When entering the imperial city, you must not make loud noises, you must not gallop on horseback, you can only walk slowly. In this way, it took nearly half an hour to walk to the front of the Xuanzheng Hall.

It is no wonder that there are officials who have been in court one after another on the third watch, and it is really possible to be late.

When Yan Yunting and Wang Hongzhang arrived in front of the main hall, it was already the fourth watch, and many diligent officials were already waiting in front of the hall, they carried eggs and steamed buns, squatted on the steps, and solved the breakfast problem on the spot.

It turns out that the official is so down-to-earth.

"Yan Shaoxia, give it, this is the big cake baked last night, don't dislike it." Wang Hongzhang threw Yan Yunting a wrapping cloth and sighed: "It's a pity that I can't drink alcohol in the morning, otherwise I can drink two pots of his mother with a flatbread!" ”

Yan Yunting took a bite of the flatbread, the taste was dry and rough, and it was really difficult to swallow without drinking water...... Nowadays, are all the generals eating so frugally?

"General Wang, when will this early dynasty start?"

"If nothing else, it's the fifth watch."

"So, there are still accidents?"

"There are often accidents, let's be on time, His Majesty the Emperor is not necessarily, sometimes she will announce people to enter the palace at dawn, and sometimes even come in the morning, everything depends on when she wakes up."

"She let the emperor go, and she is still so lazy?"

"Shhh......h You can't talk nonsense! Wang Hongzhang hurriedly stopped Yan Yunting, "His Majesty the Emperor has a lot of opportunities, but he is very tired, as courtiers, it doesn't matter if we wait." ”

"If the king of a country is not punctual, how can he work hard." Yan Yunting shook his head, went down to see Li Yu, and really had to speak bluntly and talk to her.

After another half an hour, hundreds of civil and military officials arrived at the gate of the main hall one after another, some sat on the steps to eat breakfast, some dozed off the pillar, and some gossiped about political affairs in groups...... But everyone has a common wish, and that is that the sun will come early and the king will rise early.

Yan Yunting took a general look at the civil and military officials, and finally found Lu Boguang among the crowd of civil ministers, who was sitting on the steps, holding a small box with all kinds of pastries, eating with relish.

Yan Yunting looked at the rough and dry flatbread in his hand, and suddenly felt unbalanced in his heart. It is not difficult to find that the breakfast eaten by these Wenchen is also meat buns and eggs, and the generals, each of whom has a big cake, has to wrap it in his arms if he can't finish it, and take it out and take it out to nibble two bites when he is hungry.

"General Wang, where did these ministers come from?" Yan Yunting asked in a low voice.

Wang Hongzhang said: "What you see, those who are in groups of three or five, are generally Li Xiang's old ministers, some are invited from Huangshan Academy, and some are filial piety and honesty into the hall. ”

Yan Yunting frowned slightly, "Li Xiang's old department, why can he still enter the court as an official?" You see that they are all fat-headed and big-eared, and I am afraid that they were also a lot greedy before. ”

Wang Hongzhang shook his head, "I don't know about this, the selection of officials in the new dynasty is decided by the prime minister and the emperor, and these old ministries can stay in the new dynasty as officials, and they should be more or less useful." ”

It is said that above the court, I am cheating, and before I entered the court, I formed a gang in groups of three or five, the officials of the old ministry were a bunch, the military generals were a bunch, and the academy was also a bunch, talking to each other and whispering, for fear of being heard by outsiders.

Probably this is officialdom, right?

"Let's ...... it" There was a sound of eager footsteps, and a little eunuch with a jade face ran to greet him: "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty will go to the court immediately, please enter the palace to welcome you?" ”

The sky was bright, and it had already passed the fifth watch.

The ministers thumped their feet, rubbed their shoulders, and walked together into the main hall.

Yan Yunting had no official uniform and no official position, so he could only wait outside the hall with other officials below the fourth rank to observe.

"It's you." A snarky sound came into Yan Yunting's ears, and Lu Boguang happened to pass by him, "I didn't expect you to be also an official of the new dynasty, why, you don't even have an official uniform, and you can't even enter the palace gate?" Hehehe......"

Yan Yunting smiled and said, "How good you are smiling now, how ruthless you will be when you beg me later." ”

Lu Boguang said disdainfully: "The pig is pretending to be an elephant, and you have to stick two green onions in your nose. Be. Piece. Miscellaneous. Moh. East. West? ”

"Lord Lu, let's go in quickly, don't delay the early court." Yan Yunting still kept a smile and made a "please" gesture.

"Humph!" Lu Boguang flicked his sleeves and walked into the main hall.

Soon, the civil and military officials stood in several rows according to their rank and position, respectfully waiting for the king to come to the court.

"The emperor has arrived!"

With a shout, the ministers knelt down.

Li Yu is wearing a dragon robe and a crown, and the majesty of the Son of Heaven is very good-looking, but his complexion is not very good-looking, his eyes are swollen and black, his eyes are faintly red, his eyes are confused, and he looks like he has not woken up at all. She walked up to the main hall and sighed before sitting on the dragon chair.

"My Emperor is blessed with Jin'an!"

"Flat."

"Emperor Xie!"

The retainers stood.

Li Yu yawned, glanced at the ministers, and asked, "What about Yuwen Changqing?" Haven't come back yet? ”

The little eunuch on the side said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, didn't the prime minister come with a letter last night?" said that I am afraid that I will not be able to come in time for this morning. ”

"That's right...... Those Aiqing, do you have something to do? Li Yu asked Xiang Qunchen.

At this time, an elegant man in his early thirties with a jade belt around his waist stepped out and bowed his waist to admonish:

"Your Majesty, now that the new dynasty has just been established, all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, in order to better select talents, I propose to speed up the restoration of the imperial examination system, and at the same time establish a Taixue University in Luoyang, recruit students widely, and reserve talents for the country."

After hearing this, Li Yu pinched his brows, "Why is this problem again?" Didn't I tell you to discuss with Yuwen Changqing? Why is there no result? ”

The elegant man said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has been busy with affairs recently, and he has not discussed this matter too much with Weichen, and this is to cultivate talents for the country, and it must not be sloppy, and His Majesty should personally open the golden mouth." ”

"Then I don't agree." Li Yu said immediately.

The elegant man's cheeks twitched, and he pressed his waist even lower: "Your Majesty, please think twice!" ”

"Fan Sicheng, you and Yuwen Changqing are both from Huangshan Academy, right?" Li Yu asked suddenly.

The elegant man replied: "The minister is a calligrapher, he is appreciated by the prime minister, and he enters the court with filial piety and honesty, and he feels the emperor's grace——"

"Okay, I said, you who read the books of sages, can you speak in the future, and speaking in the vernacular won't hinder anything," Li Yu interrupted Fan Sicheng impatiently, and said:

"Look, you, Fan Sicheng, Huang Yu, Sima Yu...... You were all introduced by Yuwen Changqing from Huangshan Academy. Everyone in the world knows that which one of the Huangshan Academy is not a pillar of talent? And Yuzhou is so close to Luoyang, if you want to be selected, you can go directly to Huangshan Academy, what other Taixue is founded?

Do you know how much it takes to set up a higher education institution? Doesn't it cost money to raise that group of students?

How many times have I told you, the most important thing now is to solve the problem of food and clothing in the country, the problem of food and clothing!

I can't fill my stomach, what else do I have to do to read, write, and take the imperial examination! ”

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