The husband's son-in-law

Corn, Peppers, Tomatoes...

The old Gu Ge of the cabinet is busy again.

It’s almost Chinese New Year now, but Mr. Gu Ge stayed at his desk for a few days, often went to the Ministry of Industry, called experienced agricultural workers, and hurried out every day with the two Jinshi selected in the past few years. political affairs.

In the cabinet, Mr. Huang saw a figure shaking, and thought it was someone coming back, but later realized that his old eyesight had made a mistake, and couldn't help but look at the few people who were still at the desk in the cabinet, feeling very strange in a trance.

This cabinet has become Gu Zhao's world.

They are all young talents, young and full of vigor, listening to Gu Ge's dispatch and command, and the old courtiers who entered the cabinet with him to serve the three pilgrims, now they are retreating, sick and sick, inexplicably in the hearts of Mr. Huang There was also a sense of tiredness that wanted to retreat.

Over the years, he has understood that the Holy One trusts Gu Zhao deeply, and if he can't beat him, now he wants to make his brother the crown prince, in order to inherit the great treasure——

Master Huang didn't say anything, but he was very dissatisfied with the appointment of Li Tianshi as the crown prince in his heart. This Dali wants a brother to be the emperor. Can this country be healed?On the contrary, Gu Zhao's elder brother was admitted to the imperial examination, and Mr. Huang understood it.

The Holy Majesty took advantage of the great achievements of returning from the sea this time, and it seemed that Li Zhaoxi's imperial examination was mentioned, but in fact it was paving the way for the crown prince.

Forget it, I will retire and return to my hometown after a year.

... The emperor's bloodline is not correct, and the surname of Li in this world is not right.

There are many dissatisfied veterans in the court like Mr. Huang, but there is no way to hold the emperor. Today's Dali is unified by Emperor Guangwu, and the treasury is rich in private treasury. , Carefully cultivated everywhere, no shortage of money and no shortage of officials, what else can be threatened?

Time flies, and it's the Chinese New Year.

There were a lot of papers for retiring from old age and returning home, and Gu Zhaoquan handed them all to Li Wubing for treatment. It was up to the empress to decide whether to retain them and then approve them, or directly approve them without making a fuss.It's freezing cold today, and there have been a few snowfalls in Beijing. The experimental field of the Zhuangzi Industrial Department of Hot Springs in the suburbs of Beijing is still looking at the seedlings brought back from the sea. Gu Zhao handed over the project to his subordinates, and finally had a good year up.

Loei Mansion is much more lively.

Wang Jian didn't go back, it was cold and snowy, so he simply stayed in Beijing, and went back in the spring of the next year, but Meng Jianyun's team escorted him there, and he set off for home without staying.

Where Li Lin and Yuan Bao were, Meng Jianyun was home.

I want to go home for a family reunion during the Chinese New Year.

"It's cold in Beijing. If you're not used to the weather, just tell me." Li Zhouzhou said to Wang Jian.

Wang Jian said with a smile: "It's colder. I have seen everything when I went to sea before, but now I have a strong body and can carry everything."

"It's all home, don't carry it anymore, it's time to rest." Li Zhouzhou said.

Wang Hu said from the side: "That's right, that's what I said." As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Jian glanced at him, and Wang Hu immediately laughed honestly and said, "Whatever my boss says is what I say. "

"...Eat something." Wang Jian gave the peeled chestnuts to Wang Hu, "I won't eat them, it's too sweet, you eat."

This is Wang Hu just peeled a bowl for Wang Jian, and now all the rest went into Wang Hu's stomach.

Li Zhouzhou saw the two get along calmly and with intimacy, and was really happy for Wang Jian.

The two became husband and wife after worshiping the sky, the earth and the sea on the boat.They were killed at sea that day, and they survived a narrow escape, and later they got married. There was no fuss, no three books and six rituals, and some were the true love between the two after life and death, which was worth all kinds of secular rules.

Later, the missionaries outside said that there is a sea god in the sea, and the wedding of the two was witnessed and blessed by the sea god.

