Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

It is not impossible to take these words out alone to persuade people.

But being said by Rong Zhuo with such an innocent and innocent face, it seemed a bit ridiculous.

Funny, but kind of cute.

Yu Jingdu finally understood why no one took it seriously when the little dude was bragging outside.

Now he has become a bystander, and when he heard Rong Zhuo say such words, he couldn't even think of any obscene thoughts.

He couldn't say why, but he was very determined in his heart.

If Rong Zhuo really had something with others, when he talks to the outside world in the future, he will definitely not have such a candid expression. At that time, his pretty little face will definitely turn red, and maybe his ears, neck, and neck will all be red. Stained with thin powder, the eyes must be too shy to look at people.

But even so, Yu Jingdu still felt a little uncomfortable when he heard these things.

Especially thinking of the scene I saw at the gate of Guozixue earlier, the relationship between the little dandy and the little guy named Qingyu seems to be good.And he saw that the two were chatting and laughing, which shows that Qingyu's temperament is easier to get along with, unlike his always sarcastic remarks at the beginning.

Yu Jingdu had listened to Rong Zhuo arrange their affairs in front of outsiders before, and he was somewhat helpless at that time.

Unexpectedly, after a short time, the person Xiao Wandan was talking about was replaced by Qingyu.

In fact, if Yu Jingdu calmed down a little bit, he would find that Rong Zhuo never mentioned anyone's name at all, whether it was before or now.Except for him, no one else knew who Rong Zhuo was talking about.

"Da Zhuang, sit down." Rong Zhuo said to him.

Seeing Yu Jingdu standing, he just took it as the other party's embarrassment, and got up himself to drag a chair over.

"It's you who helped me today, how can I let you stand." Rong Zhuo said, then pulled Yu Jingdu's wrist, and pressed him on the chair.

The boy's palm was not particularly big, but it was slightly warm, and when he held it on Jingdu's wrist, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Yu Jingdu turned his head to look at Rong Zhuo, and suddenly realized that this little dude seemed to treat everyone like this.

Enthusiasm, intimacy, easy delivery of trust...

This is true for bluestone, this is true for "Da Zhuang", and it should be the same for sapphire, right?

Even for Zhou Feng and those gang of dudes.

A little bit of inappropriate emotion appeared in Yu Jingdu's heart, and he wondered to himself, among so many people, is there any difference between how the little dandy treats him and others?For the other party, is he an exception, or is he the same as others?

"What are you thinking?" Rong Zhuo stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes.

"It's nothing." Yu Jingdu restrained his emotions, and said, "What's the topic of the policy discussion?"

"Select talents and appoint talents." Rong Zhuo hurriedly said.

Yu Jingdu clasped the tabletop with one hand, "Then tell me your understanding of this topic first."

Although he changed his appearance now and was dressed as a servant, he could not hide his demeanor when he opened his mouth.

Rong Zhuo didn't even notice anything unusual, but when facing him, he couldn't help becoming a bit more obedient, and he looked like a student.

"Selecting talents and appointing talents is the imperial court employing people. We should choose people who are both good in character and learning based on their character and ability." Rong Zhuo said: "If a country wants to run normally, it must rely on people to govern. People are good. The imperial court is fine, but when the people die, the imperial court will die."

"The words are rough and the rationale is not rough." Yu Jingdu couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "Let's talk about it."

"Oh." Rong Zhuo thought for a while, broke open the secret channel and said to pieces, isn't that "what, why, how to do"?

So he honestly disassembled the topic, first explained what a talented person is, then talked about the necessity of selecting a talented person, and finally analyzed a few words from the system.However, he does not understand politics, and most of his arguments are from a macro perspective, so it is difficult to put forward any insightful ideas for this dynasty.

Rong Zhuo didn't speak very smoothly, but Yu Jingdu listened patiently.

"What you need to examine when writing a policy theory is your opinion. What you said is not problematic, but it is not specific enough." Yu Jingdu said.

"I mainly think that this policy is meaningless even if it is written." Rong Zhuo put on a posture, and said solemnly: "In my dynasty, from the selection of the crown prince to the selection of civil and military officials, all are included in this topic Is it right? But which one is up and down, I don’t need my insight.”

