Late at night.

Hongmen Inn.

in one room.

The candles flickered in a faint light, reflecting the faces of a white-haired old man and a young man.

Imperial Doctor Kong Hanyou sat in the room with a solemn face, his face was cloudy, and he seemed to be thinking deeply about something.

And opposite him was his favorite disciple Dong Xianliang.

Dong Xianliang got an edict and rushed back from Moling County overnight to discuss countermeasures with the teacher.

The people on the side of the Yushitai are all mixed mouths, and it is easy to alarm others. In order to avoid leaking secrets, I had to meet separately in this Hongmen Inn, where the master and apprentice met.

"Teacher!"

Dong Xianliang bowed respectfully: "The disciple received an edict from the palace at noon, ordering me to criticize the 'year-old system' and criticize the shortcomings of the year-old system.

The disciple knew that this matter was important, and he did not dare to write lightly. I immediately rushed back from Moling County and asked my teacher for advice, how to grasp the proportions? ”

He will be struck so as not to injure his allies.

"You've run fifty miles this afternoon, and it's hard work."

Kong Hanyou nodded and said: "The emperor has made a decree for the teacher, within half a month, the year will be broken!"

Originally, as a teacher's idea, the meal should be eaten one bite at a time, and things should be done one by one, and not in a hurry. I was anxious, choked, and choked to death.

This time I can't break the year-old system, and it's not too late to find a chance to fight again next time.

However, the emperor ordered you to play again, obviously because he didn't want to wait any longer. This is to kill you and me, master and apprentice, charging into battle.

Well done, of course, is a great achievement.

Didn't do a good job... That's to ashes.

As a teacher, as a doctor of imperial history, it is difficult to fall down when he is in charge of the imperial history platform.

But you are only a small county magistrate in the local area, not a supervisor of the imperial history, but it is very easy to be caught and dismissed.

Once dismissed, it will be difficult to reactivate it for at least a few years, and the future will be missed. You must be cautious in your criticism of the years, and you must not be caught by your opponents. ”

Kong Hanyou said earnestly.

He carefully cultivated Dong Xianliang and Chao Fangzheng for 20 years, which was to cultivate the two as successors, and the backbone and pillars of the Confucian faction in the imperial court in the future.

Especially Dong Xianliang, he is old and has gone further.

Of course, he didn't want his personal disciple to become a victim of the court's crushing in the struggle between the imperial court's factions before he was of great use.

He could see that the emperor forced Dong Xianliang to go into battle and charge, which actually forced him, the teacher Kong Hanyou, to go into battle and attack the system with all his might.

He doesn't give it his all.

Dong Xianliang went up together, and was besieged by the officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he would immediately become a victim.

"Half a month, break the year-old system? Why is the emperor in such a hurry? ”

Dong Xianliang was puzzled.

Just quarreling, it will be more than half a month.

It must be extremely difficult to get fruitful results.

"It's not a matter of making trouble on the day of the Lantern Festival.

On that day, the emperor and I and other ministers of the three princes and nine ministers observed the people's feelings in the smoke and rain painting boat, and overheard the arrogant words of the princes and the Xiongnu envoy Yi Pheasant, and the emperor was annoyed.

The princes and the Xiongnu are the two major disasters inside and outside my Great Chu. The emperor has long wanted to get rid of it, but he hesitated before, but this time he made up his mind! ”

Kong Hanyou remembered the situation that day, and he was also a little helpless.

"But, if you go outside, you must first settle inside.

Before fighting the Xiongnu, the princes must be eliminated to prevent the change of henchmen.

This group of princes occupies nearly half of my territory, money and food, and holds heavy troops. Once there is a change in the world, they will definitely attack in groups.

Cutting out the princes and kings, this is an earth-shaking event of the Great Chu Dynasty. The mobilization of troops is not only hundreds of thousands, but also countless amounts of money and food.

But most of the officials in this court are Huang Lao's officials.

From Prime Minister Xie, Vice Minister Wang, to Jiuqing bureaucrats, they all pay attention to recuperation and recuperation, and govern by doing nothing, advocating that more things are better than less things, and it is better to be fine.