It's a different kind of romance.

Li Zhaoxi likes to come to Brother Wang Jian to listen to stories. They are all stories from outsiders, and he is very curious about it. Unfortunately, he will take the imperial examination this spring, so he can't stay here every day to listen to stories, so he can only take Xiao Siyuan to review.

"You take the test hard, and after the test is over, I will tell you well." Wang Jian said.

"Brother, aren't you and Brother Huzi leaving?"

Wang Hu said with a smile: "My boss said, don't worry about going back, don't worry."

Li Zhaoxi was relieved now, and pulled Siyuan to concentrate on preparing for the exam——

As soon as this order is issued, I don’t need to think about what scholars in the world will say. It’s nothing more than a dream of my brother’s imperial examination. When it’s confirmed to be true, some scholars who look down on my brother will become angry and say something. How to make a fuss about the world.

This sound can be heard in Beijing.

Li Wubing was more aggressive than this, and he immediately issued an order, saying that Li Zhaoxi's parents had made contributions to the country, and Li Zhaoxi was exempted from being born as a child, and went directly to the provincial examination.

It just so happens that the tenth year of Guangwu is the year of the imperial examination, and it just so happens that in the cold spring of March, the scholar can be tested.

Liang Siyuan still has to take the Tongsheng Examination, but Siyuan is not afraid, he is afraid that Brother Fubao will be nervous, and now people are betting outside, betting that Brother Fubao will not win the exam and lose face, and Siyuan will fail in anger, so he dare not tell Brother Fubao about this, but take the initiative to tell him I will also take the exam this year, and I will review with brother Fubao.

So the two are now studying together.

"Don't be nervous, with your level, Tongsheng is accurate." Li Zhaoxi comforted Xiao Siyuan and said.

Siyuan nodded obediently and said, "Brother Fubao is too."

"I think I'm pretty good, but I haven't passed the exam, so I don't know what other people's level is." Li Zhaoxi was confident, but the first imperial examination was a chance bought by his father, and it would be a lie if he wasn't nervous.

Gu Zhao has been working for so many years, and the old man is not free. He said that he has been in power for almost ten years, and he has read the first-level test papers for several sessions. These people have come to work under him again.

"Father will show you, I promise you are right." Gu Zhao said so.

Li Zhouzhou: "Master, if you show him, he can see anything."

"That's natural. We Li Zhaoxi are better than each other." Gu Zhao's old father was proud.

Li Zhaoxi: ... pouted.

"Father! Take a good look at it carefully."

Later, this method failed. The father had a filter for his children, and there were still subordinates who wanted to come to the house to pay New Year's greetings. Gu Zhaocai remembered it and said, "It's just right. Dad invited all the top graders from the past few years to the house. Call all your friends who are good at writing articles, let’s hold an exchange meeting, you have a good chat, let them read.”

Li Zhouzhou also thought it was a good idea.

This matter spread out later, and some scholars naturally said a few sour words, meaning that it is a waste of so many civil servants with a bright future to read articles for a brother, and there is a folk proverb that says dog meat is not good for dinner— Li Zhaoxi is a brother, even if he gets so many big bosses to make up lessons and read articles, it is impossible for him to pass the exam after a while.

To study is to study hard, and it takes ten years like a day.

My brother is not qualified to be an official.

"I heard that the brother from Ge's hometown is the most arrogant. He used to play horses, cujus, go out to play crickets, and he didn't fall behind in anything. He was not a serious student at all. Now he comes here and talks about the imperial examination. What's the matter? Is it possible that he still wants to be an official? ?”

"At such an age, it's better to be married and live in peace and contentment than to take any imperial examinations."

"The same goes for Ding Anbo. Since we have already made a marriage, why didn't we get married for so long? Could it be that we are envious of the scenery of Li Mansion, but in our hearts we are disgusted and don't want to marry the elder brother of Li Manor?"

"You are just talking nonsense. It looks like you have never seen him before. Ding'an Bo is very kind to Mr. Li's mansion. He is on the saddle and on horseback. He goes out to play with him, but I don't know why he didn't get married."

