As soon as Shi De was about to take the car back, he saw that Xiahoumen and Xun Bao had also come out, and the three of them all squeezed into Shi De's carriage. The royal husbands of Xiahoumen and Xunbao followed behind with their empty cars. Both of them praised Shi De's cleverness, and he could answer such a difficult question so quickly. They were talking about today's strategy. Because the test is over, no matter what the result is, it has finally come to an end, so several people are very relaxed.

Xiahou Men said: "In all the previous examinations, the questions were all limited. But in this "Book of Songs", the last question is ingenious. The examiner asked them to write a poem that they thought was the best and to comment on it, which one did you write? ”

Xun Baodao: "I wrote "Tao Yao" in "Zhou Nan", "The peach is dying, scorching its glory." The son is home, and it is suitable for his room...... 'I hope to have such a girl, who can be 'suitable for his room' with me. ”

Xiahoumen and Shi De both smiled: "What does Brother Xun mean by this, with Brother Xun's talent and family resources, are you still worried that there are no good girls?" ”

"There are too many girls, and too few are eye-catching." Xun Bao sighed, turned his head and asked Shi De, "What about you?" ”

"I wrote the song "Shuoren" in "Wei Feng"."

"The hands are like soft pancreas, and the skin is like clotted fat ......" At that moment, Shi De remembered the Ru River, as if he saw the woman he made fun of because of this poem - the woman who stood with him, the woman who was separated from his yin and yang, the woman who he clearly liked, but was destined not to be together.

"Why laugh at me, Brother Shi is also a beauty, each other." Xun Bao's fingers are shide.

Xiahoumen laughed: "It seems that everyone is the same, I wrote "Pujia" in "Qin Feng", "Pujia is pale, and the white dew is frost." The so-called Iraqi people are ...... on the water side'. When he met that strange woman in Ruyin a few years ago, Shi Gongzi blurted out this poem, and that artistic conception will never be forgotten for a lifetime. ”

Shi Desui remembered what Xiahoumen said a few days ago about the strange woman in Ruyin, so he asked Xiahoumen: "There are also such strange women in my hometown?" What's her name? ”

"You don't need to ask what her name is, you live in Ruyin City, where will you know a poor woman from the countryside!"

"Yes, I never associate with a woman from a poor family, but I would like to hear what is different about that woman?"

"Although the woman said that she was born in a cold family, she was still open-minded, and it is not too much to describe her in Mencius's words to describe her husband, 'the rich and the rich cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent', and she is really a gentleman among women."

Most of the topics of the wealthy sons are wild historical anecdotes, and they never discuss any firewood, rice, oil and salt. When Shi De and Xun Bao heard this, they both said, "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Seeing that they were so interested, Xiahoumen was proud in his heart, so he told him about that experience: "After Pingwu that year, the army and I also returned by boat with Shi Dagongzi. Of course, we went separate from the soldiers. Wandering all the way, when he reached the Ruyin realm, Shi Gongzi suddenly found a beauty on the shore. At that time, I was fascinated by this beauty, and I had the heart to get acquainted, but I was not familiar with the place, no one recommended me, and I was afraid that I would miss the military order, so I didn't dare to delay for too long, so I had to leave with regret. But Shi Gongzi stumbled and sighed. When I saw that he was so anxious, I gave him an idea, and told him to wait for the opportunity, and sooner or later he would return with a beautiful woman. As a result, in the second year, His Majesty wanted to take Sun Hao's 5,000 concubines into Luoyang. When this opportunity came, I set up a clever plan with Shi Gongzi, and secretly sent people when I came out of Luoyang and passed through Ruyin; When we returned, the girl had been coaxed into her hands and taken to the stone mansion. Both of them know that if the Shi family thinks that they are second, no one in the world dares to admit that they are the first. I thought that when the poor woman entered Shifu, she would have a sense of being reborn and ascending to the sky in one step, coupled with Shi Gongzi's crazy infatuation with her, she must be overjoyed and flattered. But who would have thought that the girl was unmoved, and turned a blind eye to the silk and satin, gold, silver, pearls and jade. Shi Gongzi saw that the gold and silver couldn't impress her, so he wanted to be tough, but if he was a little tough, the girl threatened with death......"

