His Majesty needs capable ministers, and ministers are capable ministers; Your Majesty seeks loyalty, and the minister is loyal; Your Majesty has no traitors in the court, and the ministers are willing to be traitors and treacherous people······

This is the answer given by Yang Chengyan to Liu Ying's question.

- You say I am what I am, and I am what I am.

Such an answer with no position and no principle unexpectedly made Liu Ying feel extremely satisfied.

For the king, there are some things that are so strange.

It is obviously a bad thing that hurts nature and reason, but if the king is satisfied, he can be forgiven;

On the contrary, it is obviously a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, but once the king is dissatisfied, he still cannot escape a 'trumped-up' charge.

And this strange phenomenon is what Liu Ying calls it: position.

In later colloquial terms, it is the ass.

Yang Chengyan's answer seems to be indeed unprincipled and unprincipled;

But in fact, there is no principle and no position here, and it is itself a principle and a position.

- The position that everything is based on the will of the Son of Heaven, and the principle that it is not affected by any other factor.

Therefore, Liu Ying finally helped Yang Chengyan answer his own questions.

Loyalty.

The current Liu Ying needs a loyalty like Yang Chengyan very much.

Yangchengyan also deserves to be called 'Zhongliang' by Liu Ying.

After a somewhat abstract philosophical discussion, it is natural that business follows.

The first thing to bear the brunt of it was that Liu Ying also learned from Yang Li's 'self-assertion' and assigned Yang Li a deputy.

- Xuanping Marquis Zhang Ao, the second son of the eldest princess Lu Yuan, the grandson of the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant, the younger brother of the Empress Zhang Yan, Shanglin Yuancheng: Zhang Shou.

Then, it was the first 'examination' of the Han family, which was to be held in Shanglin Yuan and used to select the officials who were lacking in Shanglin Yuan, from the original plan of 'Yang Chengyan to be named by Yang Cheng Yan and Yang Li to implement it', to be run by Yang Cheng Yan single-handedly, and no one else was allowed to interfere.

As for this last one, it can be regarded as a rare side way that Liu Ying learned from the former emperor Liu Bang.

- Yang Chengyan's second granddaughter, twenty-eight years old, gentle and virtuous, can be a good match······

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"Today, the princes are summoned to the palace, because in the past, Shanglin ordered that 'there are many officials who are lacking, please take the examination';"

"That is, the first person to bear the brunt of the matter is to send the imperial history to check his family history and virtue, and then it is the subject of the examination."

A few days later, Weiyang Palace, Xuanshu Palace.

Simply explaining his intentions, Liu Ying looked at Cao Shen, Wang Ling, and the minister of Huainan who returned to Beijing to report on his work: Zhang Cang.

"To examine the candidates, it is necessary for the prime minister to check his household registration and family history, and the imperial historian to send the imperial historian to check his virtues.

"In addition, the court will take the examination and raise the matter, and the prime minister should also draft an official document to show the Guanzhong place."

Liu Ying said indifferently, and Cao Shen got up and arched his hand, indicating that he received the order.

"This time, the court will take the examination, which is initially scheduled for the first day of autumn and August (the first day of the new year), less than a month ago; Therefore, the candidates should be mainly Guanzhong. ”

"Therefore, the people who take the examination come to Beijing and go to the residence of Chang'an, and they should be the history of Laone."

After the task of Wang Ling was also issued, Liu Ying raised her head and finally looked at Zhang Cang, who had just returned to Beijing for a few days.

"Beiping Hou, don't come to harm's way, right?"

A slightly ridiculous greeting suddenly provoked Zhang Cang to get up with a smile, first bowed to Liu Yingshen, and then bowed to Cao Shen and Wang Ling sideways.

"Marquis of Pingyang, Marquis of Anguo."

After greeting the two, Zhang Cang straightened up and looked at Liu Ying with a light smile.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, the rest of the year, minister, everything is fine······"

Hearing this, Liu Ying only smiled and nodded, and then lowered her head thoughtfully.

In the past year or so, although Zhang Cang has been in Huainan and has been the king of Huainan Liu Ruyi, the king of Huainan, the discussion about Zhang Cang has never been on Liu Ying's side.

What, the Marquis of Beiping reprimanded the King of Huainan again~ The King of Huainan was punished for copying books and other rumors, almost one after another circulated in Chang'an, and they were never broken.

Of course, as the Son of Heaven, Liu Ying obviously has more and more specific information about the situation of his younger brother Liu Ruyi in the past few years.

——According to the echo of the imperial history sent by the Imperial Historian, Liu Ruyi, the king of Huainan, has already won the style of Liu Fei, the king of Qi!

What do you mean?

Looking at the history of collecting wind and collecting the wind in disguise a few years ago, and the report of Liu Fei, the king of Qi, it is not difficult to know what Liu Ruyi is like today.

