Zhang Leyan had other things to do. After returning to the Longyou Guild Hall, everyone surrounded Wang Chengwei again.
Li Bo first said: "Brother Wang, please explain it to everyone!"
Wang Chengwei sighed and brought these guys to Fengxiang Mansion, but Wang Chengwei was exhausted.
But at least we are game partners, and if we pass the Jinshi exam, we can still take care of each other.
Wang Chengwei coughed and said: "President Zhang has made it very clear that the Tang Dynasty Imperial Examination is divided into two parts."
"The first thing is to increase the reputation of various forces, such as the reputation of the prime minister and the important officials of the court, such as the reputation of Princess Yanguang. As long as the reputation of a certain big shot can be increased to a high level, then as long as there are no problems in the exam, it is possible to pass the exam.
I’ve been selected as a Jinshi.”
Everyone nodded.
Wang Chengwei continued: "I think everyone should take a two-step approach. The first is to go to the homes of various ministers to see if they can attract the attention of a big shot. However, this is not easy. Nowadays, all candidates from across the country are in Fengxiang Mansion.
, I am afraid that the homes of important ministers such as the prime minister are already full of documents, and they may not even have time to read them."
Everyone nodded, what does a prime minister do? A minister of the imperial court who is in charge of the world usually doesn't have much time at his disposal. How can he have time to read the papers sent by an unknown person?
This is like an unknown person in later generations sending a letter to a senior official at the leadership level. This kind of letter usually cannot be delivered to the leader, and has been deleted by the concierge.
Wang Chengwei continued: "If you want to attract the attention of senior officials, scholarly reputation is very important."
"For example, Han Yu, a great writer in the mid-Tang Dynasty, also came from a very poor family, but he was famous all over the world before the imperial examination. Later he was recognized by senior officials of the imperial court and passed the Jinshi examination."
"If there is no special mission and you can get in touch with these high-ranking officials in the imperial court, you still have to earn this [Shilin Reputation]."
Li Bo asked: "How to increase the reputation of this scholar?"
Wang Chengwei said: "This is complicated. For example, if Princess Yanguang's poetry club can produce one or two poems that are famous all over the world, it will instantly make Fengxiang Mansion famous."
"Besides poetry gatherings, it's about making friends with other scholars and complimenting each other to build momentum. This requires everyone to figure out their own solutions."
The players lowered their heads and began to think.
Wang Chengwei continued: "In short, the most important thing twenty days before the exam is to be famous!"
"Only by becoming famous can you be valued by senior officials and increase your chances of passing the Jinshi exam."
All the players nodded, Wang Chengwei pointed out a feasible way.
Wang Chengwei continued: "After becoming famous, everyone will have to rely on their own abilities during the imperial examination."
"Although the imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty were affected by various off-site factors, those who can stand out among so many scholars across the country and become high school Jinshi are not ordinary people."
“We can cheat by using the game system in the Bible essay part, but for the policy analysis question we still have to rely on our own abilities.”
"Even if you are copying, you must be close to current commentaries. We must also study the format of policy commentaries carefully. It was still a taboo in the Tang Dynasty exams."
"Even calligraphy, these are the factors why the examiner rejects the test paper. It's up to everyone to work hard here."
Although most players disdain the imperial examination when it comes to it, it is extremely easy to win three yuan in a row when watching time travel stories.
But in "Feng Yun of the Tang Dynasty", a historical game that is "almost close to reality", it is really not easy to pass the imperial examination.
Just the clumsy calligraphy of most players is enough to make the examiner sweep the paper into the trash.
In order to prepare for the imperial examination, Wang Chengwei practiced calligraphy hard all the way. Along the way, he kept collecting imperial examination questions from the Tang Dynasty and studying them.
In his view, most of the players who came to participate in the imperial examination were not fully prepared, and many came to make up the numbers.
If you could pass the imperial examination by copying a few famous poems, then Li Bai and Du Fu should have been the top scorers in high school long ago.
Whether it is studying the political tendencies of the examiners or studying the current trends in the court, these are important factors that affect the imperial examination.
However, Wang Chengwei also shook his head secretly. He had already brought everyone to Fengxiang Mansion, and everyone would have to do the next thing according to their own abilities.
The next day, these candidates and players took action one after another.
Wang Chengwei first came to visit the examiner of the imperial examination, the current prime minister Pei Mian, with a greeting card and a letter written by Wang Mao, the head of the Wang family branch in Taiyuan.
Arriving at the entrance of the alley in front of Pei Mian's house, Wang Chengwei was surprised.
I only saw a long line of people queuing in front of Pei Mian's house. The door of Pei Mian's house was closed, but the people queuing still left a road for cars and horses to enter and exit.
People holding greeting cards lined up quietly in front of Pei Mian's house. This scene made Wang Chengwei dumbfounded.
He lined up in the queue and asked the person in front: "My dear friend, I am Wang Chengwei. I am the successor of this autumn. I don't know how to send a greeting card to Prime Minister Pei's house?"
The person in the front row was a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes. He looked Wang Chengwei up and down and saw that he was only wearing a cloth scholar's robe and had no valuable accessories. He looked down on Wang Chengwei in his heart.
It seems that he is another poor scholar who came to the prime minister's house to study for investment banking papers!
