The much-anticipated examination ended in the thick of autumn, followed by the time of marking and evaluation, it will take time to release the list, but just four days after the end of the examination, that is, on September 8, another kind of examination, the official examination is about to kick off, if the examination is the summer in the autumn, boiling hot, the official examination is the winter in the autumn, so that countless people's hearts have fallen into the ice hole, as early as ten days ago, the first batch of thousands of officials quietly arrived in Chang'an, Living in the concert halls of the various states, no one knew what to take the exam, but despite this, all the officials knew that since even ordinary scholars regarded prostitution as immoral, let alone their parents, most of them stayed in the concert hall honestly, and no one dared to go out easily.

More than 10,000 officials from all over the Tang Dynasty will participate, divided into three batches, September, October, and December, and the military attache examination will be held in February next year, and this group of officials on September 8 will be examined by the Ministry of Rites. On the other hand, some officials of the Ministry of Rites also have to take the official examination, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites are arranged for the next batch of examinations, and the next time the Ministry of Officials will be the chief exam.

On September 7th, the Xuanzheng Hall began to clear and close, and other matters such as posting the examination number, this time the chief examiner was Lu Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the deputy chief examiner was Wei Qing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Lu Qi did not ask about the specific affairs of the examination, only responsible for undertaking the emperor's will, and finally reported the results of the examination to the emperor, and all the miscellaneous matters were responsible for the deputy chief examiner Wei Qing, after Zhang Huan ascended the throne, Wei Qing also became very taciturn. ^UC eBook^ His grievances with Zhang Huan have become a thing of the past, his father Wei Ge fell ill after Wei Deqing's army was annihilated, and he is still lingering on the sickbed, and it is for this reason that the Wei family, which also suffered heavy losses in the Jiangdu incident, did not participate in the group against Zhang Huan, and escaped by luck, while another big family, the Wang family. It was almost wiped out, and that's all. Wei Ge's illness made the eldest son Wei Qing the pillar of the family, and he officially became the head of the Wei family in May this year.

"Squire!" Wai Lang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, ran over. Panting, he saluted Wei Qingshi and said, "There is news from the Hongyin Workshop that the first batch of exam papers has been printed, let us go to the door to pick it up ourselves." ”

Wei Qing frowned, "Why is this?" Didn't you say that they would send it personally? I don't have any manpower here. ”

"I also said so, said Huang Dongzhu of Kehong Printing Workshop. None of them were allowed to go out, so let's go and count the handovers ourselves. ”

"That's just as well. All right! I'll do it myself. Saying that, Wei Qing turned around to leave, but the outsider hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Squire, I heard from the guards who reported that it seems that His Majesty is also going to Hongyinfang." ”

"Your Majesty." Wei Qing hesitated for a moment, and at this time, Guan Han came over and said, "Squire, why don't I go!" ”

"Nope! You're busy here, I'll go over there. Although Wei Qing didn't want to see Zhang Huan. However, he must sign the test paper himself. Wei Qing explained a few words, and then hurried away.

Hongyinfang is the largest printing workshop in Chang'an. Specialized in undertaking the government and the country of the prison of the document printing, has a history of 100 years, it has more than 500 experienced masters, can be regarded as one of the most prestigious workshops in Chang'an, the workshop is located in Chongren Fang, the current proprietor Huang Ascetic was originally a small guy in the Hongyin Fang, because of the special ability to endure hardship, it was renamed ascetic by the former proprietor, and later recruited as a son-in-law, promoted to the shopkeeper of the Hongyin Fang, the former proprietor had no children under his knees, after his death Huang Ascetic became the proprietor and the big shopkeeper, because he was smart and capable, twenty years of time, It has developed Hongyin Workshop into a leading printing workshop.

At this moment, the owner of Chang'an's premier private workshop is accompanying the Tang Emperor to visit the examination paper printing site, which is definitely the supreme glory of Hongyin Fang, Huang Ascetic feels as if he is in a dream, no! Even dreams will not have this kind of situation, His Majesty the Emperor is coming, how many workshops in the world can have this honor? If it weren't for the hundreds of heavily armed soldiers guarding the workshop, he would have spent a lot of money to invite Chang'an's most famous music workshop to celebrate.

