Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 234

In March of Yangchun, everything is shining, but Gao Aocao, the governor of Guangzhou, is upset.

As one of the few generals guarding the hinterland, he drank and hunted all day long, and left the government affairs to his staff, so he was very happy.

But such a comfortable life came to an abrupt end today, and the young man who he relied on most in politics actually proposed to take part in the imperial examination.

"Yantong is in charge of the government of a state. In the future, I will raise talents to the central government. Why do I have to go to Naluoshizi for the imperial examination and compete with others?"

Gao Aocao wanted to persuade him again, but the young man in front of him insisted:
"The general held the imperial examination and sought talents from all over the world. Why is his words useless? I have already decided to leave, so please ask the palace master for permission."

The young man's name was Cui Lian, and his style name was Yantong. He knew that Gao Aocao had a straight temper and could not beat around the bush, so he directly stated his attitude to him.

These days, it is not easy to find a satisfactory staff member.

At least Gao Aocao thought so. Ever since Gao Cheng took Chen Yuankang away from him, Gao Ang's shogun Bo Duo had changed. It was not until he found Cui Lian, who was 15 years old at the time, that he made up for Chen Yuankang's lack.

Cui Shan was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, and studied under Xun Ji, a famous Confucian from Yingchuan. He was the one who, together with Yuan Shan, conspired for great things. Facing Gao Cheng's accusation, he shouted, "I will punish Gao Cheng by imperial edict, why do you want to rebel!" 'The old Confucian scholar who was eventually BBQed in Dongshi.

Although Cui Shan was young, his talents and learning were praised by the world. Li Shenjun, the former supervisor of Zhongshu, once praised Gao Cheng's master Bo Xingshao and said:

When I saw Cui Yan'er yesterday, he was the first among the younger generation. '

It's just that after Gao Cheng heard about it, Gao Aocao took Cui Li into the shogunate ahead of him.

After all, Little Gao Wang still wanted to show his face, and didn't call out for the third uncle to come over.

But Cui Shan, like a young daughter-in-law who is in a hurry to marry, resigns by herself and insists on rushing to the scientific examination.

Cui Shan’s persistence was not without reason. He was in charge of Guangzhou’s political affairs, and he could understand Gao Cheng’s emphasis on the imperial examinations from the documents from the central government on the imperial examinations.

Continuing to be a boss in Gao Aocao's mansion will indeed have his own wealth in the future. With his age and ability, it is not a problem for him to be the governor of a state or even join the center.

However, the central government promulgated a decree: After the eight-year Beijing examination in Taichang, those who obtained official positions for nothing, as well as local bureaucrats, were not allowed to join the central government unless they were Jinshi.

Forcing Cui Shan to give up the future that was about to be obtained.

How could Gao Aocao, who had no interest in politics and only knew about drinking and hunting, know such a rule.

"Since that's the case, why didn't Yantong refer to it in Guangzhou?"

Gao Aocao didn't force Cui Lian to stay, but he was still puzzled.

Cui Shan couldn't help but smile wryly, his benefactor really "govern by doing nothing" in administration, he had to explain:
"The general has an order that the scientific research must return to the place of origin."

Suddenly, Gao Aocao gave Cui Shan a lot of property, thanked him for his assistance in the past few years, and generously let him go.

But when the door was closed, Gao Aocao complained that Gao Cheng was messing around in Luoyang, using the imperial examination system, and after venting his anger, he called an aide to ask him to write a letter to Gao Cheng on his behalf, asking for talents .

Not everyone has Cui Shan's ambition to join the central government as Zaifu, and more people are still willing to stay in the Gaoyang shogunate and be recommended by him as an official, rather than competing with others for the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination.

It's just that such a person, don't expect to have too much talent.

Although the procuratorial system was abolished, for special reasons, the practice of the palace chief recommending staff has been preserved.

