Wei Yi bowed and didn't say much. Of course, he really wanted to win. Once he passed the Jinshi, he could choose to stay in Beijing for half a year before considering staying in Beijing or exile. Wei Yi planned to release him back to Fuzhou, and military officers could be exiled directly. Xu Xingwei and Xu Zixian would definitely return to Fuzhou, especially Xu Zixian.

What Wei Yi hopes is that he can make a marriage contract with Xu Zi first after he wins... It is not urgent to marry him. My younger sister is less than fifteen years old, so Xu Zi can't let her leave her home now. It is estimated that it will take two or three years at the earliest. Wei Yi just ended his Jinshi period in Guanzheng and returned to Fujian to select officials. After the early adaptation period, he could really consider marrying him.

As for whether the young girl from Nan'an Marquis' Mansion is a suitable wife, Wei Yi has already vaguely mentioned it with his family. Of course, his parents and elders of relatives all agreed and were even very excited.

The Wei Yi family is a second-class official and gentry family, far inferior to the Changwen Marquis Mansion. Moreover, these civil servant families are all headed by the Changwen Marquis Mansion. Now the marriage between the Nan'an Marquis Mansion and the Changwen Marquis Mansion has been made. If the Wei family can marry Xu Zixian's younger sister, the entire family will benefit him!

Of course, Wei Yi did not regard his marriage as a bargaining chip for family politics, but he also felt quite happy and relieved about the attitudes of the people in the family.

Xu Zixian and others first walked through Renhe Gate, and after passing the tax card, they entered the inner city. Most of them had first arrived in Yanjing, with various expressions of curiosity and disappointment in their eyes.

For young men in the countryside of Zhangzhou like Gao Shilai, Hetian Heng, the capital has always been the most rumored place. At the foot of the emperor, there are many royal relatives, civil and military officials, literati and poets who have left legends, and many martial arts masters who have become famous in the capital. This is a magical place, the center of the military and political and northern border defenses of the Great Wei country, and it is also the place where various national policies are decided. The court is here, the emperor is here, the two palaces are here, and many prominent people are here.

In terms of military, politics, culture and education, Yanjing is of course undoubtedly the center of the Great Wei country, Jiangling, Fuzhou and other places, which are far behind.

The scholars who looked like juren just could not see them in other cities, wandering around in groups, chasing and laughing in restaurants in groups, but they could not see them in other cities.

There are many scholars in Jiangling, but most of them are boastful famous scholars, and some who have real talents and learn more often have fame. In this inner city of the Great Wei capital, all the scholars in front of them have the status of Juren, and this status is not easy to obtain. With over 100 million people in the Great Wei capital, the number of people who are qualified to go to the capital to take the Jinshi exam as Juren every year, but only a few dozen people are only 3,000.

With the insistence of Taizu of the Great Wei Dynasty, there were many schools and schools in various parts of the Great Wei Dynasty, and the literacy rate was greatly improved compared with the previous dynasty. Now the literacy rate of the Great Wei Dynasty is about 15%, and nearly 20 million people are literate in the country.

Among them, there were 500,000 people who had been studying for the exam and had the status of scholars, and there were only more than 3,000 people who had been insisting on taking the exam as a juren.

These more than 3,000 people are not considered to be the first to be a phoenix. If they fail once, they will be defeated and returned to their original form and wait for the exam again. They will have to pass the Juren in the next subject before they are qualified to take the Jinshi exam again.

Only by winning the Jinshi and becoming one of the lucky ones can one be qualified to be called the dragon and phoenix among the people of the capital, and it is also the first choice for the people of the capital to catch their son-in-law.

Among the crowds of people on the streets, there were some sneaky strong men who were staring at the young juren, and even following the background, no one would suspect that these strong men were going to be detrimental to those young and handsome guys. Everyone knew what it meant.

Of course, in addition to the Wen Ju Ren, there are still hundreds to thousands of martial artists.

This dynasty originally had both civil and military importance. A hundred years ago, civil officials had more and greater voice. Moreover, many scholars who failed to succeed in the imperial examinations joined the army and could directly take the military status as military officials. This led to a huge reduction in the number of people who were determined to take the Wu Jinshi exam and their quality also became worse, which made the officials in the court have sufficient shells to attack Wu Jinshi.

In the past twenty years, the number of people who were selected for military and Jinshi has begun to rise significantly, and the world is in chaos. This is a consensus among many people. Instead of being a civil servant, it is better to hold military positions, especially some large families with foundations in the local area. Cultivating some children to serve as military officials and master local military strength has also begun to deploy twenty years ago.

Chen Duzhong from Changwen Hou Mansion is one of them.

There is no fixed quota for admission to the Wu Jinshi, and the number of military officers is not certain. In addition to the Wu Jinshi, there are also martial arts lecture schools, assessments of hereditary generals, and conversion of literati into military positions. The methods are different, resulting in the fluctuation of the number of military officers, and the number of admissions to each subject is not certain.

