Suo Qingshu smiled slightly, "Does the county know about the imperial court sending envoys to Dunhuang?"

Li Jin was stunned, he really didn't know about this matter, what did the imperial court send envoys to Dunhuang for?

Suo Qing saw his doubts, so he smiled and said: "The envoy is here for the matter of the Dayun Maitreya statue, I heard that the Holy Spirit Emperor attaches great importance to this statue and sent his henchmen to participate in the preparation, people are coming in the next few days, this is a big event in Dunhuang!"

Li Jin was stunned, "Didn't you say that Dunhuang didn't build a statue of Maitreya?"

Li Jin immediately realized that he had slipped his mouth, how did he know that Dunhuang did not build a statue of Maitreya, wouldn't this be tantamount to suing Suoqing, and there were people in his court?

Suo Qing pretended not to understand, and said with a smile: "I haven't heard that Dunhuang is not built, anyway, I received a letter from the King of Wei, and the Holy Sect sent henchmen here, and who exactly to send, the King of Wei did not say clearly, anyway, people are coming, and the matter of the big statue has to be exhausted to start preparations, but I hope that this time it will be completed by the Suo family." ”

Of course, Suo Qing knew that this time Maitreya was like building an excellent opportunity to advance, far beyond the so-called martial arts township test.

If he can get the matter of shaping the statue of Maitreya and please the saint, then Wu Chenghei will say another word to the saint, this is the wholehearted loyalty of the Suo family in Dunhuang, and it will be of great benefit to the future of the Suo family, no matter what, he must not let go of this opportunity.

He originally wanted to promise the Li family other benefits, but it happened that Li Jin had a request from the Suo family, and Suo Qing decided to use this opportunity to let the Li family withdraw from the construction of the Maitreya statue

Li Jin understood, this is the condition of the Suo family, Suo Zhiping helped him stop Li Zhen from participating in the competition for places, and the statue of Dayun Maitreya is monopolized by the Suo family, but this condition is a bit too high.

He muttered and said, "But the Zhang family and the Zheng family may also participate in the construction of the Maitreya statue." ”

"The Zhang family has made it clear that they will not participate this time, as for the Zheng family, I will go and talk to Zheng Lin. ”

Suo Qing's eyes narrowed with a smile, and the implication was that you Li family was left, and Li Jin pondered for a moment.

Although this kind of thing should be discussed and decided by the family elders, but time was pressing, and in order to get the last place to enter Beijing and get Wang Xiaojie's letter of recommendation, he finally decided to give in

At the same time that Li Jin and Suo Qing reached an exchange condition, Zhang Ting, the deputy military envoy, also sat in the back garden of his mansion and watched his son Zhang Li riding a horse and shooting arrows.

Zhang Li is Zhang Ting's second son, 20 years old this year, he looks like his father, tall, a square face, dignified appearance, the Zhang family has been martial arts for generations, and Zhang Li began to receive systematic training at the age of six.

The innate foundation of martial arts and the hard training of the day after tomorrow made him a leader among the young children of Dunhuang, if there was no Li Zhen, a magical civilian child, he would definitely be the first in Shazhou.

Zhang Li is not a state bachelor, he is actually a team leader of the Doulu Army, but he also studied in the state school, and this time he participated in the Wuju Township Examination as a state bachelor.

Competing for three places in Beijing, he is bound to win, if he can pass the entrance examination in Beijing, he can be promoted from the team to the captain.

Although his father was a deputy military envoy, if he wanted to be promoted to lieutenant, he had to be appointed by the military department, and the military promotion system was very strict, and his father had no choice.

Zhang Li kept urging the war horse to gallop, opening his bow left and right, and shooting arrows at the target fifty paces away.

Although it was night, there was a lantern hanging above the target, so it was clear that if it was daytime, he could ride and shoot at a distance of eighty paces.

Zhang Ting next to him was silent in thought, he witnessed Li Zhen's riding and archery today, the kind of instant double shooting, the arrow hit the center of the eyebrows is much more clever than his son, although his son ranks second, in fact, he is too far behind Li Zhen.

But what worries Zhang Ting is the conversation between him and Wang Xiaojie today, Wang Xiaojie obviously already knows what is on the list.

So he ended up a little bit of a hexagram, what does it mean to write a letter of recommendation only if he meets his requirements, and who knows what his requirements are?

To put it bluntly, Wang Xiaojie just doesn't plan to write a letter of recommendation, there is a reason to think about it, he has seen Li Zhen's riding shooting, and then let him see other people's riding shooting, where can he still see it, maybe his requirements are the same level as Li Zhen.

Now Zhang Ting is a little embarrassed, whether he should tell Suo Zhiping about this matter, or simply pretend to be deaf and dumb, pretending not to know anything.

In fact, the four major families in Shazhou are by no means monolithic, but secretly infighting, for example, Shazhou has a long Doulu army, and the security of Shazhou has always been in charge of the Doulu army, and Shazhou Sima only has a false position.

But three years ago, the Suo family left the relationship between the first powerful minister of Wei Wang Wu Chenghei, and Suo Zhiping served as the Sima of Shazhou, and he actually formed a local state army in accordance with the system of the Central Plains.

Suo Zhiping took away the public security power of Dunhuang and Shouchang counties, and turned them into local state soldiers in charge of public security in the city, and Doulu military in charge of external defense.

This is the system of the Central Plains, but this is the border of Shazhou, and the assassin Shi is also the military envoy of the Doulu army, even if he Zhang Ting cannot concurrently serve as Sima of Shazhou, then at least Sima's real power belongs to him, which is a convention.

