After the arrival of October, all the Taoist scholars have basically gathered in Chang'an.
It is an old rule handed down from the pre-Tang Dynasty. Follow the envoys from various states to the capital.
There was an exam every year, and the imperial envoys arrived in the capital every autumn, and the scholars followed them to report and register at the Ministry of Rites. Generally speaking, everyone was willing to do this, because someone would provide food and accommodation on the road, and it was very beautiful.
The first thing I did after arriving in Chang'an was to buy books, especially the three chapters of "Zhi Zhi", which were the top priority.
Everyone is a veteran of the imperial examination and is very sensitive to this kind of policy change. They know in their hearts that this is an opportunity for a major reshuffle. Those who originally had high hopes of passing the exam may fail, and those who originally had no hope may get lucky.
You hit the mark - even if it is to give face to the saint, the person who will write the question in a few years will try to choose as much content as possible from the three chapters of "Zhi Zhi".
Lu Qi and Yelu Quanzhong also came.
The boy who was once a teenager has become a little more stable after experiencing many things in the world.
In the ninth year of Jianji's reign, due to his family's academic background and the need to educate the people, Lu Qi served as an assistant economics teacher in Liucheng County, Yingzhou as a young man. From then on, he worked diligently, teaching students while reviewing their lessons.
In the fourteenth year of Jianji's reign, he was already a doctor of economics in Liucheng County.
But he has no fame yet, which is his biggest regret.
Zhao Kuanglin, the former governor of Liaodong Province and now the governor of Anxi Province, admired him very much. It happened that Dr. Tingzhou Confucianism died of illness, so he planned to promote him to this position.
Tingzhou is a lower state, and there is a doctor of Confucian classics, who is the ninth grade. Although the official is small, he is an official after all, and his status is different from that of a county official with a doctorate of Confucian classics.
However, Lu Qi politely declined. He wanted to take the examination for merit and be an official in an upright and upright manner.
Zhao Kuanglin was even more appreciative and said that regardless of whether he passed the exam or not, Tingzhou's doctor of economics would stay with him until June next year, which was three months after the imperial examination results were released.
Therefore, Lu Qi has "double insurance".
Lu Qi's father, Lu Yan, was originally a soldier of the Beiping Prefecture, Cao, and participated in the military affairs. Also in the ninth year of Jianji, he was invited by Zhong Jinxian to serve as an official in the newly occupied Bohai Sea and served as the Secretary of the Longquan Prefecture to participate in the military affairs.
In the past ten years, his official career has been quite solid. He was first appointed as the magistrate of Yongning, the capital of Longquan Prefecture, and was promoted by two levels. Last year, he was appointed as the governor of Mu, and was promoted by another level.
Lu Henian, a Fengzhou economics student who went to Liaodong with him that year, was promoted very quickly. After all, he was able to meet the three prime ministers Chen Cheng, Xiao Qu, and Zhao Guangfeng.
The magistrate of Fuli County was transferred to Mozhou Biejia and promoted to the governor of Yizhou, which went very smoothly.
Even Fan Wenda, a peasant boy with no background, was promoted to the rank of Sima of Shenzhou after being promoted to the rank of Sima of Shenzhou.
Go up another level.
Of course, those who are above are not as good as those below. Although officials from Hebei are not as good as those from Kansai, they still have more prospects than those from Jiangnan.
Well, Yelu Quanzhong, who came to Chang'an with Lu Qi, was from a worse background than Jiangnan. He was a Khitan...
However, he is half a student of Lu Yan. He is smart and has good academic performance. He is a native of Hebei Province. This time he found a new way and actually passed the state-level agricultural examination and obtained the qualification to come to the capital for the examination. It is not easy - Hebei
There are three places in agricultural science, which is his goal this time.
"Da Lang, why did you buy this book?" After registering with the Ministry of Rites, the two went straight out of the city and came to the temporarily rented house. Lu Qi was surprised when he saw Yelu Quanzhong took out "Zhizhi"
asked.
