"I don't know what you think of the prophecy that the one who first sealed Mount Tai as the lord of the Central Plains said to the priest?"

Faced with Kong Sheng's question, Yang Guang thought for a while and said: "The people of Fang Shi are difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood in Fang Shi's words. ”

Kong Sheng shook his head: "Your Highness doesn't know why the ministers are so shocked about this matter, because Fang Shi Weichen and others recognize that Nantuo Mountain Jingyun Guan to Yuan Dao Chang has always had the name of the world's gods, and once calculated the key things of Weichen himself, and also calculated Confucianism, so he often went to Qufu and made friends with his ministers. ”

Yang Guang understood the reason why Kong Sheng and the others were so sure of that Fang Shi, it turned out that he knew him and believed in the other party's ability very much.

"Mr. Kong, he is accurate, but how can he say this to you? It's a head-killing thing. ”

"Zhiyuan Dao is good at drinking, and he often spits out the truth after drinking, although he is not as accurate as divination, but there is also a eight or nine that is not far from ten, Weichen often finds him to drink, and his alcohol consumption is also very average, so he can't hide his things."

Yang Guang was a little stunned, this old guy is yin enough, he knows that others can't drink well, so he keeps looking for him to drink, and he has a little prophecy from his mouth.

And Yang Guang couldn't believe what he said after being drunk at this time, it could be as accurate as divination, you must know that ordinary monks have to fast and bathe if they want to divination, and then a very complicated process, this Zhiyuan Taoist can just say it casually when he is drunk, this is not just a matter of words, this is too scary.

Yang Guang glanced at Wang Long, and Wang Long couldn't say anything about this matter, because he was not familiar with Zhiyuan Dao Chief.

After thinking about it, he said: "So Mr. Kong thinks that the prophecy of this Supreme Yuan Dao Elder is true, and the one who first crowned Mount Tai will be the lord of the Central Plains?" ”

"Wechen...... Wei Chen kept talking, but the words of the Zhiyuan Dao Chang have always been accurate. ”

"Can this king meet this Supreme Yuan Dao Chief?"

"Daoist Xianyun Yehe, generally only appear in his Taoist temple and Qufu, if His Highness wants to see it, I can convey it on my behalf next time I see Dao Chief."

"Then thank you Mr. Kong in advance, such a magical Supreme Yuan Dao Chief, this king naturally wants to meet him."

Kong Sheng continued: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, His Majesty wants to enshrine Mount Tai, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so arrogant, this behavior is a gift for the monarch and the minister, and a gift for the father and son." ”

"But Mr. Kong just said that the first person to seal Mount Tai is the lord of the Central Plains, so since the imperial brother has already gone to Mount Tai, the matter has become a foregone conclusion, and the words of the Zhiyuan Dao Elder are so accurate, this king is afraid that he is powerless to change."

Kong Sheng immediately said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin must not think so, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already climbed Mount Tai, but Mount Tai Feng Zen is not so simple to complete, according to the words of the Yuan Dao Chief, His Royal Highness the Prince is trying to steal the national fortune when His Majesty Mount Tai Feng Zen, this matter has not yet been completed." ”

Yang Guang frowned tightly at this time.

Kong Sheng, Kong Bo and the others now took advantage of the situation to salute Yang Guang, and said in unison: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Weichen and the others can't sit back and watch His Royal Highness the Crown Prince make such a mess of the dynasty, and they are willing to do their best to assist His Royal Highness the King of Jin to set things right!" ”

Looking at the appearance of the heartbroken people, Yang Guang understood very well that they wanted to use this matter to serve themselves and show their ambitions.

Holding the major event of King Jin's political enemies, there is indeed the capital to invest, and it is impossible for Yang Guang to refuse the investment of this group of people, once he refuses the other party to run to Yang Yong, what should he do? These people are not some peddlers and pawns, they are all famous people.

Yang Guang first stretched out his hand to hold the saluting crowd: "What are you doing here?" You are elders, and you are all highly respected people, how dare I accept such a salute to Yang Guang. ”

Kong Sheng said: "As long as His Royal Highness the King of Jin does not dislike it, I am willing to saddle the horse for His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

Kong Sheng and others, who were originally holding the prince's affairs to negotiate with King Jin, completely exposed their hole cards, and they were still holding shelves before, but now they have no shelves.

Kong Sheng had already noticed that Yang Guang had said before that no matter what Taishan had done, he was playing with them.

