Zhuge Liang's narration stunned the five teammates.

They were stunned for a long time before they gasped and reacted that they seemed to have made a big mistake.

"So that's it?"

"How can this be?"

"I ...... What have I done before? ”

"I actually understood such an important thing?"

After Levi understood everything, he looked at Zhuge Liang with admiration on his face.

"Kong Ming, I finally understand why you can be the champion......"

"It doesn't matter."

Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled: "The important thing is that we can get the opportunity to receive full training in the cabinet during these three months, which is very beneficial for us to become officials in the future." ”

"I see."

Levi nodded, and then he asked another question.

"That's for Pavilion Officer Chen...... Kong Ming, how did you deal with Chen Geguan? He always had a black face, he either rebuked or ignored us, he couldn't approach him at all, he couldn't ask any doubts, how did you do that? I remember being angrily reprimanded by him a few days ago, didn't I? ”

"Yes, if you don't grasp the timing and interrupt his train of thought to handle affairs, of course you will be reprimanded by him."

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "So after that, I will know, pay attention to observe, record the doubts that I can't understand, and when he finishes dealing with a matter, wants to drink water or compliment, I will follow, hand him water, or follow him to ask."

At such times, he is still willing to answer some doubts, and I can learn something from it, and in short, it is important to ask him questions when he is free, not when he is on business. ”

Li Wei nodded slowly, while Zhang Yun, another teammate next to him, was full of confusion.

"No, I asked him a question when he went to lunch, but he glared at him and drove him away, why didn't he answer?"

"I don't always get him to answer, sometimes he's in a bad mood, and when I follow him to ask this and that, I will be reprimanded by him."

Zhuge Liang smiled: "It's normal to be reprimanded, if you are reprimanded, you will be reprimanded, next time, next time, observe his emotions more carefully, you can always meet him when he is in a good mood, ask again at this time, and he will guide you a little gently."

What we should pay attention to is not to be reprimanded once and dare not ask again, or think that if we are reprimanded, what will happen, this is very normal, Chen Geguan does not have the kind of duty that a teacher treats us with all knowledge, he does not have any problems if he does not do this, he can give some guidance, but it is our luck. ”

"That's ......"

Zhang Yun frowned, as if it was difficult to accept.

Zhuge Liang patted him on the shoulder.

"I heard that people who enter the cabinet are all promoted from officials to officials after several years of local experience, and then after at least one term of county officials, and after making some achievements, they will be transferred back to Luoyang to enter the cabinet, and being able to enter the cabinet is itself a kind of recognition from the Son of Heaven.

Each of them is very good and capable, and once they enter the cabinet, as long as they don't make any mistakes, it is very possible for them to be arranged to serve as county guards and assassins in the future, how can they not think very highly of themselves?

And we are just newcomers who don't know anything after the imperial examination and enter the court, in their eyes, what can we be counted? In the future, they will all be high-ranking officials who can be the fourth and third grades, so why is there any need to be kind to us and respond to our needs?

The family's concern for us is because of blood relatives, and the teachers are willing to guide us because of their duties, and they hope that we will be diligent and inquisitive, but Chen Geguan and them are not related to us and have no need for duties, and they have to respond to our kind and pleasant faces, is it to slap us?

They themselves have a bright future, and some people are optimistic about them, and some people appreciate them, and there is no need to talk to us at all, even if our families are from superior backgrounds and have relatives of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, for them, it is just to ignore them, and there is no need to stammer, on the contrary, we need guidance.

Gentlemen, maybe in our hometown, in the academy, we are all excellent people, and there are people who flatter us wherever we go, but in Luoyang, in the cabinet, we are just ordinary newcomers, such as us, like a carp crossing the river, so we should be careful in doing things, be cautious in life, and not be blind and arrogant. ”

Zhuge Liang's words were sincere, and Li Wei, Zhang Yun and the other five people were silent for a long time, and they didn't say anything in the end.

But in the next few days, Zhuge Liang can be a little free in the cabinet, but it is quite rare to see these five people continue to be scolded.

They seemed to have learned something from Zhuge Liang's persuasion, and began to run around with their heads down and silently, and they didn't continue to complain.

Sometimes when Zhuge Liang seized the opportunity to ask questions, as long as these people were present, they would definitely come over and prick up their ears to listen, and sometimes Zhuge Liang came back from running errands outside, and he could also see that one of them was cautiously asking Chen Yao for questions.

Chen Yao didn't seem to be so disgusted.

One day a month later, when Zhuge Liang asked him for a question, Chen Yao looked at Zhuge Liang with a smile and asked him a question.

"You seem to be quite helpful, the five people in your group didn't accept the status quo so much at first, and they complained a lot about me, you were the only one who was different from them at the time, I don't think they will wake up in a few days, you told them something, right?"

Zhuge Liang nodded.

"Yes, they had a lot of problems and asked me for advice, so I told them something, and I think it's normal for colleagues to help each other."

"Is it normal?"

Chen Yao said with a smile: "Zhuge Kongming, if I tell you that this time Guanzheng is actually another exam, we are your examiners, the outstanding among you can stay, those who are not good enough will lose everything, and the quota is limited, how would you feel?" ”

"This ...... Is it true? ”

Zhuge Liang was puzzled: "The official body has been awarded to us, is it ......?"

"What the imperial court can give you can naturally take back, and don't you think there are too many people who pass the exam this time?"

Chen Yao sneered: "At the beginning, the imperial court only planned to accept a thousand people, but now it is three times more, so after this time to observe the government, we must eliminate the stupid two thousand people who don't know how to work, and only the smartest one thousand people will be left, Zhuge Kongming, in each group, only two people can stay."

