Cheng Yu returned to Yecheng and reported the specific situation to Guo Peng one by one, Guo Peng was also very satisfied with this candidate, agreed with this choice, and then asked about some other things.

"How did they react?"

Guo Peng asked.

At the moment, there are not many people who know about this matter, and there are only a few people, and the people Guo Peng asked are naturally the reactions of those who went to the plains to investigate Liu Jian together.

Guo Peng needs to derive from their reactions the views and opinions of his inner circle of civilian-bureaucratic groups on this matter.

"Everyone else is fine, but Chen Ji and Cai Gong ......"

"What's wrong with Chen Ji?"

Guo Peng put down the pen in his hand and looked at Cheng Yu: "Chen Ji's son Chen Qun was out of office before, and now he is serving in my mansion, Chen Ji should have seen it very thoroughly, right?" Regarding this matter, does Chen Ji want to oppose me? ”

"It's not that Chen Ji himself opposes this matter, but when Cai Gong opposed this matter, Chen Ji took the initiative to stand up and pull Cai Gong aside, persuaded Cai Gong to support this matter, and did not let Cai Gong continue to oppose it, it seems that Chen Ji may have guessed something."

Cheng Yu reported truthfully.

"It's clear that Cai Gong doesn't support me, and this matter itself doesn't need his support, it doesn't matter what he does."

Guo Peng continued to bow his head and deal with the paperwork: "As for Chen Ji, he is an understanding person, but he still thinks about the old feelings more or less in his heart, and he still thinks about some things in the past, and he can't give up so quickly."

After all, he is old, not as easy as young people to cut off from the past, he still needs some time, for him, to be able to do this, I think it is already more difficult, he is almost forty years older than me, to have this understanding, it is not easy. ”

"Then Chen Ji wants to ...... it"

"No, Chen Ji won't obstruct me, what we have to do now is not to deal with people like Chen Ji, but those who will clearly stand up and obstruct me, such as Xun Wenruo's group, people like Chen Ji can be co-opted, don't target them."

Guo Peng said in a low voice: "When this matter is announced, I want to see how many people dare to openly disagree with me, saying what the Lord Shaoguo suspects, and even suspects me of bad intentions, one is counted as one, and all of them are recorded."

This group of people who keep shouting that the Lord Shaoguo is suspicious is what we need to deal with, let them continue to shout, it is not good for us, Chen Ji knows what to say and what not to say, he is a smart person. ”

Cheng Yu nodded.

"The subordinates know, but the lord, although Chen Ji doesn't care, but Zang Ziyuan and Cao Mengde, these two people are very eager about this matter."

Guo Peng, who was writing, paused his pen and raised his head.

"Cao Mengde is my brother-in-law, he is also a smart man, although he has feelings for Han, he will not do anything against me, he looks tough on the outside, but he also has a weak side on the inside, I know him too well.

I was friendly with him when I was eight years old, and it has been more than 20 years now, and I know his every move, he can't escape from my palm, I can guarantee this, Cao Mengde can let it go, don't care, as for Zang Ziyuan......"

Guo Peng paused and looked at Cheng Yu: "Don't worry about it for now, wait for the announcement of the emperor's candidate and then see his reaction, if he is honest and silent, he should not have the previous things, if he doesn't know what to say, then clean him up." ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Cheng Yu nodded, then left and went to run errands.

At this time, it was the middle of August of the sixth year of Xingping, and Guo Peng was urgently dealing with the new emperor's accession to the throne, and other matters were relatively less concerned.

Until one day, when Zhuge Jin came to report the progress of the work, he mentioned that his brother had settled in Yecheng and thanked Guo Peng.

Zhuge Liang is here?

Guo Peng raised his head and looked at Zhuge Jin, leaned less, and nodded.

"Okay, I know, by the way, will your brother participate in the ceremony next month?"

"Kong Ming told me that he was here to participate in the ceremony, but please rest assured, this ceremony, his subordinates will never show favoritism, whether Kong Ming chooses it or not, it is his own ability, and his subordinates guarantee it with their lives."

Guo Peng smiled.

"Don't take your life as a guarantee at every turn, Ziyu is loyal, I am clear, if Ziyu bends the law for personal gain, then I might as well destroy my eyes, see people so blind, what do you want these eyes to do?"