"I heard that Mr. Li Mansion is 28 years old—"

"It's nonsense again, he is only 23 years old after the new year."

"It's all the same, it's not married at this age, big brother."

"That's not something you and I can worry about. Anyway, Mr. Li's mansion eats from Li's mansion, not from yours, so why worry?"

The folks said everything, whether it was noisy, supportive, watching, or disdainful, anyway, they were all staring at the hospital examination in March Spring.

Those who went to the exam with Li Zhaoxi in the same class were more competitive, and insisted on overshadowing this "first imperial examination brother" limelight, so that the world can see that it is better for men to study for imperial examination achievements.

Finally came the exam day.This year's imperial examination, Gu Zhao didn't touch anything.

Before dawn this day, several yards in Li Mansion were lit with lights.Li Da didn't sleep well for half the night. Earlier, he went to a temple in the suburbs to pray for Fubao. Now that he was dressed, he asked the time and said, "Is it lit up at Fubao? Don't be alarmed before it's bright. He'll sleep more, it's too early not to worry."

"Don't worry, the old man, everyone in the house has given orders."

"Where are Zhao'er and Zhou Zhou's yard?"

"Lights, too."

Li Da nodded, knowing that the two of them couldn't sleep like him, and woke up early.

It's almost time, it's time to start, not only the Li Mansion is dispatched, there are rows of carriages waiting in front of the gate, those from the Ding'anbo Mansion, Prince Shun's Mansion, the Yan Family, the Liang Family, the Zheng Family, and the Huang Family , from the Chen family, from the Jin family...

All the people who came were from Li Zhaoxi’s generation from various prefectures—and cousins. They arrived at the gate of Li’s Mansion early in the morning and did not knock on the door to bother them. They just waited in line outside. They got into the carriage and chatted together for a few words, but they were absent-minded, waiting for the movement inside.

When the gate of Li Mansion opened and the carriage was ready, when people came out, the two sides met face to face—the juniors stepped forward to bow to each other.

Lin Kang'an was the most scheming and called his father-in-law.

Gu Zhao didn't pay much attention to such small tricks, they were all leftovers from his play, but Xiao Lin's sense of crisis was a bit too much, except for Xiao Hei, Si Yuan, and Li Yan Mian, all present were engaged and married, and they all had children. .

Not so.

The three heroes of Zhaozhou—Chen Shiqi, Huang Langxi, and Chen Qingen—are Fubao’s childhood playmates, and they are solid friendships.As for those who are not married or engaged, let alone, Xiao Hei is a little wolf dog to the outside world, but in Li Zhaoxi's eyes, there is only the word puppy, even though he is handsome and handsome, he can bluff people.

Master Gu looked at his second brother's face, and used words to modify it, but did not use the word "cheap whoosh".

When everyone is here, let's go to the examination institute.

The carriages on Taiping Main Street have seen a large and powerful team, but they have never seen a combination of several families, and they are all well-known families in Beijing. The onlookers watched the excitement and asked: "...Why are there so many people? Let's go home together?"

"Today is the day of the court examination, and Mr. Li's mansion is going to take the imperial examination."

"Is it Li Zhaoxi who was the first brother to take the imperial examination?"

"Isn't it, who else can be."

So they watched the excitement together, and there were several families with chariots and horses. The common people were dumbfounded when they heard it.

At the gate of the examination hall.

Gou Gui is also there, and there is a plain-colored carriage that is extremely ordinary, but looking at the plainclothes guards around and Gou Gui's vigilant appearance, one can tell who is sitting in the carriage.

"Brother Fufu!" Little Persimmon jumped out of the carriage first.

Gou Gui looked shocked, "Hey, my young master——"

"Companion, I won't fall, I'm brave." Little Persimmon stood on the ground and raised her chin, "Right, Dad."

