Yang Guang made the scene of the entrance ceremony of the imperial examination candidates and students to Beijing, and the sense of ceremony was extreme.

Although many of the gate lord clans still don't want to see this imperial examination system very much, but the construction of schools in various places has made the imperial examination system a must-go, and most of them are the descendants of their own major families, they feel that it is equivalent to changing the soup but not the medicine.

Therefore, Yang Guang made the ceremony grand, and their opinions were not big, at most, they were like the sons who were with Yang Xuangan before, and they were jealous and disdainful.

What will happen to you when someone who is lower than you suddenly gets a better courtesy than you?

Of course, it's demeaning.

Why did he stand taller than me?

He can accept such cheers, and I should have done more.

Superiority and arrogance, just like the down-and-out and reserved old aristocracy who will always look down on the new rich who eat and gobble, the dignity that is born superior to others is only the most clear when he despises the inferior.

When Kong Yiji was in the tavern and said things that others couldn't understand, causing the hall to laugh, wasn't he also laughing at those who laughed at him?

Otherwise, why do you always go to the tavern to find someone to laugh at?

……

That night, Yang Guang's house invited a group of different guests.

Including Wang Long, there are a total of five people, all of whom are at least the age of knowing the mandate of heaven, all of them are Confucian masters, scholars and professors, and old gentlemen who came from Qufu to watch the imperial examination.

Externally, it is said that it is for the imperial examination, and naturally no one doubts it.

Wang Long introduced Yang Guang one by one.

"This is the president of Shandong University Hall, Mr. Li Wen, a great Confucian in the sea."

"This is the president of Youzhou University Hall, the Confucian sect, Mr. Dong Bihai."

"This is the twenty-second grandson of Confucius, Kong Sheng."

"This is also the twenty-second grandson of Confucius, the younger brother of Kong Sheng, Kong Bo."

After the introduction of the four, Yang Guang saluted several people with the gift of a scholar, which made several old scholars very satisfied, and praised Yang Guang's appearance and virtue with a smile.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, he is upright, dignified, radiant, like a cloud dragon and a sage, and the posture of the sky."

"Elegant manners, gentle as jade, is really a handsome ear that is difficult to find in the world."

"Talented, elegant, and graceful, its grace is like a fairy descending to earth."

"The talent of the sky will definitely become the peerless generation of elegance sought after by thousands of people! Today's sentence soared to 90,000 miles, and became famous through the ages. ”

I have to say that the old man praises people is good, and the tone of his speech is also slow, giving people a very comfortable feeling, of course, once this group of people scolds people, they will die if they are ugly.

Yang Guang looked at the four people in front of him, the two principals of the academy, both of them were Confucian people, obviously Wang Long was selfish in selecting people, but this was also a helpless thing, the development of the school must be done by a person like Wang Long who was conscientious and so obsessed with academics, and he was a Confucian person, and the appointment of Confucian Confucianism was also expected.

Yang Guang chatted happily with a few people, and after getting acquainted with each other, he asked Wang Long: "Master Wang, I don't know how many people were present when the name was changed to Qufu at that time?" ”

"All of them are present, Mr. Dong Bihai specially rushed from Youzhou to Qufu to participate in the name change ceremony, Your Majesty respects Confucianism and Taoism, and we naturally have to do better what Your Majesty has explained."

Dong Bihai immediately stood up and said: "Qufu changed its name, respected Confucianism and Taoism, Your Majesty changed the world and swept away the haze of hundreds of years ago, it is really a wise monarch through the ages." ”

This sounds like a sycophant, but the shooting is real, real, because it involves the beliefs they have learned, and it can be seen that the praise for Yang Jian's behavior is definitely not a scene.

Yang Guang glanced at Wang Long, and it must have been for that big event that everyone was summoned today.

Wang Long comprehended the meeting and said to Kong Sheng, the twenty-second eldest grandson of Confucius: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Mr. Kong Sheng is the twenty-second eldest grandson of Confucius, and he is also the patriarch of the Confucian family. ”

Kong Sheng smiled slightly at Yang Guang because he was the grandson of the Confucian family, whether it was the previous Northern Qi or the current Great Sui, the emperor was quite respectful to him, and he also developed a high and arrogant problem, and treated Yang Guang with elegance in a smile, and said greetings, which was already the most polite way.

Yang Guang didn't care, and said first: "I have heard Mr. Kong's name for a long time, but I haven't been to Shandong, I haven't visited, and I hope that Mr. is not strange." ”

"Your Highness is a young talent, we are rotten wood dull, and it is an honor for Lao Er to talk to His Highness."

