It is already deep winter now, just as Xian Ruxing predicted before, because the Little Ice Age is approaching, the extreme weather is becoming more and more obvious, and this winter is particularly cold.
However, no matter how cold it is outside, the dragons inside the house are still burning hot.
Zhu Houcong and Xian Ruxing just sat on the steps, neither of them spoke.
Just now, Xian Ruxing crawled out of the closet, interrupted a farce, and exposed in person the Zhang brothers secretly sent someone to steal commercial secrets and attempted to kill people to silence them. The royal family of the sugar factory also occupied a large part of the stocks, so Even if he directly harmed the interests of the royal family, Zhu Houcong immediately used this as an excuse to directly order people to imprison the Zhang brothers in prison, and did not move the Empress Dowager Zhang cried and shouted.
Xian Ruxing consciously helped the little emperor get rid of a piece of his heart. He was so beautiful that he wiped the dust off his face and wanted to go over and talk to him. However, he saw Zhu Houyan not squinted his eyes, as if he couldn't see it, and directly passed her.
Xian Ruxing was slightly stunned, a little confused, but the feeling of a hot face against a cold butt was not good, so she continued to be annoying. She stopped talking, and the two of them returned to the palace silently.
The palace is full of human spirits, and even blind people can see that the atmosphere between them is wrong, which will affect the fish in the pond, and they try to reduce their presence as much as possible.
Xian Ruxing glanced at the boy, touched the thing in his arms, and frowned with some entanglement.
Just as she was hesitating, she suddenly heard Zhu Houcan beside her muffled: "If I don't talk to you, you won't talk to me, right?"
Xian Ruxing: "..." Who was the first to make a fuss, and it was unreasonable.
Perhaps her speechless eyes were too obvious, and Zhu Houcong said a little uncomfortable: "It's just that you are wrong, so go find out the news or something, just send it over there, why do you keep so many people under your command? You can easily put yourself in danger, what if something really happens!"
"Ah, it turns out you are angry because of this." Xian Ruxing suddenly realized, and then he was a little amused and crying.
"Otherwise," Zhu Houcong replied with confidence, suddenly remembered something again, and said with resentment: "Also, you have been hiding in the closet all the time, and you didn't respond when you saw me being touched and hugged. My innocence is just that bad Is it important!"
"No, I didn't know who was coming in at first. I hid in a panic to hide in order to avoid the pursuers. I didn't understand what was going on until I heard you talk. If you know that it was you outside, I'd already go out to protect my car. "Xian Ruxing answered decisively, with a strong sense of loyalty.
Zhu Houxiang's lips raised slightly, and then he raised his face again, "There is another thing. You have to promise me that you can't take such risks in the future."
Xian Ruxing didn't reply. After thinking carefully, he shook his head and said, "No, I can't agree to this."
Before the boy could refute, he said seriously: "You know that I have the means to save my life. Ordinary people can't do anything to me. Some things can be done if they can do them. If they just push them to others, what will happen? Besides, this matter involves a lot, so I don’t feel at ease when others deal with it. I can guarantee you that if you don’t have 90% confidence, you won’t do it easily.”
Seeing that she did not perfunctory herself, but analyzed the statements extremely seriously, Zhu Houcong felt uncomfortable and happy in her heart. After a long time, she turned her head away and said, "You always make sense."
Seeing this, Xian Ruxing knew that the other party was not angry anymore. He was about to change the topic, but suddenly remembered something and frowned and said, "No, I originally wanted to tell you in advance. You have been hiding from me recently and have come to look for me several times.
I ran away in advance, since you ran out of my house naked last time..."
"What's naked! I just don't wear a robe!" Zhu Houcong was furious, and then he thought of that night again, and his face suddenly turned red and bleeding.
"It all means the same." Xian Ruxing looked at him suspiciously, "What happened to you that day? The Taoist boy from Qin'an Palace said you had something to do with me, but when I woke up, why did you run out by yourself?"
"Well... I originally wanted to discuss the affairs in the court with you, but suddenly I thought of a good idea and went back first. I have been busy with government affairs these days, and I didn't deliberately avoid you." Zhu Houcan answered hesitantly.
Fortunately, Xian Ruxing himself was not a person who liked to ask questions. He naturally accepted this statement and said casually: "What's the matter? You're so busy and you've handled it all. I don't need to help me?"
Zhu Houcong fell into silence again. After a while, a sudden flash of inspiration flashed and blurted out: "It's for this spring exam!"
"Oh? What's wrong with the spring exam? Didn't you decide that Zhang Cong is the chief examiner?" Xian Ruxing raised her eyebrows. Because she knew Xu Jie, she knew that Zhu Houcan was resistant to public opinion this time and wanted to recommend it.
Zhang Cong took office and received a lot of criticism in the court.
When Zhu Houcan mentioned this, he became angry again.
Originally, in his heart, the examiner of this spring exam should be Yuan Zonggao, but after Yuan Zonggao fainted in the cabinet last time, although he was rescued, he scared everyone. This Mr. Yuan can be said to have watched Zhu Houcong grow up.
, loyal to King Xing and his son, and when he first ascended the throne, he was very important in Zhu Hougui's mind. It was a hard work to be in charge of the imperial examination. The candidates were tired, and the examiners were not relaxed, especially when they were reviewing the papers.
At that time, I sat there for a day, and even those with a slightly weaker body could not bear it, so Yuan Zonggao was naturally excluded.
Zhu Houcan was always unsatisfied with the selection of the remaining candidates. After all, this was his first spring exam after ascending the throne, and the significance was great. If the examiner was not entirely his own person, some things would be very difficult in the future.
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After thinking about it, he decided to bring Zhang Cong, the Minister of Rites, to take charge of the matter.
However, as soon as this resolution was released, all the civil and military officials in the court opposed it.
First of all, Zhang Cong himself was just a fifth-rank official, and he was still a "big ceremony" to please the emperor and rushed forward. Besides, he was just a second-class Jinshi, who failed the exam eight times in a row. Now he asked him to give a question, and it would be too much to win a scholar for the country.
It's ridiculous. Everything else is easy to discuss. The imperial examination is a major matter for the country, and this move is absolutely not possible.
So Zhu Houcong and the ministers argued again.
Maybe many people are puzzled, is it just a chief examiner worthy of mobilizing such a group of troops? But in the Ming Dynasty, it is certainly worth it.
As the saying goes, heaven, earth, king, parents and teachers, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty would have many teachers in his life. For example, the one who taught him the first knowledge was a teacher, and the one who recommended his own papers in the juren exam was a teacher; and the examiner of the Jinshi,
He is called a teacher... These many teachers and students formed a dense network of relationships, firmly tied up the scholars of the Ming Dynasty. If Zhang Cong really became the chief examiner, then these students would go to court in the future
He must be regarded as a respectable force, which can be said to be an extremely powerful force.
Such a beautiful person is definitely unwilling to let others get it so easily even if he doesn't have his own turn.
"Zhang Cong's qualifications are indeed a little shallow, so someone must assist him next to me. I plan to transfer a knowledgeable person from the Hanlin Academy, but I am worried that Zhang Cong can't suppress the other party. If you watch from the side, I feel more at ease.
.” Zhu Houcan explained. In the past, non-scholars were not without imperial examinations. For example, when the eunuch Liu Jin was the most powerful, he even arranged a high school list directly, although he did not succeed in the end. In this way, Xian Ruxing was not the name of a patrol examination.
It's quite appalling.
Xian Ruxing didn't say anything when he heard this, so he nodded and agreed directly.:,,.