Guo Jia seemed to have expected Cai Ji to answer like this, but when he saw him holding on to the railing and staring at the ox cart swaggering underneath, he said, "The lord may not have the intention to talk about marriage." The famous families of Keqing and Xu Erzhou have been looking forward to the marriage of the lord for a long time. ”

This is the first time Guo Jia has talked about her marriage in front of Cai Ji since she entered the scene. In fact, not only Guo Jia, but also many of Cai Ji's ministers and subordinates are secretive about her marriage. It's no wonder, after all, as a woman, Cai Ji can't use the means of accepting wives and concubines to check and balance the forces of all parties like ordinary male princes. Whether Cai Ji is married or recruited, it means that Cai Ji will have an extra man with a transcendent status by his side. And the appearance of such a man is bound to bring unpredictable variables to Cai Ji's current rule. Because no one dares to guarantee that Cai Ji will not give up his career for the man he likes. And once Cai Ji chooses to transfer power, it means that his subordinates will have to serve another man. What is the intelligence of the man? How bold is it? Is it worthy of the master? It's all unknown.

Even if Cai Ji recruits a low-status son from a poor family and continues to preside over the overall situation after marriage, it is difficult to guarantee that his husband will not have the heart to seize power in the future. It is important to know that a man's ambition is not directly related to his identity, status, or wealth. The brother from a wealthy family may not have much ambition. And the humble Han Shi may not be satisfied with the status quo after he has achieved his ambition. Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Wang Xiu, Tai Shici and others, who were in the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty, saw a lot of the kind of poor people who did not hesitate to pay a price for their careers. After weighing the pros and cons, he has always kept silent about Cai Ji's marriage issues.

However, as Cai Ji grew older, the matter of marriage always had to be put on the agenda. Even if Cai Ji himself didn't have this mind, it was impossible for the surrounding families to ignore the existence of an eighteen-year-old unmarried female prince. No, as soon as Cai Ji's list of scholars was issued, it immediately attracted a large number of crazy bees and butterflies in Qing and Xu Erzhou. So there was Guo Jia's temptation just now.

Cai Ji didn't know what Guo Jia and others were worried about. However, from the first step on the road of princes, she has already had the consciousness of using marriage as a weight. Therefore, in the face of Guo Jia's inquiry, Cai Ji couldn't help but half-jokingly and asked sideways, "Then according to the opinion of filial piety, should this mansion accept the courtship of these children of the family?" ”

Guo Jia didn't expect Cai Ji to suddenly rebel against the army, so he had to answer with a wry smile, "Don't hide it from the lord, the subordinates really don't want the lord to have anything to do with the children of the Qing and Xu Erzhou families." ”

Seeing that Guo Jia answered so frankly, Cai Ji didn't buy more guanzi, and immediately said to him, "Don't worry, this mansion will not get married rashly because of its own selfish desires." ”

"The lord never thought of finding a good match?" Guo Jia frowned and asked.

"How don't you want to." Cai Ji smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "It's just that since this mansion has become a prince trusted by all the monarchs, then the marriage of this mansion is no longer a private matter, but a public matter." Since it is an official matter, it is natural that it cannot be arbitrarily decided according to the personal preferences of the government. ”

Seeing an eighteen-year-old girl analyzing her marriage so calmly, Rao was Guo Jia, who wanted to persuade Cai Ji to think twice about marriage, couldn't help but be selfish at this time, and sighed for Cai Ji's tenacity. It's so embarrassing that I don't know how to interface.

In contrast, Cai Ji seemed unusually calm. Guo Jia and others are her Cai Ji's staff, not her father or brother, and they should consider her marriage from the standpoint of official affairs. If Guo Jia and others blindly cater to their preferences and consider marriage issues, how can the team gain a foothold in troubled times. So Cai Ji didn't mind the marriage interfered with by his subordinates, but persuaded Guo Jiagui, "Don't think too much." For now, let's think about how to take this opportunity to select some useful talents. ”

Guo Jia, who originally wanted to persuade Cai Ji, saw that he was persuaded by Cai Ji instead, and couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, "The lord is reasonable. It's Jia who thinks too much. ”

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), as of August 15, Huang County had welcomed more than 300 candidates. Although such a scale cannot be compared with the posture of millions of people vying for the civil service examination in later generations. However, considering the communication and transportation facilities in the late Han Dynasty, as well as the popularization of education, it was already an extremely remarkable thing to attract so many scholars to take the examination in just over two months. In order to embody the principle of fairness and justice, Cai Ji had to give up part of the school building of the lecture hall as a temporary examination room to ensure that the more than 300 scholars could take the examination at the same time. However, in this way, Cai Ji's martial arts hall became famous among the scholars.

