Chapter 323 Constant Selection

Yu Ren was visiting Lin'an for the first time, although he had been longing for the city for a long time.

When Jin Guo was still alive, he was placed by the Military Intelligence Bureau to lurk in Jin State, and after the Jin State was destroyed, he was not waiting for him to congratulate him on completing the task, and then he was assigned to Meng Yuan. This Northern Expedition was like a bamboo, and their meticulous efforts to infiltrate Mengyuan were indispensable, the big ones were in high-level positions like Li Rui, and the small ones were also hard labor in a certain horse farm like Yu Ren. The dragoons were able to block Meng Ge and Kublai Khan, and small people like Yu Ren contributed a lot, so this time when he came to the capital, he was sent as a representative of these unknown warriors.

This is indeed a fantastic city, industrialization has not made the city lose its own characteristics, those buildings wrapped outside the city walls, are just a layer of modern clothing, and when the train passes through these buildings into the city, in front of Yu Ren, it is still the fairy palace-like eaves and arches, between the verdant and purple Qiongtai Yuyu, even the soundproof wall separating the railway from both sides, is also built as if in a dream.

His eyes widened, and he only felt that it was worth it for his family to suffer and suffer in the Northland—didn't I sweat and bleed for my life, just to protect it all!

When the train arrived at the station, the entire train on the platform was full of guards, and when Yu Ren's eyes saw them, they all saluted in unison. When he was welcomed out of the station, Yu Ren was taken aback again, and the small square in front of the station was full of red silk flags, and many red silks were written with congratulatory words such as "success and fame" and "glory and glory". The small square was surrounded by people, and there were twenty or thirty thousand people gathered, and when they came out, the sound of the explosion was one after another, and at least five or six gong and drum teams sang a duet, and each was higher than the other. Everyone's face was full of joy, and Yu Ren's face was also red, he felt that he couldn't control his expression, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily curved up, grinning.

He felt that this moment was the most glorious moment of his life, and although he was only one of the heroes who stepped out of the train, the enthusiasm of the people made him feel that he was the center of this huge stage. Every smiling face is blessing him, and every admiring look is congratulating him.

"This life is worth it—"

The thought came to the young men of the Mathematics Hall, who were only about ten years old, and came running quickly, and two of them came to him, and hung a red silk around his neck, and a huge flower was tied to it, which made him look like a bridegroom. Yu Ren gently stroked the silk and wanted to talk to the teenagers, but the teenagers' faces were red with excitement, and the voices around him were so loud that he didn't even hear a word clearly.

The boy saluted him again, the one of the guards, which made Yu Ren stunned again, and then they ran down excitedly. Yu Ren turned his head to look around, like him, the heroes who came out of the train were all covered with silk flowers.

"In the past, only the Jinshi and the first could be praised on the streets, but now when the soldiers enter Beijing, they have to wear red and purple."

On the opposite side of the small square, there is a branch of Sanyuan Building, and a group of people in the restaurant are sitting and watching the excitement, and one of them sighs when they see such a scene.

"Didn't the official family say that the literati ruled the government for a lifetime, the warriors sacrificed for a while, the literati had a cold window for ten years, and the warriors had three years of hard training, all in order to serve the country loyally, although the people were divided into civil and military, the merits were generally the same." Another person smiled and said, "Why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Forty Prefectures." The prosperity of my great Song Dynasty martial arts, close to the Han and Tang Dynasties, the virtue of cultural governance, not inferior to Yao Shun, this is the time for my generation to show retribution. ”

"Lord and sage, if my generation is no longer ambitious, then his own family is only a little virtuous." Another humane.

These are all the Taixue students in Lin'an City, and when they see it so lively, they can't help but be enthusiastic. They studied hard in order to be a boastful official parade on the street, which is so lively today, but it does not belong to them.

"The official family wants to implement the system of honors, and now it is ready to fly, and from now on, Jinshi and the first may not have the usual scenery. Gentlemen, there is no only way to serve the country, today I see the scenery of the soldiers returning from the front, I finally understand. After I go back, I will ask the superintendent to resign and go to the ministry to report for election. ”

One of the crowd said this suddenly, then arched his hand, turned around and went down the restaurant.

The Ministry of Officials has recently introduced a new method of selecting officials, in addition to the triennial Jinshi Imperial Examination, which is the so-called "regular selection", that is, the usual selection, once every six months, organized by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, for all the scholars who have passed the township examination, the class of the examination in addition to the subset of scriptures and history, there are also various subjects of wisdom, including nature, Gewu, chemistry and some superficial knowledge of economics, it is not very difficult, generally speaking, buy a few books of wisdom, read two or three months can pass. The only thing that is a little difficult is arithmetic, which is also difficult for real readers, and since there has been an imperial examination, there has been a subject of "clear arithmetic".