Now that the Suo family has taken away his real power, how can Zhang Ting be happy in his heart.

Everyone knows that the Zhang family and the Suo family are secretly at odds, and the root cause lies in this, but everyone can get by on the face, they are all township parties, and there is no need to tear their faces.

This time, everyone took what they needed for the three places in Beijing, he Zhang Ting took one, and the Suo family took one, as for the third place, it had nothing to do with him Zhang Ting, and the Suo family and the Li family would discuss it themselves.

Thinking of the Suo family's infringement of his interests, Zhang Ting finally made a decision, he didn't know about Wang Xiaojie's value to Li Zhen, pretending to be deaf and dumb, and as for the recommendation letter, he didn't know anything

Every winter and spring, the Tang prefectures and counties should pick out the scholars of official or private schools, conduct preliminary examinations, and recommend the outstanding ones to Shangshu Province to take the examination, which is called Xianggong.

If the local government is not properly appointed, not only will the person who has been wrongly selected not be able to take the test, but even all his fellow villagers will be implicated and deprived of their qualifications for the examination.

Wuju is the same, the states recommend Wuju township tribute to go to the capital to participate in the military department examination every year, the number of places is more or less, Shazhou has a small population, a total of only Dunhuang and Shouchang two counties, so only three township tribute places are obtained every year.

The Wuju Township Test is the third year in Shazhou this year, because the number of places in Beijing is too small, and they are basically all internally determined, of course, the people they recommend are also skilled in bows and horses, and the children with good martial arts are not recommended as Li Zhen said, after all, entering Beijing and making a fool of yourself will affect the local government.

The martial arts style in Shazhou is extremely prosperous, and this time a total of more than 600 people participated in the martial arts township test, and some children who studied literature were also practicing martial arts.

There are not many people who participate in the Wuju Township Examination, less than 100 people, and the remaining 500 people are from the six martial arts halls in Dunhuang County and Shouchang County.

There are a total of four tests in the Wuju Township Examination, weightlifting, routine marksmanship, foot archery and mounted archery, and the first three are generally considered to be qualified.

With this, you can obtain the township martial arts qualification recognized by the local government, and you can find a good job with this martial arts qualification, which is also the purpose of most candidates.

For example, you can go to the state and county government as officials, you can go to guard the caravan, and if you have a relationship, you can even join the Doulu Army and become a low-level officer.

But if you want to enter Beijing to participate in the military department, you have to rely on cavalry archery to fight, in fact, almost all the people who participate in the final cavalry archery competition for the quota in Beijing are from the state bachelors.

Weightlifting and routine marksmanship have been tested before, today is the test of foot archery and mounted archery, infantry shooting is divided into three examination rooms, and mounted archery is held in the Dunhuang University Campus.

The eastern sky has just turned white, the morning light is blue, and a crescent moon hangs in the sky, but the streets are already lively, and young men wearing samurai uniforms and bows and arrows on their backs can be seen everywhere.

Li Zhen rode to the East School Field, and Kang Sisi did not come with him today, she was a spectator, and she would not appear until the riding and archery test.

The entrance of the east campus was crowded with candidates who were registering, and Li Zhen was looking around, but he heard someone behind him shouting: "Lao Li, this way!"

Li Zhen turned around and saw a fat teenager standing in a corner waving to him.

Li Zhen was overjoyed, and hurriedly led the horse over, "Old fat, have you registered?"

"Not yet! No hurry, it's useless to register early. ”

The fat man is Li Zhen's best friend, named Jiuzhi, everyone calls him Jiu Fatzi, and his father is a famous butcher in Dunhuang.

The fat man and Li Zhen are the same age, the two grew up together, his personality is cheerful and funny, and Master Wuchen also likes him a lot, accepts him as a registered disciple, and lets him study and practice martial arts with Li Zhen.

The fat man's books are not good at reading, and his martial arts are commonplace, but he also has a unique skill, that is, the flying knife is powerful, and he can hit a hundred hundred within thirty steps.

The fat man's younger brother Jiuping also came with his brother, he was an admirer of Li Zhen, and hurriedly took the reins of the white horse with courtesy, "Brother Zhen, I'll watch the horse for you." ”

"Thank you!"

Li Zhen realized that the fat man was still holding the little thin donkey he usually rides, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Old fat, wait for the riding and shooting test, what are you riding?"

The fat man scratched his head and seemed to be very distressed: "Yesterday I went to the mule and horse shop to rent horses, and I was a step late, and the horses were all rented, so"

Li Zhen saw Jiu Ping winking at him, he immediately understood, so he patted the fat man's shoulder and smiled: "It's okay, if you are allowed to take the flying knife test, you will be the only one who will enter Beijing." ”

"That's! That's! Hey, I can't help it, I can't rent a horse, so I have to give up riding and shooting, and I don't know how Sisi should laugh at me. ”

Jiuping next to him couldn't help but cover his mouth and snicker, the fat man felt something, turned his head and glared at him fiercely, "What are you laughing at, is your brother the kind of person who retreats?"

Li Zhen couldn't help laughing, "Your brother never flinchs from battle, just a little fat, of course the pace will be a little slower than others, everyone else has died, he hasn't arrived yet, old fat, right?"

Jiu Zhi smiled and narrowed his eyes, and there was a feeling of 'the parents who gave birth to me, and Lao Li who knew me'.

At this time, someone shouted at the registration office at the door: "Li Zhen! Is Li Zhen, a scholar from the state school, here?"

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