Wang Jun did not immediately reply to Wang Chengwei, but he still promised Wang Chengwei to visit several workshops with him.
The news that the imperial court was preparing to hold the imperial examination again spread to various state capitals.
The imperial court has not held any courses to recruit scholars for three years.
The Kaiyuan period was known as the prosperous period, and the imperial court held exams to recruit scholars almost every year.
There were not many official members of the imperial court in the Tang Dynasty, and many candidates who passed the Jinshi examination had no official posts.
During the Tianbao period, the number of subjects was reduced, but during the Kaiyuan period, the scholars who had passed the imperial examinations had not yet been digested. New scholars and old scholars competed for official positions, which made the court even more chaotic.
The corruption of officialdom in the imperial court had already begun during the Tianbao period.
A large number of talents failed to pass the imperial examination. Even one or two who passed the imperial examination could not pass the official selection examination of the Ministry of Personnel because there was no money to manage officials in the Ministry of Personnel.
As for those children of aristocratic families, or scholars who were attached to powerful officials such as Jiedushi, they could obtain official positions directly through the recommendation of the ministers of the court or the Jiedushi of the feudal town.
It is common practice in the court to give and accept bribes, and those who become officials through bribery will naturally have to plunder places after they take office.
And when they become dignitaries in the imperial court, they will also imitate others.
The custom of selecting scholars based on their talents that had been passed down from the early Tang Dynasty disappeared.
This is why poets like Li Bai and Du Fu still write poems to flatter the court ministers.
Children from poor families have no way out, so they can only turn to the feudal town.
For example, Yan Zhuang, An Lushan's number one counselor, was a child from a poor family who passed the imperial examination but was unable to obtain an official position.
Unable to serve as an official in the imperial court, he could only serve under the Jiedushi Envoy.
After these talents entered the Jiedu Envoy Office, they would also bring their dissatisfaction with the imperial court to work. Therefore, many historians believe that the problem of the vassal towns in the Tang Dynasty is also a problem of talents.
Since the An Lushan Rebellion, the imperial court has suspended the imperial examinations.
An Lushan captured the two capitals, and the ministers of the DPRK and China fled, some were killed, and some surrendered.
Most of the officials followed the emperor and fled to central Shu. When these officials returned to the Fengxiang Mansion court, Li Heng would also use some insignificant official positions to occupy them.
Officials who surrendered to the puppet Yan had nothing to say. Such a serious crime of rebellion did not implicate the nine tribes, so it was already forgiven by the court.
At this time, many positions were vacated, because the admission of scholars in the second year of Zhide especially attracted the attention of people all over the world.
And this is the least competitive imperial examination!
The two Jingtai students were also separated due to the war, and these people were also the main force taking the imperial examination.
Jianghuai has a prosperous academic atmosphere, but now that the rebels are besieging Suiyang City, even the transfer of military resources to Jianghuai is difficult, and it is impossible for these Jianghuai students to overcome the rebel blockade and come to take exams.
Not to mention Hedong, which is now under the rule of the puppet Yan.
There are only a few Tao students who can come to Fengxiang Mansion for reference.
The announcement of the order requiring the governors of various states to recommend talented people attracted the attention of the entire Tang Dynasty.
Wang Chengwei's proposal to apply for the imperial examination was also sent to Xue Hu.
Xue Hu naturally knew Wang Chengwei: "You want to take part in the imperial examination??"
Xue Hu did not expect that Wang Chengwei would actually think of this path.
Although the imperial court did not issue an order to Longyou, the state capital of Longyou was also qualified to recommend tribute students.
It’s just that Longyou, a place like this, is extremely educationally backward.
During the decades of the emperor's reign, very few people from Longyou passed the Jinshi examination.
Wang Chengwei said: "I have already established a relationship with the Wang family in Taiyuan, and I will leave for Lingwu in a few days to recognize my ancestors and return to my clan."
"With the status of Taiyuan Wang family, if I go to Fengxiang Mansion to do some activities, maybe I can really get admitted to the Jinshi!"
Xue Hu was stunned for a moment and had to say that Wang Chengwei's plan was really feasible.
Xue Hu closed the proposal and said, "Will your plan cost a lot of money?"
Wang Chengwei nodded and said, "I have already asked Wang Jun. Before the An-Shi Rebellion, a brother of the Wang family in Taiyuan spent a total of 20,000 yuan to pass the Jinshi examination."
"Twenty thousand dollars!?"
Xue Hu took a breath of cold air!
A fine Uighur war horse only costs five thousand coins.
What is the concept of two thousand yuan? It is equal to four good war horses!
This amount of money may be a huge amount of money that ordinary people will never see in their lifetime!
From this we can also know how many tricks there were in the imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty.
Wang Chengwei said: "This is because that clan brother holds the title of Taiyuan Wang family and saves a lot of social and social expenses. If he is a student from an ordinary family, he will not have the chance to give this money!"
Xue Hu said: "Do you have this money?"
Wang Chengwei said: "I have a classmate who is a businessman, and I have already obtained investment from him. As long as the Governor's Office gives me a place as a Gongsheng student, I will leave for Fengxiang Mansion now!"
Xue Hu said: "Okay, but you have to wait."
"What are you waiting for?"
