Not only did Du Shiyi get the news from Chibi that Pei Guangting was seriously ill, and it was very likely that he would die badly, Xiao Song also found out about such news, among the dignitaries and dignitaries, and even the Pei family had even spread the obituary of this servant. However, to everyone's stunned, only four days after the election results were sent to the province, Pei Guangting made a comeback. Although his face was pale and haggard, as if he had lost a lot of weight, Pei Guangting's voice was very stable, and it was obvious that he had survived this serious illness.

For this result, Xiao Song simply gritted his silver teeth, and there were several happy and sad families inside and outside the court.

You must know that since Pei Guangting's official residence presided over the subordinate province, the procedure of selecting officials every year has often made people's hearts flutter. And the most criticized thing is that the subordinate officials should have been the presiding officer in the service, but Pei Guangting entrusted him to his henchman Yan Linzhi, as long as Yan Linzhi's ruling was improper, Pei Guangting would use a red pen to tick the name, but this method of saving trouble made the candidates feel deeply insulted. After all, when the condemned prisoner decided in the autumn, the decision or indecision was also outlined by the Son of Heaven with a red pen, and it was Pei Guangting's qualification method, so the selection of people could be described as loving and hating.

Du Shiyi knew about Shiquan nine days ago, and Yu Crisp put Du Guangyuan in Cui's house for five days and Wang Yuanbao's house for five days, which also made Wang Yuanbao, who loved his grandson, very happy. The weather in Chang'an is similar to Luoyang, but it is even drier, and it is still in the first month, so among the three provinces and six departments, the brazier has not been broken. In order to make up for the heat and dryness of the air, Bai Jiang instructed the kitchen to change the way to make various stews every day, and he used the banner of Xiao Song to make Lin Yongmo let the kitchen of Zhongshu Province also prepare tea and food for officials up and down, although it was just a small thing, but everyone was happy and satisfied.

And the first tribute of the Ministry of Rites presided over by He Zhizhang was naturally fair and praised by everyone. The Jinshi Section, which once flooded to fifty or sixty people, was tightened again, and only twenty-seven people were taken, Yan Zhenqing was among them, and the three people sent by Daizhou were all wiped out again. Although it was to accompany the prince to study, after the three of them met Du Shiyi, they expressed their desire to stay and participate in the Jingzhao Mansion exam, and Du Shiyi agreed to be the guarantor

After the previous days, in addition to participating in the early dynasty, he finally had a little more leisure, but because Zhang Jiuling was reappointed as a waiter in the Ministry of Works, he was much busier than the secretary and young eunuch who was just a good voice before, and he naturally had to bear a little more when making the book. As for the affairs of the family, there are people in charge of it inside and out, and it is much easier for him to be in charge.

After a few days, the results of the Quanxuan note were sent to the province, and in the hands of Shangshu Zuocheng Wangqiu and Shangshu Youcheng Han Xiu, there were basically few changes, and only a few were returned, and then they were sent to the provincial officials. Although everyone knows that Pei Guangting is not easy to deal with, this time Zhiquan selected not only the officials, but also Xiao Song and other bigwigs in the court, and most people don't think that Pei Guangting will be very moved when he passes the official. However, seeing that this servant enters and leaves the palace every day, although he always looks sick, he is still standing, and the people who were still looking forward to Pei Guangting's downfall with a fluke are all dead.

Although the huge number of candidates has been drafted, after the official transfer is not completed after being sent to the province, the officials will not follow a group of 30 people to write a group, and the emperor has not approved it, so they will not be able to get the report written by the officials, and the officials will naturally not be able to do it. Therefore, even if it is not easy to live in Chang'an, they have to endure high rental money and food, and wait patiently for the final result. Among them, in Xuanpingfang, where the most people are gathered, several small wine shops have almost become a place where people gather to gather, where young and old not only exchange experiences and exchange ideas, but also from time to time there will be various gossip that pays attention to the time.

At this moment, Zhang Xing and Xian Yu Zhongtong sat opposite each other, drinking wine, and listening to the six directions and paying attention to the movements around them. When he heard someone talk about Pei Guangting's old things about Zhu Bi hooking people with a red hand, Zhang Xing couldn't help frowning and said: "Entrust the affairs of the official to a mere subordinate to record the matter, and the most embarrassing thing is to change the rules that should have been approved or the official is not appropriate at will, and use the Zhu pen to make a decision, Pei Xiangguo is not afraid that someone will make trouble in front of the palace?" ”

"Your Majesty will not blame the prime minister for this trivial matter, and those who have a way to choose people are naturally not afraid of not being able to get a good shortage, as for those who have no way, they can't even ask anyone to enter, where can they have the opportunity to poke things to the front of the emperor?"

