In the early autumn of the first year of Taining, the Yan Kingdom had just won the victory of the Central Plains in fighting drought and controlling locusts, and before they had time to take a breath, they ushered in the autumn scientific expedition. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Every June, a large number of scholars graduate from the universities, and the vast majority of them will participate in the scientific examination held in September of that year.

However, this year's scientific examination is extremely special, firstly, this is the first imperial examination held in the name of 'Yan Guo'; secondly, among the scholars who signed up for the scientific examination, the number of candidates from families has set a new record.

And this is also in line with the current situation, with the Yan Kingdom thriving, and because the scientific expedition is the only way to enter the Yan State officialdom, in order to integrate into the emerging Yan Kingdom as soon as possible, the family has to choose to succumb and send the best young children of the family to participate in the scientific expedition that they had despised before.

Many scholars gathered in Luoyang, making Luoyang City seem to have been restored to its prosperity overnight.

Xie Yi sat in the carriage and was shocked as he looked at the magnificent Luoyang City.

This time, in the name of his father Xie Pei, he went north to participate in the scientific expedition, accompanied by his cousin Xie Shang and friend Chen Kui.

Looking at the young and immature cousin beside him, Xie Yi couldn't help but think of his uncle Xie Kun, who had just passed away.

Since the beginning of the spring, his uncle Xie Kun, who served in Yuzhang, has been ill, and then left his young cousin to die.

Before leaving, his uncle repeatedly told his father to thank him and ask him to move the family back to the Central Plains as soon as possible.

After his father Xie Li handled his uncle's funeral, he instructed himself and his cousin Xie Shang to embark on the road back to their hometown on the grounds of sending his brother's coffin back to his hometown.

The outside world thought that he and his cousin were to escort his uncle's coffin back to his hometown, but only Xie Yi himself knew best that the biggest purpose of his trip north this time was to participate in the scientific expedition held in Yan Kingdom.

The cousin had just experienced the pain of losing his father, and he was not suitable to participate in the scientific examination, so he could only go to Youzhou University Hall for further study for the time being. This is still the relationship between his father Xie Pei and his father-in-law Pei Dun, who made it possible to get a place to enter Youzhou University Hall for further study.

When Xie Yi was thinking about his own thoughts, Chen Kui on the other side was also in a trance.

In terms of family background alone, Chen Kui was born in the Yingchuan Chen family, which is much more noble than the Xie Yi family. But the glory of the ancestors cannot hide the fact that the Yingchuan Chen clan is gradually declining. Since Chen Kui's great-grandfather Chen Qun, there has never been any earth-shattering talent in the Yingchuan Chen family.

In his generation, Chen Kui was the only one in the entire family who could handle it, which was far less abundant than the Xie family.

Originally, as a descendant of Chen Qun, Chen Kui should not have a good impression of the scientific expedition, at least he should not participate. However, Chen Kui tried his best to resist public opinion, and insisted on going north to participate in the scientific expedition at the family meeting.

Before they knew it, the carriage had carried the three of them into Luoyang City.

Suddenly, Xie Yi and Chen Kui, who were meditating, suddenly heard faint cheers coming from a distance outside, which were intermittent at first, but then became clearer.

It turned out that the great victory of Mobei was transmitted to Luoyang, and with the messenger of the victory galloping all the way, all the places that passed caused warm cheers.

"King Yan is really eloquent, with a corner of the land to calm the four seas, flatten the troubles, and now again achieved the Mobei victory, its merits should far surpass Wei Wu Jin Xuan, and Qin Emperor Han Wu alongside."

"Yes, King Yan is located in the north, looking down on Kyushu, sooner or later he will unify the world! It's ridiculous that the court is still fighting for power and profit. ”

Chen Kui, like Xie Yi, thinks that it is a matter of time before Wei Shuo replaces the Jin family, otherwise how could a child of a family like him, who was born in the top wealthy Yingchuan Chen family, run from Jiangdong to Luoyang to participate in any scientific expedition, and it was not all forced by the situation?

Thinking that the current situation is quite unfavorable to the family, Xie Yi and Chen Kui laughed bitterly at each other.

……

"The king, the official department Shangshu Yang Association asks to see you."

"Oh? Yang Aiqing has arrived? Invite him in! ”

As soon as Wei Shuo heard that Yang Xie was coming, he hurriedly put down the Mobei good news in his hand.