Xu Xingwei said that Xu Zixian must win, first because Xu Zixian first locked the hall to try. As long as the royal family is enterprising and not too capable, the court will not suppress it too much. Xu Zixian's literary and military strategy, including horsemanship, riding and archery, is the best choice, and there is no reason to fail. Moreover, with Nan'an's great achievements in the front, the court could not suppress Xu Zixian for the sake of public discussions among the world.

Of course, with Xu Xingwei's vision and the news of contact, he did not fully understand the fierceness of the secret struggle in the court. Xu Zixian had already been involved in the fight between the left prime minister Han Zhong and the Dashen Liu Zhiyuan. It involves party struggles and even state affairs can be placed behind him, let alone a small royal family member Wu Jinshi.

Everyone followed Xu Xingwei, and Gao Shilai couldn't help but say, "The capital is too dirty."

"Not." Tian Heng curled his lips and said, "I thought it was like this before entering Beijing. Now it seems that it is bigger than Fuzhou, and it may not be more prosperous than Quanzhou. Instead, it is too dirty and messy. The sky is dark, which makes people feel uncomfortable and depressed."

When Xu Xingwei heard this, he turned around and smiled, "The weather in the capital is the best in autumn. The nearby Xishan Mountain is full of red leaves, which is a good place to visit. In winter and early spring, because of the use of charcoal fire and coal balls for heating, the smoke is discharged, and it was originally cloudy, but it was just such a gray sky."

Gao Shilai said, "The garbage and feces everywhere are so disgusting."

Xu Xingwei smiled and said, "Originally, these things were all about Jingzhao Yin, but later they were pushed to the county. The people living in this capital city were all powerful and powerful. In the inconspicuous courtyard, there may be officials from a certain department living in their family. How dare the county take care of their garbage? After a long time, that's not the case."

Gao Shilai curled his lips and stopped talking.

Everyone felt that this place was different from Fuzhou after all, and a middle-aged man walking casually was probably a fourth- or fifth-grade Red Robe official.

In Fuzhou, it is also a big man who stomped his feet and shook his feet. In the capital, in an ordinary mansion living in the deep alley, when he changed his robe and went out to wander around, he was just an ordinary person.

"There are powerful people everywhere here, and even if you sneeze, you can splash a few red-robed officials." Jin Jian, who had been to the capital, was deeply moved and said sincerely.

"This is the Muqin Hall." Xu Xingwei pointed at a huge house in front of him with a horse whip, which was at the eastern end of Zhuque Street. It covers a wide area, with a wide range of eaves and arches. The five-bedroom door is painted in vermilion red. Most of the people coming and going are riding horses or sitting in sedans, and some are riding cars. They look extraordinary in temperament and appearance, and their appearance is also very outstanding.

"It is mostly a royal family who comes to do business everywhere. Although he has a good temperament, he is mostly a good person." After Xu Xingwei was also a royal family, he was born in the fifth sermon family. Now he is no longer qualified to live in Muqin Hall, so he has a lot of emotion in his words and a little sour.

"There are few promising people in the royal family." Xu Zixian smiled and said, "Brother Zhang will definitely revive his family's reputation and return the family to the royal family."

"I hope this is the case." Xu Xingwei said indifferently: "I have always thought so before, but now I just want to do a career, and it is enough to make my life worthwhile."

"It seems that Brother Zhang has changed a lot after a few months in Beijing."

"The king has no moral character, and the ministers do not look like ministers." Xu Xingwei smiled bitterly and said, "The chaos in the world originated from the capital. After seeing it too much, my heart became cold."

"Please give me an example?"

"I won't talk about the issue of sacrificing gold." Xu Xingwei said: "The court has been discussing the Northern Expedition again recently."

"No way?" Wei Yi said: "Isn't it enough to suffer a loss? The Great Wei imperial guards, based on famous cities and key passes, can defeat the Donghu with heavy troops and cameras. If they take the initiative to attack and fight with heavy troops against the Donghu wilderness, they will definitely be defeated. Now they still have to fight the Northern Expedition, why?"

"The emperor is eager to achieve success." Xu Xingwei said: "Last year, the party in the court who was in charge of the war was also very energetic. He mobilized troops and generals to summon the old ministers to return to Beijing, looking arrogant and did not think about how to win the Donghu people? Now there is insufficient taxes, the people are in distress, and the north has suffered from disasters for years. It is rainy this spring. People say that the Yellow River is dangerous. Local officials report to the two palaces. The Han Xiang sent it to the palace every day. The officials did not look at it at all, saying that it was no money to provide disaster relief. When the Northern Expedition was launched, the amount raised was as much as tens of millions of yuan. It was necessary to mobilize 200,000 imperial guards and 100,000 wing troops, which cost more than tens of millions? Han Xiang opposed it. When the Xuanzheng Palace was discussing, he quarreled with Liu Zhiyuan on the spot. The official threw the water cups in the hall. The rumors came out, saying that the official was dissatisfied with the ministers and had no ministers. In fact, this was to express dissatisfaction to the left minister in person... Which family is the reason?"