"I don't know what happened to Mr. Kong's Taishan Zen seal?"

Yang Guang doesn't plan to go around in circles, because if this group of people goes around in circles with him, they can really go around for an hour or two without repeating the same.

In the face of Yang Guang's question, in fact, Kong Sheng knew what he wanted to ask, and glanced at a few people behind him, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty intends to seal Zen with Mount Tai, but now it is just a little planning, if you really want Mount Tai to seal Zen, Your Majesty will have to wait until the Central Plains is unified into a great cause, and now Weichen is just doing some preliminary planning work." ”

The old turtle easily did not show his head, Wang Long saw that Kong Sheng didn't seem to want to talk about that matter, so he walked up to him and said: "Mr. Kong, you are Confucian orthodox, we read all the books of the Confucian sage, and we should be sincere and sincere. ”

"The old man is old and lacks foot strength, so he sent a few young and strong people to Mount Tai to survey and observe, and often lived on Mount Tai, and also sent a lot of people to repair the road on the mountain and prepare in advance."

"Mr. Kong is thoughtful, and then what?"

Seeing that Kong Sheng wanted to speak and stopped, his brother Kong Bo stood up and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the person we sent up reported that one day, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince climbed the mountain overnight, and worshiped the sky at sunrise, and there was a monk beside him, saying that the one who sacrificed Mount Tai first was the lord of the Central Plains. ”

Kong Sheng hurriedly stopped his younger brother: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is not strange, his brother is unobtrusive, and he is talking nonsense about things without evidence." ”

Yang Guang's face was gloomy: "Is there no evidence, or don't you dare to say it?" ”

Li Wen, the principal of Shandong University Hall, stood up: "Don't hide it from His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Weichen was in Qufu in those days, and Weichen's physical strength was okay, so Mr. Kong asked Weichen to go to Mount Tai to observe with the explorers. ”

Hearing Li Wen stand up and say this, Kong Sheng sighed: "Hey, Xiao Li, you shouldn't say anything about this, in our opinion, this may just be a matter of trespassing, and it is not such a small matter when it comes to His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

Then he looked at Wang Long again: "Old Master Wang, you called us here today, I thought it was for the imperial examination, but now it seems that you are waiting for us here, now that the words are spoken, what should we do!" ”

Kong Sheng sighed instantly, his face full of distress.

Dong Bihai helped Kong Sheng and said: "Mr. Kong, His Royal Highness the King of Jin and Master Wang asked today, it is definitely not an impulsive act, His Royal Highness is smart and beautiful, and he will definitely not do reckless things, and you know the character of Master Wang, so you don't need to be angry or anxious." ”

Kong Bo, who said the matter, looked much more heartfelt than his brother An, and said, "Since Master Wang and His Royal Highness King Jin both want to know the details, what if we talk about it?" Your Highness and Master Wang can still harm us. ”

Kong Sheng sighed: "Hey, we are all scholars, isn't it good to be less involved in these things?" ”

Master Wang gave Yang Guang a look, which meant that Yang Guang had to express his position.

Yang Guang looked at this group of old foxes, didn't they know the relationship between Wang Long and themselves when they told Wang Long about the matter, didn't they specially inform themselves through Wang Long?

At this time, several people sang red and white faces, obviously for themselves, and they also wanted to build their own relationship through this incident and completely stand on their side.

According to Wang Long's previous words, because this group of old masters had gotten along with Yang Yong for a while, and Yang Yong had a lot of arrogance, he was very disrespectful to them, so he was very dissatisfied with Yang Yong in his heart.

Out of understanding his brother, Yang Guang knew that Yang Yong should not be far from ten when he offended them, and Yang Yong would definitely do this kind of thing, after all, these old pedants, there are many rules, and there are many, and Yang Yong's temperament is absolutely unbearable to quarrel with them.

Once a young man quarrels with them, they will definitely feel that their dignity has been provoked, but Yang Yong does not care about provoking these people.

Therefore, they should have discussed it in detail before they informed Wang Long of the matter, because it is not a secret that Wang Long and Yang Guang have a good relationship, especially after Luoyang pit Yuan Xiaoju once, it is almost well known.

The choice of Yang Guang was their unanimous decision, and they also hoped to use Yang Guang to fight against Yang Yong.

The good thing to say is to choose a camp, and the ugly point is to want to kill people with a knife.

