Oriole Line

There is no answer, but at that time, all the children of the aristocratic family were present, so it is inconvenient for me to say it clearly. "

"What is it?" Zhou Yu leaned forward, his eyes burning.He has also thought about this question for a long time. After accepting countless displaced people in Luzhou, the land requisition was fruitless, and the conscription was difficult, Zhou Yu thought about this question countless times. If there is no family, where do talents come from?

"Imperial examination." Qi Dai said.

"What is an imperial examination?"

"The imperial examination is to select scholars according to the subjects. It was proposed in the previous dynasty, but it has not been implemented. The reason why a talent is a talent does not lie in his background, but whether he has real talent and learning. Selecting scholars according to subjects is to let all the people in the world There is a fair examination for those who have talent and learning. The imperial examination can be divided into liberal arts and martial arts. Those who study martial arts are military generals. In this way, there is no need for aristocratic families, but there will be a steady stream of talents. And if the shackles of the aristocratic families are removed, the imperial court will have the power of people, and will no longer be controlled by the big aristocratic families."

"Imperial examination!" Zhou Yu was already excited when he heard half of the imperial examination just now, and he stood up after hearing the whole imperial examination. Common people, if the common people have land to plant, the imperial court will have taxes to collect. When the imperial court has taxes, they can conscript soldiers. The selection of scholars through the imperial examination can guarantee the selection of talents. They will never rely on the breath of the aristocratic family as they do now. Civil servants and military generals are all from the aristocratic family. How can they put the interests of the court before the interests of the family?" Zhou Yu paced back and forth excitedly, "Imperial examination, imperial examination! This This is the way out for Dongjing!"

He grabbed Qi Dai's shoulder excitedly, not realizing Qi Dai's slightly reddened face.

"Brother Sijun, if one day I can eradicate the family and promote the imperial examination, are you willing to come out of this Guangling Academy to help me?"

The temperature of Zhou Yu's palm permeated Qi Dai's shoulders. Qi Dai, who had always been stable, was so excited at this moment, but the moment he thought of his family, his face suddenly darkened. The Qi family must bear the brunt of eradicating the family, so what about him? Can you betray your own family?He shook his head slightly.

Zhou Yu also understood the reason for Qi Dai's refusal in an instant, he put down his hand that unconsciously grabbed Qi Dai's shoulder due to excitement, and hurriedly said: "I was too impulsive, brother Sijun, don't blame me."

Qi Dai smiled and shook his head, expressing that he didn't mind.The cold wind blowing in from outside the window seemed to bring back the clarity and rationality that the two of them were used to.

After a long time, Zhou Yu said: "If there is such an opportunity in front of us one day, if that day I am no longer a powerless and idle prince, brother Sijun will no longer be restricted by the family, if there is such a day, Sijun Brother, would you like to give it a try?"

For a long time, a certain flame that had been hidden in Qi Dai's heart seemed to be ignited, which was the source of his little bit of persistence in his reluctance to become an official again and again.He drank the tea in one gulp and said firmly, "Naturally."

19, 19.

It's the middle of winter, Puchen's personal guards in the general's mansion all put on cotton robes, gathered in the firewood room and warmed up the fire.The few leaders were drinking hot wine, rubbing their hands and telling jokes.

"Hey, I heard that General Xiang brought more than a thousand brothers left by the patriarchs outside the city to join the Imperial Army, and they are already under Qi Yan's command. Seeing him at the gate of the city today is very impressive!" said a personal guard.

"Bah!" Another older guard spit out, "Repaying General Xiang, thanks to the Patriarch who single-handedly promoted him, but he betrayed Pu Shi after being taught a lesson by the Young Master. We Pu Shi men are not like this. kind of people!"

The remarks drew applause from everyone.Originally, Xiang Hu had a very high status in the Pu family, he was Pu Yang's capable general, and his martial arts were top-notch, so everyone admired him wholeheartedly.Unexpectedly, he betrayed Pu Shi so easily, and brought more than a thousand people from Pu Shi to Qi Yan, many of them were filled with evil spirits.In particular, Pu's soldiers and horses who had surrendered had put on the uniforms of the Imperial Army in the past two days. The shiny armor made these Pu's personal guards feel very uncomfortable.

Amidst the applause, an unharmonious yin and yang voice came from the corner: "If you want to say this, you can't blame Xiang Hu entirely. The young master himself has misbehaved. The personal guard he received is not like what we used to do in Wuchang. At that time, family background, martial arts, which one should not be investigated clearly? I think that kid has a good-looking face, which caught the eyes of the young master! Didn’t Xiang Hu say that when he was whipped that day? It is the assassin who assassinated the Patriarch, the young master is young and vigorous, blindfolded by beauty!"

"Hey, you can't blame the young master, that kid is really good-looking, he looks better than girls, hahaha!" Several guards echoed, and started a dirty joke.

Tang Yu just came back from the outside and listened a few times when he passed the firewood room.He coughed lightly and walked into the firewood room with a serious expression.When everyone saw that it was Tang Yu, they all stood up neatly, and the few who were joking with their throats just now dared not even vent their breath.