As soon as he said this, the carriage stopped, and Xiahou Mansion had already arrived. Shi De thought that the woman's conduct was a little noble, but it couldn't be said to be so strange, so he didn't ask any more.

In the past two days, Shu Yan, Ye Qing, Ge Shen and others have been waiting for the results of the test in the cold and summer inn. The imperial court stipulated that only those who could pass more than one of the Five Classics were considered qualified. Shu Yan listened to their tone, and was very confident in the answer, and he would definitely pass. On the day of the list, the students and filial piety came to visit. Although they were taken in the same exam, the rankings were listed separately.

In front of the list of filial piety, Shu Yan is looking for his name. Xiao Mo saw it at a glance and shouted in surprise: "Brother Shu, where else are you looking, the first one is you!" Shu Yan looked at it, and his name really appeared at the top of the list. Although Shu Yan was a little sure in his heart before, he couldn't help but feel happy at this time. He looked down further and found that the names of Ye Ye and Ge Shen also appeared on the list.

"It's okay now, Brother Ye and Brother Ge are also on the list." After being delighted, he turned to look over there and found that the list of Tai students was divided into three subjects: A, B, and C. He looked at the list of the C branch, and there was no familiar name, and then he looked at the B branch, which had the names of Xun Bao and Xiahoumen.

was watching, and suddenly saw that Shi De was also present, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Shi, how is it, have you passed?" ”

Shi De smiled disdainfully, "Hmph, it's up to me, can I do it?" Not only has it passed, but it is also a high degree. How are you? ”

Without waiting for Shi to speak, Xiao Mo hurriedly said: "Brother Shu has also passed, not only has it passed, but it is also the top of the list." After speaking, he also "hummed".

"That's good, but don't be too happy, the way to enter the office, this test is only the first step, the next step will be reviewed by the China Securities Corporation, and finally the official will be awarded by the ministry, can you be sure?"

"Are you sure?"

"I don't need to tell you this, I'll just ask you, do you know our Ruyin Ji Zhongzheng?"

"I don't know."

"Hehe, then, you don't know the officials of Yuzhou, the Situ Mansion, and the officials?"

"I don't know, so what?"

"In that case, I will advise you, it is better to go back to your hometown in Ruyin and do your literary work."

At this time, Ye Ye and Ge Shen also came over and said, "We are all upright people, and we can take the exam with peace of mind, so why do we need to know them." ”

"You guys! Hey, I forgot, the Zhongzheng people in each county are all from the scholar clan, how can they have dealings with you poor people! ”

Shu Yan knew that Shi De had always been open-mouthed, and his heart and eyes were not bad. This is somewhat similar to Xiao Mo's fast talk, but there is an essential difference.

Regardless of the outcome in the future, at least for now, it is a step towards victory. Shu Yan, Ye Jian, Ge Shen, and Xiao Mo bought wine together to celebrate in the cold and summer inn.

Ye Jian asked: "I heard that in the examination of the "Book of Songs", the common topic of Tai students and filial piety and honesty, freely play one of the poems, Brother Shu, Brother Ge, which one did you write?" ”

Ge Shen said: "I wrote the poem "Shuo Rat" in "Wei Feng", because I hate those corrupt officials the most, they are as insatiable and unsatisfied as the Shuo rat in the poem. ”

Shu Yan patted the case: "Okay, good metaphor." In the poem, "the passing will go to you, the right place for the other paradise" is extremely good, but also extremely helpless. ”

Ge Shen asked, "Brother Ye, what did you write?" ”

Ye Jian said: "I wrote "Guan Ju", because "Guan Ju" is not only the first poem at the beginning, but also catchy to read, 'Guan Guan Ju dove, in the river island. My Fair Lady, Gentleman. Even Confucius said that it was 'happy but not lewd, sad but not sad.'" ”

Shu Yan nodded and said, "Well, I've heard that the most people have written this poem." ”

Ye and Ge asked, "Brother Shu, what did you write?" ”

"Drumming in 'The Wind'."

