"The madam is in the palace and is suffering from old age. How can she go down on her knees and support her in sex, instead of engaging in the battle of fighting rice cakes?"
It was the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the third year of Chuping.
Jing Zhaoyin, Chang'an.
After traveling to Luoyang, passing Hangu, and arriving in Chang'an, Du Ji placed his stepmother in a family of the same clan in Jingzhao.
Du Ji was a native of Duling, Jingzhao. He had served as a county magistrate, county meritorious officer, etc. He fled Jingzhou during Dong Zhuo's political chaos. Hearing that the court was once again stable, Zhao Qi went to Guandong as an envoy and specially brought his stepmother and a group of villagers back home.
And hopes to become an official again.
When he saw his stepmother, his face was full of smiles and he kept saying to Du Ji: "This fellow Du Boqiong of yours is elegant, modest, respectful and courteous, and he serves me very well. When my son becomes an official, I must repay him."
Du Ji's father died when he was young, and his stepmother was very strict with him, but Du Ji still served him respectfully, so he was famous for his filial piety. Now that Du Ji has grown up and is young and promising, his stepmother's attitude towards him has naturally become much gentler, and Du Ji
Still filial and respectful.
Hearing his stepmother's praise and advice, Du Ji responded obediently, then said goodbye to his stepmother, walked to the front hall, and sat opposite Du Zhi, the owner of the mansion.
Du Zhi, courtesy name Boqiong, was from Chang'an, Jingzhao, and came from the same lineage as Du Ji, whose family was in Duling. He was a disciple of the great Confucian Liu Kuan. He once served as the commander of Puzi County in Hedong County. Later, due to the war in Hedong, he was
So I returned home on the pretext of old age and illness.
Before Du Ji could speak, the white-haired Du Zhi smiled and said: "Bohou, you have taken refuge in Jingzhou in the past two years. Although you have found peace for a while, you have missed many important events in the court! Now that you have returned, you will be in trouble in the future.
When you are appointed as an official, you can display your ambitions in life and bring glory to the family name of the Du family."
"Du Gong..." Du Ji choked for a moment, as if he had something to hide.
"I wonder what position Bohou will take? With Bohou's talent, he can accomplish a lot whether he is a county guard or a commander in the government!" Du Zhi stroked his long beard and laughed, not noticing that Du
Ji looked embarrassed.
"To be honest, I still don't know what position I should be given..." Du Ji said hesitantly, "I'm afraid I have to wait for a while."
"Why is this?" Du Zhi's smile faltered and he asked curiously.
Du Ji said: "It is said that many of the scholars recommended this time are not familiar with the recent government affairs. Your Majesty is worried that they will be hindered after they are appointed. If they do not know the purpose of the government's implementation, or even misunderstand or misunderstand it, it will be detrimental to the country.
.So His Majesty has established a new civil service department in Taixue, and asked us to study the policies on farming, salt and iron, etc., and then we can be appointed officials after the policy test."
With that said, Du Ji took out a document from his arms and handed it to Du Zhi: "This is the certificate issued by the Chancellor, asking me to go to Taixue after New Year's Day."
Du Zhi took the certificate and scanned it with his eyes very quickly. The smile on his face couldn't help but fade a little: "You mean, if the policy fails to be tested, it will not be awarded the official?"
"That's right." After Du Ji finished speaking, he glanced at Du Zhi's face again.
Du Zhi frowned and said unhappily: "Why doesn't the country trust its subordinates? This kind of official administration will only make the superiors and subordinates alienate. If the emperor doubts the abilities of his ministers, haven't the princes in the court ever tried to stop him?"
The dissemination of any information takes time. The closer to the source of the information, the sooner it will be known. The earlier it is known, the better it can be planned in advance, especially for the important affairs of the court.
People close to the center of power, such as Yang, Ma Rixi and others, will know about the matter a few hours after the emperor makes the decision and respond in time. And later ministers such as Cui Lie, Zhong Yao, etc.
People need to know the situation from the former on the second or even third day, and the ministers in the peripheral areas follow the same reasoning. As for the targets of the policy implementation, it has been a long time since they got the news, so their influence is also extremely
limited.
Du Zhi has been away from officialdom for too long. Most of his former colleagues and sects are no longer in the court. Therefore, unless he takes the initiative to inquire about this kind of news, his reaction is usually very slow. By the time he knows this, the policy has already been in place.
After a multi-party game, the decision was made and it was just waiting to be implemented.
"I heard that Sikong Huanggong protested for this, but then let it go. Now it seems that he has settled down." Du Ji pondered for a moment and said: "It doesn't take long to manage the civil service. If I learn quickly, I will be able to do it by the third year of next year."
The exam will be available in April. Based on my many years of experience in handling civil cases in counties and counties, it will not be difficult to pass, and I wonder if I can get a good ranking by then."
