Chu Tianxiu was in the empty wing room and finally took a deep breath to savor the tempting smell of the treasure chest once emitted.

This box of silver has no chance with me!

He sighed sadly and finally left.

...

Chu Tianxiu came to Yuyuan study room.

Li Yu said that she went to call Li Gannian, a son of the Li family, to let them share their experience in the palace examination.

Li Gannian once participated in the palace examination. It is always good to know the rules.

He waited in Li Yu's study while curiously flipping through Jianshu on the table.

Speaking of which, these days we arrived at Prince Ping’s Mansion.

On the first day, he was busy hiding Zuerqiao's house and fleeing. When he came back, he was busy writing his own recommendation letter. Then, these days, it was even darker to make paper and never carefully look at Li Yu's study room.

This study is very grand, with beautiful people watching peach blossoms with screens and landscapes. The ground is covered with luxurious animal skin carpets, which are inhumane.

Exquisite and atmospheric ceramics are placed everywhere, with complex patterns on them, all of which are nitpicking.

The glass eight-treasure lampstand on the table was flashing with candlelight, and the sandalwood incense on the incense table was wafting from time to time, and the faint fragrance blew.

Various treasure bows, swords, and some horse whips, saddles and other riding objects hung on the walls of the study.

I originally thought it was just an ornament from the Pingwang Mansion, which was a martial artist.

But when you look closely, these bow and sword instruments are quite old, with words such as "Princess Danyang", "Yu", "Zu'er", "Dier", and "Xiao-Secret Year" engraved on them.

Chu Tianxiu was shocked to realize that Princess Li Yu, Zuer and Di Er, they seemed to have practiced martial arts since childhood, and were good at riding, shooting and swords.

I don’t know how strong their combat power is.

On the innermost side of the study room is a bookshelves, which are piled with thick stacks of bamboo slips and various silk scrolls.

Although the playboy "Xiao Hunhou" knows how to read, he doesn't like reading. When he was a child, he was forced to learn some things by a private school teacher.

So his memory does not have much memory about the contents of Jianshu in this era.

Chu Tianxiu couldn't help but be quite interested and walked to the bookshelf.

He knew very little about the Great Chu Dynasty.

Except for knowing that the Great Chu Dynasty was Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, who accidentally killed Pei Gong in Hongmen Yan and unified the princes in the world, they knew very little about it.

Books are undoubtedly the most efficient way to understand this dynasty.

Chu Tianxiu pulled out a large silk scroll from the bookshelf and opened it. It turned out to be a "Global Topographic Map of the Great Chu Dynasty" drawn by the ancients, which was half a meter long and wide.

A large area in the north marked "Xiongnu", including Longcheng (the place where the Xiongnu worshiped the ancestors of heaven and earth), Juyan, Shuofang (the old land of the pre-Qin period, was occupied by the Xiongnu), Yanzhishan and other places.

In the northwest corner are the countries of the Western Regions "Dayuezhi, Loulan, Kucha, and Dayuan".

In a corner of the northeast are "Xianbei, Wuhuan" and so on.

The largest area in the middle is marked with the "Great Chu Dynasty", which is connected to the Huns in the north, the South China Sea in the south, the Plateau in the west, and the East China Sea in the east. There are two curved rivers in the Great Chu Dynasty.

The densely packed cities in the territory are spread all over the Great Chu Dynasty, and they look prosperous.

The capital of the Great Chu Dynasty is in the Imperial City of Jinling and in the lower reaches of the river.

Below the Great Chu, there are a few small pieces in the south, namely "Nanyue, Yelang, Dian Kingdom, Ailao" and other small countries.

Generally speaking, it can also be seen that the surrounding situation of the entire Great Chu Dynasty.

Chu Tianxiu has some understanding of ancient maps.

This geometric terrain map is obviously a military version, which marks the barracks garrisons at borders, the garrisons in various places, and foreign garrisons.

This kind of military map is difficult to access if it is not a key official who controls military operations.

Only a Taiwei like Li Rong can have such a military map.

Princess Li Yu's study contains such a highly confidential military map. She is acquainted with military aircraft techniques?

However, the size of the map is very different, which is incomparable to modern precise maps.

With his eyes closed, he could draw a more accurate map of ancient China than this one.

Chu Tianxiu rolled up the scroll of "Geometric Topography" and took the bamboo slips from the bookshelf and read them casually.

On the bookshelf are "Poetry", "Book of Changes", "Book of Changes", "Rites", "Spring and Autumn Annals", as well as "Sunzi", "Six Strategies", "Hand the Strange Classics", "Yin Fu Jing" and other bamboo slips from the pre-Qin era.

It is either a Confucian classic or a military classic.

It seems that Princess Li Yu is majoring in the theories of the two schools of "Confucianism and military".

""poetry"?"

Chu Tianxiu couldn't help but ponder.

To be honest, he knew that there were Confucian scholars everywhere in Jinling City, and Prince Ping's Mansion also respected Jia Sheng in the private school. But he was not very clear about how high Confucianism was in the Great Chu Dynasty.