Cui Shan was on his way home in a carriage, so he could catch up with the county examination in Qinghe County, Dingzhou, Hebei no matter what. His goal is to take the classics of the Beijing Examination in March next year.

Of the five subjects in the imperial examination, classics are the most expensive. Like Cui Shan, there is also Wang Xi from Beihai Opera County (Shandong Shouguang) who is preparing to devote himself to classics.

Wang Xi, courtesy name Shulang, was born after Wang Meng, the prime minister of the former Qin Dynasty. His late father Wang Yun and his mother Cui Shi had nine sons.

The 27-year-old Wang Xi is still white. It is not that he has no way to get promoted. In fact, as early as the first year of Emperor Xiaozhuang Yong'an (528), his second brother Wang Hui begged for the 17-year-old Wang Xi when he was an envoy to Nanliang. Official status.

It's just that Wang Xi refused to accept it in order to take care of his mother at home.

Now that Cui's family has passed away, Wang Xi finally has a plan to make trouble.

Wang Xi has a smooth road in front of him, he can follow the path of Gao Cheng's boss Bo Xingshao, yes, it's him again.

Local bureaucrats and white bodies, non-jinshi cannot join the central government, and the local bureaucrats are specifically named, which naturally does not include the two central committees of Jinyang and Luoyang, that is, the staff of Gao Huan and Gao Cheng's father and son.

The relationship between Xing Shao and the Wang brothers starts with Wang Xi's elder brother, Wang Xin.

Thirteen years ago, the Six Towns launched the second uprising in Hebei, and Xing Shao and Wang Xin escaped disaster in Donglai County, Guangzhou (Laizhou, Shandong).

Xing Shao's cousin, Bo Xinggao, the Lord of Youzhou, gathered in Qingzhou to revolt.

Donglai County soldiers got the news and wanted to arrest Xing Shao. It was the obese Wang Xin who hid on Xing Shao's body and shouted, "If you want to hold Xing Zicai, kill me first", and then rescued Xing Shao.

After Wang Xin and his second younger brother Wang Hui entered the court as officials, Xing Shao was still living in seclusion, so he entrusted his younger brothers to Xing Shao to take care of them.

Among the younger brothers, Xing Shao liked Wang Xi's talent the most. After being recruited to Gao Cheng's shogunate, he knew that he was determined to serve his mother, so he never recommended him to Gao Cheng.

In fact, Gao Cheng didn't need him to recommend Wang Xi to him.

The main planner of the Qianming Change, the chief minister, the sixth younger brother Gao Yan's number one confidant, such a person Gao Cheng can forget, it is useless to read the history books for so many years.

After Xing Shao was promoted to the post of director, the first thing he did was to recommend to Gao Cheng the brothers Wang Xin and Wang Hui who were officials in Beijing.

Gao Chengzhao had met them, and he admired their talents very much. He promoted Wang Xin to secretary supervisor, and was in charge of national book collection and editing.

Wang Hui was promoted to Zhongshu Sheren, served in Zhongshu Province, and drafted edicts for Gao Cheng.

How much money Xiao Gao Wang has in his belly, he knows in his heart that it is not easy for him to be fluent in literature and science without having a serious education in ancient Chinese.

It is really difficult for him to be superior to someone if the decree should be written in a brilliant manner.

The two elder brothers had to work for Gao Cheng, and Xing Shao served as director Bo, but Wang Xi did not choose to apply for a job in Gao Cheng's shogunate.

Now the General's Mansion is full of talented people, if they want to make it through, they don't know what year they will have to wait.

Wang Xi is not a roundworm in Gao Cheng's stomach, so how could he know that among the nine sons of the Wang family, the one he values ​​most is himself who plans to make a change in the future.

When the two elder brothers went to their mother's funeral, Wang Xi had exchanges with them, and hoped to make a big splash through the imperial examination. He had such confidence.

