Chapter 309 The Last Wish of the Unlucky Father and Daughter in Ancient China 9
Mo Chen felt his hands itching and muttered to himself, "This brat can't be hit. She is a princess, a princess, a princess."
He himself felt it was a pity, as he had wanted to use Yi Tao as a military slave, but now that she was disfigured, he had no choice but to give up.
Yi Tao must have offended many people in his daily life. There were people in prison taking revenge on each other, but he just turned a blind eye and did nothing to stop it. How did he become a pervert?
Behind the Yi family were the former prime minister's family and the Chen family, all of whom were exiled to the border as slaves.
Wherever those people passed, there were rotten and smelly vegetable leaves thrown everywhere, and some people even splashed foot washing water on them.
Wang Xiao'e was afraid that their emotional outburst would affect others, so she pulled Chang'an away quickly.
"Why did they take them to East Street for a stroll? Shouldn't they be escorted directly out of the city?" Wang Xiao'e murmured to herself, very confused.
Chang'an curled his lips and said calmly: "Mo Shaoqing said that he wanted to parade them through the streets. He probably wanted to see this effect."
The two of them strolled on the street for the whole morning, ate a bowl of plain noodles on the street, and then strolled back to the palace.
After the joint examination, most of the candidates were eliminated. However, they did not seem depressed. Instead, they gathered in groups of three or four to sum up their experience. They regarded this joint examination as a way to check their experience points.
On the day of the palace examination, Chang'an went there with her father, Gu Laoliu. Several old-timers strongly disapproved of Gu Laoliu's approach.
Gu Laoliu said calmly: "If you don't like it, you can retire and return home."
One word can make them shut up. Gu Laoliu is not restrained by them. He does whatever he wants. As long as he doesn't like you or you say something that makes him unhappy, he will depose you at any time.
They began to miss that useless emperor. He was a little stupid, but the court officials had a say. Now this emperor and his two subordinates, three people, could control the entire court.
No one can threaten him, so he is not afraid.
Chang'an sat on the dragon chair, swinging his chubby legs, and looked at the candidates below with some boredom. Two-thirds of them were sweating from nervousness, and one-third had blank expressions.
Then the calm and composed candidate stood out from the crowd.
The question asked by Gu Laoliu was, "The aristocratic families have been ministers for generations, owning vast territories and wealth, and they are influential in the government and the country. Now we want to curb their power and divide their resources to benefit the country's long-term stability and the people's peace and prosperity. What good plan do you have? Discuss it in detail, and explain its pros and cons."
One third of the candidates here are from aristocratic families. If they are asked to find ways to undermine their family’s power and divide up their resources, they would just want to curse, “Dog Emperor.”
Gu·Dog Emperor·Six, sat at the top with his legs crossed and a casual look on his face, his head resting on the armrest of the dragon throne with one hand, his eyes slightly closed as if he was asleep.
Time passed slowly, the exam time was over, and Da Yi asked all the candidates to wait outside the hall.
Most of the candidates were dejected, especially those from wealthy families. The test questions were not difficult for them, but they were detrimental to their own interests.
The character of these people still needs to be tempered. They are too restless. Look at Zhao Xingzhi, the eldest son of the Zhao family, a prominent family in the capital. He not only gave good advice, but also analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of each family.
Especially the Zhao family where he was, he almost told Gu Laoliu that he would help him destroy the Zhao family. What did the Zhao family do to you? Make you want to dig up your own ancestral graves.
You will be the top scholar, and let him be in charge of distributing resources from the aristocratic families.
An hour later, the door of the hall opened and Dayi called three people into the hall, "Zhao Xingzhi, Song Qianming, Xu Yinian, the three of you stay, the others can leave on their own, the rankings will be posted at the palace gate later."
They were too lazy to follow the ancient procedures, so they let them do whatever they wanted. The top three would be kept as a formality, and the other students, as long as they were not hopeless, would be assigned jobs tomorrow.
The top three: No. 1 Zhao Xingzhi was from a noble family, No. 2 Song Qianmingnong was from a wealthy family, and No. 3 Xu Yinian was born into a scholarly family.
Gu Laoliu pinched Chang'an's small fleshy hand and said lightly: "You will first follow Dayi and Shangshu Ling to work. Depending on your ability to do things, your official positions and ranks will be decided later."
Ministers: ??? Can it be arranged like this?
Three candidates: “…Yes”
You are the emperor, you have the final say.
Chang'an understood. Her father had arranged a probation period for these people. On the surface, three people were selected, but in fact, their starting point was the same as those outside.
If there is a candidate out there who is more intelligent and capable than these three, that person's position may surpass these three.
For Gu Laoliu, the imperial examination was not the only criterion for selecting talents, but it was the only opportunity for ordinary families to succeed.
He used the imperial examination to get children from lower-class families to come to Shangjing City. He rewrote the rules of Shangjing City. Did they have the ability to stay? It didn't just depend on who wrote the best essays.
Some people are not good at studying, but they are good at doing things and have quick minds. On the contrary, some people write very well, but they are terrible at doing things. So we can’t judge whether a person is excellent or not only by his grades?
After the imperial examination, there were new people available in the court. Gu Laoliu didn't bother to care whether they understood or not. Those were things for the freshmen and high school students to worry about.
"Dad, you can't do this."
Gu Laoliu looked like he was saying, "I'm the boss, I have the final say," and said, "The country is their country, they should worry about it themselves, what's wrong with that? I just need to be a mascot."
Chang'an's eyelids twitched a few times. It sounded reasonable, but it didn't seem to be the case.
Forget it, with the freshmen and seniors here, things won’t go wrong.
The father and daughter went to the pond in the imperial garden to pick lotus flowers every day. Da Yi had to work like a beast of burden to handle government affairs every day, and also had to fry lotus flowers for Chang'an to eat.
Chang'an originally wanted to fry it herself, but she was not even as tall as the stove, and he was worried about her standing on a stool, so he would take half an hour every day to make snacks for Chang'an.
"Ah! Are you blind? You have made my new clothes dirty."
A sharp and angry voice came from the pavilion in front, and Chang'an and her sixth father pulled aside the lotus leaves and two big heads popped out.
"Dad, row the boat quickly, there's a melon." The entire harem was empty. When did a savage young lady come? Could it be that some minister who wanted to die didn't listen to advice and sneaked his daughter in?
Gu Laoliu rowed calmly. He knew who that woman was? The niece of Shangshu Ling's family.
The Shangshu Ling was good in every way except that he was too old-fashioned. He felt that the emperor had no son and had no successor, so he was worried sick about the royal heir.
Not to mention that he wouldn't stay here for long, even if he was really a mortal emperor, how come he had no heir? Wasn't his fat daughter a human being?
Besides, how could he have the nerve to send his niece into the palace with such a character?
A corporate girl who works from nine to eight suddenly travels back to ancient times and finds out that she is a daughter of an official family. After completing a class leap through the time travel, she has no idea of her own worth.
She has a self-righteous sense of superiority and looks down on everyone, thinking that the ancients are not as knowledgeable as she, a modern person.
He wanted to spit in her face. Her so-called knowledge was just what the ancients had left over. She had never seen the modern knowledge in the true sense.