Lu Yijian invited Ye An to attend the appointment, but he did not wait for Wang Zeng's invitation. Compared to Lu Yijian, his relationship with the Wang family should be deeper, but apparently others did not think so.
Lu Yijian was a smart man and he chose to improve his relationship with Ye An, but the Wang family believed that Ye An's attack on Lu Yijian had affected Wang Zeng, and he should come to apologize in person.
This was the news he got from Puhui Trading Company. Ye An laughed it off. It was clearly Wang Zeng who was at fault in the first place. He was affected by something he didn't even expect, but now he was asked to come to apologize? Why?
Do you think you, Deputy Privy Councilor Wang, have a lot of face?
But what he didn't know was that Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng had their own connection. The two sat facing each other in the Lu family flower hall at night. Wang Zeng was not surprised by Lu Yijian's invitation, but he didn't understand why Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng
Ye An puts aside the past suspicion.
"Ms. Lu is indeed generous, just like Zhao Pu back then! I just wonder if your generosity will be appreciated?"
"What Privy Wang said is wrong. It's not because I'm being generous, but because I don't want to argue with the younger generation. Who can say for sure what happens in the court? Maybe we will all retire that day and someone else will be in charge of the two centers. What do you think?
Yes or no?"
Wang Zeng smiled and said: "No one will let him take the position. Even if he has the title of direct bachelor of Tianzhang Pavilion, he still holds the position of Director of the Imperial City. If the officials want to use him, they cannot let him."
He is too strong. All the princes in the court know what kind of temper he is, Ye Changsheng, so how can he be allowed to become the governor of Zhongshu? Looking at the matter, can you, Mr. Lu, help him to be admitted to Zhongshu? I'm afraid it will be harder than ascending to heaven."
Unexpectedly, Lu Yijian laughed loudly and said: "Oh? I think it is not a bad thing for this son to enter Zhongshu." This was deliberately teasing Wang Zeng.
"The official family will not let him go to Zhongshu. Nowadays, the official family is more mature than young, and they are more stable, and they are more proficient in the way of serving. The banning of you and me is just a blow. Could it be that Lu Xiang
Don’t you know the deeper meaning?”
Wang Zeng didn't care about Lu Yijian's teasing. On the contrary, he understood the rules of the court better. This made Lu Yijian look at Wang Zeng with admiration: "It's really you, Wang Xiaoxian! But I heard that Fan Zhongyan and others who were demoted were interested in reforming the government. What a surprise.
This time I asked the officials to reform the system, but this person has greater ambitions than Ye Changsheng."
"So what? How can the laws of the imperial court and the system of the ancestors be easily changed?"
"However, Fan Zhongyan's name was well known to both the government and the public, and the officials felt guilty about his demotion. They ordered him to be transferred to the post of magistrate of Suzhou. I heard that he had established a county school in Suzhou, and many people praised him, so he might have a chance to succeed.
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Wang Zeng smiled and said: "This person has excellent talents, like a cone on the head. Only constant suppression can stabilize the situation. Today, Prime Minister Lu invited me here, isn't it for Fan Zhongyan and Ye An?"
The old god Lu Yijian smiled and said: "Xiao Xian, I have my opinion! The dispute between you and me is nothing more than the state. Now that Wang Shu is the privy envoy, he has naturally reached the age of retirement. What do you think?"
The relationship between the two was a pure exchange of interests. Both Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng planned to suppress Fan Zhongyan and Ye An, so they naturally wanted to satisfy each other's interests.
Wang Zeng nodded and stood up and said: "Shan!"
No one knew that this simple meeting between Wang and Lu had already arranged many things in the court. Although they could not completely get rid of Ye An and Fan Zhongyan, it was easy to suppress them.
What Wang Zeng needs is to sit on the position of Privy Councilor, and Lu Yijian can help him. This is an exchange of interests.
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Jingyou was the good year that Zhao Zhen had been looking forward to, but unfortunately he did not get what he wanted. In February, when spring came, students from all over the world came to Tokyo to compete. For a time, the martial arts of the Song Dynasty was once again pushed to its peak. There are more and more scholars, and there are even people submitting papers in front of the Yunzhong County Marquis Mansion.
This is also a common occurrence. In order to take shortcuts, some scholars will submit their poems or articles to the homes of high-ranking officials in order to be appreciated. Even if they fail in the imperial examination, they can still find a good future or be recommended to the public. Imperial College.
