Chapter 76 Imperial Examination
When Lao Yu heard this, his mouth opened wide and said, "Oh my god, this is 40-degree alcohol. Are you trying to hurt me?"
It can be used as disinfectant when performing surgery on humans.
Lao Yu's heart trembled, and he hurriedly pushed the cup forward.
Old Yang was stunned. Old Yu, you old man, don’t you give face to my son?
He worked so hard to make such a high-purity liquor, but others couldn't even drink it, and your mother actually backed out.
When Li Ji saw Lao Yu's ugly look, he laughed in his heart.
This is also a person who does big business. To be honest, you, Lao Yu, have traveled all over the country and even urinated in the Grand Canal.
You've seen a lot of things in the world. Isn't this just a little spicy water?
I haven't asked you to fight a bloody battle yet. If you fight with bandits, I think you will be the first deserter.
If you serve in my personal guard camp, I can chop you into pieces with one knife, you coward .
Li Ji didn't ask any questions. He picked up the wine glass, tilted his head back, and drank it down in one gulp.
Old Yang thought to himself, Queen Xiao has told you that you have to support and obey whatever Aji does.
If you make Aji unhappy, you will have to sleep on the floor when you come back at night.
It’s not that Lao Yang himself is afraid of sleeping on the floor, the key is that Queen Xiao is the most beautiful woman in the Sui Dynasty, and once Lao Yang sees her, he can’t leave her side.
Just think about it, if you let a greedy cat look at a tender fish but not be allowed to eat it, wouldn't your mother make the greedy cat so anxious that he would grab his heart with his hands?
I, Old Yang, am not stupid. I understand this truth. A night of spring is worth a thousand gold. Why should I sleep on the floor?
Thinking of this, Lao Yang tilted his head back, gulped down a large glass of wine.
"Good wine! Good wine! Lao Yu, stop wasting time. For a man, this wine is just like boiled water."
When Lao Yu saw that Lao Yang drank it readily, he dared not refuse.
As long as it doesn't offend Yu, why should Old Yu offend Old Yang?
No, no, I'm not going to offend Lao Yang, so why shouldn't I give Xiao Xian face?
You may think that not giving Xiaoxian face is a small matter, but in Lao Yang's opinion, it is a big matter.
Queen Xiao repeatedly warned people not to scare the young master.
It’s not that Li Ji is so scary, but does he have creepy hairs on his body?
If he is unhappy, he won’t welcome you next time you come, and it won’t look good either.
It doesn’t matter if I’m not good-looking, but if Lao Yang is not good-looking, that’s a big deal.
So, to offend Xiaoxian is to offend Lao Yang.
If you offend Lao Yang, I, Lao Yu, will have to leave.
I have lived a life of luxury for most of my life, and I don't want to live in poverty.
It’s not that I haven’t experienced poverty before, but I’m afraid that I’ll have to move if I don’t have a head on my neck.
When Lao Yu thought of this, sweat started dripping from his head before he even drank the wine.
Li Ji took a look and wondered if the spicy hotpot was too hot.
"Yucheng, arrange for some maids to come and bring some feather fans to fan Old Yu."
Yu Cheng did not dare to be negligent. After a while, several top maids from the Xun Mansion came over.
There was a maid on each side, fanning them non-stop.
The more you fan, the more Lao Yu sweats.
Li Ji thought, Lao Yu was sweating, but Lao Yang was not sweating.
This shows that Lao Yu has kidney deficiency and a weak body.
Li Ji raised his eyes and found that it was indeed good.
Lao Yu had a dark forehead and a slightly yellowish complexion, indicating that he had an incurable disease.
Li Ji thought, I won’t make things difficult for you, if you don’t want to drink, then don’t drink.
Don't ask me to send you to drink. If you have any emergency, I can't take responsibility.
But Li Ji was about to speak.
When Lao Yu saw Lao Yang's ugly face, he was so scared that he picked up his wine glass.
He closed his eyes, opened his mouth, and made up his mind. He was just a night watchman in the blink of an eye.