——In the autumn and July of the ninth year of the Han Dynasty, the imperial history was played: in the spring and March, the imperial history doctor sent the wind to collect the imperial history, and went to Linzi to collect the wind in Qi, and saw that the king of Qi read the allusions of the sages day and night, never went out to travel and hunt, and did not take the 'way of the ministers' to the left and right;

There is something in the country, the king of Qi is to order the internal history to decide, and if the internal history cannot be decided, please leave the prime minister, and if the left minister cannot decide, please the right minister;

If the left and right are unable to decide, the big things will be played in the court, and the small things will be discussed by the left and right to determine the good policy······

From this paragraph describing the style collection report of Liu Fei, the king of Qi, combined with the description of Liu Ruyi's 'wind of the king of Qi' in the history of the wind collection, it is not difficult to see what kind of life Liu Ruyi is living today.

Needless to say: With Zhou Chang and Zhang Cang, Liu Ruyi wants to meddle in the affairs of the country, which is basically impossible.

As for learning from other clan relatives and princes, if you have nothing to do, go out to play, hunt, or have a body in the palace, don't even think about it.

In addition, in the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang divided the princes with different surnames for the first time, he set the rule that 'the princes are not allowed to go out of the country privately'······

It is no exaggeration to say: The current Liu Ruyi, in a sense, is under house arrest in his Huainan Palace!

It's just that this house arrest is not a restriction on personal freedom in the traditional sense, but a hard rule imposed by the Liu Han royal family on the princes of the clan.

- After the age of twenty, the princes and kings must begin to control their vassal states, whether they are able to do it or not; The livelihood of the millions of people under his rule was laid on the shoulders of the princes and kings.

Therefore, in order to be able to govern the feudal state well in the future, and at the same time handle the relationship between the feudal state and the central Chang'an government, after being named the prince king, as long as he is not yet twenty years old, the prince and king must study hard.

Including Liu Fei, the former King of Qi, Liu Hui, the current King of Liang, Liu Chang, the King of Yan, and even Liu Ying, the Son of Heaven himself, who did not perform the crown salute before this year, are all without exception!

In the process of Liu Ruyi's 'studying hard and learning how to be a qualified prince', Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping, is Liu Ruyi's mentor: Wang Taifu.

As early as when the former emperor Liu Bang named Liu Ruyi as the king of Zhao and sent Zhou Chang to be Zhao Xiang, Zhou Chang's mission had been killed by the former emperor Liu Bang - to protect the life of King Zhao.

So in principle, Zhou Chang, the right minister of Huainan, is only responsible for standing up at a critical juncture to save Liu Ruyi's life;

In other words, as long as the situation is not so bad that Zhou Chang does not come forward again, Liu Ruyi will have to lose his life, and Zhou Chang, the right minister, is the old monster who is in retreat and cultivation all the time in the fantasy.

On the contrary, Zhang Cang, the left minister, is obviously a head shorter than the right minister Zhou Chang, but with the title of Wang Taifu, he has become the actual speaker of Huainan Kingdom.

It stands to reason that Zhang Cang returned to Beijing to report on his work, and Liu Ying should have summoned Zhang Cang as soon as possible to inquire about the situation in Huainanguo.

But right now, Liu Ying doesn't have the kung fu at all, and cares about Liu Ruyi, the third brother who is far away in Huainan······

"For all the affairs of Huainan, the Marquis of Beiping will choose a day to invite the court to Changle, and it will be played in the Queen Mother."

- Theoretically, matters related to the princely states of the clan are not the responsibility of the Son of Heaven.

If it is related to the clan, there should be a sect to come forward; If it is related to the vassal states, it should also be asked by the pawn.

And after Zongzheng and the pawn, the one who finally came out to inquire about this matter should be the queen mother who is in charge of the royal family.

After all, the edict of the princes and princes of the clan is within the scope of the Queen Mother's authority, and in today's Han family, the affairs of the princes and princes of the clan are indeed in charge of the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant.

Therefore, Liu Ying threw this matter to the old lady Lu Pheasant, whether from the perspective of political process or legal basis, there is no problem at all.

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Zhang Cang also came to his senses: Liu Ying's posture, I am afraid that there is something more important, and I have to leave it to myself.

Just when Zhang Cang gave up his hand and was thinking about how to open the topic, he saw Liu Ying quietly escape from his arms and escape a 'silk cloth'.

"Huh?"

When the 'silk cloth' full of words was handed forward by Liu Ying, and Cao Shen and Wang Ling checked it alternately, and finally handed it to him, Zhang Cang's eyebrows quietly swelled with a touch of surprise.

- Not because of the words on 'silk cloth', but because of this silk cloth!

Even if the official position is not high, and he has only done a thousand-stone level of 'counting' in the past, Zhang Cang also knows that silk cloth is definitely in the category of 'luxury' even for the court.

Therefore, unless there is a major affair, such as the official document of the Prime Minister's Office, the military newspaper of the border gate, or directly the decree of the Queen Mother and the edict of the Son of Heaven to be promulgated, few people will use expensive silk cloth as a carrier for writing.

