Chapter 631: Gold Mine (Part I)
?? After Liang Shicheng went back, he didn't interfere in the affairs of Chunqiu again. Follow? Dream?.. This year's "college entrance examination" of the Great Song Dynasty is countless times fairer than before, although it is impossible to completely exclude some cats, but at least those who are really talented will definitely be admitted to the Jinshi.
On the day of the release of the list, Wu Zhi was also pleased to learn from the newspaper that nearly 100 candidates from Shandong had passed the Jinshi examination, accounting for half of all Jinshi! And it is even more of the top three! It is not unheard of for candidates from a region to win the top three in the previous dynasty, but the top three this time are too eye-catching.
Because these three people are not only from Shandong, but also classmates from Qingzhou University!
In fact, most of the Shandong candidates who took the Jinshi examination were also from Qingzhou University......
Such a coincidence is a God-given coincidence at best, and at worst, there must be fraud in it!
And in the imperial court, there is only Wu Zhi who can help Shandong candidates cheat!
However, when the list of Jinshi came out, no one in the court, or even the common people, suspected that Wu Zhi was cheating behind his back and went through the back door, and everyone did not sigh that this was a once-in-a-century coincidence or something, and everyone's tone was surprisingly unanimous, and they were all admired!
Marvel, convincing!
In recent years, Shandong's business has prospered, it is very rich, and culture and education have become more prosperous. Since the revival movement of the hundred schools, Qingzhou College, which has produced many talents, has gradually become a holy place in the hearts of scholars all over the world. Entering business is good, farming is diligent, and work is fine. He is also a man of man.
This means that all the students who come out of Qingzhou College can do everything well and are particularly capable talents. Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is enough to show that Qingzhou College has established the prestige of the first school among the people of the Great Song Dynasty, just like the Harvard-Cambridge Caltech in later generations.
Coupled with the amazing results achieved by the students of Qingzhou College every year in the past two years, it is not surprising but reasonable to reach this level this year.
The students of Qingzhou College gave Wu Zhi, the "old principal", a long face, and also made Wu Zhi win a three-year bet with Zhao Ji, although the students did not participate in the "Spring Festival", but they also had to hold an internal examination to select qualified students to be officials, and only a few dozen people in the entire Tai College passed the exam this year, which was naturally not as good as Qingzhou College.
Seeing Zhao Ji holding the Dragon and Tiger List and couldn't help but smile bitterly, Wu Zhi secretly became proud, his Qingzhou College was built in the southeast Wenchang position of Qingzhou, which is enough to bear the century-old cultural movement!
"It's me who lost to Aiqing, I think about the scene when I first met Aiqing a few years ago, and I still remember it vividly!"
Zhao Ji fell into a good memory.
"Your Majesty, remember our bet!" Wu Zhi couldn't help but remind embarrassedly when he saw Zhao Ji's pink memory expression.
"Wu Zhi, do you really want to give up your position as the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion to become the head of the Tai Academy?"
Zhao Ji looked at Wu Zhi puzzled, the stunned young man who had just entered the officialdom knew that Kaifeng Mansion Yin was much better than Tai Academy, although the official grades of the two were about the same, but in the Bianjing elite circle, anyone who saw Kaifeng Mansion Yin had to respect three points, and it was not necessary to see Tai Academy.
"Wu Zhi has never asked for power, he just wants to do more for the Great Song Dynasty and do what he can for His Majesty."
A simple and simple sentence, but Zhao Ji has been moved beyond measure, he has come a long way, he has seen countless officials, but he has never seen a sincere person like Wu Zhi!
"I promise you." Zhao Ji personally poured a cup of tea for Wu Zhi and asked, "Wu Zhi, do you know why I am the luckiest of all the emperors since ancient times?" ”
"I don't know..."
"Because I have you..."
Wu Zhi looked at Zhao Ji's tearful eyes gratefully, but he felt a sense of self-satisfaction in his heart: But no, if you didn't have a son-in-law, you would have become the most unlucky emperor in history, the mountains and rivers were broken, and you were captured and died a miserable death!
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Wu Zhi successfully succeeded the retired Zhou Yanbang as the dean of the Tai Academy, and won the praise of all the ministers in the DPRK and China!
In the eyes of these scholars, Wu Zhi was able to take the initiative to give up his power and return to the cultural world, which is the real realm of Confucianism that is otherworldly, and the most perfect and admirable literati appearance in line with the values of literati!
Wu Zhi did not react to the praise of the court, in fact, with his current prestige and the rank of a scholar of Zhaowenguan, there is no need to rely on the official position of Kaifeng Mansion Yin to exercise power, even if he is in a vacant position, he can still influence the country's overall plan and influence the appointment and dismissal of personnel.