Xue Hu said: "Anyway, we are participating in the imperial examination, why can't we Longyou send people? The seven states in Longyou plus the Beiting Protectorate are all qualified to recommend tribute students to participate in the imperial examination!"
"Since you are going, then send a large Gongsheng examination group there! Maybe King Jianning will reimburse the cost for you!"
Xue Hu forwarded Wang Chengwei's plan to Li Yan, and sure enough, with a stroke of his pen, King Jianning paid all the expenses for Longyou Gongsheng to go to Fengxiang Mansion.
Not only that, but an "activity fund" of 10,000 yuan was specially approved for each candidate.
This is to go to the Tang Dynasty to accompany the capital to take the imperial examination!
All of a sudden, players in the Governor's Mansion came and went one after another, all trying to get a recommendation spot from the Governor's Mansion.
The governors of the seven states were all annoyed. Finally, at the suggestion of Shang Bo, the president of the Public Examination House, they first held an internal policy examination.
Finally, seventeen Gongsheng students were selected. They all brought the Gongsheng student recommendation materials from the Governor's Office and prepared to set foot in Fengxiang Mansion to participate in the imperial examination.
Wang Chengwei, who contributed strategies, not only received a large experience reward.
At the same time, he also received an additional 10,000 yuan in funding.
For Li Yan, if his players can enter the officialdom through the imperial examination, it will be a great help to him.
If these players are officials in the court, they can inquire about the situation for Li Yan, and they may even be able to influence the court's decision-making.
If players are promoted as officials, then this place can naturally become the player's stronghold, and Li Yan can spread more players to various parts of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yan only needs to pay some money, plus the quota recommended by Longyou Prefecture.
But before Wang Chengwei left for Fengxiang Mansion, Wang Chengwei had one more thing to do.
He wants to complete the "recognition of his ancestors and return to his clan" as soon as possible and become an official descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan.
For this goal, he has been accompanying Wang Jun on inspections in Wuwei City these days.
Wang Jun inspected Wuwei City for five days and visited the villages near Wuwei City.
When he saw the huge wool spinning workshop and the roaring workshop, so much wool was produced in one day.
When I heard the workshop owner introduce how much profit a workshop can bring.
Wang Jun was completely shocked by the huge profits of the industry!
You must know that when the wool spinning business is not at its hottest, merchants are still rushing to buy this kind of light and breathable clothes.
As long as this kind of clothes is sent north, a large amount of high-quality furs can be obtained from the barbarians in the Caucasus and Siberia.
And these furs can be exchanged for a lot of money in the hands of dignitaries from Dashi and Byzantium.
Moreover, the wool is light and does not account for the weight of the goods.
Almost all food merchants who came to Wuwei City would buy some wool and go back.
Based on the current production efficiency of Longyou's wool workshops, the market is far from saturated.
Now everyone who runs a wool workshop is making a lot of money!
Wang Jun did a simple calculation. It is still July and the weather is hot.
When winter comes, the winter in Longyou and Uighur is very cold.
By then, what will be the demand for wool among the millions of soldiers and civilians in Longyou?
Not only the wool workshop, Wang Jun also saw a paper-making workshop.
Throw bark, torn linen and other items into the pool, stir and ferment, and then add chemicals to create snow-white paper.
It is said that this medicine was invented by a female Sima named Cui from the Longyou Academy of Sciences, and its name was "bleaching powder".
Wang Jun had also seen this kind of snow-white paper in Lingwu's bookstore.
The price of this kind of paper is quite high. Books printed on this kind of white paper have clear handwriting and are the best choice for giving gifts among dignitaries.
It turns out that Longyou Paper, which is famous all over the world, was made in this way.
Such a papermaking workshop has a pungent smell, but the owner of the workshop said that papermaking is very profitable.
The only thing that dissatisfied the workshop owner is that the sewage discharged from the paper mill must also undergo strict treatment.
The last time he secretly discharged sewage, he was immediately caught by the Wuwei City government officials and fined a large sum of money.
After such a round of inspections, Wang Jun knew where the workshop made money.
Nowadays, the workshops that can be invested in Liangzhou include paper making, wool spinning, cotton spinning, wine making and flour mills.
The governor's office can provide technical support and can also invite experts from Longyou to debug the machine.
Wang Jun calculated carefully and found that the Wang family had a lot of assets and had the financial resources to open a workshop.
The Wang family also has a large population, and some of the workshop work can be done by their own family.
Isn’t such a workshop more profitable than farmland?
Moreover, the influence of those big workshop owners in Wuwei City is no less than that of the big landowners.
After understanding this, Wang Jun said to Wang Chengwei: "Uncle, I am going to move the whole clan to Wuwei, please take care of me!"
These days Wang Jun has long understood Wang Chengwei's thoughts. Now in troubled times, the identity of a mere Taiyuan Wang family is not as valuable as before.
Wang Jun said cheerfully: "What the clan uncle said about recognizing ancestors and returning to the clan, the ceremony of recognizing ancestors and returning to the clan can be carried out when the family moves to Wuwei."
Wang Chengwei couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he immediately said:
"Then I will wait in Wuwei City for my nephew to return to Wuwei City as soon as possible! I will help you take care of the matter of granting land and setting up a workshop."