Before Ye and Ge could speak, Xiao Mo hurriedly asked, "What kind of poem is this?" ”

Ge Shen said: "The ostensible meaning of this poem seems to be about the war, but in fact it is about the man's anxiety about missing his sweetheart whom he has not seen for a long time. ”

Xiao Mo asked again: "What's so good about this poem?" ”

Ye Qing said: "The other sentences of this poem are not very exciting, only this sentence 'Death and life are broad, and Zicheng says.'" Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. Written sincerely and sincerely, it has become a good sentence recited through the ages. In this way, Brother Shu must have a beloved woman in his hometown, hahahaha. ”

Xiao Mo didn't speak, and looked at Shu Yan blankly. At this time, Shu Yan's thoughts had already returned to the scene when he said goodbye to Zhixin, and the scene that turned out to be a farewell after saying these two lines of poetry. Over the years, these two lines of poetry have become sixteen drops of blood in his heart.

Ye Yan and Ge Shen didn't know the inside story, thinking that Shu Yan was a young man, who had been separated from his sweetheart for a long time, and he didn't care about the lovesickness, so the two of them just drank. A few families are happy and a few are sad, some people here talk about wine, and some people there use wine to drown their sorrows. Those students and filial piety who did not pass are about to be sent home, and they can only shake their heads and sigh, and even those who protect them will be implicated.

Cao of the Ministry of Officials sorted out the list of students and filial piety who passed the examination and submitted them to the officials of each county for evaluation. The Zhongzheng Quality Evaluation Agency is composed of a Zhongzheng official and several subordinate visiting officers. As the name suggests, "Zhongzheng" means impartiality and fair evaluation; "Visiting" means to inspect and inquire, and it is Sasuke Nakashokan to do a good job in evaluating officials. However, this is all taken for granted.

The Zhongzheng system is not only huge, but also has a good status, but there is no special Zhongzheng official office. These officials are all concurrently held by the incumbent officials, and the local characters are regularly evaluated. The Zhongzheng official of Ruyin is named Ji Si. The real position of this Ji Zhongzheng is an officer of the guard.

The administrative hierarchy of the Jin Dynasty generally followed that of the Han Dynasty, which were prefectures, counties, counties, townships, etc., and the country was divided into 19 prefectures and 173 counties. Each of the nineteen states has a state capital, that is, a large and middle official; Each county shall have a junior high school official. For unimportant officials and these new recruits, they often don't need to be evaluated by the state university, only the county is fine, so except for a few people such as Shi De's father Shi Hui who are personally evaluated by Yuzhou Dazhongzheng, such as Shu Yan and Shi De, people like Shu Yan and Shi De are all evaluated by Ruyin Xiaozhongzheng Ji Si.

Ji Si had several books of Ruyin Shiren in his hand, which recorded the resumes of these people, their family backgrounds, the official titles of their ancestors and other materials. Among the many materials, Ji Si took out Shu Yan and Shi De's books separately and looked at them in detail. Although these two people are newcomers, these two people are more special. Shi De is a member of the wealthy Shi family in his hometown, and Shi Hui has already said hello in advance; As for Shu Yan, although he was born in a poor family, Shu Yan's reputation is too big, and it has long spread among his fellow villagers in Ruyin, and Ji Si has long heard of it.

Shi De's family background Ji Si has long mastered, his ancestors have hereditary titles in successive dynasties, and they have all served as officials, and they have been wealthy for generations, especially Shi Hui is still a free rider by the emperor's side. Looking at Shu Yan's family background, except for his grandfather Shu Boguang, who was a doctor of Taixue in the former dynasty, his family has never been an official in the past dynasties, and they are all ordinary people, and they have been from a poor family for generations. In terms of family background, the two Shi Shu families are simply worlds apart.

When judging characters, the central officials mainly examine two aspects, in addition to the family background of the person being evaluated, but also the behavior, morality, and ability of the person being evaluated. Theoretically, family history is only a reference, and morality and ability are the main aspects, but in practice this is not the case.