"Let's just talk about the crown prince, whoever you choose is a matter of your Majesty's words." Rong Zhuo said: "How dare others say a word about this kind of thing?"

Yu Jingdu suddenly became interested when he heard the words, and asked him: "There are only you and me in this room, you might as well tell me, if you were to be the master, what kind of prince would you choose?"

"Anyway, it won't be..." Rong Zhuo glanced at the direction of the door, remembering that the people of this dynasty can discuss these things in private, and then continued: "If you have to choose, I will choose His Royal Highness the Banquet King."

Yu Jingdu was startled, obviously a little surprised.

"Why?"

"Don't you think about it, why does His Royal Highness Yan Wang have a bad reputation?" Rong Zhuo explained to him: "That's because he never hides anything, and he is not afraid of others knowing what he has done. But if you ask carefully, he actually didn't do anything. Anything excessive is nothing more than a little fierce and scary."

"In this world, how can there be no flaws? Some people have bad reputations, but they may not be really bad, and some people have good reputations, but they may not be really good." After speaking, Rong Zhuo gave him a meaningful speech. Eyes, that means you should know who I am connoting, right?

The original intention of his words was not to boast to the king, but to bully the prince, implying that the prince was hypocritical.

But Yu Jingdu, as His Royal Highness the King of Banquet himself, was hard to remain calm.

This reminded him of the time at the polo field a long time ago.

It's not that Song Ming'an's gang of dandies arranged him casually, and the little dandies also spoke for him at that time.

"So when it comes to selecting talents and appointing talents, even if you choose a talented person, how do you know that he is really talented and not pretending?" Rong Zhuo said.

Just like the prince, he seems to be a wise man.

In fact, he is full of calculations and uses, and has no love for talents.

"Then let's not talk about the crown prince, but about the civil and military officials." Yu Jingdu said.

"There is nothing more to say about civil and military officials. It is said that they are selecting talents, but in fact they are taking the imperial examination?" Rong Zhuo said: "That's it, the ones selected may not be the most talented, and they may not be the most talented. of the best character."

In Rong Zhuo's view, there are many similarities between the ancient imperial examination system and the college entrance examination in modern society, and both have inevitable limitations, but it is also the most fair selection system.

If there were no imperial examinations, many unknown students would not have the opportunity to become officials.

The ten-year cold window is easy to say, but it is not easy to fall on everyone.

Especially the living conditions in ancient times determined the study career of most people, which was literally hard study.

Rong Zhuo is very fortunate now that he thinks about it, he himself wants to rely on his failure to save his life, not relying on being on the list.

Otherwise, with his educational background, not to mention that there is only half a year left before Chunwei, even if he is given another three to five years to study hard, it will be difficult for him to stand out in Chunwei.After all, things like the imperial examination cannot be handled by just grinding your guns in front of the battle.

If it were really that simple, students would not have to study so hard for so many years.

It was precisely because of his sober awareness of this that he had no intention of struggling with Chunwei at all.

Rong Zhuo took out another piece of paper and wrote something on it with a pen.

"You don't like reading because you are dissatisfied with the scientific examination system?" Yu Jingdu asked him.

"The books I read in Guozixue are nothing more than two kinds." Rong Zhuo said without raising his head: "One is to teach people how to do scientific research, and the other is to teach people the principles of life. I don't want to be an official in the future , and I have learned the principles of being a human being, so naturally I don’t want to read it.”

He was still not familiar with Zhou Feng, so he couldn't mention the prince's matter to him, so he didn't say much.

"Aren't you afraid that others will talk about you behind your back?" Yu Jingdu said.

"Why are you afraid of this? People who like me naturally know how I am. Don't you think your son is still willing to make friends with me?" Rong Zhuo said with a smile: "As for people who don't like me, why should I bother What do they think of me?"

Rong Zhuo has always been a thick-skinned person, if he was afraid of people talking about him, he wouldn't be living in the Xunhuan Building every day.

"If you ask me, the selection of talents is good, but it also depends on the person's will." Rong Zhuo took the initiative to bring the topic back, "Some people may have mediocre grades in scientific examinations, but they have enough dedication to serve their country. If you are urgent, you can still be a good official. On the other hand, if you have outstanding grades but do not have the awareness to serve the country and the people, you will probably be a moth in the future.”

