I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Chapter 501 The ever-changing Chang'an Academy!Can I take the imperial examination directly after graduation? !

Having reached a cooperation with Li Er, Xu Fenglei was in a rather happy mood. After leaving the East Palace, he wandered around the Tai Chi Palace.

Last year, he fully agreed to Qingquan, and this year he finally saw the opportunity to implement it.

With this expansion, Qianzhuang will no longer have to worry about business volume in the next ten to twenty years. As long as it operates well, its profits will blow out.

When the time comes, take the money... what should I do?
Planning a grand blueprint in his heart, and walking around, Xu Fenglei entered a yamen unknowingly.

"See the minister."

"I have seen the minister."

When the people in the yamen saw Xu Fenglei, they all saluted respectfully.

"Uh... back to the Ministry of Industry."

Only then did Xu Fenglei come back to his senses, and when he saw this familiar venue, he couldn't help touching his nose.

I haven't been here for a long time.

"What about the servants?"

He casually asked,
"Why aren't you in the Ministry of Industry?"

Aren't these two guys very diligent on weekdays?

Today's surprise inspection caught them fishing?

"Hui Buzun, the two servants have both gone to the construction site. Recently, they are rushing to meet the construction period. They are all living and eating on the construction site, and all matters are handled on the construction site."

The doctor answered.

Xu Fenglei suddenly felt a little ashamed.

This time he judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. The two brothers of the Yan family are hard-working old scalpers. How could they be like him, fishing for fish all day without doing anything.

"It's in the south of the city, the school construction site, right?"

he asked.

"Yes, Bu Zun." The doctor cupped his hands, "If Bu Zun is fine, maybe you can go to inspect it. Yan Shilang and the others stay at the construction site all day long, and the results are quite good."

Xu Fenglei was a little surprised.

"It's quite effective? Then I'm going to have a look."

He patted the doctor on the shoulder and said approvingly,

"I'm not here, but the Ministry of Industry is in order. You are all meritorious people."

"When the school is completed, I will definitely say hello to the Ministry of Officials. The officials of the Ministry of Industry must be all excellent in the evaluation, and no one will be left behind! Otherwise, I will be sorry for the hard work of these years!"

Hearing the words, the doctor suddenly showed surprise in his eyes.

"Thank you Buzun!"

He excitedly said,

"Subordinates must work hard, and dare not relax in the slightest!"

Xu Fenglei nodded in satisfaction.

As a leader, he doesn't know anything else, but he still knows how to make cakes.

Look, this pie is enough to top a tube of chicken blood!
……

Chang'an City, south of the city.

The craftsmen came in and out, climbed up and down, and the noise was loud.

Xu Fenglei glanced around, his eyes already attracted by the magnificent school in front of him.

No, the scale and the word "school" are no longer worthy of it. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a "school"!
The entire building complex is row upon row, and the planning is just right, making the best use of this small world in the south of the city!

It's hard to imagine that this place, which used to be flat land, has become a climate now... The doctor said there was a surprise, and it really is!

Boom boom boom!
"Let's eat!"

With the sound of drumbeats, countless workers came out from every corner and rushed to the food shed.

Among them were two familiar figures, which caught Xu Fenglei's attention.

"Old Zhang, the paint in the main hall of the school should be the best, but it should not be too magnificent. After all, this is a school, not a palace."

Yan Lide told the painter beside him,

"The rest of the halls should be more simple and elegant. Don't be popular, that's not what you can use here."

"I asked the people from Qin Tianjian to look at it. The next few days will be sunny. You have to hurry up. If the rainy season comes, it will be troublesome. We must catch up with this construction period. There is a link that is missing. The task assigned by the minister It won't be finished."

"Do you remember it all?"

Yan Liben followed, muttering:

"Qin Tianjian's barometer is not very accurate. A while ago, it said that these two days were sunny. Didn't it rain again yesterday?"

"Also talk about what kind of good rain... This rain may not be so good for us."

The painter looked like an honest man, he smiled foolishly, patted his chest and said:
"Don't worry!"

"Even if the weather is not beautiful, we still have a way to think about it. At worst, we will dry the paint when the time comes."

"As long as the cost is not considered, anything can be done."

Yan Lide nodded.

"That's fine."

he sighed softly,

"Although the main body has been built, what is really cumbersome is the interior decoration."

"Fortunately, there are still a few months left before the minister's request, hurry up, there should be still time..."

"Let's go, let's go to cook, I'm starving to death! If you go late, you will run out of oil and water!"

After all, Yan Lide quickened his pace and ran towards the food shed.

