Bianhe Street, named because it is close to the Bianhe River, is not only an important waterway, but also an important place to play in the capital, you can see all kinds of painting boats everywhere on the river, from time to time there are singers playing and singing in the window, attracting pedestrians on the shore to stop and look.

Dong Garden, here is also a garden by the Bianhe River, it is said that it was originally built by a businessman surnamed Dong, there are rockeries and streams in the garden, and flowers and trees everywhere, every spring and autumn, here is more flowers everywhere, attracting countless people to come to play, at the same time, it is also the favorite gathering place of many readers, for example, there is a poetry meeting held here today.

However, it is said that it is a poetry club, but in fact, there are not many people who actually chant poetry, and the readers who come to participate in the poetry club actually just regard this place as a meeting place, where everyone drinks tea and chats, exchanges academic problems with each other, discusses current affairs, and so on.

In a pavilion in the southwest corner of Dong Garden, several familiar readers gathered together to drink tea, but looking at their appearance, it seems that the interest is not very high, in fact, the life of the scholars in the capital in the past two years is indeed not very good, and even many readers have left the capital to return to their hometowns, which also makes the number of readers in the capital much less.

"Brother Yu, is there any news from the imperial court, forget it this year, don't you plan to open a department next year?" At this time, I saw a young man in a blue cloth robe ask the young man with a round face in the middle.

"No, my uncle asked people to inquire in many ways, but there was no movement from the imperial court, it is said that if the department opens next year, it should be notified as early as possible this year." Brother Yu, who had a chubby face, also sighed helplessly at this time.

Since the Great Song Dynasty began to rectify the officialdom, the problem of redundant officials has been directly exposed, and after Fan Zhongyan took office, he was even more merciless to the problem of redundant officials, many mediocre officials were cleared out of the officialdom, and some young officials were used at the same time.

But even so, there were still too many officials in the imperial examination reserve before the Great Song Dynasty, after all, hundreds of people were admitted to the imperial examination just for the jinshi, and there were hundreds of people in other subjects, and the imperial examination was too frequent, almost every other year, which also made more and more people in the jinshi examination, and many people had to wait for several years just to wait for the appointment of the imperial court after the jinshi examination.

It is precisely because there are too many officials that the imperial court decided to reduce the number of officials, so that the imperial examination has not been held for two years, and it seems that there is no hope for next year, which makes many scholars who stay in the capital and wait for the imperial examination see no hope, so as long as the scholars sit together, this issue will definitely be discussed.

"Then Brother Yu, what are your plans?" At this time, someone next to him asked again.

Among them, the chubby-faced Brother Yu's family is the best, their family has practiced medicine for generations, and they are quite prestigious in Xuzhou, and his uncle is even in the Third Division, although the grade is not high, but there are also some connections, so during this time, they have been trying to inquire about some useful news through Brother Yu's uncle, but now it seems that they are destined to be disappointed.

"I ...... My uncle got me a place in medical school, and I don't know if I'm going to have to go back to my ancestral business! Brother Yu also smiled helplessly at this time, although their family has practiced medicine for generations, not everyone is willing to be a doctor, for example, his uncle became an official because of his studies, and he originally wanted to take his uncle as an example to jump out of the medical door, but he didn't expect that God's will would make people, and after reading for so many years, he returned to studying medicine.

Hearing Brother Yu's answer, everyone was silent for a while, but soon someone spoke out and comforted: "Medical school is not bad, you can go to the local medical officer to become a medical officer after learning, and it is not subject to local jurisdiction, Brother Yu, your family has been a famous doctor for generations, your medical skills are also good, and you helped me cure my leg disease last time, I believe that you went to medical school, and you will definitely be able to show your strength in the future." ”

"Yes, Brother Yu, you at least have a way out, compared to a few of us, it is miserable, the imperial court has not opened a science and scholars, and the books we have read for so many years are useless, my father also wrote to me a few days ago, let me go home and farm!" At this time, a tall and thin young man opposite Brother Yu also sighed and said, compared to the medical skills passed down by his brother's family, his family only has a few hundred acres of land, although he does not worry about food and clothing when he goes home, but he is unwilling.

"Brother Zhou, don't be too pessimistic, even if the imperial court doesn't open a subject next year, but the year after next and the year after tomorrow, you will definitely have to open a subject, and among the few of us, your article will be the best, and then you will have the greatest chance of being admitted!" Brother Yu also opened his mouth to comfort this tall and thin Brother Zhou at this time.

"That ......" At this moment, he suddenly saw a young man who was dark and strong next to him hesitated for a moment, and then he spoke, "If you don't have any other place to go, I have a place to go, but I don't know if Brother Zhou is willing to go?" ”

"Brother Wu, please speak!" Hearing the words of this black and strong young man, Brother Zhou and several others also looked at him in surprise.

This black and strong young man surnamed Wu, a native of Hejian Mansion, although he is a scholar, but he is black and strong, he looks like a martial artist, in fact, this Brother Wu has indeed learned martial arts, and ordinary three or five strong men are not his opponents, but this is also a helpless thing, after all, Hejian Mansion used to be the border, and the Liao people went south from time to time, in order to protect themselves, so almost everyone in Hejian Mansion practiced martial arts, and this Brother Wu was no exception.

I saw that this Brother Wu hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Don't hide it from you, my father wrote a letter some time ago, saying that the government over there in Ruzhou is short of people, and it just so happens that my father has some connections, and he can arrange a few people to go in, but he has to start with the scribe." ”

As soon as Brother Wu's words came out, Brother Zhou and the others all showed a silent look, after all, they are all scholars, even if they are not very outstanding in learning, but they are still arrogant, if they are allowed to be small officials, they are still a little unwilling.

Seeing the expressions of Brother Zhou, Brother Wu couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he still spoke again: "I also know that the status of the scribe is low, but I am too stupid, even if I participate in the imperial examination, the possibility of being admitted is very small, but if you start as a junior official, you can also participate in the imperial examination in the future, and the difficulty is also smaller. ”

"I think Brother Wu's words are reasonable, now the imperial court is tightening personnel everywhere, even if it is a scribe, it is difficult to enter without a way, and Confucianism has just been recovered for a few years, and it is the easiest time to make political achievements there." At this time, I saw that Brother Yu, who was about to go to medical school, finally spoke.

However, as soon as his brother's words fell, before the others had time to express their positions, they suddenly heard someone outside the pavilion shouting: "The deception is too much, the little Li Dynasty dares to claim to be the emperor, it is simply not knowing life or death!" ”