The imperial capital in June was turbulent.

Jiang Anyi learned from Master Yu that the Son of Heaven valued him a lot, and intended to make himself a direct scholar of Chongwen Hall, and took the exam in the Xuanzheng Hall on June 25.

The next day, Jiang Anyi came to the Ministry of Rites to find Guo Shangshu to recommend himself. The pace was brisk all the way, and the officials he met along the way greeted this outsider with a smile, which was a world of difference compared to when no one paid attention to him.

Guo Shangshu greeted him with a smile and poured a cup of tea for this young subordinate, and the matter of filling out the recommendation form was handled by the scribe. Thinking of the bag on Wang Shilang's forehead yesterday, Guo Shangshu secretly sighed to himself, this young man is so good, even the queen's brother and top boss have been hung up because of his exclusion, and he is really in the limelight.

Looking at the joy overflowing in Jiang Anyi's eyes, Guo Shangshu secretly sighed, the young man couldn't hold his breath, and he was impetuous and frivolous. Huan Hai has been up and down for nearly 30 years, and Guo Congshi doesn't know how many young talents have fallen into the sand, and most of them have been defeated by arrogance.

With tea in his hand, Guo Congshi looked at Jiang Anyi through the tea mist, less than twenty years old, three yuan and first, the name of the word immortal, it is really a demon. Guo Congshi turned up a trace of jealousy in his heart, and had the heart to say a few words, so that Jiang Anyi rose again flutteringly, and then sat and watched him fall.

Thinking about it, I am getting older, and I don't know how long I can work in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. The three sons are not outstanding, and two of the grandchildren are scholars, maybe when they ask Jiang Anyi in the future, they will have some affection at this time, and they will meet in the future.

Putting down the teacup, Guo Congshi said with a smile: "When I saw An Yi, I remembered that more than 20 years ago, the first emperor chose the bachelor of Chongwen Hall for the son of heaven who was still the prince at the time, and the old man was twenty-five years old at the time, and he was selected by the first emperor as a straight bachelor, and he was full of spirit." Of the eight straight bachelors of that year, in addition to the old man, there was still Wu Zhizhen in Kyoto, and the other six people were either degraded or moved or died, and they were no longer in the capital. Alas, time flies, and a new generation replaces the old. ”

Jiang Anyi's mind was clear, and when he heard Guo Congshi's emotion, his fiery thoughts were poured with cold water, and he suddenly calmed down a lot. After thinking about it for a while, he was a little carried away by the situation just now, Guo Shangshu poured this basin of cold water in time, and immediately got up and bowed and said: "Thank you Lord Guo, if An Yi has an inch, I will not dare to forget the grace of Lord Guo today." ”

It's not tiring to talk to smart people, and it's teachable. Guo Congshi smiled with satisfaction: "Hehe, people are old, their mouths are broken, and they talk nonsense, don't blame Anyi." ”

Back in the small courtyard of the dining department, Tian Shoulou was waiting in front of the official house, he had already vaguely heard some news from the mouths of others, as a lackey under the door, he naturally wanted to ask Jiang Anyi for clarification.

Hearing the news from Jiang Anyi's mouth that the Son of Heaven intended to let him be a direct bachelor of Chongwen Pavilion, Tian Shoulou congratulated him again and again, and said with a smile: "Chongwen Pavilion is the place where the prince reads, and it is also the place where the secret books in the palace are schooled. Zheng system stipulates: Chongwen Pavilion has 26 students, with the royal family of the family of the family of the queen mother and the queen of great merit or above, the prime minister and the scattered officials of the first grade, the body and the food of the real seal, the Beijing official ministry from the three products of the book Huangmen Shilang descendants for it. ”

Tian Shoulou has dealt with Zheng Lu and various classics for half his life, and casually explained the origin of Chongwen Pavilion, saw Jiang Anyi nodded approvingly, and continued: "Chongwen Pavilion University Scholar, Bachelor, and Straight Bachelor are all honorary titles, and before the incumbent officials are awarded, for example, if you call adults in the future, you have to say: Chongwen Pavilion Straight Bachelor, Wailang of the Ministry of Rites." ”