But he is not angry but happy, such a young His Royal Highness the King of Jin actually has such a keen insight and mature thinking ability, isn't this the appearance of the Ming Jun he wants to follow? If it is a mediocre little highness, can he really bring his people to the ninety-five position? Can Confucianism really flourish?

Now that you have taken out your hole cards, it is better to dig them out more thoroughly.

Kong Sheng continued: "Your Royal Highness, you conquer the Turks, open canals, and develop commerce, although you are only nominally the position of the vassal king, but the emperors who have done it for thousands of years can be compared with you are also very few, Weichen and others admire His Royal Highness the King of Jin, so they can't help but serve His Royal Highness." ”

Yang Guang was a little moved by what he said, he didn't think that those rebels who were bragged about by his subordinates in history were like this, but today, Yang Guang finally understood that if the group of people under his command really boasted about themselves every day, holding themselves, it was not impossible for him to be really complacent and believe it to be true one day.

"The sincerity of your gentlemen, I Yang Guang feels, if you can trust me, I will do my best to let the students of the world can read, you should naturally become a hundred generations, as for the matter of Mount Tai Feng Zen, this king does not dare to make a decision now, after all, the matter is too big, if the prince really wants to steal the national fortune when his father Taishan seals the Zen, then it will definitely show the horse's feet, and the thief must be dirty."

Yang Guang's statement made everyone a little disappointed, obviously they did not get Yang Guang's absolute trust, otherwise Yang Guang would not have let go of such an opportunity to attack the crown prince, but fortunately, according to the meaning of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, he was willing to support everyone.

Yang Guang then held Kong Sheng's hand and said: "Mr. Kong is the twenty-second generation grandson of the Confucian sage, this time the Great Sui Imperial Examination is a grand event in the world, I will enter the palace tonight and tell my father and the emperor, and set up two chief examiners, one is naturally Wang Long's master, and the other is if Mr. Kong is willing, I will recommend Mr." ”

Kong Sheng immediately said: "To serve the country, you should be willing." ”

"Good! It is best for students in the world to be reviewed by two highly educated examiners, and I will tell all students that no matter how big an official they are in the future, don't forget the two [sitting teachers] today. ”

"What is a sitting teacher?"

"The main examination of the candidates in the world is the teacher of the candidates in the world, and the grandmaster of the world's literary world."

Hearing that Kong Sheng's old eyes gave birth to a scorching light, what people like them care about most is reputation, not to mention anything else, the teacher of the world's candidates, the grandmaster of the world's literary world, these two titles are enough for them to do their best.

After Yang Guang sent the group of people away, he found Yuan Tiantian with a melancholy face and said, "Have you ever heard of Nantuo Mountain Jingyun Guan Yuan Dao Chang?" ”

"When I was a child, I heard my father say that he had a good relationship with his father."

"He has the power of your father?"

"This father didn't mention it to him, I don't know."

Although he didn't get a definite answer, from Yuan Tiantian, he had at least heard his father mention that this Zhiyuan Dao Master should have some strength, but he didn't know how strong this strength was.

"The one who sealed Mount Tai first, the lord of the Central Plains, is this true or false."

Yuan Tiantian saw Yang Guang so distressed and said: "Your Highness, why should you worry, my father said that we have two criteria for divination and physiognomy, one is to believe it or not, and the other is to believe half or not to believe half." ”

"These two guidelines seem to be contradictory sentences."

"It's better to believe that there is something or not, because no one can see whether the other party really has the ability or pretends, because sometimes the real ability looks more like pretending than pretending, divination fortune telling relies on the will of God, and if the sky does not give it, no matter how many people have the road, there is no way."

"I believe half or half of it, because even if I calculate something, sometimes I only have a very vague concept, and even the front and back are reversed, such as the sentence that there are many under His Highness, the one who first sealed Mount Tai, the lord of the Central Plains."

Yang Guang asked suspiciously: "I still don't understand." ”

"For example, if I get this proverb, but what I know is actually this sentence, I don't know the whole picture, the first to seal Mount Tai, the lord of the Central Plains, it can be said that the person who first sealed Mount Tai will become the lord of the Central Plains, but it may also be that the first person to seal Mount Tai is the Lord of the Central Plains, it is just to show that the Lord of the Central Plains precedes others to seal Mount Tai, and there is no guarantee that the person who becomes the Lord of the Central Plains will seal Mount Tai or say that Mount Tai can become the Lord of the Central Plains."

