At the beginning of the day,

The first light between heaven and earth rose, falling on the vermilion color of the palace wall, and in a trance it looked like a wall full of blood, and the imperial city that had not yet been completely released was like a giant beast in the shadows, and the towering corner tower was like the horns of a giant beast.

Changle Street is already full of carriages,

Officials in court robes waited silently at the palace gate.

"Squeak squeak......"

The heavy palace door slowly opened,

I don't know why the atmosphere of this month is much duller than in the past, and today it has reached a peak, everyone just lowered their heads and silently stepped inside, and the entire Changle Street was only left with the sound of the soles of their shoes hitting the ground, and from a distance, the hollow that the palace door opened was like the blood basin of a giant beast.

......

Qingliu Study,

"Crunch, crunch......"

There was an overwhelming sound from the wooden wheels of the cart, and behind him there were two long ruts, driven by a white-faced scholar wearing a hat.

The old shopkeeper waited at the back door of the shop early, and he didn't think much about the change of the driver, just thinking about how much silver could fall in his pocket when the books of the ox cart were sold.

"Shopkeeper, all the books have been delivered today. ”

Bai Xiaosheng lifted the oilcloth on the ox cart, and the stacks of books with blue skin and white background were stacked very neatly, all of them were newly printed books, and there was a faint smell of ink and a faint muddy smell when the oilcloth was opened.

"This ......"

The old shopkeeper's fingers gently stroked the books piled up on the ox cart, felt that something was wrong, rubbed his eyes and looked carefully, it was not the books he ordered in the printing shop, but all the scriptures written by the sages and sages, which was reasonable, and could be regarded as a best-selling book in the hearts of the world's readers.

But looking down carefully, the old shopkeeper is expression changed slightly, and nearly half of them are compiled into a volume of articles on governing the world, among which the "Seventy-two Policies for Governing the Country" written by Qin Gong is an example, most of them are written by some cadres and ministers, water conservancy, engineering policies, astronomy, craftsmanship, and even arithmetic are all included in it.

These are not books ordered by the old man. ”

"Could it be that you made a mistake?"

The old shopkeeper looked up at the white-faced scholar and spoke.

"There was no mistake in pulling. ”

Bai Xiaosheng jumped off the ox cart and naturally lifted the hat and said with a smile.

"Your Excellency?"

"Hey, why are you so busy delivering books today?"

The old shopkeeper was stunned after seeing the man's face clearly, and subconsciously took a few steps back and shrunk his neck, and the person who contacted all the bookstores a month ago was the current scholar, and he also interpreted what it means to hide a knife in a smile.

"Shopkeeper Liu, don't worry, there is nothing else. ”

"It's just that this official is idle, so he thinks about sending it himself. ”

Bai Xiaosheng chuckled and was extremely approachable, but the old shopkeeper only seemed to feel that there was some coldness in his smile, and he almost fell to the ground with a stumble under his feet.

"Shopkeeper Liu, what's the matter, dissatisfied with this batch of books?

Bai Xiaosheng patted the article at the top and asked with a smile, this situation was also expected.

"These books are good, but I'm afraid those who read them won't buy it......"

The old shopkeeper smiled bitterly.

"Qin Gongwei is naturally different as the prime minister of the dynasty, and it is reasonable that the books he wrote are embraced by scholars all over the world, and even if the books he writes are snatched up, it is a common thing, but what the remaining officials of various positions in the dynasties said and wrote, in the eyes of the world's scholars, it is worthless......"

"Those pragmatic articles are far less than the truth of the sages and sages, not to mention paper money, I am afraid that it will not be sold in half, you must know that those who read are thinking about how to learn to cultivate life and rest in the book, cultivate virtue, and be recommended as officials in the future, rather than thinking about how to build water conservancy, watch astronomy at night, as for arithmetic, as long as you have a basic understanding of change, proficient in this way, are those who despise businessmen......"

"Those sideways things are all out of the flow......"

"But now that the adults have sent the old decay, they will not postpone it, and these books will try to sell them, and after a long time, occasionally someone will try to buy a few fresh ones. ”

The old shopkeeper has opened the study for decades, and he naturally knows the market, and now he is afraid that half a car of books will be piled up in the warehouse and the ashes are a handful of bitter tears, but looking at the person who sent the book in front of him, he did not dare to shirk it, and could only be regarded as a dumb loss.

"Oh?"

"The left side door is not in the stream?"

Bai Xiaosheng said playfully.

"It's too early for Shopkeeper Liu to say this, so it's better to wait. ”

"Maybe one day these sideways will be sought after by the world's scholars like the scriptures, and in the end, the official is also a reader, and the mystery can only be known by going deep into it. ”

Bai Xiaosheng smiled, didn't say much, shouted and left with the ox cart, looking down from the sky, more than 300 large and small study houses in the entire Shangjing City were also in this situation, the difference was that the rest of the drivers were replaced by brave Liangzhou soldiers.

