"The younger brother is not as talented as his brother, but brother, although you are also a masterpiece in the world, but if the general trend has become a situation of confrontation between the north and the south, whether it is Cao Gong or Liu Bei, they have already occupied half of the country. Brother, if you think about it, I'm afraid you will be powerless! Sima Fu said leisurely.

"Alas!" Sima Yi sighed when he heard this, and only after a while did he speak: "Third brother, do you know what is a big hatred in my brother's life?" ”

"What?" Sima Fu asked a little strangely.

"If you are born ten years early, you can start when you are a brother. With my strategic martial arts and my Sima family's family background, if I can make good use of it, how can I let Yuan Shao and Cao Ying's generation occupy the land of Hebei? Sima Yi said hatefully, a pair of wolf eyes full of unwillingness.

"In the past, Chen Shi started in Daze Township, and once said that the prince and the prince would be the prime minister, but there would be a kind? I think so. After Cao Ying was a eunuch, Liu Bei was just a weaver and a peddler. Both of them can sit half of the country, why can't I, Sima Yi, sit still? Sima Yi's words full of hatred continued to sound, and Sima Fu's brows couldn't help but wrinkle more and more tightly when he heard it.

"Second brother, although you have ambitions in the world. But if this kind of thing fails, then my Sima clan, don't say that I will continue to enjoy wealth and prosperity, but I am afraid that from now on, there will be no place in the world! Sima Fu held back for a long time, and could only hold back such a sentence. I hope that with the fate of the family, I can persuade Sima Yi to change his mind.

"Third brother, don't worry, I have my own measure!" Sima Yi said indifferently, Sima Fu knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he could only sigh secretly and no longer continue to discuss this issue. The two brothers talked some more gossip, and Sima Fu went to work on official business. Sima Yi waited for his brother to leave, and then ran back to his study.

"Guanzhong, Guanzhong!" Looking at the map of Guanzhong unfolded on the table, Sima Yi said with words in his mouth. The land of Guanzhong has been the foundation of emperors since ancient times. Xian Qin and Liu Bang both won the world by guarding Guanzhong. The core business of Sima Yi's family is in Sili, adjacent to Guanzhong. If you can occupy Guanzhong, plus the division, it is enough to constitute a full momentum.

"Zhao Botao, Xiahou Miaocai, Cheng Zhongde, and others worked in vain, but you never expected it, but in the end, it still fulfilled my Sima Yi!" Sima Yi sneered, his tone full of confidence. At this moment, a lightning bolt outside the window pierced the sky, and under the electric light, Sima Yi's wolf eyes actually emitted a faint green light, which looked chilling.

The news that Cao Ying also implemented the Jiupin Zhongzheng system was transmitted back to Henan not long after. Liu Bei was also surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly convened everyone to discuss the matter.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this Cao Mengde has also opened the nine-grade Zhongzheng system and recruited talents from all over the world, what do you think?" After gathering everyone, Liu Bei hurriedly asked. Being learned by his sworn enemy made Liu Bei feel extremely strange.

"My lord, the reason why Cao Mengde acted like this was just to recruit talents from all over the world for his own use. Nowadays, the main public nine-rank Zhongzheng system and the imperial examination system are parallel, and the world's talents, regardless of their background, can be hired. And Cao Ying does one law alone, although there is a son of heaven in Hebei, but Cao Ying's dictatorship is power, I am afraid that not many people will go to him, and the lord does not need to worry! Lu Su said slowly.

Lu Su's vision has always been superior, and his words basically took into account all aspects. Regarding the pros and cons of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system and the imperial examination system, he also sees seven, seven, eighty, eight. After saying this, Liu Bei was also a little relieved. At this time, Han Song admonished again: "My lord, at present, the candidates for the central officials of these states have not yet taken office, and the siege of Spring and Autumn is imminent, please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

The Jiupin Zhongzheng system and the imperial examination system are assessed twice a year, and the time is set in the Spring and Autumn Period. Now that winter is approaching, it is time to determine the candidate for the central minister. Liu Bei nodded, and then set up the candidates for each state. Jian Yong in Xuzhou, Zhang Zhao in Yangzhou, Chen Gong in Qingzhou, Xu Shu in Yuzhou, Sun Qian in Yanzhou, Shi Guangyuan in Jiaozhou, and Zhuge Liang in Yizhou. Among them, some are directly appointed by the governor of a state, and some states are appointed by well-educated people because the governor is a military general. After all, there is such a thing as selecting talents, and you can't expect Guan Erye to do it.

At the beginning of spring, the first nine-grade election officials and imperial examinations in Henan Prefectures were all opened. Examination rooms were set up in each prefecture and county, and the central magistrates also began to inspect the local scholars who had been reported in various places. In Yizhou, Zhuge Liang was in charge of the selection of officials in the nine grades, Zhao Feng was in charge of the martial arts in the imperial examination, and Huang Quan was in charge of the Wenju. The scholars who signed up from all over the country went through the county-level selection examination, and then went to the state and county examinations, and finally 30 scholars from each prefecture were selected to go to Xuchang to participate in the final examination. The specific selection of talents is only applicable to the quantity.

