Liu Cheng was very concerned about the status of Guo Jia and others.
He sent people to find Guo Jia, Mi Heng, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan and others.
"I heard that you participated in this imperial examination and did not enter the top three, so I am a little decadent."
The four people held up their hands and said, "Sir, Sir Sikong, please worry.
It's because the students are not talented enough to learn well.
They take the scientific examinations and fail to get good results, just to make people laugh, and let Sir Sikong down."
Liu Cheng waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, I am not disappointed.
Didn't you all pass the exam?"
Being among the top three is not necessarily the most talented person.
Those who can pass the exam mean that they have reached a certain level of talent. level, your talents are not all comprehensive.
Each of you is far better than others in a certain aspect.
In fact, I think that specialization is the most important.
After all, a person's energy is limited.
Probably good at everything” "If you must think that you can only get recognized by others by being in the top three, the worst you can do is take the exam again next year.
If you really have this idea, others cannot.
For you, this Sikong gives special permission."
Guo Jia bowed his hands and said: "No, Lord Sikong.
The imperial examination is the fairest way for students to advance.
How can we break the rules because of us?
After Lord Sikong said this, the students were relieved.
Sir You are right, specializing in one subject may be the best choice.”
"Me and so on," the other three people also said with their hands in hand.
"Go!"
Liu Cheng waved his hand, and then shouted: "Stay as a filial piety" After the other three left, Liu Cheng walked up to Guo Jia, stared at him and asked, "I see that your complexion is much better than when we parted ways in Liangzhou last year.
You have been recuperating in the past six months and have not taken Wushi Powder."
Bar" Guo Jia bowed his hands and said: "Since I came back from Liangzhou, my students have stopped touching that stuff and rarely even drink alcohol.
I learned some health-preserving techniques from the miracle doctor Hua Tuo half a year ago, and I'm lucky to have gained a little."
Only when an adult warns a student can he repent of his past mistakes."
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "This is because you have a strong will.
If it were someone else, it would not be so easy to quit.
Let's talk about things.
Yesterday I talked with Wen Ruo about the court's next deployment strategy.
Wen Ruo proposed that we should first go south and then go south.
North, the strategy of redefining the Central Plains.
The south refers to Yizhou and Nanman, and the north refers to Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuwan, and Youzhou.
What do you think of this strategy?"
Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "On the overall situation, the student is not as clear as Brother Wen Ruo, but the student thinks this strategy is feasible, because Yizhou, Nanman and Mobei Youzhou are relatively difficult to conquer, but they are also the imperial court must be resolved first, if not If we want to deal with Yizhou and the Southern Barbarians, Liu Yan will form a constraint on us, and the same is true in the north.
Now the Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Fifty Thousand People in the north are not peaceful.
For the court to be relatively safe, Yizhou is the greatest threat, and the court should Let’s deal with Yizhou and Nanman first.”
Liu Cheng thought for a while and said: "Yes, I think so too.
As for Liu Yan in Yizhou, I want to issue an edict to Liu Yan in the name of the imperial court and ask him to go to Beijing to report on his duties.
Then I will use the army to approach Jiameng Pass as a warning."
To intimidate and force Liu Yan to go to Beijing, what do you think?"
Guo Jiadao: "The students think this is feasible, but the content of this edict must be carefully considered."
"Who do you think is the most suitable person to draft this edict?
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Who has written this edict just right?"
Guo Jia thought for a moment and said, "Ruan Yu, this year's top scholar in the new subject, is very good at being a chapter secretary.
It is difficult for ordinary people to match his literary talent.
The students recommend Ruan Yu."
Liu Cheng then remembered that he had not seen the top three in the first imperial examination this year, so he immediately sent someone to find these three people.
Fortunately, the three top three in high school were all arranged to serve in Chang'an.
Ruan Yu, the top pick, Xu Qian, the top pick, and Yang Xiu, the top pick, soon came to Sikong Mansion to pay homage to Liu Cheng.
