Cui Zhao was sitting in the Yaxuan Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites at the moment, reading the scroll in his hand. The list on the top of the paper is all the students who have won the list of this year's scientific examination, and now that the scientific examination has passed, it is time to assign official positions.

It stands to reason that the list of officials in the scientific examination should be official, and they are still some official positions with a lot of origin, and the gap between them and the nine-grade sesame officials in small places is quite large. But in fact, there are not many official positions that the imperial court can squeeze out every year.

Counting the old man returning to his hometown, resigning due to illness, being demoted, promoted, etc., there are only a few official positions above the sixth grade that come and go, and there are still many people in the world, but there are more than 20 candidates on the list this year!

It is obviously impossible for the 20 or so official positions to be distributed together.

Cui Zhao picked up the pen and hesitated for a long time on the paperwork. Once the name is written and presented to the prince with the seal, this official position is implemented. However, Cui Zhao didn't start writing for a long time, still looking at the list on the volume intently.

"My lord, this year's bride price has been delivered. At that moment, a subordinate hurriedly walked in, still holding a pamphlet in his hand. Cui Zhao saw the palm-sized pamphlet in his hand, and couldn't help but smile.

He couldn't wait to take the booklet, open it and read it carefully.

Lu Wenting, bride price ten.

Zhong Tianqing, bride price fifteen.

Yang Shuxin, 20 bride price......

The booklet lists the names of this year's candidates, as well as the number of bride prices at the back. The so-called bride price is a tribute to his Cui Zhao. This intention can be big or small, but it must not be without.

If it's big, maybe you can climb to a seat with plenty of oil and water, but if it's small, I'm afraid you have to go to a Qingshui Yamen to do chores, if you don't even have a bride price, you will come back next year.

Cui Zhao glanced around and couldn't help frowning, "No, why are there two names missing?"

Many students are admitted all the way from the countryside, and it is normal not to know this rule. But no matter how nerdy he is, the court will also remind him of it, and it is unknown whether the candidate takes it to heart.

Therefore, this is also why the official position was not assigned immediately after the release of the scientific examination, but delayed for a period of time. First, it is also convenient for the imperial court to count the official positions that can be assigned, and secondly, it is also to let those candidates who are on the list prepare the bride price in private. Many people have been studying for many years, and their family's money has long been exhausted, and now if they want to prepare a bride price, they naturally have to find someone to borrow.

If you are an ordinary scholar, who would want to borrow from you? But this time it is different, once you become an official, it is a grass chicken to become a phoenix, and this borrowing is not silver, but a debt of human affection.

But who dares not to care about the big things related to their bright future?

When the subordinate heard this, he hurriedly trembled and said, "Xiaguan doesn't dare!" Xiaguan has already reminded him, but Bai Shushan and Xu Changfeng have not sent the bride price for a long time, so Xiaguan ......."

"Baishushan is the top of the list, so it's just a matter of not giving a bride price. When Cui Zhao heard this, he couldn't help frowning, "But this Xu Changfeng, it's inevitable that he's too bold, right?

At this time, Cui Zhao was very unhappy. According to the practice of previous years, the bride price is the biggest at the top and end of the list.

Bai Shushan is the top of the list, and his official position is naturally inevitable, but if the bride price is sufficient, he may be able to get a better official position. And the bottom of the list is naturally not to mention, he is already weaker than others, and if he wants to be an official, he naturally has to go sideways.

However, these two people did not play their cards according to common sense, which made Cui Zhao very embarrassed.

Although he is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, the oil and water he can get every year is pitiful, so don't you look forward to making a good fortune in the imperial examination this time?

"I can't touch him in this Baishu Mountain, Xu Changfeng, can't I cure you?" Cui Zhao sneered in his heart, picked up the pen, and was about to write on the scroll.

"Master Cui, Wei Shichun's son Wei Changting asks to see you. At this moment, an announcement came from outside the door, interrupting Cui Zhao's train of thought.

"Wei Changting, what is he doing here?" Cui Zhao thought to himself, but he still nodded and agreed, "Let him come in." ”

After all, Wei Shichun has a lot of background in the Chang'an Forbidden Army, maybe he will have to count on him one day, and this face must be given.