"How can it be so easy for these books to be sought after by people all over the world, reading sage books has been the case for thousands of years, and it is easy to make those who want to read books, if you read this thing, you can become an official, just do it, if this is the case, you have to run for your life to try it at a great age......"

The old shopkeeper looked at the stack of books on the ground and sighed, but in a trance, he recalled his words, and only felt that he had caught something inexplicably.

But he shook his head and felt that this idea was a bit ridiculous, and the old shopkeeper put aside these inexplicable thoughts, and smiled bitterly and beckoned the man to move these books back to the shop.

......

Imperial

At noon, there was a bell and a drum at the door,

After the tee drum,

Hundreds of officials enter the palace.

At the end of the white jade steps, the young man in a python robe caressed the railing with his fingers, looking at the hundreds of officials below who slowly climbed the steps, remembering the gate valves represented behind them, and gently patted the railing, his eyes were undisguised cold.

"That person is His Highness?"

"Why did Your Highness suddenly go to court today?"

Under the long steps, he saw the young man's clothes clearly, rubbed his eyes in great surprise, and exclaimed in surprise after seeing it clearly, but soon his voice lowered again, and he just buried his head and walked quickly.

"Old minister, Zhang Qingling has seen His Highness!"

"Old minister, Liu Chengshi has seen His Highness!"

......

An extremely humble greeting came to mind in the young man's ear, and after the young man and the old minister saluted very respectfully, he hurried by, burying his head very low, like an ostrich.

"It's still here after all......"

"I lowered my attitude and knelt down. ”

"The knife can be swung over the top of the head. ”

"Heh......"

The official surnamed Wang looked at the back of the young man and sighed, the king who was surrounded behind him, and the officials of the two gate valves of Xie followed the man tremblingly, and the scene in the capital a month ago was seen by the gate valves of the major families, but they did not dare to squeak, but they only felt that the huge wind in the capital was loud, and the grass and trees were all soldiers.

"I hope you can give us a way out. ”

"As long as the knife is not pierced into the heart, the old man will also admit it, no matter how much blood is shed, it can be slowly replenished, the big deal is that our Xie family has been enduring for three or two hundred years, and after changing for more than ten generations, that position may not still be sitting under the butt of the person surnamed Xu. ”

The old man surnamed Xie also muttered in a low voice, but his gaze at the young man in the distance still shivered inexplicably, shook his head with a wry smile, and stepped up the steps.

The two old men walked very slowly,

In their eyes, the long white jade staircase was tantamount to the road leading to the execution ground, and the young man in the python robe was the executioner with a big knife, and he only felt that the black python robe embroidered with good Shu brocade only felt that it was dripping with blood and filth.

......

In the temple of Taihe,

The young man looked at the middle-aged man sitting in the middle of the high place and smiled, speaking of which his father and son still rarely meet on such formal occasions, and after he returned to Beijing, he was busy with the imperial examination, and occasionally entered the palace at night to talk to his father.

But then again, these days, my father's appearance looks more and more majestic, and the momentum around him is not only the murderous spirit of the past, but also a little more noble than the ninety-five, but when I get along in private, I am still a bastard, and there is always the slightest estrangement from the emperor's family.

In the sound of the mountains and tsunamis,

After the officials of Honglu Temple first came out to sing,

The early dynasty is considered to have officially begun, but the atmosphere above the hall is really a little depressing, although it is the summer solstice, but there are still people with cold sweat on their foreheads.

The smiling young man is now at the head of the left,

Half a step behind him was Qin Gong in a purple robe,

Both of them looked like old gods, and they didn't speak, but the hundred officials below were indeed sitting on pins and needles, and the feeling of the knife hanging above their heads for a long time was particularly terrifying.

After the ordinary things are played,

The eunuch did not shout to retreat,

Everyone had to stand stunned, Xu Wu naturally knew about the imperial examination very early, and all the regulations were also clear, even if he thought about it, he felt a little shocked, in the end, it was a thousand years of merit, and it was not so easy to succeed.

But now that all the foreshadowing has been done, no matter what, it is time to show the knife, and it must not be delayed any longer, you must know that now that the Xu family is sitting in this position, it is beaten down by 300,000 iron horses, and after entering Beijing, it is even more slaughtered, and those empty positions have also been filled by Qin Gong, which is the weakest time for the door valve.

......

I don't know how long it took,

"The minister has his own music!"

The backs of those officials from the gate valve were already wet with cold sweat in this dull atmosphere, and finally an old voice remembered in the huge court.

