When Feng Yandao and him returned to the mansion, it was getting late. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info said to him after placing the things he bought in the study, "Since you don't like to read, then I can teach you calligraphy, are you willing to learn?" ”

He thought for a long time and said: "Learn, of course you have to learn, what is the name of Princess Linchuan, is the calligraphy very powerful?" When I succeed in my studies, I will definitely kill her majesty. ”

"Princess Linchuan's calligraphy is really good, but learning calligraphy is for self-cultivation, not to challenge revenge, and she is a princess, you should respect her, you have no one in your eyes now, sooner or later you will suffer." Feng Yandao said to him earnestly.

He was now accustomed to Feng Yandao's ear and face life, so he nodded again and again and replied: "Yes, yes, what you said is right, I will listen to you." ”

"You can first learn regular script, master the 'Yongzi Eight Methods', and then come to everyone's post, and before learning calligraphy, you must be calm and upright."

At this time, in front of the door of the study, a servant was knocking on the door, Feng Yandao heard the knock, put down the pen in his hand, opened the door and asked the servant, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"My lord, the old lady asked you to go to the main room of the inner courtyard, and the eldest princess of Huainan is here."

Feng Yandao thought to himself: "The eldest princess came to the house so late, is there anything important?" ”

"You practice in your room first, and I'll teach you after I'm done." Feng Yandao said to him who was playing with pen and ink.

"Okay, Brother Feng, it's important for you to deal with business first." He replied very decently.

Feng Yandao came to the main room of the inner courtyard, and before he could ask the old lady to salute the eldest princess, the eldest princess said to Feng Yandao in a 100,000 anxious tone:

"Say, I'll make a long story short, the imperial brother summoned several ministers today to discuss the issue of the country's supervision of the new Confucianism, and the imperial brother decided to order you to be the chief examination officer."

"The emperor has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, and I will do my best to do this errand well."

Old Madam Feng sat on the floor at this time and said calmly: "Yandao, the eldest princess has already told me first, the emperor seems to have entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, but in fact, he asked you to stand up and take the lead first, and wave the knife to the family and the powerful people in the court." ”

"What the old lady said is correct, because Confucian students can enter the Guozijian regardless of their background, and this is bound to suppress the family and the powerful in the court." The eldest princess's eyes were calm at this time, and then she said in a categorical tone, "You must go." ”

"Why is that? The powerful people in the DPRK and China can be said to be intertwined, and the big families and the magnates collude with each other, and the emperor is helpless about this, which has become a problem for many years since the founding of the country. Feng Yandao asked with a puzzled look.

"Think about it, if you refuse, the imperial brother's impression of your courage and ability will be greatly reduced, and those powerful people of the family may not necessarily understand your affection, this matter must be done by someone after all, if you take office, you can also act cheaply, weigh the pros and cons, you can do this errand well, and you will not get into trouble."

"The eldest princess is right, presumably the emperor's intention lies in this." Old Madam Feng still sat on the collapse and said calmly.

"Yes, why didn't I think of this layer, it turns out that the emperor wants to take the opportunity of accepting Neo-Confucianism to completely solve the shortcomings accumulated by Datang for many years!"

"I'm afraid I can't clean up the source yet, but I can suppress the arrogance of the powerful people of the family, so that the government decree can be accessible, and the world style can be improved."

"Yes! Now that the emperor has used poor and poor people to enter the court as officials, they are often blocked by the powerful. ”

"Okay, it's getting late, I can't stay here any longer, tomorrow the edict of appointment will come down, you must not hesitate."

Feng Yandao, the eldest princess and Mrs. Feng said a few words after talking about business, at this time he was graffiti in the study, accidentally knocked the pen holder to the ground, and a pen fell on the screen erected next to him, just when he plunged into the screen behind the pick-up, suddenly a bookshelf behind the screen was knocked by him, at first he wanted to turn his head and stand up and leave, but he through the deep gap, or pushed it with his hand, with the increase of force, a bookshelf was pushed inward, just open to accommodate one person to enter.

When he slowly went deeper, he found that it was a dark room, and there was a case in the room, and there was a brocade box on the case, and just when he wanted to open it, he suddenly faintly heard a person talking in the study.

"Are you there, sir?"

He stopped moving forward, returned to the place where he entered, and through the gap, he saw a person looking for something, and when this person turned his head, he recognized his identity at a glance when he was in the dark room, and thought: "Why did he come to the study while Brother Feng was not there, what was he looking for?" ”

While he was deep in thought, he saw that the man stopped rummaging, and carefully restored the messy things, and calmly walked outside the door and said to a man:

"My lord, I was looking for you, I saw the door of the study open, and I thought you were in the room." Then Feng Tai followed Feng Yandao and walked into the room.

"Feng Bo, are you looking for me, do you have something to report?"

"Oh...... By the way, in the afternoon, Lord Yan came to the house to find you and said that he had something to tell you. ”

"Is it the emperor's appointment of me as the chief examiner of the country?"

"My lord, how do you know, this is it?"

"I guess, what did Mr. Yan say?"

"Lord Yan asked you to meet the Holy Lord early tomorrow morning and put this errand away."

"No need, I decided to stay in the mansion tomorrow and wait for the holy decree, if there is nothing else, Feng Bo, you can retreat and get busy first."

"Yes, sir." After Feng Tai finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the door calmly, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

When Feng Tai walked away, Feng Yandao sat thoughtfully on the collapse, his eyebrows locked, and he didn't seem to notice that he was not in the room, and when Feng Yandao came back to his senses, he suddenly walked out from behind the screen, which really startled Feng Yandao.

