In the fourth year of Chuping (193 AD).

Chang'an is full of people, and everyone from all over the world is participating in the grand ceremony.

The Cai family is even more crowded, and the children of aristocratic families from all over the world have even left. It seems that if I came to Chang'an and didn't come to visit Cai Daru, I would have been in vain.

Cai Yong and Cai Daru's reputation have reached its peak since Dong Zhuo moved the capital to preserve Dongguan and Lantai.

Later, under Lu Bu's rule, he only had a name, and he focused on the library every day, which was also Dongguan. All the books in Lantai were stored in a tower.

Then a message circulated from the Cai Mansion completely shocked Chang'an and the world.

All the books in the library must be organized in a standardized manner, and all of them must be copied on Yu Xin's paper books.

This vast project can be participated by all literati throughout the world, and there is a monument erected in the library, and all participants are left here to admire it.

Isn’t this a fucking celebrity’s past life a free gift?

The Chang'an literati were all excited. This was a grand act that was sent to the front of you forever.

Wenhou Mansion.

"Mr. Wen is really very scheming. He used my fame to attract literati from all over the world to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examinations, just for this so-called battle for fame and fortune."

"After the accumulation, I went to copy the library and used fame and fortune to retain these literati from all over the world."

Cai Yong looked at Lu Bu and was really moved. He shook his head secretly while stroking his short beard. He really misjudged his eyes. This person was not a brave and good general, he was obviously a hidden hero!

"The general then has to use the fame and fortune of the world to retain the talented people in the world, one by one, even if this group of people knows that it is Wen Hou's conspiracy, it will not leave."

Looking at Lu Bu quietly, Cai Yong could only feel deeply that the imperial examination brought a brief prosperity to Chang'an, as if the illusion of the 14 states of the Han Dynasty in the world had all entered Chang'an.

Then copying the books is to retain the hearts of these talented men. The final reorganization of the collection of books in the world is less than three to five years old, and this vast project cannot be completed at all.

"Haha, all this is still due to Cai Daru's reputation. Otherwise, how could there be a grand event today?"

Lu Bu said modestly, "It's true that he is taking advantage of Cai Yong's reputation, but can the other party refuse?"

Cai Yong shook his head with a wry smile and sighed. He could not refuse. The temptation was too great. It was not only a temptation of fame and fortune that would be remembered for generations, but more importantly, the title of "All-in-the-world collection of books" was too tempting.

"I just hope that the Wen Hou will kill less in the future."

Since Dong Zhuo started, he has seen that the Han Dynasty was setting, and there were endless levels of ambitious people in the world. Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shao were not ambitious people.

He can't control it, and he doesn't have the energy.

Just as Lu Bu and the civil and military officials in Chang'an were busy preparing for the imperial examination, Cao Cao was trapped in Yanzhou and was secretly planning something.

The imperial examination began in full swing.

Chang'an specially set up an examination room for this imperial examination. Most of the people who participated in the imperial examination were young, including aristocratic families, poor families, and powerful children. People who were a little older and even had some achievements were arrogant and disdainful to compete for fame and fortune with young people.

Competing for fame with the younger generation will make people laugh at them for bullying the young, and if they lose, they will be even more embarrassing to their grandma's house.

They came here to witness the charm of the former Dongguan and Lantai collection of books.

In the examination room.

A strong Northern Liang soldier stood outside every small room. All candidates were not allowed to bring in any bamboo slips, paper books, and even brushes.

In a small room separated by apart in the examination room, there are soldiers responsible for eating, drinking, defecation and urination, and candidates are not allowed to leave a step.

Cai Yong sat in the awning freely, looking at the grand ceremony, his face was even more full of passion. If there were ten dou of talented people in the world, then there would be nine dou of Chang'an City now.

"Wen Hou, how about these questions?"

After taking the exam for three consecutive days, Cai Yong even asked three questions. After the last two questions, he couldn't help but look at Lu Bu.

After seeing it, Lu Bu looked around the ministers under the tent and smiled, "Yuan Hao, what's the problem of your debut?"

Tian Feng hurriedly waved his hand and bowed in shame, "Feng is not qualified to take the talented man in the world."

Not to mention the other ministers, they all shrank their heads. This matter must be spread. It would be fine if the question is done well. If the question is done too simply, you won’t be laughed at to death.

Seeing this, Lu Bu smiled and shook his head, bowed directly to Cai Yong, "The last two questions, if you use the strategy of power, it will be a little unfair to the talented people in poor families and local tyrants."

"Then please ask Cai Daru to write a question, if he is the county magistrate or county magistrate, how to manage a party, or if he is the prefect of a county."

"The second question is to draw a question. Now Beiliang is in Guanzhong. How to go next and what is the situation in the world?"

When he heard this question, let alone Cai Yong, even the ministers under his command were stunned, and then they sighed secretly, "This is a difficult problem."