"Hey, wait for us!"

The two behind them also frowned, and quickly chased after him.

……

In the canteen.

The three of them sat on a stool with a large bowl in front of them.

At the bottom of the sea bowl is a large bowl of rice, but the color is slightly yellowish, not like polished rice.

On top of the rice, there were two scoops of hot vegetables and a lump of brown stuff.

Heck, heck, Yan Lide was really hungry, he didn't even say a word, he just turned into a rice cooker, and he did half of the job with three or two strokes.

He was so selfless that he didn't even know when there was another person beside him.

"The dignified Minister Yan, just eat these?"

A voice came from the right.

"Hey, at the construction site... It would be nice to have these, and there's also meat sauce!"

Yan Lide responded wholeheartedly, and then his heart was shocked.

This voice...is very familiar!
He turned his head suddenly, only to see Xu Fenglei looking at him with a smile.

Yan Lide: "!!!"

"Bu Zun! Why are you here?"

He hurriedly got up to salute, and said in surprise and eagerness,

"Oh, my servants are negligent! How can you sit in this stinky canteen?"

"come!"

Yan Lide was about to ask someone to make room for Xu Fenglei alone to open a small kitchen, but Xu Fenglei stopped him.

"What's so negligent, your servant can eat it, but my minister can't eat it?"

Xu Fenglei patted his shoulder and said with a smile,
"Get me a copy too! Since I dealt with the major corruption case of the Ministry of Industry last time, I haven't conducted a spot check yet."

"Just to see how the food at the construction site is now, and whether the hateful moth has reappeared."

"Come!"

As soon as he ordered, Yan Liben hurried to run errands and ordered a meal for Xu Fenglei himself.

"Bu Zun, no matter how good the food at the construction site is, it's not much better. Of course, this is for you."

Yan Liben smiled and said,
"For ordinary workers, this meal is definitely better than what they have at home!"

"This rice alone is not available in ordinary places, and this dish, this meat sauce soup."

"Rice is the base and meat sauce is the topping. Look at these workers, who is not devouring it? We all taste delicious!"

Xu Fenglei listened to his introduction and sniffed lightly.

"Well, there is indeed a smell of meat."

He praised,
"I'm not a delicate person, and I don't eat pearls as beans every day, either."

"This meal, I think it's not bad! It seems that the food standard has indeed gone up, very good!"

After all, Xu Fenglei took a big mouthful of rice.

I have to say that the rice grains are a bit rough and the meat sauce is a bit too salty.

But it is this salty taste that most people can't ask for!

The workers do all the hard work, they have to fill their stomachs, and they have to have a lot of salt to replenish their physical strength. This heavy taste is just right!

"It's good that the minister can get used to it."

Yan Lide grinned, took a mouthful of rice as well, and said,

"If it's not enough, rice and vegetables can be added all the time, but there is only one spoonful of meat sauce, no one has much."

"Otherwise the cost will be uncontrollable."

"Of course, if you want to add it, you can add it as you like."

Xu Fenglei mixed the meat sauce into the rice, mixed it with the cabbage, and took a big spoonful of it into his mouth.

"Come here to eat, all living beings are equal, I can't break the rules."

he replied,
"One scoop is enough."

"Stop talking, let's eat, and take me to inspect after eating."

"Okay!" The two brothers smiled and began to eat.

After a while.

"belch--"

Xu Fenglei burped in satisfaction, got up and stretched his waist,
"It's been a long time since I ate so happily. I like the noisy atmosphere here."

I miss it.

When I was studying, the cafeteria was like this.

"You have a fresh energy, and you will get bored after staying for a long time."

Yan Liben wiped his mouth and said with a smile,

"Ministry please, this subordinate will take you to visit."

Xu Fenglei nodded happily.

The three of them walked and talked all the way.

"Look, the one in front is the main hall, which costs the most money, has the largest space, and uses the most exquisite materials."

Yan Liben introduced,

"At the time of the design, according to the requirements of the ministry, we set up three departments, small, medium and large. Originally, we wanted to set up a three-story structure, but the wooden load-bearing capacity was a bit poor, and we thought that a group of departments should be eliminated for further education. people, so a two-storey double building was built.”

Xu Fenglei nodded slightly.

Indeed, ancient building materials determine that buildings that are too tall cannot be built, otherwise they will not be able to bear the weight of high-rise buildings.

High-rise buildings are generally towers and other buildings, and people are not living on them.

In front of them are two "fat" buildings, which seem to be able to accommodate many people.

"This building is where the primary school students who are new to school study. There are two floors above and below."