After all, no matter how rich a person is, he will not use a cloth with a purchasing power stronger than money as a one-time consumable.

And the 'silk cloth' in front of Zhang Cang's eyes, at a glance, you can find an obvious difference.

Compared with the silk, which is soft and invisible like water, this 'silk cloth' is obviously harder, and it is not as undeformed as Mudu;

It is not as smooth as silk cloth, but it is usually smooth, and there are no obvious ups and downs.

In the process of observation, Zhang Cang was also surprised to find that this 'silk cloth' still exudes the unique fragrance of bamboo!

"Hmm······"

Looking at the bamboo paper in his hand with confusion, and glancing at Liu Ying without a trace, Zhang Cang finally pressed the urge to ask, and focused his attention on the words on the paper.

Soon, Zhang Cang had just pressed down the look of doubt, and his brows surged again.

"There is a farmer, a hundred acres of land, the farmer, his wife and the eldest son are all Fu, and the annual grain is three hundred and sixty stones, the tax is fifteen to one, the tax is one hundred and twenty yuan, and the grain and stone are sixty yuan; Q: How much surplus grain and rice do farmers get if they remove taxes and taxes? ”

Almost at the same time as seeing this question, Zhang Cang silently calculated the answer in his heart.

If the tax is taken out of fifteen, three hundred and sixty stones shall be removed, and twenty-four stones shall be removed; The three of them paid a total of three hundred and sixty yuan, and sixty yuan for each stone of grain, and another six stones were removed;

So the final result should be three hundred and forty stones.

But what makes Zhang Cang a little strange is that this question is clearly ······

"The minister has the courage to ask Your Majesty."

"—This question, can Your Majesty be used for, uh, the examination?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying only smiled and nodded, stood up at the same time, and made a 'please' gesture to Zhang Cang.

"After a long absence, the Marquis of Beiping inherited Xunqing, and he was quite accomplished in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", and it coincided with the examination."

"If the Marquis of Beiping is suspicious, it doesn't hurt to say it bluntly."

I saw Zhang Cang's face bow his head without changing color, and continued to look at the following questions.

"There is a field, two hundred and thirty-five steps in length and width, ask how much is the volume of this field?"

"There is a cage, there are a number of chickens and rabbits, chickens and rabbits are five, and there are eighteen feet, and ask the chickens and rabbits how ······ they are."

After reading all the three questions on the bamboo paper and calculating the results in his heart, Zhang Cangcai finally raised his head with doubts and looked at Liu Ying, who was smiling at Yingying.

"Your Majesty."

"If you ask these three questions, for this question of 'examination', the minister thinks it is ······"

Halfway through his words, Zhang Cang only stopped talking with doubts, and then turned his head sideways.

After seeing Cao Shen and Wang Ling's faces, which were also full of doubts, Zhang Cangcai continued: "The minister thought that these three questions were ······."

"I'm afraid, maybe it's too simple?"

Cautiously asked this question, turned his head sideways, and saw Cao Shen and Wang Ling nodding their heads slowly, Zhang Cang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and only looked at Liu Ying's gaze, still a little cautious.

"Your Majesty's questions, and the ministers' observations, should all come from the questions of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic"."

"It is said that the two questions of 'Fang Tian seeking accumulation' and 'chickens and rabbits in the same cage' are owned by "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".

"Only these two questions ······"

Full of hesitation, Zhang Cang only shook his head with a wry smile, and looked down at the bamboo paper in his hand.

After repeatedly making sure that he was not dazzled, Zhang Cangcai handed the bamboo paper in his hand back to Wang Ling, and immediately gave Liu Ying a little hand.

"Your Majesty."

"This question of 'Fang Tian seeking the product' is explained in the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", and the question is asked."

"If the minister is not mistaken, the original question should be: There is a field today, with a total of 55,225 steps, and the question is square geometry?"

"This question is out of the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", which is the traditional style of Qiming, which is not difficult, and His Majesty changed "to the product to seek the square" to "the square field to seek the product", then this question is easier."

"Moreover, the question of chickens and rabbits in the same cage can be said to have been around for a long time, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, it has been regarded as the threshold for arithmetic entry by hundreds of schools."

"Ranchen is sixty years old, but he has never seen the question of 'chickens and rabbits in the same cage', and the chickens and rabbits are less than ten ······"

As he spoke, Zhang Cang did not forget to smile and lowered his head, and also took out a brand new roll of bamboo slips from his arms.

"Your Majesty, look."

"This is yesterday, out of the question of the young grandson."

"The one who asks is twenty-seven chickens and rabbits, and eighty-four feet, and asks how many chickens and rabbits are ······."

Saying this with a wry smile, Zhang Cang only stretched out his hand helplessly, put all five fingers up, and raised his hand lightly with a wry smile.

"The young grandson is only five years old, and he is still in the age of the general horn·······"

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