Compared with later generations, who only talked about heroes based on Jinshi, in the first hundred years of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was originally a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contended. In addition to the Jinshi Ming Jing, there are also the Ming Law Department for the selection of lawyers, the Ming Calculation Department for the selection of good arithmetic numbers, and the History Department, Xiucai Department, Sanchuan Department, and Mathematics Department...... It seems to be varied, but after so many years, Jinshi Ming Jing has become the best way for most scholars to come from school, and the rest of the subjects have long been in decline. Even the Ming Law Department, which repeatedly created many famous legal officials in the past, is now very few, and even if they are born, they may not be able to truly become legal officials in their lifetime.

Therefore, in the first round of three-day annotations, Du Shiyi came into contact with the four people on Yu Wenrong's list for the first time, and found that except for one of the four people, the other three belonged to the Three Transmissions, Ming Law and History, but they learned more than their own subjects, and the four people who were unwilling to do so had the same thing.

Except for Zhao Kangnian, who was also reused by Yuwenrong, the other three have never met a good boss, and they have been working hard in low-grade adjutants for many years, and in the end, most of the evaluations they get are middle and middle, and there is no way to advance, and there is no way to ask for talent, if it weren't for Yuwenrong's order to inspect the world's fields, he found a little bit of shining on them, and even deliberately pointed it out, this kind of talent who only has one skill and is not conspicuous at all will not have a chance to get ahead.

Didn't you see Yu Wenrong himself and couldn't take care of appointing them? The staff is limited, and more importantly, the energy of the superior is also limited, and the attention is also limited, how is it possible to put it below but not by the side

After all, everyone not only manages the stall of the Ministry of Officials, but also uses their own time to make up for it at night, such as Du Shiyi and Zhang Jiuling, who have to stay up all night to finish the book at hand, so that they can sleep peacefully. Early the next morning, when the proposed list was posted to the South Courtyard of the Ministry of Officials, even if the candidates who came to see the list had already known their results, they could compare the list to see what officials others had sent, and they were happy and worried.

Among them, the most sought-after and eye-catching are the few Beijing officials who are one of the few or twenty. Even if they are all the heads of the ministries of Shangshu Province, the lowest-grade officials under the Zhongshu Sect, and even the petty officials of the temple supervisors, they are the focus of people's attention after all, in addition to the county orders and adjutants of Chixian and Jing counties. Although the names of some lucky people who won official positions are very unfamiliar, after the exchange of discussions and inquiries, almost all of the official resumes of this lucky person can be completely inquired about. Not only these candidates who look at the list, but also the superintendents of the six temples in the three provinces, I don't know how many incumbent officials in Ludao are also inquiring about the results of the election.

And on the third day, the retired official's statement flew into the Shangshu Provincial Officials Department like snowflakes. Most of them were in the southwest, near Tubo and the Six Edicts, as well as Lingnan Province, or in remote areas of Jiangnan West Road. Of course, there are also a few people who are not remote, but they still don't want to try their luck and see if they can get better candidates. Of course, the candidate who has won the good and short will never put forward the resignation of the official, so the second note after the retirement, in most cases, is only a choice between the two in a very bad and worse situation, so when it came to the third note, Du Shiyi even slept lazily in his straight room.

The reason is very simple, although he was assigned the most Lingnan Taoist Que, but his memory is excellent, even if it is a first-class bad land, he can always list some advantages and special customs, coupled with a gentle and polite attitude far more than those bigwigs, most of the candidates are old fritters, even if Zhilu Dao retires, it can't withstand the good members of the Que compared to the many monks who choose more porridge and less, so after the first note after the resignation, he is less than the other nine people, and after the second note, only one person retired. The discount of not going to the court can be enjoyed all the time during these nine days, so not only this day, but also the next two days, he does not have to go to the court to blow the northwest wind, and he is in a very happy mood.

It was nine days before the end of the day, that is, the door was opened, and he was finally able to go home, Du Shiyi breathed a long sigh of relief. Although after that, the books that were annotated were also sent to the province for review, and then sent to the province to be examined by the servants and the officials, but this time the Shangshu left and right were all among the top ten, and Pei Guangting, who was in the province of the door, happened to be unable to serve due to illness, and Yan Linzhi, the confidant of Pei Guangting, who had always mastered the affairs of the officials, even if he had the intention to use any more brains in the affairs of the officials, he did not have the top boss who had always taken care of him, and he did not dare to cover the sky with one hand as he did on weekdays. So he hardly has to worry about these two procedures.

Therefore, after nine days, when he stepped out of Daming Palace again in the evening, he saw that all the families outside had sent people to wait, and he could only resist the urge to stretch his waist greatly, and took steady steps, and got on the horse and left surrounded by Chibi and others who came up to greet him. On his horse, he could still hear people talking around him.

"That's Du Jiulang, a scholar from the middle school."

"You're too young, you're in your early thirties, aren't you?"

"I heard that this year is only 30 ......"

