At this moment, Lu Zhen replied that it was a good thing that the Prince's Economic Bureau could choose young wise men to enter, but the minister felt that there should still be an assessment process.

The emperor said yes, then Lu Jiu you will take the entrance examination, the young talents among the Beijing officials, regardless of whether they are from Jinshi or not, as long as they can understand the history of the classics, they will have the opportunity to enter the Economic Bureau of the Prince Division.

In addition, in order to show fairness, I asked the Hanlin scholar Wei Zhiyi to review.

That night, it happened that Wei Zhiyi, who was downright, rode a horse and came to his father-in-law's house with his wife as a guest, Du Huangsheng's tone was very unfriendly, and he openly criticized Wei Zhiyi:

"What you have in Hanyuan is Wang Yan's edict, don't get involved in other aspects except work, especially the affairs of the East Palace, this is Your Majesty's family matter, which is changing rapidly, and if you are not careful, you will be in danger of overturning."

Wei Zhiyi was not convinced, so he explained to his father-in-law: "Master Hanlin was already by the side of the Holy Lord, extremely close, it was the Holy Lord who asked the son-in-law first, and the Holy Lord of Yanying Hall asked the Prime Minister to govern, which shows that in terms of the prince's studies, the Holy Lord did not regard it as a family matter, but as a major event in the world. ”

"Haven't you been very close to Hanlin Edict Wang Shuwen and Wang Ling recently? The reason why the second king is close to you is just to win over Gao Weigong, who is close to you, and me, and the Holy Lord openly asked the prime minister about this matter in the Yanying Palace, in fact, he was also watching my reaction. ”

Wei Zhiyi was a little surprised at this time.

Because he colluded with the prince and Wang Shuwen in private, Liu Yuxi was bound to win over, not only because Liu Yuxi himself was talented and learned, but also because of the close relationship between his family and Du You and Quan Deyu, so he wanted Liu Yuxi to join the Economic Bureau.

Just when Wei Zhiyi was silent, Du Huangshang persuaded his son-in-law: "This country belongs to the crown prince, and he waits with peace of mind, if he does things too obviously and acts too impatiently, it will provoke a backlash and backfire." ”

"The prince really just wants to be virtuous before he presides over the banquet in the East Palace." Wei Zhiyi didn't change his tune.

Du Huangshang sighed, and then pointed out a path for his son-in-law: This temporary election has to be very powerful, but the final candidates must be very few, and the Holy Lord must be satisfied and at ease, do you understand?

Wei Zhiyi suddenly realized that he thanked his father-in-law.

"No thanks, you are young, you have to be appreciated by Gao Weigong, all the way is super beautiful, from Xingyuan Chixian Nanzheng Ling, and now you are a bachelor of Hanlin Chengzhi, in less than five years, maybe you will be able to enter the middle school under the door of Pingzhang, but this will also develop your frivolous character, you have to ......do it yourself in the future" Then Du Huangshang lowered his voice, which was considered to be a confession to his son-in-law, "Why is Gao Weigong not suspicious of the Holy Lord?" It is because he is camping, training, and fighting, and he has come up step by step, and he is a real man, and the Holy Lord and the world cannot do without him. Like you, all the way up the noble and noble, successive beautiful positions, although it is easy to be favored, but after all, he is just a scribe, the court will kill you if it wants to kill you one day, and it will flow you if it wants to flow you, but there is room for return? Yang Yan is a lesson from the past! ”

Wei Zhiyi was shocked when he said it......

Du Huangsheng's admonition was out of kindness, and his son-in-law Wei Zhiyi then really listened to his father-in-law's good words.

But who would have thought that in the end, the situation would develop out of shape, which was unexpected.

Although the school book of the Prince Division Economic Bureau is only the ninth grade, because of the particularity of its status, it has suddenly become the focus of fierce competition among the children of the capital.

For example, Pei Yanling desperately wants his son Pei Cao to get this official position.

But when he knew that it was Lu Zhen who was the main director, he was immediately discouraged.

