Jia Xu also maintained an eerie silence.

After all, this political upheaval is not only a test for Gongsun Xun, nor is it only a test for Jing'an's envoy Xizhong, who has not been silent or faceless, but also an important test for him Jia Xu, because he is the prime minister.

The prime minister of Yan is really not a decoration, and after being in this position, Jia Wenhe really felt what is called the authority of the world...... Especially after Gongsun Xun returned to Huiye from Wangwushan this year, he basically did not interfere in the operation of various government agencies on a large scale, and when the de facto 'imperial power' chose to be preferential to the bureaucracy, certain things will naturally become taken for granted.

Ten years ago, Jia Wenhe, who was still a third-prince official, must have never imagined that he would one day be able to decide on the appointment and dismissal of most of the world's imperial court officials, that he could arrange and place the storage materials of more than a dozen states, and that he could go twice a year to select young talents from the entire empire.

This is the culmination of life that any scholar really desires, and Jia Wenhe is no exception...... Even he cherished this opportunity even more, because he never thought that he would come to this position, and no one thought that he would come to this position.

In this regard, he was extremely grateful for Gongsun Xun's promotion, but he especially wanted to do things well.

As for Lu Fan's near-destined return next year, Jia Xu has a strong desire to draw a perfect end to his tenure as prime minister this year...... Speaking of which, the punctuation marks that have been handed down all over the world from the time of the Xiping Stone Scripture seem to be made by the lord in front of him.

And in this case, when the lord is about to reach the peak of his life, how will he deal with this political tide that is wonderful at the time?

Jia Xu has actually thought about it, if the de facto supreme of the world needs his own prime minister to be responsible or deal with it, then he has nothing to say...... Anyway, I'm about to step down, anyway, my reputation is not good, anyway, everything is given by the supreme in front of me, it's just a little pity!

"Wen He's meaning is already known."

Gongsun Xun, who had watched the sunset for a long time, suddenly turned around, but smiled at his prime minister. "Don't worry, this matter will be handled by yourself! You are the prime minister of a country, spring planting and autumn harvest, personnel and military affairs, Qiankun operation, and yin and yang reconciliation all depend on you...... Go back in peace. ”

Jia Xu woke up to something almost instantly, and his person was slightly stunned at first, then took a few steps back, and paid homage in the pavilion, and then said goodbye.

After the prime minister left, many righteous servants and clerks instinctively smelled a trace of a serious atmosphere, and sure enough, Gongsun Xun continued to look away, but said casually:

"Call Jizhou Mu Dong Gongren to come here!"

Sima Yi, who was standing in front of the door, jumped in his heart, but he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately went out with Ma Dai to bow his head and say yes, and immediately, he hurriedly summoned Dong Zhao from the officer.

At this time, it was already evening and sunset, and it was naturally dark when the news reached Dong Zhao.

In fact, Yi Cong basically divided the soldiers into two ways, one side went to the state pastoral temple within the scope of Tongquetai to find people, and the other side went to Dong Zhao's mansion near Tongquetai to block people, and finally found the other party in front of the mansion. By this time, it was completely dark.

But the more this is the case, the more Dong Gongren dares not slack off, and there is even a hint of joy...... On the one hand, he is a man of great talent and good civil strategy, but on the other hand, he has never shy away from seeking high positions, and has always been despised by upright people.

But Dong Zhao doesn't care, what he cares about the most is that as the first generation of heroes of the founding of the country, many times the traditional officialdom promotion methods are useless, everyone has to talk about seniority and merit...... and the so-called 'Holy Dependents'. And he came to this point later, as if he had such a little bit of confidence at the level of the first three phases of the seven phases, and he was also acting as an acting officer, but there were Cheng Yu, Xun You, Zhong Xuan, and two outstanding candidates such as the Gongsun clan behind him, which was even more uncomfortable.

And now that Gongsun Xun summoned him regardless of the darkness, he has always been insightful about the political situation, so he naturally immediately had a guess in his heart and was overjoyed...... As an official, the prime minister has to keep up with the pace of his superiors, and he is willing to do this.