Liu Cheng waved his hand, pointed at Guo Jia and said to the three of them: "You are all exempt from courtesy.
If I hadn't been reminded by Feng Xiao today, I would have forgotten the three of you.
I have read all three of your scientific examination answer sheets.
They are very good.
It’s well deserved to be among the top three.”
"Thank you, sir."
The three of them bowed their hands in salute, and then bowed their hands to Guo Jia.
The two sides bowed to each other before giving up.
Liu Cheng asked: "How do you feel after taking office?"
Yang Xiu replied: "I feel that being an official is different from what I imagined."
"Students also feel this way," Xu Qianye said.
Yang Xiu is the son of Yang Biao.
The whole family of Yang Biao was killed by Dong Zhuo.
Yang Xiu was not at home at the time and was able to save his life.
However, the family fortunes also declined.
Fortunately, Dong Zhuo had been killed, otherwise Yang Xiu would really have died.
He has no future, so he is lucky to be able to take the scientific examination this time.
Liu Cheng said to the three of them: "You have just entered the officialdom.
I hope that you will stick to the bottom line and principles at all times in the future.
When you go back, each of you will write an article about your initial thoughts on being an official and give it to me in a few days." have a look"
"promise" "Ruan Yu stays" After Yang Xiu and Xu Qian left, Liu Cheng called Ruan Yu and said: "Yuan Shao has a person named Chen Lin.
He is a rare talent who can write military and national documents.
I just said that your talent is not inferior to Chen Lin."
Ruan Yu quickly cupped his hands and said, "Brother Fengxiao is so complimentary."
"You don't have to be humble.
I want you to stay here so that you can draft an edict in the name of the emperor and ask Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou, to go to Beijing to report on his duties.
The deadline is two months.
He took him with him when he left Luoyang to take office in Yizhou.
The third son Liu Mao.
However, Liu Mao has died of illness in Shu.
Now his three sons are in Chang'an, and the eldest and second are still officials.
Only Liu Zhang, the youngest, is at home.
Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, has long written a letter saying that Liu Yan was suspected of arrogance and disobedience.
Last year, the imperial army broke through Hanzhong and captured Zhang Lu.
Zhang Lu also confessed that he was ordered by Liu Yan, so Liu Yan had long been hiding in Yizhou and proclaimed himself king.
Now the imperial court has 20,000 troops stationed in Hanzhong, and Liu Yan has soldiers under his command.
There are more than 40,000 horses.
This is the current situation, so how to write this edict is very critical.
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It must not only make Liu Yan understand that his attempt is impossible to achieve, but also give him enough pressure, but not force him to jump over the wall. " After Ruan Yu thought for a moment, he handed over his hand and said: "Please give me the pen and ink, Lord Sikong."
Liu Cheng waved to the clerk next to him: "Come on, bring me the Four Treasures of the Study."
The pen, ink, paper and inkstone were quickly delivered to the low table in front of Ruan Yu, and there was a clerk who specially polished the ink for him.
Ruan Yu already had a draft in mind, and he started writing without any hesitation.
Before he had time for a cup of tea, he stopped writing, picked up the drafted edict and handed it to Liu Cheng.
After finishing writing so quickly, Liu Cheng looked at him suspiciously, took the paper and read it.
After reading it, he couldn't help but admired: "Okay, Ruan Yu is really a talented person.
Fengxiao, you should also take a look."
Guo Jia took it and read it carefully, and sighed: "I wanted to make some revisions, but I couldn't add or subtract half a word.
Yuan Yu's talent is really impressive."
Liu Cheng laughed and said: "Haha, Yuan Shao has Chen Lin, and I have Yuan Yu."
After laughing, Liu Cheng told Chen Qun, the official on duty next to him: "Chang Wen, go to the Chancellor's Desk and ask them to quickly copy this grass edict into a formal edict and send it over to have it stamped with a seal."
