Feng Heming

Chapter 140 The East Wind is Coming
Change the way of selecting officials?
Such bold rhetoric made Chang Mingyi look at Gu Yidan seriously.

"I don't know what the third lady can teach me?" He asked humbly.

Seeing Chang Mingyi bowing his head, Gu Yidan smiled triumphantly. These days, she has been looking for opportunities to convince Chang Mingyi to value her. After thinking for a long time, she finally brought up this idea.

She believed that this method would definitely make Chang Mingyi look at her differently.

Seeing Chang Mingyi humbly asking for advice, Gu Yidan was not in a hurry. She ordered the meals on the table and said with a smile: "Mr. Chang, why don't you come and try my stove?"

Chang Mingyi looked down at the stove that was burning with white smoke, and said kindly: "Is this fresh food made by San Niangzi?"

Gu Yidan picked up a towel and opened the lid of the stove, a burst of heat came out, and the eyes of the two of them were foggy for a moment.

A light breeze blew away the thick heat.

Gu Yidan looked at the stove with nostalgic eyes, "This is a new way I figured out when I have nothing to do. In this autumn day, eating like this is the most enjoyable."

There is already a chopped unicorn chicken in the stove, as well as medicinal materials such as red dates, wolfberry, and Beiqi. Just mouth watering.

"Come on, Mr. Chang, let's have a sip of soup on this slightly cold day."

Gu Yidan picked up a spoon from the table, scooped a bowl by himself, turned the handle of the spoon to Chang Mingyi, and signaled him to do it himself.

Chang Mingyi saw that Gu Yidan had already drank the soup, so he was not polite to her. He understood this kind of kindness from the superior, and if he didn't cooperate, Gu Yidan would be suspicious of him.

I scooped a bowl by myself and drank it. After eating a bowl of soup, my whole body felt warm.

Chang Mingyi sighed: "The best medicinal materials, the best chicken, the soup is very sweet."

Gu Yidan smiled, "Mr. Chang likes to drink, drink more."

The stove is not big. After putting a whole chicken in, there are only about four bowls of soup left in the stove. Just after the two of them drank two bowls of soup together, the soup almost bottomed out.

In the corner of the gallery, there is also a large pot with wisps of white smoke coming out of it, and the same faint aroma drifts with the breeze, Chang Mingyi understands that it is the same soup that is stewed in the stove in front of him.

So Chang Mingyi drank a bowl unceremoniously.

Gu Yidan also drank the remaining bowl, and then ordered, "Guiyue, scoop up the chicken in the stove, and then spoon the chicken soup from the big pot over there into the stove, and it will be [-]% full."

Gui Yue, who stood behind Gu Yidan and waited on her, responded, stepped forward in small steps, took out a large bowl, and spooned out the chicken from the stove. The aroma kept lingering in her nose, and Gui Yue couldn't help swallowing her saliva.

With this subtle movement, Guiyue thought she was covering it up very well, but the two caught her eyes.

Chang Mingyi shook his head in his heart, this maid didn't learn the rules well, if she was in front of other guests, it would be too rude, and it would lose Gu Sanniang's face.

This Mrs. Gu San seems to be a little soft-hearted, and her methods of imperial servants are lackluster, and even the personal maids around her are unable to discipline her well.

I don't know if it was the Jiang Wu lady who changed, and what kind of scenery it was.

Gu Yidan also sighed in his heart, after all, she came from a farming family, Guiyue is good most of the time, but there are some small places that always reveal her vulgarity.

But these are trivial things, harmless, Gu Yidan thinks that if she teaches Guiyue, she will do better.

After Guiyue filled the stove with chicken soup that was [-]% full, he saw the chicken soup boiling in a short while. Gu Yidan picked up a pair of chopsticks with a conspicuous color that was different from the two before them, and poured a plate of thinly sliced ​​beef into it.

Gu Yidan twirled familiarly with his chopsticks, and after a while, he picked up a few slices of cooked beef and put them in his own bowl, dipped them in the prepared chili sauce, and started eating.

With a piece of beef in his belly, the familiar taste and the familiar way of eating made Gu Yidan sigh comfortably.

Only then did Chang Mingyi pick up the pair of chopsticks that were still in the stove, and ate the beef with it.

"How is Mr. Chang eating this beef?" Gu Yidan finished eating the beef in his bowl, and looked at Chang Mingyi expectantly.

"Very tender, smooth and delicious." Chang Mingyi commented.

Gu Yidan smiled, "This is a specific small part of the breast and back cut from a cow that has just turned one year old. The meat is the tightest and has a very good taste."

She ordered the other three plates of beef slices on the desk, "It is said that beef cannot be eaten. Is there anything in this world that money can't solve?"

Chang Mingyi looked at Gu Yidan's obscurity, and shook his head in his heart. A year's worth of oxen could already help the people plow the fields. Now, just to satisfy his appetite, he slaughtered a ox that could help the people cultivate the fields. He is so extravagant that he only eats the little meat on the front chest and back.

Would a person with such a heart really have the world in his heart?Could it really be the person his master said would help the world?

Chang Mingyi had great doubts in his heart.

Gu Yidan didn't expect that she just wanted to show Chang Mingyi her ability, which would make Chang Mingyi's impression even worse.

If you know that she is a little lady, and she can easily eat beef, doesn't it just mean that she is capable and worthy of Chang Mingyi's follow?
"Mr. Chang, you have to do it yourself to have fun. I won't be polite to you. Just put whatever you fancy in it and cook it."

Gu Yidan greeted him, set up the stove by himself, and while eating, he answered what Chang Mingyi said earlier.

"I just said that changing the way of selecting officials is to select talented people through real talents and real learning."

Gu Yidan's first sentence made Chang Mingyi sit up straight and listen to her explanation with concentration.

Gu Yidan was very satisfied with Chang Mingyi's performance, and continued, "The current method of recommendation, as long as you have a good background, you can become an official, so how can it be fair to other educated people?

Are the knowledge of many children from poor families inferior to those from aristocratic families?I don't think so, they just lacked an opportunity to show themselves. If they had the opportunity to compete fairly and justly with the children of the aristocratic family, the outcome between the children of the poor family and the children of the aristocratic family would still be two points. "

Gu Yidan had a taste of pointing the country, and continued to be passionate, "Now I have pondered for a long time, and finally came up with an opportunity for the children of the poor family to compete fairly with the children of the aristocratic family, that is, to change the idea of ​​selecting officials. Is it fair that whoever has the highest knowledge can become an official if he passes the assessment based on his own knowledge?"

When Gu Yidan thought that she proposed the imperial examination system, a system that has influenced China for thousands of years, his blood surged.

At the same time, the most important thing is that, except for her, no one knows that she can cultivate loyal ministers who are loyal to herself from the compulsory education organized by the Gu family. Once the imperial examination is implemented in the future, the students branded with the Gu family logo will be her strongest backing—— ——Once she ascends the throne as the empress in the future, these courtiers will definitely support her. Even if other courtiers say that she is the cock of the morning and refuse to follow her orders, she will have someone to fill the vacancies of those courtiers immediately.

The Gu family's Yucai Academy is where she will cultivate elite talents above the court in the future. No matter what, she will continue to run the Yucai Academy.

As for how to implement the imperial examination system
The big housekeeper of the Gu family in the distance rushed over, without even giving any courtesy, and said anxiously: "Third lady, King Wei Sheng has sent someone to summon you."

The corner of Gu Yidan's mouth curled into a smile, no, the east wind is coming.

(End of this chapter)