Yan Lide introduced,

"The building at the back has middle school students on the bottom, college students on the top, and a resting place for the teachers. The building at the back is probably going to be idle for a long time. After all, it just started recruiting students this year, and it will be many years before entering school."

Xu Fenglei nodded.

"This layout is very reasonable."

he said,

"This year's enrollment, there are noble children and common people's children, we have to recruit! The number will not be small."

"Together with everything, we need to allocate classrooms in one building. Half of them will be eliminated if they go to middle school, and more will be eliminated if they go to university! If they can graduate from university, I want to give them the qualification to take the imperial examination directly. of!"

"So the further we go, the bigger the waves will wash away the sand, leaving behind only a few but beautiful elites."

Yan Liben's eyes lit up.

"Take the imperial examination directly? Is it the imperial examination that the eldest grandson has been arranging for?"

He continued,
"I heard that those who can participate in the imperial examination and be selected will be awarded the rank of Jinshi, and can directly become a candidate official of the Ministry of Officials!"

"In order to compete for the qualifications to take part in the imperial examination, the great families all fought their heads off. They all showed their talents and sent their best children to Chang'an!"

Xu Fenglei frowned slightly.

"They are all descendants of the family?"

he wondered,

"There are no children from poor families, or ordinary people?"

Yan Lide pouted.

"Ordinary people, how can they have such knowledge? It is rare to know a few words, and only those from aristocratic families who have learned from their families can be learned."

he replied,
"Children from poor families...it's hard to have a noble son, unless they are really geniuses, and such geniuses are obviously very few."

"I guess, although this time is called the imperial examination, it is still an arena for the children of the aristocratic family. But in comparison, it is still fairer than the previous examination and selection."

"Bu Zun, if the students in our school can really graduate, they will take the imperial examination? This is the national selection of officials!"

Xu Fenglei sneered.

"It was I who proposed to His Majesty to restore the former Sui imperial examination system, and I am also the chief person in charge."

He waved his hand,

"Changsun Wuji is just my deputy."

"The purpose of the school is to cultivate talents. If you are good at learning, you will be an official. If you learn something and don't serve the country, what are you going to learn?"

"As long as the college students who graduate from my school are good enough, I will open a bridge for them to compete with those noble and wealthy children and take the imperial examination."

"You don't have to worry about this."

The imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty was still in its infancy after all, unlike the later Ming and Qing Dynasties, which had a complete system of provincial examinations, general examinations, and imperial examinations.

What Changsun Wuji is busy with is actually investigating and accepting recommendations from the people below.

It is very difficult to meet the leftovers from the countryside, but there is no way to do it... You have to eat one bite at a time.

What Xu Fenglei is thinking at the moment is to let Datang take a different path from the imperial examinations in Ming and Qing Dynasties...

"Then it is estimated that there will be more people scrambling for admission qualifications..."

Yan Lide smiled wryly,

"Recently, people often come to inquire about the progress of the school's construction, and many of them are high-ranking officials."

"They should also be doing it for the children of the family... Speaking of which, Master, I have a merciless request from my subordinates..."

He looked at Xu Fenglei with hope and embarrassment in his eyes.

"Do you want your son to come to school to study?"

Xu Fenglei said with a half-smile.

"Yep……"

Yan Lide lowered his head, scratched his head and laughed,
"My incompetent boy, if he is at home, he must be worthless."

"If you can figure it out in the school, maybe you can use it..."

Yan Liben also cupped his hands and said:

"Minister, I beg you, my subordinate, to give my child a place!"

Seeing how disgraced these two were because of the project, Xu Fenglei deliberately played tricks on them.

"That's not possible. If you want to enter the school, you have to pass the entrance examination. Unless you donate to the construction of the school like Duke E and the others, then your child can be exempted from the entrance examination."

Xu Fenglei pretended to be serious,
"Otherwise, anyone's children will want to squeeze in, and building ten more buildings won't be enough! I can't invite so many gentlemen."

When the two brothers heard the words, they immediately turned bitter.

"Bu Zun, you also know that our salary is not high, and we usually don't have much extra money, this..."

"If you don't set up a book, you will be troubled. Make more paintings and sell them in Chang'an. Your paintings are good and can be sold at a high price. Brother, I can't do it..."

"That's the only way..."

The two began to calculate bitterly, which made Xu Fenglei laugh out loud.

"Come on, come on, Liben is going to be a showman!"

he waved,

"Stop teasing you two! If it were someone else, I wouldn't give this face."

"But you two have worked so hard to build the school, I can see it! Your children can enter the school without the entrance examination!"

(End of this chapter)