Busyness has become the only main theme of the Tang government at the moment.

The people in the Ministry of Rites are busy with Li Yuanji's enthronement, and the date has been set, the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival.

According to the record of "Jing Chu Years Chronicle", because of the midsummer climbing, Shunyang is above, May is midsummer, and its first noon day is the day of ascending Shunyang's good weather, so the fifth day of the fifth month of May is also called "Duanyang Festival".

Who would miss such a great day?

The Ministry of Rites, which only held the enthronement ceremony last year, is now even more comfortable to do, and there is almost no need to direct many things, and everyone knows what to do.

Under the command of Fang Xuanling, the Ministry of Officials is busy making the final frame of the streamlined personnel, and this time it is even more refined to the low-level position of subordinate officials, according to the current plan, the entire streamlined imperial court, all departments combined, only retain the scale of about 500 people.

Coupled with the candidates shortlisted for the imperial examination this time, it is expected that the entire imperial court will be controlled at about 700 to 800 people. (It's not that I'm making it up, but in history, after Li Shimin asked Fang Xuanling to streamline the imperial court, he retained the scale of more than 700 people, this number has been verified in history, so it is reasonable to appear in the book.) ）

In addition to being busy streamlining personnel, Fang Xuanling also had to be distracted to arrange the scientific expedition.

Li Yuanji was originally scheduled for the first round of the imperial examination on the first day of the fifth month, that is, four days before his accession to the throne, as an encouragement to the candidates, although the first round of breakthroughs may not be able to become officials, but Li Yuanji still decided to surprise them.

Everyone is busy in their own way, Du Ruhui, who has woken up, is sick, and he is still busy in the military department every day, in his words, the old man is to atone for his sins, for himself, for the Tang Dynasty, for the ......

The words of atonement for Li Shimin's sins were not spoken, but everyone knew it.

Li Yuanji didn't dislike it, it was still the same sentence, no one was available for the time being, and the military department was not a department that directly commanded the troops, so it was not impossible for Du Ruhui to give full play to his residual heat.

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Recently, Chang'an City has gradually become lively, from the south, from the north, and candidates enter Chang'an City in groups through various city gates.

The first time I saw Chang'an City, I couldn't help but feel shocked by the vigorous atmosphere of Chang'an City, and those who had already been to Chang'an City were full of contempt and sarcasm for those who came to the countryside for the first time.

With the addition of candidates, Chang'an City has been injected with a new vitality, making the entire Chang'an City rejuvenated again, giving people a sense of strength.

There are many empty squares in Chang'an City, and these places have also been used by the imperial court, which is cleaned up, and then simply arranged to arrange the candidates' residence in Chang'an.

Of course, it's not free, you have to pay two dollars a day for each house and ten dollars a day for a yard.

If you are a rich candidate, you can go to Taipingfang to stay by yourself, where there are higher-grade inns and service facilities are also very good.

Those of the middle peasant class could rent a room and live alone.

If you are poorer, you can also share a room with two people, and there are no restrictions on this.

Of course, if you can't afford to live in Taipingfang and don't want to squeeze under the same roof with them, you can pay ten yuan a day and enjoy a courtyard by yourself, and no one can affect you.

Where the candidates gather, there will naturally be new businesses, and many people in Chang'an have also started to think about it, take out their family savings, and go to the place where the candidates gather to set up a stall to make a living.

But this stall is not just for you, there are Qi soldiers patrolling each square, and they will walk through it almost every quarter of an hour.

And these vendors who come to set up stalls have to pay a management fee of ten yuan when they enter the stall, and they need to sell at a fixed location.

Ten dollars is a lot, but it's not much.

First of all, only ten vendors are allowed to enter each square, and after paying the money, they will be protected by the soldiers, and if any scholar makes trouble, the soldiers will be happy to teach them how to behave.

Of course, if the vendors are not honest, the soldiers will also teach them a hard lesson, and they will start to doubt their lives.

The place where the candidates gather is arranged by the household department, and the adjustment and scheduling is also the responsibility of the household department, and the income and money are naturally included in the household department, although it is not much, but it is also a way of open source.

In addition, people are about to be laid off, and the household department is very concerned about this matter, and they are scrambling to find a way to squeeze in, and then perform well and display their talents.

The sudden appearance of a group of people aroused the curiosity of many candidates.

The main reason is that this team of people is too peculiar, all the uniform costumes, even the bookshelves behind them are also unified, the number of people is not small, there are more than 50 people, and there is a special person in charge, each passing by a courtyard, only four people are put in.

Most of the houses here are four-room houses, so four people actually means one room for one person.

"Yo, where did these people come from? Why haven't you heard of it? "The so-called smell is the same, and the fragrance is also attractive, Jing Bo looked up at the team of fifty or so people, and asked Shangguan Yi, a newly made friend next to him.

"I saw that they all had the word town tattooed on their chests, could it be that they came from a place related to the town?" Shangguan Yi was also puzzled.