Jiang Anyi was a little confused, and asked, "Isn't that still on an errand in the Ministry of Food, so you don't have to go to the East Palace to take up your post?" ”

"Bachelors teach once a month, direct bachelors teach one day every ten years, go to the East Palace to give lectures on the day of teaching, and still work in the Ministry of Rites on other days. The errand in the Chongwen Hall is not a bachelor, but a scholar and a Confucian official, who writes straight, writes imperial books, rubs books, paints straight, binds books, makes straights, and canons. A hint of gloom flashed in Tian Shoulou's eyes.

Jiang Anyi caught the dark color, and immediately understood that the real errand in the Chongwen Pavilion was a low-level official like Tian Shoulou, these people worked hard but rarely had the way to progress, and being able to become a bachelor or a straight bachelor meant that he had embarked on the Qingyun Avenue, which was really unfair.

The water was boiling, Tian Shoulou turned around and carried a pot to make water, and when Tian Shoulou was intoxicated by the fragrance of tea, Jiang Anyi had an idea.

Jiang Anyi asked: "Guarding the building, the Son of Heaven ordered the six departments and the Jiuqing Yamen to send capable personnel to the twenty-seven states to supervise the Qing war, do you know?" ”

This matter has already spread in the capital, and this time it takes a lot of people to go to the twenty-seven states, even if three or five people are sent to each state, it is more than a hundred, plus the three divisions and yamen have to secretly supervise, at least more than fifty people, counting one hundred and fifty people.

It is impossible for these more than 100 people to be elected as officials of the fifth rank or above, and at most one sixth-grade official in each prefecture will lead the team, and the rest of the people must be low-level officials of the eighth and ninth grades of each yamen. The last pilot was a new branch of Jinshi, and after these people came back, they were either promoted to the next level or got merit or bad, everyone saw it in their eyes, and knew that it was a good errand to be selected to go to the supervision and clearing.

Looking at the colleagues around him going door-to-door and gift-giving, Tian Shoulou was naturally very hot-eyed, his family was poor, there was no backstage, and he was in a hurry and had nothing to do. At this moment, when I heard Jiang Anyi mention it, my eyes lit up, and I remembered that this outsider's mentor was a scholar of the household department, and it was easy for a few people to enter the inspection team.

Tian Shoulou thanked Jiang Anyi, and there was no need to say much about it. In the next time, Tian Shoulou told Jiang Anyi in detail what he heard, the bachelor of Chongwen Pavilion had been circled, and the four characters Tian Shoulou all commented on it, and when he heard that Duan Cizong, the deputy chief examiner, was likely to be the character in the pocket of the Son of Heaven, Jiang Anyi was stunned.

After he visited the teacher after high school, the chief examiner Li Shihong accepted his heavy gift and encouraged him. The deputy chief examiner, Duan Cizong, was closed, but a few words came out of the door, "Take materials for the country, no need to thank you, be loyal to the country, and be worthy of what you have learned." After being appointed as a member of the Ministry of Rites, he had no intersection with this master, but he was abandoned by the officialdom, so he didn't take it to heart.

"The competition among the eight straight scholars is fierce, I heard that there are more than 100 people participating in the selection, Wei Xiang's grandson and you are named by the Son of Heaven, and the other six people don't know who the flowers are, I heard that some of the four-grade waiters have joined them, Pan Shangshu should have a headache." Tian Shoulou said with a smile.

The Ministry of Shangshu Pan Linfeng is indeed as big as a fight, this time the palace test Chongwen Hall direct bachelor is actually only six places, but the number of people reported by the various ministries has exceeded 100 people, according to the requirements of the Son of Heaven to be young and capable, Pan Shangshu picked and picked, and the last thirty-six people could not be brushed off no matter what.

reported the list to the Son of Heaven, and Shi Fangzhen was also a little surprised. Pan Linfeng said with a smile: "Thirty-six people, this number is auspicious, just the number of Tiangang, Tiangang Protector." ”

On June 25, in the Xuanzheng Temple, 36 people bowed and sat down to listen to the hadith.

