Sign In a Lu Bu Fengxian at the Beginning

The news spread that King Zhou Zhi of Shu and the three great aristocratic families usurped the throne and were killed, shaking the entire Zhou Dynasty.

Especially among the aristocratic and wealthy families, it caused quite a storm.

The Yuan family, the Zheng family, these are the seven great families of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they are the leaders of the world's great families.

The Yuan family in Runan is the head of the seven great families of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

No one in the world could have imagined that such deep-rooted behemoths as the Yuan family and the Zheng family would be punished by the court and become a thing of the past.

It really shocked everyone.

Counting, four of the seven great families of the Great Zhou Dynasty have been exterminated by the court, leaving only three.

However, before the wealthy families in the world could recover from this shocking news, another news from the imperial court caused waves in the wealthy families in the world.

That is the scientific examination of the imperial court. If there is no place to recommend the procuratorate, you can also participate in the scientific examination.

This move by the imperial court directly changed the color of the wealthy families in the world.

Didn't the imperial court want to touch the cake of their family in the world by doing this?

You know, almost 80% of the officials of the Great Zhou came from wealthy families.

Therefore, almost all the powers of procuratorial recommendation in various regions are in the hands of wealthy families.

But now, the imperial court allows students who have no place to be recommended to participate in this scientific examination. Isn't this depriving them of the right to be recommended by a wealthy family in a disguised form?

If such an imperial examination is formed, students from poor families will not rely on their wealthy families in the future.

In this way, students from poor families may become opponents to control their wealthy families when they step into official careers.

This is not good news for the wealthy families in the world.

Therefore, after receiving the imperial court's rules for this imperial examination, all the wealthy families in the world ordered their children and students to give up this imperial examination.

This is the silent counterattack of the wealthy families in the world who are dissatisfied with the imperial court's imperial examination.

After all, it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son.

Most of the talented and learned people in the world come from aristocratic families.

Once the students from the wealthy families do not participate in the scientific examination, the result of the imperial court's scientific examination can be imagined.

And without the students from aristocratic and wealthy families participating in the scientific examination, there will be a lot fewer students participating in the imperial imperial examination this time.

...

Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhou Chen was practicing the Son of Heaven Conferring God Art.

After cleaning up the court during this period of time and annihilating the wealthy families like the Yuan family in Runan, Zhou Chen felt that his luck as the emperor had increased a lot, and he practiced the art of conferring the gods on the emperor, which was more than twice as fast as before.

"Crack."

A cracking sound came from Zhou Chen's body.

Zhou Chen's aura gradually rose, as if he had broken a certain layer of shackles, and went straight to the top.

"call."

Spit out a mouthful of foul air.

Zhou Chen opened his eyes, and streams of light shot out.

"The pinnacle of a third-rank master?"

Feeling the power coming from his body, Zhou Chen was slightly taken aback.

Zhou Chen didn't expect that this practice not only broke through the third-rank master realm, but also broke through to the pinnacle of the third-rank master in one fell swoop.

This really made Zhou Chen a little unexpected.

With his current strength, it should be regarded as stepping into the door of a master if he is placed outside!

Zhou Chen thought secretly.

"His Majesty."

"Du Shangshu, the Eight Sage Kings and the Minister of the Ministry of War are asking to see you outside the hall."

At this time, an internal servant and factory guard came in to report.

"Let them in."

Zhou Chen knew that the imperial court's scientific examination had ended, and these three people probably came to report the results of this scientific examination.

Zhou Chen got up and walked out of the inner hall,

Sitting on the dragon chair throne.

moment.

Du Ruhui, Eight Worthy King Zhou Xian and Shangshu of the Ministry of War walked in.

"I have seen His Majesty."

After the three of Du Ruhui walked in, they saluted Zhou Chen respectfully.

Zhou Chen looked up at Du Ruhui and the others; "The results of the scientific examination should have come out!"

"how?"

"How much talent is available."

Zhou Chen didn't talk nonsense and asked directly.

Du Ruhui, Eight Worthy King Zhou Xian and Shangshu of the Ministry of War all looked at each other.

Du Ruhui walked out, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is the list selected by the minister and the other three through the results of this scientific examination."

"Please take a look, Your Majesty."

Du Ruhui took out a memorial.

Minister of the Ministry of War also took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have also brought the test papers of the top three into the palace, please read them."

After speaking, Minister of the Ministry of War took out three test papers.

Zhou Chen on the dragon chair gave a glance to the guard next to him.

The internal guard immediately went down to take the memorial from Du Ruhui and the three test papers from the Minister of War, and sent them to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen first looked at the three top three test papers.

From Zhou Chen's point of view, being able to rank among the top three is definitely not an ordinary talent.

But when Zhou Chen finished reading the test papers of the top three, his brows frowned.

