In the spring of March, everything is glorious, but Gao Aocao, the assassin of Guangzhou, is upset.

As one of the few generals guarding the hinterland, he drank and hunted all day long, and left government affairs to the staff, which was originally unhappy.

But such comfortable days came to an abrupt end today, and the young man he relied on most in political affairs actually proposed to participate in the imperial examination.

"Yan Tong is in charge of the government of a state, and I will be virtuous in the central government in the future, so why should I go to the imperial examination of Nalaoshzi and compete with others."

Gao Aocao wanted to persuade again, but the young man in front of him insisted:

"The general opened the imperial examination and sought the world's talents, why is it useless to speak, the intention of supporting has been decided, and I also ask the lord of the mansion for permission."

The young man's name is Cui Zhen, the word is Yantong, he knows that Gao Aocao is a straight temper and can't beat around the bush, so he made his attitude clear to him.

These days, it is not easy to find a satisfactory staff.

At least that's what Gao Aocao thinks, since Gao Cheng asked Chen Yuankang to take away from him, the head of the Gao Shogunate Bo Duo has changed, and it was not until he found Cui Gan, who was 15 years old at the time, that he made up for Chen Yuankang's shortcomings.

Cui Zhen was born in the Cui clan of Qinghe, and studied in Xun Ji, a famous Confucian Yingchuan person, who was the one who conspired with Yuan Shan, faced Gao Cheng's questioning, and shouted, "Feng Zhao Gao Cheng, what does it mean!" 'Finally in the East City was BBQ old Confucian.

Although Cui Zhen is young, his talent is praised by the world, and Li Shenjun, the former middle school secretary, once praised Bo Xing Shao, the master of Gao Cheng, and said:

'When I saw Cui Ning'er yesterday, I was the first in the future. ’

It's just that after Gao Cheng heard about it, Cui Zhen had already been preempted by Gao Aocao and recruited into the shogunate.

In the end, Xiao Gao Wang still had to nod his face, and he didn't shout again that the third uncle ancestor wanted someone to come over.

But Cui Zhen was like a little daughter-in-law who was in a hurry to get married, and she resigned by herself and had to rush to the scientific examination.

Cui Gan's insistence was not without reason, he presided over the political affairs of Guangzhou, and he was able to understand Gao Cheng's importance to the imperial examination from the documents of the central government on the imperial examination.

Continue to be a master in Gao Aocao's mansion, and he will indeed have his own wealth in the future, with his age and ability, it is not a problem for a state assassin to even join the center.

However, the central government issued a decree: after the Beijing examination in the eighth year of Taichang, those who obtained official positions in vain, as well as local bureaucrats, cannot join the center unless they are jinshi.

forced Cui Zhen to give up the upcoming future.

How could Gao Aocao, who has no interest in political affairs and only knows about drinking and hunting, know such a rule.

"In that case, why don't Yantong refer to it in Guangzhou?"

Gao Aocao didn't force Cui Zhen to stay, but he was still puzzled.

Cui Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly, his benefactor was really 'doing nothing' administratively, and he had to explain:

"The general has an order, and the scientific expedition needs to return to his hometown."

Gao Aocao suddenly gave Cui Zhen a lot of property, thanked him for his assistance in the past few years, and generously let him go.

But when the door was closed, Gao Aocao complained that Gao Cheng was messing around in Luoyang, what kind of imperial examination system he had, and after venting his anger, he called a staff member to ask him to write a letter to Gao Cheng on his behalf and ask for talents.

Not everyone has the ambition of Cui Zhen to join the central official Ju Zaisuke, and more people are still willing to stay in the high shogunate and be recommended by him as an official, rather than competing with others for the one-plank bridge of the imperial examination.

It's just that such a person should not expect to have too much talent.

Although the probation system was abolished, for special reasons, the practice of the head of the house recommending his staff was retained.

