The moonlight is like water, the night is quiet, the lotus leaves of the pond are spread out infinitely green, and the white and crimson lotus bones are swaying in the wind, exuding fragrance.

By the lotus pond, in the ancient pavilion, more than ten court officials, dressed in civilian clothes, were drinking and admiring the moon, discussing politics in the court.

Due to the fact that there are many guards and guards in the courtyard, this west courtyard does not allow anyone to approach, and there is no worry about being heard by outsiders.

"Lao Shangshu, in your opinion, next, how should we, the nobles in Guanzhong, gain a foothold in the court?"

Pei Ju is sixty-six years old, but his body is still healthy, and he is definitely a long man in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

He listened to Dou Liang's question, was silent for a moment, and then said solemnly: "Abandon prejudice, let go of the unhappiness between the former families, reach a consensus as soon as possible, form an alliance, and protect the few remaining interests." With the liberalization of the imperial examination, the number of people has increased, and groups of scholars from the poor have entered the court, and they will inevitably take refuge in the Hanlin Qingliu, such as Gao Shilian, Wen Yanbo, Xue Shui, Yao Silian, these great Confucianists and celebrities in the world, forming a new interest group to fight against the gate valve class, if they cannot be suppressed, it is conceivable that thirty years later, our children and grandchildren, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have the opportunity to enter the center and become political officials. ”

"It makes sense, there can be no internal friction between the big clans, otherwise, our generation has become officials, and only one child in the next generation can make up for the vacancy, but the rank and title must be three levels lower than his Lao Tzu, and when the time comes, it will be just a sesame official, and the rest of the heirs will be cut off from their careers, and they can only do business, or eat their old books, and be idle, and many families can also be corrupted." Liu Huaien also said a few words along with Pei Ju's meaning.

He is a descendant of the Liu family in Hedong, and he is not far from Liu Shu, when Liu Shu committed a capital crime, he was not involved, but he must have been disgusted by Emperor Yang, so he has not been reused.

In Li Tang Dynasty, he was a four-grade official of the Ministry of Rites, and now he is the official of the Criminal Department, from the four-grade officials, in the capital, there are still many officials above the four-grade, so he is only a middle-grade person who participates in the court meeting in front of him, and the weight is not enough, and he has always complained in his heart.

Now that the imperial court wants to open up the imperial examination, the first time is a hundred, and the second time is likely to add more, and I heard that His Majesty intends to open other subjects, as well as establish a number of academies, and select too many students, the scholar class is highly valued by the imperial court, and it is likely that the scholars from the poor family will directly rise to prominence, which is greater than their official positions, which makes the current aristocratic groups feel resistant.

His arrogance, his face, his interests, will be severely impacted.

"Please give advice to everyone, it's okay to hold together, but how to hold the law, and how to do it?" Yang Sijian asked.

Pei Ju raised his cup, took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then continued: "It's nothing more than the following points, first of all, we need to build momentum, it is best to push the old ministers of the old dynasty and the famous former dynasty back to the court, then the influence is bound to brew in the court, and there are also leaders, such as Dou Wei of the Dou family, Feng Deyi, the father of Yandao, etc., plus the old people of our Pei family, return to the center, control the overall situation, and be able to fight against the scholar group." ”

"It makes sense, the current court, although there are many children of the nobility, but the political hall, the Privy Council, and the prime ministers of the six ministries are not famous in the previous dynasty, and they are often His Majesty's cronies and supporters, and there are some young people from poor backgrounds, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Ma Zhou, Li Jing, Xu Shiji, who are these people, they are just lowly, how can they have any identity, and now they are in the prime minister, but there is nothing to do with our Guan Longxungui."

Yuan Changfu answered: "Isn't it, we should do more activities and create momentum, in Chang'an Fang, Qinglou Restaurant, if you can spread the pressure of public opinion, many old ministers abandon it, it really makes the people of the capital uneasy, bury talents, the court does not pay attention to the sage, so please public opinion, supervise the imperial history will pass the word into the palace." ”

"In the court, we also appropriately mention that we will strive for opportunities for the old-timers, reinstate the officials, and re-enter the center, and we will have a guide."

"Makes sense!"

Several people took turns to speak, with great interest, as if they had found an outlet.

Pei Ju said again: "This is only the first point, secondly, the strength of one person alone cannot reverse the emperor's order, nor can it fight against the rising scholar class, so I should take advantage of the fact that the noble and wealthy clan still has a foundation, and we should send more outstanding children in the clan to the Tai Academy, Guozijian, Hanlin Academy, etc., in these clear streams, we must also install our people, and we cannot let the future mouthpiece land be occupied by the scholar group." ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded, and their eyes focused on Pei Ju, this important minister who served the Northern Zhou Emperor, Emperor Wen, and Emperor Yang for several generations, was full of officialdom experience, and it was not false at all to become a country.

"Third, all kinds of merits, should be fought for, can not let the court, the people of the capital, all feel that the noble class is not good, the day is declining, no one comes out, young people are just walking dogs and fighting eagles, fighting in the Qinglou and being jealous, which loses competitiveness and word-of-mouth effect."

"In addition, in terms of the imperial examination, we must also be careful, temporarily poor scholars, born poor, food and clothing are problems, suffering from war, there are not a few books in hand, like a subset of scriptures and history, it is good to be able to read two or three, the conditions are poor, it is not as good as our heirs' superior reading conditions, and we should seize the quota of Jinshi."

Pei Ju said several points, all of which hit the nail on the head, from the fundamentals, to compete with the scholar class, and at the same time to seek power and career, hinder the implementation of imperial power, and so on.

At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty lost the hearts of the people, and at the same time hurt the heart of the gate valve, so he was abandoned by the gate valve Xungui group, and there was no one in the rescue of the king in various places, and Guanzhong also quickly fell to Li Yuan, there are this factors; Even Yang Guang himself died in the end in the mutiny of the Xungui military general group.

At this time, Pei Lin added on the side: "Next, I will wait to see how His Majesty is bold now, how to further regain power, and whether the various decrees can be implemented!" I heard that after the war, more than half of the warehouses of the Great Sui had been used and destroyed by the righteous army, and the money and grain of the Chang'an treasury were transported by Li Tang to the air, and most of them were consumed in the fierce battle of Jinyang. Therefore, our Dahua's treasury is almost empty, and next, how the imperial court will census the population, collect taxes, and maintain the use of troops in Jiangnan are all big things, and the role of our noble and wealthy families is still very important. ”

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