The top three test papers did not have any shocking talent for governing the country as Zhou Chen imagined.

On the contrary, judging from the content of the test paper, the talents of the top three can only be regarded as average.

Zhou Chen frowned and put down the three test papers, then looked at Du Ruhui's memorial.

After reading Du Ruhui's memorial, Zhou Chen frowned even tighter.

Because the available talents selected by the results of the scientific examination are far from what Zhou Chen expected before.

Moreover, the top three test papers disappointed Zhou Chen even more.

In the world of the great week, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, even if the sun is setting, it is impossible that even a few decent talents cannot be selected!

With doubts, Zhou Chen looked at Du Ruhui and the three of them; "What's going on?"

"The test papers for the top three in the scientific examination are very ordinary, and there is nothing outstanding about them."

"And why there are less than a hundred of these available people selected through the scientific examination."

"Could it be that the talents of my great week have withered to such a point? Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, only a few hundred people can pass the scientific examination?"

Zhou Chen looked at Du Ruhui and the three of them in puzzlement and asked.

Du Ruhui and the three of them laughed bitterly in their hearts.

The Eighth Wise King Zhou Xian bowed and said, "Your Majesty, almost all the students in this scientific examination are from poor families, and the students from aristocratic families basically did not participate in this scientific examination."

The Eight Sage King Zhou Xian explained the situation of the scientific examination.

After Zhou Chen listened to what the Eight Sage King Zhou Xian had said, his gaze sank a little.

The students from the aristocratic family did not participate in this scientific examination, which is obviously the silent counterattack of the aristocratic family against the imperial court's scientific examination.

Come to think of it, the wealthy families have also seen the impact of this imperial examination on their families.

Zhou Chen thought silently.

Originally, Zhou Chen's imperial examination reform this time was a touchstone.

Zhou Chen wanted to test the reactions of the world's aristocratic families and test how much resistance there would be.

But what Zhou Chen didn't expect was that the world's aristocratic family would counterattack so violently with this temptation.

It seems that if you want to reform the imperial examination, you have to make a good plan.

Zhou Chen looked up at Du Ruhui and the three of them; "The available talents selected by this imperial examination should be sent to the local government!"

"The top three are sent to Shu and the four northern states."

"There are quite a few vacancies in officials in the four northern prefectures and Shu, so fill these vacancies as soon as possible."

Zhou Chen said.

Although the imperial court of the four northern states had sent some officials there before, there were still quite a few vacancies.

The available people selected by this scientific examination, Zhou Chen happened to send them to the local government to fill in the vacancies.

Although these people have average talents and no great talents, they should have no major problems in governing a place after a period of training in the local area.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Du Ruhui bowed and said.

Although Fang Xuanling, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, has returned, Du Ruhui will be in charge of this matter during this time.

Currently, Du Ruhui is still in charge.

After talking about this matter, Zhou Chen looked at the Minister of the Ministry of War again; "Li Yuan, how about the compensation for the soldiers of the Shenwuwei who died fighting for the Great Zhou?"

Zhou Chen had already decreed this matter to Xun Yu and Li Yuan, Ministers of the Ministry of War.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the number of casualties reported by the Shenwu Guardian, I have sent people from the Ministry of War to start checking, and according to the list, started to issue pensions."

The Minister of the Ministry of War bowed and said, reporting the situation of Shenwuwei's compensation.

Zhou Chen nodded after listening to the report from Minister of the Ministry of War; "Your Ministry of War must check it out for me, and you must not miss one person."

"Your military department should also supervise the officials and generals below, and you can't deduct the pensions of these soldiers who shed blood for Da Zhou."

"Once found out, I will take it down and deal with it directly."

Zhou Chen said in a strict voice.

Throughout the dynasties, the pensions of the soldiers were issued, but many generals withheld them.

Zhou Chen didn't want this kind of thing to happen to Shenwuwei.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Minister of the Ministry of War bowed to accept the order.

Then, Du Ruhui and the others reported some things and left the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

...

After Du Ruhui and the others left, Zhou Chen thought about the imperial examination.

Zhou Chen knew that if he wanted to rejuvenate the Great Zhou, the first thing to do was to reform the imperial examinations, and he could no longer continue the previous referral system.

Let alone the world's aristocratic families control the passage of such words to official careers.

Otherwise, many talents will be missed, and the world's aristocratic families will corrupt Da Zhou.

However, judging from the trial of the imperial examination and the family's silent counterattack, Zhou Chen knew that it would not be so easy to reform the imperial examination and break the monopoly power of the family.

"It seems that if we want to solve this problem, we have to dig out the roots of the aristocratic families and break them down one by one."

Zhou Chen thought with flickering eyes.

...

Northern Xinjiang.

Zhenbei City.

A carriage slowly entered Zhenbei City.

