In the evening, Lu Guang and all the scholars on the list gathered outside the imperial city and entered the palace smoothly. But this time there were three less people. After all, three people died. The deceased scholar has his own court to comfort him.
In the imperial city, in the spacious side hall.
More than two hundred scholars sat down with serious expressions. Directly above, the emperor Ying Jiuxiao sits, and below on the left and right sides are the prince Ying Yuqian, as well as ministers such as Lin Feng, Zhang Yi, Wang Tang, and the prince Xu Yifu and others.
Ying Jiuxiao is wearing a dragon robe and a crown on his head, looking majestic and majestic. He looked at the more than two hundred scholars in the hall, and a hint of joy appeared on his old face.
This is the first time for the Qin State to open a subject to obtain scholars. Although these people are temporarily in a humble position, these people will become the mainstay of the Qin State in the future. As these people develop in the future, the structure of the court will change accordingly.
The Qin Dynasty's court will not be filled with aristocratic families as it is now, and there will be a lot of living water introduced.
Ying Jiuxiao looked around at everyone and said slowly: "All of you can stand out from more than 36,000 people and be ranked on the list. I believe that you are capable people. I also believe that you will be able to contribute to the future." I, the State of Qin, have contributed a lot and have the ability to govern the place well."
Every scholar in the hall was solemn, and everyone looked pious. Most of the Qin scholars looked upon Ying Jiuxiao as if they were gods.
The emperor is their heaven.
Qin is the country they will serve next.
As for the scholars from Jin and Qi, they thought more and waited for Ying Jiuxiao to continue speaking.
They want to see Ying Jiuxiao, listen to his words and watch his actions.
Ying Jiuxiao looked serious and continued: "Among you, there are people from Qin, Jin, and Qi. If you want to break it down, it can be divided into nobles, rich families, and poor families. In short, the composition is very complicated and the identities are different."
"In my opinion, if you can stand here now and listen to me, you have only one identity, that is, people from the Qin State. Here, there is no distinction between status, nobility, only ability. I will promote and appoint talented people. .”
"If you can enter the list, you will become officials of the Qin State in the future. No matter whether you get a big or small official position next, no matter what your status is, I think you should have one most fundamental thing in common."
"What this has in common is that you must be ambitious."
Ying Jiuxiao’s voice became louder.
In the hall, there was silence.
Everyone looked at Ying Jiuxiao and waited quietly. Although scholars say they have been studying since childhood, in fact, many of them do not have much ambition or ideas. Because most people from poor families have a difficult life, being able to work as a low-level official has already changed their destiny.
As for the nobles and the children of wealthy families, they did not have enough resources at home, so they took part in the imperial examination because they wanted to find a way out.
In fact, at the beginning, no one thought that they would pass such an imperial examination.
As Ying Jiuxiao spoke, there was expectation and doubt in the scholar's eyes.
ambition!
Can it be eaten as a meal?
This is a quite real problem.
Ying Jiuxiao put his hands on the desk and said slowly: "When I mentioned ambition just now, some people must have said that everyone's ambition is different. So let me tell you, what do I understand by ambition?"
"The ambition I understand is to have high aspirations and assist the king to pacify the world. Scholars study, cultivate themselves, manage their families, govern the country, and pacify the world. What is the ultimate goal, is to assist the king to pacify the world."
"Lin Feng, the duke of the town whom you admire, was not happy when I asked him to serve as an official. He only wanted to have fun in the world. But even so, he said that if he lives high in the temple, he will worry about his king. If he lives far away from the world, Then worry about the people. He also said that if you are poor, you can only benefit yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world."
"He seems to have never been an official, but Lin Feng has ambition."
"He cares about the people."
"In other words, he also aims at the world, because the huge Qin Kingdom is composed of countless people."
Ying Jiuxiao talks eloquently and explains his ideas.
This is the idea of an emperor.
Lin Feng also listened carefully. In fact, Ying Jiuxiao rarely said such words, and usually even less so. This time it involved the imperial examination, and Ying Jiuxiao also devoted his efforts and had great hopes. That's why Ying Jiuxiao gave such a special message to the first batch of imperial examination scholars.
