Outside the Taoist temple, there are a few locust trees, which are not tall. In autumn, the leaves are golden and falling, the canopy becomes sparse and sparse, and the branches are horizontal.

After the hour passed, dark clouds covered the moon, and strange birds flew from the west and landed on the branches.

One, two, three......

At last there were nine of them, standing firmly on the trees and lined up in a row. Each opened a pair of sparkling eyes, staring at the small Taoist temple below, which was extremely terrifying.

After another while, a wind blew, swept up a black mist, and slowly shrouded towards the Taoist temple.

Then, nine strange birds with black feathers opened their mouths at the same time. A wisp of black gas erupted from each mouth, mixed into the mist, and covered the Taoist temple together.

Airplanes!

The Qianyuan mirror hanging above the gate suddenly activated, shooting out a gray light and falling into the mist.

It's just that the fog is so strong that it covers it, and the bronze mirror can't be parried, and after a few breaths, it snaps, and it falls down, smashes on the ground, and breaks.

The black gas wrapped in the mist and continued to fall.

In the darkness, someone suddenly coughed dryly.

The nine strange birds in the tree were alarmed, and immediately turned their heads to look, and saw a sloppy roadman coming out of the alley.

"Do you really want to keep this son?"

One of the crows suddenly opened its mouth and spat out human words.

The Taoist said coldly: "You have violated my Taoist temple and destroyed my magic weapon, but you have crossed the line. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.

There was still a long distance between his position and this side, but the hand suddenly stretched out, more than ten zhang long, and the palm became huge like a fan, and he grabbed nine crows at once and pinched them fiercely.

Poof!

The long hand is retracted and restored. In the palm of his hand, there is a feather, black as ink, with a supernatural light flickering.

The nine crows were extinguished, and the mist immediately receded and dissipated like a tide.

Above the night sky, the bright moon is in the sky, breaking through the clouds, and the sky and the earth are clear again.

Everything is back to normal.

"The crow is dispatched, it is bound to win, so afraid of the title of this gold list......"

The Taoist muttered: "It's just that you dare to calculate the head of this Dao, and you still want to turn the tiger away from ......the mountain?"

With that, he turned and left.

From beginning to end, there was peace in the Taoist temple, and Chen Tang, who was sleeping in the room, seemed to know nothing.

......

Bang!

Somewhere in the capital, in a square and solemn mansion, in the study, Lord Gu sat there upright.

Suddenly, a circle around its neck snapped, and a human head fell off.

The headless body stood up, took two steps forward, squatted down, picked up the human head with both hands, and then placed it back on the neck, twisted it, and tightened it again.

His expression was blank, but there was a resentful light in his eyes, and he opened his mouth to scold: "What a Taoist!"

......

After August, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day.

The capital is a real northland, unlike Panzhou, where winter comes early.

In late September, the Gongyuan came with a document that the Son of Heaven had set a date, starting from October 15.

For the ancient imperial examinations, Chen Tang has a lot of research, and he also knows that different dynasties have different examination rules.

In Yin, it's another rule.

From the children's test, to the lifting test, and then to the Tianzi test, there are three stages. As for the examination and palace examination of another time and space, they were combined into the Son of Heaven Examination.

After the exam, those who are named on the gold list can participate in the Qionglin banquet.

After the banquet, the jinshi can return to their hometowns, and as for the appointment of officials, they are all arranged by the officials. The first three have the opportunity to stay in the capital directly and enter the Hanlin Academy. The rest are basically arranged to serve in various places.

The whole process is quite slow, and a year is considered fast. Some people have to wait two years, or even three years, before receiving the official letter.

Yin Guoguo has been in the country for hundreds of years, and now, it has long been a bloated institution, and the tail is too big to fall. In every county, the personnel are full, and it is difficult to have vacancies.

And in each Tianzi Examination, the number of admitted students will reach about five or six hundred.

This number may seem like a small number, but it is important to understand that they are all capable of becoming officials.

And there are not many official positions that are really in the product.

The largest number are "officials" and "servants". An official position, at least with dozens of officials and servants, thus forming a huge bureaucratic system.

There are pros and cons to this system, but it has existed for a long time, has long been ingrained, and is difficult to change.

In order to solve the problem of redundancy, in recent years, the imperial court has done a lot of targeted efforts, such as the implementation of quota restrictions in the sub-examination to suppress the number of people. After all, once a year, the number of lifters in the exam increases, and it is not easy to place.

After the examination is famous, there will be land and property, which is basically supported by the state. And when it comes to the Jinshi class, the resources received are even more. They were also exempted from many forced labor and taxes, and the disadvantages caused by this were innumerable.

After a long time, the land was annexed, the wealthy families were numerous, and under the layers of exploitation, the people at the bottom were miserable, and the people were struggling to make a living.

As a result, there is a multi-headed phenomenon in the superstructure, driven by ambition and interests, unable to sit still, unable to talk, and it is easy to produce contradictions and strife, causing the country to be divided and chaotic.

As the history books often say: If you are together for a long time, you must be divided, and you must be together for a long time!

Throughout history, it seems that every dynasty has collapsed in this way.

It's a top-down collapse.

As for those at the bottom, it seems that they will always be bullied and suppressed......

Chen Tang came to this Yin country and did a lot of research work in this regard, but due to the blockage of information and the lack of data, he could only do some analysis from a macro perspective.

There are a thousand ways to survive, but the form of extinction is often the same.

This dynasty is not any existence he is familiar with, and it is impossible to predict what major events will happen in the next stage, let alone change the wheel of history. He can only do his best to analyze the problem and then make a favorable prediction so that he can live better.

Live well, within the scope of your ability, so that the people around you, the people around you, can also live better.

If you can do this, I'm afraid you will have to study it for a lifetime.

Faced with the withering yellow ground, Chen Tang didn't understand why he suddenly sighed, or because he had read too much, he would always have some unrealistic and persistent ideals.

What is the matter with reading the books of the sages?

It's just that such thoughts are always heavy, not pleasant enough, and not necessarily pleasing to people.

The human heart is like water, too fickle, and treacherous.

Time is like an arrow, and it's October.

At this time, Chen Tang was about to move out of the Taoist temple and stay in the inn designated by the Gongyuan.

If it is arranged, it is taken care of by the imperial court, and it is also for unified management, so as not to make mistakes and miss the test of the Son of Heaven.

Counting up, there are only about ten days left, and the exam will officially start.