"I bought it yesterday." Yelu Quanzhong said: "The "Geography" chapter of this book is quite impressive and is closely related to agriculture. If the examiner asks some biased questions, it will be troublesome."
"What kind of bias?"
"For example, if we dig wells and canals and open farmland at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, do you know where is the right place?"
"This..." Lu Qi was a little dumbfounded and murmured: "The question is asked like this, is it a bit deliberately difficult?"
Yelu Quanzhong smiled calmly and said: "There was a similar question during the preliminary examination of agricultural science in Hebei Province. If it hadn't been for this question, I wouldn't have been able to pass the government examination."
"It seems you can pass high school in this subject." Lu Qi said with some envy.
"You should also read more of this book." Yelu Quanzhong said: "Although I won't take the exam this time, the explanations are very reasonable. After becoming an official in high school, whether you can achieve political achievements will ultimately depend on your ability."
"Let's talk about it after the exam is over." Lu Qi sighed and said, "There are many good people in this subject, so I'm afraid it won't be that easy. If it doesn't work, I'll go to Tingzhou, alas."
"Anxi is actually not bad." Yelu Quanzhong said: "If I win, I will invite myself to go to the Western Regions when I am awarded an official. At that time, you will teach the Tibetan people, and I will dig wells and canals to cultivate the land. If we work together, we will be able to
Make your way."
When he said this, Lu Qi became more interested and said with a smile: "According to what my father said, Suiye City has selected two Tibetan officials to join the court this year, and the imperial court will also choose two Han officials to Suiye.
The chief registrar of Ye County is a doctor of state economics. This doctorate, from the eighth grade, is equivalent to a doctor of Shangzhou. If I was in high school and invited myself to go west, there should be no competition."
He has the resume of a doctorate in economics from the county and many years of "work experience" in educating the Yingzhou people. If he really wanted to do it, no one could compete with him.
"Is Broken Leaf safe?" Yelu Quanzhong asked.
"When I entered the city yesterday, I saw Lubu's swift knights." When talking about this, Lu Qi seemed to feel honored. He only heard him say: "Yang Dutou entered Ba Khan again, and once he attacked Juzhan Ti
.When he was wounded, Judah called for a fierce battle, and finally defeated the thieves and returned with the entire army."
Yelu Quanzhong pondered for a moment.
Unlike Lu Qi, he is considered to be from the upper class of the tribe. Although his family is in decline and poverty, his bloodline identity is there. He was often exposed to conquests when he was a child, and he is very good at this aspect. After the summer, he also served as a native
Tuan Xiangfu was drafted. He had killed Khitan cavalry in Yingzhou and had rich military experience.
From Lu Qi's words, he analyzed more things. In order to confirm his thoughts, he opened "Zhizhi Geography", found the article about Ba Khan, and read it carefully.
"It is amazing to be able to reach Juzhanti, even if it is not conquered." Yelu Quanzhong said: "The Persians were unable to stop them. From this, it can be seen that their power is declining."
"In addition, King Zhao, King Suiye, and Governor Rehai will send out troops in three directions to defeat the Talos." Yelu Quanzhong said again: "Think back a few years ago, they were unable to attack for a long time, and now they have defeated them for two consecutive years.
city, it can be seen that the Persians can no longer take advantage of the Talas area."
"If they are still so depressed in the future, maybe the male camel king will dominate Talos and never leave. Yang Shuai will not withdraw his troops from Bukhan again."
"To defeat a big country like Persia, which has internal and external troubles, it is like cutting down a big tree. First remove the branches and leaves, weaken the trunk, and finally chop it down with the ax to get the full result."
Lu Qi thought thoughtfully and said: "I heard from my father that Li Gong, the young minister of Honglu Temple, is on a mission to the west. If the war continues like this, will the Dashi court still let them go to Baghdad?"
"It's hard to say." Yelu Quanzhong shook his head and said, "It may be a little difficult, but it's not without hope."
"Yes." Lu Qi nodded.
The two were silent for a while.
