How could Chu Nanyue not remember?

At that time, Xu Qingchang wanted to marry Chu Nanxin, and she also asked Xu Qingchang what his attitude was towards this matter. After all, Chu Nanxin was already crying in the house, almost swearing to die.

And Xu Qingchang replied indifferently at the time, starting from the overall situation of the Xu family, and even said that if it wasn't for the Chu family's early appearance, Chu Nanxin would have been decided. He wanted to marry Chu Nanyue even more.

"What if it's not a joke?" Xu Qingchang asked.

As this sentence blurted out, in Xu Qingchang's eyes, it really showed a bit of seriousness.

However, Chu Nanyue was not confused by his eyes, she knew that behind the seriousness of making a appearance, it was full of calculations.

"Is there any difference between a joke and a truth?" Chu Nanyue raised her eyes and asked.

She didn't mean to let Xu Qingchang answer, but Xu Qingchang instead knew the difficulty and replied: "The truth is more respectful than the joke, isn't it?" After being in the officialdom for a long time, I also slowly learned about General Chu's personality. But I couldn't help but worry about General Chu. Take today's emperor's approach as an example, if you have the support of the family behind you, presumably he will not be so hasty, just let you and me connect here. Only when General Chu has a backer behind him will there be fewer obstacles in doing things in the future. ”

Having said that, the meaning that can be revealed is extremely similar to that of Tanglin Yan. It's just that Donglin Yan is tougher, and Xu Qingchang is a little gentle.

But this mildness may sometimes be more harmful than toughness.

"Lord Xu's rhetoric doesn't seem to be different from others." Chu Nanyue didn't want to think about it. "I don't know if Lord Xu has taken a fancy to my people, or my garrison on the outskirts of Beijing."

He, Xu Qingchang, actually thought that he really wanted to marry Chu Nanyue by taking advantage of the emperor's intentions. Even with a little bit of self-confidence, I don't know where I was born.

Chu Nanyue knew what Xu Qingchang's attitude was because of the change. In just a few months, Chu Nanyue now has 50,000 Tuntian soldiers on the outskirts of Beijing. In the court, he assisted the emperor in handling many affairs, which was deeply valued by the emperor.

It is said that the Xu family's choice to marry the Chu family was originally a mistake. Although there are people in the Chu family, they are not good talents, if it is said that the two families are united, but the power of the Chu family is one level shorter than the Xu family. In the future, it is inevitable that there will be right and wrong because of this.

But Chu Nanyue is different, even the characters that Donglin Shuo and Donglin Yan are secretly trying to woo, is there anything wrong?

"Since General Chu has no intention, we haven't seen anything about today, do you think it's okay?" Seeing that Chu Nanyue really had no intention, Xu Qingchang didn't dare to entangle, so he said by the way, it was considered to have given the two of them steps.

"I admire that Lord Xu is so smart." Chu Nanyue said with a smile.

The two of them only saw Qin An, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, come over and said, "Why, I heard you talking and laughing from afar, I don't know what General Chu and Qingchang are talking about?" ”

The two of them were relieved to see that Qin An was finally late, and they were invisibly relieved.

I only heard Chu Nanyue say: "Lord Qin, I am talking with Lord Xu about next year's martial arts examination. Lord Qin came half an hour late today, which surprised me. ”

Qin An's other habits, Chu Nanyue didn't know, but there was only one thing, Qin An was extremely punctual every time he arrived, and he would never be like this today.

Qin An secretly wiped his sweat, and secretly complained about the emperor's order.

But in front of Chu Nanyue, he could only say vaguely: "There are always exceptions to people, and this is inevitable." ”

And secretly, Qin An was also secretly observing the reactions of the two.

He thought that the emperor was pulling the strings, but he saw some possibilities between the two. But now he looks at these two people, they are really serious faces, and they are talking about serious things in their mouths, and they don't look like they have any personal friends.

Qin An didn't mean to continue to speak, knowing that it was just self-deprecation.

After a moment of silence, Chu Nanyue said again: "Lord Qin, is next year's martial arts examination still like this year?" ”

"Ah, exactly." Qin An came back to his senses. "The emperor said that in this year's martial arts examination, the subjects are set up very well, this General Chu knows, after all, General Chu has participated in the final palace examination."

"In that case, why prepare so early for next year?" Chu Nanyue asked.

Qin An said that this was just an excuse that the emperor had come up with, and he paused for a while before he said: "General Chu has not forgotten that this year's assessment of several levels was carried out in a hurry. In the palace test, His Majesty personally checked it, and there will be nothing wrong with it. But once you go down to the place, you can't say for sure. ”

Although this was Qin An's temporary explanation, Chu Nanyue knew that this statement was true.

Since the founding of Tanglin, in the liberal arts, there have always been local cases of corruption and favoritism, and it is not uncommon. This is not only a headache for the emperor, but even the ministers in the court are also unhappy.

Just imagine, in this kind of exam, some people are admitted with real talent and hard work, while some people can be admitted in one or two sentences because there are people in the court. The meaning is very different.

The martial arts examination is different from the liberal arts examination. On top of that, many of the candidates are newly allocated.

And this year, because of the urgency of time, there were not many people taking the exam, and there were Wang Chang and other real talents, who emerged from the beginning and made people notice.

If next year, those people see the good luck of this year's new science and technology scholars, and they are eager to give it a try, and the number of people in the martial arts examination will be several times more than that.

"What Lord Qin said is very true." Chu Nanyue agreed. "But those assessment methods, specifically speaking, are the responsibility of the people in the military department. Although Lord Qin is kind-hearted, he should also pay attention to not letting everything be decided by the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War should also be able to produce talents. ”

These words reminded Qin An, and Qin An said: "General Chu Mingjian." That's what I mean, except for Master Meng, let the two new science and technology scholars come over to help. ”

The person in his mouth is naturally Wang Chang, the martial champion, and Liu Yiyang, the martial artist.

"The specific method is up to Lord Qin to decide." Chu Nanyue didn't mean to make decisions for him, she knew that if she came today, she just wanted an opinion.

If she wants to overstep her bounds, it is absolutely impossible.

And Chu Nanyue actually thinks that the candidate is quite suitable, after all, the people who came out this year have all been assessed by the emperor and everyone face-to-face, and they can't be wrong.

First, Wang Chang and the others are extremely familiar with the process of the martial arts examination, and when they meet new candidates in the future, they will also know why they came.

Second, they all came from that small place, which meant that they were close to the candidates, and they would not feel oppressive like other officials.

"However, Lord Qin, I know that the matter of the martial arts examination is still early, and everyone has an idea in their hearts, if they are really busy so early, those two new science and technology scholars probably won't even be able to get familiar with the officialdom first." Chu Nanyue said with a smile.

Qin An also knew what she meant, and said: "Exactly, in fact, Your Majesty also means this, although Fang Cai did not explain it, General Chu also knows it." ”