Chapter 263: Golden Scales
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Groups of soldiers neatly walked through the streets and alleys, pedestrians, chariots and horses along the way all avoided the side, discussing and looking at this vision, in a tense atmosphere in Taipingfang, Lu Yunzhou hurriedly returned to the Qi Mansion.
As soon as he approached the Qi Mansion, Lu Yunzhou felt that the atmosphere was completely different from that on weekdays, the periphery of the Qi Mansion was surrounded by many troops, and the huge Qi Mansion was surrounded by water, and any outsider entering the Qi Mansion needed to go through layers of notifications.
The soldier's armor glowed with metal in the sun, the sharp blade on his waist was about to come out, the streets and alleys on the outskirts of Qi Mansion were empty, and the pedestrians looked at the heavily guarded scene, afraid of causing trouble, and they all left in a hurry, and almost no one dared to pass by again.
When Lu Yunzhou walked to the east gate, the Qi family soldiers who didn't know him were about to step forward to stop him, but fortunately, the general guarding the east gate was still there, recognized him, and respectfully welcomed Lu Yunzhou into the mansion.
As soon as he entered the mansion, this tense atmosphere eased slightly, but when he passed through the East Garden, Lu Yunzhou still encountered three groups of Qi soldiers patrolling the mansion one after another.
When he returned to his small courtyard and saw that the people were a little panicked, Lu Yunzhou smiled and comforted them, making them feel relieved, and just as they were about to go to find their father, a little girl brought Qi Min's message.
"Third young master, let me tell you that he is unwell, and he is going to call himself sick at home tomorrow, and the third master will stay at home to take care of him, and he will not participate in the dynasty either. The master also said that he was going to recuperate, and asked the young master not to disturb him before the end of tomorrow's dynasty. ”
The little guy dutifully repeated Qi Min's original words.
Lu Yunzhou was slightly stunned, then nodded, signaled that he understood, and sent the little guy back.
Looking at the back of the little servant leaving, Lu Yunzhou's eyes flashed, and he walked all the way back, seeing the actions of the Qi family soldiers, he actually knew the concerns in Qi Min's heart, but it wasn't until he learned that Qi Min and Qi Fang decided not to go to court tomorrow that he suddenly understood his father's overall plan.
In the past few days, Qi Min has never mentioned the imperial examination system in front of him, and it turns out that he has already made plans!
It seems that his father is still suspicious of his own approach!
Lu Yunzhou can also understand this, he knows that his father is the patriarch of the Qi family first, and then his father. As the patriarch, he has the heavy responsibility of protecting the family on his shoulders, and it is difficult for him to judge the success or failure of the imperial examination system, as well as the gains and losses of the Qi family, and it is understandable that he decided not to let the family follow him to take risks.
It's just that while understanding this, Lu Yunzhou also understands in his heart that the Qi family's fanfare will inevitably arouse the vigilance and jealousy of all forces, and he is afraid that the difficulty he will face tomorrow will also escalate.
Originally, the strategy discussed by Lu Yunzhou and Tian Dan was that Tian Dan would not make a final statement on the imperial examination system before the time was ripe, so that the nobles of the opposing families would not be too vigilant about the imperial examination system, and they relaxed their vigilance, so that all the situation after the advent of the imperial examination system could allow Lu Yunzhou to slowly spread out, and after accumulating all the strength, he would be caught off guard by the aristocracy!
In the Warring States period, all the systems are still in a very primitive stage, the imperial examination system is not to say that it can be implemented, the current situation of the Qi State, in fact, does not have the basic conditions for the implementation of the imperial examination system, even if Tian Dan forcibly implements the imperial examination system, it will inevitably encounter many obstacles, and finally stuck in some links, so Lu Yunzhou is not so much seeking the implementation of the imperial examination system, but taking the opportunity of the implementation of the imperial examination system to completely clean the current sub-health condition of the Qi country's aristocracy controlling the national government!
The ultimate goal of Lu Yunzhou is to set off a wave of reform, with the help of this great change in the whole country, to force the aristocratic forces into a corner, so as to completely abolish the decadent system of Shiqing Shilu step by step, and establish a sound professional bureaucratic system for the Qi State!
Finally, we will use the general framework of the imperial examination system and the reform of the bureaucratic system to thoroughly stabilize this brand-new professional bureaucratic system!
However, this is by no means something that can be achieved overnight, and it is inevitable that it will go through several stages in the middle, layer by layer, in order to smoothly complete this bloodless and peaceful reform with as little hidden danger as possible!
And now such an astonishing move by the Qi family will inevitably arouse the vigilance of all parties, and it will also make some of Lu Yunzhou's operations inevitably exposed to the public, which will make it easier to stimulate the sensitive nerves of those aristocratic forces, and accelerate the pace of the whole process, but also make it easier to cause fierce conflicts and disputes!
However, although Lu Yunzhou was a little worried about this, he was sure to control the rhythm according to the plan after all.
There are always positive and negative sides to everything, and after Lu Yunzhou understood Qi Min's plan, not only was he not too worried, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and he was quite happy in his heart. It's just because he himself understands that once the dispute over the imperial examination system is provoked, he will inevitably be in danger at all times, and since he is on the cusp, the family will inevitably be implicated!
Lu Yunzhou deeply understands that Qi Min's behavior seems to be indifferent and ruthless, but in fact it is to relieve Lu Yunzhou of his worries, and the words he asked the little servant to pass on are actually telling him: You don't have to worry about the family here, with me guarding it, there will be no mistakes, you can do your own things with peace of mind! Those who have achieved great things must not be afraid of the head, the battle for the imperial examination system is very difficult, and the father understands, so you can give it a go, don't worry about the safety of the family, the rear has its own father to guard for you!
