The original trio has become a four-person group, and there is one more Suzhou Lu Nan, all four of whom have passed the Jinshi, and the others are embarrassed to stay with them, and more importantly, they are going to change their clothes and set off.

Those who pass the examination have to report to the Imperial Examination Office, which is located in Xincheng, very close to the Gongyuan where they took the examination, and they have to take an ox cart to get there.

The four of them rented an ox cart, got in it and set off.

"What's next, can any brother introduce me?" Han Yu asked.

Now Han Yu is the third Tanhua, his worth has doubled, and his words are no longer as weightless as before.

And he is not shy on his waist, just now Xuanzhou fellow villagers will send him three hundred taels of silver as a gift, all of them are Xuanzhou's big businessmen in Chang'an, although Han Yu's ancestral home is not Xuanzhou, but he is on behalf of Xuanzhou to take the examination, and in the examination, everyone has glory on their faces, and more than a dozen big businessmen made up three hundred taels of silver as a gift.

This kind of congratulatory gift can be received, and the imperial court has always acquiesced, so generally after passing the Jinshi, first of all, there will be rewards for the fellow villagers in the capital, and there will also be rewards for the state and county governments, and then the gentry outside the township will come to send money and gifts, and they will soon earn thousands of taels of silver.

Lu Nan said with a smile: "I don't have anything to do today, just go to the Imperial Examination Bureau to report, check your identity, and it is said that you will have to write calligraphy and check the handwriting of the test papers on the spot, and the Imperial Examination Bureau will issue an admission card on behalf of you to be officially admitted."

Tomorrow is the Taixue and Guozixue list, the day after tomorrow various activities officially began, the King of Jin to meet, go to the Temple of Literature to pay homage to the saints, ride horses to praise the street, go to Qujiang Furong Garden to the banquet, and then the wild goose pagoda inscription, and then rest for five days, the sixth day to go to the ministry interview, this interview is very important, related to your official appointment, and then return to the hometown to visit relatives, the first day of June to the ministry to report. ”

Xie Changming blinked and smiled: "There is still an important thing to say, if you haven't gotten married, your marriage may be resolved in the next few days." ”

Xiao Zhenye immediately raised his hand and said, "First of all, I am already married, and it has nothing to do with me!" ”

"Nonsense, you're just engaged, not married, I'm also married!"

The four of them scrambled to say that they were married, whether it was true or not, no one knew, and in a burst of laughter, the ox cart drove into Chang'an New Town.

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In Du Fuzhong, the housekeeper found Han Yu's name from the thick tens of thousands of votes and handed it to Du You.

Du You was very surprised, he didn't expect that the third Tanhualang gave him the name letter, if he had a relationship with His Royal Highness the King of Jin, then no one should give it, Du You was full of interest in this Han Yu.

At this time, the housekeeper handed the other thirteen copies to Du You, these are all scholars who have been admitted to the Jinshi Department, of course, there are at least more than 100 copies of the scholars in the Ming Jing Department, and Du You is not very interested.

He thought for a while and said to the housekeeper: "Go back and invite this Han Yu and Xie Changming to my mansion together." ”

The housekeeper agreed, and was about to retreat, Du You said again: "Forget it, no need to invite." ”

He suddenly remembered that he was in charge of the ministry, and it was best to keep a low profile at this time, and wait until he was awarded the official.

Du You flipped through the names of other scholars, in comparison, he was still interested in this Han Yu, he wanted to know, why did His Royal Highness King Jin point him from tenth to third?

At this time, the housekeeper hurriedly turned around and came back, and reported: "Master, there is someone from the Jin Palace, His Royal Highness the King of Jin asks the master to return to the official room immediately!" ”

Du You didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly changed into court clothes and hurried to the Jin Palace.

At this time, the seven members of the Counselor's Hall were all gathered together, and Guo Song handed over a copy of the latest eagle letter to everyone, "This is the express letter I just received, Zhu Tao personally led an army of 30,000 troops to leave Raoyang and marched to Xindu, not only that, his general Lu Jinsuo led 10,000 troops into Zhaozhou, in addition, Tian Yue's army has withdrawn to Beizhou, Tian Yue himself rushed back to Yuancheng, he should have accepted my suggestion and organized an army to defend Zhu Zhu to the north." ”

Pan Liao asked in a deep voice: "Does Your Highness mean that the Zhu brothers really want to use this opportunity to unify Hebei?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "This should be their highest goal, if the unification of Hebei fails, then retreat to the next best and annex Li Wujun's territory." ”

Guo Song asked people to hang up a map of Hebei, he picked up the wooden pole, pointed to the map to the people: "At present, Hebei has five forces, Zhu Tao is the largest, Tian Yue is second, we have Zhaozhou and Huaizhou, Li Na has Dizhou, Li Wujun currently controls Jizhou, Shenzhou, Xingzhou and Zhaozhou, although he was defeated in Beizhou, but his current army still has nearly 20,000 people, before scattered in the states, now all concentrated in Xindu County, I estimate that he asked Zhu Tao for help, but also hoped that Zhu Tao and Tian Yue can fight a lose-lose situation, but he is still a little tender, Without Zhu Tao's cunning and cunning, it is easy to invite God to send God, Tian Yue has withdrawn his army, Zhu Tao is still marching into Jizhou, his ambition still can't be concealed, I believe that Li Wujun understands in his heart that he will definitely keep his word. ”

"Your Highness, why don't we take the opportunity to take Xingzhou and Zhaozhou?" Right Sima Zhang Qianyi asked.

