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- Chapter 35 is really high!
Hexi Road is not a very prosperous place. It is far inferior to Jianghuai Road and Henan Road. But there is Longxi County on Hexi Road, and there are several aristocratic families in Longxi County that are ranked among the top fifteen in the entire Sui Dynasty. The most famous person is none other than the Li family in Xiangcheng.
Among the aristocratic families in Longxi, the Li family is considered the most special one. In terms of foundation, this family, which has only been around for less than a century, cannot be compared with the Yu family, Liu family, or even Cui family. Families such as the Yu family and the Liu family were already famous throughout the world before the founding of the Sui Dynasty. The Li family only became prosperous because of the dominance of the Central Plains during the Sui Dynasty, and it was not until the last head of the family, Li Luan, that they truly became one of the first-class families.
But there is no doubt that it is precisely because of His Majesty the Emperor's trust in the Li family of Longxi that this family, which is still very young compared to other aristocratic families, has become the leading family in Xiangcheng, Longxi County, and even Hexi Province.
When it comes to recruiting students for the Yanwu Academy in one hundred and forty cities on Hexi Road, each of these one hundred and forty cities selects one young talent to take the exam. No matter whether the city is large or small, there is only one quota. The candidates selected for the first two Yanwu Academy examinations in Xiangcheng were all from the Li family. The person selected six years ago was the current Fan Guya General Li Xiaozong. Li Fubo, who was elected three years ago, is said to be even more outstanding than Li Xiaozong. In the past three years, he has been ranked among the top three in every assessment of the Yanwu Academy.
This achievement is enough to make the Li family proud.
You must know that after every class of students from the Yanwu Academy graduates, the top three students will be directly recruited by the Ministry of War. The worst thing is that he is directly named a fifth-level general.
The slogan for the enrollment of the Yanwu Academy is that regardless of family background, as long as you have talent and learning, you can apply for the election. But this is just a slogan. Those children from poor backgrounds have no chance to become candidates. Only one student was selected from each city. During the Sui Dynasty, there were twenty-four dynasties in the world and thousands of cities. The Yanwu Academy only selected 300 people. How could the enrollment rate of only one-tenth of a percent be given to people from poor backgrounds?
Only one person from each city is selected, do you still want to be fair?
Fairness has always been promoted.
However, it is said that because of this matter, Dean Zhou of the Yanwu Academy and His Majesty the Emperor of Sui Dynasty had a very fierce quarrel. According to Dean Zhou, since the system of one examinee for one city has been formulated, it is necessary to formulate another system. One, that is, candidates from aristocratic families and children from poor families must score 50%. Half are children of aristocratic families, half are children of poor families. The emperor smiled and said that no matter what the candidates' origins are, isn't it enough that you have obtained countless outstanding students?
It doesn¡¯t matter whether you come from a poor family or from a noble family. Candidates are selected who are both good in character and academics, and the best among them are selected to enter the Martial Arts Academy. Even if they all come from aristocratic families, is there a shortage of good students in the martial arts academy?
Hearing the emperor¡¯s words, Dean Zhou walked away at that time. He coldly threw away the words "Yeyezhidao" and walked away without paying any attention to the emperor.
His Majesty the Emperor was angry at first when he heard these four words, and woke up after sitting quietly for half an hour. Immediately, the decree was issued to change the rules for the admission of candidates to the Yanwu Academy. From each city, one person was added. Outstanding talents were selected from each guard soldier, each county soldier, and the border army. They reported to the Ministry of War and then took the examination for the Yanwu Academy. The number of candidates is equivalent to that of candidates selected in each city. Candidates with military backgrounds must not have more official positions than school captains.
In this way, we can truly give the children from poor families the opportunity to enter the Martial Arts Academy and become famous.
When Dean Zhou returned to Qingluan Mountain, he heard about the emperor¡¯s decree and immediately smiled and said to himself that luckily he was not completely confused. In the entire Sui court, only two people dared to directly accuse the emperor of his faults. One of them is Huai Qiugong, the Minister of Rites of the Three Dynasties, and the other is naturally Zhou Banchuan of Yanwu Academy.
"However, Huaiqiu Gong's criticism of the emperor's faults was limited to etiquette and knowledge.
Huaiqiugong was the emperor's master. When he was in the Ancestral Temple, he often hit the emperor's palm.
Zhou Banchuan is not the case. He is the one who dares to smash the emperor¡¯s tea cup.
The emperor once joked that the Yanwu Academy was an indispensable place for selecting talents for the Sui Dynasty. But the Yanwu Academy does not belong to me, but to Zhou Banchuan.