"There's something I want to ask Gongren to do." At the beginning of the lanterns, Gongsun Xun stood silent in the cabinet, and waited until Dong Zhao arrived before turning back, but he only explained in a few words. "Soon, in mid-September, Yexia University will be going to shoot again, and you also know that replacing the probation system with a vague name examination is the fundamental policy of Yan State...... Anyone, regardless of place of origin or background, can enter the university as long as he can pass the entrance examination, and can participate in the twice-a-year shooting course during the university period if he can pass the daily basic subject assessment, and become an official or official...... To do this, what you want is to get rid of the influence of false names as much as possible, and get rid of the bonus of family background! Right? ”

"Yes!" Dong Zhao bowed his head cautiously and listened more and more carefully.

But now I heard that there is such a group of people, both young students from Yexia University, and scholars from Yexia University, who are originally a group of young talents, but they are not at ease with their studies...... What's more, his generation often gathers in the prosperous area between Yecheng and Tongquetai, drinks and has fun all day long, and points out the country, saying that the policy of the DPRK and China is not good, and that the official is not virtuous...... That's fine, young scholar, what do you mean if you don't talk about this? But they still imitated the situation of the previous Emperor Ling, held regular gatherings, commented on the young scholars, saying that this person was the first in Hanoi and the second in Xuzhou, and once again advocated family background and filial piety, and used them to denigrate the exam, and attacked the students from humble backgrounds, can this wind rise? Gongsun Xun suddenly raised his voice and asked again. As the chief official of Jizhou, do you know that there is such a thing? ”

The candle-lit cabinet was silent for a while, and many clerks and righteous servants had not seen Gongsun Xun speak in this tone for a long time.

However, the questioned party did not care, on the contrary, Dong Gongren completely understood in his heart, but immediately bowed his head and said:

"As far as the minister knows, there is such a group of people."

"Come on." Gongsun Xun, who had been standing for an afternoon, finally returned to his seat with his hands down.

"Back to Your Highness," Dong Zhao turned around and talked eloquently. "At the beginning, most of them were young people from the Central Plains and the new land of Lianghuai, and many of them had already been out of office before, but because they were descended, and some of their students passed the scientific examination and entered the office, they went south to replace them...... Oh, there are also some people who were originally in the Chang'an court, and they are also similar, so they have to come here one after another, trying to find a way out in Yexia. Then I didn't learn well, or I didn't adapt to the teaching materials of Yexia, and it was difficult to go out again, so I became resentful and began to gather all things, just because I was famous, so it attracted the participation of many Yexia students. ”

"This is similar to the Sanfu at the beginning of the year, and the Sanfu locals denounced the dogskin hat in Youzhou." Gongsun Xun suddenly laughed.

"Your Highness is right." Dong Gongren continued to talk eloquently. Although Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande also imitated His Royal Highness's new policy, they only focused on the present, and slightly ignored the long-term strategy for the future...... Especially in terms of employing people, the so-called scientific research is basically an empty shelf, and in essence, it still relies on the recommendation of relatives and friends. For example, Cao Mengde deliberately used a cold door, and Liu Xuande didn't care about his background, but it still depends on personal chance. Therefore, these people came here to do this, at the beginning, they essentially ran into a wall, or because His Highness did not use them, so they could not help but have a resentful heart, and hoped to get the attention of the dignitaries and even His Highness himself. ”

"Lonely, I'm really paying attention." Gongsun Xun bowed his head slowly, and didn't seem to say anything. "Actually, it's human nature, and everyone will have resentment, so I shouldn't pay too much attention to it. It's just that why can these people stay in Yexia for so long? Why do they really form public opinion? Why are some of your officials influenced by them? As the uncle of a state, you must be responsible for these things! Figure out what's going on, and then report back to you. ”

"Dereliction of duty!" Dong Zhao's heart became more and more awake, and he responded again and again. "Please ask Your Highness and the minister for a few days, and the minister promises to investigate this matter before the shooting department takes action this autumn! Explain to His Highness and the world! ”

"Go ahead." Gongsun Xun's voice was particularly ethereal.

In this way, after summoning Dong Zhao, Sun Xun, the Duke of Yan, did not delay any longer, but immediately disbanded the cabinet, and went directly back to the direction of the Yan Gong's mansion located on the Tongque Terrace in the rear.

The rest of the people didn't mention it, but said that Sima Yi returned to the official mansion located on the east side of Tongquetai, and sat under the porch for a long time without even changing his clothes, hesitating in his heart...... And after a while, he sighed, but got up again, changed into regular clothes, and hurried out.