Xu Zixian was silent when he heard this. When Zi had such a temper today, he was panicked when encountering setbacks, was too worried about potential threats, and dealt with them properly. Once there was a turning point, he would be too optimistic and even proud and complacent.

The emperor regarded the concerns and cautions of old bureaucrats such as Han Zhong as conservative retreat, and his dissatisfaction with Han Zhong and others increased day by day.

"Liu Zhiyuan, as a great minister, could he not know what the country's power is? His arrogant and domineering support for the Northern Expedition is just a move to obey the emperor's will and also a plan to seize the power of the left prime minister. Is it really a desire to attack the Donghu?" Xu Xingwei looked angry and said, "The right prime minister is old, and many old ministers who are cautious and cautious will either die or be discouraged and do not care about state affairs. It is really a deteriorating."

"The Northern Expedition is really nothing?" Wei Yi said carefully: "With Yue Zhi as the general, Li Youde as the vanguard, and Li Guorui, the pacifier of Hebei East Road, is the commander. The army of 300,000 and the commander of famous officials and brave generals may not be without a chance?"

"The emperor also thought so." Xu Xingwei said coldly: "But he never thought that Li Guorui had commanded at most a dozen armies before, and had just been appointed as the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor. He had always been under the command of the left prime minister. Why should he work for Liu Zhiyuan? Among the other imperial guards, Li Guorui had not established his prestige, so he had to lead dozens or hundreds of troops to practice joint combat. He was commanded for a long time and transferred old generals to control the various armies. He gradually became proficient in military affairs, established prestige, and was united in the top and bottom, and was able to make progress in Liaodong at this time. The best way was to defend instead of attack..."

Speaking of this, Xu Xingwei shook his head slowly. Obviously, his opinion would definitely be denounced as being too conservative, or even fearful.

"The students of Tai have been causing trouble recently." Xu Xingwei said: "Of the last few hundred Tai students went to the Political Affairs Hall to petition before they went to the Left Prime Minister to approve the Northern Expedition. After a long time of trouble, the Prime Minister Han did not come forward, and later asked the Jinwu Guard to drive it away."

"Is anyone punished?"

"Of course there is no more."

Xu Zixian nodded calmly and said, "Hundreds of thousands of Tai students, regardless of the future, are of course encouraged and supported by people behind it. There are many Tai students who are really worried about national affairs and afraid that their hometown will be harmed again. Most of them are fools who are young and ignorant of the world and come out to join in the fun. The real instigators are afraid of the big people behind them."

"Not." Xu Xingwei said worriedly: "We dare not speak too much about the country's major policies. Those too many students are just scholars who enter school and can be selected as officials by the Ministry of Personnel after they have finished their studies. They are just a way out and cannot study. What do they know? But no one dares to say this now. Once anyone really says this, they may be stung by a bee-like head..."

"Forget it, forget it." Wei Yi could see that Xu Xingwei was in a very heavy mood and said immediately: "Our current status is not yet a question of these military and national affairs. It is better to settle down quickly. We should drink and reminisce about the past."

"It's reasonable." Xu Xingwei smiled and said, "I deserve to fight. I'll tell you these boring things when I meet."

Xu Zixian shook his head and said, "I am willing to listen more. After entering Beijing, my eyes were dark. I felt much more open when I heard Brother Zhang talk about these things."

For Xu Zixian, I remember that in the 14th year of Chongde, the imperial court dispatched a large number of imperial guards to the northern expedition, and went out of the pass along the direction of Jizhou and Yongzhou, and a great war broke out with Donghu in the Songshan and Xingshan areas.

In this battle, the Great Wei was defeated in a disastrous battle. The 300,000 troops fled back less than 60,000. Yongzhou and Jizhou were shocked. Countless people fled with the elderly and the young. The capital was martial law. The court mobilized troops from Yongxing Army and Qinfeng Road and Hedong Road in the west, resulting in the chaos of Qiang and man-made disasters in the west.

Wars and disasters also caused chaos in the Central Plains, and a large number of elite imperial guards were eliminated in an established system, causing the court to lose the power to suppress refugees.

The giant thief leaders such as Liu, Ma, Luo, Zhang, and Cao also had the opportunity to start their own business at this time. They started their business on Yongxing Jun Road and Hedong Road, wandered to Xunyang Prefecture, carrying hundreds of thousands of refugees, and conquered the prefectures in succession. All the thieves were unable to suppress them. In the end, the thieves occupied the Central Plains and Hedong Hebei. At this time, the Donghu entered the country again. The thieves surrendered one after another. Yanjing became an isolated city with less than 60,000 imperial guards in the city. Under the strong attack of hundreds of thousands of bandits and the Donghu people, 100,000 soldiers and civilians, including Emperor Chongde, died for the country, and Yanjing fell, and the Great Wei became history since then.