Although it was not the first time to face such a attention, after turning onto Qixiamen Street, Du Shiyi couldn't help but call Chibi up and asked, "Why are there so many people in front of the palace today?" ”

"Except for everyone who is like us, because tomorrow is the day when the Ministry of Rites and Tribute Academy will be released. Because this year is the first time that the examiner has changed from a foreign officer to a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, everyone is looking forward to a little different. What's more, the original servant of the Ministry was Zhang Jun, the son of the pioneer Yan Guogong, but before the provincial examination, he suddenly changed to the famous Congratulatory Gift Department. Because I heard that the change was made by the Ministry of Rites, the priest knew that the tribute was proposed by the lord of Lang, and I don't know how many celebrities in the road were all deeply respected by the lord of Lang. ”

is also the champion, He Zhizhang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is almost old enough to be Du Shiyi's grandfather, and his reputation in the literary world is also in full swing, and he also has the ability to drink wine at the same time. Although in history, He Zhizhang has never been fortunate enough to know the tribute, but this time he suddenly won this award, but he immediately said that he should be fair, so this session can be described as expected. Du Shiyi didn't expect this scholar sent by Kedaizhou to be brilliant again, but he remembered that the junior brother Yan Zhenqing was the fourth in the Jingzhao Mansion exam this time, and he participated in the provincial exam as the top ten ranks, and he met He Zhizhang Zhigongju, if he fell off the list again, it would be providence

"Don't put gold on my face, it's the credit of the Congratulatory Gift Department to win the talent, I just mentioned it. Even if some people are grateful to me, there are people in the ministry who hate me. Du Shiyi replied casually, and then asked, "How about the things I asked you to inquire about?" ”

Although it was on the road, there were people carefully selected by himself on the left and right, and Chibi took another step forward, almost only one head behind Du Shiyi, and his voice was extremely low: "Pei Xiangguo's illness seems to be very bad. ”

Pei Guangting's age is ten years younger than Xiao Song, it can be said that it is the season of prime of life, and this disease is suddenly not good, Du Shiyi can't help but be a little unbelievable. Even though he was convinced of Chibi's loyalty and ability, he couldn't help but stare at him for a long time, and then whispered to himself, "How can this be? ”

"How?"

Not only was Du Shiyi shocked when she heard that Pei Guangting was seriously ill and couldn't afford to want it, but even the Pei family could not accept this fact.

Pei Guangting's wife, Wu Shi, as the daughter of Wu Sansi, was once the lord of the county and enjoyed the scenery of countless people, but she also experienced the fear that her father was killed, her brothers were all killed, and her sister was divorced by her husband's family. Although she and Li Linfu have secretly communicated for not a year or two, at this time in front of the bed, she is holding her husband's hand and tears are raining down, where is there any claim.

"Auntie, the doctor also said that as long as Grandpa recuperates, he can recover slowly" Pei Guangting's eldest son, Pei Zhi, saw his mother's pear blossoms with rain, and couldn't help but persuade him, seeing that the Wu family was still wiping his tears, he could only look at the old woman, suggesting that the latter forcibly helped the Wu family out of the house. When he arrived at the bed, he saw that his father had lost weight to a handful of bones after moving from Luoyang to Chang'an, and he couldn't help but whisper, "Grandpa, what's the matter?" If, like the Duke of Quang Binh County, he first asked for medicine in the eastern capital, and did not experience such a bump, maybe this disease would be able to ......."

"Stupid" Pei Guangting scolded with difficulty, and seeing that Pei Zhi was silent, he said in a weak voice, "Xiao Song and I haven't been in harmony for a day or two. If I am sick and weakened in the future, not only will I not be able to protect my children and grandchildren, but all the people I use will be moved to the left, I am ten years younger than him, if I can't survive this hurdle, then everything will be over, and it is better to give it a fight than to live in the eyes of people after I retire from illness.

Pei Zhi didn't expect his father to be so stubborn, he couldn't help but have nothing to say. Just as he wanted to find a few words to comfort Pei Guangting, he only heard his father's voice in his ears again.

"Now the door is open?"

"Yes, it has already started this evening, and the next step is to send the province and the officials."

"Okay, good" Pei Guangting took a deep breath, and actually motioned for Pei Zhi to help him sit up, seeing his son's face full of worry, he shook his head and said, "You don't need to say much, now I am the only one in the province, and there is no servant under the door, and although Feng Shaolie has always looked up to me in the matter, but if I am not there, how can he bear Xiao Song alone?" What's more, he is not a servant, and he has presided over the official name and is not right. You go and tell the doctor, there are only a few days left in the first month, I must come back as a director in early February, and it doesn't matter if I use the medicine of the tiger and wolf, I will never let go of this elected official."

Facing his stubborn father, Pei Zhi opened his mouth, and finally sighed in his heart, worried beyond measure. His father had no concubines other than his mother, and he had only one son under his knees, although he already had two sons after marrying his wife, he could still be regarded as a thin heir compared to several other uncles. At this time, why does my father have to force his illness to fight for this breath?