The original sit-in petition for more than 20,000 scholars was finally responded. The five prime ministers of Ziwei Pavilion all came forward to guarantee the scholars that they would definitely make the Qiushi fair & 1& original first release]
"Please believe us. This is the first imperial examination in the Northern Sui Dynasty. We will definitely set up the banner of fairness so that our imperial examination can stand the test of future generations. Please believe in the promises His Highness the King of Chu to everyone!"
This was Su Wei standing at a high place and calling loudly to the scholars around him. His lofty official prestige won the respect of the scholars, and his sincere appeal also received waves of fierce applause.
"This time, Ziweige unanimously agreed to be the former Minister of War Li Gang. He was known for his justice and strictness in the Great Sui Dynasty. Please believe in our determination. Let us go back and have a good rest. The day after tomorrow will be the official imperial examination. I wish you every time.
Everyone got good grades, everyone went back!"
With the unanimous guarantee of the five ministers of Ziwei Pavilion and the repeated persuasion of dozens of ministers, the petitioners were finally moved and slowly dispersed. They walked back to Taiyuan City in groups of three or three.
Yang Yuanqing stood in front of his official window and watched the scholars from afar. In the past few hundred years of being ruled by famous gentry, these grassroots scholars never had the opportunity to gather together like today to demand justice and demand justice.
Equality, but today they did it. They showed the collective power, which forced the family members of the Wang family in Taiyuan and the Pei family in Wenxi to bow their heads and give in. Why can't they do it before but now they can do it? The key is that there is an imperial examination system.
As long as the upper-level system is designed well, these grassroots forces will naturally have the opportunity to unite, protect their own interests, and fight against famous families. There is no need for him to persuade the famous gentry to make concessions. There is no need to let him be sober.
, It was not him, Yang Yuanqing, who could really fight against the famous gentry of the future, but millions of poor families, perhaps this was called natural.
At this time, Du Ruhui walked in. "Master, are you looking for me?"
Yang Yuanqing turned around and nodded: "Sit down first!"
Du Ruhui sat down and smiled and said, "Do you feel discouraged? The next day I came back, I encountered such a parade of tens of thousands of people."
"Fortunately it's not an army, otherwise I won't want to sleep tonight."
Yang Yuanqing leaned his body against the soft cushion behind him, and his expression seemed very relaxed, as if the parade of tens of thousands of people did not affect his mood.
Du Ruhui looked at his expression, and a sly smile slowly appeared in his eyes, "I feel that the procession of the scholars seemed to fulfill the wishes of the general manager. I feel your gloating."
Yang Yuanqing raised his head and laughed, "Old Du, are you really the roundworm in my belly?"
"Because I really know you very much. In the early years of Daye, when you advised Yu Juluo to promote the imperial examination, I knew that you actually advocated fairness in selecting scholars."
Du Ruhui looked at Yang Yuanqing with a sympathetic and even pity, and he sighed, "Yuanqing, actually I understand your difficulties very well."
"Do you understand what I'm trying to do?" The smile on Yang Yuanqing's face disappeared, and his eyes were staring at Du Ruhui with a faint look.
"Aristocrats!"
Du Ruhui said in a decisive tone without hesitation: "I know you don't like the Shandong gentry, just like you don't like the Guanlong nobles. You hate all the clans and you want to break them. But now you have to use it.
They can be seen from this imperial examination that I can feel your joy from the bottom of my heart. For tens of thousands of scholars, you want to pounce on them and hold them one by one. They will solve the problem for you.
problem."
Yang Yuanqing shook his head. No wonder Pei Ju always said that Du Ruhui was very energetic. Now he deeply understood Du Ruhui's "energetic" and guessed the thoughts of the superiors, and even said it. This is not a person who has been in the officialdom for more than ten years.
What people should do.
However, Yang Yuanqing didn't want everyone around him to be as scheming as Pei Ju. He was as old-fashioned as Su Wei. It may not be a bad thing to have a "vigorous" confidant by chance.
He smiled slightly. "Okay, let's not talk about this. I'm here to ask you about the military family's relocation. How is it going now?"
The petition of more than 20,000 scholars caused a sensation in Taiyuan City. This incident became the focus of everyone's discussion. Some people were happy, some were disgusted, some agreed, and some opposed, but more people regarded it as a strange story.
Talk about the parade and petition of tens of thousands of scholars seems to have never heard of before.
As the scholars returned, hundreds of thousands of Taiyuan people who were watching also gradually dispersed.
There is an inn called Abao Inn in the east of Taiyuan City. It is a high-end inn, clean and comfortable. All thirty rooms are in the upper room. The rooms are spacious and bright, with exquisite items. The guys are attentive and well-received. They are quite famous in Taiyuan City.
Of course, being famous means the price is also very high, and the room here is three times that of an average inn.
Despite this, this inn is still full of people. Most of the guests here are famous families from all over the country. They have high requirements for environmental living. As for the housing money, their family is rich and rich, which is enough for them to bear.
Affordable.
Many people went to watch the fun of the scholars. As the scholars returned, they also returned to the inn one after another. At this time, seven or eight scholars came not far from the inn, but the leader was one of them.
A man with a tall figure, a fair face, a black beard, and was dressed in a very delicate manner. He wore a bright blue satin robe and a three-beam crown on his head. It can be seen that the middle-aged man belonged to several scholars.
Elders, not escorts like housekeepers.
The six young scholars behind were all wearing shallow Confucian robes, each with full spirit and magnificent spirit. They were the six Lu children sent by the Lu family in Fanyang to participate in the Taiyuan imperial examination, three legitimate sons, three concubine sons, and the front ones
The middle-aged man is their fourth uncle, named Lu Ce, who is the younger brother of Lu Chu, the inner historian of the Southern Sui Dynasty in Luoyang. At present, the head of the Lu family of Fanyang is Luoyang Prime Minister Lu Chu, but the specific person in charge of the family.
