Zhang Anshi and Bingji are both solid people, and Liu He is planning behind them.

The matter of the imperial examination is advancing very quickly.

After Bingji and Liu He met, only three days later, the proclamation that the imperial examination would be used to select Lang officials was posted in the streets and alleys.

As soon as this proclamation was published, it immediately attracted a great deal of publicity from people of good deeds.

One spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and it was only about half a day later, and this matter had already spread among the Lang officials in Chang'an City.

Except for the questions of the exam, the rest of the rules are clearly explained.

So much so that the Lang officials had to sigh at the thoughtfulness and finesse of the imperial court.

In addition to sighing, the Lang officials also began to discuss.

The liquor shops in Chang'an City that Lang officials frequented were suddenly overcrowded, and everyone was discussing the matter of the imperial examination.

was so frightened that Xiao Er in the store kept persuading "don't talk about state affairs", but it didn't work at all.

……

In a wine shop in Beichengguo, seven or eight Confucian scholars of different ages were sitting around the couch and talking.

The tea on the case has been refilled several times, and the tea has long been brewed to the point that it has no taste - these teas, plus some fried beans as a gift, are only a few dozen dollars.

But these officials have been here for an hour or two.

Xiao Er of the wine shop came up and looked at it a few times, as if he wanted to evict the guest eviction order evictedly, but when he saw that the foaming people who were talking were some envoys wearing group ribbons, he silently withdrew.

Lang Guan's rank is 600 stones, and he has no real power, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they are still dragons and phoenixes among people, and naturally they dare not offend.

Although they are dragons and phoenixes among people, the lives of Lang officials are not necessarily rich.

If it is a young man who is alone, then the money and food will be more than enough every month; But if you have dragged your family and want to gain a foothold in Chang'an, then life will inevitably have some constraints.

Otherwise, these Lang officials would not put up with the white eyes of others, and only ordered a pot of tea to pass the time for a few hours.

These Lang officials are all forty or fifty years old, not yet old, but there are talented people in the country, and there are not many opportunities for them to come out.

In the future, if you can mix in a poor county to become a county magistrate, you will already be prosperous, and most people may only be able to waste their lives doing nothing.

Now, when they learned that the imperial court had implemented the imperial examination, they couldn't help but be excited.

This is an opportunity after all.

They all thought they were talented and had the ability to pass through the heavens and the earth, but compared with the princes in the court, they just lacked a little luck and opportunity.

Now that this luck and opportunity are in front of them, how can they not be tempted?

"I see that the proclamation clearly says that this imperial examination is held in Mingguang Palace, I remember that Mingguang Palace has not been used for decades, the yin qi is very fierce, some people pass by at night, and they can often hear ghostly cries from it!" A fat man said with a frightened face.

"As long as I can stand out from the imperial examination and get promoted, not to mention the Yin-heavy Mingguang Palace, let me go to the Netherworld for a walk, but as long as I can come back alive, I will definitely not say a word." A thin officer said indignantly.

"Don't talk nonsense, it's easy to summon trouble if you talk like this, the county officials and generals will come to the examination room in person, can't they still suppress those yin qi?" A pockmarked officer said disdainfully.

The words of this pockmarked Langguan attracted the unanimous support of everyone.

"What gossip are you waiting for, what is the topic of this imperial examination?" The fat man asked in a low voice, as soon as he saw his figure, he knew that he had a lot of wealth, and he probably wanted to take some crooked ways to ask this question.

"Don't think about it anymore, this topic was personally come up by the county magistrate on the spot, I'm afraid no one can know except the county magistrate." The thin Lang Guan simply scoffed at the fat Lang Guan's thoughts, and even more disdain.

"That's not necessarily, as long as I can buy off the Lang officials or internal officials around the Son of Heaven, and let them tell me what books the Son of Heaven has been reading recently, and what sentences have been marked, I'm afraid I will be able to guess eight or nine."

After the fat Lang Guan's two sentences, the atmosphere in the banquet changed instantly, and the few well-dressed Lang officials all looked lively, as if they were wondering if their connections could have a relationship with Weiyang Palace.

Find acquaintances, go through the back door, and trust relationships...... These are the most common rules of the Han Empire.

Liu He's original intention was to create a relatively fair opportunity for this imperial examination, so that every Lang official could participate in this competition.

But it is also ironic that many people are thinking about how to destroy it.

I think that I can make a profit by breaking the rules, but I don't know that I am benefiting people with higher status.

"Zuo is just let's use the intention to disassemble and comment on the government, it is not uncommon in ordinary times, just draw a gourd like this" This thin man is over fifty years old, and he is obviously the kind of family conditions that are acceptable, so he wants to rely on his "real learning" to get on the top.

"But in the past, it was just face-to-face countermeasures, and there was no need to write at all, and I heard that the archery countermeasures in Taixue were only ears and ears, and there may not be real talent to learn if you can get a subject, but this time you have to write it, and it must not be simple!"

As soon as Ma Zilangguan finished saying these words, before other people could refute or echo them, the sound of smashing the dishes and chopsticks on the table reached everyone's ears.

Only then did they see that in the corner of the second floor, there was another person with his back to them.

The man looked very strange, dressed in a coarse linen coat, with a hat on his head, and a pair of straw sandals on his feet that were covered with mud, and in some places they were about to break.

And the skin exposed on the outside of the clothes is actually similar to the color of the five-baht coin, or even a little darker.

There seemed to be only two bowls of bean rice and a small plate of toast on his desk, but he had eaten it with relish just now.

Taken together, these characteristics show that this person is a pawn of a peddler who haunts the fields and street corners and roadsides, and is not qualified to speak to the officials at all.

To put it more seriously, if any Lang official wants to rectify him, there are a hundred ways to make him suffer a big loss.

However, this is not the place where this man is strange.

It's because of his baggage, and the outline of the bamboo slips can be faintly seen.

This complicates matters.

They are all scholars, so the Lang officials have to have some fears.

The sound of smashing the bowl just now was obviously this person, expressing his dissatisfaction with what Lang Guan said in the meantime.

Or rather, disdain.

Today's four changes are 10,000 words, this is the third update, and the fourth update will be five minutes later.

(End of chapter)