Since Cai Ji only had two subjects, the Enlightened Sutra and the Ming Arithmetic this time, it took all the scholars one day to complete the preliminary examination. However, the feelings of the scholars after the first trial are different. Some scholars felt that the exam questions were too practical and ignored the classics, some thought that the practical test questions were more beneficial to the children of poor families, and even some people sprayed the test questions too unpopular after the exam. But whatever the feelings of the scholars, at least they could rest for three days for a while. Within these three days, the Huang County side will select candidates to participate in the second round of countermeasures according to the results of all candidates.

Compared to the first round of the written test, the second round of countermeasures candidates not only have to complete the test questions within the regulations, but also answer the examiner's questions based on the written strategy. Fortunately, the test questions of Cai Ji's initial examination can be regarded as powerful, and in the end, there are only ninety-three scholars who pass the initial examination, and there are only one hundred and twenty-four children of the family who have the recommended places to bypass the preliminary examination. But Rao is like this, and it is not easy for Cai Ji and a few people to complete the interview in a short time. Not to mention Guo Jia, Wang Xiu and others. So Cai Ji invited some well-known Qing and Xu celebrities to help with the interview, including Langya Taishou Xiao Jian and Langya celebrities Wang Rong and Fan Cheng.

In fact, Xiao Jian came to Huangxian this time, not to open a branch to get a scholar, but to make a special trip to pay tribute to Cai Ji. It turned out that after Xiao Jian persuaded Zhang Jaw to clear up his relationship with Yuan Shao that day, he originally planned to show his loyalty to Xu Du. But he never thought that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao would fall into a bitter battle in Guandu soon after, and the situation was quite embarrassing. Seeing this situation, Xiao Jianma, who was active, dispelled the idea of taking refuge in Xu Du, and instead cooperated with Wang Rong and others to hurriedly come to Cai Ji to show his loyalty with more than ten carts of cotton silk as tribute. At this time, Cai Ji was opening a branch in Huang County, so Xiao Jian and the three were brought in as temporary examiners.

Compared with Fan Cheng, a wealthy businessman in Langya who relied on Cai Ji to promote him to the position of Cangcao Peng, Xiao Jian, who was born in a bureaucrat, and Wang Rong, who came from a family, were obviously more interested in the imperial examination. So after visiting the preliminary examination and personally participating in the first day of the policy interview, Xiao Jian and Wang Rong found Cai Ji to discuss the matter of opening a science and choosing a doctor.

"Oh? Xiao Fujun wants to open a branch in Langya? Cai Ji looked at the two "temporary examiners" in front of him with interest and asked.

"If the king has set such a fair policy for taking the judges, how can we not follow suit." Xiao Jian took advantage of the situation to flatter Cai Ji.

However, Cai Ji did not immediately deal with Xiao Jian, but turned back to Wang Rong and asked, "Wang Langjun also agrees with this?" It must be known that once the department is opened, the children of the poor family will have an additional way to compete with the children of the family for the official career. ”

Unexpectedly, Wang Rong changed his previous caution, and bowed his hand to Cai Ji in a confident tone, "If there is a family member who is afraid of opening a branch to take a scholar, then these people should not let the king not." ”

Wang Rong's arrogance as a child of the family made Cai Ji quite appreciated. Thinking about the history of history, the reason why the Langya Wang family was able to become the top family of the two Jin Dynasty was also because its family produced many talents, rather than blindly relying on the status of the ancestors. But I heard Cai Ji praise Wang Rong on the spot, "Wang Langjun is so arrogant, with Langjun's words, this mansion can rest assured." ”

"So, did you agree?" Xiao Jian hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

But who knew that Cai Ji suddenly changed his words and said, "The gentlemen have the heart to open a branch to take scholars, and this mansion is very happy." It's just that, as you can see, it takes a lot of energy to open a scholarship. According to the opinion of this government, it is better to unify the examination from Huangxian County, and then assign the people taken to Langya. I don't know what Xiao Fujun wants? ”

Who is Xiao Jian, as soon as Cai Ji's words fell, he realized that the young envoy in front of him was asking for the right to appoint and remove officials in Langya County. In fact, in history, the reason why Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian created the imperial examination was to take back the appointment and dismissal power of local officials from the hands of local officials. Since Cai Ji learned from Yang Jian to open a bachelor's degree, he will naturally have the same will. At this time, in the face of Cai Ji's clear temptation, Xiao Jian said respectfully to Cai Ji after pondering for a while, "Just do it according to the will of the envoy." ”

Xiao Jian so readily handed over the right to appoint and dismiss officials, which surprised Cai Ji a little. However, she realized that Xiao Jian was showing loyalty to Tou Cheng on behalf of Langya's civil and military forces. Although it was Cai Ji who sent troops to drive away Zang Ba and his group for Xiao Jian. However, because it was Zhang Jaw who led the troops for Cai Ji, Langya County has always been in a state of semi-subordination and semi-alliance compared with Donglai and Beihai Counties. At this time, Xiao Jian's statement was undoubtedly formally establishing a superior-subordinate relationship with Cai Ji.