Is this group of people useful? Of course, that is useful, at worst, they are all absolute noble families in the local area, and they have a very heavy right to speak, and at worst, the more prosperous the imperial examination will be in the future, the higher their status will be, and Yang Guang also needs the cooperation of more people.

It's still the same old saying.

We must make more friends and fewer enemies.

Yang Guang said with a smile: "Masters, this king is just a simple question, this matter can't get out of this room, what you say is only known to the people in the room, and this king guarantees that you are safe, and at the same time, you can have a heart-to-heart relationship with me Yang Guang, Yang Guang is grateful." ”

I thought that my statement was sincere enough, but now that this group of people don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, they are not satisfied with such a statement.

Kong Sheng said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Fang is the younger brother and Xiao Dong are talking nonsense, and please don't blame His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

Yang Guang was a little puzzled, didn't this group of people want to surrender to themselves? What more do you want?

Li Wen said: "Mr. Kong, His Royal Highness the King of Jin is a person who understands etiquette, and it is best to talk to His Highness about this matter." ”

Dong Bihai sighed lightly: "Mr. Kong, if you don't talk to His Royal Highness the King of Jin about this matter, who will you talk to." ”

The old turtle Kong Sheng sighed and said: "But everyone, this is the crime of trespassing by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the current dynasty, this is something that will shake the country's foundation?" If it's not good, several of us will be caught and killed. ”

"But Mr. Kong, we will not hesitate to do anything for the sake of the Great Sui and the world."

Watching them continue to sing and harmonize, Yang Guang understood that the other party was disgusted that the chips he had opened were not enough.

They think that this is something that can bring down Yang Yong, and once Yang Yong is overthrown, then Yang Guang will be the crown prince, and they think that this is to help Yang Guang ascend to the throne.

Just in exchange for Yang Guang's heart-to-heart and gratitude, it is not enough.

Yang Guang didn't expect this group of people to take this matter so seriously, so it should be true evidence, maybe it is really possible to bring down Yang Yong.

But at this time, Yang Guang frowned slightly, there were two main things to worry about, one of them, if this matter was really enough to bring down Yang Yong, then even if Yang Yong was careless, the strategists around him were not dry meals, and they couldn't stop him from being stupid, so he always planned to be safer, so that this group of old guys wouldn't find out the evidence.

Second, now Yang Yong and Goguryeo are at war in the northeast, although they are all small-scale battles, but if they sue in the rear, can they really take Yang Yong down? Once there is any mistake, will he still be sued for falsely accusing the prince?

Yang Guang sat down unhurriedly to drink tea and said: "A few masters, please sit down first, let's talk slowly about something, this king should have never heard of this matter, and the day after tomorrow it will be time for the imperial examination, what are your opinions?" ”

Since we are going to talk about the conditions, I will not express any opinion until you have stated your own conditions.

In a negotiation, the person who shows his cards first loses.

Kong Sheng and the others were a little surprised, but the scheming few people didn't show it, and they sat back in their positions one after another, Kong Bo instead said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, this matter is a gaffe for us, please forgive your Highness, don't spread the word." ”

"Naturally, naturally, there is no evidence, this king said to the outside world is not good for himself, the most important thing to invite a few people today is to talk about the imperial examination, the scientific examination, this decision is to take the exam in front of the palace, so it is called the palace examination, the father will come to invigilate the examination for an hour, and the rest of the time our prince in Beijing takes turns with the masters and six Shangshu to invigilate, to prevent any favoritism."

Yang Guang really began to talk about the imperial examination, after all, Yang Yong's Taishan sacrifice to the sky, the worst result so far is that nothing happened, missing an opportunity for Yang Yong to be stupid, and he didn't have any loss to himself.

He lost money, and he believed that such an opportunity would still come.

So there was no word to chat with them, obviously Kong Sheng and the old masters didn't expect Yang Guang to have such an attitude.

imagines that there is an opportunity to bring down the crown prince, and even if King Jin is not in a hurry, he should be impatient.

Wang Long sighed lightly, sure enough, this group of people still despised His Royal Highness the King of Jin, this Highness is not a mortal.

In desperation, after saying a bunch of things that were not available, Wang Long spoke first: "We have almost discussed the matter of Mr. Kong's imperial examination, let's talk about the matter mentioned before." ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin respects Confucianism, a pure heart, you should tell His Highness the truth."

Kong Sheng knew that if he didn't speak, even if he and the others left today, there would not necessarily be a follow-up.

In the end, he spoke: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, I don't know what you think of the prophecy that the first person to seal Mount Tai will be the lord of the Central Plains?" ”

(End of chapter)