On the fifth day of the second month, the scholars discussed.

When the morning light was slightly dewed, twenty-two scribes dressed in Tianxia clothes stepped on the stone steps of the mountain road on the inner city platform and came to the temple of the sages to worship the sages of Tianxia.

Some of the people here are gray-haired, and some are still young, but everyone has a straight back, powerful steps, and an indescribable spirit on their bodies, which makes people look awe-inspired.

The eldest is now one hundred and nineteen years old, and the youngest is only thirty-one years old.

After paying homage to the sages of the past dynasties, these heavenly summer scholars went down the steps behind the temple in turn and came in the direction of the capital.

At this time, in front of the main hall of the administrative department, Liu Fengquan, the director of the department, had already taken the chief officials of the six major government offices, as well as a number of officials in the palace to stand on the square in front of the door to greet them.

Now the sun has not risen, the morning glow is only slightly rising, and the group of them are standing here, their robes are stained with slightly wet morning dew, and there is not much sound around them except for the occasional suppressed coughing, which seems to be very empty and cold.

However, when viewed from the air, one can see the four corners of the inner city terrace. Everywhere were banners and rows of soldiers, underneath were rows of guards and inspectors, and occasionally a military of lieutenants dressed in victorious clothes walked around.

After a period of time, the figure of the Tianxia scholars appeared in everyone's sight, Liu Fengquan cheered up, and when the people gradually approached, he stepped forward to greet him, and the officials behind him also moved their feet and followed together.

The two sides greeted each other in the square for a while, and then a group of Tianxia scholars were welcomed in, and walked all the way to the large hall in the middle of the administrative office.

When they arrived here, the Tianxia scholars were all seated on both sides, revealing the spacious aisle in the middle, and the main seat above the high platform was vacant, which was for the position of the Grand Governor, not because the Grand Governor Yang Jue was still young, according to the regulations, he would not appear on the Shi Council before the age of eighteen.

At the head of the main seat, one step lower, there is a row of seats on the left and right.

The seats on the left side are mainly the positions of the officials and the officials of the various government departments, and they represent the administrative power of the Metropolitan Protectorate.

On the right side, it is reserved for the two captains, the commander and the guard captain. These two men controlled most of the military power of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and they also represented the most direct will of the Metropolitan Protectorate.

However, there was no seat for the Xuanfu and the Divine Captain Army, because in the current ritual structure, these two families were only responsible for fighting against the supernormal forces, and did not have the right to participate in the administration of affairs and directly transfer troops.

At the beginning of each meeting, many people from the summer will put forward reasonable suggestions to the Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Metropolitan Hall will discuss and discuss again, and if it is adopted, and there is no objection from the Metropolitan Governor, then it will be implemented throughout the year.

Liu Fengquan came to his position with the chief of the government department, and he heard a continuous rhythmic drum beating outside, and he said in a deep voice: "When the captain and the guard captain have arrived." ”

The door of the hall was pushed open from the outside, first two armor soldiers walked in, stationed on both sides, and then Du Wei An Youting strode in in a straight military uniform, and behind him, followed by the guard Yang Ying, and then more than ten personal guards and retinue clerks.

And they all got up and saluted the two of them.

After the ceremony, An Youting and Yang Ying came to the right seat and sat down.

However, because the scholars mainly discuss governance policies, as long as they do not involve military matters, the two of them, as military leaders in the Metropolitan Protectorate, will not point fingers at the scholars.

At this moment, two expressionless scribes dressed in black came out, stood on the two corners of the chamber, and sat down behind a lacquer table that had been laid out long ago.

These two people were the commissioners of the Metropolitan Governor's Hall, and they would record everything they had heard and seen today, and bring it back to the Metropolitan Governor to see. And the book will be recorded in the document as a reference in the future.

This is also a reminder to all of you here today that every sentence you say today needs to be thought about again and again.

Yang Ying whispered to an old scribe beside her at this time, "Wu Shuwen, this time Mr. should be able to be promoted as a 'scholar', right?"

Wu Shuwen thought about it for a while, and replied very carefully: "Back to Weiwei, Zhang Shenzhi can be recommended by the Academy Palace and the Security Patrol Association, and there is no opposition in the capital, and there is still a lot of hope." ”

Yang Ying was more confident than anyone else, and said, "Well, Mr. will definitely become a scholar!"

Wu Shuwen bowed his head and said, "What Wei Wei said is true. ”

At this time, outside the main hall of the administrative department, above the lookout in the west corner, stood a man in his thirties who was equipped with a waist knife, wearing a Shengjiang robe, and wearing a big hat, with a neat beard on his lips, two eyebrows like swords, and a stern look in his eyes.

The wind blew on the terrace, and his robe stirred constantly.

This is Hou Hejiang, the new left army of the Divine Captain Army.

For this time, the Divine Captain Army came with a total of two soldiers, in addition to him, another right soldier waited for Pang Gong, and this one was responsible for guarding the other corner of the capital hall.

There were two team leaders beside Hejiang, one of whom looked in the direction of the administration and said in a malicious tone: "Junhou, you said that if we rush in at this time, will we be able to wipe out all the upper echelons of the capital?"