A large glass of soju was immediately drunk.
“Ahhh!”
Lao Yu started to cry.
"This wine is strong, good wine. It's fragrant and goes down your throat."
"Hurry and eat your food."
Li Ji took Lao Yu's chopsticks and picked up a braised pork trotter.
"What kind of dish is this?" Lao Yu asked.
"Oh my god, after a glass of wine, I don't recognize this dish. Don't we have it in Dongdu? Don't we have it in Jiangdu?"
Li Ji picked up another pig's trotter for Lao Yang.
Then he said slowly: "This is not an ordinary pig's trotter."
Lao Yu opened his eyes and asked in confusion, "What is that called?"
"Thirteen spices seasoning, special ingredients from Dahai Temple, I cooked it myself, and it took me two hours to simmer it."
"What do you think the dish is called?" Old Yang also became anxious.
Li Ji had kept the secret secret for a long time, so he said mysteriously, "Deadly pig's trotter."
Lao Yu and Lao Yang picked up the food and started eating, smacking their lips as they ate.
"It's a delicious dish. Xiaoxian is a good cook."
Li Ji added: "This spicy hot pot is also a famous dish, you guys should eat more."
The second cup was another full cup.
Li Ji picked it up and said with a smile: "We are good friends. Lao Yang, come, I'll toast you."
Old Yang picked it up and drank.
Li Ji filled his own cup, "Old Yu, it's better to live in a village than to be a family. I'll toast to you too."
Lao Yu was about to refuse, but when he turned around, he saw Lao Yang's expression again.
Without saying a word, he drank it all in one gulp.
"My little fairy, we have drunk the wine and eaten the food. What else do you think the current emperor is capable of?"
Li Ji's eyes rolled. Yes, for the current emperor, this achievement cannot be just one.
Lao Yu and Lao Yang are both here, let me give you another example.
"In fact, His Majesty, in addition to digging the Grand Canal, did one more thing, and that was to the extreme."
Lao Yu was shocked and said, Xiaoxian, you can’t just spray nonsense.
"Lao Yu, what do you think is the most important thing for a country?"
"Of course the military is the most important. Take the current situation for example, the people who have their own army are the most powerful."
"Not really. The most important thing nowadays is to select talents. Why did Cao Cao launch the policy of 'selecting people based on their talents for recruitment'?"
Lao Yu thought that when Cao Cao started his career, he issued many edicts to seek talents, and some talented civil and military men of humble origins who were good at governing a country and commanding military forces were promoted and employed.
This is indeed a big deal.
If you want to gain a firm foothold in troubled times, you must have talented people around you.
Li Ji said: "At the turn of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Nine-Rank System was implemented, and the standards of talent and virtue were gradually ignored."
"Family background became more and more important. By the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a situation where the aristocratic families monopolized the political power, with 'no poor family in the upper class, no aristocratic family in the lower class.'"
Li Ji, taking advantage of his drunkenness, began to express his own opinions.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Nine-Rank System was finally abolished.
In the second year of Daye (606), the emperor established the Jinshi examination to select candidates through test papers.
After the establishment of the Jinshi degree, examinations were used to select talents and appoint officials. Therefore, the creation of the Jinshi degree marked the formal formation of the imperial examination system of the Sui Dynasty.
The previous systems of recommendation and the Nine-Rank System both relied on the recommendation of the responsible officials as the key to selecting officials, so they are collectively referred to as recommendations.
The imperial examination system used the results of a unified examination as the basic basis for selecting candidates, so examinations were the core of the imperial examination system.
"Imperial Examination" means selecting scholars by subject. It combines studying, taking exams and becoming an official, and becomes the only way for scholars to advance in their careers.
"Emperor Yang of Sui opened up a new channel for scholars to take exams and join politics, ushering in an era of imperial examinations."
When Lao Yang heard this, he immediately became excited. Only by walking around more can one understand social conditions and public opinion.
Suddenly, he picked up a large pot of wine, his eyes shining.
The mouth was a little inaccurate: "Xiao, Xiaoxian, come on, let's get fat..."
