Wei Yunqi smiled slightly, wanting to show a hint of self-restraint, but what a big deal this is! Although he called himself Qinggao, how difficult it was to be an official in this era, thinking of the suffering of ten years of cold windows, his father did not have high expectations, and many scholars beside him looked at him with envy, and he couldn't help but be a little fluttering, and his lips couldn't help grinning, showing a very happy smile.

At this time, the names written by the three gold powders of "Wei Yunqi" on the emperor's list seemed to be shining in the sun, looking extremely expensive and with an unlimited future.

The three of them were no longer separated, they simply looked carefully to the right, and they didn't know how long it took, and finally succeeded in finding Fang Qiao's name in the imperial list. Fang Qiao saw that his name was indeed on the emperor's list as the hint given by Wang Junlin, he was very excited, his eyes were a little red, and he said to himself: "It's really hit, it's really hit." ”

With a strange scream, he rushed out of the crowd, ran to the edge of the bridge, and roared loudly at the water below the bridge, the sound echoing through the hole in the bridge, making a buzzing sound.

The two friends looked at him with a smile, knowing why he was so excited - although Fang Qiao's family was also a small landlord, he was only a concubine, and he lost his mother at the age of eight, and his status in the family was only better than that of his servants since he was a child. But in this process, he was bullied by several brothers in the lineage, if he took a lot of exams this time, he would definitely be very uncomfortable at home when he went back, which is why he had to take the risk of taking a cheat sheet at that time, and he really wanted to go to high school.

At that time, Fang Qiao was so sad that he thought that he had wasted his time in the past ten years, and even thought of death, but he didn't expect that this Qin Anhou not only gave him a second chance, but also took a fancy to his talent and helped him after reading his test papers. That's right, for Wang Junlin, it may just be a casual action, but for him, it directly changed his fate, and for him, Wang Junlin is no less than the grace of recreation.

Fang Qiao looked at his somewhat distorted face in the slightly dangling river, calmed down a little, and naturally understood why he was able to achieve such cultivation in just a few days, and was grateful to the famous Qin Anhou in his heart.

"Oh, hit! Hit! ”

A scream attracted the attention of many people, and a thin old scholar in an old robe, who looked to be in his forties, clapped his hands, screamed twice, and then fell to the ground with a thud. became the second person to faint since Xu Jingzong, but one of the two was caused by extreme sadness and the other was caused by extreme joy.

Before the Qin Dynasty, the "Shiqing Shilu" system was adopted, and later the military merit system was gradually introduced. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Son of Heaven divided the world. The world is governed by the Son of Heaven, the princes, the kings, and the scholars. According to the hereditary lineage of blood. In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there were "Keqing", "Diners" and so on.

to the Han Dynasty. Promote private talents. At that time, the probation system and the recruitment system were adopted, and the former was recommended by local governments at all levels to have talents with both ability and political integrity. Those elected by the state are called Xiucai, and those elected by the county are called filial piety.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of Wei, Chen Qun founded Jiupin Zhongzheng, which was divided into Jiupin recruitment by specific officials who assessed civilian talents according to their background and morality. This system was used during the Jin and Six Dynasties. In the Nine Pins, it is the improvement of the inspection, mainly the change of the inspection from the local magistrate to the appointed official. However, in the Wei and Jin dynasties, the power of the clan was strong, and it often affected the evaluation of talents by the central officials, and later even the criteria were limited to family backgrounds. As a result, the phenomenon of "no poor family in the upper grade and no scholar in the lower grade" has been created. It not only blocked the collection of materials from the people, but also allowed the family gate valve to control the imperial court to obtain materials.

This is for the poor scholars, except for serving as a staff member for the noble gatekeeper, there is almost no way to be an official. Therefore, at present, this first imperial examination may be the only way for them to change their lives, so the euphoria in high school at this time is enough to turn a gentle and elegant scholar into a crazy madman.

Compared with the other dozen or so scholars who kowtowed to heaven and thanked God for letting them win by the river. Fang Qiao just shouted twice, which was nothing at all. It's just that more than a dozen scholars from the poor sect, including the old scholars who have been in a coma, don't know that the reason why they were able to go to high school was entirely because Wang Junlin had stood behind him twice and read the content of his test papers.

There was an uproar, and a group of people rushed up. Splashing water, fanning fans, and a strong man with five big and three thick, spit two mouthfuls of spit on the palm of his hand, rubbed it, and pinched the old scholar's people to death.

Against the drug, the old scholar immediately woke up and shouted to the sky: "The sky has eyes, Your Majesty is wise, and the Great Sui is in charge." ”

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When Fang Qiao regained his composure and happily walked back to under the Zhu Wall, the three friends had already taken a closer look at the entire Huang Bangzai, and unexpectedly Liu Ziming, who was no worse than them, was not on the list. This can't be blamed on Wang Junlin, because there were more than 3,000 people in the exam at that time, and it was impossible for Wang Junlin to stand behind them and read their test papers one by one, and it was normal for some talented scholars from the poor sect not to be discovered by him.

