The sit-in petition of more than 20,000 scholars was finally answered, and the five ministers of Ziwei Pavilion all came forward to assure the scholars that they would definitely make the autumn test fair.

"Please believe us, this is the first imperial examination of the Northern Sui, we will definitely set up a banner of fairness, so that our imperial examination can stand the test of future generations, please believe in the promise of His Royal Highness the King of Chu to everyone!"

This is Su Wei standing on a high place and shouting to the scholars around him, his high officialdom prestige has won the respect of the scholars, and his sincere appeal has also received bursts of fierce applause.

"This time the chief examiner, Ziwei Pavilion unanimously agreed to be served by Li Gang, the former squire of the military department, he is known for his fairness and strictness in Dasui, please believe in our determination, everyone go back and have a good rest, the day after tomorrow is the official imperial examination, I wish everyone a good result in the exam, everyone go back!"

Under the unanimous assurance of the five ministers of Ziwei Pavilion and the repeated persuasion of dozens of ministers, the petitioning scholars were finally moved and slowly dispersed, and they walked back to Taiyuan City in twos and threes.

Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the window of his official room, watching the departure of the scholars from afar, in the past hundreds of years ruled by the famous scholars, these grassroots scholars have never had the opportunity to get together to demand justice and equality as they do today, but today they have done it, they have shown the strength of the collective, so that the Taiyuan Wang, Wenxi Pei these gate valves have to bow their heads and give in, why they couldn't do it before but can do it now, the key is to have the imperial examination system.

As long as the upper echelons of the system are well designed, then these grassroots forces will naturally have the opportunity to unite and protect their own interests. Confrontation with the famous family, there is no need for him Yang Yuanqing to persuade the famous family to make concessions, there is no need for him to worry about it, it is not he Yang Yuanqing who can really fight against the famous family members, but thousands of small families and poor scholars, maybe this is called a matter of course.

Then. Du Ruhui walked in, "Boss, are you looking for me?" ”

Yang Yuanqing turned around. nodded: "Sit down first!" ”

Du Ruhui sat down and said with a smile: "Does the manager feel frustrated?" The day after I returned, I was confronted with this kind of march petition of tens of thousands of people. ”

"It's good that it's not the army, otherwise I wouldn't have thought about sleeping tonight."

Yang Yuanqing leaned his body against the cushion behind him, and his expression looked very relaxed. It seems that the march of tens of thousands of people did not affect his mood.

Du Ruhui stared at his expression, and a sly smile slowly appeared in his eyes, "I feel that the parade of the scholars seems to have fulfilled the wishes of the governor, and I feel your schadenfreude." ”

Yang Yuanqing raised his head and laughed, "Lao Du, are you really a roundworm in my stomach?" ”

"Because I really know you very well, in the early years of the great cause, when you persuaded Yukuluo to carry out the imperial examination, I knew it. You're advocating fairness. ”

Du Ruhui looked at Yang Yuanqing with a sympathetic and even pitying gaze, and he sighed, "Yuanqing, I actually understand your distress very well. ”

"Do you understand my struggle?" The smile on Yang Yuanqing's face disappeared, and his eyes looked at Du Ruhui lightly.

"Scholars!"

Du Ruhui used a decisive tone. Without hesitation, he said: "I know that you don't like the Shandong Shi clan, just like you don't like the Guanlong nobles, you hate all the gate valves, you want to smash them, but now you have to use them, as can be seen from this imperial examination." I can feel your joy from the bottom of my heart, and you can't wait to pounce on the tens of thousands of scholars, hold them one by one, and they will solve a big problem for you. ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, no wonder Pei Ju always said that Du Ruhui was very energetic, now he deeply understands Du Ruhui's 'vitality', guesses the thoughts of the superiors, and wants to say it, this is not what a person who has been in the officialdom for more than ten years should do.

However, Yang Yuanqing doesn't want everyone around him to be as scheming as Pei Ju and as old-fashioned as Su Wei, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to have a 'vibrant' henchman by chance.

He smiled slightly, "Okay, let's not talk about this matter, I came to you to ask about the eastward migration of military families, how is it going now?" ”

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More than 20,000 scholars' march petition caused an uproar in Taiyuan City, this matter became the focus of everyone's discussion, some people rejoiced, some people were disgusted, some people agreed, some people opposed, but more people talked about it as a strange news, tens of thousands of scholars' march and petition, it seemed to be unheard of before, with the return of the scholars, hundreds of thousands of onlookers of Taiyuan people gradually dispersed.

There is an inn in the east of Taiyuan City called Abao Inn, it is a high-grade inn, clean and comfortable, 30 rooms are on the room, the room is spacious and bright, the items are exquisite, the guy is thoughtful, it is quite famous in Taiyuan City, of course, the fame means that the price is also very high, and the room price here is three times that of the general inn.

Despite this, the inn was full of people, and most of the guests here were from famous families from all over the world, who had high requirements for environmental living, and as for the money, they had a lot of money and a lot of money on them, which was enough for them to afford.

Many people ran to see the excitement of the scholars' parade, and as the scholars returned, they also returned to the inn one after another, at this time seven or eight scholars came not far from the inn, led by a middle-aged man, thin and tall, with a white face, a black beard, and a very well-dressed person, wearing a bright blue satin robe, wearing a three-beam crown, it can be seen that this middle-aged man is the elder of several scholars, not a butler or other accompanying figures.

The six young scholars in the back are all dressed in light-colored Confucian robes, all full of energy and full of energy, they are the six Lu children sent by the Fan Yang Lu family to participate in the Taiyuan imperial examination, three sons-in-law, three concubines, the middle-aged man in front is their fourth uncle, named Lu Ce, he is the younger brother of Lu Chu in the history of Luoyang Southern Sui, at present, the head of the Fanyang Lu family is Lu Chu, the prime minister of Luoyang, but the specific person in charge of the family is Lu Chu's second brother Lu Yu, and the third brother Lu Zhao served as the Sima of Zhuojun, The fourth brother Lu Ce is the middle-aged man who led the team to Taiyuan to participate in the imperial examination, and is in charge of the Lu family's finances.

