"What did you say?"

"Exams? What does it mean?"

Several people asked questions almost at the same time.

Half shocked, half confused.

My mind was filled with the sentence "widely recruited in Ye Xiancai".

"What Brother Zhongchuan said is true?" A soldier couldn't wait to grab him by the sleeve, and in his excitement he tried so hard that he almost tore off the placket of his shirt.

But the man didn't blame, and said excitedly: "Oh, what are you still doing here, if you want to know, then go and see for yourself!" It's posted under the castle tower! Why don't you hurry over and see it! ”

"Oh, yes, yes, you see I'm all happy and confused, go and see,—— let's go see!"

A group of scholars kept running towards the south all the time, and they didn't care that they were not groomed now.

If any of our friends are telling the truth, then it's heaven's favor!

The southern gate of the city has been crowded, and bursts of cheers can be heard from time to time!

An old man in the crowd squeezed away the people in front of him, squinted at the dense words on the list, and asked curiously: "What is written on this to make you so happy?"

It seems that he is just an ordinary ordinary person, illiterate, so he needs to be explained.

But no one was accusatory, saying things like "you have eyes that don't know what you see".

In these years, even if you have a solid economic foundation, you may not be able to read and write, which is a superior thing.

Perhaps it was because he was in a really good mood, and a gentleman who was squeezed away by him did not feel dissatisfied because he pushed him, but said with a smile:

"You don't know, the examination is going to be held today, and the talents in Ye are widely recruited, regardless of the Southern Dynasty or the pseudo-Zhou, as long as there is talent, you can try your talent! Our poor children finally have a chance to get ahead! ”

The old man's somewhat gloomy eyes seemed to glow a little, and he muttered for a while, and said, "Read it to me." ”

This is not at all like the appearance of an ignorant old man worshipping a scholar, but like a ......, an order?

It was as if reading to him was like lifting him up......

The scholar was stunned for a moment, and wondered in his heart:

"Why is this old man prouder than me?".

But he still read it to him:

"I heard that if the country wants to prosper, it must be assisted by talents, and then the previous generation was selected, and the county was inspected...... As for today, there are more disadvantages...... Poor families, families are not allowed to make the best use of their talents, their generation lingers in Yecheng, has the ambition of Qingyun, but there is no good opportunity to show what they have learned in their chests, run around for a livelihood, succumb to the market, but alas, it is to put the power of the state capital and return to the Ministry of Rites. Recruit people from all over the world, gather in the Beijing teacher examination, and those who win the examination, regardless of the poor family of the scholars, will be given fame. ”

This edict does not have any flowery rhetoric, nor does it show off esoteric style, but expresses a meaning in a straightforward manner:

"I'm short on talent here, so if you think you're talented, give it a try."

But no Confucian scholar would find this edict vulgar.

As we all know, Emperor Gao Wei hated to see these things when reviewing the recitals, and he paid attention to conciseness and clarity.

The emperor doesn't like such articles, so they always have to delete and change the empty words,, and clichés in their own chapters, even if they are patting on the back, they also strive to "pat the horse in the invisible" realm.

For a time, the literary circle of the Northern Qi Dynasty completely abandoned the style of those articles that were full of gorgeous words.

Because the emperor felt that there was too much nonsense in it, and there was nothing useful at all, the standard set by Cushman for his courtiers was that he only needed to make it clear who, where, when, what, and how to solve it, and those who did not meet the standards would be punished.

Lao Tzu spent money to support you, not to let you show me these useless things.

It hurts to see it, and you have to turn over the allusions if you have nothing to do, otherwise people will scold you inside, and you will still clap your hands happily.

Therefore, the scholars who were aspiring to fame in the Northern Qi Dynasty immediately changed their style of writing, which was more concise and powerful than the ancient texts of the Han Dynasty, and they tried to hit the nail on the head when they wrote articles.

Of course, Cushman & Wakefield didn't think of this, and maybe he wouldn't care too much about it.

Besides, that's a good thing, isn't it? No matter how good your writing is and how clever you are, but you don't talk nonsense at all, who wants to look at you?

Most of the pedantic Confucian students in later generations were like this, and they wrote articles in a flashy manner, but as a result, they had no ability at all when they asked him to come up with real things.

There is nothing wrong with taking the talent test to gain fame, but it also depends on what talent, poetry, calligraphy and painting itself is mainly to cultivate sentiment, and the mountains and rivers in the chest are the most important.

Although it is undeniable that well-written poetry can add a shining aura to a reader, what is the use of well-written poems? Can it be used as a strategy, or can it be used to defend against foreign enemies?

The article should not stop at the flashy things on the surface.

The road is simple, this is the most obvious truth.

This edict clearly puts another way in front of the children of the poor family, from now on, they don't have to whisper to the powerful, they still have the opportunity to climb the ladder of the clouds!

They looked and looked, for fear that there would be a mistake.

Finally, some people couldn't help themselves, howling and crying, and many people looked at the paragraph "The other generation lingered in Yecheng, had the ambition of Qingyun, but did not have the opportunity to show what they had learned in their chests, ran for a livelihood, and succumbed to the ...... market" was also moist.

yes, how much hardship did they pay to wait for such an opportunity? The suffering is unimaginable, but the heavens will descend on the Si people, and they still hold the belief that they are gradually weakening day by day, and they are still holding on to Yecheng, isn't it just to realize their life ideals one day?

The hard work pays off!

Some scholars shouted excitedly and shouted the Son of Heaven Shengming, and one simply knelt down in front of the palace, and his forehead smashed on the yellow mud road with a bang.

"Brother Yanfu, get up, your forehead is broken, how can you take the test if you knock down and break your brain?"

"Yes, yes, yes, but let me say goodbye!"

The gentleman got up from the ground, not caring about the dust on his clothes. looked very thin and had vegetables on his face, but now he was full of energy.

"From today onwards, we also have a ladder of advancement!"

"Yes, yes, yes, the true god of today and tomorrow!"

……

"Zichuan, Wenxing, are we still leaving Yecheng?"

The down-and-out scholars stood on the periphery of the crowd with a look of excitement.

Touching the money bag, it was very shriveled, and it was estimated that there was not much money left.

Na Zichuan was the backbone of these people, he thought about it, gritted his teeth and said, "Stay!" Of course, if you want to stay in Yecheng, if you don't give it a try at such a good opportunity, how can you be willing in the future?"

He looked around and said, "Anyway, I decided to stay in Yecheng, even if I treat people like pigs and dogs, I have to fight, what about you?" ”

"Hahahaha, we're the same!"

"That is, how many pennies can a living person be stumped by?"

"I'll go with Brother Zichuan!"

In the crowd, the old man with a shadow in one eye silently turned away, and the wrinkled palm hidden in his sleeve was slowly but resolutely clenched.

"Such a good opportunity, how can I miss my Zu Ting?"

"The old man will definitely climb this ladder again!"