The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1005 True or False

"Sister Yuan, do you think that none of the girls in Taogui Academy are truly talented?" Concubine Cen looked at the girls on the lake holding books, reading poems, and playing and laughing with a hint of sadness in her eyes. The whole time was filled with confusion.

"If I had never come here to teach, I would not know how hard-working and motivated the girls here are! I dare not say that they are better than those of you who are famous on the list, but these children will definitely not be better than those The noble lady who comes to the examination room to try her luck is not even close!"

"But they are not qualified to enter the examination room. Sister Yuan, tell me, isn't this a loss for the imperial court?"

Facing Concubine Cen's serious but sincere gaze, Sheng Yuan just said: "Concubine, don't forget, they are the survivors of the former Qi Dynasty..."

"But they are now citizens of Da Chu!"

Sheng Yuan paused and continued: "According to the decree of the late emperor, those who have no bad records after three generations of survivors of the former Qi Dynasty can take part in the imperial examination and be selected as officials in the court."

Concubine Cen sighed, with a look of disappointment on her face: "Sister Yuan, although this old woman lives in a corner all year round, she is not completely ignorant of the court's regulations! How come you are so similar to those old fritters in the court?"

"The concubines are so soft-hearted, so everyone looks pitiful and wants to fight for better treatment for them." Sheng Yuan was not angry when she saw her belittling herself, but she did not hide her firmness and toughness after hearing her soft words.

"There is a saying that goes well. Kindness cannot control the army. Kindness cannot control the power. Without rules, there is no rule. The most undesirable thing about the court is to change orders from day to day."

"Sister Yuan, you are a girl!" Concubine Cen looked at Sheng Yuan with squinted eyes.

"That's why I hope that more girls will emerge from the examination room." Sheng Yuan looked directly into Concubine Cen's questioning eyes, "But Concubine, you have to know that I am the leader among all the candidates, both male and female. , I serve as an official of the Chu Dynasty.

So far, the imperial court has not classified or differentiated the responsibilities and authority of male and female officials. In my opinion, officials are officials. There is no difference between male and female officials, only the difference between excellence and incompetence. "

"Okay, okay." The expression on Concubine Cen's face faded, and she said a few good words in a calm tone, "I haven't seen you for a long time, old lady, I didn't know that Sister Yuan has already become a qualified official."

Even though Sheng Yuan was good at taking other people's attacks as compliments, there was no way she could laugh happily at Princess Natzen's "compliments" at this moment.

"The concubine is in trouble this time. If I have really adapted to officialdom, and I am probably used to nepotism, I should be able to make you happy now."

Sheng Yuan's expression said "In the final analysis, I am still too upright", which made Concubine Cen gag so hard.

"Sister Yuan, do you remember the battle to defend Kyoto? At that time, there was a girl with the same surname as your eldest sister-in-law who made great contributions?"

"Are you talking about Sister Shu Xiushu?" Sheng Yuan certainly couldn't forget.

Concubine Cen smiled: "Old woman, I also looked through the talent list of Taogui Academy in my spare time, and I realized that this place has cultivated so many girls with talents in singing and singing... Shu Xiu is one of them.

Speaking of which, she may not be the most dazzling among the talented people in Taogui Academy, but she is definitely the most attractive one among them.

Even Wen Yan, Luo Yuan, Wen Zhen and others who were also talented in literature and had unique insights at that time were extremely convinced by him.

Oh, by the way, Zhang Pingzhang, the current dean of Taogui Academy, was once a member of their group, but he was not as famous as those girls. "

Suddenly, she heard the name of an old friend, so familiar yet so distant, that Sheng Yuan fell into a trance for a moment. "But in the end, only Dean Zhang took over the academy instead of the previous mountain chief... Sister Yuan, do you know where those girls have gone?"

Sheng Yuan shook her head, she really didn't know.

Ever since we drifted apart and stopped exchanging letters, she never asked about the people and things happening in Taogui Academy.

"It's a pity that Taogui Academy didn't record it." Concubine Cen sighed with regret.

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"Miss, why do you talk so much to Concubine Cen?" Xiaoyao looked at Shengyuan in confusion as he watched Concubine Cen return to Beijing.

How could her young lady have a casual relationship with anyone? !

She had just stood among the maids in Prince Jing's Mansion and heard clearly the conversation between Concubine Cen and the young lady. The more she listened, the more unbelievable she became.

Someone who answers questions so honestly is her young lady? !

Why did she act like she was watching a show?

"What do you think?" Sheng Yuan patted Xiaoyao on the shoulder and asked the honest boy to think about it while he quickly went to find Anyu who was handing over to the inner guard.

"Students from Taogui Academy have not qualified for the imperial examination within three generations. So where did these people go and what did they do after they left the academy?" Sheng Yuan told Anyu the idea, "Taogui Academy has no relevant records, but those who Students can’t just disappear into thin air, right?”

"It stands to reason that survivors of the former Qi Dynasty are not allowed to leave the state or county where their registered residence is without authorization." Anyu nodded, "Students who come to Kyoto to study at the official school must return to their place of origin if there is no possibility of staying in the capital after completing their studies... It stands to reason that He said that after these girls return, they will teach in official schools and help change local customs. "

In fact, when Emperor Jinghe succeeded to the throne, he wanted to break up the people's remnants in the former Qi territory and send them to various parts of Dachu, so that the former Qi remnants could change their perceptions and ideas, so that they could reconcile with Dachu as quickly as possible. People integrate.

Although his intention is good, the problem is that Qi Qi is not a small country. It has been fighting against the great Chu for hundreds of years!

The people of the former Qi were forced to migrate. How to arrange the population that is almost the same as the original people of Da Chu? Even if they were all dispersed and spread like salt to all parts of Dachu... the population accepted by various places in Dachu would not necessarily be much less than the local population.

If we really want the two to coexist for a long time, in the end, maybe one will influence the other!

Therefore, as soon as Emperor Jinghe expressed his idea, he was scolded by the cabinet's joint memorial.

In the end, the monarch and his ministers reached an agreement: to send authentic Dachu edicts and officials to Qianqi on a rotational basis, and then arrange for students from Qianqi to return home after completing their studies to assist... The tasks of these two tasks are actually the same. .

That is: long-term publicity of Dachu thoughts, continuous education of the people of Qi, including but not limited to yamen explanations, publicity tours, drama dissemination, random inspections, universal popularization, rewards and punishments, etc., to vigorously popularize the enlightened atmosphere of Dachu, so that The survivors of the former Qi Dynasty successfully transformed into the real people of Chu.

"So, if everything is normal, we should be able to successfully find them from their place of origin." When Anyu said this, he suddenly realized, "Huh?! Sister Yuan, why do you want to find them?"

"I just wanted to see if I was overthinking it."