The down-and-out scholar Yuan Gongyu was about to collect the stall and go home, but he didn't expect the fang gate to be noisy, the place where he set up the stall was originally near the fang gate, and he was also curious at the moment, so he followed the crowd and surrounded it, only to find that it was a few officials who were posting the list text, because the fang gate is the main road in and out, so if the court has any decrees or notices, they will post the list in front of the fang gate, and the most common is the list of arresting criminals.

Yuan Gongyu originally thought that it was another Jiangyang thief who committed the crime, but when he saw the list on the wall, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because the name of the yamen that issued the list would be marked at the beginning of the list, Yuan Gongyu was a scholar who was bent on seeking fame, and he was very clear about the various official yamen in Chang'an City, but he had heard of the name of the yamen on this list for the first time.

"Financial superintendent? Among the nine temples and five prisons, it seems that there is no financial supervision before? Yuan Gongyu couldn't help but muttered to himself in confusion at this time. In fact, although the financial supervision has not been established for a long time, it has been spread among scholars, but Yuan Gongyu runs around every day for food and clothing, and he is shy in his pocket, and he has not met those friends in Shilin for a long time, and the people know very little about financial supervision, so he has not heard this name for the first time until now.

However, although the name of the financial supervisor was heard for the first time, but when Yuan Gongyu saw the content of the list, he couldn't help but be shocked, it turned out that this was a list of talents, which roughly means that the financial supervisor is newly established and needs a large number of small officials, so it is recruited from the people, and the requirements are not much, the main thing is to be able to write and calculate, of course, in addition to the net worth, good health and other additional conditions.

At this time, some people also read out the content of the list, and heard that it was the imperial court yamen recruiting small officials, and the crowd couldn't help but burst into heated discussions, speaking of which, although the small officials are not officials, they also have some privileges, and the Tang Dynasty's treatment of officials has always been generous, even if there is only one person in a poor family who works in the public gate, he can support the family, not to mention that if the small officials do a good job, they may not be able to be promoted to officials in the future, and then they will officially enter the official registration and become the master of the official family.

However, the small officials are not so easy to be, in addition to the clumsy errands such as the officials and jailers, most of the small officials are knife and pen officials, literacy and hyphenation is the most basic requirement, of course, literacy is not enough, although the literacy rate of Datang is not high, but it is not small, it is impossible for everyone to be a small official, so in addition to literacy, there must be a relationship, otherwise ordinary people will not find a way to be a small official.

Of course, there are very few cases like today, because a certain yamen needs too many people, so they openly recruit from the people, this kind of thing is not often encountered, and it may not even happen once in a few years, so this matter is also a good thing for many scholars from poor backgrounds.

The surrounding crowd was talking, and even more people hurriedly ran back to report to their acquaintances, Yuan Gongyu also showed a silent expression after reading the list article, but at this time, it was getting late, and he lived far away, so he packed up his things first, and then hurried back to his place of residence.

Yuan Gongyu's place of residence is located in Chang'anfang, southwest of Chang'an City, but in the matter of naming, it is generally necessary to make up for what is missing, such as Chang'anfang, although the name is Chang'an, but in fact it is not safe at all.

The terrain of Chang'an Fang is low, every summer when there is too much rain, the water of Chang'an City can not be discharged, and the result is all flowing to Chang'an Fang, so the rich and noble people of Chang'an City will never choose to settle here, the whole Fang is inhabited by the poorest people in Chang'an City, in fact, not only Chang'an Fang, the surrounding Pinghe Fang, Yonghe Fang, etc. also have the same problem, it can be said that this is the slum area of Chang'an City.

After Yuan Gongyu entered Chang'an Fang, he walked through the narrow and dark streets to his place of residence, which is a small courtyard, with a total of three rooms, and it is very dilapidated, as long as it rains, there is no rain leakage on the roof, and it is cold in winter and hot in summer, and the conditions are extremely difficult.

But even if it is such a dilapidated small courtyard, Yuan Gongyu can't afford to rent it, he only rented one of the small rooms, and the other two rooms are rented by others, and they are all coolies in the city.

At this time, it was completely dark, Yuan Gongyu entered his dark room, carefully put the pretense and pen and ink for eating on the table, and then lit an oil lamp, and picked up the oil lamp and walked around the room, mainly to see if there were any thieves who came in. Otherwise, maybe when you wake up, the quilt on your body will be gone.

