Regarding the selection of these talents, Li Yuanji still attaches great importance to them.

After all, chemistry is not mathematics, and a person who is proficient in chemistry, if his character is not good, then he can create more trouble.

And Li Yuanji's expectations for these people are also very high, although the current technical level is very low.

It doesn't mean that it will be the same in the future, and it can even be exaggerated to say that the impact of these people on Datang in the future will be all-round.

They may appear in all the places you can think of, even including daily cooking, the generation of fires, the boiling of water, the transformation of food from raw to cooked, from light and salty, etc., this series of processes can be explained by chemistry.

Therefore, Li Yuanji did not dare to be careless about the choice of this group of people.

That's why the forbidden army was sent to various places to bring people back, and personally ordered some test procedures, Chen Junmei accurately guessed Li Yuanji's thoughts.

People are fine but not many, about the number of suitable candidates, Li Yuanji will not care, but if someone does not take this matter seriously, then it is necessary to talk about it.

The three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the atmosphere in the academy was a little stronger, and in another ten days, these people should be on their own battlefield.

Those who should go to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination go to Chang'an, and those who should participate in the examination organized by the local government stay and wait for the examination.

And the five students who were supposed to take the local exam gave up the exam because they had accepted a new task, although according to what the general said earlier, this should be a good thing.

But until they really knew about it, no one dared to be sure.

Zhai Liang lied, and when he handed over the one or two pieces of silver to his parents, he did not tell them that he was going to carry out the task, but said that he was going to Chang'an, because he had a good learning attitude, so he was selected by the academy to enter Chang'an Academy to continue studying, maybe for a year or two years, and told them that if there was something, they could write a letter.

Of course, Zhai Liang knows very well that it is impossible to write a letter to himself at home, and he is reluctant to give up that money, but it is the most reliable to carry a letter.

"How many of you? What did you tell your family? The young general turned his head to look at the other four people, this is a problem, if you are not afraid of ten thousand, you are afraid of what if, because they are not going to Chang'an Academy, if the family can't find anyone there, how can they explain it?

The answer is naturally varied, some say that they were recommended by the academy to go to Chang'an, but it is not clear what to do there, and they will write a letter when they arrive, some say that they will go to Chang'an to study, and some simply say that they will go to Chang'an to be an official, as for what kind of official, I don't know.

"Now immediately write a letter to report your safety to your family, saying that you have arrived in Chang'an, and you have settled in Chang'an Academy, if you want to find you, you can go to Chang'an Academy." The young general thought about it, and it was also one of his responsibilities to arrange the aftermath.

It's not that I haven't thought about it before, but I didn't expect these people to come up with so many reasons, haven't they discussed it before? Isn't there a single answer?

But it doesn't matter, what matters is your ability to find a unified answer for them and make this lie true.

Family letters don't need to be written too much, and you can't understand if you write more, just simply report safety, and then leave an address, so the speed of a few people writing is not slow, and five family letters are written without a cup of tea.

After taking the letters, the young general approached Jin Yu and asked him to give them to their families a month later.

Then, under the protection of a group of forbidden troops, the five men embarked on a journey to the west.

Perhaps considering their status as scholars, although the academy also has physical training courses, at most it can only be regarded as physical fitness, so that they can ensure that they have enough energy to study, travel long distances or something, or just think about it.

Five people, sitting around a spacious carriage, except for the five people who could not lie down, the others were quite spacious.

Of course, this carriage was only used for daytime travel, and there was no need to rush at night, and they could stay in the caravanserais.

As for the treatment, it cannot be said that it is particularly good, but it cannot be said that it is particularly bad, at least their food level is one level higher than that of the soldiers of the forbidden army.

The newly built cement official road for a few years, with countless post stations, the most direct effect is that the normal trip from seven days to five days, even if they are not in a hurry, it only took a little more than four days to come to Chang'an.

On average, I walked nearly 200 miles a day, which is nothing in the future, but now, this speed is not slow at all.

Several people came to Chang'an for the first time, but the prosperity of Chang'an has nothing to do with them for the time being.

A few people leaned on the window and kept looking outside, everything was so fresh, but there was a hint of familiarity, in fact, most people have this feeling.

After all, Luozhou can be regarded as a miniature version of Chang'an, and the general layout of the two is very different.

Of course, the layout of the fang market system is actually not too similar.

