In the first year of Yonglong, the first day of October, on this day of every year, the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, located in the Chang'an Dynasty, is the most lively day, because today is the day when the Ministry of Officials selects officials. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, the selection of officials here refers only to those who were in the imperial examination, but were not awarded official positions, and the difference from later generations is that although the imperial examination system was founded by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, it was really developed in the Tang Dynasty, especially during the reign of Tang Gaozong, that the Jinshi in the imperial examination and the talents recommended by the imperial examination were treated equally as a means of selecting bureaucrats.

Therefore, the Jinshi of the Tang Dynasty is not like the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, as long as you pass the examination, everyone can be an official, in the Tang Dynasty, if you want to be an official, you have to go through the examination of the Ministry of Officials, and those who do not pass will not be hired, so it can only be said that the Jinshi of the Tang Dynasty may be the saddest group of people in all dynasties.

And Duan Jian, is one of the people in this sad group, from the morning when the sky is just bright, he got up, and then rode a horse, came to the yamen of the ministry, originally thought that he was early enough, but did not expect, after coming, only to know that he completely underestimated people's attitude towards being an official, originally looked quite large in the courtyard of the ministry, has been full of Jinshi waiting for the exam, of course, these are not all last year's Jinshi, there are some old Jinshi who did not pass the exam in previous years, Now they are all rushing over together.

Taking his identity document, Duan Jian shook his head, and walked in with a wry smile, fortunately, those soldiers who guarded the gate also knew that the people who came here today had identities, and they didn't embarrass him.

Although there are a lot of people, Duan Jian didn't wait long, according to the rules, this official exam should be determined according to the number of years, that is, the time when I took the Jinshi exam was in front of you, and the time I took the exam was in front of you, but the system is dead, but people are alive, besides, the system is also obeyed by people, so in the years of assessment, the officials slowly have their own regulations.

That is, from the back to the front of the exam, that is, the first to take the exam is the person who took the exam in the year, and then sorted in turn to the front, for this system, many old jinshi are not satisfied, but there is nothing to be done, the reason for this is because, these old jinshi are not in the exam for many years, from which it can be seen that they are all incompetent or no backstage people, otherwise, why are people who passed the assessment that year, or were recommended as officials, but you still have to wait for the exam here?

In this case, Duan Jian, who had just been admitted to the Jinshi today, had great luck, and it was his turn to appear soon after the officials in the Ministry of Officials began to work.

Walking into a room in the ministry, Duan Jian saw this small place, there were three people wearing official uniforms, one in the middle had an official uniform of dark green and silver nine, while the two people next to him were wearing light green and silver nine.

Before coming, Duan Jian had already inquired about the officials in the Ministry about the examination, and the one wearing the dark green official uniform was a member of the Ministry of Officials' Examination Division, Li Mufeng, and the other two were engaged in the Examination Division, Feng Shuangmu and Jia Jin.

Therefore, after seeing the three people present, Duan Jian did not tremble like other Jinshi, as nervous as walking on thin ice, but bowed respectfully like them, and said, "Student Duan Jian has seen Li Yuanwai, Feng Zhi, and Jia Zhi. ”

Hearing Duan Jian report to his home, he didn't care at all, either looking down at the desktop or writing something on the three of them, they were all stunned, and then they were relieved of the things in their hands, and looked up at Duan Jian, and then, I heard Li Mufeng, who was sitting in the middle, say with a smile, "Oh, you are Duan Jian, not bad, not bad, originally yesterday in the audit of the Jinshi who came to take the exam, I saw your name, I still wondered, will you come in person, I didn't expect that you really came, not bad, not bad, today, There are not many people who are the same age as you, but they have such achievements, and with such humility, they will definitely rise in time. ”

"Thank you Li for the compliment, the students are just doing things according to the rules, and they don't deserve such praise from the staff." Duan Jian said modestly.

Seeing Duan Jian's unpretentious and modest attitude, Li Mufeng felt even more happy, and turned his head to Feng Shuangmu on the side and said, "Feng Zhi, Duan Langjun's assessment will be arranged by you, you should know how to do it." ”

"Rest assured." Hearing Li Mufeng's words, Feng Cheng replied with a smile on his face.

Then, Feng Zhan took out an official document-like thing from his desk, handed it to Duan Jian and said, "Duan Langjun, you can copy some of this thing and give it to me later." ”

Looking at what Feng Zhidi gave him, Duan Jian felt a little puzzled, before coming, Duan Jian knew very much about the examination of the officials.

The official examination is divided into "macro words and outstanding two subjects", and these two subjects include, book, speech, body, judgment four contents, there are handed down articles or poems, called macro words, book words and body judgment four can pass, only to be outstanding, therefore, all those who can pass the selection of the Jinshi Department are outstanding people at that time, which is also the original intention of Tang Taizong to issue "the world's talents are all in the middle of the world".