After making sure that there was nothing missing in the room, Yuan Gongyu checked the doors and windows again, and then carefully closed them, at this time he also felt tired and hungry, the steamed cake he ate at noon had already been digested, fortunately he still left a semi-steamed cake, but because the weather was too hot, he was afraid of covering it up, so he put it in the sun before, and now it is dry and hard.

However, if people are hungry, they can't care about anything else, as long as they can fill their stomachs, not to mention that Yuan Gongyu's house has nothing to fill his stomach except for today's leftover steamed cakes, so he poured himself a bowl of cold water, and was just about to eat, but suddenly saw the lit oil lamp again, and thought that the lamp oil at home was almost gone, so he immediately blew out the oil lamp.

At that moment, Yuan Gongyu sat in the dark, and ate a dry and hard steamed cake with cold water, which slightly relieved the hunger in his stomach, and then immediately lay on the bed, hoping to fall asleep early, as long as he fell asleep, he would not feel hungry.

However, Yuan Gongyu couldn't sleep today, and he tossed and turned on the bed like a pancake, because his mind was now full of what he saw today, and the financial supervisor recruited a small official, which is a rare opportunity, although he still doesn't know what this financial supervisor does, but as long as he becomes a small official, at least the problem of eating is solved.

However, Yuan Gongyu, as a scholar, has been determined to teach and gain fame since he was sensible, so he used to despise the little officials very much, if he first came to Chang'an, he would not be a little official if he was killed, and he wouldn't even think about it, because he felt that it was an insult to himself.

But since the failure of the imperial examination, Yuan Gongyu has also been hit hard, plus the two years of struggling for life, but also consumed Yuan Gongyu's arrogance, especially now that he has no pennis, and the livelihood of writing letters is becoming more and more difficult to do, if it goes on like this, maybe in a few days he will either starve to death, or he will have to go to the street to beg for food, if it really falls to the point of begging, Yuan Gongyu feels that he might as well die.

"Although the background of the little official is not very good, but at least the salary is good, and it is no problem to feed the family, and the little official can also participate in the imperial examination, Sun Fujia, the champion of Wude for five years, used to be the Fa Cao of Wannian County, and even the champion has been a small official, not to mention a scholar like me?" Yuan Gongyu whispered to himself at this time, in fact, he also said these words to himself, in order to find an excuse for himself.

"That's it, let's go to the place where I recruit small officials tomorrow to try, if it is feasible, then I will be a small official for two years first, and when the imperial court opens the imperial examination again, it is not too late for me to participate in the imperial examination, and if I can also contact some officials when I am a small official, it will be more convenient to participate in the imperial examination in the future, if I can get the appreciation of any dignitary, it will be better!" Yuan Gongyu muttered to himself again at this time, and when he said this, he couldn't help but show a little excitement on his face.

Thinking about going to the recruitment of the little officials tomorrow, Yuan Gongyu also felt more and more excited, but he couldn't sleep, and when it was almost the third watch, he finally experienced the pain of insomnia, first of all, the stomach was like a drum, the feeling of hunger could simply make people crazy, Yuan Gongyu couldn't wait to get up immediately and eat the only half of the steamed cake left, but when he thought of going to the recruitment tomorrow, he didn't have the strength to do it, and finally he could only endure the hunger, until the second half of the night, he fell asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, Yuan Gongyu got up early to wash, and then found out his only Confucian shirt, changed into it, and then ate the half of the steamed cake, and then hurried to the West Market, because yesterday's list was very clear that the applicants had to go to the West Market, that is, the place under construction next to Yuan Gongyu's stall to gather, and the Financial Regulatory Commission would select the best.

Yuan Gongyu has never known what this building built next to the gate is for, only that this building is large-scale, and it has been partially built, and now it seems that it is likely to be related to the financial supervisor. And when he arrived here, he found that there were already a lot of people here, including old and young, adding up to more than 100 people.

This was the first day that so many people came, which made Yuan Gongyu a little worried, but thinking that he had participated in the imperial examination, which was by no means comparable to ordinary people, he regained some confidence slightly.

When it was almost noon, I saw a middle-aged official about forty years old with a group of small officials rushing here, and then a small official led them into a newly built house next to it, which was filled with a lot of low tables, which looked similar to the examination room of the imperial examination.

Yuan Gongyu thought that they were about to be assessed by the imperial court, but he didn't expect that the middle-aged official led by him had been sitting there drinking tea without looking in a hurry, which made the people below a little strange, and even began to talk in a whisper in the end.