"General, this imperial examination is open, but it can make the scholars in Sichuan very happy!" On the side of the examination room, looking at the candidates who flocked in, Huang Quan also sighed.

"Yes, this is just an exam in Yizhou. After today's examination, 100 Yizhou scholars were selected. The first 30 people went to Xuchang to take the exam, and the remaining 70 people were distributed to various places in Yizhou as officials. Gongheng, be prepared! Zhao Feng was also a little excited, although Chinese have liked to be officials since ancient times, but this situation was rectified by himself more than 400 years in advance. Looking at it myself now, it's still quite rewarding.

"That's right, it's its own measure!" Huang Quan nodded, and then lowered his voice and said: "General, that Fa Xiaozhi has been a little more restrained recently, thanks to the general for beating this person!" ”

"Fa Xiaozhi is just a moment of anger, and after the matter is over, he will naturally know the priorities, and it will not be too much." Zhao Feng knew that Huang Quan and Fa Zheng had a deep grudge, so he had to pass it on vaguely. Huang Quan didn't want to dwell on this issue for too long, so the two only waited for all the candidates to enter the venue, and then organized people to prepare for the inspection. However, at this moment, the mutation suddenly occurred.

"Kill!" Suddenly, there was a roar, and several martial artists who applied for the exam suddenly picked up the weapons in their hands, cut down the people around them, and then killed Zhao Feng and Huang Quan. At the same time, the soldiers who served as guards on both sides of the guard, and a large group of guys picked up their hands and killed Zhao Feng and the others.

"General be careful!" Niu Jin, who was in charge of guarding, was in a hurry when he saw this, and hurriedly pulled out his waist knife to resist, and cut down the few people who rushed to the front. But at this time, the situation was already chaotic, although the actions of these martial arts and soldiers were only a few people, but they caused most of the people to panic and even be at a loss. Whether it was other candidates or soldiers, they could only subconsciously pick up the blades in their hands and start fighting with the people nearby.

"What's going on?" Zhao Feng and Huang Quan were really a little stunned this time, they never expected that the martial arts and soldiers would suddenly attack, especially the former, due to the needs of the exam, he carried a blade on his body, and he was caught off guard by a surprise when he hurriedly killed everyone. Although only a small number of people attacked, the rest of the people were caught in it, and they were at a loss for a while, and then they were forced to pick up the blades in their hands and meet the other people.

"All the armies come forward to protect the general!" Niu Jin roared angrily while eliminating a few people, Zhao Feng's five hundred personal guards immediately centered on him and surrounded him in the middle to protect him, and by the way, he also protected Huang Quan at the core. These five hundred people are all old troops who have followed Zhao Feng for many years, they have been on the battlefield for a long time and are loyal, although the matter started in a hurry, but as soon as they heard Niu Jin's order, they still quickly stepped forward and gathered, no longer obsessed with fighting to the death with the people on the periphery. Once they assembled, the rest of the field became much clearer.

At this time, in addition to the five hundred people under Zhao Feng's command, the rest of them were the martial arts who came to take the exam, as well as the soldiers who originally served as guards and guards in the examination room. Combined, there are about 2,000 of these people. Most of the people now have blades in their hands, but their faces are confused. They don't know where this upheaval is coming from or where it's going.

"By whom are you commanded? If you dare to assassinate an official, will you not be able to rebel? Zhao Feng saw that the situation had stabilized a little, and then he shouted loudly.

"Brothers, don't listen to him, everyone go up together, hack him to death with a knife, and then go to Chengdu to assist the lord to ascend the throne!" A man who was clearly the leader shouted, shouting and waving his sword to encourage his soldiers to come forward. But now that Zhao Feng is firmly protected at the core, whoever wants to go up first, the guys in the hands of those hundreds of people are not eating rice. The man shouted with great vigour, but no one caught up.

"Listen, and those who lay down their arms are not guilty. If you resist, you will not be spared! Zhao Feng knew that he needed to make a decision now, otherwise, once it was delayed, it would not be good to have a long night's dream.

"Brothers, don't listen to him, if you lay down your weapons, you will definitely be implicated when you go back, let's go together!" It's still the same person just now, who continues to instigate. This time, without waiting for Zhao Feng to speak, Huang Quan had already preemptively said loudly: "I recognize you, you are Chen Zheng, the commander under Deng Xian." Turning his head to look around, Huang Quan shouted: "Where is General Yan, who has always exterminated this group of traitors!" ”

In this admissions examination, Zhao Feng set up the examination room in Deyang. Deyang belongs to the county of Brazil, and the current Brazilian Taishou is Yan Yan. Yan Yan did not come to the scene for this exam, but his training place was only a few miles away from here.

"Gongheng, don't panic, don't worry, the general is here!" A voice came from afar, Zhao Feng and the others were standing on a small high ground, everyone turned their heads to look, but saw a group of thousands of people hurrying over, and the first one was Yan Yan. It's also thanks to this old guy's very loud voice, which can be heard from afar.

