Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2650 Fences and walls

  Because in Hedong County, the number of people who took the exam exceeded the estimate, coupled with the temporary change of the exam venue, the exam conditions are naturally conceivable.

  In the east of Anyi City, Hedong County, at the school grounds, a temporary test shed was built, full of local flavor. The unpretentious land exudes the unique fragrance of soil.

  There are not so many table cases, so we can only settle for the next best thing, just ask for a flat board, so there are many more tricks, and even some obvious half-section door panels also appeared. There is no need to consider the seat, only two bricks are used as the seat.

   Little officials in red and black robes and soldiers in armor stood outside the school grounds to maintain order.

When the time comes, the meritorious officers of Hedong County will come forward to give lectures. Of course, they will still be those routines, such as praising the hussars, announcing discipline, etc., but under such an occasion, it seems that a different atmosphere has been born. , making the surrounding students unavoidably a little nervous.

  Actually, there are still many irregularities in this exam, but these irregularities are not the focus of this exam.

  The emphasis is on "yes".

  From nothing to something.

  After Hedong Gongcao finished nagging, Shu Zuo started to roll the name. He called someone to verify his identity, and after a simple search, he put it in.

The process is basically the same as Chang'an's exam, but because it is obviously not proficient in the business, the progress is very slow. Fortunately, Sima Yi has noticed the problem again, and temporarily added manpower to increase the distribution, otherwise it may take a whole day just to enter the field time…

   After all the candidates had entered the examination room and sat down, it was almost noon.

   Delayed some time.

  The sun in the early summer is not very sunny, but it gradually shows enthusiasm. There is no pergola set up in the school grounds, and all the reference students are basking in the sun, and then they have to bask in the afternoon, unless they hand in their papers and leave in advance.

  Pei Mao and Sima Yi wore formal clothes, boarded the high platform of the school field, and announced the start of the exam.

  A policy theory, "On Trials".

  A test-oriented essay.

  The titles were all given by Sima Yi.

   There are no fill-in-the-blank questions, only essays.

   Difficulty is not small.

Policy theory is relatively broad, and there must be many students who have written it on weekdays. The question of policy theory in the imperial examination has never appeared before, so even if some students have written the question before, as long as it is not written in the near future , may not be able to remember.

   It is even more impossible to bet on the topic of the other exam-oriented essay, because it was written by Sima Yi on the spur of the moment. The title is a sentence, "Knowing what to stop, why are people not as good as birds!" 』

Dahan is fine at the moment, the questions can be given at will, basically there will be no repetitions, but the problem is that in the later stage of the imperial examination, the questions really don't know how many rounds have been given, and there are always so many questions in each exam. One or more than a dozen excellent articles are then disseminated, recited, and become model essays. However, there are so many words in the Four Books and Five Classics, so in the end, they become more and more fancy, so that they completely deviate from the meaning of the scriptures, and become One of the disadvantages of the imperial examination.

  Even though Sima Yi didn't come up with any tricky exam questions, when the question came out, the examinees groaned a lot, and then they were reprimanded by the inspectors in the exam room.

  Most people don't like to use their brains to think.

   This is a protective instinct that human beings survived in ancient times.

   Not needing to think means that you can rely on others and experience, which in ancient times represented safety. If too many people in a tribe think about choices, then there will inevitably be various disputes, which will eventually lead to the collapse of the entire tribe.

  Similarly, if an ancient human being faced with countless new situations, new plants, and new animals without any effective experience, even if he faced small mushrooms, he would probably be nothing. Those who have old experience do not need to try new things, which means that the danger is not great, and the brain will give a certain reward...

  But this protective instinct will also hinder the pace of human exploration.

  The higher you go, the more you need the ability to think.

Sima Yi looked at the students and candidates who were frowning, scratching their heads, smiling, or already writing in the school grounds. Among these people, how many people would be willing to think, want to cross the old boundaries, Welcome to the new world?