Fang Jie caught up with a good time and caught up with the martial arts academy to open its doors to the bottom soldiers of the army.
"However, the children of the aristocracy have always been hostile to candidates with military backgrounds. The reason is very simple. If there are no military candidates, then the Yanwu Academy will select 300 students from the thousands of students who are considered. Now, the Martial Arts Academy selects 300 people from nearly 10,000 people. How could they not be angry when half of their quotas were taken away by those low-born soldiers?
Li Yuan was even more angry because this time Yang Xiuchen, the governor of Hexi Province, recommended the idiot from the Cui family for admission to the Martial Arts Academy. How could he, who was so arrogant and arrogant, accept this?
In the first two sessions, talents were selected from his Li family. Li Xiaozong was just a lowly person from the Li family. When he graduatedHe is even ranked among the top five in the martial arts academy. Li Fubo is the legitimate son of Mr. Li's family, and he is even more ambitious. Now that he is about to graduate, he will have no problem entering the top three.
And Li Yuan is also the legitimate son of the Li family, and his status is much higher than that of Li Xiaozong. As long as he is in the Li family, even if Li Xiaozong has a military rank of fifth rank, even if he is his uncle in terms of seniority, as long as he is in the Li family compound, Li Xiaozong will take the initiative to give way to him and say hello when he sees him.
Why can a concubine do it? I can not?
This is Li Yuan's greatest anger, even more angry than learning that Cui Lueshang became a candidate for the Yanwu Academy.
In the dense forest of Mushan Mountain, he knew that as long as he showed a little bit of confidence, the flatterers around him would definitely do what he wanted. If Cui Luoshang is disabled, who else in Xiangcheng City is more suitable to enter the martial arts academy than him?
"It's just a person who is crippled. Even if the person crippled is from a noble family, it's not a big deal His father's surname is also Li!"
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When Fang Jie found Cui Lueshang, the guy was washing his face by the stream at the foot of the mountain. People who come from a noble family are most concerned about appearance, and his face is inherently cleaner than Fang Jie's ass. But he was washing vigorously. If Fang Jie didn't stop him, he would probably wash his skin baldly.
Fang Jie knew that Cui Lueshang washed his face not because his face was dirty, but because it was hot.
After giving each of Cui Lueshang's servants a piece of broken silver, he squatted down next to Cui Lueshang with a smile on his face and said, "Brother Cui stop washing. If you wash anymore, you will bleed."
Cui Lueshang turned around and saw that it was Fang Jie. He was surprised at first and then said in annoyance: "I don't have the shame to go back to Xiangcheng. I need to wash out the blood. No one will know me after the blood comes out. I don't know why I just listened." I got your bad idea and did something so degrading! Ohyou are so unkind to others!"
Fang Jie chuckled and said: "Brother Cui, you don't have to worry about this. I know the whereabouts of those women. They don't intend to enter Xiangcheng. And there were only a few of your servants present at that time. Could it be that they still Dare you tell this?"
"Those women won't enter Xiangcheng?"
Cui Lueshang was startled, not knowing whether to be happy or regretful: "How do you know?"
"They are rushing to Chang'an City, and if you think about it, they are so eye-catching in this remote place. If they enter Xiangcheng, they will inevitably not cause a sensation. If they are entangled by those dignitaries again, I think It will be difficult to get away, so they will rest here tonight and go to the mountainside town to buy what they need on the road. They will leave early tomorrow morning and will not go into Xiangcheng at all. "
"That's good¡¡"
Cui Luoshang smiled coquettishly: "However, the classmates who came with me also saw it. I escaped just now and didn't see them waiting for me. It was obviously because they despised me for doing the dirty things and were ashamed to be with me. Go back first."
Fang Jiexin said that your good classmates were discussing how to break your limbs in the woods. Naturally, they had no time to talk to you.
"I saw them heading up the mountain just now, maybe looking for a place to stay."
Fang Jie comforted him: "I bet it won't be long before they come back to you. If you are such good brothers, how could you hurt your feelings over such a trivial matter?"
"Right¡¡"
Cui Lueshang said with emotion: "They are all sincere to me, and they are a life-saving friendship."
Fang Jie cursed in his heart: You're a fool, you're still trying to save your life, now people are thinking of ways to kill you.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: Li Yuan, the handsome young master of the Li family, dressed in white, with a slender figure, a face like a jade, and a few followers, Shi Shiran, came over from a distance. When they were still far away, Li Yuan said loudly: "Lue Shang, where have you been? Just now, a few of us went to the Taoist Temple in the middle of the mountain to donate incense money and stayed there that night. We waited and waited but you didn't come. We I had to go down the mountain to look for it again, but you are so interested in enjoying the scenery here!"
