Late at night, the whole of Luoyang was quiet.
A group of people were walking slowly in Luoyang, leaning against the wall. They all had their faces covered and their eyes were determined.
They were quietly approaching the mansion in the distance.
Under the moonlight, they moved swiftly and skillfully avoided the patrolling soldiers.
Soon, they arrived at their destination. They looked around, then easily climbed up the courtyard wall of the mansion by tiptoeing each other, then pulled their companions up, pulled the wall and jumped into the mansion.
Although the wealthy families in Cao Wei did not have their own private soldiers, they all liked to raise soldiers in secret.
Of course, it is a little difficult for someone like Sima Master who can raise three thousand dead soldiers under layer upon layer of surveillance.
But raising dozens of dead soldiers is not difficult for a wealthy family.
If you include their domestic slaves, it is not difficult to pull out thousands of people. Of course, they cannot be called dead soldiers.
As soon as these dead soldiers jumped into the courtyard, they aroused the alert of the dogs in the house. Almost instantly, the dogs started barking wildly.
These infiltrators quickly increased their speed and rushed out towards the inner room where their target was. They seemed to be very familiar with this mansion and rushed to the door of the inner room.
The moment they opened the door, the crossbow fired fiercely.
The dead soldiers were almost penetrated and fell to the ground one after another.
Even in this situation, no one chose to retreat. They jumped over the bodies of their companions and walked into the house to check the situation. There were several soldiers squatting in the house with serious expressions.
At this moment, these people suddenly understood that their mission had failed.
They roared loudly.
Hearing this sound, the captain who was ambushing here shouted: "Go outside quickly! They are sending a message to their companions!!"
For a moment, the entire mansion became lively, and countless torches lit up from all around, illuminating the entire mansion as if it were daytime.
The dead soldiers completely ignored this and launched a suicidal charge towards the surrounding soldiers.
The school captain shouted: "Uniform! Uniform! Don't kill them all!"
The soldiers and the dead soldiers fought in a melee. The captain took the lead in the charge and cut down three dead soldiers in succession. There were only more than ten dead soldiers. They were no match for so many soldiers. They were quickly killed. , there are still a few left, and they are also seeking death at this moment.
The captain stood in front of the torch, it was Cheng Ji who was beside Cao Mao.
Cheng Ji looked at the people in front of him and suddenly sneered.
"Do you dare to look down on us like this?"
He stepped forward and kicked a dead soldier unconscious, and then ordered the soldiers to tie up the thieves.
When Cao Mao found out that Xun Yi and others wanted to rescue Wang Xiang, he arranged for Cheng Ji to guard Wang Xiang. Originally he just wanted to test the water, but unexpectedly, he really gained something.
Cheng Ji was still very happy. Such an opportunity to gain military glory was not common.
After Cheng Ji arranged things here, he had Wang Xiang taken out, put him into a carriage, and then personally escorted him to the palace.
Wang Xiang's face looked very ugly at the moment.
He didn't know which idiot had arranged this action. If he knew, he would spit in the other person's face.
Are you saving people or killing people? ?
The matter of asking for forgiveness was very dangerous in the first place. With the emperor's character, in order to avoid hidden dangers, he might even take his own life. Now, he even sent dead soldiers to rescue him.
It's bad, I will definitely die this time.
Wang Xiang has never had any expectations for his teammates. Teammates like Gao Rou are unreliable, let alone these idiots today. They can survive to this day and occupy high positions solely because they pose no threat to Master Sima. come down
Wang Xiang couldn't help cursing in his heart, and was thinking of ways to save himself.
Wang Xiang didn't want to die like this.
It's not that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, Wang Xiang just feels that this way of dying by his colleagues is a bit embarrassing.
When Wang Xiang was brought to the palace, the soldiers were being mobilized frequently. Wang Xiang knew that someone was in trouble again.
Wang Xiang just wanted to curse at this moment, what kind of idiots are you all!
Do you really think the emperor will abide by your rules?
Is it safe to send a dead soldier to do things?
This dead soldier is the most dangerous! If people don't open their mouths to explain, then whoever the emperor thinks sent them is the one who sent them. How many people will be harmed?
He was taken outside the gate of Tai Chi Hall, but failed to enter.
At this moment, in the west hall, Cao Mao lit a candle and started chatting with Zhong Hui beside him with a smile.
"Shi Ji, I feel that this exam does not need to be so difficult, and there is no need to talk about appearance. Your assessment is too complicated. It does not mean that the more complex the exam, the better the talents. According to your method of setting the questions, , I’m afraid only a few can pass the exam.”
"Your Majesty, how difficult can this be?!"
Zhong Hui raised his head, very confident.
Cao Mao pursed his lips and had to change his words.
"Not all sages in the world are Zhong Shiji. Your talents are not possessed by anyone in the world. If you recruit sages based on your level, wouldn't there be no one available to me? Can the world still take the exam? Can’t it be accomplished by producing thousands of Zhong Shi Ji? If so, why should I worry about big things?”
When the rhetoric changed, Zhong Hui's reaction also changed.
"Your Majesty is right. I made a mistake. I will take it back and revise it."
