Crossing the Qinghe Landlord GL MTL

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The new emperor had just ascended the throne, and the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple had quickly negotiated a new reign name in accordance with the decree. With the indirect participation of the new emperor, the new reign name was designated as "Tian Bless"-hope to God, With God's help, everything went smoothly during his reign, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

　The Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple also reported that according to the ritual system, when the new emperor ascended the throne, the title of King Jia should be changed. After everyone agreed, the new emperor decided to take back the title of King Jia and change it to King Lu. King Lu was the title of the sub-state. In fact, King Jia was demoted to a lower level. Not only the food was reduced, but also the lumi and so on.

　In the imperial court, many of King Jia's accomplices have been purged, and all government offices are busy complaining. The new emperor felt that the talents were withering, so he specially opened the Enke and Zhike, allowing qualified officials and examiners to participate in the imperial examination.

　"Enke" was established by the emperor in order to win over people's hearts. As long as the examiner who passed the examination failed several consecutive provincial or palace examinations, or reached a certain age, he would be given a "special title" by the emperor. However, after a person of such a background becomes an official, his status will be greatly reduced.

　The "systematic subjects" are not non-standard subjects or formal subjects. It is a subject set up by the court or the emperor in order to select those who have outstanding talents in a certain aspect without limiting the time. During the reign of Emperor Gaozu, only ministers were selected, and later it was expanded to include scholars. Son, lift people. If the emperor needs to remonstrate with ministers, he will take the subject of "virtuous, upright, and able to speak out and give the best advice" to select suitable candidates.

　The "Enke" and "Zhike" opened by the new emperor gave a great opportunity to the scholars who stayed in Luoyang, as well as the students of the Imperial College and Imperial College. As for the scholars who were too far away, they had to go back to Luoyang as soon as they returned home. Going to Luoyang was too much trouble, and they didn't have the financial resources, so they could only wait for the provincial examination in two years.

　Xia Luojin, who was studying in Taixue, couldn't help but feel surging when he got the news. Although his background in Zhike was not as good as that of Changke, he didn't know whether he would be on the list for the provincial examination two years later, so he Don't miss any opportunity.

　When Zhang Guangqun came to see him, he told him his decision and asked Zhang Guangqun whether he wanted to take the entrance examination. Although Zhang Guangqun was a student of the Imperial College, due to the flaws in the system and the privileges of an official household, he often took time off to play. Zhang Tingxuan already has a promising eldest son, Zhang Dongliang, who records affairs for the prince Zuo Chunfang, so his requirements are not strict.

　Hearing this, Zhang Guangqun rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Take the exam! The last formal exam was eight years ago. I can't let this opportunity go, but don't have too much hope." He just wanted to go. He went through the motions and felt the pressure that was greater than the provincial exam first. After two years, he took the provincial exam again and could handle it well.

　Xia Luojin was mentally prepared. After all, this time they not only had to compete with other scholars and students from the Imperial College, but also with officials who were already serving as officials. The pressure was even worse than the provincial examination.

　There are "ten subjects" announced this time, ranging from Yan Zhijian and Botong allusions to talents and knowledge, detailed official management, to insight into strategies and military plans, etc. Talents in almost all aspects need to be recruited. In addition, Taifu Temple and other temples also need officials who are good at arithmetic to be responsible for cashiering, and these need to be selected from the arithmetic students of the Imperial College.

　Xia Luojin carefully considered these subjects and found that he seemed to be able to choose only one of the two subjects: "Botong Allusions" and "Combined Talent and Knowledge". His temperament does not dare to offend Yan Zhijian, and he does not know the principles of officialdom. As for military strategy, he has no military strategy.

　In April, more than 2,000 people including Xia Luojin and Zhang Guangqun took the ten-subject system examination. After passing two rounds of screening at the bachelor's college and the palace examination, everyone went back to wait for good news.

　Zhang Guangqun still ate, slept, woke up and played, not nervous at all, but Xia Luojin was very nervous and waited for nearly twenty days before finally receiving the news of the results.

　There are five grades in the system. Very few people will pass the first and second grades, while the most common ones are the fourth and fifth grades. Although the third class is in the middle, if there is no particularly outstanding person who can attract the emperor's attention, the first and second classes will basically be left vacant. Therefore, the third class is the most outstanding among these people.

　Xia Luojin won the fifth grade in the "Talent, Knowledge and Excellence" department, becoming one of the ten people who entered the grade, and was awarded the title of Taichang Temple Minister of the ninth grade. As for the more outstanding people, they were awarded the eighth grade of Dali Pingshi and other ministerial officials.

　Although he is only a minor official of the ninth rank, it is already the beginning of his official career. Xia Luojin will also be able to take the provincial examination next year. As long as he has a Jinshi background, his official rank will be higher!

　However, Xia Luojin still consulted Zhang Tingxuan's opinion.

