Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 168 Liu Xuewen’s reminder

"Hey."

Li An responded and sat down next to Liu Xuewen.

"I am very pleased to be able to seize the head of the case." Liu Xuewen said with a smile.

"Haha, teacher, if the student can take this case, it is probably because of Wen Linlang." Li An said modestly.

Liu Xuewen shook his head slightly. With Xu Shigao here, Li An, the literary prose officer of Li An, would definitely not be able to get the title of case if he failed in the exam.

However, it was a good thing for Li An to be modest, so he did not talk about this topic again, but asked: "You took part in this county examination. Do you think there is fraud in it?"

Li An pondered for a while and said: "Teacher, according to what the students have learned during this period, there should be fraud in this county examination."

In order to go to college, it is not uncommon for later generations to pretend to be others, spend money to buy points, find connections, etc.

The so-called university diploma is definitely incomparable with the ancient imperial examination.

After all, college students are not included in the allocation, and the imperial examinations are directly for officials, so there is no comparison at all.

Not to mention Yangzhou, even in any county, if you check carefully, you can find out more or less.

Liu Xuewen was not surprised by this and asked Li An about some information he knew.

The imperial court sent an imperial envoy, and officials involved in fraud must be prepared.

Li An has been back to Yangzhou for so long, so he must know a lot.

Li An did not hide anything about this and told Liu Xuewen everything he knew.

Liu Xuewen was thoughtful, as if he was pondering something.

Li An glanced at Liu Xuewen's expression and said hesitantly: "I wonder what the teacher has planned next?"

Liu Xuewen came back to his senses, looked at Li An and smiled: "What do you think I should do as a teacher?"

"I'm afraid the teacher had already made plans on the way here. The students are only shallow in learning, so they won't show off their shame. However, the students feel that the impact of fraud in the county examination is too great. The best way is to control the impact to a minimum," Li An said. .

Ever since he learned that Liu Xuewen was an imperial envoy, Li An had been wondering about the official's intentions.

After thinking about it, Li An felt that the official made Liu Xuewen the chief imperial envoy because Liu Xuewen was an upright man and had no involvement with King Yong and King Yan, and he would not favor anyone.

It is true that Liu Xuewen is upright and will not favor one of the two princes.

But upright people are stubborn. As Liu Xuewen is an imperial envoy, Li An is really worried that he will make things worse.

"What about showing off one's embarrassment? Isn't that a good point? You continued, why should the impact of this matter be controlled to the minimum?" Liu Xuewen said.

Li An pondered for a while and said: "Teacher, if this thing gets serious, students in other places will definitely learn from it. Those with a little knowledge can figure it out, so students won't say much. The most important thing is that the official Family attitude.”

"Oh?"

Liu Xuewen said noncommittally: "Then what do you think the official's attitude is?"

"In my humble opinion, as a student, given the temperament of the official family, they probably don't want to make this matter a big deal," Li An said.

His speculation was well-founded. When the reform was initiated, the officials could not withstand the pressure and called it a halt.

Although there were too many shortcomings in the New Deal and the conservatives were strongly opposed to these factors, it also had a lot to do with the weak temperament of the officials.

As mentioned earlier, if the officials insist on reform, they may be in danger of destroying the country due to internal and external troubles.

However, these are just assumptions, and it is possible to improve the New Deal and make the reform successful.

But anything that has not happened is possible, and assumptions are just assumptions.

However, this incident can prove one thing, that is, today's officials are seeking stability.

The fraud in the county examination is very involved, and the officials naturally don't want to make the matter a big deal.

Li An was worried that Liu Xuewen's temper would escalate, which would directly escalate the matter and affect his future. Liu Xuewen took a deep look at Li An and said: "As a minister, I can figure out the thoughts of the officials, but I can't speak out. Your "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is pretty good. Although it has many flaws, it is still pretty good. Wonderful. Did you forget how Yang Xiu died in your book?"

Although "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of the four famous works of later generations, it was widely circulated among the people in ancient times, and real scholars looked down upon it at all.

Because Li An was his student, he didn't belittle it like others and went to listen to it.

"The teacher understands what the student means. This is not something we just say in front of the teacher. How can the student say this in front of outsiders?" Li An said quickly.

Those who have watched the Three Kingdoms have some impressions of Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu was born in the Yang family of Hongnong in Han and Wei Dynasties. He was respectful, studious, and erudite.

What's more important is that Yang Xiu can figure out Cao Cao's thoughts.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei refused to go to Yangping. They were in a dilemma. They issued an edict saying that it was "chicken ribs" and everyone was puzzled.

However, Yang Xiu directly asked people to pack their things and prepare to return to the court.

Someone asked, Yang Xiu said that eating chicken ribs has no meat and discarding them has a taste. The prime minister wants to return to his master.

Yang Xiu was the chief secretary, taking charge of the internal and external affairs. Many people thought that Yang Xiu was conveying Cao Cao's order, and ordered them to pack up and prepare to withdraw.

When the news reached Cao Cao's ears, Cao Cao was so angry that he killed Yang Xiu directly.

Of course, this is a romance. In the official history, Yang Xiu helped Cao Zhi fight for the throne because he had a good relationship with Cao Zhi.

Cao Cao's designated successor was Cao Pi. He felt that if someone like Yang Xiu could guess his thoughts, staying with Cao Zhi would cause too much trouble, so he found an excuse to kill him.

Thinking about it, Yang Xiu must be smart to become Cao Cao's boss.

He just tried to figure out what Cao Cao was thinking, how could he be so stupid as to let people pack up and prepare to withdraw without Cao Cao's order.

But regardless of official history or romance, Yang Xiu's death was related to him trying to figure out the monarch's thoughts and talking nonsense.

It's nothing to figure out the thoughts of superiors. None of the court officials don't figure out the thoughts of officials.

But you can only think about this kind of thing in your own heart, but you can't talk about it everywhere.

This is what Liu Xuewen said just now.

"It's good if you know this." Liu Xuewen said.

"Teacher, then you..."

Liu Xuewen interrupted Li An with a wave of his hand and said: "You can see things, can't I see it? I have just passed the difficult truth, and I don't need you to teach me as a teacher. It's getting late, you can go back and rest early. .”

"Yes, students, please leave." Hearing this, Li An stood up and bowed.

Liu Xuewen is his teacher and his biggest supporter now.

If something happens to Liu Xuewen, Li An will also be in trouble. It can be said that we share weal and woe.

Seeing that Liu Xuewen knew what was going on, Li An felt relieved.

……

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Liu Xuewen asked people to invite the two princes over.

"I have met Liu Shiyushi." Zhao Tong and Zhao Xian bowed their hands.

Although the two of them have higher status than Liu Xuewen, when they come to Yangzhou this time, Liu Xuewen is the chief and they are the deputy, so they naturally need to salute.

You can't let Liu Xuewen, the chief imperial envoy, salute the two deputy officers.

Of course, given their status, the salute between the two people was just a cup of hands, and it was impossible to bow and salute like superiors and subordinates.

"Your Highnesses are very polite, please take a seat quickly." Liu Xuewen did not show any airs and returned the courtesy, asking them to sit down.

(End of this chapter)