"Aiqing, please speak!"

......

"Got it, got it......"

The cicadas outside the hall are constantly singing,

The needle drop in the palace can be heard,

The purple-robed figure walked out of the ranks directly, stepping on the crimson carpet to the middle of the main hall, and at the same time, everyone's eyes were focused on that person, and the two of them behind him, Wang, Xie, and the two of them even raised their throats, but they didn't expect that Qin Gong would end up directly.

"Wang Yuanming, the secretary of the ministry, where is it?"

"The lower official is here!"

The old man surnamed Wang didn't expect Qin Qingtang to come up and name him, so he had to walk out of the ranks.

"How about the promotion of officials this year? In addition, those vacant official posts that go down to the prefectures, counties, counties, and townships and up to the six departments of the three provinces have been recommended for such posts?"

Qin Qingtang asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the Duke of Qin, there are very few vacancies in the six ministries now, but there are many vacancies in the local official positions in various states and counties in the world. ”

The old man surnamed Wang couldn't figure out what Qin Qingtang said, the matter of official positions, and now most of the original vacant positions in the court were taken by Qin Qingtang, and the rights of his family lords in the court have been encroached on to the extreme, so he doesn't care, at most he resigns and returns, and he must know that the source of his rights lies in the place, not the court, and the court is just a place to speak.

"Humph......"

"Referral list!"

Qin Qingtang snorted coldly, and at some point, he took out a piece of paper from his cuff and read it in a deep voice.

"Cui Hengwen, Xie Chunxiao, Wang Jianming, Li Chun, Wang Mingfu......"

"How is this kind of person rated in the market?"

"Don't you know?"

"Or are those recommenders blind?"

Qin Qingtang came up and pressed step by step, shouting,

There is no trace of the elegant and easy-going appearance of the past.

"This ......"

Looking at Qin Qingtang's aggressive appearance,

Feeling the terrifying momentum, the old man surnamed Wang retreated again and again.

On weekdays, he is not angry and arrogant, but so,

Moreover, in the midst of wrath,

"Duke Qin, this kind of list is recommended by local officials, people with both virtue and virtue, now what Duke Qin said, whether there is a misunderstanding in it, now after the point is broken, Lord Wang will definitely go back and investigate. ”

Seeing this, the old man surnamed Xie had no choice but to go around the way.

"Lower official, the crime of dereliction of duty!"

"The crime of dereliction of duty!"

"What a dereliction of duty!"

"Recommend, recommend, why are all the people recommended by your Wang family, Xie family, Wang family, Sun family, and Cui family, could it be that you people like these ancestors have to be born better in feng shui, and they are all virtuous and upright?"

"Gong Qin, there is a saying in ancient times, and the virtuous do not avoid relatives. ”

"The lower official is also ......"

The old man surnamed Wang kicked and said uneasily.

"Virtuous don't avoid relatives?"

"What about filial piety?"

"Filial piety, filial piety, there are only a few filial pieties in the whole world, and there are the most honest people, could it be that there are thousands of people in your main branch, all of whom are filial piety to fathers and sons?"

Qin Qingtang shouted,

And they were all speechless,

"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land,"

"On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister,"

"Above the court, the Son of Heaven is still a little more restrained at the moment, but the local area is indeed unscrupulous, I am afraid that if it continues like this, all the states and counties will be the land of your family, and they will all be the people of your family!"

"What is your intention!"

Qin Qingtang took another step forward, and the two of them actually fell to the ground under their feet.

Qin Qingtang ignored it,

After the voice fell,

With a wave of his sleeves,

Turn around and bow,

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, from the Shiqing Shilu system to today's inspection system, the entire world of officials has decayed to this point, and the so-called inspection is only a few words!"

"And today's recommendation has become a trend, and the scholars are full of thinking about how to please the recommended officials, and they don't want to make progress, and in the long run, the country will not be ......."

"The old minister begs Your Majesty to open the imperial examination and accept talents!"

"Test the scriptures, understand the world, and be honest!"

"Take the article, know the world, and know how to govern the country!"

"In this way, all the talents of the world should be included in His Majesty!"

Qin Qingtang knelt on the ground and shouted, the old voice echoed continuously above the main hall, and everyone below was stunned when they heard the sound, even the cicadas outside stopped singing.

On the crimson carpet, the old man surnamed Wang, who fell to the ground, only felt that the world was spinning when he heard the sound, and he didn't mention it in one breath, but fainted directly.

"Ho, ho......"

"This knife still pierced the heart after all......"

The old man surnamed Xie glanced over Qin Qingtang's figure, and finally fell on the young man in the python robe, only to feel cold all over his body, and even trembled uncontrollably.