Xu Ping still took a vacation in the next few days, celebrated with his old subordinates from Yongzhou, accepted congratulations from his colleagues, and did not return to the Sansi until November to see the matter. ※%

Han Zong's father, Han Yi, was appointed as the doctor of the Ministry of War, and was also an official in the capital. He returned home early. The Han family is a family of officials, with many relatives and friends, and there are endless people coming to congratulate him, which is much more lively than Xu Ping.

The snow was not heavy, but it floated for three days and three nights until October 24th.

In the small courtyard of the Xu family, a banquet was arranged from noon to entertain those who came to celebrate in the same year in Beijing.

Han Qi, Zhao Jiao, Wu Yu and others arrived first and sat in the yard chatting and enjoying the snow.

This is the first snow in the capital this year. Today the snow has stopped. There are people watching the snow everywhere in and outside the city. Today, it is two days without court days. I don’t know how many groups of scholars and doctors gather and praise this snow.

Gao Daquan recorded the merits, and Li Yonghe helped find a relationship, and the young envoy Zuo Shizheng entered the imperial guards in front of the palace. Xu Ping's family is now greeted by a few servants, without any effective helpers. This is the family of Shugui. The lintels rose too fast, and even the servants who could not be used could be supplemented.

The servant got tea, and Xu Ping sat down with the three of them to chat.

While the few people were having fun, the servant led three people in.

Wang Yaochen, who was walking in front, saw Han Qi, Zhao Jiao and others, and whispered: "You guys are so leisurely, they arrived so early. See who I am with?"

Xu Ping and a few people stood up and said to the person who came: "Gong Shi, when will you go back to the capital? Why don't you say it in advance, we can go and greet it."

Ji Ying behind Wang Yaochen said, "I came in a hurry, how dare I bother you? Boyong and I happened to meet each other and came together."

After saying that, he hurriedly congratulated Xu Ping with Wang Yaochen. In this class of Jinshi, Xu Ping was already in high position and was named the founding marquis of the founding country. He had a bright future and was already a natural leader. Everyone also counted on Xu Ping to promote him.

Although titles can be promoted according to the qualifications, there is a gap between Duke and Bo Zinan. In fact, marquises are rarely granted, and even fewer of civil officials. They must wait until the above fiefs are set to reach a thousand households before they are granted a title.

Just congratulations, Ji Ying introduced the young man behind everyone: "This is the eldest son of my sister's family, Zhang Fangping, who will be in the imperial court's great rank next year, and come with me to the capital."

Zhang Fangping was seventeen or eighteen years old and was busy saluting everyone.

The system is different from the ordinary Jinshi subjects, and it requires extensive reading and strong memorization. As Zhang Fangping is less than 20 years old, he dares to have the confidence to adapt to the subject, and his memory will inevitably be amazing. Xu Ping and others naturally encourage him. In particular, Wu Yu also needs to adapt to the subject. He is particularly close to Zhang Fangping. After all, there is no limit on the number of subjects in this era, and there is no competition among candidates.

Ji Ying was a real family of poets and books. His father studied under Qi Tongwen, the founder of Yingtian Academy. Yingtian Academy was the largest academy at this time. There were dozens of students who passed the imperial examinations from Fan Zhongyan. Since Ji Ying became a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tiansheng, he was known as the former prime minister Wang Zeng, and he has always been appointed as a subordinate. This time the king was renamed from the Tianxiong Army to the Henan Prefecture of Xijing, and he still resigned Ji Ying to follow him. This time he came to the capital to change his official position.

Everyone saluted and sat down separately. Zhang Fangping stood behind his uncle Ji Ying.

After talking for a while, Ji Ying smiled at Xu Ping and said, "My nephew often mentions you, and I admire you very much. This time I specially brought him over to see you, and Yun Xing would like to give me advice."

Xu Pingqi said: "I've just been a little bit of the limelight these days. You were still on the road at that time. How could you know my name? I, a small frontier official, can my name be passed to the Central Plains?"

Zhang Fangping said respectfully: "I have visited Qilu land a few years ago. When I met Shi Manqing, I often talked about the county marquis."

"So that's it, no wonder."

When Zhang Fangping was fourteen or fifteen years old, he had traveled between Qi and Lu, and had contact with a group of scholars led by Shi Yannian. However, since he responded to his hometown in Tianfu, he slowly stopped contacting him. At that time, Xu Ping was in Yongzhou and was very lively. He also had letters with Shi Yannian, so it was not uncommon to hear him talk about it.

At this time, Shi Yannian was the governor of Liangzhou. The border was about to make achievements. The depressed and unsuccessful scholars who were roaring in the mountains and forests all day long had many followers, which gave them a chance to gain a career.

At this time, the same year, Xu Ping could not have a deep conversation with Zhang Fangping, so he just asked a few questions.

Not long after, Zhao Xu had finished handling the errands in the three departments and rushed over.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xu Ping ordered a banquet to hold a wine banquet and brought the good wine that had been blended with for many years. The servant filled it with them. At this time, there were no fresh fruits and vegetables, but just a table full of fish.

Everyone drank three cups in full to congratulate Xu Ping on Gaosheng.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone talked about gossip, but they were very sensible and deliberately avoided the government affairs at this time. This kind of private party in the same year was already eye-catching, and if they discussed political affairs again, they would easily be labeled as a party.

Prime Minister Li Di and Lu Yijian were in conflict. Although Li Di was in the forefront, he acted roughly and basically had no ability to restrain Lu Yijian. However, he had a big temper and often argued with Lu Yijian. The two sides were arguing that made it known to everyone in the court and the country.

Under this situation, except those with deep relationships, other officials are proficient in protecting themselves and try not to participate.

Just as everyone was having fun, the servant wanted to bring in alone, and it was Xu Ping's little fellow villager Wang Gongchen.

Although Wang Gongchen was not the same year as the fifth year of Tiansheng, his fellow villager Xu Ping was the top scorer in the previous session. Everyone hurriedly stood up to greet him and said the ceremony. Wang Gongchen sat down at the bottom.

After drinking a while, Wang Yaochen asked Wang Gongchen, "If you don't go to court today, how can you come?"

Wang Gongchen said: "I was going to come in advance, but something happened in the morning and I looked at the other things for a while."

Xu Ping asked casually: "What's the matter? Can you keep you in the snow and ice?"

Wang Gongchen took a sip of wine and said slowly: "The wine and meat in the rich family are smelly, and the road is frozen to death. Now the snow has stopped, and the weather is colder than when it snowed two days ago. The snow suddenly came and the road was blocked. The price of charcoal in the capital skyrocketed. The price of charcoal in the pre-snow is only 30 cents per charcoal. Now it is 600 cents per charcoal. How can ordinary people afford it? People in the capital have frozen to death. When I came, someone beat the drum drum and many people gathered in front of the drum courtyard. Speaking of which, I can't afford it at home. I have to borrow some from the county marquis in the future."

After hearing Wang Gongchen's words, Xu Ping was stunned. He weighed fifteen kilograms and six hundred jin at the same time. Not many people in the capital could afford it. Wang Gongchen's salary was small, and his widowed mother wanted to raise him. It was not exaggerating to say that he could not afford it. But his leisurely look was because Xu Ping was scolded by the Secretariat for reminding the soaring price of the price. The retribution came.
Chapter completed!