Du Zhi's heart moved. He is now old, weak and sick, and all the members of his clan are ineffective. He has no intention of coming back. In addition, when Dong Cheng was inspecting the land in Shanglin, the Du family in Chang'an was also greatly damaged by this, so he is now very
There is an urgent need for an outstanding person in the clan to support his appearance.
The original intention was to support Du Ji. After all, Du Ji's reputation, talent, qualifications and other aspects are not bad. Although he is from Du Ling and not directly related to him, he can be regarded as from the same family. Du Zhi has been talking to him these days.
I am taking care of Du Ji's mother and son, and I hope that the drop of kindness I receive now will be repaid by the other party's outpouring of kindness in the future.
At this time, he knew that Du Ji had to go through so many procedures to become an official. He was a little disappointed at first, but after hearing what Du Ji said, he quickly reacted and said with a smile on his face: "It doesn't matter, it will only take some time."
It's just a day. You can stay here these days. You and I are from the same clan, so don't treat yourself as a guest here."
Du Ji didn't dare to accept this. He had taken advantage of the chaos to flee south, lost all his property and servants, and had nothing. At this time, he had to rely on relatives for help and live under someone else's roof. How could he really regard himself as his master?
After temporarily comforting Du Ji, Du Zhi did not dare to delay and immediately rushed to Zongzheng Liu Song's mansion, only to be told that Liu Song was not at home. In desperation, he had to go to Dong Cheng's mansion to find Dong Feng.
The two of them were both powerful locals in Chang'an, and they had studied together under Liu Kuan, so they had a deep friendship.
Although he was a little disdainful of Dong Feng's defection to Dong Cheng, fortunately he did not draw a clear line and cut off contact. This matter was related to the future existence of their Du family, and Du Zhi had to bend over backwards to find Dong Feng to see if this matter was still possible.
Is there any other way you can think of?
"The matter of the Civil Service Department has been decided, and there will be no talk of withdrawing the order. Boqiong, don't think of any more ideas of remonstrance, it's useless." Dong Feng started with this sentence, completely.
It cut off Du Zhi's last trace of luck.
Du Zhi composed himself and said again: "Then, is there any other way you can think of? You don't need to enter the civil service department, but you can also be appointed as an official."
"What? You can't believe in the talent of your family?" Dong Feng couldn't help but wonder.
"Hey!" Du Zhi sighed heavily and said: "Who knows, although Du Bohou is good at handling cases and governing the people, no one can trust him in his actions, only himself. To put it nicely, he has a beautiful mind and his own opinions.
, to put it bluntly, he is stubborn. Once he meets a superior officer who is less capable than him, or if he despises official documents issued by the state government, he will not pay attention to them..."
"Boqiong." Dong Feng stopped in time and said: "The imperial decrees are all made by the Central Government and the princes. Even Your Majesty has never found fault with it. How dare your fellow clan members do so?"
Du Zhi said: "Tuntian, Yantie are all carefully planned big policies, how can he find flaws. What I am worried about is... the teaching of the official administration department."
Wang Bin has no experience in governing the people, and his ability is indeed questionable. It's just that he is the emperor's uncle. Even if many people below are reluctant, he has to bite the bullet and accept it, otherwise he will even enter the civil service department.
If you don't go, let alone being appointed by the imperial court.
Dong Feng understood what the other party meant and said, "Are you worried that after he enters the Civil Affairs Department, you will look down on... him?"
Du Zhi nodded, then quickly shook his head and said: "I'm not worried that he won't look down on him. He knows what's good and bad and won't do such a thing. I'm just worried that he won't listen to others' advice and will waste his time in the civil service department.
Time wasted."
Those who failed the civil service examination were either sent back to their place of origin or continued to retake the exams, which greatly restricted the efforts of the Kanto scholars and Dong Cheng to expand their power.
Dong Cheng has also been troubled by this matter recently. He recruited many scholars in Hedong, Shangdang and other places, and he was preparing to go to the imperial court to confer officials this time. Unexpectedly, the emperor set up an official administration department and gave them all to
Once you get in, you have to pass the policy test before you can be admitted to the official position.
At present, it is difficult to disobey the superior's intention, so everyone has to think of other ways, such as recruiting officials in the name of the government or counties before the official opening of the civil affairs department. This approach of having policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom, although it is not necessary
Asking those scholars to go to the civil service department for screening would undoubtedly mean that they would compete with the emperor, so everyone had this idea, but no one dared to be the first to come forward.
Dong Feng looked at Du Zhi this time, and couldn't help but think of Du Ji's family hopes, and suddenly had an idea in his mind. He could not only sell Du Zhi a favor, but also relieve Dong Cheng's worries, and maybe he could cheat Dong Cheng's enemy Huang