In the early Tang Dynasty, that is, when the Tang Dynasty was first established for more than ten years, the people here were happy, whether they were officials, people who wanted to become officials, or children. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because there is no such painful thing as exams in their lives.

Before the Qin Dynasty, the selection of officials was Shiqing Shilu, and later used military merits, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was the guest diner to the Han Dynasty, using the inspection system and the conquest system, when Emperor Wei Wendi, Chen Qun made out the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, according to the background, morality to assess the folk talents, this thing is very operable, the drawbacks are obvious, resulting in the so-called high-grade no cold door, the lower grade no scholar phenomenon.

In the Tang Dynasty, during the Li Shimin period, the imperial examination system of the pit father was basically formed and established, and the world's talents entered my hub, which was the feeling that Li Shimin felt when he watched the imperial examination jinshi enter the Taiji Palace.

The imperial examination system plays rankings, rankings of good and bad, and pits students all over the world.

But fortunately, in the second year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin had not yet used this trick.

It also exempts these happy people from the feeling of loss and humiliation after being compared to others with poor test scores.

But Wu Yuanqing came from later generations, and he was a product of exam-oriented education, and it was also a product of ranking.

In later generations, he rushed all the way from kindergarten to university, especially in the nearly 20 years before the college entrance examination. From the beginning of the semi-annual exam twice, once in the middle of the term and once at the end of the term, to the three or five days before the high school entrance examination, until the almost daily exam before the college entrance examination.

After the exam, you must always rank second, from the small class ranking, to the larger one with the grade ranking, and the ranking of the whole town and the whole county.

Every time you rank in the exam, it can definitely be said that there is a lot of sorrow.

It's clear how many points you scored, how many places you ranked, whether you were at the top or in the middle or at the end, and there was no privacy at all.

It's nothing for those who study well or don't care about grades at all, but for those who are average or have a declining academic performance, or who are competitive, this kind of ranking is as shameful and embarrassing as stripping off their clothes.

Wu Yuanqing has been in college for more than 20 years, and that feeling has been experienced countless times, but fortunately, most of the time, his grades are very good and stable.

But there have been a few times when my grades have declined, and when I dropped one or two, I also felt very embarrassed, and I had to be named by the teacher.

Therefore, when it comes to the feeling of ranking, Wu Yuanqing is definitely at the level of the ancestor at this time.

The merit tablet he made was like the second place in the exam, which was to take out a certain aspect of a person and compare it with others in the most intuitive way.

This is a double-edged sword, on the one hand, it can make people grateful to those who are at the front, and on the other hand, it can make those at the back be ridiculed and despised by others.

If there is no 50,000 stone of grain donated by Wu Yuanqing, or the food donated by the people behind can be slightly in line with their identity, this merit monument is the capital for these people to boast and show off, but it is a pity that Wu Yuanqing donated too much, these people donated too little, once this merit monument is made and presented in front of the people, in addition to Wu Yuanqing, these people who are rich but are only willing to donate a few hundred stones in the face of the locust plague will definitely be scolded and despised by everyone, and there is definitely a chance to go down in history forever.

Wu Yuanqing's strategy is very disgusting, but it definitely works.

Just after the news came out from the palace that the emperor asked the warrior to make a merit monument, the Chang'an magnates did not know how many inkstones, paperweights or vases were smashed at home, but it was obvious that everyone was moved by the wind and sent people to Si Nong Temple to ask for a meeting with the warrior to revise the amount of food donated.

'Father, are you so watching Wu Yuanqing's trick succeed?" Chongrenfang's eldest son and eldest grandson Wuji's mansion asked with a red face.

"Otherwise, do you have a way to save my eldest grandson's family from a humiliating crisis," eldest grandson Wuji snorted coldly with a dark face.

Faced with Lao Tzu's questioning, the eldest grandson shook his head after a while.

"Samurai Yan really gave birth to a good son, and he was able to come up with such a method, which was not obvious, but forced so many people to donate a lot of food even if they were unwilling. The future is terrifying" The eldest grandson Wuji looked at his son, thought about Wu Yuanqing, and sighed with emotion.

In Fang Xuanling's mansion in another square, Fang Xuanling also expressed the same emotion: "Giving birth to a son should be like Wu Yuanqing, and the samurai will be blessed."

But Fang Xuanling's eldest son, Fang Yizhi, disagreed with his Lao Tzu's words, and retorted seriously: "Father, the child doesn't think so, the child thinks that Wu Yuanqing has made a big disaster this time, and has offended so many powerful ministers at once, and when these people come back and launch a counterattack in the future, it will be better for the Duke of Ying."

"This is a mistake, although he has offended many people, but Wu Yuanqing has received the favor of His Majesty, and he is also doing this for the good of the people, compared to him, his father is too careful and too pandering to others this time" Fang Xuanling touched his chin and said with a beard.

"But, father, aren't you also trying not to offend others, besides, you have already prepared the food, but you haven't donated it, but you have already made plans to set up a porridge shed to give porridge when the time comes."

"No matter what the reason, what the reason, if you are wrong, you should have the courage to admit your mistake," Fang Xuanling said.

Seeing that his son was about to refute, Fang Xuanling waved his hand and said, "Okay, you and Ah Fu quickly send the prepared five thousand stone grain to Wu Shiling."

This kind of thing happened in many of the families of the princes in Chang'an City.

Wu Yuanqing's donation is 50,000 stones, such a number scares countless people, like the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, these people can still come up with 5,000 stones to donate, but that's because these people have already started to collect grain in the city, and they themselves have two shops.

But there are not a few such families, the vast majority of the country's families have grain in stock, enough for thousands of stones or even tens of thousands of stones, but not to mention the consumption of their families, it means that they know that the locust plague is coming, and there will be no harvest at the end of the year, even if there is excess food, they are reluctant to donate it, and they must always leave some food for the next year.

Not to mention that none of these people have one or two Zhuangzi near Chang'an, and there are hundreds or thousands of tenants in Zhuangzi.

Although the main family has no obligation to support tenants, if you really ignore these people to sell their sons and daughters, or starve to death, then the main family will stink, and no matter how you become an official, the emperor doesn't want to use you.

So these people are the most entangled, they can't afford to lose that person if they don't donate, and they are afraid of being hated by the emperor, but they can donate it, and there is not so much food, or they are reluctant.