An old lady's life

During this period of time, Jia Zheng was so focused on the exam that he didn't know much about many things in Beijing. The Zhang family's eldest brother was only aware of such a situation while chatting at home.

Zhang Tao is just going to Jiangnan to serve as governor, what will happen?

The mansion is busy now, and no one has time to explain to Jia Zheng.

Firecrackers were crackling at the door, thinking that old friends from the Rong Mansion sent people to congratulate them. For example, Jia Min and the other married women ran back to their mother's house to congratulate her in person, while Shi Wei of Baolinghou's Mansion was not at home, and Luo Shi also came to congratulate her in person.

The mansion sent someone to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to interrogate Jia She, but Jia She was not in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and went out to work with the right servant, and would not be back until noon.

Jia Amnesty only had time to take a sip of hot tea, met his mother, and had a few words with Jia Zheng before he went to Zhang's house by car.However, Jia Zheng went with him. Although he might not be able to help, but the old man Zhang gave him such a big help for free, he couldn't ignore it.

When Jia She and the two brothers came, Mrs. Zhang was already planning to go back home. Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang didn't know the truth about it, and they were really worried at first. It's just that Mrs. Zhang was also shocked, but he was very stable. Said not to worry, nothing will happen in the end, under the comfort of his old man, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang did not collapse.

After Jia Amnesty came, Weng and his son-in-law exchanged what they knew about each other, and quickly discussed what to do in the future. Only then did Jia Zheng, who was listening, know that there were so many things in Jiangnan and it was so dangerous. Did those officials want their lives?

They didn't stay in Zhang's house for long, and they returned to Rong Mansion in less than half an hour.Back at the Rong Mansion, Jia Amnesty forced Jia Zheng to write letters in the study. This time, Jia Zheng was really needed. Who said that Jia Zheng and Xue Xun, the head of the Xue family in Jinling, were brothers-in-law. Other businessmen are different.Of course, Jia Amnesty couldn't just follow this route. He thought about all the contacts in the Rong Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, and wrote several letters that day.Among them were members of the Jia family in Jinling, as well as Tuo Shijiao and Lin Hai to help.

The excitement in Rong Mansion did not end until almost dusk. After dinner, Jia She and his brothers went to Ning Mansion to meet Jia Daihua again. Jia Daihua is now relying on his breath. Seeing his nephew becoming a tribute, he felt comforted from the bottom of his heart. In my heart, I silently whispered to Jia Daishan who had ascended to heaven, it's not that Zheng'er can't teach well, it's just that you haven't found a way, look at you dead, how well your siblings have done!

"Uncle, time is running out. The three of you brothers are cousins ​​with the same surname. They came from the same family. We will support each other in the future." After saying this, he held the hands of the three brothers and put them together, gently After taking a pat, the three brothers had very sad expressions.

After being silent for a while, Jia She said: "Uncle, don't worry, our Jia family will be fine and will continue forever." As he did more things and saw more, Jia She began to look like a family member. Thinking about problems, especially Hongye has been subtly teaching him to take a long-term view, for example, what will happen to the Jia family in five years, and what will happen in ten years? 20 years from now? 40 years from now?Or after he died?Taking history as a mirror, no feudal dynasty can last for a long time. One day, due to the changes of the times, the dynasty will end, so what should the Jia family do at that time?

Jia Jing was so sad that he didn't know what to say, he fed his father a bowl of porridge, and the three of them left Cong Lv Tang after his father fell asleep again.

"Tomorrow, I'll submit a booklet and ask to stay at home to take care of my father." Jia Jing's face was numb, a gust of wind blew through the sky, and a cloud covered the half moon that was originally not much bright, and the faces of Jia Jing and the three of them also darkened.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng understood Jia Jing's feelings. When their father was sick and bedridden, they were at a loss in their hearts. Without their father, what would they do in the future?Can they hold up the lintel?

After a while, Jia She said: "Alright, do you want Zhen'er to stay at home and take care of Uncle?"