"What about you?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"I want to be a commoner honestly and not cause trouble to the court, to support myself in the future, not to burden my family, and to take care of my parents when they get old..."

Yu Jingdu looked at him, and suddenly remembered what Rong Zhuo said to him when he was riding a horse in the suburbs of Beijing last time.

At that time, Yu Jingdu was dubious about his words, but now it seems that he has really made up his mind not to become an official.

For some reason, Yu Jingdu felt a little depressed for no reason at this moment.

Perhaps it was because he was reminded once again that the life of the person in front of him would become farther and farther away from him as time went on.

After next year's spring, the other party might completely disappear from his life.

Yu Jingdu lowered his eyes and saw the words written by Rong Zhuo on the paper: respect, fame, talent and learning, virtuousness

Then Rong Zhuo drew a circle on the word Xianneng, ticked an arrow, and put the word Xianneng in front of all the words.

A trace of surprise flashed in Yu Jingdu's eyes, obviously he did not expect Rong Zhuo to put forward such a point of view.

Afterwards, Rong Zhuo didn't think it was enough, so he took a pen and drew a circle on the word "virtuous and capable", "The result of comprehensive development is comprehensive mediocrity. If you want me to say that the word "virtuous and capable" should be used separately. It requires a person It is very contradictory to have a good reputation and strong ability. Just like the prince and the king of banquets, one is virtuous and the other can..."

He couldn't help but "tsk" as he said it.

Because I think of these two people, one is a fake "virtuous", while the other is a real "able",

Yu Jingdu took a deep look at him, and a trace of extremely complicated emotions flashed in his eyes.

Although there has never been a precedent for being convicted of a crime in this court, and people and students do not need to shy away from discussing affairs in the court, it is the first time he has heard someone compare himself with the prince so straightforwardly in front of him.

On the same day, Yu Jingdu helped Rong Zhuo sort out the ideas of the policy theory, and then asked him to try to write a copy first.

Rong Zhuo saw that he couldn't hide, so he could only bite the bullet and write an article.

He tried his best not to let himself write too outrageously, but after all, there is a context...

So when he handed the written policy theory to Yu Jingdu, he saw an extremely complicated expression from the other side.

It seems to be shocked, but it also seems to be puzzled, and there is a bit of a trance when you look closely.

"Is it a big problem?" Rong Zhuo asked.

Yu Jingdu raised his eyes and stared at him for a while, then suppressed the emotion in his eyes, "I'll help you correct it, you can make a copy."

When Rong Zhuo heard the words, it was as if he had received an amnesty.

"Don't write too badly, or my father will scold me, and don't write too well, I don't want to show off." Rong Zhuo said.

"I haven't read too many books, so I can't write very well. I just correct it for you." Yu Jingdu said.

Rong Zhuo hurriedly nodded when he heard the words, and thanked him again, without realizing that there was something wrong with Yu Jingdu's words.

At noon, Zhou Feng sent someone to bring food over, but he himself never showed up.

It was already past noon when Yu Jingdu helped Rong Zhuo to correct the theory.

Rong Zhuo took it over and took a look, and found that "Da Zhuang"'s writing seemed to be pretty good, and his language was fluent.

"Great." Rong Zhuozai read it carefully twice to make sure that there were no words he didn't know, and then he put away the policy theory, intending to take it home and copy a copy.

Rong Zhuo grabbed a small handful of gold leaves from his purse and handed it to Yu Jingdu.

Seeing that the other party didn't answer, he hurriedly explained: "I'm not sending you money, I really think that if you treat people well, you have to give them something real. You have helped me so much, so I just want to give you some money." nice one."

Yu Jingdu chuckled amused by his fallacy.

Seeing his smile, Rong Zhuo took his hand and put the gold leaf into his hand.

"I'm going to thank your young master." Rong Zhuo said, "I'll treat you to a delicious meal another day."

After the boy finished speaking, he smiled at him, and then trotted away without a trace.

Yu Jingdu looked down at the gold leaf in his hand, and couldn't help but smile in his eyes.

Afterwards, he turned around and took a look at the book case, and found that Rong Zhuo had taken away the policy theory he had written at some point.

