Step on a branch

Chapter 439 Part 1

Jiaping two years.

Before the snow cleared, the number of students in Jingzhong increased day by day.

This year the imperial court opened Enke, in order to select more officials.

Talent promotion is one of the most important things after Zhao Fan ascended the throne.

When I won the throne from Zhao Li, it was the end of the year. Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t open Enke in two or three months. .

Therefore, it had to be postponed for one year.

This year's chief examiner has appointed Taifu Xu, and the right servant of the Ministry of Rites as deputy. Seeing that the examination period is approaching, the examination questions are naturally determined.

"It's all guessing outside," Huang Yi sat in the imperial study, biting a kidney bean cake, and said to Zhao Fan, "The old lady Fu has been the chief examiner, and there have been five or six times before, according to his usual habit of giving questions, guessing The direction of policy discussion this year."

On the side, Eunuch Gan saw that he was eating with gusto, so he walked out lightly and asked someone to prepare another plate.

Huang Yi saw it in his eyes, didn't talk about it, and kept talking, still eating him.

From the good brothers who eat and drink together, to the parting of the monarch and his ministers, Huang Yi has thought a lot about "how to get along with Zhao Fan".

There is nothing wrong with abiding by the rules and being strict, but it is very boring.

Zhao Fan's road to enthronement was quite different.

And before he succeeded, his experience did not match that of ordinary noble children.

Brother Bie's son, not to mention how much he shouted and hugged, he also has many friends and playmates of the same age, even superficial brothers, who can still hear the lively noise.

Zhao Fan did not.

After he stopped being the little overlord of the capital, he practiced martial arts behind closed doors, studied, and waited until he became an official. How many good brothers did he have?

Huang Yi and Zhao Fan are familiar, firstly, they had a good relationship when they were young, secondly, they also have the honor of being the imperial guards.

When Zhao Fan went to Chiyiwei to be the commander, he "schemed" with a group of officials big and small all day long, so that those who were afraid of annoying would walk around him, and Huang Yi was the only one who could be called a friend in the end.

Of course, it is said that the emperor is a "lonely man", and the heights are extremely cold, but Huang Yi feels that he is really lonely, without even a friend who can sit down and drink, and life will be much less enjoyable.

So, after much deliberation, Huang Yi still chose to stand in the "friend" seat.

In the Huang family, the burden of fighting in the court did not fall on his head; if he wanted to go out to fight, he would also like to be a soldier under command, and he had no interest in commanding others.

With such "no big ambitions", he can feel more comfortable getting along with the emperor.

Zhao Fan is approving the scriptures.

Hearing this, he glanced at Huang Yi.

It has to be said that the current state is similar to that of previous years.

At that time, he was looking through the case files in Chiyiwei, and Huang Yi came to sit for a while when he was free, and chatted a few words, which did not affect the matter.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Guess there are more minor changes," Huang Yi said, "but there are also new theories.

With the old lady Fu's energy, this should be his last exam, and he may not be willing to seek changes.

Furthermore, this is the first session of the new emperor after he ascended the throne, and your ideas may be more referenced in the topic selection.

And you, obviously, are not one to follow the rules. "

Zhao Fan laughed out loud, noncommittal.

When Huang Yi said this, he didn't want an answer.

There are rules in the imperial examination, even with his grandfather's status, he would not ask Taifu Xu, he just guessed at home, and laughed when he went out.

However, Taishi Huang is Taishi Huang after all, and in his position, he can see Zhao Fan and Taifu Xu's thoughts more clearly.

Huang Yi talked about Enke for a while, and then the situation at the border.

Last year, Mao Gu'an was not idle at all.

After the end of the wind season, he continued to put pressure on Xiliang, making the already distracted Xiliang royal court even more chaotic and turbulent.

"When the wind and sand this year are less severe, should we continue to move west?" Huang Yi said, "Should I invite Ying to fight Xiliang, or should I go to the southern border to guard against Nanshu?"

Zhao Fan gave an answer to this question: "The southern border may not be able to fight."

Nanshu wanted to move several times, but was suppressed.

They tried hard, failed, then declined again, and exhausted three times, which made their hesitant temper emerge, and Bi Dazhou froze.

"Sooner or later they have to be beaten." Huang Yi muttered.

Zhao Fan smiled.

Indeed it is.

Sooner or later you will have to fight.

This point is not only clear to him, but San Gong is also very clear.

It is also because of this that after Xu Taifu discussed with him, he decided that the direction was biased towards the development of the border town.

There was no shortage of capable officials and scholars in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Before returning to the Cheng family, Empress Cheng, who had abolished the emperor, also discussed the issue of talents with Zhao Fan.

She was very straightforward.

She helped Zhao Fan fight for the throne. Apart from opposing Zhao Li's continuing to be emperor, the bigger reason was that she wanted the children of the Cheng family to participate more in the officialdom.

Zhao Fan heard about the rules of Cheng's family, and also got in touch with several children, many of whom are able to carry the burden.

They just lack opportunity.

Zhao Fan is willing to give them a chance.

However, whether it is the children of the Cheng family or other officials, they also have "weaknesses".

They were all born and raised in the Great Zhou, and the border cities represented by Xizhou City were not under the rule of the Great Zhou for a long time, and they had a very prominent local atmosphere.

Only send native-born Dazhou officials to govern, and it will take a lot of effort for them to understand this land and these people.

Zhao Fan tends to involve officials who know more about local conditions in governance.

Xizhou City, and even the Xiliang Royal Court in the future, and even the Nanshu area, need more people to cooperate with the development.

The integration and development of border towns and the state capital that has been under the rule for many years have their own ideas.

And this idea is what he and Taifu Xu hope that the candidates will reflect in the article.

The two chatted casually, and Huang Yi got up to leave.

Zhao Fan didn't go to Yanqing Palace until the evening when the papers were approved.

In Yanqing Palace, there was also a lot of laughter.

Qin Luan talked with Fang Yu, smiling.

Fang Yu fell ill again two months ago, and it was that time that she "conscious" of the time.

The son has grown up, and Zhao Lin is no longer there.

Her chaotic time, smooth.

For Fang Yu, accepting Zhao Lin's early death was a very painful thing. Even though she had accepted it back then, she forgot it later, so she had to do it again more than 20 years later.

Fortunately, this time, both Zhao Fan and Qin Luan were by her side.

What has already happened cannot be changed.

She has to accept it.

And now the result is a great relief.

Even though she still couldn't remember what happened before and after her disappearance, she slowly came out of her grief and loss.

Zhao Fan went in, and several people inside turned their heads when they heard the sound.

After greeting each other, Zhao Fan's eyes fell on Qin Luan, he blinked and smiled.

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