Chapter 416 Reentry into Fufeng
"Your Majesty, what decree is this? Then what trick is Ma Chao trying to play?"

Cai Yong looked at the young man with a tired expression and his thin body, and couldn't help feeling a little pity.However, after taking the paper, he could only ask doubtfully.

Liu Xie was speechless, looking at the withered trees outside the window, he sighed in an ordinary but amazing old man like vicissitudes.

"This imperial examination...can't be explained clearly in one sentence. Yesterday, Ma Chao promulgated the decree in Fufeng, and immediately wrote a copy silently and sent it to me. After careful consideration, I found that Ma Chao's intentions are so... so ," Speaking of which, Liu Xie felt that he couldn't think of a single word to describe Ma Chao.

Ma Chao is said to be sinister?
He is making moves in an upright manner, under the guise of promoting talents for the country, who can say that he is insidious?
But if it is said that Ma Chao is upright and upright, Liu Xie himself wants to slap himself: Can he send those talents to Chang'an obediently?Haven't all of them been detained in his Ma family, apart from letting the students all over the world be grateful to the Ma family, how can they have any gratitude to the imperial court?

Moreover, what's even more hateful is that Liu Xie is worried that this is just Ma Chao's first move, and his second move will definitely gradually reveal his powerless power as the Ma family grows.And these, Liu Xie can't tell those Manchu civil and military officials yet!
In fact, Liu Xie doubted that even Cai Yong, a guy with a reputation as a great Confucian, could not see the special meaning of this decree.Sure enough, after a while, Cai Yong was as expected by Liu Xie, and asked in doubt: "Your Majesty, this is just a modification of the Ma family's talent acquisition. The two prefectures of Yongliang and Liangzhou have not had a strong academic style since ancient times. I am afraid that Ma Chao will use such a small skill. Are you also being forced to be helpless?"

Liu Xie didn't even have the strength to sigh at this time. After walking back and forth for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Bo Jie carefully looked at the method and scope of talent selection!"

"All the sons who enrolled in Yongzhou can freely take the imperial examination regardless of their age, background, or recommendation after they graduate from the county school. In addition, scholars from all over the country, regardless of whether their prefecture or county is under the rule, can also come and go to Fufeng to take the exam... ..." Cai Yong read it unnaturally, and finally realized something, and said in a trembling voice: "This son wants to take the poor people of the common people in the world into the net?!"

"Not bad!" Liu Xie was overjoyed, and after seeing that Cai Yong still had some brains, he continued: "Although he may offend the nobles in the world by doing things like this. However, there are no famous families with full background in Yongliang and Liangzhou." How small is his resistance? What's more, even if the nobles can reach the sky with their hands, how can they compare with the strength of the big man who has thousands of students studying hard?"

"I'm afraid this time is just a test by Ma Chao. If my guess is right, as long as Ma Chao gets some clues about the imperial examination this time, he will definitely spare no effort to stand on the opposite side of the gentry in the future, so as to create a path unique to his Ma family. The road to hegemony!"

After saying these words, Liu Xie sighed helplessly again, a little lost in spirits, and walked slowly outside the bedroom, looking at the dark sky alone, wondering what he was feeling.

"Your Majesty, the gentry in the world is now deeply intertwined, and their strength should not be underestimated. Dong Zhuo's death was a conspiracy planned by the gentry. An ambitious Xiliang hero like Dong Zhuo also died at the hands of the gentry. How could Ma Chao escape?" The counterattack of the scholars? As long as Your Majesty reveals the nature of Ma Chao's imperial examination to those scholars..." When talking about Dong Zhuo, Cai Yong still showed a hint of embarrassment.He is not a cruel and ruthless person like Wang Yun, for Dong Zhuo's generous promotion, Cai Yong still felt a little guilty and grateful.

"I'm afraid Bo Jie didn't know that on the surface, Dong Zhuo died at the hands of scholars and Lu Bu, but in fact, Ma Chao also participated a lot in it. It can even be said that he played a very important role in threading the needle, and In the end, under the scheming of Wang Yun and Wang Yun, he retreated completely. This son..." Liu Xie turned his head and affirmed very seriously: "It is definitely not comparable to Dong Zhuo! He has more vision, more scheming, and more The scary thing is, he never rushes into it..."

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, how should I deal with it?" Cai Yong asked these words at this time, and his heart was full of worries.After all, even if he doesn't want to admit it anymore, Ma Chao is his son-in-law, but the emperor's kindness is so great, His Majesty trusts him so much... that's all!Loyalty and righteousness are difficult to have both. As a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, it is natural to understand the truth of giving up small righteousness and serving the country loyally.

"What Bo Jie just said is right. The gentry are indeed intertwined, and Ma Chao is not something in the pool. Wang Yun will be even more annoyed when he gets the news of Ma Chao. Why don't I follow the example of He Jin..."

