Wang Family.

The sound of the piano sounded.

Wang Kang sat cross-legged in the short desk, poured a cup of tea, closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the piano, and tasted the sweetness of the tea.

"It's still comfortable at home." He sighed slightly, shook his sleeves, and picked up the newspaper on the desk to look.

When the middle-aged pianist finished playing the song, he got up and sat down on the opposite side of the desk.

He is a Qingke worshipped by Wang Kang. He plays the piano for the host family every morning, and then savors tea and chats together, which is quite elegant.

"I guess the master can't drink such good tea in Xi'an."

"Oh? How did sir know?"

"Good tea must have good water. As the saying goes, "There are many sweet springs in the world," and there is no good water in other places, how can there be good tea?"

Wang Kang was soothed and smiled and said, "Yes, I went to Guanzhong this time, although I broadened my horizons, there were only three bad things. One was that I couldn't hear the gentleman's piano, the other was that I couldn't taste the water from Jinan, and the third was that I couldn't see the daily newspaper, haha..."

He handed the newspaper in his hand to the pianist and picked up another one.

"Now my Sanlang is preparing to fight and swears to regain Yanjing. When I return to the capital, I am afraid that the spring water will be harder to drink."

Wang Kang sighed again, shook his head, and said, "I had expected this day, so I built many fertile land in the capital. This is just a matter of years of ups and downs in the shopping mall, and I have done it casually. No matter how rich you are in the future, you will lose this sweet spring water. It is a pity. What is the ten thousand bells added to me?"

The piano master then sighed and praised a few words, and the two talked about the actual things in the newspaper...

The biggest thing in the city yesterday was a murder case in the south of the city. Six fierce Jianlu crawlers sneaked into the city and killed a family, and an unknown master killed the six Jianlu.

The two of them were guessing who this master in the world would be.

The piano master is also well-informed and knowledgeable. When it comes to the Green Forest masters today, they are also very knowledgeable, such as Xiang Yuanchi, "Yuyang Iron Sword" Zhao Yan, "Iron Spear Showman" Wu Zhu...

Wang Kang was happy when he heard this, the piano master changed his mind and asked, "Do you think this newspaper is not as interesting as before recently?"

"Hey, you say that... it seems that's true. It's not as flexible as before."

"According to rumors, it is because the officials in charge of this matter have been transferred recently."

Wang Kang said: "Sir, I don't know that this newspaper was originally run by my husband's second daughter-in-law, and I followed the rebellious son to Xi'an."

"It's like this? It turns out that the second young master is doing it... Unfortunately, if it is not transferred, the second young master will be able to do it in the future, right?"

After hearing this, Wang Kang was honored and smiled slightly while stroking his long beard. He thought to himself that the officials of the department were nothing great, and he had to marry a dog when he entered the Wang family.

While chatting, a servant came to preach: "Master, a guest is here to visit..."

Wang Kang took the letter of worship and saw that it was an old minister named Hou.

Such a decent person came to visit him, which made him very happy.

This time was just right. He had just finished listening to the piano, drinking tea, talking, meeting guests, and handling affairs... It seemed that the other party was also considerate.

Wang Kang walked towards the outer hall, and as he walked, he suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but curse to himself.

Humph, I just recalled it now. It must be that the second brother bought me the cleaner and said good things to Song Lan'er. The rebellious son plotted against me again...

Now that the territory under the Northern Chu rule has doubled, the officials are naturally not enough, so there are a large number of places in this official examination.

This kind of exam is difficult for those scholars who have studied eight-legged essays after studying the classics after a long time. Miscellaneous studies such as arithmetic, agriculture, geography, etc. make them unable to breathe.

At the same time, there are also a large number of "second-rate scribes" who are not so good at the top of the eight-legged essays who are not as good as the other persons and are good at practical things.

Since the founding of the Chu Dynasty, like Chen Weizhang, there are many top talents who are professional and practical; but there are more and more literati with dissatisfaction in their careers, who have turned their energy to studying the art of saving the world, devoted themselves to the research of science and technology, and diligent writing.

This is not only an era of leap forward in Western science, but also an era of increasingly innovative Eastern academics.

Wang Xiao naturally would not imprison this academic atmosphere and would not learn from the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

In this era, there have been ideas like Xiangshan Society that advocate democracy. For example, "Mingyi Daiwenlu" is one hundred years earlier than Rousseau's "Theory of Social Contract".

Why do people become more and more ignorant after two or three hundred years?

The fire that never went out day and night in front of Wuying Palace burned all the books that promoted the people's nobleness and the wiseness of the people.

Only three thousand volumes of the Han people's books were compiled into the "Siku Quanshu", which seemed to have been castrated for ideological castration.

More than 700,000 volumes of works turned into dust and smoke, and an era of ten thousand horses silence came with it.

"The 15 states in the southeast of the Jinfen, and thousands of grievances belong to celebrities. The guests in the prison are all counted, and the talents occupants are entrenched on the upper reaches. They avoid the seats and are afraid of hearing about literary inquisitions, and they write books for rice and millet. Stay five hundred people in the fields, can they all return to the marquis?"