Cui Shan was in the local area for a long time, and he could understand Gao Cheng's emphasis on the imperial examination from the instructions, let alone Wang Xin and Wang Hui who were in the central government.

The two agreed with Wang Xi's ideas. In the final analysis, Gao Cheng reformed the official system, and the selection and appointment of officials focused on talent, but when it came to his own shogunate, he paid attention to first-come-first-served.

The reason for this is naturally that the appointment and removal of court officials is a public matter, but the promotion of one's own staff is a personal affair.

King Xiaogao is strict with the entry and exit of the shogunate. Even if he was a hermit in Hebei and exchanged interests with the nobles, he took in a large number of people, and they were also the most outstanding children of the major families. Who would give such an opportunity to a fool? That was in exchange for hidden users.

At the same time, Gao Cheng was promoted according to his seniority while his staff members were talented. What he feared was that his old man's heart would be chilled. Therefore, with Wang Jun's talent, he was just a humble job in the general's military.

Unless they were airborne from the Jinyang shogunate, such as Cui Xian, Zhang Liang, and Wang Shiliang, they were destined to suffer slowly in the shogunate.

Even Lu Xunzu, a descendant of Fan Yang's Lu family, was just an ordinary bureaucrat before Gao Cheng inspected Hebei.

Wei Shou, who entered the Gaocheng shogunate at the same time as Lu Xunzu, couldn't bear his loneliness. After Sun Wei's death, he was recommended by Sima Ziru and quickly changed his family to serve in the Gaohuan shogunate.

There can only be two sides to everything. In terms of promotion in the shogunate, Gao Cheng didn't want to chill the hearts of old people, but also made it difficult for new people to get ahead. It can only be said that there are advantages and disadvantages.

At least, for Gao Cheng, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages when the talents of his staff are guaranteed.

But he also learned this lesson and accelerated the transfer of middle and high-level staff to court officials, making room for the bottom staff of the huge general's mansion.

After Cui's death, Wang Xi devoted himself to studying hard at home, preparing for the imperial examination, and was bound to win the top spot in the classics department.

It is worth mentioning the eldest brother Wang Xin, who was originally obese, but because of excessive grief, he became barren all his life and was so thin that he almost lost his appearance.

When Wang Xin returned to Luoyang and met Gao Cheng, the obvious change in body shape also surprised Gao Cheng.

Thinking carefully about what he had learned from his half-brother Xiao Lun, Gao Cheng couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Cui Shan and Wang Xi are representatives of two types of people, that is, they served as assistants in the local area but gave up their posts for reference, and the white-bodied children of the gentry gave up the way of assistants and took part in the imperial examination.

These two types of people are not in the minority, especially the white-bodied children of the gentry. Most of them apply for the classics department. This is not only because the classics department is the most prestigious, but also because many of them study the classics.

In this subject, it is most difficult for poor students to stand out. On the contrary, the four subjects of criminal name, arithmetic, farming, and fortification may still have a chance.

However, in the early days of the imperial examination, it was inevitable that the children of the gentry occupied the vast majority of the candidates by virtue of their monopoly on knowledge.

Only when Gao Cheng went off in person and the admission was unfair, could this situation be changed.

But this is bound to be impossible.

Song Qindao, who was familiar with the law, had already been withdrawn from the writing team of Fengshu. What Gao Cheng didn't bestow on the official title was the idea of ​​letting him participate in the imperial examination.

Because the imperial examination was going back to his hometown, before leaving, Gao Cheng took the exam himself, and after in-depth exchanges with Feng Shu and other legal experts, Song Qindao's understanding of the law really improved a lot.

Gao Cheng instructed Song Qindao to take the road of scientific examination and participate in the criminal name examination. It was not a temporary idea. Due to the prejudice of the world, Gao Cheng had to highlight the status of the classics.

But he also hopes to set a model and example in the four subjects of criminal names, arithmetic, agriculture, and engineering, so that these four subjects will not be underestimated by the world.

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