Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 393: Two Sucks
After hearing what Zhang Chunhua said, they saw that two of the eight young men already had troubled expressions, one looked about seventeen or eighteen, and the other only about thirteen or fourteen.
After standing for a while holding the gift box from the King of Chu, the elder one gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle, I also think what this gentleman said makes sense... Your Majesty, Yi failed to catch up with the county exam in Min County, can he register elsewhere?"
"Yi...your name is Fei Yi?" Bai Tu's eyes lit up, but he pretended to be nothing. After all, Fei Yi didn't have much reputation now.
Seeing Fei Yi's answer, Bai Tu simply nodded and said, "For the sake of fairness, unless you are registered outside of Jingyang, you will need to go through a lot of procedures if you register outside your registered place... But since you have such great ambitions, I admire you very much. I can make an exception and recommend you to prepare for the palace examination in Jinling in October!"
When Fei Yi heard that the King of Chu was willing to write a recommendation letter for a nobody just because he admired his ambition, he was even more moved and bowed deeply, saying, "I will definitely live up to the King's recommendation!"
At first, Fei Boren wanted to signal with his eyes, but when he saw Fei Yi had already started talking, he just sighed in his heart and no longer showed any surprise on the surface.
After all, he was just taking some close relatives to seek refuge with his cousin...
Fei Yi's father died early, but he is already eighteen years old now, so he decided not to worry about his uncle.
As for Bai Tu , he was not worried that his recommendation would fail. Although Fei Yi was still very old, he was also a famous figure in history and one of the four prime ministers of Shu Han. Zhuge Liang also mentioned him in "The Memorial to the Emperor on Leaving the Capital".
Fei Yi was good at internal governance and had been sent as an envoy to the State of Wu many times. After Zhuge Liang's death, Fei Yi disagreed with Jiang Wei and believed that Shu Han should recuperate.
But unfortunately... ...Fei Yi was later assassinated by a surrendered general of Wei State at a New Year's banquet.
Even though Fei Yi now was not as experienced as he would be decades later, his first imperial examination should not be so difficult that even the young Fei Yi would fail.
At this moment, the younger boy whispered, "Nephew, if you take your uncle...brother with you when you take the imperial examination, I won't go to Xichuan with you." The second half of the sentence was said to Fei Boren.
It seems that this young man is of the same generation as Fei Boren, and Fei Yi even calls him uncle.
Upon hearing this, Fei Boren glared at the young man - unlike Fei Yi, this cousin was close to him and also had a close blood relationship with Liu Zhang's mother, so how could he allow him to go to Jinling as well?
When Bai Tu heard what the young man said, he asked, "Oh? What's your name? Are you going to Jinling to study?"
"Reporting to the king, I, Fei Guan, know that I am not talented enough and have little knowledge. I am afraid that I cannot pass the imperial examination like my nephew Fei Yi. But I heard that there are many official schools in Jinling, and I would like to study there!" Fei Guan still has some youthful mentality and emphasizes that he is older than him.
"You have come to the right place to study. Not only do the six ministries have official schools, but there are also military academies, medical schools, planetariums... all of which accept students. However, it is not easy to pass the exam." Bai Tu said specifically.
Bai Tu also specially separated the imperial examination from the academic examination. In theory, the official school in Jinling was on the same level as the county schools in various places, but in reality... what was taught was much more profound and it was much more difficult to pass the examination.
After all, no matter how great Bai Tu's ambitions were, it was impossible for him to open vocational schools all over the State of Chu with just one sentence. The county schools in various places were still mostly focused on classics, with some focusing on mathematics and mechanical engineering. Only in Jinling could Bai Tu's decrees be implemented with the greatest efficiency, so various official schools emerged one after another.
As for other county towns, it will take at least another five years before they can gradually imitate and rise, provided that the official schools in Jinling really play a role!
“Don’t look down on me, Your Majesty. My nephew Fei Yi has the potential to be a minister, and I… at least have the potential to be a top student.” Fei Guan was called a “top student” because he heard about it from others. Top students in major official schools can be exempted from tuition.
"Uncle Guan..." Fei Yi wanted to stop his uncle in a low voice with some helplessness.
Bai Tu also had some impression at this time. Fei Guan looked good. Although he was not on the level of the four most , he could be considered handsome and likable.
I guess it should be Liu Zhang’s son-in-law?
Well, Fei Guan was of the same generation as Liu Zhang based on his cousin’s generation, but after entering Shu, Liu Zhang married his daughter to him.
In the Han Dynasty, seniority was not a big issue, but how close the blood relationship was?
Not to mention the Han Dynasty, in the entire history of feudal dynasties, when it came to preventing inbreeding, the matrilineal system was not considered, and the "five mournings" only considered the patrilineal system.
Because of his status as Liu Zhang's son-in-law, Fei Guan entered officialdom earlier than Fei Yi. He had already served in the Yizhou army before Liu Bei entered Shu. However... Fei Guan and Li Yan surrendered directly to Liu Bei when they were defending Mianzhu.
He was able to display his talents more under Liu Bei, ranking second only to Li Yan. He was promoted to the position of prefect of Ba County in his thirties. However... he died early, just a few years after Liu Chan ascended the throne.
Chen Shou, the compiler of "The Three Kingdoms", commented on him as "good at communication", which means he was able to get along with others.
One example I specifically cited is that Li Yan, who couldn't get along with anyone, got along well with Fei Guan, who was 20 years younger than him...
"Hahaha, okay, I'll wait for Jinling to have another academic master." Bai Tu naturally would not discourage "Tong Yan".
Fei Boren secretly groaned in his heart - it would be fine if Fei Guan just said it casually, but as long as he disagreed, how could Fei Guan leave?
However, now that the King of Chu has already made trouble, how can he not let it go?
However, except Fei Guan and Fei Yi, the others were not tempted. After all... Liu Zhang was a real relative!
After all, for them, what determines the upper limit is not the place where they can display their skills, but... the way they can do it.
Even if the State of Chu developed better, it was obviously not as important to them as the "connections" in Yizhou.
Bai Tu was already very satisfied. He only gave some four treasures of the study. Moreover, among the gifts he prepared, they were of the third tier, specially used to support the younger generation. He "plucked" the two most essential ones from Fei, and was in a very good mood for the time being.
After saying goodbye to Fei Boren, who had a stiff smile on his face, Bai Tu specially praised Zhang Chunhua.
Zhang Chunhua naturally didn't know that there were any powerful people in the Fei family before, but... she just followed Bai Tu's meaning and encouraged them, thinking that if there were really ambitious and studious people among them, perhaps she could inspire them. If not, it didn't matter if they left, as she wouldn't lose out anyway.
In Jiangxia, Bai Tu did not enter the city just to pass by, but actually "swept" several important counties...
After Fei's successful start, the results of Jiangxia's "mopping up" were also quite gratifying. The main approach was to appease the grassroots officials, and some reclusive scholars were either invited to serve or treated with courtesy. Young students were also given prepared gift boxes.
Of course, every time they arrived at a county, the officials from the six ministries accompanying them would randomly inspect government affairs. Although the original intention was to examine the necessity of the two-level system of prefectures and counties,... they would also discover problems by the way.
Bai Tu would not show mercy to some intolerable mistakes, such as the Ministry of Justice discovering major wrongful convictions or the Ministry of Revenue discovering serious discrepancies in the accounts.
At the same time, he was not reluctant to make special appointments to local officials of high ability who had been overlooked by Jingzhou Prefecture.