With the expansion of territory, not only the Central Plains, but also millions of lands in the northeast, and countless overseas territories are in urgent need of officials. However, the triennial imperial examination was too slow to select officials, and according to the past methods, it was impossible to distinguish whether the selected person was competent or not, so this kind of frequent selection examination became the product of a compromise: it not only took care of the desire of the traditional literati for ranking, but also added wisdom to let them understand the common sense of the world.

As a new thing, the introduction of the "standing election" system was inevitably opposed, but the scholars and doctors had one more channel to get out of office, and their opposition was not very fierce, mainly concentrated in two aspects: first, the inclusion of wisdom in the scope of the examination, which discouraged many old people; The second is that the permanent elected officials are only assigned to the Central Plains, the Northeast, overseas and other new territories, so that these scholars are divided, and those who are ready to refer to it think that it should be expanded to the whole country, including rich areas such as Liangzhejiang and Liangjiang, and those who are not ready to refer to it think that even the Central Plains should not appoint permanent officials.

If the standing election system is still tinkering with the old imperial examination framework, then the honorable system has extended the authority of the imperial power held by bureaucrats and doctors to many "common people", which makes them somewhat unwilling.

No one wants to share their power with others, not even Zhao and Ju, who are traversers.

The little turmoil on the Sanyuan floor had nothing to do with Yu Ren, and he felt a little drunk in a carnival-like atmosphere, as if he was in a dream.

Li Rui also looked the same as him, although he thought that the official family might arrange a greeting, but such a big scene was still unexpected by him. Yu Ren was in the front, but he was in the back, and behind him were those who were to be sacrificed. However, there are also differences between these prisoners, Yan Shi and Shi Tianze, needless to say, staying in the prisoner car and looking at it are prisoners, and for the sake of Li Quan's face, he was temporarily released from the prisoner car. As for the mother and son who instigated Lu Heteni, they were just stared at by more Guards soldiers, and there were a few simple elementary school students, who didn't understand the situation, and even put red satin on them.

Brother Ali Buge just felt strange, but Hülegü was ashamed, and when he was about to tear off the red silk, he was stopped by his mother's stern gaze. He drew a cross on his chest, prayed silently, and led a son in one hand and followed the crowd.

In the small square, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Hong Zhikui greeted these returning heroes for the Son of Heaven, and he said a lot of things, but Yu Ren didn't listen to it at all, just kept laughing, kept laughing, and laughed so much that his own face was sour. He had no other thoughts in his head, and he felt that this life was worthwhile.

Passing through the small square of the railway station, they went to the palace, and had to pass through the Chaotian Gate on the way, where it was another ceremony, and the representative of the Son of Heaven was Zhao Shanxiang, the secretary of the military department. He is sixty-three years old this year, and although he has been back to the center for a while, he still retains some martial arts habits, and his welcome speech is more concise than Hong's speech.

"The two Shangshu greeted the Son of Heaven, it was really magnificent." After knowing the identities of these two people, Li Rui muttered, and his heart was even more happy. He knew that the last time he captured Temujin, he was a prisoner, but it was just the Ministry of Rites Shangshu who came forward.

After passing the Chaotian Gate and arriving at the palace, he realized that the greater courage was here, although the body of the Son of Heaven was not lightly moved, but the Prime Minister Cui He, the Governor Wei Liaoweng, and Zheng Qingzhi led the civil and military officials to greet them in front of the palace, and this kind of honor was unprecedented. Of course, in this case, there are many people such as the king of Goryeo, the former gold lord Wanyan Shouxu who was named the Marquis of Guiyi, and so on, they can be said to have mixed feelings in their hearts, but no one cares about this matter.

Next is the Majesty's Meeting, the feast, after all the ceremonies, Yu Ren still feels dizzy, as if he is in a dream. It wasn't until the Son of Heaven saw him and Li Rui that he came back to his senses: "I'm going to see the emperor!" ”

"Li Qing, Yu Qing, the two of you have been lurking in Mengyuan for many years, and you have worked hard...... At the beginning, there were more than 200 people like you who were sent to Mengyuan, and in the past few years, there have been 17 people who have sacrificed their lives for the country, and their names have been recorded in the Wu Temple. What Zhao and Ju said first was not a reward, but the aftermath of those who sacrificed their lives for the country: "Their heroic souls are in heaven, they will be fed, and the families who remain in the world will be taken care of, and the local officials will send pensions on time, and the children will be placed in school. ”

"Yes."