"Yes, yes, you follow me to be brave, follow your father's intelligence, this is what your Uncle Gu said." Li Wubing wanted to find Gu Zhao for something, and began to torture him a few days ago, and wanted to go out of the palace to send blessings My elder brother took the imperial examination, so he got up before dawn today and stood at the door of the dormitory calling for his father.

If it wasn't his own, Li Wubing would have wanted to beat him up.

Rong Ye said: "You go, don't delay the Fubao exam."

The emperor and the empress did not get off the carriage—if they did get off the carriage, if they were recognized and made a fuss, it would easily affect the mentality of other candidates.When Li Zhaoxi saw the emperor, empress and crown prince, he was like a relative, uncle, uncle and brother, but others were not. This is the test of talent. How can the emperor's face be seen by ordinary people?

So little persimmon took the guards to send his brother Fufu to the imperial examination.

"Don't be nervous, don't be afraid."

"Come on, Li Zhaoxi."

"Brother Fufu, the exam went well."

"Brother Fubao, come on."

……

Seen off by relatives and friends, Li Zhaoxi entered the examination institute with firm and confident heart.

In the spring of the [-]th year of Guangwu, the first brother in history took the imperial examination. Ten days later, the list came out. The chief case was Li Zhaoxi, a native of Xiping Village, Ningping Prefecture.

The test paper answered by Li Zhaoxi was also posted. It is said that the candidates who refused to accept the argument and failed the exam stayed for a long time after seeing this paper, and then they were convinced.

"You don't have to talk hard with me. Li Zhaoxi's test paper is here. If you have the ability, you can post your article and let everyone judge and judge. I am convinced."

"Yes, since the exam judges the article, you keep talking about your brother, you call yourself a gentleman, but now you can't afford to lose, and attacking Li Zhaoxi's identity in anger is really embarrassing for a man."

"I'm not ashamed to be with you."

Li Zhaoxi's grades were sealed together with the handwritten test papers. Gu Zhao wrote a letter and asked Feng to transport them to Chuzhou. His senior brother's eyes were already red after hearing Fubao's grades. Hearing from Siyuan, he seemed to have drunk too much.

... Teacher and wife should be happy to see this.

The letter passed, and Bai Yin had been sick for many years. After seeing the letter and reading the article written by Fu Bao, she became radiant, said hello three times, and asked the servants to bring wine to celebrate with Sun Mu.

The husband and wife drank wine, but at the end of the drink, they cried silently.

The next day, Bai Yin passed away.

When the news spread to Beijing Central to report the funeral, Sun Mu specially explained in the letter, don't disturb Fubao this autumn, they have spirits in the sky, and they definitely want to see Fubao continue the imperial examination...

In the autumn of October of the same year, Li Zhaoxi, the chief case examiner of the court, took part in the imperial examination and won the first case again. He only had to wait for the spring palace examination in the next year to choose his ranking.

In the spring of the 11th year of Guangwu, Li Zhaoxi of Li Mansion won three prizes in succession and won the number one prize.At the same time, half a month later, there were two funeral events, one was a letter from Chuzhou, and Sun Mu passed away.The second is a letter from Xiping Village, and Grandma Gu has gone.

Gu Zhaochu heard the news that he lost faith, but he didn't recover.

"Why did you leave?"

The teacher went there in the late autumn of last year, but before leaving, he told the children in the family not to report to Beijing, only to report after Li Zhaoxi's palace exam in the next spring, and to burn a copy of Li Zhaoxi's papers and grades to him.

Li Zhouzhou hugged his husband and patted it lightly. After many years, when he saw the teacher's wife, the teacher's wife was in poor health, and the teacher was mostly thin. When he returned to the village, Grandma had to eat even after a while, even though her legs and feet were inconvenient. Meat has a good appetite. In the village, it is often said that Grandma has a long life.

But when I think about it carefully, it was already ten years ago when I returned to the village.

The last time I saw my teacher and wife was five years ago.

Elder Gu Ge asked for an order to go back to his hometown for the funeral, the Holy Majesty heard the words, and made a decree to seal Gu Ning's family as Tai'an people...

