[The third update, continue to ask for a monthly pass]

Just sent off the last official who came to visit, Cai Qu's work today can be regarded as the end.

But it's not that there are no more guests after that, and there are private guests next.

"Go and ask Uncle Xinghe." He commanded his followers, turned and stepped through the door.

Rubbing against the threshold, it felt a little the same. Looking down, the section in the center of the threshold of the flower hall has been concave at some point, and it is still shining under the lantern, and it is actually polished smooth and shiny.

"It's time for a new one." Cai did point to the threshold and instructed another person.

This personal entourage followed Cai Qu for a long time, and after nodding his head in agreement, he made up two more funny words: "The small door on the other side of the main gate has only been changed recently." They all want to come to meet their fathers. ”

Cai did drink tea and said casually, "Find a harder wood." ”

"Wood is too much to use, so you have to make steel."

Cai Cheng shook his head, the Prime Minister's Mansion is like a court, but if he is a mean emperor, he will not tolerate too much. But now that the Empress Taishang is in power, there is no need to worry about anything.

The more the threshold is grinded down, the higher the status of the master. The threshold for the Cai family to enter and exit the guests has to be changed once every six months. When Han Jiang leaves, if he can be alone with the court, I am afraid it will take three months to change.

But it's not so easy to become a solo person. When Han Jiang left, in the rest of the government, Zhang Dan's qualifications were not enough, and Zhang Qi, Zeng Bu and Su Song were even more impossible. However, it does not mean that the old minister cannot be transferred from abroad to return to Beijing to serve as prime minister, and it is not impossible for Lu Huiqing to be the prime minister.

Normally, this would not be the case. But the woman's mind is jumping away, Cai really clearly remembers how Sima Guang was finished, and he doesn't want to get back in this life.

If they are in the same column, even if the city government is as deep as Lu Huiqing and Zhang Dan's generation, it is not difficult to figure out their thoughts. Han Gang is even easier, no matter how many whimsical ideas he has and how many feats he has established, he is essentially the same kind of person as Wang Anshi. As long as he grasps the most fundamental long-cherished wish in his heart, everything will be easy to do. But Queen Taishang's thoughts, if she wants to really guess it, it is really beyond Cai Qu's strength.

The punishment soon arrived, Cai Qu stood up with a smile and greeted the punishment Shu in, "Uncle He, but I've been waiting for a long time." ”

Xing Shu is Cai Cheng's young junior, and during this time, he feels more and more credible. After cleaning up the Imperial Observatory in a few days, it was time to arrange him in. Cai did feel that Xing Shu was a smart person. He is a rare talent, and he is knowledgeable and interesting, and as long as he is a northerner and an old party, as long as he is reused by his own family, he can make a large number of talented people who have no way forward to join him.

Xing Shu smiled: "Just now, Xing Shu is talking to the doctor, talking and laughing very happily, I don't know how easy time is." ”

Cai Shuo's younger brother Cai Shuo is a doctor of martial arts, and before the punishment was called, it was Cai Shuo who accompanied him.

"Oh, what did you say?"

"I'm talking about the exam. The candidates for the examiners of the martial arts have been decided, but the doctor said that there are no talents in this department, and they are not as good as the literary examination. However, for the examination of Kaifeng Mansion and Guozijian, the candidates for the examiners will be given before August, and I don't know who will take the exam. ”

"It was recommended by the Lifang inspection, and it has not been reported yet."

Cai really doesn't care about such a trivial matter. But in next year's Ministry of Rites exam, he will definitely participate in the selection of examiners.

Cai does have some people who want to be promoted, and from his side, he can still take care of it if he wants to. As long as you leave the text in the agreed position of the article, it is easy for the examiner to know the identity of the candidate to be taken care of.

However, you must have real knowledge, and in addition, don't covet fame. The first and second class are all taboos, they don't have the ability, they have to squeeze in, and the candidates who are unwilling afterwards, even the Jinshi who have already passed the exam, will not let it go easily. How vicious a literati can be, Cai Qu, who is a literati himself, knows best.

Back then, the Emperor Taishang personally named Ye Zuqia as the champion, and then many people were still unconvinced. If it weren't for the fact that this was the imperial pen of the Son of Heaven, the examiner would have to even peel off the skin, but Ye Zuqia later, because he flattered the Son of Heaven too much in the question of the champion, his reputation in Shilin and officialdom was not good, and the speed of promotion did not match the identity of the champion.

In the sixth year of Xining, Emperor Taishang arranged Han Gang and Ye Tao, the sons-in-law of the two Wang brothers, to be the ninth and tenth, which was another turmoil. Fortunately, Han Gang himself was too strong, and then at the Qionglin banquet, he almost forced Yang Hui, a Hanlin scholar, to jump off the Huami Cliff, which made everyone silent.

"Uncle He." Cai did ask the criminal forgiveness, "You have a wide range of people inside and outside the government and the opposition, have you ever heard of any candidates who are expected to be the first in this subject?" ”

Xing Shu frowned: "People from all over the country will arrive in Beijing one after another after the autumn, and those who can win the first and second grades will be able to see the difference before the exam." Now it is assessed that there are also some talented people in Beijing. ”

"Which ones? Let's talk about it. Cai asked with interest.

"If you are famous, the most conspicuous ones in Jingzhong at the moment are Huang Mianzhong and Zong Ze. Everyone else is a cut behind. ”

Cai Qu's father's name is Huang Shang, and the word Huang Shang Yuanji is very commonly used in personal names.