The Lu family was cautious about this Taiyuan imperial examination, and at the same time attached great importance to it, which was reflected in the fact that they did not dare to send their main children to Taiyuan to participate in the imperial examination. was worried about arousing Luo Yi's dissatisfaction, and the importance was to send an important family figure like Lu Ce to be the team leader, which showed the attitude of the Lu family.

"Fourth uncle, these scholars marched and petitioned, what are they against the gate valve and demanding fairness, do you think the Northern Sui court will be coerced by them?"

Lu Ce ignored the questions of the juniors behind him. Another Lu disciple couldn't help but say: "Fourth uncle, Pei Xiangguo met with us a few days ago, when did you say that His Royal Highness the King of Chu would also be able to meet us." Expressing the importance of Fan Yang Lu's family, I mean.... Meet the fourth uncle. ”

Luce turned around and glared at them fiercely, "You all shut up for me. Now go back and pack your things first, then go to dinner, go to Wang Xue to study after eating, honestly rely on your ability to take the exam, don't think about the Lu family all day long? ”

Several disciples didn't dare to say anything, they walked all the way, and soon came to the door of the inn, but saw a lot of soldiers standing at the door of the inn, Lu Ce couldn't help but be stunned, he just walked into the gate. The innkeeper who had been waiting here rushed out to greet him, and said anxiously: "Mr. Lu, go quickly!" Just go! His Royal Highness the King of Chu has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Lutzer thought in his head, 'Boom! The ground suddenly became blank, and Yang Yuanqing actually came to the inn to find him in person. He didn't care about instructing his children, and ran to the inner courtyard with the shopkeeper in a panic.

There were dozens of guards standing at the gate of a courtyard, full of armor, holding weapons, and heavily guarded, Lu Ce hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Under Lu Ce." His Royal Highness the King of Chu asked me to come to see him. ”

A lieutenant nodded, and let him in, but kept the shopkeeper outside.

In fact, the shopkeeper is a bit exaggerated, Yang Yuanqing is not waiting for a long time, but just arrived, at this time he is sitting in the room slowly drinking tea and waiting, he has also learned to be patient in recent years, people who are anxious all day long will not achieve anything, only by learning to wait and endure, will his character exude fragrance.

At this time, a personal soldier reported outside the door: "Chief, Mr. Lu is here." ”

"Let him in!"

The door opened, and the soldiers walked in with Lu Ce, who stepped forward and saluted deeply: "Lu Ce sees His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled and waved his hand, "Mr. Lu doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

Lu Ce sat down with some apprehension in his heart, a personal soldier brought two cups of hot tea, Lu Ce held the teacup in his hand, he didn't know what to say, but Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "I remember that I seem to have seen Mr., I'm sorry, it's been too long, I can't remember it a little." ”

Yang Yuanqing had been to the Lu Mansion three times when he was the governor of Youzhou, and he had met a lot of people from the Lu family, and he was deeply impressed by Lu Chu and Lu Yu, the head of the family.

Lu Ce bowed and said with a smile: "In the seventh year of the Great Cause, Zhuo County prevented the epidemic of epidemics, and when His Royal Highness personally brought someone to send lime to Lu Mansion, it was the lime I received, does Your Highness still have an impression?" ”

Yang Yuanqing had a sudden expression of realization on his face, he remembered, it seemed to be this Lu Ce, he laughed and said, "It turned out to be an old man!" ”

Lu Ce said: "This Taiyuan imperial examination, our Lu family attaches great importance to it, and specially sent someone to Luoyang to ask the head of the family, the head of the family said that he could participate, just when we discussed and prepared to send the best children to come, Luo Yi came to visit and clearly asked the Lu family to give up this imperial examination, hey!" ”

Lu Ce sighed, "We don't dare to offend Luo Yi yet, we can only send a few disciples from the side house to come, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, we are really sorry!" ”

"It's nothing, I can understand it, in fact, the Boling Cui clan is the same, they sent five partial brothers to come, they are also worried about Dou Jiande's pressure, I have always believed that attitude is the first important, and the Lu family can send Mr. to lead the team, this attitude is appreciated."

Praised by Yang Yuanqing, Lu Ce was very proud, he stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Highness actually came to visit the inn in person, it can be seen that I care for the Lu family, I will definitely tell the second brother, and I will also report to the head of the family." ”

Yang Yuanqing came this time, not only to visit Lu Ce, he has deeper thoughts, he knows that this Lu Ce is Lu Chu's brother, in the Lu family has a high status, responsible for the family's money and expenditure, very shrewd and capable, when Yuan Hongsi was the governor of Youzhou, he served as Cangcao to participate in the military, and later his mother was worried about his post, Yang Yuanqing wanted him to become a bridge between himself and Fan Yang Lu's family.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while, and then said with a smile: "Our Taifu Temple Shaoqing in Northern Sui has been vacant, and there is a lack of a suitable official, I think Mr. is very suitable for this position, I wonder if Mr. is willing to give in?" ”

Lu Ce was stunned, he couldn't believe his ears, Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, is that a high-ranking official from the fourth grade, and he actually let himself serve? He looked at Yang Yuanqing, and saw that he had a serious face, not joking, he bit his lip fiercely, and suddenly woke up from his dream, he confirmed that he was not dreaming, and his heart suddenly burst with joy, and he stood up and gave Yang Yuanqing a deep salute, "Lu Ce is willing to serve His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”