Anren Fang, Yuan House.

Yuan Zai got up early, sent someone to prepare a thin gift, changed into a new robe and prepared to go out.

When Wang Yunxiu saw it, he couldn't help asking: "Lang Jun is so solemn, is he going to visit which important minister of the court?" ”

"Let's go and see Xue Lang." Yuan Zai straightened his collar and suddenly asked, "But it looks flattering?" ”

"Nope.

Wang Yunxiu hesitated for a moment, but then said: "There is no flattery, but it seems to be a little flattering, everyone is friends and has a similar righteousness, and it doesn't hurt to help when you encounter difficulties." But if you always seek profit, it will inevitably make people look down on you. ”

"Where?" Yuan Zai said with a smile: "He doesn't have an official body yet, I went to see him to seek an official for him." ”

"That's good.

Wang Yunxiu responded, standing in the court to send it off, but saw that Yuan Zai still had a carefully prepared gift when he went out, which was "Journey to the West" printed by Yuan Zai with money, which seemed to be not valuable, but it took a lot of thought.

"Brother Yuan is too bothered, it doesn't have to be like this.

"This move, I am not only for Xue Lang's fame, but to make a modest contribution to the wisdom of the common people, and there are more storybooks like this, so that more people have the heart to learn.

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Yuan Zai said this, Xue Bai believed it or not was another matter, and said: "I have written down this intention." ”

The two sat down in the hall, and what they couldn't avoid was still the previous bamboo paper.

"Xue Lang also knew that Li Tan and others wanted to take away the craftsmen in order to control the bamboo paper process, and I resolutely opposed it. Later, I found out that Li Tan actually sent a thousand yuan of generous gifts to my house, me

So I used the money to print a collection of annotations to help poor students like me. ”

"Thanks to you." Xue Bai said: "I'm not afraid of them making paper, as long as the process is not blocked, more people can read is the general trend." ”

"This is exactly what my generation should do for the world as officials." Yuan Zai made a loud noise.

In this way, the relationship between the two became close again.

"Xue Lang has been on the cusp lately?" Yuan Zai said with concern and said with a smile: "Such a young and handsome champion, if he has no home, like a childish man holding gold to the market, won't he be coveted?" ”

"Brother Yuan is here today, but do you have advice?"

"I'm not a lobbyist for anyone, you and I are good friends, so I'll make an idea for you, how about it?"

"I want to hear about it."

"I heard that there is also a confidante who wrote the lyrics for you, who is the female crown of Yuzhenguan, why don't you marry her? Her identity is beyond the red dust, and she has affection and righteousness with you, so that she can not only resist the pull of others, but you will not go against your will. ”

Xue Bai asked, "I don't know where Brother Yuan heard about this?" ”

"I've heard it mentioned occasionally.

Xue Bai knew that Yuan Zai was still here to be a lobbyist, although he didn't mention Li Hua in his words, in fact, Li Hua came out of the ancestral house in the south of the clan, which was nothing more than a compromise between Xue Bai and the Li family of Zhaojun.

Of course, the Manchu Dynasty is all children of a family, and it is the same no matter how they choose, it is nothing more than to give some sense of oppression, even if it is just to persuade Xue Bai, the purpose is to let him be with the light as soon as possible.

How can there be a Jinshi from a poor background who can pass the official examination without relying on the help of high-ranking families?

Even Yuan Zai, after winning the Jinshi, he had to rely on the Wang family to seek officials.

Xue Bai said: "I will consider Brother Yuan's idea, don't worry, I will prepare for the official test first." ”

Yuan Zai sighed, and no longer persuaded him, got up to say goodbye, and left Xue's house, but he met Du Wulang.

Compared to Xue Bai causing trouble all day long, Du Wulang looked very relaxed and happy.

"Gorou is also going to be an official?

"Where?" Du Wulang smiled happily: "After winning the Ming Scripture, there is still a period for keeping the election." After the election period, I can participate in the election of the ministers.

Yuan Zai said: "That's right, what are you busy with when Gorou is near Mishi?" ”

"Xue Bai is busy seeking officials, and I am busy with marriage."