What's more, as a person of later generations, of course, he understands that whether a country is strong or not is fundamentally the cause of education, the so-called strong youth is strong in China, and the cause of education is extremely important.
According to Wu Zhi's understanding, the so-called power is the trust given to you by the state or the majority of people, and it is only right to use this trust to do something good for the people of the country.
After all, the Great Song Dynasty was a feudal society, and with the prosperity and development of commerce, various cultures and concepts were also colliding and friction between the old and the new, and Wu Zhi planned to start from the basic point of education to gradually influence and change the concepts of all people in the Great Song Dynasty, such as emphasizing literature over martial arts, such as emphasizing sons over women......
Wu Zhi's educational ideals are very ambitious, but after he first became the head of Tai Academy, he only proposed one job, and that was to expand Tai Academy in a big way!
In Bianjing, which has a population of one million, it can be expanded as much as it can, and it is best to build it about the same size as the imperial palace.
Now that the demolition and land purchase work is underway, the Ministry of Household has approved the money, the Ministry of Industry has also sent people, and the Tai College is expanding.........
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On the other hand, after Wu Zhi became the head of the Tai Academy, there was a vacancy in the position of Kaifeng Mansion Yin, which was originally a fat gap, and all the forces in the court were staring at it. But Wu Zhi is also a hard force in the court now, according to the unspoken rules, he should recommend suitable candidates first, and then everyone will compete for posts.
Wu Zhi originally recommended the prefect of the Imperial History Terrace, Tang Geng, the leader of the Qingliu and Yanguan of the imperial court, to succeed to the post of Kaifeng Mansion Yin, Tang Geng can be qualified for this position in terms of seniority and experience, and he has a strong personality, and he is a person of Wu Zhi, and when he becomes Kaifeng Mansion Yin, he is bound to be able to cooperate harmoniously with Song Gong to inherit the spirit of Wu Zhi.
But when the imperial court gave another candidate, Wu Zhi was speechless, and nodded in agreement.
Because this person is his brother-in-law, King Kang Zhao Gou.
Since Zhao Gou became an executive of Bianjing Daily, he has officially entered the Fengyun class of the Great Song Dynasty. He can participate in any major event, coupled with the fact that he is quite intelligent, far-sighted, courageous, and courageous, and has such a sensitive identity as a prince, which soon made him establish a good reputation in officialdom.
With the gradual expansion of the influence and credibility of the Bianjing Daily, it has now become the first public opinion tool of the Great Song Dynasty, and the imperial court imperial history station has a special official stationed in the Bianjing Daily, a report can make the court high-ranking officials lose their official positions and be demoted, no one dares to despise the newspaper, and no one dares to offend the director of the newspaper, Zhao Gou!
Therefore, when the court discussed who was the first Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, I don't know which official mentioned Zhao Gou's name, and suddenly no one in the Manchu Dynasty dared to oppose it openly, and even Cai Jing and Wang Huang didn't dare to let out a fart...... In addition, Zhao Ji also felt that Zhao Gou's personality had always been jealous and hateful, so he agreed to him this position.
The Great Song Dynasty has the tradition that only the prince can be the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, but Zhao Ji did not intend to change Zhao Gou as the prince, but still named the prince Zhao Huan as the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, and Zhao Gou was the "same prefect Yin" who did things.
Speaking of which, although Zhao Gou and Ling'er were not born to the same mother, their relationship is very good, and Wu Zhi and Zhao Gou's brother-in-law are also closer than the prince, and Zhao Gou has been calling Wu Zhi's brother-in-law in person for a long time. Zhao Gou has been trained in the newspaper for so long, and his personality is also very upright, if he wants to be Kaifeng Mansion, Yin Wuzhi believes that he must be better than Tang Geng!
Therefore, Wu Zhi not only did not object, but also felt an unexpected surprise.
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In the blink of an eye, March has begun, everything is recovering, and the peach blossoms have been released first.
On this day, Wu Zhi and his family were sitting under the peach blossom tree and drinking the peach pear blossom brew that Xue'er had brewed and stored last year, but they saw the housekeeper Lao Bao coming from outside, followed by Jiang Jing and Xiao Rang, who were eager, each of them carefully holding something covered with a red cloth in their arms.
Wu Zhi stood up from afar, Jiang Jing and Xiao Rang were not outsiders, so they could see him directly without having to pass through.
"Why did Brother Xiao come to Bianjing?"
Xiao Rang has been in charge of managing and coordinating the affairs of the Deyilou Group in Qingzhou, and now he appears in Bianjing without saying hello, and Wu Zhi is inevitably strange.
Also, why do they look flustered, and what are the things they are holding in their arms?