What Xue Chengwen wanted, strictly speaking, should be two things.
The first thing is to ask the old man to take action to remove him from the Ministry of Rites and promote him to the Ministry of Husbandry to become a doctor.
The second thing is to ask him as an advisor to join a certain prince's camp and try his best to become a Conglong.
Wang Xu sorted things out, but he couldn't speak for a long time and didn't know where to start.
On the surface, the third prince with the support of Zhu Dang has the best chance of winning. After all, the power of the family has already surpassed the imperial power, and even the Holy Emperor has to compromise with the family.
Secondly, the eighth prince supported by the Holy Emperor is equally matched with the fifth prince supported by a humble family. The two are indistinguishable.
The eighth prince has the support of the Holy One, but does not have the support of the two parties. The fifth prince has the support of the humble family, but does not have the Holy Heart and is not favored. In comparison, half a pound is worth half a pound.
From the current point of view, it is too early to say who has a better chance of winning.
As for the sixth prince that Xue Mushan likes, he is currently unable to pose a threat to the three princes, and the chance of winning should be the smallest.
However, the battle for the crown prince has just begun. Even if Zhuge Liang comes, he would not dare to draw a conclusion at this time.
Wang Xu could only keep silent about this, for fear of pointing out a wrong path and causing Xue Chengwen to embark on a path of no return.
After all, the Xue family was kind to him, and he didn't want to hurt the peace between the two families because of this incident.
"Uncle, with all due respect, the battle for the heir apparent has just begun, and it is too early to end." Wang Xu did not agree with Xue Chengwen's ability, and he also did not think that this was a good opportunity to end.
Xue Chengwen is different from the old man. The old man is also a cabinet minister.
Even if you end up supporting the Sixth Prince, losing the bet, retiring and returning to your hometown, that's the end of it. There is still room for maneuver no matter what.
Xue Chengwen is different. If he loses, he will never have a chance to look back, and he may even risk the future of his descendants.
Why is this happening? Because identity and status are different.
The old man is a high-ranking official. No matter which prince ascends the throne in the future, even if it is to appease people's hearts, they will not force the old man too much.
What does Xue Chengwen have? He is just a little grasshopper. If he cannot see his identity, he will end up dead. If he says he is dead, he is really dead.
"You really think so?"
Hearing Wang Xu's statement, Xue Chengwen looked cold, as if he didn't believe his words, and more likely that Wang Xu didn't want to help. These were just excuses.
Wang Xu watched carefully, how could he not know what Xue Chengwen was thinking, and said with a wry smile: "Uncle, the current emperor is still young and about your age. Does it really matter who the prince is?"
The prince is important, but even more important is the king of a country.
If the Holy Emperor is not dead, the prince will always be the prince. The princes in the court are blinded by the word prince. They think that if they control the prince, they will control the future. In the end, they forget that the prince can be deposed. It does not mean that the future will be determined by becoming the prince.
It must be the crown prince.
On the other hand, His Majesty is still young and is less than fifty this year. If he can live for ten or twenty years, what will the Prince do?
Throughout the ages, the longer the emperor, the more dangerous the position of the prince.
Unless the prince doesn't fight, the more he fights, the faster he will die. Never underestimate a king's desire to monopolize power.
Now that the Holy One supports the Eighth Prince, who is only 13 years old and a half-grown child, to become the Crown Prince, he may not be wary of those older princes.
After all, people in ancient times got married relatively early. The third prince supported by the Zhu Party and the fifth prince supported by the Han Party are now over twenty years old.
I am getting older day by day, but the lion cub is growing up day by day.
The king of lions in the herd often drives away the young lion cubs that are close to them to maintain their dominance.
People are not lions, but the principles are the same. In addition, it is the consensus of the three religions that the royal family cannot practice cultivation. Even if you are an emperor, you will turn into loess in a hundred years at most.
Today's Holy Master is a wise king, but Wang Xu doesn't believe that he can transcend the cycle of life and death.
Therefore, those who laugh now may not laugh at the end.
The end is too early, unless the intention is to force the palace, otherwise it is still unclear who will win.
"nonsense!"
