The official road of the farmer

"Your father once said that the most important thing for a person worth being with for a lifetime is character. The second is to look at his ability, and the last is to look at his family background. This Ye Junshu, being picked up by Zhuo Xianzhi as a disciple, shows that he is upright and upright. He is not a treacherous person; he can still achieve this result in the imperial examination when he has no father, no mother, and a bunch of younger brothers, which proves that his ability is also very strong.

It’s just that the layer of family background is a bit weak, and having no father and no mother is a minus item...” Empress Li is generally satisfied with this young man, the only thing she is not satisfied with is this, but from another perspective, a poor family background is also a good thing Well, at least for the sake of the Li family and him, the Ye family dare not neglect brother Yu.

Thinking about it this way, Empress Li is satisfied with this person everywhere, and then it only depends on what rank this person gets in the palace examination, and it doesn't matter if it is too ugly.

Of course, the most important thing is Brother Yu's thoughts.

When Empress Li cast her eyes on Li Yu, there was no abnormality on his face, "Your Majesty,

My nephew didn't want to think about it for the time being.Why don't you choose a brother for your nephew, my brother has been alone all this time. "

"You two brothers..." Empress Li shook her head helplessly. They were all thinking of each other and wanted to make plans for each other. .

"I know about your brother's marriage. Now it's up to you to see if there is someone you like. What do you think of this young man?"

Queen Li handed Li Yu the densely packed paper filled with youth information.

For the sake of convenience, and because the information was collected in a hurry, the paper is full of text information, and there are no images.However, those who can be sent to Queen Li have no obvious shortcomings in appearance, so there is no need to worry about it.

As a result, the topic came back again, and Li Yu had no choice but to say: "Too young." Moreover, this is his friend, how can, how can his marriage be influenced by others?

What's more, they only treat each other as friends.

Empress Li hesitated for a while, it's okay for the elder brother to be three or four years old, but it is indeed a problem for the elder brother to be so old.But brother Yu is not young anymore, if you choose someone of similar age, it will be even more difficult to choose the right one.

The father and elder brother of the Great Xia Dynasty got married early, and they were basically selected when they were 20 years old. There were only three or two crooked melons left, and the good ones were settled.

Unless you are widowed at a young age.

But Queen Li privately felt that his elder brother Yu deserved the best.

So when she found out that there were so many unmarried outstanding young talents in this imperial examination, Queen Li was very excited. The marriage of his brother Yu is expected to be resolved!

Since the previous two are not enough, then you can only continue to read.

Empress Li chose another one, hesitated and said: "Then this Deng Hongyuan? He ranked third in the general examination, and now he is twenty-two. He is the family of a squire in Tanzhou, but although he does not have a real husband, he has a house in his family." Two servants and pets seem to be a good color."

For this alone, Empress Li is dissatisfied with the 1 people. Their Li family father and son have never had a pet, and they are devoted to their husband.

The members of the Li family are not good at the affairs of the inner house. If the back house is too complicated and the life is not happy, it is better not to sign a contract.

However, if this Deng Hongyuan would send these housemates away before concluding the contract, and promise to be dedicated to brother Yu, he reluctantly thinks that this is still within the scope of consideration.

Li Yu said helplessly: "Your Majesty, it's too early to mention this now."

"It's getting late, let's have a look at a few first, and when the palace examination is over and the candidate is confirmed, we can let the emperor bestow a marriage right away, so as not to be robbed by others one step ahead of time." Empress Li murmured.

Concubine Ming's elder brother is also of marriageable age, and I heard that he is also seeing her. Empress Li is worried that they will play tricks behind their backs.

This is, the palace attendant came to report that the Seventh Prince had arrived.

Upon hearing this, Queen Li said, "Let him in."

Then a boy of eleven or twelve years old walked in, dressed in a prince's crown, as calm as a little adult.

"Boy, see the empress." Xiahou Xuanjing bowed to Empress Li, and then called to Li Yu, "Brother Yu."

Li Yu also saluted, "I have seen the Seventh Prince."

Although they are close, they have always abided by etiquette, and the Li family will never forget their duties because of blood relationship and favor.

