In a waiting hall in the outer corridor of the administrative office, Zhang Yu sat there quietly in a traditional scholar's Tianxia dress.

In the huge space, he was the only one sitting here.

There was a rush of footsteps in the lobby outside, and then the door of the waiting hall was pushed open, and a young official who was at most in his twenties walked in, looked at him, raised his hands, and said: "Zhang Shenzhi, the princes invite you to enter the hall to speak, please come with me." ”

Zhang Yu stood up, raised his hand and saluted, and said, "There is labor." ”

"Don't dare. ”

The young official said politely, took a step sideways, gave way to the door, and said solemnly: "Please." ”

Zhang Yu walked out of the waiting hall, and the young official led the way in front.

The office was the largest building in the inner city terrace, and the interior space was extremely large, and the two of them walked along the empty corridor for a short half a moment before stopping in front of a huge courtyard.

At this time, the young official said: "Zhang Shenzhi, if you go in here, it is the outer corridor hall of the council hall, after you accept the people's consultation here, you can go forward, and you can enter the big hall from here, I am inconvenient to enter, so I will stop here." ”

Zhang Yu nodded, then pushed the door and walked in, after walking for a while, what appeared in front of him was a corridor hallway, on both sides were rows of stepped stone seats, at this moment there were more than 30 people sitting scattered on it, both men and women, looking at the clothes were relatively simple and light, and there were patches in some places, but they were all very clean and clean, and they were ironed very smoothly.

Many of them are not very old, but many of them are covered with wind and frost, and the exposed hands are thick and full of calluses, and the body bones are more or less deformed, but the muscles are relatively strong, and it can be seen that most people here live by manual work.

In fact, most of these thirty people are from the lowest level of the Metropolitan Protectorate, but they cannot be underestimated because of their status, to a certain extent, they determine the outcome of today's election.

Anyone who comes to participate in the election of a scholar will go through three inquiries, the government inquiry, the academic inquiry, and the public inquiry.

If one of the three inquiries does not pass, then the Chosen Ones will not be with him.

The "public inquiry" among the three inquiries is to have a dialogue with these people from the bottom of the civil society.

These people will try to ask him something or ask him something that concerns him, and his answer will determine their senses and judgment of him.

In the past, there were many scholars who participated in the selection of scholars who could easily go through the "study inquiry" and "all inquiry", but they failed to pass the "public inquiry" level.

There is no other reason, it is because these people from the bottom have developed resistance and disgust towards them.

In fact, these judgments are often very subjective, so if you are not a person who has a great reputation among the people for a long time, it will be difficult to pass the election.

And these low-level people are not afraid of offending people at all, because from the moment they are elected as inquirers, they directly accept the protection of the Grand Governor.

If anyone tries to sway them or threaten them, they can report it directly to the Metropolitan Government through a specific channel, and the Metropolitan Governor will administer justice to them.

But it would be impossible to say that all of you are completely free from certain wishes. However, the Metropolitan Protectorate only needs to maintain the minimum justice, and whether it can pass the test in the end depends on the person who chooses it, which can be regarded as a certain test that must be experienced.

And the arrival of Zhang Yu at this time also triggered a whisper among these people.

"Look, look! This is Zhang Shenzhi! the one who killed the alien god at the docks!"

"Is that him? I've been hearing about him in the newspapers lately, and it seems like he's done a lot of good things. ”

"I heard that he saved a lot of people, and he also made a large indigenous tribe of 100,000 people in the south obediently lay down their arms, crying and shouting to learn the language of our Tianxia, which greatly increases the majesty of our Duhufu!"

"There are some people in the capital who are very bad, and they often tell lies and deceive people, but they are not necessarily true......"

"He's so good-looking. ”

"Yes, he looks like a good person. ”

A middle-aged strong man sitting in the middle, with some gray hair, frowned, he stood up and said loudly, "Listen to me. ”

He seemed to have some prestige in the crowd, and his voice gradually quieted down.

The middle-aged strong man arched his hand at Zhang Yu in his position and said, "Zhang Shenzhi, can I ask you a few words?"

Zhang Yu raised his hand and returned the salute and said, "Excuse me." ”

The middle-aged strong man looked left and right, and said, "We have heard of your past exploits, if those are true, we also admire them very much, but to be honest, it is too far away from us, just ...... just now"

He pointed in the direction of the council hall with his hand, "Just the three young people who passed by, they all served in the local government and helped us do a lot of good things, and I have also seen one of them personally chop wood for us to make a fire, carry water and dig wells, whether he is acting or not, he at least did it, but I want to ask, what have you done for us?"

Someone muttered, "Zhang Shenzhi has done a big thing." ”

The middle-aged strong man immediately retorted: "What is a big thing? What is a small matter? What is left on us is a small matter? Aren't we all the people of the Metropolitan Protectorate?"