"All of you are beautiful people who came up from the six ministries and nine Qing election newspapers, I have carefully read your resumes, they are all Jinshi from the imperial examination, and their article talents are all the choice of the moment. I chose the Chongwen Pavilion for the crown prince, not simply to choose the minister of literature, but to choose the minister who can govern the world. Now that the treasury is empty and the domestic and foreign affairs are in difficulty, I want to re-clear the world's acres, reduce the taxes of the people, and eliminate the evils accumulated for many years, but the effect is not great. Today's palace test, please ask the ministers to give advice, how to cure the symptoms and cure the root cause, curb land annexation, and increase national strength? ”

The Son of Heaven threw out a big problem, which is also a problem that needs to be solved urgently. Everyone prepared poems and strategies in advance, but many people speculated that the Son of Heaven might ask about current affairs, and the matter of clearing the fields is the biggest current affairs. Therefore, everyone in the audience was divided into two kinds, one was at a loss, and the other was overjoyed.

This topic is not new to Jiang Anyi, not to mention that he also personally went to Renzhou to clear the fields, and when he was in Renzhou, he often discussed the solution with Master Yu, so it is not difficult to write a good article.

Jiang Anyi didn't rush to write, and glanced at it casually. Next to him were Wei Youcheng and Zhang Yucheng, both of whom were smiling and writing hard. Yes, Brother Zhang and Master Yu have a son-in-law, and they are also on an errand in the household department, it is a daily thing to clear the acres of land, and Brother Zhang is close to the water and the tower is the first to get the moon; Wei Youcheng is the grandson of Wei Xiang, and it is impossible for Wei Xiang not to talk to him about such a major event as clearing the fields, others don't know, these two are his fierce rivals.

Although he knew that he was secretly promised by the Son of Heaven to be a straight bachelor of Chongwen Pavilion, but seeing the other two people in the same department and the first, Jiang Anyi felt a sense of arrogance in his heart, how can I be the champion behind others, this article must not only be done well, but also dominate the audience, in order to be worthy of the grace of the saint's knowledge.

Jiang Anyi glanced up at the Son of Heaven on the throne, Shi Fangzhen's eyes met Jiang Anyi, and when he saw this young courtier looking at him boldly, his eyes were full of gratitude, so he nodded at Jiang Anyi with a smile.

With the encouragement of the Son of Heaven, Jiang Anyi became more and more excited, and his mind was full of thoughts to repay the grace of the saint. Where to find a good solution, of course, ask the demons for advice. Today's achievements are all due to the background of the demons, the demons are like a library in Jiang Anyi's body, and today, Jiang Anyi has long regarded the demons in his body as a mentor and friend.

Land annexation is a common disease, in the so-called feudal era that is common with Da Zheng in the memory of the demon, the methods to solve land annexation include the equalization of land system, a whip law, and the apportionment into the mu, etc., and these methods finally treat the symptoms but not the root cause, as for the root cause of land reform, Jiang Anyi glanced at it, and was so frightened that he didn't dare to "look" anymore.

After pondering a pillar of incense in silence, Jiang Anyi wrote: "The ministers are respectful: the king is people-oriented, and the people take food as the sky. There are a number of fields in the world, and gradually gathered in the hands of a small number of people, the people lose their land and the country loses their wealth, the people lose their land and cannot make a living, and the country loses its wealth and cannot continue, so it is ...... Including the enlistment of a state and county, the amount of land is calculated, and the grain is lost to the official. The one-year-old battle, the official is recruited. If the force is poor, the cost of labor and food will be calculated, and the amount will be increased or decreased; The difference in silver will be calculated and the fee paid will be increased. All the amount of office, assignment, capital treasury needs and retention of hundreds of millions of fees, as well as tribute and goods, are all counted as a mu to levy money, and the official ...... Zuozhi promotes business, opens mines, and prospers Baixing so that the people have their own business, or can be raised. Then the people will be in peace, and the country will be long. Chenjiang Anyi bowed down. ”