Feng Yan asked, "Why are you hiding behind the screen and not practicing calligraphy well?" ”

"I ...... Brother Feng, I'll ......," he replied, holding the pen in his hand.

"Okay, I don't mean to blame you, I'll continue to teach you calligraphy."

He originally wanted to tell Feng Yandao that there was a dark room behind the screen, and Feng Bo's suspicious behavior, but he thought that Feng Yandao knew, so when he saw Feng Yandao's preoccupied appearance, he didn't say anything more.

"Tomorrow you can follow me to the National Prison."

"Okay, Brother Feng, can you go out to play again tomorrow?"

"That's not it, tomorrow as soon as I receive the holy decree, I will immediately go to the country to take up my post. Alas, this is a nominal errand. Feng Yandao said helplessly.

After the professor of Feng Yandao, he learned very quickly, and his writing was already the same, but he was still far from calligraphy.

Feng Yan slept as usual tonight, and he went to bed early.

As soon as the sky was light, Feng Yandao washed up and came to the garden, holding an extremely sharp sword, dancing under a peach blossom tree, dancing for nearly a cup of tea, and then came to the main hall, holding a book, pacing and reading.

He woke up and went to the main hall to look for Feng Yandao, and after looking at Feng Yandao, the servant reported that the official who delivered the decree had arrived.

Feng Yandao saw that the official who passed the decree was actually Mr. Yan Shigu Yan, and after receiving the holy decree, Yan Shigu said to Feng Yandao: "The emperor saw that you did not come to the palace early in the morning to ask for your resignation, so the emperor sent me to give you this holy decree, no matter what you think, I hope you can do it yourself." After Yan Shigu finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Yan Shigu, Feng Yandao once studied under him, and he was close to some noble and powerful people, so he had some friendship with Feng Deyi. The reason why he persuaded Feng Yan to resign from this errand was that as a division commander, he knew that this matter was very important and should be pointed out for future generations, and secondly, he also had his own plans.

After Feng Yandao received the holy decree, he immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare a carriage, and he went to the room to change into a set of official clothes, and Feng Yandao was going to drive with him to the Guozijian.

There is a main workshop in the east of Zhuquemen Street, the west part of the square is the location of the Guozijian, occupies about half of the place, there is an independent courtyard in the most prominent position of the gate, and the courtyard is the Confucian temple that is heavy eaves and flying, and the style is big and strong. Guozijian is the highest institution of learning in the Tang Dynasty, and Guozixue, Taixue, Simenxue, Law, Calligraphy and Arithmetic are all subordinate to it.

When Feng Yandao and he drove to the Guozi Prison, the prison gate was already full of Confucian students who had come to interview, and when Feng Yandao got out of the carriage, the officials of the Guozi Prison who came to greet him led them into the prison.

The examiners in charge of today's interview are Zhao Hongzhi, the bachelor of Hongwenguan, Wang Tan of Guozi Siye, and Li Nanfeng, the supervisor of Guozi, as well as several knowledgeable doctors, while Kong Yingda and Feng Yandao, the chief examiner, are on the side to supervise the power.

In February of the 14th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin personally visited Guozixue, watched the release ceremony, and issued an edict to recruit outstanding students from all over the world.

Those who succeed in the interview need to start from the four studies, and finally Guozi Xue, during the three-year period, they are not allowed to complete their studies in advance as officials, and those who are hereditary officials are treated the same as other Confucian students, and after passing the graduation, they will be protégés of the Son of Heaven, and they will enter the pilgrimage to worship officials, and other regulations are the same as those of Confucian students.

Therefore, whether it is a scholar or a noble child in the world, they are all vying to sign up, expecting to have a higher starting point in their careers, and the conditions for entering the Guozijian are extremely strict.

"If you don't let you in, you won't enter, with my father's official position, I can still mix up a nine-grade official." A newly eliminated Confucian walked out the door and complained sourly.

"You see, the prince has successfully interviewed the princes, and the young master of the Zheng family has been eliminated......" The Confucian students who were queuing up for the interview were discussing below, passing the boring and nervous time when queuing.

With the examiner's "next one", there were only dozens of successful interviewers, and when he saw Cui Zhiquan and Xu Ang, he pointed to Feng Yan and said: "Brother Feng, look, those two people actually succeeded in the interview." ”

"Don't make a fuss, although Cui Zhiquan and Xu Ang are a little inferior in character, they still have a little ink in their stomachs,"

"What Lord Feng said is very true, I don't know Cui Zhiquan, just say this Xu Ang, he is still very literate." Li Nanfeng, who seemed to be very leisurely on the side, said to Feng Yandao.

"Whatever is literate, no matter how talented it is, it is also the scourge of Datang." He heard that Li Nanfeng actually praised Xu Ang, so he said this sentence in a hurry.

"Who is this? He seems to be a little unconvinced. Kong Yingda, who was sitting on the side, only said this sentence.

"Mr. Kong, his name is Li Yinshu, and it's a long story as to where he came from......," Feng Yandao explained to the officials of the State Prison.

"If you lose your memory, you must have no ink on your chest, so don't talk about others sourly," Zhao Hongzhi said in a joking tone, "When you should be convinced, you must be convinced." ”

After listening to Zhao Hongzhi and a teenager joking, everyone laughed, and even Kong Yingda, who has always been serious and calm, also laughed.

Although Zhao Hongzhi said this unintentionally, the listener had a heart. His face turned red, and he finally couldn't hold back and stood up.

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