Yang Guang's brows furrowed even more: "So I can only analyze the whole picture of things according to this proverb." ”

"Yes, it's like my brother calculated something, but it didn't point directly to His Highness, but to the man next to the princess, this person may be a friend, brother, husband, father, different monks have different solutions, my brother thinks it's the princess's husband, so let me wait until His Highness."

"And what do you think?"

"I think it's also you, Lord Wang."

"When we first met, you told me to save your family, but I still haven't told me how to save it, what is the matter."

Yuan Tiantian said apologetically: "Your Highness, only my younger brother knows the proverb of this hexagram, and even my father doesn't know it, so I can't help it, but I believe he will come to see you." ”

Yang Guang rubbed his eyebrows, this kind of mysterious thing made him feel a deep headache, and waved his hand to let Yuan Tiantian go down first.

Thinking carefully about today's events, about the matter of Feng Chan Taishan, Yang Guang can't act rashly even if he has conclusive evidence from Kong Sheng and others, I don't know why, it seems to be the instinct of creatures, he feels that this matter is too dangerous, it is a danger that people dare not approach.

……

When the day of the imperial examination came, the students were under the watchful eye of everyone, like courtiers in the early court, when the gate of the imperial palace was opened, they rushed in.

The courtiers on the side laughed self-deprecatingly: "Normally, I have to keep my head down when I enter the palace for pilgrimage, whether this group of young people are ignorant or fearless, one by one, they raise their heads and look around, if it weren't for His Majesty himself asking them to enter the palace, if I were like this, I would have been put out by the Ministry of Rites and the eunuchs." ”

"These are all the 'upstarts' of the academy, they are coming up, and we old guys are afraid that there will be nowhere to stand. ”

"I'm worried a lot, they are all young descendants, there are elders in the family, and they can stand up without the imperial examination, and if they don't have elders, they can't get up after the imperial examination, and my son is in the crowd, so I have to take care of it at that time."

"That's natural, how can your son-in-law be comparable to others."

The students slowly came to the Golden Palace in the center of everyone, and in front of them was His Majesty the current Emperor.

Facing the many students, Yang Jian smiled with satisfaction: "This is the beginning of the first imperial examination, and all the students are elite talents selected from the academy. ”

"Long live my emperor."

"I hope you can all get good results in the exam, this time I will review and fold the performance in the main hall for an hour, which can be regarded as an hour of invigilation, and then Wang Long and the twenty-second generation grandson of Confucius will be the chief examiner."

As the voice fell, the eunuchs brought pens, ink, paper, and inkstones to the candidates, and each person's desk was at least one and a half meters away from the front and back, and it was definitely impossible to see other people's answer sheets when they were sitting.

Soon the students in the hall began to write hard, and the emperor read the folds in front of the hall, which was also a sense of ritual, as if he was writing hard with the emperor, and a bright future was beckoning to them.

After an hour, the Emperor left his position, and the two examiners took over the duties of invigilators.

The emperor came to his study for the first time, and Yang Guang and Queen Dugu were already waiting here at this time.

The emperor smiled with great satisfaction: "Amo, this form is doing well, I am very satisfied, this batch of students hope to produce a few good seedlings to clear the obstacles for the future imperial examination system." ”

"Father, although there are more than 10% of the commoners in this group of people, this is also a huge progress, although they may not be on the list, but the sons mean that even if there are not high in this group of people, they should be used as a backup for officials when they return to the local area, and they will have the opportunity to be reused in the future."

Yang Jian nodded: "Well, now that there are more and more things in the court, it is the time to employ people, and it is a good thing to make up some for cultivation in advance." ”

Seeing that the father and son were so happy, Queen Dugu said: "The matter of the imperial examination should be taken seriously, but the crown princess may be about to give birth in two days, Amo, you have to talk to Mr. Sun in advance." ”

"The queen mother, Mr. Sun, is a doctor, although he understands the matter of childbirth, but the princess is a daughter, so he can't let Mr. Sun deliver the baby."

Queen Dugu said angrily: "You child, why are you not smart at this time, childbirth is naturally a matter of the midwife, but you asked Mr. Sun to wait outside the house, and Mr. Sun is not there, I just don't feel at ease." ”

"Queen Mother, you seem to be a little superstitious about Mr. Sun's medical skills."

"It's also good to have an auspicious picture, Mr. Sun is now holding a knife and can sew it back with a knife, which is really amazing."

"Queen Mother, what you said is too exaggerated, that is, it was only used on the fifth brother's body, and it was very early before it was used for other diseases."

(End of chapter)