Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Because the morning court started at Mao time, Han Zheng got up at Yin time.

Li Yu got up and boiled some hot water for him, and also heated up the snacks he bought yesterday.

After Han Zheng finished washing up, she put snacks and a sheepskin bag filled with hot water on the carriage for him to eat on the way.

"I don't know when the morning court will start, so eat something to fill your stomach first."

Han Zheng: "I understand, sister-in-law, go back to your room and have a rest."

Li Yu looked at Lu Xuan. Lu Xuan nodded and drove away in the carriage.

Standing at the door and watching the two people walk away, Li Yu closed the door and went back to the house.

To be honest, she felt that the court hours in ancient times were not reasonable at all. They had to go to court before dawn and had to get up in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, they moved. If they hadn't moved, Han Zheng would have to get up half an hour earlier than today.

*

Li Yu went to the kitchen and got himself a bowl of hot water. He drank a few sips and then sat in the room waiting for Lu Xuan to come back.

I'm going to see Princess Jianing today. She has to buy a few reliable people as soon as possible. She can't always let Lu Xuan send Han Zheng to court. Although it's only once every three days, it's a bit tiring. At least she can find two more people and let them take turns.

Li Yu supported his head and slowly narrowed his eyes.

I don’t know how long I dozed off when I heard the sound of horse hooves outside.

Li Yu yawned, got up and went to the cross-courtyard to look. There was a small door in the cross-courtyard, and the carriages entered and exited from here.

Hearing the carriage sound disappear in front of the door, Li Yu asked, "Is that Lu Xuan?"

"it's me."

Li Yu stepped back a little.

After a while, Lu Xuan opened the door of the courtyard from the outside and led the horse in.

Li Yu helped him put the carriage away and asked, "How was your day?"

Lu Xuan: "I went there not too late. I happened to meet Lord Su Guiyuan when I arrived at the palace gate."

Hearing Su Yi's name, Li Yu was no longer worried.

Seeing that there was still some time before dawn, the two went back to their rooms to rest.

*

In the palace, Han Zheng and Su Yi walked quickly towards the Fengtian Hall.

As they walked, Su Yi asked Han Zheng if he was clear about the procedure for attending court.

"I understand clearly." Han Zheng said, "The Ministry of Rites sent someone to teach me." Mr. Su also explained it to him several times.

Su Yi calmed down, "Since you know everything, I feel relieved. But there is something I need to tell you first. Don't leave after the court session today. Wait for me. I will go to the Hanlin Academy with you."

This was arranged by his father. He said that he was afraid that Han Zheng would be bullied, so he had to go and take a look.

Han Zheng nodded.

*

The Fengtian Hall was not that big, and there were many people attending court, so Han Zheng, who was a sixth-rank official, naturally stood outside the hall.

Su Yi was also outside the palace, but he was a Langzhong of the Ministry of Works, a fifth-rank official, and ranked higher than Han Zheng.

After Han Zheng stood in his seat, he waited calmly for the morning court to begin.

Mr. Su said that the emperor usually held court in the morning and would not discuss any particularly important political affairs. As long as he stood there properly, nothing would happen.

Han Zheng thought calmly, and after a while, he heard the eunuch's shouting from the palace.

He knelt down calmly along with the other officials.

*

There was really nothing major happening in today's morning court session.

After listening to the officials' reports on the situation in various prefectures, Emperor Tianyuan planned to withdraw from the court.

However, just as the eunuch finished saying "If you have something to report, please do so; if not, leave the court," Zhao Yushi, who was newly promoted this year, stepped forward and said that he had something to do.

Emperor Tianyuan felt a little annoyed. This guy was always like this. He clearly had something to do, but he didn't say anything in the early stages and had to wait until the eunuchs finished shouting before coming out.

But he felt that he was a diligent and wise monarch, so he still used a calm attitude to signal Zhao Yushi to speak.

Censor Zhao lowered his head and said, "This imperial examination is a good thing, it selects the pillars of the country, but the residence Your Majesty has given me is not in compliance with the regulations."