Lu Yunzhou took a deep breath, and his heart was filled with emotion, although Qi Min seemed to make it clear that the Qi family stayed out of the matter, did not participate in or support his moves, it seemed as if he had given up on him. But Qi Min knew that Lu Yunzhou's proposal for the imperial examination system was a great risk to the Qi family, but he did not stop him, but in full view of everyone, he deployed heavy troops to surround the Qi family with such fanfare, changing the Qi family's previous low-key and unassuming strategy, and would rather risk the Qi family falling into the whirlpool of public opinion, but he did not choose a more worry-free and safer way for the Qi family - resolutely forcibly stopped him from proposing the imperial examination system before the incident happened!
Qi Min is responsible for the family and cannot fully support Lu Yunzhou, but his decision not to stop and ask is not a risk? How is it not based on trust in Lu Yunzhou? How is it not out of expectation of Lu Yunzhou? And how is it not a disguised support for Lu Yunzhou!
After thinking about all this, Lu Yunzhou shook his head and smiled, and he didn't plan to stay in the mansion anymore, but according to the original plan, he continued to go to Kuang Ziyin's mansion in the afternoon to copy and learn the art of war.
If you want Qi to rise in an all-round way, it is important to change and develop internally, and the external living environment of Qi in this world of great controversy must also be created.
This year, it's really important.
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Houfu.
After Hou Sheng heard the news on the street, he hurried all the way, rushed into Hou Jun's study with the wind under his feet, and reported to his father the abnormal situation that happened in the Qi family today.
After Hou Jun listened, his face changed greatly, he stood up from his seat suddenly, his brows were tightened, and he paced back and forth in the study with doubts on his face, before he resolutely ordered under Hou Sheng's anxious gaze: "Sheng'er, immediately pass my order, and urgently collect the dead soldiers raised by my Hou family in various manors and return to the house, this time the Qi family has changed the normal, I am afraid that there will be a big move, and our Hou family has to guard against it!"
"Yes, Father!"
Hou Sheng's face was solemn, the stakes were very high, he immediately agreed and then went to start the implementation, and was about to leave in a hurry, but was hurriedly called back by Hou Sheng!
"What else does my father command?"
Hou Jun's face was cloudy, and after struggling for a while, he said: "Inform those small families who are good friends with my Hou family on weekdays, and invite their patriarch to come to the mansion and discuss with them for my father's important matter!"
Hou Sheng exclaimed: "Father's move will expose all the external forces of our Hou family!"
Hou Jun sighed heavily, his face was ugly, and he said: "When the interruption continues, but suffer from the chaos, Qi Min has always been an old fox, by no means a reckless and impulsive person, this time the Qi family has changed the usual style of shrinking the head of the turtle, and made such a powerful move, I am afraid that this Qi country's political arena is really going to have a big incident! At this time, I can't take care of these side details, if those small family wall grass, intimidated by the prestige of the Qi family, are co-opted by the Qi family, or look on coldly, my Hou family will fall into the danger of being isolated and helpless!" Don't be stunned, go and let me know!"
"Yes, don't worry, father, the child will go immediately!" Hou Sheng saw Hou Jun's analysis, how dare he delay more, and hurriedly ran out of the study.
A few hours later, at nightfall, Hou Sheng returned with a tired face.
"Father, the dead soldiers of the manors in the northern, western and eastern suburbs have gathered in the mansion and are ready to follow orders, but they are just ...... Among the small families that originally leaned towards us, there were several patriarchs who said that they were unwell and said that they would come back to visit in a few days, but only the patriarchs of three families were waiting in the side hall. ”
Hou Jun's face turned black when he heard this, he slapped the book case heavily, scolded these small families for falling on both sides of the wall, ignoring kindness and righteousness, scolded for a while, looked at the sky, still stomped his feet, wiped a handful of sparse hair, oily baldness, and hurried to the side hall.
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Jiefu.
Xie Zhengqing took Xie Ziyuan to leave the good mansion, and after returning to the house, he angrily reprimanded Xie Ziyuan with his head and face, and asked him to reflect on it and confined him down.
After a long time, Xie Zhengqing's anger dissipated, and his henchmen reported what happened to the Qi family today.
"Prepare the car, go to Zhongsun Mansion!"
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Palace.
Afternoon.
Qi Wangtian Fazhang squinted lazily, and under the courteous service of the concubines, he comfortably leaned on the smooth thighs of a concubine to take a nap, and was surrounded by the concubines to feed melons and fruits with fresh food, massage and pinch shoulders, and laugh and tease.
Seeing Shanqin hurriedly report into the palace, King Qi's face flashed with joy, and he quickly opened his eyes and sat up, waved his hand away, waved the concubines and servants away, and impatiently ordered Shanqin to report the news quickly!
After hearing Shanqin elaborate on Lu Yunzhou's restructuring, King Qi was stunned, and his intention to fall asleep disappeared in an instant, as if a nail had been installed on the throne, and his buttocks moved and fidgeted......
"Quick, spread the widow's message, and summon Dr. Mao here!"
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Not to mention what kind of emergency response and business the big and small forces in Linzi City had on this day, Lu Yunzhou didn't listen to what was going on outside the window, and devoted himself to studying the art of war.
With such a calm and focused attitude towards Lu Yunzhou, Kuang Ziyin inevitably secretly wondered, but he valued Lu Yunzhou even more, and tried his best to teach what he had learned all his life!
In the study, Lu Yunzhou studied and copied carefully, Kuang Ziyin explained carefully, and Kuang Junyao quietly served tea beside him.
The golden scales are not the things in the pool, and they will turn into dragons when they encounter wind and clouds.
Everything is ready, just waiting for tomorrow's dynasty.