That night, after Yu Jingdu returned to the palace, he couldn't help but think of the policy theory written by Rong Zhuo.

This is the first time he saw something written by Rong Zhuo...

He didn't know how to describe this feeling. The policy theory could no longer be described with words like "bad" or "outrageous". .

Based on his understanding of Guozixue, it is impossible for any student there to write such a thing.

He couldn't understand, with such "literary talents", how could Rong Zhuo be favored by the prince and almost recruit him?

If he remembered correctly, Li Feng seemed to have said that Rong Zhuo was the one who was at the top of the list of people the prince wanted to recruit.

No matter how you think about this matter, it is wrong.

Rong Zhuo has been through the book for so long, and he has never been suspected by the people around him.

Because although his behavior is different from before, his temperament and temperament are similar to before, so it is difficult to see the big difference when we get along with each other on weekdays.As for his behavior, in the eyes of others, it seems more like he went astray in a moment of confusion, rather than a complete change of temper.

To compare this matter with modern society, it is probably like high school students in the top class who suddenly become obsessed with going to Internet cafes or KTV. The first reaction of the parents and teachers around them is that the child is stressed or has reached the stage of rebellion. No one will Thinking that the other party has changed his soul inside.

Ke Rongzhuo would never have imagined that Qingshi in the past and Dazhuang today would be the same person.

As a result, he exposed too many flaws in front of the same person.

These flaws were originally in Jing Du's heart, maybe it was just a small thought.

He thought about why the little dandy who was favored by the prince would have such a temperament?

Thinking about how this little dude doesn't look like Ji Xiunian's student.

I also thought about it, why didn't Rong Zhuo want to become an official?

But these thoughts are not enough to make him aware of Rong Zhuo's identity.

Until today, he read Rong Zhuo's policy...

If he was just Da Zhuang, he might not have thought so much after seeing that theory.

After all, Da Zhuang knows too little about Rong Zhuo...

But when he was Qingshi, he saw too many flaws in Rong Zhuo.

At that time, Rong Zhuo only regarded him as an ordinary young lady, and kept almost nothing from him.

With such a blunder, Yu Jingdu became the person who understood Rong Zhuo the most in the world.

"Your Highness?" Li Feng entered the door, interrupting Yu Jingdu's thoughts.

"Send someone to Rong's mansion, to Rong Zhuo's study, and see if you can find the policy theory he once wrote."

Li Feng was stunned, "Is it... sneaking in to look for it?"

"If you ask him directly, why should I bother you?" Yu Jingdu said coldly.

"Yes." Li Feng said hastily.

It wasn't that he didn't understand, he was just a little surprised.

Well done, why did His Highness go to Young Master Rong for advice?

"One more thing." Yu Jingdu rubbed the handkerchief in his hand for a moment, with a complicated expression on his face.

Rong Zhuo lent him this handkerchief to wipe his sweat today, but he took it back with an excuse.

But strictly speaking, this was originally his stuff.

That day, he lent it to the little dandy, and the other party said he would take it back to wash after it was used up.

Later, when Rong Zhuo returned it to him, he felt that Rong Zhuo's things had been stained on his head, so he confiscated it.

Now that Yu Jingdu is holding the same handkerchief, he doesn't feel disgusted at all.

"Your Highness?" Seeing that he was silent, Li Feng reminded him.

Yu Jingdu put the handkerchief into his bosom, went to find a new handkerchief and came out.

Then he searched the house for a long time, found a small wooden box, put the new handkerchief in it, and handed it to Li Feng.

"Look for someone to give it to Zhou Feng, just say that Young Master Rong lost his handkerchief, and return him a new one." Yu Jingdu said.

Li Feng took the wooden box, thinking of the handkerchief that His Royal Highness had just picked up, his expression was a bit meaningful.

"Your Highness...are you giving this to Zhou Feng in the name of his servant?" Li Feng asked.

"What's the problem?"

"Is it too expensive to pack it in this sandalwood box? I'm afraid Young Master Rong will be suspicious when he sees it." Li Feng reminded.

"It's okay." Yu Jingdu said: "You just send it, that little dude is not as smart as you think."

Li Feng: ...

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