Sometimes, it's as simple as making a decision. doll

At this moment, Li Dongyang is no longer as ignorant as before, and he wants to cultivate his influence.

Night. Zhao Pu and Shen Xi met in the Drunken Immortal Building in the Yingdu City.

There was a pile of food on the table, but only a few bites had been moved. I drank a lot of wine.

Several years of official positions, although Shen Xi is an idle position, but idle positions also have benefits, that is, there is more free time, and there is more time to be handed over, and the most important thing is that Shen Xi usually doesn't care about things, and after being free and casual, there is also an official position, although he can't make much money, but on the whole, he has no worries about food and clothing, but he is a little fat.

But Shen Xi still has a wish in his heart, which is to open the way for the vast number of poor scholars. Although there are not many pure scholars in this officialdom. But they are all united, and this group of scholars understands that when they set foot on this career in white clothes, they have one foot in the road of no return. Officialdom is like a besieged city, people from the outside want to come in, and people inside can't get out.

Yes, I just can't get out, once I enter the officialdom, I enjoy the benefits brought by the rentier class. The desires of human nature will be greatly satisfied, and there will be no pressure to survive beyond this. With this unprecedented peace of mind, even if you are a mediocre and lazy person, you can live a very good life. No one wants to get out. The only way to go up is to climb up. Nothing else, because the higher you go, the greater the freedom to enjoy.

There is such a poem that says well, life is precious, love is more valuable, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown.

The freedom to enter officialdom is ten thousand times more comfortable than the freedom of a hermit. This is also why the saying that negative hearts are all readers has a long history.

Shen Xi felt this difference. From a poor township to the Quanli Center of Chu State, he completed his transformation after several years.

But Shen Xi is a nostalgic person after all, and he hasn't forgotten his roots. After many people become officials, they are addicted to the glory and wealth of the world, and then they drift away. But he is different, he feels that in life, at least he has to do something earth-shattering. No matter how bad it is, you have to do that kind of big thing that no one has ever done before. After dying in this way, he can also leave a strong mark in the future history books.

The "History Book" about the Chu State can be said to be the existence of a god in the hearts of the scholars of the Chu State. Throughout the ages, the number of people is as large as a drop in the sea, boundless, but how many people can be recorded in the history books? And even if they are recorded in the history books, are they immortal or are they reviled through the ages? This is not the same.

It is true that for many people, as long as they can be recorded in the history books, whether they are famous through the ages or spurned by the ages, the result is a matter of fame through the ages. But for some, it's just different!

What Shen Xi wants to do is to change the monopoly of the nobles of Chu State, he wants to promote the imperial examination and select talents fairly. It really gives the poor scholar a chance to cross this threshold in a dignified manner!

After becoming an official, he knew that there were many think tanks like Zhao Pu in this Chu State who could only be staff members all their lives, many of whom were poor scholars, and after studying, their horizons increased, but they could not really do things for the people, and they could only realize their ambitions by being an official's staff and think tank. But it is impossible to have any name in a lifetime, and the reason is very simple: the ideas of the think tank, whether they are meritorious or wrong, are written on the person in charge.

And the real think tank doesn't even have the opportunity to show his face.

Zhao Pu and Shen Xi, after they met, they also cherished each other, although their status was different, their wishes were the same. They all came from poor places, and their families wandered in the Yingdu.

"Brother Shen, how is it? What is the situation in the court now?" Zhao Pu did not shy away from it in the slightest. Had a glass of wine. Asked directly.

Shen Xi was dressed in a white-clothed Confucian crown. "That's the case, that is, there may be some turmoil on the border recently, and the empress of the Great Zhou State in the southern border of Great Chu is old, and it is estimated that if she wants to make a little political achievement, it may be unfavorable to my Great Chu. ”

"Then Brother Shen, do you think you can fight?"

Shen Xi shook his head. "No, even if it starts, Da Zhou will not be able to take advantage, the Ye family's iron cavalry is guarding in the south of the empire, and the Futu Iron Armor Army has expanded its recruitment of 30,000 in the past ten years, and the equipment is all the exquisite craftsmen of the empire, forged with the dark iron outside the sky, and the weapons are forged by famous artists. Not to mention the Ye family's ironclad army, it is an ordinary combat division, and it is all expanding. If the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty hadn't been dizzy, she wouldn't have dared to attack rashly. We occupy the geographical advantage, the people. They can't win. In the past ten years, Da Chu has developed. The number of people is also large. ”

"In the imperial examinations held in the past ten years, people can be promoted, and those who become officials are all children of officials, and some sons inherit their father's business. Some of them directly arrange officials, and they are all related. Ordinary children of poor families, but there is no one. Your sister is the queen of the dynasty, and she can be said to be deeply favored by the emperor, so she can't blow the wind on the pillow?" Zhao Pu said.

Shen Xi shook his head, "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. My sister wasn't going to help me either. The relationship in the palace is complicated, and without outside support, it is useless for her to be the queen. The emperor would not listen to her at all. ”

"You also know that they are all officials now, and it is very normal for them to be selfish. If I had a son, I would definitely give priority to arranging for my own children to embark on a career path, which is human nature. Many people also think about the glorious lintel when they read, and there is nothing to avoid. Now the monopoly of the big family has cut off the road for the rise of the Hanmen scholars, and after a long time, it is actually not good for Da Chu. But now the disparity in strength is too great, and the court is like a stagnant water, and there is no way. The group of old men held the words firmly. Even the junior officials can't speak at all. Shen Xi said with a smile.

"Today, Li Dongyang was looking for trouble with Ye Xuan, the son of the Ye family, and as a result, he touched a gray nose, although the older generation lived in peace, but the juniors below were not necessarily. We can use this as a breakthrough. Zhao Pu smiled.

Shen Xi's eyes lit up. "If you break them one by one, you may be able to change the current atmosphere. ”

Zhao Pu smiled and nodded. "That's right, I gave Li Dongyang a plan today. Saying that, Zhao Pu told Shen Xi about the day's events.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Then Li Dongyang still doesn't dare to tear it, but the seed has been buried in Young Master Li's heart, we just need to wait quietly for the seed to take root and sprout." Wait for the wind and clouds to move, and once there will be thunder. ”

"What should I do after that? After all, there are still too many of them, if after defeating the four major royal families, keep the Great Zhou Empire running smoothly, and then select the scholars of the Han Sect, you have to find a way to stabilize, otherwise, the game will collapse, and it will not be good for anyone." Zhao Pu thought about it. He likes to deduce the steps after something has been successful, so that the transition can be smooth and not cause any discomfort.

"Moisturizing things silently, slowly, invisibly transforming, we need to arrange our people. It has to be trustworthy to be easy to do. Shen Xi's expression was solemn, and he drank another glass of wine. Then the two were silent.

Obviously, the plan is too big, how to do it, how to proceed with the next step, how to maintain the existing stability. These are all problems if stability is maintained later, and if a smooth transition is achieved. It needs to be addressed before the plan is carried out. In this way, you can be prepared.