Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 67 Diversification of Investments

Chapter 069 Diversified Investment

Ran Ming gave Wang Meng and Lu Yan the same power over this review.Each person has the right to choose 400 outstanding candidates among the more than [-] candidates as Jinshi.

Since Lu Yan is the fourth son of Lu Chen from Fan Yang's Lu family, he is a descendant of a famous family, and Fan Yang's Lu family was born in a family.Although the children of the aristocratic families who took part in the imperial examination this time were all offshoots or concubine children who were not popular in the family, Lu Yantong gave them a chance.

As for Wang Meng, who was born in a poor family, he was more sympathetic to the poor family's children when reviewing the papers. Unless the gap in talent and learning was particularly obvious, Wang Meng would involuntarily turn his heart towards the poor family's officials.

The presiding examiner was not in the right mind, which also contributed to the unfairness of the imperial examination.But no matter how unfair it is, it is much more advanced than the monopoly clan system, and there are plenty of opportunities for poor people!
In this way, the lists of the two are different. Among Lu Yan's fifty places, forty are from famous families, while only ten are from poor families. On the contrary, Wang Meng only has four in his admission list. The first name is a child of an aristocratic family, and the others are all from poor families!
As for the top ten of the one hundred Jinshi, Lu Yan and Wang Meng combined and handed over the decision to Ran Ming!
Ran Ming took the list and looked at "No.1 Xingyang Zheng Rong!"

The Zheng family in Xingyang, a well-known northern family from the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties in China, the Sui and Tang Dynasties of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Cui family of Boling, the Li family of Longxi, the Li family of Zhaojun, the Lu family of Fanyang, the Cui family of Qinghe, and the Wang family of Taiyuan are known as five surnames and seven families .It occupies an important historical position in the feudal history of China.

The Zheng family in Xingyang originated from the time of Dasinong Zheng in the Western Han Dynasty. Zheng Xing and Zheng Zhong's father and son were famous Confucianists in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The founding father of the Taifu, Zheng Mao was a famous official in the early Western Jin Dynasty.The fourth descendants of Zheng Mao were all important ministers in the Western Jin Dynasty.

The original governor of Luozhou in the Wei State was Zheng Xi. When Lu Hu rebelled against Wei, he captured Zheng Xi and sent him to Jiankang. Later, he was beheaded by the Jin Dynasty in Jiankang!Ran Ming took the list and asked, "What is the relationship between this No.1 Zheng Rong and the former Luozhou governor Zheng Xi?"

Wang Meng is not very familiar with the Zheng family, he did not speak, but Lu Yan is the fourth son of Lu Chen, a descendant of the founding father of the Wei State, and has a certain understanding of the Zheng family.Lu Yan clasped his fists and said: "Zheng Rong is the youngest brother of the Zheng family, but he did very well in the exam, almost a perfect score, but his calligraphy is a little inferior!"

Wang Meng hurriedly handed Zheng Rong's test paper to Ran Ming, and Ran Ming picked up Zheng Rong's policy. The topic was "Eight Strategies for An Qingzhou." Start by citing the classics. An article has more than [-] words, and the writing is very fluent.Even if Wang Meng writes such things himself, he is not much better than him.The most important thing is that this article is similar to Wang Meng's proposal at that time!

Ran Ming looked at the list again and asked: "This No.2 is Langya Wang Jie! No.8 is Langya Wang Yuan. Both of them are members of Langya Wang's clan?"

Wang Meng said: "I have seen their resumes. Although they are all from the Langya Wang family, they are distant relatives with Wang Dao. They did not move south with Wang Dao, but stayed in Qingzhou!"

Ran Ming looked at the other lists, and only two of the top ten were from poor families, No. 5 was Licheng Qin Lang, and No. 10 was Cao County Guo Liang!Ran Ming pondered for a long time with his hands behind his back, and said to the two, "No.1 can be designated as Licheng Qin Lang, No.2 Zheng Rong, No.3 Guo Liang, and the other rankings remain the same!"