He turned his head again and looked at Zhang Yu, "Zhang Shenzhi, what do you think?"

Zhang Yu nodded and agreed: "The foundation of the Protectorate lies in the three million people within the territory, and civil affairs have never been a trivial matter since ancient times. ”

"That's right, even Zhang Shenzhi admits that this is not a trivial matter. ”

The middle-aged strong man looked around, as if he had won a battle, and his momentum was even higher, he looked at Zhang Yu again, stared at him and said, "Then Zhang Shenzhi, what have you done, can you talk about it?"

Zhang Yuwei thought for a moment and said: "I have never been a local official like those before, but I have written a lot of articles in the newspaper, and I believe I have also helped many people in the capital." ”

The middle-aged strong man frowned and said, "Write an article?" He shook his head and said, "Zhang Shenzhi, we can't understand the article, what does that have to do with us?"

Zhang Yu said calmly: "The words and phrases of the articles I write are relatively simple, as long as people who are literate can understand them, and most of the things I write are related to people's livelihood. ”

The middle-aged strong man was a little puzzled, and said, "Zhang Shenzhi, how do you think that we have all read your article?"

Zhang Yu stretched out his hand and gestured to the servant who was waiting on the side, who immediately understood and handed over a pen and paper. He held the pen in his hand, brushed and wrote a few words on the white paper, then put down the pen, looked up at the people seated, and said: "The imperial article, the usual pen name is 'Tao Sheng', which has been published in many newspapers before, and the latest one is about Xia Li." ”

"What?"

The middle-aged strong man was taken aback, waited for his big eyes to look at him, and said, "You, you...... Are you Tao Sheng?"

There was a sudden exclamation from the seat, and many people stood up involuntarily, looking at him excitedly and in disbelief.

Many of them are engaged in weaving, mining, dock transport, etc., and their daily labor has caused serious physical damage. However, since Tao Sheng's article about Xia Li appeared, many people's illnesses have not only been alleviated, but also gradually recovered their health.

After the announcement of the summer rite and the breathing method, it is not an exaggeration to say that it has benefited thousands of people in the capital, and they are the ones who have benefited the most, so I am very grateful to Tao Sheng for spreading this set of rituals.

But they didn't know who Tao Sheng was.

In their imagination, they thought that it might be an elder with profound knowledge, but they never expected that this young scholar would be standing in front of them.

The servant brought up a piece of paper and showed it to everyone.

There are four words written on it, the top is the word "Xia Li", which is larger, and the bottom is the word "Tao Sheng", which is slightly smaller, whether it is the stroke of the pen, or the turning point of the place, and the font at the first two ends of the newspaper can be described as exactly the same.

At this point, there was no one who did not believe anymore.

The middle-aged strong man's face suddenly showed a look of shame, he looked at Zhang Yu, opened his mouth, but didn't say anything, in the end, he just straightened up, put his hands together, and performed an incomparably standard ancient summer ceremony.

The people sitting in the seats also stood up one after another, and everyone saluted him sincerely with the summer rites they learned in the newspaper or from friends.

Zhang Yu stood in place, raised his sleeves, clasped his hands together, and saluted seriously.

Then he lowered his hands and walked through the gallery under the gaze of the crowd, and walked towards the great hall at the end.

The guards guarding at the bottom of the porch saw him coming, but there was a little more respect in their eyes, they would not open the door until the person who came to the door, but the two of them took a step ahead, pushed the door they were guarding open, and nodded seriously to their colleagues in the back.

Seeing them like this, the guards in the corridor looked at each other, turned around, and pushed the two heavy gates inward.

In the large hall, someone had already reported upwards from the side corridor, saying that the last elected candidate had passed through the outer hall and was coming to the main hall at this moment, and at the same time sent the words that had just been recorded to the two elders for the eyes of the two elders.

Everyone in the table nodded, this is the last candidate for the Shiju, and when this one comes, there should be a result.

At that moment, there was a dull sound above the door of the Great Hall, and then slowly opened inward.

Yang Ying's eyes lit up, and she said happily: "Mr. is here!"

At the edge of the chamber, near the door, three tall young men were sitting, they were the electors elected by the three palaces. The three of them unconsciously straightened up at this moment, looked in the direction of the door, and prepared to take a serious look at their opponent.

And as the door opened, whether it was the Tianxia scholars, the officials of the capital, or the commander of the right court, they all turned their eyes to look over.

Behind the gate, several long corridors stretched out towards the far end, and it was vaguely seen that a young man dressed in Tianxia clothes and seemed to be shrouded in a glowing jade light was walking slowly from a distance with steady steps.

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