　Over the past year, he had received a lot of attention from Zhang Tingxuan in Luoyang, and he knew very well that Zhang Tingxuan gave him such care for Zhang He's sake. At the same time, they also took a fancy to his talents. If he does something in the future, he can be Zhang Tingxuan's help. Therefore, even if Zhang Bing's second son Zhang Xing, Zhang Tingxuan will not care about whether Zhang Bing and Zhang He have a relationship. Abandoned in disgust.

　When the news of Xia Luojin's appointment as an official came back to Liujiaqiao Village, it was already early May.

　May has entered the rainy season, and the weather is sultry and hot. While every household is preparing to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, Xia San and Aunt Xia are beginning to worry about preparing to marry Xia Su Niang.

　Xia Jiniang was once laughed at by Aunt Xia for not being able to get married even when she was nineteen years old. But in the blink of an eye, her daughter Xia Suniang also turned nineteen. Although there were many people seeking to marry Xia Sumiang, they were dissatisfied when they finally learned about the dowry that Xia San could give. Some of them were disliked by Xia San and Xia San's aunt, so that Xia Su Niang could not find a good family for a long time.

　"Perhaps Er Niang can also find an official household?" Second Aunt Xia often said this, but Third Aunt Xia immediately heard that she was mocking their third wife for using Zhang He's standards to find Xia Su Niang. Husband.

　San Xia and Aunt Xia did have such thoughts, but Xia Suniang was not as lucky as Xia Jiniang; and the children of official families were not as weird as Zhang He, who could work in the fields and even fell in love with Xia Suniang. So they lowered their standards, and at least they had to be an examiner who would have the opportunity to become an official in the future.

　However, there were too few people who met the conditions, and the matchmaker looked down on the little money given by Xia San and Xia San's aunt, and was unwilling to arrange a good marriage for Xia Sumiang.

　After the news of Xia Luojin becoming an official came back, more and more people came to ask for marriage. Before the Xia family could digest the joy of Xia Luojin becoming an official, they were troubled by the noise from these marriage seekers.

　No one knew what the minister of ceremony at Taichang Temple did. It was enough to know that he was an official in Beijing. And after having an in-law who is an official in the court, she will not be bullied easily. This is why Xia Sumiang became so popular all of a sudden.

　The people in Xia Er and Xia San's room did not dare to say any harsh words in front of Xia Da and Xia Cui, but they felt more confident facing outsiders. Old Man Xia also felt proud and proud. He no longer lay sickly in his room to rest. Instead, he straightened his back and walked around the house, and everyone who saw him wanted to say congratulations.

　Xia Da and Xia Cui didn't expect that Xia Luojin would pass the examination of the secondary school system and become an official. He didn't know what Zhike was, so he planned to find Zhang He to find out. Xia Cui quickly stopped him and said, "You can't find anyone even if you go to Zhang's house!"

　Xia Cui glanced at Xia Cui blankly, then suddenly patted his head, remembering that Zhang He and Xia Jiniang had an affair two months ago. Already showing up for Guangzhou.

　From the time Zhang He came up with the idea of ​​going to Guangzhou to the time they set off, it took two months of planning.

　She has many things to do. First, she has to ensure that sweet potatoes can be successfully promoted and planted. Even if there are books, many people will not understand. Moreover, there are not many sources of sweet potato seedlings. Apart from the government, she has the most sources. Therefore, in order to ensure that others can get sweet potato seedlings from her, she has to ensure that the farmland is properly managed.

　In addition to farming, she also has to ensure safety and other issues on the way to Guangzhou.

　She didn't hide the fact that she wanted to find Mrs. Liu at the beginning. Although Mrs. Liu objected to her going to Guangzhou with Xia Jiniang and Little Peanut, Zhang He's attitude was very tough, so she could only find a few people. The servants encouraged Zhang He. In addition, Zhang He was also taught how to manage along the way to ensure that they would not encounter local bullies.

　Although when they first informed Xia Da, Xia Da and Xia Cui also wanted to object, after all, they could just let the servants do the job of finding someone, but if they encountered danger on the road and had an accident, the gain would outweigh the loss. However, considering that Mrs. Liu was Zhang He's biological mother and that she was filial to find someone, Xia Da and Xia Cui could not speak out against it.

　Zhang He and Xia Jiniang have been away for two months. Every time they go to a state, they will send letters to report that they are safe. The last time Xia Da received a letter was when they arrived in Shaozhou. If nothing else happens, I will receive a letter from them arriving in Guangzhou in a while.

　Xia Da and Xia Cui secretly prayed in their hearts that there would be no accidents, and they had no time to worry about Zhang He and Xia Jiniang. They still needed help and advice on what to do about Xia Luojin. They were worried that if they were not careful, they would do something wrong. Xia Luojin was implicated. After much thought, Xia Da decided to ask Xia Luojin's wife Xu to find Liu.

　Xia Luojin is an official in Beijing. If nothing unexpected happens, Mrs. Xu will go to Luoyang to take care of Xia Luojin, but it is inevitable that other people in the Xia family will also have ideas by then. Xia Da had never experienced these things, and it was not suitable for him to go to the Liu family, so he could only ask Xu family to ask the Liu family for advice. Although the relationship between the Xu family and the Liu family was far apart, Xia Da took it as a thank you to the Zhang family. Therefore, Mrs. Liu would definitely not refuse to see her if she came to visit her.