Cui Jian was on his way home in a carriage, and he could catch up with the county test in Qinghe County, Dingzhou, Hebei Province no matter what...... It's just the county exam, Cui Zhen wants not only to pass the county exam, but also to target the classic subject of the Beijing exam in March next year.

The five subjects of the imperial examination, the most expensive classics, and Cui Zhen, who are ready to devote themselves to the classics, also have Wang Xi, a native of Beihai Opera County (Shandong Shouguang).

Wang Xizi Shulang, after the former Qin Prime Minister Wang Meng, his deceased father Wang Yun and his mother Cui gave birth to nine sons, each elegant and chic, talented, known as Wang's Jiulong.

The 27-year-old Wang Xi is still white, he is not without a way to advance, in fact, as early as the first year of Emperor Yong'an of Xiaozhuang (528), the second brother Wang Hui asked for an official position for the 17-year-old Wang Xi when he sent an envoy to Nanliang.

It's just that Wang Xi refused to accept it in order to support his mother at home.

Now that the Cui family has died, Wang Xi finally has a plan to make a career.

Wang Xi has a smooth road in front of him, he can take the path of Gao Cheng's lord Bo Xing Shao, yes, it's him again.

Local bureaucrats and white bodies, non-Jinshi cannot enter the center, and the local bureaucrats are specially named, which naturally does not include the two central centers of Jinyang and Luoyang, that is, the staff of Gao Huan and Gao Cheng's father and son.

The relationship between Xing Shao and the Wang brothers also starts with Wang Xi's eldest brother Wang Xin.

Thirteen years ago, the Six Towns launched a second uprising in Hebei, and Xing Shao and Wang Xin took refuge in Donglai County, Gwangju (Laizhou, Shandong).

Xing Shao's cousin, Bo Xinggao, the lord of Youzhou, gathered people to revolt in Qingzhou.

When the Donglai soldiers got the news, they wanted to arrest Xing Shao, but it was the obese Wang Xin who lay on Xing Shao and shouted, 'If you want to hold Xing Zicai, kill me first', so Xing Shao was rescued.

After Wang Xin and his second brother Wang Hui entered the court as officials, Xing Shao was still living in seclusion, so he entrusted his younger brothers to Xing Shao's care.

Among the younger brothers, Xing Shao liked Wang Xi's talent the most, and after being recruited to Gao Cheng's shogunate, he knew that he was determined to serve his old mother, and he never recommended it to Gao Cheng.

In fact, Gao Cheng doesn't need him to recommend Wang Xi to himself.

The main planner of the Qianming Change, the first meritorious minister, and the first confidant of the sixth brother Gao Yan, such a person Gao Cheng can forget, and he has gnawed on the history books for so many years.

After Xing Shao was promoted to the position of chief Bo, the first thing he did was to recommend to Gao Cheng the brothers Wang Xin and Wang Hui, who were officials in Beijing.

Gao Chengzhao saw it, admired the talents of the two very much, and promoted Wang Xin to secretary and supervisor, specializing in the national book collection and editing work.

Wang Hui was promoted to a member of the Zhongshu Society, served in the Zhongshu Province, and drafted the edict for Gao Cheng.

How much ink does Xiao Gao have in his belly, he knows in his heart that he has not been educated in ancient literature, but it is not easy for him to be able to be fluent in literature and science.

If the decree is to be written in a brilliant manner, it is really difficult for him to be high.

The two brothers had to be used for Gao Cheng, and Xing Shao served as the chief officer, but Wang Xi did not choose to apply for a job in the Gao Cheng shogunate.

Now that the General's Mansion is full of talents, if you want to get ahead, you don't know what year you have to wait for.

Wang Xi is not a roundworm in Gao Cheng's stomach, how can he know that among the nine sons of the Wang family, what he values most is himself who plans to change in the future.

When the two brothers went to their mother's funeral, Wang Xi communicated with them, hoping to make a splash through the imperial examination, and he had such confidence.

Cui Gan has been in the local area for a long time, and he can also understand Gao Cheng's importance to the imperial examination from the instructions in the documents, not to mention Wang Xin and Wang Hui who are in the center.

