Oh My General Episode 24 Recap
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The Empress Dowager Yang came to see the Emperor, comforting him not to grieve excessively over the passing of the Empress Dowager. She also gave him a memorial that the Empress Dowager had given her before her death, saying it could help the Emperor overcome the difficulties. The next day at court, the Emperor looked at the presented memorials and felt that the expenses of redundant officials and soldiers were too great, and the national treasury was already unsustainable.
At this time, a group of officials led by Prince Qi proposed that the salaries of the royal family should be reduced, since the children of the royal family enjoyed salaries without taking the imperial examination, which was somewhat inappropriate. Therefore, these officials proposed that the royal children should participate in the imperial examination together with the children from poor families, and those who passed would be given salaries.
The Emperor thought for a long time and felt that this method was very good, so he agreed. Ye Zhao, however, understood that Prince Qi harbored resentment in his heart for Zhao Yujin smashing the casino, so he took the opportunity to bring in the entire royal family for revenge. At night, the Emperor was still diligently handling government affairs.
Looking at the mountain of memorials, he worried about which official could take on this important task if reforms were to be carried out. Consort Zhang, seeing the Emperor's worried face, suggested that Fan Zhongyan could be transferred back to serve as a pioneer of reform. The Emperor thought for a moment and felt that Consort Zhang's idea was very reasonable, so he immediately ordered Fan Zhongyan to be transferred back from Muzhou.
In the Zhao Prince's Mansion, the Zhao Princess Dowager heard that all royal children of eligible age would have to participate in the imperial examination. Thinking of her son's level, she secretly worried. The Zhao Princess Consort, seeing her mother-in-law so worried, comforted her, saying that Zhao Yujin was very clever and passing the imperial examination would definitely be easy.
The Zhao Princess Dowager was still worried and insisted on going to the Prince's Mansion late at night to give him some instructions. At this time, in the Prince's Mansion, Ye Zhao had not yet told Zhao Yujin about participating in the imperial examination, but was thinking of persuading Zhao Yujin first, hoping to persuade Zhao Yujin to take the initiative to participate.
So when the Zhao Princess Dowager arrived, she heard Ye Zhao praising Zhao Yujin, saying that Zhao Yujin knew music, danced beautifully, was righteous, and so on, encouraging Zhao Yujin to participate in the imperial examination. Seeing Ye Zhao like this, the Zhao Princess Dowager felt slightly relieved and did not go in to disturb the two of them.
Ye Zhao tried to persuade Zhao Yujin with both kind and harsh words, but Zhao Yujin was unwilling to take the initiative to participate in the imperial examination. Ye Zhao had no choice but to say that it was mandatory and that all eligible royal children had to participate. Zhao Yujin was angry when he heard that his imperial uncle's reform was targeting the royal children, but he had to comply. Before long, Fan Zhongyan returned to Dongjing City.
The Emperor met Fan Zhongyan and directly explained that he needed Fan Zhongyan to be a pioneer of reform. Fan Zhongyan, concerned about the country, readily agreed. Just after coming out of the palace, Ye Zhao invited Fan Zhongyan to drink together.
At the table, Ye Zhao inquired about the exam questions, trying to get information from Fan Zhongyan to help Zhao Yujin pass the imperial examination, but Fan Zhongyan played Tai Chi with Ye Zhao and refused to say anything. In the end, he only recommended a "Commoner Prime Minister", saying that he could be Zhao Yujin's pre-exam tutor.
Ye Zhao did not know who this "Commoner Prime Minister" was, but first returned to the mansion and prepared many books for Zhao Yujin, wanting Zhao Yujin to study hard and preparing to supervise Zhao Yujin at all times. When the "Commoner Prime Minister" arrived, Ye Zhao realized that this "Commoner Prime Minister" was Liu Yong. Although Liu Yong did not pass the imperial examination, he was indeed a talented scholar.
Ye Zhao was very relieved to see Liu Yong tutoring Zhao Yujin. After a day of tutoring, Liu Yong prepared to leave and saw that Ye Zhao, who had been claiming to "practice calligraphy" in the back but was actually supervising Zhao Yujin, had fallen asleep, her face covered in ink. The two laughed heartily. Zhao Yujin, seeing Ye Zhao's confidence in him, decided to work hard and prepare for the imperial examination.
At this time, two mischievous friends came to him, telling Zhao Yujin that he could buy the exam questions, and saying that if Zhao Yujin agreed, he should bring 350 taels of silver to meet under the bridge next to Xinghua Tower tonight. Zhao Yujin did not want to go at first and was hesitating. Yang, Meiniang, Xuan'er, and the others walked in with jewelry boxes, crying and sobbing.
They all felt that if Zhao Yujin did not pass the imperial examination, he would not be able to support them and would definitely divorce them. So they all held their jewelry boxes, wanting to give them to Zhao Yujin so that Zhao Yujin would not divorce them. Zhao Yujin, seeing the concubines so sad, gritted his teeth and decided to buy the exam questions. But the 350 taels of silver was a problem.
He originally wanted to withdraw it from the Prince's Mansion's accounts, but any expenditure exceeding 100 taels had to be reported to the Zhao Princess Dowager, so he couldn't get it out for a while. At this time, Zhao Yujin saw the concubines' jewelry boxes and pieced them together, finally gathering enough 350 taels of silver notes. With the silver notes in his pocket, Zhao Yujin came to the place agreed upon with his two friends.
Zhao Yujin had already decided to buy the exam questions, but he was afraid that Ye Zhao would be disappointed in him, so at the last moment, he decided not to buy the exam questions and turned to leave. Just as he came out, he was discovered by the patrolling soldiers, and then none of them escaped. And Ye Zhao even came to arrest people.