The great victory in Mobei was already expected by him, and to be honest, with the strength of the two Hulu tribes of Rouran and Eile at the moment, he couldn't stop the two-way army with the help of the Hus of Monan.

Therefore, after only two glances at the good news, he handed it over to the Cabinet in Council to work out a plan of rewards and punishments, and then put all his energy into the upcoming autumn season.

"The minister's department is still the Yang Association, meet the king!" After a while, Yang Xie calmly stepped into the main hall.

"Yang Aiqing doesn't have to be polite, you can tell the widow about how you are preparing for this year's scientific expedition?"

"King Qijuan, up to now, the number of scholars who have signed up for the scientific examination has reached a record high, and there are many children from major families."

"Humph! There is no shameless person in the world who surpasses the family, when the first scientific expedition was held in Jicheng, the family in the world wanted to drown me with a mouthful of foam. However, at this point today, the family has completely forgotten how to criticize the scientific expedition at the beginning, and licked back the saliva that was spit out at the beginning without shame. ”

Listening to Wei Shuo's merciless evaluation of the family, Yang Xie, who was a member of the family, had a white and blue face, even though he knew that King Yan's anger was not directed at him, he still felt a hot pain on his face.

After a long while, until Wei Shuo's mood calmed down a little, Yang Xiefang opened his mouth and persuaded: "King, let the past pass, you might as well treat it as if it didn't happen, and it won't do Yan Guo any benefit to hold on to it." ”

Wei Shuo glanced at Yang Xie with a smile and said, "Aiqing wouldn't think that the widow would be so small-bellied, right?" ”

"How so? The king has always been broad-minded, how can he hold on to a little mistake? ”

Looking at Yang Xie, who was constantly wearing a high hat for himself, Wei Shuo smiled and said: "Forget it, don't talk about these things that are not there, I only tell Aiqing one sentence, the number of participants this year is the highest in history, and there are many children of the family who don't know anything about the scientific examination, in order to avoid chaos, I hope your officials are fully prepared." ”

"Please rest assured that the king has applied to the cabinet and the Privy Council to transfer 3,000 soldiers to maintain order in the examination room during the scientific examination, and there will never be any disruption to the normal conduct of the scientific examination."

"Well, that's good! What are the difficulties at the moment? Say it and I'll help you figure it out!

"Hehe, it's a coincidence, the minister really has a few questions for the king to decide."

"Oh? Is it? Let's hear it first. ”

"Your Majesty, now that the pre-exam physical examination is about to be held, and the children of the family eat more Wushi San, their bodies are weak, if they are really implemented according to the previous standards, I am afraid that many children of the family will not pass the physical examination. The minister was worried that this would make the family have a bad association and make the relationship that had just eased strain again. ”

"But if the standards are relaxed, once it is passed out, it will affect the fairness of the scientific expedition."

"Where to go, please ask the king to make an idea."

"Well, it's a bit tricky."

At the beginning, Wei Shuo insisted on introducing physical examination into the scientific examination, firstly, because he was worried that the physically weak person would die suddenly on the way to the examination; Second, they are worried that those who are not in good health have passed the scientific examination, but they are simply unable to bear the burden of being in charge of the government and handling government affairs.

"In my opinion, we should stick to the original standards, otherwise it will be unfair to other participants, and once any rumors leak out, it will affect the fairness of the scientific expedition, and then affect the reputation of the government, which is too costly."

"The king is right, what should the family do with it?"

"Explain clearly to the families that the medical examination is not intended to be aimed at the family, and ask them not to think nonsense. In addition, tell the family again that you can't participate today, go back and take care of your body, and it's not too late to participate next year. ”

"This ...... All right! ”

Yang Xie pouted secretly, it seems that his own lord really has no good impression of the family, and this proposal obviously has to sacrifice the interests of the family. At this juncture, the family is looking forward to passing the scientific examination as soon as possible, how can they easily give up due to 'physical' reasons?

"Your officials should issue a notice to publicize the significance of the scientific examination to those scholars, what Yan Guo needs is a strong scholar, and he has no interest in the weak scholars who are powerless. Such a scholar can't even protect his own safety, how can I believe that he has the ability to protect the people? ”

"If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world?"

"At the same time, we will mobilize public opinion to vigorously publicize the harm of Wushisan to the outside world, and the scientific examination is for the selection of national scholars in Yan State, but you can't recruit a few addicts to come in." (To be continued.) )