Plane Supermarket

Chapter 124

The imperial examination system given by Ye Zhou to Chen Hou was improved by Wu Zetian.

Before Wu Zetian, the Imperial Examinations emphasized Ming Jing and neglected Poetry, and the Ming Jing Ke was unable to compete with the children of the aristocratic family for the children of poor families. Their family conditions were not good and they did not have so much money to buy books. gap.

It wasn't until Wu Zetian improved the imperial examinations and began to elevate the status of the Book of Songs class that this situation began to improve.

Compared with Mingjing, the Book of Songs needs inspiration and talent.

Even if he is a child from a poor family, if he is talented and can write good poems, he can also stand out.

Moreover, Wu Zetian also has the meaning of "referring talents in an eclectic manner". As long as you think you have the ability, then you can go to be an official. If you do a good job, you will be rewarded.

She built a talent pool with the country as the unit. Many important ministers during Li Longji's period were excavated by her.

It was also during her tenure that countless talented poets were born.

It was a very happy thing to be a scholar during Wu Zetian's reign. Even if he couldn't be an official, he could support his family by teaching.

There is also the palace examination. Although Li Shimin had entered the palace during the examination before her, he did not go every time, and it was not systematic. Therefore, historians believe that the system and rules of the palace examination began with Wu Zetian.

So much so that until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the imperial examination system improved by Wu Zetian was still in use.

Although the stereotyped essay has become the mainstream of the imperial examination, the system has not been changed, because this system is really easy to use.

After a long time and a complete system that has been tested by several dynasties, getting it here is simply a blow to reduce dimensionality. Although it still needs to undergo localization changes, it is enough to make Chen Guo famous.

Except for the aristocratic family, no one paid attention to Chen Hou's "cruelty" to the aristocratic family. Countless scholars came from all over the world. The scholars who were about to retire because Xiangguo became a fairy and no longer recommended scholars went crazy again. Scholars from other countries People even bring their families and mouths, ready to settle down in Chen country.

Chen Guo, who was little-known and had no sense of presence in the princely kingdoms, suddenly became famous.

However, except for the scholars, the royal families of other countries did not take the imperial examination seriously.

They believe that it is the right way for the family to assist the monarch to rule the world, and the imperial examination is an evil way. Since it is an evil way, there is no need to worry about it.

Except for the scholars and common people, almost everyone was waiting to see Chen Guo's jokes.

But even if everyone was not optimistic about it, and all the aristocratic families in the Chen country were resisting, Chen Hou still unswervingly started the first scientific research.

It's just that this imperial examination is not exactly the same as what Ye Zhou imagined, it can only be said that it has nothing to do with it.

There was no standard examination room for the imperial examination this time, and the invigilators were Zhao Xue and two other scholars recommended by Ye Zhou to Chen Hou. Even the questions asked were all clichéd questions that Chen Hou scratched his head to figure out.

The examination room was even open-air, and the scholars took the test inside, while the common people watched from the side.

And the exam is over in one morning, and the candidates can even rush back to eat.

Since the paper has not been around for a long time, many candidates' rolls are not neat enough, and they don't know how to control their strength. Some characters are so thin that they are almost invisible, but some characters penetrate the back of the paper, and each character becomes an ink dot.

But even so, Chen Hou kept laughing when marking the examination papers.

Soon, the first batch of scholars who obtained official status through imperial examinations appeared. They did not enter the court because of this, but they did become officials. This official may be just a petty official or a grain official.

But no one can deny that they really rely on the kingship.

The power in their hands comes from Marquis Chen, not the aristocratic family.

Soon, these officials became a force that cannot be ignored in Linzi City, but they were also trapped in Linzi, and other cities were still under the control of the princes and aristocratic families. In the past, but the royal family can also let these lives stay there.

But Chen Hou is not in a hurry, these things are not in a hurry, he has to wait for the aristocratic family to relax their vigilance, and then look for opportunities.

Figure it out slowly.

Probably because Chen Hou didn't move after that, the matter of the Zhang family was over, and the state of Chen returned to its previous calm.

This year's autumn harvest, Chen Guo had another bumper harvest.

It's just that the news of Chen Guofeng's harvest has not reached Chen Hou's ears. The envoys of Zhao and Lu have already arrived in Linzi. They have a long team, but there is no gift for Chen Hou in this long team. .

It brought a lot to the "immortal".