, Lu Chu's second brother Lu Yu, third brother Lu Zhao served as Sima of Zhuo County, and fourth brother Lu Ce is the middle-aged man who led a team to Taiyuan to participate in the imperial examinations, and is in charge of the Lu family's finance.
The Lu family is both cautious about the Taiyuan imperial examination and attach great importance to it. The caution is manifested in that they dare not send their main children to Taiyuan to participate in the imperial examination, and they are worried that they will cause Luo Yi's dissatisfaction. The importance is to send important family figures like Luce to come.
As the team leader, he showed the Lu family's attitude.
"Fourth uncle, these scholars are marching and petitioning, and they oppose the family and demand fairness. Do you think the Northern Sui court will be threatened by them?"
Lu Ce ignored the questions of the juniors behind him, and another Lu family member couldn't help but say, "Fourth Uncle. A few days ago, Prime Minister Pei met us. You said that when will His Highness the King of Chu meet us? I mean, I'm talking about Lu Fanyang.
I am meeting my fourth uncle for the importance.”
Lu Ce turned around and glared at them fiercely, "Shut up, now go back to pack up your things, then go to have a meal, and go to Wang to take the exam with his ability after dinner. Don't think about how the Lu family is all day long
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Several children didn't dare to say anything. They walked all the way and soon arrived at the entrance of the inn. However, they saw many soldiers standing at the entrance of the inn. Lu Ce was stunned.
He had just walked into the gate. The inn shopkeeper who had been waiting here rushed out and said anxiously: "Mr. Lu, go quickly! Go quickly! Your Highness, the King of Chu has been waiting for you for a long time."
Lu Ce's mind suddenly turned blank. Yang Yuanqing actually came to the inn to find him in person. He didn't bother to order his children and followed the shopkeeper to the inner courtyard in a panic.
There were dozens of personal guards standing at the door of a yard, full of armor and weapons in their hands. They were on high alert, and Lu Ce hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Lu Ce, Your Highness, let me see him."
A captain nodded and let him in, but stopped the shopkeeper outside.
In fact, the shopkeeper was a bit exaggerated. Yang Yuanqing did not wait for a long time, but had just arrived. At this time, he was sitting in the room and slowly drinking tea. He also learned to be patient in recent years. People who are anxious all day long will not achieve anything.
, Only by learning to wait and endure can his character be fragrant.
At this time, a personal soldier reported outside the door: "Master General, Mr. Lu is here."
"Please come in!"
The door opened. The personal soldiers took Lu Ce in, and Lu Ce stepped forward and bowed deeply: "Lu Ce meets His Highness the King of Chu!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and waved his hand, "Mr. Lu, don't be polite, please sit down!"
Lu Ce sat down with some trepidation. A personal soldier brought two cups of hot tea. Lu Ce held the tea cup in his hand and didn't know what to say. However, Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "I remember seeing a gentleman, I'm sorry, time
It's too long, I can't remember it."
When Yang Yuanqing was the chief steward of Youzhou, he had been to Lu Mansion three times and met many people from the Lu family. What impressed him was Lu Chu and Lu Yu, the head of the family. Others could not remember clearly. This Lu Ce
He just felt familiar.
Lu Ce bowed and smiled, "In the seventh year of Daye, Zhuo County prevented the epidemic. When His Highness personally brought people to Lu's mansion, it was the lime I received. Does Your Highness still have the impression of it?"
Yang Yuanqing showed a sudden enlightenment on his face. He remembered it, as if it was Lu Ce. He laughed and said, "So it's an old friend!"
Lu Ce said again: "This time, our Lu family attaches great importance to the imperial examination in Taiyuan. We also sent people to Luoyang to ask the head of the family. The head of the family said that we could participate. Just when we were discussing to send the best children, Luo Yi came to visit.
We clearly demand that the Lu family give up this imperial examination, hey!"
Lu Ce sighed, "We dare not offend Luo Yi yet, so we can only send a few children from the side houses to come. Your Highness, King of Chu, we are really sorry!"
"This is nothing, I can understand it. In fact, the same is true for the same family. Five children from the side house came. They were also worried about Dou Jiande's pressure. I always think that attitude is the most important thing. Lu Jianeng sent a team leader to come.
, this attitude is admirable.”
After being praised by Yang Yuanqing, Lu Ce was very proud. He stroked his beard and smiled, "Your Highness actually came to the inn to visit him in person. It shows that I will definitely tell my second brother about my concern for Lu and report to the head of the family."
Yang Yuanqing came here this time not only as simple as visiting Lu Ce, but he had deeper ideas. He knew that Lu Ce was Lu Chu's brother, with a high status in the Lu family, and was responsible for the family's money and income and expenditure. It was very jing
Ming was capable. When Yuan Hongsi was the chief supervisor of Youzhou, he served as the military officer of Cangcao. Later, his mother was worried about leaving the position, so Yang Yuanqing wanted him to become a bridge between him and the Lu family in Fanyang.
Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "The Shaoqing of Taifu Temple in our Northern Sui Dynasty has always been vacant and lacks a suitable official. I think Mr. is very suitable for this position. I wonder if Mr. is willing to surrender?"
Lu Ce was stunned. He couldn't believe his ears. Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, who was a fourth-rank high-ranking official, actually asked him to take charge? He looked at Yang Yuanqing and saw that he looked serious and didn't look like he was joking.
He bit his lip hard and woke up from his dream. He confirmed that he was not dreaming. He suddenly felt very happy in his heart. He stood up and bowed deeply to Yang Yuanqing, "Lu Ce is willing to serve His Highness the King of Chu!"