Xian Yu Zhongtong has been practicing in Jiangnan for several years, and he has consciously practiced in addition to classics, history and literature, but he can go to the capital for three consecutive years to get the Jinshi, which is not enough for outsiders. At this moment, with a slight sense of alcohol, he simply told Zhang Xing about the anecdotes and old things in the science field, which made Zhang Xing, who had never been in the science field, smack his tongue. Just when the two of them unconsciously narrowed the distance, the sharp-eyed Xian Yu Zhongtong suddenly whispered, "Look, that is Fang Yan, who is the head of the household branch of the Zhongshu this time." ”

"The person who wrote the book? By the way, how did you know him? ”

Hearing Zhang Xing's question, Xian Yu Zhongtong laughed: "It's very simple, because no matter which note, the Jingguan is a monk with more porridge and less porridge." This party is gradually unknown, and it is not the Jinshi Ming Sutra and the first, if he actually chose the school secretary, then he is afraid that he will be watched everywhere he goes, fortunately, he was only selected as the head of the household branch. Even so, many people are inquiring about what the relationship between him and Zhongshu is, and the result is naturally conceivable, others just racked their brains and didn't find out that he had anything to do with Zhongshu, otherwise how do you think I would know about him? ”

"Are you saying that others think that the Chinese book notes that he is the head of the household department because he is private?" Zhang Xing suddenly became vigilant, "Then we are still here today, isn't it to tell the truth?" This is not like the first few days when we ran errands for Zhongshu, since the fraud in the examination books of the Ministry of Officials, there are obviously a lot more people watching at the door of Zhongshu's house."

"The body is not afraid of shadows." Xian Yu Zhongtong spread his hands with a smile, and seeing that Zhang Xing obviously didn't think so, he had to add another sentence that weighed like a thousand pounds, "Besides, it was Zhongshu who asked me to take you to the place where the selection of people gathered, get together more, listen more, but never touch." ”

Zhang Xing was a little puzzled at first, but then he suddenly realized that he dared to love the two of them as bait and fishermen to take the bait The last time Du Shiyi was secretly crossing Chen Cang on the plank road in the Ming Dynasty, and he attracted the attention of others on the bright side, and used them to find out the past performance appraisals of individual officials, and compared them with the fraudulent appraisals recorded in the examination books, so the shady curtain was revealed. But this time, Du Shiyi did the opposite, and let them appear in the place where the selection of people gathered so loudly. No wonder the two of them have been here for three days, and they can always see the cautious gaze of others

As for whether someone will creep behind them to listen to their details, because the two of them have not done any precautions at all, so they don't know what to do at all

It was not the first time that Fang gradually came here, so after entering the wine shop, he immediately recognized him with a smile or beckoned to greet him, he had always been a talker, first chattered with people he knew, and finally was dragged to a seat and sat down, after a neighbor poured him wine, he said with a smile: "Brother Fang, you are really lucky this time." I heard that Du Zhongshu has the most in his hands is the Lingnan Dao staff, those who are not good at evaluation and have mediocre abilities, even if they quibble, they can't make Du Zhongshu change his mind, so he can only accept it. Tell us quickly, how did you vote for Du Zhong's book? ”

"I really don't know what to do." Fang gradually didn't know how many times Lu Dao had been asked these days, and at this moment, he could only smile bitterly and shake his head again and again, "If you want to say that Du Zhongshu and I have only met for the first time this time, we didn't even have a photo before, let alone anything else." And at that time, I was in a hurry before Du Zhongshu, and I said some disrespectful words, I thought it would be over, but who knew that Du Zhongshu was actually the head of my household department.

Although most people don't want to believe this easily, Fang Yan is not a deep person, so he understands it very well, and the other three candidates at a table can't help but look at each other, secretly wondering if it is really a fool who has a fool's luck?

At this moment, I heard someone suddenly coming in from outside the door, and when I looked around, I said, "Can you still sit still?" Reliable news just came out of Shangshu Province, I heard that this time the door has been official, Pei Xiangguo criticized a bunch of 'official improperness' in one breath, at this time the three provinces and six departments have already exploded It is said that Pei Xiangguo said in a strong word, over-funded injection was originally to open the door of the foolishness, if he didn't change it, he would play it a day a day, and go up until it was more drafted."

There was an uproar in the restaurant this time. Of course, there are frustrated candidates gathered here, but there are also candidates who have finally been noted to a US official, as for the over-qualified note, strictly speaking, it means that the official position and the original official rank do not match, but since a long time ago, the official rank and the official rank have not necessarily been consistent, especially as long as the chief secretary favors you, it is easy to give you a good lack that surpasses your original official rank. So much so that the bartenders, who were too busy at first, were stunned by the mess at this time.

And Zhang Xinghe Xian Yu Zhongtong heard the news of Pei Guangting's trouble, and they couldn't help but look at me and were surprised. After a while, Xian Yu Zhongtong, who was still from a scholarly family and had more experience, stretched out his hand and pressed Zhang Xing, and after a little thought, he said: "Since it is Shiquan this time, Zhongshu said that none of the candidates he proposed are known to him, so it is needless to say that he acts impartially." It's just a piece of news, and we don't have to bear it

At this moment, the three provinces and six departments have become a pot of porridge. The usual time limit for passing the official position in the province is 20 days, and the results will be given to the officials on the 20th, and the officials will make a list to declare whether they have been officials or not.

When Li Linfu, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, got the official list with a dense bunch of names from Pei Guangting, he felt a little relaxed. However, although he was stubborn in the past, Pei Guangting, who could still listen to people's persuasion, was like a stubborn cow this time, and only said that he would handle it accordingly, and Li Linfu could only return to the ministry with this hot potato.

Staring at those hot red hooks for a long time, he finally took a deep breath and instructed a Ling Shi beside him in an unquestionable tone: "This volume of the official list will be postponed for a while, you go to Xiao Xiangguo, who is in charge of Shiquan, and they will mention it, and it will be said that Pei Xiangguo has hooked up no less than a hundred people who need to be updated."