In other words, Yecheng was originally a famous city and ancient capital of Hebei, and it was the essence of Hebei, but after Gongsun Xun defeated Yuan Shao and regarded this place as his capital, it was even more prosperous. As for the construction of Tongquetai, it was unexpected, and did not cause economic damage in the traditional sense as imagined, but indirectly expanded the scope of the city and shaped a new prosperous area of Yexia - Tongquetai is located more than ten miles southwest of Yecheng, built along the Zhangshui, surrounded by a large number of forbidden army barracks, official temples, Keju fields, racecourses, official residences, official dormitories, as well as freight and passenger terminals, and the south of Yecheng City has specially built a low-cost public housing rented to Yexia students, Then the two areas will naturally be connected along the road with teahouses, taverns, inns, etc., and form a whole with the already prosperous Yexia!

At this time, it was just evening, it was still early from Jingjie, and even because it had just finished the day's work, it was a good time for the officials, dignitaries, and some scholars to meet for a party...... Naturally, this area is bustling with activity.

As for Sima Yi, who walked in it, although he was only dressed in regular clothes, he was young and had an extraordinary temperament, and his military career made him walk like a tiger, with a straight waist, and his body was not luxurious, but it was enough to reflect the economic level of Liaojin regular clothes and jade pendants, as well as a ritual knife that never let go, which was particularly brilliant...... Along the way, I don't know how many official ladies looked forward to their lives, and some even boldly asked for their names.

But Sima Zhongda had something in his heart, and it was difficult to see the prosperity at all, so he hurriedly walked non-stop, left and right, and finally came to a mansion of extremely high specifications, only to stop for a while, and after hesitating for a long time, he stepped forward to sign up for a meeting.

The owner of the mansion did not hesitate and invited him in.

In this way, Sima Yi transferred to the back hall of this family, entered the hall, and saw that the other party was indeed correct, and there were no idle people around, so he knelt directly on the ground, ready to pay homage to the other party with the old gifts that were not very popular, and said 'Uncle Fang help'!

Under the candlelight, Dong Zhao, who was dark and fat, laughed for a while, but he didn't help the other party, but directly picked up a cup of tea in the Taiwei chair, took a sip before smiling at each other: "Which play is Sima Hujun?" Is there an allusion play in the recently built theater? It's the one that the Queen Mother has been going to see recently...... Hurry up and get up, you are a dignified and righteous protector, although your official position is low, but it is a private person of Your Highness, except for our Yan Gong himself, no one else can stand your solemn salute. ”

Just over half of a set of rituals, Sima Yi was embarrassed, but he had to get up in embarrassment, and stood in the hall and continued to give up: "Yi is presumptuous, but he really lost his mind, so he can only come to ask Uncle Fang for advice." ”

"Just say it!" Dong Zhao calmly accepted the other party's gift this time, and then didn't care. "You are a dignified white horse and a righteous servant, and you just came to ask for advice, who will not give you a face?"

Sima Yi sighed, and finally told the truth: "Don't hide it from Dong Gong, my brother Sima Fu is young and ignorant, and he said before that he gathered between Tongquetai and Yecheng, and if Zang is a person, I'm afraid he will be indispensable......"

Dong Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help staring at the other party with a strange gaze.

Sima Yi was even more embarrassed, and once again bowed his hands to each other earnestly: "Dong Gong, after the kid goes back, he thinks about it, it's really embarrassing, not because of how his brother will be disposed of, but because of how to hold on to his own ...... At first, the boy wanted to pretend that he hadn't heard anything in the cabinet today, and let him be disposed of and arrested, as a sign of loyalty; But after thinking about it, I was worried that this move was a bit self-inflicted, obviously I heard it, what kind of character is Yan Gong, how can I not be clear? Will you think that the kid is too pretentious, or even a little cold? ”

Dong Gongren, who had a dark face, held a tea bowl with a strange style and remained silent for a long time, while Sima Yi stood with his hands tied and respectful.

The latter saw clearly, the tea bowl in the other party's hand was recently specially rewarded by Tongquetai, only the seven phases and the rest of the few dozen people have this blessing to use, it is a special product somewhere in the Central Plains, and was specially given a special and valuable pottery named white porcelain by the Empress Dowager Gongsun of Yan (the white porcelain unearthed in Cao Cao's tomb has advanced the history of Chinese white porcelain by hundreds of years).

