"What happened later?" In the pavilion in the courtyard of King Cui's mansion, Gonggong De drank a bowl of wine and asked urgently.

Cui Ming's memories were forced to be interrupted, but he didn't get angry, but said faintly: "After I finished speaking, Emperor Wu smiled faintly at me and said something to me meaningfully. ”

"What's that?" Father-in-law's eyes became even redder under the pressure of the wine.

Since the post of prime minister cannot be decided immediately, then it is necessary to cultivate materials that can be made, and after more than ten years or even decades of experience, the most stable and wise person can be selected to take up this position. ”

Cui Ming's words were cold.

"What do you mean, he still means that he can't let you be the prime minister, but wants to be selected separately? is he going to treat you as an outcast?" said Gonggong De with a glaring eye and a mouthful of wine.

Cui Ming shook his head and said, "If it's so simple, then Emperor Wu is not Emperor Wu." He then asked me if most of the ministers in the court thought that the Holy College had all the best talents from all over the world, and that candidates for the post of Prime Minister would definitely be selected from the Holy College, right?"

"Then how do you answer?" Father-in-law De began to understand the point.

Cui Ming's eyes were solemn, and he said: "Of course I can't answer correctly, otherwise it will inevitably arouse his suspicion again, the Holy Academy is completely under my control, and he will think that I am secretly manipulating forces and controlling the government." I can only say that the Dawu country is bustling with talents, and there must be more prominent candidates. ”

Father-in-law De snorted coldly and said, "He is forcing you into his trap." ”

Cui Ming nodded and said in a deep voice: "I know, but when I faced him directly, I had no other choice. Therefore, he said, since this is the case, it is necessary to expand the system of personnel selection and replace the original civil and military recommendation system with a dual selection system for civil and military subjects. The talents of the entire Dawu Kingdom are uniformly examined from the county to the state, from the state to the imperial court, once every two years, so as to expand the number of officials in the imperial court, and find those who can take on great responsibilities, and propose to be prime ministers. Moreover, this event will be held in the spring of next year. ”

Therefore, he wanted to rebuild the demolished Baoxiang Temple into the Wenyuan Pavilion to accommodate the talents from all over the world, and planned to let the prince be the head of the management of these civil and military leaders of the Great Wu Kingdom. He also demanded that the Ministry of Officials begin to reorganize the annual performance appraisal system of officials, eliminate and denounce those who are incompetent, and purge the ranks of court officials. ”

"I finally knew what he was going to do. Gonggong De's face was not angry, and he said: "There has always been a saying in Junzhou City before, called 'Only out of the Douyuan, the world out of the holy book'. Many people say that there are countless families in the world, and only the Holy Academy is the largest family in the Great Martial Kingdom. Because all the official families are proud to be born in the Holy Academy, and always obey the call of the Holy Academy. ”

"I'm afraid he is afraid that the power of the Holy Academy is too great, so as to dissipate your power. This is the most important move hidden in your conversation with him today. If you don't answer the previous question about the prince or something, I'll kill you, but you're alone. But to dissipate the power of the Holy Academy is his real goal. That's where his scheming comes in. ”

"yes. Cui Ming sighed in the sky, and then sneered: "The Holy Academy's 'the name of the Confucian scholars in the world is all used in the bucket, and the hidden dragons in the world are all out of this abyss', but I didn't expect that one day, its peerless reputation will become a burden to it. ”

Father-in-law De also sneered: "But isn't it, the three of us grew up together, and we were like Jin Lan at that time, and now he has also started to work us? ”

Cui Ming condensed and said, "Ever since he learned that the dragon god's divine power had begun to weaken, he had become extremely sensitive, and he had become more and more important to the royal authority. For example, for Buddhism, this is the case, as soon as Buddhism began to resist, he was furious, thinking that someone in Buddhism knew this great secret, and wanted to use his brains on the Wei royal family to overthrow them. As a result, Emperor Wu intensified his efforts and vowed to exterminate Buddhism. The same will be true for Holy College. ”

However, if he wants to move Confucianism, it is not so easy. I'm not the stupid prime minister I was a thousand years ago!"

