Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Chapter 2311: The Two Prime Minister’s Talk



Both Prime Minister Lan and Prime Minister Xian could only increase the number of officials they accepted each year and cultivated more people to send to various places.

Most of the times, the officials they sent would be officials who have been working in the court for some time.

In this way, they could be rest assured that these officials were not spies or anything like that.

But there were also some occasion when they sent the people who had only passed the examination if their results were good enough. Feng Ao Kuai back then was one of the examples.

His result was simply too good and his background was very convincing.

So they have no problem to send Feng Ao Kuai directly to the city to become an official there and manage the city.

But there were not many people like this.

Now that the war with Fan Yi Kingdom had conquered several cities, they were in for a happy trouble.

"There are not enough people again?" Prime Minister Xian frowned.

The matter of recruitment fell on Prime Minister Lan's hand most of the time because Prime Minister Xian was not on Emperor Yang Zhou's side for that long. In the matter of selecting new people, Emperor Yang Zhou trusted Prime Minister Lan more than Prime Minister Xian.

For this matter, Prime Minister Xian had no complaint.

He knew his background and his own past well.

Besides, the people whom Prime Minister Lan picked so far were quite reliable and Prime Minister Xian had no complaints.

"Yes." Prime Minister Lan nodded. "There's still some time before it's time for the next examination. I have the list of the candidates who will participate this time but there are no guarantee that all of them will pass."

The examination itself was harsh and those who could be selected had to be the best among the best.

While Fei Yang Kingdom did need more talented and capable people, they would not relax their standards just because of this need. They still needed to maintain the standards as much as possible when recruiting new people.

"Are there anyone whom we can directly use?" Prime Minister Xian asked.

"There's one person from the Xiao Family," Prime Minister Lan replied. "But I would need you to check it first."

If they wanted to use a person who passed the examination for the first time to such an important role, the approval of both prime ministers were necessary. And among the few people who were on the list, Prime Minister Lan only found one person from the Xiao Family.

From the Xiao Family's background and history, Prime Minister Lan knew that the people from the Xiao Family were usually quite reliable.

They loyal to the kingdom itself and not to specific person.

This was one of their best traits.

Even though the conducts of some people might not be too pleasant to the eyes, but for majority of the people from the Xiao Family, their behavior was quite good.

Prime Minister Xian nodded. "I'll take a look at his test later to see whether he's good enough or not. Let me see the list."

Prime Minister Lan handed the bamboo scroll to Prime Minister Xian.

The bamboo scroll recorded the name of the people who applied for examination this year and had passed the preliminary examination.

There were a lot of them, so when Prime Minister Xian saw the scroll, he was silent.

It was truly a thick scroll.

"There are more and more applicants and talented people," Prime Minister Lan explained. "Many people settle down in the Capital City after other kingdoms have been conquered and these people also start to learn."

Not all of these people were the people from Fei Yang Kingdom in the beginning.

Some of them came from other families who settled down in Fei Yang Kingdom's Capital City after their kingdom was conquered by Fei Yang Kingdom.

For these people, Fei Yang Kingdom didn't treat them much differently.

They had to rely on their own ability to settle down and be accepted by the noble society in the Capital City.

After years of accumulation, some of their youths had already learned the teachings required for examinations. Naturally, these confidents youths tried to take the examination and some of them managed to pass the preliminary examination.

They still have to pass the next examination before being able to enter the court, but it was already a great achievement for them to reach this far.

As time passed, Prime Minister Lan believed that there would be more and more of these people.

"I see." Prime Minister Xian nodded and opened the scroll.

Looking at the fact that one bamboo slip had two names written along with basic information, Prime Minister Xian glanced at Prime Minister Lan.

How did the number increase so much?

Is the preliminary examination got lax?

"I didn't change the questions' difficulties." Prime Minister Lan seemed to be able to read what Prime Minister Xian was thinking. "There are indeed many talented people who want to contribute to the kingdom."

Well, not all of them wanted to contribute because there were also some people who definitely only wanted the glory and position.

But it was good enough.

At the very least, these people did have the capabilities since they were able to pass the

examination.

Prime Minister Xian nodded and looked at the list. He looked at their basic introduction and then asked, "How about this person from your Lan Family?"

"My grand nephew?" Prime Minister Lan shook his head. He wanted to help his family but the premise is that they needed to have the capability. "He's too young and impulsive. It's better to temper his temperament first."

Prime Minister Xian nodded.

He didn't know much about the Lan Family and had no interest to dig deeper.

As he scrolled the name down, there was a familiar surname appearing in his line of sight. Looking at this name and the introduction behind it, Prime Minister Xian spoke the name out loud, "Nan Hou Xiang?"