However, the reason why Pei Yanling is Pei Yanling is that he is unforgiving.

He simply thickened his cheeks and wrote a letter directly to Lu Zhen, with a sad tone, saying that his son Pei Cao is indeed talented, and our family is also famous for being proficient in scripture and history (after all, Pei Yanling has annotated historical records, known as Xiao Pei Bachelor), this child is still a bit of a family education, and I respect you for presiding over the tribute and election for several years, and has always been known for being upright, and I will not give up my talents due to personal grievances - of course, I am not saying that my son must be selected, but I am sincerely afraid to write to you, hoping to get a fair answer.

Lu Zhen quickly replied, and his reply to Pei Yanling was very straightforward, saying that if he passed the assessment, Pei Cao was really talented and learned, and he would inevitably take him.

In fact, the reason why Lu Zhen is like this is that he listened to Gao Yue's advice before leaving Beijing: For people like Pei Yanling, give him some face appropriately, don't stimulate him too much, and engage in some tricks that are charming.

And after the treacherous Pei Yanling got Lu Zhen's reply, he privately preached it everywhere, showing gratitude, saying that Lu Menlang was really magnanimous, and he was the heart of a villain and the belly of a gentleman, but in fact he was building momentum, and the subtext was: If Lu Zhen really cares about his reputation, he should take my family's Pei Cao.

Soon, Lu Zhen personally came to the Nancao Academy of the Ministry of Officials to preside over the examination.

This time the competition was fierce.

Not only Liu Yuxi and Cui Qun, who have just made a name for themselves in Jinghua, are here.

And Pei Cao, who is quite educated, and Gao Ding, the son of Gao Ying, who just went to Ziqing to set two taxes, also participated.

Gao Ding's study of scriptures is very profound, and it is said that he read the Book of Scriptures at the age of seven. Tang Oath", once asked his father, "Why do you want to be a minister?" (Why did Shang Tang, as a vassal of Xia, fight the lord so righteously?) ）

Gao Ying imitated Mencius's theory and replied to his son, "Heaven should be in favor of people, not wrong." ”

Ordinary children stop here, but Gao Ding pointed to "Shangshu. "Willing to swear" said: "Reward the ancestors with your life, and don't kill the society with your life, is it obedient?" (In this oath, it is said that those who are willing to follow me to Shangtang to the summer will receive the reward before the ancestral gods; If you don't want to, you will kill it in front of the gods, since your father said that Vaxia is in response to the call of the people, then how can there be people who are unwilling to serve? If some people are unwilling, and want to coerce them to be willing by killing, then what is the pretense of saying that they should be obedient? So father, you are a little preconceived and lack of your own questioning thinking! ）

Gao Ying was dumbfounded and couldn't answer (this question is much more difficult than a child asking Sun Wukong how many goblin girlfriends he has).

And in this exam, Lu Zhen's questions were also shocking.

"What can be deleted from the three rites (weekly rites, rituals, and rituals)? What can be abolished in the three transmissions (Spring and Autumn Zuo's biography, the ram biography, and the Guliang biography)? The Mo family is not happy, what is its etiquette? Confucianism commissioned, should this be said? ”

Openly asked which Confucian classics could be deleted, and openly questioned the appropriateness of Confucius's remarks.

The appearance of this kind of test question actually echoes the era of great change that is about to come—the anxious suspicion caused by the perception that the old classics cannot save the world, as well as the fear and expectation of a new direction in the future, have been reflected from people's latent thoughts to the shooting strategies of the court.

The young people who should be lifted are splashing ink and beaming.

Then Lu Zhen carefully judged and thought that there could be three people in the prince's scripture book:

Liu Yuxi, Pei Cao, Gao Ding.

When the list of these three was sent to Wei Zhiyi, Wei was scratching his ears and cheeks, and it was difficult to decide.

If you take all of them, it will make the prince suspicious of inviting people to buy people's hearts, and it is likely that the emperor will be suspicious.

Take two to one, it's not appropriate.

It's better to listen to your father-in-law, and it's best to take one and two.