After saying this, Cui Ming seemed to be a different person, there seemed to be a cold star flashing in his eyes, and he no longer had a submissive face in front of Emperor Wu, but a strong momentum full of cold air and domineering.

Seeing his appearance, Father-in-law De seemed to be a little drunk, but he was not very surprised, but asked himself suspiciously: "Could it be that the matter of our family stealing the Buddha Frost for you is known to him? No, there is nothing in the palace of Emperor Dawu that our family does not know." ”

Cui Ming said coldly: "He already knew, but you just thought he didn't know." ”

Father-in-law De was stunned for a moment.

Cui Ming snorted coldly and said, "In the entire Great Martial Kingdom, how many things does he not know? Just like Solomon has planted eyes and ears in all places, as the ruler of the Great Martial Kingdom, is he not as good as Solomon? Even the result of the consultation between the calligrapher and the calligrapher in Junzhou City is the result of his consultation. I guess he even has a copy of the correspondence I have with the bookmaker!"

"What's the matter, he also knows about your secret communication with the calligrapher?"

"I knew that I didn't intend to hide it from him. The calligrapher's departure from the imperial court was a mistake made by the ancestors of the Wei clan themselves, and I brought them back, shouldn't I be thanked?"

Cui Ming drank a glass of wine, and his breath was much bigger.

"He's afraid that you'll form a party and threaten him, right?" said Father-in-law De, who also killed a bowl of wine.

Cui Ming shook his head and said, "As soon as the scholar family arrived in Junzhou City, I first asked those elders of their clan to visit Emperor Wu, and I had no intention of trespassing. ”

"However," Cui Ming's eyes flickered, and he said, "Emperor Wu did mention one person, and that is Shuyu's only son of the Shujia family, Shuli. ”

At this time, above this courtyard, in the corner of an inconspicuous eaves, a cloud of almost transparent water enveloped a person, completely covering his aura and figure.

Originally, when he was drinking with Ah Shui on the eaves of the house, he didn't expect that this inconspicuous courtyard would usher in two such important figures from the Dawu Imperial Court.

He had been overhearing Cui Ming's words since just now, and he was extremely shocked at the moment, because the name Cui Ming had just said was himself, Shuli!

"Oh?" Gonggong De didn't expect Emperor Wu to suddenly mention this person.

He said that he had already known that there was a Shuli figure in the riots of the victims of Xiaoshan Temple, and Emperor Wu was very curious about how he became a member of Buddhism from a big disciple of the Shujia. And he also asked me to tell the calligrapher that if Shuli can be allowed to participate in the civil and military scientific examination of the Great Wu Kingdom, then he can be pardoned for his capital crime!"

Cui Ming's tone was solemn.

But what was really suspicious was Shuli, who was hiding under that corner of the house, and his heart was pounding at the moment.

"What does Emperor Wu mean by this?" asked Gonggong De.

"What else does it mean?" Cui Ming sneered disdainfully: "He is telling the whole world through my mouth that as long as he can use someone for him, he can be magnanimous and not blame." But at the same time, it also implies that if it can't be used by his Wei royal family, then it will be difficult to escape death. This whole world includes people in Buddhism and Taoism, as well as me!"

Gonggong De seemed to remember something, and said: "When our family came in just now, I met the leader of the secret guard in your mansion, and he told me, what do you think about this matter when I heard that Shuli said that he had to go to the Xuan Xuan of the Holy Academy to read the Confucian classics?"

Cui Ming's eyes flickered, and he pondered for a moment before he said, "Then let him go." If he agrees to Emperor Wu's request, then the calligrapher may really be able to fly out of a phoenix, and since the calligrapher has taken refuge in me, it is not a bad thing. If he doesn't agree to Emperor Wu's request, then it will be difficult to escape death, and I can also take the scholar as a crime. For me, it doesn't hurt to do that. ”

Shuli, who was hiding in the corner, realized that even if he hadn't even seen Wei Yu and Cui Ming in person, he had become their pawns!