Fang Qiao and Wei Yunqi couldn't hide their excitement on their faces, but looking at Liu Ziming's slightly disappointed face beside them, the two of them were not good at how to behave too much, Fang Qiao comforted: "Brother Liu, don't be sad, since Your Majesty has begun to take the imperial examination, there will be every year in the future, so if you don't win this time, you will come back next year." ”

This is a very real word of comfort. Liu Ziming smiled bitterly, looked at the candidates around him who were extremely disappointed, and even lost their souls, barely cheered up, and said with a smile: "This time, the three of us won two, which is already a great joy." I thought it would be impossible for a poor scholar to go to high school. ”

This scene made many people next to him sigh, the cold window of ten years, even twenty years, thirty years, and even forty or fifty years of cold windows is all for the purpose of being an official, but the dedication to being an official is unimaginable to ordinary people.

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September 27 is the day when 200 students from the high school of the Ministry of Rites will take the temple examination.

The Guanwen Palace, located in the southeast area of the imperial city, had already been cleaned at this time. Two hundred tables were neatly arranged at the east and west ends of the main hall, leaving only the center of the hall empty for the candidates to bow to the Son of Heaven after they entered.

Similar to the Ministry of Rites Examination, a paper sign is pasted in the upper right corner of each table, with their names and places of origin written on it, and the seating order of the students of the Temple Examination is based on their ranking in the Rite Department Examination. The closer you are to the Son of Heaven, the higher this ranking, and the farther away you are, the lower your natural ranking will be. This is to prevent the candidates from getting mixed up and losing their dignity in front of the Son of Heaven.

Zhou Chengyan personally arranged for someone to hold the list and check the names and origins on the table one by one. From the first place in the ceremonial department in front of His Majesty in the east, Li Xiyu, to the last person in the southeast and southwest corners of the main hall.

Although the little yellow door had been checked twice yesterday, Zhou Chengyan deliberately looked at it again today with the respect of Shangshu, because Zhou Chengyan knew that anything could happen in the court and the court, and he was worried that someone would deliberately make trouble for him. is responsible for this matter himself, if someone wants to embarrass himself, deliberately messes up the ranking, and loses his temper in front of the Son of Heaven, this may not be nothing. On one side of them, Xu Jingzong did not have a high school, which had already made the prince of the East Palace dissatisfied with him, he knew that it must have been Gao Ying's doing, so he had to guard against the other party, and if he didn't face it with his own eyes at the end, how could Zhou Chengyan be at ease?

It took half an hour, carrying a lantern, leading two little yellow doormen to check every table, Zhou Chengyan finally stood at the door of the main hall, breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded. Everything is ready, everything is ready, just waiting for the Son of Heaven and the candidates to come.

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At this time, it is only a moment.

The sky was still dark and dreary, and I could still see thousands of stars in the sky. But at this time, Fang Qiao, Wei Yunqi, Li Xiyu and other two hundred scholars on the list had already come to the south gate outside the imperial city.

Today is the last hurdle, and only when you pass it smoothly can you truly become an official. However, the atmosphere in front of the south gate of the imperial city was much more relaxed than in front of the examination institute that day. Everyone knows that as long as there are no stupid things or accidents today, the high school jinshi is already nine out of ten.

The candidates chatted and laughed quietly, waiting for the palace door to open. But there are also those who are calm and do not talk much to others.

"I just calculated, there are a total of thirteen scholars like us, and they are not ranked high or too low." Fang Qiao whispered to Wei Yunqi.

"I just paid attention to Zhou Chengyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, looking at us from humble scholars, and his expression was a little unkind! On the contrary, it was Gao Ying and Gao Gong who looked kind, you said that the thirteen of us were able to go to high school, is it because of Gao Gong's care. Wei Yunqi said with a somewhat excited expression.

Fang Qiao somehow remembered Wang Junlin, shook his head and said: "Their Gao family is also a gate valve noble, although Gao Gong has a high prestige in the eyes of the world's scholars, and is good at recommending talents to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, but as far as I know, the talents he recommends are all from the gate valve nobles. No one ever came from a poor family. So, I don't think it's going to be his credit that we're able to go high this time. In my opinion, the most likely is the Marquis of Qin'an, Wang Junlin. ”

When Wei Yunqi heard this, he thought about it for a while, and felt that there was a certain amount of truth, but it still made some sense, and the three of them were waiting for further discussion, when a few bells rang from the palace, and the palace door finally opened.

The envoy on duty walked out.

There was no need for him to say much, and the candidates immediately lined up according to their ranking. The day before yesterday, the ceremonial officials of the Ministry of Rites had already taught the two hundred high school candidates the etiquette that they had changed when they entered the palace, and no one dared to make a mistake.

PS: Two more are sent, begging for support, asking for a monthly pass————