At the end of March of the first year of Hongwu, as the remaining snow melted, winter finally passed.

The tenacious weeds have shown a little green, and the earth is slowly reviving in the spring breeze.

Compared with the noisy environment of later generations, the early spring of ancient times was more quiet and a little less impetuous.

In the morning light, in the farmland outside Chang'an, farmers have begun to busy turning over their fields.

The cattle distributed to the community became an important labor force that was more valuable than people.

As long as someone runs out of use, the government must strictly check the health status of the cattle.

If someone is found to have abused or failed to feed the cattle properly, the leaser will be punished.

Although it is not enough to be sentenced to death, it will inevitably cost some money through the pain of flesh and skin.

With this strict cattle protection policy, no one wants to take risks, even if these old cattle look so delicious.

Adult men have their own things, and the young children in Chang'an City also have their own busyness.

After two years of studying at Daqi Academy, he will soon usher in a turning point in his life.

After the winter, the university should select some people of excellent age and knowledge to entrust them with important tasks.

Although he is not yet fourteen years old this year, in the past three years, he has developed no less knowledge than a teacher by virtue of his diligence and studiousness.

Perhaps because of his youth, he always asks questions that even a gentleman can't answer.

Early in the morning, after having eaten dinner in a hurry, he and his sister filled the fodder with the poultry and livestock of the family, and then hurried to the school in their cleanest clothes.

Today, the officials of the Ministry of Officials will come to the Academy Palace to evaluate the studies of these candidates.

As long as he can pass the assessment, it proves that he has been able to become a teacher, no matter what the court wants them to do, at least he is not a burden to the family, and has become a person with status and status like those officials, and most importantly, as long as he works for the court, he will have a good salary.

If you are lucky in the future, you may be able to have the opportunity to enter and leave the palace to participate in state affairs like those bigwigs in the imperial court.

The court is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is in the Tianzi Hall, and there will be no seeds, and men should be self-reliant.

Although Yang Hao did not spread the ideas in this persuasion poem, the political trend of the Qi court was already very obvious.

That is, if you want to enter the court as an official, although knowledge does not account for all, people with knowledge obviously have a greater chance than others.

Although he also wanted to join the army to fight to protect his family and defend the country, the development of Qi in recent years made him see that the role of civilian officials was not weaker than that of military generals.

The military generals are there to defend their homeland, while the civil officials are to make the people live a better life.

I feel that Qi has so many excellent and brave soldiers, and he doesn't understand military affairs at all, so if he goes to the army, he won't be able to do much.

The civil official is different, most of what he has learned in the past few years is about the people's livelihood, and only when he enters the court as an official can he show his chest of revenge.

I came to the school with trepidation, and at this time, there were already many people in the school, and looking at the envious eyes of my classmates, I inevitably had a slight sense of superiority.

It's just that he also knows some ways to behave in the world, and he doesn't show that his nostrils are annoying to the sky.

After meeting his classmates, he was a little nervous when he saw that his husband was talking to several people in official uniforms.

And this is Ren Kang, but he doesn't know where to squeeze in.

"See, the one sitting in the middle is Shang Shuyin, the official of Qi State, good guy, I didn't expect that even such a character would come this time, Brother Hou, if you behave well this time, the younger brother will really rely on you in the future."

When he heard this, he was shocked, and hurriedly looked at the person who was the leader.

"You said that person Yin Shangshu?"

Ren Kang smiled and said, "That's still fake, I saw it when I first entered the palace for a banquet, and this time your chance has come."

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Seeing that Ren Kang said so surely, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated a lot, and his original calmness was no longer there.

Among the Shangshu of the Qi State, the most learned are the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

And although Yin is not his forte in arithmetic, it is only relatively Shaoyan.

In Qi Guoyin's arithmetic ability, except for the unfathomable Yang Hao, his status should be among the top three.

How can such a bull come to test himself, how can he not be nervous.

As the sun gradually rose, Yin said to the gentleman of the school, "The hour is not early, bring those students here!" ”

The gentleman nodded, got up and said, "All the people who participated in the examination school have gathered here." ”

"Brother Hou, wait for your good news."

He nodded and took a deep breath, "Thank you!" ”

This time, there were more than 30 students waiting for the examination, the oldest was already 15, and the youngest was just 13.

Everyone had already arrived, Yin got up and looked at these young faces with a serious face, didn't say anything more just said a few words to the officials beside him, and walked towards the backyard of the school.

The candidates were puzzled, so they heard Mr. say: "This time the assessment location is in the school candidate, you will line up later, five people will be close, wait for the people who went in before to come out, and the people after you will go in."

Remember! Not many people who came out said that they were waiting on the sidelines, and your performance today will determine your future fate, and I hope you will not be careless. ”

When the candidates heard this, their already nervous mood became even more nervous, and some of the poor psychological quality breathing became a little short.

The candidates lined up and waited in front of the door in the backyard of the school.

After watching the people in front of him approach the backyard, the courtyard door was tightly closed, and it was impossible to see or hear what was going on inside.

Time passed little by little, from early morning to noon, the candidates had entered several waves, some people were happy, some were full of sorrow, and the rest of the candidates wanted to ask, but the existence of the officials on the side made him dare not say a word at all.

When it was their turn, it was already noon, and the scorching sun stabbed people couldn't open their eyes.

As the courtyard door was opened again, he nervously followed the person in front of him into the backyard.

Before he could take a closer look at the situation in the courtyard, there was a heavy closing of the door behind him, and the sudden sound startled several people.

"Don't waste time!"

A rather majestic voice brought several people back to their senses.

Looking in the direction of the voice, I saw several officials sitting under a pergola, and on the table in front of Yin in the middle, there was a pile of bamboo slips, I don't know what they were for.

A few people came to the officials with some trepidation, bowed down and said, "Students meet Yin Shangshu, meet all officials!" ”