In the beginning, you were the best one, and I thought you would be able to stay, but now it's not the case, they've learned, they're getting better, they're growing, their scores may soon catch up with you, or even surpass you, you're probably going to be eliminated, how do you think? ”

Chen Yao looked at Zhuge Liang with a smug look on his face.

Zhuge Liang lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and looked directly at Chen Yao.

"If this matter is false, I will naturally have no problem helping my colleagues, I will do the right thing, I will not make mistakes, if this matter is true, then I don't think I will be the one who will be eliminated, and I am confident that I can stay and will not be easily surpassed.

If I make a mistake that I can't forgive, and I get caught up and eliminated, then I didn't do well enough, and in three years, I'll come back, and I'll correct all my mistakes, so no matter how you look at it, I don't think there's anything wrong with me helping my colleagues. ”

Chen Yao looked at Zhuge Liang with some surprise.

"Yes, yes, the idea is very correct, but you are so helpful, you can do it at school, and you can do it at home, but in officialdom, it's not a good thing, officialdom is more despicable villains who can betray everyone for themselves, you help him, he won't thank you at all, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Was it my fault that I was framed by a despicable villain?"

Zhuge Liang looked at Chen Yao.

Chen Yao blinked, opened his mouth, and didn't react for a while, Zhuge Liang asked what was going on.

Leaning less, he reacted.

"Okay, you sharp-toothed Zhuge Liang, you really deserve to be the champion among 300,000 people, I ask you a question, and you ask me a question in turn?"

"Xia Guan didn't mean that."

Zhuge Liang said softly: "The lower officials just think that it is the right behavior for colleagues to help each other for national affairs, as for whether the person being helped is of noble character or inferior, whether he is a master or a villain, it has no impact on whether to help each other or not."

Doing one's best to help each other in state affairs is a matter that is beneficial to the country, and if state affairs are damaged because of personal grievances between each other, or even use national affairs to harm others in order to seek benefits, then such people will be unable to escape the blame, and the two should be treated separately and should not be confused. ”

Chen Yao narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhuge Liang for a long time.

"I never thought that you still had such a vision, but I don't know if you really encountered such a thing, would you still stick to today's opinion? There are many things you haven't experienced, and you imagine yourself to be extremely strong, but if you really encounter something, I'm afraid you will hate it more than others. ”

"It is human nature to hate villains and wrong things, and for villains, subordinates naturally hate them."

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "But this is not in conflict with the cooperation between colleagues for the sake of state affairs, there are villains who have done wrong things, and naturally the villain should be punished, but if the right approach is given up for this, then as an official of the country, he himself has also made mistakes, how can he do such a wrong thing?" ”

Chen Yao took a deep breath.

"I think very well, I say it very well, I just don't know if you can do it, of course, this has nothing to do with me, you have to start from the grassroots level later, accumulate experience little by little, and I, or a few years will also be a county guard, I don't know when the next meeting will be, I hope you can do what you say, Zhuge Kongming."

Zhuge Liang saluted.

"Ryo will do his best to live up to your expectations."

"I don't expect much from you."

Chen Yao rolled his eyes, shook his hand and threw Zhuge Liang a document: "Send it to the Ministry of Industry, let the Ministry of Industry give me an exact time, I can't delay it any longer, if it drags on any longer, the war in Yizhou will change." ”

"Yui."

Zhuge Liang took the document, walked quickly to the Ministry of Industry, and quickly brought back the feedback from the Ministry of Industry.

A little later, Chen Qun, a cabinet official who had finished handling the day's affairs, called Chen Yao and asked him to go to the palace with him to meet Liu Bei and report today's events to Liu Bei.

"I heard that Zhen Butang and Yan Butang quarreled again, did you ask the Ministry of Industry about the time before, has it been implemented?"

"It's implemented, and the Ministry of Industry has given time."

Chen Yao nodded and said, "Given the time, why did you quarrel with the household department again?" ”

"What else could be the reason? Ask the household department to give more money. ”

Chen Qun sneered: "The Ministry of Industry has no other way, but to spend more money to make people work more, and then to ask more budget to convene the people to urgently repair the road, and the Ministry of Industry has always felt that the Ministry of Household is the culprit in this matter, and the Ministry of Industry must pay more money, don't you see, yesterday, the two almost fought in front of the palace." ”

"Has the relationship between Yan Butang and Zhen Butang deteriorated to this point?"

Chen Yao was surprised: "They are all relatives of the emperor, I heard that they still have a good relationship with each other." ”

"Where are there any royal relatives now? Don't talk nonsense outside. ”

Chen Qun said in a low voice: "In the past, it was a good thing for the emperor's relatives to be in front of the Son of Heaven, but today's prince is particularly taboo against the emperor's relatives, haven't you noticed?" It's been six years since Zhenguan, and how many times have the ladies' families entered the palace? are all avoiding it! ”

"That's ......"

Chen Yao said in a low voice: "Since this is the case, then should we be a little biased towards the Ministry of Industry or a little bit towards the Ministry of Households in this matter?" ”

"What does it have to do with us?"

Chen Qun said with a smile: "We are the cabinet, and we don't do things, so if we don't take advantage of our transcendent position, we want to get involved in the dispute between the two ministries?" How stupid? We're just advisors to the Son of Heaven, and we don't have anything to do with anyone else, understand? ”

Chen Yao nodded.

"Understood."

The two hurried to the palace, and as soon as they arrived in the palace, the two heard the sound of Yan Wen and Zhen Yan arguing from a long distance.

(End of chapter)