Ying Yuqian, Wang Tang, Zhang Yi and others also listened quietly.
Ying Jiuxiao continued: "What Lin Feng thinks and thinks is the embodiment of his ambition. So you people should also have ambition. Where is your ambition? Aim for the world and the people. A person without ambition will enter the officialdom do what?"
"I think such people will only engage in corruption and bribery, and will only harm the people and the fish and meat village."
"The reason why the Xia Kingdom fell in a short period of time is because the Xia Kingdom's court was filled with corpses and people without ambition. In their hearts, there was no court, no world, and no common people."
Ying Jiuxiao's voice rose further.
He even stood up and stared at the scholars present, his eyes sparkling, and continued: "Today's world is already divided into three parts: Qin, Jin and Qi. Such a pattern can be said to be unprecedented in a thousand years. Change the situation.”
"You ambitious people are at the right time to catch up and move forward bravely."
"You should have great ambitions to help the world. To this end, you must shed your blood and sacrifice your life, and you must have great ambitions. In the past, Qin State faced many difficulties. Why was it able to rise from the difficulties? It is because Qin State has A group of people who care about the world and have the ambition to clear up chaos."
"I hope the same is true for you."
"Only when civil servants are not greedy for money and military generals are not afraid of death can we conquer the world."
"You are not prominent and important ministers now. But great things in the world started from humble beginnings, and important officials in the court also started from humble beginnings. You will not suddenly rise to high positions, but you should have such a world feeling in your heart."
"Lin Feng once said that when you are in a humble position, you dare not forget about your country. I hope that you, when you are in a humble position, dare not forget your ambition. At any time, do not lose your ambition and perseverance because of the difficult situation you are in."
Ying Jiuxiao's voice echoed in the hall.
Compared with Lin Feng, his speaking skills were not particularly brilliant, but he made it clear that people in Qin need to be ambitious.
Officials should have the world in mind.
After Lu Guang heard this, he was also thoughtful.
He was also thinking in his mind.
Lu Guang came into contact with many people in Jin State. Because the Lu family was the top aristocratic family in Jin State, he could get to know and contact the upper class people. Even among the upper-level officials, there are many people who are obsessed with talking about mysteries and think that chatting in pursuit of the truth is the most satisfying thing.
What these people do is a mess.
Therefore, even though the Jin Emperor Sima Chong was quite pragmatic and conscientious, in Lu Guang's view, Sima Chong was just a defender of the status quo and did not have very strong abilities.
Win Jiuxiao is different.
Winning Jiuxiao gave Lu Guang a different feeling.
This is Mingjun.
Such a king wants to rule the world. Ying Jiuxiao's words opened up some different horizons for Lu Guang, and he was even more looking forward to it.
All the scholars heard this with excitement.
Many people mused.
When they looked at Ying Jiuxiao, the expressions in their eyes were even more admiring, and they wished they could die for Ying Jiuxiao.
Lin Feng saw this scene in his eyes and secretly said, "It's awesome."
As expected of Ying Jiuxiao, his ability to incite scholars is truly amazing. What Ying Jiuxiao said just now seemed to Lin Feng to be key.
"Your Majesty's words are like enlightenment. I will remember your Majesty's teachings."
Lin Feng spoke first.
"Remember His Majesty's teachings."
One by one, the scholars spoke. Everyone thought about it in their minds and had to admit that the emperor's words made sense.
Ying Jiuxiao turned his eyes, looked at Ying Yuqian, and ordered: "Prince, you are the crown prince of Great Qin. Now the future of our Qin country lies in this hall. You can talk about it in front of them and give them some messages." .”
"My son, I obey."
Ying Yuqian stood up and bowed.
He has always been very low-key. Except for the government affairs that should be handled, Ying Yugan does not interfere in many things.
This is what he does specifically.
For the position of prince, even though Ying Jiuxiao has been training Ying Yuqian, he still delegates power to Ying Yuqian. But Ying Yuqian also has to keep a distance from power.
Only in this way will there be no trouble.
Ying Yuqian's expression was gentle, he looked at all the scholars sitting in the hall, and said calmly: "My father just talked about ambition, and I hope you will have high aspirations. Then, I will talk about integrity."