"Is this Zhenbei City?"

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Jia Xu looked at the largest city in northern Xinjiang.

After several days of hard work, Jia Xu finally arrived at his final destination today.

As for why Jia Xu came to Zhenbei City in Northern Xinjiang.

Its purpose, needless to say, could not be more clear.

Jia Xu came here for the Marquis of Zhenbei.

This is also Jia Xu's next task.

Zhou Chen knew that if he wanted to solve the border issue, he could not resort to violence, but to seek wisdom.

Otherwise, once force is used, even if Zhenbei Hou is suppressed, the overall military strength of the Great Perimeter Pass will be weakened.

At that time, the aliens outside the pass will be given an opportunity.

The loss outweighs the gain.

Therefore, Zhou Chen sent Jia Xu to northern Xinjiang.

Zhou Chen believed that with Jia Xu, a poisonous man, it shouldn't be too difficult to win Zhenbeihou.

"Mr. Jia, shall we go to an inn to rest first?"

A big man driving the car asked.

"No, go directly to your stronghold." Jia Xu shook his head.

After all, this is Zhenbei City, the territory of Zhenbeihou.

I don't know how many people in this city are the eyeliner of Zhenbeihou.

Especially the inn, definitely has Zhenbeihou's eyeliner.

Jia Xu had to be more cautious, and it was better to go directly to the Dongchang stronghold for safety.

"Yes, Mr. Jia."

The big man driving the car nodded.

The big man driving the carriage was not an ordinary groom, but the factory guard of Dongchang.

Zhou Chen sent Jia Xu to Beijiang to deal with the Marquis of Zhenbei, so Dongchang naturally assisted him.

And Dongchang also has their secret stronghold in Zhenbei City.

The big man driving the carriage drove the carriage through several streets, and finally stopped in an inconspicuous courtyard.

The big man driving the carriage glanced around, jumped off the carriage, stepped forward and patted the gate of the courtyard.

Soon, the gate of the courtyard was opened.

The big man driving the car directly took out a token of Dongchang and showed it to the person who opened the door.

The person who opened the door nodded directly after seeing the token in the driver's hand.

After confirming the identity of the person who opened the door, the man driving the carriage turned to Jia Xu who was in the carriage, and whispered, "Mr. Jia, we have arrived."

Upon hearing this, Jia Xu lifted the curtain of the carriage and got out of the carriage.

Jia Xu didn't say anything, and walked into the courtyard directly.

The big man driving the car also walked in.

The person who opened the door waved his hand three times not far away.

A figure came from not far away, got into the carriage, and drove towards the courtyard not far away.

...

night.

In a secret room in the courtyard of the East Factory stronghold.

Jia Xu took the main seat.

Below sat three figures.

These three figures were none other than Cao Xing, Hou Cheng, and Hao Meng sent by Zhou Chen to impale the Zhenbei Army.

As for Song Xian and Cheng Lian, they went to Xiliang Army.

Jia Xu glanced at Cao Xing and the three of them and said, "You have read His Majesty's will just now, and you will have to rely more on the three generals."

Cao Xing and the others immediately stood up and said, "Mr. Jia has any orders, just say so, the three of us are at the disposal of Mr. Jia."

The content of the imperial decree is to let Cao Xing and the three of them listen to Jia Xu's arrangement.

Therefore, Cao Xing and the three of them stood up respectfully and obeyed Jia Xu's order.

"You all sit down!"

"Tell me about your situation in Zhenbei Army during this time."

"And what have you learned about the main generals of the Zhenbei Army?"

Jia Xu looked at Cao Xing and the three of them and said.

Jia Xu knew that if he wanted to take down Zhenbeihou without much violence, he could only start from the inside.

Only by starting from the inside can we win Zhenbeihou at a small price.

Jia Xu did not believe that the generals of the Zhenbei Army were all monolithic and loyal to Zhenbeihou.

What's more, everyone has weaknesses. Even if the generals of Zhenbei Army are all monolithic, as long as the weaknesses of these generals are found, then these generals will not be able to escape Jia Xu's palm.

After all, when it comes to calculating people's hearts, almost no one can match Jia Xu, a poisonous man.

"Yes, Mr. Jia."

After the three of Cao Xing sat down, they began to talk about the situation of the three of them in the Zhenbei Army and what they learned during this time.

You know, during this period of time, Cao Xing and the three of them have been pulling the generals of the Zhenbei Army to eat and drink every day.

These are not in vain.

Although, Cao Xing and the three of them did not learn much about Zhenbei Army from these generals.

But Cao Xing and the three of them basically knew a thing or two about these generals' hobbies and temperaments.

These are exactly what Jia Xu needs.

Only by understanding the hobbies and temperaments of these generals can we find out their weaknesses. Sign a Lu Fengxian at the beginning