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The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 218 Cao Family Feud

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    Wei Wan got up early and exercised on campus against the morning breeze.  ¦æ¡à "It's early for the deputy sacrificial wine!" "Morning!" Wei Wan said hello to the Southern Army guards. The Southern Army guards were the temporary guards of Taixue. The finishing project of Taixue was almost completed and was about to be put into use.  "Good morning, Mr. Wei!" "Good morning, Zhi Fei!" Zhi Buyi was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, waving his arms and pressing his legs. The two were old partners for many years. They joined the job together, were promoted together, were dismissed from office together, and now they are together  Being appointed as the deputy wine minister is also a great fate in life.  Su Guangyi went out and saluted the two of them: "Today's exam is quite special, the atmosphere written test and the physical test, what can you tell me?" Wei Wan said: "The decree from Weiyang Palace yesterday, the emperor's intention should come from the cavalry general, the written test should  It's a policy question. The physical test should be a test like running and long jump. "Do you want to learn Yulin riding?" The middle-aged man nodded reservedly.  , although the four of them are both deputy ministers, there is also a great disparity in status internally. Xiao Sheng once served as Taichang, the head of the Nine Qings, and he is the direct descendant of the famous Hou Hou.  Xiao Sheng said: "I have watched the training of the Yulin Cavalry several times. The training is very intense. I have to admit that excellent knights can be trained, but it is too inappropriate for the candidates." "The Marquis Feng is worrying too much."  A familiar voice came, Cao Shi was standing in the distance wearing summer clothes.  "General Chariot and Cavalry is here!" Xiao Sheng raised his head: "Marquis Pingyang!" "Marquis Fou!" The two looked at each other in the air for a long time and then looked away at the same time. Xiao Sheng snorted: "I heard that Wei Qihou praised Pingyang Marquis.  "I wonder if Marquis Pingyang's achievements are comparable to those of my Grand Duke Xiao He?" Cao Shi nodded slightly and said, "Wei Qihou Dou Ying did say that." Wei Wan sensed that the tone was wrong and wanted to stop him.  It's too late.  Only a loud laugh was heard: "Wei Qihou is ridiculous! My Taigong's name will go down in history. His merits are better than those of Yiyin and Guanzhong, even if Yanzi is resurrected, they will not be comparable. Although Pingyang Hou has made a lot of contributions, how can those achievements be compared with those of my family?"  The comparison between Taigong is like the battle between the shining fire and the bright moon.  Cao Shi's face suddenly darkened. Xiao Sheng was using his name and reputation in a roundabout way, and implicitly attacked him as a person who didn't deserve his reputation. Xiao Sheng's pride severely stabbed his self-esteem, and his malicious tone made him feel bad. Even though he  He was just a cavalry general who was not in charge of government affairs, but there were several civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty who dared to talk to him like this.  Wei Wan smiled dryly and said: "Prime Minister Xiao He is a role model for civil servants in the Han family. We should be proud of being civil servants" "Huh!" Xiao Sheng stopped his voice.  Cao Shi also snorted: "Don't talk too much, Marquis Feng. My political skills may not be as stable and sophisticated as Xiao He's, but my merits are not great at all. Which of you has the credit for destroying the Yelang Kingdom? Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, we have attacked the city.  The destruction of the country was all at the hands of Taizu. I am the second person after Taizu. How many military achievements can Xiao He compare with me? " "How dare you say this, ordinary man?" "You only need two words?"  The two started to quarrel fiercely, and even greeted each other's parents when the heat was intense.  The three people were dumbfounded. Is this still a nobleman of the Han Empire?  It's like two farmers in the countryside yelling at each other.  "How could this happen?" Zhi Buyi and Su Guangyi looked at each other.  Wei Wan covered her head with a headache: "You don't know the conflicts between the princes. The hatred between the Xiao family and the Cao family can be traced back to the founding of the country." When Xiao Sheng met Cao for the first time, he and Cao Shi's biological father  Cao Qi is very familiar with it.  When Xiao Sheng came to Beijing to serve as the head of the Nine Ministers, it was because of Cao Qi's melancholy death. If Cao Qi was in good health, Cao Qi and the princes would not allow Hou Hou to return to Chang'an.  ?Think about those days.  Cao Shen and Xiao He competed for credit, and Xiao He won the first place by relying on Liu Bang's preference.  He also came up with an allusion that all ministers are meritorious dogs. Even if Cao Shen is broad-minded, he can't bear such an insult.  Cao Shen couldn't bear the insult.  Not to mention that more than a hundred princes became dogs for no reason. Everyone in the princes hated the Xiao family deeply and wished that the Xiao family would fall into the abyss and never recover.  Back then, when Cao Shen was Prime Minister, he did not do anything cruel to the Xiao family because of his old friendship, but when he came to Cao Cheng, he no longer had such worries.  Cao Cheng single-handedly facilitated the Xiao family's seizure of titles and removal of marquises, and teamed up with other marquises to kick the Xiao family out of Chang'an. He then vigorously purged the remaining members of the Xiao family, insulating the Xiao family from the center of the imperial court.  The Xiao family are not vegetarians either.  When Emperor Wen of Han succeeded to the throne, the Xiao family immediately made slanderous remarks to Emperor Wen of Han.It was said that Cao Cheng had a close relationship with Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and that he had lived in Chang'an City for a long time as a member of the Lu family. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was suspicious and dismissed the imperial censor and ordered Cao Cheng to return to his hometown to live leisurely.  The fight seemed to be a draw, but in reality it was not a draw. The Xiao family's power in Chang'an City was wiped out. No one mentioned a word about the Xiao family for thirty years, and even Xiao He became taboo to the court.  Xiao Sheng's return to the court coincided with the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, and the power of the princes was greatly weakened.  During that time, Cao Qi and many other princes died of illness, and the new generation of princes could not pose a threat to him for the time being, so Xiao Sheng came back.  Xiao Sheng was happy to show off everywhere, and once became the vanguard of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to suppress the princes, but it did not last long. Not long after he came back, he was kicked out of the court again by Prime Minister Zhou Yafu. From then on, the Xiao family once again disappeared from Chang'an.  Another ten years.  The hatred between the two families is getting deeper and deeper. The Xiao family and the Cao family are in the same situation. The older generations of the two families have been enemies of each other. The Cao family is the main force in attacking the Xiao family in the court.  The relationship of hatred has been maintained to this day. The Xiao family is regarded as a magic weapon to deal with the Cao family. However, this family has a high status, is aloof, arrogant and looks down on others. Apart from the emperor, there is no other family that can control it. Xiao Sheng sneered: "You  Don't be too happy too early. It is the emperor's will for me to come back. Today I can come back to serve as a deputy sacrificial wine, and tomorrow I might be ranked among the nine ministers. You, a person who will never be able to be one of the three ministers, can only be envious and jealous.  I hate you!" Cao Shi responded on the spot: "You want to be the Sangong Jiuqing again at your age? Let's wait and see whether the emperor will use you as the Jiuqing." "Zhuzi, you dare to threaten me?"  "You don't have an old man with a gray beard. Why do I need to threaten him?" Xiao Sheng angrily walked away.  Zhi Busuo and the other looked at each other helplessly, and the three of them cupped their hands and said, "General Chariot and Cavalry, why don't you exercise with us. How about it?" Cao Shi smiled and said, "It's better to obey orders than to be respectful." The four of them jogged slowly around the campus,  Along the way, the other three people hesitated to speak.  Wei Wan in particular was very embarrassed. He really wanted to have a good relationship with Cao Shi. Although he deserved to be angry because of the loss of his position, Cao Shi also paid the heavy price of never being able to serve as the Sangong and Jiuqing. He felt that the grievances between the two sides were settled.  .  In fact, Wei Wan's worries are unnecessary.  Cao Shi didn't hold any grudge against him. If he wanted to, he should hate Dou Yifang. Wei Wan didn't have the tricks of the Empress Dowager. He was a gentleman.  There is not much threat to Cao Shi.  "Mr. Wei, is there something on my face?" "Ah, no." "Then why are you looking at my face? I thought there was a bug lying on my face." "No such thing, I just  I was thinking about some old things." Cao Shiruo said thoughtfully: "Let the past go by! We have to move forward." Wei Wan immediately realized: "What the general Chaqi said makes sense. Let the past go.  