Zhuge Jin was surprised and delighted when he heard this.

"The Lord is serious, and his subordinates ...... Subordinates are terrified! ”

Guo Peng smiled.

"Hahaha, I believe in Ziyu's character, okay, I know about this matter, this talent ceremony is also the first time we have selected talents in this form, the importance is great, everyone knows that Ziyu is not a person who will show favoritism, I understand."

"Thank you, Lord."

Zhuge Jin bowed again, and then slowly retreated.

Exiting the Duke of Wei's mansion, Zhuge Jin secretly rejoiced in his heart but returned home with a serious face, and called Zhuge Liang and several of his partners at home, explaining to them some of the special features of this ceremony.

"This ceremony, in Wei Gong's words, is called an exam, test his virtue, test his talent, Wei Guild will have some questions, so that you can answer, you need to complete the answer within a certain period of time, and then hand it over to Wei Gong for review, and Wei Gong will select the outstanding ones to enter the Wei Gong's mansion to do things."

Zhuge Jin said the particularity of this exam: "Because this is a matter directly controlled by Duke Wei, others are not allowed to interfere, and when the time comes, your policies and arguments may pass through the eyes of Duke Wei, as long as Duke Wei appreciates it, you will be given the opportunity to enter Duke Wei's mansion, and in principle, there is no limit to the number of people." ”

"Unlimited?"

Xu Shu was very happy to hear it: "That's good, wouldn't it be beautiful if we could enter together?" ”

Shi Tao also felt very happy, then looked at Zhuge Jin and said in a low voice: "Since Brother Ziyu is in charge of this matter, do you know what the problems of Wei Gongce are?" Can you tell us a little bit about that? ”

As soon as he said this, Xu Shu and Meng Jian also looked at Zhuge Jin with some expectation, but Zhuge Liang shook his head again and again.

So Zhuge Jin shook his head decisively.

"I am a subordinate of the Duke of Wei, and I am involved in this matter, if I reveal this matter, wouldn't it be a prison guard and steal myself? You are also a person who has read poetry and books, how could you think of doing such a thing? ”

Zhuge Jin severely reprimanded a few people, and several people lowered their heads and said nothing.

"It's not that we want to take advantage of it, but there are too many companions, and if you want to stand out, I'm afraid it won't work without some preparation."

Meng Jian said softly.

"You're so unconfident in your own talents? So why come here to participate in the ceremony? The Ceremony of Talent is to give the world's scholars a chance to compete on the same stage to see who is strong and who is weak, I feel that this is much better than raising filial piety and honesty and Maocai. ”

Zhuge Jin looked at Zhuge Liang again: "Kong Ming, what do you say?" ”

Zhuge Liang raised his head, put down the bamboo slip in his hand, and said: "If you want me to say, Duke Wei would not have imagined that someone would cheat and leak the test questions for personal gain, and he must have prepared a large number of test questions, not only those that my brother knows, so even if my brother says it, we may not be able to meet those test questions." ”

“…………”

Zhuge Jin looked at Zhuge Liang with some surprise, and Xu Shu and the others also looked at Zhuge Liang with some surprise.

Hey, you're a fucking talent!

Zhuge Jin suddenly felt that what Zhuge Liang said was very reasonable.

Guo Peng is such a shrewd person, he has always done things without leakage, such a masterpiece, even if he believes in Zhuge Jin, he is afraid that he can't trust others, how can he only prepare those ten policy topics?

Guo Peng is afraid that he has prepared more than 100 policy questions, and then randomly assigned them to the scholars who take the exam, and when the strategy and theory begins, even he himself may not know who has taken what policy questions.

In other words, the content of the policy and the purpose of the investigation are the same, but the topic itself is completely different, which is difficult to prevent.

The game of the answerer and the questioner fighting, is quite interesting.

Zhuge Jin looked at the four young descendants in the family expectantly, and he didn't know how many of them could successfully enter the Wei Mansion and become the top of the world.

That's a lot of promise.

The ceremony was held in early September.

However, in late August, Guo Peng instructed his subordinates to choose Liu Jian, the grandson of Liu Shuo, the king of the plains, as the new emperor.

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