Although Ying Zheng is not personally in charge of the government, the official documents from the DPRK and the Central Government are sent to him after being processed by the Prime Minister's Office, and he must read them every day.
At this time, he put down the bamboo slips in his hand, thinking of the amazing piece of paper during his trip to Korea, and felt a little tired, "Hmm~"
The eunuch serving on the side bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty."
Ying Zheng rolled up the bamboo slips and asked, "What was the result of today's unification test?"
The eunuch replied: "Your Majesty has specially ordered that the rankings and rankings have already been arranged, and the servants will be presented to you now."
After receiving permission, he took two steps back and whispered to the servant. The man nodded repeatedly and walked out quickly.
After a while, more than ten people came in one after another holding bamboo slips, roughly divided into three places.
The internal prison officer reported back: "Your Majesty, according to the test results, they are divided into first, second and third grades. They are all here."
"Bring the first class up first."
Ying Zheng took the bamboo slips and spread them out on the case. He stared at them for a long time and asked, "Who did this?"
"First class, named Zhao Gao. At the age of seventeen, he entered the history school. He passed the Taishi examination three years ago. Today he took part in the unified examination and was rated first class."
"Not bad, what do you think?" Ying Zheng turned the bamboo slips to the side and asked.
The prison guard knew that he was not asking himself, so he kept silent and pretended not to have seen it.
Gai Nie came out and aimed his sword at the bamboo slip, "This man has strong pen power, round strokes, and powerful and solemn handwriting. In addition to his calligraphy skills, he also has good skills. There are indeed many talented people in the Qin State."
"What you see is one level deeper than others. A first-class person is like this, but what about a second-class person?"
Ying Zheng rolled up what Zhao Gao had written and put it aside. He took the Hsinchu slips presented and spread them out. After observing them twice, he didn't say anything.
Ge Nie knew that he was waiting for him to speak, so he took the initiative to speak, "This person's writing power is even, and his strokes are continuous. Unfortunately, the form is overwhelming but the spirit is scattered. Although he is not as good as the previous one, he is not mediocre."
After thinking about it for a while, Ying Zheng ordered: "There is no need to look at the third class. All the first and second classes will be handed over to the palace, and they will be distributed after Mr. comes back."
The internal warden took the order: "Yes."
At this time, someone came to report: "Your Majesty, the imperial censor wants to see you."
"Cousin? Let him come in."
Ying Zheng's cousin was, of course, Xiong Qi, Lord of Changping. At this time, he was serving as the imperial censor, and his status was almost that of deputy prime minister.
Xiong Qi walked in and saluted, "Your Majesty."
"My cousin, you don't have to be polite to me. Why do you come here so late at night?" Ying Zheng's attitude was very kind, with a hint of respect.
"Your Majesty, all the doctors in the imperial court came to the palace today to preside over the imperial examination, but were detained in the palace. The family members were very uneasy and asked for help. I dared to enter the palace late at night, but I didn't know that the king had detained all the doctors.
, for what exactly?”
"My cousin should also know that in the past ten days, I have ordered people to gather all the written and ancient books from all the counties and counties in the country to the palace. The purpose of retaining all the doctors is just for classification and sorting. This matter is delicate and cannot be done by anyone but a well-educated person.
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However, there are many ancient books that are scattered and incomplete, and it is difficult to organize them, so time is wasted. When the work is done, I will naturally let them go home immediately."
Xiong Qi breathed a sigh of relief, this was nothing at all.
He put on an ugly smile and complained: "There are many famous people in the palace of Prime Minister Wenxinhou, and "Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals" have been handed down to the world. It is difficult to change a word for a price. Why does the king bother to transfer all the doctors under the imperial censor to me?
Er Jing?”
Seeing his expression, Ying Zheng couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Hahaha, Father Zhong naturally needs a lot of manpower to handle political affairs. Besides, although there are many famous people in Father Zhong's family, they are all mixed up and have many distracting thoughts. Such a thing is not appropriate."
That's a lot of information.
Prime Minister Lu Buwei needs people to manage political affairs, so don’t I, the deputy prime minister, need people?