The death of Grandma Gu was considered a joyous mourning by the villagers. She lived to be 89 years old and enjoyed the blessings of the rest of her life. There was no shortage of food and clothing, and her heirs were filial. It can be regarded as having confidence, it is the old man who lived a long life and left happily.

After death, there is an imperial order granted by the emperor, which is the only honor given to Gu Aunai in the entire Ningping prefecture and county, including Wannan city...

Gu Zhao stayed in the village for three months, and the sage of Jingzhong sent someone to invite him, but Gu Zhao wrote a letter stating that he would go back later, and his family had to go to Chuzhou.

Li Da is in the village.

Gu Zhaoli, Zhou Zhou, Li Zhaoxi, and Lin Kang'an went to Chuzhou.

Sun Mubaiyin was buried together, buried together, the grave had already been sealed, the grave had already grown green and short grass, the four of them trimmed it by themselves, Gu Zhao knelt in front of the grave and burned paper money to offer incense, and said many things.

"Master, grandpa, grandma, I won the first prize." Li Zhaoxi said in a low voice, "I want to report the letter in person, and my painting has also improved. Grandma, please take a look for Fu Bao. After seeing you and grandpa, you can't laugh at Fu. Darling, Fubao is already great..."

Gu Zhao stood in front of the grave for a long time, then let out a bad breath, and held Zhou Zhou's hand.

"Zhou Zhou, when you get old, find a place you like, and we'll bury it together."

"it is good."

Life is too long, fame and fortune, birth, old age, sickness and death, all kinds of torture, suffering, frustration, regret, pain, looking back on half of his life, Gu Zhao didn't remember any hardships and sufferings he had, and all he remembered was happiness and Zhou Zhou's memories.

If one day he died, it would be a blessing to lie on the ground with Zhou Zhou.

The reincarnation of death and rebirth is repeated, the law of nature, nothing to be afraid of.

Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou alternated their minds without words. When they went north from Chuzhou, they were more calm and peaceful, and they cherished the present time more...

In the spring of the 12th year of Guangwu, Li Zhaoxi got married with Lin Kang'an, but they didn't say they were married. There were a lot of discussions in the aristocratic circles in Beijing, and they all said that it was against the rules, but this is the only rule that Li Mansion broke.

In the summer of the 13th year of Guangwu, the Ministry of Maritime Trade set off for the second time. This time, there were [-] ships in the fleet, and Zhaohai Bo Wangjian took the lead.

In the same year, a large area of ​​the land in Dali was sown with exotic and novel seeds. The common people had never heard of corn, peppers, and tomatoes. It was just that the government gave them away for free, so they went to pick them up. There were also agricultural officials who taught them. No one dared to There are too many plants, and I only want to try half an acre of land first.

Who knows what's good or bad outside.

In the summer of the 16th year of Guangwu, in the past few years, the court had repeatedly advised Emperor Guangwu to recruit and accept the harem. At this small court meeting, Emperor Guangwu announced his abdication and made way for Crown Prince Li Tianshi, who was 13 years old at that time. .

The holy will has been decided. Before abdicating, Gu Zhao, the elder of the cabinet, was appointed as the first-class auxiliary minister until the new emperor came of age.

At this time, Gu Ge was 52 years old. He had experienced Kangjing, Tianshun, and Guangwu. Now he is assisting the new emperor Yongyi, a veteran of the four dynasties, with power in the court and the public, and no one can shake his position.

Today's great power, looking back at the beginning, everything started at that meeting.

"I'm here..." to apologize.

"Come, come - Zhou Zhou, when will you marry me?"

Li Zhouzhou, who opened the door to meet the visitor, saw the eyes of his future husband-in-law, the familiar face, the unfamiliar eyes, as if he had changed, and then he was stunned on the spot when he heard the words, his face flushed with embarrassment, and he recognized it from then on. .

Hand in hand for a lifetime, grow old together, never leave.

The author has something to say:

The pit was opened on November 11 last year, and the daily update has not been interrupted. It has been almost eight months. After that, the number of words in the daily update will be 3 to [-].

What to write monogram title.