Chapter 1460 No One Objects, I Am Relieved

This is the first time for the candidates to encounter the new imperial examination. They are a little uncomfortable and are trying to get used to it.

Before the exam begins, look at your seat.

Each person has a single room with adjustable examination tables and chairs.

There is also a small table next to it for tea to prevent the test paper from getting wet accidentally when drinking tea.

For fill-in-the-blank questions and arithmetic questions, the questions are printed directly on the test paper. For the current affairs policy, the questions are written on the first page of the test paper, and the pages are divided below, with a maximum of ten pages.

If there is a typo or a dirty page on any page, you can ask for a new paper with the same number.

In addition, you need to write a poem and a fu, and there is enough time, four days.

There is no toilet in the single room, and there is no place to sleep.

A person from the Sixteen Guards stands next to the single room, and the shift changes every hour.

Some candidates want to sleep, so they ask the invigilator to seal the test paper. The Sixteen Guards take them to the temporary dormitory, and the same goes for going to the toilet.

Go to the cafeteria for meals, still in a single room, and are not allowed to talk to others.

The candidates are satisfied, the conditions are too good, but the questions are a bit difficult.

Why do you have to take the arithmetic test when taking the Jinshi exam? Isn't this the Xiucai exam?

"Mo Jie, are you confident?" Yesterday, Meng Haoran and Wang Wei, who served as the county magistrate of Lantian County, returned to Zhuangzi. Meng Haoran was full of confidence when he took the exam today.

He felt that he had reached the peak of his life. His wife and children came over and wrote to his father, but he has not received a reply yet.

His wife was given an imperial decree. With her going to Lantian County, his son would be sent to Lantian County to stay for two days every ten days, or he would bring his wife back to stay for one day.

He has an official position, but he lacks a reputation.

Wait until he passes the first place in the exam, and see who dares not to let his wife enter the family tree?

Meng Haoran is competing with his father. He has become more capable and can support his wife and children. You don't need to give me money.

Wang Wei doesn't compete with others. He is more entangled now. He originally likes Buddhism and Taoism.

Li Yi doesn't like it. Li Yi requires officials to do practical things well. Even officials in charge of religion must use their positions to enlighten the people.

Persuade the people to believe in Chinese civilization, to recognize the brilliant history, and to love their motherland.

Obviously, if Li Yi continues to focus on other things, he will lose his position.

"It's not easy to be an official!" Wang Wei gave Meng Haoran such an answer, which felt irrelevant.

"There are too many things to do every day. When I'm at home, the county magistrate doesn't seem to be very busy."

Meng Haoran felt tired, and the county magistrate was always busy all day.

What about bonded goods, new population change of nationality, temporary warehouse borrowing approval, whose horse and cattle are sick, muddy ground in spring needs sand...

All things are dispatched by the county magistrate, the chief clerk and the county lieutenant are responsible for specific matters, and if a chicken is lost, it is the county lieutenant's responsibility, but the county magistrate must keep a record.

"They deliberately gave the work to us. When we were on leave, they said that we could stay in Li's farm for one more day."

Wang Wei saw the problem early. He and Meng Haoran worked for two weeks. The first time Meng Haoran's wife and children went there, and the second time Meng Haoran came back.

"It must be Gangrou's arrangement. I'm tired all day, but I sleep well at night." Meng Haoran didn't think that working more was a disadvantage.

He was learning, and he was tired because he was not skilled. Others could tell how to deal with things at a glance.

He needed to think and ask, which delayed him for half an hour.

Wang Wei nodded gently: "Before I became an official, I thought it was easy to be an official. After I became an official, I found that it was indeed as my family said, it was difficult to be a good official."

Meng Haoran agreed with this point, and he suddenly remembered something: "If Gangrou was asked to be the county magistrate of Lantian County, would he be tired?"

"It's not like we haven't seen him along the way. He always gives good ideas suitable for each county.

I don't think he would be tired when he was the county magistrate. He would find a few people to teach them how to deal with things, and then summarize them to him.

You and I, can we find someone to teach us? We are not familiar enough.

It's a pity that it's not easy to see His Majesty after becoming an official. Once I come back, I am not allowed to enter the small room for meals."

Wang Wei didn't think Li Yi would handle trivial matters by himself, and he knew why Li Yi and His Majesty acted seriously.

Before he became an official, His Majesty would talk to Meng Haoran about poetry.

After he became an official, it was basically impossible to meet, unless there was something important, or His Majesty wanted to talk about poetry, and summoned him alone.

Different statuses led to different degrees of intimacy.

Li Yi was smart, he didn't hold a position of real power, and didn't follow the procedure of meeting His Majesty.

The two sides only had brotherly feelings, but no etiquette between monarch and minister.

"Mo Jie, our examination rooms are next to each other, that's it." Meng Haoran found his seat, next to Wang Wei's.

Other candidates also found their numbers, and the examination room was arranged in two rows facing each other.

There was a door at the back, if you wanted to go out, tell the Sixteen Guards and the patrol examiner to go to the back and not pass in front of other candidates.

There was a curtain on the opposite side, separating the candidates who should be facing each other, and the two sides couldn't even make eye contact.

...

Li Longji was still watching, perhaps in the eyes of others, these candidates were just candidates.

What he saw was the future of the Tang Dynasty, a group of officials who knew more about current affairs.

In this way, the monopoly of aristocratic families and clans will be broken. The children of the poor will know the world's affairs. If they are well taught, they will be given more positions in the officialdom.

"The way of the imperial examination has changed. Will gossip increase?" Li Longji asked casually while looking at the candidates.

The prime minister and other officials looked at each other. Why did His Majesty suddenly ask such a thing?

After a few breaths, he couldn't help but speak. Lu Huaishen was a member of the aristocratic family, and he responded.

"Your Majesty, since the Yulin Flying Cavalry was in charge, the people of Jingzhao Prefecture have lived a more stable life.

The Li family farm does not show off its military power, but only provides money and technology, and the people's lives have been improved.

Therefore, the people of all parties support the imperial court's plan of selecting talents. "

After Lu Huaishen finished speaking, he looked around, and everyone nodded. Some even gave him a thumbs up: Awesome, the answer is too good!

Li Longji understood, and the Yulin Flying Cavalry scared others so much that they dared not speak. The weapons of the Li family's manor were so powerful that no one even thought about clearing the court of emperors!

So you can do it with confidence, and we all support you. After all, there is only one head, and it can't grow back if it falls off.

"I am very pleased that the people have become wise, and all the ministers have made contributions." Li Longji praised the ministers without any hypocrisy.

"It's all thanks to your majesty's benevolence. "The ministers all said what he always said.

Li Longji was very happy, regardless of whether it was true or not.

He felt good about himself, and he was indeed benevolent. He did not kill anyone, and he also gave subsidies to officials with his own money.

Look at the current Chang'an City, it is really open at night and no one picks up things on the road.

Every family opened doors and windows on the street side to do small business. There were also businesses in the market, which seemed prosperous.

The patrol team kept moving, and those who wanted to commit crimes could not find opportunities.

In the past, some people stole and robbed because they had no money. If they did not steal or rob, they could not find a job and would starve to death.

Especially for those who have children to support at home, if their relatives get sick again, they will need money urgently. If they have money, they will live, but if they don't, they will die.

Now it is easy to get sick. If you really have no money, go to Li's manor to ask for medicinal materials.

If you can't find a job, Li's manor always arranges work for a large group of people.

I don't care about the city gates. Whoever has the ability can break in.