  Sima Yi also saw Pei Mao sitting at the side, smiling and saying nothing. Sima Yi felt that it was possible for Pei Mao to have guessed the metaphorical meaning of the topic, but he probably couldn't guess other aspects, which belonged to the deeper meaning...

   After all, Pei Mao is old, what he wants more is stability, safety, and being able to sit still without thinking.

  Pei Mao doesn't have much time, and the students and candidates in the audience still have...

  Sima Yi more or less guessed the significance of some hussar generals insisting on promoting the imperial examination. This is a battlefield to fight against negative emotions such as human laziness.

  A lazy person is unwilling to work hard to study, so naturally he will fail in the exam. Similarly, a person who is easily nervous, a person who is afraid of failure, a person who is afraid of the unknown, and a person with many negative behaviors, emotions, and thoughts is not suitable to be a human leader.

  Sima Yi thought that the imperial examination was only for the election of officials, but now he understands that it is to choose the future...

  Tear down fences, break down walls.

  The tempering of the heart and mind can make the heart truly strong.

Only those with a truly strong heart and wisdom can be qualified to take the position of leaders and lead mankind to the future. No matter how big the change, no matter how much temptation, no matter how difficult the dilemma is, they can calmly face it. Take it calmly. As for those who have neither wisdom nor a strong heart, but only want to stay in the warm, comfortable, safe, habitual nest, they are definitely not good leaders.

   Most of the original officials of the Han Dynasty were related households.

  What kind of official the father is, the son can generally be the same official. The son inherits the father's business, generation after generation, fences, courtyards, and cities.

In the end, the Great Wall was crossed by outsiders, and those who stayed in a warm, comfortable, safe, and accustomed place discovered that they were forced to face swords and guns with bare hands, and to face the cold naked. At that time, Will these people appreciate those who built fences, yards, cities, and even the Great Wall?

  Sima Yi smiled.

  In the former Qin Dynasty, countless fences, courtyards, and cities were broken, but in the end, the Qin Dynasty built the Great Wall by itself...

   Then the Han Dynasty went out.

   Western Regions, Northern Desert.

   Now there is still southern Xinjiang, and there is even more distant Taixi.

  Dahan needs those who have the courage to cross boundaries, just like those who were brave enough to break the original shackles when the Dahan founded the country.

  The imperial examination is to find out these people!

  This is probably the first meaning of Hussar General.

  The second layer...

  Sima Yi's gaze rested on some students.

Although those students may have tried their best to dress formally to take the exam, but the barren life still made their robes show a bit of embarrassment, making their skin reveal the traces of those labors, but their eyes Still clear, focused and full of hope for the future.

  Come to Hedong just to give these people the same opportunity.

   Anyone who is willing to make progress needs to be given a chance, at least once.

  Those who want to step over the fence, out of the yard, and break down the wall, give them a way.

  These people are different from those who are willing to be lazy. If they are not given a way, something will happen sooner or later, just like the Yellow Turban Thief.

   A lunatic is unreasonable. If this is the case, don't drive people crazy.

  If there is a third aspect to consider for hussars, Sima Yi's eyes fell on Pei Mao who was on the side.

  Pei Mao smiled and said: "The Master said: "When you stop, you know where you stop. You can be a human instead of a bird!" Well, this topic is good..."

  Sima Yi also smiled and cupped his hands, thinking in his heart, could this Pei Mao have seen it too? It looks like rumors, old and cunning...

  …<(￣︶￣)>…

   Zhang Shi, who hurried back to Chang'an from Pingyang, understood one thing, that is, the Taiyuan matter has been filed and there is no need for him to intervene.

  Now Zhang Shi is accepting a new mission and eyeing a new prey.

  Zhang Shi sat in the wine shop facing the street, looking at the Dojo of the Five Gods not far away, with a delicate expression.