"Wei Changting has seen Master Cui. Wei Changting walked into the Yaxuan Pavilion quickly and bowed respectfully to Cui Zhao who was sitting on the desk.

"Hehe, nephew Wei doesn't have to be polite, my nephew has grown up so fast that I haven't seen him for two years, and I almost can't recognize it. Cui Zhao smiled and said, "I don't know what nephew Wei is doing when he comes to me today?"

"Lord Wei, I'm here for Xu Changfeng. Wei Changting said, walked quickly to Cui Zhao's desk, and quietly took out a money bag from his sleeve, looking at its weight, at least ten taels of silver!

Cui Zhao looked at the money bag, stunned, and couldn't help but be glad that Fang Cai didn't write his name in time, otherwise it would be lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot. He was even more puzzled in his heart, where did Xu Changfeng get so many blessings? First with Mr. Qin's support, and now with the Wei family protecting him, this is really ......

"Hehe, my nephew is polite, if you want to protect Xu Changfeng as an official, you just need to send someone to say it, why bother to come over in person?" Cui Zhao couldn't close his mouth happily at the moment.

Wei Changting shook his head, "Lord Urging misunderstood, I didn't want to protect Xu Changfeng as an official, but I wanted this Xu Changfeng to be an official." ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Cui Zhao wondered.

"Now that the official position of the imperial court is tense, and Xu Changfeng is at the bottom of the list, it is naturally wishful thinking to want to be an official, unless you give your lord a lot of dowry. Wei Changting said with a smile, "But as far as I know, how can a person like Xu Changfeng who doesn't eat oil and salt be willing to give a bride price?"

"Since you know, why are you like this now?" Cui Zhao asked puzzled, pointing to the money bag on the table.

Wei Changting smiled, and immediately lowered his voice, "Then doesn't Xu Changfeng want to be an official? My lord, you just casually threw him an official position of sesame soybeans, wouldn't this be done? If the imperial court is investigated at that time, you will also have a reason to say that his wish to be an official has been fulfilled." ”

"But......" Cui Zhao couldn't help frowning as he listened. This is a crime of deception, if it is found out, he will be guillotined!

"Virtuous nephew, you don't know anything. If you are admitted to the imperial examination to become an official, you have to go through the approval of the prince, and besides, this Chang'an, how can there be any nine-grade sesame official for him to be? Since you don't want him to be an official, don't you just get rid of the official career?" Cui Zhao said helplessly.

He Cui Zhao is shameless, and the court still needs face. To let outsiders know that a candidate who has won the imperial examination can only be a sesame official, where does this make the face of the imperial court go?

Wei Changting couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he simply made a suggestion from Huang Zixuan to humiliate Xu Changfeng through his official position. Who would have thought it would be so complicated......

He thought for a while, then glanced at Cui Zhao's face, his eyes fixed on the money bag on the table. Since this is the case, it means that there is a drama in this matter!

"My lord, it's better to be like this, you dismissed his official, and this is more than silver, how about treating it as a petty official I bought for him?" Wei Changting thought about it and decided to let it go, what he wanted to do was to completely embarrass this Xu Changfeng.

Cui Zhao thought about it, there are a lot of things to buy an official, but it is a bit tricky to do it under the nose of the Son of Heaven. However, everyone knows Xu Changfeng's identity, he was dismissed first, and he was buying an official, but he could really fish in troubled waters and get mixed up.

"In that case, it's up to you over there. Cui Zhao nodded and carefully accepted the silver.

It would be too naïve to want to buy an official for ten taels of silver. It's just that this is the Wei family's silver after all, and the person who is an official is also the person who won the imperial examination, which also saves Cui Zhao a lot of heart.

"Thank you, Lord Cui, Changting retires......"

Wei Changting walked out of the hall of the Ministry of Rites, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a little smile, "Xu Changfeng, you want to fight with me? ”

If it weren't for Xu Changfeng's appearance, maybe Wei Changting would have taken down Wei Xueying a long time ago. And Wei Xueying left suddenly, isn't that exactly what he wants? Why don't you do it when you lift your pants and turn around and leave?

Wei Changting, who was walking on the road, couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, if Xu Changfeng knew that he had spent so much effort to go to the imperial examination, and in the end he only ended up with a sesame big official, what kind of expression would it be?