Jia Zheng said silently that he had taken the palace examination well, and tried not to be too far behind in the general examination, so as not to disappoint his uncle.

Jia Jing shook his head: "There is no need for Zhen'er. Father actually spends less time awake. He is young and lacks concentration. Let him work hard with you."

The next day, Jia Jing really submitted the paper, and he submitted it through Lin Hai. Emperor Changping sighed after seeing it, and the number of veterans was getting less and less. Who should this country be handed over to?

Looking at the rain falling outside the window, Emperor Changping was filled with emotion. He approved Jia Jing's paper with a wave of his hand, but he did not deprive him of his official position for the time being. It is April and Taichang Temple is not busy.

In this way, both Rongning and Ningfu became quiet. On the [-]th, the steward of Xue's family in Beijing knocked on the door of Rongfu and delivered the letter that Jia She was looking forward to.

Jia Zheng couldn't wait to open the letter and glanced at it. Xue Xun said in the letter that he had not seen Zhang Tao in person and knew that he was safe, but it was not suitable for him to show up now, so it would take a few days before Zhang Tao reappeared. In the public eye.He read the content carefully again, and found that there was nothing to be said, so Jia Zheng handed the letter directly to Mrs. Zhang.

After Mrs. Zhang read it, although it didn't say what the elder brother's current situation was, it was good news that he was still alive.After thanking Jia Zheng, she first went to Rong'an Hall to explain to her mother-in-law, and only then went to Zhang's house with her mother-in-law's permission.

When Jia Amnesty came back in the afternoon and found out, he was immediately relieved.However, the news from other channels has not yet spread, and the Xue family alone has spread the news to the capital so quickly. It seems that the Xue family, an imperial merchant, is indeed very important.

Jia She was thoughtful, and within a day, news from various sources also arrived, and Mrs. Zhang even got more detailed information, but when he knew this information, the emperor knew it one step earlier than him.

Hongye silently watched the development of the situation, waiting for when it would erupt in an all-round way.

Before the outbreak, the palace examination was ushered in first.

To be honest, Jia Zheng was very nervous. More than 200 people took the exam in the main hall of the Zhongzheng Hall. This time, they were arranged according to the ranking of the exam. The emperor sat at the top of the Zhongzheng Hall, and the next step was the seven cabinet ministers. , and under the next two steps are officials from the Ministry of Rites and officials from the Imperial Academy, a total of ten people, and they will change the papers of the palace examination together.

Before the official exam, Jia Zheng kept giving himself psychological hints. For a while, he must not live up to his mother’s teachings, not let his mother and uncle down, and not let his wife and son down. The situation at that time, at that time, he was ignorant, his thoughts were extreme, and he was in the dark, as if the whole world owed him, he had tasted the worst situation, what could be worse than those dark years?The worst case for him now is to fall into the same position as Jinshi... Well, it is really embarrassing.

Just like this, Jia Zheng was fighting with a few villains in his head, and then he finally convinced himself and calmed down, and then he looked at other people.The entire hall is three meters horizontal and two meters long, and there are eight positions in a row. He happens to be in the second row, rightmost near the pillar, and Yu Qiu is in the third position in the first row, almost in the middle of the hall. Zhou He was in the fourth position in the second row, which happened to be diagonally below and to the right of Yu Qiu. He didn't know many people before, so he just looked at people according to their rankings.

When the test paper was handed out, Jia Zheng glanced at it first. The content of the test paper was one-third less than that of the first test paper, but the question types were the same. He reviewed the questions and started to answer after about a quarter of an hour.

The hall was very quiet, and the candidates were answering the questions quietly. About another quarter of an hour later, the officials above came down one by one for a walk. They didn't stop in front of a candidate, but just glanced at them as they passed by.

Emperor Changping's eyes moved in the hall, first he looked at the people in the first row, among the older candidates, Yu Qiu and another young student caught the eyes of Emperor Changping.

This time someone was selected for Tanhualang, and he glanced down again, he felt strange, didn't it mean that Jia Daishan's second son had passed the Gongshi exam this time, why didn't he see anyone?