"A few of you, are you impatient to live?" Tang Yudao, "Young master is short of your food or short of your clothes, chewing your tongue here! If the young master accidentally walks through this yard and hears what you say, you What would the young master think?" Tang Yu pointed to the execution room, "No one has entered that room for several days, you are itchy and want to go in?"

The guards present knelt down and said, "We know we are wrong, we know we are wrong..."

Tang Yu glared at them fiercely: "He has his own sense of the matter of the young master. You recognize your identities!"

"Yes!"

Tang Yu left the firewood room angrily and walked into Puchen's room.In the room, Pu Chen was playing chess with Wen Tao, and the civet cat that Wen Tao brought back last time was lying comfortably in his arms, squinting his eyes.To be honest, as the time he knew Wen Tao got longer, Tang Yu became more and more fond of this assassin-turned-guard boy who came out halfway.Uh, it can't be said to be a good impression, probably because he was suppressed so helplessly that he could only treat him with [-]% respect.When Wen Tao was Pu Chen's personal bodyguard at the beginning, Tang Yu was not convinced of his martial arts, but soon Wen Tao used his left-handed sword to prove Pu Chen's words. Wen Tao's martial arts are not only superior to Tang Yu, but also very worthy. Shang Puchen's personal bodyguard.Not only that, Tang Yu soon discovered that his young master would have discussed the strategy with him. After Wen Tao came, he gradually became a decoration, especially when the three of them were present, Pu Chen and Wen Tao were like playing charades. In the same way, he explained the matter thoroughly in a few words, and he was still asking around like a fool.Several times, Pu Chen tapped Tang Yu's head with regret to make sure it was empty.

For example, now, Tang Yu knows that when his young master played chess in Wuchang, it was rare to meet an opponent. Even when the master was alive, he often lost to the young master who was still young. As a result, when Wen Tao came, Tang Yu obviously felt that the young master was a master of chess. position is in jeopardy.Tang Yu stretched his neck and took a look. The young master's situation was indeed not dominant. He unconsciously bit his knuckles, which was exactly what he would do when he was thinking hard.

On the contrary, Wen Tao was considerate. When he saw Tang Yu coming in, he pushed the chessboard, let go of the cat in his arms, and said, "Tang Yu, what's the matter?"

Pu Chen seemed a little dissatisfied with Wen Tao's termination of the chess game, and snorted softly: "You're cheating."

Wen Tao was unmoved at all, and said to Tang Yu: "You went out of the city today, how did you find out? Did General Xiang really vote for the Forbidden Army?"

Tang Yu nodded, and said worriedly: "That Qi Yan is very valuable to Xiang Hu..." He said to Pu Chen again, "Young Master, don't take it to heart."

Pu Chen snorted coldly: "I have nothing to say about the path he chose." He got up and shook his sleeves, "From now on, there will be no such person as Xiang Hu in our Pu family in Jinyang!"

"Tang Yu, can you see which part of Jiankang City Xiang Hu's people are arranged in? Qi Yan is the leader of the Central Northern Army of the Forbidden Army, and he is in charge of the entire defense of Jiankang. Xiang Hu voted for him, so he must have joined the Northern Army. " Wen Tao asked.

"At Donglimen." Tang Yu said affirmatively, without noticing the exchange of glances between Pu Chen and Wen Tao.

Pu Chen said again: "Then who is guarding Xili Gate now?"

"It's Qi Yan's deputy general."

"Oh? Didn't he guard the Xili Gate himself?" Pu Chen wondered. Xili Gate is close to the Yangtze River and has always been the most important of the four gates in Jiankang.

"No." Tang Yu said, "I heard that Qi Yan has been patrolling around Xuanyangmen in recent days."

"Xuanyang Gate?" Pu Chen's complexion changed, "Isn't it the Nangong Gate? Isn't the security in the palace under the control of the Southern Army?"

"I don't know either. I just heard that Commander Ye of the Southern Army said he was sick at home in the past two days."

Pu Chen took a deep breath and ordered: "Tang Yu, my father has kept some eyeliners in Jiankang, and I have been reactivating them recently. You ask them to find out who is currently in charge of the forbidden army in the palace? Three After that day is my father's national funeral, and the national funeral will be held in the Chaoyang Hall in the palace, so we must find out the movements of the Southern Army and the Northern Army on that day!"

"Yes!" Tang Yu felt the seriousness of Pu Chen's words, and took the order to go out.

After Tang Yu left, Pu Chen kept tapping the chess pieces unconsciously, thinking over and over again.Wen Tao said: "General Xiang Hu's false surrender, do you still have to hide it from Tang Yu?"

Pu Chen said: "After all, he is young, and he has been under the noses of Cai Bo and Pu Xuanzhi all the time. I am afraid that he will show his feet. When the time is right, I will tell him."

Wen Tao chuckled, "You're not afraid of me showing my feet."

Pu Chen snorted and glanced at him: "Now in Jiankang, who doesn't know that you are the hottest celebrity in front of my Pu Chen? For you, I gave Xiang Hu ten lashes, and he voted in a fit of anger."