But Huang Ascetic didn't know, this is actually the second time His Majesty the Emperor came to his workshop, many years ago, when Zhang Huan first came to Chang'an to catch the exam, he had come to Hongyin Workshop to print ten invitations, only ten, together with the stereotype fee a total of 120 yuan, he ran more than a dozen printing workshops, either refused to answer, or offered a sky-high price, only Hongyin Fang took his job, and only charged 120 yuan, and sent someone to personally send it to his inn, it is this kind of thing no matter how big or small is the style of guest management, It left a deep impression on his mind.

"Your Majesty, when Xiaomin took over this workshop, there were only 30 hired workers, and in the past 20 years, step by step, the master has taken the apprentice, and the apprentice has the apprentice, and now we have more than 300 people in the three generations of the master and apprentice, and all of them are unwilling to leave the Hongyin Fang, and it is by everyone's efforts that the small shop has today. ^^ Premiere ^UC eBook ^^^"

Huang Kuxing cautiously introduced the development process of Hongyinfang to Zhang Huan, and when he saw that the emperor listened attentively, he added: "In fact, the salary I open is no different from that outside, some people use twice the salary to dig my master, but they just refuse to leave." ”

"Oh! Why is that? Zhang Huan asked with interest.

"The key is my respect for the masters, for example, a master has a major event at home to take a day off, of course this must be granted, but the leave deduction is the rule of the store, so on the one hand, I will deduct his salary for a day, on the other hand, I will seal an equal wallet and order someone to send it to him, which is a favorite, so that it respects the master and does not violate the rules of the store."

Zhang Huan nodded and smiled: "That's right, the commander is actually like this, is there any other trick?" ”

Huang Kuxing thought for a while and said: "There is also the fact that when I pay my salary every month, I will deduct 10% of my salary, and I will also give the same amount of money, save this money in the cabinet, and wait until they are old to provide for their old age. ”

"It's a novelty." Zhang Huan was a little surprised, he had never heard of such a thing. He asked again: "Will they be willing to deduct the money?" ”

"This is the reputation, the people in the store have always trusted me, and more than a dozen masters have received this money, so there is an extra amount of money, why don't you want to?"

Zhang Huan nodded and walked out of the printing workshop. =^UC e-book^First Release== It's time to the warehouse again, and the warehouse is already very heavily guarded at this time. There are 6,000 exam papers, each numbered. From distribution to recycling to final destruction, as long as there is one less copy, it must be traced to the end, and he just walked into the warehouse, but saw Wei Qingzheng handing over the examination papers with several officials.

Wei Qing came to Hongyinfang but did not come to see him, Zhang Huan knew his thoughts. He didn't get angry, but watched them busy from a distance with his hands behind his back. Huang Ascetic didn't realize that the emperor's mind had shifted, he remembered something, and immediately asked: "Your Majesty, there are several Persian merchants who want to come to the workshop to learn printing techniques, can the grass people teach them?" ”

"And that kind of thing?" Zhang Huan was a little interested, he pondered for a while and said: "The strength of my Datang is to be broad-minded and inclusive, we should not only learn advanced technology from the outside, but also allow others to learn my technology, as long as it does not affect national security, let them learn." Don't close yourself off. Don't be afraid of others surpassing you, the key is to keep improving your skills. In this way, we can always stay ahead of the curve and always be someone else's master. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan patted him on the shoulder again, and said earnestly: "I didn't really want to see the printing of exam papers when I came to inspect the Hongyin Workshop, but to make a gesture, I will vigorously support the development of the major workshops, and I hope to see the Hongyin Workshop with a scale of 2,000 people one day." ”

Huang Ascetic's heart was moved, and he bowed to the ground, "The grass people obey the holy decree." ”

"Alright, go get busy! I'm going to meet with the Rite Squire. ”

At this time, Wei Qing had already seen the emperor, and he couldn't avoid it anymore, so he had to lead the officials to come forward to meet him, "Minister Wei Qing see His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

"Wei Aiqing is exempt!" Zhang Huan waved his hand and ordered Wei Qing to be exempt, he silently looked at this person who had saved his life back then, how many grievances and grievances were entangled between them, but the hatred of the past had faded away in his heart, Zhang Huan smiled and said, "Wei Ge Lao has been in good health recently?" ”

Wei Qing felt that Zhang Huan's tone was flat, there was no real concern in it, but there was no hatred either, just as plain as water, maybe this was also the result he wanted, Wei Qing hurriedly bowed down and said: "Father Chen's body has been stable recently, and there is no big problem with recuperation." ”

"Please convey my greetings to your father, I hope that the Wei family will continue to produce talents." Zhang Huan smiled faintly, and the topic turned to business, "The official examination will start tomorrow, how is your Ministry of Rites prepared?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the examination room has been arranged, the roster has been determined, now as long as the examination papers are sealed, everything will go smoothly tomorrow."