"Zhongda." The chubby Dong Zhao put down the white porcelain tea bowl and sighed. "Tell me the truth, what the hell are you trying to ask? You have been following our Yan Gong for so long, don't you understand that His Royal Highness is actually a person who talks about human nature? Whether you pretend to ignore it, or take your brother to intercede or surrender tomorrow, will Your Highness really criticize you? In my opinion, you're either telling the truth or getting out! ”

Sima Yi was sweating profusely, and his embarrassment became more and more obvious, but he finally gritted his teeth and told the truth: "Don't hide it from Dong Gong, I don't know how serious this matter is?" Obviously, he was talking about the Jing'antai incident, the Liaoxi earthquake, and the Han Emperor in the south. Even in the evening today, Prime Minister Jia Gong clearly had the intention of going to his post to explain the matter, but why did Yan Gong reassure him so easily, but just let Dong Gong pass, and then solemnly confessed such a small case? It is inappropriate for a few scholars to talk about the characters, but what does it have to do with the inheritance of the mandate of heaven? ”

"Little case, I don't know if you really don't understand it or fake it...... Sit down. Dong Zhao said with emotion. Where has this kind of case been small since ancient times? Wasn't the disaster of the two party failures quite a small case at the beginning? ”

Sima Zhongda, who had just landed on the ground, was so frightened that he immediately stood up again.

"Sit." Dong Gongren held a white porcelain teacup and said disapprovingly under the candlelight. "Not to that extent...... The two disasters of the party, to put it bluntly, were the Han family without prestige, and the second emperor Huan Ling had no choice but to use such a crude strategy to suppress the world, and the founding king, how high is the prestige? Gaozu and Shizu annexed the princes of the opposite sex, the other suppressed the Hebei Haoqiang, and even suppressed the nobles of the six countries after the first emperor and the Six Kingdoms, isn't it a similar thing? But he didn't say where there was a mess, and no one said what the disaster was. ”

"But...... But listening to Uncle Fang's meaning, what are the similarities between this case and the matter of the party? Sima Yi, who sat back down, was so shocked that his heart couldn't stop.

"It's nature." Dong Zhao is still calm. "But you really don't need to be shocked, you must know that the most important thing in so-called politics is personnel, and it is to keep up with the pace...... The Second Emperor Huan Ling, especially the party of Emperor Ling, although they also fought for the right to personnel, the fundamental reason for fighting was to make themselves comfortable; And our Yan Gong has his own political ideals, his own plans, and his own ideas, and he is so that his own ideas of governance can be unimpeded! ”

Sima Yi bowed slightly, as if he thought of the words of his own Yan Gong at the foot of Wangwu Mountain in Hedong.

"And let me ask you again, who are the subordinates that the Second Emperor Huan Ling used to seize personnel? It's just a eunuch! Who is being excluded? And what about our Yan Gong? Just when Sima Yi lost his mind, Dong Zhao couldn't ask again and again.

"Yes......" Sima Yi came back to his senses, instinctively wanted to answer, but he couldn't speak, and then his face turned red and he lost his temper for a while.

"Got it?" Dong Zhao finally laughed. "Who do you think Yan Gong thinks he is in his eyes? Are you from Hebei? Is it a relative of the Gongsun clan? Are you a student at Yexia University? Are those heroes who have followed him for many years? Neither! In the eyes of Yan Gong, his own people are people who can adhere to his law, maintain and help promote his new policy, and improve the world from the root! With your position on Yan Gong's side, you should have heard some of our Yan Gong's own statements a long time ago, right? But why don't you believe it? ”

Sima Yi looked flustered.

"Yan Gong's ambition may still be a little foggy to others, but for you and me, has he ever covered it up? Yan Gong has a complete set of governance strategies in his heart, that is, while ending the war, he will eliminate the clan and the strong through Dutian and Juntian, establish a small household from a poor family, and enter the world with the imperial examination! Dong Zhao's dark and fat face became more and more smiling. And Yan Gong's bearing is beyond the selfishness of one family and one surname! ”

“……”

"For example, the abuse of Jing'antai, that is, Yan Gong's reprimanding of Guo Jia, is it really Guo Fengxiao's fall from grace? No! A cool breeze came out, Dong Zhao suddenly got up, walked out with his head held high, stood on the porch, and then kept talking. The so-called reprimand of Guo Fengxiao is just that his actions are indeed a bit violated, but it is just that he killed Lu Bu willfully before, so it is not good to reprimand. As for some people who say that Guo Fengxiao really hated His Highness, it was because he was too eager and would rather walk a few steps slower than contradict His Highness's biased approach...... This is even more nonsense. ”

