To the east of Chang'an City stands a medium-sized school ground belonging to the Northern Army.
This school ground was originally set up by Lu Hui, the puppet king of Zhao during the Queen Lu period. When Lu Hui was executed and the king ascended the throne, this school ground with Lu's color was abandoned by the Northern Army. In the past 20 years,
Except for the occasional Northern Army captain who used this place as a parking spot for his carriages and horses, the rest of the time, this place was deserted and desolate.
But now, this former school ground is bustling again.
Dozens of workers were busy inside and outside the school grounds, while hundreds of scholars with accents from various places were waiting eagerly outside the school grounds.
A carriage quietly stopped at the intersection outside the school grounds. An old man with gray hair but still strong body stepped out of the carriage. Two young men in brocade clothes immediately stepped forward to support the old man.
"Is this one of the three examination rooms?" the old man asked softly.
"Reporting to my grandpa, my grandson has inquired and found that this place will indeed be used as an examination center in three days!" the older man in brocade clothes lowered his head and replied.
"I'll go over and take a look..." The old man shook off the support of his two grandchildren and strode forward. The scholars, common people, and officials who had been watching the excitement at the school grounds saw this old man who was obviously at least sixty years old.
As they approached, they all moved out of the way. Some of the sharp-eyed ones immediately bowed and bowed, saying: "I have seen Lord Tian..."
After the old man passed by, one of his companions asked the man who had bowed before him: "Who is that old man just now? Why are you so solemn?"
The man replied with respect on his face: "The elders of the late Emperor's time, the former Hanzhong Grand Administrator Tian Shu and Mr. Tian Gong are also the elders!"
"Ah..." The person who asked the question was immediately surprised: "It turned out to be Uncle Tian! Was he even alerted? It seems that the impact of this examination is really great!"
Who knows, even when the late emperor was in power, when he saw this old man, he would treat him as a junior and regard him as an elder and the backbone of the country. Therefore, ordinary people and scholars would call him "old man", and Uncle Tian
It's really worth it.
Therefore, many people were secretly surprised that this examination actually alarmed the world-famous ministers like Uncle Tian, who had long since retired and returned to his hometown to raise grandchildren and children at home.
"I wonder if this elder is in favor of the examination or against it?" someone was thinking secretly in his heart.
These days, as the examinations become more and more popular, almost everyone in Chang'an City, from the princes to the merchants and footmen, are talking about the examinations.
There are those who support it, and there are those who are against it.
Supporters believe that this examination is equivalent to opening up a new path for scholars to become officials, which can prevent talented young people from being blocked from official careers because of reputation or family status.
Those who oppose it have all kinds of reasons.
Some people think that it destroys the ancestral system, and others think that there may be people with bad morals who rely on this examination to enter the official career.
Anyway, there are all kinds of noises in Chang'an these days.
However, Uncle Tian walked straight to the school ground, climbed to the nearby first-floor balcony, looked down from a high position, and saw that most of the workers in the school ground were doing things carelessly, so he asked the two who were catching up with him out of breath.
A grandson asked: "What did Zhou Yafu say in his letter?"
"I will ask you to come to Chang'an to assist the prince Liu De..."
"Well, you really need to supervise and supervise. I don't know who is assisting His Highness, but he can't even handle such things, allowing these sneaky people to be so free!" Uncle Tian looked at the school grounds.
Those who did not work hard but took advantage of the opportunity to be lazy only felt angry in their chests.
He was not angry at the workers for being lazy.
Rather, they are angry at the people who gave these workers the opportunity to be lazy.
"When I was the prefect of Hanzhong, there were people in the county ranging from Wei Cheng and other assistant officials to Youjiao Pavilion Chief and other minor officials. Who dared to be like them?" In the era when he was an official, Xiao He, Chen Ping, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo,
In the Royal Tomb, almost every minister has a strong charisma and can rely on his personal charm and influence to drive the people around him.
Therefore, Uncle Tian has always believed that there are no subordinates in this world who don't work hard, only superiors who don't push enough.
If the pressure from above is strong enough, people below will naturally have no room for laziness and slippage.
Even a good minister can turn a lazy person into diligent, a greedy person into incorruptible person, and a timid person into brave person.
At that time, Meng Shu was the prefect of Yunzhong. Once the Huns invaded Yunzhong, but they encountered strong resistance. Under the leadership of Meng Shu, the people of Yunzhong were succeeded by their father after their father died. They did not know what fear was, and they caused great pain to the Huns.
The blow made him dare not enter the clouds again for more than ten years.
Before Meng Shu became the governor of Yunzhong, the Huns' cavalry invaded Yunzhong twice, but they encountered little resistance and returned fully loaded each time.
"Let's go into the palace with me to meet the emperor, the queen mother, and your highness!" Uncle Tian said: "I want to explain it carefully..."
His two grandsons suddenly looked sad, but they did not dare to say it in front of their grandfather, so they could only lower their heads and said: "Grandpa, please calm down...it's not worth getting so angry over this!"
"What are you afraid of?" Uncle Tian said nonchalantly: "I am only seventy years old this year. Back then, Xu Fu gave me a look and said that I can live to be eighty... Besides, I can't get angry over such a trivial matter.
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Xu Fu is a world-famous sorcerer. He is best at fortune telling. He can infer a person's future destiny based on their appearance. He has a high reputation among the people. It is said that Xu Fu's physiognomy prediction is still 100% accurate to this day.
Success rate!
The two grandsons became even more worried after hearing this. They could only say in their hearts: "My grandfather, we are worried that you will be angry. We are worried that your bad temper will anger the emperor, the queen mother and Liu."
Your Highness De, now is not the time for Emperor Gao, let alone Emperor Taizong Xiaowen... You have been away from officialdom for seven or eight years, why bother to come to Chang'an to wade into this muddy water again?"
Completely opposite to Uncle Tian who came to Chang'an with great interest immediately after receiving Zhou Yafu's letter and wanted to continue to shine for the Han Dynasty, the Tian family was opposed to it from the beginning.
Who in the family doesn't know about their old grandfather's bad temper?
It is no exaggeration to say that when my grandfather was an official, the family was always on tenterhooks, fearing that his outspoken words would offend the emperor. Fortunately, the emperor at that time, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, had a good temper, even if Uncle Tian said something taboo.
Maybe it touches the emperor's pain point, and it will be over with a smile, but today's emperor is not as good-tempered as the late emperor!
After he ascended the throne, he killed Deng Tong and drove Zhang Ji to Huainan Kingdom...
However, no one could dissuade the old grandfather from his decision. There was no other way. After urgent discussions in the family, they chose the two brothers to accompany the old grandfather to Chang'an, hoping that their brothers' cleverness would help.
The old grandfather has some ideas, which can help save the situation at critical moments.
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Four updates today, this is the first update ~ 8pm, second update around 10pm, third update at 12pm, fourth update ~~~~
Well, please collect it. The collection has increased very slowly in the past two days.