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"The students of Luozhou Academy have arrived, there are five in total, and there were seven at first, but two people chose to refuse, this is their information." The young general who was in charge of taking Zhai Liang and them to Chang'an stood in front of Li Yuanji and took out the seven documents in his bag.

Song Zhong took the information, and then glanced at it roughly, not because he wanted to take a second look out of curiosity, it was purely his work process, and it was his duty.

Although this is unlikely, no matter whether it is impossible or not, as the last line of defense by the emperor's side, although his combat effectiveness is almost equal to zero, he still has to do everything possible to ensure the emperor's safety.

"What about the reason for refusal?" Li Yuanji first picked out two crossed-out materials and asked slowly.

The student named Chen Du refused because the mission goal was not clear and could not ensure that he could apply what he had learned, so in order to avoid the imperial court's investment in him being wasted, and in order not to make his own efforts useless. Another student did not give a specific reason, but he was clearly remorseful during the test, but he still refused. Sun Yu said truthfully.

Hum!

Li Yuanji couldn't help but snort coldly when he heard this answer.

"If you can refuse today because you can't apply what you have learned, will you give up tomorrow because the task is too difficult and obviously impossible to accomplish? How dare I use such an official? Li Yuanji was obviously very dissatisfied with this response.

In fact, Sun Yu had already seen the problem, but he had no obligation to remind him.

The choice is made by yourself, how to choose, it is your own business, and since you have made this choice, you must be mentally prepared to accept all the consequences.

Li Yuanji is not the kind of person who likes to wear small shoes for people, but after all, he can't escape an accident.

Chen Du's response was perfect, so perfect that it was impeccable, but he ignored this era.

Although Li Yuanji intends to relax the shackles of the times, it does not mean that they can despise the imperial power, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, and the imperial power is the main theme of this world.

The holy order cannot be violated, and a scholar who has received royal education chose to refuse for such a ridiculous reason when faced with the call of the royal family.

Could it be that in their eyes, such a task that is not clearly pointed out is asking for their lives and their future?

Could it be that for so many years, I have always attached importance to talents, and they have not been able to solve their doubts?

Speaking of which, it was nothing more than a matter of trust, they didn't believe that the royal summons would do them much good, so they would rather keep all of them than do some seemingly dangerous moves.

To put it bluntly, this kind of person is good and selfish, and once he rises to a high position, he will inevitably become a new bureaucratic class.

Although this judgment may not be accurate, I have to admit that this student named Chen Du is indeed disgusting to himself.

"Go and tell Xiao Yu that if this student fails the exam, just do it, after passing the exam, this life will only be sixth!" Li Yuanji commanded with some anger.

Xiao Yu is the secretary of the ministry, and he has the power to decide on the promotion of officials, although it is nominally under the jurisdiction of the emperor, but in reality it is not the case.

Although the emperor can manage it, the emperor's energy is limited after all, and there are so many officials in the imperial court, it is impossible to manage every single one, so generally speaking, only officials who have entered the fifth grade or above are qualified to enter the emperor's sight.

That is to say, when an official is promoted from the fifth rank to the lower five ranks, the decision lies with the emperor, including going up, these officials are all proposed by the emperor.

The officials below the fifth rank were drafted by the official department and then signed by the emperor.

Generally speaking, the emperor of this level of officials will not look carefully, and most of them will sign directly with a glance.

This is also the reason why the position of the official department is particularly important, not his own person, at this time, if you are foolish, it will not take a few years, and the foundation will be completely rotten.

And there is another reason for this matter to be handed over to Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu is one of the examiners this year.

Of course, it is more appropriate to say that it is the chief examiner, but it is better to say that it is the chief supervisor, because Xiao Yu does not need to appear in person for the entire exam.

In the new imperial examination system, three examiners are appointed at the highest level, and these three can only be selected from three members of the cabinet, and they are different from year to year.

Maintaining liquidity, coupled with being in a high position, also prevents corruption from happening to the greatest extent.

"As for the other one, let's observe it a little more." Thinking of the candidate who didn't have a clear reason, Li Yuanji was also a little uncomfortable.

He didn't want to ruin a person's future at will, and he didn't want a person who had his heart in mind to enter the court, so the only thing he could do was to observe.

"Zhaofang Xuanling, Ma Zhou......"