"Nuo" Chen Lin took the paper and left with the two soldiers.
Liu Cheng asked: "Yuan Yu's articles are so concise.
They must have been instructed by a famous teacher.
I don't know who Yuan Yu studied under."
Ruan Yu cupped his hands and said, "The student's teacher is Lord Sikong's father-in-law, Master Cai."
"It's him."
Liu Cheng was shocked, and then became quite angry: "This old man Cai is also very unkind.
He obviously has a talented student like Yuan Yu but he didn't recommend him to me.
I will definitely go to him to discuss it tomorrow."
Ruan Yu seemed to have seen the quarrel between Weng and his son-in-law, and couldn't help feeling a chill.
He quickly spoke for the teacher Cai Yong: "Master Sikong mistakenly blamed the teacher.
It is precisely because the teacher is the father-in-law of Master Sikong that the teacher cannot recommend him to Master Sikong.
My own students, students think that the imperial examination is really a relatively fair way to advance, at least there is nothing fairer than it today."
Liu Cheng waved his hand and said: "You don't have to speak for old man Cai.
This old man just doesn't like me.
Now that I know Yuan Yu's talent today, I can't miss it.
It just so happens that Mi Heng is about to be released.
I'll wait for Mi Heng to be released in a few days." , you will come to Sikong Mansion to take over the position of literary director."
Ruan Yu cupped his hands and bowed, saying: "Ruan Yu, how dare you disobey your orders?"
The edict written to Liu Yan was sent by Liu Cheng to Yizhou as quickly as possible.
At this time, Liu Yan's government was in Mianzhu.
There was a woman beside Liu Yan, Zhang Qiying, the mother of Zhang Lu.
This woman was favored by Liu Yan because she was good at pretending to be gods and ghosts.
When Zhang Lu was able to lead the army to attack Hanzhong, it was Zhang Qiying who was at Liu Yan's side.
He spoke in front of him.
During Dong Zhuo's rule, he also sent envoys to Yizhou, but Zhang Lu secretly intercepted them in Hanzhong and failed to reach Mianzhu.
Hanzhong was now under the control of the imperial court.
Liu Yan wanted to send envoys to intercept and kill the imperial envoys but failed.
It's unlikely.
If something happens to the envoy in Yizhou, trouble will ensue.
This time the imperial envoy arrived at Mianzhu without any obstruction and met Liu Yan.
When the envoy read out the edict, Liu Yan still respectfully placed the incense table and knelt down to accept the edict.
After the eunuch issued the edict, he said to Liu Yan: "Liu Yizhou, my envoy can only wait in the post house for three days.
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If Liu Yizhou is ready within three days, he can go to Beijing with me.
If Liu Yizhou cannot prepare it within three days, I will The envoy can only take one step first, and I hope you can follow as soon as possible.
Don't keep His Majesty waiting, otherwise the delay will be a big disaster."
Liu Yan hurriedly said: "Excuse me, the angel has come all the way from Chang'an to Mianzhu.
The angel has been working hard all the way.
Please allow me to prepare a small amount of wine for the angel to catch the wind and wash away the dust."
The eunuch who announced the decree smiled and said: "Master Liu, there is no need to do this.
Besides, even if there is a banquet, our family will not dare to eat.
Now the rules in the palace are very strict.
The superiors strictly prohibit eating, taking cards, etc.
If found out, they will be severely punished.
That is I don’t know how many pairs of eyes among this entourage are staring at our family.
Liu Yizhou, please don’t embarrass our family.
Our family can eat and live in the post house.
Farewell, farewell."
Liu Yan was dumbfounded as he watched the eunuch who announced the decree and his entourage leave the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion.
Yilang Pang Xi, who had accompanied Liu Yan to Shu, looked at the leaving eunuchs and murmured: "These dog eunuchs have actually changed their gender."
Liu Yan quickly came to his senses with a solemn expression on his face.