What does it mean that people in Zhongfu's family have many distracting thoughts and are inappropriate...
The Chu Clan has been hiding its capabilities and biding its time, and overall it seems that it is indeed being suppressed miserably by the Zhao Clan.
However, the Zhao family was already on the edge of a cliff at this time. Zhao Ji, the queen mother, had some trouble and abandoned Lu Buwei and supported Lao Ai, which caused the internal situation of the Zhao family to become a fire and water.
Ying Zheng's words and actions all revealed his intention to get close to the Chu clan.
At such a special moment, Xiong Qi knew that King Qin wanted to get close to him, and of course he felt happy, but——
"Why does Your Majesty suddenly want to put all the ancient writings in counties and counties into one place? This work is not small, and there are already voices of discussion in the court."
"My teacher likes reading the most, especially ancient books in various languages. He is coming to Qin soon. This is the gift I prepared for my teacher. My cousin thinks this gift is heavy enough?"
As Ying Zheng spoke, he looked towards the non-existent distance, as if the students were looking forward to the teacher's return.
Xiong Qi was surprised: "When did the king become a teacher?"
"I traveled thousands of miles to Korea alone to find a teacher."
The Korean incident and the Wu Sui incident were certainly not secrets in the eyes of people like Chang Pingjun. He immediately understood, "Could it be Mr. Lu Yan?"
"Yes, it's Lu Zi."
Taiyi Mountain is within the territory of Qin State, so Qin State was naturally the first to receive the news.
Lu Yan successively debated famous schools, Mohism, and Yin-Yang, showing his profound attainments in hundreds of schools of thought, comparable to a generation of masters. He also believed in the unity of nature and man, and was called "Lu Zi" by the Taoist master Qiong Xinzi.
His teachings are included in the inheritance of human sects.
At the age of seventeen, he achieved great success in martial arts and was praised by hundreds of schools of thought as "Lu Zi". It can be said that Lu Yan has already stood at the top of the academic hierarchy of the Seven Kingdoms.
Xiong Qi received a letter from Tian Guang early and knew that Lu Yan was very likely to serve as an official in the Qin State. But he did not expect that Ying Zheng actually worshiped Lu Yan as his teacher in Korea. He said this -
Lu Yan planned to make a name for himself by arguing with Baijia in Taiyi Mountain this time, just to give Ying Zheng the aura of "a wise eye for pearls" and "a thirst for talents".
Tian Guang, you are right, this Lu Yan may become a huge obstacle to our Chu family's control of power.
Xiong Qichao praised Ying Zheng and said: "The Three Character Classic is famous all over the world, but among the seven countries, only the king discovered Lu Zi's talent, and even invited him from thousands of miles away. I admire the king for his ability to recognize people and his heroic spirit."
Ying Zheng accepted it calmly, "Hahaha, I received the news that the teacher will arrive in Xianyang tomorrow, and I will go out of the city ten miles to meet him."
Xiong Qi's expression was not very good, "Your Majesty, is this... too much?"
Seeing him talking like this, Ying Zheng pretended to be displeased, "Hey! Compared to traveling thousands of miles to enter Korea alone, ten miles is nothing but a trivial matter. If it weren't for the fear of wasting too much money, I would have loved to welcome you hundreds of miles away."
"Since the king has made up his mind, I should obey it."
"My cousin will have to worry about it in court tomorrow."
Xiong Qi complained in his heart: Your Majesty, you also know that persuading courtiers is a big trouble, so you deliberately asked me to do this nonsense. The reputation of respecting teachers and virtuous people is yours, what can I get?
However, just think about this with peace of mind. He held his hands firmly and said: "Your Majesty's move shows that our country respects the virtuous and values the virtuous. I must do my best to facilitate this."
Ying Zheng nodded, "Well, it's late at night, cousin, please rest early."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I will take my leave." Xiong Qi bowed and slowly retreated.
Everything was according to the original plan. Ying Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sir, this day is finally coming."
The eunuch reminded: "Your Majesty, it's time to rest. There are still seven volumes of today's official documents that have not been read."