While Ouyang Xiu was sitting in Xu Ping's living room, thinking about how to spend five hundred stags, the servant came in and reported that the staff of the Regulations Editorial Office had arrived.

Xu Ping hurriedly ordered to come in and said to Ouyang Xiu: "I have a farm in Zhongmu. Although it is a bit vulgar, it is a bit wild. Recently, the editorial office is busy with affairs. I have finally had a little free time these two days, so I have to go there to relax. If you have nothing to do, why not go with us."

Ouyang Xiu asked, "I wonder if Wang Jun will go?"

"I went together. If you didn't come to me, he should have invited me."

When he heard that Wang Gongchen had gone, Ouyang Xiu hurriedly said, "I'll disturb the county marquis in this way."

Although Wang Gongchen took away the top scorer Ouyang Xiu considered the treasure in his palace examination in the eighth year of Tiansheng, the relationship between the two was still good. In fact, Ouyang Xiu was ranked relatively low, and the top three were not in the way of him.

At this moment, the yard was bustling with people, and many people walked in.

As soon as Wang Gongchen entered the living room, he saw Ouyang Xiu sitting here and said, "It turns out that Uncle Yong has already come here. No wonder he can't see anyone at your residence. Just so happen, let's go to the Deputy Envoy Zhongmu Manor together and have fun for a few days."

Ouyang Xiu hurriedly stood up and met everyone.

Wang Gongchen brought two people over and introduced to Xu Ping. One was Fu Bi, who was in the ninth year of Tiansheng, the other was Yin Zhu, the second year of Tiansheng, and Mei Yaochen, who was in charge of Yinpu.

Mei Yaochen also participated in the imperial examination, but unfortunately failed, so he had to rely on the relationship of his uncle Mei Xun to become an official. Mei Xun once worked as a Hanlin bachelor, and now he is an official. In addition to his knowledge, Mei Xun is most famous for being particular about being particular. He smells his body every day. Many people go to see him to specifically smell the smell of him. In contrast with another irreconcilable bachelor Dou Yuanbin, the past, he is known as "Mei Xiang Dou Yin", but this Mei Xiang does not mean to become a maid.

The scholars of this era have a very unique personality. In addition to the pair of "Plum Xiang Dou Smell", there was a pair of "Sheng Fei Ding and Thin" earlier. Sheng Fei refers to the extremely obese obesity of Sheng Du. Thin naturally refers to Ding Wei as thin as a monkey, but this pair refers to their body shape, which is not as unique as the previous pair.

Mei Yaochen had a long time ago and had the style of poetry from the Song Dynasty. If we only talk about his status in the poetry world, it is much more important than Shi Yannian. Therefore, although he was not a Jinshi, no one looked down on him among these young literati.

However, the frustration in the imperial examinations was a big blow to Mei Yaochen, which made his personality more extreme and even strange, and sometimes reached an unreasonable point. This is also impossible. People who engage in literature and art are always more sensitive.

Yin Zhu became a Jinshi early and became famous early. He started a generation of literary style. At least in this era, he had a higher status than other young people. Ouyang Xiu and others were both teachers and friends with him, and his literary style was influenced by him and was slowly becoming mature.

Needless to say, Fu Bi knew about his great name in his previous life and had the highest political achievements. In the eighth year of Tiansheng, Fu Bi did not participate in the imperial examination. Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan, who appreciated him, asked him to participate in the second year's discipline. With only a short time to prepare, Fu Bi succeeded in the discipline and entered the official career. With the difficulty of discipline, Fu Bi can be called a genius.

It is precisely this kind of person that Yan Shu married his daughter to him before he embarked on the career path.

Although Xu Ping himself was a first-class Jinshi, he had been in charge of money and food after becoming an official. He was either fighting a war or was not good at it. No young student came to his school to visit him. This was the first time, and his family had a group of scholars and scholars. Although he didn't value these things very much, he was still a little excited.

It was already noon and the sun began to set west. Zhongmu did not enter the capital. In order to arrive at the place before dark, he hurriedly ordered the servant to clean up and prepare to set off.

When everyone arrived in the yard, Xu Ping said to Li Xu, who was beside him, "You go with you, and you don't have to worry about reviewing at this time. There are many people who went to Zhongmu this time, and you are just asking for advice. I am not my best at writing poems and articles, but it is the study of this group of people day and night. A few words of advice will be enough for you to enjoy for the rest of your life."

Li Wei bowed and bowed: "Abide by the teacher's teachings."

When you want to pass the Jinshi during the palace examination, literary talent is not the most important thing, but if you want to get a good ranking, literary talent is essential. If there are a few sentences in the text that make people admire each other, the ranking will increase a lot, which is not a trivial matter.

Jinshi is different from Jinshi. The first few are not very good. It is not difficult to be a high-ranking official with a fifth rank or above or even a servant with a post or above. If you don’t make a big mistake, you will almost never be able to escape from the prefecture within ten years. You will have a chance to enter the court and take important positions. It is hard to say later. When you reach the last two, you will just choose people when you enter the official career. Although it is easier than choosing people to be promoted to a Beijing official, you will never have a chance to succeed in your life without great opportunities.

Xu Ping himself was a first-class Jinshi and realized this more and more. Not to mention others, when he was farming in Zhongmu, Guo Zi was the chief clerk of Zhongmu, equivalent to the magistrate of major counties in other roads. Later, Xu Ping became the deputy envoy of salt and iron, and Guo Zi was also the magistrate of major counties. Of course, there were other factors, but the influence of different Jinshi and Academic Certificate still played an important role.

Those who failed the grade hoped to be a Jinshi, but those who passed the Jinshi thought they would be better off the top ranking. This is the fact that the ranking has a great impact on their future career. Not to mention anything else, they can serve as a library position after a first-class Jinshi, without the recommendation of ministers. Where can other A-listed people get such treatment? People like Ouyang Xiu, by chance, went to Luoyang to serve as a job when they first became officials. When they met big names, they would not have a library position for them.

Luoyang is Xijing, and the people who are in charge are usually important officials in the court. Qian Weiyan, Wang Shu, Wang Zeng and others, one of them is not a minister. As long as they get their eyes on the emperor, they will have a bright future in just one sentence.

If you like Xu Ping, you kick the south of Chuanxia Lingnan and meet the military minister and the prefect of the state, and no one recommends you, you can only endure it. Whether you can survive can only be fate.

This is the reason for getting used to being a poor family at this time. These high-ranking Jinshi are the emperor's own people. There is no need to look at the minister's expression when they are promoted. If no one recommends them, then the speed of their promotion will be guaranteed from a system perspective.

Li Wei has been here for some time here in Xu Ping. After seeing these tricks in the officialdom for a long time, he naturally understood the truth. After Xu Ping's instructions, he hurried back to his room to clean up, and brought a few complimentary articles he wrote, so he would meet someone to ask for advice.

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