The next day, there was a huge crowd of people in front of the bulletin board in front of the governor's yamen in Guanggu City. More than 1000 scholars were eagerly looking forward to it with tension, excitement and expectation.At that moment, a man wearing the appearance of a fourth-rank civil official came out of the Governor's Yamen. This man was Lu Yan!
Lu Yan raised his hand to be quiet, and then said with a faint smile: "Wei State's imperial examination in autumn, and now the results have come out. This time, a total of 65 people from 740 counties and 540 counties in Qingzhou participated in the imperial examination, and the actual examination was 420. 100 for one person, [-] for the re-examination, and [-] for three people, and a total of [-] Jinshi were admitted. The list is as follows!"

Saying that, the yamen servant posted the list written by the yellow Ayako on the notice wall!Lu Yan left immediately.

All the officials rushed forward immediately.

The [-]th Jinshi Guanggu Fenglu.Actual award to Anmin County Prime Minister!
A young man who was crazy like a demon appeared in the crowd. He laughed wildly and said, "Hey, I got hit. I actually got hit. I'm an official now!"

"Congratulations to Brother Feng, ten years of hard study finally got what he wanted!" A person who knew Feng Lu said!

Feng Lu recovered from his madness, straightened his clothes, coughed and said, "Brother Liu, Lu is finally blessed by his ancestors, and now he has official status."

But Brother Liu said: "This is not the blessing of Brother Feng's ancestors, but the contribution of His Highness the King of Chu. If His Highness hadn't created the imperial examinations, how could we wait for the humble scholars to have a bright future!"

Feng Lu nodded and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu is kind to Lu, just like Lu's parents, Lu will serve His Royal Highness Chu in this life, and will never change until death!"

After uncovering the ninety Jinshi, ninety Fan Jin were created almost at the same time. Fortunately, people's thinking ability is stronger at this time, and there have been no major disturbances.

Most of the last [-] Jinshi are from poor families, and most of them are actually appointed as county magistrates, masters, and masters. The best ones are county magistrates or county officials.

With just one insignificant and immature imperial examination, Ran Ming has won the loyal support of countless humble scholars!Even if there were no high school scholars, they still inquired. It turned out that the imperial examination was a custom and would be held every three years in the future.The spring test is held in each county, and those who pass the county test can enter Guanggu City to see the test.Of course, the imperial examination system and details will be gradually improved!

As for the top ten Jinshi, they were not conferred official positions, but were unified into the Chu Palace.He was granted the title of assistant official of Chu State.

Although Ran Ming's imperial examination is extremely immature and has many loopholes, it is undeniable that his significance is enormous.The nine-rank Zhongzheng system cuts off the chances of humble scholars, and aristocratic clans monopolize the way to be an official. Now that Ran Ming has initiated this move, it will undoubtedly give countless humble scholars a chance to succeed.

Especially after the results were announced, more than half of the [-] Jinshi were from poor families, which made countless children from poor families crazy. Scholars from poor families under the rule of Dai, Dai, Qin, Liang, and Jin began to flock to Qingzhou.

Although Wei State only has Luozhou in name at this time, Weijun and Qingzhou are actually controlled by Weijun and Qingzhou, which belong to a country with small power and small territory among the countries, but it still can't stop the attention of the humble scholars to Wei State!

Jiankang, which is thousands of miles away, is the Nanjing of later generations. In the south of the Confucius Temple on the south bank of the Huaihe River, there is the most famous Wuyi Lane in history. location.At that time, the sergeants all wore black uniforms, so the lane was named "black clothes".In the northwest corner of Wuyi Lane, there is a mansion covering an area of ​​[-] mu. This is the residence of the founding hero of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Taibao Wang Dao.Wang Dao was dead at this time, and the Wang family of Langya was not implicated by the Wang Dun rebellion. The Wang family was still the largest family at that time.

