Chapter 151: Yearning and Reality
After the Suzaku Gate, the road we are taking now is called Chengtianmen Street, on both sides are the various offices of the imperial court, and the end is Chengtianmen. ”
"Because Chengtianmen is the south gate of Taiji Palace, that is, when you enter Chengtianmen, you will enter the palace of the sage, so the road from Suzaku Gate to Chengtianmen is also called 'Heavenly Street'."
Liu Wensu stopped, pointed to the towering city gate two miles away, and said, "Look, that's Chengtian Gate!" From the past dynasties to the present, the saint ascended the throne, the crown prince was canonized, and foreign envoys came to the court...... Many important national events took place in Chengtianmen. There is also the daily dusk drum sound of Liugu Street, which starts from the drum sound on the Chengtian Gate, and every day of millions of people and races in Chang'an begins and ends there. ”
Speaking of which, looking back and seeing that the seven lifters of Beizhou all looked at Chengtianmen with their introduction, he smiled with his eyes, and only said to Liu Chenxing and Liu Qingshan's brothers and sisters: "Uncle's secretary province is on the left side of Chengtianmen Street, and the household department you are going to is located in the Shangshu Provincial Government Office, which is diagonally opposite. Uncle will not accompany you to go now, and will wait for you here later. ”
This year, the official who served as the envoy of Beizhou was Sun Changshi, who was the adjutant of Chen Tingshi, and naturally knew Liu Chenxing's brothers and sisters very well.
I still remember that when the brother and sister took the state exam, Liu Wensu, the uncle of the brothers-in-law, was just a pioneer waiting for the election, but now he is a promising internal official, and he has also entered the noble secretary province, although he has no real power, but there is a lot of hope for promotion in the future, and there are two or three prime ministers in this dynasty who started from the secretary of the provincial school, which reminds me of Liu Chenxing's "Cherry Grace" that is not very rhyming but arrogant - don't bully the young man to be poor, as expected.
Sun Changshi is also a person with a city government, although his heart is full of ups and downs, and he also knows that there are hundreds of school scholars, and there are only a handful of people who can become prime ministers, but Liu Wensu is a peasant with no background, but in the end he is a Beijing official, so he crossed his hands and said: "Today, we have Beizhou former Xie Yuan led seven tribute people into the imperial city, which can be called an auspicious event, and I want to come to seven tribute people He can also be like Liu Xiaoshu in the future, stay in Chang'an as an official at a young age, go back and forth on the heavenly street every day, see the great court meeting on the fifteenth day of the first month of each month, and see the sage Long Yan, As an official, there are no regrets. ”
Liu Wensu bowed back and said: "It is also a certain luck to be able to accompany the seven tribute people to the imperial city for the first time, and I also hope that one day I can be an official in the same dynasty with the seven tribute people." In addition, I would like to thank Chen Tingshi, a certain family is poor, and Chen Tingshi does not hesitate to give more than 100 yuan of money, and a certain nephew and niece can have the travel expenses to Beijing. Yes, I hope that Sun Changshi will thank Chen Tingshi. ”
Sun Changshi's eyes lit up when he heard this, the officials from the poor family were either flattering and blindless, or cynical and annoying, this one was neither humble nor arrogant, and he knew the sophistication of people, and I heard that the official position of the secretary of the provincial school book was not through the subject selection examination, and it was not easy to think of it, and it may not be really great in the future, so he added a point of enthusiasm at the moment and said: "Chen Tingshi is a person who cherishes talents and loves talents, and will give away the examination fee, also because the two Liu Jinshi are outstanding showmen." However, since Liu Xiaoshu said so, he should convey the words of metabolism in the next decision. ”
After getting Sun Changshi's response, Liu Wensu also knew that the other party was a person who knew things, so he didn't say anything more, and after glancing at the brother and sister again, he turned left from the side street in the middle of Chengtianmen Street and went to the secretary province.
Sun Changshi looked at the seven tributes selected by Beizhou this time, one of the eldest sons and grandsons of the five surnames, a son of an official eunuch, two of whom are very close to the Beijing officials, and the remaining three are also the sons of wealthy squires, and they all have the resources to support their provincial examinations.
As soon as a thought flashed, he looked at the rising sun in the sky, and then twisted his beard and smiled: "Seven Jinshi, you should all have prepared the documents, then we will go to the household department to pay the documents now." ”
The so-called document is a document that has the names of the three generations of people who pay tribute to the township, the names of the ancestors and grandchildren, and the physical characteristics of the person, and the children of the official eunuchs must also be specially indicated by the relatives.
In addition, it is also necessary to have five township tributes and sons to be jointly insured, and if there is a problem with the person who is jointly insured, he and the five people who are jointly insured will not be allowed to take the imperial examination for three years. Its purpose is to examine the moral character of the devotee, and who is willing to vouch for the non-meritor?
Liu Chenxing has experienced all of the above in the state and county exams, but she is not as strict as the provincial exam, and she is also experienced. And she also has a good reputation for righteousness in the township, and then the seven of their fellow villagers can protect each other.
Liu Chenxing's procedures for reporting on the household department are well understood, and he has been an ordinary person in the market for two lifetimes, and he has hardly even been to the police station or government office in modern times, but now he has come to the land of strict imperial power, how can he not look good?
Maybe she dreams back to modern times, and she can be proud that she has been to the ancient imperial city, although she still has an idea that she may also be modern as an advertising person who worked overtime and suddenly died and forgot to drink Meng Po soup after being reincarnated.
These are all boring and blind thoughts, not enough to say, Liu Chenxing only walked and watched like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, but Shangshu Province was diagonally opposite, and she arrived before walking for a while, she couldn't help but feel a little regretful, she also wanted to see the two major power departments that her uncle said were located under Chengtianmen - Menxia Province and Zhongshu Province.
Sun Changshi is not the first time to be a dynasty set history, looking at the crowd looking around, his eyes are full of unfinished tribute people, especially even the eldest grandson of the Cui clan of Qinghe, his heart is both clear and proud, he smiled again: "No regrets, after you enter the court as officials, you have to enter and exit the imperial city every day, and you can go to the palace again in the future, and there is a chance to see the imperial city and the majesty of the palace city." ”
One word aroused everyone's infinite yearning, and they subconsciously forgot the premise of Sun Changshi's sentence "Wait for the emperor to become an official", and only thought of the title of the gold list, and took the turtle talisman every day to enter and exit the imperial city, and ascended to the court of the Son of Heaven.
All of a sudden, he was full of ambition, and he was full of imperativeness for the provincial test after the year.
However, people at the time were happy to be humble and beautiful, and they only bowed their heads slightly at the moment, and did not express their attitude, but they did not look around anymore.
Sun Changshi looked at everything in his eyes, thinking of thousands of tribute people, and more than 600 students and students selected by the officials and schools of various states and counties, but only less than 30 people were taken, and he wanted to be the first ...... at a time?
Sun Changshi smiled silently, took the lead in holding the list of tribute lifters, and entered the Shangshu Provincial Compound - the office of the household department, he also had to report as the envoy of the court, and then handed over the seven tribute people to the household department, he was also half of the task, and then he only needed to check the local officials' class exams.