Next to Zhang Shi, there was a young man in a linen robe, who pushed something wrapped in oil paper from the table to Zhang Shi, and said in a low voice, like a pastry sold in an ordinary shop: It’s a related situation...Please ask Zhang to take care of it...』

  Zhang Shi also took out a folded small flight ticket from his sleeve, pressed it with his fingertips, and delivered it to the opposite side of the table, "This is my next thought, I am still troublesome..."

  The young man on the opposite side of the table smiled, kept his hands away from the table, straightened his back, "Zhang engaged in this, my lord did this for Zhang... not for money..."

  Zhang Shi's hand paused slightly: "Your Highness is..."

  The young man nodded towards Zhang Shi, bowed his hands and said goodbye, "When the time comes, Zhang will know when he works..."

  The young man simply left.

Zhang Shi looked at the back of the young man leaving, thoughtful, and after a while, he fixed his eyes on the pastry-like thing wrapped in oiled paper, then stood up, and picked up the oiled paper bag 』, check out and go home.

  As soon as he stepped down from the restaurant, Zhang Shi saw Qiao Bing appearing at the entrance of the Wufang God Dojo, wearing colorful Taoist robes, and the surrounding people rushed forward to salute and say hello, and some devout believers even bowed their heads at Qiao Bing's feet...

  『Tsk tsk...』 Zhang Shi secretly smiled, shook his head, turned and left.

Qiao Bing, who was on the opposite side of the street, seemed to have noticed Zhang Shi's gaze, so he raised his head and looked around, but he didn't see anything special, and was soon disturbed by the believers around him, so he had to pretend again. Appearing to be a master of Taoism, he nodded slowly, and gave these believers "blessing"...

  After the blessing ceremony, Qiao Bing returned to the inside of the dojo, and the calm look on his face was gradually replaced by mortal emotions.

   In the past few months, the academic work has not been bad overall, and the grades have been good.

   But the problem is that Qiao Bing is not a god, not a real person, but a mortal, and he also has mixed emotions. More importantly, he has a family, a clan, and these worldly worries...

  Qiao passed through the dojo and entered the backyard.

  The backyard of Wufang Catholicism is not big, and it is mainly used as a resting place for these religious people in the dojo. On the left and right sides are two-storey wing rooms, which are the Datong shop, which is similar to the dormitory-type common congregation’s resting and sleeping place, and the main hall in the backyard is used as an office for dealing with the affairs of the ashram. Behind the main hall, it leads to two small courtyards. One small courtyard is the kitchen and dining room, as well as a place to store some sundries, while the other small courtyard belongs to Qiao Bing's personal courtyard.

   Qiao and walked to his own yard, his confidant Qiao Duolu had been waiting outside the yard for a long time.

  『Duo Lu, it’s been a long journey, it’s been hard work...』 Qiao He walked into the courtyard, sat down in the inner hall, and asked, 『How is the family doing now? 』

"My lord, at home... this, at home, everything is fine, okay..." Qiao Duolu took out a letter from his bosom, and offered it with both hands, "This is a letter from Mr. Shaolang to the lord... 』

  Qiao took it, looked at the wax, and then asked Qiao Duolu to sit on one side, and then opened the letter, and began to read it. The letter was written by his son, in which he wrote some information about his family, saying that because of Qiao Bing's status, the Qiao family in Sichuan and Shu were all pretty good, but similarly, Qiao Bing's son also mentioned one point, It is his people who are making money in the name of the five-party Catholic religion...

  『Mmm…』Qiao Bing frowned deeply.

  Qiao Strictly speaking, he is not a devout believer. Although he represents the pope of the five-party Catholicism, he still regards his position as an official position in his heart. Under such influence, it is not uncommon for the Qiao clan to make use of the five Catholic religions for profit.

  At the same time, Qiao also knew that the so-called five-party Catholicism was just a tool in the hands of Fei Qian, and the so-called "practice merit" was just a deception.

  『Duo Lu...』Qiao He put down the letter, 『Tell me honestly, what are my clan brothers doing? 』

   Qiao Duolu hesitated, "This..."