There may not be no smart people here. The monarchs of Zhao and Lu both believed that there were immortals in the world, but they didn't believe that immortals would go to Chen country. They believed that Ye Zhou was an expert compared to the other party being an immortal.

Since they are human beings, they can be bought, drawn, and used for their own use.

When the envoys of Zhao and Lu came to Linzi, they did not go to see Marquis Chen immediately, but brought their servants to the gate of Ye Zhou's house.

The two knew each other and had studied in a school, so they chatted at the door before the door was opened.

"Brother Zhao is also here to look for immortals?" The man in the blue robe smiled and threw the whip to the servants beside him.

"Brother Zhao" nodded slightly, and he also showed a smiling face. He has a long beard and looks like a scholar: "Brother Jiang is here too? I didn't expect that it would be you."

Jiang Hui patted Zhao Xian's shoulder, looked at the house with the closed door, pointed his finger and said: "Look, they are shutting the door for us."

Zhao Xian didn't take it seriously: "Maybe it's a blow to the horse? An expert, there is always a temper, even if you don't have a temper, you have to show a temper, and it will be fine in a few days."

But Jiang Hui shook his head, he whispered: "I don't think so, I also sent someone to ask when I came here, and they all said that this person is a true immortal."

"It's well-spoken, it's not like fabricating without roots." Jiang Hui is well aware of the ability of ordinary people to fabricate stories. It is really difficult to fabricate convincing stories from the beginning to the end, but those things about gods have noses and eyes.

When they passed a village, the people in that village also said that they had seen gods.

But the fairy master did not leave the tent, they only received the benefits of the fairies and fairies under the fairy seat.

Originally, Jiang Hui didn't believe it, but there were several kinds of food in the village that they had never heard of or seen before, such as potatoes and sweet potatoes - these are the names the villagers told him, saying that these two things are very easy to grow, and the yield is much higher than that of rice. The wheat and yellow rice that Chen Guo abounds in are even bigger.

Jiang Hui has traveled around the world for these years, and he considers himself to be a rare and knowledgeable person in the world, but he has never seen potatoes or sweet potatoes, so he asked the villagers to cook them for his meal that day.

Potatoes were not tasty to him, they tasted bland, and even with salt, they still weren't good.

But he liked sweet potatoes very much, so he bought some from the villagers to satisfy his hunger on the road.

After eating sweet potatoes for a few days, Jiang Hui not only didn't feel tired, but also felt that this food was very good. If every family in Chen State planted this food, the people of Lu State would not be short of sweet potatoes in the future. The land of Lu State was not abundant. He was also bullied by other countries because of the barren land. Fortunately, after two Ming monarchs, the current powerful Lu State came into being.

"However, Chen Guo now has immortals." Zhao Xian pointed out, "I don't know if you are willing to sell food to us."

Jiang Hui didn't take it seriously: "If an immortal doesn't use worldly things, it will be difficult, but if he uses..."

Both of them are used to being envoys, and they don't have the nobleness of scholars, and they don't think it is a bad thing to throw money at people.

As long as the goal can be achieved, don't just give gifts, even give them to this immortal.

They were all prepared to be turned away for days, and sure enough, no one opened the door until dark.

On the second day, they came to the gate of the house early again, but the door was still closed.

After going on like this for six or seven days, the two finally lost their patience. Instead of begging to see Ye Zhou, they went to meet Chen Hou instead.

They have also dealt with Chen Hou before, and they know that this person is knowledgeable about current affairs, and that Zhao Lu is so powerful in the world today that there is no room for mere Chen Guo to speak, so even in front of Chen Guo's courtiers, they still questioned as usual: "My lord Since I entered Chen, I have been asking to see me for several days, but the immortal has never seen me, so I don't know if it is the immortal's intention or the Marquis Chen's intention?"

No one in Chen Guochao's hall spoke.

Chen Hou just smiled and said: "Why did the envoy of Lu say this? Since he is an immortal, he will not obey the orders of the Marquis. If he can obey the orders of the Marquis, then he is just a mortal, not a fairy."

Jiang Hui also smiled: "Let's leave it like this, then please ask Chen Hou to give an accurate statement. This year, Chen Guo has a good harvest, and the people can fill their stomachs. Pity my Lu country. The land is not abundant, and the people can only cut down on food and clothing. They are struggling every day. If the country of Chen can't help, I'm afraid the people of the country of Lu will suffer."