He had a premonition of the seriousness of this matter.
Even these middle-ranking officials and eunuchs refused to accept filial piety and refused to eat or drink.
What does this mean?
The edict severely reprimanded him, saying that after entering Shu, he failed to quell the rebellion in Shu in time, but instead caused frequent riots.
He even arranged for Zhang Lu to lead troops into Hanzhong and kill the former Hanzhong prefect.
Su Gu, cut off the connection between the DPRK and Shuzhong.
This is a serious dereliction of duty.
The edict also mentioned his three sons in Chang'an, saying that they were all loyal and patriotic ministers who had performed well.
He also mentioned that some people suspected that he had overstepped his bounds, and asked him to immediately go to the imperial court as soon as he received the imperial edict.
Set off to Chang'an to report on your work.
You must arrive in Chang'an within one month, otherwise you will be dealt with seriously.
Nowadays, the eunuchs do not show filial piety and do not eat or drink.
This only shows that the official administration in the court has been very clear.
The clear administration means that the execution of government orders is smooth and efficient.
Even if you want to find an excuse not to go to Chang'an, you will not be able to get past it.
The Hanzhong Tunnel The 20,000 troops stationed there are not just decorations.
There is also Liu Biao in Jingzhou who has always been at odds with him and Liu Yan, wishing that he Liu Yan would be unlucky.
Several days passed, and the eunuchs who announced the decree had left long ago.
Liu Yan was still undecided.
Zhao Wei was still rebelling in Brazil County.
The Southern Barbarians were also ready to make a move.
There was serious internal instability.
If they hadn't gathered tens of thousands...
"Dongzhou soldiers", coupled with the support of Qingqiang, he simply couldn't hold back his position.
That day Pang Xi asked Liu Yan: "My lord, what are your plans?"
Liu Yan finally said after a while: "Do you think I should go or not?"
"This" Pang Xi hesitated to say.
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"Tell me, it's already this time, what are you still worried about?"
Pang Xi had no choice but to say: "Lord, if I ask my subordinates to tell me, they are not optimistic about the future of Yizhou.
If Dong Zhuo had not died, he would still be in charge.
There is no way that Dong Zhuo could take down the lord, but Dong Zhuo is dead.
The whole court seemed to have changed.
I heard that the hussar general had conquered the Western Regions in the past six months, and the Western Qiang He has beaten so many tribes into obedience, as well as all the countries in the Western Regions.
He can kill whoever he wants.
The countries in the Western Regions don't even dare to fart.
The atmosphere of the court is different.
Now the external court is heavily imposing on us.
We are under pressure, and Zhao Wei and others are rebelling internally.
Once the imperial court actually sends troops to attack, we will be in trouble internally and externally."
Two days later, Liu Yan finally decided to leave for Chang'an, leaving Pang Xi to preside over government affairs as the chief historian.
However, Zhang Lu's mother Zhang Qiying opposed it.
She repeated her old tricks and used ghosts and gods to deceive Liu Yan, but Liu Yan had the idea.
It was decided that the soldiers would tie Zhang Qiying into a cage and take her to Chang'an.
She was the scapegoat he prepared for Zhang Lu's unauthorized attack on Su Gu, the former Hanzhong prefect.
In late August of the fourth year of Chuping, Liu Yan finally arrived in Chang'an and met with Liu Bian and Liu Cheng in the palace.
Liu Cheng did not order him to be imprisoned, but appointed him Taichang, and appointed Zhong Yao as the governor of Yizhou.
Yizhou presided over military and political affairs, and ordered Dong Cheng, who was stationed in Hanzhong, to lead 10,000 troops into Yizhou with Zhong Yao, and at the same time transferred Zhang Liao back from Hanzhong.
The governorship is only a temporary official position appointed by Liu Cheng to Zhong Yao, and is not permanent.
Once Yizhou is pacified, this official position will be revoked
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