The Wang family of Langya was the most famous family at that time, even more prosperous than the Xie family of Chen Jun presided over by Xie Kun.At this time, Dao Wang died, and the supporter of the Wang family became Wang Qia.Wang Qia is the third son of Wang Dao. The eldest son Wang Yue died early, and the second son Wang Tian is a martial artist who doesn't care about world affairs!And the important task of steering the Wang family fell on Wang Qia.

In fact, the status of the Wang family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was also very embarrassing. There is a saying that prosperity must decline. Director Wang is dead.Although the Wang family is still in a prominent position, it has been excluded from the core power of the Jin Dynasty!
Wang Qia was very worried about the future of the Wang family.At this time, Wang Qia was silently flipping through the family tree in the house.The news of Qingzhou Imperial Examination has come. They have two children from the Wang family of Langya who went to high school and entered the Hanlin Academy of Chu Palace in Wei State.

At this moment, the butler's voice came from outside the door, "Master, Master Yi is here!"

"Yi Shao is Wang Xizhi's name, he is Wang Dao's cousin, and Wang Qia is cousin!"

Wang Qia nodded, rushed out the door and said, "Please come in!"

Wang Xizhi was honored by Taiwei Xijian as "the son-in-law of the east bed".At the beginning, he was Secretary Lang, and was later recommended by Yu Liang, the general who conquered the west, as general Ningyuan, and then he was appointed governor of Jiangzhou, general of the right army, and internal historian of Kuaiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang).The internal history of Kuaiji, leading the right general, known as "Wang Youjun"

The relationship between Wang Qia and Wang Xizhi is very good, because both of them are famous calligraphers in history, Wang Qia's calligraphy is highly praised by Wang Xizhi, "Taste and Xizhi changed Zhangcao into modern grass, with charm and charm, and became popular in the world. "" Jin Shu Ben Biography"

Wang Xizhi is more than forty years old, and he works steadily. He is already one of the resistances of the Wang family!After entering the door, Wang Xizhi smiled and said, "I guess Brother Jinghe should be looking for the genealogy?"

Wang Qia smiled wryly, and closed the genealogy, "You are also here for the Qingzhou imperial examination!"

"Exactly!" Wang Xizhi said: "You don't need to look for them, they all belong to the Liubei branch. In fact, they belong to the same father and brother, and their father and brother also know each other. The son of Uncle Chen's second son, Wang Kan, is the same generation as you and me. Brother! But they are all concubines!"

"It's really unexpected that these two concubines of the Wang family will bring such a great passiveness to the Wang family!" Wang Qia said: "Your Majesty is now being suppressed by our Wang family in every possible way. If His Majesty finds out about this matter, I'm afraid it will be even more embarrassing. Wang!"

Wang Xizhi shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, the art of an emperor is to maintain balance. He suppressed our Wang family before because we were too powerful, but he will never make things difficult for our Wang family again, because His Majesty needs to use our Wang family. family to contain the Xie family in Chenjun, and to deter the four major families of the Jiangnan Gu family, Zhou family, He family, and Ji family!"

"A companion is like a tiger, the emperor's heart is unpredictable!" Wang Qia said helplessly: "Our Wang family can't stand the trouble now, we must draw a clear line with Uncle Chen's room!"

Wang Xizhi shook his head and said, "I advise my virtuous brother not to do this!"

"Why?"

"Because I can't see from His Majesty his determination to go to the Northern Expedition!" Wang Xizhi said with a wry smile, "Since Your Majesty has no intention of going to the Northern Expedition, our Jin Dynasty has no time to return to the North. Since ancient times, the countries in the south of the Yangtze River have never been able to unify the world. In this way, although we have the natural danger of the Yangtze River in the south of the Yangtze River, the people in the south are weak and not as brave as the north, and we are doomed to have no offensive power because we lack horses!"

"And!" Wang Xizhi squinted his eyes and laughed, "Don't you think that Ran Ming is completely different from his father, Ran Min?" Yan Guo, and after entering Qingzhou forcefully, he no longer has a young mind and is eager to win, but stabilizes Qingzhou and develops! I feel that Ran Ming’s son will achieve greater achievements than his father. How can it be possible for a man to use it for him?"