"That's good." Zhang Huan nodded, and said to him again: "This official examination is very important, I don't want any favoritism and malpractice, everything depends on your self-discipline." ”

Wei Qing nodded silently, and said for a long time: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the ministers will do their best." ”

Zhang Huan looked at him, and suddenly, an ominous feeling slowly poured into his heart.

A month ago, the imperial court officially approved the proposal of Jingzhao Yin Han Yannian, and the doors of each square in Chang'an will no longer be closed at night, allowing the people to enter and exit, changing the tradition of closing the doors at night in the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years.

Late at night, a carriage drove into Yanshoufang at high speed, stopped in front of the Wei Mansion, and out of the carriage came a young man in a white robe, he was about thirty years old, with a delicate face, with a trace of aristocratic arrogance between his eyebrows, at this time, one of his family members ran to the concierge to report, about a quarter of an hour later, the side door of the Wei Mansion opened, and Wei Chi, the second son of the Wei family, walked out of the door and arched his hand: "Li Sizhi visited the Wei Mansion at night, I don't know what is important?" ”

This white-robed young man is called Li Xuan, the son of Li Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the current director of Dali Temple, he is Xuan for three years to rely on the door to enter the office, and he is about to take the official examination tomorrow, he saw Wei Chi come out, so he hurriedly stepped forward and smiled: "Visiting late at night, it is really presumptuous, but this is not a place to talk, can you change places?" ”

This Wei Chi hesitated, this sensitive time comes, it is difficult for him to do it! But Li Xuan is the son of Li Han, and he is also a person who can't afford to offend, and after hesitating for a long time, Wei Chi said: "Okay! Li Sizhi invited him in to speak. ”

Li Xuan was overjoyed, as long as he was willing to enter the mansion, he walked into the mansion with Wei Chi quickly, and circled around the mansion a few times, Wei Chi took him to the study, he waved his hand, and ordered a few maids to retreat.

"My father has rested, Li Sizhi, please sit down, tell me if you have anything!"

Wei Chi is Wei Qing's younger brother, he has been in poor health since he was a child, he has not been able to enter the office, he has been responsible for the Wei family's several big shops in the capital, although he is a businessman, but he knows everything about the big and small things in the court, and he is also clear about the intricate relationship between the various forces in the court, Li Xuan's identity background, and even he came to visit Wei Chi is also well aware.

Li Xuan sat down, and when he saw that there were no outsiders around, he took out a flying ticket and pushed it over, "This is a little heart, please smile!" ”

Wei Chi glanced at it, and his heart fluttered! The ground jumped, and it turned out to be a deposit ticket of 1,000 taels of gold, and the market price was 14,000 yuan, so he pushed it back silently, "What does Li Sizhi mean by this?" One thousand taels of gold, the Wei family can't afford it. ”

Li Xuan stretched out his hand and pressed the golden ticket, "That's the case, tomorrow will be the official exam."

Before he finished speaking, Wei Chi immediately interrupted him, "I'm sorry, my eldest brother has been quarantined, I'm afraid we can't help you with this, I got it, this golden ticket Li Sizhi or please take it back." ”

"I don't mean now, I mean after the exam." Li Xuan said as he slowly pushed the golden ticket in front of Wei Chi, "I don't actually have too high requirements, I just ask Wei Shilang to remain silent." ”

One thousand taels of gold to buy a silence, is this price ridiculously high, Wei Chi was silent, he had to ask his father about this matter before he could make a decision, at this time Li Xuan stood up, he arched his arch and smiled slightly: "This matter is please." ”

He turned around and left, Wei Chi woke up, he hurriedly grabbed the golden ticket and stuffed it back, "Li Sizhi just ordered, the money can't be collected, please Li Sizhi take it back." ”

Li Xuan's face sank, "I am giving this money to Wei Shilang, not to you, and it should be up to Wei Shilang to decide whether to accept it or not." ”

After that, he ignored Wei Chi and strode away, Wei Chi stared blankly at his back and disappeared, and then looked down at the golden ticket, he stomped his foot violently, turned around and ran towards his father's room.

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