He Jiang glanced at him and said, "Gao Ao, you are too unscrupulous, can you say these words here?"

Gao Ao laughed and said, "Isn't there a military waiting, what am I afraid of?"

He Jiang snorted and said, "The people from Xuanfu are on the other side, don't let them catch any tricks, otherwise I won't be able to protect you." ”

"Xuanfu?" Gao Ao showed a strong look of disdain, "If you want me to say, I should have competed with them a long time ago, and the Protectorate should be in charge of our Divine Captain Army, so what beacon tower should be pushed to it as soon as possible!"

He Jiang glanced at the Xuanfu and remembered what he was told after becoming a military candidate, and a little jealousy appeared in his eyes, and said, "You don't understand." ”

In the large hall, the youngest Xia Shi stood up, bowed to the heads on both sides, and said, "Gong Guo, Duke Yu, what do the two elders think the topic of this discussion should be?"

Yu Gong stroked his beard and said: "We have a total of twenty-two people here this time, and the rest are either seriously ill or unwilling to come here.

Guo Gong agreed: "Yes, this is also a serious matter. ”

Yu Gongdao: "Okay, then first present the candidates for this Shiju for the public to see." ”

Young Xia Shi took out a folding book from his sleeve, opened it in front of everyone, and said loudly: "There are four people nominated by all parties this time. The three academic palaces of Linzhi, Ningguang, and Xuancheng jointly elected the three of 'Xu Wenyue, Tan Shizhi, and Qi Yinliang'. ”

After reading this, he paused for a moment and said, "The people pushed by the Taiyang Academy are artificial...... Zhang Yu. With that, he put away the folded book and looked up.

There was a middle-aged Xia Shi in his sixties on the table and asked, "Is the Taiyang Academy just recommending one?"

The young Xia Shi said: "Yes, there was originally another one, named Yao Jinchu, but the Taiyang Academy seemed to think that it was inappropriate for these two to be juxtaposed, so they moved it again." ”

The middle-aged Xia Shi nodded, and didn't ask any more.

At this time, the prince asked, "Have all the people inquired about it arrived?"

The young Xia Shi replied: "It's all here, and now they are all settled in the corridor seats of the outer hall." ”

"Then, let's ...... first" Guo Gong's memory seemed to be a little bad, and his voice paused slightly, and the person next to him reminded him in a low voice before he continued: "Call Xu Wenyue, who was promoted by the Linzhi Academy, first." ”

At this time, in the Kuiwen Hall of the Taiyang School Palace, Superintendent Chi and the scholars were sitting here, waiting for the news to come out of the capital at any time.

Superintendent Chi pondered for a while and asked, "Isn't there anything missing?"

Hong Xueling immediately turned sideways and replied: "Superintendent, most of the troubles have been solved, the key is that these last three inquiries, whether it is the government inquiry, the academic inquiry, or the people's inquiry, we can only affect some of them, and here we can only rely on Zhang Shijiao to deal with it." ”

And at this moment, in the Linzhi School Palace, Superintendent Dong Lu was also walking around under the lobby, and from time to time he would stop in front of the big painting of "Covering the Mountains" and look at it attentively.

He was wide and fat, and he stood there like a wall, blocking everyone else's view.

After a long time, he asked aloud: "Lin Xueling, do you think we can push people up this time? Why do I feel a little weak?"

Standing behind him, Lin Xueling hurriedly said loudly: "Superintendent, don't worry, the key to this matter lies in the three inquiries, that Zhang Yu of the Taiyang School Palace is self-recommended to enroll, not a truly knowledgeable person, we have Shang Xueling, under the three inquiries, he will be able to show his original form!"

Dong Xuejian raised his hand and waved, and said: "Now, there is no need to say these good things in front of me, that Zhang Yu must have real talent and real learning, otherwise where would Chi Chao push him to the throne? Isn't it a joke." ”

Lin Xueling said: "What the superintendent said is that Zhang Yu is young after all, even if he is talented and learned, but he has no ability to govern things, and the people we recommend are different, each of them is a hero in the school palace, and he has also been to a place to participate in governance, which is incomparable to Zhang Yu." ”

Dong Xuejian was not persuaded by him, governing affairs and governing strategy are two different things, the main proposal of the scholar discussion is the governance strategy, and the governance strategy is only one kind of discussion, in addition to the rules, inspections, abolition and reform, etc., just having experience in governing affairs does not take much advantage.

However, these words finally made him feel a little more at ease, and the people on his side did not have any advantages over the people recommended by the Taiyang Academy.

After waiting for almost a summer time, a teacher walked in quickly and said, "Superintendent, Fang Caijun has always sued that Xu Shijiao and Tan Jun were called into the hall before a summer time. ”

Dong Xuejian's bloated body suddenly turned around, and he asked anxiously, "How?"

The teacher arched his hand, bowed his head and said: "There is no news yet, but when I received this news, I heard that Qi Jun also entered the hall, and the only one left is the one recommended by the Taiyang School Palace, I believe that it will not be long before the selection of scholars will have results." ”

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