I remember that in the early Western Han Dynasty, after Dong Zhongshu completed the hegemony of respecting Confucianism, "Poetry" was listed as the five major Confucian classics by Emperor Wu of Han, and was renamed "The Book of Songs".

The Book of Songs seems to be a word different, but it has completely different status. The former is only a famous ancient book in the Spring and Autumn Period, while the latter is one of the five major Confucian classics.

The bamboo slips on this bookshelves are quite new and should have been copied recently.

However, it is still named "Poetry". This small detail can be proved in turn that the Confucianism of the Great Chu Dynasty has not yet made its fortune and has not completed the hegemony of respecting Confucianism alone.

Chu Tianxiu felt a little bit clear.

"The Censor Kong Hanyou is ranked in the third duke. Could this guy be Confucius's grandson and the head of the Confucius Family in Qufu?"

"You have to stay away from this guy... If he succeeds, the miserable scholars who have been in trouble for two thousand years in the future will cry after memorizing the Confucian scriptures... Will those candidates scold me to death and not stop him?"

He muttered.

Looking at it, the bamboo slips on the wall and bookshelf in the study seem to have a lot of books, but in fact they only have less than ten books in total.

A roll of bamboo slips has dozens of bamboo pages, which are very bulky and will make your hands sore after holding them for a while.

There is a piece of dark marquis paper on the desk, spreading it on the desk, with a beautiful ink pen, and a line of small words like a dragon and a phoenix dance:

"The Book of Songs: The doves are singing in the river island. A graceful gentleman is a good match for ladies."

Chu Tianxiu's brows jumped up.

Yu'er actually dared to tamper with the poem and tease him like this on paper!

It seems that if she doesn't look for an opportunity to train her, she will sooner or later become a big deal.

At this moment, a young man, wearing a thick wind-shielding straw hat, heard a respectful voice: "Dare to the New Year, pay homage to my son-in-law!"

When Chu Tianxiu saw a young and handsome man standing bent outside the door, he must have been practicing swordsmanship for many years and was quite Kong Wu.

Chu Tianxiu immediately called him into the study, pointed to the stool, and asked him to sit opposite him.

"Ah...I'll sit down?"

Li Gannian put down his bamboo hat and thick jacket at the door and entered the warm study room. He was obviously a little surprised when he heard this and looked restrained.

Although she sat down in the seat obediently, she only dared to sit half of her butt, and she felt quite flattered.

"As a descendant of the Li family of Prince Ping's Mansion, why can't you let go so much?

In front of me, Xiaohunhou, I was so restrained.

In front of the palace examination emperor, wouldn’t you be so scared that you can’t stand firmly! It would be strange if the emperor would choose you as an official.”

Chu Tianxiu is strange.

"Son-in-law...you are talking joking.

Gannian is just a small branch of Li, who is attached to the prince's main branch, and his lifelong honor and disgrace depend on the main branch.

Only by relying on the prince’s gift and recommendation were given to him, can I get the opportunity to participate in the palace examination.

Sister-in-law, you are the young marquis and the princess and husband. Giving me a seat is a great grief. I am naturally very worried. I dare to be so angry.

When I saw the emperor, I, a civilian, could only meet Tianyan on my knees. It would be a privilege that I could never have in my life."

Li Gannian said bitterly: "Actually... Gannian was a little confused. Our descendants participated in the palace examination and asked, and what we sought was nothing more than becoming a superior official. The most respected thing for being an official is to one day be the third Duke. Only those who worship the third Duke can be granted the title of marquis and conquer the descendants of three generations.

Being a marquis, this has just reached the beginning of your birth.

You are the little marquis, and starting is our ultimate dream.

The descendants of you and the princess are the main lineage of my Li family and the prince who was hereditary. Why do you still have to take the palace examination and become an official?”

It is difficult to understand the idea of ​​Chu Tianxiu, a natural young marquis, who is hard to seek official positions and seek a good way out like them.

Chu Tianxiu sighed.

If it weren't for being impolite by the emperor, he was demoted to a son-in-law and putting a tight curse on himself.

He had long called his friends and brought the other three playboys in Jinling to enjoy themselves on the Qinhuai River, so he was too lazy to ask any palace test strategies.

Now, the old man is comfortable and doesn't care about anything. His son will be a little prince as soon as he is born. He will be squandering his family business in the Pingwang Mansion and will be very comfortable in the future.

Only his son-in-law is stuck in the middle, which is very unhappy.

Now in the palace, there is a father-in-law above suppressing me and not daring to act rashly. The second wife put on a cold face and looked at me unhappy. Yu'er was in charge in the middle, and Zuer and Di'er were close to each other below.

After finally making paper, I made thousands of taels of silver in private money. Before I could even keep it warm, Yu'er took it all away, and there was no copper left.

If he doesn't become a high-ranking official and let the prince's house know his power, it will be difficult for his son-in-law to turn over.

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0 o'clock, make the Zhou Xinshu List!

Laba, the palace examination is about to begin.
Chapter completed!