"All the armies obey the order, lay down their arms and are not guilty, do not rebel!" After Zhang Ren hurried to the scene, he shouted. Yan Yan has a reputation in the Sichuan army, and with his roar, some people began to put down their blades one after another, and then more and more people put down their blades and walked to the side to wait for orders. In the entire field, only about 200 people were still armed with weapons, but most of them were already at a loss, and they all looked at one of them.

This person Zhao Feng knew, that is, he had just repeatedly encouraged people to come forward and make trouble. According to Huang Quan, he was Chen Zheng, the commander under Deng Xian. Obviously, the commander of this attempted assassination is this Chen Zheng.

"General, Gong Heng, are you all right?" Seeing that the hundreds of people in the field had been surrounded by the thousands of people he had brought with him, and he couldn't make any big waves, Yan Yan hurriedly stepped forward to ask Zhao Feng and Huang Quan.

"I'll wait for no harm, old general, try to capture these people alive, so that we can ask the main messenger behind the scenes!" Zhao Feng nodded to indicate that he was fine, and then ordered Yan Yan to capture these people alive. Yan Yan agreed repeatedly, and then turned his head to these people and shouted: "You are so bold, you dare to plot to usurp and assassinate the officials? Now that it has been heavily surrounded, why don't you quickly put down your swords and surrender? If you resist again, you will not be spared! ”

"Will ...... Checkmate! When Chen Zheng saw Yan Yan, he didn't dare to be tenacious anymore, he trembled for a long time, the blade in his hand fell to the ground, and then the whole person collapsed to the ground. Chen Zheng stopped cooking, and his subordinates didn't dare to be tenacious anymore, and they threw down their blades one after another and were captured.

"General, the last general is not strict in governance, so that such a thing happened, it is really embarrassing, please punish the general!" After controlling the situation, Yan Yan hurriedly pleaded guilty to Zhao Feng.

"Old general, I can't blame you for this, but I don't know if this Chen Zheng was instructed by someone." Zhao Feng frowned slightly. Yan Yan and Huang Quan also nodded in agreement, such a thing is obviously not something that a little Chen Zheng can plan. If it weren't for Chen Zheng's being a little too cowardly, and Niu Jin being so quick to respond, I wouldn't have guessed that Zhao Feng and the others would have been clicked by them today.

"This Chen Zheng is Deng Xian's general, I'm afraid that this matter will not be able to escape from him!" Huang Quan nodded, and at this moment, someone came to report, saying that Zhuge Liang from Chengdu sent someone to send an urgent letter.

Deng Xian led his headquarters to attack Chengdu, intending to kidnap Kong Ming and rebel, but was repelled by Gao Xiang and others. Deng Xian was punished, and Leng Bao, a member of the same party, was arrested. After reading it, Zhao Feng briefly said the content of the urgent letter.

"This Deng Xian, it seems that this matter is what he did!" Yan Yan sighed, but Huang Quan also nodded again and again when he heard this. Zhao Feng frowned slightly, and his intuition told him that this assassination did not seem to be so simple. At that moment, Zhao Feng ordered the imperial examination to be held as usual, and he led people to hurry back to Chengdu, preparing to find out the truth of the matter with Zhuge Liang. Chen Zheng and others also brought it back.

"Kong Ming, how are you doing here?" After hurrying back to Chengdu, Zhao Feng hurriedly asked Zhuge Liang.

"Everything is fine, when Deng Xian led the army and horses of his headquarters to suddenly attack Chengdu and wanted to get rid of me. Fortunately, General Gao Xiang led the defenders of Chengdu and repelled it! Zhuge Liang was concise and to the point.

"How are the hearts of the people in Chengdu now?" Zhao Feng continued to ask.

"Fortunately, Deng Xian and the others had a short time to do things, and the troops they led were only 1,000 people, but they were repelled by General Gao in the middle of the day. Deng Xian was killed in the rebellion, and Leng Bao was captured by General Gao. Zhuge Liang replied.

"Leng Bud was captured, did you ask any clues?" Zhao Feng hurriedly asked.

"This person is very stubborn, and he hasn't asked anything yet." Zhuge Liang sighed. At this time, Yan Yan also said: "I also asked Chen Zheng's kid, he only said that he was assigned by Deng Xian to act, and he didn't know anything else." There was a lot of helplessness between the words.

"Something isn't quite right!" Zhao Feng sighed, vaguely, he felt that this matter was not so simple. What he didn't know was that in a small dark room hundreds of miles away, a middle-aged scribe was sitting at a table, listening to a report from a person kneeling in front of him.

"So, this assassination has already failed?" After listening to the report of the person in front of him, this man asked with a light sigh.

"Exactly!" The man on his knees whispered.

"Alas, Leng Bud Deng Xian, Zhi Da and talent. Before the assassination succeeded, he wanted to occupy Chengdu and bring about his own destruction! It's a pity, if it weren't for this kind of person, maybe I would have succeeded in one fell swoop! It's a pity, Nishikawa, Nishikawa! The man sighed, but his eyes looked at the dark clouds outside the house, not knowing what he was thinking.

(To be continued)