"Our Highness understands in his heart that Guo Fengxiao is in that position, and the intention of this move is good, it is to unify the world as soon as possible. Moreover, the chaos in Shudi, seeing that individuals are all blinded by power, also shows that after a long war, people's hearts will indeed be lost. In other words, Yan Gong knows better than anyone else that Guo Fengxiao and him are essentially working together, and they are not dissidents, they are not harmonious, he can tolerate them! I'm afraid that Guo Fengxiao also understands this truth, so he will be so indulgent! ”

"But some people don't understand that!"

Sima Yi instinctively swallowed his saliva.

"These people, some of them are newly surrendered scholars from the Central Plains, some are from wealthy families in Hebei who have been with Yangong for a long time, some are for officials, and some are purely dissatisfied with the new policy...... But there is one common shortcoming, that is, short-sightedness and selfishness! These people always think that in the eyes of Yan Gong, the so-called trend of the world's Yi Ding, with Yan overturning the Han Dynasty, Gongsun ascending the throne and becoming the emperor is the biggest thing in the world...... This is called the heart of a villain, the belly of a hero! Unlike me, I knew that this Yan Gong was a hero more than ten years ago, so I had never made such a ridiculous mistake! ”

Sima Yi was already pale.

So, when these villains saw the fall of Yizhou in March, the general trend of the world was irreversible, and they did not hesitate! They thought that they were scholars and could grasp public opinion, so they took the opportunity to make noise, chattered endlessly, and used the theory of destiny and the prestige of virtue to make noise, just trying to seize this God-given opportunity and make an exchange with Yan Gong...... Believe it or not, if Yan Gong gives them official work and slows down the new policy a little, they will immediately turn around and advocate Yan Gong's sanctity! Urge Yan Gong to ascend the throne as soon as possible and become the emperor as soon as possible! Replace Liu with grandchildren as soon as possible! Cover the Han with Yan as soon as possible! ”

"Zhongda, do you say that these people's behavior is like some rogue monks and even rogue beggars in the Luoyang market in the past, seeing others getting married, building new houses, and opening new shops, they come to the door and say that this is unlucky, that is not suitable, and when others give money, they will immediately be lucky?"

Speaking of this, the black and fat Dong Zhao turned to look at Sima Zhongda, whose hands were trembling, and his smile was uncontrollable, almost out of breath.

"But what a pity! What this group of scoundrels didn't know was that Yan Gong didn't care about this at all! He cares precisely about what those people are dissatisfied with! It's a pity Zhongda, you have a great future, why do you have a stupid brother who likes to follow others as a beggar? You have eight brothers, what does this make Yan Gong think of your brothers in the future? ”

Sima Zhongda wanted to get up, but he only felt that his legs were weak.

In September, the order belongs to the third autumn, and the autumn tiger is still a little sultry during the day, and it suddenly cools down at night. And just when Dong Zhao was teaching Sima Yi his most precious life experience, on the Tongque Terrace, Sun Xun, the Duke of Yan, who had already known about it through the secret report of Jing'an Taiwan, did not care at all, but instead held a white porcelain cup, stood on a slightly short lookout, and looked at the lights of the ten thousand homes under the Tongque Terrace in the distance.

"Father."

At this moment, Gongsun Li, the eldest daughter of Duke Yan, suddenly appeared, and brought a new pot of warm tea for her father. "It's so late, what is my father watching?"

"I'm looking at the world." Gongsun Xun took the tea and took a sip, turned his head slightly and replied with a smile. "Your lord's world!"

———I'm the shameless dividing line———

"If Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang, and Wang Cang enter later, everyone at the time said: Sima Yi inherits Dong Zhao's talent and virtue, and Jia Xu's self-denial; Zhuge Liang Xing Lu Fan's recovery, Wang Xiu's loyalty, Xun You's meticulousness; Only Wang Cang only got the literature of Wang Xiang. —"The World Speaks New Words". Appreciation

PS: It's raining in Beijing...... Let's also lie down at night and listen to the wind and rain, and the Iron Horse Binghe is in a dream.