Who will support a war?

You don't have to think about it, the courtiers definitely don't support it, and even oppose cutting out the princes and kings.

The emperor made up his mind.

Then the old Huang official in the court must move.

And the 'year-old system' is undoubtedly the best breakthrough! Tear a hole in the year, change a new group of officials into the court, and change a group of courtiers who support cutting out the princes and kings to come in. ”

Kong Hanyou said lightly.

Dong Xianliang listened carefully, silently.

Abolish the annual lift.

This is what the teacher, him, Chao Fangzheng, and the Confucian scholars in the world have been longing for all these years.

The 100 places raised every year are in the hands of the gate lords, nobles and county guards from all over the country, and they have the right to recommend the lifters, and the lifters are almost all a group of high-ranking scholars and related households.

Under this system, how many low-level Confucian scholars can enter the court?

At present, most of the Confucian officials in the imperial court are almost concentrated in the Yushitai, and under the protection of the imperial historian Kong Hanyou, they have very little power.

And the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Taiwei Mansion, all the officials of the Gate Lords and Nobles, control almost all the authority from the central government of Great Chu to the local counties and counties.

Without a large number of Confucian officials, how can we talk about the great revival of Confucianism?!

The emperor was interested in implementing a new policy, breaking the seniority system and abolishing the privilege of selecting people from the faction of the lords and nobles.

With the new selection system, a group of outstanding Confucian students from the middle and lower levels will be promoted.

Confucian officials naturally fully supported the New Deal.

"Break the year, establish a new system! ... This is the great change of the millennium. It is of great benefit to the Great Chu Dynasty. The disciple should be sparse and bluntly talk about the pros and cons!

The disciple's personal honor and disgrace do not need to be cared too much about. ”

Dong Xianliang's eyes showed a resolute light and he arched his hand.

Kong Hanyou looked at the determined Dong Xianliang, bowed his head slightly, and said approvingly: "Then go all out." Leave a way back for the teacher to help you! ”

"That's right, Master. The "Da Chu Di Newspaper" run by Xiao Duan Hou, the disciples carefully read it and found that this Di Di newspaper was wonderful.

Teacher, do we want to pull Xiao Duhou into my Confucian faction? To be a little faint marquis, it is like a general! It must be much easier to break through the year-old system. ”

Dong Xianliang arched his hand and proposed.

"Xiao Duhou, this Jinling Da Xuan, was born in the Duhou Mansion, he is not a Confucian student, nor a gate valve, not a nobleman, but the bloodline of a remnant of the previous dynasty.

If he is not of my kind, his heart will be different, who knows what he wants to do in the end?

This person's various behaviors, papermaking, newspapers, everything, and ideas are even more imaginative, unpredictable, and unpredictable.

Papermaking is naturally of great benefit to culture. The teacher also praised him for this move.

However, Wei Shi never regarded him as a fellow party of the Confucian school.

Don't say that we Confucianism and Gate Lords don't want this person with impure blood.

Even the emperor has long been wary of the Dull Marquis's Mansion, and it is really a wise move to beat him into a son-in-law and make the Dull Marquis completely unable to turn over. ”

Kong Hanyou shook his head and said, "You and Xiao Duhou are in the same palace, and they have some private friendships, which is nothing."

You can even take advantage of him.

But don't treat Xiao Duhou as a fellow party! He is not a Confucian scholar in the world.

It is the principle of heaven that the party is the same and the party is different.

In my Confucian sect, if a spy is mixed in, it will be easy to be attacked from within. ”

"Yes!"

Dong Xianliang was stunned for a moment, and his heart was extremely entangled.

He admires Xiao Duhou very much, full of talent, and can't hide it.

Xiao Duhou's combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and he is excluded from the Confucian sect... Alas, God knows what will happen. If the little faint marquis attacked the Confucian sect, wouldn't he regret it?

"If you think you can use his power, it doesn't hurt to use it. ... But you must have a string in your heart, beware! ”

Kong Hanyou comforted.

He was worried that his honest apprentice had too few flowers and intestines in his stomach. was sold by Xiao Duhou, and he also helped others count the money.