Thinking of this, Emperor Changping also came down for a walk, out of inertia, he passed by the pillar on the left, just in time to see Jia Zheng, it turned out that the upper pillar blocked Jia Zheng's figure.

Jia Zheng didn't dare to raise his head, but he saw a piece of yellow robe out of the corner of his eye, and his heart trembled a bit, and he muttered to himself, it took a long time to calm down the fluctuation in his heart, and continued to devote himself to answering the questions.

In the Rong Mansion, everyone was worried. When eating lunch at noon, Hongye was still thinking, at least if he could take the test, he could bring his own food. This palace test is not allowed to bring anything. I hope the palace can provide some food for the candidates to wrap their stomachs. Even pastries are fine.

Just like this, the time passed by bit by bit, and soon it was around the application time, and the exam was almost over.Jia Zheng is now working hard on the last question. This question is for candidates to explain the convenience and inconvenience of a certain aspect of Dafeng's basic necessities of life.

The last question was for candidates to express their suggestions and opinions on the current river engineering and water conservancy. Because there are a lot of data, Jia Zheng spent a little more time, so the time for this last question is not enough.Simply speaking, this question is not difficult. Jia Zheng started from the aspect of practice, and said that he had personally experienced the inconveniences and where he could improve them.

Well, Jia Zheng didn't know what the emperor's intention was for this question, but he just wrote down everything he could think of.He had personally experienced the inconvenience of traveling, that is, the trip back to Jinling from Fuling, the journey broke them down, and the usual conversations with his mother, elder brother, and others, how to reduce the shockproof function of the carriage or Is there something that has good adhesion and can be paved on the road so that the road is not so difficult to walk...

As soon as you hour arrived, the bell rang, and at the same time the master of ceremonies shouted loudly: "All candidates stand up!"

Candidates were obedient as much as they wanted, they stood up from their seats almost immediately, they could not leave, they had to wait until all the test papers were collected before they could leave the hall under the command of the master of ceremonies.

Leaving from the Zhongzheng Hall, Jia She, Yu Qiu, and Zhou He came together without saying a word, everyone was physically and mentally exhausted, if it wasn't for the palace, they might all have collapsed.

When they got out of the palace gate and saw the people who came to pick them up, everyone said goodbye to each other. Jia Zheng lay down as soon as he got into the carriage, not caring about his appearance at all.

Jia She kicked Jia Zheng's foot, "Don't worry about sleeping, how about the palace test? Is the question difficult?" Jia She was really afraid that the second child would be in the top of the test, and the palace test would fall behind. Not to mention the embarrassment, I'm afraid the second child will get into the horns again.

Jia Zheng lazily opened his eyes, nodded and shook his head. He couldn't say that it was simple or not simple. The palace examination didn't seem to focus on a subset of classics and history like the autumn examination, but more on practical application.

"I don't know, the ranking should not be too far behind." He thought that he would never fall to the same position as Jinshi.

Jia She stared blankly, and when he returned to the mansion, Jia Zheng washed up first, Jia She waited for him to go to Rong'an Hall, everyone else was there, everyone held their breath, and they didn't dare to ask Jia Zheng how he was doing.

Hongye didn't ask, anyway, it only took a day, and the result came out, so it doesn't matter whether you ask or not now, she has a hunch that Jia Zheng will not fall into the same Jinshi.

The whole capital is paying attention to the results of the palace examination, but the Jiangnan incident was the first to come out. At the beginning, Mr. Fang, who served as the imperial envoy of Jiangnan, and a series of officials in Jiangnan were corrupted/accepted/bribed (the money for building the embankment) , Buying/murdering/killing/people, etc., was escorted to Beijing for a series of crimes.And Zhang Tao himself continued to serve as the governor of Jiangnan, supervising the construction of river embankments in various places.

The author has something to say: the content of the exam and the layout of the scene are all nonsense, I really want to have a lot of time to read more books, I can’t calm down/(ㄒoㄒ)/～～