Let him go." Cao Shi would not lose face with them. He knew that the conflict between the two parties was only a conflict between governance and rules. Once the conflict between the two parties was resolved, it would no longer be a conflict.  It¡¯s just that the Xiao family is different.  He must not give the Xiao family a good look, because the Xiao family does not have a good look towards the Cao family either, and they always exchange bad words when they meet.  It is also common to greet each other's parents in Chu language, because there is a big feud between the two families.  Both parties knew full well that there was no possibility of reconciliation. The hatred and resentment accumulated over decades, and the deliberate efforts of successive emperors to channel and induce them also played a significant role.  Cao Shi was very disappointed.  The Xiao family's return to Chang'an must have been done by the emperor. Why did he do this?  "Perhaps the emperor's instinct is kicking in. Liu Che inherited his father's mean and unkind bloodline.  According to that direction, sooner or later the meritorious officials will be killed. Historically, Wei Qing was cautious and only survived.  How long he can hold on is still a question.  Cao Shi didn¡¯t quite believe it.  Liu Che will become more and more cruel, but that should never be the beginning of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty.  He is only a sixteen-year-old young man who has just lived a good life for a few days and is enjoying the wonderful feeling that power brings. There will be no obstacles or discomfort for him.  "Or it could be someone's suggestion. This person must be a close confidant of the emperor. Who could this person be?" Cao Shi was very confused.  Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it¡¯s the day of the Taixue entrance exam.  The exam is held over three days, with a written test in the morning and a physical test in the afternoon, including a 100-meter dash, a one-kilometer middle-distance run and a five-kilometer long-distance run, rope skipping, long jump and high jump, push-ups and sit-ups, simple 15-meter target shooting, etc.  The content of the written test is very simple. The literacy level will be tested on the first day. Commonly used words will be tested.Knowledge and understanding of word usage, as well as a basic understanding of hundreds of classics. What are the core ideas of Mohism?  What are the core ideas of Confucianism?  What is the core idea of ??Huang Lao Taoism?  On the second day, the test was a little deeper. Briefly describe the advantages and disadvantages of Huang Lao's inaction, what are the differences between Huang and Lao's new learning, and what is his view on war?  What is your view on industrial and commercial colonists?  What is your view on corvee labor?  What are your views on immigrants from border counties?  On the third day, it was changed to a small orientation test, which was somewhat similar to some love song quizzes. There were one hundred multiple-choice questions in the test paper. Each question gave six completely different answers. Different choices were made based on the results of the respective answers. The final political orientation was,  Economic tendencies as well as cultural tendencies.  The Taixue examination mainly selects young people who are inclined towards Huang Lao and innovation and change. In particular, the three major departments of liberal arts, science and engineering have the most stringent requirements, and other major colleges can lower their own requirements.  Except for the second day, which is slightly more difficult, the other two days of the exam are not difficult. The second day does not require lengthy answers. It only requires simple answers within 500 words. If the answers are satisfactory, more than half of the points will be awarded. If you write slightly better, you will get more points.  Higher scores can be dealt with as long as you have a certain level of knowledge.  Cao Shi originally thought that a large number of people would pass the exam, because the test questions are really simple. As long as you can read and write something, as long as you write something meaningful, you will get half of the basic points. Hundreds of thousands of candidates must get half of it.  After passing the preliminary examination, Taixue was only prepared to recruit 50,000 people, and he had to write a more difficult test paper for the second examination.  But the result surprised him, and many people turned in blank papers.  Especially on the second day, he found that most of the candidates' papers were completely blank. They only had a crooked name in the upper left corner of the paper. The papers were sorted cleanly as if they had never been used.  "What's going on?" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!
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