Shinto inscriptions are not ordinary edicts of only one or two hundred words, and in normal times, most of those celebrities who are famous for their literary brilliance do not take other people's Shinto inscriptions for free, but will receive a different number of polishing pens. As Zhang said, if it weren't for the fact that relatives and friends came to the door, it would be difficult to find a monument for idlers. Therefore, sometimes, such a transaction is not only a means of putting money on the face of the bereaved family, but also a means of bribery. It's just that in order to ensure that his name is not criticized, the Shinto inscription still has to be whitewashed with all his might.

As for writing a Shinto inscription in one night, it is simply difficult for a strong man. Even if it's a fast hand, it's too late to make a draft overnight, let alone finish it?

However, Du Shiyi knew that Li Longji had some guilt in his heart after all, and he was able to use this incident to cover up the almost earth-shaking incident tonight, and he had no psychological imbalance. Even if there was no Li Longji's hand-picking, the Shinto Monument of the Golden Immortal Princess, he originally planned to do it himself. Therefore, after taking a sip of the thick tea leaves, he dipped his pen in the half-inkstone ink that he had sharpened himself, and then wrote the first stroke on the paper with a heavy weight.

"Chaosan Doctor Shouzhong Shusheren, Jixian Hall Bachelor, Lantian County Founding Son Du Shiyi Feng wrote......

In the north wind overnight, the lights in the house were kept on from beginning to end. And in the night outside, a man was gagged and sent out of this place, disappearing silently from this world.

In the back dormitory, Li Longji rarely slept alone, but he couldn't fall asleep over and over again, until a figure crept in, but stopped six or seven steps away from the front of the couch, and he called softly: "Lux? ”

For many years, Li Longji and Gao Lishi have long been in tune with each other to a certain extent. Hearing this call, Gao Lishi immediately replied in a low voice: "Everyone, you are slaves." The north wind was howling outside, and the slave and maid were afraid that they would not sleep well under His Majesty, so they came to take a look. ”

"You're right, I really can't sleep, as if as soon as I close my eyes, I can see Concubine Li dancing back then." Li Longji didn't know how many years he hadn't remembered Concubine Zhao Li when he was young, but when he thought about it tonight, he couldn't help but be upset. At this moment, he didn't look at Gao Lishi, who was still maintaining a saluting posture, and asked lightly, "I ask you, do you think the prince can be wronged this time?" ”

"If you don't think that Lang Jun is falsely accused, how can you just blame him?"

Colliers understands what Li Longji is thinking. Although it is a fact that the crown prince Li Hong's position is precarious, his aim has always been to be impartial. Even though his adoptive father Gao Yanfu is from the Wu family, so everyone in the Wu family thinks that he should be his own person, but his position has always been very clear, and there is only one person he is loyal to, and that is to be today's son. Therefore, after he said such a pertinent sentence, he then said respectfully: "Lang Jun has been married and had children over the years, and he is no longer alone, sometimes his temperament is inevitably impatient, and people in the palace often step on the low and high, and they want to be angry because of the blame for a while, so that Lang Jun is also framed."

"You don't have to help him speak, I favored him back then, but now I have many children, and as a prince, I am incompetent, and it is also a fact that I am dissatisfied with him" Li Longji snorted lightly, and then said thoughtfully, "But what Du Junli said, I am also a little suspicious, why is it not someone else, but him?" Thinking about the fact that after he returned to Beijing, other things may have just been done step by step, but on the occasion of the previous big exam, he single-handedly exposed the case of fraud in the examination, so those officials hated him, so they colluded with the palace slaves, so that they planned to trap him to death, which is the most likely"

"The sage is wise" Gao Lishi Zhilu said that no matter whether Li Longji really thinks so, or deliberately says so, this is a complete determination of this matter, and he will not have much to do. When he skillfully and gradually turned the topic, talking about King Ning's mountain pond courtyard, and talking about King Xue's son and grandson being born on the same day, gradually, he noticed Li Longji's tiredness, and his voice became lower and lower, until he heard the sound of even breathing from the couch, he tiptoed back slowly and quietly went out of the door.

Whether it is brothers and sisters, wives and concubines, or children, the most important thing in the mind of a son today is always himself. Therefore, he favored Concubine Wu Hui alone, but after tentatively mentioning the book to the minister once, he kept silent, and even the crown prince has not changed it to this day. There is only one reason, Li Longji personally experienced the era when the Wu clan dominated the world, and he was very vigilant about the harem Yu Zheng, not to mention that Concubine Wu Hui was from the Wu family, but the Son of Heaven had such an ambiguous attitude, although the crown prince Li Hong was complaining, why wasn't Concubine Wu Hui anxious?

After a night of howling and cold wind, early the next morning, Du Shiyi, who had stayed up all night, deliberately washed his face with cold well water, and used soup cakes and side dishes. And Gao Lishi stood in front of the bookcase and personally looked at the Shinto inscription of about seven or eight hundred words, only to feel that the words were beautiful, and the air of innocence and sorrow came to his face, and he couldn't help but praise him: "Sure enough, if you read the wonderful writing, you will inevitably be a big white for Du Zhongshu's wonderful pen in this life, and the eldest princess of the Golden Immortal will be satisfied if she knows about it." ”

"It's also because I've thought carefully about what this Shinto inscription should be written if I had the honor of drafting it, and now I'm fortunate to be alive."