Wang Xu spoke thoroughly, but Xue Chengwen, who was in the middle of the situation, was not touched at all.
As soon as Wang Xu heard this, he knew that it was useless no matter how much he said.
Xue Chengwen now is just like a person who was drawn into a pyramid scheme organization. He only has interests in his eyes. If you tell him that this is a scam, he will think that you are lying to him.
The damned person will not survive. When he saw Wang Xu and said no more, Xue Chengwen left with a look of displeasure on his face.
Watching him leave, Wang Xu sighed and whispered: "The power has made the mind faint. Both generations of the Xue family want to play chess and strive for wealth. This is a very dangerous signal. The old man is better. He plays chess based on his strength. This one is
Too bad, it was just luck.
No matter what, I’d better focus on my scientific examinations and my studies. Considering my past friendship, I’ll just help you when the time comes.”
Wang Xu believes in building walls high, accumulating food widely, and becoming king slowly. He knows that the most important thing is strength, and other than that, everything else is trivial.
If the old man were not a great scholar but a sage, he could make the sixth prince a prince with just one sentence, or even make the current emperor abdicate.
In the final analysis, what matters in the end is strength. As a late-stage hero like Wang Xu, I don’t believe that anyone can beat him in the later stages.
In a blink of an eye, three days passed, and thousands of talented people gathered in the capital, waiting for the upcoming examination.
The National Examination is the Jinshi Examination, and both the second-class and third-class Jinshi will be selected in this examination.
As for the top three names of No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, they actually did not come from here.
The top 100 people in the examination will be allowed to enter the Jinluan Palace to participate in the palace examination presided over by the emperor.
The top three in the palace examination will be the number one scholar, the second in the ranking, the top three in the general examination, and the first in the general examination. If they are not selected by the emperor, they will become the top two.
Wang Xu was born in Yangzhou and was admitted to Jieyuan in Yangzhou. According to the usual practice, the worst he could do was to be a second-class Jinshi.
However, he actually had no hope of making it into the top three in the palace examination.
The imperial examination was presided over by the ministers, while the palace examination was presided over by the emperor.
If you don't please the emperor, he won't choose you to be among the top three in the palace examination. It just so happens that Wang Xu, who was born in the Zhu Party, is such an unpleasant person.
Therefore, Wang Xu knew that he would definitely not be among the top three in the palace examination this time. It was not for anything else but to select him as the top three in the palace examination, which was not in the emperor's interest.
After all, he is not from a top-notch family and cannot be considered the successor of Zhu Dang.
Zhu Dang would not give up his interests for him, compromise like the emperor in exchange for favors, and in the absence of benefits, how could the emperor increase the strength of Zhu Dang for no reason.
Wang Xu's goal is very simple. The second-class Jinshi is enough, and he does not want to be an official in the court. The titles of first-class, second-class, and third-class are of no use to him.
For those who want to be officials, the top scholar in the first grade will be directly awarded a sixth-grade official position, and will be given the post of editor of the Hanlin Academy. After spending three years and being released, he will be a fifth-grade prefect.
The second place in the first class and the third best in the first class will be directly awarded to the sixth rank official position. The starting point is better than the second class. This is what those who study and become officials are interested in.
Wang Xu does not seek to be an official, let alone a second-class Jinshi, even a third-class Jinshi, it is no different to him.
Because the great Confucianism after Jinshi can only be achieved through the recognition of heaven, Confucius Temple, scholars, and the common people, and has little to do with the dynasty.
At the level of Jinshi, strictly speaking, as long as you have no desires or desires, the court can no longer do anything to you.
I don’t see you, many Jinshi scholars retired to the mountains and forests and resigned from their posts after winning the imperial examination. The emperor even invited people to come out of the mountains without even coming.
This is not arrogance, but that when scholars reach this stage, they already have the capital to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai despite the ups and downs.
What Wang Xu needs now is to grow in obscurity, accumulate fame, and let those who are addicted to power do the troubles in officialdom and the fight for heirs among princes.
He would rather be a wandering crane in the clouds, traveling in the North Sea and the sky in the evening, than be a dog for others.