After saluting and greeting each other, Empress Li called the Seventh Prince to her side, her eyes softened, "Why is Jing'er here?"

"After returning to Mu, my son heard that Brother Yu has entered the palace, so I came to have a look." The seventh prince replied with a pure face, "I don't understand the homework assigned by the Taifu yesterday, and I just want to ask Brother Yu !"

Empress Li nodded the Seventh Prince's forehead amusedly, "Okay, okay, I know you guys are brothers, let's all go down."

He finally let Li Yu go, and stopped holding on to the marriage.

Li Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quietly gave the Seventh Prince an appreciative look, and then the two brothers withdrew.

Stepping outside, the Seventh Prince showed a childish smile, and asked Li Yu for credit: "Brother Yu, did I come in time?"

Li Yu nodded appreciatively, but, "It would be better if you came earlier."

He has been listening to his mother talking about it for almost an hour.

The Seventh Prince coughed lightly, and said solemnly: "You must give the Empress enough time to talk, otherwise the Empress will not let you go easily." He looked very experienced.

Li Yu thought about it and thought it made sense.

The Seventh Prince asked, "Brother Yu, where are you going now?"

"I'm going out of the palace."

Li Yu didn't want to stay longer in the palace. Although he had lived in the palace for more than ten years, he really couldn't feel a sense of belonging.

It was said that the Seventh Prince was quite reluctant, since Brother Yu left the palace, they haven't gotten along well for so many years.

It can be said that the seventh prince grew up in front of Li Yu, and he has a very close relationship with this cousin. Before they could say a few words, Brother Yu was about to leave the palace.

He sighed deeply, it would be great if he could leave the palace at any time, so that he can go out when he thinks about going out to find Brother Yu.

"Brother Yu, don't worry, I will always pay attention to the queen mother in the palace, and will not let him mess up the mandarin ducks. I will also secretly assess the young talents on the list, and I will definitely find a good one for you." Husband!"

The Seventh Prince assured that the Empress Dowager may not be reliable in judging people, and he will definitely be on the sidelines to strictly check!

Li Yu felt helpless, how afraid were they that he would not get out after forming a bond?

He really doesn't want to make a bond with someone...

Li Yu couldn't imagine forming a family with a stranger.

The Seventh Prince read all the way, and did not stop until he reached the gate of the palace.

Li Yu secretly sighed, it is worthy of being born by the empress, the pattern of chanting is exactly the same, even though the seventh prince is only 12 years old, he has already won the true biography of the empress.

The seventh prince could not go out of the palace due to the imperial order, so he could only send Li Yu here. After saying goodbye to the seventh prince, Li Yu took out his waist card and left the palace gate.

Not far from the palace gate, the Li family's carriage had been parked there.

Li Yu walked over and got into the carriage directly.

The taciturn and sturdy groom drove the carriage slowly away from the imperial city.

"My lord, are you going back to the mansion directly?"

The groom's inquiry came from outside, and Li Yu thought that his elder brother would talk about it again after he went back, and he felt a headache again, "Let's take a walk in the outer city."

"Yes."

Li Yu had been paying attention to his new friend's developments, and the imperial examination was such an important life event, he was always followed by people. In fact, he knew the ranking as soon as it came out, maybe even earlier than Ye Junshu himself .

Just to avoid suspicion, he has said nothing.

At this moment, the empress aroused his thoughts again, and Li Yu couldn't help thinking, as a friend, should he send a gift to congratulate him?

Just thinking of his friend being sent to him as a candidate for a future husband, Li Yu felt embarrassed when he thought about it. After careful consideration, he decided to wait for the palace test before going to congratulate him.

Because it was the period of the imperial examination, the outer city was very lively, thousands of students gathered in the outer city, and candidates could be seen everywhere. After the results of the examination were released, those who passed the exam and those who failed all had a large-scale symposium in teahouses and other places .

Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin were relatively low-key when they went to Beijing. Basically, only the students in Yongzhou knew them. This No. 2 was included by them. Who among the thousands of students is not curious about them?But they are not allowed in, and there is no way to invite them out.