"That's nature." Gao Lishi nodded with a smile, and then said, "It's not too early, Du Zhongshu should also go to prepare for the court meeting." By the way, today is the day of the official department's test, and I wish Du Zhongshu success. ”

"I'm just a junior, but I'm just learning from your predecessors."

Du Shiyi said this, but people cheered up. He knew very well that last night was an unexpected encounter, and the battle that started today was the best opportunity and the only opportunity for him to deliberately pass the big exam, tear a hole from the fraud in the examination book, and then take the power of the election from the hands of the secretary and the secretary

Last night, Du Shiyi was summoned to the Shanzhai Courtyard after taking turns in the palace, and almost no one knew about this kind of thing at the court meeting. As for the officials on duty in Zhongshu Province, they all thought that Du Shiyi was summoned by Li Longji to write the Shinto inscription of the Golden Fairy Princess, so this reason was widely spread, and even Xiao Song was ordered to announce the list of officials who presided over Shiquan at the court meeting, and after retiring from the court, he couldn't help but ask. Only Li Linfu, who was the initiator, looked at Du Shiyi, who was talking to his colleagues calmly, and his heart was full of incredible surprise.

You must know that even if the guy who made the first whistleblower is not the real person in charge, but the prince colluding with the minister can be turned over by Du Shiyi? Fortunately, this time he hit the side through people, otherwise it would have been terrible if he had stolen the chicken and rice this time

Although Pei Guangting's selection method has been criticized by all sides, it has an indelible advantage in terms of feasibility, that is, it can greatly reduce the selection of people who gather in the capital in the winter every year. Only those who have all the qualifications can get the official position of Quanzhu in the winter election, and even if the others are meritocracy, it is impossible to stand out when they are idle - after all, there are hundreds of states and more than 1,000 counties in the Tang Dynasty all year round, plus Beijing officials, and there are seven or eight hundred empty shortages below six grades every year, how can the chief official of the Ministry of Officials who preside over the election have the energy to carefully review these thousands of candidates?

This time, the person presiding over this year's election is no longer the servant of the Ministry of Officials in previous years, but a full ten high-ranking officials in the Tang Dynasty, and the efficiency seems to be more than twice as high, but in fact it is not. Except for Li Linfu, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, most of the rest of the people have no experience as officials in the Ministry of Officials, and when Shiquan was seven years ago, even Xiao Song did not have that qualification, let alone others. Therefore, Li Linfu had to promise to give a careful training lesson to these colleagues who robbed him of his jobs after the test.

Before the election, in fact, Nan Cao, the official department, had already begun to polish the grievances, complaints, and various documents submitted by the candidates a month ago. In this month, Nan Cao is the lock Cao grinding survey, not only do not go to court, and all the officials are not allowed to go home, it can be said that this month is the hardest month for the Ministry of Nan Cao, to check all the materials of thousands of candidates, to check whether there are impersonations, fraud, alterations and other kinds of cheating, and at the same time to screen out the people who do not meet the qualifications, and then post the long list of candidates who are retained and rejected to be posted to the public, and declare the Zhongshu Menxia, the officials Quancao, the Yushitai and the political affairs hall.

After such a heavy workload, it is not surprising that the official who sentenced Nan Cao to lose ten pounds. Therefore, everyone wants to be the official Quancao, but Nancao doesn't want to care about anyone, just because of one weight and one complicated. Despite this, Nan Cao had the only duty that even the secretary and the two attendants could not take away. That is, the official positions vacant every year are assigned into three groups by the Nancao Yuanwailang, so that the officials and servants can make notes in the selection. If the judge of Nancao's foreign lang is not his own person, then as a scholar or a squire, all the officials who are assigned to him are a bunch of officials in remote areas, and he can't even think about taking care of his own people

After Nancao's survey, it was Quancao's review, and this work had already been completed three days ago. Therefore, the highlight of the day is the Quanquan test.

The selection of officials is also a four-point judgment in words and words. Among them, the body and the language, all are general, most people can pass, calligraphy is the quality of the word, there is no too uniform standard, as long as it is not a one-handed dog crawling style, it is not difficult to pass. However, the most difficult test is more difficult than the Jinshi and the subsequent officials' examinations. The two judgments tested every year can often make many self-conscious candidates crazy and depressed to death. Therefore, as soon as Pei Guangting's qualifications came out, there were not so many people who were qualified to come to the selection every year, and it was not so difficult to make a trial.

At this moment, when Du Shiyi followed the other high-ranking officials who were going to act as the trial judge today to the capital hall of Shangshu Province, he heard the voice of someone praising Pei Guangting at the door. But in the midst of the praise, some people also ridiculed with disdain.

"In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, the Quanquan test was a vague trial, so it was impossible to cheat, and those who were not talented enough could only return home. But now because of the qualifications, both the virtuous and the unscrupulous can be injected, and you still praise this as a US policy? It's a joke."