Both of them respectfully received their orders, Li Rui thought of Tang Fan, who had been in contact with him for a long time, he died unexpectedly at the last moment, Li Rui already knew the news, and he also had mixed feelings in his heart.

"You have made great contributions to the country, and I will not hesitate to reward you, so as not to hurt the hearts of the heroes of the world." Zhao Heju smiled and said: "Li Qing, you tell me first, what requirements do you have, as long as you don't violate the law, I will allow it." ”

Li Rui reined in his mind and bowed to the ground: "Your Majesty, the minister swore an oath and promised the country with his body, although he had a small merit, he should not have asked for His Majesty's reward, but the minister's uncle, although he has repeatedly made big mistakes, but please remember that he has a little merit in his old days, and he can spare him from dying, and the minister will be grateful......."

Hearing Li Rui intercede with Li Quan, Zhao Heju raised his eyebrows, Li Quan was very disgusted in his heart, not to mention the betrayal of Qin Duchu and the enemy, Wang Yu's death was closely related to him. Moreover, he didn't want to directly interfere in this matter, so he pondered for a while before saying, "Li Qing, you can change your requirements." ”

Li Rui was shocked in his heart, he was originally sixty percent sure that he could save his uncle's life, and Meng Xisheng's words on the road also increased his confidence to eighty percent, but listening to the tone of the Son of Heaven, he didn't seem to want to let Li Quan go? He knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously: "Your Majesty, the minister is a young man, raised by his uncle, because of state affairs, he has to be deceived and deceived by him, and now his uncle is willing to surrender, and the minister has been loyal to the country, and please give your majesty the opportunity to fulfill filial piety!" ”

He spoke earnestly, and Zhao and Ju pulled him up, but he refused to get up. Zhao Heju snorted: "The prince broke the law and was guilty of the same crime as the common people, and I ordered the judicial independence to avoid differences between the guilty people because of their different identities." You are you, and your uncle is your uncle, how can they be confused? ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Rui kowtowed again: "Please spare your majesty's life!" ”

"I don't have the power to spare him, but I can show you the way." Zhao Heju was helpless, sighed and said: "The merits and demerits may be saved from your uncle's death, what you have to do is to pack up the witnesses and testimony, and when the trial is held in Dali Temple, use your uncle's own merits to offset his crimes......"

"Your Majesty's kindness, the minister is grateful!"

Li Rui is a very smart person, and from Zhao Youju's words, he heard that Zhao Youju would not put pressure on Dali Temple, and he had to sentence Li Quan to death. As long as Zhao Heju does not exert pressure, then Li Rui believes that with Li Quan's contributions in resisting the Jin State and pioneering Liuqiu, coupled with the indirect contributions made in the development of the Northeast over the years, as well as the "uprising" of the city after Huining City cut off the retreat of Meng Yuan, all of which add up, should be able to redeem the credit.

Zhao Youju no longer paid attention to him, but turned to Yu Ren: "Yu Qing, what reward do you want?" ”

"Minister...... Can a minister stay in Lin'an? ”

Yu Ren put forward a request that Zhao Heju did not expect, Zhao Heju was stunned at first, and then asked him with a smile why he would live in Lin'an, Yu Ren said: "When the minister entered Lin'an, he only felt that the heavenly fairy palace was nothing more than that, the minister had been in the Jin Kingdom and Mengyuan for many years, and now the strong enemy has been destroyed, and the minister wants to rest for some time, live in this heavenly city, marry a wife and have children, and settle down." A mediocre minister, the ambition is nothing more than this, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me! ”

"How can this be regarded as a philistine's ambition, after the incident, he will go to his clothes, hide his body and fame, Yu Qing has the style of an ancient sage, how can I blame him?" Hearing that his request was so simple, Zhao Heju Wenyan comforted: "Since you have the heart to settle down, I will let the Military Intelligence Department remove you from your position, and then let the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials arrange a position for you, and stay in Lin'an." ”

These two hidden spy representatives, quite made Zhao and Ju a little emotional, their request, in fact, Zhao and Ju in their hearts are not very willing to accept, Li Rui and not say, like Yu Ren, Zhao and Ju read his files, he did a very beautiful job in Jin and Meng Yuan, and he was calm and down-to-earth, originally Zhao and Ju wanted to send him to Western Xia again. However, since he proposed to quit, there was no point in forcing him, and Zhao and Ju could also understand his perennial pressure behind enemy lines.

The two of them can play tricks and not do it, but they can't do it themselves, and they are busy with other things.