When he came to Chang'an, this form of imperial examination was also of great help to him, as he could compete with more high-level candidates, find his own shortcomings, and be more conducive to making friends with more candidates in the same period.

Whether it is from the aspect of personal knowledge, or from the future development, it is of great benefit.

"The whole Yangzhou is not here, there are only a few people, I have never heard of a place with the word town can come so many people, and you and I have seen Chang'an City change in the past ten days, have you ever seen more than 20 people come to a place?" Jing Bo couldn't help but shake his head secretly, thinking back to what he had seen and heard in Chang'an recently.

"Isn't it true that their academy has a relationship with the examiner this time? Or is it the academy run by a certain important minister who returned to his hometown? Shangguan Yi also realized that he seemed to be thinking wrong.

He won the respect of Yang Rengong, the governor of Yangzhou, so he got a recommended place.

There are only two kinds of people who enter the Chang'an scientific examination, the first is personally recommended by the governors of each state, and there are only three places in the hands of each governor, and the conditions are extremely harsh, and the recommended person must have more than three years of experience in the official yamen, or more than two years of grassroots experience, and the other is the problem of talent.

In the future generations, this kind of quota is specially reserved for people to open the back door, but now it is different, the person who is promoted not only represents himself, if anyone dares to push up, and it is found that he is useless, then even the person himself will be affected, at least in the future, the promotion will be affected.

Therefore, many regions did not use up the three places this time.

The other way is the state examination, which is organized by the state to register for the examination, depending on the size of the state and the size of the population, each state has five to twenty places, and this place is full.

Where else could there be such a power? Can more than 50 people enter the Chang'an scientific examination at one time?

It is said that even big cities like Chang'an and Luozhou add up to only about one hundred and fifty places.

"Tsk, look at the people, and then look at us?" The candidates, who were also buying food, couldn't help but shake their heads self-deprecatingly, and after seeing others, they didn't even have the heart to eat.

"Does this brother recognize them?" Shangguan Yi hurriedly asked.

"Naturally, I know it, the protégé of the Son of Heaven, I don't dare to say anything else, people are a step higher than us at this start, but fortunately, a certain person has also been to the Qi country, although it cost a little money, but this time it will definitely be able to take a good ranking." The man shouted triumphantly.

"Qi Guo's? Town? Zhenbei? Jing Bo was surprised, Zhenbei City has only been established for less than a year, how can so many people come to the scientific expedition?

"If it's not Zhenbei City, where else can it be? If you want to say that our fate is not good, why didn't you think about immigrating to Zhenbei in the first place? Do you know what kind of treatment people have? The man continued to show off, originally his confidence was not enough, but when King Qi came to power, his confidence came.

Seeing a group of people around him shaking their heads again and again, Zhenbei is still very strange to them, but they have heard of it, no one has been there, and what kind of talents can be produced in the land over there?

"After the soldiers of the Qi army, all of them are enrolled for free, uniform clothes and books are distributed for free, and they are also responsible for food and accommodation during classes, and the books there are very cheap, so cheap that you doubt your life, five hundred yuan a book, buy ten books and get one free. In a certain estimate, this time they are entering the Chang'an examination, and all the expenses during this period may not be their own. ”

"What? Free Admission? Do you still have to eat and live in charge of books? How is this possible? Someone immediately retorted.

Is there such treatment in the world? What about dreaming?

"Hmph, this is just the first wave, tens of thousands of scholars from Qidi, these are only old ones this year, and they already have some basics, and in the future, there will be more scholars from Qidi in the examination room in Chang'an." The scholar wanted to show off, but held back.

is not excessively showing off, not because he is worried that he will not be able to pretend to be X, but the longer this secret is kept, the more beneficial it will be to himself.

He also bought a set of books sold in Zhenbei, and at first he didn't think it was useful, but after studying, he found that as long as he thoroughly mastered the book of mathematics, he could go to a store to do a bookkeeper, learn more thoroughly, and even go to some noble mansions as an accountant, and it was not a problem to settle accounts or something.

There are some other books, anyway, after learning a whole set, I found a problem, as if I can do anything in this world, except for poetry, with this knowledge, I can't starve to death in this life.

The reason why I have confidence in the examination is because I saw the candidates of Zhenbei Academy, the teaching materials of Zhenbei Academy are the same as their own, they can all come, and so many people can come, does that also mean that this year's exam questions will be close to those miscellaneous studies that they have learned?

Although it is very unreliable, if you really take the test like this, the chance of getting into the exam is still very high.

"He's right, and I heard that the academy in Qidi doesn't seem to learn scriptures and strategies, but is more focused on miscellaneous studies." Another scholar who had known about the Qi Kingdom followed suit.

The previous scholar's face suddenly darkened, and he scolded in his heart: MMP, can you die if you don't speak? They all know it, and Lao Tzu still asks for a test......