It's just that there are only a few who can be favored. Don't think that the high-ranking officials in the court will be open to scholars. Everyone has come here. There are almost no people who are truly courteous and virtuous, unless they write excellent articles, but such people often get Roll call, no need to submit.
Ye An didn't care about this. Anyway, the order he got was not to be the examiner, but to be the invigilator.
Zhao Zhen specially assigned the Imperial City Division to participate in Chunwei's security work this time, because the Imperial City Division has a complete supervision system and is particularly good at supervision and surveillance, much better than the Yamen of Kaifeng Prefecture.
In addition, it also gave Ye An, a direct bachelor of Tianzhang Pavilion, an opportunity to participate in the imperial examination. Chunwei was the Ministry of Rites examination, also called the provincial examination. The imperial examination in the Song Dynasty was based on a three-level examination system of state examination, provincial examination and palace examination. Taizu ordered , after passing the examination, one is not allowed to address the examiner as a disciple, or claim to be a disciple. In this way, all those who pass the examination become disciples of the emperor. After the palace examination, the results will be released into the top three, and they will be directly awarded officials without having to go through the civil service examination.
This can be regarded as a greatly simplified process, allowing talents to be fully appointed. Of course, there are many disadvantages. For example, with more and more Jinshi, the official positions in the court are not enough, and they can only be arranged for selection.
Since the Imperial City Secretary took over Ye An, he did not dare to neglect it and supervised the tribute examination as a direct bachelor, while Pucheng, a Hanlin bachelor, Zhang Dexiangquan knew about the tribute examination.
Although there is only one word difference, the concepts are completely different. Ye An is part of the invigilation team, while Zhang Dexiang and others are the marking team. Although the two parties are working together on business, they do not belong to each other.
However, Zhang Dexiang and others were well aware of Ye An's style. When they entered the Gongyuan Academy, they all met Ye An and said, "The matter of preventing fraud is all decided by Ye Hou. How about we, the invigilators, also listen to Ye Hou's orders?"
Unexpectedly, these people were so cooperative. Ye An repeatedly raised his hands and said: "You are so polite, it's the first time for Changsheng to invigilate the imperial examination. I don't dare to specialize in it. The officials who invigilate the examination are all from the Ministry of Rites. I don't dare to dispatch them. I can still make them. I just increase the number of Gongyuan." For inspections, we just need more manpower from outside the hospital. As for the candidates admitted to the hospital, our Imperial City Department needs to conduct an overall inspection."
Zhang Dexiang and others did not expect Ye An to be so easy to talk to. They immediately crossed their hands and said, "What Bachelor Zhi said is absolutely true!"
The Imperial Guardsmen were only responsible for setting up posts at the entrance, checking candidates' qualifications and letting people into the Gongyuan. They were also responsible for guarding the perimeter of the Gongyuan and patrolling inside the courtyard. As for other matters, officials from the Ministry of Etiquette were responsible for them. Such responsibilities were clearly defined and divided into several people. It’s a dream come true!
But what happened next was that they saw the power of the Imperial City Division. As the auspicious drums beat, and after Ye An worshiped the portrait of Saint Kong with them, the Imperial City Division's guards held long swords and wore swords. Comes with armor.
Not only that, there were some soldiers with cloaks tied on their bodies. Zhang Dexiang vaguely saw the flashing crossbow arrows from under the cloak. He was shocked for a moment and pulled Ye An and said: "Why do you still need to use a crossbow?"
Ye An smiled and pointed to several corridors beside the Gongyuan: "A few days ago, I found someone setting up bronze mirrors on these small buildings. Just in case, I asked my subordinates to wear crossbows. If someone uses the light as a signal,
, then let me know with Crossbow Arrow!"
Zhang Dexiang's hands trembled and he said, "It's better not to hurt people's lives!"
"I won't hurt anyone's life..." Before Ye An could finish his words, a cry came from the small concierge at the door: "Master, spare my life, Master, spare my life!"
Ye An and Zhang Dexiang turned their heads at the same time and saw an examinee being thrown out of the gate of Gongyuan, and he was thrown out while wearing his inner clothes. The guards of the Imperial City Division rang the gong and shouted loudly: "Tanzhou Juzi"
Li Chengyao put the manuscript in his robe, carried a ten-pointed cane, and rushed to Gongyuan!"