However, looking at the case file judgment in his hand, which had obviously been written, Duan Jian felt very puzzled, but in any case, since it was the examiner who asked him to do this, there must be a purpose, so he could only go to the case next to him and sit down and copy it carefully.

For brush words, Duan Jian is no stranger, since he was a child, the teacher who taught him enlightenment was a Xiucai of the late Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately because of the times, his life was unbearable, probably because of the sympathy for the same disease, since he was a child, he taught Duan Jian some traditional questions, especially in writing, that old Xiucai is very strict.

The verdict of the case file is not long, that is, hundreds of words, if it is usual, Duan Jian may use the line book, but today is the selection exam, Duan Jian still used regular script, and wrote it neatly one stroke at a time, so that the time was a little long, and it was not written until half an hour.

During this period of time, a few more jinshi came in for the exam, but unfortunately, Li Mufeng and others treated them very differently from Duan Jian, first assessing the content of their "Four Books and Five Classics", and then examining their calligraphy and official writing respectively, and in the exam, they were extremely strict, and only one of the five or six jinshi who came in barely passed the exam, and the rest were all left by them.

"Oh, Duan Langjun has written it." Just when Duan Jian was puzzled by this, he heard Feng Zhi on the side say to him with a smile.

After Duan Jian handed over the official document he copied to Feng Jin, Feng Jian was stunned when he saw those fonts, and then, his face was full of surprise, and then he handed over the official document to Li Mufeng and Jia Jin.

Their appearance made Duan Jian even more uneasy, and secretly thought in his heart, 'How can it be like this, could it be that I made a mistake, this exam was very strange from the beginning, it seems that there must be another reason.' ’

Just when Duan Jian was thinking about it in his heart, he heard Li Mufeng ask, "Duan Langjun, this is really written by you, it's just that what kind of font is this, it looks like regular script, but it is more concise and atmospheric than ordinary regular script." ”

Hearing Li Mufeng's question, Duan Jian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he finally understood the reason why Li Mufeng and the three of them were so surprised, it turned out that Duan Jian just now did not use Xingshu in order to write as clean and tidy as possible, but used regular script, you know, although regular script has existed in the Jin Dynasty, it can really develop, or in the late Tang Dynasty, especially after the transformation of genius calligraphers, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, these calligraphy giants, it was only after the change that regular script was respected as the first existence of all books, and now, Most people still use official scripts, or regular scripts that have just evolved from official scripts.

The most important thing is that Duan Jian has been practicing calligraphy since he was a child, and he has used Yan Zhenqing or Liu Gongquan's calligraphy, so the words he wrote also have a bit of their style, Yan muscles and willow bones, which is the existence that the entire Chinese calligraphy world looks up to, and now that Duan Jian is presented in front of them, how can Li Mufeng and others not be surprised.

"Outside of the staff, this is the regular script, but the students don't like the thick and rich meaning of the general regular script, so it has undergone some changes to make it look simple, comfortable and more suitable for viewing." For this kind of thing to increase his fame, Duan Jian has never fallen behind.

"Good, good, good, it's really good, from these fonts are very strong, it can be seen that Duan Langjun is also a very good person, a certain is really envious of Wang Wulang, otherwise, even if it is robbed, I will recruit you as a son-in-law, it's a pity, it's a pity." Li Mufeng stared at the case file copied by Duan Jian with dead eyes, and kept sighing.

"The students thank Li Yuanwai for his praise, but I don't know what the students need to do next." Seeing that Li Mufeng couldn't wait to melt his eyes into those words, Duan Jian could only ask with a smile.

Feng Zhi on the side heard Duan Jian's words, and looked at Li Mufeng's expression, he also looked a little embarrassed, and said to Duan Jian, "Ah, there is nothing else, Duan Langjun is very good in this exam, you can already go back." ”

"Ah..... Well. ”

Feng Zhen's words made Duan Jian completely stunned, he understood very well the process of the exam of the next few people just now, it was really much more difficult than the college entrance examination in later generations, he originally thought that he would also go through some hardships, but he didn't expect that he just copied a case file, cleared the customs, and passed with excellent results, in this case, he never even dreamed of it.

Looking at Duan Jian's stunned appearance, Li Mufeng also reacted at this time, and said with a smile at Duan Jian, "Okay, Duan Langjun don't worry about these things, just by virtue of your exquisite calligraphy, it is natural to pass the exam, oh, by the way, I heard that Di Yushi is about to return to Chang'an City, I heard that Duan Langjun is a senior disciple of Di Yushi, if you see Di Yushi, please also ask Duan Langjun to take a certain person to say hello to him." ”

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