After retiring from the dynasty, Liu Wei couldn't wait to take the chariot to the Huangji Hall to invigilate the examination.

After a long time.

End of exam.

Looking at the list of titles on the gold list, Liu Wei was overjoyed and said: "Chai Shao, Yunwen Yunwu, can be my right-hand man with Chengdu." ”

Chai Shao's imperial examination results were: 86 in martial arts, 85 in liberal arts, and 85 in character.

Both civil and military, with excellent character, Liu Wei immediately appointed Chai Shao as the champion of the Golden Branch, and other candidates were also retained by Liu Wei at his discretion.

"It is also very important to make a good reserve of officials, first of all, to remove those who are ambitious from the imperial court." Liu Wei thought so.

Liu Wei summoned Chai Shao alone outside the Huangji Palace.

Liu Wei first greeted him with a warm question, and then chatted with him, and heard that Chai Shao's parents were there, so he immediately took the initiative to send Chai Shao a mansion and asked him to bring his parents to Beijing to be raised.

After a short exchange, Chai Shao left a very deep impression on Liu Wei: he spoke well, had some unique views on political affairs, knew the army, and knew a lot about the law of governing the army.

All-round talents like Chai Shao are rare in history, and now they have been met by Liu Wei, so they naturally want to make a difference with them.

Liu Wei secretly decided to place Chai Shao in the Ministry of Rites and let him help him select outstanding talents from the imperial examination.

Liu Bian's positioning of Chai Shao is very clear, because Chai Shao's ability is very comprehensive, so Liu Bian plans to use him as a brick first, where he needs to move.

Let's start with the Ministry of Rites.

After asking Chai Shao about his schoolwork, Liu Wei deliberately ordered someone to send Chai Shao out of the palace, and immediately took a chariot to move to the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

On the way back to the Palace of Raising the Heart, Liu Bian's old tricks were repeated, and Liu Keming was moved beyond measure, and he couldn't wait to dig out his heart and lungs to Liu Bian, so as to prove his loyalty to Liu Bian.

After getting Liu Keming, Liu Wei pondered alone in the Heart Nourishing Palace for a long time, and it was not until Queen Nangong Junwei ordered someone to send a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup that he gradually retracted his thoughts.

Liu Wei silently picked up the white fungus lotus seed soup in front of him, ate it carelessly, and after a while, he put the empty bowl on the imperial case.

Zhuge Yan knew that his mind was not here, so he tiptoed away the empty bowl and silently guarded the side of the imperial case.

Liu Wei made a summary of the Sims in the previous life, and made some simple plans for the Sims in this life.

First of all: we must first focus on stabilizing the situation of the court, and the matter of cleaning up Prime Minister Xue Conggui can be put aside for the time being, and there is no need to rush for a while.

Secondly: In this life, you must practice martial arts diligently, because the martial arts of this life can be perfectly converted into muscle memory in another life, which is definitely an unexpected joy for Liu Wei.

It is also necessary to start with Yuwen Chengdu and Chai Shao, cultivate a force loyal to themselves as soon as possible, and use them to balance and even suppress the outdated family clans.

Finally: kill the eunuch Kong Zunliang, the leader of the seal and ribbon prison.

What Kong Zunliang did was fundamentally different from Liu Keming's.

Liu Keming assassinated Liu Wei, at least people can still give a reason.

And Kong Zunliang, as the eunuch of the head of the seal and ribbon prison, secretly communicated with the civil officials and the family, which was an absolutely unforgivable thing for the emperor.

The eunuchs were supposed to be the emperor's henchmen, they were domestic slaves and lonely ministers, and they should only have a genius on their heads, but Kong Zunliang actually found another way and took the initiative to take refuge in the civil officials and the family, which was looking for death.

The originally silent Heart Nourishing Hall suddenly broke the silence due to Liu Wei's question: "Who else is in Kong Zunliang's family?" ”

When Zhuge Yan heard this, he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Back to the master, there are still a few concubines in Kong Zunliang's family, and a righteous son, and other than that, there are almost no relatives. ”

"How many years has he been in the palace?"

Zhuge Yan frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Back to the master, Kong Zunliang has been in the palace for fifteen years. ”

"Oh."

Liu Wei nodded and said, "Since the year I was born, he has entered the palace." ”

"Yes."

Zhuge Yan nodded.

"You say..."

Liu Wei leaned forward slightly, looked directly into Zhuge Yan's eyes, and said word by word: "He has been in the palace for so many years, but he has only achieved the position of the palm seal of the seal and ribbon, will there be dissatisfaction in his heart?" ”

Zhuge Yan was shocked, and said: "It seems that a rootless person like a slave and maid, who can live a personal life only by relying on the power of the saint to speak and do things, thinks that he should not dare to give birth to a great rebellion." ”

Liu Wei smiled slightly and said, "Let people try it." ”

"Obey the order, slave and maid, let people do it."

Liu Wei trusted Zhuge Yan very much, and Zhuge Yan proved his loyalty to Liu Wei through his actual actions, and also proved it twice.

The reason why Zhuge Yan helped Kong Zunliang speak was because Kong Zunliang and him still had an incense relationship, and the two were in a master-apprentice relationship.

When Zhuge Yan first entered the palace, he was unacquainted and unfamiliar with life, but as a result, he happened to meet Kong Zunliang, who was relatively powerful in the palace at that time, so Zhuge Yan worshiped the dock and became Kong Zunliang's apprentice.

Kong Zunliang is good at everything, but there is one shortcoming that cannot be ignored, this person is not good-looking, and to put it bluntly, he is ugly.

And Zhuge Yan is in stark contrast to him, Zhuge Yan is capable, and he is still a handsome guy, and the luck of the key people is very good, and he was assigned to work by Liu Wei's side within a few years of entering the palace.

As a result, Kong Zunliang, who had nothing to do with kindness, saw him, and naturally felt a trace of jealousy towards him.

As the old saying goes: jealousy makes a person unrecognizable, and once it arouses the jealousy of a eunuch, it can be a very terrible thing.

In order to take revenge on Zhuge Yan, Kong Zunliang took the initiative to privately contact the family and reached a united front alliance with it.

Kong Zunliang wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Zhuge Yan, while Xue Conggui wanted to avenge the dismissal of Liu Wei, but the two sides hit it off and did the thing of killing the king.

"Be cautious, don't show your feet." Liu Wei deliberately reminded Zhuge Yan.

"Please rest assured that the slave and maid will do things beautifully and will not disappoint the master." Zhuge Yan said.

Liu Wei looked sideways at the sky outside the window, got up and said, "It's not early, set up Changle Palace, and I will rest at the queen's place tonight." ”

"Yes."

Zhuge Yan quickly walked out of the Heart Nourishing Palace, arranged for someone to prepare for the walk, and said, "The Holy Lord moves to Changle Palace." ”

Liu Wei was about to move to Changle Palace to talk to the queen, but as a result, as soon as he stepped out of the heart cultivation gate with his front foot, there was an eight-hundred-mile urgent fold behind him.

Liu Wei, who was reclining on the armrest of the chariot, casually took the express delivery from Zhuge Yan, unfolded it and looked at it at a glance, then immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, go back." ”

Facing Zhuge Yan's inquiring gaze, Liu Wei shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "There is a great drought in Henan, and the dragon in Jiangnan has turned over, and a total of 520,000 taels of silver are needed for disaster relief. ”

"Alas, 520,000 taels, where do I still have the heart to spend time with the queen." Liu Wei shook his head helplessly.