Su Qi was taken aback, and looked at the slightly chubby cardinal steward in front of him a little at a loss.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I'm a little excited, Su Gongzi don't be surprised. The steward also realized that his reaction was inappropriate, and coughed lightly in embarrassment.

"I don't know what Mr. is called?" Su Qi bowed very respectfully.

"My surname is Chi, and Chi is uneven. The steward of the Religious Office smiled and bowed slightly, and said very kindly, "As a steward in the Religious Office, in charge of the children's enrollment and training, qualification review and other matters, if Su Gongzi has any questions in this regard in the future, he can ask me directly." Of course, if you have any other questions, you can also ask me. ”

Su nodded and said, "Thank you, sir." ”

Seeing that Su Qili had been thoughtful for several weeks and had no shelves, Chi Buping was also slightly relieved. In fact, yesterday morning, he searched through all the secret records he could find, and specially inquired with his friends in Jinyang County with the Hongyan Legend, and finally prepared a banquet today according to the taste of the locals to welcome Su Qi's arrival. It is precisely because of this that all the files he needed to review yesterday have been piled up to today, and they have not been completed until now.

It's not that Chi Buping is making a big fuss, but that his errand is really difficult to do.

Each family can only have one child to study in the Zhaowu Palace, so these people are all the darlings of the family, Tianjiao, although most of them are extremely educated, but it is inevitable that a small number of people are above the top, and their eyes are empty. Although Chi Buping is a palace manager, compared with those great families, it is no different from the mound to Mount Tai, how dare he offend these sons? When he really meets the children of the great family, Chi Buping has to be careful to stutter, for fear of leaving a bad reputation in the great family in the future.

Who is Su Qi? Wen Xinjun's grandson of Mrs. Su is also the first child of the Su family to be sent to the Zhaowu Academy Palace by Mrs. Su for so many years. What kind of concept is this? For people like Zou Junhao, Chi Buping has to be served well, not to mention the grandson of Old Lady Su? If he accidentally offends, it is definitely not a joke.

Chi Buping was still very worried, for fear that this young master would have strange tastes and make unreasonable demands, but he found that Su Qili was thoughtful and respectful to himself, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Master Su, I have set up a banquet in the Invitation Moon Tower in the School Palace to catch you up, I don't know if you are hungry now? Chi Buping said in a kind tone, and even said with some humility.

Su Qi shook his head and said, "I heard that there is still homework in the afternoon, besides, I have already had lunch when I came from home, so there is no need for this reception." ”

"Okay, since Su Gongzi said that it is not necessary, then there is no need. Chi Buping still had a smile on his face, "Please wait a moment, I'll take you to get the identity jade card, please come with me." ”

After Chi Buping finished speaking, he led Su Qi to the inner room of the cardinal's office. After checking Su Qi's identity, the other steward took out a slightly smaller jade plaque and handed it to Su Qi.

After receiving the jade plaque, Chi Buping led Su Qi out of the cardinal office and walked towards the main hall of teaching.

Su Qi had nothing to do, so he carefully played with the jade card in his hand. This jade plaque is very simple, carved with a wolf's head pattern, the back is the four seal characters of Zhaowu Xue Palace, and the front is the words "187 Su".

"What does this jade plaque mean?" asked Su Qi with some puzzlement.

"Oh, this jade plaque represents your identity. Chi Buping explained, "The wolf head engraved on it represents the number of years of admission to the palace, one year wolf, two years leopard, three years jade tiger, and four years dragon." Most of the children study in the palace for three years, and only a few are able to study for four years. Of course, if you can still stay in the school palace after four years, you will get a new jade plate. As for this number, it means that in the order of the sergeants who entered the school in the same year, you are ranked 187th among the students who entered the school this year. ”

"Why do you only have a surname and no first name?" asked Su Qi again.

This is also the rule set by the old prime minister, the original intention is to let the scholars not care too much about the origin of the gatekeeper, and advocate that the scholars are all equal, and the scholars are superior to each other. It's just that, hey, ......" Chi Buping was halfway through his words, and then he was silent.

"The children of the family have a small circle, and they have naturally known each other for a long time, so there is no point in engaging in these, is that what Mr. means?" asked Su Qi.

"Sort of. Chi Buping nodded helplessly.

"Sir, I have a question. The school palace only recruits more than 100 scholars a year, as stewards, why are there so many files?" Su Qi asked.

"Su Gongzi doesn't know something, and the difficulty is to review the file. Chi Buping shook his head, very helpless, "There are at least more than a hundred large and small families in the Yan Kingdom, plus those wealthy businessmen and magnates with great influence, famous ministers, outstanding scholars from humble families, and genius cultivators...... All these things add up, there are not a thousand people who apply to enter the Zhaowu Academy Palace every year, but there are also eight hundred, and many small families know that it is difficult to enter, but they still continue to stuff the files of their children into the sect center, so I have to screen them one by one every day, and I am very busy. ”

"It's just that, the most annoying thing is that there are always some imposter places. In order to send a few more children to the family, some big families or wealthy businessmen and tycoons spent a lot of money to buy places in the hands of small families and impersonate them. Although they will be severely punished as soon as they find out, for the big families who can afford the quota, even if it is severely punished, it is just a fine for a few years, and no one dares to compare with these big families. As time goes by, there are more and more things about this impostor, and it becomes more and more troublesome to screen, which also makes it difficult for us to be in charge. ”

"That's why we are very careful when we review the dossier, for fear of making some mistakes. Once you find out about the impostor of the big family, you have to ask your superiors to deal with it, and if you are not careful, you will end up with people inside and out. So our errand seems simple, but in fact we have to deal with these big families, walking on thin ice and being cautious every day. ”

After Chi Buping finished speaking, he sighed a little sadly.

"I see. It's just that those children of famous and noble families have grown up in Zhaowu City, and most of them know each other, if they come here under false names, wouldn't they be exposed?" Su Qi asked again.

"The real impostor is that there are more local big families, these people are far away from the emperor, and they have nothing to do with the court, so there is no need to worry. The high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Zhaowu City did not dare to impersonate them. First, because the children know each other, and impersonation is meaningless, and second, because they are worried that their political opponents will make a fuss about it, and even use this as an excuse to attack each other, affecting the reputation of officialdom. Chi Buping replied.