Yankang 2nd year, June

Once again, the day of the assessment, scholars from all over the country have come to Luoyang, this time the assessment, is the first examination of the Yankang year, at the same time, according to the list, this time, is also the largest assessment, because the number of students participating in the assessment is more than 80,000, you know, this number, is very amazing, the first assessment of the year of Xiaokang, but only a few thousand people participated.

Today's number is ten times that of forty years ago, of course, this can also be seen that in the past forty years, the temple has attached great importance to teaching, established the stone scriptures, established official schools, revitalized the school, especially the emergence of printing, so that the number of scholars in the world has increased exponentially, these scholars, sometimes it will be very annoying, because they are always easy to be agitated, standing on some opposites, often looking for the temple to blame, it is also them.

However, their number is really related to the strength of the world, there are more scholars, there will be more virtuous people, the so-called virtuous talents, it is the outstanding scholars, even if they are not in the temple as officials, ruling the world, they can always play a great role, whether it is writing books or educating people, the style of the world, it can be said that it is from this also, the goal of Emperor Xiaokang's life's struggle, seems to have been achieved in the year of Yankang.

The assessment field that was converted from a school field in the past is no longer enough to accommodate so many scholars to participate in the assessment.

When Liu Bei arrived at the Houde Palace, he was a little excited, Liu Xi had been waiting for him for a long time, and when he saw Liu Bei come in, Liu Xi called him an adult, smiled, and pulled Liu Bei to sit down, this is to treat him with the courtesy of an elder, Liu Bei was shocked, and hurriedly bowed in front of Liu Xi, lowered his body, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, although the minister is a clan, but the courtesy of the monarch and the minister is the first, and the minister will never dare to accept such a big gift from Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Xi shook his head and said, "Liu Gong is the younger brother of Emperor Xiaokang, and now he is going to be the third duke, how dare I be rude?" Liu Bei was indeed frightened, and hurriedly avoided the great gift of the Son of Heaven and said: "Your Majesty, no, how dare the minister receive such a great gift from Your Majesty??? It can be seen that Liu Bei was indeed frightened.

Seeing Liu Bei like this, Liu Xi said with a smile: "Temple, I and you are monarchs and ministers, but in private, the prince is my elder..."

The more Liu Xi saluted Liu Bei, the more restless Liu Bei became, sitting in front of Liu Xi, Liu Bei bowed his head, the two exchanged pleasantries for a long time, and then Liu Xi said: "I intend to worship Liu Gong as a commonplace, in the future, this temple matter, I want Liu Gong to support more...", listening to Liu Xi's words, Liu Bei said: "Your Majesty, the minister has no talent and virtue, and he does not dare to hold such an important position." ”

"Hey, don't be so humble as Duke Liu, in this temple, apart from Duke Liu, who can hold such an important position?"

"Your Majesty's reputation, the court's capable ministers, abound...."

The two talked for a long time, Liu Bei finally took the position of Sikong, Liu Bei's face was very calm, and he couldn't see surprise or excitement, but in the face of Liu Xi's respect, he still expressed his fear, Liu Xi was very satisfied, nodded, and said: "Liu Gong, this assessment has also arrived, but today's assessment field is really unable to accommodate many candidates, and I hope that Liu Gong can find a way to build a new venue... It will be completed within a month..."

Liu Bei hurriedly received the order, lowered his head, and left the Houde Palace.

Watching him leave, Liu Xi smiled, sat in front of the case, and took out two pieces of paper from below, both of which had names written on them, one said "Liu Bei", and the lower one was a variety of records about Liu Bei's words and deeds, and the other was written "Frustration", Liu Xi squinted his eyes and tore up the paper with Frustration, it seems that there is still no need to call the Frustrated Professor who is busy with the canal....

However, the construction of this assessment place is not so easy, and the construction is completed within a month, which is quite difficult.

Liu Bei left the Houde Palace, not long after, the Son of Heaven officially worshiped him as Sikong, Liu Bei served as Sikong, which is not a surprising news for the temple, the ministers have long thought that Liu Bei may be able to hold this position, therefore, after Liu Bei officially became Liu Sikong, these ministers will have prepared gifts, have been sent to Sikong Mansion, to show him goodwill, and some people have paid attention to marrying him.

But at this time, Liu Sikong didn't have any time to check these gifts, he went out of the city early in the morning, looked around outside the city, looking for a place that could be used as an assessment site, the city of Luoyang was too noisy, and it was too crowded, this was not a qualified examination room, Liu Bei inspected a lot of places, and finally made a decision, he personally went to visit his senior brother Gongsun Zhan.

Over the years, Gongsun Zhan has been busy with military studies and doesn't care much about other things, but he has indeed taught a lot of excellent disciples, including the four subjects like Lu Meng, as well as outstanding generals such as Chen Dao, Ling Tong, Cao Xiu, Ding Feng, etc., they were all sent to the Northern Army, or the Southern Army as a low-level general, but Lu Meng rushed directly to the Southern Army as a captain.