The students who knew them were invited, but they were all rejected, and they all refused on the grounds that they had to concentrate on the palace examination.Of the top three in the test, only Deng Hongyuan was more active.

This can't help but make people who have never met Yu Maolin and Ye Junshu murmur in their hearts. The No.1 and No.2 are not worthy of their names, right?

No matter what other people thought, Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin stayed at home and waited for the imperial examination.

The general examination is completed on March [-]th, and the results will be released half a month later, and then seven days later it will be time for the palace examination.

Seven days passed in a blink of an eye, and on the day of the palace examination, all the students who passed the exam showed up at the Ministry of Rites.

In fact, the palace examination is divided into two stages. On the first day, the palace examination is not directly started, but another assessment is conducted in the Palace of Preserving Harmony.

The assessment is not difficult, mainly to examine the real situation of the tributes, such as whether the appearance is hindered, whether there is a stutter, whether the tributes have real talents and learning, etc.

Ye Junshu felt that this was similar to the beauty pageant model, but after thinking about it, people are visual animals, and future colleagues will naturally be more pleasing to the eye, especially the emperor. It will be better.

Moreover, the officials believed that people's appearance was too ugly, stuttering, etc., would affect the image of the court.

However, basically very few people will be eliminated in this assessment. As long as a person's appearance is not too weird or ugly, no one will be eliminated because of their ugly appearance.

Basically, a small number of those who were eliminated in this round were all because of stuttering problems, slurred speech, poor expression, and severe stuttering.

Although he will not be deprived of his fame, it is very difficult to go further.

There are a total of 250 tributes admitted this year, and they will be assessed one by one in order of ranking. The content of the assessment is random, but for the tributes who can stand here, it is quite simple. They only need to worry about the many examiners. The question of whether there will be stage fright in front of you.

After the assessment, they can't leave yet. Half a day in the afternoon is the time for them to learn etiquette.Ye Junshu still thought leisurely, no wonder the movements of worshiping the emperor were so consistent in the TV series in his previous life, so he had learned it specially.

However, if you don't study systematically, it is indeed difficult to have those uniform effects.

Ye Junshu has been deeply aware of the differences in class since a few years ago.

The longer you stay outside, the bigger the world you see, the more you can appreciate the strictness of the hierarchy.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, imperial power and aristocrats, everyone can only act in their own class.

How slim it is to change one's status, the only way that everyone has is the imperial examination.

No, you can’t say that, it’s only free peasants above the common people class can have this way, industrial registration, business registration, slave registration, music registration and so on, unless you leave these native places, otherwise, there is no way A chance to make a difference.

But wanting to change one's origin is as difficult as climbing the sky.

No one likes to live in obedience, and Ye Junshu is no exception.

Over the years, his thinking has changed a lot. At least, his ambition has grown. Whether it is for himself or for others, he wants to climb up.

The ordinary life in Ye Family Village was once what he wished for, but now, he can no longer return to his previous mentality, maybe he has changed.

But he didn't want to live that kind of life at the mercy of others, the feeling of powerlessness, he felt it once was enough.

Learning etiquette is not difficult. Everyone is not stupid. Basically, after teaching it a few times, how to worship in front of the emperor and how to salute when meeting high-ranking officials have already learned. In addition, there is a manual, What kind of people you meet in it should avoid such content.

After several formal rehearsals, the Ministry of Rites announced the end of the assessment when it was confirmed that there was no problem.

It was not dark at this time.

After all, tomorrow will be a formal face-to-face, and no mistakes are allowed. Not only the tribute students, but even the officials of the Ministry of Rites will take it seriously. After all, if there is a mistake, the Ministry of Rites will be the first to be held accountable.

All the Gongsheng students left in an orderly manner. Ye Junshu was still in good spirits, but it was not easy to look at the palace casually.

He remembered that Ah Yu grew up in the palace, and wondered if the little Ah Yu had come here to play many years ago?

As long as Ye Junshu imagined such a picture, his heart felt like being scratched, but he couldn't show too much curiosity. After leaving the palace, he left in a carriage with Yu Maolin.