The two agreed with Wang Xi's idea, in the final analysis, Gao Cheng reformed the official system, and the selection of officials was the first priority, but when it came to his own shogunate, he paid attention to the first come, the first to come.

The reason for this is naturally that the appointment and dismissal of court officials is a public matter, but the promotion of his own staff is a private matter.

King Xiao Gao was strict with the entry and exit of the shogunate, even if he was in Hebei at the beginning, he exchanged interests with the Shi clan and received a large number of people, and he was also the most outstanding son of the major families, who would give such an opportunity to a fool, it was in exchange for the hidden household.

While the staff members have their own talents, Gao Cheng is promoted according to his qualifications, what he is afraid of is that he will cold the hearts of the old people, so with Wang Jun's talents, he started as a military general.

Unless it is airborne from the Jinyang shogunate, such as Cui Xian, Zhang Liang, and Wang Shiliang, it is destined to be slowly boiled in the shogunate.

Even Lu Xunzu, a descendant of the Fan Yang Lu family, was just an ordinary bureaucrat before Gao Cheng inspected Hebei.

Wei Shui, who entered the Gaocheng shogunate at the same time as Lu Xunzu, couldn't bear the loneliness, and after Sun Xunzu's death, he was recommended by Sima Ziru to quickly change the court and serve in the Gaohuan shogunate.

can only have two sides to everything, Gao Cheng is promoted in the shogunate, and he does not want to chill the hearts of the old people, but it also makes it difficult for the newcomers to get ahead, so it can only be said that there are advantages and disadvantages.

At least, under the condition that the talents of the staff are guaranteed, for Gao Cheng, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

However, he also learned this lesson and accelerated the speed of the transfer of middle and high-level staff members to court officials, making room for the rise of the huge low-level bureaucrats of the Great General's Mansion.

After Cui's death, Wang Xi studied hard at home and prepared for the imperial examination, which was bound to be the top in the classic department.

It is worth mentioning the eldest brother Wang Xin, who was originally obese, but because of excessive sadness, he was so barren that he was so thin that he almost lost his appearance.

When Wang Xin returned to Luoyang and met Gao Cheng, the obvious change in body shape also surprised Gao Cheng.

Thinking carefully about the actions he once learned from his half-brother Xiao Lun, Gao Cheng couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Cui Zhen and Wang Xi are representatives of two types of people, that is, they serve as assistants in the local area, but give up their posts for reference, and the white-bodied children of the scholar clan, give up the way of wingmen and participate in the imperial examination.

These two types of people are not in the minority, especially the white-bodied children of the scholar clan, most of them apply for the classics, which is not only the reason why the classics are the most noble, but also because many of them are studying the classics.

In this subject, it is most difficult for poor students to take the lead, but it is the four subjects of criminal name, arithmetic, agriculture, and fortification, and there may be a chance.

However, in the early days of the imperial examination, it was inevitable that the children of the scholar clan would occupy the vast majority of the admitted candidates by virtue of their monopoly on knowledge.

Unless Gao Cheng personally ends up and is unfair in admission, it is possible to change this phenomenon.

But this is destined to be impossible.

Song Qindao, who was familiar with the law, had been withdrawn from the team of writing the law, and Gao Cheng did not give the official title the idea of letting him participate in the imperial examination.

Because he was going to return to his hometown for the imperial examination, before leaving, Gao Cheng personally took the exam, and after in-depth exchanges with Feng Shu and other legal scholars, Song Qindao's understanding of the law really improved.

Gao Cheng instructed Song Qindao to take the road of scientific examination and participate in the examination of the criminal name subject, not a temporary idea, forced by secular prejudice, Gao Cheng must highlight the status of the classic subject.

However, he also hoped that he would set a model and example in the four subjects of criminal name, arithmetic, agriculture, and fortification, so that these four subjects would not be taken lightly by the world.

The first shift is 3000 and there is still tonight

(End of chapter)