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Zhong Hui is now setting assessment questions for talents at all levels for Cao Mao. After the Zhongzheng system, he actually has to pass an assessment before being awarded an official title. However, this assessment is a special interview. It is conducted by the officials of Taichang Mansion and then given There is no relevant written test for the title!
In other words, after passing Zhongzheng, you can become an official as long as you have a symbolic meeting with the officials.
What Zhong Hui now wants to do is a written examination, and Cao Mao also informed Zhong Hui of his idea of an imperial examination system.
Zhong Hui thinks that His Majesty's idea is very reasonable. From the rural examination, to the county examination, to the county examination, and finally to the palace examination, he can get the best talents in the world, and then give them officials and titles according to different rankings.
Just as they continued to discuss this matter, Cheng Ji walked in hastily.
"Your Majesty, just as Mr. Zhong said, someone really wanted to send someone to assassinate Wang Xiang, but we caught him."
"assassinate?"
Cao Mao smiled and then looked at Zhong Hui. Zhong Hui was even more indescribably proud at this moment, waiting for Cao Mao to speak.
"How did Shi Ji know that these people would risk their lives and come to the palace?"
Zhong Hui hurriedly said: "They have been publishing letters of apology and slandering Wang Situ these days just to save Wang Xiang."
"But His Majesty has always turned a blind eye to this. They have no choice but to use this method to save people."
"I originally wanted to let Wang Xiang go on purpose, so that I could get the stolen goods as well."
"It's just that I was afraid that such a killing would leave no ministers available in the temple, so I didn't take action."
Cao Mao suddenly felt that it was not a bad thing that officials were not of high standard. Although they could not accomplish the great task of governing the world, they could not accomplish the great task of causing destruction either.
The ability to govern and perform coups is equally matched.
Cao Mao quickly praised: "As expected of Shi Ji!"
He praised him a few more times, and Zhong Hui was in a good mood.
Cao Mao said: "Shiji, don't worry about these things anymore. Just take care of the big things without worrying about them."
Cao Mao really has no intention of fighting with these ministers now. Since Wang Chang arrived, many things in the temple suddenly got on track, and everyone was busy with serious matters.
The review and selection of officials, the setting of assessments, and even the local official manual are all in progress.
The military affairs will be completed first, and the rest of the affairs will probably not take too long.
Cao Mao's temple really looked like a temple, and he started to do business. He really didn't have the energy to do these shabby things.
But he couldn't stand these things that were pestering him like flies, forcing him to attack them.
Cao Mao sent Zhong Hui away and asked Cheng Ji to bring Wang Xiang in.
"His Majesty!!"
Wang Xiang saluted Cao Mao.
"If it hadn't been for Your Majesty this time, I would have almost died in the hands of these traitors! I would like to thank Your Majesty for your life-saving grace!!"
Wang Xiang shouted.
Cao Mao just looked at him calmly, "Teacher, do you still firmly believe that the era you want to create will be better than today?"
"The ministers come to govern the world and compete with each other for power and gain. What am I doing, and what are they doing?"
"Marry each other, protect each other, recommend each other, and don't pay attention to the country. I only have my own interests in mind. I originally wanted to keep you to see the new world."
Hearing Cao Mao say these words, Wang Xiang's face suddenly calmed down.
Wang Xiang is not willing to die, but he will not do things against his own clan just to have a way out.
Among many ministers, he can be regarded as having his own ethics. In this regard, other ministers cannot compare with him.
"Actually, compared to today's ministers, Teacher is the best. You have never done evil, never been corrupt, and have never promoted cronies. When it comes to personal ethics, there are few ministers who can compare with you."
"It's a pity that your ambition is different from mine."
"You have gone astray."
Wang Xiang did not explain himself, he asked: "Does your Majesty have to kill me?"
Cao Mao did not answer this question, but asked again:
"Teacher, if I give you a chance, can you put aside your original path, assist me with all your strength, and help me suppress the rich clans, kill the powerful, and help the world?"
Wang Xiang suddenly laughed.
He looked at his protégé calmly and then shook his head.
"Your Majesty, the old minister's path is not wrong. You are a wise and wise king, but will your descendants be like this?"
"But the ministers are different. Foolish and incompetent ministers will definitely be replaced. Really talented people will govern the world. Only when the clan appeases the people locally can the world be stable. The change of dynasty will not cause such chaos. Tragic situation.”
"Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty was once prosperous, but it was only a few emperors and a few party bans that led to such a disaster."
"Teacher, you are wrong. I have seen you talking about that way."
"The big clans are in power, the imperial power is on the sidelines, the officials are incompetent, the generals don't know how to fight, there are endless battles in the temples, local rebellions continue, the tyrants are arrogant and arrogant, and the people are worse off than dead."
"In the end, when the dynasty changed, the only people who did not suffer the disaster were the rich families. They crossed south safely and threw the disaster on the innocent people."
"They did not learn any lessons and continued to act recklessly, getting worse and worse, causing disasters one after another."
"Teacher, I don't dare to say what great things I want to build for the ages. All I want is to prevent everything you want from happening."
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