Finally, an official from Chen State couldn't bear it anymore and said: "It's okay if you buy it with money, and you are not short of money in Lu State, so why are you doing such a robbery!"

Jiang Hui looked at the official who spoke in puzzlement, and he sighed: "Our country of Lu has been fighting for years to protect the country of Chen. I don't know how many good men of the country of Lu have died. The two countries are brothers. We should help each other, otherwise one of them will be beaten and the other will have to watch."

Official of Chen State: "You, you are making unreasonable words!"

But he didn't say anything in the end.

Although most of Chen's officials are from aristocratic families, it's one thing for a family to fight among themselves, but it's another thing for the interests of the entire Chen state to be taken by other countries. What's more, young children of aristocratic families always have a little something in their hearts. The ideal and spirit of a powerful Chen country.

It's just that they wanted to refute Jiang Hui's words, but they didn't dare to refute.

The State of Lu has been reaching out to them for food, but they have not given any money, but it is better than the State of Zhao. The State of Zhao will beat them while asking for their food. If it is really against the State of Lu, State Zhao will come to fight They, they really make every day unresponsive, and make the earth not work.

A young member of the aristocratic family has lowered his head and clenched his hands into fists.

If someone insults Chen Guo, it means insulting them.

But they suffered this humiliation, but they still had to swallow their anger.

"Oh, about food." Chen Hou looked suddenly enlightened, and he sighed, "The envoy of Lu also knows that my Chen country has given Zhao and Lu a lot of food over the years, and the people of my Chen country also need to eat. Yes, if they don’t eat, they won’t have the strength to work and cultivate the land, and they won’t have food.”

Jiang Hui interrupted Chen Hou's words: "Chen Hou doesn't need to think of excuses, I came to Chen this time to discuss the matter of food."

"Marquis Chen, please think carefully. Otherwise, when Zhao Guo's soldiers come to Linzi in the future, our country of Lu will not run around for the country of Chen as before, and we can just watch from the sidelines."

Chen Hou: "Hey, envoy of Lu, don't be angry, don't be angry. It's true that the people of Chen State have not lived well these years. How about this? Envoy Lu will go back to the post shop to rest, and we will discuss a regulation and show it to Lu. How much food does the country have, how about the envoy of Lu go back and return?"

Jiang Hui looked at Chen Hou. He guessed that Chen Hou would not have the guts to confront Lu Guo, because he only said: "Then I ask Chen Hou to think about it, otherwise..."

He didn't finish his sentence, didn't say goodbye, turned around and left in a huff.

Jiang Hui walked for a long time before someone finally said, "Your Majesty...do you know what the Immortal means?"

Compared with other countries, everyone in the current Chen country believes that Ye Zhou is an immortal, especially the officials who once went to court with him.

As for why the immortal should be the prime minister?

Immortals do whatever they want, and mortals love to try new things, so can't immortals do it?

Besides, when Ye Zhou was the prime minister, he never went to court. It seemed that he was just curious about the position, and never thought about becoming the prime minister.

Chen Hou only said: "Today's new food must be kept in Chen State no matter what, and then sent out. Next year, most of the common people in Chen State will starve to death!"

The old courtier repeatedly urged: "Your Majesty, no, no!"

"Your Majesty, think twice!"

"Your Majesty, the two countries of Zhao and Lu only want food, and my country of Chen has fertile land, so if they want... then... let's give it!"

But the young courtier immediately said: "Give it this year, next year, and every year, when will be the head!"

"Exactly! No matter how much food we send, they will never look up to us because of it. They will only think that we Chen Guo are cowards!"

"Many common people have died of hunger this year. The land in my country of Chen is fertile, not to mention filling people up. As long as the two countries of Zhao and Lu don't come to ask for food, even the common people in my country of Chen will live better than the people of other countries!"

"If I, Chen Guo, don't get tough, they will think we are easy to bully!"

"You insult my country Chen so much, and you insult me ​​that there is no one in the country Chen!"

The old minister shouted: "The two countries of Zhao and Lu, one is a wolf and the other is a tiger. The wolf is insidious and cunning, and the tiger can't tolerate two. We can't afford to offend both! Your Majesty! For the sake of the century-old state of Chen, endure, endure! This is the moment!"

The veterans all petitioned.

