The Sims: The Emperor Raising Project

Chapter 17 Summarizing Experience and Looking to the Future

After retiring from the imperial court, Liu Bian couldn't wait to take the walking chariot to Huangji Hall to invigilate the examination.

After a long time.

Exam is over.

Looking at the list of nominees on the gold list, Liu Bian was overjoyed and said: "Chai Shao, Yunwen Yunwu, can be my right-hand man like Chengdu."

Chai Shao's imperial examination scores are: 86 in martial arts, 85 in liberal arts, and 85 in character.

Both civil and military, with excellent character, Liu Bian immediately appointed Chai Shao as the champion of Jinke, and other candidates were also retained by Liu Bian at his discretion.

"It's also very important to make a good reserve of officials. The first thing is to remove those ambitious people from the court." Liu Bian thought so.

Liu Bian summoned Chai Shao alone outside the Huangji Hall.

Liu Bian first asked him how he was, and then chatted with him about the family life. He heard that Chai Shao's parents were both present, so he immediately decided to give Chai Shao a mansion, and asked him to bring his parents to Beijing to raise him.

After a brief exchange, Chai Shao left a very deep impression on Liu Bian: his conversation was good, he had some unique insights into political affairs, he knew soldiers, and he knew quite well about the methods of running an army.

Almighty talents like Chai Shao are rare throughout history, but now that they are met by Liu Bian, it is natural to make an exception for him.

Liu Bian secretly decided to place Chai Shao in the Ministry of Rites and let him help him select outstanding talents from the imperial examination.

Liu Bian's position on Chai Shao is very clear, because Chai Shao's abilities are very comprehensive, so Liu Bian intends to use him as a brick first, and move it wherever it is needed.

Let's start with the Ministry of Rites.

After Liu Bian inquired about Chai Shao's studies, he deliberately ordered someone to send Chai Shao out of the palace, and immediately moved to the Hall of Mental Cultivation in a walking chariot.

On the way back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Liu Bian repeated his old tricks, which moved Liu Keming so much that he wished he could show his loyalty to Liu Bian by pouring out his heart and soul to Liu Bian.

After finishing Liu Keming, Liu Bian meditated for a long time alone in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, until Empress Nangong Junwei ordered someone to bring a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup, and then he gradually withdrew his thoughts.

Liu Bian silently picked up the white fungus and lotus seed soup in front of him, and ate it carelessly. After a while, he put the empty bowl on the imperial case.

Zhuge Yan knew that his mind was not here, so he tiptoedly took away the empty bowl and silently stood by the side of the case.

Liu Bian made a summary of the Sims in the previous life, and made some simple plans for the Sims in this life.

First of all: we must first focus on stabilizing the court, and the matter of cleaning up Prime Minister Xue Conggui can be put aside for the time being, and there is no need to rush for a while.

Secondly: In this life, you need to practice martial arts more frequently, because the martial arts in this life can be perfectly transferred into the muscle memory of another life, which is definitely a surprise for Liu Bian.

We also need to start with Yuwen Chengdu and Chai Shao, and cultivate a force loyal to ourselves as soon as possible, and use them to check and balance or even suppress the old-fashioned family.

Finally: the eunuch Kong Zunliang, the leader of Yinshoujian, must be killed.

What Kong Zunliang did was completely different from what Liu Keming did.

Liu Keming assassinated Liu Bian, at least he could give a reason.

However, Kong Zunliang, as the chief eunuch of Yinshoujian, secretly communicated with civil officials and aristocratic families, which was absolutely unforgivable for the emperor.

Eunuchs were supposed to be the emperor's confidantes, they were domestic slaves and lonely ministers, and there should only be a piece of genius on their heads, but Kong Zunliang unexpectedly found another way and took the initiative to join the civil servants and the aristocratic family. This is looking for death.

The originally silent Hall of Mental Cultivation was suddenly broken by Liu Bian's question: "Who else is in Kong Zunliang's family?"

Hearing this, Zhuge Yan bowed quickly and said: "Master, Kong Zunliang still has a few concubines and an adopted son in Liang's family. Other than that, he has almost no relatives."

"How long has he been in the palace?"

Zhuge Yan frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Master, Kong Zunliang has been in the palace for 15 years."

"Oh."

Liu Bian nodded and said, "He has entered the palace since the year I was born."

"Yes."

Zhuge Yan nodded.

"you say."

Liu Bian leaned forward slightly, looked straight into Zhuge Yan's eyes, and said word by word: "He has been in the palace for so many years, but he has only achieved the position of Yinshoujian's palm seal. Will there be dissatisfaction in his heart? ?”

Zhuge Yan was startled, and said: "A rootless person like Nu Maid, who speaks and does things all depends on the divine power of the Holy One, in order to be able to live like a human being, Nu Maid thinks that he should not dare to have outrageous thoughts."

Liu Bian smiled slightly and said, "If you let someone try it, you will know."

"Abiding by the order, I will let the servants do it."

Liu Bian trusted Zhuge Yan very much. Zhuge Yan proved his loyalty to Liu Bian through his actual actions, and he also proved it twice.

The reason why Zhuge Yan spoke for Kong Zunliang was because Kong Zunliang still had a close relationship with him, and the two were regarded as master-student relationship.

When Zhuge Yan first entered the palace, he was unaccompanied and unfamiliar with the place where he lived. As a result, he happened to meet Kong Zunliang, who was relatively powerful in the palace at that time, so Zhuge Yan paid homage to the wharf, and has since become Kong Zunliang. Zunliang's apprentice.

Kong Zunliang is good at everything, but there is one shortcoming that cannot be ignored. This person is not good-looking, to put it bluntly, he is ugly.

However, Zhuge Yan formed a very sharp contrast with him. Zhuge Yan was capable and handsome, and the key person's luck was particularly good. He was assigned to work by Liu Bian's side within a few years of entering the palace.

As a result, when Kong Zunliang, who was not in touch with kindness, met him, he naturally felt a little jealous of him.

As the old saying goes: Jealousy changes people, and once a eunuch is jealous, it will be a very terrible thing.

In order to avenge Zhuge Yan, Kong Zunliang took the initiative to contact the aristocratic family in private and reached a united front alliance with them.

Kong Zunliang wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Zhuge Yan, while Xue Conggui wanted to avenge his dismissal by Liu Bian. As a result, the two hit it off and killed the king.

"Be careful, don't show your feet." Liu Bian deliberately reminded Zhuge Yan.

"Master, please rest assured, this servant will definitely handle things beautifully, and will not let the master down." Zhuge Yan said.

Liu Bian glanced sideways at the sky outside the window, got up and said, "It's getting late, let's drive to Changle Palace, I will rest at the Queen's place tonight."

"According to the order."

Zhuge Yan quickly walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, arranged for people to prepare the chariot, and said: "The Holy One moved to Changle Palace."

Liu Bian was about to move to the Changle Palace to talk to the Queen, but just as he stepped out of the door of nourishing his heart, there was an urgent note from behind him.

Liu Bian, who was leaning on the armrest of the walking chariot, took the urgent package from Zhuge Yan, and after looking at it, he immediately rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, let's go back."

Facing Zhuge Yan's questioning gaze, Liu Bian shook his head and gave a wry smile, saying, "There is a severe drought in Henan, and the land dragons in the south of the Yangtze River have turned around. A total of 52 taels of relief money is needed."

"Hey, 52 taels, I don't have the heart to spend time with the queen." Liu Bian shook his head helplessly.

(End of this chapter)