And at the same time that Cai Ji was at ease accepting Xiao Jian's statement, he suddenly saw Guo Jia holding a roll of brocade silk, and hurriedly sold it into the official office, without even looking at Xiao Jian and others, so he reported directly to Cai Jiyu, "Lord, Xu is in a hurry." ”

Cai Ji, who had never seen Guo Jia so eager, was puzzled, so she hurriedly took the brocade silk and spread it out to take a look, and her face changed suddenly. Seeing this, Xiao Jian and Wang Rong on the side got up to say goodbye to Cai Ji after exchanging glances with each other. But he didn't want to be stopped by Cai Ji raising his head and said, "You don't have to deliberately avoid it. Stay together for the house for details. ”

Xiao Jian and Wang Rong didn't expect Cai Ji to stay, and they were surprised but also happy to be able to enter Cai Ji's shogunate. After all, it means that Cai Ji has treated them as human beings. So the two hurriedly gave up their hands.

On the other side, Cai Ji put away the brocade silk and asked Guo Jia, "Fengxiao, can Wen Hegong, General Ziyi, Yixun and others do this?" ”

"Jia hasn't told everyone yet." Guo Jia glanced at Xiao Jian and the others and replied.

Cai Ji listened, and without saying a word, he called his attendants and decisively ordered, "You quickly go to General Wen Hegong, General Ziyi, and Yixun...... and Huang Zhi summoned the mansion together, and said that the mansion had important matters to discuss. ”

"Whoa." One of the attendants clenched his fists and left the palace. Cai Ji turned around and smiled at Guo Jiayan, who was standing opposite, "How can Feng Xiao be like this." Didn't this government say it before, the marriage of this house is a public matter, not a private matter. It's better to sit down and rest for a while, and then analyze the pros and cons for the house after everyone comes. ”

Guo Jia heard Cai Ji say this, and he also felt that he seemed to be too nervous this time. Could it be that the news of Cai Ji's marriage made a mess? Thinking of this, Guo Jia couldn't help laughing at himself and said with a wry smile, "The lord is right, it's Jia who is making a fuss." ”

Through the few words between Cai Ji and Guo Jia, Xiao Jian and Wang Rong had already heard that the news from Xu Du was actually related to Cai Ji's marriage. Could it be that Cai Ji, who has never been married, has a marriage contract in Xudu? Or is it that the Emperor of Han Dynasty, who is in Xudu, wants to summon Cai Ji into the palace? Although their hearts were full of all kinds of conjectures, Xiao Jian and Wang Rong, who were newcomers, still sat cautiously on the side, waiting for Cai Ji's other subordinates to come here to uncover the mystery.

Fortunately, the few people named by Cai Ji were in the city at the moment, so after a while, everyone came to the palace one after another. And Cai Ji didn't sell much after seeing that everyone had arrived, and directly made the brocade silk in his hand public, "The reason why this mansion urgently summoned all the monarchs here today is because the emperor of Xu Du intends to be a matchmaker for this mansion, so that this mansion and Cao Sikong's family can marry." Therefore, let Dr. Wu repair a letter to explore the intention of the mansion. And Dr. Wu revealed in the letter that Cao Cao's side seems to be interested in sending his second son Cao Pi to Donglai to marry the mansion. The government didn't know how to decide, so he wanted to hear your views on this matter. ”

Although Cai Ji's words were unhurried, they were like a pebble stirring up waves on the calm surface of the lake. Tai Shici, Liu Yixun, and Huang Zhen, who had not prepared at all in advance, were suddenly stunned. And Xiao Jian and Wang Rong, who recently joined, looked at each other and didn't know how to express their attitude. As for Jia Xu on the side, although his expression was not as exaggerated as that of the others, he also lowered his head and looked thoughtful.

After a while, Tai Shi Ci came back to his senses and asked, "The Son of Heaven suddenly thought of being a matchmaker between the Lord and the Cao family?" Could it be that Cao Cao couldn't resist Yuan Shao's offensive and wanted to ask the lord for help? ”

"Even if Cao Cao wants to ask the lord for help, he should have a more substantive expression. Just throw a second son to marry and count the matter," Liu Yixun echoed unevenly.

Cai Ji saw that Tai Shici and Liu Yixun both showed warm faces, so he handed the brocade silk in his hand to the two of them and shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the two of you have misunderstood." According to Dr. Wu's letter, the matter of marriage seems to be the idea of the imperial court. It is said that it is to let the government and Cao Sikong form a good alliance between Qin and Jin, so that they can work together to deal with the traitor Yuan Shao. In order to show its sincerity, the imperial court also promised that once the government sent troops to help Cao rescue the imperial court, it would award the palace the title of 'Marquis of Qi'. ”

Tai Shici and Liu Yixun took the brocade silk and only looked at it halfway, and when they heard the word "Qi Hou" at first glance, they both raised their heads and cast surprised glances at Cai Ji. And Jia Xu on the side had a cold light in his eyes, and stroked the goat's beard and said meaningfully, "It seems that the imperial court has made a lot of money this time." ”

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