I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

The emergence of the imperial examination has become the most legitimate channel to become an official.

Of course, the aristocratic family wants to control this channel, and then form a monopoly.

After the name is blurred, it basically depends on the level of each person - but knowledge is that, it all depends on individual ability, and those from aristocratic families are not necessarily better than those from poor families.

At least...Compared to the current admission of Jinshi, where nine out of ten are descendants of aristocratic families, the proportion of descendants of aristocratic families will be reduced to at least half, or even less than half.

Li Shimin has always wanted to change.

But the voice of obstruction from the aristocratic family was so great that he was somewhat at a loss.

This time they took the initiative to ask to read Ji Wen's article - taking advantage of the wind of the scholars in Chang'an City studying, they might not have the idea of ​​making trouble.

But Li Shimin can only say that they sent it to the door on their own initiative.

He will take this opportunity to establish this rule. Don't you want to read other people's test papers and articles?Alright, let's ask for benevolence and benevolence.

In the future, every time the imperial examinations are held, the accepted articles will be printed out for readers all over the world to watch.

It depends on whether those aristocratic families want to show their faces, and dare to admit those who write in a mess and make a fuss, and get the top rank.

Of course, this does not stop the aristocratic families from using the imperial examination to stuff people into the court, but it is already an improvement to add obstacles to them, make them disgusting, and make them dare not be so blatant.

Thanks to the store for being able to teach such a good student.

Li Shimin sighed with emotion, waved his hand, and asked Du Ruhui to deal with this matter, while he continued to deal with other official duties.

The official department quickly posted the yellow list.

The test papers of all passing students will be printed in the near future and sold in bookstores, which naturally include Ji Wen's four papers.

This made countless scholars rejoice, and they won a terrific victory.

On the contrary, those descendants of the aristocratic family, after hearing the news, realized how badly they had contributed to what was happening to them.

At the court meeting, officials from aristocratic families came forward and felt that this was inappropriate.

But when Li Shimin said "what the people want", in Chang'an City, not only the scholars are happy to see this kind of person, but also the ordinary people who don't study are also happy to see this kind of thing.

You feel inappropriate when you open your mouth, and you want to do things against the will of the people. What kind of composition do you have?
That official will be dispatched to idle work the next day, and it is estimated that he will only be able to sit in this position for the rest of his life until he dies.

The family suffered a big loss.

Li Shimin seemed to be in a hurry to finalize this matter, and within five days, it was published, and scholars looted it, ten volumes per volume, a total of one thousand volumes, and they were all sold out within half a day.

In Tongfu restaurant.

Accompanied by the sound of Li Yuan playing cards cursingly, a group of scholars opened the booklet and read the first article in the booklet written by Ji Wen.

One with the best voice opened his mouth to recite, and everyone else listened quietly. Ji Wen's eyes widened, and her face was a little red. Is this... public execution of herself?

The three articles were read quickly.

"This is what Brother Ji wrote?" One of Ji Wen's friends was a little surprised, and turned his head to look at Ji Wen with a look of lovelessness. The last time he read Ji Wen's article was a year ago.

But this year has changed too much.

The level is almost rising step by step, especially the article by Xiucai Section, the views in it have opened their eyes - but for Wu Youdao and the others, they feel a little regretful.

These……

They also heard from the shopkeeper!
Wu Youdao failed the exam this year. He was too busy playing mahjong, and he was a little slack in his studies. After failing the exam, he regretted it too much.He has made up his mind that in the next two years, he will study hard behind Yin Xuan, and strive for Chunwei to be able to rank in the next year.

After listening to Ji Wen's article.

Someone was itchy: "Read other people's articles again."

The person who read the book rolled his eyes: "When the brochure is handed down, everyone will read it slowly." It was his voice that was spent on reading, and after reading these three articles, it was enough to make his mouth dry.

"I invite you to burn the knife." A man stood up, waving the gambling house's money ticket in his hand.

The man who read the book hesitated.

"One catty!" The person waving the money ticket added.

The person who was reading immediately had a smile on his face, and picked up the book: "Since everyone wants to hear it, I will continue to read it to you."

As he spoke, he turned a page back and read the second person's article.

only……

The more he read, the more he frowned. Compared with Ji Wen, his level was a bit lower, but he was still at a decent level.

This person's article did not cause any fluctuations, and so did the articles of the next few people.

Until he read the ninth person's article, he couldn't read it halfway through, closed the booklet in his hand, and wanted to throw it on the table.

But after thinking about it, this book was not his, and it was still a new book. At the most critical moment, he still forcibly endured it.

"Damn it, can you pass at this level?" He frowned, spit out the anger from his mouth, and cursed fiercely.

This article is not an excellent work either from the point of view of writing or strategy, and it is not even up to the level of the four words "ordinary".

Smelly!
Stinks!

Wu Youdao's eyes widened, and he pinched his ears, as if he couldn't believe what he heard - he still had a bottom line on the level of his own writing, and he admitted it if he failed to pass.

But... the level of this article can be compared to his article?
This kind of level can pass the first place, so why did he fail the ranking?
"Who wrote this article?" Someone asked.

The person who was reading opened the book again and glanced at it: "Taiyuan Wangjing."

The scholars in the restaurant let out a burst of laughter.

"I said how could an article of this level be selected?" A person spoke with a very contemptuous attitude: "It turns out to be the Wang family of Taiyuan."

"There is someone in the hall." Another person followed suit with a sigh.

"Fortunately, brother Ji helped our poor family to stand up for us. Otherwise, the imperial examinations would only let these people pass, and it would be too embarrassing to Tang Dynasty."

"I failed the ranking and felt that I was not capable enough." Wu Youdao also yelled, "Now I understand that although my ability is a bit weak, the reason why I failed the ranking is probably because I was squeezed out by these pickles."

"Hey!" Someone yelled, "Brother Wu, what you said is wrong."

"Jinshi is not limited to those places. Although they will pick some pickled things to enter, but if you are really good enough, they will not dare to suppress you like that."

"Look at Brother Ji, he still won the top spot."

Wu Youdao faltered, his face was flushed, and he couldn't say another word.