The young courtiers also petitioned: "Your Majesty, the two countries, Zhao and Lu, have bullied me and Chen Guo has no one. They must not compromise easily, otherwise they will definitely get worse. I am willing to die for the King and Chen Guo!"

Chen Hou looked at these energetic young courtiers, and at the old courtiers who looked like dead fathers, he waved his hands: "I have my own concerns, you guys go down."

After speaking, he walked down the steps and no longer stayed indoors.

Chen Hou walked through the veranda and saw a familiar figure sitting at the stone table. He heaved a sigh of relief and strode towards that person.

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"Have you thought it through?" Ye Zhou asked Chen Hou while drinking tea.

There were desserts on the stone table, and Ye Zhou asked Cao Erniang to hand over the recipes of these desserts to them.

Now there are many street vendors in Linzi City, and the common people have learned to make tofu. Beans are cheap and easy to get. If they are cooked and eaten, they will not fill their stomachs.

Soft tofu can be eaten with a little sauce.

It is compacted and made into old tofu or dried tofu, which can be stored for a long time.

There are even people who have learned to make tofu into fermented bean curd without a teacher, just to make it last longer.

After knowing how to make maltose, there are many more maltose sellers in the city of Linzi. However, making maltose requires food and the price is high, so there are not too many people who buy it. It's okay for children to have a fragrant mouth.

Chen Hou looked at the dim sum made of glutinous rice flour on the table, with a smile on his face: "Think clearly, I, Chen Guo, will change, starting from this autumn."

Ye Zhou didn't say anything, he had already told Chen Hou that he was leaving soon.

"I don't know where the immortal is going?" Chen Hou looked at Ye Zhou cautiously.

Ye Zhou knew what Chen Hou was thinking, but he was not angry, instead he said, "Not here."

Chen Hou breathed a sigh of relief: "In this case, before the immortal leaves, please tell Ji so that Ji can give the immortal a pine."

He was afraid that Ye Zhou would go to another country.

Ye Zhou: "No, Chen Hou doesn't need to copy the things I left behind. Use if you can use it, and keep it if you can't use it. Let's draw it slowly in the future."

In addition to the imperial examination, Ye Zhou also left a lot of information for Chen Hou.

It will take more than ten years, or even decades, for Chen Guo to become stronger and become what Zhao and Lu are today.

Chen Hou: "There is one more thing to tell the immortal. I, the craftsman of the Chen Kingdom, have already drawn the manuscript paper and calculated the size. I want to erect a statue for the immortal."

Ye Zhou was stunned.

Why are they so obsessed with erecting idols?

In the previous plane, those people would also set up statues for him.

But thinking about the carving level of this plane, Ye Zhou didn't stop him.

Seeing that Ye Zhou didn't refuse, Chen Hou asked again: "Do immortals have a dharma name?"

Ye Zhou shook his head slightly: "Chen Hou can do whatever he wants."

He didn't know how shameful his casual sentence would bring him in the future.

The two didn't talk for long, Chen Hou personally sent Ye Zhou out of the palace gate, and even sent him all the way to the supermarket gate.

I don't know who spread the news that the immortal was leaving the palace. People stood on both sides of the street, and even the scholars surrounded him.

Jiang Hui and Zhao Xian were squeezed back and forth among the crowd. Looking from a distance, they could only see a carriage driving away.

When the crowd dispersed, both of them smiled wryly and said, "I thought I could stop the carriage."

As a result, even the crowd couldn't get out.

Zhao Xian: "Looking at Brother Jiang's appearance, it should be an agreement with Marquis Chen?"

Jiang Hui smiled: "It's not a matter of talking or not. Why should Chen Guo talk to Lu Guo? He has neither weapons nor soldiers. If he really offends Lu Guo, then he doesn't want their food, just ask for it." Chen country's land!"

Zhao Xian suddenly sneered and said, "Brother Jiang, be careful, I am the envoy of Zhao."

But Jiang Hui said: "Chen Guo stood between Zhao Lu, how about Zhao Lu form an alliance and carve up Chen Guo?"

Zhao Xian smiled and said, "That's a good idea, I'll ask you when I go back."

The two talked and laughed, but they both turned cold when they parted.

Carve up the country of Chen?

For them, the Chen country is their pocket, and if they carve up the Chen country with the other party, doesn't it mean that they have nothing to gain?

Only if you have it and the other party doesn't have it, can you win.