Both of them took a sip of their teacups, and Tao Hanting asked, "How is Chunqiu?" ”

"I couldn't take the exam because of illness." Huaxing replied.

"So what's the plan?" Tao Hanting then asked.

Huaxing did not rush to answer this question. After returning to this era, especially in the half month after recovering from his illness, he thought about his future again and again, what Li Tang Jiangshan, what Anshi rebellion, and what gathered people to protect themselves were too far, because he found a problem - now there is no copper plate for eating! Even basic survival can't be supported, so what's the long run?! It just so happened that this Tao Han Pavilion was famous in Chang'an City, and the eldest husband could bend and stretch, so Huaxing came to him cheekily to see if he could solve the problem of food and clothing.

Hua Xing spoke, although he had considered his words many times, he was still a little unconfident: "Tao Gong... I... I want to repay the life-saving grace of Da Tao Gong! I also hope that Tao Gong will collect it, although Xing does not know the way of Qi Huang, but he is also coarse in writing and ink, and he is still able to write papers and letters for Mr. Ink. ”

Tao Hanting didn't answer after listening, but his expression was slightly confused: "This guy..."

At this time, the woman who served beside Tao Hanting felt a scarlet belly in her heart when she heard this: "This guy is also too thick-skinned, although his father-in-law has the chivalrous name of 'Meng Wei in white', he asks for his life for the people, and there are not a few things to help the poor, but this guy is too good, and it is already a great kindness to save his life, and he still wants to come to eat and drink?!" ”

Tao Hanting took a sip of tea and thought to himself: "How can my family settle down with this Huaxing?" If he is a poor tenant or well-versed in medicine, he can also be included in the house and share one or two affairs for Xiao Chu; But after all, this guy is a good family with a good reputation, how can he drive chores, if he stays at home, and is accused by the enemy of disrespecting the court, how can it be good? If you don't take him in, you can't get rid of the skin of 'white-clothed Meng Wei'. ”

Put down the tea bowl. Tao Hanting measured out a road, and ordered Chu Xiaying, the righteous daughter who served on the side, to take pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, wrote a letter of letters, and said to Huaxing: "The light of the fireflies in the contemptible house does not shine on people, and I am afraid that I will miss my step." Although the fame of the imperial examination is the right way to the official career, but after the spring season, but the official department test, can only be a small official of literature and ink. I have a friendship with Xue Jun, the general of the left Yulin Army of the Great Inner Forbidden Army, and I recommend Xue Jun to get along with him, and after a long time, I also have a background, how do you feel about it? ”

Huaxing knows what Tao Hanting means, it's no fun if you don't have unspoken rules in officialdom.

The imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were different from those in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Candidates come from two sources: one is a living disciple and the other is a village tribute. Born from the Jingshi and the state and county schools, and sent to Shangshu Province, the subjects are called apprentices; Those who do not pass the state and county examinations by the school hall first, and then send them to Shangshu Province to take the examination are called Xianggong. Those who enter Beijing from Xianggong are commonly known as lifters - Huaxing is the way. Therefore, there were only two levels of imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, namely those of local prefectures and counties and those of the Central Shangshu Provincial Rite Department - the state and county examinations were called the Jiekao, and the examinations of Shangshu Province were commonly known as the provincial examinations, or the Ministry of Rites examinations. The Ministry of Rites Examination is held in the spring, so it is also called Chunqiu, which is also the meaning of the examination room.

The two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi were originally just trial strategies, and the content of the examination was Jingyi or current affairs. Although the subjects of the two examinations have changed later, the basic spirit is that Jinshi emphasizes poetry, and Mingjing emphasizes scripture and Moyi. The regular examination was originally presided over by the examiner of the Ministry of Officials, and later changed to be presided over by the Ministry of Rites, which was called "Quanzhi Gongju". Jinshi and the first name is "Denglongmen", and the first place is called the champion or the head. After Chang Ke ascended to the top, he also had to go through the examination of the Ministry of Officials, which was called the selection test. Only those who pass the test can be awarded official positions. The most important thing is that the Tang Dynasty admitted Jinshi, and there were only twenty or thirty people at a time, and there were only a few or more than a dozen people.

In the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the imperial examination, if you want to take the official career, you have grace - mainly the hairpin family, the Jiangmen family and the harem mother's family; Surrender to the army and serve the battlefield; However, the most common way for literati to go is to "enter the curtain" - before Tang Wude to Tianbao, the border defense system, its military and town guards are all envoys. During the time of Taizong, the march was called the chief administrator. After Gaozong Yonghui, the governor brought the envoys to hold the festival, which was called the festival envoy, and they ruled one and several states, and the military and civilian financial rights were autonomous. The shogunate of the Jiedu envoy has truly become a military and political government office that dominates one side.

Since the shogunate held a certain amount of power, it was impossible for the shogunate to handle everything himself, and it was necessary to have some subordinates who helped to handle various affairs. At that time, there were many literati who were extended to the shogunate to serve as shogunates, mainly in the following categories: one was cloth clothes into the curtain, such as Cui Yi entered the Wei Bo Curtain with cloth clothes, and Li Jian entered the Pinglu Curtain with a priest. The second is those who have not been in the office for a long time, such as Han Yu Jinshi and the first official department who failed to enter the Xuanwu Curtain, and Yin Pingzhong Dengjin Shi entered the Huainan Curtain. The third is the candidate with previous qualifications, such as Yuwen after the completion of the examination. Fourth, the current officials entered the curtain, such as Xu Mengrong entered the Jingxiang curtain with the school secretary, Cui Hanheng entered the Huazhou curtain with the Fei County order, and so on.