  『You have to tell the truth, so that I can know what to do! Qiao Bin said seriously, "If you hide it from me, then if there is a big problem in the future, you will be in trouble!" Let's be honest, what exactly did my clan brothers do? 』

  Before Qiao Duolu's narration, Qiao Bing also guessed and made some psychological preparations, but he really didn't expect that what Qiao Duolu said made him jump up.

  『Bastard! These bastards! Qiao Bing was furious, "How dare you?" ! How dare you do that! 』

   Qiao Duolu lowered his head.

  Qiao was not angry, so he said such words.

   Originally, when a person does evil, how can there be such words as "dare or not"?

   Maybe at the beginning, I just did it secretly, but once I tasted the sweetness and couldn't control the desire in my heart, there was no daring or not at all. I did it all, so why talk about daring?

  Pit, deceive, abduct, deceive, steal, rob, rob, plunder...

  The biggest difference between bad things and good things is that most people who do good things are staring at their own feet, while those who do bad things are mostly staring at other people’s pockets. People who do good deeds are always down-to-earth, working hard to make themselves better and better, and enjoy giving and gaining, while those who do bad deeds like to get something for nothing. They know that something is not good, but they still go back to do it.

  The members of the Qiao family, especially the brothers of Qiao Bing, were cheating and abducting.

   If there are too many scams and abductions, of course there will be problems and others will find out. And Qiao Bing's brother's way of solving problems is still a very classic method, which is to directly solve the person who raised the problem...

   Qiao also felt his whole body, as if being immersed in an ice cellar, it was bitingly cold.

  『Bastard! idiot! ’Qiao didn’t want to yell, but after all, there were people coming and going in the dojo in the yard next door and outside the yard, so Qiao didn’t have to suppress his emotions, and then sat down again, ‘If this is discovered, we The whole family is going to die! Do you think Xu Yuanzhi is a fool? ah? ! They are fools! Why doesn't the second uncle care? Why doesn't he care..."

  『My lord, my second uncle is getting old...』Qiao Duolu bowed to the ground, "He is old, he can’t walk very well, at home... please give me some advice from the lord..."

  『What is my idea? Qiao He suppressed his voice, "Why didn't this **** guy have any ideas when he was doing evil?" ! Now let me make up my mind, what can I come up with? ! These things will be discovered sooner or later, sooner or later! What to do then? what to do? ! 』

  Qiao was like a trapped animal, circling in circles in the house, and stopped after a while, "No, I'm going to go to the lord, go to the lord and confess everything!" 』

   Qiao Duolu hastily stretched out his hand and grabbed Qiao Bing, "My lord, I can't go, I have gone... After they go, will they still have a way out?" 』

  『What way to survive? What else are they thinking about? ! ’ Qiao shook his hands, ‘Let go! These bastards, why don't they think more about ways to survive when they do evil? ! 』

  『Master! They also gave us money..." Qiao Duolu said, "We also use their money... Lord! If there is a problem with this, they will also confess us...』

"what money? We didn't know it was money for evil! Qiao Bing said in a deep voice, "Even if you sell the fields and houses, you have to return the money to them!" Can't be involved in this! Absolutely not! 』

  『Master! my lord! Qiao Duolu held on tightly, "That's your brother, you have to save it... Also, if you go like this, the Lord will take the position of the Pope of the five gods..."

  『…』Qiao Bing was stunned.

  He lowered his head and looked at the gorgeous Taoist robe he was wearing.

   Then he stopped walking outside.

  He can give up money and affection, but he can't give up the Taoist robe on his body...

Money is like a fence, he can easily cross it, family love is like a courtyard wall, he can push the door out, but when it is his turn to wear the Taoist robe, he is trapped by such a gorgeous Taoist robe, like a Trapped in a city, with four doors closed, unable to escape.

  After a long time, Qiao Bing sighed helplessly, "It's over... sooner or later, I will be killed by these bastards..."

  (end of this chapter)