"Why do you want to organize it yourself?"

"Hey." Du Wulang sighed at this time and said, "Didn't my quasi-father-in-law come back?" He should do many things, but how can he do them? It was too late to send someone to look at him, and I was afraid that my family would be unhappy if they found out, so I had to do what should have been done by him. ”

Wonjae was incomprehensible and asked, "Why did Gorou look for such a portal?" ”

Du Wulang didn't answer, and smirked twice.

Yuan Zai couldn't help but sigh again, thinking to himself, Xue Bai and Du Cheng both didn't know the difficulties of the world.

On March 16, the Ministry of Officials took the Erudite Word Test.

Xue Bai got up early and went to the imperial city, all the way to Shangshu Province.

During this period, he had been to both the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Officials rarely visited.

The yamen is located in the southeast of Shangshu Province, and when I walked into the Cao Courtyard in the south, I saw that most of the officials were standing in it and waiting.

Because he was an official in Datang, he had to be dismissed when his term of office expired, and he went home to wait for the election. If you don't want to keep the election, you can only take the official examination, or go to the border town to enter the shogunate.

In addition to these officials who are in the process of being elected, there are also some old jinshi, all of whom have been in the first place a few years ago but have never been officials. Most of them had a lifeless look on their faces.

Only Xue Bai is a Jinshi, and he is very young, standing in the crowd, he looks particularly eye-catching.

When the hour came, several young officials came out of the room with a straight face, and said, "Line up, try to the left for erudition, and try to the right for the scholar."

The crowd lined up in two columns and went forward to check the documents in turn.

In front of Xue Bai was an official over forty years old, looking at the official robe, it should be above and below the eighth grade, but the robe was full of patches, and the boots under his feet were also torn, looking yellow and thin.

He turned his head to see Xue Bai and said, "So young? ”

"Good luck.

"Well, I can't."

This official didn't care who Xue Bai was, and sighed to himself.

"I have been elected for six years after my resignation, and I didn't have any money, so I rushed to Chang'an every year to participate in the official examination, which cost too much. Why don't you come, when did you have an official position? ”

At this moment, a person who was verifying the documents in front was carried out by the small officials and shouted unwillingly.

"I am Liu Chenghe! Why do you say I'm not me?! ”

"Ugh." The official standing in front of Xue Bai showed a look of concern and muttered: "This name verification also needs to be checked, for this expense, if I can't be an official this year, I will have to beg for a living." ”

After a while, it was finally the man's turn.

Xue Bai stood behind him, looked at it, and saw that the little official took the paper, his eyes immediately rolled twice, and asked, "Pei Feng, but me?" ”

"It's me.

"What is the proof.

The down-and-out official named Pei Feng quietly handed over the cloth bag, and the little official opened it to see that there was some golden light, and he checked it and let Pei Feng in.

After that, it was Xue Bai's turn.

A document was handed over, and the little official caught a glimpse of Xue Bai's name, immediately looked up at him, and said with a smile: "Champion Lang, please." ”

The official department pays attention to the "judgment of body and words", the body is the appearance and figure, the speech is the temperament of the conversation, the book is calligraphy, and the judgment is the literary talent who writes official documents.

Xue Bai walked to the room and waited, only to see Pei Feng talking to a small official.

"That's it?

"Otherwise? This year, Da Xi Shilang personally took the exam, can you do it? Let's go back and listen to the winter fair. ”

Pei Feng's face was like earth, his body trembled, and he finally left in despair.

As he passed by, Xue Bai could feel the despair in this person's body.

He can't help him now, and there are very few officials in the Tang Dynasty who have been elected every year, spending their savings but being dismissed for various reasons.

Even some of the children of the side branches of the family can hardly afford such a long-term spending on dotting, not to mention the children of the poor family who have nothing themselves?

Xue Bai actually understood why Yuan Zai was so easily shaken and became a lobbyist to persuade him.

If Yuan Zai hadn't married Wang Yunxiu as his wife, how could he be such an official? It is precisely because I know too much the difficulties of the career that only by the high-ranking families can there be a way out, and I will take it for granted that this approach is right.