From the 14th year of Chongde to the 19th year, it took five years for the Donghu invasion again. It can be seen that the Donghu people in the 14th year of Northern Expedition also damaged their vitality and gradually recovered after several years.

If this battle was not too arduous, too urgent, too nervous, and eager for quick success and instant benefits, famous generals such as Li Guorui and Yuezhi and Li Youde were used to guard various places, and at the same time, tax exemptions and relief to the disaster victims, the Great Wei did not have hundreds of thousands or millions of bandits to cause chaos, and the Donghu still could not conquer Yanjing.

Therefore, Xu Zixian's evaluation of Emperor Chongde was quite low, just a pure fool who did not commit suicide and insisted on fighting against himself and the Great Wei.

Of course, this cannot be said to Xu Xingwei and Wei Yi. Although the Great Wei is in turmoil now, the image of the destruction of the country is just a sign. People generally have the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. It will take several years before the aspiring people will have the intention of reincarnation on Wei. At that time, Emperor Chongde was struggling with the wrath of heaven and people, and there was no hope for anyone at all. When he was trapped in Yanjing, Emperor Chongde hoped that the officers and soldiers of Shandong East Road would go north and open the road from the Jinhai to the capital, so that the imperial family and civil and military officials would flee across the Jinhai... As a result, no one from Shandong's pacification envoy to all the imperial guards were willing to call for the king.

If you have merits, you will be punished if you have mistakes, and you will be in a state of turmoil. By the 19th year of Chongde, the emperor had already lost the hearts of the people in the world. The emperor's name seemed extremely noble, but it was definitely not as good as the hearts of the people.

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There are many officials in the museum, and there are quite a few servants. The place is even larger, covering an area of ​​over 100 acres and a thousand houses.

This is a large mansion ordered to be built in Taizu's later years. Taizu had many descendants, including princes or dukes, and most of them lived in Jiangling or Fuzhou. It may be expected that the number of royal families in the world would increase day by day. Taizu ordered the harmonious family to be built so that royal families in various places could live in the same place when they were doing their jobs in the capital and enhance their feelings for each other.

No matter how talented and wise the old man was, he attached great importance to his relatives when he was old. At night, Taizu thought of his sons and often ordered the princes to pay homage. The emperor often drove to Muqin's house with jade axes, and held a banquet in the house to entertain relatives and vassals, which was cited as a beautiful talk by later generations.

After arriving at Xuanzong, the royal family became farther and the emperor visited Muqin's house never happened again.

Although the royal family is getting farther apart, this Muqin Pavilion is still a very lively place in the capital.

Jiangling and Fuzhou, as well as royal families who were officials outside, went to Beijing to do business, inherit titles, report their duties, and transfer, and they all had to live in Muqin Hall. Except for a very small number of royal families who were left in the capital with mansions, all foreign royal families were not allowed to live in the capital without authorization, and they must live in Muqin Hall.

This museum is not only a magnificent place for the royal family and family that emphasizes the way of relatives, but also can be regarded as a cage, which imprisons all the royal families such as Xu Zixian in one place.

Xu Zixian and his group did not attract much attention and attention. Xu Zixian was already an important town in Fuzhou. He was a man in the power structure. In the capital, he was a slightly famous national marquis, and he was not a big shot at all.

In front of the hall, a prince of the Duke also came to handle the title of succession, and there were more than 300 members with him. When he saw that Xu Zixian was just a marquis of the country, the prince of the Duke, who was also in his twenties, glanced at Xu Zixian and a sense of arrogance arose.

Xu Zixian didn't mind, and smiled slightly, waiting for the other party to check in first, and he was not in a hurry.

There were many people coming and going around, most of whom were dressed in gorgeous clothes, and followed by ten or eight companions. Some were wearing the clothes of princes or princes, and some were wearing the robes of civil and military officials. They should be royal families who were outside, who went to Beijing to report their duties and also moved into Muqin's hall.

Two young princes in their twenties went to Beijing to handle the title together and checked in the Muqin Hall together, which also attracted a lot of attention. Xu Zixian saw that the prince of the country kept glaring at him, and was obviously becoming more and more dissatisfied. He smiled slightly and bowed, "Xu Zixian, the prince of the Hou of Nan'an, has met his brother."

"Duke of Wu, Xu Zicheng."

Xu Zicheng responded with a thoughtful look on his face, and bowed: "It turns out to be a brother from the nearest school."

Xu Zixian smiled and said, "What a coincidence."
Chapter completed!