The middle-aged man in the front row said: "I am the envoy from the Jianghuai Salt Institute. I came to pay homage to Prime Minister Pei on orders from our Salt and Iron Envoy."
This man held his head high. Who didn't know that Wu Qi, the salt and iron envoy of Jianghuai Province, was a celebrity at that time, and that the silk and satin in Fengxiang Mansion were all brought from Jianghuai by Wu Qi, the salt and iron envoy.
Therefore, Wu Qi's servant is also very arrogant.
At first glance, Wang Chengwei was a poor scholar who came to Fengxiang Mansion to take the exam. Such a person could not even enter the mansion of his own master, let alone the mansion of the current prime minister.
The middle-aged people were queuing up. Seeing Wang Chengwei's bewildered look, they also wanted to give some advice.
He said to Wang Chengwei: "It's not yet time. When the clock starts, the concierge will open. Everyone will line up and hand over the greeting cards, and the steward will make arrangements. When Prime Minister Pei comes back from the political hall, he will receive the guests in order.
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Wang Chengwei looked at the long queue and couldn't help asking: "With so many people, can Prime Minister Pei see them all?"
The envoy sent by Wu Qi said: "How is this possible! Prime Minister Pei is busy with everything, and it is considered a favor to see two or three guests a day. How can he see them all!"
The middle-aged man was secretly convinced that this boy was indeed a silly boy from the countryside.
Such young scholars always have unrealistic fantasies, always thinking that they can become famous all over the world with a beautiful article.
They didn't know that a big shot like Pei Mian had no time to read the papers they sent.
Wu Qi’s messenger said:
"Did you see that shed?"
Wang Chengwei followed the middle-aged man's fingers and saw a row of awnings set up beside the gate of Pei Mian's mansion.
The envoy said: "The people in charge of the Pei Mansion are not ordinary people. Among the envoys who meet with Prime Minister Pei, who is less important and who is more important? These people in charge understand!"
"Those who can enter that shed are the guests that Prime Minister Pei may meet today."
Then the middle-aged man said triumphantly: "I already lined up to enter the shed yesterday. Unfortunately, Prime Minister Pei left the house late yesterday and only saw one guest."
Wang Chengwei said doubtfully: "Do we have to queue up again today?"
The middle-aged man said helplessly: "This is also the rule set by Pei Xiangli. The people who come to see you are different every day. If you go directly to the shed without queuing, there will be no more seats in the shed in a few days, so you have to queue up again every day.
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Wang Chengwei did not expect that it would be so difficult to meet the prime minister.
It seemed that he was still too optimistic. Wang Chengwei touched the letter written by Wang Mao in his arms and felt a little uneasy.
"Chen hour has arrived!"
Then I saw a side door of Prime Minister Pei's mansion open, and a concierge knocked on it with a bronze drum, and then shouted angrily.
The team immediately became excited, and the entire team began to move slowly.
Fifth Qi's envoy said: "Hey, I've been queuing here for three days and still can't get through the door of Xiang Pei's house."
Then the middle-aged man said kindly: "Scholar, I think you can go back after leaving your travel papers. Without a letter of recommendation from the governor of the big town, you are not even qualified to enter that shed."
Letter of recommendation?
Wang Chengwei thought that he still had in his arms the letters of recommendation written by King Jianning to all the candidates. It turned out that this was also a "key prop".
The entire team moved forward extremely slowly. Wang Chengwei was really bored and continued to chat with the middle-aged man in front of him.
This middle-aged man was also a talkative guy, and the two quickly became familiar with each other.
Wang Chengwei learned that this middle-aged man was Wu Qi's distant nephew, named Wu Yuan.
Since Wu Qi took office at Jianghuai Salt Institute, Wu Yuan went to seek refuge with Wu Qi, his distant uncle.
Wuyuan only drove in Mongolia, and later started business with his family.
Wuqi's family was not prosperous, but Wuyuan was considered a useful "talent", so he was sent to Fengxiang Mansion by Wuqi.
However, at this time Wu Qi could be regarded as having a prosperous official career.
After offering his financial management skills to Suzong, Wu Qi was sent to Jianghuai to take charge of Jianghuai's tax collection.
Because of Wu Qi's efforts, Yangzhou's docks were filled with water transport ships, and grain and silk collected by the Jianghuai River were transported one after another to Guanzhong to support the Tang Dynasty's counterinsurgency cause.
When Wu Qi first took office at Jianghuai, he was just a low-level jianghuai envoy.
This year, the emperor issued decrees three times to continuously increase the number of posts for Wu Qi.
Now the fifth Qi is already the Yuanwailang of the Si Yuan Dynasty, the envoy of the five branches of Henan and other provinces, the middle minister of the Jin Dynasty, the censor, and the salt and iron coin envoy of all the Taoism.
Although his official position was still low, Wu Qi was planning to build salt institutes in various parts of the Jianghuai River and implement salt industry monopoly, and was already in charge of most of the financial planning of the Tang Dynasty.
Everyone in the Fengxiang Mansion is saying that after the Anshi Rebellion, Wu Qi's contribution will definitely allow him to take the position of Doctor of Duzhi.
The Duzhi Langzhong is an important position in the Ministry of Household in charge of national taxation. It has great power and is called the Prime Minister by the world.
Why did Wu Qi, a minister with such a high profile, want to pay homage to Pei Mian?