Huaxing was overjoyed, relying on the memory inherited in his mind, he knew that Xue Jun, the left Yulin general of the Yulin Army, was Xue Chang, the grandson of Xue Rengui, the general of the Taizong Dynasty, and his two elder brothers Xue Hui and Zuo Jinwu, Xue Zhi and Suizhou Thorn Shi - the family of three generations of generals who were alive and well.

The next day, after thanking Tao Hanting, Hua Xing took the letter of recommendation to Zuo Yulin Military Office to find Xue Chang.

Zuo Yulin Military Office covers an area of nearly 100 acres, different from the general mansion, which has been specially transformed, a small courtyard closed by a tall courtyard wall, a deep alley, the whole mansion is like a labyrinth, I don't know how many people live in it, it is really a deep house in the compound, Junyu carved wall, very generous, the military flag hunting, fluttering with the wind A sense of killing oppression.

Huaxing straightened his clothes and walked forward alone. There are armor soldiers with halberds standing guard outside the door of the official office, and there is a side school by the door, and there are military officials on duty in the school. Huaxing went in, reported his name, and took out the road guide and recommendation letter. After he finished registering, he hurriedly got up from the seat, invited him to take a seat, served soup, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Xie Yuangong of Shangzhou!" Please wait, I'll go to the house to report. ”

Watching him bow out, Hua Xing sighed, reincarnation as a human being, life encounters, it is really wonderful.

Suddenly, a sergeant welcomed Huaxing in, passed the main hall of the front yard, and then walked through a few courtyards where Zhu Cao worked, which was the back house.

The back house is very large, the pink wall Zhu Hu, from the outside of the wall you can see the green bricks and tiles in the house, the eaves are warped, and there are luxuriant trees, verdant and upright green bamboo are also higher than the wall. There were also a few halberd-wielding guards outside the door, and after they saw the nameplate of the sergeant with the person, they let them in. Outside the wall, I only see the eaves roof tiles, enter the house, only to see the house score in, each entry is separated by the moon gate, follow the corridor inward, along the way the layers are tired, the water pavilion, the trees are shady, and the purple and red. The whole government office is fragrant and fragrant.

Huaxing feels that compared with the Tao House, it is not worth mentioning.

Lead the way and go straight into the backyard. The sergeant told him to sit down first and report himself. Not long after, Xue Chang arrived, only to see that he was born at least 1.8 meters tall, broad-shouldered and strong, wearing a red scarf, wearing a leather armor suit, a wrought iron inlay embroidered edge belt around his waist, and thick black cloud combat boots, and his outfit was quite solemn and elegant; Looking closely at his face, he was born with a wide forehead and white face, a pair of thick and thick eyebrows that go straight into the sideburns, bright and bright eyes, a straight nose and a wide mouth, big ears facing his arms, white teeth and red lips, and a slight lock of thin beard - what a handsome and beautiful person!

Huaxing to the door of the church to worship.

"Hurry up, hurry up."

Xue Chang ascended the hall, helped him up, looked up and down, and said with a smile: "Hua Jieyuan!" Coarse cloth is difficult to hide the heroic spirit. Then he motioned to Hua Xing, "Sit, sit." ”

The guest and the host took their seats, and Xue Chang smiled and said: "Tao Jun's letter of recommendation said that Qing has the ambition to pass the border and serve the frontier?" ”

Huaxing replied solemnly: "Xingde is thin and sparse, and short-sighted. With the ability to exalt, do the work of the staff, is the so-called 'short and deep'. If the Ming Gong pays Xing with a heavy responsibility, Xingshen is afraid that he will be entrusted by the Ming Gong, and if it is because of the prosperity, the armies will ridicule the Ming Gong for being inhuman, so as to damage the name of the Ming Gong, and the crime will be great! ”

Xue Chang was very happy when he heard him think about his reputation, and said with a smile: "Qing is too humble...... Sheng Guo, I know that you are famous for your achievements, Tao Jun said that you are good at military affairs and have bravery, and originally wanted to remove you as an official soldier Cao to join the army. But after thinking about it, now that Yanqing is in the sea and Zhongyuan County is peaceful, Bing Cao is only in charge of some miscellaneous matters of collecting and transporting soldiers, and it is overkill to put you in this position.

"It just so happened that the imperial court issued an edict to move my brother Suizhou Assassin History to Yizhou Assassin History. Tao Jun said: 'Hua Jieyuan knows the law, knows the inner sensitivity, is honest and courageous, and does not avoid the strong and strong in practicing the law; He also has a benevolent and righteous heart, a good character, and loves the people like a son. After I read it, I thought it was true, because I wanted to recommend you to my brother and follow him to Yizhou as the 'Yizhou judge'. ”。

"Ming Gong is loved, Tao Jun has a good reputation. Shame and shamelessness. ”

Just when Huaxing was about to salute and thank him, he saw a person walking out of the inner hall.