However, this also shows that their lord wants to select talents from among the many talents for his own use.

After hearing this, Cai Yong sighed even more. Not to mention everyone, even they may not be able to say this well.

Just when Chang'an was in full swing of imperial examinations, something big happened in Luoyang.

The war was rolling upwards, Li Jue and Guo Si turned against each other, and even led the troops to kill them, and suddenly became confused by Bai Bo's army.

In an instant, Luoyang fell into war again.

"Your Majesty, go quickly."

Taking advantage of the chaos, all officials secretly joined forces with Yang Feng, the Bai Bo army, who defected to the court, led more than 2,000 troops to escort the emperor and the officials, and actually broke out of Chang'an in chaos.

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Report ~

With an urgent report, Lu Bu in Chang'an was alarmed.

After just after the imperial examination, Lu Bu opened it and looked ugly, and hurriedly shouted: "Call the generals."

promise!

A moment later, there were already civil and military confidants in the mansion of Marquis Wen, and Lu Bu looked at the arrivals with a serious expression and waved his hands directly.

"Okay, I'll read the urgent reports from Chang'an, and there's even a letter of help from the emperor."

This time, the generals were all confidant generals, and among the civil officials, there were only Tian Feng, Jia Xu and Gu Yong in Chang'an.

"Lord, I'm afraid someone will secretly provoke it."

After hearing this, Lu Bu waved his hand angrily and said, "No, let alone other people, none of the officials in the court can be fuel-efficient. He has been provoked many times in Luoyang."

He knew all this even more clearly, and the common tricks of all officials.

After seeing this, Tian Feng frowned and pondered for a long time before bowing, "Lord, this matter has both advantages and disadvantages."

"The lord has now achieved great momentum. If you welcome the emperor and take the opportunity to defeat Li Jue and Guo Si's army, directly occupy Luoyang and sent troops to Hedong and Henei counties. Such a great momentum has been achieved. Only the lord in the world is the leader."

Even Tian Feng, who was tough in his usual manner, did not dare to say the words that he used the emperor to command the princes, but the meaning was very obvious.

However, after thinking about Dong Zhuo's fate and the difficulty of all officials, Jia Xu couldn't help but sighed in distress: "The disadvantage is that the emperor and all officials must be more careful in the future, especially the generals in the army, who may be provoked and won over."

Lu Bu waved his hand and sneered, "What are the attitudes of all officials? I had a deep understanding of them back then. Now do you think we have chosen to send troops!"

Regarding the proposal to send troops, Tian Feng and Jia Xu met and nodded in a deep voice and shouted: "Send troops!"

Luoyang is no worse than Chang'an at present. Li Ru moved millions from the Nanyang area, directly causing Luoyang's population to recover instantly. If Dong Zhuo had not lost his ambitions, he would have died.

Under Dong Zhuo's entrenchment, Luoyang is definitely a difficult bone to crack.

"The lord, take Luoyang, and then go north to capture Henei, and after the two counties of Hedong, the lord will be completely connected with Bingzhou."

"The current situation in Youzhou, Gongsun Zan was defeated all the way, which was a critical period for Yuan Shao. In other words, Yuan Shao would definitely not be able to draw troops at this time."

"If the princes who can meet the emperor today are capable of greeting the emperor, except for the lord, the princes Cao Cao and Liu Biao are now."

After hearing this, Lu Bu narrowed his eyes and considered the gains and losses, but in a blink of an eye, he thought of the population base of more than one million in Luoyang.

There are millions of people in Hedong and Hanoi. If you get Luoyang, you can see the world.

"Huang Zhong, Xu Rong!"

With a loud shout, the military generals Huang Zhong and Xu Rong immediately clasped their fists and left.

Lu Bu looked at the two and shouted, "You and the two led five thousand wolf soldiers to ride fast horses and whip all the way to Luoyang."

promise!

"Chen Dao, Cao Xing."

"The last one will be here!"

Lu Bu looked at Chen Dao and Cao Xing again, and said in a deep voice: "You and you quickly lead 30,000 troops to replace Gao Shun to guard Hangu Pass."

"The last general leads the troops."

"Tell Gao Shun to inquire about the situation in Luoyang."

promise!

After all these military orders were issued, Lu Bu looked at Tian Feng and others and couldn't help but bowed deeply, "Now the Chang'an imperial examination event is in front of you, I'm sorry."

"I personally lead the troops to Luoyang."

Under Lu Bu's hot gaze, everyone smiled, the temptation was too great.

Although once Lu Bu conquered Luoyang, he would directly connect with the princes in the world and even cause war.

But the temptations are that Luoyang is only a population of one million, Hanoi County has a population of 800,000, and Hedong County has a population of more than 500,000, nearly 600,000.

Once Lu Bu conquered these two places, once he was captured, his foundation would be changed.
To be continued...