　Although it was the Xia family that had contributed the most to Xia Luojin's journey, in fact Zhang He's sponsorship and the care given by the Zhang family when he was in Luoyang were important reasons why Xia Luojin was able to safely spend a year studying at Taixue— -Without Zhang Guangqun's blessing, it would be difficult for a poor boy like Xia Luojin to live peacefully in the Imperial College.

　And if Zhang Tingxuan hadn't told him, Zhang Guangqun might have treated Xia Luojin just like other officials' children who took pleasure in teasing and bullying children from poor families, and became one of the people who bullied Xia Luojin. Although Zhang Guangqun could not be the leading figure among the many imperial students and Chinese students in the Imperial College, Zhang Tingxuan was the prince—a popular person in front of the new emperor, and these people would not offend him easily.

　For Zhang Tingxuan, it was just a word of explanation, but for a child from a poor family, it was already a great care. Xia Luojin was very aware of this, so in his letter to the Xia family, he never forgot to mention the good things about the Zhang family.

　When Mrs. Xu told Mrs. Liu about this, Mrs. Liu raised her eyebrows without leaving any trace, and then smiled and said: "He is serious about it." This is a way

　to win the favor of the Liu family, or perhaps the Zhang family, although it is a roundabout way. It's a bit expensive, but it's easy to use. Even Mrs. Liu is a little satisfied with Xia Luojin's character: only those who know how to repay kindness and know how to measure are the people the Zhang family needs.

　Mrs. Liu didn't mention Mrs. Xu much, but she made one thing clear to her: "Although he is an official, it is not enough for the Xia family to become an official household. You have to let the Xia family know."

　The most basic condition for becoming an official household is to have the qualifications of yinbu. When the Qin Dynasty was established, only officials of the sixth rank or above, their wives, children, grandchildren, etc. within the third rank could become official households. However, later the Yinbu system caused the problem of redundant officials. In order to control redundant officials, many conditions were deliberately changed. The most obvious one was to change the qualifications of sixth grade to fifth grade. At the same time, the scope and descendants of Yinbu were also changed. The quota has also changed.

　The reason why Zhang Yan, Zhang He and Zhang Xian are official households is because Zhang Tingxuan's official position is enough for them to enjoy the qualifications of yinbu. Although the yinbu must be their own sons in the end, Zhang Yan and Zhang He are still official households. But once Zhang Tingxuan died and the qualification of Yinbu was given to his son, Zhang Yan and Zhang He were separated from the qualifications of official households.

　Although Xia Luojin is an official, his official position is too low. It can only bring convenience to his children and honor to his parents, but it cannot allow other members of the Xia family to enjoy privileges. Once someone from the Xia family commits a crime, not only will Xia Luojin be implicated, but he himself will also suffer the consequences.

　Mrs. Xu understood, and went back to talk to Xia Dayi, "I know, I will restrain them properly!" As he said this, his waist straightened.

　Mrs. Xia Cui was overjoyed to see that he finally no longer looked so weak. However, she thought of Xia Luo Ci and said worriedly: "Logically speaking, should Ci'er end its operations?" Mrs. Xu said: "

　Zhang It is said that the imperial court has allowed people other than the officials themselves to operate businesses."

　Mrs. Xu was a little vague. After all, Mrs. Liu did not go into details, and the imperial court was more concerned with the management of the Pinguan House. Xia Luojin The official is too young, and Xia Luo Ci and Xia Luo Ci are just brothers, and the court will not impose any restrictions, so Xia Luo Ci can safely continue to operate "Xia Erlang Sheng Medicine Shop".

　Mr. Xia Cui breathed a sigh of relief. In addition to doing business with the Fang family, Xia Luosi's herbal medicine business was also getting better and better. He had already reopened in a spacious, large and good location. As for the Xia family's life getting better and better, it was indispensable for him to send money home.

　However, when Xia Cui saw that Xia San was going to marry Xia Su Niang, she remembered that Xia Luosi was already quite old. With Xia Luosi's current ability and having a brother like Xia Luojin, he could marry a good wife, so he started making arrangements for him to get married.

　After Zhang He and Xia Jiniang came back from Guangzhou, Xia Luosi and Xia Suniang also got engaged.

　The author has something to say: Based on the situation in the previous chapter that many friends did not read that there is an extra chapter in Little Green Words, this chapter specifically explains that there is an extra chapter o(*￣︶￣*)o and the previous chapter is actually not finished at all

　. It won't be sudden (it won't write about the protagonist planting all modern crops, nor will it write about what happened after the little peanut grows up). The existence of the extra is actually to explain everything clearly without causing the main text to be incoherent. , as well as writing some interesting follow-up stories.

　(A little spoiler: Xia Jiniang will never know that Zhang He is soul-piercing in her entire life.)