Gongsun Chan's teaching method is different from Huangfu Song, he does not pay attention to the art of war, training the army, but pays special attention to how to save his life on the battlefield, or take his subordinates to save his life, and Gongsun Chan's generals, so they are often looked down upon by the rest, when Liu Bei came to look for him, Gongsun Chan was still busy with military studies, however, Liu Bei had a very close relationship with him, the two were both Lu Gong's subordinates, and Gongsun Chan still took time to see him.

"Meet my brother!!" , Even now as the third duke, at the moment he saw Gongsun Zhan, Liu Bei still respectfully saluted and respected, Gongsun Zhan, whose face was hideous and terrifying, now looks more and more gentle, he smiled, took Liu Bei's hand affectionately, and also accepted this worship, pulled Liu Bei and walked towards his tent, walked on the road, and said: "Xuande, just that worship, I will accept it..."

"However, in the future, I can't take it anymore, you are now the third prince, and I am just a sacrificial wine..."

Gongsun Chan said, took Liu Bei into the camp tent, the two sat facing each other, Liu Bei said with a smile: "Although I am the third duke, I dare not forget my brother's past kindness...", Gongsun Chan shook his head with a smile and said: "Those things, there is no need to mention them again... Alas, seriously, now, I don't even want to remember that time... Young and ignorant, young and ignorant..."

"In the past, I worshiped under the master's door, and everyone disdained me and often bullied me, thanks to my brother's protection, this is what I have today... Brother Dade, I dare not forget..."Liu Bei said, Gongsun Zhan looked at him, suddenly laughed, and said: "You don't know, at that time, I actually didn't have any good intentions, I just wanted to be strong in front of everyone, let them know my majesty, so that I protected him everywhere and fought against them..."

When Liu Bei heard this, he said with a smile: "Brother is sincere..."

"Anyway, what are you looking for me for?"

Liu Bei then said his purpose, Liu Bei looked for him, the purpose was very simple, he just wanted to borrow the military academy mansion as an examination room. And the students of military science can become the guards of the examination room, there is a large and huge school field, there are sufficient manpower, as the examination room, it is the most suitable, Gongsun Chan heard this, thought for a moment, did not object, nodded, and said: "Respectfully! ”

Liu Bei immediately wrote to the Son of Heaven and listed all the benefits of the Military Academy as an examination room, as for the Houde Palace.

The Son of Heaven also agreed with his approach.

When Liu Bei returned to the mansion, two weeks had passed, and in the past two weeks, he had really experienced the hardships of the third duke, this position was the most prominent, and at the same time he was responsible for the most things, Liu Bei was almost busy breaking his leg these days, but fortunately he had Shang Shutai to help, otherwise he was still busy arranging the examination room in military science at the moment, returned to the mansion, fell to sleep on the ground, he was too tired.

It wasn't until noon the next day that he woke up.

Out of the house, Liu Bei took a deep breath, looked around, couldn't help laughing, his heart was very happy, his lifelong dream, to get ahead, is now also completed, as a declining clan disciple, climbed to the current three princes, he has paid countless efforts, but today, he feels that his life's efforts seem to be worth it, from a ranger leader in Zhuo County, to the position of the current three princes, how to think, Liu Bei feels a little incredible.

Sitting in the shade of a tree, he flipped through the letters they had written to him and looked at the gifts they had sent.

With a smile on his face, most of these letters are praise and flattery to him, and the respect in his words, Liu Bei can see it at a glance, but whether they are sincere or not, Liu Bei feels very happy, read them one by one, and look through the gifts one by one, among them, a book made him a little curious, he picked up the book, this is an enlightenment book, put it in the official school, and teach young children.

Who would give themselves a book of enlightenment?

Liu Bei thought about it, slowly opened the book, and on the first page of the book, there was a page of paper.

"Liu Gong, this is a mathematical enlightenment work, the public serves as the third public, governing the world, and at this moment there is no opportunity to plagiarize and peek, so I sent the public enlightenment book, and I hope the public will read it to solve the confusion of not knowing, Xun Yu worshipped." Looking at this paper, Liu Bei seemed to remember the past, when he first participated in the assessment, he was just a young boy, he didn't know anything about mathematics, and he read Xun Yu's test paper... He couldn't help but laugh.

Picking up the pen and ink, Liu Bei wrote seriously, and after writing, he hurriedly called the slave and asked him to send things and letters to Xunfu.

"What happened back then really made me feel guilty, and after that, I was prepared to study day and night, and I didn't have to read the book of enlightenment anymore... However, Xun Gong was born in a big family, familiar with the scriptures and counting, but he did not understand the importance of agriculture and mulberry, so he returned a gift, hoping that the public could live in the temple, but he did not lose the heart of the common people. Xun Yu read Liu Bei's reply, and then looked at his return gift, it was a handful of soil, Xun Yu picked up the soil with some caution and stared at it for a long time.

Suddenly, he laughed.