"This? Your Majesty really wants to win over Ma Chao to deal with Wang Yun? Is it true that the power of the scholars has already occupied the court and is too big to lose?" He Jin was actually a pawn in the hands of the scholars back then, and finally died.Cai Yong couldn't help breaking into a cold sweat when he heard Liu Xiexing's dangerous move.

"Bo Chi, don't forget that a loyal person like you is also from the gentry. And that man Lu Bu has already joined Wang Yun's sect. I have no one to fight against Wang Yun in this regime's military affairs. If we don't win over him at this time, How can foreign aid make money?" After Liu Xie said this, he smiled miserably at Cai Yong, then waved his hand, and two black-clothed guards appeared quietly.

Cai Yong knew that this was Liu Xie's order to drive him away.Then he knelt down and resigned, but when he got up, he said: "The old minister will write a letter to Yan'er, asking her to turn her heart to the Han family and help Princess Wannian a lot..."

Liu Xie didn't look back, but the corner of his mouth curved into an arc: This Cai Yong is not too stupid, he finally understood the purpose of asking him to come to the bedroom late at night...

At the same moment, Duanmu Ruoyu, who was lying on the bed in Baihualou, looked slumped and gloomy, her whole body felt as if she had been trampled by a buffalo, causing her whole body to be in pain and convulsions, and she felt that even breathing was a luxury.

When I was young, Duanmu's maidservant brought a basin of hot water into the room, weeping and crying: "Miss, let the maidservant wipe your body for you..."

"No need, I just want to know, did you find out?" Duanmu Ruoyu said with difficulty, but his eyes turned a little bit with vitality.Perhaps, the achievement of spying on the news is already her only faith to survive.

"The news is correct. The sisters of the official prostitutes have been found out from the servants of the Situ family. Recently, Wang Yun has often feasted with those scholars and conspired to annex Yongzhou and welcome the heroes from the east of the Guandong to take charge of the capital. And the military prostitutes Those sisters also heard the news that the Bingzhou Army accepted the imperial court's reward, and, under the instruction of Lu Bu and the Bingzhou General, they also intended to provoke friction with the Huben Forbidden Army." The little maid was sobbing, although her words were somewhat vague Clear, but the organization is very clear.

"From this point of view, Wang Yun has indeed subdued Lu Bu and started to monopolize the power of the court. I just don't know, what news came from the palace?" Duanmu Ruoyu tried hard to let himself fall into analytical thinking, and only in this way can he relieve her pain. Body pain.

"Miss, you also know that since Miss Diaochan left, we hardly have eyes and ears in the palace. Although those eunuchs are also a few psychopaths, His Majesty seems to have a big prejudice against eunuchs, so..." Speaking of this , the door suddenly rang, Duanmu Ruoyu immediately signaled the little maid to keep quiet, but seeing that the person who came was the old bustard of Baihualou, the tension on her face disappeared, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

After the old bustard of Baihualou suddenly opened the door and came in, the characteristic greed and coquettish expression on his face disappeared immediately. He glanced at Duanmu Ruoyu who was lying on the bed, bowed down and said sadly: "Miss, Situ's mansion As soon as the news came out, Wang Yun was furious tonight, scolding Ma Chao for being shameless and cruel..."

This old bustard is a loyal servant of Duanmu's family, originally Duanmu Ruoyu's nanny, she never forgets the kindness of Duanmu's family, and secretly still regards Duanmu Ruoyu as a young lady.And after Duanmu Ruoyu had the great wish in his heart to relieve the sad fate of the sisters in the world, he also pulled her, a dainty nanny, into it.

"Can you hear the insulting content?" Duanmu Ruoyu wanted the two to get up, but she was in pain, so she didn't force her to be polite.

"The servant couldn't hear clearly, only a few words seemed to say, 'This is clearly a death-killing sticker of the family's family! Once this is done, the foundation of the family's survival in the future will be wiped out! Ma Chao is a traitor, Wanting to use the Ma family to change the root of this big man is really wishful thinking, and death is not a pity!' and the like, after that, they are completely insulting words. Although there is no foul language at that level, they are even worse than those of us sisters. Ever-changing and vicious... It seems that he really hates Ma Chao." The old bustard wanted to praise Wang Yun's swearing skills, but seeing that Duanmu Ruoyu was reluctant to even fake a smile, he quickly ended his words .

But after Duanmu Ruoyu heard this, he fell into deep thought. The serious and focused look made the old bustard and the little maid look at each other, feeling extremely puzzled.Then, I heard Duanmu Ruoyu's decisive voice: "This news is too important, I want to go to Fufeng myself!"

As he said that, Duanmu Ruoyu unconsciously grasped the Luoqi sachet that she never left her body with her right hand, which exudes a strange fragrance: Fufeng County, she has been there once...

(End of this chapter)

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