"Remember, you don't need to reason with these crumbs, if they can understand the reason, they are not crumbs."

Changsun Chong nodded hurriedly, and even claimed that it was, but he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, whether it was miscellaneous, it was all what you said, maybe people are not miscellaneous, you have to call others miscellaneous, what do you say?

This thought flashed in his mind and disappeared, after all, he was a teacher, even if what Li Mu said was wrong, he could only obey as a disciple, and it was impossible to raise objections.

Just when Changsun Chong was about to say goodbye, Ergou came, and when he saw Changsun Chong, Ergou nodded, although they knew each other, they were not too familiar. But with Ergou's current identity, he will not nod to Changsun Chong like before.

"Master Hou, I have informed Bi Laosan of the news in accordance with your instructions, and Bi Laosan replied that he promised that he would not miss Master Hou's matter, and the Printing Bureau would work overtime to complete it."

"Good." Li Mu instructed again: "Go to Kong Yingda's Mansion for me." As he spoke, he handed a letter to Ergou, who saw the fire paint on the letter, understood the importance of the letter, received it very solemnly in his arms, and left.

Li Mu looked at Changsun Chong again and said, "Apprentice, when you do things, you should be in the middle of the cracks, looking for opportunities." And often things that seem to have no opportunities contain opportunities, and you have to be good at discovering them. Go back and do your own thing, for the teacher's side, you have your own measure. ”

"Apprentice understood." After the eldest grandson Chong finished speaking, he was a little eager to speak, Li Mu looked at him and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Hmm." Eldest Sun Chong hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Teacher, several of my friends have come to look for me these days, thinking, wanting to get an errand in the Internal Affairs Office, I don't know, I don't know the teacher-"

Li Mu looked at him playfully and said, "Eldest Sun Chong, do you think I will agree?" ”

"It's a mistake in vain." The eldest grandson Chong hurriedly knelt down and said, "The apprentice didn't want to allow them to enter the Internal Affairs Mansion, the apprentice just wanted to ask the teacher if he could allow them to study in the Datang Technical School." ”

"Oh." Li Mu understood, he pondered that Changsun Chong didn't have the courage to arrange people privately, it turned out that he wanted to study at Datang Technical School. Nowadays, the number of students in Datang Technical School is not good, especially after Li Mu agreed to let their children come to study, the places are even more scarce. I heard that on the black market, a place has already been sold for thousands of dollars.

It can be done as a business.

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "You are my eldest apprentice, and I can't give no face at all." But if it only gives you face, it will inevitably be unfair, and it will be really difficult for me. ”

The eldest grandson sweated like rain, and said astringently: "The apprentice has caused trouble to the master, so ...... In this case, it is only the disciple who has not said that it is good. ”

"In this way, I will make an exception and give you the top ten graduates in this batch, one recommendation for each person. There is only one place for each person, and you can do it yourself, but the tuition fee is indispensable, and it will be taught as usual. Li Mu stretched out his hand and pulled Changsun Chong, and said, "Don't kneel at every turn, although I am your master, I don't like this." ”

"Thank you, teacher."

Although this result gave Changsun Chong face, Changsun Chong felt even more pressured. There is only one recommended place, which is bound to not meet the needs of all the people who ask for help, and this candidate must also be cautious, otherwise others recommend talents, and if the person recommended by himself is a waste material, in front of the teacher and in the internal affairs office, can he still hold his head up?

……

Li Mu's words spread all over Chang'an City through the mouth of Jinyiwei, and soon, the discussion was much quieter, and there was no one in the public who dared to say bad things about Li Mu, Li Mu's 'criminal record' was too much, and no one dared to guarantee that he would really do it. And the most helpless thing is that he really did it, as if no one could do anything to him, the current situation, Li Mu is lucky not to find trouble with others, who is looking for trouble with him, isn't it not happy to find it himself?

The matter is a foregone conclusion, the exam still has to be examined, and in the face of the new system of the Ministry of Rites, all students can do is adapt. But there are also those who have been preparing according to the original system for several years, and suddenly it changes, and they really can't accept it, and there are also those who go home, but after all, they are a minority, and most of them are still trying to find a way.

Under the new system, it is stipulated that only those who have achieved excellent results in both the Ming Jing and Jinshi subjects can enter the temple examination. According to the arrangement of the examination, the Ming Jing is in front and the Jinshi is in the back, in other words, if the Ming Jing cannot pass this level, there is no need for the Jinshi to take the exam.

Listening to the grapevine, in order to prevent Li Mu from getting good results, this year's posting test questions are the most difficult in the past. It is not limited to the 'Great Sutra' and the 'Minor Sutra', but the general examination, that is, it is not within the scope of demarcation, as long as it is the words of a saint, even if it is just a few words, it may be listed as an examination topic.

In this way, the scope can be wide. Even if the book is memorized, it is very likely that the one who memorizes it will not take the test, and the one that has not memorized will be turned out of the question, and all of a sudden the matter of hard reading has become a matter of luck, unless someone can really memorize all the words of the sage, but how is this possible? What are the words of the saints?

Just when everyone was headless flies, the newspaper readers everywhere in Chang'an City brought a new news.

Just today, every newspaper seller and newspaper reader in Chang'an City suddenly had an extra book called "Confucian Secret Scroll" in his hand. This book is full of detailed explanations of the meanings of various scriptures, as well as all the examination questions for the imperial examinations since the former Sui Dynasty. What's even more rare is that in this secret volume, it also contains the preferences of all the great Confucians of the Hongwen Pavilion and the Chongwen Pavilion, such as the great Confucian Kong Yingda, what books he likes to read, what he likes to talk about, and even hobbies, likes and dislikes, are all in it.

In the morning, the students who bought the newspaper found out, and immediately detonated the 'imperial examination circle', and by noon, it was already hard to find. Someone got the news late, and then wanted to buy it, and a book has been fried to a hundred. A hundred times a book, even if the paper is valuable, the price is staggering enough.

Because it is too expensive, ordinary students cannot afford it, which has caused a lot of protests. Nowadays, all the printed materials on the market come from the Printing Bureau, and the book must also be printed by the Printing Bureau, and the students who can't afford it are entangled together and run to the door of the Printing Bureau to protest. Ask for extra printing to bring the books back to their prices in the morning.

But the reply was, no. Because printing books requires engraving, and engraving has a service life, the engraving of this book has exceeded its service life and is damaged, and it is impossible to reprint it again.

Another engraving?

When the carving is completed, the imperial examination has passed, and there is no meaning.