Emperor Tianyuan’s eyelids twitched.

This year, he didn't care about the rewards for the second and third place winners in the imperial examination, but only took a quick look at the three people in the first place.

Does Censor Zhao mean that he made a mistake?

Emperor Tianyuan stared at Censor Zhao and asked, "What's against the rules?"

Censor Zhao: "The three mansions are too large, which is different from the imperial examinations in previous years."

Emperor Tianyuan: “…”

Next to him, Imperial Tutor Jiang frowned when he heard what Censor Zhao said, and stood up and said, "Lord Zhao, you said the mansion is too big. May I ask if our Dayu Laws have any stipulations about the size of the mansion that Your Majesty can reward?"

Censor Zhao: "No...no, but this year's reward from your majesty is too grand, which inevitably makes the recipients get carried away and have bad thoughts. I hope your majesty will withdraw the order and reward the residence again according to the practice of previous years."

At this moment, Emperor Tianyuan felt like a fool for sitting here and listening to his nonsense.

With a cold expression, Emperor Tianyuan said, "I just gave you a mansion, but it made Censor Zhao so worried. I guess there is nothing else in the capital that you should be concerned about."

Censor Zhao lowered his head, "I am just worried..."

"What are you worried about?" Emperor Tianyuan interrupted him and said sternly, "Let's not talk about anything else. The emperor's words are as good as gold. You want me to take back my order. Do you want the people to scold me for going back on my word?!"

"I dare not!" Censor Zhao knelt down hurriedly, "I am only thinking about Your Majesty."

Emperor Tianyuan was too lazy to pay attention to him and gave a look to the eunuch, who understood and shouted loudly to adjourn the court.

*

Emperor Tianyuan turned away. Inside the hall, all the ministers looked at Censor Zhao, shook their heads and left.

Censor Zhao felt the many eyes on him and he clenched his teeth without saying a word.

Until the Minister of Revenue Huang Shangshu called him.

Seeing that they were the only ones left in the hall, Censor Zhao got up hurriedly.

"Master Huang." He said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I'm sorry, I didn't handle today's matter well."

Minister Huang said as he walked out, "It is true that I didn't think enough today. I made Lord Zhao suffer for nothing. I hope Lord Zhao won't take it to heart."

Imperial Censor Zhao shook his head: "I won't remember such a trivial matter. I just hope Mr. Huang can say a few good words for me in front of the Third Prince."

Minister Huang: "Don't worry, the Third Prince knows your loyalty to him."

Censor Zhao bowed to Minister Huang.

*

The two walked together for a while and then separated.

Minister Huang looked at Censor Zhao's back and snorted.

Today he wanted to use Censor Zhao to ask Emperor Tianyuan to take back the house that was bestowed on the new number one scholar. However, he did not know that there was no provision in the imperial examination laws, and in the end he failed to do so and instead angered the emperor.

I don’t know what Emperor Tianyuan likes about Han Zheng, why he treats him so well.

The more Minister Huang thought about it, the more dissatisfied he became.

Before the palace examination, a man named Han refused to attend the banquet he held. After he won the top spot in the palace examination, he did not go to his house to pay a visit, showing no respect for him at all.

He won't let him go.

*

the other side.

Han Zheng and Su Yi went to the Hanlin Academy together.

The main tasks of the Hanlin Academy in the Yu Dynasty were to record the emperor's words and deeds, lecture on classics and history, or draft ceremonial manuscripts. As a newcomer, no one dared to arrange for Han Zheng to work in front of Emperor Tianyuan. After all, if he did not do well, the person who arranged him would also have to bear the responsibility.

As for lecturing on scriptures and history, that is not something he can do now.

So he was asked to study the ceremonial texts of the past and draft the article a few days later.

Han Zheng and Su Yi both felt that there was nothing wrong with this arrangement.

But when they found Han Zheng's location, they discovered that things were not that simple.