Guo Song smiled slightly: "If we send troops too early, I'm afraid the two Zhu will not reach a consensus on unifying Hebei, the reason why Zhu Tao went south, the reason why Zhu Zhu went north, this decision is based on the speculation that I was dragged down by Hanzhong and had no time to look east, my goal is not Li Wujun, but Zhu Tao, take advantage of this opportunity to exterminate Zhu Tao, Li Wujun is just a grasshopper after the autumn, his vitality is exhausted, and he will not be alive for a few days." ”

Only then did everyone understand that it turned out that His Royal Highness the King of Jin was targeting Zhu Tao, and Du You asked again: "I don't know how well the war preparations are being made over there in Zhaozhou?" ”

Guo Song glanced at Zhang Qiu'an and said with a smile: "The war readiness of Zhaozhou should praise Zhang Changshi, I originally thought that it would not be until May to complete the plan, but for the whole winter, Zhang Changshi stayed in Shangdang, going back and forth between Shangdang and Zhaozhou more than a dozen times, even if it snowed heavily, it also opened up a channel, and the war preparations were fully completed last month, 300,000 stone grain and a large number of military supplies have been transported to Zhaozhou, at present, there are 30,000 troops in Zhaozhou, and there are 50,000 troops in Shangdang, led by Yao Jintong, as long as I give an order, 50,000 troops will immediately go to Zhaozhou. ”

"Could it be that His Highness is also going to Zhaozhou?" Pan Liao suddenly reacted.

Guo Song nodded slowly, "Zhu Tao, Tian Yue, Li Wujun, Li Na, and Zhu Zhu have all taken the stage in person, how can I hide behind the scenes?" ”

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More than twenty wide carriages brought one hundred and twenty-six new scholars to the palace of the king of Jin, and on the way they learned that His Royal Highness the king of Jin had something to leave the capital, so they met them in advance.

In front of the square of the diligent government affairs building where the counselor's hall is located, more than 100 brocade chairs were placed, and more than 100 new science and technology scholars sat down one after another.

At this time, a team of officials walked out, led by Guo Song, the king of Jin, next to the white-haired examiner Li Yu, followed by Pan Liao, Du You and other seven members of the Counselor's Hall.

There was a guard next to him who shouted, "His Royal Highness King Jin has arrived!" ”

The Jinshi who were whispering and discussing suddenly quieted down, and the officials also sat down in the seats in front of them, Guo Song stepped forward and smiled at everyone: "This king is Guo Song, today I am fortunate to see a group of young talents stand out, the youngest of your group is only twenty years old, and the oldest is not more than thirty-five years old, it is when you are in the prime of life and practice your ambitions, most of your officials will go to the state and county to serve, this is your luck."

Since ancient times, there has been a rule of 'no prefecture and county, no province and Taiwan', without sufficient experience as a magistrate, without understanding the people's suffering, you cannot ascend to a high position, among your group of people, in the future, some people may be the prime minister, some people will be the prime minister, some people will be the secretary, but the book is good, the prime minister is good, the premise is to have sufficient life experience, have a long-term experience as a magistrate. ”

The scholars listened attentively, and the words of King Jin rang in everyone's hearts like a bell, making them think deeply and let them reminisce, and decades later, some people will remember what King Jin said back then.

"I often say to the ministers, the most important thing to be an official is ability, what is ability, when the famine comes, you have to organize the people to resist the disaster, the people have difficulties, you have to find a way to solve them, the enemy is coming, you have to organize the township to defend the city to resist the enemy, you have to be able to restore a devastated county town to prosperity, in short, it is a word, you must be able to stand alone, this is the ability.

The first half of your life is basically studying hard, most of them are powerless scholars, there are not many capable people, from now on, you have to go to the new examination room, to hone your ability, to master the skills and attitude of being a person and doing things, this new exam or will be ten or twenty years, I hope everyone here can pass the big exam. ”

Guo Song's words once again aroused the warm applause of the scholars, Guo Song waved his hand, and said with a smile: "As for the corruption and bending the law, I don't want to say more today, after you officially join the company, I will teach you a good lesson, originally to meet you the day after tomorrow, but the war in Hebei has started, I have to set off, Zhu Tao, Li Wujun, Tian Yue, Li Na They are already waiting on the battlefield, how can I be absent?" The day after tomorrow, the chief examiner Li Ge Lao and the seven cabinet ministers of the Counsellor's Hall will invite you to the banquet on my behalf, although everyone put down their burdens and drink happily, here, I once again wish you a bright future and smooth sailing! ”

Han Yu's heart was so excited that he raised his arms and shouted, "I wish Your Highness."

Everyone shouted together, "I wish Your Highness a victorious start and a triumphant return!" ”

That night, Guo Song, the king of Jin, quietly left Chang'an and led 15,000 emergency cavalry to the east.

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