Therefore, when Yuan Zai and Chen Xilie's words of persuasion came out, they all felt that this was right and that it was good for Xue Bai.

Standing in the Ministry of Officials today, Xue Bai knew more deeply that many times it was not that he was capable, but that he was too lucky to break these shackles.

But it is precisely because of this that he must persevere and bring about a change in the way of the world.

If you only want to be with the light, why do you need this luck?

"Champion Lang, please."

The little official in the room did not embarrass Xue Bai, and raised his hand to invite him through another door.

Across the corridor, in another public room, Du Youlin, who was dressed in a red robe, was sitting there.

"Here we are." Du Youlin stood up and said: "As you said, Zuo Xiang has no ability, and he can't stop your future, when you get to the examination room, sit down behind the window and the bookcase on the far right, and you can naturally pass."

Xue Bai asked, "I don't have to do it?"

"It's only been a few days since a big show in Ziyun Tower, who dares to accept your dots?"

Du Youlin said, looked outside, and sighed: "As for those people, they are helpless, you see, there are only a few members, but how many people are waiting." ”

He handed over a note, which said that there are now some Que members, almost all of them are eight- and nine-rank officials, some of them are soldiers in Beijing who joined the army, and some of them are remote county lieutenants in Xiaxian County.

The Yang Party has a salt official, but he will not try to pick people from the ministry.

Xue Bai wants to go on the right path, and these official positions are all mixed with qualifications for him...... But it is still inconvenient to go to the remote Xia County, it is better to find a Beijing official, so that with the help of the Holy Family, he can put on a red robe in the fastest time and directly release him as a stabbing history.

After reading the note and returning it to Du Youlin, he turned around and walked to the examination room and sat down in the pointed position.

It is a window position, and when you turn your head, you can see the green branches and leaves of the willow trees in the garden, which reminds you of the scene of reading a book when you were a teenager.

After that, I saw Da Xi martyrdom leading the little officials to send out the test questions, a judgment, and a poem.

Interestingly, there was a piece of paper under the question given to Xue Bai, and the content of the answer sheet was filled in. Xue Bai glanced at Da Xixun, only to see that the servant of the ministry bowed his head slightly, and motioned for him to transcribe it once.

This is the backbone of Chen Xilie, the left minister and the secretary of the ministry.

The title of the assignment is "Qiji Fu", Xue Bai finished transcribing it, and then looked at the judgment again, talking about a current event.

"Yulin General Wang Changxu, no son-in-law, nephew and nephew, concubine sued, not in accordance with the system."

And the sentence that Xue Bai copied is very long, it is still a prose, written like a poem, and the long paragraphs in front are meaningless nonsense.

"Father Zhao Son Mu, a thousand years old is not easy; Inheriting the peach from the ancestors, the way of all generations. If the flesh and bones are not cool, the beauty of the duck dove is Kechang; The blood genus is different, how can the son of the moth be sent? ”

Since the chief official of the Ministry of Officials is a soft bone like Chen Xilie, Xue Bai didn't even bother to copy it, he wrote the judgment by himself, and even changed the sentence.

"According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, the prince and the uncle, if there is no son-in-law, he will set up a grandson, and if he has no grandson, he will establish a concubine, and if he dies, he will not attack the lord, and the lord will not be as good as a brother. Wang Chang's nephew committed the crime of 'fraud', and inherited it in vain instead of his descendants, and it is advisable to merge for 2,000 miles, and those who should continue should be corrected. ”

As long as he writes a judgment, he will judge according to today's Tang law.

A gong sounded in the courtyard of the officials' department, and the little officials began to get up to collect the rolls, and then walked to the lobby with Da Xixun with the rolls.

On the way, they looked at the markings on the scrolls, and pulled out the rolls of those who had been well-marked and had been put together. When they entered the hall, they placed the scrolls on top.

Only Xue Bai's scroll was untouched, and it was placed there as it was.

"Alas.

Chen Xilie also came, read a little of the volume, and sighed: "This shaft doesn't give the old man any face."