Cai was very satisfied with his caution, nodded and said, "Huang Mianzhong and Zong Zezong Rulin, the two of them, I have been famous for a long time." ”

"Huang Mianzhong is similar to Han Xuanhui, they both made military merits, and then came back to take the Jinshi exam, but they were a little older. and because of the war in Hedong, his studies were delayed. Whether this branch can be won or not, I really can't say. ”

"He's unlucky." Cai Qu said, "More than ten years ago, he was already very famous in Shilin, Fujian, and I have heard of him. He won the first place in the township recommendation in Nanjianzhou, and never fell out of the top ten in the previous tests. It's just bad luck. This time he made a great contribution to Han Yukun's curtain, if he failed the exam, Han Gang handed over the notebook, how could Empress Taishang refute his face? In his thirties and almost forty, there will be some writings to offer, and a Jinshi will not be stingy if he is born in the court. ”

"That's what Xianggong said." Torture bowed his head.

"Zong Ze is good at military affairs, and his comments in the newspaper are all insightful. If you can go to the temple, maybe you can get a good ranking. Cai did comment on Zong Ze and asked, "Apart from the two of them, who else is famous?" ”

"There is also Liu Liao, the last subject was originally a provincial yuan, but he committed the name of the temple and had to be deposed, but he was recorded as a school record by the Guozi Supervisor, and now the department is making a comeback, and it is also a candidate for the first and second grades." Xing Shu thought for a while, "In addition, if you talk about those who are talented and learned, Liu Qi and Feng Xie in Kaifeng Mansion can also compete for a first-class jinshi." ”

"What about Guozijian? Nobody? Cai asked quelled.

"The talented ones in the Guozi Prison have long been excellent in the public examination and school determination, and they are directly admitted to the rank and the first. Yu Zi is busy, but he is fighting for a jinshi, and he doesn't have to think about it. ”

Cai did nodded, the punishment was reasonable. Students who are really talented and learned, after three years in Guozijian, have already been promoted all the way to the inner house, and then pass the exam and come out directly to become officials.

There is a big gap between those who have the talent to learn and those who do not. As long as it's not a matter of luck, such as Huang Shang, or if you are confused, such as Liu Liao, who committed the temple scandal mentioned by the criminal forgiveness party, it is almost inevitable that you will be admitted to the Jinshi. It's just about the rankings.

Cai Quzhong Jinshi was in Jiayou for four years. In the previous two years, Jiayou also participated in the Kaifeng Mansion Liberation Examination in the second year, but failed to pay tribute.

In the second year of Jiayou, the Su Shi brothers, Zeng Gong Zeng Zhao brothers, and Zhang Heng's uncle and nephew were well-known among the candidates early, and no one doubted whether they could be admitted to the Jinshi.

is Lu Huiqing, who is also very famous because of his family background. In this generation of the Lu family, the longest Lu Xiaqing is in the same department as Wang Anshi, the ninth Jinshi, and then the Lu family Jinshi is frequent, and now there are almost ten people, this is just the same generation, all with Qing as the last word.

The same is true of the Cai family, before Cai did participate in the imperial examination, there were already several Jinshi. And he himself, Jiayou three years of tribute, Jiayou four years ago, as early as before the exam, also became one of the candidates with a high demand to win the first class, the other is Zhang Dun who gave up the previous subject and came to take the exam again, and the other name An Tao and Liu Zhi who were also famous in Gaodi were also famous early. Not surprisingly, several people are in the forefront.

"That's right." Xing Shu suddenly said, "Xianggong may not know, but now there are people who are the champions of the current department." ”

"What?!" Cai Qu's tone of chatting suddenly became hard, but a smile soon appeared on his face: "Five thousand people, how to bet?" ”

"Gambling. Guozijian is a loss of one point and five, betting ten yuan, if you win, you will return fifteen yuan, and the odds of Kaifeng Mansion are the same as those of Guozijian. ”

Cai Qu restrained his smile again and asked coldly, "What about Fujian?" ”

"Fujian pays one and two points, which is the lowest. As for the highest odds, there are three roads in Guangdong, Guangxi and Kuizhou. Especially Kuizhou Road, it is a loss of fifty. ”

"What about Qin Fenglu?"

Although Qin Feng, Xihe, and Ganliang are all independent roads from the calculation of the Jingluo pacification envoys, but from the calculation of the transfer envoys related to the imperial examination, they are all under the jurisdiction of Qin Fenglu.

"Because of a Han Xuanhui, the odds of Yongxingjun and Qin Feng are much lower, one is one to eighteen, and the other is one to thirty-five."

"Sven sweeps the floor. What do you think of the country's talent ceremony?! Cai Qu gritted his teeth and reprimanded. Although he didn't care about many things, when it came to his status as a scholar, he couldn't be treated as idle.

In the past, the people were in awe of all the scholars who could pass the Jinshi examination, and their eyes were the stars in the sky. But now, the imperial examination has become a tool for gambling. Such a change made Cai really shudder, when did the reverence of the military and civilians in the capital for the literati become so weak?

"So it's just a private bet."

"What does the Goshidai do, and where are the ears!?" Cai was still angry, and his mind to clean up the Yushitai was even more determined.

"Yu Shitai must have known the truth. It is rumored in many places that it is impossible for the Imperial City Division and the Imperial History Observatory not to know the way. Xing Shu thought for a moment, "Maybe it's planning to involve the two major leagues together." ”

“…… Can you move? Cai did snort coldly, how could the backers behind the two major leagues be shaken by Yushitai? Crashing into it is just looking for death.

"Of course I can't move, if Wutai is smarter and only lets him catch the thief who gambles on the top of the current department, it will be fine."

"Don't wait for the Imperial Tower." Cai Qu stood up and walked back and forth in the hall, "I'll go to Kaifeng Mansion tomorrow to investigate strictly." There is also Han Yukun, the two major leagues are inseparable from him, and he has to let the two head offices find people. This matter must be investigated! ”