with this job, the painter in the palace is not just for nothing, and the other party will definitely appear on the scene to draw and record, but with his senior brother's guarantee, the other party will give Lu Xiuyuan one of the scrolls. Chance.

The artist took the painting from Senior Brother Wu and began to compare it with his own.

Looking at the past, the painter couldn't help raising his eyebrows. It was the first time he saw this unique painting method after so many years of painting.

Compared with his ironic ink paintings, Lu Xiuyuan's is more like directly transferring the scene of the time to the painting. Although the two have different styles, they still have their own characteristics.

"How is it? My junior brother's painting skills are not bad, right?" Wu Zhangyuan bumped the painter's shoulder with a proud expression.

Small movements like this are usually done by very familiar people. Although the painter was working in the palace, he had a good relationship with Wu Zhangyuan before entering the palace with a simple mind.

Therefore, the relationship between the two has always been very good.

The other party also nodded in satisfaction, "The painting is not bad, this time I will help recommend it for Brother Wu's sake, but there is no guarantee that His Majesty will like it."

"That's natural." Wu Zhangyuan patted the painter's shoulder, "I know all this, you can rest assured."

After the two communicated well, they went to face the saint together.

The painter handed in the task, and Wu Zhangyuan provided Lu Xiuyuan with a way to store ancient books.

The old emperor was a little irritated by the wind blowing in the queen's ear these two days, and after reluctantly agreeing to the other party not to open the coffin and flog the corpse, he has been dealing with government affairs in the main hall as if in refuge, so Wu Zhangyuan and others came to the palace and saw the emperor soon deity.

Seeing that the old emperor was not in a good mood, the painter shrank back when he was supposed to report the task first, and started to wink at the Wu Zhangyuan next to him.

Although Zhangyuan Wu only likes reading and is not good at intrigue, but the skill of looking at faces is still full. He saw the eyes of his friends and the frown of the old emperor, and knew that he had to adjust the order, so he hurried forward salute.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a happy event to tell His Majesty!"

After hearing this, the old emperor moved away from the memorial in front of him, looked at the joyful face of Wu Zhangyuan who was kneeling underneath, and couldn't help being curious.

"What are you happy about, Aiqing?"

Wu Zhangyuan raised his head: "A cabinet of ancient books newly unearthed in the northwest was placed in Hanlin before, and the books were old and decayed and could not be touched. Now one person in the courtyard has thought of a solution and successfully transcribed this cabinet of books!"

After finishing speaking, the other party held up the ancient books copied by Lu Xiuyuan and the proportion of the deacidified water with both hands.

The eunuch on the right side of the dragon chair stepped down and checked the ancient books before sending them to the old emperor.

The old emperor looked at the handwritten version in front of him, and after turning two pages, he curled his lips and smiled inexplicably.

The other party stood up and walked down the steps with his hands behind his back.

The other party also knew about the ancient books. The paper that had been stored for thousands of years had been damaged. Even if they copied it, they could only record some silk books and bamboo slips, so he had no intention of copying the book in the copper cabinet from the beginning.

The reason why the other party agreed was also because the eldest prince's mind had become active again recently. He wanted to suppress it properly to maintain balance, and then support the first and second princes.

It's just that there was an accident, someone under the First Prince actually successfully transcribed the ancient book.

The old emperor walked not far in front of Wuzhangyuan, and made a happy face: "I don't know who came up with this method?"

Wu Zhangyuan quickly revealed the whole truth.

"Well, Lu Xiuzhuan..."

The old emperor turned around with his hands behind his back. This person seems to be the number one scholar this time. The plan for harnessing the Yellow River this year was also proposed by the other party.

Thinking that I have adopted Lu Xiuzhuan's method, it seems that I haven't given a reward yet, and with today's incident, it seems that I should give the other party some rewards...

The old emperor paced around twice, thinking to himself, although he didn't care about the ancient books in the copper cabinet, it was a good way to prolong the life of the paper.

Although the bamboo slips have been kept for a long time, they are too heavy. If they can use paper to record all the history of their Qing Dynasty clearly, after thousands of years, future generations can also know the deeds of this wise king.

After having an idea in his mind, the old emperor looked at the eunuch next to him.

"According to my decree, Lu Xiu will be rewarded with 500 taels of gold. Go now."