Cui Lueshang said to Fang Jie in a low voice: "As expected, you were right. These are the real good brothers."
Fang Jie stood up after him and walked slowly towards Li Yuan and the others. Although the clothes he wore were scholarly style, they were not brocade clothes. So compared with the elegant Mr. Li Yuan, he naturally looks a lot shabby. It's just that he has a delicate face. Although he can't be said to be extremely handsome, he is still comfortable to look at.
Li Yuan has had a photographic memory since he was a child. He remembers that the young man next to Cui Lueshang was the wild boy peeing on the hillside. At this time, I was a little surprised to see him and Cui Lueshang standing together, but then I thought about it, maybe this man and Cui Lueshang were old acquaintances, otherwise, how could they be so familiar with each other? You must know that Cui Lueshang is an outlier in Xiangcheng. Not only does he have good friends with the young masters of the aristocratic families, but he also has many poor people in the city.Students from poor families often interacted with him.
The stupidest thing this idiot said was that many heroes are like butchers of dogs. When Li Yuan and the others heard this, they almost laughed out loud.
"Who is this?"
Li Yuan slightly arched his hands as a courtesy to Fang Jie. Although he couldn't find anything wrong with him, the undisguised contempt on his face made him uncomfortable. Fang Jie was not happy with people named Li, but he felt even more disgusted when he saw Li Yuan's condescending look. People from aristocratic families are like this. They clearly look down on those who are not as good as them, but in order to show their etiquette, they still pretend to be polite even to traffickers and lackeys.
Such affectation is particularly disgusting in Fang Jie's opinion.
"My surname is Shang. I come from Fangu, a border town. I am a small businessman."
When it comes to acting, Fang Jie will naturally not lose to others. He cupped his fists in return and bent his waist extremely. The expression on his face was also one of humility, and there was even a kind of fear in his eyes that was absolutely unsuspecting. It felt as if he really felt inferior to others.
"I heard that there is big business in Fangu City."
Li Yuan smiled and said: "I heard that the Shu brocade sold from Xichuan to Fangu can be sold for twice as much money as in the Central Plains? That's really not a minority. Can you earn 500 coins from a trip? Let's see. With Mr. Shang's magnanimity, he probably earns dozens of guan per year. Even in Xiangcheng, he is considered a wealthy family."
Fang Jie apologized and said with a smile: "Don't call me young master, I have no fame."
"Ha ha"
Li Yuan smiled and said, "You are quite knowledgeable and interesting."
Although there was no clear hierarchy for the people in the Sui Dynasty, people who were engaged in business were the most looked down upon since ancient times. Scholars, peasants, and merchants had the lowest status. Even if a poor farmer meets a businessman on a narrow road, he can proudly raise his head and wait for the other party to give way.
Fang Jie laughed a few times, and then said cautiously: "Master Cui and I hit it off immediately, and just now I wanted to invite him to have a drink with him in the evening. I happened to hunt some wild game in the mountains before, and if you don't mind it, I'll reward you with one." have a drink?"
The short man scolded: "Whenever I have free time to drink with you, you can do whatever you have to do! Let's talk about it, we have already booked a good banquet at the Taoist temple, let's go."
Cui Lueshang looked at Fang Jie in embarrassment. Just as he was about to apologize to him, he heard Li Yuan say with a smile: "You can always eat the food of the Taoist temple on the mountain, but not the game of this Shang brother. Liu Yineng, you guy It¡¯s so tacky. Brother Shang kindly invites you, aren¡¯t you afraid of breaking Brother Shang¡¯s heart by refusing?¡±
He unclasped his fists and said in a gentle and polite tone: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful. I will disturb Brother Shang tonight."
The speed with which he changed his attitude is admirable. Fang Jie sneered in his heart, but there was a look of sincerity on his face: "Please, please, please, my servants have already packed up the game. I will personally grill the meat for the distinguished guests tonight Fortunately, there are still a few pots in the car. Good wine.¡±
Li Yuan said a few more polite words, and when Fang Jie turned around, he lowered his voice and said to the short and thin man named Liu Yineng: "You almost drove me away when I met a scapegoat. You won't take advantage of this fool!"
Liu Yineng was stunned for a moment before he understood. He couldn't help but raised his thumb and praised: "High! It's really high!" - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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