Wang Qia pondered for a moment, and he had to admit that Wang Xizhi saw farther and deeper than himself.He said: "If Ran Ming wins the world in the future, our Wang family will place a pawn on him. Success is good, but failure is just a side child of our Wang family, and the impact is not great. Besides, Ran Ming's admission Wang Yuan and Wang Jie are also a kind of friendly signal to our Wang family!"

"You are right, it is true!" Wang Xizhi said again: "There is one more thing, I wonder if my virtuous brother knew about it?"

"what's up?"

"The Liu family of Zhongshan!"

Wang Qia said: "You mean, Liu's business bought a large amount of grain in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"Not bad!" Wang Xizhi said, "Liu's company not only brought hundreds of stones of high-quality green salt from the north, but also brought a large amount of gold and silver. !"

Wang Qia was not stupid. Jin was destroyed by Huns Liu Cong. Liu Cong led [-] Xiongnu troops to attack Luoyang, killing more than [-] Luoyang soldiers, civilians, princes and ministers, and almost evacuated the Luoyang Palace.Of course, these royal treasures fell into the hands of Liu Cong. Later Shi Le destroyed the Xiongnu and Han, and these things fell into the hands of Shi Hu. After Ran Min destroyed Zhao and built Wei, these treasures must have fallen into Ran Min's hands again.

Even if scattered among the people, the number must be very small, and now the Liu family is actually carrying such a large amount of treasure, where did they get it?The answer was imminent.

Wang Qia said: "This Liu family is actually from Ran Wei?"

"Hehe," Wang Xizhi said with a smile, "Nine times out of ten! The country of Wei has been fighting all the year round, and the fertile fields are almost ruined. The whole country of Wei is extremely short of food. According to the news from the secret workers in the north, the country of Wei's food is not enough to last three months. Food, no matter how brave the Wei army is, the army has no fighting spirit, so the Wei State tried every means to find food. The previous Anxi Wei-Yan battle was in the final analysis to compete for food. At this time, the Yan State was defeated, and the spoils they robbed in Jizhou were huge. Some of them fell into Ran Ming's hands, but this Ran Ming didn't want these treasures, instead he distributed them to buy food to win the hearts of the people, which shows that his ambition is not small!"

Wang Qia said indifferently: "Food is not a rare commodity in the Jin Dynasty. There are a lot of moldy grains in the granaries all over the place, rotting in the warehouses. Why don't our Wangs throw peaches and plums and give Ran Ming a big gift! It's also a big gift! Leave a way out for us, Mrs. Wang!"

Wang Xizhi said: "Not only that, my virtuous brother should also establish Uncle Chen as the eldest son of the Wang family. As the northern branch of our Langya Wang family, if possible, it is best for my virtuous brother to send an important person to the north. Talk to Ran Ming!"

"However, when Ran Ming invented the imperial examination, he intends to destroy the foundation of the world's aristocratic families!" Wang Qia said: "How can our Wang family be like a tiger for skin?"

"That's wrong!" Wang Xizhi said, "Once Ran Ming got Qingzhou, he didn't touch the big clans in Qingzhou at all. He didn't even touch the abandoned fields that no one of the big clans cultivated. Instead, he sent people to surround them. He would rather organize the people to reclaim wasteland than offend the great clans. He is a very measured person! He understands that the noble clans are the foundation of ruling the world! Now that most of the major clans in the north have moved south, he has no one to use. We have no choice but to use poor family officials, and when Ran Ming unifies the north and our family returns to the north, he will make reasonable arrangements!"

The family and the country are the world, the family is placed in front of the country, and the eggs are not put in one basket. This is the aristocratic family, and it is also the fundamental reason why the aristocratic family has not failed for a thousand years!

At this moment, the head of the Zheng family in the Zheng family's ancestral house in Xingyang also held an emergency meeting with its core members!
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