At this time, the landlord sent a few sprouts and said: "Two officials, the vegetables you asked for are here. The ones you just picked in the field are fresh."
"We don't have official status..." Lu Qi took the sprouts and placed them one by one in the corner. He turned around and picked up a piece of woolen cloth and sent it to the landlord. He said, "I will have to trouble the old man again from now on.
"
"Officials, just study, I will take care of the chores." The landlord grinned and said, "Thanks to the saint, we can harvest more than a thousand kilograms of sprouts from an acre. If you want to eat, they will be available at any time."
"Will the market get better after winter?" Yelu Quanzhong asked from the side.
"Okay." The landlord said; "This year, the county has given some seeds. Let me wait for farmers in the countryside to plant them in autumn and send them to the palace after winter. If you want to eat them, I can keep a few."
"What dish? Is it also yellow sprouts?" Yelu Quanzhong asked curiously.
"Bean sprouts have balls, and the leaves are mostly yellow. I have never seen this new vegetable. I heard people say that it doesn't have balls, grows close to the ground, and has dark green, almost black leaves. It is also a winter vegetable." The landlord said: "Actually, it doesn't have balls.
, I’m also surprised by this. Li Zheng said that this dish was named ‘Wutacai’ by a saint, and it is related to yellow bean sprouts, which is strange.”
"They should be the 'descendants' of Xi Tulan." Yelu Quanzhong suddenly said.
"How did the officials know about it?" the landlord asked.
Yelu Quanzhong didn't bother to correct the error in his words, and said directly: "I am a student of agriculture."
When the landlord heard this, he was in awe and said: "We people used to think that officials who were educated and literate were very important. In recent years, after receiving various benefits, we realized that officials who studied agriculture are the most capable."
Lu Qi was a little disgusted and a little discouraged after hearing this.
When reading books by saints and sages, I am often moved by the enlightening words in them. When classmates communicate with each other, they also encourage each other and feel that they are walking on the bright road. But who would have imagined that when he stands with the students and peasants?
time, but was outclassed.
He now suspected that the so-called sense of superiority between him and his classmates was a complete joke. Everyone praised each other, and over time they took it seriously. But in the eyes of ordinary people, you are not as good as a student farmer, and this realization made him a little hurt.
Maybe the saint is right.
He has conquered east and west, is wise and powerful, and has established such achievements, how could he be wrong?
Many students expressed their dissatisfaction with the replacement of "Gongyang Chunqiu" by "Zhizhi". They were also very dissatisfied with the fixed admission quota for agriculture. They believed that these 32 official positions were not as good as those for Jinshi, or even worse, they could be given to Ming, Economics, or Agricultural.
What's going on? Are you kidding me?
But the people don’t recognize it.
Thinking back to the day before yesterday, I was very surprised when I saw such a house mixed with bricks and wood, because most of the houses in Yingzhou are adobe houses, or even more shabby houses made of branches, yellow mud, and thatch, which are very different from Chang'an. The landlord told him
, bricks and tiles are much cheaper now. His son served as a soldier in Jingzhao Mansion and used the rewards he received to build this small courtyard, renting it out to businessmen and students. He bluntly said that without the new dynasty, they would never be able to build it.
Brick house, I am grateful to the saint in my heart.
Tian Shefu and the state soldiers were all grateful to the saint and believed that the new dynasty's elegant government had improved their lives...
Lu Qi secretly sighed.
In such a situation, even if the whole dynasty opposes it, the saint only needs to stand in the army and raise his arms, hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops will gather to respond, and tens of millions of people will win food and shadow, who can shake the so-called "elegant government of the new dynasty"
?
"Mr. Chen has retired!" Suddenly someone pushed open the courtyard door and shouted.
"Which Mr. Chen?" Lu Qi raised his head and saw that it was the scholar who rented next door.
"Which other 'Mr. Chen' could it be? The Prime Minister of Zhengshitang, the Vice Minister of Zhongshu, and the Duke of Longxi County Chen Cheng."
"Ah?" Lu Qi and Yelu Quanzhong looked at each other, speechless.