Da Xixun said: "He is proficient in Tang law, and this case should indeed be sentenced to 2,000 miles, not two years." ”

"What's the use of a good judgment?" Chen Xilie said: "The verdict is written without literary brilliance, and it is still a champion...... Pen and ink waiting. ”

Da Xixun was stunned for a moment, feeling a little bitter for this left minister, and said: "After all, there are still scribes who are good at calligraphy. ”

Chen Xilie smiled bitterly and said, "Come on, old man, this Yan Kai is not easy to imitate." ”

"It's hard work.

The paper and ink were spread out, and Chen Xilie picked up the pen and began to re-copy the sentence for Xue Bai.

How else could it be? The right minister has said that he wants to let this shaft pass the official test. No matter how unhappy you are, you can only endure it, and you can't miss it.

Mo stared at the old man here.

Chen Xilie copied and said, "What kind of official position do you give this erector, can you consider it?" ”

Da Xixun said: "The right minister originally wanted to give him a chance, but he was not willing to give in at all, there was no way, it was most suitable to take a county lieutenant from Wangxian County in the east and west of Jiangnan, and send it to Beijing." ”

The counties of the Tang Dynasty were divided into ten grades, namely red, sub-red, ci, ci, wang, tight, upper, middle, lower, and lower, and the rank of county officials was also different, such as the county lieutenant, from the eighth rank to the ninth grade.

What Da Xixun thought was that giving Xue Bai a county lieutenant of Wangxian County on the ninth rank could be regarded as worthy of this champion and reputation, and at the same time sent him out of Beijing to eliminate those troubles.

He looked at Que Yuan, and finally said, "Lieutenant Dongyang County, how is it?" Wuzhiwang County, an official position that ordinary Jinshi can't ask for. ”

It is redundant to ask this sentence "how", Chen Xilie did not say a word about the things set by the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, silently copied the judgment, and said: "But, the old man persuaded this erector in vain, I really don't know the hearts of good people." ”

In this way, they wrote down "Note Xue Bai to be the lieutenant of Dongyang County", and sent it to the Zhongshu Provincial Hall together with other notes, and together with other documents, to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion for Li Linfu to read.

I have to say that Li Linfu handled the general affairs quite efficiently, and in less than an hour, he returned to Zhongshu Province as soon as he was supposed to do the paperwork.

Several officials were divided into categories and were about to send back the notes of the officials, when they suddenly heard someone say.

"Wait."

They turned their heads to look, only to see that it was Yang Yan coming, and they couldn't help but be stunned.

Yang Zhen was dressed in a purple robe, sat down straight on the upper seat, straightened his sleeves, and said, "But the note of the ministry?" Take a look at it. ”

At the mention of the word "true appearance", the officials remembered that this Uncle Yang Guo was "in the same Zhongshu Sect Pingzhang Affairs", although he had not participated in the affairs of Zhongshu Province once, but he did have this power.

When even an official glanced at the small official in the distance, and asked him to report to the right minister quickly.

Yang Yan saw all this in his eyes, ignored it, and said, "Let you take it." ”

"Wow.

The note was opened, and Yang Yan looked at it, only to see that Li Linfu had already stamped it.

It was also the first time for him to deal with the official documents of Zhongshu Province, and he was not very experienced, so he simply picked up the pen and marked the "Dongyang County Lieutenant".

I dropped it and wrote "Secretary Provincial School Shulang" on the side.

Because among all the starting officials, this is one of the best beauty differences, although the grade is only from the ninth grade, it is a central official, suitable for becoming a springboard for promotion.

Xue Bai is released, first as a school scholar and then released, the grade and place are very different.

But Yang Chen's action made the surrounding officials stunned.

Guoyong, you can't do this......

Yang Yan said disappreciably: "What? Don't I have this power with the Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi? Do you want to ask the holy "this...... The lower official said, "Do you want to transcribe this note again?" ”

"It's fine."

Yang Yun really rewrote it, but he didn't have to ask Li Linfu to seal it, but took out his own seal, dipped it in red ink, sighed, and stamped it with a "snap".