Chapter 536: If You Are Qualified, You Can Become an Official

After listening to Chen Mo's words, Chen Xiu was a little confused. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Instead, he was moved by Chen Mo's loyal words.

Although he really can't tell what's wrong now, Chen Mo's starting point is good. It will be a contribution to the people, a contribution to the country, and a great kindness to the scholars of the world.

If through this imperial examination, a group of talents who are loyal to His Majesty and loyal to the country are cultivated, the Song Dynasty may not be able to flourish again.

On the other hand, although the imperial court resumed the imperial examination, it only set the location of the examination in Luonan, which could attract a few scholars to participate.

"Dong Anguo was wise, but my subordinates thought too narrowly."

Ever since Chen Mo made Chen Xiu the chief examiner of the imperial examination, the latter was naturally no longer white.

"Hey." Chen Mo raised his hand to Chen Xiu modestly, and immediately said: "After learning that the imperial court issued a decree to resume the imperial examination, I have already issued the order. I believe that in the next two days, the yamen of various counties below will Received, as long as people want to participate in the imperial examination, they can go to the yamen in Qing, Yu, Lin, Huai, Jiangnan, Jiangdong and other counties to take the exam. After the yamen has verified it, they will issue an ultimatum to the candidates, and the candidates can hold the ultimatum. I will go to Sizhouzhoucheng to take the exam in August.”

"Great kindness."

After listening to what Chen Mo said, Chen Xiu stood up and bent at nearly 90 degrees and cupped his hands towards Chen Mo.

Soon, the news about the imperial examinations being held in Qing, Yu, Lin, Huai and other prefectures spread throughout the country. The people in the four prefectures, Jiangdong and Jiangnan almost all came to the countryside after the Yamen officials personally went to the countryside to convey the news. Everyone knows this.

Announcements were posted on the city gates of Sizhou, Jiangdong, and Jiangnan counties.

The announcement also said that not only people from the four prefectures of Qing, Yu, Lin, and Huai, but also Jiangdong and Jiangnan can participate. People from other states can also participate, but they need to go to any of the four prefectures of Qing, Yu, Lin, and Huai. Apply for the examination at the state's Yamen.

There are no requirements for taking the exam. As long as you are a citizen of the Song Dynasty, you can take the exam.

And the announcement also said that for those who passed the rural examination, even if they failed the subsequent general examination, An Guogong would reward the qualified candidates with a house and two acres of land, and arrange for them to settle in any of the four states, and they could also be arranged to become officials.

Once the content of the announcement spread, the world was shocked.

You should know that in the past, those who passed the provincial examination could achieve a class jump by virtue of their status as a civil servant.

But the court will only give you a title for being a good person, and you can only buy mansions and fields by yourself, or give them to nobles or wealthy businessmen in the county who want to curry favor with you.

As for being an official, only the Jinshi court will 100% arrange to be an official. When it comes to recruiting people, there will only be vacancies and no one will go, so the court will arrange for recruiting people to do it. In this way, you still have to queue up, and the arrangements are all remote. place.

But now, as long as you pass the provincial examination, you will have it all.

For scholars, isn’t that what taking part in the imperial examination is all about?

Toyosu.

Since the last defeat of King Huai, although Chen Jun in Huaizhou did not take advantage of the opportunity to attack Fengzhou, King Huai has lost control of Fengzhou, especially after King Huai took refuge with Queen Chong, Fengzhou is a leaderless situation.

Seeing this, some speculators from the King of Huai went to Fengzhou to seek business opportunities, and the people of Fengzhou also moved towards Huaizhou.

This also allowed the people of Fengzhou to be the first to know about the imperial examinations held in the four states.

Shan County, Mawang Village.

Spring plowing usually starts after the beginning of spring, from early March to April.

Spring plowing time in northern areas is generally in late April and early May.

In the south, it will be earlier, mostly around late February.

However, as the snow on the ground melted, the villagers of Mawang Village began to work in the fields in mid-February.

Lin Zhong is one of them.

Lin Zhong was born into a poor family. His ancestor was a fifth-rank official in the capital during the period of Emperor Taizu. However, his descendants were not strong enough and each generation was not as good as the previous one, which caused the family to gradually decline.

In Lin Zhong's father's generation, the best person in the Lin family was working as a bookkeeper in a county.

However, Lin Zhong's father was a commoner and left the family early. Later, due to the chaos, Lin Zhong's family of three fled to Lin Zhong's mother's hometown - Mawang Village.

Mawang Village, as its name suggests, means that there are only two surnames in the village: Ma and Wang.

Therefore, Lin Zhong seemed out of place in Mawang Village, but he still regarded himself as aloof.

Because he is a rare scholar in the village, and although he is a concubine from a poor family, his disciples are higher than the people in the village. In addition, he was still young and a child at the time. When getting along with villagers who did not know a single Chinese character, it was difficult to get along with them. , Lin Zhong always couldn't help but put on airs.

But this situation happened five years ago, and now he has completely integrated into it.

The reason was that the imperial examination was suspended, and reality bent his back.

Although Lin Zhong's father was a commoner, he had more knowledge than the people in the village and knew that reading could change one's destiny.

Lin Zhong's mother, Ma Shi, was able to marry Lin Zhong's father because of her certain knowledge, so the two of them did not let Lin Zhong worry about the family at all, and let him concentrate on his studies, placing all their hopes on Lin Zhong.

But with the suspension of the imperial examination, it was like a thunderbolt falling on Lin Zhong's head. The huge pressure and the ridicule of the villagers forced Lin Zhong to give up his "unrealistic" fantasy and return to ordinary people. life comes.

In the past five years or so, he married a wife from the same village and gave birth to a child.

But deep in his heart, there was still a trace of unwillingness and persistence. Every night when his wife and children were asleep, he would take out books from under the bed to read. He kept this habit for more than five years.

"It's almost noon. Mother should have prepared the meal. Let's go back to eat and come back in the afternoon." Lin Zhong's wife Wang pulled her feet out of the mud, stood on the ridge, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said to Lin Zhong.

Lin Zhong hummed lightly.

Just then.

"Brother-in-law, good news, good news." Wang's younger brother ran all the way from not far away. The road on the ridge was not wide, so he fell several times, but every time he got up excitedly and continued to run.

This scene also attracted the attention of the people around.

"Slow down, don't fall." Wang frowned and said worriedly.

"What good news?" Lin Zhong had just stepped onto the ridge and was washing the mud on his feet in the canal next to him. He didn't take the other person's words seriously.

"Great news, brother-in-law, the imperial examination has been restored." Wang's brother had heard from his sister that Lin Zhong got up every night to study, so he must be very concerned about this matter.

"I have heard about this from others a long time ago. It is too far to go to Luonan. I don't have money and the road is not safe. I told your sister that I will not go." Lin Zhong said without raising his head.

"Brother-in-law, it is not the imperial examination of the court, but the Duke of Anguo."