The eunuch next to him took orders to retreat.

But Wu Zhangyuan, who was kneeling beside him, felt turbulent in his heart.

This is gold, isn't it too much to reward 500 two sessions directly?

Xu Shi guessed his doubts, and the old emperor explained it in a serious manner.

"The plan proposed by Lu Xiu for governing the Yellow River was good. I didn't have time to reward it at that time, so I will make it up this time."

It turned out so, Wu Zhangyuan hurriedly thanked him.

The old emperor nodded perfunctorily, and then looked at the painter next to him.

"How is the painting?"

The opponent's head rested on the ground, and his arms held up the scroll in his hand.

The eunuch on the other side stepped forward to check the painting before handing it to the old emperor.

The other party took it from the eunuch's hand, glanced at it casually, and then stuffed it back.

"Put it in the file and seal it up."

Seeing that the old emperor was in a bad mood, the two hurriedly retreated after reporting the matter, and they were relieved when they got out of the palace gate.

"Brother Wu, it's not that I didn't recommend it out of selfishness just now, it's just that the situation was not suitable..."

Seeing no one around, the painter quickly explained.

"It's okay, it's too late, I understand the situation just now, Brother Cai, don't worry too much."

Wu Zhangyuan hurriedly comforted his friend.

I had already invited Lu Xiuyuan to give credit to Lu Xiuyuan, and His Majesty also rewarded him. The situation at that time was indeed not suitable for the painter to use Lu Xiuyuan's paintings, otherwise His Majesty must have known that they were in collusion.

Although they originally planned that the painter would report the task first, and use Lu Xiuyuan's paintings to be quoted in the ancient books, but no one thought that His Majesty was in such a bad mood, so they had no choice but to change the plan.

But it wasn't too much of a loss, the picture scroll was at best the icing on the cake, and there would be more opportunities to show his face in front of His Majesty in the future.

The two chatted for a while before parting at the intersection, and by this time Lu Xiuyuan had already received a bounty from the Imperial Academy.

Originally, Lu Xiuyuan simply hid in the house and drank tea because reading and drinking tea in the courtyard was too much hatred, but he heard someone from the palace preaching an imperial decree.

At that time, he had just turned a page of the book when he saw Wan Xueshi push the door open and smiled at himself with malicious intent.

"Lu Xiuzhuan, the imperial decree has been delivered in the palace, why don't you hurry up to receive the decree?"

Seeing the other party's expression, Lu Xiuyuan felt uncertain. The other party smiled so treacherously. Could it be that his senior brother's affairs have changed?Or is it because the other party doesn't know the reason?

No matter what the result is, he will know it when he goes out, put down the book in his hand, and follow the other party out.

Then Lu Xiuyuan heard the news that the old emperor announced that he had made meritorious deeds and rewarded him with 500 taels.

When he heard the value, he immediately began to convert in his mind. One tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver, and these 500 taels of gold are equal to 5000 taels of silver.

5000 taels of silver!

Moreover, the value of the 500 taels of gold was greater than the 5000 taels of silver, so his reaction was inevitably a little slow.

Of course, not only Lu Xiuyuan didn't realize it, but Wan Xueshi, who was watching the excitement before, was also dumbfounded.

The other party always thought that the ancient books in the copper cabinet had been completely destroyed, and then the Wu Zhangyuan asked someone to move the cabinet into the palace to ask for leniency. Why did the development of the matter suddenly change?When did Lu Xiuzhuan deal with all these ancient books?

When the eunuch saw that everyone was stunned after he finished announcing the imperial edict, he also had fun watching it for a while.

"Lu Xiuzhuan, why are you still staying here? Hurry up and accept the order~"

Only then did Lu Xiuyuan accept the order to thank you, and the others came back to their senses one after another and put fake smiles on their faces.

After the people in the yard sent off the eunuch who came over with rice paper with a smile on their faces, their expressions changed when they returned to the yard.

Except for a very few people who came to sincerely congratulate, most of the rest were envious or jealous, and many people couldn't stand it and rolled their eyes.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Lu Xiuyuan curled his lips, stepped forward to hug the box of bounties on the stone table and took two steps, with a troubled expression on his face.

"What should I do, it seems a bit heavy?"

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