In the prosperous and beautiful Jiangnan, the powerful and powerful controlled everything and secretly occupied the key points. The scholar was afraid of literary inquisition and wrote only to ensure food and peace. Where is the hero Tian Heng now? He has been granted official titles and submitted to the court?

It has never been a big deal. "Chinese people cannot accept advanced systems and the times do not allow them." People in this era are far from being as ignorant as Wang Xiao thought at the beginning, and there are even many people who are more open-minded than Wang Xiao.

All he had to do was to open the shackles.

Reforming the imperial examination and election of officials is the first step...

With the repeated victory of Northern Chu on the battlefield, the situation in the world gradually became clear, and more and more down-and-out scholars who had lost their reputation in the Chu Dynasty but had talented people of the world came one after another.

This time the official election is more lively than ever before.

Although Wang Xiao did not dare to feel that "the world's talents are entering my throne", he knew that the imperial examination reform he had promoted was finally about to achieve initial results, and he would definitely surpass the Qing Dynasty and Southern Chu in terms of talents...

Zuo Mingjing was worried about this situation. She felt very early that at this critical moment, a large number of Jiangnan scholars flocked to Jinan would inevitably cause damage to the order in the city.

Especially after the murder case in the south of the city yesterday, she keenly felt that the six dead Jianlu were here to assassinate Wang Xiao.

Zuo Mingjing has been staying at the Zuo family these two days because she is... waiting to marry. She was originally prepared with all kinds of things, but after hearing about the murder, she felt a little dissatisfied.

At noon that day, Zuo Jinglun returned to the mansion for a nap. Zuo Mingjing thought that he would leave home soon, so she brewed tea for him.

While the grandparents and grandsons were talking, a servant came over and reported, "Old Master, King Jin has gone to the tribute court and asked if the eldest master should check together."

"It really looks like the spring exams in previous years..."

Zuo Jinglun murmured and got up and went out.

Zuo Mingjing returned to the room and the maid came up and asked, "Miss, do you want to bring this phoenix hairpin or this..."

She looked at the pointed fork, and inexplicably palpitations, turned around and ran outward.

Gongyuan.

"The "Qimin Yaoshu" is a must-have for official selection, the last five books..."

"After reading "River Prevention and Communication", "Embroidery", and "Geometry Original" will definitely be on the list..."

The shouts were endless, and the vicinity of Jinan Gongyuan was very lively.

The official selection exam is in full swing, unlike the imperial examinations where some gentry mastered the key points. The court did not provide a specific range of books, so there are all kinds of books sold on the surrounding streets.

Wang Xiao had met Zuo Jinglun and discussed for a while on the exam questions and other matters.

When Zuo Jinglun left, he took a walk in the tribute court and arranged some small things without getting tired of it.

First, I stood on a high place and looked for a while, raised my hand and said to the officials around me: "The management is too chaotic. That street can be planned to create a book market and the teahouses are concentrated on the opposite side..."

"Yes, but Jinan City is too small now."

"Did you see the two rows of official houses over there? You will also move to the outer city at that time." Wang Xiao said.

As he was talking, he involved the expansion of Jinan. Wang Xiao summoned another official and said, "Remember, the government offices of various departments of the court moved outside the city first, so the houses did not need to be built too well, which was the case in the past or two years. Only when the officials moved out of the city first, the people dared to move out with confidence and boldness..."

As he spoke all the way, Wang Xiao walked around the tower and walked to the other side, still talking nonstop.

"There are more candidates this time than before, so you must arrange them well. Don't worry about cheating and keeping them in the imperial examinations like before. We will have another round of interviews, so we are not afraid of them cheating... A canteen is planned there..."

"The King of Jin, among the many candidates who have registered now, many are from all over the north and the south. Their background is not too late to investigate. Will the time for the start of the exam be further pushed back?"

"No need, don't always worry about what kind of meticulous work they are, spies. What is this? It's a big deal to give up food because of choking. It's a big deal to use materials in the country..."

Wang Xiao was halfway through his speech, his eyes fell on the long street and was stunned for a moment.

He saw a group of candidates walking outside the tribute school, as if they were familiar with the environment, one of them was very special.

"By the way, do I have a specified age for reference?"

"Report to King Jin, no."

"Oh." Wang Xiao thought for a while, then looked back, thinking: That person is gray and gray, and he is still here to take the exam. He will limit his age next time.

...

After talking, he was also dry and finally returned to the hall and took a breath.

The accompanying officials breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly arranged for people to deliver tea.

Wang Xiaocai reached out to hold the teacup, and before he could drink it, someone outside the door called "Master Zuo".

I thought it was Zuo Jinglun who returned, but I didn't expect that when my eyes lit up, a beautiful figure rushed in, but it was Zuo Mingjing.

He smiled and asked, "Why are you here?"

The teacup in his hand was taken by Zuo Mingjing and put it back.

She seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, then looked up at Wang Xiao, and then she realized that she was too unruly like this and was very embarrassed for a moment.

Wang Xiao took away the people around him, grabbed Zuo Mingjing's hand, and said, "You will marry me in two days. You shouldn't have met at this time."

"I……"

"But I'm very happy to see you."
To be continued...